Harry PoV

So my cousin is a champion.
Why hasn't he been selected in my place?

Who put my name?
Why three champions for Hogwarts?

I walk up to the common room, and I feel the students around me staring at me.
Without raising my head, I climb the stairs to the dormitory.

Percy is already in the room, sitting on his bed.

"May I?"

He nods his head and I sit down.

"Are you worried?"

I nod my head.
"I'm only a fourth year. I don't know why my name came up, and because of that you end up having to do the tasks alone. Tasks for two."

Percy looks out the window with a pensive look in his eyes.
"You know, I'm not worried. We'll get through this. Don't worry about me, worry about you. Focus on your tournament."

"Aren't you scared?"

He's looking me in the eye.
"Yes, I am. But fear shouldn't be an obstacle. You have to face it and never give up."

I don't know how he does it. Even though I don't want to admit it, I am afraid. And he, who is still discovering the magical world, finds himself projected into this story alone, and it is he who reassures me.

"You are right. We're going to make it."

Percy smiles.
"Now go to bed."

The days that followed were atrocious.
Everyone was convinced that I had put my name in that cup.

The Hufflepuff were angry at me for crippling their champion with my lack of experience.
The Ravenclaws, on the other hand, thought I was just trying to get more glory for myself.

But the worst thing was Ron.
Since the night I was declared champion, he hasn't spoken to me.

Hermione didn't tell me explicitly but she also thinks I put my name down.

Luckily I had Percy. He believed me.
But even with his presence, the situation became unbearable.

During the last potion class, the professor did not hesitate to make innuendoes, to which I replied.

I got stuck, and Percy intervened.

He got stuck.

In addition, we made Gryffindor lose points.
So even the Gryffindors refuse to talk to us.

Today I have potion class again.
I'm heading there, accompanied by Hermione, because after their daily training Percy told her to go alone.

Percy PoV

Once the iris mail is finished, I realize that I will be late again.

I run through the castle, knowing that Snape would be happy to take points off Gryffindor if I'm late.

I skip the stairs and start running again.
And I stop dead in my tracks.

On some students' dresses, badges are shining, with this written on them:

Long live Cedric Diggory,
The Only Champion of Hogwarts!

I start running again and reach the basement level.

As I arrive, I see Malfoy and the Slytherin pressing a badge similar to the ones I saw, and the text fades away, replaced by another one that says :

Down with Potter

Malfoy turns to Hermione, handing her a badge.

But before she can answer, Harry pulls out his wand and points it at Malfoy, who has pulled his wand as well.

I decide not to intervene. It's not my fight.

"So, Potter, go for it if you've got it in you!" Say Malfoy.

They stare at each other for a fraction of a second, then at the same time flashes of light come out of each wand, then deflect on impact.

Harry's spell hits one of the Slytherin and Malfoy's spell goes straight to Hermione.

Of course, Snape takes advantage of this moment to open the door.
"What's going on here?"

All the students start talking at the same time.
Snape raises his hand, imposing silence.
He points at Malfoy.
"I'm listening."

"Potter attacked me..."

Harry intervenes in the face of injustice.
"We attacked each other at the same time!"

Then Malfoy points at his friend, showing him the effects of the spell.
Snape nods his head.
"To the infirmary."

"Malfoy shoots Hermione!" Ron intervenes.

Hermione comes out with her hands in front of her mouth, revealing her teeth getting longer and longer.

Rogue shrugs her shoulders.
"I don't see the difference."

As Hermione runs away, Harry and Ron start insulting Snape with all their names, in an infernal din.

Naturally, Snape wasn't going to let this go.
"Detention for both of you. And fifty points less for Gryffindor."

That pisses me off.
To shut him up and wipe that sly little smile off his face, all I'd have to do is think of water forming above his head and...

I stop in time. Water was beginning to form above his head.

"Mr. Jackson, your dress is loose. Twenty points less for Gryffindor."

Oh what the hell.
A big ball of water explodes on Rogue's head, soaking him from head to toe.

He turns around, red with anger.
"Who did that?"

Nobody answers.
He stares at me intensely, understanding that I'm the only one who can be guilty.
But he can't say anything.

I pass him on my way to the classroom to join Harry and Ron.

"That way the twenty points have a good reason to leave,"I say in passing.

I see Harry sitting alone at a table, Ron having left him to go with other Gryffindors.

I see Malfoy, sitting at a table in front of Harry, turning and pressing his badge.

It's too much.
I put my bag noisily next to Malfoy and sit down.

He looks at me, in incomprehension.

I don't like to use threats.
But if it can put pressure on him to leave my cousin, then I don't hesitate.

I give him my darkest possible look.
"Give me that badge."

He gives it to me, his hand shaking.
I lift the badge up to his eye level and crush it in the palm of my hand.

"If you keep going, it's not the badge that's going to end up like that. Is that clear?"

He looks at me, livid.

"And you're going to tell your little friends to take them off too. I don't want to see them anymore."

He nods his head.
I throw the crushed badge on his desk, and I'm going to sit next to Harry.

As I was getting my things out, there's a knock on the door.

A little student comes into the room.
"I came to get Harry Potter and Percy Jackson."

"They have a potion class."

"It's a request in connection with the tournament, sir."

"All right."

I grab my things and get up.

"Leave your things,"Snape whistle.

"Uh sir, they have to take them..."announces the little boy.

"Good, get out !"

Harry and I follow the boy out of the room.

"Where do we go?"I ask him.
"To take pictures, I think, for the Wizard's Gazette!"He answers, all happy.

Harry raises his eyes to the sky.
"That's all I needed."

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Hello demigod!
I hope you liked the chapter!
We're getting closer and closer to the first task :)

Can't wait to see you in the next chapter,
In the meantime,
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