McGonagall had found them one evening after class "You are to go down to the Quidditch field tonight at nine o'clock. ," she told them. "Mr. Bagman will be there to tell the champions about the third task. "
So at half past eight that night. They left Gryffindor Tower and went downstairs. And crossed the entrance hall.
"What d'you reckon it's going to be?" Harry asked Ryan as they went together down the stone steps, out into the cloudy night. "Fleur keeps going on about underground tunnels; she reckons we've got to find treasure. " he lied. "That wouldn't be too bad," said Harry, thinking that he would simply ask Hagrid for a niffler to do the job for him.
They walked down the dark lawn to the Quidditch stadium, turned through a gap in the stands, and walked out onto the field.
"What've they done to it?" Harry said indignantly, stopping dead.
The Quidditch field was no longer smooth and flat. It looked as though somebody had been building long, low walls all over it that twisted and crisscrossed in every direction.
"They're magical hedges!" said Ryan, bending to examine the nearest one.
"Hello there!" called a cheery voice.
Ludo Bagman was standing in the middle of the field with Krum and Fleur. Harry and Ryan made their way toward them, climbing over the hedges. Fleur beamed at Ryan as he came nearer. Her attitude toward him was basically a step above obsession and a step below worship she was closing in on bellas level. *sigh* sometimes I think I may be just too handsome he inwardly thought.
"Well, what d'you think?" said Bagman happily as They climbed over the last hedge. "Growing nicely, aren't they? Give them a month and Hagrid'll have them twenty feet high. Don't worry," he added, grinning, spotting the less-than-happy expressions on Harry's face, "you'll have your Quidditch field back to normal once the task is over! Now, I imagine you can guess what we're making here?"
No one spoke for a moment. Then –
"Maze," grunted Krum.
"That's right!" said Bagman. "A maze. The third task's really very straightforward. The Triwizard Cup will be placed in the center of the maze. The first champion to touch it will receive full marks. "
"We seemply 'ave to get through the maze?" said Fleur.
"There will be obstacles," said Bagman happily, bouncing on the balls of his feet. "Hagrid is providing a number of creatures. . . then there will be spells that must be broken. . . all that sort of thing, you know. Now, the champions who are leading on points will get a head start into the maze. " Bagman grinned "But you'll all be in with a fighting chance, depending how well you get past the obstacles. Should be fun, eh?"
Ryan, who knew only too well the kind of creatures that Hagrid was likely to provide for an event like this, thought it was unlikely to be any fun at all. However, he nodded politely like the other champions.
"Very well. . . if you haven't got any questions, we'll go back up to the castle, shall we, it's a bit chilly. . . . " Ryan out of the corner of his eye saw Barty crouch stumbling out of the woods looking half dazed he discretely opened up a portal under the man's feet leading to the kingdoms infirmary and had Cassie disarm him and check on him. apparently the younger crouch disguised as moody had him pumped up on potions and imperius curse locked in his house and was sending messages to the ministry but had escaped Ryan knew he was supposed to die but he would have the old man go back to the ministry and as an inside man when he handled the tournament he was planning to capture moody/crouch right at the beginning of the 3rd task he knew he couldn't convert this man like bella so he was just going to finish him off to prevent problems bella was in a broken state from Azkaban and was easy to handle and fix however Barty crouch Jr had a strong mind and will enough to fight off imperius and had time to recover even if the man was a genius he just didn't have the time or patience to try to recruit him... but maybe? we will just have to see what I can come up with he's not a fan of having murdering psychopathic killers helping around his kingdom. especially ones who could kill their own parents that was a bit too far gone so yes let's just kill him and take moodys enchanted eye it could come in handy later for study a magic item with xray vision that works as a real eye is a great thing to have it could help with magic related to brains and sight and in case of emergencies be used as an eye I've even seen Delores umbridge use it for security purposes like a camera about the only smart thing she did. Anyway back to the castle for a nice dinner in the great hall and maybe some late night shows he had been watching game of thrones with the girls to prepare then for the next world and they were making plans.
who he wanted to recruit where they wanted to go who to save and not to save he could use some of his shadows and work on multiple places at once he wondered where his real body should go first he wanted to gain some reputation and travel there before the story started this time as a transmigration no baby form that fucking big head was a hassle and the struggle of being a baby in the dark Era like the thrones world was awful no proper foods sicknesses. who would he replace or would he just pick at random no he didn't want to go through that the only problem now was where to begin there was the wall and the nights watch. there was winterfell of the starks there was dorne and bravos for the princes and danaerys there was the land of flowers for the tyrells there was kings landing that hellhole he could start recruiting homeless and children and slowly fix things there was the land beyond the wall with the wildlings the Giants and the white walkers. there was the slaves and the dothraaki and the Greyjoys Bunch of pirates and rapists and plunderers but he needed ships he only had the 1 and he stole from durmstrange but he had no crew and that ship needed repairs and upgrades he might just take a bit of time off to make plans and have the girls finish school. (A/N lemme know opinions people I can do them all and have a multi point of view story.)