2 fics, Challenge #76 + #75
Challenge #75: One Small Moment
Title: What If Cedric Didn’t Die?
Rating/Warnings: G
Characters/Pairing: Harry, Cedric, Professor McGonagall
Summary: A rewriting of the end of the third task of the Triwizard Tournament.
Word Count: 520
Author's Notes: All passages in italics have been taken from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Chapter 31.
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The Triwizard Cup was gleaming on a plinth a hundred yards away. Suddenly a dark figure hurtled out onto the path in front of him.
Harry and the other man broke into a run. Cedric was ahead of Harry. He was going to reach the cup first and Harry knew it. Harry would never be able to catch up. But then harry noticed something that Cedric didn’t. There was something headed their way and Cedric was going to run right into it.
”Cedric!” Harry bellowed. “On your left!”
Cedric managed to throw himself past the thing and miss it, but he tripped. His wand flew out of his hand just as an over-sized spider began to approach him.
”Stupefy!” Harry yelled; the spell hit the spider’s gigantic, hairy black body, but for all the good it did, he might as well have thrown a stone at it; the spider jerked, scuttled around, and ran at Harry instead.
Harry threw spell after spell at the spider but nothing seemed to work. Cedric found his wand and tried to help but even that didn’t make a difference. The spider lifted harry into the air and the kicked out, only managing to hurt his leg on the arachnid’s pincers.
Harry shouted “Expelliarmus!” and the spider dropped him, painfully, onto his already injured leg. Cedric and Harry both yelled “Stupefy” at the same time. The spells combined and the spider finally fell over, unconscious.
Cedric was standing feet from the Triwizard Cup, which was gleaming behind him.
“Take it then,” Harry panted to Cedric. “Go on, take it. You’re there.”
But Cedric didn’t move. He just looked at Harry for a moment before turning to look at the cup. He thought about his options and turned back to Harry, taking a deep breath.
”You take it. You should win. That’s twice you’ve saved my neck in here.” Cedric moved away from the cup.
”Stop being noble,” said Harry irritably. “Just take it, then we can get out of here.”
“No,” said Cedric.
He stepped over the spider’s tangled legs to join Harry, who stared at him. Cedric was serious. He was walking away from the sort of glory Hufflepuff House hadn’t had in centuries.
“Go on,” Cedric said.
Harry nodded slowly and steadied himself. He limped over to the cup and with one last look back at Cedric grasped the handle of the glowing object. And then he was gone.
Cedric watched Harry disappear, instantly confused. No one had said that they cup was a portkey. He stood there for a moment before he heard a strange noise behind him. Not wanting to find out what it was, he quickly shot red sparks into the air above him.
A moment later Professor McGonagall appeared next to him, surveying the area. Approaching slowly from behind them was a large troll. “Where’s the Triwizard Cup?” she asked Cedric.
“Harry got to it first.” He looked at the professor, even more confused. “It was a portkey.”
Professor McGonagall looked horrified. “It wasn’t supposed to be.”
Challenge #76: It Was All A Dream
Title: Best Dream Ever
Rating/Warnings: NC-17. M/M relationship
Characters/Pairing: Harry/Draco
Summary: Harry has the best dream ever.
Word Count: 596
Author's Notes:
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520/30 = 17.3
17+5 bonus = 22
596/30 = 19.8
20+5 bonus = 25
22+25 = 47
47 points for Hufflepuff!
Hanson Phreek // Hufflepuff
Title: What If Cedric Didn’t Die?
Rating/Warnings: G
Characters/Pairing: Harry, Cedric, Professor McGonagall
Summary: A rewriting of the end of the third task of the Triwizard Tournament.
Word Count: 520
Author's Notes: All passages in italics have been taken from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Chapter 31.
Registered purchases?: Quill Only
The Triwizard Cup was gleaming on a plinth a hundred yards away. Suddenly a dark figure hurtled out onto the path in front of him.
Harry and the other man broke into a run. Cedric was ahead of Harry. He was going to reach the cup first and Harry knew it. Harry would never be able to catch up. But then harry noticed something that Cedric didn’t. There was something headed their way and Cedric was going to run right into it.
”Cedric!” Harry bellowed. “On your left!”
Cedric managed to throw himself past the thing and miss it, but he tripped. His wand flew out of his hand just as an over-sized spider began to approach him.
”Stupefy!” Harry yelled; the spell hit the spider’s gigantic, hairy black body, but for all the good it did, he might as well have thrown a stone at it; the spider jerked, scuttled around, and ran at Harry instead.
Harry threw spell after spell at the spider but nothing seemed to work. Cedric found his wand and tried to help but even that didn’t make a difference. The spider lifted harry into the air and the kicked out, only managing to hurt his leg on the arachnid’s pincers.
Harry shouted “Expelliarmus!” and the spider dropped him, painfully, onto his already injured leg. Cedric and Harry both yelled “Stupefy” at the same time. The spells combined and the spider finally fell over, unconscious.
Cedric was standing feet from the Triwizard Cup, which was gleaming behind him.
“Take it then,” Harry panted to Cedric. “Go on, take it. You’re there.”
But Cedric didn’t move. He just looked at Harry for a moment before turning to look at the cup. He thought about his options and turned back to Harry, taking a deep breath.
”You take it. You should win. That’s twice you’ve saved my neck in here.” Cedric moved away from the cup.
”Stop being noble,” said Harry irritably. “Just take it, then we can get out of here.”
“No,” said Cedric.
He stepped over the spider’s tangled legs to join Harry, who stared at him. Cedric was serious. He was walking away from the sort of glory Hufflepuff House hadn’t had in centuries.
“Go on,” Cedric said.
Harry nodded slowly and steadied himself. He limped over to the cup and with one last look back at Cedric grasped the handle of the glowing object. And then he was gone.
Cedric watched Harry disappear, instantly confused. No one had said that they cup was a portkey. He stood there for a moment before he heard a strange noise behind him. Not wanting to find out what it was, he quickly shot red sparks into the air above him.
A moment later Professor McGonagall appeared next to him, surveying the area. Approaching slowly from behind them was a large troll. “Where’s the Triwizard Cup?” she asked Cedric.
“Harry got to it first.” He looked at the professor, even more confused. “It was a portkey.”
Professor McGonagall looked horrified. “It wasn’t supposed to be.”
Challenge #76: It Was All A Dream
Title: Best Dream Ever
Rating/Warnings: NC-17. M/M relationship
Characters/Pairing: Harry/Draco
Summary: Harry has the best dream ever.
Word Count: 596
Author's Notes:
Registered purchases?: Quill Only
Follow Me
520/30 = 17.3
17+5 bonus = 22
596/30 = 19.8
20+5 bonus = 25
22+25 = 47
47 points for Hufflepuff!
Hanson Phreek // Hufflepuff