What Words Can Do (TOMARRY)

Year 4 ∆ Part 8 + Tagged

Update on a Monday? What?! It's because I was tagged. So enjoy!

Also, thanks for 23k... Almost. It's at 22.9k so close enough lmaoo

Harry has been practicing relentlessly for the first task. Nope, that was a lie. He's been preparing for the past hour, and the first task was tomorrow. Tom was helping him as Ron and Hermione weren't talking to him. Whether it was because he's in the tournament or because of Tom, Harry didn't know.

"Come on, Harry," Tom pushed, setting the pillow about five feet away from where it was previously. "You can do it. Just concentrate."

"I'm trying," Harry growled. "Accio pillow!" The pillow came to him and Tom nodded in approval. This continued for an hour before it was time to go to lunch.

The boys are in silence. Every once in a while, they would make small talk with other Gryffindors.

When lunch ended, Harry and Tom went back to practicing. "I think I'll be fine tomorrow," Harry grumbled as curfew grew near. Tom nodded and they went to bed.

The next day, Harry was ushered to a tent. He was the last one to arrive. When he got there, Rita Skeeter was waiting with a quill and paper. "Ah, Mr. Potter!" she gestured toward Harry. "How nice of you to join us. I was just finishing with Mr. Diggory. If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you a few questions."

After rolling his eyes, Harry agreed. Rita pushed questions on to him one after the other. The self writing quill was suspiciously moving long moments after he stopped talking. When the questions finally stopped, Harry tried to see what was wrote on the parchment, but Rita turned away.

Harry waited nervously for his turn. His stomach was churning this way and that. All he wanted to do was be near someone. More specifically Tom. Tom just had this atmosphere surrounding him that made Harry feel better no matter what the situation was.

Cedric came back into the tent with a pale face. It was how Fleur and Viktor also came back when they had retrieved their egg. Images of the Hungarian Horntail flooded his mind, making him go pale already. His grip on his wand tightened and he went out, ready to take on what the dragon had to offer.

It was exactly how he remembered it. Scary. The dragon didn't take longer than a few seconds to try to attack him. Harry did his best to focus toward the Gryffindor tower. "Accio Firebolt!" Harry shouted. Everyone turned their heads, waiting to see what was going to happen.

The dragon attacked again right as a shatter was heard. Harry shot his attention away just long enough to save himself from the attack.

Out of seemingly nowhere, the Firebolt appeared in Harry's hand. He quickly mounted it, looking for the egg. Harry imagined he was in a quidditch game. The fire shot from the dragon was the quaffle. Easy to avoid, but can still nearly knock him off his broom. The Hungarian Horntail as a hole was the bludger. It was unpredictable. It could and would come out from no where. And finally, the egg was the golden snitch. Nothing more than a small glow that could only be seen using the eyes of a seeker.

A glint of gold caught his eye. He turned toward it and could see the egg. The dragon must have known where Harry was going because it turned that way too. It dove to go protect the egg.

All Harry could do was wait for the defenses of the dragon to go down. It didn't take long before the dragon got bored and started chasing after him again. Harry went sneakily under the wing and swooped down to grab the egg.

Once he got it, a group of dragon trainers, including Charlie Weasley, shot the dragon with a large, specialized tranquilizer. The dragon fell quickly and Harry was able to go back to the tent.

Who tagged you: I was tagged by newtobsessor

10 things about you:

(1) I wanna study Zoology

(2) I wanna go to the University of Wyoming

(3) If I can convince my mom, scratch that last fact and I want to go to Otago University (in New Zealand)

(4) I wanna study business too

(5) I'm gonna live in Greece for a year sometime in my life

(6) I've read the Harry Potter series 15 times

(7) One of those times was under 24 hours (that includes The Cursed Child {Hate that play btw}, The Tales of Beatle and Bard, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them {The script}

(8) I love candy

(9) I know more about Markiplier than I would like to admit

(10) I work at Dairy Queen

Bonus!

(11) I love Disney Music

Tag people:

Idc. If any of y'all wanna do it, be my guest.

Tell a joke:
I had a joke about paper, but then I realized it was tear able.

(All I could think of were dad jokes smh)

Tell a spoiler:
Someone is going to tell of Tom's identity. And it's not gonna be someone you're going to expect.