chsdbacks Chapter 16: The First Task
Chapter 16: The First Task
A/N: Here's the new Chapter! Which also means the next four chapters are up on my Patreon for early access as well as the chance to vote on the direction of the story!
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In which Harry gives the audience a different sort of show this time around.
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The day of the First Task has arrived. More specifically, the hour of the First Task has arrived. Having just finished lunch, Harry departs from the Great Hall ahead of schedule, intending to make his way down to the Waiting Tent near the First Task Arena before anyone can come and get him.
However, the moment he leaves the Great Hall, a bundle of barely contained fuzzy brunette hair all but collides with his chest.
“H-Harry!”
Blinking, Harry grabs Hermione Granger by the shoulders in order to still her current frantic energy, looking her over and quickly deducing that she hasn’t been sleeping well. In fact, the brunette book worm looks pale as a ghost… and quite sickened at that. Finally managing to calm down enough to look him in the eye, she all but blanches.
Her mouth opens and closes several times, but she can’t quite get the words out. However, her demeanor alone is enough to tell him that she’s done exactly what he asked of her. She’s done her re
While it’s absolutely ridiculous, Harry doesn’t care in the slightest. Because even as his total point score is announced, he’s made eye contact with Fleur Delacour and can see from one look at her face that he’s already beaten her score this time around. And won their wager.
Well now, wasn’t that fun? Heh… now all Harry needed to decide was whether it would be more fun to go and talk to her right now while the victory was fresh, or leave it be and make her sit and stew in her loss until eventually her own pride forced her to come and confront him later.
Ah. Such hard choices he found himself having to make in this new timeline, heh.
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The Patreon Vote: [ ] Rub the loss in Fleur's face now, approach her himself - 9%
[X] Don't approach Fleur himself, force her to come to him on her own time - 91%
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