Harry Potter and the Goblin of Fire Ants

Chapter Twelve

What if Harry Tried his Suggestion?

By

Jason Richard

So the Yule ball happened. Hermione went with Victor Krum, and Harry's crush Cho Chang went with Cedric Diggory. The two boys ended up going with the Patil twins. Everyone was miserable, and no one wanted to talk about it when it was over.

So they didn't.

So harry walked along, and passed Moody.

Moody: "Hey Harry, do solve the egg, dunk it underwater." And he winked.

Harry: "Wow professor, you're incredibly helpful."

So Harry went and listened to the clue. Unfortunately he'd spent to much time at this, and it was past curfew. He put on his invisibility cloak, using the Marauder's map to navigate the dark corridors and avoid teachers, when he noticed someone who shouldn't be at Hogwarts at that time of night.

Barty Crouch.

He was so surprised he didn't notice the stairs turning and slipping, his legg getting stuck as he was trapped under his cloak. The egg opened and started screaming.

"I want a chew toy! I want video game! I want a mortgage so I can live in Miami!"

Professor Snape: "Student out of Bed!"

Harry, meanwhile, lamented that of course it was him.

Moody: "What's going on?"

Harry, meanwhile, was grateful that it was now him.

Snape picked up the egg and closed it.

Egg, whispering: "I want a monkey."

"Well," said Moody. "I don't see any students." And he winked at Harry with his magical eye.

Harry smirked.

"I imagine a student just forgot the egg," said Moody. "And when the stairs moved it fell down and opened. Happens all the time I reckon. You dropped something yourself."

He pointed to a parchment, and Harry panicked. It was the Marauder's map. He mouthed it to Moody as Snape went to pick it up.

Moody snatched it first.

"Oh sorry," said Moody. "I forgot, I must have dropped it. You did drop that book though."

Harry panicked again, it was his textbook. Moody once again snatched it up before Snape could get to it.

Moody: "Oh sorry, I'm just a butterfingers today. Also, I keep forgetting what I'm carrying. I do think you dropped that quill though."

Snape looked over at the fallen quill, frowned, and turned back to Moody, saying, "Are you sure? It isn't also yours, perhaps?"

Moody, frowning, slowly turned and looked at Harry through the invisibility cloak. Harry, who was the owner of that quill, just nodded.

Moody: "Now that you mention it, I think I did drop that." He picked up the quill. "Also it looks like I also dropped this potion vial."

Snape: "No, I dropped that." He snatched the vial up. "Honestly, keep track of what's yours for Merlin's sake!"

And he walked away. Moody then looked at Harry, awkwardly holding all of Harry's things, and then winked at him again.

…

"You figured out how to listen to the egg?" asked Hermione as they sat in the Gryffindor common room.

"No," said Harry. "Professor Moody told me…then he winked at me. He does that a lot for some reason."

"Sounds like he's trying to hard to be trustworthy," said Ron.

Harry: "Nah, it's probably fine. Anyway, I dunked it underwater and it said that something important would be stolen from me and I'd have an hour to get it back. Also I have to breath underwater. I don't know how to do that with magic. Maybe I can summon some scuba gear with Accio."

"You mean those muggle things?" said Ron. "That's a great idea! Try it!"

Harry waved his wand and said Accio. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"Harry," she said. "The tournament awards points for originality. If someone uses a spell twice, it will serve as a mark against him."

"Oh."

"It's okay," said Ron. "I'm sure we'll think of something. We still have time before the tournament. I'm sure everything is going to be…Does anyone else hear something?"

They all looked around.

"Yeah," said Hermione. "It sounds like someone screaming."

Harry froze and said, "Uh oh."

Ron and Hermione: "What?"

"I used a summoning charm on scuba gear," said Harry. "I must have hit scuba gear…with a muggle attached."

And looking out the window, the three young wizard could see a man in scuba gear flying towards the Gryffindor tower screaming hysterically.

"Run for it!" cried Harry.

And the children fled, right before the muggle crashed through the window.

Muggle:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACRASH!"

…

Mcgonagall: "Every single Griffindor in this tower has detention and your house loses ten thousand points!"

Harry whispers: "No one finds out it was me."

Ron whispers: "Yeah, I'll get flak for being your friend."

Hermione whispers: "Ditto."

And Harry grumbled.