Chapter 367 (2/2)
Pointing to the golden eggs in their hands, Amundsen further explains. ”The golden eggs that you've all won holds the key inside. You will need it to solve the clue for the second task. Now off you go then! And congratulations!”
Rowan left the tent and walked back to the castle when a witch jumped out. All it took was a simple glare, but Rita Skeeter fled back into the tree line. Hiding a smirk, she wondered if she should make sure to catch the nosy beetle. It might be a bit of fun.
Rowan hadn't even made it halfway to the grounds when Terry rushed at her. She may have extended her foot which caused him to faceplant into the grass. ”I deserve that,” Terry painfully croaked as he got up and rubbed his sore nose.
Trailing behind him was Severus and the marauders. Rowan sighs as she turns to face them. ”Look I'm unharmed, Severus.”
Rowan isn't even allowed to finish her sentence when Severus hugs her. More than a couple of their friends blinks as Rowan and Severus rarely ever showed such public displays affection. ”Don't ever do that again!” Severus growled into her ear.
”I won't,” Rowan promised as she had no intention of ever facing down a dragon again. Let the professionals do their job. That's why dragon handlers exist.
Severus pulled back unconvinced and quickly gave her a quick look over. ”I'm fine,” Rowan snapped with a playful edge to her voice.
Glancing at the golden egg, Sirius says, ”So, what's inside there?”
”I don't know,” Rowan lied as she pulled the golden egg open. Everyone clapped their hands on their ears as almost horrible, loud, screechy wail filled the air.
Rowan snaps the eggs shut as Pettigrew whined, ”What the heck was that?!”
”It's Mermish,” Rowan and Severus said in unison.
”Mermish?” James said in disbelief not able to believe that horrible screeching was associated with mermaids.
”Severus and I are learning the language as part of our apprenticeship,” Rowan replied as Lupin looked rather impressed.
”Well that's useful,” Lupin commented as they began to once more walk back to the castle. The seven of them chatted for a bit as they recounted the other two actions so the champions.
The seven of them went their separate ways as Rowan, Severus, and Terry headed down to the dungeons. The minute the Slytherin common room door swung open Rowan almost bolted back the way they had come. Severus and Terry quickly captured her by the arms and dragged Rowan inside as the Slytherins wildly cheered for her. There were mountains of food, deserts, flagons of pumpkin juice, butterbeer and all sorts of other drinks.
Not one to miss a free meal, Rowan ignored the chatter as she served herself a nice big plate of food and began to eat. Plenty of Slytherins tried to get her to tell them how she did it, but all it took was a glare from Severus to get them to leave her alone.
Overall, it'd been a rather tiring day and Rowan went straight to bed. She'd have plenty of time to listen to the egg given that she was learning Mermish. And did it still count as cheating if one asked their apprentice master to aid them in the translation? Well, it wasn't her problem. It was the judges who hadn't factored that detail into the tournament.