75 Start of the first task (1/2)
As they were eating breakfast, an owl made its way in the kitchen, escorted with two of Chione children. The poor beast seems on the verge of an attack, looking around at the lesser sound warily. Luna chuckled at this while Fleur frees it from its burden before he frenetically flaps his wing, bolting out of the place without rest, treat, or water.
”The weighting of the wand will happen in two hours.”
”Seems that my owl post was lost on its way, alright ladies, pack up, onward t the castle, there something I need to retrieve theirs too. Brooms or elves?”
””Brooms!””
””Elves!””
Luna and Susan immediately jump and shout for the broom, while Hermione and Fleur wanted a more secure way. Not that Alex brooms weren't, they were the most secure existing in the world, but they didn't want to pass the next ten minutes flying when they could just instantly pop in. Hearing them, he throws two brooms at the girls, while he calls for two Elves and Sunny.
He leaves the girls on the doorstep of the castle while Sunny pop him directly to the seven floors corridor. He asks for the same thing as last time before entering. Their lie the different sunk ships of the past. Taking a block of glass, he starts to produce a bottle with an unbreakable rune scheme on them while Sunny starts to carefully shrink them and pop them in the bottle, putting the cork with a stasis rune scheme on before putting it on a rack with support for them to rest on.
They work together for the next twenty minutes, once he was done with the bottles, he takes back the small block and takes out one made of red wax, recovering the cork and a part of neck of the bottles. Five minutes later, Sunny put the last ship in and let Alex seal it before looking proudly at the eighty-seven ship of different size and origin on the shelf. He stores it before they exit the room and pop out to the door leading to where the ceremony was lead.
To his surprise, they didn't seem to have started, and when Bagman sees him, he lightens before making his way to him.
”Mr.Evans, We were waiting for you!”
”Why?” The man seems surprised by his question.
”For the ceremony, of course!”
”I didn't receive any news that it would be today, and even them didn't plan to participate, the contract says only three events, the first, second and third task count as three events, thus I don't have any obligation to participate.”
”You must participate, Mr.Evans!”
”It Heir Evans for you McGonagall, even if I were, my presence is redundant. I haven't been in possession of a wand since the first one cease to be.” This made all those present in the room look at him with wide eyes.
”But...! You take Dumbledore down...”
”Dumbles and the two morons? Why would a need a wand for this, its nothing more than a crutch that the less gifted need to actually perform magic, I never need one, to begin with in order to do so, and only buy one because it was required.”
”Presomsperous! I have made wand since ...”
Ollivander rant dies down in his throat as they all saw his joined index and middle fingers light up in a green sheen before he traces a runic circle. Not wanting to miss this, Bozo, the photograph that had come with Rita snap a picture at it, only for his camera to receive a blast of lightning powerful enough to turn in into molten blacken scraps. The man yelp at this, the heat scorching his hands.
”I don't think I allow you to take picture of me or anything related to me.”
”Were in a free country, boy, you can't do that!”
”Not only I could but I have already done so. I am under immunity in case that has escaped you, that signifies that I can and have raise prosecution again the rag you call a newspaper. All these thanks to the articles of Miss Sketer here on her biased and unprofessional view on a private affair that has happened between me and the brother of that goat fuking barkeeper.”
”The death of Dumbledore wasn't something Britain couldn't be informed!” Says the woman, miffed that she won't be able to write on him anymore, no knowing that her boss wouldn't have a job in the end of the day and the company facing severe fines from Gringotts.
”While it true, that didn't allow you to write lies on me, on this, let go Fleur, I miss the pool.”
”Hmm.” The young woman follows him after speaking a word or two at her Headmistress first, leaving everyone inside, behind.
When they exit the castle, they were lead by Sunny to the rest of the girls. Says girls were actually watching Luna and Susan crushing an opposing team on a pick-up Quidditch game. When they see him, they land's, for the great joy of the others while some of them bolt away crying of their defeat.