Chapter 41.1- Doom Days
Added 2025-06-25 12:42:19 +0000 UTC“How are you feeling?” Sirius asked by my side as we watched the proceedings for the third task begin.
“I don’t actually care about this all that much” I said with a sigh. And it was true. I wish I could say that the triwizard tournament was this massive thing that had taken so much time and effort on my part but it was far from that. For one, all my training had been to get stronger in general, rather than any particular preparation for any of the tasks in particular. Even the second task hadn’t made me learn anything new. Put the me that had competed in the first task against any of the others, and I would probably have performed similarly.
So I didn’t care. It was a challenge that I’d probably conclusively outgrown by Yule. Now it was just something tedious that I happened to find myself stuck in.
“Yeah, I can tell. But think about it. Eternal glory, one thousand galleons, and bragging rights.” Sirius posed.
“Exactly none of those matter all that much to me and you know it” I said to him. Yeah, I cared about money to some extent but the money from Sirius’ settlement with the ministry had come in and so I had more than enough money to afford clothes at the rate I ran through them— at this point I was buying new robes every other month.
“Because you’re a crazy little munchkin. But my initial question wasn’t even about this” He said, and I just tossed him a doubtful look.
“Okay fine. It was. But now I want to ask about tomorrow and how you’re feeling about that”
“The results? I passed. I know that.” I said easily. I knew I passed.
“Yes, but you don’t know how well, do you?” He asked.
“Did you see something, Sirius?” I asked, now giving him all my attention. Of course, the troll took that as a cue to withdraw from the conversation, zipping his lips shut and walking over to talk to Slughorn.
