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The other champions waited a few more minutes to ensure Harry was completely fine before leaving, although they would have stayed longer if Madam Poppy hadn't shooed them away. Eventually, it was just him and Theo alone.
“How did you know what happened to me?” Nott was the first to break the silence after a few minutes.
I hesitated, considering how to phrase my response. "Honestly, I don't know. It was just there," I finally answered.
He seemed to ponder the answer, before just nodding. He was about to open his mouth to ask another question or respond, I'm not sure when Snape and McGonagall walked through the door.
“Mr potter!” McGonagall said at the same time Snape said “mr nott!” both in the same scandalised tone. They both paused taking in the presence of both boys.
I looked at Theo, He looked back and then shrugged. I smiled and rolled my eyes, when I looked back both teachers looked confused.
“Why was I told you were in the Hufflepuff dorms, Mr. Potter?” McGonagall looked at me sternly and Snape just sneered.
“I found out what the first task was and I wanted to warn Cedric because I'm sure that the other two were told, actually they were.”
Theo looked at me with a look on his face like he couldn’t tell if I was lying or not, I shook my head at him.
When we both looked at our respective heads of house they were both staring at me, shocked.
“What?” I asked, deciding to pull up an oblivious act, mostly just to fuck with Snape.
They both looked so confused and alarmed.
I just blinked a small sensation passed through my right arm, it felt like I spilled water over my forearm. I looked down but there was nothing wrong with my sleeve so I pulled it up and everyone (especially McGonigal and Snape, I noted) gasped, there in black a style eerily similar to the deathly Hallows on my left was a fang with a snake coiled around it nother thing for Hermione to look into because Merlin knows that as soon as she learns I randomly have a tattoo showing up, she will probably look into it to find out if she can get one.
I snuck a glance at Theo when did I start calling him Theo?
Theo looked just as confused but shrugged and lifted his left hand, the Deathly Hallows right.
Madame Poppy came out at that moment with potions, for both me and Theo.
“Alrighty, Mr Potter, here are your potions and would you allow me to do a diagnostic scan to see what caused the injury?” Madame Poppy gave a recurring smile
I was hesitant at first then I saw a glimmer behind Professor McGonagall and Snape. I look over and I see Dad and Regulus; Regulus looks so done, but Dad is nodding frantically and I can faintly hear him giggling like mad.
I look over at Theo and kind of nod my head, and he nods back. “Yes, ma’am and have you done one for Th-Nott?”
Madame Poppy looks more confused than satisfied. “I was going to do just that when you came in mr potter.”
I nodded and relaxed, Madame Poppy paused before asking, “would you mind if I did Mr Nott first as he was here before you?”
I glanced at theo seeing his reaction, he just shrugged. “Yeah, go ahead”
Madame Poppy moved over to theo, and held out her wand. She must have cast wordlessly as the scroll started to pour out the tip of the wand immediately, it was extremely short, only two or three inches at most. She read it then nodded and handed it to professor snape.
“Alright Mr potter, your turn.” She stepped to me and repeated the process except this time the paper didn't stop at three inches and seemed to be nearly a foot. The parchment was different to, more grey than the usual parchment. Then I heard regulus speak, and it seems theo did as well “by the gods james, you messed with her magiks to cast a magiks diagnostic instead.”
I heard dad snort in response “hey Pandora and lily said it would be both helpful and funny, i'm inclined to agree.”
I watched from the corner of my eye as professor McGonagall seemed to sway on her feet and then promptly pass out.