NOVEL NEXT Chapter 170: Chapter 169: Clue?!
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"For now," Heather whispered causing everyone to laugh.
"Fine, fine, deny it all you want, but sooner or later you and her are going to be locked inside and broom closet, trust me on this," Cedric joked, causing everyone to laugh while Percy blushed in embarrassment.
"Alright alright! Let's not push the champ to far people," Miguel spoke up, "remember he did just fight off a freaking dragon! Who knows what he could do to us!"
The Badgers all laughed while Percy blushed, not used to the attention. Soon they settled down again, most of them splitting off into smaller groups, mostly the younger years, while the sixth and seventh years stood with Percy.
"So what exactly is that thing Percy?" Cedric asked.
"It's his cloak of levitation," Heather explained with a role of her eyes, "great name huh?"
"Hey! Don't take that tone with me young lady! I'll have you know this is one of the greatest invention in the history of awesome!" Percy flushed the cape, "anyone who where this little beauty can freaking fly! How cool is that?!"
"You mean like a broom?" Miguel asked.
"What?! No! It's nothing like a broom! That's like comparing a formula 1 race car to a toyota! For shame Miguel for shame!"
"What makes this cape so amazing anyway?" Heather asked drawing the attention of other curious Hufflepuff's.
"Well for one it obeys my orders telepathically, so I have to think in order to make it fly!"
"Cool!" a fifth year cried out.
"Can I give it a try?" a seventh year asked.
Percy shook his head, "sorry man but no, it's way too dangerous. I almost hurt myself several times while using this thing! Heck one time I almost crashed into the Gryffindor tower!"
"Wait a minute!" Cedric cried out, "that flying horse rumour! It was you wasn't it?!"
Percy snickered, "yup! Suprise!"
They quickly began to talk more and more into the night. The party was fun as Percy sat in the center with the Hufflepuff's asking him several questions about the task, when he brewed the potion, why he helped Harry out and even where he learned how to control water like that.
Percy explained that the water was old family magic from his dad's side, it was a natural thing for him to use water like that. It seemed to satisfy people enough that they dropped the line of questioning, though some asked if Percy could teach them, which is respectfully denied claiming that he promised his dad he wouldn't.
"Alright enough already!" Juan suddenly cried out, "I have been waiting but no more! What's inside that damn egg?!"
Percy blinked as he turned to the golden egg he had on his lap, "huh, guess I kind of forgot to check."
"Well then what are you waiting for? Open it up!" Gordan cried out as the rest of the house cheered Percy on.
Percy grinned as he set his drink aside and stood up holding the egg up for all to see. He noticed an opening machines on the top, he twisted it open and the egg exploded out as a beautiful voice began to sing;
Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
And while you're searching ponder this;
We've taken what you'll sorely miss,-
Gordan suddenly closed the egg cutting the music off.
"Hey! What's the big idea?!" Percy asked as he pulled the egg away from Gordon's grip.
"That was horrible!" a fifth year cried out.
"My ears hurt so much!" Cedric said as he rubbed his ears wincing in pain.
Percy looked around and noticed everyone everyone was holding their ears in pain. Growing ever more confused Percy spoke up, "what happened to you guys?"
"That egg!" Heather hissed, "it sounds like glass scratching up a black board!"
"Yeah! Why didn't you stop be quicker?!" Juan yelled out.
Percy blinked, "what are you talking about? It doesn't sound anything like you said, if anything the voice is kind of angelic."
"What? Did that dragon burn your brain or something?" Kristien asked.
"No, I don't think that's it," Miguel said rubbing his chin, "maybe it's something only a champion can here? Like maybe the egg's charmed to only work for the champion who retrieved it?"
The Hufflepuff thought it over, quickly agreeing with the smart sixth years assessment.
Percy took out his wand, "alright then, guess I'll just have to listen to this alone. I'll put up a sound barrier though, no need for the rest of you to lose your ear buds for this," He casted a silencing spill around himself, cutting off all sound from the outside.
Percy opened the egg once more and the song began once more;
Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
And while you're searching ponder this;
We've taken what you'll sorely miss,
An hour long you'll have to look,
And to recover what we took,
But past an hour, the prospect's black,
Too late, it's gone, it won't come back.
Percy noted the words after a few more listening and closed the egg. He dropped the spell and was meet with the others eager faces.
"Well? What does it say?" Cedric asked.
Percy repeated the words to them all, sighing at the end, "I have no idea what this is supposed to mean."
"Well, it says they can't sing above the ground, so maybe underground?" Juan suggested.
"Maybe the next task is you navigating a dungeon underground?" Heather suggested.
"No, that doesn't sound very interesting," Gordan shrugged, "plus it said sing above the ground, meaning it's not under ground."
"So what can be below ground, but not under it?" Miguel asked. The Hufflepuff grumbled at the riddle as they tried to think of an answer.
"The sea," a seventh year suddenly spoke up, everyone turned to her and she clarified, "the top of the sea is called sea level, or ground level. So it can be below the ground, and yet not be under the ground."
Percy blinked, "so wait...the next task in underwater?"
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