Encounters in the Labyrinth

"Oh, master is such a great wizard." Dobby said with awe once they were past the vines.

"Admire later Dobby." Harry said impatiently.

"Oh right, bad Dobby, um..." Dobby rushed forward and Harry once again took to following him.

"And now Mr Krum has entered the maze." Harry heard Ludo Bagman announce with his magically amplified voice but ignored him and kept following Dobby.

"Oh not that way." Dobby said, quickly turning away from one path that would have taken them to a dead end. After a couple more minutes Dobby stopped. "There be shape shiftey up when we turn right."

"Shape shiftey? You mean a boggart?" Harry asked, the boggart was the first thing he could think of that shape shifted.

"Yes, but it be faster than other paths." Dobby said, waiting for Harry to chose.

"Let's do it then." Harry said as he walked forwards, Harry turned right and a minute later he came face to face with a boggart in the shape of a dementor. It felt cold but nothing like the real ones. The boggart charged towards him "Riddikulus!" Harry said, the boggart's dementor cloak wrapped around it and it became so tight that the dementor eventually ended up being forced into the size of a small ball. Harry waved his wand and pushed it to one side before he and Dobby ran past it.

"Not that way!" Dobby cried when Harry nearly went straight ahead, fortunately Harry stopped.

"Why? What's that way?" Harry asked curiously.

"Mr Hagrid's big blasty skrewts." Dobby answered.

"What? Hold on, you mean his bloody Blast Ended Skrewts?" Harry asked, hoping that he had guessed wrong. That hope went out quickly when Dobby nodded his head.

"Follow Dobby." Dobby said and turned right.

"How much further?" Harry asked as he followed the elf.

"Not too far." Dobby replied.

"And now Mr Diggory has entered the maze." Ludo Bagman's magically amplified voice echoed. "that is all three champions!"

"What is it?" Harry asked Dobby when the elf stopped a minute or so later.

"If we go this way there be Sphinx," Dobby said as he pointed in one direction. "if we go over ways than it take longer."

"Do you know what I have to do to get a Sphinx?" Harry asked.

"Dobby heard one person say yous be having to answer riddle."

"Answer a riddle, that's it?" Harry asked.

"Yes, only one." Dobby nodded. Harry took a moment to think about it, he was no expert in riddles but he felt like he was fairly good at them and doing this could end up saving him a lot of time.

"Fine," Harry nodded. "let's go." Harry said as he walked forwards, a few seconds later he found himself face to face with a Sphinx.

"Greeting's champion." The Sphinx sad, smiling at him.

"Wow, you are impressive." Harry replied.

"Flattery will not get you anywhere, thought it is appreciated. The current path you walk is the one with the shortest distance to the cup, however you may only get past if I let you. If you wish to get past me you must first answer my riddle, should you answer correctly then I will gladly stand aside and grant you the ability to continue. If you fail to answer correctly then there will be consequences, your third option is to go back and find an alternate route."

"Let's hear the riddle first." Harry replied.

"I will only grant one of you access." The Sphinx said, glancing between Dobby and Harry.

"Master after this there is only one acromantula." Dobby replied.

"The elf will stay until I have decided on a response to your riddle." Harry told the Sphinx.

"Very well. Here is the riddle." The Sphinx coughed and cleared its throat before it told Harry the riddle.

First think of the person who lives in disguise,

Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.

Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,

The middle of middle and end of the end?

And finally give me the sound often heard,

During the search for a hard-to-find word.

Now string them together and answer me this,

Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?

"Great." Harry rolled his eyes before he began thinking about the riddle. The clue in the first two lines refers to a spy, the next clue indicates the letter 'd', and the last clue means '-er'. String them together, and the answer is 'spyder' or 'spider'. Definitely something that Harry would not want to kiss. The final creature in the maze guarding the Triwizard Cup was an Acromantula, was that a coincidence? Harry didn't think so.

"Spider." Harry answered.

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