Confrontation Underwater

Harry turned back to Ginny and pulled his silver knife to cut her bindings. Once Ginny was free, he looked over at Krum and saw that he had released Mandy Brocklehurst. It crossed his mind that Krum preyed on young girls so maybe he really was a shark. Harry let Ginny float free for a second before going towards the miniature Fleur that was tied up. As he started to cut her bindings, a merman tried to push him out of the way. The merman squealed "You can only take your hostage."

Harry replied "Her sister was hurt so I'm taking her with me."

Several mermen surrounded Harry as he was arguing and as soon as they lunged at him, Harry used his wandless magic to push them away. Harry hurriedly cut the bindings on the girl and dragged her along as he grabbed Ginny and headed for the surface. The burden of towing two bodies was slowing him down and the mermen had little trouble catching up to him.

Just as they were about to confront him again, the shark/man barreled through them knocking them out of the way. In an instant, he was on Harry and bit into his side. As the shark was rolling and shaking his head, the flesh from around Harry's ribs, abdomen, and back were ripped away leaving mangled flesh. Krum's thoughts were 'This will teach you to interfere with one of my dates.'

Even though the mermen were confronting Harry, they weren't really a threat as they were told to put on a show but not hurt anyone and protect the students as best as they could. When the shark grabbed Harry, they were torn because they knew the shark was a student but at the same time, the shark was trying to kill another. In the end, they tried to protect Harry and lunged forward with their tridents through the blood filled water. The shark caught a glint of metal from the tridents and released his victim. His reactions were so quick that he was gone before they even realized the attack was over.

In the confusion of the moment, one of the mermen warriors had already thrown his trident at the shark and being unable to stop it, the trident pierced Harry's left thigh. As the merman tried to pull back on the trident, it grabbed flesh and bone and became firmly lodged in Harry's leg. The merman tried once again but the handle broke leaving the trident stuck through his thigh. The results of all this was Harry floating limply in the water with his two charges nearby.

Harry was trying to regain his composure and fight through the pain as he floated there surrounded by blood leaking from his body. The mermen tried to approach him to help but under the circumstances, he took their movement as threatening and pushed them away with his wandless magic. Once they were far enough away, Harry thought about sealing the wounds around his torso and with a pass of his hand, the mangled part of his body was covered in a yellowish glow.

He fought through the terrible pain he was in and glanced at his watch. Sometime during the two fights, his watch had been broken and the last position of the hands showed him he had fifteen minutes left. Not knowing how long he had, he noticed his two hostages were floating close by and appeared unharmed so he grabbed their arms and made his best speed towards the surface. The mermen followed along at a distance to make sure he made it alright and knowing how badly this would go sent one of their warriors to get their chief and explain what happened. They felt it would be necessary so that he could speak with silver beard.

Harry was within ten feet of the surface when he pain in his neck added to that of his body and leg. He knew that meant that his gills were disappearing and he fought harder for the surface before he lost his flipper feet and webbed hands as well. By the end of the effort, he was almost too tired to make it to the platform but soldiered on anyway.

As soon as the two girls' heads appeared above the surface of the lake, they woke up and were able to help in getting to the platform. The effort was made more difficult by the freezing cold water that Harry could now feel due to the gillyweed wearing off. For Harry, the water was a blessing and a curse as it numbed the pain in his body while it cold sapped what little remained of his strength.

Once they reached the platform, several pairs of hands stretched out and pulled the girls out of the water. The little French girl was tugged out by a sobbing Fleur who had her in a hug as she wrapped them both in a blanket. Cedric grabbed Ginny and hauled her up and quickly passed her to Madam Pomfrey. As Cedric turned back to Harry, he saw that he had relaxed now that both girls were safe. Cedric stuck his hand out for Harry and was quickly waved off. Cedric knew something was wrong and asked "Harry?"

Harry shook his head and said "Give me a minute." He allowed himself to sink back into the water to let the cold water numb him some more.

Once Harry built up a little strength, he reached out and Cedric grabbed his hand. As he grabbed it, Harry winced and groaned in pain. Cedric yelled "Cho, get over here, I need your help." She ran over and grabbed Harry's other arm and helped get him on the platform as everyone else stood and dumbly watched the scene in front of them.

It kind of rankled Cedric that Fleur didn't even offer to help after all that Harry had just done for her and her sister. As soon as Harry cleared the water, they could see what was wrong. The trident was sticking out of his leg and where his shirt had been ripped; there were what looked like bite marks that had ripped the flesh and mangled his right side.

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