Chapter 140: Chapter 139: Report!
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—It is true! Percy Jackson, sixth year in the house of Hufflepuff is from America. He has moved here from the colonies just this past summer with his squib aunt and has just completed his OWLs, a year later than is expected. While his OWLs score is impressive, one would hope that a man at the age of 17 do no less.
But in the end it is not a matter of merit, but a matter of country. Must a boy from America really be the one to represent the greatest school in England itself?
He may be a student of Hogwarts, but he just joined this year! He has only been a member of our nation for a few months! And Hogwarts for even less than that!
This reporter believes that choosing a champion who wasn't even a real Brit is unlawful and should be against the rules in the first place.
We must be represented by a true champion of the people, not this foreigner! But alsa I am just one voice in the flood gate on millions. And the tournament has already started, there is nothing we can do to change it
THE FOURTH TRIWIZARD CHAMPION?
Report by
Rita Skeeter
The next piece of tragedy that comes out off the triwizard tournament revolves around a Britain hero, Harry Potter the boy-who-lived. While this one is a British citizen, his involvement with the tournament violates the very rules upon which it was set up on.
Unknown to everyone, even the great Albus Dumbledore, Mr. Potter has somehow managed to enter himself into the tournament as the fourth champion.
He was not allowed to participate in the first place, as he is only aged 14, something the new rules do not allow, and yet he is still expected to participate.
While this would be unusual, Mr. Potter's entry might actually be a blessing in disguise for us all. The official champion of Hogwarts is in fact not even British! (See the above article, An American Champion for Britain for more details) So Mr. Potter might be the true face of Britain in this tournament!
But then comes into question the legitimacy of Mr. Potter's claim to said title. While he is more deserving of being Britain's true champion, he is still in violation of the rules as he is still underaged.
So this reporter asks you dear reader, is this the fate of our country? To be represented by an America (See above article for more details) that hasn't been a citizen in our country for more than a few weeks or by an underage school boy with delusions of grandeur? Surely we can do better than this? This reporter certainly believes so.
The report then continued to call Harry a frightened little boy that wished to live up to his parents love and sacrifice and that he was doing all of this in order to grab more attention for himself.
Percy read it all, and he felt angry. Very very angry. "That bitch!" Percy cursed.
Harry looked equally pissed off, "I never said any of these things! She's lying!"
Percy looked around and slowly felt all eyes turn to them. They were glaring at him, they believed what she wrote, that he didn't deserve to be a champion.
"What did I ever do to her?" Percy asked with a growl, "I didn't even speak to the bitch!"
"I think that's why she got angry," Susan supplied.
Percy gave the paper to Hermione, "here, keep it. I suddenly lost all interest in reading."
The table became silent after that as they all ate breakfast while avoiding the glares everyone was sending them.
Even the Hufflepuff table seemed unsure of what to do or say as they simply avoided Percy's eyes completely.
After finishing his meal Percy excused himself and quickly walked up to The Forest. After making sure no one was around he entered his haven and got to work.
He quickly carved the next batch of quickly quills and then continued to check up on the Felix Felicis.
The full moon was tonight, and according to the recipe Percy had to heat the potion up underneath the light of the full moon. Guess that means his night was full.
Percy then checked up on the map, it was honestly not going anywhere fast. It just got more and more complicated as time went on.
Percy had effectively given up on the project, but he made sure just to look it over once in awhile just to tugg out a new idea once in awhile.
The demigod then went to his latest project, using his feathers to create a flying cape. Like Superman! Percy wanted to fly as a human, the only way he could do that was by partially transforming, which he can't do in public unless he wanted people to start calling him a fallen angel.
The properties of a pegasus feather allowed for flight. Percy at first wanted to turn it into a potion and use it to gain flight.
But anything he would make would only grant him temporary flight and would probably wear off in about an hour.
He could have used it for a ritual, but he wasn't nearly competent enough in that branch of magic to even attempt such a thing. That left only one option, using runes.
This was incredibly difficult of course. Percy didn't even know where to begin. But over the past week he got an idea while Flitwick was lecturing about flying carpets and their properties.
Percy realised like his hoverboard he could make something with the feathers that could fly, except he can't use a board or a carpet, he didn't have that many feathers, it had to be only for a single person. So Percy decided to make a cape.
Percy had Fred and George smuggle in two capes for him from Hogsmeade, they would usually charge money for things like this, but they didn't have a choice, after all Percy did win their little bet by becoming triwizard champion.
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