A Nexus Devil

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AND HARRY POTTER SUCCESSFULLY DRIVES OFF THE THREE DEMENTORS WITH HIS MASTERFUL USE OF THE PATRONUS CHARM.

THIS SURPRISING VICTORY MAKES HARRY NOT ONLY THE FASTEST CHAMPION SO FAR TO SUCCEED BUT ALSO THE ONLY ONE TO EMERGE UNSCATHED!" The announcer's voice rang throughout the tent.

'It seemed that Harry had fended off those Dementors easily,' Jake thought with some surprise. That was seriously fast! Harry's name was called, and he was finished with his fight within a five-minute period!

Jake exited the waiting tent as its final occupant and headed for the arena. As he was walking, he spotted Luna holding his familiar, Blaze.

*Chirp chirp!* Blaze, who was sitting happily in Luna's cozy arms, chirped happily at seeing his master, Jake!

Jake waved at the Ravenclaw girl as he approached the duo. "Hey Luna, I just want to say thanks for watching Blaze for me these past few days while I prepare for the tournament," Jake said sincerely.

As psyched as he'd been initially to get a familiar, Blaze, who was still a baby bird, wasn't exactly old enough to take care of itself and hunt for food yet. He required a surprising amount of care, which was sort of a big job for Jake who was preparing for the tournament.

At least it was according to Luna. Jake had learned not to question her wisdom though. Luna, who turned out to be an awesome friend for Jake, was happy enough to volunteer and care for Blaze for Jake until his familiar was old enough to hunt on his own.

With a dreamy smile, Luna just told him that it was fine. She herself didn't really have any friends in Ravenclaw, sadly, so Blaze was apparently a welcome reprieve from spending her time alone in the common room.

Jake had asked her before why she didn't have a familiar of her own, and she simply told him that her destined partner hadn't been born yet...

Luna, with Blaze in her arms, walked with Jake to the arena entrance. Jake turned to Luna and smiled cockily. "Well, this here is my stop, Luna. Make sure you and Blaze get a good view from the front row.

I'm about to go whoop a dragon's ass!" Jake declared as he marched into the arena, with all the spectators cheering for him.

Luna merely watched Jake's back until he rounded a corner. When he disappeared from her view, a somber expression appeared on her face. "I'm sorry, Jake, but this experience is just one of many that will be necessary for you to reach your full potential," she whispered to herself and Blaze in her arms.

*Chirp... chirp...* Blaze's chirps also held a melancholy tone.

Luna hugged the baby phoenix tightly to her chest. "He's going to truly need you today, Blaze," she said...

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-20 minutes into the fight-

…As Jake lay on the ground bleeding out from a gaping wound in his torso, he had finally realized something about how he'd been acting ever since he'd arrived at Hogwarts and found out he could do magic.

Something most teenagers don't realize until later in life. Something none of the other champions (except Harry) hadn't realized either until they'd faced the first task themselves.

Jake had been acting way too arrogant and cocky. And now here he was on the verge of death at only 16 years old...

"Roooooooaaaar!" And there was the dragon Jake was facing a couple dozen meters away from where Jake lay. Roaring in victory for having defeated the annoying red-haired man whose spells had injured it!

*cough* "Man, what a lame way to die." Jake mumbled from the dirt where he lay collapsed and near bleeding out.

*Chirp chirp!*

"..."

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20 minutes earlier...

Jake entered the arena to the roaring applause of all the people enthusiastically cheering him on to see him succeed... mainly because they had all bet on him.

"You can do it, Jake!" Harry, who was sitting with Ron and Hermione in the stands, cheered.

"You're the man, new guy! You're going to make me rich, just don't die, okay?" A random student shouted out. Many more cheers like that came from all around.

"I hope you get maimed, you ginger yank! I bet a thousand galleons on seeing you fail! I don't care that the payout would only be 10 galleons!" That last one came from Malfoy.

He was still pissed off that Jake had cost him 40 house points that had earned him the ire of his housemates. Let it not be said that Malfoys do not hold grudges, no matter how petty.

Jake simply ignored that final taunt from Malfoy, the jealous little weasel that he was. Jake simply stood proud in the arena, waiting for the dragon to come through those large doors at the opposite end.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU OUR FINAL CHALLENGER, JAKE GREMORY, AND NOW IT'S THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! THE FINAL BATTLE WILL NOW BEGIN. RELEASE THE DRAGON!"

The booming voice of the announcer washed over the arena.

The large gate doors on the other side of the arena slowly opened, and out came a fierce brown dragon absolutely covered in white horns from head to tail, spikes absolutely all over its scales.

*THUD THUD THUD*

Jake had never actually really thought about how big a dragon in real life would be. The arena floor actually shook with each step the dragon took. It was a lot bigger than Jake thought it would be.

Dragons in Skyrim always look so much smaller on a tiny screen after all...somewhere in his mind he'd sorta foolishly figured it wouldn't be any bigger than them.

How wrong he was! This thing, however, looked like walking death, and it was the size of a small house!The dragon fully entered the arena, and as it turned to face Jake, its spiked tail switched to the side and absolutely shattered a 10-ft wide boulder that was nearby in a single blow.

A casual display of the devastating consequences of being hit by its spiked tail. The Horntail let out a ferocious roar at Jake, and he could actually see that its throat was glowing slightly orange, probably from the fire that it was going to breathe at him any second now…

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