Hogwarts Lion Girl

Cedric held the golden egg, took a deep breath, and slowly sank into the pool.

There were ripples on the water surface, but soon it returned to calm.

Salina stood by the pool, waiting quietly.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Cedric didn't move for a long time. Salina couldn't help but feel worried.

She hesitated for a moment, but finally turned around and walked towards the pool.

At this time, Myrtle's sharp voice echoed in the bathroom, "Oh, he seems to have a cramp!"

When Salina heard this, her heart tightened. Can't Cedric swim?

She hurried to the bathtub and looked at the water worriedly.

The calm water surface was rolling like boiling water, and colorful bubbles were emerging from the bottom of the water one after another, gathering into a thick layer, completely blocking the underwater situation.

Salina couldn't see anything clearly, she could only vaguely see a blurry figure swaying under the foam.

Seeing this, Salina jumped into the bathtub without thinking.

The warm pool water wrapped around Salina's body, but she didn't feel any enjoyment at all. Her mind was full of Cedric's safety.

Salina struggled to push away the colorful bubbles, trying to see what was happening underwater.

At this moment, a melodious singing voice came from all directions, as if countless voices were whispering in Salina's ears.

Salina tried hard to open her eyes, and a familiar face came into view. It was Cedric!

Salina immediately approached Cedric and tried to pull him up as he was cramping.

Cedric was stunned for a moment, then dropped the golden egg and swam towards Salina.

Salina was stunned when she saw this, and then they both floated to the surface and returned to the shallow water.

Salina didn't care that she was soaking wet. She wiped the water off her face and asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Cedric shook the water droplets from his hair and replied with a relaxed look: "I'm fine."

Salina became even more confused and asked, "Then why did you stay in the water for so long without making any movement?"

Cedric smiled sheepishly and explained, "I didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics, so I listened to it a few more times."

When Salina heard this explanation, she was a little amused and sighed helplessly: "......"

Cedric then asked with concern: "Why did you come down too?"

Salina rolled her eyes at him unhappily and said, "Myrtle said you had cramps!"

Cedric's eyes widened in surprise and he retorted, "What? No, I'm fine."

The two of them turned their heads to look at the window where Myrtle had just sat, and saw her grinning at them, making a kissing gesture on purpose, then passing through the wall and disappearing quickly.

Both of them were wet, looking at each other, and seeing helpless smiles in each other's eyes. Salina remembered that she was just worried about whether Cedric could swim, and she couldn't help laughing.

Cedric's face flushed instantly. He turned around hastily and stammered, "I, I'll go get the golden egg."

After saying that, he dived into the water.

Salina also realized that it was not appropriate for her to appear in front of Cedric at this time, so she immediately climbed ashore, walked behind the screen, and used magic to dry her clothes and hair.

Cedric wiped his face, placed the golden egg steadily on the shore, and then gently shook off the water droplets on his body.

He drew out his wand, whispered a spell, and the water droplets on his body were wiped away as if by an invisible hand.

"It looks like the second task is related to water," Cedric said as he put his clothes back on, "We need to go underwater to retrieve our most precious things."

"This shouldn't be difficult for you." Salina nodded.

"Yes, I can use the Bubble Head Charm," Cedric said with a hint of embarrassment, "but... my most precious thing..."

Salina had guessed about 70% of the answer, but she didn't point it out. Instead, she changed the subject: "I have a request, Cedric."

Cedric raised his head, his golden hair gleaming in the sun.

"Can you remind Harry and lend him the prefect's bathroom?" Salina paused and explained, "After all, we got the news about the fire dragon last time from him."

Cedric immediately understood what she meant and readily agreed, "Of course no problem."

"Thank you." Salina smiled gratefully.

"It's nothing. After all, he and I are both contestants of Hogwarts." Cedric scratched his head embarrassedly.

……

After leaving the prefect's bathroom, Serena said goodbye to Cedric.

When she reached the corner of the stairs to the third floor, she suddenly heard a fierce quarrel.

She looked over curiously and found that Moody and Snape were confronting each other at the other end of the corridor.

Professor Snape's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out of it, and his tone was as if it had been quenched with ice slag: "My things are missing, Moody! Just this morning, someone broke into my office and took things from my private storage room!"

Professor Moody looked nonchalant and casual, and looked at Snape with his magic eye rolling around, and said sarcastically: "Oh? Really? That's really unfortunate, Professor Snape. However, this sounds more like something that should be reported to Dumbledore, not something an old man like me should be involved in."

"Don't beat around the bush, Moody!" Snape said through gritted teeth, "I know it was you who did it. You can see everything with that eye! Don't think I don't know that Dumbledore asked you to spy on me!"

"I'm only doing my duty, Snape." Moody's tone was threatening. "You'd better remember that."

The tension between the two of them was growing stronger and stronger, and Salina could even feel the magical fluctuations emanating from their wands.

She was afraid of being dragged into the quarrel, so she quietly backed away, intending to take the opportunity to slip away.

At this moment, Snape seemed to give up arguing with Moody. He suddenly threw his black cloak, said coldly, "I'll find out", and then strode away.

Moody stood there, watching Snape leave, with a meaningful smile on his face.

……

Salina stepped back lightly, and after taking a few steps, she bumped into a soft body.

"oops!"

With a low cry, a light figure staggered and fell backwards.

Salina quickly supported her and found that it was Luna Lovegood.

"Thank you, Serena." Luna's voice was as soft and ethereal as usual, like a breeze blowing by.

She looked down at her feet and frowned, "My shoes are gone."

Only then did Salina realize that Luna had one bare foot and the other foot was only wearing a sock, which looked particularly thin on the cold stone floor.