A path is not simply for walking, its purpose lies in moving forward and improving oneself.
Mason ignored everyone despite that he saw and heard what was happening around him. At this moment, the Ravenclaw was too tired to warn Dora before she really did something stupid and instead leaned back in his seat to watch, biting on a piece of chocolate frog he had summoned earlier during the task.
When the Headmistress arrived, his stomach did a little nervous flip. He knew he was out of the race. He knew it the second the Ministry official appeared next to him and had told him that time was up. If only the old man hadn't been such a whiner he could have finished in time. Yes he was blaming a dummie, he was aware of that.
Sure enough, when the winners were announced, Mason couldn't help but notice that all of the winners were the ones who were trying to start a duel with each other a moment earlier and the Ravenclaw raised his eyebrow at that. Except for that dude...what's his name? kyle right? He had seen him being the only sensible one and he even got first place.
Mason would have clapped but he wasn't in a cheering mood. His name, like he had thought, hadn't been mentioned until the elimination round and he looked down at his feet, holding his head low. He did not want to be seen, did not want an applause. It made him feel worse than when he was being attacked by the dementor. He felt humiliated at the very least. So all this training, all the textbooks he had re-read had all been for nothing.
Battling with his own mind to not let his frutrated tears fall, Mason took in a sharp breath before looking back up. From somewhere in the crowd in front of him, the seventh year spotted his parents trying to make their way towards him and he mistook the looks of relief and concern that their son was out of the race for dissapointment. He had not known that his parents had been on edge with nervous breakdowns the moment he had mentioned that he had signed up. The emotions only got stronger when he got chosen but they did not want to let their son think he wasn't good enough so they supported him. But reality they were just glad that he was out and safe.
It was a shame therefore that Mason thought they were coming over to scold him for being a dissapointment that he couldn't even get past the first task. He stood up suddenly, clutching the box of chocolate frogs to his chest and quietly left the area. He wanted to be alone.
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