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"Um." Nicky admittedly did not know much about the IMPS— he'd spent the entire year tuning out everything mentioned about the competition. But the Triwizard Tournament, which was remarkably similar in some ways, allowed student death. Why would its companion would not?
Anyway. "Nah, they won't let him die." Unless being devoured by a snake and extracted from the stomach as a carcass was Althea's definition of dying. If it was... well. Hopefully, she wasn't a crier.
A dog and a pile of wood later, the Hufflepuff still was very confused as to what Levi's game plan was. But he was still breathing!
"Laughter. And a cruppy! Seems like it's going swimmingly." Nicholas nudged his friend with his elbow.
She nodded along with his words but didn't actually believe them. Levi was going to die - and then her parents would most likely end up in Azkaban trying to avenge their son - she didn't trust anything that had been said about the competitors' "safety." There was no guarantee for anything. "
Maybe he's finally lost it?" She wouldn't be surprised; with all the stress and pressure from the competition, Althea was impressed with how well Levi
seemed to be handling things.
As the challenge progressed, Althea tried her best to understand what it was that Levi - and the other competitors - were doing, but it was hard to focus on anything when that absurd snake was just there, glaring at her older brother. Thankfully, he'd managed to get the creature under control - and with great effort at that - and the fifth year finally felt like she could breathe. "
Thank Helga," she whispered, feeling a little more at ease. "
That was very difficult to watch." It was finally over; even if Levi didn't win, she was proud of him for making it to the final four.
She looked around for Levi and spotted him making his way through the stands to find a seat. "
Come on, let's go congratulate--" she paused upon seeing Daisy flocking over to Levi - of course, it was to be expected - so Althea instead focused her attention back on Nicholas. "
Uhhh, I guess we can just talk to him later. Don't need to overwhelm him right now." She flashed her friend a small smile, feeling hungry all of a sudden. "
I'm starving," an exaggeration, but all her nervousness did leave her hungry, and stress-eating was her specialty as of late.