-FINALLY getting to work on all those requests-

-Requested by storm_of_imagination -

"I've asked Dick's friends and none of them have seen him." Tim reported in a hushed tone.

"His head of house didn't say anything either. Well nothing except 'you again?'. It felt really aggressive." Jason said in an equally hushed tone. You see, The second task of the Triwizard tournament was tomorrow, and they could not afford to distract Damian right now.

Damian only really liked his youngest brother, and if he realized that Dick couldn't be located, he would ditch the task to look for him.

Damian had already spent weeks sleuthing, studying, and preparing for the next task. All he knew at the moment was that He'd have to take a dive in the lake and find something. He'd smuggled some Gilliweed, practiced aquatic spells and physically prepared himself to fight any creature that got in his way.

"We could... ask the headmaster?" Tim suggested.

"I'm not going up there!" Jason insisted. "Last time I was up there I nearly got expelled!"

"You burnt down the greenhouse!"

"Or what? Let them see I was growing- never mind!" Jason threw his hands up. "We need to find Dick on our own, maybe he went adventuring and got lost, this place is fucking huge."

"No, we can't do this completely solo." Tim argued. "Just tell everyone you talk to keep an eye open for him. Gossip spreads like wildfire here, in no time, Every teacher, student, and ghost will be looking for him."

"Ugh, fine!" Jason grunted. He hated hearing his classmates talking about his brothers. "But he better reappear before tomorrow, or Demon'll go ballistic."

Tim frowned and nodded. "No, you're right. We can't tell anyone, Damian will here everyone looking for Dick and..."

"Boom." Jason said solemnly.

"...And then the tournament..."

"...And then the professors..."

"...And then Dad..."

They nodded seriously at each other.

"I have a free study period after lunch, I'll start in the dungeons  to ground floor."

"We're allowed out late, I'll take the first to third floors after dinner." Tim added. "Could you check the grounds before Quiddich practice?"

"I can get an areal view." Jason bragged. 

"Dick will be back before Damian even notices.

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"Where is Richard?" Damian ordered. 

"I don't know." Jason said quickly, only to realize that wasn't the right answer.

"He's getting help in charms." Tim said quickly. "Test in two days, you'll see him in the stands, trust me." He tried to distract his big brother. "So, what do you think the task is going to be? It must be underwater because you've been hoarding Gilliweed all week"

"He's been hoarding we-"

"Gilliweed Jay."

"Oh damn, I thought he got fun for a minute there." Jason complained.

"The task with be some sort of underwater scavenging hunt, Likely in the lake, which means I'll likely be fighting, possibly without my wand."

"Then what would you be looking for?" Tim asked. "I don't know, but I intend to find out."

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Damian stood at the edge of the dock, gripping the gilliweed in his fist. He had never heard so much bullshit in his life. He glared up the stands at Tim. That lying little....

Dick had been missing for days. His baby brother had been gone for half a week, and no one had told him!

And now they were telling him that a beloved one was at the bottom of the lake waiting to be saved? His precious baby brother had been practically kidnapped by the professors, charmed, and thrown in the lake. He could rip the competitors throats out right now.

He was in the water practically before they blew the whistle, chewing down on the gilliweed. He was getting Dick Now. and none of these vitamin-D deficient circus clowns were going to stop him. 

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On the surface, Tim watched his brother dive under the tide. It all made sense now. Dick was missing from the castle. But how could the faculty do this without telling them? Shouldn't they at least send a letter to Bruce explaining that his son's life was going to be a prize in a school championship?

He was on the edge of his seat, not only hoping Damian would win, but praying that Dick was safe...

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Damian opened his eyes, feeling the gilliweed begin to take effect. Until then, he held his breath hard and swam until his ears popped. He gripped his wand in his off-hand, and swam deeper with his primary hand. He fought through some lake weed and squinted through the murky water.

Damian made a mental note too take a thorough bath after all this. Tim had been a prefect, so all the brothers knew how to get into the good baths.

Damian felt his gills melt in. That shit hurt.

But with the pressure off his lungs, he moved a lot faster, kicking as hard as he could. Buoyancy wasn't on his side, continuing to push him towards the surface. He let all the air out of his lungs and kept swimming.

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"Where do you think he is?" Tim almost jumped out of his skin. Jason had somehow scooched into the stand behind him.

"Aren't you supposed to be with your Gryffindor friends?"

"It doesn't matter. Where do you think he is?"

Tim shrugged. "Deep, I guess."

"And you think it's Dick they have down there?" Jason asked.

Tim swallowed. "Yes, I think so." 

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Damian felt a little webbed fist grip his ankle. SHIT. The merpeople. He should have predicted this. Damian scrambled for his wand and repelled the closing cluster of merpeople.He kicked his leg and swam as fast as he could. Dick was down there somewhere, and Damian was getting him back. 

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The watchers (as well as the competitors), waited with bated breath. They were going on twenty minutes with the three competitors underwater. 

For many, it was very boring to watch, since they couldn't see anything, but for the two remaining Wayne brothers, it was terrifying. "Do you think they're okay?" Jason asked.

"No." Tim replied. "I don't think anything in this tournament is reasonable."

They stared at the surface of the water, waiting...

The surface tension broke as  an arm shot up from the water. The audience shot upright, trying to see better. Tiny waves splashed out as the arm flailed, slapping the surface of the water. Finally the person pulled themselves out of the water.

Damian.

He took a deep breath and splashed onto his back. The brothers grabbed each other as they noticed the second head poking out from the water, tucked under Damian's arm. The oldest Wayne brother held Dick tight, paddling with his free arm, doing his best lifeguard impression.

He barely made it to the dock, using the remainder of his strength to push Dick onto the sun-warmed wood. He hauled himself up and panted for air as Hogwarts students, particularly the Slytherin house, erupted in applause. 

Tim and Jason, along with Barbara (close family friend and fellow member of Tim's house), sprinted down the stands to the dock to meet their brothers.

"Demon!" Tim collapsed next to him, panting. "You did great! I can't-" 

Damian kicked him off the dock. 

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT RICHARD WAS MISSING?" Damian reached in and hauled his younger brother out of the water.  

Tim choked up approximately eight litres of water. "We didn't want to distract you from the task."

"As if some stupid tournament were more important that OUR BROTHER?" Damian ordered.

Jason shook Dick, causing the boy to slowly awaken. "DICK! You're okay!"

"Jay! What-" Dick sat up and looked around. the entire school (And both visiting groups) surrounded them in huge stands, cheering and yelling. "...Oh, I remember..."

"Wayne, Congratulations," His head of house tried to greet him, but Damian wasn't having it.

"Hold on, I have something else I need to do!" He yelled. Damian grabbed Jason's robes and yanked him up. With all his strength, Damian threw his other brother in the water. "You refused to tell me too!" 

Jason struggled to the surface, choking. He noticed a few of his friends in Gryffindor laughing and cheering. Jason forced a grin and pulled himself onto the dock. He waved and took a bow, making his friends go ape shit.

"I'll collect my reward later." Damian spat at the professors, helping Dick to his feet. "I'm taking Richard back to his dormitory." He helped Dick limp alongside him up the lawns to the castle.