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http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4043097/9/"He told me that I would have to, and I quote, 'Get cosy with Johnson,' the other Hogwarts champion." Harry said. "I honestly have no idea what he meant by that, other than we might have to work together."
"Maybe you have to rescue her?" Sirius offered with a shrug. "Or work with each other to rescue something."
"I don't think so." Hermione said. "In the story of Saint George and the dragon, Saint George rescued a princess from a plague spewing dragon. Saint George acted alone; he didn't have a partner."
"I remember that story, though it is different from what Hermione just said." Sirius said excitedly. "It was one of my favourites as a boy."
Everyone looked at him expectantly and Sirius told the Wizarding version of the tale of Saint George and the dragon. It was decidedly different from the Muggle version, in that there were no religious contexts, or damsels in distress. There was the fact that it actually happened too. A travelling knight, by the name of Richard St. George happened upon a mixed village of Muggles and magical folk. They were upset because a flight of dragons had made their new lair near their village and were eating the village's sheep and occasionally residents. The knight, who happened to be a wizard as well, drove the dragons off by contacting his friend, a dragon handler. The village rejoiced and St. George became a hero.
There were confused looks around the table as everyone pondered just how that tale would have anything to do with the first task. Unsurprisingly, it was Hermione who came up with the first idea. "Maybe... maybe they meant the Muggle version of it?" she asked hesitantly. Lily agreed
"There really isn't anything to derive a task from in the Wizarding version of the story," Harry's mother said. "Where as, in the Muggle version, or any variation there of, Saint George rescues a damsel after slaying the dragon."
"They wouldn't have me killing the dragon, would they?" Harry asked hesitantly.
Lily shook her head. "No. Killing a dragon without authorisation is a felony, isn't it James?" James nodded. "So killing is right out then. That leaves rescuing someone, since I doubt that they'll have you try and convert someone to Christianity."
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