Title The Champions Trio / / / Rating T

Chapter 01 – The Letters

Summary TriWizard Champion Harry Potter is sitting on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with his best friend, and crush, Hermione Granger, minding his own business, when he receives a letter from Gringotts Bank…informing him of two outstanding betrothal contracts that he must comply with!

Pairings Harry/Hermione/Daphne/Parvati, Neville/Ginny, Michael/Padma, Draco/Astoria

Warnings Contains Ron bashing and some swearing. Horcruxes do not exist.

A/N This fic was inspired by another one I have been working on called What is Your Problem. and contains text from it, but is set later than it and kills Voldemort in a different way. Harry and Hermione are not betrothed, unlike Daphne/Parvati. Contains some text from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

-The Champions Trio-

The Lake, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scotland

1st November 1994

When Harry woke up on Sunday morning, it took him a moment to remember why he felt so miserable and worried. Then the memory of the previous night rolled over him. He sat up and ripped back the curtains of his own four-poster, intending to talk to Ron, to force Ron to believe him, only to find that Ron's bed was empty; he had obviously gone down to breakfast.

Harry dressed and went down the spiral staircase into the common room. The moment he appeared, the people who had already finished breakfast broke into applause again. The prospect of going down into the Great Hall and facing the rest of the Gryffindors, all treating him like some sort of hero, was not inviting; it was that, however, or stay here and allow himself to be cornered by the Creevey brothers, who were both beckoning frantically to him to join them. He walked resolutely over to the portrait hole, pushed it open, climbed out of it, and found himself face-to-face with the person who, if he would ever admit to her, Hermione Granger.

"Hello," she said, holding up a stack of toast, which she was carrying in a napkin. "I brought you this. Want to go for a walk?"

"Good idea," said Harry gratefully.

They went downstairs, crossed the entrance hall quickly without looking in at the Great Hall, and were soon striding across the lawn toward the lake, where the Durmstrang ship was moored, reflected blackly in the water. It was a chilly morning, and they kept moving, munching their toast, as Harry told Hermione exactly what had happened after he had left the Gryffindor table the night before. To his immense relief, Hermione accepted his story without question.

"Well, of course I knew you hadn't entered yourself," she said when he'd finished telling her about the scene in the chamber off the Hall. "The look on your face when Dumbledore read out your name! But the question is, who did put it in? Because Moody's right, Harry…I don't think any student could have done it…they'd never be able to fool the Goblet, or get over Dumbledore's —"

"Have you seen Ron?" Harry interrupted.

Hermione hesitated.

"Erm...yes...he was at breakfast," she said.

"Does he still think I entered myself?"

"Well...no, I don't think so...not really," said Hermione awkwardly.

"What's that supposed to mean, 'not really'?"

"Oh Harry, isn't it obvious?" Hermione said despairingly. "He's jealous!"

"Jealous?" Harry said incredulously. "Jealous of what? He wants to make a prat of himself in front of the whole school, does he?"

"Look," said Hermione patiently, "it's always you who gets all the attention, you know it is. I know it's not your fault," she added quickly, seeing Harry open his mouth furiously. "I know you don't ask for it…you know, Ron's got all those brothers to compete against at home, and you're his best friend, and you're really famous. In a way, he's always shunted to one side whenever people see you, and he puts up with it, and he never mentions it, but I suppose this is just one time too many…"

"Great," said Harry bitterly. "Really great. Tell him from me I'll swap any time he wants. Tell him from me he's welcome to it…People gawping at my forehead everywhere I go…"

"I'm not telling him anything," Hermione said shortly. "Tell him yourself. It's the only way to sort this out."

"I'm not running around after him trying to make him grow up!" Harry said, so loudly that several owls in a nearby tree took flight in alarm.

Hermione sighed, considering Harry's emerald orbs, her emotions battling about how she had feelings for Harry. "You know Harry, I don't know why you are friends with him."

"I don't know either. I…I guess that it was because he was the first person I remember to be nice to me. Dudley was a right bastard towards me and when I bumped into Malfoy in Diagon Alley, I…when he insulted my parents…I wanted to kill him, strangle him with my bare hands." Harry said, bowing his head down.

Suddenly an owl swooped down towards him, carrying a letter with a seal that Harry had never seen before, the seal of Gringotts.

"Open it." Hermione said, wanting to kiss him but trying hard not to, the way his hair was so constantly messy and his eyes in a dreamy fashion. "The Goblins of Gringotts don't like it when you ignore a summons."

'What…what do Gringotts want with me?' Harry thought as he opened the envelope. Suddenly he jumped up and, letting the letter and envelope fall to the ground, grabbed Hermione and kissed her.

'His lips taste nice!' Hermione thought, the way Harry had just taken control of his life and kissed her, the love that she had for him and the love that he had for her merging so they were one.

They rushed up to the Headmaster's office where they saw Daphne Greengrass and Parvati Patil waiting for them...both with a Gringotts letter...and a smiling Headmaster.

-The Champions Trio-

Coming Up in Chapter 02... The Visit to Gringotts…

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Type Multi Chapter / / / Status WIP

Distribution FFN, AO3, GryffindorTom Online

Story ID 067 / / / Publish Date 29/01/2017