THE ORDER OF POTTER-BLACK-WEASLEY
A/N: This diverges from the 4th book onwards, and it will portray the Weasley's in a good light, im tired of Weasley bashing fics, people forget that Ron only messed up twice in seven books, yes he argued with Hermione but she's no innocent and often started the arguments, this will however bash Dumbledore and Snape.
CHAPTER ONE
"Harry Potter" Dumbledore said, Harry sat there frozen to the spot, he looked around the great hall, the Gryffindors looked uneasy for their fellow cub, but some looked thrilled at having a Gryffindor champion, the Hufflepuffs and Slytherins looked disdainful at him, while the Ravenclaws looked thoughtful as if they were going to analyse this latest mystery.
"Harry Potter" Dumbledore said again, Harry looked to his best friends; Ron and Hermione, "I didn't do it guys, honest" he said, both his friends had unreadable expressions on their faces.
Harry, whose insides were like a turbulent ocean, got up and walked up to the Champions room, the hall broke out into frantic muttering, Harry tried his best not to look at anyone, but he looked up at the staff table, Snape had his usual sneer, the rest all glared at Harry, non more so than Pomona Sprout, head of Hufflepuff, only McGonagall and Hagrid looked sympathetically at Harry, while Dumbledore, Harry noticed had a somewhat triumphant look upon his face, Harry was unnerved by this as he felt a tingle in his spine.
Harry entered the room where the champions were, Cedric, Kreme and Fleur looked curiously at him
"Do they want us back in the great hall?" Asked Cedric, Harry was about to answer when Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Madam Maxime and Karkaroff entered.
"This is an outrage!" Karkaroff yelled "Hogwarts has two champions, I demand a recount!"
Dumbledore shook his head "I'm afraid we cannot do that Karkaroff" he said calmly
"What's done is done"
"I'll contact your ministry myself if there is no recount Dumbledore" Maxine said sternly, "he's also underage, surely that's enough of a reason for a recount"
Fleur looked at Dumbledore then Maxime then Harry then back to Maxime "But he's just a little boy" she said scornfully, Harry bristled at this, then Dumbledore said
"The Goblet is a magically binding contract, we can't get Harry out or he'd lose his magic"
"But I didn't enter!" Harry said "Someone else must've entered my name" He said, his temper rising
"Oh please Potter" Snape "Your just like your father..." but Harry cut him off
"One more word about my father Snape and you'll live to regret it" Harry said feeling his temper risen to high levels "I did not enter my name, I don't care to compete, Cedric is the only Hogwarts champion as far as I'm concerned!" He said, looking around at everyone in the room, his eyes settled at Dumbledore "Get me out of this Dumbledore, I'm fed up with having to fight just to live or survive through another school year!" And with that he left the room, his eyes caught McGonagall's who gave Harry an encouraging smile, and she followed him out, when they left the room she spoke to him
"Potter" she said softly "I want to let you know that I fully believe you, and I will try my best to get you out of this mess" she said, Harry looked at his head of house, normally she was reluctant to help him, but somehow Harry knew he could trust her this time "Thank you Professor" he said, she nodded as they walked back up towards the common room
"I would advise you to go to Gringotts, Potter, first thing tomorrow, and contact Molly and Arthur Weasley, as your magical sponsors..." but Harry stopped her there
"Mr and Mrs Weasley are my what?" He asked frowning, Minerva returned the frown "The Weasley's are your magical sponsor family, are they not?" She asked "I know Ms Granger is"
"I don't even know what a magical sponsor is Professor" Harry said, Minerva looked shocked "they have been your sponsor since 2nd year Mr Potter, some magical families, choose to sponsor a muggleborn or muggle raised wizard, sort of like a ward of the family, I believe the muggles call it fostering only this is to simply help students who have no known magical relatives like yourself, sponsoring also gives those students and later on citizens of the wizarding community the same opportunities and rights as those who were raised in the community, of course ordinarily Sirius Black would have brought you up as he is your godfather and at the moment his heir, but due to circumstances, he cannot do so, Albus told me that the Weasley family chose to sponsor you from 2nd year onwards" she said
Harry's mind was racing, the Weasley family had not mentioned this to him and he knew that Molly and Arthur were good and honest people, who wanted the best for him.
"Here we are Mr Potter" she said as they had arrived outside the Gryffindor common room "once again Harry" Harry noted she used his first name "go to Gringotts tomorrow morning, I shall write to Mr and Weasley tonight asking if they can meet you at the Leaky Cauldron, you can use my fire for flood travel" she said and then she did something Harry never expected her to do, she hugged him tightly, then she released him, "I shall meet you in my office at 10 in the morning" she said before heading back down the corridor, Harry braced himself then said the password and entered the common room.
He was knocked over by three figures, Angelina, Alice and Katie were hugging him, the room did break out into applause as they released him, Harry further into the common room, he saw Neville and Ginny and he walked over to them.
"Where's Ron and Hermione?" He asked "and also you do believe that I never entered my name don't you?" Neville and Ginny smiled
"First of all Ron is in the dorm, he said he would talk to you when you get up there, secondly yes we both believe you" Ginny said
"But where's Hermione?" He asked, now worried that Ron didn't believe him, at this Ginny's expression grew angry as Neville explained "Hermione is over there, with Seamus, Dean, Parvati and Lavender" Harry followed Neville's gaze, he saw that Dean and Parvati had thoughtful expressions on their faces, Dean even gave Harry a small smile, Lavender looked uncertain, Seamus and suprisingly Hermione looked angry, Harry got up and walked over the the group, Neville and Ginny followed close behind as Harry approached them.
"Look guys" Harry said firmly "Cedric is the real Hogwarts champion, support him not me, I never put my name in, I just want a peaceful year, my first two years here were eventful enough and last year was relatively okay and this year I just want to rest, play a few pranks, start dating" he said looking at Parvati and Lavender who smiled and blushed, the common room laughed at this point as they were now listening to Harry
"I'm hoping to get out of this tournament somehow, so I say it again back Cedric Diggory"
Most the common room broke out into chatter until Fred whistled to get everyone's attention "I believe Harry" he said seriously "if he said he didn't do it then he didn't, I trust Harry, he's like another brother to us Weasley's, so as Gryffindors we need support Harry and back him and if need be protect him" Harry was pleased that most of Gryffindor seemed to support him as most of them cheered, however Seamus spoke up
"How'd you do it Potter!" He said keeping his voice even "after all you said if you could get away with competing, you would" he said, Dean glared at his best friend
Harry rolled his eyes "We all said the same thing Finnigan" he said as if he were speaking to a child "even you"
"Yes but it wasn't Seamus's name that came out now was it?" Hermione said in that bossy tone that Harry remembered why he and Ron were never instant friends with her in the first place, she carried on "You always have to be in the spotlight don't you! You can't help yourself, even in first year when you rescued me from that troll"
Harry felt his temper rising "So you'd rather I let you die then Granger!" He spat "And by the way it Ron who cast the spell which rescued you from the troll, and as for second year, who else was going to kill the basilisk?! Go on know it all, who? As I remember it you were petrified for half the year!"
"You just couldn't handle Cedric Diggory beating you at quidditch last year could you!" Hermione said, Ginny spoke up at this "Diggory only won because the demontors effected Harry, Granger" she said coolly.
Harry was furious at how hypocritical Hermione was being "You're one to talk Granger, you cannot handle anyone being more intelligent than you, your book smart, yet you act like your better than everyone else, I don't know why I never saw it before"
"Whatever Potter, without my smarts, I can't see you lasting through this tournament, so if you needed me don't bother asking!" She said smirking
"I wasn't planning to Granger and while we're it, good luck finding a friend as you have none aside from me and the Weasley's, well you have Finnegan but I suppose he and nobody are both kind of the same thing really" he said and he stalked up to his dorm, when he was upstairs Dean, Lavender and Parvati walked away from Seamus and Hermione shaking their heads, Ginny rounded on Hermione
"You idiot!" She said, "just because your jealous of Harry, your going to ruin three years of friendship with him!"
"You don't understand anything Ginny, your just some bimbo who opened the chamber secrets, because you were stupid enough..." but Hermione never finished her sentence as she was knocked flying back into the wall, Ginny slapped her, furious tears streamed down her face as she ran out the corridor, Fred ran after his sister as George rounded on Hermione "You are no longer welcome with us Weasley's Granger" he said as he followed his twin brother and sister out, some people sided with Hermione but the majority of Gryffindor looked venomously at the know it all upstart.
Harry arrived at his dorm room and saw Ron on his bed, Harry had forgotten about his fears, would Ron side with Hermione against him?
"Well" Ron started "who ever put your name into the goblet of fire wants to do you in mate" he said, Harry blinked for a few seconds in shock Ron believed him.
"You believe me then?" Harry asked hopefully, Ron grinned "of course I do mate, that look on your face said it all, a small part of me was unsure but,..." Harry grabbed his best mate and pulled him into a hug "mate thank you" he said releasing his red headed best mate.
"Hermione is convinced that you put your name in" Ron said "I know I spoke to her downstairs, remind me why did we ever become friends with her in the first place?" Harry asked shaking his head, come to think about it, he never had any laughs or fun with Hermione, she was always patronising and belittling both he and Ron, and always a killjoy too
"She tried to cast a spell on me" Ron said, "she kept saying to me that you were always a glory hound and how you kept me in the background, then she tried to say a spell, a confondus spell but Fred and George came and she put her wand away, but I'm certain she was going to make me fall out with you mate" Ron said seriously
"That's weird" Harry said "why would she do that?" He asked but Ron shrugged "I dunno but what we need to focus on is how to get you out of this tournament, for a start your underage so that shouldn't be an issue" Ron said optimistically
Harry shook his head "Dumbledore said it would t make a difference, however McGonagall told me to head to Gringotts at 10am tomorrow morning, they could help since charms and magical contracts are their specialty, I have to meet your mum and dad" he said then he remembered another point he wanted to raise with Ron "speaking of did you know that your parents are my sponsor parents?" He asked, Ron shook his head "no i don't think they are, believe me they have tried not only to sponsor you but they wanted to adopt you since the summer before 2nd year, mum was furious when Dumbledore refused citing blood protection and rubbish" Ron said
"What's blood protection?" Harry asked, Ron looked dumbfounded, granted he was part of the largest pure blooded blood traitor families going but even his parents had educated all the Weasley children on old wizarding traditions, they had to as Bill would one ascend to being Head of the Honourable House of Weasley and would also inherit the title of Lord Prewitt from Molly's maternal family since the male Prewitt line ended with Gideon and Fabian who died in 1980, but Ron was surprised that his best mate and brother in all but blood knew virtually nothing about the wizarding community and it's traditions, at first Ron out it down to the fact that Harry had spent the first decade of his life in the Muggle world but after three years in the wizarding community nearly all muggle born and muggle raised children knew a lot about the customs and traditions, students like Hermione did and so did Dean and Justin and even his annoying half blooded squib who was now the first year Slytherin; Mafalda Prewitt knew a lot about their world, all muggle born and raised children had a pamphlet.
"Blood protection is a gray art of magic designed to block you from your enemies, however it only works if you guardians want you or if your in a predominately magical household or neighbourhood, having such a protection in a all muggle area is like having a big red target dot on your forehead, your enemies still won't be able to see you but they would know that your the only wizard in the vicinity for a good few miles around, all they would have to do is wait on the outskirts of that radius and boom they're alerted to your presence and they could get you once your even an inch outside the protection zone, however it still doesn't explain why we found you two years ago? To all intents and purposes myself and the twins shouldn't have been able to get your house so easily, I'll have to ask Bill next I see him or I'll write him a letter, but Harry there's a lot you need to know about the wizarding community and of your family." Ron said seriously, Harry nodded in agreement, why didn't he know more about his family? Why was he left in the dark about wizard culture? He would be able to find this out tomorrow at Gringotts, Harry was fed up with being tested each year, and that's what he felt Dumbledore was doing, testing him and manipulating him.
Seamus entered the room looking furious as he stalked over to his bed and closed the curtains, Dean and Neville followed seconds later "YOUR AN IDIOT SEAMUS!" Yelled Dean "TALK TO ME AGAIN WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GAIN ENOUGH BRAINCELLS" he said as he turned to Harry "Harry mate I believe you even if some certain envious members of our house want to slander you" he said holding out his hand, Harry shook his hand and nodded in gratitude, Neville also patted Harry on the back as all five boys got ready for sleep, Harry hoped that he would wake up and it was all a nightmare, he decided to write to Sirius and Remus tomorrow, he knew they would believe him, Harry knew he had Gryffindors backing and more importantly Ron believed him, Harry needed Ron's support more than ever.
A/N I have made Ron competent and intelligent because he was in the books, yes he was lazy but he was a great strategist and this showed in book one with the chess game, there will be a lot of bro moments between Harry and Ron, some joking around, pranking, Ginny and Luna will also feature a lot more than they did in canon and yes Hermione, Dumbledore, Snape and some of Slytherin and most of the Hogwarts staff will be bashed ALOT.