I in no way own Harry potter, High school DXD or any of the affiliated products. Cool now that is out of the way, this story was inspired by ideas from a whole bunch of other stories that I have read over my time. So if something is similar to another story then that is most likely as I have liked the idea, if I have read the story. I do give a shout out too, "The Autistic Anime-Gamer Guy" for the Idea of armour that absorbs things. I am looking for a Beta reader, I am also not planning on doing any of the accents unless it is important for the story, sorry people. Now on with the show.
CHAPTER 1
It was dark, no, it was really dark. Hermione had never been one to be known to break the rules, well apart from those few times, but they don't really count she was saving the school. She kept on walking down the corridors towards the library. Next moment there was a series of crashes coming towards her, Hermione jump and ran to the closest broom cupboard, "Oh please let that not be anything" she whispered to herself. A moment later she heard a cackle go past her. Which was quickly followed by a heaving and an incoherent voice shouting something about
"Cheese! Toll got der head tosser"
She stood there breathe returning slowly as the voices passed her. She quickly reached the library from then and went about searching for any books they may hold clues. Walking the shelves she noticed that all of the material on the tournament was gone… Well that would make it more difficult. Hermione walked around the restricted section, in hopes of finding anything that could have helped her. Sneaking through the door she looked around the shelves of the area of the library that she have never gone…. It was a library, what harm could it really do? She walked the shelves running her fingers over the spins of the books she passed. She read a few as she passed them.
"How in the hell are these books even sorted" she whispered to herself.
The books seamed to make no sense in the way that they were arranged. It was as if someone had just thrown them on the shelves as they had got them, had no one heard of an alphabetical sorting system, or any other sorting method. She continued to walk deeper and deeper into the restricted section searching in vain. She never knew how big the library really was she never really thought about it, but the place had been the main repository of all magic knowledge for over a millennium. She looked around the area, dust covered all the books in a thick sheet, though she noticed, the floors were clean. She continued looking when she came to what appeared to be the back of the library. Where there was a book sitting on a shelf alone, it look battered, but almost new. Its cover was made of a non-descript leather with blackened steel corners, but the cover was covered is scratches and dents. She pulled the book down off the shelf feeling that if the book was so new someone must have hidden it back here to stop people reading it. O how right she was…
Harry bleary eyed reached for his wand, "tempus", 5:30 it read, some things never change he though. He got out of bed and started his daily ritual while accompanied by the ever present snores of Ron. 20 minutes later he was ready for the day, Harry walked down the stairs, a defence book under his arm. Going over to the usual spot near the fire, to find to his surprise Hermione laying there with a book clutched to her chest. With a smile Harry sat down in the chair next to her. It was not till almost 30 minutes later that anybody else even appeared.
"So what do you think that we will be learning today Ged?"
"I don't know Forge, but Moody's class will be the interesting one." Harry looked up into the face of the smiling twins.
"Morning Harry, how are you this wonderful morn?"
Harry held up one finger to his mouth in a motion to shush. It was too late, Hermione had already started to stir from her slumber. The twins walked over and looked at the slowly waking form of Hermione, with a light laugh they left.
"Morning" She said with a yawn and a stretch, as the twin went on their way.
This sent the book a tumbling to the floor, "Opps". She turned to pick up the book only for it to already be retrieved…
"Harry!" she yelped, "I have so much to tell you… I will be back in a minute" She was off not even staying to listen to his reply. She ran up the stair with the excitement of a two year old at Christmas. It was not long until she was back in the common room, having freshened up.
"Okay, let's go down and I can talk to you on the way. So I went walking last night, don't ask me where or when, but I was looking for a book about the tri-wizard tournament. I did not find one, but I did find this other one. It's on." She looking around rapidly, "Devils" She whispered
"Devils?" Harry whispered, "Like as in Lucifer, Lord of Hell, type Devil." Hermione glared at harry, who looks at the floor. "The Dursley's thought, never mind."
Harry looked back at Hermione, "Well yes exactly, you see here is says that there is realms that we don't even know of. Angels, devils, daemons and gods, all just sort of hanging around fighting each other. It's a wonder that world has not been destroyed. There was even a part about some humans have these special things called sacred gears."
"Hermione stop! Hermione, how is this going to help me survive the tri-wizard tournament?" said, with a gentile sigh.
"Sorry harry, I was just, caught up in the moment. So do you have any idea about the first task?"
"No, it could be anything, we were told that it would 'test our daring'."
"Well then harry, it just meant that we will need to prepare for anything. I would guess based on that though that the task won't involve having to know facts about class work. Thus we should really work on your spell casting, and spell repertoire from the classes, and the years ahead. As the other competitors are going to have a huge advantage over you in that area."
They entered the great hall, which at this point in the morning was still quite. "We will have a quick breakfast then head to the library and start researching. Our first class of the day is not for a few more hours, we should be able to find something in that time." As they were sitting down at the tables, Hagrid walked in. He was looking everywhere, he walked out to harry
"Morning Harry, you haven't been down to see me in a while. You should come down after classes for some tea. " Hagrid said in his bellowing whisper.
"Ok Hagrid, we can do that."
Harry and Hermione were walked down the track towards Hagrid's, having just finished their classes. "I wonder what Hagrid wants to talk to us about. Harry, Harry!"
"Sorry Hermione." Harry knocked on the door to Hagrid's house.
The door creaked open, "Quick, get in." Hagrid said quickly as he opened the door just enough to let them in. "I have to tell you, but I am not meant too." He said in a stage whisper, "The first task is getting something from a grown, Norbert. That is all I can tell you, and I should have not said that."
Harry looked at harry with confusion for a moment before realisation hit him like a half brick in a sock. "Thank you Hagrid, so…".
Later Harry and Hermione were walking up from Hagrid's hut, having just finished having tea. When he saw Cedric crossing the hall, "Cedric, I need to have a chat with you."
Cedric looked at the people with him. "Ok Harry, keep going guys. I will catch you guys up."
Harry looked at Hermione, "Hermione" Harry nods towards her. She looked at him before she walked towards the stars. "Cedric, I have to tell you, the first task." Harry looked around nervously, "The first task is dragons, and we have to get something from them." Cedric looked at him, confusion across his face.
"You have got to be joking. They would not throw us against a dragon. Would they?"
"Cedric that is what I was told, I don't know anymore."
"Thanks Harry, I don't know what I can do, but I will pay you back."
Harry looks Cedric in the eyes, "It is no problem." Walking towards the stair case.
It was a few days later, Harry and Hermione were sitting in the library looking at books on Magic animals. All open on the same animal, the dragon. The library was quite, with only the scratching of quills apart from foot falls getting close.
"Ahh, what do I spy with my little eye my dear brother."
"You spy with your little eye some Gryffindor's looking at information on dragons. "
"Why, how marvellously you guess my brother." Fred and Gorge bantered.
"Now why would you be looking at dragons my dear little Harrikins?" Said one of them.
"If I tell you it must not get around, harry said looking up from the book in front of him." Of course Harrikins, on our honour as mischief makers."
"Well guys, I have to get something from one, for the first task. Of this suicide game that I am in."
The faces of the twins suddenly went hard, "Harry, you're our brother in everything but blood. So we are going to tell you this, it takes a team of strong magic users to even effect a dragon, unless you are lucky to hit it in the eye or mouth where there is no scales. Doing that is damn near impossible, and a good way to get it angry."
"The only way that you are going to win, is to not fight it. Don't try and out fly it. They may be big but there is not racing broom that will win if you try and fly against it. Think about it like this, if you don't fight it, you can't lose."
"Though If I was in your shoes, I would have a look at the 7th year charms handbook. It has a section that will help you." Madam Prince came around the corner, "Be quite you to, this is a library."
They faced each other then looked at Harry, in unison the said "bye" The turned While waving their hands above their head yelled "Run away, run away" as the ran you of the library.
"That goes for you two as well" She said before stalking away between the book shelfs.
Harry looked over at Hermione who had a smile that was lighting up her face. "What gave you that smile?" Harry whispered to her, she looked over at Harry.
"O, nothing really they just reminded me of a skit out of a movie. Why don't you go find they book they talked about, it is the standard book of spells grade 7 by Miranda Goshawk." Harry walked off into the shelves to retrieve a copy.
Harry walked back a few minutes later with a small stack of books, "The standard books of spells for our year and all of the years ahead." Harry whispered to Hermione.
"I remembered what you said about going through all of the books so that I can keep up with the other competitors." Hermione looked up from her book and gave him a thousand watt smile before going back to reading.
Harry sat there and read, occasionally writing a few things on a scrap piece of parchment. "Hermione." Harry called too her softly.
"I found the section that they meant, I don't know how I am going to be able to learn these spells well enough before the first task. The disillusionment charm alone could take me a few weeks to be able to do, let alone the smell masking charm, or the muffling charm."
"We will have to work on them then and hope that we can think of a way in case they don't work."
