AN: Sorry about the delay to get this piece up I had a bit of writers block for the part where Harry goes to Diagon Alley and beyond.

"feline speech"

Harry Potter and the Lost Chambers

Chapter four

Harry walked towards breakfast talking with Godric, "So four dragons arrived for the tournament last night?" he asked the ghost.

"That is right young heir," the ancient spirit replied, "Rowena says that a compulsion charm is placed on the small horntail model that is keyed to you. For some reason though the horntail is male instead of female like the others. Do you plan to remove the compulsion?".

Harry gave a sly grin, "No, this is the perfect opportunity to gain a guardian for the house of Peverell. I also intend to speak to the Gamekeeper about the whereabouts of a Cerberus that I know he at least used to possess." ,Godric's booming laugh was response enough to the idea. Entering the hall Harry made for the Unity table, the moment he sat down he was surrounded with two of the Gryffindor chasers on either side of him and the other across.

"Morning Harry." Cedric said trying to hold in his laughter at Harry's expression while the chasers pressed against him and playfully caressed his arms.

Rolling his eyes Harry replied "Laugh it up Ced, you just jealous that girls are actually attracted to me while all you attract are blokes.".

Laughing Viktor piped in :He is right Cedric you are far to feminine.".

"I'm sure the Beauxbatons girls would love to do your make-up for you." Fleur threw in giggling.

"All right, all right I surrender. You are the master." Cedric said throwing his hands up in the air in defeat.

"Of course I'm the master, I'm the heir to the marauders." Harry replied striking a pose when one of the girls, he thought it was Angelina, pinched his bum making him squeak and drop down in a very undignified manner causing those witnessing to laugh.

"You're the heir to the marauders?" Fred asked walking up.

Grinning Harry replied "Yep, I'm the son of prongs, godson of Padfoot, and honorary nephew of Moony." ticking each off on his fingers.

"And Wormtail?" George asked eagerly.

A look of cold fury descended over his face and the temperature at the table seemed to drop, "That bastard sold my parents out to Voldemort, he then framed my godfather for the crime and then cut of his own finger, faked his death, and lived in his animagus for of a rat for twelve years till I found out last year.".

The twins looked confused for a moment before a look of realization crossed their face and they both said "Scabbers.".

Nodding Harry continued "He was Peter Pettigrew, Prongs was James Potter, Padfoot was Sirius Black, and Moony was Professor Lupin.".

"We were taught by a marauder and we didn't know it!" the twins exclaimed, "TO THE OWLERY!" before running off.

Shaking his head at their antics he turned to his fellow champions, "Fleur, Ced, Viktor I need to talk to you guys about the tournament after breakfast.". Nodding in agreement they all turned back to their breakfast, once all four were done they went to the lake to have their conversation.

"Okay Harry what did you want to talk about?" Cedric asked once they were all settled.

"The first task is dragons, one for each of us. They have a Welsh Green, a Swedish Short-Snout, a Chinese Fireball, and a Hungarian Horntail and they are all, minus the Horntail, nesting mothers." Harry said looking with some amusement at their expressions.

Shaking herself Fleur asked "Why are you telling us zis 'arry?".

"Two reasons." Harry said "One is that if this is a tournament we should put on the best show we've got.".

"And the second?" she asked curiously.

Harry's face took a determined look, "Because you three are my friends and I'll be damned if I allow you guys to get hurt.".

Smiling Fleur whispered "Zank you 'arry." before kissing his check and just touching the corner of his mouth before walking off.

Turning back to Cedric and Viktor, who were still frozen jaws dropped and eyes twitching, when he gave his marauders grin, pointing his wand at them he said "Auguementi glaucis" and hit them with a stream of ice water.

Once the stream stopped the two seventeen year olds gave him very dirty looks, "We hate you so much right now." Cedric grumbled while Viktor used a couple of drying charms.

"I had to do something to reboot your brains." Harry said innocently.

"Did it have to be so bloody cold!?" Cedric yelled in exasperation.

Grinning cheekily Harry said "Yes." before walking off faintly hearing Cedric grumble "Cheeky bastard." under his breath before Harry threw a stinging hex over his shoulder. Getting inside he headed towards the library to find out what he could about the tournament itself. Once inside the library Harry walked up to Madame Pince and asked for any books pertaining to the tournament. To his surprise she told him that the Headmaster had removed them from the library. Grumbling he pulled out the marauders map to find Dumbledore and get the books when he got a better idea. Heading towards the entrance hall he call out "Mr. Crouch, Mr. Bagman I have a question for you.".

"Yes Lord Potter?" Crouch asked raising an eyebrow at him.

"As a champion do I have permission to leave the grounds to get some items for the tournament?" Harry asked.

"Of course Lord Potter, good luck with your errands.", nodding his thanks Harry walked to the gates and into Hogsemede to floo over to Diagon Alley.

-Unity Dorms: Harry's Room-

-four hours later-

Harry looked at the assorted items he had collected today, in Diagon Alley the only things he had been able to find were a history book about past Tri-Wizard Tournaments and a book on its rules. After that he decided to try his luck in Knockturn Alley, one of the first things he found was a bookstore with a more varied selection than Flourish and Blotts. In there he bought a blank Grimoire (he bonded it to himself so it automatically added any spells he chose), a book on occlumency and legilimency (on recommendation from Salazar), a book on healing magic, and a book on parslemagic.

After that he entered a dangerous animal menagerie where he immediately drew leers from the other customers and a curious look from the shopkeeper. Following a pull on his magic Harry walked towards the back of the shop where he found a white saber-toothed tiger roaring and clawing at her cage. Stepping closer he heard "Foolish human! Release me or I will devour you!".

Deciding to try something Harry said "Greetings noble one." causing the tiger to stop her roaring and look at him with interest.

"You speak the noble feline tongue?" she asked in surprise.

"I assimilated a battle familiar of the feline race, the gift is probably from him. What is your name and do you wish to come with me?" Harry said trying to sound respectful.

"My name is Aridena and while you are respectful for a human I must go back to my pack, we are the only ones of our kind left in the world, we number at near two hundred by your human standard." she responded almost regretfully.

"What if your pack came and lived under my protection. You could hunt and live your lives away from the imbeciles that unfortunately plague my species." Harry said eagerly.

"Done."

Turning to the shopkeeper Harry said, in English, "I wish to purchase this tiger.".

The Shopkeeper sneered at him, "You think you can handle that sort of creature half-pint?". Eye's narrowed Harry sent a telepathic message to his dark basilisk to appear in his smaller form. The deadly serpent rose slowly out of his arm before hissing at the shopkeeper who pulled out and threw him the keys to the tiger's cage screaming "Take Her!". Unlocking the cage he placed a hand on her head and they vanished in a flash of light.

-Hidden Valley-

With the sound of a thunderclap Harry and Aridena appeared in a valley next to a pack of saber-toothed tigers similar to Aridena with the males having black fur, white stripes, and green eyes while the females had reversed fur and blue eyes. "Aridena!" one of the males yelled before running over, "You have returned!".

It was here that her pack seemed to notice Harry as they started growling, "You dare bring a human here?" a particularly scarred male asked angrily.

Cocking an eyebrow Harry said, "This human happens to have a name." before smirking as the shocked feline leaped back in surprise.

"A name and an offer." Aridena stated clearly amused by the shock harry had caused, "His name is Harry and he not only holds much power over the humans but has much land. He will let us live on his land and he will offer us protection from other interfering humans, all he asks is that we help defend his lands from intruders.".

"Is this true?" the first male, who Harry noticed had similar markings to Aridena leading him to believe he was her father, asked hopefully.

"It is noble one." Harry replied.

"You can't honestly believe this!" the scarred male yelled

"Hold your tongue Zerix!" Aridena growled back.

"He is a human and therefore not worthy of life nor land. Something I will remedy now!" and with a roar Zerix knocked past Aridena and jumped at Harry, reacting instinctively Harry brought his arm up and activated the invulnerable skin of the Nemean Lion. Zerix bit down on his arm only to roar in pain before Harry punched him knocking him to the ground. Shakily standing up Zerix looked around the pack for support and when he found none he snarled "You fools will pay for siding with him." before vanishing in a burst of darkness.

Turning back towards him Aridena said "Don't be concerned Harry Zerix is a fool who loves nothing but fighting and the sound of his own voice. Now let us go to our new home." before flashing them all back to Hogwarts.

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