Misaki POV:

We silently made our way through the trees as a group slowly blending into the shadows with our dark colored cloaks. Even though each one was a different color the shade of it was dark enough to be mistaken as black in the night with no light. Looking to my left I say Harry had pulled his dark green hood over his head so it shadowed his face hiding any emotion from sight. Sighing softly I tugged the dark purple hood further over my head before looking around me. Many of the other students had their hoods down letting the wind throw their hair around while the others had their hoods up without it shadowing their faces the rest had shadowed faces like Harry. Sweeping my eyes across the school grounds movement from one of the castle's many towers caught my attention and in one fluid motion I turned to face the window without letting my cloak make much movement let alone a swishing sound. Squinting my eyes I allowed my mind to connect with my familiar, Nightfeather, a dark grey hawk that was flying around, and used his eyes to see who was watching us.


Every witch/wizard in this story has two animal familiars that are connected to them in away that the animals are basically an extension to the person they're bonded to. Each bond allows the witch/wizard to be able to look through the eyes of their familiars to help seek out trouble before running into trouble itself. Now class is over you're dismissed to continue reading and don't fake a groan I know you want to keep reading so don't make me assign you all homework. ^^


Harry POV:

Even though Mimi made no sound as she turned to face the castle behind us I knew she had done so anyway. Following her gaze I allowed my mind to connect to Hedwig as she perched on a branch above me. By using her eyes I spotted Hermione, Lee, Neville, Fred, George, and my brother watching us. Blinking my eyes to break the connection I tuned back to the dark trees and slipped into the shadows right after Mimi. 'It doesn't matter that they saw us,' I thought as we made our way deeper into the woods, 'after all I just know they're going to keep this from everyone else,' I paused a bit, 'actually I think they'd tell Zabini and Malfoy about it but that's it.'

"Did you see them?" Mimi muttered softly.

"The gang?" I asked then answered, "yeah they were watching us."

"No I meant in the other windows the ones slightly above them."

"Weasel?" I looked at her. She replied with a simple "mhm" and sped up her walking a bit to catch up to the Headmistress and I followed her lead.

"We need to find or at least locate and contain this beast tonight we were spotted by some students who cannot be trusted," this caused mutters of confusion to arise from our classmates, "no they are not the ones who sat with us at dinner," the whispers died down immediately, "these students aren't to be trusted so lie about being outside of the ship at night. I already have Sophia and her twin setup some smoke figures with telescopes around the ship making it look like we're stargazing so no questions will be asked if we return to the ship late in the night. Now let's find that Sphinx." With that we all dispersed into the trees with our familiars aiding us around by their eyes.

Hedwig and I headed deeper into the forest with 5 others while Mimi along with a group of 5 of the best swimmers went in the direction towards the lake and the rest were in groups of 4-6 students each moving silently through the trees.


3rd POV:

As the students went their ways the Headmistress and the top 2 students of the school stood still listening to the sounds of the forest which included the trees whispering to each other, creatures moving through the undergrowth, and quite a few nocturnal birds of prey flying in between the tree branches. Then they heard it the soft but not so distant sound of hooves that were too calm to be the ones of a thestral especially when they tried to avoid students walking around.

"Follow me," the older woman commanded and the two student followed in her wake as silent as the shadows around them heading towards the source of the beings they seek.

Unknown to any of the humans and their familiars there was a pair of keen cat-like eyes flashed briefly above them before vanishing the creature moving silently through the treetops heading towards the lake still not knowing of the 6 student that had went in that very direction.


? POV:

'Ah I just simply adore the darkness,' I chuckled to myself as I laid on the couch in my office and looked into the low burning fireplace to my left, 'I wonder how you're faring my dear little sister.' Groaning I sat up and moved behind my desk and sat down. "Well," I asked my little pet as her spirit came back from spying on that annoying school that had my mirror.

"They were already dispersing into the trees when I got there master," she purred and started to groom herself, "All I saw was a green-eyed boy leading a small group way from the Headmistress who had two students with her. That is all."

Annoyed with the results I had to press for further answers and stood up. "What about the girl I inquired about?" I questioned as I sat down and opened a book that I had pulled from the shelves across the room. 'Why do I keep pulling this book off the shelves?' I looked at the book entitled The Hobbit before remembering myself, 'Ah that's right it's her- no our favorite book.'

My pet had her head tilted to the side trying to remember if she had seen the girl. "I apologise Master but I saw no signs of the girl," she bowed her head and stalked out of the room after I dismissed her.

Growling in frustration I was tempted to toss the book I held into the fireplace but I didn't it was the only thing left of her in my world. If only I hadn't yelled at her for writing on the cover of the book 5 years ago and if I had defended her instead of watching her get driven out of the house she would still be here possibly reading this same book over and over again till it fell apart.


Harry POV:

It was about an hour or so before dawn when we returned to the ship and everyone was ready to drop to the ground and sleep where they fell but still pushed on until they were in their rooms. Groaning I collapsed and fell asleep as soon as my head made contact with my pillow only to then shoot up wide awake due to my alarm clock. Looking at the clock face I saw that I had gotten at least an hour's worth of sleep and it was already 6:30. Getting up I could hear the incoherent mutterings of Mimi as she cursed her annoying alarm clock for disrupting her sleep.

"Mimi if you don't get up I'mma drink all of the mocha cappuccino before you can get to the Great Hall," I called out before entering my bathroom to get ready and immediately I heard her fall out of bed hurriedly rushing around to get ready.


~Inside the castle at around 7 am~

Micheal POV:

By this time the house elves have begun to make breakfast in the kitchens so I snuck my way down to the basement. Upon tickling the pear I could hear my dad and Uncle Sirius laughing at a joke that dad had probably said.

"Morning Mikey," Uncle Sirius called out as he caught sight of me and dad mumbled out a greeting as he drank the remaining coffee in his cup, "what'cha doing up so early?"

"Just want to see what's for breakfast," I mumbled and sat down next to dad as he slid me a mug of coffee, "stayed up too late finishing an essay for Snape courtesy of Ron stupidly challenging Misaki."

"Just want to see what's for breakfast," I mumbled and sat down next to dad as he slid me a mug of coffee, "stayed up too late finishing an essay for Snape courtesy of Ron stupidly challenging Misaki with a horribly done potion to one completely perfect in Snape's opinion."

Looking surprised both adults glanced at each other, "C-Completely perfect?!"

"Yeah and she never made that very potion before either so it was shocking," I said taking a sip of the warm drink savoring the taste before I hurriedly finished it so I could get ready for the school day.

Waving good bye I made my way up stairs only to run into Hermione on her way down but her head was in a book and even though I didn't want to disturb her I did so anyways.

"Good morning 'Mione." I called out and she only responded with a brief glance and wave in my direction. Then she said something about visiting Miskai and Harry before breakfast before continuing her journey.


~In front of the ship~

Misaki POV:

Everyone's actions were slow and sluggish for the last hour as we were all exhausted and I swear fell asleep standing twice by now. Growling in frustration I let loose a rapid fire of 3 arrows each within a heart beat of each other, striking a target the size of a dinner plate set at 100, 150, and 200 meters.

"Good morning, everyone!" I heard someone call out from the direction of the castle.

"Morning 'Mione!" Harry called back along with several "good mornings" and "hello's" from everyone else as they placed fake smiles on their faces to hide their tiredness.

Muttering a quick curse under my breath I turned to wave at the brown haired witch before turning back to the targets in front of me and waved my hand setting them floating around me before letting loose another wave of three rapid arrows.

"What's up with her?" I heard Hermione ask.

"Harry lied to her about drinking all the mocha cappuccino when there wasn't any to begin with," Sofia answered and I heard Jake add in, "And she isn't much of a morning person!"

Annoyed I sent an arrow right next to his foot causing him to scream like a girl which brought a round of laughter to everyone while his face turned a color of a tomato. "Sorry my fingers slipped," I said laughing before running towards the ship knowing that I can climb the mast to escape Jake who began chasing me with waving his sword around his head.


3rd POV:

Unknowing to the school and Hermione two different pairs of eyes, one human and the other cat-like, observed the group as they watch two students joking around with one another. Hissing slightly the cat-like eyes soon vanished leaving the other behind keenly observing the students.

"Come on guys it's 7:45 time for breakfast!" one of the students shouted, "Jake let Mimi down or she'll have your hide when she doesn't get her mocha cappuccino!" At this statement the two students who were on the ship ran to catch up with the wave of students heading to the Great Hall.

Upon entering the room the other students only spared the school a glance as they made their way to their seat followed by Micheal, Lee, Neville, Draco, Blaise, and the Weasley twins.

"We heard-" George began.

"-a lot of yelling-" Feed continued.

"-coming form-"

"-outside so-"

"-what happened?" they finished.

Just as Hermione started to tell the tale the doors opened allowing a draft of the cold November air into the room as the Durmstrang students filled through and headed towards the Slytherin table.

"They're pretty late today," Neville muttered under his breath, "they're usually earlier than this." Shaking his head he gestured to Hermione to continue her tale as she had paused when she heard him speak.

By the time she finished the entire table, who had dropped silent to listen, started laughing began teasing Jake after Mimi had disappeared to the Ravenclaw table half-way through the story probably to avoid embarrassment.

As the clock hit 9 the students began filing out of the Hall to their classes leaving a certain Bulgarian lost in thought at the Slytherin table.

~With Remus in DADA~

Harry struggled with focusing on the lesson in front of him as Remus began his careful explanation of werewolves.


I hope you shorely saw what I did there, right? No? Okay I'll leave you to your reading.


"Harry at least act like you're paying attention to me," Remus called out causing the emerald eyed teen to jump in his seat before stuttering a quick sorry. Nodding once Remus turned back to his lesson.

But of course the fates seemed to hate him today. As he left the class Remus caught a hold of his shirt collar and pulled the teen right back into the room, "Hold it right there Harry." Now the older wizard dropped his voice a bit, "did you enter the tournament?"

Now it was Harry's turn to lower his voice, "I didn't I really don't want to besides what good will it do for me I have nothing to gain nor lose." At this point Harry was beginning to tense up.

Nodding Remus continued to speak in a soft, soothing tone, "The drawing ceremony begins tonight and I noticed many of your fellow classmates do so-"

"I know show them all the support they need they are family after all." Harry stated calmly, relaxing slightly before tensing up again, "I think I need to head over to the infirmary for a bit my ticks are acting up again."

"Harry," Remus' voice took on a firmer tone, "I know those ticks and they only happen when you're stressed so tell me what is it?"

~With Misaki~

"How is it only lunch time," I muttered under my breath tiredly wanting to go back to my room and snuggle into my warm, fluffy blanket.

"Hey don't-"

"-look so-"

"-down," the Weasley twins tried to cheer the witch up.

Sighing in defeat the twins pulled out two vials, one each, "Bottoms up," they said at the same time and drank its contents before jumping over the age line. All those present began to cheer for them. After basking in the glory for a bit both twins dropped their names into the goblet and began to cheer before being shot back by a strange type of spell that came from the blue flames. Both landing a good ways away from the Goblet now sporting matching beards and greyish hair the two began to fight yelling things at each other.

At that point the entire hall was roaring with laughter and shouts of encouragement directed at the said twins.

~Meanwhile~


? POV:

"WHERE IS MY MIRROR?!" I am enraged now.

"I can't see anything those pesky wizards have it co-" my little pet began.

"Enough," I resumed pacing around the room in complete frustration, "What did you see that last time anyway?" She went quiet, a thing my sphinx never does. "Well?" I inquired, eyes narrowing.

She lowered her head, "I saw myself tearing them apart," she flinched at my slight growl, "I was in rage I couldn't tell who was who." At this point her head lowered and she retreated from her spot in front of the fireplace to the far corner of the room.

I felt myself smirk, "So they have that mirror. Hmm," I strolled to the fireplace, taking a pinch of floo powder as I went, "I'm visiting family stay within the boundaries and don't get caught at all," I commanded as I moved towards the flames. Then pausing slightly and added softly, "Do I make myself clear?" After hearing a confirming purr from the said creature I dropped the powder and stated clearly, "Oqawa Manor."

~Back At Hogwarts~

Remus POV:


I know how much you all love Remus' POVs so here you go.


"Really such a potion exists?" my old schoolmate asked, dark eyes wide clearly amazed.

Chuckling slightly I responded, "Yes and it has worked in my favor for these past 5 years keeping me "out of trouble" as you would say to annoy Potter Sr." At that we both shared a small chuckle of amusement.

At that moment I heard whispers from the other side of the door, "What's going on in there Padfoot?" followed by a quick "shh". A brief glance at Severus told me he was about to ask what happened so I shook my head as a silent 'don't ask' and stood up silently making my way to the door.

"They stopped talking," Sirius whispered back quickly I waved a hand at Severus to start explaining a potion that he had recently brewed and he complied.


James POV:

"What the hell now they're talking about some potion," I heard Padfoot mutter ear still pressed to the door. Groaning I leaned against his back staring at the wall opposite of me. Keeping his ear on the door I could tell Sirius had a hard time figuring out what was being said. Well his ear was pressed to the door before it was yanked open causing the both of us to fall into a pile on the cobblestone floor.

"Potter, Black may I ask why you're here or better yet why are you eavesdropping on us?" Snivellus asked walking up behind Remus looking down his nose at us.

"Dumbledore sent to tell you that you need to see him when you have time to," Sirius said trying to look like he wasn't embarrassed.

"If you're trying to sooth your pride you're failing," a calm yet annoyed voice drifted from down the hall.

Without looking Remus recognized exactly who the voice belonged to, "Hello there Harry." He then turned to the said teen just as he stepped into the room and the room's atmosphere immediately grew thick enough to cut with a knife.

"Well?" I inquired and Harry gave me the "Well-what?" look which angered me greatly, "Don't they teach you manners at that school?! Don't you know how to greet your own-"

"I'll stop you right there," Harry interjected coolly, "1) I am not your son since I'm not longer a Potter and 2) you never took care of me when I was still in your care so you have absolutely no rights at all to even call me your son." This left me speechless, 'how dare he talk like that to me I'm his father for Merlin's sake!'

"Good afternoon Mr. Kanzaki," Snivellus chose then to speak up to break the tension.

"Good afternoon to you as well Professor Snape," Harry responded before his tone took on an official sounding tone, "the Headmistress is requesting your presence Professor Lupin after dinner today if it isn't a bother."


Remus POV:

I thought for a moment tomorrow after dinner I had planned to head into the Forbidden Forest to search for the Sphinx but realized that it had probably moved on to a new location to hide so, "Not a problem Harry if you don't mind." With a quick "no problem" Harry retraced his steps back to the ship.

Excusing myself from the room - more like telling Severus that I'll see him at dinner later- I left the room and headed towards the Great Hall waiting patiently for the two sets of footsteps to follow me.

Not even 5 minutes later and the tell-tale sound of hurried footsteps caught up to me. "Have you resorted to following me around to past the time?" I asked out loud letting my voice reach the two male Gryffindors behind me and purposely stop in the middle of the hallway as I heard two other sets of footsteps in front of me. "Because I'm sure Headmaster Dumbledore probably has some more messages for you to deliver." At this point Dumbledore and Lily Potter rounded the corner quickly having heard my raised voice. The duo behind me, who I'm guessing still have the map, quickened their pace to walk around the corner behind me froze at the sight of the Head of Hogwarts and Charms professor.

"Um," James scratched the back of his head sheepishly as he glanced at his wife then directed his gaze to the floor, "Hey honey."

"Remus can I talk to you?" Lily's soft voice reached my ears and I looked over at her before nodding slowly. Smiling slightly she gestured for me to follow before shooting over her shoulder, "Don't even think on following me James." she paused for a bit, "you too Sirius." Cue a groan from both former Gryffindors and an amused chuckle from Dumbledore.

Quickly she lead the way to her office, "Would you like something to drink?" she asked as I sat down in the chair in front of her desk.

"No thank you," I declined politely leaning back in my seat making it look like I was completely relaxed.

"Alright then but can I ask you to please keep Harry out of this tournament?" Lily pleaded looking completely desperate.

This shocked me so much that I started to laugh and the look of confusion on Lily's face made me laugh even more. "Why would Harry join the tournament in the first place? For the fame?" Lily opened her mouth to answer but I didn't let her, "No he has us, the entire Salems student body as a family so why would he want that? For the fortune? No. For attention? No he never needed that especially with the teachers of the school watching over him. So why would he join?" I paused to look at the red-haired witch in front of me, "Or are you afraid that You-Know-Who would use Harry as bait to draw out your precious 'Golden Boy'?" At that final question Lily's face turned red signalling that I had hit the nail on the head.

"Don't speak about Micheal like that," she growled, "don't talk about my son in that manner! What happened to you?!" She was now standing her chair had tipped over in the moment she stood up.

I stood up slowly, "The better question is what happened to you Lily?" my tone softened, "You adored both Harry and Micheal equally when they were born. But why?" my tone had dropped to a whisper at this point, "why did you change after that incident? Why did you suddenly treasure Micheal more than Harry when you loved them equally?" I looked up, having noticed that my head had dropped, eyes tearing up slightly. I'm pretty sure I had the "Kicked-puppy" look on my face.

To say she was shocked was an understatement I could tell the witch in front of me was a lost for words. Walking towards the door I said softly, "When you have an answer you know where and how to find me," and left the room, the door closing quietly behind me before making my way to my quarters aboard the school's ship.

~Time Skip brought to you by Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans~

As the students finished up their desert Dumbledore finally stood up and moved to stand next to the Goblet of Fire.

"Attention everyone," the older wizard announced causing all of the food to vanish and a groan to arise from the House tables, "it's now time for the

drawing," he quickly explained what was going to happen and just as he finished speaking the flames turned red and a tongue of fire shot up upon it rode a single slip of parchment.

3rd POV:

Catching the slip of parchment Dumbledore cleared his throat and clearly read the name out loud, "The first champion selected from Durmstrang Institute is, Viktor Krum," a large round of applause rang out as the said wizard stood up and made his way to the small room behind the staff table. The next tongue of flames carried the next slip, "the second champion is Fleur Delacour of Beauxbatons," a polite applause rose up from the students. For the third time the flames shot up carrying the name of the third champion, "the third champion Cedric Diggory of Hogwarts," loud cheers were heard from the Hufflepuff table as the young 7th year made followed the other two champions. Now the entire hall was silent waiting for the final tongue of flames to shoot up and it did not disappoint the crowd as it shot up higher that it did the previous times. Clearing his throat Dumbledore read the final name, "the fourth and final champion is Harry Kanzaki of Salems School," following the name everyone clapped politely as the entire Salems table sat muttering to each other.

Whispers of "But Harry never entered," and "Harry never wanted to enter" drifted up and down the table but eventually they gave their brother words of encouragements as he made his way to the back room.

After vanishing into the said room everyone was dismissed to head back to their dorms but a few students had other plans. Micheal and Hermione under the Invisibility cloak along with Draco and Blaise who both were under a Disillusionment charm with the help of Misaki stayed behind in the Great Hall to wait for their friend.

~Inside the room~

"We 'ave to compete with 'im?" Fleur questioned, "but 'e's not even of age?"


I honestly don't know how to type out a french accent so sorry ahead of time but if anyone would like to correct me then feel free to do so.


"If Harry is as good as they say then we don't have a problem Fleur," Cedric tried to reason with the said witch, "besides his Headmistress says it's alright for him to compete so I see no problem here."

At this point Headmistress Uchinha was pretty fed up with where the conversation was going and how long it was taking. "Can we quickly discuss the plans for the first event before Harry falls asleep the poor boy didn't get much sleep due to the threat of a sphinx that could endanger all students here."

"Of course madam,"Ludo Bagman began to explain what to expect and when the first event was going to be before shoo the students back to their school base to get some sleep. This however didn't stop Harry from telling Misaki everything and sending a very detailed note towards the Gryffindor common room where Micheal and Hermione had retreated to after hearing the door to the antechamber open. Draco and Blaise having left earlier before they were noted missing my the Slytherin girls that hung out in the common room late at night.

'The first event is on November 24th but what could it be?' was the common thought that circled the minds of all the champions that night.

~8 hours of sleep brought to you by chocolate frogs~

Harry was woken up by someone poking his cheek was only when he began to wake up that he could barely make out voices.

"So the other champions didn't complain other than Fleur?" one asked and another hummed in agreement. During this exchange the poking had stopped and now it continued.

"Isn't there a better way to wake him up?" another asked, this time it has a different tone from the first two.

"Don't know if you've noticed but he's starting to wake up," now a fourth voice had made itself known to you green eyed wizard. The voices now that his mind was somewhat awake Harry could identify them in the order that they spoke in: Draco asked the first one, Mimi hummed in response before poking his cheek again, then Hermione asked the second question, and Blaize was the final one to speak up.

'If it's just them I can go back to slee-' Harry was awake now, 'Wait... Mimi stopped poking my cheek when Blaize spoke up!' he shot up straight in bed wide eyes flying around the room until they landed on his target, Mimi holding a bucket of cold water standing in the doorway to connecting his room to her's.

"Aww I wanted to give you a surprise shower but since you're up might as well head outside we're getting ready for breakfast," Mimi caused the bucket of water to vanish, "Also I convinced them to let you sleep in so you're welcome." With that she turned and walked out of the room with Hermione on her heels.


Harry POV:

Quickly ushering the other two people in my room out I threw on my uniform in record time then sprinted out my room to catch up with the two Slytherin students.

"-so you think someone purposely did it?" Draco was saying as I caught up.

"I have to agree with you there Malfoy but who would do something like that anyways?" I spoke up causing both wizards to turn their heads and look at me, "I mean sure I would like the money reward but what do I benefit from winning? I don't need the fame, I have a family that cares for me and that's enough. The money, like I said, I would like but I could always earn it by working over the summer."

We were silent for the rest of the walk each of us deep in thought until Draco remembered something.

"Here you go," he handed me a badge that said 'Support Harry' while putting the one that says 'Support Cedric Diggory' back into his pockets, "We hope either you or Diggory win this. It's about time to break the other schools' winning streaks."

Smiling I tapped the badge with my wand and added my last name to the badge so it now says 'Support Harry Kanzaki' until Blaize muttered a phrase that changed the badge color entirely and the colors kept changing, one fading into the next.

"So everyone in Hogwarts has one so why don't we have any?" Sofia teased and the whole table laughed as I made copies of my own badge and passed them to everyone. Draco and Blaise had vanished to hand out badges of both to the Slytherin table, Fred and George dispersed the badges to all of the other houses with the help of their friends.

Every student soon had one and quite frankly I'm not surprised that the teachers haven't put a stop to this yet. But one thing was bugging me and I just can't put a finger on it.

"Are you getting a weird vibe coming from the Drumshang students?" Sofia voiced my thoughts to the students around us. Mimi peeked over her mug of mocha, eyes blinking owlishly, showing that our 17 year-old senior had her attention.

"Well at least you don't feel like you're being stalked," Hermione muttered under her breath rubbing her shoulder and looking around.

"You're telling me," Mimi muttered, "try not to be so obvious they'll notice you're aware of it look with your eyes and ears only, not your entire head."

The two then dropped silent as they continued to enjoy their breakfast while conversations full of nonsense flew around the room. Leaning on my elbows I tried to pick up on the odd magic vibe I felt earlier but I ended up chatting with Micheal about going to Hogsmade later today.

~meanwhile at the Gryffindor table~


3rd POV:

Ron was fuming mad. His face was probably as bright as his hair to be truthful, least to say at the Slytherins now had something to laugh at.

"Hey Weasley, what's the matter with you expecting another howler?!" this caused everyone to fall silent and all heads to turn in the said Gryffindor's direction.

"NO NOW SHUT UP YOU EVIL SLYTHERINS!" came the reply from the now furious redhead.

"Evil?," a soft voice cut through the ginger's thoughts clearing the haze of anger, "I wouldn't say that all Slytherins are evil." Everyone began to look around, trying to find exactly which person had spoken up. One by one they slowly gave up and left the hall to enjoy their Saturday.

Students could be seen sitting in groups around the lake, in common rooms, in the library, the Three Broomsticks, and on school grounds just talking about where that voice had come from.


Okay I know that this is pretty long but it's not really that long *cue yelling in the background* FINE! So this is longer than the other chapters so I hope you enjoyed this well delayed chapter. I'm still trying to update but it's hard to do so when someone is always hogging the only computer in the house thankfully I'm getting my own laptop soon so maybe that would mean more frequent updates for you guys.

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P.S. I'm typing this chapter in my math class since I finished my classwork at home yesterday. (Yes I was forced to stay home instead of trick or treating. No one's too old to get free candy!) Also if you want to find out the chapter titles then feel free to check them out on wattpad under the name shadowqueen147. (thestralqueen147 was taken when I registered.)