I don't own Harry Potter

A/N: Got this idea from lycus. Start off Yule Ball fourth year. The pairing is Harry/Hermione/Patil twins.

The Yule Ball Started it All

By: Sheltie

Harry sighed. It was after the first dance that the four Champions had to do. Now he was sitting with his date, Parvati, his best friend Ron, and his date Parvati's twin sister Padma. He looked around and saw that everyone was having a good time dancing and smiling. He then turned to see his own date frowning at him. He was drawn from his thoughts by Padma.

"Are you going to ask me to dance?" Padma asked with a heavy hint of annoyance laced in her voice.

Ron said nothing, but glared at the dancers.

Harry followed where his friend's eyes were trained on. He saw that they were trained on his other best friend Hermione Granger. He was shocked when he first saw Hermione descending the stairs. He never thought Hermione could look like that. He then realized he was just as bad as Ron for ignoring his date and decided to remedy it quickly. He didn't want his first date with a girl to be a disaster. He stepped so he was in front of both girls.

"Would you care to dance?" Harry asked.

Both Parvati and Padma looked at Harry with confusion since they had no idea which one he was talking to.

"Will you both care to dance with me" Harry clarified.

The two girls both smiled and nodded.

Harry took their hands and led them to the dance floor. He confessed to them that he didn't know how to really dance and the Patil twins decided to remedy this. They glanced at one another and then nodded. Harry had no clue what was going on.

"You'll dance with Parvati and I'll help guide you" Padma said.

Harry nodded.

Padma helped guide Harry's hands and where to place them. She then helped guide Harry's steps to make sure he didn't step on Parvati's feet. The way Padma did this was reminiscent of Hermione's bossy tone so Harry was used to it and obeyed.

Harry and Parvati danced for one song then the two girls switched so Padma got a turn and Parvati guided Harry. Harry was enjoying himself so much he had his eyes closed and just went with it.

Padma and Parvati though were alert and they noticed three pairs of eyes on them. Two of them came from redheads and the third from a brunette.

Ron Weasley was steamed. Potter was dancing with not only his own date and having a good time, but he was dancing with his date and having a good time. This made him quite jealous that Harry was getting all the attention, just like always. Harry never gave him a chance to get any attention. It was always Harry Potter this and Harry Potter that. Ron's face was red with anger and jealousy.

Ginny was enjoying her time with Neville, but she didn't really care for the boy that much. Her main target was one Harry Potter. Her plan for tonight was to show Harry that she was a girl and not just Ron's little sister. The plan didn't seem to going so well since Harry hadn't even looked her way the whole night. And now with these two hussies monopolizing all of her Harry's time he was never going to get the hint she was throwing out. Though she hid her anger and jealousy a lot better than her brother as she started to make a new plan in her head.

Hermione Granger was sad. She wanted to go to this ball with Harry. She'd liked Harry for a very long time. When he didn't ask her she knew it was because he was scared. She understood that Harry didn't have much experience with the opposite gender and she gave him the benefit of the doubt. She saw the look in Harry's eyes when she came down the stairs and a spark of hope rose within her. There was still a chance. But now with Harry dancing with the Patil twins and enjoying it she knew that her chance of her dating Harry was gone. He looked so happy and she couldn't be the one to take that away from him. He has been through so much that he deserved it. So she decided to pull back and remain his best friend.

Padma and Parvati saw all this and glanced at one another and nodded.

The trio danced the night away and had fun. They laughed, joked and talked. The three got to know one another better. When the Ball was over Ron was already gone and Harry thought it would be the gentlemanly thing to do to walk Padma back to Ravenclaw tower. Parvati joined him. At the entrance of Ravenclaw tower Padma kissed Harry goodnight then went inside. Harry was shocked from the kiss and walked to the Gryffindor tower with Parvati in a haze. In the Lion's den Parvati decided that her sister wasn't going to be the only one to kiss Harry. She kissed Harry gently.

"How does it feel to having two girlfriends?" Parvati whispered to Harry.

This stunned Harry and that is how Parvati left him. When he was finally able to function he floated up to bed. He changed into his pajamas and fell asleep with a blissful smile on his face.

/Scene Break/

In the girl's dorm of the Lion's Den Parvati got ready for bed. She turned to the bed that Hermione occupied and frowned. The curtains were drawn. Parvati knew that Hermione was in love with Harry. There so many signs there, but even without the signs Parvati just knew. She acted ditzy, but was very smart like her sister. Though what made her be sorted into Gryffindor was that she had a bravery that her sister kind of lacked.

Parvati was very good at reading people and she saw all the signs of Hermione's attraction to Harry. Poor Harry was too oblivious to even see. Now Parvati chalked this up to being a boy and being clueless to anything that dealt with emotions. She had no clue about Harry's upbringing might be a big part of the cause.

She needed to talk to her sister and fast. What most didn't know was that Parvati and Padma shared a connection with one another. They could talk to each other mentally. Now that was extremely rare and they kept this a secret since they didn't want to be experimented on. Only their parents knew about their children's gift.

"Pad, are you there?" Parvati asked.

"Why do have to ask that every time. Of course I am" Padma said with a mental roll of her eyes.

"Sorry" Parvati said.

Padma sighed.

"Forget it, so what is it you want to talk about?" the Ravenclaw sister asked.

"Hermione" Parvati said.

"Ah, so I'm guessing we need to think of a way to get Hermione to take part in this?" Padma asked.

"Yes, you saw her during the ball. She had that longing look in her eye" Parvati said.

"I did" Padma admitted.

"So, we should do something" Parvati said.

"Just out of curiosity, why?" Padma asked.

"Because I don't think Harry would be Harry if he didn't have Hermione. You know there's a connection between the two. You're the one that can see magical auras," Parvati said.

"Yes, I know that Harry and Hermione's auras are connecting to one another. But I want to know your reason" Padma said.

Parvati sighed.

"She's his focus. He needs her as much as she needs him. I can see it. They rely on one another too much for them not to be together" the Gryffindor sister said.

"So, it doesn't mean they need to be together like you think they should be" Padma pointed out.

"Please just go with me on this one. I can't explain it, but I'm just feeling it," Parvati whined.

"Alright, sorry if I caused you stress I am a Ravenclaw and I just wanted to know why" Padma said apologetically.

"I know. So what's the plan?" Parvati asked.

The two sisters chatted the rest of the night coming up with a plan to get Hermione included into the group.

/Scene Break/

It took a few days to come up with a plan mainly because they had to do some research. When they did, Padma and Parvati sought out Hermione to find her in the library reading. When they asked her to come with them Hermione was suspicious, but followed her dorm mate and her sister into an empty classroom. As soon as the door was shut and sealed for privacy the brainy Gryffindor was fed up.

"What is this about?" Hermione asked as politely as her rising annoyance would let her.

"We need to talk about Harry" Parvati said.

This got Hermione's attention. Anything about Harry made her super alert.

"What about Harry?" the bushy haired girl asked.

"We know about your feelings for Harry and want to ask you to join my sister and I in our relationship with him" Padma said.

Hermione's eyes bugged out at this.

"What!?"

"Please Hermione, hear us out before you jump you to any conclusions" Parvati said quickly since she knew that Hermione could think of numerous scenarios in a matter of seconds.

"Explain" Hermione said sternly.

Parvati turned to Padma since Padma was probably the only one that could make Hermione understand what they were asking. Must be a smart girl thing.

"Like was stated before, we know of your feelings for Harry. So don't deny that," Padma said.

Hermione was ready to refute this claim, but closed her mouth at the Patil twins' stare. They knew and there wasn't any amount of arguing otherwise.

"Right, well Parvati and I know that you and Harry have a special connection with one another and we thought it would be best to include you since it would be harder to exclude you. Harry would break up with us before ever breaking his friendship with you" Padma said, "It would be easy because you'd be doing the same thing you do with Harry, just more physical in some respects."

Hermione blushed at the word 'physical'.

"You would gain two more people in looking out for Harry. There is only so much that you can do and we can help you shoulder that load," Padma said.

Hermione nodded at this. Watching Harry's back was full time job times fifty. The boy was a magnet for attracting danger.

"Plus being on the outside will give you another point of view. Parvati and I aren't so close to things and can give you another way to look at things" Padma said.

"Okay, but how will this all work?" Hermione asked.

This made the twins relax since it appeared that Hermione was on board with the idea.

"Well there are a few scenarios that we thought of. One, is that Harry dates Parvati and I publicly and you in private. The second, is a reverse of that. And the third, is that we three date him publicly" Padma said.

Hermione furrowed her brow as she mulled over the three choices. The first had merit and she didn't mind that at all. The second was a better option in her mind since she'd be dating Harry in the open, but that wouldn't be fair to Parvati and Padma. The third was intriguing in its own right, but what were the ramifications of this choice.

"I can see possibilities in all, but the last one with us three dating Harry openly has me a bit curious" Hermione said.

"It is very uncommon in the Britain wizarding world, but quite common in India. I have looked it up and found that there isn't any law against it at all here. Not at Hogwarts or in anywhere else in Britain" Padma said, "But as for the public opinion, well you know what the public will think."

Hermione frowned. Padma was right. They would be front page news and the articles about them might not be very flattering. She saw bits of this already. And that's not including what Hogwarts students will think. The rumor mill at Hogwarts was a legend that in itself.

"As for marriage then that is something else entirely" Padma said.

Hermione's head shot up at hearing this.

"What?" she croaked.

"Marriage, Hermione. I think I can speak for myself and my sister that we couldn't find anyone better than Harry" Padma said.

"What about me?" Hermione asked.

"I did some looking and found that a Lord of an Ancient and Noble house can have as many wives as he can afford" Parvati said speaking up.

"But Harry isn't-" Hermione was cut off by Parvati.

"He is. He should've been given his head of house ring third year. Harry is the last line of the Potters and it is stated that the surviving member of an Ancient and Noble house can take the mantle when he is thirteen years of age" the lion Patil sister said.

Hermione was shocked. She had no clue that her friend was a Lord and that he could claim his title since last year. Why was this information withheld from him?

"I think I know what's going through your head Hermione and I think I can tell you that it is because someone wants to keep Harry blind of things that he should know about" Padma said.

"Bu why?" Hermione asked.

"We think it is about control. You can control a person who knows little a lot better than someone who knows a lot and knows how to use it" Parvati said.

In Hermione's mind she was going over everyone who could do this to her friend.

"Hermione" Padma said.

Hermione snapped her head up from her thoughts. She looked annoyed at the interruption.

"Sorry to disrupt you, but we should get back to the matter at hand" Padma said gently.

Hermione nodded and put her thoughts about who was responsible on the backburner for now.

"So what do you want to do Hermione?" Parvati asked.

Hermione thought about it and then she looked at the two girls. She wouldn't mind sharing Harry. That wasn't a big concern since she liked Padma and have worked with her a couple times in Runes and Arithmancy, and Parvati seemed to be smarter than she previously thought. So she was all for dating Harry with Padma and Parvati, but how to go about it was the question. Each option would need a plan. But she was a Gryffindor and she decided to charge right in.

"We all date Harry at the same time, no secrets" she said finally.

The Patil twins sighed and nodded.

"Right, now we need a plan to handle this" Padma said.

Hermione nodded.

"We think that the main problem will be Ron and Ginny" Parvati said.

Hermione could see Ron from a mile away, but Ginny perplexed her.

"With Ron. Well, it is a known fact that he fancies you" Parvati said.

Hermione scrunched up her nose in disgust at this.

This made the two Indian girls laugh.

"Ron can go jump in the lake for all I care. He has shown how much a friend he is to Harry this year and I don't care what he thinks" Hermione said.

"Yes, but we still need to think of a way to deal with him. he has a bad temper a mouth to match. Who knows what he'll say. That and he'd probably write to his mother and we'll get howlers out of it" Padma said.

Hermione nodded.

"We also have thoughts about Ron that we want to share with you" Parvati said.

This ended up being a discussion about one Ron Weasley and if he really was a friend. They all agreed that he was an okay friend, but that was it. He was too quick to judge someone and never was one to change. And if he did it would be very slowly. That and he was lazy and thought things should be handed to him instead of him working for it. He was loyal to a certain point then you'd have to rely on someone else to pick up the slack. He was quick to anger and held a grudge for a while. He also was a pig and ate everything in sight. This was of course a small thing, but it made the girls nauseous to even think about. So in the end they decided to keep a watch on Ron and make sure Harry wasn't as forgiving the next time Ron came to apologize.

The Ginny matter shocked Hermione since she had no clue about her friend. She knew that the little redhead had a crush on Harry, but thought nothing of it. The Patils twins warned Hermione that Ginny might try anything to get Harry and even resort to potions and spells to get her way. In the end Hermione had to agree that the Patil twins' evidence and theories were very sound and hard to dispute.

"Alright, so we have a plan, but how do we approach Harry about this?" Padma asked.

"I think I should do it since he trusts me" Hermione said.

Padma and Parvati couldn't disagree with this at all. It was also another known fact that Harry listened to a few people and Hermione was one of them.

/Scene Break/

It took two days for Hermione to have that chat with Harry since Ron was always around. Hermione got rid of Ron by having Harry study with her in the library. Ron begged off the invite stating that he had other things to do. So this left Harry and Hermione alone in the library. Hermione had them sitting at a table in the back so they'd have privacy. She also put up a privacy charm just in case.

"What's going Hermione?" Harry asked.

Hermione then told Harry all about what she and the Patils twins had talked about it. Harry was shocked and was trying his best to figure out why Hermione would be a part of this. When he heard her reasons he understood and then when he heard about him being last of his line and able to take his title he was in deep thought. Hermione was worried about this part since Harry didn't like things withheld from him when it mattered to him. In the end Harry agreed to date the three girls at once. He was upset about Ron, though he agreed with it. As for Ginny, this confused him since he thought of Ginny as his sister.

Hermione gave the sign and Padma and Parvati appeared. They had been waiting in the library in an area close by.

Harry nervously kissed each girl and they thought it was nice, but agreed that he needed some improvement.

/Scene Break/

News of Harry dating three of the hottest girls in Hogwarts came with shock. Ron was shouting abuse at Harry in the Gryffindor common room, but Harry stood there and took it. In the end Harry ended their friendship. Ginny took the news and was furious. She decided she needed to bide her time.

The papers got a hold of the news and articles about love potions and such was being spread around.

Harry was angry with this and decided to do something so he asked Hermione and Padma how'd he go about getting his title. This involved having to go to Gringotts. Harry wrote Gringotts a letter and they got a portkey and a letter telling them of when the appointment was. So Harry led Hermione, Padma, and Parvati out through a secret passageway by the one-eyed witch and then they took the portkey.

/Scene Break/

At Gringotts Harry claimed not only his title as Lord Potter, but Gryffindor and Slytherin. He got the Slytherin title by right of conquest. Harry not only defeated Voldemort, the last line of Slytherin, as an infant, but in his first year and then in second year by slaying Slytherin's prized beast. As for the Gryffindor one, well, the Potters were descended from Gryffindor and Harry was senior to the line with Neville being second in line.

The goblins were furious that one of their important clients never got a bank statement that they started a full investigation into the situation. Harry and his girls listened to the Potter will, which they found that Harry was never to be placed with the Dursleys. They also found out that the Dursleys have been getting paid to care for Harry. Thanks to Harry's memories of his childhood the goblins wanted the money back plus interest since not a cent was used on Harry. The girls were quite furious and began planning revenge on the Dursleys for their treatment of their Harry.

Harry now as Lord Potter put Hermione, Padma and Parvati under his protection. This saved them since the three were under the watch of Dumbledore. Hermione since all muggle-born and magical children with no magical parent were under his protection til they reached of age. Padma and Parvati were under his care since their parents didn't live in Britain so that left the headmaster to care for them.

As for the Gryffindor and Slytherin titles. There was no money really to speak of, but the two founders had vaults with journals and items that belonged to them. Harry now owned half of Hogwarts and the surrounding lands including Hogsmeade. This meant that Harry had control over the castle until the heirs of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff showed up and he'd have share with them. He also got the rings of Gryffindor and Slytherin too. They combine to his Potter ring.

/Scene Break/

Once back at Hogwarts Harry and his girls began working on what the second task was. Thanks to Cedric, who gave Harry the hint about taking a bath with the egg and giving Harry the password to the Prefect's bath. Harry was nervous since his three girls wanted to come with him. He didn't have a bathing suit and was nervous at what the girls would be wearing.

Each girl wore a snug fitting one-piece that showed of their growing curves. Hermione's was periwinkle blue like her Yule Ball dress. Parvati's was a nice red color that complemented her dark skin. Padma chose a nice dark blue color.

The whole experience was eye-opening not only for Harry, but for the girls as well. This was going to be the first boy they'd see topless. They liked what they saw. Harry was lean muscled and had various scars all over his body. This only infuriated the three girls since they knew that the Dursleys were the cause of most of these scars. It only made them plan more vicious ways of hurting Harry's relatives.

Once they found out the clue they figured it out quickly and found that Harry must rescue what was most precious to him. Harry knew who was precious to him. It was the three girls in front of him. He told them this.

The girls were amazed by the leaps and bounds Harry had made in such a small amount of time and were quite pleased that he cared about them all that much. Padma and Parvati knew Harry cared about Hermione, but with him including them in made their day. They took turns kissing Harry showing their happiness of his great advancements in the relationship department not to mention emotional one too. They left very happy and with a new idea of what the other's body felt like.

Now what they had to figure out was who was going to be taken.

/Scene Break/

Dumbledore was not having a great time. The many things going on in the castle these pass few weeks perplexed him. Harry was no longer naïve and self-conscious anymore. This couldn't do since he needed Harry like that so he'd depend on him more. But it appeared that Harry's new relationship had changed the boy. Now Dumbledore didn't care about who the boy dated. That didn't matter in the long run since the old wizard knew what the outcome would be. What bothered him was that Harry had grown independent. What made matters worse was the letter from Gringotts. This didn't bode well. He didn't have time to read it at the moment so he skimmed it and felt a bit of dread at what he skimmed. This wasn't good for him at all, but he couldn't do anything with this tournament. He'd deal with this all after the tournament finished.

/Scene Break/

Harry and his girls had gathered all the information they could on how Harry could breathe underwater for the time limit. In the end Neville came to their rescue by suggesting Gillyweed.

On the day of the task Parvati was missing, so that meant Parvati was whom he'd missed the most. But Hermione was also missing too, which worried Harry and Padma. As the task began Harry used the Gillyweed and swam to the center of the lake. In his mind he knew that was where Parvati and Hermione would be. Once he got there he found Parvati and Hermione. He first went to Parvati and freed her then went to Hermione only to be blocked by a mermen. Harry was pissed, but knew he was running out of time. With one last glance at Hermione he left with Parvati.

Harry ended up finishing first with Cedric second then Krum and last Fleur, who wasn't able to rescue her hostage because of Grindylow.

On the dock Harry was huddled between Hermione and Parvati with Padma finishing off the circle. Krum looked put out at Hermione cuddling Harry, but shrugged it off he knew he didn't have a real chance at Hermione and accepted that. Padma pulled out a water beetle from Hermione's hair and placed it in a jar she had on hand for some reason. She had an idea who it was. Parvati looked at her sister curiously at this. But got a shake of a head in response.

/Scene Break/

After the second task Hermione and Parvati were bombarded by questions on what went on down in the lake. They replied that they were asleep the whole time, but no one believe them. Lavender badgered Parvati constantly wanting details about the relationship she had with Hermione, her sister and Harry. Parvati told her friend that it wasn't any of her business and to butt out. This seemed to change the dynamics in the Gryffindor girl's fourth year dorms. Parvati now hung out more with Hermione than Lavender. This also meant Parvati's grades went up too. Still though Parvati was a major support of Trelawney and defended the Divination teacher. Some things never change.

/Scene Break/

Padma found that the beetle she found in Hermione's hair was Rita Skeeter. Hermione was enraged by this and wanted to feed it to Neville's toad, Trevor. But in the end they came to an agreement with the reporter. They'd keep her secret, but in return she'd stop her slandering reports unless she had solid proof that she obtained without using her Animagus form. Padma used a spell she learned back home and put it on Skeeter so if Skeeter tried to use her Animagus form it would cause extreme pain.

/Scene Break/

After the second task there was a swirl of training and dating three girls for Harry. He worked on spells that his ladies researched and that would help him in the third task even though they had no idea what it was. When Harry found that it was a maze he had to go through Padma and Hermione looked for a way to guide Harry through. They came up with a spell that would help point Harry in the right direction.

Harry felt confident with his girls helping him. Hermione and Padma helped train him and Parvati helped him relax afterwards. The three girls were a true team and kept Harry focused yet relaxed too.

/Scene Break/

The day of the third task Harry was more than ready to go. He wasn't very happy when Mrs. Weasley came and then began to insult his girls for 'bewitching' Harry. Harry took offense to this and told Molly to stop or he'd look at this as an attack on the Potter house. This was a serious crime since the Potter house was one of the oldest families and had much power and could crush the minor house of Weasley.

Arthur quickly apologized and gave his wife a hard glare telling her to close her trap. The slightly plump witch did, though under protest.

When the task began Harry went through the maze with ease because he was prepared. He got through each obstacle and soon was at the cup. He grabbed hold of it only to feel the familiar hook in the navel.

Harry landed hard and he looked around cautiously. He had his wand out and ready. A spell almost caught him unawares, but he rolled out of the way just in time. It was Wormtail. Harry gritted his teeth. He wanted this rat alive.

Soon a duel between Harry and Wormtail started. Harry lost and was tied to a headstone. He watched helpless as Wormtail performed a ritual to bring back his master. Once the ritual was completed and Voldemort rose. He began his long spiel about his time in-between when he was vanquished and now. His loyal followers, which he summoned beforehand listened eagerly.

Harry dueled with Voldemort and escaped. He took the cup back, but before he left he stunned and grabbed Wormtail. He was going to get Sirius free.

/Scene Break/

The aftermath of it all was tumultuous. Harry told his story to Dumbledore and Fudge. Fudge was sputtering and called Harry a liar. The revelation of Barty Crouch Jr. being alive and was posing as Mad-Eye Moody was also stunning since many thought he was dead. Pettigrew was just another shock onto the pile.

Harry was angered, but his girls held him in hopes of soothing his nerves. Harry listened to his girls and asked for Amelia Bones. Fudge sputtered about and was going to deny his request, but Harry pointed out he was Lord Potter and he had the right to request Amelia Bones, who was the head of the department of Magical Law Enforcement. This was another shock. Harry had claimed his title. Dumbledore was frowning at this and Fudge was sputtering even more than before.

When Amelia came she was shocked at seeing not only Crouch Jr., but Pettigrew. Harry asked for Amelia to question the two under Veritaserum. Amelia did as she was told and found that Pettigrew was the Potter's true secret keeper and framed Sirius. What happened tonight and that Voldemort is back was also revealed. As for Crouch Jr., they found how he escaped Azkaban.

"This obvious an elaborate plan that Sirius Black could only come up with" Fudge blustered.

Harry was very tired and hearing this from the idiot Minster made him snap.

"Are you totally stupid or do you work at it? You just heard that Pettigrew was my parent's secret keeper, not Sirius. That and you heard that this whole scheme was created by Voldemort," almost everyone shivered at the name except Harry's girls and Dumbledore, "who is back. What more proof do you need. I suggest you bloody do something and do it right or I'm leaving this Britain for good."

Amelia was quite upset on how Fudge was acting, but she first had to placate Lord Potter.

"Rest assured Lord Potter, I will see to this matter personally and make sure your godfather is given fair treatment" she said.

Harry looked at Amelia and knew he could trust her. Heck, she was probably one of the few adults he trusted. And that list was quite small.

"Thank you madam Bones, I know you'll do everything in your power to see that justice is served. If you need any help just call on me and I'll throw all of the power the Potters have on your quest" Harry said.

Amelia nodded. She knew what most pureblood families have forgotten. The Potters were one of the oldest families in Britain and held immense power. They never exercised this control since they preferred to let the wizarding world run itself without any manipulation.

Dumbledore was watching all this and now feared for the future. Harry held too much power and that wasn't kosher with him. He knew that power corrupts and he needed to stop Harry before he wandered too far down the path of darkness. Maybe he could save the lad.

Fudge was totally stupid and could only see how this might damage him and his career. He needed to talk to Lucius and with his help he'd come up smell like a bed of roses. Yes, he needed to see Lucius right away along with his Undersecretary.

Padma, Parvati, and Hermione were proud of their Harry. They got worried when arry Harry raised his voice, but they let out a sigh of relief when he didn't explode. Harry was slowly coming into his own. They had taught him as much as they could through the books they could get their hands on. Books on pureblooded traditions and other miscellaneous things. They jammed all this information into Harry's head knowing that he'd have to use this sooner or later.

Harry was seething inside. If nothing gets done and Sirius wasn't freed or whatever he'd would make good on his promise and leave Britain. He'd take his girls with him and anyone else who wanted to go with him. He was tired of all the crap he had to deal with and now that he had power to do something he'd use it. He knew with his girls by his side that he could do anything. They kept him in line.

/Scene Break/

Soon after Harry made plans to have a meeting with Amelia to talk some more. Once that was done Harry was forced, I mean, led to the infirmary by his girls. He tried to tell them that he was fine, but they wouldn't hear any of it. So Harry stayed in the infirmary over night with his girls staying with him. Pomfrey just sighed and let it happen since she knew there was no way that the girls would leave.

Harry was announced as the winner of the tournament though no formal ceremony was held. Harry didn't want the money so he gave it to the Weasley twins and told them to use it for their joke shop. In return they made Harry their silent partner and got a percentage of the profit. Padma and Hermione negotiated with the Weasley twins for a half hour til they reached a deal both parties were satisfied and with one contract later things were settled.

/Scene Break/

A few days before the term was going to end Harry was called to Dumbledore's office. Padma, Parvati, and Hermione accompanied Harry to this meeting since they didn't think it was wise for Harry to talk with Dumbledore alone.

"Harry, my boy" Dumbledore said with his usual twinkle in his eye.

"Sir" Harry said.

Dumbledore did frown when he saw the three girl enter his office. He quickly hid it and hoped no one noticed.

"Miss Granger, Miss Patil, and Miss Patil I didn't ask you to come and I ask you to leave" he said firmly.

"No sir, we are here for Harry and he has asked to come with him so we stay" Padma said with the same firm tone as the headmaster.

Dumbledore frowned again and this time they noticed.

"Very well" he said.

Harry and his girls sat down.

"What is it we can do for you sir?" Harry asked.

"I think we need to talk about some recent things that have happened Harry" Dumbledore said.

"Like what sir?" Harry asked.

"I am concerned about you taking on your role as head of Potter house. I think you're too young to deal with such a heavy burden" Dumbledore said solemnly.

"What business is it of yours to try and interfere with Potter business?" Harry asked sternly.

"I am only looking out for you Harry" Dumbledore said in his grandfather tone.

"We are the ones who told Harry, professor, and we did it because we are looking out for what is best for Harry" Padma said.

Dumbledore frowned. He had hoped to keep this from Harry until he was ready to shoulder the burden. Even though he knew that would never be since Harry would be dead before he could claim his title and hopefully he'd leave it to Dumbledore so he could keep championing the light the way he saw fit.

"Very well, but I feel I must advise you Harry on what you'll be undertaking" he said.

"I know what I am undertaking sir. I have Hermione, Parvati, and Padma helping and we are going to ask Neville's grandmother over summer for more lessons" Harry said.

This wasn't good for Dumbledore. He needed to manipulate, I mean, guide Harry on the right path or else darkness will over take them all. It was for the greater good.

"Is there anything else sir?" Hermione asked.

"No, off you go" Dumbledore said with a sigh.

/Scene Break/

The rest of the year was tiring. There was no mention of Voldemort returning in the paper and Harry was annoyed by that. But Padma pointed out that they didn't want to cause a panic so it was best to keep it hush-hush for now. At the end of the year end feast Dumbledore gave his usual speech and it was time to go home. But this time Harry had some nice companions to travel with.

A/N: kind of long with a lot going on, but I shoved all fourth year in because I kept most canon with some twists I think.