Noble
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Chapter 7
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Disclaimer: I can't deal with this. No, I do not own anything.
AN: Here we go!
Wand-weighing ceremony
Dumbledore watched as Ollivander weighed the wands, and tested them out. Of course the most unique was wand Mr. Potter's, a fact that Dumbledore had taken for a given lately. Ollivander didn't even touch it, but asked Rai to produce a patronus.
Even Rai blinked in surprise.
Rita Skeeter, who had been unnaturally professional to this point, perked up.
"How do you know I have a patronus?" Rai asked, intrigued by the oddball wandmaker who was more in touch with magicke than any wizard he'd met. Ollivander shrugged.
"I would honestly be surprised if you could not produce a patronus. A wizard of your calibre would not be daunted by much."Rai gave one of his almost-smiles at that, and all the females in the room swooned, while the cameraman snapped a quick picture.
"Expecto Patronum." Rai intoned calmly.
A large wyvern formed, breathing magic, before it disappeared out the room.
Silence. Rai smiled again, and naturally the photographer clicked away.
The champions minus Diggory sent Rai awed and fearful looks, while the Hufflepuff just smiled, fighting to keep his laughter at the ridiculous expressions everyone had.
Ollivander looked pleased.
"In perfect condition! And an impressive patronus, Mr. Potter!" the wandmaker said in an enthusiastic tone. Rita Skeeter just stared.
"Why am I even surprised at this point? Next thing I know he can fly." Dumbledore muttered, defeated. Rai twitched.
1st Task
"And now, our final, and youngest champion! He may be competing against his will in a plot against his life, but he will survive! For he is Hadrian Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived!"
The crowd roared in agreement as Bagman introduced the second Hogwarts champion, while some of the professors winced at his obliviousness.
Rai stared at the fire-breathing lizard with apathy. Their first task was to get a golden egg from within a nesting dragon's clutch. Surprise, surprise, Rai had been saddled with the worst of them, the Hungarian Horntail. Oh, the horror.
Even if the champions weren't supposed to know about the task, Rai had accidently gleaned it from Snape when the currently bald professor had been vividly imagining Rai's demise at the hands of a dragon during Potions. Naturally, the next day Snape was mysteriously found spitting insults at every inanimate object he passed, and he was suddenly full of praise for the students. Especially Neville Longbottom, who'd been traumatized when Snape had lathered his admittedly abysmal brew with praises.
Point was, Rai had known of the dragons since the teachers had, and had subsequently told Diggory. Thankfully, the Hufflepuff hadn't questioned his sources or intentions, already aware of Rai's peculiar...ness. He didn't bother to tell Delacour or Krum, as they had already known.
Diggory had already completed the task, as had the two other champions. Now Rai was left this annoyed killing machine who was itching to have a roasted Noblesse for dinner. Rai's eyebrow twitched in irritation. Curse Fate.
He couldn't believe that he, a virtual deity, was made to do this.
He may be cranky from the fact that Pettigrew had somehow escaped Azkaban, but this just made him angry.
The dragon had apparently had enough of their ongoing staring match, as it suddenly gaped and aimed its fire towards Rai. Everybody in the stands screamed, afraid of seeing their beloved Saviour turn to dust. Sirius and Remus, who'd come to watch their pseudo-son kick some dragon-ass, practically shrieked in fright. Though both would insist that it was a manly expression of concern afterwards.
Just as the dragon-flame was to roast the Noblesse, he jumped.
40 feet.
In the air.
The crowd went still.
Even the dragon was startled.
Rai mad eye-contact with the dragon, who at this point looked slightly baffled, as it was still gaping, but wasn't breathing fire.
Everybody held their breath at this point.
Rai floated in the air for a minute, before he disappeared from sight.
Everybody gasped.
Then they spotted Rai.
On the other side of the stadium, egg in hand, still floating in the air.
Even his dogfathers gaped. Snape was practically a goldfish.
The whole thing had taken him 3 seconds! Tops!
Then Su Li let loose a whoop of joy, and soon, the rest of the Ravenclaws and the crowd joined.
"...I don't know what just happened, and neither does that dragon, but Mr. Potter just finished his task in record time!...and he's still floating...ehm, Heir-Lord Potter, if you would please join the rest of us on the ground..."
The dragon was indeed looking around cluelessly, but ultimately gave up, as several handlers rushed to it. The Horntail looked almost relieved at seeing those familiar faces, and immediately settled down, almost purring. Charlie Weasley had stars in his eyes. He'd met his god.
Rai lowered himself to the rocky stadium floor. He was immediately swarmed by Madam Pomfrey, who inspected him of any injury. Finally, she declared him fit as a fiddle, and went back to the tent where the other champions were resting, muttering about reckless overpowered teenagers.
"And now, the score!"
5 judges who could give a total of 10 numbers.
Of course, Rai got all of them. Karkaroff tried to give him a 5, but ultimately changed his mind, remembering the fate of the Goblet.
Everybody cheered.
Rai just wanted some ramen.
"So, did you work out the clue?"
"Yes, I did, Diggory."
"Really? Wow, I wouldn't even have thought about putting it in the water by myself..."
"Who said anything about water? Well, now that I think about it, mermish might sound better underwater..."
"...what."
"What?"
"...nothing. Never change, Rai."
"I wasn't planning to? Why does everyone say that?"
"Would you like to accompany me to the ball, Su?" Rai asked his only female acquaintance who didn't make him abandon this planet and ultimately cause the apocalypse.
"...I thought you'd want to go with that Delacour girl? Didn't she ask you?" Su said with a raised eyebrow.
"She is just, ah, playing around. I want to go with a girl who understands that I do not have any intention whatsoever of a romantic relationship. Ever."
"So...you want to go to the ball with me because I'm not attracted to you?"
"Well, yes."
"...oh, God."
"Is that a yes?"
"..."
"Hm?"
"...yes."
"Good. Oh, I will send you a dress. You have a terrible sense of fashion, you know?"
"..."
On the night of the Yule Ball, everyone only noticed one couple.
Rai and Su.
Both of them were wearing matching outfits. Su was wearing a blood-red evening gown with gold accents and black details, while Rai was wearing high-class robes in black, with gold accents and red details.
Fleur gaped at Su's dress. Without a thought, she went over to her as the first dance was done. Rai had left the Ball as soon as it was done, and now Su was enjoying the attentions of all in attendance, and dancing with a number of guys.
Fleur pulled her to the side, startling the poor girl out of her wits.
"I am so sorry about that, but where did you get that dress?" There was a crazed look in the Veelas eyes, and she was almost vibrating with excitement.
"Uhm, Rai gave it to me." Fleur stilled.
"..Rai?"
"Uhm, yes."
A determined look came over the Veelas face.
The next day Fleur sought out Rai, who was somewhat startled to see the Veela with another purpose than seducing him on her mind.
After a lengthy discussion, Rai decided that he like Fleur once she wasn't licking her lips at him.
At least she had a sense for fashion.
2nd Task
Rai jumped in the water.
Contrary to popular belief, he liked swimming.
He reached Su Li in no time and freed her. Then he saw another Veela, similar to Fleur in looks.
He was immediately filled with disgust. Exposing such a young Veela to cold water of this degree would affect their magic. Rai truly hated the wizards sometimes. They were risking a child's future for some stupid task. No wonder Fleur had been so frantic.
He freed the poor child, and tugged both Su and the child out of the water. The mermen didn't even react, his feel of his magic already scaring them into submission.
Rai broke to the surface, with both Su and the child.
The crowd cheered.
"Mr. Potter is first, as usual. That should be enough for a full pot once again..."
Fleur was already there, having been defeated by the grindylows. If she had been a human, the grindylows wouldn't even be able to think about her, but since she was literally out of her element, she had been defeated.
As soon as she saw Rai dragging both her sister and Su Li out of the water, she almost jumped him. Nevertheless, she burst into tears, and hugged her poor sister and thanked Rai extensively.
Rai gave the judges a dark look.
A look that put fear even in Dumbledore. The Noblesse walked over to the judges table. Dumbledore, sensing a storm, stayed silent. Percy Weasley, who was filling in for Crouch Sr. had the dubious honor of talking to the Saviour.
"Rai, what is the matter?" The recent graduate asked hesitantly, aware of Rai's reputation.
"What's the matter?" the Noblesse asked in a low, dangerous, voice. The judges sweated under his silent glare. Everybody in the crowd watched the conversation with trepidation.
"You ask me what's the matter? You put a child Veela in a freezing lake filled with dangerous animals, and ask me what's the matter?" Rai's voice had sunk to a low whisper at this point, yet everybody heard him as if he was screaming.
"I knew that wizards were stupid and ignorant of other races, but I thought they had the common sense and humanity to not put children in danger. Especially not for their amusement!" Everybody flinched. Even a couple of purebloods vowed their heads in shame. Rai straightened his back and left, not even waiting for the rest to come back.
Fleur smiled through her tears. She finally understood now. Rai wasn't someone she could even dream of having as a lover.
He just wasn't human enough for that.
And deities don't love the way humans do.
3rd Task
Rai navigated through the maze, coming to the center first out of luck than anything else. He had a 15 minute lead on everyone else, and he'd only been in the maze for ten, and he'd only met a sphinx, who had asked about a spider, and an acromantula, who didn't even bother attacking him.
So Rai finished the 3rd task before any of the other champions had even begun.
As soon as he touched the Cup, he was transported to a graveyard, where Pettigrew and a deformed baby was waiting for him.
Looks like he'd finally get to start mission "Save Wizards From Their Own Stupidity".
How great.
AN: Well, that almost wrote itself! And we'll finally get to the plot!
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