Harry Potter Alternate Universe: Year Four
A/N: Okay, its nice to know everyone appreciates my author notes. So, about all these new peoples, I needed a 'bad' character as Draco is good and Pansy is, well,...for lack of a better word, a pansy. Anyway, enjoy!
Harry found himself pacing the tent the next morning, still a bit mad at Steph and for some reason, himself. He past the flap, only to hear a female voice call his name.
"Harry?" Steph whispered, he was about to turn around but something told him to hear her out. So he moved over to the flap and opened it slightly to see Steph standing there.
"What're you doing here? I suppose you want to see Fleur?" Harry asked bitterly as she walked in.
"I have to translate for her, yes, but I wanted to talk to you." Steph said, Harry started to leave but Steph grabbed his hand. "Please, Harry, just listen."
"Okay." Harry sighed as he turned back to her.
"I do talk about the tournament with Fleur but we don't talk about you and the tournament. I told her at the very beginning she couldn't ask me about the other champions and their plans for the tournament. She agreed as long as I never spilt her plans. I would never, never betray you, Harry." Steph said, Harry let out a sigh.
"I knew it. I was just talking to Luke…"
"Luke thought I was feeding Fleur information?" Steph asked, hurt shining in her eyes. Harry brought her in for a hug, a flash of light went off, causing the two friends to spilt apart and blink rapidly.
"Ah, young love." A loud female voice announced as she walked into the tent.
"Um, sorry but no. I'm just a friend of Harry's." Steph said, Rita rolled her eyes.
"Of course you are dear." Rita replied, Steph sighed. Fleur said something in French to which Rita raised an eyebrow.
"You're not allowed in here, its for champions and translators only." Steph said, Rita rolled her eyes again.
"Of course I am, doll-face." Rita said as she brushed a hand across Fleur's cheek.
"Would you mind keeping your hands off the champions?" Draco asked with a glare at the reporter. Dumbledore appeared with Crouch and the other two heads of the school.
"Miss Skeeter, what're you doing here?" Dumbledore asked, Rita looked very disappointed.
"I was just leaving." Rita replied before walking out with her camera man following her.
"Now, gather around everyone." Dumbledore ordered them and everyone moved forward. Fleur stood by Steph. "Here we are at the first task. Your task is to grab the golden egg from the dragon."
"First, you pick your dragon." Crouch said as he moved forward with a small brown bag in his hand and held it out. Steph translated quickly and Fleur reached into the bag and pulled out a small common Welsh Green Dragon with the number 2 on it. She and Steph shared an uncomfortable smile. Viktor reached into the bag and pulled out a small Chinese Fireball Red Dragon with the number 3 on it. He and Draco shared a smirk. Cedric reached into the bag and pulled out a small Blue Swedish Short Snout Dragon with the number 1 on it. Harry gulped when he realized what dragon was left. He closed his eyes before he placed his hand into the bag and pulled out a small Black Horntail Dragon with the number 4 on it. "Excellent – now you have your dragon and your number. All you have to do is stay here until your name is called out." The adults left the tent to finish the other preparations. All four champions shared nervous looks at the upcoming task. Steph squeezed Harry's hand.
Ron led Hermione and Becca up to the stage where they would be sitting to watch the event. They reached their seats but stayed standing.
"Hey." Fred said, Hermione smiled at him. "What a coincidence, we both have seats together." Hermione smiled as she heard Ron grumble. Becca turned to her brother, who was sitting down with a blonde, laughing and smiling.
Soon, the other three champions had faced their dragons. Harry was the only one left in the tent. Draco had wished him luck before he left.
"Hey Harry." Steph said as she walked in, he smiled as he walked over to her. "I just wanted to say good luck."
"Thanks Steph. And don't worry about Luke, he's just missing you." Harry said as he hugged her tightly.
"Harry Potter!" Crouch yelled, Harry sighed as he pulled away from his friend and smiled.
"Have fun, Harry." Steph said with a smile before leaving. Harry nodded before walking another way out. He frowned when he couldn't see the dragon but thought, for a second, luck was on his side when he spotted the golden egg just feet away from him. He started walking toward it but ducked when a roar of flame shot over his head. He ducked under a rock and took a deep breath before getting out his wand.
"Accio Firebolt!" Harry shouted as he waved his wand in a circle. He popped his head up to see his broom flying toward him. He smiled as he jumped off a rock and landed cleanly on his broom. He could hear his friends cheering him on and smiled again. The dragon let out a howl as she freed herself from her tether and started after Harry, causing everyone to bolt up from their seats.
"Steph…"
"We'll talk later, I promise." Steph said as she grabbed Luke's hand. He nodded and tighten his grip. Harry's eyes widened when he saw the dragon flying after him and turned his broom around and shot away from the stage, with the dragon on his tail. He thought he might have lost her as he looked back and didn't spot her. He smiled and was about to turn back around when he looked forward and saw her in front of him. He swerved his broom to avoid hitting her, only to have her tail swing and hit him on the shoulder, one of her horns cutting into him. Harry cried out in pain but held on as he swerved around the castle before laying flat on his broom to carry him back to the stage area. He swiftly grabbed the golden egg and flew back into the tent just as the dragon landed. Everyone let out a howl of cheers and Steph turned to Luke and kissed him before hurrying off.
Harry wound up in the medical tent as Madam Pomfrey checked his wounds over to make sure they weren't serious. She was smoothing some purple goo over the wound on his shoulder and jabbed her wand toward it after she was done, causing the goo to smoke as his wound closed.
"Dementors last year, dragons this year…what's next?" Madam Pomfrey muttered, Harry smiled.
"I dunno, maybe dinosaurs." Harry said, Madam Pomfrey rolled her eyes before walking off. Harry got off the bed and walked out of the tent and hurried toward his friends.
"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed before throwing her arms around him. He smiled as he hugged her back, she pulled away to stand beside Becca.
"Harry!" A male voice shouted, they all turned to see Sirius rushing over to them. "That was brilliant – stupid but brilliant." Harry smiled and nodded.
"Daddy." Becca said as she stepped into her father's arms and hugged him tight. Sirius hugged her back just as tightly before pulling away.
"Hey, how's everything going?" Sirius asked, he noticed Luke and Steph weren't holding hands like they normally would. "You alright Luke?"
"Yeah, fine." Luke replied, they heard some French and Steph smiled as she saw Fleur coming toward them.
"They awarded Harry 40 points. He is tied with Viktor." Fleur said with a French accent.
"Fleur! You spoke a whole sentence, correctly." Steph said before hugging her, Luke sighed and looked away.
"What happened with the others?" Harry asked, Becca grinned.
"Cedric turned a stone into a dog to distract the dragon's attention. It worked for a while but the dragon got bored and shot a stream of flame at him, so he got singed a little bit." Ron said, Hermione glanced up at him with a slightly confused look as to why he found this funny.
"Fleur tried doing the vela dance – it made her dragon sleepy,"
"Which was pure genius." Steph cut in, Becca shot her a look.
"It worked until the dragon snapped out of it and singed the bottom of her robes." Becca finished off, Luke sighed.
"Krum shot a spell at the dragon's eyes and caused it to howl in pain before stomping over the eggs – he got the majority of points taken away because you're not suppose to let the other eggs get damaged." Ron said with such enthusiasm it made them all laugh.
"Lets go for a walk, Luke." Sirius said, Luke nodded before stepping away from the group, without even saying goodbye to Steph. Steph looked after him, a little hurt before turning to Fleur, saying a quick goodbye and headed up to the castle, leaving the others to watch the two lovers going in different directions.
"What's going on?" Sirius asked as he and Luke stopped at the lake. Luke sighed as he squatted and looked out at the lake while Sirius sat on the rock.
"I have no clue what you're talking about." Luke replied picking up a stone and throwing it into the lake.
"Luke," Sirius started but Luke turned around to face him.
"What do you want from me?" Luke yelled, Sirius' features harden. "Do you want me to tell you that my girlfriend is ditching me for some French speaking ditz?" Sirius' features soften as Luke's voice soften.
"Luke, are you saying you're jealous?" Sirius asked, Luke squinted his eyes before throwing another stone out into the lake. "Lucas, Steph is her own person, and that is something you have to respect. She came into your group of friends and family without really knowing them, so she made a friend outside the group, that's okay."
"Yeah, I guess." Luke grumbled, Sirius smiled.
"Luke, you have to talk to her. Because, if you don't, you might lose her." Sirius said, Luke looked down.
Luke was walking back up to the castle when Becca grabbed his arm.
"What's wrong with you?" She hissed angrily, he looked confused. "Harry could've died today, died, Luke. You're acting like a jerk to everyone, and you're being selfish!" She huffed before turning and walking away, Luke sighed and looked down, ashamed of himself.
Harry and Luke were the only ones up that night. Even though Harry was exhausted, he couldn't get the terrible screeching sound that the egg made out of his ears.
"Can I ask you something?" Luke asked, Harry looked over at his cousin and shrugged.
"Why not?" Harry replied, Luke looked into the fire.
"Do, do you think that I'm jealous?" Luke asked before looking at Harry.
"A little, maybe." Harry said, Luke put his head in his hands. "But what do I know? Its not like I have a girlfriend." Luke smirked at him.
"I saw you eyeing Hermione though." Luke said, Harry narrowed his eyes before sighing.
"Luke, can you keep a secret?" Harry asked, Luke nodded. "I think…I think I'm in love with Hermione."
