Chapter 10—The last task, so you say

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We got back to Hogwarts and no sooner than we walk in the whisper is there:

~ "Dangerrrr, plotttinggggg".

~"Who?"

No answer could mean a number of things. The priority is the third task that is in a few days so we head to the Great Hall for something to eat and see what trouble wait. It did not manifest itself until we got up to leave.

"Lord Potter, a word if you will" asked Professor McGonagall.

AND THEN WE MADE A MISTAKE!

"Yes Professor?"

"I need a word in private" Professor McGonagall asked.

~"Moine why not take Daf to our quarters I will be right up."

~"Don't stay to long, love."

"Yes Professor, what can I do for you?"

"I really am sorry Harry but Dumbledore insisted that I ask you to reconsider your enrollment at Hogwarts. He asked me to keep this quite so there is no more adverse reaction in the public. He wanted me to ask as soon as you finished eating."

"I don't see…"

~"Harry we have been captured, Daf is stunned and they are planning on raping us and killing us, Harry help"

~"Calm down, where are you?"

~"Third floor, second classroom on the left." Moine linked.

"Tell Dumbledore he is dead" I said to McGonagall and I 'faded' to the third floor.

I found the classroom without a problem it was the one with the Slytherins was standing guard. He soon fell to my sword as I cleaved his head in half. I kicked in the door and saw Malfoy trying to drop his trousers while Goyle and Crab held Hermione down on a desk. Miles Bletchley and Harper were holding Daf. About that time I lost it. I threw a dagger at Goyle and Crab hitting each in the eye. Draco I threw to the wall with a sticking charm. Bletchley and Harper had just gotten their wands our but lost their heads and I turned to Draco.

"You miserable low life" I said as I banished his clothes with the intent castrating the bastard. I was thrown backwards and Draco starts screaming and screaming magic of the bond had intervened and had done as I intended. Draco's life slowly leaked onto the floor. I hit Daf with a 'Rennervate' spell and told her to help Moine while I returned to jab Draco with my sword to make sure he was dead. I 'faded' both girls to the hospital and the care of Madam Pomfrey. I then went in search of Dumdum, he had created a diversion so he knew of the attempt. It wasn't long before the girls found me on my search for Dumdum. Professor Flitwick found us or we found him but in either case he said that Dumdum had fled the castle.

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Amelia wasn't happy, Snape wasn't happy, McGonagall wasn't happy, nor was the Ministry or the Board of Governors. Yelling and treats flew but in the end no one could prove Dumdum had anything to do with what happened and I was not charged with anything. Ragnok thought it funny as he again stopped by for counseling of me the dumb-dumb.

"He messed with a bond, I'm surprised it took so long for it to act. I just wonder if it reacted to infidelity or someone trying to separate a bond. Draco did say rape and kill so the bond could have decided your solution was the best.

"Harry you off'ed Malfoy Sr. which gave Draco the Head of House, now you off'ed Draco and you are now the Head of House of Malfoy. The problem is you now own everything Malfoy including his wife."

"Err" was my reply.

"I recommend you offer her a villa in France and a million galleons if she disappears and doesn't bother us again. If not you can sell her to the slave market. Oh the Malfoy estate is smaller than yours its only fifty million galleons in cash and property." Ragnok was smiling again.

I did, she did and we were both happy to see the last of either of us. I got some more elves, one of which I swear is crazy.

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The last task:

I believe that the intelligence of the magical community is just above a snail. Here we have the bleachers set up to view a maze that is twelve feet high. There are wards and spells that are anti broom, anti apparition, anti everything. So what is happening? The crowd is there rooting for their champion, Rah, Rah, Rah. What are they seeing? A hedge growing, they can't see into the maze.

Since I have no points I get to enter last, thank you very much. I however am not going to make a mistake again; Moine and Daf are surrounded by twelve Goblins with instructions. The instructions were plotted, planned and argued over for days, but now they were in effect.

~"Well Harry your big moment"

~"Moine if this is it bring some cards as it's getting even more boring."

~"We are all in place and waiting you to call."

~"Ok, let's see what they got this time."

They finally said it was time for me to enter the maze, I wasn't in two turns and here is Krum knocked out cold, so I sent up some sparks as they recommended. A while later I found Fleur tangled up is some Devils Snare but alive so I sent up more red sparks. I figured why waste more time and play their game and transformed into my animagus form and raced thru the maze. I was correct, all the obstacles were attuned to a human form not an animal. I raced past sphinx, Bogart and even the spiders ignored me and that bothered me. If the spider ignored food in any form was this contest rigged for me to win whatever form I was in? Finally there was the cup.

~"Moine, I am at the cup"

~"Ok, do the ward, spell and curse checks before you touch it and let me know what you find."

So I check and check and bingo the cup turns blue, it's a port-key.

~"It's a port-key Moine."

~"We will be right there."

AND they were, the twelve Goblins with swords swinging cut the hedge row so all could enter and then on to the next until they arrived at the cup.

"Now Harry as we planned, we all link on and as soon as the port-key takes us we arrive and do one of two things. One we wave at the students and the crowd or two we end up somewhere else and blast kill and destroy."

"Hay Daf, when did you get so blood thirsty, I thought I was the big bad boy" I joked.

"You may be big but you are no boy any longer and I want to keep my toy for a few more years, so SHUT UP."

Well Daf, Moine, and twelve Goblins joined hands with me and I grabbed the cup. Wham, Bam we are in a grave yard. There is a huge cauldron under fire and some idiot fired a stunner at us and we dispersed. It was not really that bad, chaotic yes, but not bad, the girls grabbed me and drug me behind a grave stone. The idiot who fired the stunner was carrying something we never got to see as he 'apperated' away taking the Cauldron with him. BUT, this HUGE snake come slithering up and was about to take a bit of me when twelve Goblins attacked. They were happy as can be, the Goblins that is, the snake was huge but a delicacy for the Goblins. They cut it up and hauled it off to the island for the elves to store it for future Goblin party's.

The next thing was a discussion by the girls and the remaining six Goblins, I awaited their decision. The other six Goblins had hauled the snake away. So finally the girls decided that I would take the cup back to the circus and they with the Goblins would 'fade' there first.

When I arrived you have never seen such a sad face on Twinkle's face. He was not deterred and soon he, I, McGonagall, and Flitwick were in an unused class room. He had a pensive and here came a prophesy:

Quote: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

"The one with the power to vanquish the - Dark Lord approaches… born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies… and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not… and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives… the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…"

End Quote:

I almost split a gut laughing. "So if I leave him alone and him me we live forever?"

"You have nightmares and visions do you not Harry" asked Dumdum but he did not wait for an answer, "Your scar is connected to Voldemort and until you kill him he will reign in terror."

"Kook, flake, nutcase, nutter, when are you applying for the funny farm. Look no scar, no power, and no nightmares. Go to hell Dumdum."

"Folks the tournament is over so as they say in the funny papers, that's all folks, I 'faded' with his girls to the Island.

I was taken with shock, I know the island was large but what the elves and Goblins did was just not describable. The place was huge with forests, farms, towns, and, and they were still reclaiming land from the sea.

"It was nice that they left our little section alone and secluded but Morgana." I really was shocked at what had happened to the island. "What has been going on, is this place alive?"

"Well lets not waste time gawking, last one in is a flubberworm!" yelled Moine and the splashing began.

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We received the local radio and TV which wasn't much, WWN and the Dailey Profit provided us more information although not always truthful. A couple of days later the Profit was alive with scandal.

Albus Dumbledore declared a nutter, He-who-must-not-be-named is not back!

Albus Dumbledore was relieved of his position as Headmaster of Hogwarts school of magic. He claims that the Dark Lord has returned and only Harry Potter can stop his reign of terror. Cornelius Fudge has declared as the Minister of magic that any reference to Lord Thingy is a fraud and libel and not to be believed. The Minister further claimed that Harry Potter was a delusional brat and needed to be muzzled. The Minister stated that the ministry was in full control of all aspects of today's problems and any further gossip was only designed to cause unrest in our happy society.

Rita Skeeter

Dailey Profit

~"Moine are you and Daf available, I'm in the library?"

~"We are always available for you dear, which bed or couch?"

~Down my love, later, right now its get even with the Profit time."

"You called", smiled Daf as she and Moine entered the library.

"Yes my loves it seems the Profit has along with his Fudgness has again slandered us"

"Oh goody, shall we 'fade' there and slice off a few heads?"

"Nothing like that Daf but what else could we do short of opening our own newspaper?" I asked.

"Luna" quipped Moine, and they were off. A 'floe' call to the Lovegood's found Luna visiting the Longbottom estate and after a short 'floe' call there Luna and Neville were at the island.

"Holly Shit Harry, I know you said you were going to your island but nobody would dream of this kind of island", Neville said.

"The dumbsnorhillbills did say Harry wanted revenge, so what are you going to do to them?" asked Luna.

"I want to get the Profit humiliated, not today but slowly and in the end totally embarrassed." I answered.

"Well as a reporter for the most read paper in England, daddy will be happy to print your story" Luna was really something.

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I never thought about the visitors, so one morning after we got up we three jumped into the surf but went we got out Neville was quite red with three nude friends standing on the beach.

"Yes!" Luna joined right in, Luna just ordered Neville to strip and did so herself and then dragged him into the surf. I think she was looking for something called a Horned Snorksnack.