Hello again folks. Sorry if this chapter comes out late, I have been slowing down my writing a little bit, mainly due to a lack of sleep and way to much work IRL. With that out of the way onto the reviews!
I am going to generalize here: Tiamat well not eat Draco! Maybe...I didn't know that he was so hated to be honest, like wow.
Azaira:Hmm if what you say about Tiamat's name is true that is actually quite interesting. Also the reason why I 'randomly' bold some words is not because it is Tiamat's pov. Its a writing technique and a way to say that Beast II, not Mama Tiamat, is in the scene now (or being addressed). Sorry but I don't plan on changing it.
Alright onto the story!
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Harry ducked as a spell from Hermione came right at his face. He gulped nervously. Tiamat was standing on the side, holding up a sign saying 'Go Harry' that Luna made for her. They were all currently in his private room, practicing some dueling magic.
Harry shot a weak expelliarmus at Hermione, who easily deflected it with a protego. Thanks to Mad Eye's advice, Harry and his friends have been studying up on dueling and useful spells of the like.
Hermione grinned maliciously and sent a barrage of stupefies at him, leaving him to use a protego and hope to god it was enough. "Aaaaaaaaaa" "Go Harry!" said Tiamat and Luna. They have been practicing for the past week, and it was starting to pay dividends. They may be amateurs, but they were getting quite good if they say so themselves.
Harry grit his teeth and fired one stupefy and one petrificus totalus, the stupefy as a distraction, the petrificus totalus to hit her. Hermione jumped out of the way of the stupefy but was then hit head on with the petrificus totalus. Luna got up from the bed.
"And that's the match! Looks like I am next."
Harry canceled the spell on Hermione and after she went over to where Tiamat sat watching, the duel began. Harry gritted his teeth as Luna charged him, using covering fire to get close. She enjoyed being physical in a fight, apparently knowing some basic close combat. She said the reason was something about how her dad got her lessons due to some poltergeist. Harry and Hermione knew bullshit when they heard it but decided not to press the issue.
Afterall Harry had more important things to worry about. Like that fist coming right for his face. He really didn't want to go to Madame Pomfrey, again.
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Harry and the rest of the Champions followed Ludo Bagman to the Quidditch pitch. Tiamat was following Harry as well, mainly because Harry just wanted to scare the shit out of Bagman. The champions were not particularly fond of the man, especially after almost dying against a dragon and nearly drowning underneath the lake.
Tiamat said "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa" causing Bagman to jump. The champions snickered quietly to themselves. Never gets old.
Ludo stopped and gestured to the Quidditch pitch, witch was currently overgrown with hedges. He was still quite pale from when he realized Tiamat was following them, but he did something that is quite unusual for him. He manned up and did his job.
"As you can see, this is going to be your task. The cup is in the center of the maze, and it will be your job to find it. There will be a variety of challenges in the maze, and you will have to overcome them to achieve victory. If at any point you decide to give up, send up a shower of red sparks. Don't worry, we will come and get you. Now any questions?"
Cedric raised a hand "This is more towards Harry. Will Tiamat be helping you in this task?"
The rest of the champions nodded when they heard the question. It was a fair question. Why even bother when Harry can just unleash Tiamat to solve all of his problems. Harry shook his head.
"I will not. I don't think it would be fair if Tiamat solved all of my problems."
"Laaaaaaaaa"
"See she is completely okay with it."
The rest of the champions nodded at her words. Seems Legit. Bagman only stared in confusion. How on earth anyone can understand her was a mystery to him.
Before they could leave however Fleur asked "I know I haven't treated you all that well Harry, but would it be alright if I gave Tiamat a hug. My sister wouldn't stop ranting about it."
The rest of the champions paused. They have all heard about Tiamat's hugs, it was practically a school legend, but they never experienced it themselves. Harry could tell by the looks in their eyes that they all wanted to experience it.
"How about a group hug. We may not have been the best of friends, but we all shared the experience together."
Krum smirked "Just like after a Quidditch game. The entire team embraces each other, as a sign of camaraderie."
With That Harry gestured for Tiamat to walk over. With a curious "Laaaaaa" she walked right up to him, bending so he can whisper in her ear. With a nod, she gestured for the rest of the champions to come over.
The legends were true. Tiamat's hugs were amazing. There was a problem with how envious they were that Harry can experience them whenever he wanted, but he promised that they could hug her whenever they wanted.
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"You know " Harry said with false optimism "this might be the least dangerous task to date!"
Tiamat said "Laaaaaaaaa!"
"Yeah yeah, don't jinx it. But still with all the practice I've been getting I might be able to complete this without either being saved again or nearly dying again."
Tiamat looked at her child. She knew that even though he talked like he was excited, he just wanted the tournament to be over. She could see the fear in his eyes, the shake of his hands. The way he hugged himself, as if he was protecting himself from a malevolent world.
It hurt her. To see her precious child like this. She stopped walking, Harry stopping when he realized that she was no longer with him.
"What's wrong Tiamat? Are you hungry?"
She looked down at his eyes. And embraced him tightly, not caring that they were in the middle of the halls. She said in the language of man "it's...fine...I'm...here...for...you."
Harry froze in her arms, and started to shiver. Tiamat felt the tears that were falling onto her skin. She hugged him tighter. She was here for him after all.
She continued "Hermione...Luna...there...For...You...too"
Harry started to sob. He let out all of his fears and nerves. The year has been hard on him. He lost Ron , was pretty much excommunicated from the school, and had to face death twice over already. There was only so much he could take.
Tiamat just hugged him patiently as Harry cried his heart out.
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Tiamat looked up from her plate of food. She looked down at Hermione, curious as to why she would ask such a question to Luna.
"How did Mother get here? What do you mean Hermione?"
"Well according to both the original and extended myth Tiamat was killed right? And professor Binns said that she was 'taught' death, whatever that means. So how is it that she survived and manifested again? I asked Tiamat and she doesn't remember what happened these past few thousand years, and none of the books I have read through mention anything. So what happened?"
Luna closed her slightly glowing eyes, noticing Tiamat's curious gaze. Luna opened them again saying "I am not to sure myself. I do have a few ideas though."
Luna leaned forward "First , the extended myth isn't true. But that is obviously debunked by Mother herself. Harry told us that Mother experienced what Professor Binns described."
Luna continued "My second guess is that Mother's soul survived. As a Goddess of life she can regrow herself from anything including her own soul. It could be that she spent the last few thousand years regaining her power and manifested once more. The only reason why she hasn't remade humanity was because humanity showed her that they still love her."
"The last guess is that Harry recreated what Humanity remembered as Tiamat. All humans remember in their hearts that there was a Mother, specifically an Earth Mother. Mother would fit the bill completely as her corpse is said to have made the land that we walk on. This is the least likely theory though, as how Harry would do that and how he would have the power to do that is fundamentally unknown and impossible. It would take a human with extensive knowledge of the soul and the earth to be able to recreate the Earth Mother, and they would more than likely take such power for themselves"
Hermione shook her head "So we have no answers. Great."
Luna smiled "I wouldn't say that, we aren't experts on such things as ancient deities. Maybe someone like Professor Dumbledore would know something, he has a lot more first hand experience than the authors who write those books in the first place."
Hermione frowned "I think Dumbledore would have at least told Harry if he knew something. Damn I just hate a mystery."
Tiamat looked down at her plate. It was quite upsetting to not know how she survived the battle between that human and herself. She sighed to herself sadly, reminiscing.
Hermione and Luna noticed her depressed look, and as Harry walked into the Great Hall (he was busy researching more practical spells for navigation) he saw Hermione steal some food off of Tiamat's plate.
An indignant "Aaaaaaaa" soon followed.
And here is the omake, this one will be a little bit shorter though. Its from 'Mad Eyes' perspective
Mad Eye Moody watched as Harry Potter's pet walked out of the classroom. He gulped nervously and sat down. By the Dark Lord, he hated that thing with a passion. If that thing ever caught onto him...well he didn't want to think about it. The nightmares were more than enough.
Luckily, Harry Potter is such a gullible fool. He danced to his master's plans quite easily. If he didn't have that thing with him, then there would be no worries at all. But things were different now.
When his master found out about Potter's pet, he was originally quite furious. As one would expect, such a dark creature should bow only to the Dark Lord, not to the 'child of light'. However, his Lord was quite crafty. When he finally calmed down he began to plan around such a problem. Moody didn't know what the plans were; he didn't want to alert Dumbledore to anything after all, but he had no doubt they were brilliant.
And Barty Crouch Junior knew that whatever happens after the Third Task would be a monumental change of the Wizarding World. He couldn't wait.
A/N: And that is that. A little bit shorter today. As soon as this chapter goes up, I will be sending up the poll on how I should so the ending, so check that out if you want. I will leave it open for as long as I can, until the next chapter comes out.
Now onto the planning phase: the next chapter will have the Third Task in it. I think I will make the last task and the events that follow multiple chapters, mainly because there is so much detail that I want to throw in and I am not sure I can do it in one chapter.
Now that should be all. Say goodnight to Best Mom and a good night to your author. (also over 450 followers holy crap!)
This is a quick edit: Sorry this is a little fillery. Some reviewers pointed out it feels awkward. Reading it over again...yeah. This what happens when I dont sleep well. Sorry everyone.