Chapter 25 –
Harry and Adrian were sat in Dumbledore's office, opposite Dumbledore, Snape and McGonagall. They were all waiting on the arrival of Lily Potter, McGonagall and Snape were about the only two adults in the room that had any idea of the impending doom that was coming towards Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore!" Lily Potter screamed as she entered the headmaster's office, she was followed by her husband, Sirius and Remus. McGonagall and Snape wisely backed off, once she entered she saw her sons. Her anger quickly died down and she ran to both of them and pulled them into a big hug. "OH! My boy's! Are you two okay?!"
"We're fine mum" Adrian said once she let go
"Debatable" Harry replied "Dumbledore says we have to compete in that bloody tournament even though we never put our names in"
"Dumbledore!" Lily turned to the headmaster, her anger had returned tenfold "What is this nonsense about my children having to compete in this bloody tournament?!"
"Now Lily, please calm down" Dumbledore said
"Calm?!" Lily shouted, the adults took a step back, Adrian felt someone tap him on his shoulder. He found Harry offering him a bag of popcorn, he had no idea where Harry got it from but he wasn't about to question it. He took the popcorn and the two watched. "My children are being forced into a tournament that was cancelled because too many people died and you want me to be calm?!"
"I'm afraid that the matter is out of my hands" Dumbledore said apologetically "the boys names have come out and institute a legally binding contract, they must compete"
"But they're not of age!" Lily argued "Harry may be emancipated but I can pretty much guarantee that he'll not compete and Adrian is under our custody now, they are not to be competing."
"Lily, the goblet of fire is an ancient magical artifact" Dumbledore spoke, hoping to make her see sense "we cannot simply tell it that the participants don't have permission from their parents to enter"
"So what are you saying?!" Lily demanded "That my sons have to compete in this tournament?!"
"Yeah Dumbledore! Is that what you're saying?!" Harry added, enjoying the show a bit too much
"Unfortunately, yes" Dumbledore nodded
"Hey mum, why don't you ask him why a death eater was pretending to be Moody?" Harry asked
"Why was a death eater pretending to be Moody?!" Lily shouted
"Also, why didn't you work it out?" Harry asked "Someone as paranoid as Moody probably had some way or form of squeezing out imposters"
"He did" James nodded "he gave us each a question to ask him when we saw him"
"And did you ask the question?" Harry said to Dumbledore
"Sadly I did not" Dumbledore replied "but I…"
"Oh, and there was your pathetic defences on the goblet"
"Pathetic?" Dumbledore repeated
"Yeah, an age line and that was it. I could think of tons of ways to get pass that"
"Like what?" McGonagall asked
"Paper airplanes, attaching a note to a long stick and dropping it in, throwing it from outside of the age line, getting another student to do it on my behalf, getting another teacher to do it on my behalf, getting a house elf to do it on my behalf, summoning the goblet to outside of the age line, getting rid of the age line, grappling down from the ceiling, getting a time turner and going back in time and putting my name in before you drew the age line, getting a badger and covering it honey then..."
"Mr Potter" Snape interrupted "you've made your point" Dumbledore looked a bit embarrassed by Harry's words, while also being a bit curious about where he was going with the badger.
"Yeah, and that point is the headmaster is an idiot" Lily growled "tell me Dumbledore, what are you planning to do now?"
"I'm sorry to say that your sons will have to compete" Dumbledore said "however, I do offer my sincerest apologies. I understand your anger towards me, but there is nothing I can do"
"James, Sirius" Lily said in a slow and deadly voice "would you please take Harry and Adrian out of this office?" Both men gulped and quickly moved to grab the boys
"But I want to watch!" Harry objected as James began dragging him out "I want to watch! Let me watch it please! You can skip Christmas this year but just let me watch this!" The other adults had the sense to leave as well.
Lily left the office five minutes later, all the furniture in it was smashed, the paintings were cowering in fear. A bookshelf or two was on fire, Dumbledore's desk was in splinters. Dumbledore himself was sitting on his chair with his beard burnt and the top of his hat on fire.
"Damn" He said out loud "that woman is vicious"
He still didn't know how this all happened, yes he wanted Adrian in the tournament for multiple reasons. The first would be to check his strength and see how strong the boy is, ever since Dumbledore had learned that Adrian had restarted his training with his brother he was overjoyed as it meant that Adrian was improving. It would also let Dumbledore know what exactly Harry was teaching his brother and Dumbledore could shut it down if it wasn't appropriate.
It would also be a great challenge for Adrian to overcome, to learn to rise up and past the hate of his fellow students to become the hero that the wizarding world needed. Also, if Adrian was struggling then he could come to the great Albus Dumbledore for help.
Harry Potter being put in the tournament totally caught him off guard, fortunately he put a backup piece of parchment in the goblet. It was a simple plan, if the death eater didn't manage to put Adrian's name in the goblet than he himself would do it. But if he did then Dumbledore was close enough to stop the second piece from coming out.
He didn't like the idea of Harry Potter being in the tournament, while it did have benefits such as learning more about the boy's true strength, it would take attention away from Adrian. He also knew that it was because of Harry that Adrian made that magical oath and now most of the school would likely be sympathetic to him as they saw that he was being forced to compete.
Adrian had just gotten into the common room after having a long talk with Harry and the rest of his family. Unfortunately they had to compete but Adrian and Harry made a deal where they would look after each other during the tasks, though if they were being honest it was more Harry promising to look after Adrian and Adrian promising to help if he could.
Adrian thought about how he would have reacted a little while ago, before he would've loved to be in this tournament and be the centre of attention, but now…not so much. It was horrible having his parents worry about him, and he was not looking forward to being put in life threatening tasks. At least he had Harry to protect him.
He saw Hermione and Ron waiting up for him.
"Hey guys" He sighed and sat down next to them "oh Merlin, I am tired"
"I can't believe you entered the tournament and didn't tell me how to do it!" Ron glared Adrian
"What?!" Adrian blurted out in surprise "I didn't do it! Me and Harry swore on our magic and life that we didn't do it!"
"Please, that Slytherin probably helped you then did some light show to make everyone think you didn't do it!" Ron responded and Adrian really couldn't believe the words that were coming out of Ron's mouth. He turned to Hermione.
"Come on Hermione, you believe me, don't you?" He said with pleading eyes
"I…I don't know Adrian" Hermione looked at him with disappointment "ever since hanging out with Harry, you've been acting differently"
"Yeah, now I don't care about fame. I care about spending time with my family! My mum is worried sick, I didn't do it!"
"I'm sorry Adrian" Hermione shook her head sadly "i just don't believe you. You're different than before and…"
"And Harry said this would happen" Adrian cut her off "he told me you two would abandon me, I didn't believe him"
"Harry!" Ron growled "If you like him so much then why don't you go hang out with him?!"
"Hmm" Adrian stood up, glaring at his 'friends' "maybe I will" He walked up the stairs, wiping the tears away from his eyes.
The next morning, everyone watched as Adrian Potter entered the great hall, he looked at the Gryffindor table when he saw Hermione and Ron look back at him. He shook his head and made his way to the Slytherin table to the surprise of everyone in the hall.
"Harry" Adrian spoke quietly to his brother, even though everyone was listening to him. Harry, who sat opposite Rose and next to Daphne looked up at Adrian "c…could I sit with you please?" Many people began whispering and gossiping.
"Of course" Harry nodded, Adrian slowly sat down next to Harry.
"Thank you" Adrian whispered
"It's alright brother" Harry replied "I'm here for you, I take it that things didn't go all that good last night"
"No" Adrian shook his head sadly "you were right, they didn't believe me. We've been friends for years and they didn't believe me. Ron said that our oaths weren't real and some trick that you came up with"
"Bloody idiot" Daphne shook her head in annoyance
"Eat your breakfast" Harry pushed Adrian a plate "it's going to be a long day for you today"
"Thanks Harry" Adrian said, touched by the small act that his brother had performed.
"Don't thank me" Harry said "you're my brother, it's my job to help you. Besides, I've grown rather fond of your recently and I can't have you getting depressed"
"H…harry, if I was like before…you know, would you have still looked after me?"
"If you mean when you were a prat, then no but that was more because you would've needed to learn some valuable lessons about fame" Harry responded honestly "I would've definitely stopped anyone from doing anything too extreme but I would've let you deal with it. That may not be the answer you wanted but it's an honest one"
"No, I get it" Adrian sighed "I was a real prat then and I would've deserved it. But I'm different now"
"Show people that you are" Harry said "don't respond to their threats and insults, ignore them and remember that I'm here for you. Then, when they come crawling back to you, remind them who you want to be"
"Who I want to be?"
"You can be the boy-who-lived, supposed defeater of the dark lord or you can be Adrian, a boy loved by his parents and cared for by his brother. Do not let them force you to be something you don't want to be. "
"That's….really wise"
"Of course it is" Harry grinned "anything that comes out of my mouth is worth listening to."
"Ha" Adrian laughed "glad to know you can still act like a prat. By the way, where is Malfoy? I thought the little idiot would be shouting and screaming at me for sitting here?"
"I believe he's in his room" Harry smiled
"Harry?" Adrian raised an eyebrow
"Malfoy was being an idiot yesterday" Daphne said "we grew tired of listening to him so we hit him with a few spells"
"About five each if I remember right" Harry nudged Daphne
"Anyway" Daphne smiled "he won't be bothering us for the rest of the day, thank Merlin it's Saturday."
"Me and Daphne are going out for a date in Hogsmead today" Harry told Adrian "perhaps you could come and keep Rose company"
"Uh…sure, Rose?" Adrian asked.
"Um…hi Rose" A voice came from behind them, they all looked to see Theodore Nott looking nervous
"Uh…hi" Rose said quietly
"I was…uh…wondering if you'd like to accompany me to Hogsmead today?" Nott asked, whilst sweating. Rose looked towards Harry and Daphne. The former raised an eyebrow while the latter looked amused, as did Adrian.
"Um…okay" Rose said shyly
"Brilliant!" Nott blurted out happily "Uh…how about we meet at the entrance hall in an hour?" Rose slowly nodded "Okay, uh…see you then" Nott said before walking off.
"So…romance in the snake pit?" Adrian grinned
"Excuse me" Harry stood up and followed after Nott
"Where is he going?" Adrian asked Daphne
"Probably to threaten Nott"
Nott was walking back to his room when he was yanked into a classroom, the door closed and he found himself face to face with Harry Potter. Before he could say anything, Harry pushed him against the wall with one hand and aimed a wand at Nott's face with the other.
"So Nott" Harry said slowly, causing Nott to gulp "what are your intentions with Rose?"
"Uh…I…I want to take her out on a date and spend the day with her" Nott answered, hoping his response would allow him to keep his head
"Is that all you plan to do today?" Harry narrowed his eyes
"I…I just want to spend the day talking with her, maybe some hand holding, that's it" Nott confessed, he was surprised when Harry's wand fired a spell that hit the wall behind him.
"Let's get something clear Nott" Harry said in a deadly voice "I have no grudge against you, I have been spending most of my life looking after Rose. I've protected her, I've cared for her and I've stopped people from harming her. I'm not going to tell Rose she can't go on this date with you, she is old enough to make her own decisions. However, I am warning you now, hurt her in anyway and I will show you the true wrath of a big brother."
"I…I understand" Nott whispered "my sister has just started her first year"
"Good" Harry let go of Nott and lowered his wand "time to set some rules"
"Rules?"
"Yes, rules" Harry nodded "the first rule is no touching Rose without her permission, if I find out that you've even held hands without her telling you it was fine then I will break your hands. The second rule is you will not force her to do anything she doesn't want, even if it's as simple as going into a shop. The third and most important rule, she had better have a good time, is that agreeable to you?"
"Yeah" Nott quickly nodded
"Good" Harry smiled "break any of those rules and I'll know then I'll break your neck" Harry walked out of the classroom, still smiling. Leaving a confused but still very much scared Nott.
Later that day, Adrian had just come out of the library, not somewhere he usually spent his free time but today he had spent it looking for information on the previous tournaments. He was walking down an empty hallway when he was confronted by Ron and Hermione.
"What do you guys want?" Adrian sighed
"Look, just admit that you put your name in" Hermione said "and we'll forgive you"
"Forgive me?" Adrian laughed "Forgive me for what? I didn't enter my name, you're the ones who should be asking for forgiveness. I've been your friend for years and you abandoned me so quickly yet you're saying I should beg for your forgiveness?"
"We know you did it!" Ron snarled "You've always been an attention seeking prat!"
"Don't pretend you weren't one either" Adrian responded "and I was an attention seeking prat. But not anymore, I have better things to do now then play around for fame and attention. I have a family name I want to live up to and family I want to impress"
"What? Like your snake brother?" Ron sneered
"Ron, leave Harry out of this" Adrian said
"Why should I?"
"Because Harry is actually really nice!" Adrian defended his brother "Ever since we agreed to get along he's been willing to help me whenever he could, from training to little things like making sure I eat"
"He's a slimy snake! I don't get why you want to hang out with the evil git!"
"Hey! Don't call Harry evil!" Adrian said passionately "He's not evil! He's an arrogant and over the top snob but he's not evil!"
"Adrian, he's done nothing but try and bully us for the last few years" Hermione pointed out
"Has he?" Adrian asked "Because I'm sure that we were the ones that went up to him ninety-five per cent of the time. Even if that was true, we've both changed. Harry's being nice to me now and we're both becoming friends"
"He's trying to turn you dark!" Ron accused "He'll try and get you to join you-know-who!"
"Harry would never do that! Voldemort attacked mum and dad when we were young and with the way that Harry worships mum, I doubt that he'd be willing to join up with the dark wanker."
"I bet it was his idea to put you both in the tournament!"
"We didn't enter Ron!" Adrian said with exasperation "We both swore on our magic and life that we didn't. Hermione doesn't know about magical oaths because she's a muggleborn but you do and you know what they mean. We did not do it!"
"Yeah right, keep lying to your best friends!"
"Weasley, you are a new type of thick" Harry's voice called, Hermione and Ron turned around to see Harry standing at the end of the hallway "You alright Adrian?"
"I'm fine Harry" Adrian said "really, thanks though"
"Alright, just remember to come tomorrow for training. I want to increase your training for the tournament"
"Yeah, alright" Adrian nodded "Excuse me" He said to Ron and Hermione before he ran past them towards Harry, he and Harry walked off, leaving a fuming pair of Gryffindor's.
Harry and Daphne were in the common room when Rose and Nott reappeared, Rose was adorably eating an ice cream while Nott was smiling at her.
"Good date Rose?" Harry asked
"Hmm" Rose nodded and continued eating
"Hey Nott" Harry said to Theo
"Yeah?" Nott asked
"You live for today"
One day, Adrian and Harry were called for the weighing of the wands ceremony. They entered when they saw the other champions, they each offered the others a nod. Harry crossed his arms and leaned against a wall, looking the picture of cool. Adrian did the same, trying to replicate the same effect.
The other school headmasters were there, along with Dumbledore, Ludo Bagman, Rita Skeeter, her camera man and Olivander. The ceremony started, Olivander started off with Fleur, Krum and Cedric. Then it was Adrian's turn.
"Ah, this is one of mine" Olivander smiled momentarily before taking the wand "holly, eleven inches with a phoenix core" he then started frowning "I don't remember ever handing it to you"
"Dumbledore gave it me, sir" Adrian replied
"Hmm, there is a problem here lad" Olivander sighed "this wand is not compatible for you"
"What does that mean?" Adrian asked
"It means that the wand doesn't work properly for you" Harry explained "if it was compatible then your magic would be much better, tomorrow you and me can go and buy a new wand"
"Probably best" Olivander agreed, handing the wand back
"Now, are you sure about this?" Dumbledore said, he was hoping Adrian would stick with the Phoenix wand, after all it was Voldemorts wands brother wand "I'm sure that this wand works just fine"
"Dumbledore" Harry said in a tired voice "birds don't tell lions how to hunt, neither do snakes tell birds how to fly. The same way a school headmaster shouldn't be telling an expert wand maker that he is wrong in a conversation about wands" Everyone looked at him, openly gaping at the way he talked to the headmaster
"The boy is right" Olivander smiled "you mind your business Albus and I will mind my own, now will the other Potter show his wand?"
"Sure thing" Harry walked over and handed Olivander his wand
"Hmm, interesting, this is not one of mine" Olivander said, surprising the British people in the room as nearly everyone got their wands from Olivander "hmm, I've never seen this wood before. What is it?"
"It comes from a special tree that grows in China" Harry answered "I believe that in English it's called 'Free' wood."
"Hmm" Olivander continued to inspect it "these cores?"
"The feather of a thunderbird and a shadow spike from an acrobatula" Harry replied, causing everyone to once again gape.
Thunderbirds were extremely powerful and they usually made powerful and destructive wands. What was even more frightening was the fact that it was also made from an acrobatula. Acrobatulas were an unholy combination of spiders and bats, they had the body and wings of a bat except they had two wings on each side and could sprout spider legs from their mid-section when they wished to go to the ground.
They were known for hiding in shadows and shooting poisonous spikes that paralysed their prey long enough for them to eat them. They were very dangerous beasts and not many would go near them.
"My…" Olivander regained his voice "that…is a very unique wand" He was about to wave it when Harry interrupted
"It's also blood keyed to me, meaning only I can use it. If I may?" Harry gestured to his wand, Olivander handed it back. Harry waved his wand and a flock of birds flew out and flew around the room, one of them even pooped on Dumbledore's shoulder before Harry vanished them.
"Thank you Olivander" Dumbledore said, not completely over the shock. Olivander left then Ludo Bagman approached the Potters as they made to leave
"Uh boys, before you leave, we need you to take pictures for the daily prophet and do a small interview"
"I don't know about small" Rita smiled sweetly as she came over, she introduced herself to the Potters "Rita Skeeter, Daily Prophet"
"Good for you" Harry replied "me and my brother will not be giving you an interview"
"Why not?" Rita smiled and took a step closer "Something to hide?"
"You will not have interviews with us unless our parents are present" Harry responded
"Are you sure Mr Potter? It's my job to inform the readers, and they deserve to know. Do you have something to hide?"
"As a matter of fact I do" Harry replied, he leaned in closer and whispered into Rita's ear "I know that while you're an unregistered bitch, you're also an unregistered animagus." Rita paled as Harry leaned back "Bug me or my family again and there will be hell to pay. Anything to add little brother?"
"Uh…not really" Adrian replied
"Let's go then" Harry said and the two brothers walked out, leaving behind a confused room and a shaking Rita Skeeter.
"What about the photos?" Ludo called after they had left
Eventually it was time for the first task, Adrian had found out what it was thanks to Hagrid. He told Harry and Cedric about it as he thought that they were the only ones who didn't know. He was currently sitting in the tent with the other champions.
Adrian knew that this task would be watched with following mirrors, mirrors that Padfoot, Prongs and Lily were working on before Voldemort had attacked. They worked just like two way mirrors, except these small mirrors were designed to fly and become invisible while also being indestructible. It was a great way to make sure that everyone could properly watch the task, in fact Remus was in charge of running the business that sold them. The werewolf was glad to have work and the family made some money from it.
Cedric looked pale, Fleur looked nervous, so did Krum even though he did a good job at hiding it. Adrian was pacing, he looked at Harry who was sitting calmly with his legs crossed and his eyes closed.
"Aren't you nervous?" Adrian asked Harry
"Just take a big breath brother" Harry replied
"What are you? A hippy?"
"No, but I hear that they get discounts on weed so I'm considering becoming one. Now shut your mouth, stop your walking and take a big breath." Adrian glared at Harry for a second before doing what he was told.
Soon they each went out for their task, when it was Adrian's turn he slowly walked out when he hid behind a rock. He looked, his dragon appeared to have fallen sleep. He slowly aimed his wand at the golden egg
"Accio golden egg" He said and the egg flew to his wand. Adrian was amazed! It turns out that Harry was right, they wouldn't think of something as simple as that. The judges looked a bit embarrassed that they forgot something as simple as that, nobody in the crowd cheered, apart from the Potters and co who had decided to come and watch.
Next it was Harry's turn, he walked out of there, he was going to go for the same strategy as his brother. He hid behind a rock and looked over at his dragon, a Hungarian horntail, it was looking around wildly.
He quickly scanned the crowd when he found Daphne and Rose sitting next to his family, he also noticed a few large mirrors randomly placed, probably for the flying mirrors.
The crowd watched in horror and shock as the chains that held the dragon in place broke and the horntail flew into the air, it fired a hot blast of fire at Harry who ran to get clear of it. Harry stopped, he waved his wand over himself then held it up in the air. The horntail fired again, this time it's flames engulfed Harry, causing widespread panic.
"Harry!" Lily screamed
"Sweet Merlin!" Ludo shouted into the magical microphone
"Lily duck!" James shouted as he pulled his wife down, just in time to avoid a broomstick that flew straight into the flames. A second later, Harry Potter flew out of the flames on his broomstick, not looking like he had just been hit by dragon fire.
"I'm guessing I can't convince you to hand over the egg" Harry said just before dodging another flame blast, Harry flew up, up and away. The horntail gave chase and followed right after him. The flying mirrors also followed, allowing the crowd to continue watching.
The horntail snapped at his heels so Harry speeded up to create some distance between himself and the flying reptile behind him. The horntail had decided that, since he was no longer within biting distance, to blast him. It fired off a fire blast, Harry ascended up and the blast flew underneath him.
Harry constantly dodged blasts of fame from the highly aggressive dragon as he flew towards the castle, Harry had just narrowly avoided getting his broomstick burnt when he stopped right in front of a window that belonged to Dumbledore's office.
With a grin, Harry stopped right in front of the window. He aimed his wand at the dragon and fired some flares at its face, the dragon charged and tried to snap it's jaws with Harry in-between. Harry dodged at the last minute and the dragon crashed headfirst into Dumbledore's office.
"You know" Harry said from his position on the broomstick "I honestly don't know what would upset the old man worse, ruining his office or the fact that his precious muggle sweets are currently crushed under your chin" This pulled some laughter out of the crowd and some internal cursing from Dumbledore.
"Oh shit" Harry said as the horntail pulled its head out, Harry flew up into the sky with the horntail following him. It was a dark day, with lots of clouds. The dragon and the mirrors followed up, but couldn't find Harry as he disappeared into the clouds.
The dragon hovered, in the clouds for a while, searching for its prey. The crowd were stunned when a large blast struck the dragon from behind, it roared and turned around only to be hit from behind again. This repeated three more times, the dragon was growing tired. It's wings were getting heavier, it needed to find its prey fast.
With a sudden burst of energy, it spun around wildly and began firing in all directions, hoping to get lucky. Fortunately for it, it got lucky, not lucky enough to hit Harry but lucky enough to get his broom.
"Shit!" Harry cursed as the back of his broom had caught on fire, the charms on the broom were failing.
The dragon saw him, the mirrors locked on to both of them as the dragon shot a burst of fire which struck Harry and the broom, the broom burnt as Harry fell. His body plummeted downwards, the wind pushed against him as he fell.
"Somebody help him!" James shouted at the sight of his unconscious son falling, even though he knew that nobody could help him now. It was a horrifying sight, watching his son spin uncontrollably in the air.
"Harry!" Daphne screamed "Wake up! Wake up!"
Everyone in the mirrors watched as Harry's eyes snapped open, Harry saw that the dragon was chasing down after him. He spun so his back was facing the dragon, he was nearing the castle. Once he got to the astronomy tower, he kicked off the castle walls with his feet and flew.
He actually flew!
"Merlin's bloody balls!" Bagman exclaimed, forgetting that there were children present "Mr Potter is flying, he is actually flying!"
The crowd watched as Harry flew away from the castle with the dragon on his tale, Harry still had to dodge fire blasts as he flew . The dragon was trying to catch up but Harry was way too fast for it, Harry flew straight back to the stadium.
He gradually decreased his air level, he was nearing the stadium with the horntail right behind him. With a deep breath, Harry let the air carry him up and he flew up, past the horntail. He steadied himself and took out his wand, they were just above the stadium.
The horntail turned around, Harry aimed his wand at it and fired a green light which flew straight into the dragon's mouth.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" Ludo's voice eclipsed the gasps from the crowd "WAS THAT THE KILLING CURSE?!"
The dragon's eyes closed as it fell to the ground, Harry flew after it and planted his feet on its head as it collided with the ground. The dragons body slid across the ground with Harry still on its head, it stopped just before the nest.
Harry calmly jumped right off the head, he picked up the golden egg and raised it in the air before walking off, leaving a stunned crowd.
"Harry!" Adrian hugged Harry the second he got in the tent "That was amazing! You can fly! You can actually fly! How long have you been able to fly?!"
"A really long time" Harry smiled when his brother let go
"Harry, are you alright?" Adrian looked him up and down "You're not hurt? How come you're not burnt?"
"Flame freezing spell" Harry shrugged "it stopped me from being affected by the heat, the impact is an entirely different thing"
"I'm sorry about your broom, saw the whole thing through the mirrors"
"Don't worry about it, not like I need it" Harry smirked "you know, being able to fly and all"
"You're still not funny" Adrian smiled
"Harry!" Daphne ran into the tent with Rose, the Potters and co behind her, she ran right up to Harry and wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a big kiss.
"I take it you're happy" Harry grinned
"Oh, you absolute prat" She smiled and pulled him into a strong hug "I was so worried!"
"Of course you were" Harry hugged her back "you know you would never get a man as brilliant as me"
"Shut up" She laughed into his shoulder
"He gets that from me" James said proudly
"Harry! Adrian!" Lily rushed up to the two and pulled them both into a hug, Daphne had backed off to give Lily space. She knew better than to get in-between a mother and her children, Harry had tried that and he nearly ended up dying. "My boys! Are you okay?!"
"If I wasn't before, Daphne made sure I am now" Harry commented
"Oh Harry" Lily kissed him on the forehead
"Mum, I'm alright, all I did was summon the egg" Adrian slowly got out of his mum's grip, not because he didn't like it, he just thought that Harry deserved his mother's attention more than him. "Harry was the one who was chased by an actual dragon"
"Oh Harry" Lily hugged Harry tightly, Harry sent Adrian a mock glare before hugging his mother back "I was so worried about you!"
"And I love you for that mum" Harry replied softly "relax mum, it'll take more than an enthusiastic dragon to end me"
"Mr Potter" Pomfrey rushed over
"Come on Lil" James said, pulling his wife away from Harry "let's let her do her thing. Good job Harry"
"Well done kiddo" Sirius added
"We're proud of you cub" Remus said as they and Rose left the tent
"Sticking with me huh?" Harry asked Daphne as she slid a hand into his while Pomfrey began performing diagnostic spells on him
"You'd better believe it Potter" She said before planting a kiss on his lips "you're not getting rid of me that easily"
"Thank Merlin" Harry grinned
"Mr Potter, you're fine" Pomfrey said with amazement in her voice
"Makes your job easier" Harry smirked at the nurse who sent him a mock glare before walking away to check on the other champions
"Adrian!" Two voices called, the two brothers turned to see Ron and Hermione walking towards them.
"Adrian" Ron said with a slightly red faced "I…reckon you'd have to be barking mad to put your name in the goblet of fire, I think someone's trying to do you in"
"Caught on have you?" Adrian raised an eyebrow, Harry had to briefly admire Adrian's raised eyebrow. It was a good raised eyebrow, he had taught his little brother well "took you long enough"
"Adrian, come on." Hermione said "You need to forgive us"
"What do you mean I NEED to forgive you?" Adrian responded
"What's changed?" Harry asked before Hermione could respond "Adrian has done nothing except use a simple summoning charm and you two suddenly believe him"
"Harry's right, what's changed?" Adrian looked at both of his former friends, Ron looked uncomfortable.
"Adrian, we're your friends!" Hermione glared at Harry, as if the entire situation was his fault
"That didn't stop you two from abandoning him" Daphne pointed out "you're best friend needed you and you guys left him to hang dry, if it wasn't for Harry then he could've been injured fighting a dragon"
"Stay out of this!" Ron growled
"Hey, don't talk to her like that!" Adrian replied
"Why are you defending that snake?!"
"Because she's my future sister-in-law" Adrian responded "and my friend."
"You don't need to hang out with them anymore!" Ron said, acting like he just gave Adrian a brilliant idea "come back to us"
"Harry" Adrian turned to his brother "if I wanted to hang out with them, would we still be friends?"
"If you want" Harry replied "I won't force you to reject their offer, but it's like I told you before brother. It's up to you to live with the consequences"
"And you two?" Adrian turned back to Ron and Hermione "What if I chose them over you?"
"Those snakes?" Ron blurted out with disbelief "But they're dark wizards!"
"Adrian, he used a killing curse!" Hermione pointed at Harry "He's going to be sent to Azkaban!"
"No I'm not" Harry said confidently
"I don't see how you think that" Dumbledore entered the tent, he looked at Harry with a disappointed grandfather look "you used an unforgivable curse Harry"
"And I wrecked your office, let's not forget that" Harry said proudly "but I can't be punished for either. You're office being destroyed happened because a giant dragon chased me, as for the killing curse, I didn't use it on a human. There are no laws on using it against dragons, especially those that somehow escape their chains. How do you think that happened?"
"That will be investigated, however I would like to know how you are capable of flying and how you killed that dragon. It takes more than a simple killing curse to kill a dragon, they're too protected by their magical skin"
"Which is why I fired it inside of the dragon's mouth. As for wanting to know how I flew, I'm sure you would" Harry shrugged his shoulders "such a shame that I don't care enough to tell you"
"Why not?" Dumbledore asked, internally he was seething.
"I told you I'd make you pay" Harry smirked "and I've just gotten started Dumbledore, I've just gotten started. "
"You will tell me now" Dumbledore commanded
"You will find that I won't, now don't you have a competition to judge?"
"See Adrian" Ron pointed at Harry "he's a dark wizard!"
"Why won't you tell us how you flew?!" Hermione demanded "You shouldn't disrespect the headmaster like that! You should…"
"Hermione!" Adrian interrupted, silencing the tent "Enough, if Harry doesn't want to tell you then you can't make him. You…you and Ron, you abandoned me and that hurt. You two haven't even apologised yet, now after one task you come back and start insulting my brother"
"But he's evil!" Ron argued
"No!" Adrian snapped "He's not! He was the one who taught me the summoning charm, he's never taught me dark magic, he's never talked to me about dark magic and the one time anyone sees him use dark magic is against a rampaging dragon that was trying to kill him! He's my family and I'm sticking with him!"
"You're choosing that snake over us?!" Ron exploded
"Now, now" Dumbledore said in a calming voice "Adrian, I understand your feelings but you need to learn forgiveness and…"
"Forgiveness can't be given to those unworthy of it or those who don't ask for it" Harry interrupted "your lions haven't even apologised yet you expect my brother to instantly forgive."
"Mr Potter, this is between your brother and his friends and…"
"In that case, you shouldn't interfere either" Harry cut him off "you're just a headmaster and Adrian is back under the custody of the Potters, don't overstep your boundaries sir".
"As for you two" Adrian said to Ron and Hermione "maybe in the future we could go back to being friends but not right now"
"You slimy snake!" Ron shouted at Harry "You're turning him dark!"
"You're a simple little thing, aren't you?" Harry sighed "Me and Daph are going to see mum, you coming Adrian?"
"Sure" Adrian nodded and followed Harry out.
"Oh, and Dumbledore" Harry stopped just outside and looked at Dumbledore "up, up and away bitch" Harry grinned and walked off, leaving a confused Dumbledore who did not really understand the muggle reference.