A Potter/Black Alliance
12th July 1994
Harry yawned as they made their way downstairs dressed in a pair of jeans and a dark red shirt.
He saw Alex, Susan, Dorcas, Marietta and Katie sat around the table eating bacon sandwiches from a large plate and drinking Butterbeer.
"Morning" yawned Harry as he went to sit down next to Marietta.
"Why do we have to leave so early?" said Joe as he sat down next to Katie and picked up a cup and the pitcher of Butterbeer.
"Because I've been asked to guard the French Minister Jacques Delacour" said Sirius who walked into the room dressed in his black Auror robes.
"Why would you need to do that?" said Dorcas.
"Amelia asked me to, Jacques Delacour is a personal friend of hers and he asked for some security, he and his family be sitting with us for the match as well" said Sirius.
Marlene and Amelia walked into the room looking a lot less tired than the others.
Marlene sighed.
"Remember me telling all of you to have an early night, maybe then you wouldn't be so tired" said Marlene.
"We did, but its half 6 in the morning, still much too early to be getting up" said Harry yawning slightly.
"Then next time you ought to go to bed earlier, instead of leaving the house at ten and sneaking off to Club Magic until after midnight" said Marlene sternly.
Harry's face flushed with embarrassment along with Alex's, Susan's, Joe's, Katie's and Marietta's.
"Yeah, it wasn't too difficult to work out where you all went, are you all ready to go?" said Sirius smirking.
"Yeah, all of our bags are upstairs" said Alex.
Sirius picked up a bacon sandwich from the plate.
"You better go and get them after you finish your breakfast, our Portkey's leave in 20 minutes" said Sirius.
"Okay" said Harry.
Once they finished their breakfast they went back upstairs to get their bags.
At 6.49am Sirius got an old boot and old newspaper out of the chest in the sitting room.
He handed the boot to Amelia and held out the Newspaper.
Harry, Alex, Joe and Marietta grabbed hold of the newspaper while Marlene, Susan, Dorcas and Katie grabbed hold of the boot.
They all felt a jerk behind their naval before reappearing on the edge of a forest.
"Ten to seven from London" said a middle aged Wizard dressed in a tweed suit holding a pocket watch.
He took the boot and newspaper from Sirius and Amelia and threw them into a pile of used Portkey's behind him.
"Morning Basil, which campsite are we on?" said Amelia.
"One moment Madam Bones, Parkins, find Madam Bones's campsite" said Basil.
Parkins was a similar age to Basil who was wearing a kilt and a poncho holding a sheet of parchment.
"Bones, Bones, ah yes, your campsite is a quarter mile walk that way, first field you come to, site managers Mr Roberts, Black your at the same campsite" said Parkins nodding his head in the direction of a deserted moor alongside the forest covered in a light mist.
"Thank you, come on then" said Sirius.
They set off walking in the direction of their campsite.
As they got closer to their campsite they could make out the shapes of hundreds of tents with varying degrees of extravagance.
They reached a small stone cottage just outside the edge of their campsite after 15 minutes. A muggle man in his late 30's was stood outside looking at the tents in confusion and interest.
"Hello, are you Mr Roberts?" said Marlene walking up to the Muggle who started looking at Sirius's robes in confusion.
"I am, names" said Mr Roberts.
"Black and Bones, one tent each, booked last week" said Marlene.
"Aye" said Mr Roberts looking at a list nailed to his door.
"Got some space for you in the middle of the field, just the one night?" continued Mr Roberts.
"Yes" said Marlene.
"That'll be twenty pounds each" said Mr Roberts.
Marlene pulled two £20 notes out of her pockets and handed them to Mr Roberts.
"Thank you" said Mr Roberts.
Marlene nodded and walked back to the others.
"Lets go, we need to set our tents up before you have to meet Minister Delacour" said Marlene looking at Sirius who nodded.
"I have to be at his tent by ten" said Sirius as they walked into the campsite.
They passed multiple tents where people were emerging from the tents preparing breakfast and setting off into the campsite.
It was clear that the Witches and Wizards in the campsite certainly enjoyed showing off as they walked past tents resembling castles and manor houses before coming to a halt at an empty space in the middle of the field large enough for three tents with three rickety wooden signs.
"Black", "Bones" and "Tonks"
"We're here, you guys can explore the camp when we've set up and unpacked" said Amelia.
They spent the next 20 minutes setting two white shabby looking tents.
"Okay, girls, your with Amelia, boys with us" said Marlene.
Harry, Alex, and Joe followed Marlene and Sirius inside their tent while Susan, Katie, Dorcas and Marietta followed Amelia into the other tent.
The tent was enormous on the inside roughly the size of a bungalow complete with a kitchen, dining room, small bathroom and sitting room with leather settee's, leather sitting room chairs, an eight seat dining room table and chairs.
"Boys, stop standing around like statues and go unpack" said Marlene jokingly.
Harry, Joe and Alex walked over to the triple bunk bed near the bathroom and put their rucksacks down on their beds.
They walked back out of the tent and headed to the girls tent walking inside.
The tent was identical to theirs but with different coloured furniture.
"You guys up for looking around the campsite" said Joe.
"Yeah" said Katie.
"I told Cho I'd meet her when we got here" said Marietta.
"Daphne and the others aren't far from here, they came down yesterday" said Susan.
"How about you Alex and Dorcas go and meet them, we'll go and meet Cho and the others and meet up with you guys later on" said Joe.
"Alright, why don't you meet us back here in an hour, Aunt Andi and Uncle Ted should have arrived by then" said Dorcas.
"Alright, we'll see you guys then" said Katie.
Harry, Joe, Katie and Marietta left the tent and set off into the campsite.
Alex, Susan and Dorcas set off in the opposite direction looking for the Greengrass tent to meet Daphne and the others.
Alex watched Harry and Marietta walk off with Marietta clinging onto Harry's arm.
"I don't get it" said Alex.
"Get what?" said Dorcas.
"Harry… he told us all about his argument with Marietta, about how she called Uncle Remus a dark creature and dangerous, yet one conversation with her and suddenly their back together" said Alex.
"You know, for once I actually agree with you about him and her, I still don't get why he took her back after what she said" said Susan.
"Alex, Susan, over here" shouted the voice of Tracey.
They turned to see Daphne, Astoria, Tracey and Blaise walking towards them.
Alex focused on Tracey and Blaise and looked slightly surprised.
The two were holding hands.
Tracey noticed him looking.
"Two weeks" said Tracey.
"You never told us" said Susan.
"We wanted to surprise you, what were you guys on about anyway, you didn't look that happy talking about it" said Blaise giving Tracey a kiss.
"We were talking about Harry and Marietta" said Dorcas.
"Ah" said Daphne.
"Yeah, about how we couldn't believe that he took her back after what happened with Remus" said Susan.
"Yeah well I wouldn't worry about those two, its quite obvious that its not going to last" said Daphne loftily.
Dorcas thought she saw Astoria perk up at this out of the corner of her eye.
"How'd you work that out?" said Alex.
Daphne chuckled as they started walking back to the Black's tent.
"Come on, its obvious, how many times have you seen those two arguing since they've been together, or how many times have you seen Marietta annoyed at him for some reason or another, I even saw the pair arguing in the middle of Diagon Alley last week" said Daphne.
Alex looked slightly shocked.
"I never noticed any of that, apart from one time on Valentines Day in Madam Puddifoots" said Alex.
"That's because your not nearly as perceptive and inquisitive as me Black, you want my opinion, that relationship or whatever you choose to call it will be over by Christmas, or Halloween probably" said Daphne.
Dorcas noticed Astoria smile with a sense of slight relief.
"Interesting" thought Dorcas.
"To be honest, I hope so" said Alex.
They kept talking as they walked back to the Black's tent.
As they were walking back into the tent Dorcas pulled Astoria aside.
"Hey Tori, can I have a word?" said Dorcas.
"Sure, what about?" said Astoria.
"About Harry" said Dorcas.
Astoria looked at her.
"What about him?" said Astoria.
"I think you know" said Dorcas smiling at her.
Astoria's cheeks went slightly pink.
"Is it that obvious?" said Astoria nervously.
"Its not exactly subtle if that's what you mean" said Dorcas.
Astoria looked at the ground slightly embarrassed.
"Alright, yes, I like him, there I said it" said Astoria blushing.
Dorcas placed her hand on Astoria's shoulder.
"So why don't you tell him then?" said Dorcas.
Astoria looked up and locked eyes with her.
"Are you kidding, I can't do that, he's with Marietta, besides why would he like me that way, I'm 2 years younger than him, and he's one of the most popular guys in school, he could have his pick of any girl, why would he even look my way?" said Astoria sadly.
"Because unlike all those other girls, you've got one thing they haven't got" said Dorcas.
"Yeah, what's that" said Astoria.
"You know him, the real Harry, you actually like him for who he is, Harry's not stupid Tori, he knows what most of those girls who eye him want him for, and he doesn't like it" said Dorcas.
Astoria nodded.
Dorcas hugged her.
"So… what is it about Harry that you like?" said Dorcas with a smile as she released Astoria.
Astoria smiled and blushed slightly.
"He's just perfect, you know, a proper gentleman and a great person, he makes time for anyone if they come to him with a problem, he's such a sweet guy, but like I said, why would he even like me like that" said Astoria.
Dorcas smiled sadly.
"Hey, don't give up hope with Harry, you never know what might happen" said Dorcas.
Astoria smiled.
"Okay, come on lets go back inside" said Astoria.
The two walked back into the tent where Alex, Susan, Daphne, Tracey and Blaise were sat on the living room furniture with Sirius, Marlene and Amelia.
They sat down next to them talking for about half an hour before voices from the entrance to their tent caught their attention.
"Hello" said Andromeda who walked into the tent with Ted.
Dorcas jumped up and ran over to them giving them a hug each.
Sirius and Marlene followed suit.
"Where's Dora?" said Marlene.
Andromeda rolled her eyes.
"In bed, she's apparating here at midday" said Andromeda.
"She's still in bed, what time did she get back, she was still partying hard when we left her last night" said Alex walking over to them.
He gave Andromeda a hug and a handshake to Ted.
"What do you mean left her, I thought you all left together" said Marlene.
Alex shook his head.
"Nah, we left shortly after midnight, she refused to come with us, when she kept refusing we had to leave without her" said Alex.
"Why am I not surprised?" said Andromeda.
"Because Nymphadora's got a wild side to her" said Ted chuckling.
"Which we both know she got from you" said Andromeda locking eyes with Ted.
"Ease up Dromeda, its only Club Magic, at least she doesn't frequent Muggle Clubs like we did at her age" said Ted wrapping his arm around her shoulder and pulling her to him.
Andromeda relaxed.
"True, I'm glad she didn't make the same choices we made" said Andromeda.
Sirius snorted.
"Going to Muggle clubs wasn't a mistake, I rather enjoyed them" said Sirius smirking.
Marlene smacked him in the chest.
"I don't need you to remind everyone what happened the last time we went to a Muggle club" said Marlene sounding slightly annoyed.
Sirius winced.
"What… it wasn't that bad" said Sirius.
Marlene glared at him.
"It wasn't that bad… I got felt up by three strangers before one threw up on me and passed out, while you just stood there and laughed" said Marlene.
Alex had to stifle his laughter.
"What it was funny, besides it was Lily's idea to go to Muggle clubs" said Sirius chuckling.
"Yes, and after that we never went to Muggle clubs again, with good reason" said Marlene.
Sirius laughed.
"Nymphadora too tired to get out of bed" said the voice of Harry.
He walked into the tent with Joe, Katie, Marietta, Cho and Cedric.
"Are you surprised?" said Ted laughing slightly.
"No, since she was enjoying herself so much last night, flirting with the Waiter amongst other things" said Harry laughing.
"She better not have been buying you guys Firewhiskey again" said Marlene.
Harry froze.
"Er, no she didn't" said Harry unconvincing.
"Harry" said Marlene sternly.
"Alright, it was only one shot, no more" said Harry.
Marlene gave him a very stern stare.
"Ah leave him be Marls, like he said it was only one shot, I seem to recall you having much more than that one night in our fifth year, and what a night that was" said Sirius laughing slightly.
Harry and the others sat down at the table near the others as Marlene turned to face Sirius sending him a deathly glare.
"And I told you never to mention that night again, or you'll be sleeping outside tonight" said Marlene.
Sirius gulped.
"Okay, never mind" said Sirius.
"Wasn't that the story James tried to talk about in his best man speech at your wedding, the one that Lily made him keep quiet about" said Andromeda with a small smirk on her face.
"Yes, and the mutt here agreed never to mention it to anyone again" hissed Marlene.
The others laughed.
Sirius wrapped his arm around Marlene's waist and pulled her into his side.
"Come on Marls, I rather enjoyed that night, your performance was amazing" said Sirius jokingly.
"Come on Marlene, what is this story, it can't be that bad" said Ted smirking.
Marlene sighed.
"Fine, I gave the Mutt a lap dance okay, in my underwear" said Marlene quietly.
Andromeda and Ted laughed.
"Really that was it, that's not that embarrassing" said Andromeda.
"No it wasn't, but then James decided to put an extremely large moving picture of me doing said lap dance on the wall of the Gryffindor common room, Sirius, why don't you tell them exactly who saw that picture" said Marlene.
Sirius grumbled.
"Professor Mcgonagall" said Sirius.
"Correct, I ended up with 3 weeks of detention and lost a record 75 points, and Mcgonagall couldn't look me in the eye for a month" said Marlene in annoyance.
"Hey, I ended up in detention as well, Professor Mcgonagall said I took advantage of you in your… state" said Sirius.
Ted and Andromeda laughed at the pair getting the attention of the others.
At half past nine Sirius, Marlene and Amelia set off walking to meet Jacques Delacour accompanied by Harry, Alex, Susan, Dorcas, Joe, Katie and Marietta while the others headed back to their own tents.
They walked into the third campsite reserved for the Minister and other important Government attendees.
They made their way through the campsite greeting various members of the Ministry including Barty Crouch, Ludo Bagman who was dressed in his old worn out Wimbourne Wasps robes, and Tiberius Ogden before coming to a halt outside a large white castle shaped tent decorated with the French flag.
They made their way inside and saw Jacgues, Appolline, Fleur and Gabrielle sat drinking and talking on white chairs and a settee in a makeshift sitting room.
"Lady Bones" said Jacques standing up and making his way over to her.
"Jacques, I told you to call me Amelia" said Amelia happily as he engulfed her in a hug.
Appolline made her way over to them and greeted them.
"Amelia, its lovely to see you again, girls, come here and say hello to our guests" said Appolline.
Fleur and Gabrielle stood up and walked towards them.
"Its lovely to see you as well Appolline, you remember Alex don't you, Susan's betrothed" said Amelia.
Alex stepped forwards.
"Its good to see you again Lady Delacour" said Alex kissing her knuckles before shaking Jacques hand.
"Good to see you again lad" said Jacques.
"And you too Minister" said Alex.
He turned to Fleur and Gabrielle and smirked upon seeing what Fleur was doing.
Fleur was eyeing Harry with interest.
He heard a scowl from behind him.
Harry sighed at Marietta's reaction.
"Chill out Marietta" whispered Harry.
Marietta looked at him as Fleur walked over to Harry.
Harry smiled at her.
"I'm Harry Potter, what is your name Miss" said Harry kindly as he felt a soft calming presence at the back of his mind.
He pushed it aside as Fleur sent a flirty smile at him.
"Fleur Delacour, a pleasure to meet you Mr Potter" said Fleur in a sweet voice.
"A pleasure indeed, and who is this young lady" said Harry looking at Gabrielle who smiled at him with slightly pink cheeks.
"This is my sister, Gabrielle" said Fleur.
Harry smiled at Gabrielle.
"Nice to meet you Gabrielle" said Harry smiling at her.
Gabrielle smiled at him.
"And you too" said Gabrielle nervously.
Sirius snickered.
"Chick Magnet" coughed Sirius causing Marlene to slap his arm.
Marietta grabbed hold of Harry's hand causing him to look at her.
She leaned up and kissed him.
Alex and Susan introduced the others to the Delacours before joining them for a cup of tea.
After staying for an hour and a half they walked back to their own campsite except for Sirius and Marlene who stayed with the Delacours as Sirius was assigned to be their personal guard.
When they got back to their tent they saw a still tired Dora pouring a cup of coffee for herself.
Alex walked up to her.
"Have a good night with that Waiter" said Alex teasingly.
Dora glared at him.
"I'll take that as a no" said Alex walking back to Susan.
Suddenly he tripped and fell face first onto the carpet.
The others laughed as they saw Dora pointing her wand at him and smirking.
Alex chuckled and stood up.
"By the way, Mum's not happy with you" said Alex.
"Oh, and why is that?" said Dora.
"For buying us Firewhiskey… again" said Alex.
"Your just lucky they let you in, your not 14 for another two and a half weeks" said Dora.
"What can I say, it must be my boyish good looks" said Alex jokingly.
"No that's Harry who got the looks" said Dora jokingly.
Harry and the others laughed.
"Oh Nymphie, I had no idea you thought I was so good looking" said Harry.
Dora opened her mouth to retaliate before going red with embarrassment.
"I didn't mean-" said Dora.
"Its okay Nymphadora, Harry got his Dad's looks, who was one of the best looking guys in his year at school, you shouldn't be embarrassed at finding him good looking" said Andromeda smirking.
Dora opened and closed her mouth before sitting down.
Harry chuckled and walked over to her placing his hands on her shoulders.
"Nymphie, its okay that you think I'm good looking, quite a few people do" said Harry teasingly.
"Shut up" muttered Dora.
Harry leaned down to her ear.
"If it makes you feel any better, I think your beautiful dear cousin" whispered Harry.
Dora smirked.
"You think I'm beautiful, so tell me, am I the most beautiful girl you've ever laid eyes on?" said Dora.
Harry laughed.
"You'll forgive me for not answering that" said Harry.
He turned and walked back to Marietta.
Marlene and Amelia returned later in the afternoon telling them that Sirius was going to meet them in their private box later that night.
Later that night…
They left their campsite and walked through the woods towards the stadium.
Once they exited the woods they gasped in surprise.
The stadium stretched down the hill and was easily as big as Hogwarts. The entire stadium appeared to be made out of silver metal and glass.
They presented their tickets to the Witch at the entrance leading to the private boxes and entered the stadium.
Marlene and Amelia led them up hundreds of stairs towards their private box in the enormous stadium.
"Blimey, how far up are we?" said Dora in shock who was sporting an Ireland scarf.
"Well put it this way" drawled a voice from below them.
Lucius, Narcissa and Draco were stood on the platform below them.
"If it rains, you'll be the first to know" drawled Lucius causing Draco to laugh.
"We've got seats in the Minister's box, by personal invitation of the Minister himself" boasted Draco.
"Stop boasting Draco" said Narcissa sounding annoyed.
Draco glared at her before falling forwards to the floor shouting in pain.
Harry smirked when he saw Dora put her wand away.
"Good one Nymphie" mouthed Harry who like Dora was sporting an Ireland scarf.
She smirked.
"Watch your step Ferret, its a long way down" said Alex causing some of the others to snicker.
Draco got to his feet angrily.
"I think it would be best if you kept walking Lord Malfoy" said Amelia sternly.
Lucius snarled and kept walking followed by Narcissa and Draco.
They carried on walking up the steps before coming to a halt at a large booth with multiple black chairs and a refilling bar at the back of the booth.
Sirius was stood there with the Delacours. To their delight they were also in the company of three familiar faces dressed in fancy robes and Bulgarian scarves and hats.
"Uncle Remus, Aunt Nat" said Alex making his way over to them.
The two gave him a hug each before James wrapped his arms around Alex's waist.
"Hey little guy, you excited" said Alex ruffling his hair.
James nodded.
"Yeah, I can't believe the Minister man invited us to sit with him" said James as Remus and Natalya chuckled.
"He means Minister Lahm" said Natalya.
The others made their way into the box and greeted the Lupins.
"Please, help yourselves at the bar, have anything you want" said Appolline.
Harry, Alex, Joe and Dora walked over to the bar.
"No Firewhiskey boys" said Marlene.
"Come on Marls, let them have some, its the World Cup Final, it might be years before they can attend another" said Sirius.
Marlene sighed before nodding.
"Okay, but don't have too much okay" said Marlene.
"Hey guys" said the voice of Tracey from the doorway.
Daphne, Astoria, Tracey and Blaise walked inside.
Sirius told Jacques who the four were causing him to nod.
"Hey come here guys" said Harry.
Blaise and Daphne walked over to them as Harry started pouring shots of Firewhiskey.
"We've got the booth next to this one" said Daphne.
"Come on, one shot of Firewhiskey each" said Alex.
Blaise smirked and signalled for Susan, Katie, Tracey, Astoria and Dorcas to join them.
"Ah, none for you Missy" said Marlene looking at Dorcas.
Dorcas turned to face Marlene but nodded after Marlene gave her a stern look.
"Give her some Butterbeer Harry" said Marlene.
Harry nodded and poured some Butterbeer from his bottle into a shot glass and handed it to her.
He and Alex handed the others a shot of Firewhiskey each before raising them.
"Cheers" said Alex.
"Cheers" they all chorused.
They downed their shots of Firewhiskey and placed their glasses on the bar.
They all grabbed bottles of Butterbeer and stood around drinking them before Lucille turned up to take Daphne and the others back to their booth. Remus, Natalya and James walked back to the German Minister's booth a few minutes after this promising to come to their tent after the match.
"You guys might want to sit down, the opening ceremony is about to begin" said Sirius.
Harry and Joe grabbed a few extra bottles of Butterbeer before sitting down in their seats.
Harry handed one of the Butterbeers to Marietta who leaned into his shoulder.
They looked out at the pitch to see the Irish and Bulgarian delegations making their way onto the pitch side by side.
They heard Ludo Bagman introducing important members of the delegations as well as the match referee.
"Let us see what the Bulgarians have bought with them, ah… Veela" said Jacques leaning forwards.
They looked down at the pitch to see several glowing blonde haired women walking onto the pitch doing some sort of dance.
"Woah" said Blaise.
After the Veela finished their dance leprechauns made their way onto the pitch throwing galleons from little sacks that they were carrying into the stands.
Once the delegations made their way off of the pitch Ludo Bagman introduced the teams with the enormous scoreboard writing down each players name before cleaning itself and writing the next players name.
The match ended with Ireland winning 170-160 despite Bulgarian seeker Viktor Krum catching the Snitch.
After the match Harry and the others left the stadium heading back to their tents where Jacques dismissed Sirius saying he wasn't needed any more.
A few minutes after they got back Remus, Natalya and James arrived at their tent.
However events took a sharp turn less than an hour later.
Several bangs and explosions could be heard from outside the tent.
"Probably just the Irish" said Alex as Sirius went outside the tent to have a look.
He rushed back into the tent a few seconds later.
"Its not the Irish, we need to get out of here, now" said Sirius.
"What's going on" said Harry as Sirius ushered them out of the tent.
"Get into the woods and stick together" said Amelia with a very serious tone.
A large section of the campsite near the entrance was engulfed in smoke and flames.
"Harry, Joe, James and Dorcas are your responsibility, get everyone to the woods" said Marlene.
They could see a small group of figures in hooded black cloaks and masks walking in formation firing spells at the tents and other people.
"Death Eaters" said Remus in shock.
Katie picked up James who was screaming and crying with fear while Joe took Dorcas's hand.
"Come on lets go" shouted Joe.
They joined the running crowd while Sirius, Marlene, Amelia, Remus, Natalya, Andromeda, Ted and Dora ran off to fight the figures.
"Harry come on!" shouted Marietta in panic.
Harry knew he was falling behind.
"Keep going I'll catch up to you at the woods!" shouted Harry.
He ran alongside the crowd in an effort to catch up with the others.
Suddenly he felt someone crash into his side knocking him into one of the tents.
He groaned in discomfort before slowly picking himself up and scanning the front of the crowd in search of his friends.
"They must be too far ahead" thought Harry summoning his wand to his hand..
The crowd vanished after around 30 seconds.
"Dammit, I hope the others are okay" said Harry.
He started walking in the same direction the crowd went with his eyes constantly shifting around the environment checking for any threats.
A few minutes later he heard a scream coming from his left.
He immediately turned and ran towards where the scream came from.
After moving in between the burning tents he came to a halt.
Daphne and Astoria were cornered between a tent and two of the Death Eater's with their wands at their feet. The Death Eater's had their wands pointed at them while they were clutching each other tightly in fear.
"Damn that blonde bitch put up a bit of a fight, I'm gonna enjoy this" snarled one of the male Death Eaters.
"You ain't the only one, blondies all mine" said the other male Death Eater.
"Get away from us" screamed Astoria causing the Death Eaters to laugh.
"Your not getting away that easily bitch" snarled the first Death Eater.
Harry saw red and pointed his wand at the Death Eater.
"Incenderous!" shouted Harry.
A long flaming whip erupted from his wand and shot towards the Death Eater.
The two Death Eater's turned around pointing their wands at him.
The whip wrapped around the Death Eater's neck before Harry pulled his wand backwards pulling the Death Eater to the floor before releasing him as smoke rose up from his neck.
The other Death Eater started rapidly sending silent spells at Harry who cast a shield charm to protect himself.
Harry started to send a variety of spells including Bombarda and Reducto curses at the Death Eater.
Daphne picked up her wand from the floor and joined Harry firing stunners at the Death Eater while Astoria hid behind her.
Suddenly stunners flew past Harry from behind him.
The Death Eater disapparated before Harry turned around to see Sirius, Marlene, Amelia, Remus, Cyrus, Rufus Scrimgeour and two other Auror's running towards them with their wands raised.
"Harry, Daphne, Astoria are you alright?" said Amelia.
Sirius, Marlene and Remus embraced Harry while Cyrus ran over to his daughters embracing them.
Rufus Scrimgeour and Amelia walked over to the downed Death Eater and turned him onto his back.
Amelia removed his mask to reveal a man in his early 50's with greasy brown hair and burn marks running up from his neck to his chin.
"That's Pastel Parkinson" said Amelia.
"He's dead Madam Bones" said Rufus Scrimgeour.
Harry went pale and collapsed to his knees.
"I killed him" said Harry in a hoarse voice.
"You did this" said one of the male Auror's making his way over to Harry.
Marlene and Remus stepped in front of Harry while Sirius stepped in front of the Auror.
"That's enough Savage" said Sirius.
Auror Savage stopped and looked at Harry who was looking down at the ground in shock before nodding and leaving.
Daphne and Astoria let go of Cyrus and ran over to Harry wrapping him tightly in a hug.
After a few moments Sirius and Marlene helped Harry to his feet.
"Come on let's get back to the tent, tNatalya and the others should be back with the kids by now" said Marlene.
Sirius, Marlene and Cyrus walked the kids back to the tent.
As they were walking back to the tent they saw a jet of green light shoot up into the sky before it exploded into a ghostly white green skull with a snake emerging from its mouth.
"The Dark Mark" said Marlene in shock.
"Where did that come from?" said Sirius.
"As much as I want to find out, we have more important things to deal with, lets get these three back to the tent first" said Cyrus.
Sirius's nodded as they continued on towards the tent.
They arrived a few minutes later.
Alex, Susan, Dorcas, Joe, Katie, Marietta, Blaise, Tracey, Natalya, James, Andromeda, Ted, Dora and Lucille were sat on the chairs looking at them.
"Thank god your all safe" said Marlene.
Sirius guided the slightly shaking Harry over to the settee and sat him down.
Marietta rushed over to him and sat down next to him grasping his hands.
"What happened to Harry?" said Dora striding over to them.
Sirius pulled her to him.
"He just killed one of the Death Eater's, he's pretty shaken up about it" whispered Sirius.
Dora paled before sitting down next to Harry and wrapping her arm around his shoulders.
Sirius left Harry and took the others into one of the other rooms to explain everything to them.
Harry choked.
"I have to see her at school" said Harry hoarsely.
"Who?" said Marietta.
"Pansy Parkinson, how can I even look her in the eye after I just killed her Father" said Harry.
"Her Father was a bastard, I saw what he was like at the parties I had to attend with my parents, I doubt she cared about him very much" said Marietta.
"That doesn't matter, he was still her Father, and I killed him" said Harry.
Daphne and Astoria walked over to them causing them to look up.
Dora and Marietta moved aside.
Daphne dropped to her knees in front of Harry and took his hand.
"Thank you Harry, I know killing that monster hurt you, but you saved me and Tori, I don't even want to think about what would've happened if you didn't show up" said Daphne.
She leaned forward and kissed his cheek before standing up.
Harry managed a small appreciative smile before it quickly faded.
Astoria wiped the tears from her eyes before wrapping him in a tight hug.
"Thank you Harry, you saved us, you may have killed that man, but you're a hero, you're my hero" said Astoria.
Like Daphne she kissed him on the cheek before sitting down next to him keeping her arms wrapped tightly around him.
Harry slowly placed his left arm on her shoulder as Cyrus made his way over to them with a solemn smile on his face.
"You saved my daughter's Harry, that is a debt I can never repay, thank you" said Cyrus.
Harry nodded sadly.
"Hey, don't beat yourself up about it, Pastel Parkinson was a cruel manipulative Death Eater, he got what was coming to him, he was one of the Death Eater's who bribed his way out of Azkaban last time" said Cyrus.
"Thank you Lord Greengrass" said Harry.
Cyrus nodded and left them.
Amelia made her way over to him and dropped to her knees in front of him.
"That was very brave Harry, very brave to take on two Death Eaters like that" said Amelia taking his hands.
Harry nodded.
"Hey, don't worry about what happened to Parkinson, no one else but us will know about it, I will have the records sealed since you are underage, you killed him in self defence Harry, you won't get into any trouble for it" said Amelia.
Harry choked.
"Thank you" said Harry hoarsely.
Marietta sat down on his other side and leaned into his chest.
He stayed on the settee with Marietta and Astoria before they all decided to go to bed.
Astoria turned to him before leaving the tent.
"Don't beat yourself up Harry, you did the right thing" said Astoria.
She leaned up to him and kissed him on the cheek.
Harry looked at her and managed a weak smile.
"Thanks" said Harry.
She followed Cyrus, Lucille, Daphne, Blaise and Tracey out of the tent.