It took awhile to get up but I felt great. I headed for my trunk and had to wait a while as the room mates were still there in the dorm. Once the dorm was empty I hopped out of the trunk and hit the showers. When I got downstairs Hermione was waiting along with "Dumbledore want to see you in his office."

We entered the Great Hall and Professor Victor said, "Dumbledore want to see you in his office." We sat down and started breakfast.

"Who do you think will come to drag us to his office?" Hermione wondered.

"I hope its Snape I have been itching to try out that 'Confringo' curse."

"Harry that's a blasting curse and could really hurt him!"

"Not if I do it wand-lessly, then it should only blast him back on his Greasy…"

"Mr. Granger! "Dumbledore want to see you in his office." It was Professor McGonagall.

"Ah Professor drag up a bench and have a cuppa, we should be done here with breakfast shortly." I replied awaiting a stern blast from her.

"Dumbledore want to see you in his office immediately."

"No offense to you but that's his problem, he can wait I need my breakfast." I laughed.

"You will come right now…" she started.

"Oh dear, maybe I should just leave Hogwarts as a student, I do so hate being manipulated into things that do not concern me."

"Enough of this foolishness, Mr. Granger you will come now!"

"Hermione? Do you think our parents will mind if I have my tutors at the house or will it be better if I rent a hall?" I asked with my tongue in my cheek."

"Best rent a hall then I can join you as I will if people here do not learn some etiquette and manners. I am being put off breakfast with this talk lets take a walk out the front gate." Hermione replied, but I could see she was having a hard time keeping a straight face.

"Surely you wouldn't leave Hogwarts?" McGonagall had an attitude change.

"I am sorry Professor but we are quite serious, we are being manipulated and I think it's Mr. Twinkles that's pulling the strings. We will not stand for it even if Dumbledore is not the culprit, I will not be participating in this tournament."

"I am put off breakfast also Hermione lets go and see what the old fool has to say this time. Are you coming Professor?"

/Scene Break/

I think Dumbledore has Snape as a secret lover as every time I enter his office there is Snape. We get the please take a seat routine and the obligatory offer of a lemon candy.

"Now Harry you have no idea what you are messing with, your name has come out of the Goblet of Fire and you must participate in this tournament."

"Nope, Not happening!" I growled.

"Harry this is not your choice, this is a magical binding contract and should you not participate you will loose your magic or possibly die." Dumbledore looked as if he had sealed the deal.

"Not happening!" I replied.

"You're the only one that saw the paper that came out of the Goblet…" started Hermione.

"Here is the paper that I got, and it clearly says Harry Granger." Twinkled Dumbledore.

"Not happening!" I emphasized.

"Leave the brat alone, loosing his magic will be a plus to the wizard world." Snape sneered.

"Snape is…" I started and received the standard reply, "That's Professor Snape Harry." Dumbledore interjected.

"NO idiot he is Greasy Snape who need a bath and his mouth washed out with soap, come Hermione we need to leave Hogwarts before they find some other contest to get us involved in."

Well that got old Twinkles upset and before it was all over we allowed ourselves to be talked into staying at Hogwarts. Hermione and I made it to the lake before we broke into laughter. "Who is Harry Granger" we said simultaneously and broke into laughter again.

While Jean had confused the people into issuing a passport a person called Harry Granger officially did he did not exist. Magic has recognized me as Lord Harry James Potter Heir to the Ancient and Noble Houses of Potter and Gryffindor.

/Scene Break/

Of course our letters home almost got us withdrawn from Hogwarts but in the end Dan and Emma relented. The school was another thing, some thought I was crazy and going to loose my magic, others hoped that I would die. The rumors were hilarious. The Dailey Profit was over the moon with "The Boy Who Can" and "The Deadly Twin" in the tournament. They could care less about a muggle called Granger who was going to lose his magic. Neville joined us the next morning for breakfast.

"Should I give you a 'I told you so Harry?'

"You sure did and they tried to bind me into this contest, lucky I got out of it." I replied

"Well I wish I could…" Ron Weasley joined us and started shoving food.

"What brought you to this end of the table Mr. Weasley" I asked.

"After a herculean swallow he said, "What can't I join my friend Neville?" Having won the verbal contest he started shoveling food, it was not certain that chewing was involved before swallowing.

Some very nice things occurred because of some very bad things. It became dangerous to sleep in the dorm. My bed was a dumping ground for everything from itching powder to snakes. Ron got petrified again trying to enter my trunk so Hermione decided that the best place for us was her trunk and her bed, I had no complaints. Clothing had become minimal and she was soft and cuddly.

Dumbledore was a pain as he kept bringing me to his office to make sure I had not changed my mind about loosing my magic. He of course got the other teachers to help out in this endeavor which was annoying. Snape was helping by remarks like, "I can't wait for the first task and your removal from school. Can't have a squib in a magic school."

The dorm came to a head when someone apparently tried to burn my trunk with an 'Incendio' spell. The spell missed or bounced off the trunk but sent my bed up in flames. Dumbledore or McGonagall had the solution which was to put a painting up in our dorm that way the occupant of the painting could see and report everything that was happening. That put a cramp in me getting in my trunk but Hermione had the answer. I put up a temporary transfigured sheet over the painting and climb into the trunk. Two minutes later the sheet disappears and the painting is back on duty. The trick was getting out of the girl dorm without the stairs turning into a slide and setting off an alarm. Hermione had me bring my broom and I just flew out of the girl's dorm window. Very seldom did I have to go invisible to get out of the girls dorm but sometimes I got to see some interesting things when I did. It was the girl's dorm after all.

Neville was sitting with us more and more in the Great Hall and while that was fine he did attract Ron the garbage disposal unit.

/Scene Break/

"So where is cutie pie?" Daphne asked.

"Harry isn't interested in this tournament and he didn't want any one to think he is anyway connected. Harry is up at the castle enjoying a book. What kind of dragon is that one they just dragged in?" Hermione replied knowing I and my broom were invisible and hanging over the top of the arena.

This was just lunacy, having kids face dragons. It didn't take long as Krum got his golden egg and sever burns over half his body. Fleur also got her egg and a burnt leg. Neville was not so lucky. The dragon just swatted Neville like a giant fly swatter using its tail. Neville was out for the count and the dragon was moving in for the kill. The handlers were never going to get there in time so I did something stupid and helped. I put everything I had in a 'Confundo' spell aimed at the dragon's eye. It didn't stop it but it slowed it down and the handlers took care of the rest. I left heading to the castle so everyone could see me reading in the Great Hall.

As soon as the hall filled up and Dumbledore entered I took out my wand and summoned a loaf of bread from the other end of the table. That left many in the hall confused as they knew I was to loose my magic. This was of course a problem, if I didn't lose my magic and Harry Granger had the magical contract who was the person they knew as Harry Granger. Even Dumdum wasn't that slow, so who was this mystery boy named Granger? I hoped it would keep him up nights.

Draco being a brain trust was over doing his pureblood sneer seconds later,"Well the two Mudbloods, soon…" He never finished the statement as I gave him an over powered 'Stupify' which threw him violently into his bookends.

Snape took a more direct approach in his next potion class with me. "Who are you really? You are not Harry Granger!" Well that direct approach was to make me look up and he tried his mind reading act on me. I dropped my outer wall until he was in and then I raised it again thus trapping him between two walls that appeared about twenty feet apart. Now it's hard to make up monsters when the magical world has trolls and werewolves. So I delved into muggle literature and had Kosh of the Vorlons with a few of "The Shadows" start an attack, I threw in a few Chimaeras and Harpies but kept Snape busy with Chewbacca and Frankenstein. "The Muppets" sent him screaming. When I released him he just sat in a corner and mumbled until Madam Pomfrey carted him off.

/Scene Break/

The Yule ball was announced so we got to Diagon Alley and Gringotts and she picked out some nice jewelry for the ball. Then we were off to Madam Malkin's for dress robes. Hermione was color coordinating our outfits as well as the jewelry so soon we were back in our trunks and ready for the ball. That is after she taught me how to dance. It was kind of nice dancing the night away in our trunk using a wireless radio to set the dance steps. Our sleeping arrangements were in the trunk and in the same bed; I don't think either of us wanted that to change.

All the champions had made a full recovery, even Snape. I was happy sitting off to the side as the champions were led in, the food was great as usual and the champions started the ball with a first dance by them. It was going fine for a ball, we got to dance with all our friends and the chit-chat was happy and enjoyable. The ball gave the rumor mill a shove as to who was interested in who and who was going to be dating in the near future. This was all fine until the Great Quittage star Ronald Weasley engaged his mouth with the pompous poof Draco Malfoy. That awoke the dumb and the stupid, Crab, Goyle, Finnigan, and Thomas. Who said what or to whom was irrelevant Draco pulled his wand and sent a 'stupify' missing Ron who was three feet away. The spell hit Zacaharias Smith's date so he pulled his wand to retaliate. Ron sent a 'Reducto' at Draco but hitting Nott's arm which exploded from the blast. Finnigan hits Draco with a muggle round house which activated Crab and Goyle to do a two-step on Ron. The ball deteriorated from that point on to the point that even with the teachers firing 'Stupify' at the battler's, the fighting raged on. Spells were flying and punches landed until the ball was in total shambles. Hermione and I had retreated to behind the drink table and put up several shields that we knew. Susan, Daphne, Hannah, and Tracy soon joined us leaving their date for the safety of our shields. Finally the teachers won out and started levitating the downed and injured to the hospital wing, it was going to be a long night for them.

We were soon off on the Christmas break and home.

/Scene Break/

"Harry what are we going to tell Mom and Dad about our sleeping arrangements?"

"I was hoping that we didn't have to, we can just use the trunks to go from my room to your room and they will be none the wiser." That worked for a couple of days when Emma walked into Hermione's room one morning. There was not a lot of yelling or screaming but we got a lot of personal questions and "The Talk".

Dippy and Mipsy had been primarily hanging out at the Grangers house unless we called them. They were happy with any new work we could provide but always seemed to be looking for more work. I needed to find out if I owned any houses so they could have more to do, Elves were not happy unless they had work to do and our's were getting bored.

On our trip to Diagon Alley to buy presents I stopped at Gringotts and found that I did indeed own an apartment just outside of Diagon alley in a high rise building. It was furnished and had good wards so it got on my list to visit today. Hermione and I separated to buy each others presents and later meeting at the Leakey Cauldron. I stopped at a jewelry store and bought a promise ring for Hermione to be added to all the presents I had already bought. Dippy and Mipsy were ecstatic and I was surprised, yes it was an apartment in a high-rise building. The surprise was it was the entire floor. There were several elegant bedrooms and a Jacuzzi like a small pool. It had every do-dad you can think of from whirl-pool to bubbles, creating a softer massage and water jets to create an invigorating massage. The entire place was done with the finest woods and drapes, definitely above number 4 privet drive standards. Oh well back to home, Jacuzzi later. As I was leaving I spied a book lay on the dinning room table as if it was left to be found by the next person to enter the apartment. The Goblins said that the apartment had not been occupied since my parent's death; I picked up the book to read later.

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Later in Hermione's trunk:

I finally opened the book and started to read and started to curse.

"What is it Harry, what's wrong?"

"I'm not sure you are going to like this or not and this is the first page." I answered Hermione with a groan.

"Well spit it out, it can't be that bad."

"It says."… "You have by now exceeded 12 years of age, that means the Potter curse is in effect,,, whether you like it or not you have found you life mate…don't deny it or fight it, you two will go forward together!"

"AND! What's so bad about that?" Hermione was starting to get a little upset.

"Hermione I am only skimming the information. It appears to be a Potter Grimoire and a Potter curse. However, it now applies to you! The book doesn't say we can, or should but that we must take the following potion by sixteen or…the rest of the chapter lists problems if we don't take the potion."

"Let me see that!" Hermione growls and rips the book out of my hands. "But, all the pages are blank!"

Taking the book back I stated a hypothesis. "It maybe that a Potter book is only to be read by a Potter." As I turned the pages another chapter showed that this book was either great or great trouble. "Here listen to this, '… you only need to take a potion that reveals your animal or animals within. Once you have formed the human bond it is quite easy to simply call and transform to your animal(s)."

"Harry can we believe the book it could be a trap of some sort."

"Give me a little bit to read this thing and then I'll be better capable of discussing what's inside this book."

Then started Hermione pacing while I read until she just had to look over my shoulder to read what was in the book. When she saw blank pages she renewed her pacing and growling at not being able to read a book. About an hour later I had skimmed the book and read the parts of having to take the potion. I made a list of the potions, closed the book and motioned Hermione over to sit on my lap.

"Hermione I am neither scholar, nor a man of the world but I think I know where I stand in life and how I felt about you before I read this stupid book. I want you to know that I love you with all my heart. Now it's your turn, just how committed to me are you?"

"That book does bother you doesn't it? I do love you Harry Potter with all my heart. I was falling for you just after you got to my parents place and I have wanted to hear your last words for a long time now."

"Then Hermione Jean Granger will you marry me?"

"Yes and yes again."

We quit kissing not long after and I got everyone together and we headed to Diagon Alley.