Abracadabra Keeperoliver Chapter 29

A/N: I wish to explain why I have not been posting as often as I have. As some of you know, I suffer from MS, and occasionally have flare ups. That is what is going on right now. My memory is getting worse, as are my headaches. Just to let everyone know, Hermione and Draco are allowed into Gryffindor's common room because of their bond with Harry. Ginny, and Luna. Yes they are in Ravenclaw, but spend more time with the Gryphs, as do the other study group members. My writing continues to confuse readers, and I often wonder why they stay with me. Not that I'm complaining mind you, just wondering. Well, I guess that's all for now. Enjoy this chapter. Ollie.

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At breakfast the next morning, Draco and Harry were called to the special room behind the Professors table for a briefing of the selected champions. They headed that way,. and met up with the French champion, Fleur.

Fleur Delacour was a beautiful blond, that radiated charm and a sensual grace. She was soft spoken, and aloof. She didn't attempt to get along with everyone. She wasn't rude, or nasty, she just answered with one or two word answers when ever she could.

Viktor Krum was the opposite. He was loud, obnoxious and full of himself. His attempt to flirt with Fleur was met by her doing her best to ignore him. Viktor had formed a fan club among the girls of Hogwarts, with Parvatti being the charter member. She was joined by Angelina, Alicia, Katie and Romilda from Gryffindor house. However the ones Viktor wanted from this house were not affected by his charm. Ginny and Luna wanted nothing to do with him. This made them even more interesting to him.

The four champions gathered around the adults to listen to what they had to say. It was just a schedule of events to take place before the first challenge scheduled to take place on the 24th of November. They broke up after this, but, Fleur asked to talk to Harry and Draco, before they got too far. They were also asked to speak to Professor Dumbledore before they left.

Fleur stood in front of them and asked, "Please do not think of me as being forward, but, I want you two to know that I am part Veela, and was surprised to find you two unaffected by my allure. I do not see that often, and never by ones so young. In order for this to be, you both have to be very much in love. I bring this up, because I wish to be friends with all of the champions, but, Mr. Krum makes it very difficult. With you two, I feel more at ease. I hope I do not scare you off by this admission."

Harry looked at Draco, and he shrugged his shoulders. Harry then turned to Fleur, "Miss Delacour, thank you for your explanation. It explains why the boys are acting like idiots around you. I think our girlfriends have already figured out you nature, and love us even more because we are not affected. We would both be proud to consider you as a friend, and if you need any help while you are here, just ask, and we will do what we can. Now, if you will excuse us, Our Headmaster wishes to speak with us." and Harry and Draco left her there with a smile on her face.

The two boys approached the door to the Headmasters office, and the Gargoyle protecting it moved out of their way, to let them pass. They rode the ascending staircase to the top level, and were asked to enter by Albus. "AH, just the people I wished to see, Won't you two come in and take a seat."

When they were seated, Draco started up before Albus could speak. "Sir, both Harry and I feel the same way about this. We believe my father is behind our being entered into this tournament. Someone is in league with him that is here, and entered our name on his behalf. Since there is no way out of this, we both feel we could work it in our favor."

The twinkle in the Headmaster's eyes showed brightly, "Thank you Mr. Black. That is what I wished to talk to you both about. Your parents feel the same way. Yes, they are worried, and being they are the founders, they could have stopped your entry, but, it would have been at the expense of exposing their identities. With your statement, it eases our decision of letting you participate. With your knowing of the threat of a spy in our camp, you can work around this, and do your selves honor by competing. We will protect you with our lives if need be, but, to let them feel they have gained the upper hand in this attempt, hopefully will let their guard down."

Harry made his comments, "We agree Professor, and we are hoping that when this happens, we will be able to rise to the occasion and thwart the plan. However, I don't think it will happen too quick. Lucius has been beaten too often, and feels he is losing his control of the Death Eaters. I don't know why he has kept my identity to himself all this time, but this also works in our favor. We both think I should make my self known prior to the third challenge, to take away any advantage he may think he has. It could upset his plans, and give him cause to maybe cancel them, or change them."

Albus thought on this for a minute, "I disagree Harry. By letting your name be known could even work in Lucius' favor, and make you a target earlier than we wish. I think we should let it all continue as it is, and hope that with out your identity, the spy will just think it is a revenge thing for Lucius, because of his failures. I can't stop you from proclaiming your true identity, but, I ask that you reconsider. I see no clear advantage of letting them know who you are."

"All tight Professor, we will play it your way, for now. But if we feel it could turn the tide by letting them know, Then I will do it. I will let you know before hand though. Also, I don't know if you are aware of it, but it seems one of the champions has a hidden talent. Miss Delacour admitted to Draco and I that she is part Veela. Would this affect the challenges any?"

"Most definitely Harry. I will have to talk to the committee about one of the challenges. I can't tell you about them, but I think we have to change one of them. Thank yoi for pointing this out . Now, I think you should go, and prepare for the day."

Harry and Draco left the Professor with another headache. Yes, there has to be changes made, in order for it to be a fair contest.

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Harry and Draco had been freed of most of their classes, in order to prepare for the challenges they were to face. Hermione, Ginny, and Luna were a huge help on this. Hermione and Luna searched through the library fir spells that would help them. Ginny got the twins to create little helpful gadgets that they could use, if the need arose. Peruvian Darkness powder, Transfiguring Treats (They allow the person that eats them to turn into what they desire), Disillusion tablets (to make them invisible) were a few of the items that they came up with. Harry asked them to make a set for Fleur as well. He would have made a set for Viktor, but he wanted nothing to do with Draco and Harry, and continued to make a play for Fleur.

About four days before the first challenge, Harry and Draco were asked to join Hagrid in his hut, They made their way down there, to be stopped by Hagrid, and lead in another direction, into the Forbidden Forest. After walking for half an hour, and with numerous remarks from Hagrid to keep the noise down, they came to a clearing that appeared empty, until they passed a barrier that felt like they walked through a waterfall. The scene that became apparent took their breaths away. Ginny's brother's Charlie, and Bill joined them on the outskirts of the camp. Charlie was here for handling four large Dragons, and Bill was here for the security of the whole event. He was on loan from the Gringotts Bank, at a fee of course. Charlie explained the four Dragons, all different breeds. The Scottish Long Snout, Chinese Fireball, Norwegian Ridgeback, and the Hungarian Horntail. He didn't go into detail about the four, just that the Norwegian, and Hungarian were the worst of the lot. From there, Harry and Draco knew which ones they would be getting.

With this information, the two made their way back to the castle and looked for the other two champions. As hard as it was, they had to let Viktor know what to expect, and they had promised they would help Fleur. They were both very appreciative of the gesture.

They also found the girls in the Library, and told them of the first challenge which got Hermione getting all the books she could find concerning Dragons. Between her and Luna, they found everything the guys needed to know about the four, but especially the Ridgeback and the Horntail. When Harry told Ginny of her brothers being here, she was ready to go running into the woods to go see them. Harry was able to stop her, as she would have gotten lost, not knowing of the charms guarding the encampment. Harry told her, Bill was the security supervisor for the whole event, and would be by to check on her and her brothers the next day.

As promised, the next day, Bill was talking to the three Head school Heads concerning the security requirements. When he was finished, he went to the Gryffindor table, and sat with his family members. Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny all had about a hundred questions for him, very few of them he could answer. While he was talking to them, he looked up and saw vision cross his path. Fleur was joining her school mates for breakfast, when she felt a pair of eyes on her. She turned and saw a redheaded man staring at her. He had long hair that was tied back into a ponytail. He had a shark tooth earring in one ear. He was also ruggedly handsome. She excused herself from her friends and went to this stranger.

Ginny saw her coming, and giggled, as she new what was going to happen. She stood, and asked Fleur to join them, and she introduced Bill to Fleur, and vice versa. From there on out, no one could get either of the twos attention. Bill then got up, and asked Fleur to join him on his rounds of the grounds, which she accepted. It was four hours before they were seen again.

Hermione and Luna had extracted all the information they could about the Dragons, and passed on the information to Harry and Draco. Harry made a copy of his to give to Fleur, seeing as how she was busy. He laughed to himself about this last thought, imagining how she was keeping busy.

With two days left before the first challenge, Harry and Draco sat with the study group, going over their plans on how best to defeat the Dragons with out injuring them. Harry thought the gifts of the twins were the best chance, and he went over their use to Draco, and he though that Harry's plans were good ones. Ron on the other hand thought they needed more, seeing as how they didn't know what the specific challenge was. He felt that because of the time of the year, there had to be something to do with nesting. He read the briefs that the girls made, and noticed that of the four dragons, two of them were in the middle of their nesting periods. The horntail, and the Long Snout. The fireball was in the midst of the mating season. The Ridgeback was just finishing the mating season. He felt that this was the key to the challenge. Protecting their nests or preparing their nests. The group listened to Ron as he explained this, and for one of the rare moments, they agreed with him. They were shocked that it was Ron that came up with this. "Hey, with my brother being a Dragon Handler, something had to rub off on me, don't you think?"

So, the two champions had a second set of plans to memorize, and prepare for.

When Harry presented Fleur with Hermione's brief, she pulled Harry into a hug, and said thank you, over and over again. Bill also hugged him, saying, "Harry, you make me proud to be your brother in law. Fleur was having trouble finding a defense to go against a dragon, and I couldn't help her, not that I didn't want to. I just couldn't, due to my position."

"Brother in law? What do you mean by calling me your Brother in law, Bill?"

Bill laughed, "Harry aren't you bonded to my sister? By being bonded, it makes you legally married."

"You mean to tell me, by being Bonded, you are married to the other bonds?"

"What do you mean Bonds? Are you bonded to more than one person?"

"Yes."

"Who is she?"

"You mean they. Luna, Hermione, Draco, and six others."

Bill stepped back from Harry, and started laughing. He was laughing so hard, he had to grab a near by table to steady himself. "You have got to be kidding me, right?"

"NO."

Bill looked into Harry's eyes for any deception, and found none, which started the laughing all over again. "OH, this is priceless. Charlie has to hear this. I thought you were just bonded to Ginny."

"How did you know I was bonded to Ginny in the first place?"

"Harry, I work in Gringotts." Bill said as if this were answer enough.

"And so?"

"All bonds are registered in the Ministry, and in Gringotts. When Ginny's name came as being bonded to you, I was notified. Any of your other bonds would not come to me, if they were not family related."

"Well there is no way, I will admit to being marrieds to Draco Black. I like the guy, but not in the marrying sense. That is for my sister."

"Hermione is bonded to Draco?"

"YES."

"Well that explains it then. It's a bond of family. Draco is you brother in law. Who are the others you are boned to besides Hermione, Luna ands Draco?"

"I can't tell you."

"Why not?"

"I just can't. that's all."

"You do know I can find out, don't you?"

"Please Bill, I prefer you don't."

"Give me one good reason why not?"

"Because if you do, and someone finds out, it could mean Ginny's life, or should I say death."

Bill's jaw dropped at this statement. "Her death. It's that big of a secret?"

"Yes."

Bill wanted to say something, but didn't know what exactly. He thought about it for minute, then said, "I promise you Harry, your secret is safe with me. If you wish, I will take a blood oath, promising not to tell anyone of this. I don't want to know anything else, as I already know too much. Thank you Harry for telling me this much, Now I have a reason to make sure that this tournament is safe from outside interference."

"And thank you Bill, for not trying to force me to answer your question. No blood oath is necessary, because of what's at stake. Ginny is the main concern here. I will do everything in my power to keep her, and the others safe."

"Thank you Harry. I love Ginny, and could not do anything to put her in harm's way. Now, let me continue my rounds, and make sure there are no other threats to the safety of this event."

Harry snickered, "Are you going to take your assistant with you?"

"Yes, I think I will, I could always use a second set of eyes, in case I miss something. You know what I mean?"

"All too well. Just tell Fleur we will let her know if we find out what is going on. Draco and I have kind of took it into our minds to help her when we can. We tried with Viktor also, but, he has a different mind set, and he doesn't like to let out too much information."

"I will, and it looks like I have something to be thanking you for. Tell Draco thank you for me topo, will you?"

"I will, Bill. Happy searching, and don't get lost?"

"And if I do?"

"Well, when your done with what ever you are doing, just send out a Patronus, and we will find you."

Bill laughed and answered, "Will do dear brother."