The rest of the Summer Hermione gathered supplies and thanks to Ron, Harry, Hermione, and surprisingly, Draco got to go to the World Cup.
When they arrived they enjoyed themselves fully.
Harry had given Hermione and Draco a tent of their own. He also had his own. Draco obviously needed to keep separate because
of the fact that he was still in dangerous territory and if anyone knew that Draco was not sympathetic towards Voldermort anymore
he would be in peril. Once they set up their tents Harry and Hermione went to the box. Draco, came a little later. However, when
Draco finally went into the box Lucius Malfoy appeared.
"Mr. Malfoy." Draco said coolly.
"How did you manage to scrounge enough money to get up here?" Lucius sneered.
"I've made powerful friends in high places Mr. Malfoy." Draco replied with his trademark sneer.
"So it would seem. Perhaps that powerful friend would be the recently emancipated Potter?" Lucius looked at Draco coldly.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Draco sneered again.
"Just to let you know Draco you will need to find a new last name."
"I expected as much." Draco replied indifferently as he took his seat.
"Now, now Lucius, it would be foolish to attack someone who 'has allies in high places' without knowing who those allies are." Harry smirked confidently.
"Mr. Potter." Lucius said stiffly.
"Mr. Malfoy is here as my guest. He donated a great deal to St. Mungo's recently." The minister said as he entered the box.
"Minister Fudge." Harry said with a barely masked hostility.
As the minister sat Ludo Bagman announced the mascots. First, the Irish mascots were up which when they dropped the gold Ron began to grab for it greedily. Harry, Hermione and Draco on the other hand ignored the fake gold and waited for Bulgaria's mascots.
The Veela began their dance and while they were tempting to chase after Harry merely leaned back and watched them with a disinterested look on his face.
Mr. Weasley was struggling to hold Ron back. Meanwhile, Percy was busy trying to stop the twins from singing and jumping down
in unison. Hermione and Harry desperately grabbed onto the back of Draco's black robes as Draco suddenly started to sprint to the
edge of the box.
"Lemme go!" Ron cried and made another futile attempt to jump down to the fair Veela.
Once the Veela stopped dancing Harry smirked at Draco.
"What happened?" Draco asked in confusion.
"Simple, you saw Veela." Harry chuckled.
"I'm surprised that Harry didn't react to them." Mr. Weasley panted as he released Ron.
"I guess I just am able to see past a pretty face." Harry replied.
Fred and George looked at Harry who had just saved Draco.
"Why-"
"did you-"
"save him?" They asked.
"I may not like Malfoy but, he is still a person. I can hope that he doesn't follow in the footsteps of a certain someone I know." Harry looked meaningfully at Lucius.
Lucius frowned at him.
"Got a problem Mr. Malfoy?" Harry asked in a quiet, chilling voice that promised only one thing: a quick but very painful death.
Lucius shuddered and shook his head faintly.
The game began.
In the end the Irish won even though Krum caught the snitch.
On their way back to the tents Ron raved about the game while the twins looked at the money that they had just won from Ludo Bagman. Draco trailed behind all of them.
Hermione fell in on Harry right side and while they walked Harry could catch the gleam of the Tears of Friendship every few steps.
"It looks good on you." Harry whispered so only she could hear him.
Hermione blushed furiously.
"I'm glad it's dark. If it wasn't everyone would be able to tell that I'm blushing." She said quietly.
"I haven't seen you take it off ever." Harry noted.
"It's my most treasured possession. I never take the Tears of Friendship off."
Harry stared at her in some surprise.
She smiled sheepishly.
"Its really important to me." She explained.
Harry smiled in return.
When they reached their tents Hermione closed the distance between them, wrapped her arms around him and kissed his cheek.
"Good night." She breathed into his ear.
"I'll probably see you in a couple of hours." Harry whispered.
She nodded slightly. She remembered the memories that he had shown her.
They quickly parted and went into their own tents.
What seemed to be moments later screams began to occur.
Without hesitating Harry rolled out of bed, grabbed his wand and prepared for combat. He rushed out of his tent and dashed towards the chaos.
"Stupefy!" Harry shouted at the nearest death eater.
The other death eaters turned and looked at him in surprise before a voice shouted out orders.
"It's Potter! Kill him!"
Harry smiled coolly.
"You can't beat me." Harry said in an icy voice.
"Avadera Kavavera!"
Harry summoned a death eater in front of him so the spell killed the death eater instead of him.
"Want to try that again?" Harry asked dryly.
The death eaters cursed and vanished with a pop.
"That was too easy..."
Harry then sensed that a dark spell was shooting into the sky.
"Mosmordre!"
The sign of the Dark Lord glowed an eerie green above the tree tops.
"How did he get a wand?" Harry muttered and fired off a stunner into the trees.
He heard a body topple within the trees. Harry sprinted over to the trees, and shot a symbol that he had been working on before he had returned to life.
A Mighty Dragon shot out from the tip of his wand and soared into the sky, it then ate the Dark Mark. Afterwards the Dragon exploded into a great flash of light and became a Phoenix. The phoenix let out a trill of joyous music and floated where the Dark Mark had once been.
"Perfect." Harry muttered in satisfaction. The symbol of light that he had been working on was effective.
Little did Harry know then but it would become a symbol that would cause terror among Death Eaters.
Harry then searched for Crouch jr. However, to his shock he couldn't find him.
He heard a familiar whisper in his ear.
"I know you want to find him and turn him in but this is an event you must let happen. Sorry, the Counsel has ordered this."
Harry looked around but didn't see the Black cloaked figure anywhere.
The Ministry was shocked to see Harry Potter standing in the clearing where the Dark Mark had once been.
"What is that symbol in the skies?" Mr. Weasley asked nervously.
Harry smiled.
"Hope." Harry replied simply.
"Who sent it up?" Amos Diggory asked.
"A hero." Harry said.
"A hero?" Mr. Weasley asked.
Harry merely nodded.
Mr. Crouch senior searched the area and found his house elf. Harry assumed he also found his son.
Harry finally was able to escape the ministry, find Hermione and Draco and return to his Castle.
TERROR AT THE WORLD CUP
Last night there was a major uproar at the Quidditch world cup. The Dark Mark was seen once again. However, no sooner had the
Dark Mark shoot into the sky did another terror emerge. A massive dragon appeared and swallowed the Dark Mark, further
terrorizing everyone the Dragon exploded and a massive bird arose. It's scream was enough to cause some to break down into tears
of fear. Sadly, the ministry was unable to quell any fears as rumors stated that bodies were taken out of the forest later that evening.
Some have speculated that it was the symbol of a new Dark Lord that is rising and seeing how easily that the Dark Mark was
eliminated by the new symbol it is easy to believe that the new Dark Lord is even more terrible than...
Harry shook his head in annoyance. Rita Skeeter needed to be dealt with, and quickly...
I am now Defender Paladin... Thanks for transitioning so well.