(Chapter 5: Time to fight a Dragon)

It was soon the day of the 1st task with Raphael having been ready to go and kill himself a dragon, as sure he didn't have to but what better way to put on a spectacle and show how much superior he was to everyone than by doing so. With him having already made a potion of fire resistance to help make sure he didn't get turned to ashes by the dragon he'd soon face, not to mention he'd spent the previous night before prepping all the spells needed to fight against the creature.

In short Raphael Stalin was ready to show these pretenders how magic was really done, as he would let them know what the power of a wizard was supposed to look like not the embarrassment that was them supposedly spellcasting.


(November 24th, 2017, Hogwarts, 12:06 Pm)

It was 6 minutes past noon as Raphael was waiting for his turn to go up and fight his dragon in the form of a Hungarian Horntail, with the evoker ready to decimate this dragon and show these wizards just what he was capable of.

"Good luck out there Raphael and please don't get hurt too much, I'd rather not have to resurrect you a 2nd time." Jade spoke through a sending spell while the black-haired evoker merely smirked

"Don't worry I'll be fine. Besides, now I've got a chance to start cuttin' loose. So once I'm done with this dragon it'll be smooth sailing from here on out." Raphael replied through the sending spell with the utmost confidence in his arcane abilities

"Whatever you say, Raphael. Good luck to you and try not to get burned too much." Jade said while Raphael put on his robes of the Archmage on

"Like I said Jade I'll be doing just fine. Now if you don't mind I've got a dragon to kill, hopefully, they'll let us skin it or maybe take some of its teeth for a cool necklace." Raphael responded as he walked out into the open where he saw the large dragon in view

"And now enters our 4th and final competitor, you may know him as the boy who lived, the slayer of the Dark Lord himself. So please put your hands together for Raphael Stalin!" Ludo said through his magically magnified voice as Raphael strode out onto the scene with the utmost confidence

The moment Ludo had finished talking Raphael had immediately fired off a spell in the form of a shockwave of psionic teal-colored static like energy that struck the Hungarian Horntail head-on causing it to snap its head towards Raphael. The dragon in question retaliated by launching a torrent of searing flames at Raphael who immediately teleported in a cloud of teal and sapphire-colored smoke, that reappeared some 20 feet away.

Raphael followed this up by firing off a wave of necrotic energy that struck the dragon in the face causing it to reel back from the attack that caused it to reel back as he then followed by launching a sextet of serpentine-like rays made of acid raced towards it. With the rays of caustic acid hitting their mark as they coiled around various parts of their body and sank into its flesh, melting away at scales and flesh with an audible hiss.

The crowd was looking on in awe and surprise at the fact that Matthew was not only duking it out with the dragon but using wandless magic to do so in a fast-paced manner that showed the combative skill that outstripped his peers by a wide margin. Meanwhile Halos, Orianna and Jade were all watching in applause as Matthew continued fighting against the dragon with relative impunity; with him raising a shield of arcane force to defend against a claw swipe from said dragon.

"This is incredible, Stalin is going at it against the Horntail and fires off another bolt of lighting from seemingly out nowhere. This is truly a spectacle to behold!" Ludo spoke with excitement in seeing Raphael facing off against the

'Well, I guess that since I got the crowd going, I might as well give them a real good show.' Raphael thought to himself as he teleported himself out of the way from a claw strike that would've torn his face off

"It's been awhile since I used this, but let's see if I still got it." Raphael said to himself as he got a running start towards the dragon and began to glow and envelop himself in teal colored light

"Huh..its been awhile since Raphael used that spell." Jade remarked as she saw Raphael's form continue to grow and shift

"All I know is that we're gonna see a giant beast fight, the one time I forget to have popcorn and this happens. Anyways, fuck its shit up Raphael!" Orianna exclaimed as she saw clocking the dragon in the face was Raphael in the form of a giant gorilla the size of a small house with black fur and large green eyes that was currently punching the shit out of the dragon

"By Merlin, Stalin has just turned himself into a giant bloody ape and is currently duking it out with the Hungarian Horntail. In all my years as a commentator have I seen anything like this!" Ludo exclaimed in watching the entertainment of Raphael's giant form beating on the Hungarian Horntail

Raphael was going to town in beating on the Hungarian Horntail in his giant ape form with reckless abandon, using his newfound form to tank the furious blows dealt to him by the now angry mother dragon. With him using this to his advantage to wear down the dragon as he caught one of its forelegs in a death grip and used his free hand to tear out a sizable chunk of stone from the ground and smashed it into the right foreleg of the Hungarian Horntail viciously and repeatedly.

The Hungarian Horntail took flight into the air intent on trying to shake the wizard turned giant ape off of it, but Raphael kept holding on and smashing the giant chunk of stone into its right foreleg until with a loud crunch the foreleg was broken in a few different places. With the Hungarian Horntail letting out a loud roar of pain from its damaged limb and glared at Raphael with hate and draconic rage that was unleashed in an point-blank gout of blazing flames that engulfed the upper half of the black-haired giant ape.

Yet instead of being burnt to crisp like it had expected the polymorphed Raphael still held on, large section of his fur and transformed body showing potent burns but still held on as the giant ape form of the evoker then proceeded to use all of his strength to smash the chunk of stone into the side of the Horntail's face. The result being it not only stuck its face hard enough to bloody it, but also shattered across its face in a shower of dust and debris causing the large dragon to spiral to the ground and crash down along with Raphael which forced the two to skid across the arena grounds sending debris and rocks hurtling towards the crowd.

Luckily Protego spells were thrown to protect the students from it as the two large creatures rose to their feet and glared daggers at each other, with both the Hungarian Horntail and Raphael in his giant ape form letting out nearly deafening roars that shook the area. Before soon enough they rushed at each other to clash against one another in a flurry of fists, claws, flame and brutality that only two large creatures could showcase to the crowd.

'I can't believe Raphael is this strong, who would've thought my godson could go head to head with a fucking Hungarian Horntail on his own.' Sirius thought to himself in his animagus form while he watched Raphael go at it

Meanwhile, with all the damage, Raphael had sustained from fighting the Hungarian Horntail in his giant ape form he felt it grow increasingly difficult to maintain the concentration of his polymorphed form, especially when the dragon flew and tackled him to the ground and clamped it's jaws on his neck. With Raphael feeling that as the dragon continued to bite down and claw at his giant ape form that he wouldn't have much longer before it soon faded and he was returned to his original form, which left him with one option to make sure the fight would stay on his terms before turning back.

With him using his bloodied and half burn arms to grip at the left wing of the Hungarian Horntail and using the last of the strength provided by his giant ape form, had pulled on the wing as hard as he could before his polymorph spell faded from the sustained amount of damage. For it was with a loud squelch like tearing noise that he managed to rip the wing of the Hungarian Horntail off of its body causing it to clatter to the ground while blood sprayed out of the wound.

Raphael soon felt the polymorph end from having been pinned under the dragon's assault knew that this was going to be as good of a chance as he was going to get from the weakened and battered dragon to kill it and take his prize. With him summoning forth a large hand of arcane energy and sent after the Hungarian Horntail who tried to launch another gout of searing flame at him, but was quickly stopped as said hand clamped around its throat like a vice and cut the gout of flame off before it could exit its throat.

With Raphael using his hand to choke out the dragon while he dug deep to channel his arcane power to kill the beast and once the required amount of power was gathered, as the Hungarian Horntail was being choked out he proceeded to let it loose in the form of a beam of pale green energy. The beam of arcane force struck the dragon which let out an agonized roar as the beam of magical force took effect and within moments much to the shock of the crowd it rapidly began to turn into dark grey ash, until all that remained was a mound of dust where the now disintegrated Hungarian Horntail used to be.

'Well all that's left for me to do now is go and collect my prize.' Raphael thought to himself as he casually used a spell of Locate Object to locate the golden egg needed and then waltzed over to it

"...This is..a first in all my years did I never think I'd see a young wizard disintegrate a bloody dragon. Truly Raphael Stalin has shown himself to be cut above the rest of his competition, so give it up for the dark horse of this competition!" Ludo shouted as the crowd was in awe of Raphael who waltzed out with his golden egg

"Yep just gonna keep being awesome." Raphael said to himself as he walked off back to the tent

That in mind the scores were soon tallied for the judges to give their results with Viktor coming in at last place for using a curse that while blinding his dragon had smashed half of the real ones causing him to gain a total of 24 points out of 40. Fleur came in at 28 points with her having used a sleeping spell to put her dragon to sleep, but in a hilarious incident got her clothes on fire from it snoring in her line of sight, then there was Cedric who came in at 32. 5 points by using a transfiguration spell to turn a boulder into a quite literal overgrown chicken to lure his dragon away.

Lastly was Raphael's score who came in at 37 points due to his spectacular display of magical prowess against the dragon and having slain it through the use of wandless magic, that was of a scale never before seen. With Raphael gaining applause for his actions and chanting of his name was heard as he walked out of the arena with his friends in tow, with plans to both celebrate and figure out how to deal with the golden egg leading up to the 2nd task.


(Several hours later, Hogwarts, 7:56 Pm)

It was hours later as our quartet plus Sirius was in their own personal dormitory due to the fact that they didn't belong to a particular school and the fact that they had Sirius with them, and as to what they were doing was simple..celebrating with Raphael and Orianna doing karaoke

"I swear you all are a strange lot, especially with the music you guys are into." Sirius spoke after having watched the two of them do Bad Vibes by Despised Icon

"Hey, a lot of things have gone on since you were locked up. One of them just happens to be your godson's taste in music being pretty awesome." Orianna said while she grabbed some brownies that were brought to them

"Oh, I don't have any sort of problem with it. It's just a lot different from back in my day is all, since I remember the time your Lily took James and I to one of those muggle concerts. To say it was one of the best and at the same time jarring experiences of my life is an understatement." Sirius responded in fond memory of his first muggle concert

"Wait a minute my mom legit took you and dad to a concert?" Raphael questioned as Sirius nodded in having downed a bottle of firewhiskey

"You kidding me, anytime there was a concert going on in the area. She'd save up enough money and get James and I to come with her and let me tell you something. She may have been one of the nicest people I've ever met, but in a mosh pit the woman was an absolute beast." Sirius answered back with a bark-like laugh in memory of how Lily was at those concerts

With him remembering when Lily took James and himself to their first muggle concert in the 90's which was that of a Slayer and Pantera concert, suffice to say he never thought he'd see Lily turn into an absolute beast of a woman in a mosh pit or wall of death until that moment. Neither would he forget James's face when the poor lad was subject to his first mosh pit, much less his first wall of death...suffice to say the Potter heir had cracked ribs for the next two weeks while Lily was mostly unscathed.

"I can't believe your mom was a fellow headbanger." Orianna said as she continued munching on her brownies

"Trust me you'd be surprised with Lily. Your father during that time wasn't so lucky, poor Prongs got ragdolled nearly the whole concert..ah good times." Sirius responded in remembering how James was more or less ragdolled at his first concert by those who caught him up in his first mosh pit

"Still I think we should remember that congratulations are in order for Raphael. Since out of everyone he came in first place." Jade said as she was super proud of Raphael's accomplishment

"Indeed, as I still can't believe my godson killed a fucking Hungarian Horntail by himself." Sirius spoke in still having been in awe of Raphael's show of power in destroying the dragon

"Well, what can I say, guys, I'm just that good. Hell, at this rate I'll be in first place in no time." Raphael smugly replied in feeling great about himself

"I will say Raphael that it does help that your competition in comparison isn't all that much. Because by Lord Thor are they pretty weak in comparison to us. I mean not to sound arrogant or anything, but it seems as though this will be a clean sweep for you. Honestly, this seems less like a tournament and more of an assured victory for you." Jade spoke considering that with what the competition looked like it seemed more or less unfair in the competitors favor since they were up against Raphael

"I'm not really complaining at all Jade. Especially since it means I'll win that much quicker and prove to everyone here that I'm that much more superior." Raphael responded with a shrug of his shoulders at the fact that he didn't mind it whatsoever considering that it just meant he'd get to prove he was superior

"Even still Raphael, I and everyone in the group have got your back. So if there's anything I can do to help you out then let me know." Jade told him considering that she'd do everything possible to assist Raphael during the tournament

"Actually there is, as I'll need help in figuring out how to understand that damned egg. This is why I'll be needing Halos to help do recon, so I can get any answers on how to understand what it's saying without my ears feeling like a banshee's yelling at me." Raphael told the cleric of Thor in how he'd need her assistance as well as that of the wood elves'

"Don't worry about recon since I'll be on top of it first thing in the morning." Halos assured him, as he'd make sure to gather all the information possible as quickly as he could

"Thanks for that Halos, I appreciate it since being ahead of these fools is of utmost importance." Raphael thanked the wood elf

"It's no sweat, besides it'll give me a chance to find out more about what goes on here. Since I've got bad vibes about this place all over and knowing more about what the hell goes on here, is gonna make me feel a hell of a lot better." Halos responded considering that he was all too happy to do recon around the castle

Especially because it would make sleeping far easier on him considering that he didn't know jack shit about what went on here and with how this place gave him nothing but bad vibes on a constant basis from the jump. Then the wood elf was more than eager to do some scouting and finding all the information he could on those that dwelled within its walls because one thing that Halos disliked doing was leaving anything up to chance.

"Speaking of things in this place, why are their so many fucking ghosts here?" Orianna asked in wondering why there was so many ghosts in the castle

"Good question, since some of them have been messing with me when I've been recording new spells into my spellbook. Which is to be quite frank, really goddamn annoying." Raphael added considering that he was getting real tired of the ghosts

"I wouldn't worry too much about them since none of them are truly malevolent. At best they're just annoying, especially that fucker Peeves." Sirius responded as many of the ghosts were relatively harmless..except for that thrice blasted poltergeist

"Doesn't matter. Jade if any of these ghosts keep fucking with us, then, by all means, banish them. Since I will not continue to be fucked with. Same to you Orianna since it any of them mess with you, feel free to smite them out of their second existence." Raphael told them with a large smile coming across the tiefling's face at hearing that

"Finally, I'll be able to hit something! All this laying around and doing nothing has been fucking boring." Orianna spoke happy that she'd be able to go and beat the shit out of something

"Well at least we'll be doing these kids a favor, as this place shouldn't be riddled with so many ghosts. At least I'll have a chance to do some hallowing this place..something I haven't done in a long time. Not to mention add some wards, since I still don't feel safe in this place." Jade added as it would give her the chance to practice some warding and spells of hallowing considering that the water genasi didn't feel safe at Hogwarts whatsoever

"Regardless, let's focus on what's important. The fact that I will crush all these fools and show them that no matter what I'm superior to them. So cheers to my imminent victory." Raphael said in feeling self-assured in his victory

"To Raphael!" Everyone else cheered as they downed their bottles of firewhiskey

"Now then, let's keep this party going. Raphael said as soon enough the celebration continued onwards


(5 days later, November 29th, 2017, Hogwarts, 3:25 Pm)

It was 5 minutes till half past 3 in the afternoon as Jade and Raphael were down by the lake where thanks to Halos doing so reconnaissance after having spied on Barty Crouch Sr. telling Cedric how to unlock his egg had relayed the information back to them.

"Well Jade, you ready to see what this blasted thing is gonna tell us?" Raphael spoke in wanting to know what clues this golden egg would give him concerning the 2nd task

"Let's get started." Jade responded

That in mind Raphael cast Mage Hand causing an ethereal hand of arcane energy to open the golden egg which subsequently burst into a nearly deafening screech of incomprehensible words that made both of them cover their ears. This went on for a few brief moments until Jade used her divine magic to control the water from the lake and have it surround the egg until it formed and orb around it the size of a watermelon which rippled from the sound of the golden egg.

With the sound it made now being drastically different from the screeching cacophony of noise that it once was and instead was a melodic song that described how the task would be underwater and to reclaim something that was taken. This information that was pieced together by the storm cleric and evoker didn't sit well with either of them, considering that they were not ready to leave anything up to chance on the part of these wizards in any capacity.

"Well that settles it, the moment we get back we are warding the place like crazy." Raphael spoke in wanting their tower warded like ASAP

"You will not have to tell me twice, because I didn't trust any of these people for a split second. With what this clue goes on about something being taken from you, I don't want to chance it being any one of us." Jade replied as she would be damned if anyone from the group would be taken for some damned task

"Which means once again, we're gonna have to be taking shifts considering that they could pull this at any given time." Jade added in knowing that a schedule of who would take shifts on watch would be needed

"Well, at least it'll keep us on our toes. Which reminds me that next week Orianna and I are gonna be going into that Forbidden Forest to go fight stuff in." Raphael told her considering that he did promise the tiefling that they'd go into it

"...Why would you and Orianna go into something that has Forbidden quite literally in its name?" Jade questioned as to what was going through the evoker's head when he agreed to this

"For one its super boring here and seeing as how there's not much else to do it seemed like a good idea at the time. Besides, it'll be a perfect way to keep my skills sharp until the next task." Raphael explained his reasoning behind why he agreed to go

With him having already agreed to it to help satiate Orianna's bloodlust and his own boredom at how mundane things were at a school for wizardry and because he wanted to keep his skills sharpened at a moments notice. Because Raphael knew that since he wasn't adventuring with the group on a constant basis that it meant that he needed a way to not only keep his skills up to snuff but also be able to train in the new spells he was learning from the lich's stash of arcane goodies and this was the best way he knew how to do it.

"I guess I can't fault either of you for that reason. Especially Orianna. The woman really does not like sitting around and doing nothing for any given period of time." Jade noted at the fact that the bloodthirsty paladin was more of a woman of action than anything

"Its one of her greatest strengths to be honest. After all, it's one of the things I admire about her that allows for her to go and get shit done." Raphael said in having admired Orianna's directness in being to the point in getting stuff done

"Still in any case, be careful Raphael. There's only so much I can do and I'd rather not have to heal the two of you too much, because the two of you decided to get reckless." Jade said in genuine concern as she'd rather not have to play doctor because the two of them got in over their heads

"Don't worry it'll be fine Jade. If it makes you feel any better, I'll make sure to pack plenty of healing potions just in case." Raphael replied which made the cleric of Thor breath a sigh of relief

"At least I can rest a bit more easily." Jade spoke in feeling better in knowing they'd have some measure of keeping themselves from getting too messed up

"One other thing I forgot to tell you is that I scheduled another interview with that Rita Skeeter woman." Raphael informed the water genasi who looked at him with her large piercing eyes

"Any particular reason as to why you agreed to do this?" Jade questioned as to the reasoning behind this

"I figured that why not get this woman on to mine and by extension our side. Since she's a pretty notable player in the media and I figured why not use it to our advantage while we're here." Raphael answered back in figuring that since Rita Skeeter was a well-known and skilled reporter that it'd only stand to reason to have her on his side

"Guess I can't argue with wanting to have a potential ally on your side. Not to mention that it may give us the chance to share what its like to be an adventurer for these people." Jade said in liking the idea of sharing what its like to have been an adventurer with the public

"Oh yeah, if anything this could get our name out there even further. Which is why if all goes according to plan I could get some joint interviews set up and share what we've gone through together." Raphael responded considering that this could be their chance to get themselves further out there

"Not to mention it would be a way to get people to follow the way of your lord." Raphael added as Jade's face lit up at hearing that possibility

"...You know me so well when it comes to what I love." Jade spoke considering that there were two things she valued above all else

The first being Lord Thor and the second being that of the group her familial bonds with them, with those two things in her life being such that she would die for and kill anyone over no matter what it took.

"Yes I do, I mean we've been like family for who knows how many years at this point." Raphael said with a bit of a chuckle at all the years they've been together

"Too many to count with all of what we've been through together." Jade replied with a small smile

"Anyways Jade, I'm gonna head back to the tower to record some more of those spells and go over the notes the lich had." Raphael said as he walked back towards the tower as he used mage hand to grab the egg that had long since dropped to the ground

"While we're at it I can help you get ready for your impending interview with this Skeeter woman." Jade responded as Raphael smiled

"I'd appreciate that since I'd ask Halos, but he's busy doing further recon and Orianna is...well Orianna." Raphael thanked the water genasi as they headed back to the tower


(2 days later, Hogsmeade, 3 Broomsticks, December 1st, 2017, 2:24 Pm)

It was 2 days later as Raphael had gone on a trip to Hogsmeade in order to meet with Rita who suggested they do so at the 3 Broomsticks, with him having gotten there and already ordered a few drinks to get things started.

"Nice to see that you came Mr. Stalin, I was afraid that you wouldn't show." Rita spoke as the evoker sat down on a seat in front of her

"Of course I would. After all, our 1st interview went so well that I figured why not go for a second one. Besides out of all the wizards I've met so far in my home country, you're the one I like the most so far." Raphael replied considering that out of the wizards thus far he rather like Rita

'It also doesn't help that she's smokin' hot as well.' Raphael thought to himself as he gave Rita's curvaceous form another once over

"Although I'm glad you like what you see and I'm sure we can work something out in the future Mr. Stalin. My eyes are up here." Rita told him, as she saw the evoker leering at her with lust

"Sorry about that..I couldn't help it for a moment. I mean you are a very gorgeous woman." Raphael complimented the reporter, causing a smile to come across her face

"Flattery will get you everywhere. So feel free to continue." Rita said as she didn't mind having an admirer in the form of The Boy Who Lived

"Well let's be real compared to all the other witches I've had the pleasure of pestering me about my being the Boy Who Lived that killed Voldemort, you're not only the most pleasant one to be around. But I'd be lying if I didn't include..extremely attractive in their as well." Raphael responded considering that if he had his chance he wouldn't mind knocking her boots

"I guess I should get this interview started by asking if you're taken by any chance?" Rita asked as her Quick-Quote Quill went to work

"Not at all actually. To be honest with my having been an adventurer for the majority of my life, I've never really cared to be tied down." Raphael answered in never really having given much thought to love since he started adventuring

With the driving force behind his becoming an adventurer being that he would gain arcane knowledge and power to the point of which no one could ever hurt him like the Dursleys did, or screw him over like Dumbledore had in putting him with his muggle hating relatives and screwing Sirius by not helping him.

"Well, I guess that means its open season for all of our female readers to try their luck at winning you over. Which leads me to my next question. Has anyone in the tournament or at Hogwarts caught your eye?" Rita questioned considering that Raphael was up for grabs for every girl who wanted to go after him

"No one has caught my eye at all during the tournament; if anything I'm not concerned about anyone in the tournament whatsoever. Especially because I know full well I can pretty much bitchslap them out of my way without trying too hard." Raphael replied in knowing full well that he could crush his supposed competition without much effort

"Really? You seem very confident in yourself to say that, some would say arrogant maybe. Since you are facing off against some of the best from each of the chosen schools." Rita spoke while Raphael let out a chuckle at hearing that

"Oh I'm sure they're the best at their school, but compared to me they don't even have so much as a single prayer. I mean unlike the rest of them I killed a fucking dragon single-handedly and that was me more or less putting on a show for everyone. So if my killing that Hungarian Horntail was just my putting on a bit of entertainment well…" Raphael replied as he let his words hang for a moment while his eyes turned teal and royal blue with arcane power

"Then just think of what I can do when I'm shaking the rust out of my gears and really start letting them have it." Raphael added considering that all it would take is him getting serious for just a few moments and none of them would survive a one on one with him

"Well, I nor my readers will argue with you on that since your capability to use wandless magic on the scale you did was nothing short of astounding." Rita agreed at the fact that the arcane might that Raphael showcased was nothing short of wondrous

"Well let's just say that in contrast to my supposed competition, I was able to get as good as I did through experience. Not my by sitting around in a classroom listening to some schmuck who probably doesn't know half of what they're going on about. Since I believe that experience is the best teacher and trust me when I say I've had to go through it all to come up with what I got." Raphael told her in knowing that being put through the shit was the best way in which one got to the level of power he was able to obtain

"While I guess its no doubt that your magical power is overwhelming, to say the least. There's still the unanswered question of if anyone during the tournament has caught your eye?" Rita questioned as to if anyone had caught the evoker's affections or attention at the very least

"Not at all really. Because to be perfectly honest my travels with my group have left me with expectations that the girls I see on a regular basis to not be met. Since I've quite literally seen better than what anyone at the tournament has to offer." Raphael answered back in having quite literally seen better than what was to offer at Hogwarts and Beauxbatons

Considering that when you not only travel as an adventurer but also journey to other planes of existence then you tend to meet and see women who either exceed most mortal women in terms of beauty or exotic standards of such, make it so that your expectations and what one is into are very much different.

"Oh, and would you mind telling our readers what it is you're into?" Rita inquired with a bit of a lustful grin at possibly getting an insight to what Raphael liked

"Ah, ah, ah that would be telling too much since we've just only met. Something that I'm sure can wait till later because right now I'm focused on winning this tournament." Raphael responded as he wasn't going to give away everything

"Fair enough I suppose, I guess that's prying a bit too far on only our 2nd interview. Now then the final question for our readers. What exactly do you have planned once you finish with the tournament?" Rita asked as to what his plans were

"That's simple. I plan on leaving this place and continuing to be an adventurer like I have for nearly all of my life." Raphael told her as though it were the simplest thing in the world

"As you and your readers must understand that I didn't come here out of any sense of nostalgia or love for my home country. All I'm here to do is win this tournament and get all of my affairs in order, so that when I do leave then I'm all set and ready to go to the next chapter of my life." Raphael added as once he was done with the tournament he was leaving along with Sirius

"Well, the only thing I and my readers would have to say about that is good luck to you in the rest of the tournament." Rita responded as she snapped her fingers which signaled her Quick-Quote Quill to stop recording the interview

"I guess that's it for the interview then?" Raphael questioned as the blonde reporter nodded

"Yes it is and I have to say Mr. Stalin that you are still one of the most interesting of the competitors, not to mention...one of the more handsome as well." Rita said as her blue-grey eyes looked over the evoker

"At least I know that he's single. They can call me a cradle robber all they want, but I'd like to have some of that." Rita thought to herself considering that she wouldn't mind having a piece of the evoker to herself

"Thanks for the compliment." Raphael responded as during this he'd downed his bottle of butterbeer

"Still if you ever want to get to know me on a more personal level then, by all means, feel free to do so, as I wouldn't mind it at all." Raphael added in not minding to get to know Rita some more if it led to fun times

"Trust me you'll be seeing more of me, as getting to know someone such as yourself more is an offer I'd be foolish not to take up. Especially with how much it'll boost my career." Rita said in knowing that getting closer wouldn't only do great for her career in getting more insight to Raphael but also snatching up the evoker as her own

"Excellent to hear which is why in addition to getting more one on one with me, I'll need you to do something for me." Raphael told her with a wide grin forming across his face

"Oh, and tell me what is it that I'll be doing for you?" Rita questioned

"That's simple. You see Albus Dumbledore has not only screwed me, but someone I care about and I'm not having any of that. Which is why I want you to help me take him down and make that old goat's life miserable." Raphael answered with spite and venom coloring his tone

With the one thing that Raphael wanted besides completing this tournament was to destroy Dumbledore for having fucked him and Sirius over for all these years, as he was going to make sure that the old goat would pay for having dicked with him in the first place.

"You want me to go after Dumbledore?... Finally an opportunity to take him down...oh this just made me the happiest woman in the world." Rita nearly squealed at the fact that she was being given a chance to take down Dumbledore

"Wow..and here I thought that you'd need a lot more convincing." Raphael said surprised at how readily Rita agreed to this

"One thing you have to know Raphael is that unlike everyone else who sees Albus Dumbledore as this supposed paragon of the light. I know better, as I see that conniving old bastard for what he really is. So I'll be more than happy to help you ruin him." Rita responded as she was more than willing to help in ruining Dumbledore considering how he wound up fucking her over as well

"Well, Mrs. Skeeter it seems that this is going to be a start to a wonderful relationship." Raphael said while Rita's smile only widened

"Yes, it will be. Anyways, it was a pleasure doing this with you, but I must get going. However, I expect that we'll be meeting soon enough?" Rita questioned

"Oh yes, we will." Raphael said considering that he was all for meeting with Rita again

"Excellent to hear and here's to seeing you again." Rita said as she gave him a quick peck on the lips and with a sultry smirk turned on her heels

'Well, this wound up being a good day for me.' Raphael thought to himself as he watched the reporter walk off with an added sway to her hips

'Not only do I get to know the Boy Who Lived more and eventually end a dry spell. But I also get to have revenge on Dumbledore for having ruined my career..oh this is a good day."'Rita thought to herself as she'd get revenge on Dumbledore and have a new boy toy as well..oh this was shaping up to be all sorts of wonderful

So then with Raphael having completed the 1st task and now having made headway in prepping for the 2nd, we now see that he's made a deal with Rita Skeeter; one of which proves to be mutually beneficial for the two of them. How will all of this shape up for our favorite evoker, well you'll have to find that out in the new chapters of Harry Potter: A Evoker's Tale.


Now then onto the reviews from the last chapter.

The Gamer King: Glad you like it so far and hope you continue to enjoy the rest of the story.

SkylerHollow: Hope you enjoyed the 1st task since it was a hell of a lot of fun to write.

dannyrockon122: Thanks for the 10 out of 10 on the last chapter and hope I can continue to deliver on future chapters.

Zerofullbuster: Happy you enjoy the story so much and I only hope can continue to deliver on future chapters of the story, since I'm still winding up on what's to come.

Kourtney Uzu Yato: Yeah as you can see Dumbledore is not only going to be getting it from Raphael on how he's fucked him and Sirius over, but now he's gonna be getting it from Rita as well which will be fun to write. And as to what would've happen with Rita if she acted like she had in canon, the answer is that she would've been plane shifted to the 9 hells where demons would perpetually fuck her up. Also with what happened to Ron that was him getting a taste of a fear spell at its lower levels and should be thankful that Raphael didn't decide to turn it up to 11 and give him further brain damage than what he already has and I get what you mean. Also, Draco will be showing his talents in transmutation later on down the line, especially in the next part of the story where Voldemort returns. As for Hermione well like I said you'll have to see.


And cut as that ends this chapter of which I hope all of you guys enjoyed. But without further delay let's get down to it now shall we.

First up I hoped you guys liked how Raphael completed the 1st task since I wanted to show off the scale of what he's capable of considering that all of them are of very high-level adventurers and I thought what better way to show this than with Raphael.

Following up is the celebratory scene with the group and Sirius which I thought would be nice to do in what it entailed.

Next up we've got Jade and Raphael figuring out the whole bit of what the 2nd task is going to entail, as well as setting up countermeasures to prevent anyone from the group or Sirius for that matter from getting kidnapped for the 2nd task.

Lastly, we've got a bit between Raphael and Rita which I thought would be dope to do in showing a bit more of what Raphael's personality is like and setting up what will be a relationship between Rita and Raphael that will be developed down the line.

So then with all that being said please favorite, follow, review and share this story out as much as possible and thanks for the support given to the story, as I really appreciate it. And remember reviews help the story a lot since it means quite a bit to me and who knows I may gain future ideas from them also remember flames will be ignored while criticism that's well thought out and reasonable will be accepted.

Well, this is Nomadic Chaos using the power of said chaos to give you guys good content to read, with the next chapter being of Orianna and Raphael fucking shit up in the Forbidden Forest and Raphael choosing who to take to the Yule Ball.

Part 1 Theme Song: Magic Zone by Volbeat

Random End Song: Becoming the Dragon by Trivium