Okay, getting into the first task…here we go.

I do not own Harry Potter

Amelia Bones would spend the rest of the day interviewing Pettigrew, Kino and Sirius over what exactly happened that night all those years ago. Pettigrew had confessed after only a bit of pressure, sobbing about how he hadn't had a choice, that Voldemort was going to kill him if he hadn't done what he'd done.

It was clear that Sirius Black was innocent. Madam Bones released him and started preparing for Pettigrew's trial which would be held only two weeks later.

The door to Sirius's interrogation room opened and Kino came rushing in,

"Siri!" he pounced on Sirius, sending the man crashing to the floor.

"Ow!"

Madam Bones watched the scene with a bit of amusement. She still didn't understand why the two of them had been sitting in a café playing cards with someone who was supposed to be 'Death' of all things. Maybe it was some sort of joke? It certainly seemed like something Sirius Black would do. The man was notorious for his pranks back during his time at Hogwarts.

"You can gain custody of me now, right?" Kino asked Sirius.

"Yeah, I can gain custody of you." Sirius agreed, "But before we start talking about that…could you maybe get off me first?"

Kino pretended to think about this, he was sitting on top of Sirius who was on the floor, laying on his back.

"I don't know…well…if I have to..." He grinned, getting up off the ground and offering Sirius a hand.

The man took it, and Kino pulled him up.

"I should probably get back to Hogwarts…Oh, that's right!" Kino recalled, then took a piece of parchment out of his pocket, "Please take my previous offer under consideration. Here's the details."

Sirius blinked, looking down at the parchment in confusion.

"Come watch me fight a dragon later, Siri, it's going to be a blast!"

"I'll escort you back to Hogwarts, Mister Potter." Madam Bones offered.

"Okay, thanks." Kino agreed, allowing her to show him out of the room.

"You may leave, Mister Black. Your name is cleared." Madam Bones assured, "I'll send you a letter to inform you of your compensation for your imprisonment later."

Sirius nodded absently. He was free…free to do whatever the hell he wanted. He took out the parchment Kino had given him. His eyebrows shot up in surprise a grin made its way onto his face. He knew exactly what the hell he wanted to do.

The newspapers the next day were full of blaring headlines in regards to Sirius Black's proven innocence and Peter Pettigrew's incarceration in Azkaban.

"Good for you, mate." Ron said, patting on the shoulder, "Sirius is free so, you'll get to live with him now, right?"

"I certainly hope so." Kino agreed, "He's said he'd watch me fight the dragons in the first task, I can't wait to see him."

Ron and Hermione both paled. Luna, who had taken to sitting with them at the Gryffindor table didn't seem surprised in the least…though Luna was never surprised.

"Dragons?" Hermione repeated shakily.

"Don't worry." Kino waved away, "Luna and I came up with a plan. It was quite brilliant actually."

Hermione gave them an odd look,

"Harry…what exactly is your relationship with Luna anyways? It's like you became friends overnight…" it had been bothering her for a while.

"That's tough to explain." Kino said thoughtfully, "We met in the hall, another Ravenclaw was being mean to her and knocked her books down and I helped her pick them up. We got to talking and…I guess we just hit it off?" he shrugged, "I heard a rumor about there being a Yule ball or something coming up at some point, I'll probably ask Luna later. I want to ask her as soon as possible before someone else does. But when should I ask her…"
"Oh, I was planning on asking you." Luna said, looking bewildered.

"Well now we obviously have a problem." Kino sighed.

Luna nodded in agreement,

"Who's going to ask who and when?"

"Seriously, are you dating or…" Ron interrupted, not entirely sure what to make of the two of them.

"I haven't even thought about dating." Kino admitted, then looked at Luna, "You want to date?"

Luna looked thoughtful,

"I wouldn't be against it. You did bring me a herd of crumple-horned snorkacks. I suppose that could be considered romantic."

Kino shrugged,

"I just did it because I thought the chaos that would ensue would be funny. Plus, they now worship me as their god, so, there's that…"

"Quite true." Luna agreed.

"Well, I suppose we could give it a go." Kino decided at last, "I've never dated a human before, so I'm certainly looking forward to the opportunity. How about we have a picnic next weekend? That sounds dateish."

"That does sound dateish." Luna agreed, "Alright, picnics are fun."

Kino gave a nod, then looked back at Ron and Hermione who were eyeing the pair oddly,

"I'm sorry I asked." Ron eventually said, turning back to his meal and poking at his salad.

The day of the first task arrived and Kino was eating lunch normally when McGonagall came for him,

"Come Mister Potter," She said, "The champions need to make it down to the grounds to get ready for the first task now."

"Alright." Kino agreed, wondering if Sirius had made it, he looked down at Luna, "I'll see you after the task is done."

Luna nodded, completely unconcerned in comparison to Hermione and Ron who appeared to be nervous wrecks.

"Don't worry." Luna said as Kino walked away with McGonagall, "Harry has a plan. It's brilliant, if I do say so. He won't die…besides, you saw the results of our poker game, Death can't have Harry for at least another week."

Neither Hermione nor Ron were reassured by this.

As Hermione, Ron and Luna made their way down to the Quidditch pitch, they were called over by a very familiar man sitting in the stands with most of the Gryffindors.

"Luna! Hermione, Ron!" he shouted, waving at them joyously. He was sitting with a Remus Lupin who looked to be a nervous wreck, fidgeting in his seat and looking down at the pitch. He seemed to jump at nearly every sound.

Surely enough, they could all see cages with four different dragons in them, all separated from each other of course.

"I can't believe he's fighting dragons." They heard Remus say as they approached the two men.

"Don't worry." Luna said dreamily, "Harry has a plan."

"I've been trying to tell him that." Sirius said, "But he just doesn't listen."

"This must be a good plan for you to not be worried at all." Remus said, looking up at Sirius who seemed to be the epitome of calm.

"He'll be fine." Sirius nodded, a very severe look on his face as he looked down at the stadium.

Bagman came out to explain to them all what the task was, that the champions had to retrieve a golden egg from the nest of a mother dragon. Something Hermione fumed about as she was quite certain it was animal cruelty.

A whistle was blown and the first dragon was released, a chain around it's neck, though it was still most definitely deadly. The first champion to come out of the tent was Cedric Diggory who transfigured a rock into a dog and had it distract the dragon while he retrieved the egg.

"A most commendable strategy." Luna nodded wisely.

"A bit sloppy." Sirius commented, "Though I'm a bit biased. Using a dog as a distraction is not my first choice."

The second one out was Fleur who used a sort of magical song to lull the dragon into a trance. Sadly, it broke from it's daze and attacked, setting her robes on fire. She managed to extinguish it though, and quite quickly. She lost points for the damage with the judges.

The next one out was Krum.

"Not surprising." Luna said, "Harry certainly loves to make an entrance. He would be either first or last."

Sirius nodded intensely and Remus gave his friend an odd look, thinking it weird that he agreed with that line of thought.

Surely enough, once Krum went back into the tent (he'd gotten a lower score due to the dragon's eggs being broken), Kino came out at the sound of the last whistle.

The fiercest of the four dragons came out snarling, flames coming out of it's nostrils. Yet Kino remained calm, looking the dragon directly in the eye, he drew his wand.

"Accio, afro wig!"
In a matter of moments, a fluffy wig came flying out of nowhere and into Kino's hand. He took off his glasses, letting them fall to the ground, then put on the wig and started moving his fingers back and forth.

"What the hell is he doing?" Remus hissed.

Sirius and Luna both stared down at the field intensely. The crowd had gone silent, baffled by the peculiar behaviour.

The dragon seemed to calm down, it's gaze turned back towards the tent, staring at the entrance intensely. Kino then walked past the dragon, took the golden egg, and walked back without the dragon doing a thing.

"What was that?" Hermione looked at Luna, hoping the blond girl would have an explanation, "You and Harry planned that, right?"

"We did." Luna agreed with a sharp nod, "We agreed that this was a tournament where the champion would have to do something to get passed the dragon. But if the dragon was confronted by someone who wasn't the champion, they would completely ignore them."

Hermione just stared at the girl with fish eyes.

"That's why we had to buy a wig. Harry Potter doesn't have an afro, everyone knows that."

"That's. Not. How. It. Works." Hermione thumped her head against the wooden railing with each word she spoke.

"Well," Ron began, looking down at the stadium, completely befuddled, "That was stupid."

Remus's jaw fell open slightly, only agreeing to Ron's sentiment with a slight nod.

Kino had to keep himself from laughing as he was called out by the judges to see his score. He had scored pretty low, though he figured it was because he hadn't used any flashy display of magic and had basically mocked the entire first round of the tournament.

Serves them right for making me fight dragons when I could have very well have been a side performance, Kino thought to himself, still fuming a little bit at the lack of effort in regards to his safety.

He made his way out of the quidditch pitch where he saw Hermione, Ron, Luna, Sirius, and Remus all come running over to greet him.

"Harry!" Luna called, "Our plan worked!"
Kino beamed at her,

"It did, didn't it?"

"Harry," Hermione approached him, "What did you do exactly?"

"I was just about to ask the same question, Miss Granger."

They all turned to see Dumbledore coming out of the tent, eyes sparkling madly with curiosity.

"It's quite simple," Kino began, "I disguised myself so the dragon wouldn't recognise me. Then I approached her nest and took the egg."

Dumbledore blinked in complete and utter confusion, an expression that appeared rather foreign on his face.

"Which is why he summoned the wig." Sirius supplied helpfully.

"Exactly." Kino agreed, "Everyone knows Harry Potter doesn't have an afro."

Hermione let out a small scream of frustration and Remus planted his face into his hands.

As the days went by, people approached Kino asking him how exactly he had managed to get passed the dragon, only to walk away in confusion once he had given him his explanation. Hermione and Ron had started acting concerned about Kino's recent behaviour as it was most out of character for the boy that had known for years now, and rather crazy. Some people believed it was Luna Lovegood's influence, and though that might have been partially true, it also had much to do with the fact that Kino was completely unburdened by his 'destiny,' having decided not to put the weight of the world on his own shoulders this time, and resolving himself to never return to the Dursleys.

Unburdened, unhinged, and with godly powers and knowledge of the past and many possible futures. Of course, he was a little crazy.

Kino took Luna on a picnic by the lake on Saturday which ended in the two of them doing a bit of cloud watching.

"Hey, Kino?" Luna asked him.
"Hm?" Kino said lazily, staring up at the sky.

"Wanna go to the Yule ball with me?"

"Yes." Kino said, "That is, if you're asking me to go with you?"
"I am." Luna said simply.

"Then, yes." Kino agreed, "I suppose that resolves the who should ask who and when debate."

"It was getting a bit old." Luna agreed.

They continued to laze about the day in contemplation, there wasn't much else to do, after all. Kino already knew how to open the egg. But there was one problem…

"Hey, Luna?" Kino asked her vaguely, "The second task is saving the person I would most miss from a hostage situation beneath the lake. That would probably be either you or Sirius. But how can I really screw with their minds?"

Luna looked thoughtful,

"I would have to be simple." She thought out loud, "Too flashy and you might reveal your secret."

"How long do you think it would take for an average wizard to vanish all the water in the lake?" Kino asked her, trying to think outside the box."

Luna looked thoughtful,

"I think I know what you're thinking…It would take quite a bit of time…Perhaps an hour?"

"Perfect." Kino grinned, "The task will be approximately two hours long, I should think. And wouldn't it be fun if I could get the other champions to join in?"

"Oh, but what about the merpeople?" Luna asked him worriedly.

"Point." Kino agreed, "Maybe I'll keep that as a back-up plan then. Think I should try making a deal with the merpeople? Oh! I just thought of something, oh, this will definitely be funny. Luna! We need to order a lot of green seaweed and some rice!"

Luna looked excited at this, any plan involving green seaweed had to be a good one.