(Hogwarts: Gryffindor Common Room)
Harry was entering the Gryffindor common room after the penning a letter to Sirius letting him know that he was alright and details about the task. He immediately knew that something was going on, as everyone was down in the common room.
"That was a great performance" Stated a Seventh year
"Thanks" Stated Harry as he made his way towards his dorm, wanting to be left alone
"Hold it there, Harry." Stated Fred
"This a party for you" finished George as Harry turned around to address his house
"I don't want a party. None of you believed me, and I still don't know if you do. The only one that can celebrate my success is myself." Declared Harry
"You represented Gryffindor" Argued a Gryffindor
"No, I represented myself. None of you wanted anything to do with me, and I am not giving you the credit for my hard work. If you want to celebrate then go ahead, I will not be joining" Argued Harry as he pushed past Fred and George and went into his dorm
"Come on, Ron. Let us go talk to him" Stated Hermione and Ron nodded and followed behind her to the fourth-year boys' dorm as the other Gryffindor were arguing about something
Harry had just picked out a book to read in bed when he saw the door opened. Hermione and Ron entered the room and Harry put the book down.
"Why did you do that?" demanded Hermione
"I thought I already explained myself" Retorted Harry angrily
"We just want to celebrate your victory" Argued Ron
"And you all can do that; I will not be joining. The House once again turned their back on me, and I am not letting it go so easily this time." Revealed Harry
"You should just accept it" Scolded Hermione as Harry started to get angry
"Should I? They didn't believe me, and I still know if they do. Even you both didn't believe, and you are supposed to be my best friends" Snapped Harry
"We did believe you" Argued Ron
"You had a funny way of showing it if that is true. Trying to throw stuff in my cauldron in potions class, telling everyone that I was lying, knowing what the first task entailed but not sharing it with me" Argued Harry
"How … How do you know that?" asked Hermione shocked
"You two weren't being as quiet as you thought you were, and that is the only thing I could thank you for" Returned Harry
"You are a cheater" Snapped Ron
"If you know anything about this tournament, then you must know that cheating is a part of the tournament, and I wasn't the only champion to know what the task entailed. And I would rather cheat then die in this tournament that someone illegally entered me into" Returned Harry
"Cedric didn't look like he knew that the task was" Argued Hermione
"Obviously no one told him, and don't blame me. You two knew as well" Snapped Harry
"You are turning into a Slytherin" Snapped Ron
"If I have to be a Slytherin to survive this tournament then so be it" Snapped Harry
"Look, I know we each made mistakes here. But I think we should move past it" Instructed Hermione as Harry turned to her in shock
"This isn't something that we can simply move past, you two abandoned me when I needed you." Stated Harry angrily
"Maybe if you apologized" Stated Ron
"Why should I apologize? I didn't nothing wrong" Returned Harry
"Neither did I" Argued Ron
"I am not going to move past it, you two can leave me alone until you want to apologize" Declared Harry
"You shouldn't stay in the past" Scolded Hermione
"It isn't in the past. It happened and I am not letting this behavior slide" Hissed Harry
"Let's go Hermione, obviously he doesn't want to apologize" Snapped Ron as he dragged Hermione away as she glared at him. When they left, he made sure no one was around and opened the egg and heard the loud screams and quickly shut it. He opened his trunk and hide the egg inside so no one could take it before grabbing his pajamas and going to sleep.
(Hogwarts: Snape's office – next afternoon)
"Your performance was better than expected, and your use of the stunners when caught, we didn't go over that" Stated Snape as he and Harry meet in Snape's office
"Thank you. I remember reading about how Dragon Handlers would have to stun dragons on preserves and chanced that it would work. I put more of my magic into the spell and cast as fast as I could" Revealed Harry
"If it wasn't for Karkaroff then you would have second easily." Stated Snape
"The Gryffindor wanted to throw a party for me" admitted Harry
"Of course, they did" Sneered Snape
"I didn't want it, told them to celebrate if they wanted to but I wasn't going to join them. Hermione and Ron finally talked to me" Shared Harry
"McGonagall had mentioned it got heated between the three of you" Shared Snape
"They want me to move past it. Ron even claims that he did believe me, I don't believe him" Admitted Harry
"And why pray-tell do you know that?" asked Snape
"He wouldn't have acted like that if he actually believed me, and he wouldn't even apologize. He said I should apologize even thought I didn't do anything wrong. He called me a cheater and I said that I would rather be a cheater than be dead." Admitted Harry
"You knowing the first task" Guessed Snape
"Yeah, I told them that was the only thing to be thankful for." Admitted Harry as he bite his lip to prevent him from telling what else Ron said
"What else did he say?" demanded Snape as he saw Harry was trying to stop himself from saying anything else
"Well?" Demanded Snape
"He said I was acting like a Slytherin" admitted Harry reluctantly
"And that is a bad thing?" Demanded Snape
"No, it is just …. Not a lot of Slytherins are nice to me" admitted Harry reluctantly
"How the other Slytherins treat you has nothing to do with showing the traits of the house. Your Feud with Malfoy is not helping matter, and your current attitude as much as you may not like it is a Slytherin one. Gryffindor would be more about fair play" Hissed Snape
"Sorry" admitted Harry
"We will be having words about your feud with Malfoy today because it will be relevant to your meeting with the student's parents" asked Snape
"It isn't Draco, is it?" asked Harry in horror
"Does it matter?" Demanded Snape
"No, I was just shocked is all" Defended Harry
"How did your feud with Malfoy start?" asked Snape
"Well, I meet him first when I was getting Robes before 1st year. It was my first time in the wizarding world since … well Hagrid left me to gather other supplies … "Started Harry
"Hagrid brought you to the Alley" Hissed Snape
"Oh yeah, I had some problems getting my letter and he delivered it" Shared Harry
"Did they send it to the wrong address" Stated Snape sarcastically
"Uh no, My Aunt and Uncle burned the letters." Corrected Harry as Snape paused
"Petunia?" Demanded Snape angrily
"Yes" Stated Harry confused on how Snape knew his aunt
"Dumbledore left you with her" Demanded Snape
"Yeah, he said something about Blood Wards. Do you know her?" Shared Harry
"Unfortunately, I do, I knew your mother growing up. We were friends until we had an argument that we never reconciled. That is a story for another time. I do know how Petunia was about the fact that she wasn't a witch." Revealed Snape
"Is that why you are helping me?" asked Harry
"Take off your shirt" Replied Snape instead
"Professor?" asked Harry confused what taking his shirt had to do with anything
"You want my answer then you will take off your shirt first." Returned Snape
"I … I can't" Whispered Harry
"Potter, I will stun you if I have to." Warned Snape
"You wouldn't tell anyone" Whispered Harry
"I don't know if I can, I cannot let you return there" admitted Snape
"Dumbledore says I must go back, I asked him every year if I could go anywhere else" Whispered Harry
"Let me see how bad it is, I promise that I will not the press or school know if I can help it" Promised Snape as Harry nodded and took off the shirt to reveal another shirt which he took off slowly as Snape came over and was shocked at what he saw
"Does anything hurt?" asked Snape
"My right arm, from the dragon burn." admitted Harry as he looked away
"This is not your fault" Stated Snape as he scanned Harry with his wand
"No broken bones thankfully but a lot of scars and burns. I shall be giving you a nutrition potion every night that you will take along with proper meals. I shall precure something to remove as much of the scars and burns as possible" Ordered Snape as Harry put the shirts back on
"Can ... Can you get rid of the scar on my forehead?" asked Harry
"Has it ever been looked at?" Inquired Snape
"I don't know" Admitted Harry
"I shall look at it another night, and we will be talking about the abuse as well. Now back to your feud with Malfoy?" asked Snape
"I was told … that all Slytherins were evil. I had meet Draco in the robes shop. I don't think he knew it was me and he reminded me of my cousin, who is a bully. I was sitting with Ron when Draco came in and offered me his hand, he had insulted Ron who was my first friend" Shared Harry
"Firstly, who told you that all Slytherins were evil and did no one give you any book on proper protocol for Wizarding Houses" Demanded Snape
"Uh, it was Hagrid and Ron. And no one gave me books on Wizarding Protocol" Shared Harry
"I shall be ordering such a book for you, and I expect you to read the whole thing. I shall have to push our meeting back then. "Stated Snape
"Who is the meeting with anyway?" asked Harry
"Lord Greengrass and his family. He has a daughter, Daphne in your year but in Slytherin. And a younger daughter who is a second year also in Slytherin" Revealed Snape as he gauged Harry's reaction
"Was my father a Lord?" asked Harry
"I don't know, your family does have a lordship. It would of came out during the will reading" Supplied Snape
"I didn't know my parents had a will" Admitted Harry
"Didn't they read it back in first year?" demanded Snape
"No, I only took money out. Since then, I haven't been able to go back to the Bank alone. I haven't received letters either" admitted Harry
"Albus and his plans, it seems that Albus is keeping you from the Bank and therefore you parents will, we will need to do a visit at some point to correct this" admitted Snape as his list of stuff to do with Potter grew
"Thank you" Stated Harry
"Have you tried the clue yet?" Inquired Snape
"I did, all I heard was screeches. It wasn't in English" admitted Harry
"Another language then, I shall compile a list of magical languages for our next meeting two night from now" Stated Snape
"Professor, you never did answer my question" Pointed out Harry
"Yes, I am doing this because of your mother" Shared Snape Reluctantly
(Hogwarts: Gryffindor Common Room)
Harry had returned to the Common room and went up to his room and paused at the site of his bed, his trunk was tipped over, but nothing was missing luckily, he had charmed it so it would only open for him something that he glad he had learned after being entered into the tournament. His bed however was a mess with the word Cheater carved into the mattress through the blankets and sheets. Knowing it must have been a Gryffindor he decided to see if McGonagall would do anything about it. He approached her quarters and knocked at her door.
"Can I help you Mr. Potter?" asked McGonagall
"Someone carved the word cheater into my bed, through the blankets and sheets and into the mattresses" Revealed Harry
"Unfortunately, I have no way to know who did it, and will fix it first thing in the morning" Dismissed McGonagall as Harry walked away angry that McGonagall was not helping him again.
(Greengrass Manor)
Lord Daniel Greengrass was sitting at the dinner table when an owl swope down and landed near him and offered his leg.
"What is it dear?" asked Lady Greengrass as Daniel read the letter and got angry
"Isabella, it is from Professor Snape. He says he will have to push our meeting back a week" Stated Daniel
"Did he say why?" asked Isabella
"He claims that something came up about the student's relationship with their guardians and has to be looked into before a meeting can occur" Stated Daniel
"At least we have a meeting set up, I am sure the Professor will explain why." Reassured Isabella
"I know, but I don't want Astoria to suffer any more than she has to" Stated Daniel
"At least a cure has been found, I hope negotiations will go well and she can be cured or at least have a solution" Pointed out Isabella
"I know. And there is one thing we can offer for the blood, and I know Daphne will not be happy" Stated Daniel
"I think she would care more for her sister being healthy" Argued Isabella
"I hope you are right" Stated Daniel