Chapter 13-

" This is so frustrating." Blaise groaned as he sat down next to Harry in the library.

Harry watched him with a frown. " What's wrong??" He asked the boy.

Blaise huffed.

" It's the Yule Ball." He said and Harry grinned knowingly.

" Trouble finding a date??" He asked. The boy glowered at Harry. " Not everyone can have three beautiful girls pinning after him. Some of us poor peasants have to work for it." Blaise said as Harry smirked.

" They like me a lot, Blaise. The feeling is mutual. I will do anything for those three. They are not some playthings or properties. They are independent, smart, and beautiful young women who are brilliant in their own way. Honestly, I am privileged to know them. I haven't said it outright but, let's wait and see." He said as he placed his book back down.

" Who are you going to take??" He asked Harry. Harry frowned in thought.

" I don't know. I am thinking of taking Daphne. Let's see." He said.

" What about the second task??" Asked Blaise." Are you ready??" He asked.

Harry nodded. " I solved the egg a week back. It was tricky. Though there are some blanks that I have to fill. I'll do it slowly. There is a lot of time." Harry said as he flicked his wand and twirled his wand between his fingers. " Something is wrong here, Blaise. I can't shake off the feeling that something is coming. I know Barty Crouch Jr and Voldemort had planned something but I still can't place my finger on what he is thinking." Harry mused as he let out a deep sigh.

" What are your plans, Tom??" He asked no one in particular.

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Harry was pulled into an empty room by a soft hand. He smiled. He knew the presence. Though the person was invisible, Harry knew who it was. The scent. The scent of vanilla.

The disillusionment charm was lifted to see smug looking Elena.

" Caught you off guard. Didn't I??" Asked Elena with a smirk.

Harry burst into laughter. He laughed all the more harder when he saw the girl pout cutely at him.

" Ok. Ok fine. I was really scared, Elena." He said though his grin spoiled his confusion.

Elena glared at him. " You could at least pretend to be scared, couldn't you??" She asked him. Harry just smiled.

" So?? What made you assault me like this in between the halls in broad daylight??" Harry asked with a mirth in eyes.

Elena glared at him. "I was thinking of giving you something. But you are a prat." She said and turned. Harry caught her hand as she turned and Elena smiled.

She was face to face with her fiance. " Ok fine. Please tell me what it is??" Asked Harry.

Elena grinned flirtatiously and claimed his lips in a passionate kiss.

Their snogging continued for some time with each of them letting their hands wander.

She laid her head on his shoulder and snuggled into his side, holding his arm tightly.

" Who are you taking to the Ball??" She asked him. Harry sighed. " I really don't know. I really want to take you to the ball, but I want to take Frenchie and Daphne as well. I am in a dilemma." He said.

Elena smiled." I knew this would happen." She said." How about you take Daphne??" She said and Harry frowned.

" But.." he was interrupted by Elena. " I and Fleur will go together. We can change partners after the first dance." She said.

" As you wish." He said.

" It's no problem, Harry. Everybody knows that me and Fleur are off limits. Now, they must know that Daphne is off limits as well. I know you like her a lot, Harry. I have seen the way you look at her. She is a wonderful girl. Intelligent, powerful. Pretty. Not as much as me. But still very pretty." She said.

Harry chuckled at her words. " Do you find something funny, Lord Potter??" She asked him with a raised eyebrow.

Harry shook his head. " Nothing, dear soon to be Lady Potter." He said as he slowly claimed her lips again.

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Daphne sighed again as she saw the eyes of many other boys on her. She had been badgered again and again by the boys of many schools for accompanying them to the Yule Ball. She was fed up.

She had to endure the childishness of Draco Malfoy. Though the boy was too embarrassed to speak about his father or his family after Daphne rejected him.

Tracy watched as her friend sat a bit dejected. She knew what was going on through her head. Her friend wanted Harry to ask her to the Ball. She smiled discreetly. Her friend was in for a surprise.

Daphne was broken from her thoughts when the great hall became extremely silent. She frowned and looked towards the door to see Harry standing near the door. He walked towards her. She smiled. Harry's entrance these days, especially after the dragon affairs, was always like this.

As she watched Harry walking towards her, with a purpose on his face, her heart started beating wildly. She had wanted him to ask her to the Ball. She hoped that he would ask her. Now, something told her that her wish was about to get fulfilled.

Harry came and dropped down on one knee in front of Daphne. Her eyes were now wide with shock and also a hint of hope.

He conjured a bouquet of white roses, which he knew were Daphne's favorite from Astoria.

" Daphne Greengrass. Will you do the honor of accompanying me to the Yule Ball??" He asked her with his charming smile.

Daphne smiled brightly as she took the bouquet from Harry." Yes." She replied and was rewarded with a beaming smile from Harry.

" Brilliant. Brilliant." He said and got up.

He kissed her cheek and stepped back. " I will see you later." He smiled and walked back out of the hall.

" That was so romantic." Gushed Astoria from next to Daphne. " Are you happy??" Asked Tracy. " Very happy." Daphne replied with a brilliant grin.

" But what about Fleur and Elena??" Asked a confused Daphne as she frowned.

" We are going together." Daphne turned to see Elena and Fleur standing behind her.

" I spoke with Harry. He was in a dilemma but we convinced him that he must take you. Well, Fleur and I are already going together. We knew that you were expecting him to ask, but Harry is a prat when it comes to women. So I pushed him a little." Elena said.

" Yes. It's time you made your move, Daphne. Otherwise, I will move forward. I can't wait to get him in a room." Fleur said as she licked her lips.

Elena groaned." Please, Fleur. Reign yourself in. I am finding it difficult to control myself whenever we kiss. I just want to tear his clothes apart and ravish him but I hold myself in."

Fleur smirked. " That's a problem for you. For me, it doesn't matter. I would really tear his clothes and have my way with him. Just wait. My Veela side is screaming to claim him." She said.

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" This seems particularly difficult." Harry said to no one in particular.

He had been stuck in one of his projects. He wanted to manipulate the atmosphere into his weapon. He had made some headway but not till something he had expected. He raised his wand and swept the entire area around him in air and flicked his wand in random directions.

After channeling enough of his magic, the air around him started to ripple and a dome formed around Harry. He raised his hand in an upward motion and a chunk of earth tore itself from the ground, and formed a shield in front of him. He pointed towards the Black lake and a big wave of water slammed into the rock and dissipated.

Harry sighed in disappointment. This was proving to be a sturdy challenge. But it only made the work all the more desirable to Harry. He loved a challenge and now, one fell right into his lap.

" You seem to be trying something." He heard a gruff voice call out and Harry figured out who it was in a second.

" What?? No shouts of constant vigilance??" Harry asked with a smirk.

Alastor Moody snorted. " I don't want to lose my arm just for the sake of jumping out of nowhere thank you very much, Potter." Moody said.

" Are you up for a duel Alastor??" Asked Harry as he stretched the soreness in his body. The old man grinned at Harry. " That was exactly why I came looking for you. This place is boring and crawling with brats that get on my nerves." Moody grumbled.

Harry smirked. " You seem to enjoy the effect you have on people when you barge in and scare the living daylight out of them, Mad Eye."

Moody nodded. "Aye, lad. That is one thing I like doing. I haven't had such fun since Nymphadora started training under me." He said with a sinister looking smirk.

" Well, let's duel." Harry said as he fired a cutting curse that Moody swatted away.

" Yes. Let's." Moody said.

It was an hour later when a sweating and panting Moody dropped into the ground after the duel. ' What is the boy even made of??' he thought to himself. He had been fighting him for the past hour and if this had been a real fight, he would have been dead a dozen times.

" You have gotten better, Potter." Moody praised the young man. Harry smiled as he bent over his knee to drain his exhaustion. " Well. It's necessary." Harry shrugged.

" Kid, the way you fight, the opponent must think that you have been fighting all your life. You are a dangerous player, Potter. If I didn't know what kind of man you were, I would have been plotting to kill you in my dreams." Moody said as he wiped away the sweat from his eyes.

" Ok. It's enough. Stop bragging about me, will you??" He said. The two started to walk back into the castle.

" You feel it too, don't you??" Moody asked him. Harry understood what he was saying at once. " Yes. I know something is going on, Alastor. Something bad. I hope against hope that nothing untoward happens." Harry said as they entered the castle.

As soon as the two walked into the castle, Harry felt a feeling of dread overcoming him. Something was amiss. He continued into the great hall and spotted Elena. He smiled. He moved towards her seat when out of nowhere, five tall wizards with cloaks jumped behind her and one drove a dagger to her back.

Daphne screamed as she witnessed what happened. Harry froze in his place. His heart plummeted down as he witnessed what happened. His throat parched up and no sound could be made. He saw his betrothed and girlfriend faint unconscious. Something snapped within his mind and before he knew it, his wand was moving in a flourish.

There were five of them. Their faces were covered in a black hood. Their entire attire was black. A purple bolt from Harry hit the group and there was a boom. The five were scattered very quickly. Harry's eyes were now scary green in color. His wand moved with a speed that was impossible. Within two seconds, he had all those men on the floor in front of him, whimpering in pain. Harry's entire demeanor had now changed. He left the men on the floor and rushed towards the witch who had lost consciousness.

He sat down and gathered her in his arms.

"Elena??" He called. He patted her cheeks. She didn't respond. Harry murmured a few words and the wound was sealing, but she had lost a lot of blood. He was now feeling frantic. " Ellie…" he called her. " Please. Please get up. It's me. Harry. Please get up." He said and cradled her in his arms.

He didn't know when but tears were flowing from his eyes. Her face was growing paler by the second.

" No!! Please. Get Madam Pomfrey." He called out and pleaded with Daphne who was standing next to him. She stood up and was about to move, but Madam Pomfrey was coming towards them.

Harry let go when Poppy gently took Elena away from his grip. He stood up. His anger increased in spades when he saw her face becoming paler. He turned to the five downed men.

That day, the great hall witnessed a face of Harry Potter that they had never imagined.

Pure, unadulterated fury and rage. That was the only thing that could be described as the expression of Harry. He stalked forward. The cutlery and the items in the great hall began to shake uncontrollably.

Many goblets and plates were blasted into ashes. The hall was very suffocating with the increase of magic in the air. He made his way to the fallen men. He pulled a guy holding his neck towards him.

" Who are you??" He asked silently. The man just gave a weak grin. That incensed Harry. He punched the man right on his face. " Speak up. Who the fuck are you??" He growled.

The man spat the blood that had formed in his mouth. " Fuck you." He said and grinned. Harry took a deep breath. He stood up and watched as the five men laughed weakly at their companions' poor excuse of a joke.

" Who sent you??" He asked. " You people are assassins, aren't you?" He asked them. "You have made your way into the castle and bypassed wards without a magical overload and only two assassin groups according to me are capable of this deed. One has been wiped out. I know it firsthand because it was my grandfather and great uncle that destroyed the group and that base." He said coldly and many flinched at that tone.

" So, this means you are the last remaining members of the Black Cloaks." He said and McGonagall let out an audible gasp. Many knew of the infamous Black Cloaks. It was recorded that this group was taken down and killed by the hit wizards of the French nation and all but six of them were killed.

" Why are you here??" He asked them. The men just sat there without any response, only grinning.

Now, Harry was definitely pissed off. He took a deep breath.

Many expected him to start punching each of them. What they didn't expect was for him to smile. Many were confused. ' Why the hell was he smiling??' they thought.

Harry took a step forward and sat down in front of the men. He called for Tippy. " Go and get that gray bag I had placed on my table in the study. The elf nodded and popped away to follow his orders.

" You know, people really fail to understand what my family is truly capable of. They think that going after someone with the name Potter is easy to push around, but what they don't know is what would happen to them if a Potter gets angry." Harry said with a smirk.

Tippy popped back and brought forth a gray coloured bag. " Thank you, Tippy. You can leave." He smiled at his elf and she bowed and left. Harry opened the bag and took out a small pyramid.

" You know what this is??" He asked them.

The five men watched the boy warily.

" This is famously known as the Ottomans prison." He said.

" Mr Potter. I urge you to reconsider." Dumbledore interfered suddenly. His eyes warily looked at the pyramid in his hand.

Harry turned to the headmaster. " You know what this is, right??" He asked the man. Dumbledore nodded. " Good. I am not surprised. You usually know everything." He said. " This device here, when the first row lights up, blocks the flow of air in and around you. The second row will increase the temperature extremely. You start to sweat incredibly and will suffocate you with no oxygen to breath. The third row will start rotting your outer skin. The fourth row will melt and destroy every one of your bones." He explained to the horror of the hall.

" Mr Potter…" Dumbledore interrupted but Harry paid no mind.

" Enjoy." He said and waved his wand creating a big blue barrier that covered the five men and he placed the pyramid as it began to close.

There was nothing wrong for the first thirty seconds. But then, the pyramid base glowed blue and then, the effects started showing. The faces of the assassins became blue with lack of air and their throats started to constrict. The next light glowed and the men inside the dome started to scratch their itching skins that happened due to the extreme sweat that started to come out due to the overheating.

The next light glowed and the men inside felt a little relief. But that changed when their skin started to blacken away. The viewers watched in horror and revulsion as the skin started to decay from their body. The men didn't have any option but to scream. Harry stood without blinking his eyes. His eyes, deadly green and staring straight at those suffering men. As the fourth light glowed, audible snaps were heard and everyone understood what was happening. Their screams were now at an all time high.

" You know what the speciality of this artifact is??" He asked no one in particular. " It makes you want to die. But, it won't let you die." He said. " It will keep you struggling. It will keep you wishing that you could die. But, it won't let you. It will keep on torturing you, but will not kill you.

Harry stood without any movement. He kept staring at the twitching men. After ten whole minutes, one man decided to end this. He waved his hand and pleaded to stop. Harry did so.

" Ple... please… I beg you. I will speak. I will tell you whatever you want to know. Please …. st..stop…" He begged Harry.

Harry stared at the man with a cold look.

" We….. We were approached by two men. They...they were disguised. They offered ten million g... galleons, if...ahhh…. If we take out the girl. " He stuttered.

Harry nodded. " You don't know who those men were??" He asked.

" I….I swear. I really don't know. None of us do. We….just took the job." The man answered. " Shaking extremely.

Harry nodded.

" You will die. You should have known who you were messing with. It depends on Elena as to how you die." He said.

" If she wakes up tomorrow, you will die without a lot of pain. But if not, you will suffer. Extremely. You will wish that you were not born at all." He said to the men who nodded. " Don't think for a second that I will let this rest. Breaking you shits out even if you are put in Azkaban is not difficult for me." He said and walked back to Elena.

" Let's get her to the hospital wing." Poppy said and Harry lifted her in his arms. He walked behind Poppy still staring at the beautiful girl in his arms. He was joined by his friends.

Daphne and Fleur walked next to Harry seriously. Harry put Elena down in the infirmary and brushed the errant strand of hair off her face. He observed the color returning to her face. He smiled slightly and kissed her lips softly.

" Sleep well, love. Sleep well." He said and sat down next to her. He took hold of her hand gently and held it in his.

He sighed sadly. He turned to see the others. " You should go and sleep, guys. It's no use for all of us to be here." He said and Blaise and Tracy nodded.

" Trace??" Harry called his friend. " Could you please write to Sirius and Mum?? Tell them all that happened, please." He asked. " I will, Harry. Don't worry. She is alright." She reassured him. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek and left the room.

Blaise, who had been quiet all this while, bent down and kissed his sister's forehead. He turned to his friend. " It's not your fault, mate. Don't worry. She will be alright. I will go and inform Mum of all this." He said and after a reassuring squeeze of Harry's shoulder, he left the infirmary.

Daphne sat down next to Harry, and Fleur took the other side. " I am sorry that you had to see that side of me." He said sadly. The two girls shook their heads.

" It's not your fault. And don't you dare think for a second that you are a bad person. That was brave of you." Fleur whispered. The group sat quietly for some time. " You two can go and sleep. I will stay here." He said but Fleur cut him off.

" No. It's fine Harry. We will stay here too." She said with Daphne nodding along. The three settled down for the night. Harry slowly took her hand in his. Her face was returning slowly to its usual beautiful self.

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Angela Zabini and Bellatrix Black had rushed to Hogwarts as soon as possible. Sirius and Remus had left to the ministry after Tracy had written to them, yesterday. Angela was extremely scared. She was about to rush to Hogwarts, but was stopped by Bellatrix.

The two had made their way to the hospital wing and watched as Harry sat next to Elena with Daphne and Fleur sleeping next to him. He had her hand in his and he kept kissing her hand and squeezing it gently.

Bellatrix and Angela couldn't help but smile at the emotions on display from the boy. His eyes were red and he looked extremely tired. But he still wouldn't leave the girl for a second. " Harry??" Angela called. Harry flinched at the sudden noise and turned quickly as his wand materialized in his hand. When he saw Angela and Bella, he calmed down. His shoulders slumped. " Hey." He greeted them back. But there was no emotion to his tone.

Bellatrix gathered her son in her arms. Harry slumped in her grip. He closed his eyes and he let a few tears leak out.

" It will be fine, love. She will be alright." Bellatrix soothed him, tearing up herself as she saw Harry cry for the first time.

Harry was a strong young man. He was not one to lose his emotions so easily. That was expected. The things he has seen and done and gone through. Nobody should ever go through things that Harry had been through.

The Dursleys. Her blood boiled everytime she thought about those people. Harry didn't want anything to do with them. But Bellatrix was a whole different story. She had a plan for them. She would be executing it soon enough. No one will get away from harming her son. No one.

" It will be fine. She will be as right as rain by tomorrow. Why don't you go and lay down, Harry?" She said softly caressing his cheek. Harry shook his head.

" I won't leave her. No way. I won't be going anywhere. Please don't force me , Mum." He begged as he clutched her hand tightly to his chest.

Bellatrix sighed as she saw him deny her and sit stubbornly. She silently hit him with a medium powered stunning spell. Harry slumped forward into the bed where Elena slept.

She then saw her friend kissing her daughter's forehead as tears streamed down her face.

" She will be fine Angela. Don't worry. She will be alright." The woman nodded as she sat next to her daughter.

" Do you have any idea who it is?" She asked the woman. " I don't know. I don't know who would want to do this." She said.

Bellatrix nodded. " Siri and Remus are at the ministry. Let's wait and see if they could gather something." She said. The woman nodded.

Angela watched Harry sleeping next to her daughter and still holding her hand in a death grip. " I made the right choice." She said to her friend who smiled at her.

" He is head over heels with her. I don't know how long it will take for him to figure it out, but let it go at its own pace." Bellatrix answered.

" Blaise writes to me everyday. He says that he had never seen Ellie so happy as she is now. She is different. She has lost her cold exterior, he says. And Harry, he treats her like a queen. All three of them. He says that Elena loves to spend time with him. Just sit with him and talk to him.

She has changed a lot. She used to be so cold. She never showed any emotions. She never used to be close with any boys. She never made friends. It's surprising how Harry broke all her barriers so easily." Angela smiled at the duo.

" I wish the two had met before. Ellie could have grown up like every other girl her age." She said sadly.

Bellatrix smiled. " Well, she can be how she wants with Harry. Apparently, he is very close with the three of them. And according to Tracy, he is wrapped around the three's little finger. They can all learn together." She said.

" I just hope that he faces all the trail that is laid out for him. He has a huge burden on his back. With the monster still out there, I only hope that he doesn't forget to live his life." Bellatrix said sadly as she let her hands run through his hair.

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Harry slowly opened his eyes and blinked the drowsiness away. He frowned when he saw Elena sleeping peacefully in front of him. His memory started to come back to him and his eyes started to glow in rage.

He stood up suddenly and looked for Bellatrix. He saw her sitting next to him half asleep and half awake. He glared at the woman. Bellatrix observed Harry glaring at her. She raised her eyebrows questioningly. " Why did you stun me from behind?" He growled.

Bellatrix stood up. " Sit down." She said with no room for argument. That tone was one that Harry didn't want to be at the end of. He sat without saying a word. " Yes, it was not needed, but don't you dare take that tone with me, Harry." She said and Harry now looked suitably cowed.

He nodded weakly.

" You were scared Harry. You were not thinking straight. And a good night's sleep was what you needed. You would have been extremely tiring if not. And trust me a tired man is literally a devil waiting to explode." She explained. Harry nodded. He couldn't refute her point.

" Did anything happen at all last night?" He asked her. Bellatrix shook her head.

" She is better now. Madam Pomfrey said that she would recover any minute now." She said.

Harry smiled. He let out a huge sigh of relief. " You really care for her, don't you?" She asked.

Harry nodded. " How can I not?" He asked her. " She has grown on to me. Beautiful, smart and funny. A complete woman. She understands me better than most and she has known me for such a small time." He explained. " She doesn't expect anything from me. She needs me as Harry. Nothing more than that. " He explained not noticing the blue eyes of Elena that were staring at him.

" Many of them might see her as a beautiful girl from a rich family that I have been promised to, but for me, she is one of my best friends that I will forever care about and one of the most important person in my life. One who will be with me for the rest of my life, laughing and joking and crying with me, all the way. " He said.

" When I saw that knife put into her back, I felt lost. Everything disappeared. My whole world went black. It was at that moment that I discovered how much she means to me. Sometimes, I am scared. Sometimes I think that I am crazy. How can I like her so quickly? What if I am making a mistake? I took almost a year and a half to confess to Daphne. But that particular moment confirmed it to me. I may not go outright and say that I love her, so quickly. It won't be fair on her. But I think I am hopelessly in love with her and I can't stand losing her." He said.

" I won't lose her. I won't lose Daphne. I won't lose Fleur. I can't lose you or Sirius or Remus or Tracy or Blaise or Astoria or Gabrielle. I can't see them lose their families. I will not lose them. I will have my happily ever after. " He said.

He again failed to notice the increased audience.

" I will kill him. I will destroy Voldemort. I will make sure that he is sent to hell for all he has done. I will live my life. I will make sure my friends live their lives. I will avenge my parents death." He announced his magic swirling around him.

" H..ha... Harry?" A voice croaked and Harry's breath caught in his chest. He turned to the bed and saw a tearful Elena smiling weakly at him. Harry raced to her and Elena, weak as she was, grabbed him and kissed him straight on his lips. Harry smiled into the kiss but didn't break it. He relished in her presence and held her close not wanting to let go. She broke the kiss and Harry slowly wiped the tears from her eyes.

" Are you alright?" He asked. The observers smiled at the way Harry fussed over Elena. The girl nodded softly.

" Harry?" She stopped the boy. She gestured for him to sit down at the head of the cot. Harry complied.

She snuggled closer to him and rested her head against his chest. She then guided his arms around her shoulders so that he was now embracing her.

" Thank you." She said as she slowly drifted off to sleep again. Harry smiled at the girl. He cleared a loose strand of her beautiful blonde hair from her face. He felt a small hand encircle his shoulder. He knew this hand better than most.

He looked up into the smiling face of Daphne. She didn't say a thing. She just leaned down and kissed his lips slowly and passionately. Harry was surprised. This was the first time that Daphne had openly displayed any kind of emotions. She pulled back and sat down next to him. Harry rested his head on her shoulders. Harry felt someone getting into the seat next to him. He saw Fleur. The stunning Veela smiled at him, her eyes literally worshiping him, and kissed his forehead as she sat next to him. Tracy and Blaise room their seats on the adjacent chairs next to him as well and Harry smiled at the two.

The group was joined by Astoria and Gabrielle who sat down at the end of the bed. Harry was touched by this gesture. He was not alone anymore. He had people who care. People who he can trust with all his heart. Only time will tell where they are being led, but for now, they will enjoy each other's company.

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The adults smiled at the group of youngsters. They slowly exited the Infirmary and walked for sometime before stopping at a secluded place.

" I feel extremely happy when I see them together." Maria said with a smile.

" My Tracy absolutely adores Harry. Harry this, Harry that… I have never seen someone with such high praise. Sometimes, I wonder if she is in love with the boy, but no. She told me that Harry is her best friend and just like a brother she never has." She said with the group listening.

" Now I know why the hat wanted to put her in Hufflepuff." Robert said from next to his wife.

" They are a tight knit group. And they got together and gelled extremely quickly. They balance out each other and are perfect for each other." Sirius said. The others nodded to his words.

" Let's hope they have many more years to stay happy. Like teenagers that they should be." Ana said sadly as she felt her husband put his arm on her shoulders.

They remained silent for some time. Nobody spoke anything before Bellatrix addressed Sirius.

" Did you find out anything?" She asked him. " Not much. It was clearly an assasination attempt. But we haven't found out for whom it was planned. Anyone might have been the target. But I thought that Harry, Elena and Fleur were the major targets. Harry because he is Harry. Elena and Fleur were the likely probables but we don't know why? Those guys are telling the truth. They don't know who they were. So we have mysterious conspirators. I'll see if Amelia can do anything about this." He said and Bellatrix nodded.

" It's coming closer." Remus said. " I can feel it in every fiber in my body. Something big is coming and we are going to be right in the middle of it. I can't shake off that feeling." He said.

The mood turned all the more grim. Each one had their own thoughts. But they all knew one thing that was certain. Whatever comes ahead, they will stand together as friends and allies and face it together.

TBC--

Hey guys. Whew!! Finally, This one was due a long time ago. I am sorry that I couldn't update this fic sooner. But hey, I have brought you a new one.

Let me make one thing clear. My fics will from now be somewhere around a thousand or two thousand words less. I thought that a chapter consisting somewhere around five to six thousand is ideal, so please don't say it's short. I have put forth this matter in advance.

The assassination attempt was a new twist. But there is a reason for it. Let's wait and see what comes up.

The next chapter will be the Yule Ball and Christmas holidays and the second task and maybe Harry losing his virginity as well. Enough of all this.

Thank you for supporting me and thanks for your kind reviews. It's been a wonderful journey so far. Let's keep it going.

On that note, stay tuned and enjoy…..