A/N: Thank you all for the reviews They are like always very appreciated by me. Harry Potter is not mine this is a story from a fan.

I do have a special thanks to my dear friend Naomi-chan203. In this part, there will be a new character that she invented and that I will provide with her own personality, her name is Nolwenn LeBrun and she is the spokeswoman for the France ministry. next to her job she is also a freelance reporter for the France edition of the daily prophet. My dear friend Naomi-chan203 is also providing me with those Articles and the English translations for them. So my dear friend thank you very much for the one in this chapter and the things that are coming our way.

(BSC C4 C10) C97. Hogwarts express, Minister Bumble, and Albus Dumbledork.

The day went by way to fast for Bellatrix. One moment she was still cuddling with her man and the next moment she was sitting around the dinner table with the whole family. Not long after the dinner, she would have to say goodbye to all of them and go back to the little cell, a cell where she had to remain for another long year. Her smile was nothing more than a mask of the way she really felt. She would not only miss her Harry but everyone else. She was a part of a family like she had never felt before and that was something she didn't want to lose.

Just as dinner came to an end, Bella stood and asked Bellatrix to come with her. Bellatrix instantly knew that something was wrong and looked into her eyes. "Bellatrix could you read my mind please".

Bellatrix raised an eyebrow but still looked into her mind. The thing she saw made her sigh very deeply. She didn't hesitate to pull her little self into a hug. "What happened to me is not happening to you. I know you do have my memories and feelings but they are mine. You have Harry Potter the boy who stole our hearts. I have no doubt he will win the fight with Voldemort. But he is also much more man then my late husband has ever been. And he is gone that is something I know for sure. I don't know why but I do know they have thrown him and his brother through the veil. So you will never see him ever again".

Bella didn't know if it would help her but it gave her some feelings of peace. It also told her that she had to be the one who would have to tell it all to Harry. The only thing she did know was that she wasn't ready to do that yet, not yet.

Together they walked back into the side room so Bellatrix could say goodbye to all of them before she was brought back by Tonks and David.

*#*

The next morning Bella found Harry sitting next to Apolline Delacour. He was holding a newspaper that wasn't the daily prophet. She didn't know what it was but it had Harry frowning and that puzzled her a little. "Harry, what is it".

He looked up and showed her the paper. "I don't know yet, but Apolline gave me this paper and told me that a friend of hers that is also the spokeswoman of the minister and the France Ministry. Wrote a piece about the Quidditch match and our part in it. She also told me you and Daphne said it was okay".

Bella knew that Harry didn't like it when they put him in the spotlight so she took him to the side and told him what she and Daphne had said. He wasn't mad when he asked her and fortunately he wasn't mad at it. He only wished he could read it.

But he also told her that Apolline would read it to them first before Narcissa would translate it. She was the one who could understand France and would explain it better then Apolline. But she would arrive after Breakfast when Lucius and Draco would leave for another fun weekend of death eater training.

It was after nine in the morning that Narcissa stepped out of the floo. The family didn't need to ask her anything because they could see from her face that Lucius had been his old self again. As Harry got up to do something she just grabbed him by the cheeks and kissed him on the forehead. "Don't you worry, he didn't touch me because he is too afraid of what you would do to him". She told Harry before he could get passed her and do something to that worthless husband of hers, something he would definitely regret later on.

As Narcissa went around to greet the whole family with hugs she glanced at Harry who went back to a paper she had heard about. When she let go of Bella she took her place next to Harry and took the paper from his hands. She didn't need much to know to see why she had to come over to translate an article by some French reporter. She sniffed a little because she wasn't really keen on reporters. Sure Rita always wrote the right things about Lucius, but they had been mostly lies made up but Umbridge or Lucius himself. So to her, this reporter could be no different.

While Harry was looking at her with excitement she was just reading the paper while she was ignoring him a little bit.

Coupe du monde de Quidditch : Finale ou Fiasco ?

Comme vous le savez mes chers lecteurs, hier soir se déroulait la Finale de la Coupe du Monde de Quidditch, hébergée par nos concitoyens britanniques. Après un match riche en rebondissement qui s'est clôturé par la victoire de l'équipe Irlandise (La rédaction les félicite d'ailleurs pour leur vic-toire), la soirée festive qui aurait pu rester dans les annales le resteras bien mais sur une note moins réjouissante. En effet, aux alentours de minuit, un groupe masqué a commencé à s'attaquer aux personnes présentes, toutes nationalités confondues, et à saccager le camp.

Aucune victime n'est à déplorer, mais les blessés sont nombreux. Cette attaque terroriste n'a pas encore été revendiquée, même si une enquête a été lancée par le bureau des Aurors Britanniques.

En parlant des Aurors, on se demande tous où ils étaient passés ! Notre Ministre, Mr Delacours, présent sur les lieux avec sa famille, déplore le manque de sérieux de son égal Britannique dans la gestion de la sécurité d'un évènement d'une telle ampleur. Il se dit inquiet pour la sécurité de nos jeunes sorcières qui participeront cette année au Tournois des Trois Sorciers, hébergée par l'Ecole de Sorcellerie de Poudlard. Il n'a cependant pas remis définitivement en cause la participation de Beaubatons dans ledit Tournois.

Sur une note plus positive, chers lecteurs rassurez-vous, notre cher Ministre et sa famille sont tous sain et sauf. Il tient d'ailleurs à féliciter et remercier le jeune Lord Potter, qui en dépit de son jeune âge à mis en place (avec l'aide de son entourage) un plan d'évacuation de secours tout en se bat-tant bravement contre les terroristes. Il a également établi une base de secours d'urgence sur ses propres terres afin d'accueillir les rescapés et blessés. Le Ministre vante la réactivité et l'efficacité exemplaire de la jeune troupe, ainsi que sa bravoure, et les remercie personnellement d'avoir sau-vé leurs vies, à lui et sa famille.

La rédaction remercie également Lord Potter et son entourage pour leur altruisme et leur engagement, malgré notre politique de neutralité nous encourageons et soutenons de tels efforts.

Votre fidèle et honnête reporter,
Nolwenn LeBrun

As Narcissa lay down the paper on the table she turned to Apolline and gave her a little smirk. "Your husband did well".

Apolline just smiled and gave her a slow nod. Slowly she turned back to the others that were now looking at her with begging eyes.

"Bella, go sit on the lap of Harry. It is a very good article but knowing the noble person he is he would think a little different about it".

Bella didn't know what she meant but to be able to sit on his lap without a reason was good enough for her.

Daphne looked at it with a pout on her face as Bella stuck out her tongue to her.

Everyone around her laughed as Narcissa coughed. "Well, if you will all listen then I will, translate it all for you.

Quidditch World-cup: Final or Fiasco?

As you know my dear readers, last night was the Final of the Quidditch World-Cup, hosted by our British co-citizens. After an eventful game, it ended with the victory of the Irish team (the redaction sends all wishes of congratulation for their victory). That joyful night could have been written in history, it will certainly be but for a less joyful reasons. Close to midnight, a masked group started to attack the persons present, no matter the nationality, and to spread destruction among the supporter camp.

No dead is to deplore, yet many are wounded. That terror attack is not yet revendicated by any group, even if a case was opened by the British Auror Office.

Speaking of the Aurors, we wonder where they were! Our Minister, Mr. Delacour, present there with his family, deplores the lack of serious and professionalism of his British equal in the security management of such a big event. He says himself worried about the safety of our young witches who will attend the Triwizard Tournament in a few months, hosted by Hogwart (the British school of Witchcraft and Wizardry). Though he hadn't questioned on definitive basis the participation of Beaubatons in said Tournament.

On a more positive note, dear reader be reassured, our Minister and his family are safe and sound. He wants to congratulate and thank the young Lord Potter, who despite his young age had put an emergency evacuation plan with the help of his entourage while fighting bravely against the terrorists. He even provided his land as an emergency medical camp to rescue the wounded and the survivors. The Minister praises the exemplary reactivity and efficiency of the young troop, as well for their bravery. He wants to thank them personally, for saving his and his family's life.

The redaction wants to thank Lord Potter and his entourage as well, for their altruism and engagement. Despite our neutrality policy, we encourage and support such efforts.

Your faithful and truthful reporter,
Nolwenn LeBrun.

Narcissa laid the paper back on the table and looked at the face of Harry.

"It wasn't just me you know. We all did it together, not just me and my followers. They are my friends and we are all the same" Harry told them all in as he looked angry at the ground.

Narcissa just laughed as she looked at the sad look of Amelia. "Why are you so sad".

Amelia looked up at Narcissa. "Well I wanted my Arours to be there but your husband and that Bumbling fool prevented me from having them with me".

Susan got up and took her aunt into a big hug. "We knew aunty, Tonks told us she had to stand watch at Diagonally. That was why we knew that it would all happen as Narcissa had told us that night".

Amelia nodded but she still grumbled a little about meddling old fools and bumbling ministers.

It was later that night that Apolline said goodbye and left for her home in France.

*#*

With only another week to go Minerva together with Poppy and Zanita were making their way back to Hogwarts. It was the day before Albus would return to Hogwarts. Zanita had wanted to keep him away to the last day but as a headmaster, he did have his duties to do. She also knew that most of his duties were done by Minerva but then again he was the only one they had contact with that could tell them about the tournament. Something they wanted to drag out of them the first moment they got.

While they knew that Harry had to participate, they didn't know what it was he had to do, or how he had to do it. But they had a week to find out and they would take every minute they got to get it out of him.

*#*

Seven days later it was Arabella who guided Emma through the barrier between nine and threequarters. As a squib, she was able to see the barrier but also to walk through it. And the night before she, Isabella and Augusta had tried to get Emma through it. She wasn't able to walk through it on her one, but the moment she held the hand of one of them she could walk through it as long she kept a hold on the hand.

The moment Emma stood on the platform she heard a squeal from Hermione who never in a million years thought that her mother could see her off.

The whistle of the express blew to tell them all that it was the final ten minutes before it would leave. Emma looked at it all in wonder and let her eyes wander to see whatever she could see.

As her eyes rested on the barrier she had come through she saw Narcissa appear from out of nowhere. As she wondered if she too had appeared like that, she saw that husband of Narcissa appear just next to her.

She shook her head as their son appeared between them and turned back to the others. As she started to say goodbye to the kids she heard a scream from some siren that screamed that they had to hurry up. When Emma turned around to the sound she heard Isabella whisper into her ear.

"And those are the Weasley's with in front the loudest of them all Molly the harpy Weasley" Narcissa had said as she walked up to them while she was shaking her head from left to right.

"Aren't you afraid that Lucius will say something as he sees you standing here?" Emma asked her in a soft voice.

"No, he has already left. He had to do something very important in the muggle world and I think it has something to do with red lights".

"I'm sorry," Emma said sincerely.

"Don't worry as long as he touches them, he isn't touching me". Narcissa smiled at her and said. "I don't get why my son doesn't see that he is behaving like a stuck-up snob".

Emma turned around and looked at what Narcissa was looking at. There halfway down the platform walked Draco Malfoy with his nose in the air looking like he was smelling something really foul. Next to him was a redhead which she knew was none other than Ronald Weasley. They were walking around like two peacock's in heat, as they were followed by two walking hippopotamuses.

Emma looked over her shoulder and saw the way Narcissa was shaking her head. "Are you okay".

Narcissa turned to Emma, "Not really no, He is so much like his father that there is almost no hope for him at all. I had my hopes set on Harry. But the way he is going I don't even want Harry to help him".

"Do you think Harry can get through to him".

"The more I see him, the more I think that he is hopeless even for Harry. It will mean that he will be standing next to his father when it all comes crashing down. They will be standing on the opposite side of Harry and he will not hesitate to kill them both".

"Are you that positive that Harry will win".

"I'm not thinking about winning. When it comes down to it, They will be throwing spells at the family, and I have seen first hand what it will mean if one of them hits a target. Harry will go all out until they have all run away or are lying dead at his feet".

"Come," Emma said as she frowned a little at that statement. "Let's wave goodbye, and get us self a cup of tea together with the others".

A couple of meters away from them stood Isabella together with Arabella just looking at how there daughters and son were getting on the Hogwarts express. It was the one thing she wanted to do every year. Just stay there waiving their kids off for another year of school.

She knew that with Harry being the King of Hogwarts, she could stay there whenever. She wanted. It was his home but like he himself always said. In the summer he just wanted to be at Potter castle. With his wife's, friends and family.

With a final sigh, she took the arm of Arabella and gave a final wave towards the train. They turned around and left through the barrier and straight down to a tea house where they would meet the others.

*#*

Emma smiled when she saw the others entering the tea house. This was the one thing she liked the most. Just a little time to gossip with the other mothers while their husbands were working. She smiled even more when she saw Minerva, Amelia and Zanita walking in. they could only stay for one or two cups but it was nice that they made the time to come over.

After Minerva, Amelia, and Zanita had left, the conversation became serious, it didn't took long for them to get to the upcoming tournament that would be happening this year at. They all knew that Harry would have a hell of a year ahead of him but they would be with them every step of the way. But they still didn't know what the tasks would be. And when Narcissa was telling them about the history of the tournament they all had to swallow hard.

The rest of the afternoon they were telling all the things the kids had done. Emma and Augusta were teased in good spirit by the love between Neville and Hermione. But also about a holiday, they would want to have in France just because Bella and Harry never had one before. At six in the evening, Isabella asked them all to come to their house for Dinner. David could bring Dan and Narcissa could have a lovely night because it would be a very long time before Lucius would be home if he got home at all that is.

*#*

Hermione was the first to find a compartment that was completely empty and claimed it for themselves.

It was right next to the compartment from Ginny, Astoria, and Luna. They had decided that because they were still a year behind that they would be among there on year mates. Meaning that it would just be the three of them. Last year they wanted to skip a year so they could all be together but it didn't go like they had wanted. Harry had been badly hurt when he saved the two of them. And that was why none of them had tried to skip a year. This year would be the same but with a little luck, they could do it next year. They had studied ahead so this year would be much easier than it otherwise would be.

As the weeks were counting down Harry was turning more and more into himself. He knew what he had to do this year and had read many books about the tournament. But none of them had really helped him. The only thing he knew was that whenever the tournament was held. Someone had died. Mostly it had been one of the champions but sometimes it had been a person who had been standing at the sideline. It was one thing he hoped that wouldn't happen this time around.

Bella and Daphne who had been watching him like a hawk ever since Minerva had come out of her coma. Had seen it all and sat next to him as they took him into a hug. It wasn't long after it that they all fell into a peaceful sleep by the rhythm of the train.

Two hours into the ride they were woken up by the door that was slammed open. "Potter" sounded the angry face of Ronald Weasley as he stood in the doorway. "Potter".

Harry who had been in a deep sleep could barely open his eyes to look up at him. The only thing he did hear and recognized was the voice that was calling him.

"Potter, I want to know where my sister is at". Ronald said again in a demanding tone.

It was now that Harry realized that it was Ronald Weasley who was demanding his attention. From the corner of his eye, he saw that Bella had her wand in her hand and he knew that Daphne had hers in the way it was poking him. So he sat up straight looked at him, and in a voice of someone with authority he said. "Mr, Weasley. I do not know if you have another sister or where she is. But if you are talking about Ginny than I have to ask you to leave her be. She has become a Potter now and with that my daughter. I'm asking you this because your family is already on the verge of a blood feud whit my family. And if Ginny Potter comes to me and tells me that you are harassing her it will definitely come to a real blood feud with my house".

Ronald Weasley who was still the dumbest student of Hogwarts, a title he was sharing with Crabbe and Goyle. Looked at Harry and then to all of the friends separately. "I do not know where you are talking about Potter. But my sister is still my sister. You used the imperious curse on my father and that's why you have her now. I know it, my mother knows it and even Dumbledore knows it".

Harry shook his head. He knew that Dumbledore was playing a chess came with a lot of people. He was manipulative on a level none had done before. He and his friends knew that he was a lot smarter then he showed but didn't understand why. Molly, Ronald, and Fudge were his pones and he was still using them in ways that would be destructive. If there would be a blood feud that the Weasley's would be the ones who had to pay the prize while he himself would go scotch free.

In his mind, he had told it all to his grandmother, who immediately told it to Zanita. Together the three of them came to one conclusion. The headmaster was still holding something back, a lot of something that even his grandmother and Zanita hadn't been able to find out in the last week. One of the questions was why he did so much for the Weasley family and most of all for Molly Weasley and Ronald Weasley in particular.

"Potter. I want to know..." and those were the last words that Ronald Weasley spoke on the train ride that day.

From the side, there was a red blur that planted her left foot right between the legs of one Ronald Weasley.

Ronald went down to the ground but wasn't able to make any sound. It didn't keep Harry and Neville to slam both of their own hands between their own legs screaming Ooowww. It was something no man could watch without feeling it.

It was the Weasley twins that removed their brother with a lot of excuses while the said goodbye to all of them.

Ginny hopped over Ron and sat down on the lap of Daphne as she too waived goodbye to her Fred and George. She waited for a couple of minutes then reacted to a bag of cookies and went back to the next compartment to sit with Astoria and Luna.

*#*

It was an hour later that there was a high pitch scream from inside the compartment. "No," … "LET, Go, Of, ME".

Harry snapped his eyes open but they closed down immediately. He opened his eyes again but could barely keep them open. He didn't know what was happening but he could hear the voice of Daphne screaming in distress. As he started to look around he couldn't figure out where he was or how he got there. The only thing he remembered was eating some cookies from a bag some one brought.

"LET ME GO".

Harry stumble to get to his feet but was thrown back on the seat by a hand that pushed him, but still wasn't sure where he was or what was happening or who had been the one to push him back. He did feel a foot that was slammed down on his upper leg and a person that rushed by him. The next thing he heard was another scream but it wasn't one from Daphne.

"Let go of me you slut".

"No way. That is my girlfriend you son of an ass licker".

To Harry, it was like music to his ear when he heard the voice of Bellatrix screaming her lungs out as she was clearly coming to the defense of their Daphne. With another moment of force, he finally opened his eyes and looked around the compartment. The thing he saw was Daphne struggling in the arms of Crabbe. As Susan was pounding her fists on his head. Neville was hitting Goyle where ever he could and most of the time he was hitting the couch they had been sitting on.

But the one thing that put a smile on his face was Bella hitting Draco Malfoy right in the face with every chance she got. He was lying on the floor between the seats and had nowhere to go. So whenever he pulled his hands down. Bella struck and hit him right between the eyes, where he was slowly starting to turn blue.

Draco tried to protect him with everything he could lay his hands on, but Bella had turned in a beast and was killing her pray with more hate Harry had ever seen.

It was then that he saw Crabbe making his way to the door as he pulled Daphne along. So he stepped on the seat and placed the tip of his wand between his eyes. "Do you feel lucky punk".

Crabbe blinked at the words and stopped.

Daphne took the moment and stopped on his toes so he would let her go. She then turned around where she grabbed the wand of Harry and blasted him out of the door.

Goyle who had seen his partner being thrown from the compartment gave a final shove and pushed Neville of himself as he to stumbled as fast as he could out of the room.

The only one left was Draco who was still covering his face from the punches Bella was giving him. It took both Neville and Hermione to get Bella off of Draco as she was still struggling to get back at him.

Daphne had cowered into the arms of Susan where she was quietly sobbing a thing that only drove Bella to get back at Draco.

Harry who had seen enough stepped from the seat and past Bella as he pulled Draco back to his feet and looked him straight in the eyes. "I don't know what happened, or what has happened to us or who did it. But I think you know more about it. The one thing I do know is that my friends have saved you from pulling Bella away".

To emphasize the point Harry had made, Bella shook one of her arms loss and launched it straight at Draco where she tried to claw at his eyes like a wild cat that was locked up inside of her.

"Potter, let go of Mr. Malfoy" sounded a voice from the right side of the hallway. "That will be fifty points from Hogwarts and a month of detention with me in my office.

Harry heard the voice and had to shake his head from left to right. "Professor, I'm not sure why you are at the Hogwarts express. But like always you are jumping to conclusions without really knowing the whole story.".

"It doesn't matter what kind of lie you can produce to get yourself out of this. I have seen what I have seen. Mr, Draco is a bloody mess. You are holding him. So it is clear that you have beaten him up just so you could show off to you Entourage" Snape snapped at him.

Harry released a breath he had been holding and took every ounce of self-control to calm down. "Professor, like I said. I do not know why you are here or who sent you. But I do have a good idea of who it was that gave you that order. So the points you can have, but the detention you have to take up with my head of house".

It was at this point that Snape acutely smiled at that statement. "Potter do you really think I'm going to negotiate with a student. I'm a Professor at this school and a head of house. No, Potter, you will have detention with me and that is final" he then turned around and pushed Draco ahead of him as they left.

It took almost half an hour before everyone had calmed down enough to think about what had happened. The one thing they could remember was Ronald Weasley coming by and finding that bag of cookies that they had eaten. Susan immediately grabbed the bag as Hermione turned to Harry.

"Really Harry. Of all the things you could have said you had to quote Dirty Harry".

Harry blushed and looked at the ground. I didn't know that that was his name. But it was one of the things the Dursleys always watched on the VCR, and it was the first thing that popped into my head.

Susan who hadn't listen to the two of them just waved her wand over the bag and the one cookie that was left. The more she waved her wand over the bag the more she started to curse.

It was a good thing that Amelia wasn't here right now or her mouth would have been washed out by a big bar of soap.

As she calmed down she started to make sense in her words as everyone else listened to her. "It is all so simple. I should have known and I should have seen it. My Aunty always told me to be careful whit what you eat, you never know when someone is about to slip you something". She said mostly to her self as she started to wave her wand again and again.

After another five minutes she turned to her friends. "we all have been dosed with a sleeping potion. It has been put into these cookies. You Harry, you had four of them while we all had two. That is why it took you so long to wake up. I do not know who done it but it had to be around the time Ronald was here. Now I'm not saying he did it but I do think he did".

The others all nodded but knew they would never be able to prove it.

Harry closed his eyes and told it all to his grandmother.

Minerva then told him to keep the bag and to give it to Poppy the moment the got to the castle. And that he wouldn't have to do any detention with Snape. How or why he would find out the moment they would step inside of Hogwarts.

*#*

It was Susan who immediately walked over to Poppy the moment they all arrived at the castle. As she handed it to Poppy she waited and turned around. The first thing she noticed was that Zanita had stepped into the middle of the hallway and was looking intensely at the front door.

Her other friends had been pulled aside the moment they to stepped into the hallway. Only Harry was left to walk on. At first, she wanted to yell at him to step aside. But then she realized that Minerva must have told him to keep walking.

"Potter" sounded the voice of Snape down the hallway. It wasn't in a nice way but more an angry way. "Potter" he yelled again. "I'm not finished with you yet. It is clear to me that your ego is as big as that head of yours and it has to stop now. You and I are going to the headmaster's office to put you straight" and he grabbed the arm of Harry painfully by the elbow.

The friends all knew this because the moment he did it. Minerva let out a small cry of pain as she took her own elbow in her hand.

What the friends didn't see was Bella and Daphne who were looking at each other as they too felt a slight pain in the same place Harry was grabbed.

As Snape yanked on the arm for the second time he was thrown back but an invisible wall. His eyes went from surprise to anger in only a second. "You have just earned yourself a detention for the rest of the year Mr" Snape snapped at Harry.

It was now that Snape was hit by another wall only it came from the other side. With murder in his eyes, he turned around as he screamed. "I don't know which dunderhead thinks that it is a wise decision to interfere with me an POTmmmhhmm".

The words he was saying stopped abruptly when his tongue was stuck to the roof of his mouth.

Zanita who had seen enough stoped Snape with a sticking charm as she herself started to float towards him. "Professor Severus Tobias Snape, How dare you insult the King of Hogwarts in this way. He is standing in the middle of all his peers and you are shouting at him like he is a dog. You didn't ask for his opinion or gave the reason why he had to follow you. You just shouted at him and grabbed him like he was your ragdoll or something. Yes, he is still technically a student, but that doesn't give you the right to threaten him or any other student in the way you are doing now".

It was now that Zanita stood nose to nose whit Severus as she hissed at him. "You are still a Professor here because my husband lets you, I, however, had enough of you. As a Professor, you should know that there are always to sides to the story. You need to know both sides before you can do any kind of justice. Now if it were up to me you would be out. But and this is the dilemma I face. The headmaster has allowed all of the Professors to do as they pleased, but that has to stop now. As of today, you will all listen to both sides and if you can't make a good judgment you go and ask one of the staff members to help you. DO I MAKE MY SELF CLEAR" she shouted the last words as her eyes started to glow more and more".

Snape started to stutter the words of "Albus" and "he will".

It was now that Zanita poked her finger into the chest of Severus. "Albus may be the headmaster. Harry may be still a student. But I'm the queen and as long as I'm here you will start to behave like a real adult and not a little four-year-old. Your days are numbered and if you do not improve your behavior then I will personally terminate you as a Professor at this school. Also, that punishment of Harry will be revoked and his points will be given back to him. You have handled it all wrong and because of that there will be no punishment what so ever".

How dear you talk to me like that, Woman" Snape snapped. The moment he said it, he knew he had done the wrong thing.

Zanita closed her eyes and the moment she opened them she was floating and her eyes were shining killing curse green.

Snape slumped down to his knees and knew he had to beg or it would be his last day on this earth.

As everyone looked in awe as Zanita started to float, she herself opened her mouth with a sound that was audible for the entire hallway to hear. "You Severus Tobias Snape, you are as of today no longer the head of house Slythering. You no longer have the authority to deduct points or to give detention. Nor can you give points to the ones you think deserve them. U Severus Tobias Snape will have one more year to prove yourself as a decent Professor, if you do not you will be out of a job. I Zanita Potter/ Hogwarts, queen of Hogwarts will personally fire you. If at that time you go against me I will destroy you, as it is written so it will be".

With a wave of her right hand, she banished Snape away from her and through the doors of the great hall. Where he landed in a big heap on the floor right in front of Albus.

Albus stood from his chair and looked over the edge of the table. He looked at Severus and turned his eyes to the entrance where he saw Harry walking into the great hall with a smile on his face. The twinkle he had vanished on the spot and he opened his mouth to say.

"Albus to many names Dumbledore, if I were you I would keep my mouth shut". Zanita said as she appeared in front of the headmaster while she was standing on the back of Severus. "Just like this thing you hired as a professor just learned, you first look at both sides of the story before you jump to conclusions. I know for a fact that you were about to blame my husband for this. But I tell you now that I have been the one that dumped this one in front of you".

Albus sat back down but Zanita wasn't done yet so she placed her hands on the table and went on. "I will tell you this. I do not know why my master and husband wants to keep you around. He sees something in you, something I know that isn't there. So if it were up to me I would have dumped that wrinkled ass of yours right on the steps of Gringotts so Bogrod can use you to shuffle dragon dung until it is time for you to go".

Fudge who was sitting next to Albus started to splutter in disbelieve at the nerve Zanita had as she talked to Albus in the way she did.

Zanita gazed to her left and instantly knew the next person that would get a piece of her mind. However, she was not yet done with Albus so she turned back. "Now as I was saying. He sees something in you and that is why you are still here. I as his wife Zanita Potter/ Hogwarts, queen of Hogwarts" the last part she snapped at him. "I as queen Hogwarts says that this is it. Your lapdog will start to behave and treat the students in a way a Professor should, or he and you will be castrated by me personally".

Zanita was so mad that she didn't hear the half of the students yelling "Go, Queen, Go Queen".

Now it was time for the bumbling fool that had the nerve to interrupt her. "Well, well, well, our dear respected minister of magic. You have found an easy way out to get out of the mess you were in, didn't you? With all the things that had gone down at the end of last year, you found a way to say sorry in the middle of the prophet with only a couple of lines. Something nobody saw because it was between the adds that nobody looks at. Just like that fossil that is sitting next to you" and Zanita gave Albus another piercing look.

Her eyes found Fudge again. "Now, I know that this will be something that will be hard for you to do. But I do hope that you will be able to behave when you are around my king. If not then I to will give you hell just like Merlin would have done himself. This is Hogwarts a school for the upcoming Witches and wizards of the future and not the personal playground of the ministry".

It was now that she heard the words, "Go, Queen, Go Queen". So she turned around and took a bow to the students before she took her seat in the middle of the head table.

At first, the whole hall was in death silents just before they all erupted into a sound that was even heard in Hogsmeade. It did put a smile on many of the Professors faces but it also brought a worried look on the friends and Minerva. They were thinking about the future and hope that Zanita hadn't changed it too much.

When the great hall had quieted down, Minerva took her leaf to get the sorting hat from the side room. So she could start to sort the first year students. Like last year there wasn't a first-year student that wasn't placed into house Hogwarts. But just like last year, there was the opportunity for students to ask for a replacement. Most of the Gryffindors wanted to go to house Hogwarts but were all placed back into Gryffindor. Just wanting it was not good enough.

In the end, there was nobody placed into house Hogwarts, but there was one Slytherin that was placed in Ravenclaw and a Ravenclaw that was placed in Hufflepuff.

On the moment Ronald Weasley stood there was a scream from the head table. "Ronald Bilius Weasley, sit down".

The whole of house Hogwarts turned around as one and looked at the side of the head-table where they heard the familiar voice. Harry gazed at his grandmother and saw that she was just as surprised as he was just like Zanita was. Still, he knew the voice but he didn't see her.

"Neville," he asked the boy who was sitting on the opposite of the table. "Can you see around Hagrid, a do you see the one person we don't want to see".

Neville didn't say a thing an only nodded.

"Harry," Tracy asked to form the side of Daphne. "Did she make it last year. Did she actually succeed in getting the required points"?

"No, she did not. We scored way above all of her students, so there is no reason why she should be here. If I heard correctly, the exam comity even told Albus and my Grandmother that she was the worst Professor defense against the dark arts. Bathilda even told my grandmother that she should never have been a Professor, to begin with. So the fact that Molly was again sitting at the head table, meant only one thing. Albus had made a switch but with whom".

^Grandmother, what has he done this time^ Harry asked and didn't see the looked Bella and Daphne gave him when he did.

^I don't know, he must have done it less night. But I do not know what position she is in. as far as I know, all the positions are filled^.

^Thank you grandmother, we just have to sit back and hear what he has to say about it^.

While Harry was talking to his grandmother in his mind. It was Albus who stood and made his way to the middle of the podium. "I welcome you all back for another year at Hogwarts. It will be another year of learning and growing. As you all can see we have a special guest this evening and it is none other than our Minister of magic, minister Cornelius Fudge. He is here with a very special announcement but that will be a little later on" and he smiled at the students as he waited for a moment.

"Now, there are some other things I need to address. The first thing you all need to know is that our Groundskeeper will have a lot more to do this year. That is why he will no longer be a Professor, Care of Magical Creatures. This brings us to another point because Hagrid can no longer do his duty as a Professor, I had to find a replacement. This is why we welcome back Professor Weasley. I know that defense against the dark arts wasn't her subject, so we will give her another chance as Professor Care of Magical Creatures"

It was after those words that Harry wanted to stand but the finger of Zanita made him sit back down. She had told him that as long as he was a student she would do the things she could as Queen of Hogwarts. There would be times that he had to do his job as King but if she could do it she would.

Albus who was oblivious to what was going on between Zanita and Harry went on. The other thing is that there will be no Quidditch this year".

A big part of the great hall started to shout but when he raised his hand they all quieted down.

Harry who was still mad had to respect the way he could get the hall to shut up.

"Thank you all. Now the reason why will be explained by our esteemed minister".

The moment Albus sat down Fudge got to his feet and was followed by that toad that was always hanging around him. As he stood in the middle of the stage that Toad woman stepped in front of him and made a HEM, HEM sound with the sonorous spell.

Susan stood and looked at the spot where the toad had been sitting. "I'm telling you if she is going to be here, we really need to put a baby chair behind the head table so she will sit high enough to be above the table".

Minerva who had heard the thought of her grandson as he told what Susan had said. didn't hesitate to transform the stool she had been sitting on in a high baby chair. Something that resulted in a lot of laughter from the entire hall.

Fudge and Umbridge were looking around and clearly had the feeling that most of the students were laughing at them, not with them.

Fudge who got a little nervous took his head off and started to turn it around in his hands. "Good evening to all of you" he started in almost a whisper. "This year we will be doing something that hasn't been done in a long time. This year we will have a Triwizard tournament. The last one was held over three hundred years ago. This tournament will be held between Hogwarts".

And Hermione was immediately shaking her head as the others were laughing because they knew what she was thinking about".

"Durmstrang Institute from Bulgaria and Beauxbatons institute from France". It was now that he kept his mouth and looked at his side, a little down towards Umbridge before he went on. "This tournament will take the whole year as three champions will be going head to head in three different tasks, that is also why there will be no Quidditch this year".

It was for the second time that the great hall erupted but this time they were all screaming at Fudge and Umbridge. But it was quickly quieted down by Zanita who let go of a cannon blast.

Fudge looked at her with a mixture of gratitude and fear and immediately started to turn his hat around and around in his hands. Zanita saw this and turned to Minerva with a look that said look at this.

Minerva was a little startled by the look and didn't know what she had to make of it.

"Minerva, Look. Didn't Lucius tell us that he was with three others when he attacked Harry? Didn't he also tell us that one of them kicked him one time before he started to fiddle nervously with his hands?

Minerva nodded that Lucius had told them that before she looked at Fudge. As she looked at the way Fudge was turning his hat around and around in his hands. While she started to shake her head no, she realized that she couldn't convince herself of the fact that Zanita could be right. She didn't want to believe it but she could be right, the minister could have been one of them. Albus was in indicator of that beating, that was something they knew but couldn't prove. Then again Albus could have made him do it and if he did and it would be known, it could be the end of the ministry as it stood now. No one would trust anything that came out of it.

While Minerva and Zanita were discussing their suspicions, Fudge was still talking to all of the students. "The representatives of the Durmstrang Institute and Beauxbatons institute will be here on the twenty-seven of October. On that night we will have a big welcome party but also light up the Triwizard cup. More about that on that night. For now, have a nice dinner and until that night". It was with those final words that Fudge said goodbye and back to his chair followed by the toad.

As she stepped around Fudge she saw the baby chair and was about to blow up in anger.

Most of the students were laughing at Umbridge but the friends had lost all of their appetites. They just realized that the time of counting down had started by the word of the minister. In less then two months Harry would be one of the Champions and there was nothing they could do about it.

A/N: I hope you all have enjoyed this chapter. See you all in two weeks for the next one.

Gr Winmau.