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A/N: Sorry about the wait guys, but writers block and real life is a pain in the back side most of the time lately, but on the up side I'm sure all of you are going to enjoy the champions duel in this chapter and the detail I put into most of it, enjoy and I hope to get lots of reviews.
Chapter 21: Third Task Wizard Brawl
The Judges over the next few weeks, whenever they walked near the lake while Harry was in the area found themselves being launched into the lake, Harry making a comment about people learning not to put others in a location they themselves hadn't been in yet, this carrying on for a good two weeks before Amelia called him off saying that they had learned their lesson.
For the other champions the next four weeks passed in a blur of training for Fleur, Viktor and Cedric. All of them cursing Moody by the end of the first day and had even taken to trying and hitting the retired Auror in the back by the end of the first week, needless to say the three of them spent the night in the Hospital wing for trying to curse Moody and were rudely woken up the next morning before sunrise for extra laps around the lake as punishment.
Fleur woke up the morning of the third task with a sigh her head turning enough to glare at her clock as it sounded out the cheerful tune that woke her up in the first place, Moody the day before had worked her as well as the other Champions from before sunrise until late into the night.
Getting out of bed carefully Fleur went to have a nice warm bath to help loosen up her stiff body wondering how on earth Harry and Tonks survived a year with the aged Auror as she stepped up into her bath.
Her thought however quickly went to the information that Moody had told all of them just before letting them go to bed the other night one hand coming up and starting to tap her lips in thought on why Mad-Eye would give away secrets on one of his students.
Flashback
"Well then I have to say that you lot are the sorriest lot of maggots I have ever had the miss fortune of training in all my years of training people, the only one of you that seemed to be improving is the little Veela here and even then it isn't much." Moody snapped off at the three tired students before him limping back and forth in front of them his magical eye always on them.
Cedric just gave a slight muttered comment about no one being able to rise above the rank of maggots in Moody's book, Viktor didn't even say anything he just watched the retried Auror closely following the suggestion of his Headmaster to not lower his guard around this man.
Fleur however was setting on the edge of her seat one hand resting on her hip while the other one was cross her chest trying to ease a slight pain she was having there after Moody had run them around the lake for a warm down as he called it, her posture was totally relaxed and looked like someone who was about to fall asleep.
Moody suddenly spun around and pulled his wand three stunning curses in the air before he even finished the circle the spells flying true to their targets, Cedric kicked his legs out and let his chair fall backwards allowing him to roll backwards and avoid the spell, Viktor however simply dove to the side rolling along the floor as he went trying to get to his wand in its holster on his hip.
Fleur's hand however snapped up and cast a shield spell followed quickly by her own stunning curse, Moody just flicking his wand to cast his own shield while smiling at the young Veela girl as despite what Fleur claimed he knew the truth after all he know there was no such thing as a half Veela and such as there was no male Veela's this meant that all girls born from a Veela were pure Veela.
"Well then you little girl just got promoted to the rank of Lady as you managed to get your wand out, kept your hand near your weapon at all times and not only stopped my spell but fired one of your own, you two however are still maggots in my book as your wands aren't out." Moody barked out just looking at them as both Viktor and Cedric got to their feet returning to their chairs while Fleur remained seated, her wand still out and pointed at the aged Auror.
"And now you both fail again as I still have a wand in hand and you both don't," Moody snapped starting to pace again throwing the odd spell at the three a small smile forming on his face a the fact that Fleur never lowered her wand while the two boys finally pulled their wands and started blocking anything he throw at them for a good few minutes.
"I don't know why I even bothered with you two, three spells hit you before you managed to get a shield up and stopped me, as to you girl, you have some skill and I have to say you might just make it in the Corps someday should you wish to go that way in your life." Moody snapped finally putting his wand away moving to a seat in front of the three and sat down signalling them to do the same.
"Now then I have some information for you so that you don't embarrass yourself and me tomorrow in your Duel with the Alpha, he well favour his right side for aiming at you and will use his Animagus abilities where ever possible, he is fast and has the power to back up his speed so don't get locked into one place for long and get into a match of strength with him because you will lose, the only one of you who might have a chances at escaping without having to face his full power is the girl here and that is only because he likes her to a degree and with his view on the world might see her as a Beta female in his pack, you two however are just upstart males that need to be put in your place much like I am to him, although he might see me as a wise old retired wolf now."
"He sees me as what!" Fleur says sharply setting up a lot more her eyes going a little wide at Moody's words.
"That Alpha spent nearly half his life stuck as a Shadow Wolf Animagus as such it has changed how he views the world one such change is the fact that he sees most younger and older men as a threat and must put them in their place, all women who show strength will be viewed as a part of his pack with Tonks acting as the Alpha female." Moody says calmly leaning back in his seat taking up his hipflask taking a small sip.
Everyone just looked at each other on that Cedric having already heard most of the story but the information on how Harry viewed the world was new to him, Fleur seemed to start to mutter to herself about being only the Beta female and not the Alpha but then again Tonks had been with him longer.
"Why are you telling us this information about your former student? Shouldn't you be protecting this information rather than telling us?" Viktor asks in his normal tone his heavy accent making Moody pause for a moment before answering him.
"I'm telling you because if he has done what I taught him to do he has already researched all of you and worked out your attack styles by information freely given by your teachers and records," Moody snapped off pointing a finger at Viktor as he continued talking, "You boy favour a heavy handed approach and will fire spells that are barely legal in this country and will also remain in one location to do this using the classic Pureblood duelling style, meaning you throw spells at a problem until it goes away and use shields a lot."
The finger moved onto the next in line Cedric, "You however use your feet and move around a lot, like a grasshopper your never in the same place twice and what you lack in power you make up for in a wide range of spells that can disable and generally be a pain in the ass of whoever you are duelling at the time," The finger came to a stop before Fleur now a smile forming on the aged Auror's face. "You are a totally different style to most, you use your natural charm on male duellists to help bring them down quickly while also moving around and almost dance around spells and curses, your weakness is the fact that your charm won't work on people of the same sex as you unless they swing that way but you try to make up for that by improving your flexibility to dodge around their spells."
Everyone just looked at each other after Moody finished talking knowing that deep down he was right, that was how they duelled and Harry would have researched their styles so that he would know what to expect.
"Go and get some sleep the lot of you, the duel starts tomorrow at ten and won't stop until there is only one standing so get some sleep as chances are Harry is already doing so." Moody snapped off waving his wand to open the door the three champions nodding and quickly leaving the room knowing that tomorrow was going to prove a real challenge to their skills.
End Flashback
Fleur snapped out of her thoughts when Madam Maxime knocked loudly on the door to her private living area that she had been given on being named a champion, "The task starts in a little over an hour dear and I have some things to give you to help with the match."
Giving a sigh Fleur leaned back in the bath muttering about the fact that Madam Maxime had basically said she was helping her cheat a little, "Still she can give me the items doesn't mean I'm going to use them." She muttered to herself deciding to finish up and see what the Headmistress was trying to give her to cheat a win.
Dressing in her uniform Fleur walked out to be greeted by Madam Maxime who had a rather tight looking vest and would only cover her chest area and going by the way it had been crafted from the Dragon Hide it was made from it would push her breasts up and out to make them stand out more and more than likely in the Headmistress's mind improve the level of her power over men, in her other hand was a pair of skin sight leather pants.
"This should help you last longer against that Auror in the ring, and also has a number of charms woven into the stitching to magnify your Veela powers to make the other two if not the Auror himself surrender to you quickly, I have also managed to get you a pair of leggings that well protect your legs from any spells designed to target that area now go change into theses and see to it your uniform covers them well after I have seen you in both." Maxime says a large smile on her face no doubt thinking that she was going to get an easy win for her champion on this task.
Looking at the pair of skin tight leather clothes that Maxime wanted her to wear Fleur gave a sigh and re-entered her room, coming back a few minutes later to show her Headmistress the leather pants and vest pulling her robe on a moment after the large woman gave a nod of approval.
Unknown to Fleur, Viktor had been handed a similar set of armour by his Headmaster and Cedric had one delivered to him by his father along with a note saying to try his best and not to go easy on any of the other champions.
Nearly an hour later Fleur was sitting in the champions tent again the same one that was used before the first task Cedric setting to one side ever now and then pulling on his robes as if to loosen something around the crotch area Viktor pacing as always off to the other side with no sign of Harry yet.
The three of them looked up when the tent flap was pulled aside all of a sudden, they all settling down however when Amelia walked into the tent and not Bagman or Harry, the Department Head looked at the three champions raising an eyebrow at the disappointed looks on their faces at the fact that it was her and not who they thought it would be.
"I'll try not to be insulted by your uninterested looks and simple say I'm here to see if any of you want some Dragon Hide armour for this match as Albus and I decided to give the crowd something to watch this time around and having the match last a little while would be that something." Amelia says softly looking at the group only to raise an eyebrow at how Fleur's robes moved on her body when she got up as it was almost like there was something extra under them.
Walking up to the blond haired teen Amelia moved herself in such a way that the two boys wouldn't see anything and before Fleur could protest or do anything to stop her Amelia opened the front of her robes a little, Amelia raised an eyebrow at the expensive looking dragon hide vest the girl had on under her robes.
"I see the other Headmasters decided to give out dragon hide without asking if it was against the rules or not for this match." Amelia says closing up the teens robes and looking at the other two Cedric admitting that his father was the one to supply the vest and pants for him while Viktor admitting that what Amelia said was true about his Headmaster.
"Mine would have had a little extra if it wasn't for the bracelet that Tonks and Harry gave me for Christmas as the stitching for the hide has magnifying charms cast on it to make my Veela powers even more powerful, in fact those two would have surrendered to me right now if it wasn't for this." Fleur says softly holding up the simple gold chain around her wrist.
Amelia looked at the small chain for a moment before giving a nod saying as she turned to look at the tent flap to make sure no one had walked in while she had been talking, "That chain is used by the few Veela who wish to join the Auror corps here in England in the past, so use it well, now then I'll be explaining the rules of this match once Harry get here and also introduce you all to the referee for this match."
Tonks chose to enter the tent just then a smile on her face as she greeted everyone saying softly to Amelia once she was even with her boss, "Harry is on the way now he just wanted to pick up his armour from the leather worker in Diagon Alley also I would like to talk with Fleur for a few moments if you don't mind."
Amelia just waved her hand over at Fleur which Tonks took to mean go ahead, Tonks moved over to the silver haired teen and pulled her over to one of the corners waving her wand to create a silence field over them.
"I just wanted to wish you luck today and also say that I have a little challenge for you if you're interested." Tonks says to the teenager giving a small smile as Fleur looked into her eyes as if to try and work out what the challenge was.
Tonks just smiled at the look on Fleur's face at the mention of a challenge, "As there is four of you entering the arena for this match I thought I would offer you the only female champion a little extra reward if you do well, the reward is this if you last until only you and Harry remain in that ring then he has agreed to take you out to dinner this weekend, just the two of you and no me hovering around you, if however you are knocked out before then, then you don't get that reward, sound like good enough motivation to win don't you think."
"You would be willing to trust your Fiancé with a young woman with Veela heritage for one night?" Fleur asks in surprise Tonks smiling and nodding back saying softly.
"I know how Harry views the world and that he considers you a friend now, it is just dinner between two friends and if we decide after we are married to bring in a friend on a friend with benefits type system into our relationship then I hope that we can be good enough friends to do such a thing with you, this is all of coarse a long way in the future and only if you are single at the time we might talk about this sort of thing."
Fleur just looked at Tonks still in surprise at such an offer, most Veela would turn down such an offer as it was against their nature to share that which they might have fought hard for in most cases being a man who was a strong as Harry to a Veela was considered the perfect mate. Then again she wasn't most Veela, she knew that Tonks was the one making this offer and not Harry, she was willing to share him with her if she was still single in a couple of years time and that was something she was willing to do.
"I guess I better get ready then to last against those two and Harry long enough to come in second at the very least, also thank you for this kind offer and know that I will repay you someday for it." Fleur says softly looking at the chain of her bracelet for a moment, reaching up to take it off only to pause when Tonks handed her a small key.
"Place the key in the lock charm on that bracelet and turn it once, this will unlock half of your power turning it again well remove the bracelet and unlock all of your Veela charm including the extra boost they would get from that Armour your Headmistress gave you as I heard you say that to Madam Bones just before I walked in."
Giving a nod of thanks Fleur placed the tiny key in the keyhole on the lock of the charm on her bracelet and turned it once a moment later both Viktor and Cedric looked up and just looked at her for a moment before shaking their heads to clear it of the sudden burst of Veela charm to enter the tent.
Amelia gave a nod to Fleur after the boys had gotten themselves under control turning her head a little when the tent flap opened up Harry stepping in a moment later in his dragon hide three-quarter length coat and black business shirt and pants, in one hand was his trusted hand gun which had both clips resting on top of it as he handed it over to Tonks, the young woman having moved to his side the moment he entered the tent.
"Ready when you are Madam." Harry says to Amelia after giving Tonks a quick kiss on the cheek moving to stand off to one side looking over everyone else in the tent his eyes un-focusing for a moment when he looked at Fleur only to shake his head and just smile at her the fire in his eyes growing stronger to fight off her enhanced charm.
"Very well then, the rules of this match are as follows, any spell that isn't illegal is allowed, any natural abilities are also allowed but only after five minutes if the match lasts that long, dragon hide armour is being allowed, the match well carry on until only one combatant is standing the judge is Hogwarts own Professor Flitwick who has taken an oath to be fair and not judge in favour of anyone." Amelia finished with a look at Harry and Fleur, the Veela giving a nod and redoing the full lock on her bracelet while Harry just rolled his eyes and gave a nod to show he understood.
Looking everyone in the eyes for a moment Amelia gave a final nod and signalled for Tonks to follow her out of the tent the pink haired young woman only taking a moment to give Harry a kiss good luck before leaving to find a good seat for the upcoming match.
For the next few minutes everyone started to finish getting ready, Harry cheeking his wand was in its holster, Flitwick entered the tent as everyone started to gather at the far flap to enter the Arena area.
"I won't go over the rules again as I know Amelia did that a few minutes ago, I will how ever tell you that the arena is a rock field like it was with the dragons only the rocks aren't as large as they were before," Flitwick says with a smile moving to stand before the group just inside of the tent, "Enjoy yourselves and may the best person win."
Giving a nod to the small professor Harry pulled his coat off and throws it over a chair to the side of the room Fleur just taking off her robe figuring that she might as well have maximum movement the leather armour showing off her figure very well, the two others however kept their robes on as the group entered the Quidditch pitch turned duelling ring.
The once green soft grass of a the field was now nothing but a coarse sand with rocks ranging from small to large all round the place, the stands were filled and the crowed waiting in silences for the match to start the judges in the teachers box to give them a bird's eye view of the coming match.
"Head out and find a place you would like to start from all of you, I'll fire a signal for when the match starts and when you can use your special abilities like Animagus and such." Flitwick says taking up a broom that was leaning against one of the larger rocks nearby.
Looking at each other for a moment Harry gave a small wave before heading out into the rock field vanishing from sight a moment later as he weaved between some of the larger stones, Fleur just smiled at the two boys before heading off in another direction both Viktor and Cedric only nodding to each other before doing the same.
"Right then ladies and gentleman welcome to the third task in the Triwizard Tournament, this is a special task made up by our very own Amelia Bones as an extra test for our fine champions, the rules are as follows, any spell and ability is allowed but no spells that are listed as dark arts here in England are allowed, they cannot use special abilities such as Animagus and such for the first five or more minutes in this match but after the referee gives a signal all gloves come off." Bagman's voice announced over the station watching thanks to a small charm an image like a TV screen was focused on each champion so he could track them.
Amelia leaned in close to Bagman's ear and whispered a few words to him before leaning back looking at her own little screens zooming the one on Harry in a little to see how he was doing only to smile as he placed some sort of charm on his sunglasses knowing that he had just dealt with one of his few weakness with one sticking charm.
"I have just been informed that all Champions are also allowed to wear dragon hide vests and leggings but nothing else to help them with protection for the coming match, all styles of fighting are also allowed and now all we have to do is wait for Professor Flitwick to give the signal to start this match." Bagman says watching the tiny professor who was slowly circling the arena watching the champions closely.
There was a few minutes of silence before Flitwick gave a flick of his wand, a flare going up and exploding a few dozen feet above his head as the champions started to move again this time with Viktor and Cedric moving to try and get Harry first.
Fleur looked around the edge of one of the larger rocks in the arena trying to spot anyone of her other champions knowing that she couldn't afford to be snuck up on and ambushed not having the spell strength to take them on in a one on one battle at the moment.
The sound of a large scale fight sounding out not to far away told Fleur that at least two of the boys were now fighting, the problem was though that she didn't know which two meaning she could either have a near fully trained Auror on the lose or either of the other two.
Moving in a crouched run Fleur came to another large rock and was able to look around it in time to see Harry jump backwards a little his wand coming up with a flick as a half dozen lose stones came up and started to orbit him blocking the incoming curses from not just Cedric but also Krum, the pair not even turning to fire spells on each other concentrating everything they had on Harry.
Looking at the match for a moment Fleur reached up and started to pull herself up onto the large rock she was hiding behind, quickly and without drawing the attention of any of the male champions she lay down flat on top of the rock raising her wand just a little to get a better angle on what she was about to try and do.
Watching from the stands and able to hear what was going on in the arena but those in the arena couldn't hear what was being said in the stands as Bagman started to comment on the fact that Fleur seemed to be up to something, the Veela girl rose to a knee and took careful aim gathering her magic for the supercharged spell she had planned for the boys.
Fleur took a breath after gathering the energy she wanted muttering a single word a large ball of fire and what looked like metal shot from her wand leaving in its wake a flame trail none of the boys seeming to notice the supercharged artillery attack from the French Veela.
The ball of flames and metal slammed into the ground before the group of boys a large dust cloud and column of flames shooting into the sky after only a second of surprised look on the other champions faces at the sudden presence of the metal ball.
"Oh and she's done it people the Beauxbatons champion has lunched a surprise attack that may have eliminated all three of her rivals in one hit, although I can't see to confirm this I have to say that not much would be standing after that sort of blast." Bagman's voice called out over the arena for all to hear save the champions everyone just looking at the column of flames that was still burning but was slowly dying down now.
Fleur having not heard what Bagman was saying jumped down from her rock and quickly moved to another location while also keeping the smoking area that her spell had detonated in a few moments ago in view, eyes sweeping the smoke in hopes to see any signs of movement.
A wave of the wand from Flitwick cleared the smoke fully so he could see the state of the other champions Fleur looking around the corner of the rock she was hidden behind now in time to see what damage she managed to inflect on the guys.
The sight that greeted everyone was not what Fleur hoped to see although it looked like the boys were injured a little, Cedric leaning to one side favouring it over the other while before him was a wall made from stone that had crumbled a little from the force of the blast.
A dome of stone was where Krum had been sections of it being blown inwards but otherwise it looked to have survived the blast fairly well the dome of stone falling away a few moments after the smoke cleared to show Krum standing their relatively uninjured although it looked like a stone had grazed his cheek.
Harry looked to be the worse off as the medium level shield fell away showing that one side of his face was burned and that it looked like little stones were lodged into the skin, the sunglasses were still in place and didn't looked to be damaged at all which was all the champions needed to see to know that they couldn't exploit the weakness of light on Harry while in human form.
"I don't believe it folks all three male champions are still standing after a blast like that, although champion Potter looks to be in pretty bad shape going by those burns but I don't think that is going to matter soon as the match has just entered the five minute mark, meaning from any time now Professor Flitwick is going to signal the use of all abilities." Bagman called out standing up to look down at the arena floor the sight of the three boys looking at where Fleur had been being all that greeted him at the moment.
Flitwick seemed to look at the boys as they started to exchange spells again Harry ducking back and around a stone to avoid being hit by the combined attacks of both Cedric and Viktor having lost sight of Fleur after her surprise attack.
"All champions be advised that all locks are now undone, special abilities are now allowed." Flitwick called out firing another flare into the air this one exploding in a bright blue colour.
Both Fleur and Harry smiled at this as were Harry had been a moment ago was now Shadow Fang who let out a loud howl both Cedric and Viktor quickly started casting light charms all around them only to feel a strange pull on their libido as Fleur undid the charm bracelet.
"Ah folks looks like the gloves really have come off and now the match has turned against just about everyone as we have all seen what champion Potter is capable off in his Animagus form and the Lady Delacour has just set loose her lovely Veela charms on everyone in the arena."
Harry quickly melted into the shadows and started to search for Fleur as it was clear to him who was the greatest threat to him in this match as her charm was pulling on him a little even in the shadows while also having a lot of power to be able to throw that sort of spell and still able to move quickly.
Both Viktor and Cedric had nearly bathed the whole area around them in light only to look up sharply when a large what looked like a wolf's head rose up out of the ground off to one side the sight of a human sized ball of fire in its jaws standing out against is ink black liquid like surfaces.
"You're not going to take me out that easily Harry!" Fleur called out everyone realised that she was that ball of flame that the wolf had taken up into the air, Harry rising up out of a shadow off to one side jumping backwards when Cedric fired off a few stunning on seeing him.
Fleur looked at the inky blackness on either side of her hands raised up to stop the jaws from snapping shut on her and encasing her in darkness, her hair looked like it was made from pure white flames at the moment as her fingers changed into bird like claws as she was putting all of her power into her Veela fire to stop Harry from doing whatever it was he was up to.
"I'm not beaten yet." She snarled out feeling her face start to change into her avian form of her people, her head changing quickly into that of a hawk with white feathers, her hands finishing their transformation as balls of white hot flames formed in both hands pushing back the jaws that little bit more as she gave a screech much like that of an angry bird.
Harry was worried, he had tried pulling Fleur into the Shadow Plane to weaken her and thus remove his biggest problem but with trying to dodge Cedric and Viktor's attacks, as well as the level of light and flames the two things no shadow based creature can handle Fleur was putting out was stopping him from carrying out that plan.
Jumping backwards into another shadow to avoid the stunning binding combo that Harry knew Cedric had learned from Moody, Harry knew that he had gotten himself distracted again as a sudden explosion of light and flames above the arena floor had everyone look up to see Fleur had one hand gripped on the shadow Wolf's lower jaw while the top half of the head was blow away to nothingness.
"I'm the bane of all Shadow beings Harry." Fleur snapped off as with another surge of light and flames finished off Harry's conjured shadow head, Harry making a muttered comment about having to pull out some of the stops to take on the Veela girl but for now would work on Viktor and Cedric.
Everyone was watching as Fleur floated down to the ground her eyes locking with Viktor and seemed to put everything she had into her charm the flames around her dyeing down now that she didn't need it to fight off the shadow attack from Harry, her charm causing Viktor to stop moving as his eyes locked with hers not being able to fight off the single Veela concentrating everything on him.
Cedric seeing what was happening to Viktor started firing spells at the avian formed Veela, Fleur dancing around them with such grace that it would have been impossible for any human to move that smoothly.
Fleur would have given a smile if she had lips at the moment as she moved closer to the boys knowing that Harry wouldn't show himself now until at least one of the boys were removed as such she got closer to Viktor having known that he could be the biggest problem next to Harry with raw power.
Getting close enough to make sure that once she stopped forcing everything on Viktor he wouldn't be able to dodge any spells in time, Fleur raised one hand the fingers ending in talons wand in it as she let loose with a couple of stunning and bindings, Viktor not having the time to shake off the left over effects of her charm and dodge at the same time as such he went down after the first few spells overpowered his armour and the others that hadn't hit yet finished him off, he vanished from the arena when Flitwick fired a portkey into the downed boy sending him to the medical tent off to one side.
"And there we have it folks the first to go down is Viktor Krum taken out by the lovely Fleur Delacour and now Cedric finds himself facing against the lady who seems to be more focused on finding young Auror Potter," Bagman paused here to look over at a shadow off to one side as Harry rose up and transformed back to human his injures having healed up while in the Shadow Plane a little but still looked very painful. "This folks is proving to be a duel to remember."
Harry dodged back behind a rock as a fireball came flying at his location the rock heating up slowly as Fleur kept up her fire attack on it trying to turn Harry into charcoal while also dancing around any spells that Cedric sent at either her or Harry as she was between him and the young Auror at the moment.
"You know Fleur there is another target for you to try and burn you don't need to concentrate everything on me." Harry called out changing forms and diving into a shadow the rock he was crouched behind started to melt into slag.
"Oh but Harry I only want to dance with you again, now hold still and let me show you my moves." Fleur called back her beak not moving and her voice sounding the same as it normally does to everyone's surprise she flipped backwards and landed perfectly on her feet to dodge one of Cedric's spells a few moments after she had made that comment.
"You're starting to bother me Cedric go try and chase Harry down before I decide to remove you." Fleur snapped off throwing a fireball at Cedric with one hand while the other fired basic lighting spells into any shadow nearby giving a small laugh at the cry of pain from Harry as he was forced to jump into the Shadow Plane to avoid being pulled from his shadow by the light.
Ducking and weaving around a few rocks Cedric came to a stop and just looked around muttering under his breath about being in the middle of a match between two of the more powerful spell users of his generation, his mutters being cut off however when a hand came around his neck and a wand pressed into the small of his back.
"Lowering your guard even for a moment isn't wise in this match Cedric." Harry says softly resting his head on the Hogwarts champion shoulder a small smile forming on his face as he whispered the stunning spell three time in a row overpowering the Dragon Hide armour.
"Ok folks we just had Cedric go down by Harry leaving these two giants of skill to battle it out, I have to say that this match has to be close to any of the matches between You-Know-Who and Albus Dumbledore." Bagman manages to say over the cheers and boos of the crowd.
"This match is about half the intense and power that myself and Voldemort had in our matches although both of them are on the way towards both our level." Albus says calmly from just behind Bagman not paying any of the people any mind who shuddered at the name of the Dark Lord.
Harry stepped out from his hidden location still in human form as he locked eyes with Fleur who was still transformed a fireball in one hand and wand held ready in the other, both of them just watching the other.
"Just you and me left Fleur, so either way you have your one dinner with me alone," Harry says calmly bouncing slightly on the balls of his feet so that he could move at a moment's notice, "What do you say we remove all of these rocks and just go all out with no place to hide?"
"I like the sound of that Harry." Fleur says back once again her beak not moving but her voice sounding the same as it did in her human form.
Both of them raised their wands and started to move the boulders and larger rocks that had survived the duel so far off to one side Flitwick helping out as he could see that this was about to become an all out battle with no retreat.
Once the central area was clear of all large rocks and such Harry turned side on and held his wand at the ready while Fleur seemed to float slightly above the ground once again fireball of a deep blue in one hand and wand in the other.
No one knew what the signal was between the two only that they both had been standing or floating there one moment and the next Harry is dancing around jets of flame and countering any spell being cast at him by summoning the fine stone they stood on or by shields returning fire with surprisingly water and ice based spells.
Fleur found herself dancing around jets of water and shards of ice and even nearly slipped when Harry turned the ground under her feet as she touched down for a moment to turn to ice, she was thankfully able to turn it into a back flip that saved her from another one of his spells landing on all fours as she pushed off to get back into the air and allow her to avoid most of his spells that much easier.
Amelia and Tonks watched the match closely Tonks starting to laugh a little as she took her eyes off the two duellists for a moment and look at the arena in general.
"What seems to be so funny Trainee?" Amelia asks looking at the younger woman next to her the other judges and such looking at the pink haired Auror to see what her answer was.
"Harry is changing the arena to something more suited to fighting a person using fire based attacks, just look at all that water starting for from around the place down there." Tonks answered a smile still on her face as Harry fired off another jet of water this one clearly missing the Veela girl but still splashed out over the ground.
Fleur dodged another jet of water her return jet of flame being her only answer to Harry's continued water and ice based attack knowing that he was using magic that was suited to taking on a fire based being like her, her feet touching down on the ground for a moment her eyes widening when she realised that she was now ankle deep in water and that Harry had a large smile on his face.
Harry's smile didn't change at all as he waved his wand in a wide arch over his head as suddenly all the water and a few ice shards still sticking out of the ground all round the pair seemed to either freeze over, in the ice shard cases grow in size until they looked like large spears sticking out of the ground making large shadows as the cloud cover overhead was just enough to block the light and allow shadows to be cast.
"Let's end this." Harry muttered transforming as he ran forward the shadows being cast all around him lashing out towards Fleur as he ran towards her fangs beared and ready to sink into her flesh.
Fleur's eyes widened at the forward attack and went to move to one side to avoid the attack only to find her feet stuck in the ice that now covered the arena, thinking quickly she made a fireball in each hand dropping her wand for now as she punched the two closest lances away from her body the flames going out after sending the shadow lances back to their original shape.
Harry kept on moving forward keeping the lance attack up so that Fleur couldn't attack him with her flames, his body melting into a shadow just as it looked like he was going to jump onto the French girl, everyone looking just behind Fleur when he came jumping out their changing back to human form quickly and letting lose with a half dozen stunning and binding spells.
Feeling the energy of the spells coming in behind her Fleur crouched down as best she could with her feet encased in ice one hand coming down to try and melt the ice before Harry could lunch another attack.
Fleur twisted her body as best she could to avoid the next few spells while trying to melt the ice at the same time, but she felt the sting of a number of spells and knew that only the fact that the armour she had on stopped her from being eliminated at the moment.
"Your Headmistress didn't spare any cost in that armour now did she." Harry stated jumping into another shadow and transforming just as quickly coming up in another location a few moments later and firing off more spells Fleur finally able to get one leg free and help her avoid the worst of the spell fire.
"I wouldn't know she just handed it to me this morning but I am thankful it is so good." Fleur says moving her body enough to dodge another spell only to hiss in pain when something in her ankle started to break, this being the only signal she needed to know that she had been twisting around too much and was on the way to breaking her ankle and thus taking herself out of the fight.
Harry seeing Fleur's pause as she looked at her ankle was all he needed as a large shadow shaped into a hand came slamming forward into her chest ripping her foot free from its ice prison and slamming her into another ice pillar just behind her both of them hearing a cracking sound just as Fleur impacted the pillar.
Fleur's head snapped back lightly hitting the pillar as her face returned to normal hands turning to fingers and the slight scaling of a birds leg leaving her hands fully as she coughed a little one hand held out to the side wand at the ready while the other was trapped under the large ink black hand that pinned her, Harry in his Animagus form rising up just out of the corner of her eye.
Locking eyes with the Shadow Wolf Fleur gave a small smile and nods her head letting her wand go as she called out for Flitwick to hear, "I surrender as I can feel something crack that shouldn't in my chest, that and my ankle is now sprained." Her voice carrying up for all to hear surprisingly as the crowed has gone silent the moment Harry had pinned her.
The crowed remained silent for a few more moments before loud cheers ran out for Harry mainly from the section of the stands that Amelia had been able to reserve for the Auror Academy students of first and second year.
Bagman clapped loudly along with everyone else in the judges box before his voice rang out over the cheers of the crowed, "That did it folks Lady Delacour has surrendered, and the good sport that he is Harry Potter is carrying her off to get her injuries treated, this folks has got to be one of the greatest duels I have ever seen in a long time."
The crowd cheered loudly at these words as Harry carried the injured Fleur towards Madam Pomfrey and Fleur's family Tonks jumping down and landing next to the pair after fighting her way down from the judges box and to the edge of the stands.
"You two were great and Fleur you have earned your dinner with Harry." Tonks says getting even with the pair kissing Harry quickly before turning to see Poppy before them already working on Fleur's injures saying softly that the girl had a number of cracked ribs and her ankle might as well be broken with how badly it was twisted.
"Nice to know I get an extra reward." Fleur hissed out as Poppy started work on her ribs her sister and mother both giving a small smile at Tonks comment about dinner with Harry and congratulate Fleur for doing well even if she did lose control and turned into her avian form.
Harry and Tonks remained outside of the medical tent Harry waving off Poppy when she tried to treat some of his cuts and such from his match saying that he'll take care of them later just looking out at the arena now not saying a word as he listened to the scores give and the time for the final task in a month or so times.
Tonks leaned against Harry's good side without saying a word knowing that in a few weeks time they would be back to work as normal and finish their final year of training, looking forward to it and hoping that they could settle on a date soon for their wedding.
Name: Hannah Abbott
Gender: Female
Age: 15
D.O.B: 1980
Eye Colour: Blue
Hair Colour: Long Blonde
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 90lbs
Physical Fitness: 4/10 Average
Spell Knowledge: 5/10 Average
Spell Power: 7/10 Above Average
Special Abilities: none
Weakness: none
Rank: Hogwarts fourth year
Next of Kin: Mother, Father.
Information:
Hannah is a kind hearted soul who is always willing to listen and help others in need and has shown a great interest in becoming a healer after leaving Hogwarts going so far as to ask Poppy Pomfry to teach her a little while she is within the school.
She has always been a close friend to the Bones family and has at times joked that if Susan was a boy she would happily marry into the Bones family to bring the two light based families closer together.
She is hard working and is not afraid to speak her mind when she feels she is right, making her nearly as stubborn as her best friend but together it is rare they are wrong.
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