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The hallway to the Headmaster's office is a good hiding place, Harry Potter found out as he is behind a pillar. Waiting and making sure no one is near him. He checks the Marauder Map and sighs once he sees no one in the hallway. Harry gets out and leans on the pillar, thinking of how this happened. 'I thought this year would be different.'
Harry Potter's 4th year has become hell since his name came out of the Triwizard Cup. Bullying and harassment is going on and the teachers won't do anything to stop it. Now everyone wants to hurt the 'cheating' Potter and know they can get away with it. So Harry decided to hide as even his friends are taking part of it. He wasn't surprised Ron went along with it as his jealousy and need for attention kept showing but he doesn't understand why Hermione was supporting it as well. Even Gryffindor banned and kicked him out of the dorms. He looks at his map and sees two people heading for his direction so he jumps back into his hiding spot and listens. Dumbledore and Snape walk and stop to talk near his pillar. "So the children are still bullying Mr Potter?"
"Yes Headmaster." Snape said with happiness in his voice. "The brat is finally being treated as he deserves."
"Yes yes Severus. Now are the dragons ready for use?"
"Indeed, they have just arrived. I'll make sure the Hungarian Horntail is the one the brat chooses. Finally Potter will die and we won't have to get our hands dirty."
"The plan is going along great. Now all you need to do left my boy is to complete that potion and everything will be well." Albus said and Harry sent a spell at the Headmaster's door which alerts them both. "I will investigate that, it may just be the Weasley twins doing a prank. Remember to complete the potion at the end of the day."
The Headmaster walks away while the Potions Master heads to his potions lab. Harry, curious about the potion, gets out and follows Snape but he stops and hides when Severus turns around. Harry realizes that Snape may find him if he follows him so he goes another way by going to another hallway. He puts on his cloak and disappears from sight.
Susan Bones and Hannah Abbott are talking in a hallway about a certain someone they want gone. "It is perfect Susan, we will capture Potter and make sure he doesn't make it to the 1st task and he'll lose his magic."
"Haha! That will show that lying cheater who stole Cedric's thunder. Being turned into a squib and expelled will teach him to challenge his betters."
"Stupefy!" A voice stuns both of the Hufflepuffs unconscious. Harry takes off his cloak and looks at the girls and their disgusting plan. He was taking the long way to the Potions lab and came across the conversation and can't believe that they were willing to make him a squib over this stupid tournament. 'God is this house unity? Hurting and ruining others because they are not in your house?'
Now Harry needed a way to get rid of Bones and Abbott without killing them. If he lets them go then they'll do their crazy plan and he needs to deal with Snape and Dumbledore now. That was when he had a great idea. It would ruin them for life but his mercy for them ran dry. They were two of the biggest bullies he had this year and he remembers getting tripped by them and almost breaking his neck on the stairs. Luckily he was able to put his hands up and block the impact and when he looked up, it was Susan and Hannah looking disappointed that he didn't die. So he picks them both up and drags them away.
After his 'prank', Harry finds himself under the cloak. Right next to the door to the Potion Lab. He opens the door and sees Snape working on a cauldron. He stuns Severus and he goes unconscious. Harry takes off the cloak and goes to the closet and grabs the veritaserum. He inserts three drops into the potion professor's mouth. Using his magic to awaken him, Snape has the blank look that you have once you are put under veritaserum. Harry begins asking questions to make sure they work. "What is your name?"
"Severus Snape."
"What is your profession?"
"Potions Master and Head of Slytherin House."
The professor is under control so Harry asks the more important questions. "Why do you hate Harry Potter?"
"He is the constant reminder that I failed to court Lily Evans and she married the oaf James Potter."
"Tch, jealousy I see. Why do you conspire to want me dead? If you love my mother than you should care for her son."
"Whatever love I felt towards your mother died when she did. With you gone, I will have the last laugh over your father." Even in his blank state, you can hear the malice in his voice.
Harry wants to end this vile man but he calms down to continue the interrogation. "Why does Dumbledore want me dead?"
"He said you shouldn't exist. You were supposed to die along with your family. The fact you still live is considered heresy for his god." Snape is trying to stop himself from revealing truths that he cannot say. The god part makes Harry curious, however he needs an answer more important than the headmaster's faith.
"The potion. What is it's powers? The ingredients to complete them!?"
Snape tries to stop so Harry punches him in the face. "It gives the drinker magic that Albus said would give them the powers unheard of. Send them to a realm of magic not documented called the Warp. The last ingredient is the eye of a basilisk."
"Basilisk huh…" Harry knows just the one to find. That was when the the effects wear off and Snape glares at him with hatred that surpasses even the one of his father.
"I will kill you Potter. You will wish that you died to that dragon!" He tries to get up but Harry stuns him on his feet and he falls face first. Harry gloats as he stomps on Snape's head, making him stay down.
"You talk but we know you can't. You need your masters to order you. Without Voldemort and Dumbledore, you are nothing Snivellus. Oh yes, Sirius and Remus told me about you and we laugh at you. Had they lived, my parents would've seen how pathetic you truly are. Just a nobody." He stuns him unconscious and drags him into the closet. Harry then places a cauldron to block the door and looks at the one filled with liquid that is changing color rapidly. He looks down to see a piece of paper next to it so he picks it up and reads it to reveal the directions.
"Let's see, 'Once the contents turn multi-color, insert the Basilisk eye within two hours'. Well I better hurry and finish it." Harry quickly leaves the potions lab and runs to the bathroom to the chamber of secrets. On the way, he can hear a couple of Hufflepuffs gossiping.
"Did you hear about Hannah Abbott and Susan Bones?"
"That they were snogging in the closet? Man, Professor Sprout was pissed."
"What freaks. I don't want those perverts in our house. We should vote them out of Hufflepuff like Gryffindor did to Potter."
Harry smiles as he walks away. He knew a school as old-fashion like Hogwarts would despise gay or lesbian relationships. 'I should feel guilty but they wanted me dead so…'
He enters the Chamber of Secrets and closes his eyes once he sees the body of the giant creature and walks towards it. Ripping off it's eye was hard but he takes it and walks back to the Potions Lab. On the way, he sees his former Gryffindor mates searching the hallways. It seems Ron is leading Seamus and Dean around the place. "Find Potter! I saw him go this way."
'Whatever he wants from me is not going to be pleasant.' Harry thinks to himself and puts his invisibility cloak on to sneak away. He can hear Ron shouting.
"I know you are hiding cheating coward! We will find you and make you confess!"
Harry enters and puts the Basilisk eye into the cauldron and the liquid changes the color into blue. He grabs a vial and scoops up the liquid to drink it. Once he swallows the potion, he feels his body mutate and his mind expand. Energy comes out of his body and closes his eyes as he screams in pain while his left eye is bleeding. "AAHH!"
He opens his eyes and sees not the potion lab but a land of ever-expanding labyrinth, no entrance or exit in sight. "What happened, where am I?"
"HEHEHEH…" A voice that makes Harry ill can heard and he looks up to see a giant mollusk above him, only to black out once he hears the voices. "Welcome back."
The 1st task of Triwizard Tournament has commenced and the three champions have played against the dragons and now it is the 'fake' champion's turn but he is nowhere to be seen. Many mock him for his cowardness and can't wait for him to become a squib. Dumbledore however, is not one of them. He needs Harry to die. If he becomes a squib then he will be taken to the muggle world and disappear in it. The Headmaster doesn't know if the horcrux in Harry will be destroyed along with his magic. He can't risk it and so the Horntail will end him.
Viktor Krum, Cedric Diggory, and Fleur Delacour are getting impatient with Crouch trying to calm them down. "Damnation, just get rid of ze boy."
"Now now Madam Delacour, we just need to wait and he will appear." Crouch said but Viktor scoffs.
"That brat must have realized his stupidity and left for the train already." Someone enters the tent after Viktor's mocking and walks past them, not even giving a sound with his footsteps. Cedric sees the person and notices his blue robe with a hood on top of it. What surprises him the most is his hands look pale blue as if he has frostbite. "Potter?"
He exits the tent and enters the arena, ignoring everyone. Even those on the stands as they stare at him. Including Hermione as she looks frightened for her friend that she abandoned. 'I believe in you Harry. Please survive so I can beg for forgiveness.'
"Is that Potter?"
"Where did he get those robes?"
"Ha! Trying to look good for his funeral, that is the smartest thing Potter has done in his life!" Draco Malfoy shouts and the rest of Slytherin laughs along with him.
"Pathetic…" That voice stops everyone and he removes his hood to show the new Harry Potter. Gone are his green eyes and instead are blue like the ocean. His black hair has been put in a ponytail and if you look closer, his chest seems to have veins popping out. "The little snakes are barking like dogs. Clearly Salazar would be rolling in his grave if he saw what his house has become. No cunning or ambition."
His mocking tone irritates them and if Professor Snape were here, he would make him lose so many house points however he cannot be found. As if he went missing.
The Hungarian Horntail glares at the intruder. No doubt wants her eggs and charges at him. Harry snaps his fingers and suddenly the dragon feels sick as if it's head is moving in circles. It trips and rolls with Harry moving away from the crashing dragon. He only said one word to reveal what had happened: "Vertigo."
This confuses everyone except Hermione who theorizes the attack. 'He made the Horntail dizzy to the point of losing her balance perhaps? This could be a form of stupefy or a new form of magic. What did you learn Harry?'
The Horntail roars as she gets up and breathes fire. The flame appears to envelope Harry and Dumbledore sighs a breath of relief as it seems Potter has died. But that isn't the case as Harry raises his hands and the flames move away from him. Dumbledore in his mind is outraged. 'No! That is a barrier! Did he take the potion?!'
Harry opens his eyes and stares into the Horntail and it falls to the ground. Lifeless yet breathing as if it was paralyzed . The new Potter passes the down Horntail and picks up the golden egg. He analyzes it, trying to get an idea out of it but finds nothing. Annoyed, Harry carries the egg with him to the champion tent and away from the silent crowd.
"UH… WELL, GIVE A HAND FOR THE FOURTH PARTICIPANT: HARRY POTTER!" The voice of Ludo Bagman seems to have awakened the crowd and they clap. But it is more polite than congratulations. Dumbledore glares at the tent as the dragon handlers try to find out what is wrong with the Horntail. 'He took the damn potion! I will make you suffer for your failure Snape. No matter, the other tasks will end Potter. I just need to rig it against him.'
Meanwhile Harry walks away from the other champions and exits the tent again. On the way to his room, he is stopped by Hermione and Ron. "Harry!"
Hermione rushes at him and gives him a bear hug. "Thank Merlin you are alive!"
"Hermione please stop…" Harry mumbles from the embrace but Ron looks angry at them. He tries to hide it but his face begins turning red.
"Harry… It is great to see you make it. It was wicked."
"Really Ron so you are sorry for your threats?" He ask which makes Hermione give Ron a stern look.
"You threaten Harry? Ron what is wrong with you, apologize right this instant." She said and Ron explodes.
"Who do you think you are?! You do not talk to me like that! You're supposed to obey me!" He reveals which makes Harry suspicious. Dark energy is released into the area which makes Ron kneel in sickness. He vomits from the energy he never felt but Hermione feels nice. It is a comfortable feeling.
"I feel free. Like whatever was controlling me is gone. Wait… You bastard!" She punches Ron in the face which knocks him to the ground. "You potion me! Made me betray Harry!"
"So he slipped you something to control you?" Harry asks which she nods to. She didn't want to betray Harry and even wanted to support him when he was chosen as the fourth competitor. To make her more obedient, Molly Weasley gave her son a potion to make Hermione controllable and more willing to agree with Ron's suggestions. Now that she is free from the potion, Hermione wants to make him pay. However Harry stops her, not out of kindness but for a devilish plot.
"Wait Hermione. He can be of use. Whether he likes it or not." Harry said and they smirk which frightens the cowardly Weasley.
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