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DMN: On with the Story!
Chapter Four:
Harry Potter just sat there in his seat, stunned at not only the amount of anger in the Judge's voice, but the fact that his name had been called. He heard protesting from many of the students and staff, too much and too loud to make anything out. Hermione sat next to him with her hands covering her mouth in horror while, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Ron glaring at him. Harry's mind suddenly caught up with him and registered one more fact.
He wasn't the only one called.
His sight shot over to the Hufflepuff table where Susan looked just as horrified as Hermione.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER AND SUSAN AMELIA BONES GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!" The entire hall flinched at the fury within the man's voice, a blue aura surrounding him in his anger. The two got up from their respective tables and walked over to the armored man. The Judge spent several seconds looking between the two before speaking again. "Both of you through the door, we'll discuss this in a moment."
"Gabranth, they can't-"
"They have no choice, Your Grace. Their names came out of the goblet. If we refuse to allow them to take part then they will die. I for one refuse to see two young teens die. The only way out is death or to complete the tasks. We will question them in the room but we can't stop them from competing now that the contract is signed." Alma sighed, she hated when he was right.
"Fine, go through the door, Mr. Potter, Ms. Bones." The two teens walked into the next room, the other champions looked at them from where they stood as they entered.
"Vat is it? Do zey need us back?" Krum asked the two teens. Harry looked to Susan and found her to be horror struck. When Harry opened his mouth to reply to the three champions, the door opened once more and Ludo Bagman came rushing into the room with a giant smile on his face.
"Incredible! Absolutely amazing, ladies and gentlemen, may introduce to you the fourth and fifth Triwizard Champions!" Cedric chuckled a bit before speaking.
"Very funny Mr. Bagman, you almost had us." Ludo just smiled.
"No, I wasn't joking Mr. Diggory. Mr. Potter and Ms. Bones had both their names come out of the goblet." The three champions looked shocked for a moment before glaring at the two, Fleur objecting to the announcement.
"NON! Zey cannot compete; zey are notzing but a little boy and a little girl!" Harry glared at the French girl in annoyance. Dumbledore came walking in with the headmaster and headmistress of the competing schools while Professors Snape, McGonagall, Sprout and Moody followed them, shortly followed by Gabranth and Alma. "'eadmistress, he is zaying zat these two children are to compete as well. Is zis true?" Madam Maxime huffed at her student while glaring at the two fourth year students.
"Unfortunately yes, Ms. Delacour. Zer names came out of ze cup as well." Viktor looked to his headmaster with a hard face.
"Ze tournament is not vair. Vhy vould 'Ogwarts be allowed three champions, headmaster?" Igor shook his head.
"That is what I plan to find out, Mr. Krum. Bones, Potter, face me." Both students turned and faced the Judge Magister. "Now, let's start. Did either of you put your names in the cup?" Both students shook their heads. "Did either of you ask another student to do it for you?" Harry shook his head once again while Susan did the same. "Would you be willing to submit those answers under Veritaserum?"
"What is Veritaserum?" Harry asked while Susan nodded her answer.
"I see you're still not taking your studies very seriously, Potter for if you actually read a book for once you would know that Veritaserum is the most powerful truth serum in the entire world. Just three drops of it will be enough to have you spill every dark secret you have and then some to the entire school." Snape sneered at the boy and Harry glared back.
"Seeing as how you don't teach anyone outside of your own house, you greasy bigot, how was I supposed to know?"
"Mr. Potter! You will show-"
"Why should he show respect to a man that he told the truth of?" Susan blurted out. "Not once in the time that I have been here, has he given a single point to anyone outside his own house. He doesn't even punish any of his snakes for insulting other student or sabotaging their work."
"Surely, Ms. Bones, that you are exaggerating a bit too much. Either way, this is not about Professor Snape. Serverus, a vial of Veritaserum please."
"I will only agree to the Veritaserum if my head of house will agree to question about my classes with Snape." Harry glared at the man. Snape's face changed to an angry glare.
"Five points from-"
"Agreed, Mr. Potter. Serverus, the potion."
"I ask for the same, Mrs. Sprout and will also consent to giving an oath of honesty."
"Very well, Ms. Bones, I will consent to it but only the oath. Your aunt might kill me if anything is revealed that shouldn't be." Susan nodded in consent and Snape reached into his robes.
"Hold, it Snape. I have one here." Moody growled out, moving over to Gabranth. "I wouldn't trust anything he makes." Gabranth nodded and looked to Harry.
"Three drops, no more." Harry nodded and opened his mouth. He felt three drops hit his tongue and his eyes glazed over. The Judge nodded to McGonagall and she looked to Harry.
"What is your name and the name of your Hogwarts House?"
"Harry James Potter of Gryffindor House."
"Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?"
"No. I wouldn't have even if I could. I have too much fame as it is."
"Did you ask anyone to put it in for you?"
"Did you not just hear me? I said not even if I could. I don't want the Fame or the money."
"Explain your Potion classes."
"From the very first day I entered his class, Snape has punished every student but his own, especially when it came to me. At the start of almost every class, he would ask me questions that I have no knowledge of and take points while insulting me at the same time. He continues to compare me to my father without reason."
"You act like him enough, Potter! Always out breaking the rules and putting others in danger. I know you have been sabotaging other students' potions in my classes." Snape snarled at him.
"No I do not. Your Slytherins are to blame since you keep a blind eye to them." Harry spoke out.
"I think that has been enough." Gabranth growled out and fed Harry the antidote. "Snape, since I have two free periods tomorrow, expect a visit from me. Harry you're cleared." Harry nodded as the Judge turned to Susan. "Oath or Potion?" Susan pulled out her wand and held it above her heart.
"I, Susan Amelia Bones, swear on my life and magic that I did NOT put my name in the Goblet of Fire, NOR did I ask OR force anyone to do it for me. I also swear that what I said about Professor Serverus Snape's bigotry to be true to all my knowledge. So mote be it." A flash of magic lit up around Susan and she lifted her wand, casting the lumos spell and then distinguishing the light before finally looking to the Judges. "Is that all, You're Honor?"
"Dumbledore, we cannot allow this." Igor protested. "This is very unfair to the standings! You have three champions here while Maxime and I only have one each. I demand to be allowed two more champions in order to balance the scales."
"There is no way to fix it, Igor." Alma crossed her arms. "I know everything about the cup and I can honestly say that there is no way to add more champions. The Goblet can only be lit once the current tournament is concluded and even if we could get it to light again it would be worse off for your current champions as the Magic of the Goblet will consider the choosing of another as a refusal to participate and drain them of their magic. I believe I don't have to tell you exactly what the outcome will be if that were to happen?" Igor growled and crossed his arms.
"Look, I don't care for this tournament." Harry announced with a great deal of annoyance. "All I have to do is compete right? Then fine, I'll compete. However, seeing as it was supposed to be only students that are seventeen, I'm going to need to be able to set some things aside so that I can train to try and have any chance in this. I'm sure Susan will need it too." Dumbledore nodded sagely.
"You have a good mind, Harry. Very well, I will work with the Professors and come up with something that will help you and Ms. Bones to have some kind of fighting chance. However, I will have to inform you both that none of the Professors and staff of any school, are allowed to help any of the champions. I will however see to it that arrangements are made for all five of you to get some type of training done. Now, let us all turn in for the night as I can feel that this is going to be a very tiring night for you all." Albus looked to Igor and Olympe. "Will this be acceptable to you two?" The two nodded, although with annoyance.
"Mr. Crouch, Mr. Bagman, you both seem very silent." Alma announced while Bagman smiled kindly while Crouch just glared at the two teens.
"Just waiting for our turn to speak, Your Grace." Alma nodded and let the man have the floor. "Alright you five, the first task is set to take place on November 24. The task is about facing the unknown. Now, as Albus said, none of the staff of any schools can help you with the tournament. If you injure another champion to the point where they cannot participate in the tasks then you will lose any chance of getting first place. Have a pleasant evening and see you all on the twenty-fourth." Bagman and Crouch walked out of the room as Dumbledore turn to the judges.
"I will investigate the cup to find out how exactly their names came out. Minerva, Pamona, if you'll be so kind to take Harry, Susan and Cedric to their dorms now that would be ideal. I suspect for a celebration to be happening in the houses." Dumbledore walked out of the room with Snape, Gabranth and Alma at his heels while McGonagall turned to Harry.
"Come Mr. Potter." Harry followed the woman out of the room and towards Gryffindor Tower. As they walked through the halls, Harry could hear his head of house swearing up a storm. "Albus you damn idiot… Taking care of everything my arse… Two underage students in this thrice damned competition…" Harry stayed silent the entire way, not wanting to possibly anger the professor any more than she already was. Once the pair reached the portrait of the Fat Lady, McGonagall turned to face the boy. "Here you are, Mr. Potter, I will see you in the morning with news about a training room for you. Try to get some sleep tonight as I know you will most likely need as much as you can get."
"Yes, ma'am." Minerva started to walk away as Harry opened the door to the common room, only to jump in surprise at the loud greetings he got from his entire house.
"Blimey Harry, how did you do it?"
"Amazing Potter!"
Praise after praise met Harry's ears, making him grind his teeth together. It wasn't until Fred and George, both looking serious which was unnatural for the two of them, pulled him away and told everyone to give Harry some room as they pulled him over to a secluded corner.
"Harry, did you put,"
"Your name in?" Harry shook his head.
"No. I didn't and neither did Susan. She swore a witch's oath and I testified under veritaserum. We didn't ask anyone to do it either."
"Well, the reason we ask Harry,"
"Is because Ron thinks you broke through Dumbledore's age line."
"Hermione, however, is in between."
"She's not sure what to think but it seems,"
"She's siding more with Ron."
"Who is rightly pissed if I may say so."
"Been ranting ever since we got back."
"He thinks you want more fame and didn't tell him the secret."
"While you knew he wanted to compete."
"He and Hermione were going to corner you later once the party died down."
"We were concerned that your bad luck has revealed itself for the year and wanted to offer our help."
Harry groaned and placed his head in his hands. "I need to get away from here and find somewhere to be alone."
"If you want,"
"We can help you with that."
"You just need your cloak and map right?"
Harry shook his head. "No, I already have them. I thought something was going to go wrong so I kept them with me all day."
"Well then little Harrikins."
"We will make a diversion for you."
"I think those fireworks would be a nice touch, don't you, Fred?"
"Of course George." Harry shook his head as he watched the twins go and start some crazy plan of theirs while all the attention was pulled from Harry. He quickly pulled his invisibility cloak out of his bag and dawned it before making his way to the portrait hole. The sounds of fireworks going off caught everyone's attention and Harry made his escape. He pulled out his map and activated it before heading for the Chamber of Secrets.
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Ragnok sat in his chair rubbing his temples. Before him was the complete audit of one Harry James Potter. He looked up at his door as a knock sounded from the other side. "Enter." The door opened and Griphook walked in, closing the door behind him. "What is it, Griphook? I'm very stressed at the moment."
"You have been stressed since I walked in here with that news, Director." Griphook told the head Goblin as he walked up to the desk and sat down. "Sir, I need to get word to Mr. Potter about this soon. I am already over two months late with my promise. I need to know what you plan to do. Mr. Potter must be very patient to have not sent us a letter about this but he needs to know about his birthrights." Ragnok nodded and sighed.
"We closed all four of those vaults for a reason, Griphook. To see them open again means he is their one true heir. Can you imagine what it's going to be like telling him he has to have multiple wives in order to have full access to his inheritance? Not only that but if anyone were to find out about this, no doubt that the Ministry would try to claim it all a folly and take all the treasures for themselves while piles upon piles of Marriage Contracts will be submitted. We have to find a way to walk carefully with this information. If this got out in the open, he would be hounded by many for all of this."
"No, we must plan this some more. I will see what I can do about arranging a meeting between you and Master Potter, before the Yule holidays. For now, we remain Silent." Griphook nodded and walked out of the room, while Ragnok took out a bottle of Fire whisky.
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As Harry walked the halls towards, he spotted something on his map that didn't add up. 'What is Susan doing in Myrtle's bathroom?' Harry narrowed his eyes before making his way to the second floor bathroom, avoiding teachers the best he could, Moody especially even though he didn't see the man on the map anywhere. Once he reached the girl's bathroom, he pressed his ear to the door, the sounds of someone crying was heard on the other side. 'Definitely not Myrtle.' Harry opened the door and walked in, knocking on the closed stall door.
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Susan looked up at the knock on her stall door and drew her wand from her pocket. "W-Who's there? Have you come to curse me too?"
"Susan, why would I curse you? It's me Harry." Susan rubbed her eyes as she stood to her feet.
"What did Harry tell me was his reason for learning to hide-"
"My relatives. Come on out Susan, I'm not here to hurt you." Susan unlocked the door and found Harry on the opposite side of the door. She stepped out, lowering her wand to her side. Harry could see the puffiness and redness of her eyes from her crying. She still had tears on her cheeks flowing from her eyes and Harry noticed the black and blue markings on her arms and what showed of her left leg. Her clothes were torn in several places, dried blood on her calves.
"What are you doing here Potter?" Harry frowned at what he saw and the tone of her voice made him a bit angrier. She sounded scared that he would hurt her.
"Susan, what happened to you? Why aren't you back in your dorm?" Susan glared gesturing to her outfit.
"What does it look like?! I was exiled from my own house! Professor Sprout took us back and left to her office to let my aunt know and not five minutes of entering the common room, I'm getting attacked with spell fire from all over the dorm. Even Cedric participated!" Harry clenched his fist tight as the girl fell to her knees and started to cry again. "They all thought I put my name in!" Harry walked over and pulled the girl into a hug, the girl flinching in pain and possibly fear, not that Harry knew for sure.
"This is more than that, isn't it? Why do they hate you so much Susan?" Susan shook her head against his chest.
"I can't tell you. You'll hate me too!" Harry shook his head with a sigh. "I know we've never really hung out but I just can't risk having one of my only friends hate me. I don't want to be looked at by you like everyone else does. I don't want to lose anyone else." The young girl buried her face into his chest and started to sob uncontrollably, soaking the shirt Harry was wearing. The messy haired boy just held her his eyes holding concern for the girl in his arms.
"Don't worry, I'll stay with you until you no longer want me here, ok?" Susan nodded in her sobbing state while Harry managed to maneuver the two of them to sit against the wall of the girl's bathroom. It was only a half hour later that both teens fell asleep.
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Gabranth paced his office, his power and anger rolling off him in waves. He was going over every possible cause for the two underage students of his to be in the tournament and came up with nothing. Tink sat on a window sill, frowning as she watched the man she was partnered with pacing in thought.
"How can this happen? Albus drew the age line himself, I saw him do it. They gave their oaths as well so they didn't do it. Who would want to enter those two and why? Surely they don't have enemies of that degree while only in school!" Tink frowned.
"We'll figure it out, Gabranth. Alma trusts you, she knows you'll figure this out." Gabranth sighed and nodded.
"I hope you're right Tink. I really do, because once I find out who put them in this death trap," the Judge Magister threw his hand towards the wall, a red ball flying towards it and exploding on impact with thunderous bang that rang throughout the castle. "I will BURN them alive!"
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He didn't know how long he had been out, but Harry was suddenly alert and taking in his surroundings at the sound of meowing and rapid heavy footsteps. The boy grabbed his nearby map and cursed when he spotted Mrs. Norris and Filch making their way towards his current location. The boy looked down at the weight on his chest before shaking the girl lightly but urgently. "Susan, Susan wake up!" The girl mumbled as she lifted her head, rubbing her eyes.
"Harry?"
"No time, Filch is almost here we have to get out of here and find someplace to hide." Susan's face became suddenly alert as a loud meow carried into the bathroom.
"But where? I can't go back to Hufflepuff they'll chase me out again!" Harry cursed under his breath looking at the map once more. Filch was just rounding the corner down the end of the hall behind Mrs. Norris. "If only we had a secret passage or chamber or something." Harry widened his eyes before looking at Susan.
"Wait a chamber, I know a secret chamber come on we can hide there for a bit." Helping the strawberry blond to her feet, he brought her over to the sinks, making sure his cloak and map were tucked away within his bag. He began to feel around the faucets causing the girl to tilt her head in confusion.
"What are you doing?" Harry looked over his shoulder at the girl with a slight grin.
"Remember the Chamber of Secrets incident?" Susan nodded as Harry turned back to the sink he currently stood before.
"Open!" The words came out as a snake like hiss, the sink before him began to sink into the ground while the Bones girl watched in surprise.
"I-Its real?" Harry nodded and opened his mouth to say something only for him to curse under his breath at the loud voice just outside the bathroom door.
"Is someone there, Mrs. Norris? Inside the bathroom?"
"Quick down the shoot!" Susan didn't even hesitate as she followed Harry into the dark tunnel, the entrance closing fully just as the caretaker entered the bathroom, looking for any sign of students out of bed.
The two students came tumbling out of the pipe in a tangled mess, both taking deep breaths in pants from the wild slide. Harry stood to his feet, quickly removing himself from being on top of the blondish red head. "Sorry about that." Susan shook her head, a slight grin on her face.
"Don't be, it was actually fun." She took the offered hand, getting pulled to her feet before Harry pull out his wand and cast the Lumos spell. The young teen looked around her surroundings, noticing the bones of many different creatures upon the floor. "So, what now?" Harry shrugged.
"Well, we can't just go back up to the bathroom. Who knows how long Filch will be up there." The fifth champion nodded in agreement before catching sight of a side passage.
"Well, why don't we take a look around? You can show me this basilisk you killed." Harry looked towards the path she was looking at and smiled. The tunnel that had collapsed back in his second year had been repaired.
'It must be the magic of the school and chamber that repaired it.' "Why not? Let's go."
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Well, there we go everyone, that's chapter four. I hope you all enjoyed it.