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CHAPTER THREE

Harry was making his way up to McGonagall's office so he could use the floo, he forgot to write to Sirius and Remus so Ron said that he would do it on his behalf,

Harry was still fuming st the Hufflepuffs, but was pleased that Cedric hadn't joined in, Cedric was a decent chap and a true Hufflepuff, how Ernie wasn't a Slytherin was a mystery to Harry, but Harry intended to pay him back, Harry arrived at the office and he knocked on the door McGonagall let him

"Good Mr Potter, ten minutes early, no harm in letting you go now" she said with a smile which Harry returned, just then a thought crossed his mind "Does Dumbledore know about this trip" he asked, McGonagall shook her head "No he doesn't, but leave him to me, I deal with him, you just get yourself out of this tournament and I shall see you later this afternoon" she said handing him the floo powder, Harry stepped into the fire place and shouted loud and clear "The Leaky Cauldron pub, London" and he saw McGonagall's room disappear from view as he sped through the the wizards pub, around a couple of minutes later Harry stumbled out of the fireplace of the leaky cauldron where he saw Mr & Mrs Weasley.

"Good morning Mr and Mrs Weasley" he said pleased to them, Molly grabbed him into a bone crushing hug "you poor dear" she said as Arthur made his way forward "we will get you out of this tournament Harry, it shouldn't be hard to do so either, your underage and at the moment your the last of the Potter line, the Potter's being of prominent standing in our world" he said "I just don't know why Dumbledore hasn't helped you?" He asked frowning, Molly frowned to and said as the trio walked into Diagon Alley "It's a disgrace that Dumbledore is even considering letting you stay in the contest" she said, the trio walked down the alley, as it was only 10am not many people were around which Harry was grateful for, he had enough gawkers at Hogwarts, they arrived at Gringotts where all three of them made their way to the front desk

"I would like to see Griphook please" Harry said "this is regarding my being entered into the triwizard tournament against my will" the clerk looked at Harry and the two elder Weasley's for a moment before he went to get Griphook

"Unfriendly things aren't they" Molly said under her breath so only Arthur and Harry could hear, they both nodded, they waited a few minutes more when the clerk came out "Griphook will see you now Mr Potter" Harry walked through but the clerk stopped Molly and Arthur from following, Harry turned around "Excuse me, but I want them with me" he said but the clerk smirked "Griphook only wants to see you, not them" he said as he sneered at Molly and Arthur, Harry was furious that the goblin would be so rude to them

"It's okay Harry dear" Mrs Weasley said "we'll just wait over here" Arthur then spoke up "if you need anything just ask for Bill, he works here remember" he said pointedly at the goblin clerk, Harry nodded and followed the clerk to a small room, the clerk opened the door and beckoned Harry inside

"Mr Potter, sir" he said and he went away, Harry looked at Griphook, in over three years since Harry last saw him the goblin hadn't changed

"Hello, Griphook, hope your having a nice morning?" Harry said, thinking best to be polite to the notoriously unreadable goblins, Griphook looked up at the teenaged boy and gave him a nod, then said "what can I do you for Mr Potter"

"Well" Harry started "my name came out of the goblet of fire and I never entered in the first place, Dumbledore says I still have to compete because that's what Crouch says, however I don't see why I should have to be made to compete, since I never entered it, plus I'm under age and the age requirement to compete in this tournament is seventeen" Harry said "can you help me at all?"

Griphook studied the boy for a moment and said "yes I think we can, after all it's triwizard, not quadwizard, it shouldn't be too difficult to get you, an under aged student out of this" Harry looked relieved, he didn't have to complete that was excellent news

"Okay that's fantastic news, shall we get curse breakers involved then? Bill Weasley is my best mates brother I'm sure he won't mind helping me" Harry said, but Griphook shook his head "That won't be necessary Mr Potter"

"Okay, then when can I get out of this?" Harry asked, "I am sending a team of goblin contract breakers right now to Hogwarts, I must say you really should magical sponsors doing this for you" Griphook said

"Molly and Arthur Weasley are my magical sponsors, at least that's what McGonagall has told me" Harry said

Griphook looked puzzled, "Well according to our records Albus Dumbledore has been your magical sponsor since the...now this is odd" Griphook frowned, Harry looked puzzled "What's wrong?" He asked

"Well according to our records, Albus Dumbledore has been your magical sponsor since the 24th October 1981, one week before your parents were killed" Griphook said "and what's more, according to our records this removed Sirius Black as your legal guardian and replaced him with Petunia Dursley nee Evans, furthermore it says here that on the 17th August 1992, Molly and Arthur Weasley did indeed apply to become your sponsors, and that you yourself turned it down"

"I knew nothing of that!" Harry said keeping his voice even, Harry was furious with Dumbledore, Griphook also looked unhappy "Mr Potter would you like to see your parents will? I think something is seriously wrong here and someone has undermined the Goblin nation and not only that but has broken several magical bonds that tie Gringotts with members of Most Ancient and Noble Houses" Griphook said urgently

"Wait in here Mr Potter, I shall get the will left by your parents"

"Could I have Mr and Mrs Weasley in here with me? They're practically my family and can be trusted" Harry asked, he wanted witnesses to this as once he was done here at Gringotts he was going to make Albus Dumbledore pay, Griphook replied "of course I shall get the clerk to bring them in" he said as he left the room.

Ron saw his best mate head up to McGonagall's office when Fred and George sat next to him

"Ron..." said George

"You punching..." Fred carried on

"MacMillan..."

"On the nose..."

"Was..."

"WICKED!" they both said grinning, Ron looked up and down the Gryffindor table and saw a number of impressed looking faces, Lavender could hardly keep her eyes off him, while Angelina and Katie gave him winks, Ron blushed, he did it for Harry, he was fed up with how everyone blamed his best mate for everything, Ron knew Harry hated his fame, and he thought Hermione did too, but apparently not, Ron was genuinely shocked by Hermione's behaviour toward Harry, but then should he be shocked ? After all he himself disliked her in the beginning because she was always showing off yet she accuses Harry of the same thing, also he had heard from Neville that she brought up Ginny's experiences with the chamber of secrets and that alone made Ron vow that he would never consider Hermione a friend again, Ginny was his closest sibling not in in age but also the fact that they were the youngest in the family and Ron had made a vow to protect his baby sister no matter what. Ron excused himself from the table and went to the owlery to send that letter Harry wanted to write to Sirius, Ron smiled Sirius had once compared to himself and Harry to Sirius and James according to Harry, and it was true especially to the teachers, Ron arrived at the owlery, he got out a quill and parchment and wrote a quick note

To Padfoot (and Lupin if he's with you)

It's Ron, Harry's friend, he's preoccupied at the moment but he wanted me to inform you that his name came out of the goblet of fire, don't ask me how because It already chose a Hogwarts champion, so Harry's the fourth champion, don't worry though, he has gone to Gringotts to see if he can get out of the tournament.

Yours respectfully

Ron Weasley

PS: Harry told me to inform you not to do anything rash

Ron was satisfied with the letter so he tied it to his new owl Pig, Hedwig would be too obvious to use, and he sent the little owl off to wherever Sirius was, Ron then headed up to his first lesson.

Sirius Black was indeed with his best friend Remus Lupin in his cottage in the middle of the Yorkshire dales, Remus had inherited from his great aunt Felicia Howell, who was on his mother's side of the family and they were muggles, the cottage was unplottable so Sirius was safe, he disguised himself as his canine alter ego most of the time, since very few people knew of his animagus form.

Sirius had just gotten up and made himself a cup of tea, Remus was still asleep as the full moon was a couple of days away so he wouldn't be up until noon at the earliest, Sirius sat down and put on the television, Sirius had gotten used to these muggle devices and couldn't understand why the great television experiment of the early 1980s failed in the wizarding community? The wizarding wireless network was great but seeing things visually was better, the last time Sirius watched television an American to show called Charlie's Angels was on but that was way back in 1981, and Sirius was disappointed to hear from Remus that that show had ended years ago, but for now he was watching a morning chat show when he heard a thud, Sirius turned to the window and saw a small owl, the one he gave to Ron last year, he let the owl in and untied the letter and opened it, moments later Remus was woken up thanks to a shout of rage! Remus thought he was being attacked so he got up pyjama clad and bounded down the stairs when he saw Sirius standing over what was once a cup of tea now smashed on the floor and a small terrified looking owl

"Padfoot what on earth is the matter!?" Remus asked looking around for an intruder but there was none, Sirius handed him a letter

"Read it, its from Harry's friend Ron" Sirius said trying to calm his temper down, Remus took the letter and read it, and with each sentence his eyes grew wider and wider until Remus dropped Ron's letter and simply said: "Fuck" Sirius nodded.

"Remus I have got to get cleared! I'm no use to Harry otherwise I need to get him out of this mess, take him out the country if need be! There's plenty of magical schools all across Europe that would be happy to accept Harry!" Sirius ranted

"Padfoot, Dumbledore is working on getting your name cleared" Remus said but even as he said those words Remus wasn't sure if what he said was true, Sirius shook his head.

"Is he Moony!? Because Dumbledore has known the true story since June! And the ministry is still after me! Dumbledore is head of the wizengamot he could have gotten me a trial and cleared my name before the lunchtime of the day he 'supposedly' suddenly realised I was innocent!" Sirius said "It makes me wonder, does Dumbledore want me to be cleared?" He said thoughtfully

Remus furrowed his brow "what do you mean Padfoot?" He asked, Sirius stood up, as he did he ran his hands through his black hair which was now short, but it now looked lively after some tender, love and care, in fact Sirius was almost back to full health

"Think about it Moony, lets go back to Harry's first two years at Hogwarts, supposedly the safest school in the wizarding world or at least it was back in our day, and that was during the worst years of the Purity war! You told me that McGonagall told you that in Harry's first year he fought off a troll, a three headed dog and professor who had fucking Voldemort sticking out of the back of his fucking head! Second year he fights off an apparition or ghost of Voldemort and a some previously thought to have been mythical but very real basilisk, last year it was dementors but aside from that it was a almost normal year for Harry compared to the first two years he had, none of this happened even when we were at Hogwarts, yet Harry has gone through more than any other student, all under Dumbledore's watch I might add" Sirius finished,

Remus looked thoughtful as he took in everything Sirius said and he was right, 100% right about everything, for one thing why take the philosophers stone which was the most prized object in the world, out of Gringotts where for many years it was safely under lock and key by the goblins and remove it from there into a school full of children, where the traps which were designed to keep children away from the stone were passed by three first years, two of which were raised in the muggle world.

Remus looked determined "What shall we do for Harry then? Sirius grinned.