AN: You know, it's times like these I like to reflect on how far we've come, where we are right now and what can we look forwards to in the future…. that's if NASA will get off their lazy asses and get to shooting those rockets up in space cause I still waiting on my easy trip to Mars.

robwar80: Thank you for the review and I'm glad you enjoy it that much

moonreaper666: Harry pretty much only did it to piss both male Malfoys off, what better way than to act the perfect gentleman to the mother? If he fails, it'll probably be his physical form, spiritual form will endure to reform within the warp.

Chapter 3 – The Announcement & Arrivals

It was the day when the students of Hogwarts returned to the school.

As the Hogwarts express continued to travel along the countryside, Harry and his core group of friends were sitting in their compartment, talking about the ramifications of the attack on the Quidditch World Cup when the cabin door opened interrupted them.

When the group turned their heads to the door, they saw that it was Daphne Greengrass with a letter in her hand.

"Mr Potter-"Daphne began to speak but Harry cut her off before she continued.

"Daphne; we've known each other for three years now, may we continue into a friendship where we call each other by our given names?" Harry smiled, as Daphne could not speak for a few seconds.

"Harry then, this is from the girls and me," was all Daphne said before she handed him the letter and quickly walked away.

Only Neville and Ginny's heads turned to Harry with a bewildered look on their faces but Harry just waved their concerns on.

"Daphne and I got to talking last year and she seems like a nice girl" Harry shrugged his shoulders at, in his mind, a simple explanation.

The others shrugged their shoulders as well at Harry's explanation and went back to their previous discussions before they were interrupted.

Harry held the letter in front of him while looking over it with a critical eye; 'The girls wouldn't try anything and by the way Daphne's voice was, it seemed as though what is in this letter is genuine, hmm' Harry thought as he opened the letter to read what was inside.

Harry

We asked around the study group and it looks like our group was above the rest in the academic tree

Lavender, Daphne and I discussed it during the summer holidays and we have decided to accept your offer, if the offer is still open, to study further on with you and Hermione

Don't mind Daphne if she is still a bit suspicious of the offer, she is a Slytherin after all but me and Lavender are all for it

Signed

Padma Patil

Lavender Brown

Daphne Greengrass

'Well, well, well, looks like our circle will grow even further' Harry to himself as he pocketed the letter and entered the group's conversation.

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"Welcome! Welcome to another year of Hogwarts and welcome to those who are starting their first year at this school, now before we go any further, I have an announcement to make; Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event, one that has not been active for the past few centuries" Dumbledore held the attention of majority of the great hall, with only a select few not caring.

As Dumbledore began to speak again, a man in a bowler hat with a Hitler moustache (Come on now, Crouch Snr really looks like Hitler with that 'stache) walked to the side of Dumbledore, pulling a small cart with a large container along with him.

"Three champions from their selective schools are chosen by the Goblet of Fire to represent their schools in the Tri-Wizard Tournament! Eternal glory awaits the one who wins," Dumbledore waved a hand over the container and as it slowly began to melt away, a bright, gleaming cup was revealed, captivating the students with its glory.

'Champions selected based on what? Skill? Magical Strength? Intelligence?' Harry thought as he looked around the hall, only to see the majority of the students were still captivated, but thankfully Hermione and slightly oddly enough, Neville were not.

"In addition to our fair school hosting and entering this event, we will also play host to two other schools that will enter the Tournament; first, the lovely ladies of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic!" Dumbledore waved his wand at the doors and as they opened, two rows of powder blue dressed women entered with superior looks on their face.

Hermione looked around subtly and saw that a numerous amount of boys, and some girls, were looking at the ladies of Beauxbatons with a bit of lust in their eyes but it flared up when a silvery-blonde haired female followed at the rear with a smaller version of her and a very large woman by her side.

'They honestly think she's beautiful? I've seen beauty that would make the soul go mad from lust'

"There is something about those two by the large woman, drawing lust from the opposite sex, interesting indeed" Slaanesh's sweet voice interrupted her inner thoughts as Hermione did notice something, off, about them too.

While Hermione was conversing with Slaanesh, Harry was similarly conversing about the new additions with Tzeentch.

'Blue, such a lovely colour to choose, I wonder if there are any true intellectuals in that group, it might give us the opportunity to give fortune to those who haven't been given the gift of the warp'

"You would do well to be careful champion, try too hard and you will be noticed, be a conspirator from the shadows" Tzeentch's voice got Harry thinking of ways he could approach the additions but was interrupted by Dumbledore speaking again.

"And finally, the students of Durmstrang!"

The doors banged open with another two rows, but this time they were burly, sour face males that entered the hall with a male at the back being escorted by the headmaster.

"Serious, no nonsense types of people and glares everywhere, Khorne would love them if they didn't have their magic," Tzeentch added.

As the three schools began to settle down, it seemed as if Beauxbatons had chosen to sit at the Ravenclaw table and Durmstrang sitting at the Slytherin table.

Harry, Hermione and Luna began to overhear and see their housemates whispering and pointing towards their new tablemates but they just scoffed at their idiocy.

"Really? As soon as they sit down, people begin to whisper about the new foreign people, idiots, the lot of them," Harry said with a sigh of exasperation at his housemates as they looked back towards the front when the person to the back left of Dumbledore came back to the Goblet.

"Ah yes I almost forgot, allow me to introduce some more honoured guests of ours, firstly is the Head of the Ministry of Magic's Department of International Magical Cooperation, Bartemius Crouch" at this, Crouch stepped forward slightly and gave a small bow and smile.

"And secondly; the Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports, Ludo Bagman" again like Crouch, Bagman stepped forth and gave a small bow and smile to the students.

After the introductions were given, Dumbledores' face turned serious as he looked over the students and gave them a warning that he hoped would deter those below seventh year.

"To ensure the safety of younger students, I am drawing an age line around the Goblet so no student under the age of seventeen shall be allowed entry to the Tournament, this is final!" Dumbledore shouted the last part as a large majority of the Hogwarts students began to shout their outrage.

"Should you choose to enter and are chosen, there is no turning back for once chosen, a binding magical contract is made," and with that final word, Dumbledore walked back to his chair to start dinner.

When Dumbledore finished, the noise level of the great hall increased dramatically as students began to talk about entering, even those who under seventeen and others talking about what the Tournament might include.

"There are so many better ways than entering this Tournament for glory, for warps sake they ended it due to how many people were killed in it!" Harry said with huff as he thought that these people were not even fit for Tzeentch's madness.

"What was the letter that Daphne gave you about?" Hermione asked as she turned towards Harry.

"Oh that, our group of friends is increasing Hermione my dear, I told them to meet us by the chamber entrance tomorrow afternoon, but worded differently" Harry eased Hermione's concerns when he said chamber.

While the duo discussed what they might do when the time came to show their friends their little hideaway, they did not notice a heavily scarred man, seated at the high table, staring directly at them.

'My Lord will rise again Potter and the first blood that shall be spilled will be yours!'

Now that the trio of girls have accepted Harry and Hermione's offer of further study, how long will it be before the temptation of more power sets in? Will the Tri-Wizard Tournament interfere with the trio's study of the warp? Will the French witch attempt to find out more about Harry? And just what does the heavily scarred man plan for Harry and who is his Lord? Find out next time The Affliction!

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