INSOMNIA! I hope it is up to all your standards.
Seriously, so tired.
Harry did not know what to feel outside of the obvious really. Annoyance mostly if he were to be completely honest with himself considering the fact that the pleasing vibe of his date with Dany had been rather abruptly interrupted, yet finding himself in the headmaster's office really did put some things into perspective.
Namely, his Auntie Andromeda was going to have a rather proper fit when she found out he had been brought to task over, well, whatever had brought him under the old man's microscope, and he was going to be the one to pay for it.
Which was just lovely, truly.
Harry fidgeted a bit under the stern gaze of the Headmaster, wishing Dancia hadn't been sent back to their dorms because she would most certainly have something snarky to say to the old man that would not be out and out rude but would eventually end up being insulting yet no one would be able to prove it.
Harry grinned at that thought, his witch was good at that, and her ability to verbally destroy anyone who irked her was just one of the many reasons he loved her.
He would admit that he was bad at that sort of word play though, if he disliked someone he made it pretty damn obvious much to the amusement of his sister and the exasperation of his brother who would stare up at the heavens and mutter, "Why, why have you cursed me with being the minder of a Potter? What did I ever do to you?"
Heh, Nev needed to get out more; oh, old man was finally getting to the point.
"Mister Potter, did you enter your name into the Goblet of fire?"
Of course he had not, he was a Ravenclaw for Circe's sake! He had this little known thing called a sense of self preservation going for him thank you very much.
Ravenclaws read books, books which contained historical accounts worthy of documentation, and guess what? The Triwizard Tournament had a rather prominent history for those that cared to look deep enough, and the causality listing was...disturbingly impressive, to say the least.
"No."
Succinct, to the point, no room for counterarguments. Just the way Harry liked it.
"Then I am at a loss as to how to explain why your name erupted from it as a fourth champion for the Triwizard tournament."
Harry stared forward blankly for a few moments before raising an incredulous eyebrow, content in the knowledge that his girlfriend would find the action amusing should she ever find out about it.
Which, she hopefully would not considering it would involve her finding out that he was dragged into an idiotic blood sport, which would be bad for...everyone.
"At a lose? Really Headmaster? Hints of sabotage never occurred to you? While I find the information that an ancient artifact was in fact turned against an under aged wizard to be a bit unsettling, that it was done under your watch makes it even more concerning."
Dumbledore frowned, Harry raised his brows in response, then the door began vibrating.
The ancient Headmaster let out a tired sigh as he commanded the door to open and the room was promptly filled with Harry's family much to said wizard's surprise.
His aunt's, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Andromeda, Alice, and Amelia stood tall while his Dogfather Sirius, Lord Malfoy, and Uncles Ted and Frank followed after.
Harry blinked a few moments and let out a tired sigh.
"Things are about to get incredibly stupid, aren't they?"
"They already reached that point pup," Sirius stated with a tired smile as he placed a hand on Harry's shoulder while shaking his head slowly.
Eventually Andromeda spoke up and met the rather resigned looking Headmaster's gaze while smiling blandly, "Albus, we need to talk, now."
"I have not breached the agreement we made in '89 Andromeda, this incident occurred outside my purview," Dumbledore stated which just had Harry confused and at this time he was truly beyond the point of remaining silent for proprieties sake.
"What. The. Fuck. Is. Going. On."
Auntie Andromeda glared at Harry as she hissed out, "Language son, I raised you better than that."
Harry flushed and nodded, "Sorry Auntie."
Andromeda's stern facade softened slightly as she stepped forward and ran her fingers through Harry's hair, he leaned into the older witch's form and she soon wrapped her arms around him.
"It is all right my little raven, we'll keep you safe, I promise."
Harry wanted to reel back, he wanted to deny her, because history spoke for itself...
Yet...
He didn't...
He returned the hug and muttered, "Ok."
Andromeda smiled, then released Harry as she turned towards the headmaster, "As per the agreement you made in '89 how are you protecting Harry? Who do you suspect is drawing him into this mess?"
Harry had no idea what this "agreement" between Andromeda and the headmaster entailed but something told him it would not make him happy, eventually the old man let out a tired sigh while shaking his head slowly.
"Please...follow me," He nodded towards Andromeda who shot him a scrutinizing look before nodding and followed along, eventually she returned and shot Harry a tired glance before letting out a weary sigh.
"Son, they found a loop hole that forced you to participate in this...bloody farce..."
Harry physically felt the blood leave his face as he turned whiter than porcelain while he responded to his Aunt, "What?"
"Someone created a fourth school and applied it to the Goblet of Fire while also making you the only option for champion," Dumbledore stated in a very tired tone.
Harry remained silent for a time before repeating himself, "What?"
Andromeda stared towards the horizon for a time before letting out an incredibly vexed sigh, she eventually smiled, grasped Harry's shoulder, and simply stated, "You're going to have to become a badass a bit earlier then we expected. Don't worry, catching people on fire is far easier than you might think it is."
Harry stared at her for half a minute before muttering out, "What?"
Dancia was weathering a hole into the floor as she paced back and forth worrying about Harry, her date for them long forgotten as she contemplated the horrors he could be drawn into.
Fuck.
FUCK!
FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!
Why had she not planned for him being drawn into this farce in such a manner!?
"Dany."
For fucks sake it made all kinds of sense that he would be dragged into this mess like this, what the hell had she been thinking?
"DANY!"
Really it made all kinds of sense all things regardless, Riddle would need his blood no matter what and-
"DANY!"
"WHAT!?" She screamed in a rather verbose and agitated response.
Hermione sighed, and shook her head slowly, "You're scaring the first years."
Dany paused at that, glanced about the room, and then let out a sigh before stating, "I'm sorry...I... I'm just worried."
There was silence for a time after that and eventually all the girls went about their own business leaving Dany alone to her own devices. With a muttered phrase, being reasonably assured she was alone, Dany called for Dobby who popped to her side and took her hand, understanding she nodded her head and he popped her before Harry who was staring at the Black Lake despondently.
She took his hand without question, and eventually he sat down on the rough scree while Dany followed suite.
They stared out at the expanse of water silently, after a time Dancia spoke up, "They are going to call you a cheater. You realize that, yes?"
Harry sighed before nodding his head slowly, "Yeah, kinda figured that."
Dany remained silent for a time before muttering, "Idiots..."
Harry chuckled at that, "Yeah...that they are..."
They sat there observing the horizon when Dany sighed, grabbed Harry's chin, tilted his face towards her, and kissed him.
Breaking away from the startled teen she dropped her head to his shoulder, all while muttering, "Beautiful idiot."
Harry didn't know how to respond to that, especially after his girlfriend curled up on his lap and eventually dozed off, snoring loudly.
He stared down at her for a time, and came to a rather startling realization.
He might be in love.
Holy. Shit.
It was at that painful moment Harry Potter wondered, was this what his dad had felt towards Lily Evans?
And...
He would never know.
"Cold," Dancia muttered as she curled deeper into Harry's grasp, wrapping his arms around her while she hummed happily he came to a sudden realization.
This had to be exactly what his dad had felt, and he couldn't help smiling as he tightened his grip around the witch in his grasp.