Hello to you all! My greatest apologies for such an extended delay in the chapters. I've been working 6 days a week all summer without actually having had a proper summer break, so any free time i had was devoted to catching up on my sleep. Once again, apologies. I'm hoping to get more chapters rolling soon, though i won't make any promises.

and, without further delay, i present to you, your new chapter! Please enjoy my readers.

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Harry, Fleur, Cedric and Krum stood outside the abandoned shack, its creaky gate swinging slowly in the wind and making eerie noises, filling their minds with dread and doubt. The Gaunt shack was scarcely fifty meters from where they stood, yet they felt hesitant to proceed any further.

"Are you sure this is the place where the Horcrux is hidden Harry?" asked Cedric, for the umpteenth time.

"For the last time, yes its here Cedric," sighed Harry in exasperation.

"What is ze matter Cedric? Afraid of ze dark?" teased Fleur, once again standing next to Harry.

"There's a reason I'm not in the house of bravery you know," said Cedric, glancing apprehensively at the old hut.

"Look, it's just a quick grab the ring and go job, alright. Dumbledore didn't say anything about any monsters or spirits," explained Harry to his friend, amused by his phobia of ghosts.

"Let's just go in and get the ring, so ve can leave. The sooner the better," said Krum, startling the others with his serious tone. When it came to Viktor Krum, he was either serious when somebody disturbed him, serious when he felt no feelings whatsoever for the person he was speaking to, or serious when the situation at hand gave him a bad feeling. Something foul was afoot.

"What do you sense?" asked Harry in a low voice, his tone becoming equally serious.

"What Cedric is most likely feeling is a high-level of Intimidation Curse, which has been set over the building and the surrounding area, along with Despair Curses, all in order to ward people avay from the area. Something foul is afoot indeed." Explained Krum, his voice dropping to a whisper while everybody crouched down close to the ground.

"I think I get it. Voldemort was still here at this time before the Tournament ended, in order to hide. So, since Dumbledore didn't come here until my sixth year, there might have been extra defences still in place," muttered Harry, his eyes widening in shock. They had counted on Voldemort still being in the shack, which is why Harry had used his link with Voldemort to look into his mind to find out when he might be gone. Though Voldemort may be gone for now, his defences would still be in place, defences that Dumbledore hadn't encountered before.

"Everybody, tread carefully. This time, I'm not certain of what might show up," whispered Harry, getting nods from his three companions. Slowly, the four champions edged up to the front door of the Gaunt hovel, their wands at the ready. Pushing open the rusty door, Harry prepared for the worst, but was not expecting to be confronted by the sight of nothing. No beast was waiting to pounce, no barrier, no Deatheater. It was as though they had stepped into the wrong abandoned hiding place of Voldemort. Suspiciously, the group continued forward, their footsteps echoing throughout the shack, dust falling from the rotted ceiling as they walked into the house. Getting onto his hands and knees, Harry started searching through the piles of rubble with Krum, while Fleur and Cedric started searching upstairs. During his search, Harry accidentally brushed his hand over Krum's, making the older boy smirk.

"Ohhh, Arry, don't ever let go off my and," cooed Krum in a high pitched girl voice, causing Harry to glare daggers at him.

"One more word Krum. One more word," breathed Harry dangerously, giving Krum the chills. They continued searching for the ring for a few minutes, before Krum found it, concealed beneath a largish pile of stone pieces. Carefully, Harry picked it up with a conjured pair of tongs and placed it into a magically reinforced glass jar, before making a motion to call for the others. However, just in time, Harry noticed something from the corner of his eyes. With Seeker reflexes, Harry and Krum, who had also seen, dove from the rubble pile and rolled themselves onto their feet, just before a ghastly looking creature smashed down where they were mere moments ago.

"FLEUR CEDRIC!" yelled Harry in warning, jumping away once more, as the creature lunged at them again.

Fleur put up a powerful shield against the beast, her eyes widening as its claws left great cracks in her shield after a single swipe. She glanced behind her, where Cedric was sporting a nasty graze where the creature had slashed at his arm. Aiming at the creature's face, she cast a conjuring spell, sending a Slicing Curse at its face. She couldn't believe her eyes when the creature opened its mouth wider and swallowed her spell. The beast lunged at her again, this time succeeding in shattering her shield and sending her flying backwards, thankfully being caught by Cedric.

"Hado no Ichi: Sho!" shouted Cedric, a pulse of magic firing from his hand and pushing the creature back, while Fleur banished a knife at it, which thudded into the creature's throat. Their cries of triumph turned to gasps, as the knife slowly sank into the beast's flesh, leaving no visible wound on it. Cedric pulled himself off the ground and put his wand in a cross formation.

"Bakudo no Nanajuusan: Tozansho!" shouted Cedric, causing a powerful blue light to encompass Fleur and himself. The creatures were thrown backwards from the light, as a deep blue, inverted pyramid structure formed around them, creating a barrier to protect the two.

"Good job Cedric!" called Fleur impressed. Getting no reply, Fleur turned around to see Cedric panting on the ground.

"Cedric! What is ze matter?" she asked worriedly, pulling him up to a sitting position.

"I'm not very good at Kido yet, so such a high-level spell took a lot out of me," explained Cedric tiredly, looking behind Fleur to the outside of the pyramid. The creature was repeatedly attacking the barrier, but was unable to even scratch the shield. Fleur traced her fingers through the dust on the ground, streaking symbols across her arms, using the dust as a marker.

"Black and white net. Twenty-two bridges, sixty-six crowns and belts. Footprints, distant thunder, sharp peak, engulfing land, hidden in the night, sea of clouds, blue line. Form a circle and fly though the heavens. Bakudo no Nanajuunana: Tenteikura!" shouted Fleur, a blue square of light materializing in front of her.

"Arry, Viktor! Can you both ear me?" said Fleur clearly into the light.

"Loud and clear Fleur, are you and Cedric ok? We're being attacked by some sort of beast down here, and whatever it is; it seems to be immune to magic. We're running from it at the moment, but the doors are all locked, so there's no way out. Any ideas?" replied Harry, his voice echoing within the barrier.

"Arry, Cedric and I are also trapped, but I zink ze beasts are vulnerable to Kido, maybe try attacking it wiz zat," suggested Fleur, struggling to maintain the connection.

"Thanks Fleur, we'll help you both out as soon as we deal with this one," said Harry, just before the connection broke. Fleur looked out to the outside of the barrier, seeing that the creature had made several marks in the shield, but was still awhile off getting in.

"It looks like eet is up to you Arry," said Fleur quietly, waving her wand over Cedric, watching as her healing magic was repelled. All in all, a grim situation.

"Bakudo no Gojuuichi: Yasei no Bousou!" shouted Viktor, sending a wave of vines toward the creature. The creature did well to dodge them, but the vines still caught it and wrapped around its body. The creature struggled in them, seemingly surprised that it couldn't absorb the vines.

"Hado no Sanjuuyon: Gaki Rekko!" shouted Harry, sending bolts of green energy out of a circle of energy, aimed straight at the creature's bound form. The attack was true, and struck the beast's body, causing it to let out a bone-chilling screech, as its body turned to dust. Racing up the stairs, Harry found Fleur and Cedric inside a barrier, which was beginning to crack from the beasts' assault on it. The creature turned its snout towards Harry, growling at the new enemy. Suddenly, a ripple appeared on its body, growing and mutating its body before suddenly, shocking the three teens, split into two, becoming two separate creatures. The newly formed twin monstrosities lunged at Harry, who put up a quick Kido shield, before counterattacking.

"Hado no Sanjuuichi: Shakkaho!" cried Harry, sending a blast of crimson flames at the beasts, who took the hit directly. Harry looked on in shock, as the creatures began to glow red, before they almost doubled in size.

"I've figured it out, they're Hellhounds! Dogs of hell that can absorb any sort of human magic and have the ability to split themselves and grow stronger with the power of fire magic," breathed Harry, the gears in his head turning, as he finally realised what it was that he was fighting. The two enlarged hellhounds charged at Harry, their jaws open wide to devour him.

"Walls of iron sand, a priestly pagoda, glowing ironclad fireflies. Standing upright, silent to the end. Bakudo no Nanajuugo: Gochutekkan!" yelled Harry, shooting five yellow orbs into the air. The orbs then materialized five iron pillars, chained together, before descending onto the two hounds. Despite their best efforts, the hounds were incapable of moving the pillars from their prone forms.

"Hado no Rokujuusan: Raikaho!" he finished, throwing a huge blast of electricity at the hounds, turning them to dust almost instantly. Exhausted, Harry fell to his knees, just as Fleur reached him, catching him.

"Arry, you did eet, you won Arry!" she squealed, clutching him to her chest.

"Are you and Cedric alright Fleur?" he asked softly, suddenly feeling the adrenaline leave him, replaced with tiredness.

"Oui, we are both alright. Cedric is injured, but eet is not too bad a wound, e will recover," she replied, smiling at him as she stroked his hair. Harry smiled and struggled to his feet, using Fleur to keep his balance.

The weary champions were able to return to Hogwarts via Apparition, and quietly bade each other farewell, though Fleur insisted on accompanying him to Dumbledore's office, to make sure the Horcrux was destroyed as soon as possible. Harry, managing to guess the password for the gargoyle, climbed the stairs to the office, before knocking three times and waiting, his arm around Fleur's waist to keep himself upright. Not that she minded.

"Enter." Harry staggered into the room, still somewhat supported by the silvery blonde woman.

"Ah, Harry. How good to see you again. And Miss Delacour, what brings the both of you to my office this fine evening?" greeted Dumbledore, his eyes twinkling merrily at them.

"We found the Horcrux Professor, in the Gaunt shack, just as you found it last time," said Harry, placing the magically reinforced glass jar with the ring on the desk.

"Very good Harry but you seem a little worse for wear, was there any trouble?" he asked, looking concerned for Harry's weariness.

"Yes sir. It seemed that, since Voldemort was still hiding out there, the defenses were much stronger, and we ended up dealing with a pair of Hellhounds," reported Harry, noticing Dumbledore's look when he mentioned the hounds.

"Hellhounds?" said Dumbledore sharply. At Harry's nod, he continued. "Why did you fight Hellhounds? Why not call me, I would have been there in an instant to aid you all," said Dumbledore.

"We couldn't get out sir, the room was magically locked, and we couldn't contact anybody very well. We managed to defeat them both thankfully, since I taught some Kido to the others as well," explained Harry, sinking into an armchair. Dumbledore's eyes began to twinkle once more.

"Ah, so you've learned the forgotten art of Kido then Harry?" the headmaster asked, though he had little doubt that he was right.

"Yes sir. And you sir? Were you able to accomplish your task sir?" asked Harry, a concerned expression passing over his weary face.

"Rest assured Harry, it has been done. Professor Moody has been rescued and replaced with the substitute," Dumbledore reassured him. Harry let out a sigh of relief and sunk back into the armchair. Since rescuing Moody without Crouch Junior going into a panic was all but impossible, Harry and Dumbledore devised a plan. By using several overlapping spells and mixing in Moody's actual hair into the brew, they were able to construct a replica of Moody, complete with a heartbeat, though it would scarcely do more than that. This way, the real Moody could recover in a safe house, while Crouch suspected nothing of it.

"Thank you professor, it's good to know that it's been taken care of. I think we should move on with this and destroy this Horcrux now though," said Harry, turning his eyes to the Horcrux, his nose wrinkling in distaste. "Although I don't think Voldemort can feel the pieces of his soul anymore, if we destroyed all of them at once, he may feel something, so I think we should destroy them as we obtain them," finished Harry, drawing the Sword of Gryffindor from the sheath on the mantle. Fleur wrapped her arms around him, as he swung the sword above his head. With one swift movement, the sword came down on the desk, cracking the ring, which let out an unearthly wail, while dark smoke rose out of the cracked ring, vanishing into thin air. As the Horcrux died, Harry allowed himself to fall back into Fleur's waiting arms, his tiredness consuming him.

"Well done Harry, you've done very well. Get some rest and I'll talk to you tomorrow," said Dumbledore, smiling serenely at the two students, who took their leave at once, though Fleur was half carrying a weakly protesting Harry.

"I can walk Fleur, really," pleaded Harry, though Fleur did not allow it.

"Non, zis I will not allow, I shall take you to rest in your dormitory before you dine tonight, zen I shall see you downstairs at dinner," she replied, still half carrying the younger boy. Fleur took him right to the portrait hole for the tower, where thankfully, nobody was around. Fleur smiled at him, kissing him on the cheeks before she turned to depart. Harry's hand on her wrist however, stopped her before she left.

"Fleur, will you do me the honor of accompanying me to the Yule Ball?" asked Harry seriously, his emerald green eyes piercing straight into her ocean blue ones. Fleur looked at a loss for a moment, before she smiled and wrapped her arms around him once more.

"Eet shall be your honor indeed, Arry," she replied cheekily, kissing him tenderly on the cheek. "Meet me in ze entrance all at 7:30 sharp," she told him, before walking off, leaving Harry outside the common room. Harry exhaled in relief, thanking whatever deity that she had agreed to going to the ball with him.

"I'm cool, I'm reserved, I won't let this go to my head," Harry repeated a few times under his breath, before his eyes snapped open. "Oh who am I kidding – YESSSSSSS!" shouted Harry in blissful excitement, jumping high into the air and punching the air with his fist. Upon making contact back on the ground, the common room opened and Lee Jordan poked his head through.

"Hey Harry, was that you screaming outside?" he asked in confusion. Harry gave him an exasperated look.

"No, some idiot just ran past, whooping like a maniac, not sure what got into him," said Harry, before pulling himself into the common room and traipsing up to his dormitory to get some rest. Lee simply looked on in confusion.

And there we are! The end of another chapter of The Triwizard Tournament: Take Two, and i'm hoping you all enjoyed it. i had quite the writers block with this chapter, though i'm hoping the next few won't be too much of a problem. Until next time my friends, and i always encourage feedback and constructiv criticism, as well as being complimented for any work you feel was well done, so don't hesitate to press the review button people :)

Translations:

Hado no Ichi: Sho = Way of Destruction 1: Thrust

Bakudo no Nanajuusan: Tozansho = Way of Binding 73: Inverse Crystal Mountain

Bakudo no Nanajuunana: Tenteikura = Way of Binding 77: Heavenly Rickshaws of the Silken Air

Bakudo no Gojuuichi: Yasei no Bousou = Way of Binding 51: Nature, Run Wild

Hado no Sanjuuyon: Gaki Rekko = Way of Destruction 34: Raging Light Fang

Hado no Sanjuuichi: Shakkaho = Way of Destruction 33: Shot of Red Fire

Bakudo no Nanajuugo: Gochutekkan = Way of Binding 75: Quintet of Iron Pillars

Hado no Rokujuusan: Raikaho = Way of Destruction 63: Thunder Cannon Flash