Chapter fourteen

The next morning before class Ron hurried in, dropped off the letter, 'Late for class.'

Harry laughed as he watched Ron run out of the hospital, in the envelope was a ring, Harry had no idea so he read at the letter which made him grin. There was a spell that would protect people from being port keyed away, it would enchant a ring or some other item that was always on you, so Sirius sent him one of his old rings that he could enchant. Sirius also wrote that it should be impossible at Hogwarts as there are wards to prevent things like portkey's, but as he didn't trust Dumbledore they weren't going to risk Harry being taken. Harry thought later tonight he could practice the spell, he normally didn't have a problem with spells but this was advanced so he might need a few goes before he got it right.

Harry spent a couple of hours with Ron, Neville and Ginny, they did talk but mainly did their homework. They all found it easier to do without Hermione always nagging them. When it got late and Pomfrey's office and rooms were dark Harry practiced the spell, what surprised him was how easy it was, he got it first go. Now he knew he was protected from a port key he could relax so he decided to get some of his work done. He figured if he was taking naps through the day he could do most of his work of a night while it was quiet.

For the next couple of days that's what Harry did, mainly did his work of a night, took naps through the day but spent time with his friends before or after dinner. Harry had been surprised by some of the other visitors he got, Susan and Hannah visited, Lavender and the Patil twins and Luna Lovegood. She brought Harry a weird looking strand of flowers that was tied to his wrist, she said it would protect him. Even though a lot of people thought Luna was odd, he liked her, he got the feeling that she knew more than anyone realised. There was just something different about the blond, but Harry also knew she was someone he could trust completely, so he tied to flowers to his wrist, even when the others laughed.

Right after the champions were selected, the twins, Ron and Ginny disappeared from the great hall, Lee was going to join them soon, he wanted to hear more.

Harry looked towards the door when the red heads appeared, 'Well, what happened?'

'Your name came out, the staff including Snape explained how you couldn't have entered since you've been stuck in the hospital with a contagious disease, Pomfrey explain,' Ron said.

'Yeah, so they are discussing it now, but they saw us leave, I'm sure they will know we will let the world know if they make you compete when you've been sick,' Ginny said.

'Lee's waiting to hear what else might be said,' Fred said.

'They will have to cancel your name, you weren't there last night so there is no way you could have entered,' George said.

'Yeah, so if they try to force you when you didn't enter then they will know we'll make a loud fuss about it, and we would write to our parent's.' Ginny said.

'I'll write to Snuffles as soon as we know for sure,' Ron said just as Lee walked inside with Luna, Neville, Hannah, Susan, Dean and Seamus, they were all smiling so Harry knew it was good news, which he would hear soon enough. But Harry finally relaxed, the first time since he had the dream.

'So, tell me.'

'We heard that Crouch bloke go on about it being binding,' Neville said.

'Yeah, even Mad-eye did though he did say you couldn't have done it,' Lee said.

'Luna stood up and said she was going to make sure the world knew the ministry and staff were making you compete even though you've been stuck in the hospital wing for two days,' Hannah said.

'So I stood up and said I will write to my aunt and tell her what happened and how you were sick,' Susan said.

'We…' Seamus pointed at himself and Dean, 'said we'd write to the prophet if we had to, then others said the same thing. If we did that it would make everyone believe the tournament was fixed, not just trying to get you to participate but we'll make it sound like they would already have the winner picked out. They don't want to seem like cheats,' Seamus smirked.

'So finally they agreed that you did not enter so the contract was cancelled without stripping you of your magic,' Lee said.

Harry held up his finger then took his wand in hand, he couldn't help feeling happy so he cast his patronus.

'Prongs,' they all called out making Harry laugh.

'So you're safe mate, another few days and you can get out of here,' Fred said.

'I can't wait, I'm more tired from doing nothing. So do you know how they worked this so I didn't lose my magic?'

'They called it a tie which allowed the goblet of fire to relight. The other three entered their names again, so they have the proper champions,' Lee said.

'So who is the Hogwarts champion, Angelina?'

'No, Cedric Diggory, he's a good bloke,' George said.

'Yeah, we're disappointed it wasn't Ang but Cedric will do good,' Fred said.

'Krum is the Durmstrange champion and a girl named Fleur is the other one,' Ron said.

'I really appreciate you all standing by me, not like some.'

'Even though she's stuck with that turban thing on her head she's been trying to listen in on all of us. It seems someone told Madam Pomfrey that you don't like her and if she visited it would upset you and you didn't need that when you're sick,' Neville said innocently.

'Thanks, but I haven't seen her so I either missed her or she knew it would do no good to come here. Has she accused any of you for her hair loss?'

'Us, but we just told her to prove it,' Fred said.

'Yeah, then we said we can't get into the girls dorm room so how could she blame us.'

'McGonagall checked the steps leading to the girls rooms to make sure they were still spelled to stop us boys going up there, it was. The portraits told her no boys had levitated themselves over the stairs either. She did that just to prove it wasn't Fred and George,' Lee grinned.

'Anyway, we worked it out with the head boy and girl, they took the petition to McGonagall who took it to Dumbledore,' Fred said,

'The Hogwarts students can join Beauxbatons and Durmstrange to show their talents every Saturday night apart from the day of the tasks which fall on a Saturday,' George said.

'Great, so are any of you going to show off your hidden talents?' Harry grinned but he did see a few blushes and some turned away, 'I am, but don't ask, I'm not saying. I just want to have some fun.'

'You're really going to get up in front of everyone and do something?' Ron asked.

'Yep, it'll be fun. So when is the first one?'

'It was supposed to be this Saturday but they gave us an extra week so anyone in Hogwarts can prepare. So you'll have to let McGonagall know, she's taking down all the names.'

'Madam Pomfrey said I should be out in two more days but it still depends on the spots.'

Neville turned his head to check no one was around, then looked back at Harry, 'So this was all faked?'

'Yep, I will explain when I know we can't be overheard, but it was serious and potentially deadly.'

Harry knew those words would worry everyone, just like he was worried. He might have escaped being the champion for Hogwarts but they didn't mean something else might happen to get him to Voldemort.

The following day Harry received a letter from Sirius, via Ron. Since he found out that his name did come out of the triwizard cup Sirius knew now that there was someone inside Hogwarts that was dangerous, especially to Harry. He wanted Harry to speak with one of the teachers, someone he felt he could trust, someone that could investigate without being noticed. As Harry stared at the words he realised Sirius was right, he needed someone inside Hogwarts to find out who supported Voldemort and not a student, it had to be an adult. For someone to pull of putting his name into the goblet of fire and make it seem like there was supposed to be four and not three competitors needed someone that knew what they were doing, spells that would probably be more advanced than a students.

Since Harry was stuck in bed until at least tomorrow it gave him time to think about all the teachers. There were some he didn't know, like the arithmancy teacher, but Harry never had anything to do with that teacher. He liked all his teachers apart from Snape, but McGonagall believed in Dumbledore and she had been with him when they left Harry as a baby on the doorstep. Harry kept thinking, who, which teacher could he trust?

Right after lunch the following day Madam Pomfrey told Harry he could leave, the spots were gone, his temperature was back to normal and he had no other symptoms. Harry quickly changed, put all his books and stuff back into his bag then hurried to Gryffindor tower. But his thoughts were on who he could trust, which teacher.

'So five days mate, that's a good test for us,' Fred smirked as he caught up with Harry.

'Yeah, we tested it on ourselves and we had different results,' George said, 'four for me.'

'And six for me, you five so we might try a few more people to get an average.'

'Even though it's not something I would do here, as an adult it would be good, to get a week off work,' Harry grinned, 'I need advice, you two are sneaky, you know a lot about Hogwarts and the teachers.'

'We do,' Fred and George grinned together, their normal wicket grin.

'I need to know which teacher I could trust with some information, they won't go to Dumbledore until they have no choice, would believe me and do some investigating.'

Fred and George looked at Harry, then each other before they turned back to Harry again.

'Flitwick,' they said together again and Harry grinned, yes, Flitwick and he wasn't in Dumbledore's order, but Harry liked and respected the tiny wizard. He gave the twins a hug then ran off with the twins laughing behind him.