Chapter 7 – The First Task
The days leading up to the first task had been uneventful and had allowed Harry and his group to get used to living outside a magical castle. True to his word Dumbledore talked to Lily about helping them find the last Deathly Hallow and, as Harry predicted, Lily told him that they would look for it after the tournament is over with which Dumbledore accepted. Harry spent the rest of the week getting acquainted with using the elder wand. It truly was a powerful item on par with a sacred gear as it gave Harry a huge increase in his magical power which meant he had to relearn how much power to put into his spells.
While he didn't often use his magic he still was a highly proficient wizard and was probably on par with his farther in terms of knowledge and skill in magic though thanks to the elder wand was now as powerful as Dumbledore probably. When Harry decided to cast a patronus charm with the elder wand for the first time a dragon emerged from his wand that was about the same size as an actual dragon so Harry spent most of his spare time readjusting how much power to put on his spells for the desired effect. At least when he wasn't with Rias and Akeno.
Harry's two girlfriends had been sneaking him away to snog him senseless and explore each other's bodies any time an opportunity to do so presented itself which led to Harry being caught by many people in compromising positions which became the hot gossip in the school according to Daphne and Hermione. The main response to this gossip was, course jealousy from everyone cause Harry had two beautiful women at the same time and Rias and Akeno had the son of Lily Potter to play with. Harry knew that his mother had made a name for herself during the wizarding war but he vastly underestimated her legacy. She was an inspiration to muggleborns and her past deeds in the war served as an example for them to fight for what they believed in no matter what. It actually led to a few years of uneasiness between Purebloods and muggleborns as the muggleborn wanted to have the laws supporting Purebloods removed and it had led to quite a few protests and boycotts by the muggleborns with the highlight being a strike across the country by muggleborns who refused to go to work until the ministry allowed for equal pay for muggleborns which ended after the entire ministry almost collapsed from a lack of manpower as the Purebloods and half-bloods that supported the muggleborns joined them. Harry took pride in the fact that his mother was the catalyst for it but he could do without the staring.
So now every time he was in the castle he was stared at by girls who thought that because he was with two women that they could have a piece of him or being glared at by jealous people though the worst were those who looked down at him for being a half-breed though they just muttered slurs under there breath out of fear which proved to be rather amusing to see as they often looked scared when Harry glared at them. Though these people annoyed him Harry always maintained a happy and welcoming appearance that made him seem approachable. The annoying thing was because of Harry's Devil instinct to act upon his desires he, Rias and Akeno kept trying to find places where they could be undisturbed yet they keep getting found which was beginning to piss him off as every time they were caught the only one embarrassed was the one who walked in on them.
Hermione had been adjusting fantastically to becoming a devil. She trained hard and was fast becoming a valuable member of the peerage. She had known Daphne for 6 years so she had an easy introduction but she quickly became friends with everyone in the group especially Ravel. Both of them loved to read and learn new things but also loved to be in control of a situation. Harry guessed that the reason she was adjusting so easily was that her personal beliefs matched up with the Devil's belief that we should act on our desires and be our true selves as Hermione seemed to become more confident and happy in her own skin then she was when Harry first met her which was great to see.
Harry had a few conversations with Neville when he could and he got to know Luna a little better when she wasn't buried deep in books about mage sight. It turned out that Luna was a freaking genius when you deciphered what she would say and was probably the most observant person Harry had ever met. She had spent all the time since they first met practising her mage sight and seeing just what it could do with some surprising results. The mage sight when used purposefully allowed Luna to be able to see the magic within the world and even the magical cores of people which allowed her to see people through walls. The surprising thing was it wasn't just sight that was enhanced but she could actually feel the nature of the magic itself and it made Luna into a magical lie detector as she could literally see a persons nature without ever talking to them. If Luna's spell work was good then Harry may have finally found himself his first rook and was close to completing his peerage. In truth Neville would also make for a good rook but Harry knew that he would say no as Neville wanted a simple life for himself where he could have a family and tend to his greenhouse so becoming a devil would completely screw that up but Luna was the very definition of a free spirit so she would enjoy travelling the underworld and meeting new people and cultures.
Harry woke up on the day of the first task feeling a bit nervous. Truth be told Harry wasn't at all concerned about the first task at all but the prospect of two of the four Satan kings coming scared the crap out of him as Harry kept wondering about someone like Malfoy pissing them off and what someone like Serafall would do to them. He didn't care about there lives but it would be a major inconvenience in Harry's life if some idiot caused and incident between Wizards and Devils as it would further get in Harry's personal time with Rias and Akeno. He was currently getting dressed after he had disentangled himself from a naked Rias and Akeno who were now cuddling each other and starting to stir awake.
"Morning my beloveds," Harry said as he buttoned his shirt.
"Morning Harry," Rias said as she sat up while Akeno held he waist and kissed her cheek
"Why are you already dressed Harry, we must have some time to ourselves?" Akeno asked.
"Sadly no it seems my mum wants to talk to me about something this morning and then Lords Lucifer, Leviathan and Phenex will be here by then," Harry said with that last part making Rias tense. Her older brother always had a way to make her feel like a little girl.
"Such a shame Harry," Akeno said with a mischievous look "I suppose Rias and I will just have to have fun without you"
Harry just groaned at this but smiled at the thought of it "You are truly an evil little Devil Akeno."
Harry walked up to them both and gave both a passionate kiss before heading out "The others will be here at midday so you two have a bit of time before you have to get ready"
As he walked out of the room he was getting a little depressed about what he was missing out on and hoped that whatever his mum had to say was important.
Harry found Remus in the living room of the Phenex tent and told him that his mum was in her room so he headed there after greeting everyone. Her entered to see his mum sat down on the bed with a frown on her face.
"What's up mum?" Harry asked concerned.
"I received a message from Lord Phenex," Lily started "Apparently Riser is making a lot of noise about the Gremory - Phenex marriage and wanting it to happen son."
This was typical of his cousin, whining like a big baby who can't have a toy, it was incredible just how different Riser was to the rest of the Phenex family. Sure all of them had a ridiculous amount of pride but it was usually a pride in the family, yet Riser seemed to only have a selfish pride in himself. Harry didn't even understand why Riser wanted to marry Rias, they had barely spoken to one another and every time it just ended with Riser pissing her off, plus there was the fact that Riser had a bloody harem so why did he want or need a wife. The only conclusion Harry could come up with as to why Riser seemed determined to marry Rias was just to piss him off.
Harry fully admitted to loathing his cousin and Riser would do the same. Riser always looked down on Harry, his parents and his sisters for being only half-devils and seemed to always be finding ways to annoy Harry.
"I know Sirzechs and Ruvel disagree with Riser marrying Rias and have made it very clear that it should be me that marrys her but Lord Phenex and Lord Gremory seem to be almost desperate to rush it along," Harry said agitated.
"All me and Rias want is time to develop our relationship so we will be ready to marry instead of being thrown into a fancy looking shotgun wedding" Harry ranted
"I know how annoying it is, I want to see you and Rias happy, but the fact is if Lord Phenex listens to Riser he could very well force it if he wishes," Lily said sadly.
"I have an idea," Harry said "It's high risk high reward but it would shut Riser up permanently"
"What is it?" Lily said curious. Harry did always have brilliantly simple plans.
"A rating game," Harry simply stated.
This surprised Lily a bit. Harry had never participated in a rating game whereas Riser was one of the best young devils at it. But should Harry beat Riser in a rating game it would completely demoralize him and Harry would become the better looking suitor for Rias. Plus he could easily just stimulate that the winner marrys Rias.
"That would work but Riser is very good at it and had only ever lost on purpose," Lily explained "Plus you have a sever number disadvantage."
That was true. Riser had 14 peerages only missing a bishop while Harry on had 8 but Harry knew he had higher quality peers than Riser who chose his servants for there looks whilst Harry chose his based off of potential.
"I'm not saying that I should challenge him right now but to use a rating game as a last ditch effort," Harry said "Plus I know that I could beat him."
Lily knew that was true. As a Devil Harry was about on par with Rias or Sona but as the White Dragon Emperor he would be able to beat Riser.
"Yes you could," Lily said making Harry smile "For now we should appeal to Sirzechs to stall his father as he'll be here today but at the same time you and your peerage should train for the rating game even if it never happens that way you'll be ready."
"Yeah I agree," Harry said taking a breath before adopting a cheeky grin "You haven't forgotten the fact that I have a dragon to face in few hours have you?"
"Oh Shit," Lily remarked
"Language Mother," Harry said trying and failing to look scandalized.
"Are you ready for this Harry," Lily said looking a bit panicked
"Mum calm down I saw them last night in the forest," Harry said "there all just low dragons so they can breath fire which I can control and I have wings so I can out fly it, not to mention Albion."
"You're right honey, you can do this," Lily said with a smile "I just panicked a bit there and forgot"
Harry just hugged his mum to calm her down "Relax mum, it'll be a walk in the park for a devil like me."
"Thanks," Lily said feeling calm "Just don't toy around with the dragon."
"I know," Harry said "There are better ways of spending my time then pissing off a dragon"
"Yes I can imagine what you think is a good use of your time so I won't keep you away from your loves any longer" Lily said watching her son run out of the room to be with his girlfriends.
Harry went back to Rias' room to find her and Akeno were still naked in bed exploring each other. As much as Harry wanted to join them he had to tell them about Riser trying to move the wedding forward and that it should be him to marry Rias. This had effectively killed the mood and Harry went on to explain his plan for dealing with Riser should he succeed in pushing the wedding forward. While Rias and Akeno agreed that it was a gamble they would do the same thing and as much as Rias would have enjoyed beating Riser up herself she conceded that Harry had the bigger peerage so she offered Harry to allow Koneko to be his rook should he require it. This earned Rias a massive snog from Harry and things seemed to be going the way Harry wanted until there was a knock at the door.
"Lady Potter said to come get you for lunch and then we're going to the first task," said Issei through the door.
"Every time things progress something always stops us," Harry muttered annoyed.
Rias just kissed his cheek "I know honey, I guess we're just going to have to tell we're off to have sex"
"I'm still behind the door you know," Issei said a little annoyed.
"Good cause the girls are still naked," Harry said to Issei "And no peeking"
Harry could hear Issei whining at the unfairness of the world
"I'll see you at lunch, I'm gonna escort your pawn away from naked women so his brain can start working again," Harry said kissing both girls as he left the room making sure to squeeze out the door.
Harry saw Issei stood there looking a little dazed at his daydreams of a naked Rias and Akeno. He snapped his fingers bringing Issei back to the real world.
"There gonna be awhile so we might as well head up," Harry said as he and Issei headed up to the castle when he got an evil thought "And yes there boobs are better than you can ever imagine them being"
"I wasn't …" Issei began before Harry cut him off.
"It's not a big deal mate I know that everyone who has ever met them thinks about what they looked like naked," Harry said "including me"
"Really,"
"Issei, I'm a teenaged Devil," Harry stated "Of course I have perverted thoughts though I do have a question"
"What is it?" Issei asked curious as to what Harry wanted
"I know that you and Asia have been sneaking out late at night is there something there?"
"What … no … I don't know what you're talking about" Issei spluttered out "She's just helping me with extra training."
"Okay man calm down I was just curious no need to jump down my throat" Harry said "Though what kind of training is it?"
"It's for a new technique. I'm calling it dress break" Issei said confidently
"Let me guess it would allow you to magically rip a girls clothes off leaving them naked" Harry said
"Yeah I know you're gonna call it perverted or disgusting but..." Issei started but was once again halted by Harry.
"Actually It sounds useful"
"Really?"
"Yeah, no one wants to fight naked" Harry said "and a lot of devils like the idea of harems so it would be useful in a rating game"
"Thanks Harry" Issei said "Why are you so nice to me?"
This surprised Harry "What makes you ask that"
"Well I'm a pervert who has the opposing sacred gear to yours shouldn't you hate me?"
"Just because we are rivals destined to fight doesn't mean I have to hate you," Harry said "and besides you may be a pervert but you'll be the first one to admit it and you know when to stop"
"The truth is ever since you have become a devil you have worked your arse off to make Rias proud and happy so I thank you for that"
Issei was stunned at the respect Harry had for him
"Thank you Harry that means a lot" Issei said
"Don't get me wrong we are gonna fight but right now you wouldn't last a few seconds if we did right now" Harry said smirking
Issei just frowned at that "I will get stronger but only for me and for Rias."
"Good," Harry said "Now lets eat I'm starving,"
Harry ate his dinner as if he didn't have a care in the world but the same couldn't be said for the other champions. Neville was stone faced as if he was mentally trying to steel his will while the other two were putting on a false face of confidence. It was actually pretty funny as they weren't good masks and Harry could see that they were nervous and scared about taking on a dragon which Harry couldn't blame but as a high ranking devil it didn't bother him much to take on a low ranking dragon. Looking out to the staff table Harry saw that minister had returned along with the elder Malfoy and toad looking woman yet didn't see any other devils yet which meant that they were probably going to make a grand entrance. Rias and Akeno soon joined the rest of them as they all enjoyed there meal eagerly anticipating the first task when a magic circle appeared at the doors in the great hall and Sirzechs, Serafall and Lord Phenex emerged from it along with Grayfia.
"I hope we aren't to late?" Sirzechs asked calmly to his group looking around for Harry and Rias.
"And who do you think you are?" Malfoy pompously said causing Harry to face palm.
Sirzechs maintained his composure as he responded "I am the Great Devil King Sirzechs Lucifer and with me is the Great Devil King Serafall Leviathan and Lord Phenex, may I ask who is asking?"
The hall looked on in awe that Lucifer himself was here and bore a striking resemblance to Rias and the fact that another Devil King appeared to be a little girl playing dress up.
"So you just decided to simply arrive out of nowhere without warning," Lucius sneered out "Not very polite but what could we expect from Devils."
Suddenly a great amount of pressure built up in hall and Harry noticed that Serafall was beginning to lose her temper. As amusing as it would be to watch her rip him apart he knew that he should probably try and calm her down mainly because she could destroy Hogwarts like it was nothing.
"Calm down Lady Leviathan," Harry said "He's nothing more than a pompous peacock who hides behind his money, there is no reason to bring down the castle for such a being."
The hall stared in amazement at Harry. No one had ever dared insult Lucius Malfoy who was now seething along with his son. The pressure in the Hall disappeared as Serafall locked eyes with Harry who gulped and prepared for what was going to happen.
"HARRY" Serafall yelled as she hugged Harry with all of her strength "When Sona told me what happened I knew I had to come and cheer you on"
"Err it's no big deal," Harry said trying to calm her down
Lucius was still seething but realized that he had picked on the wrong people after all they were very well dressed as the two men looked aristocratic.
Lily walked up to the three of them and bowed deeply "Thank you for coming my lords," she said calmly
"It's no trouble Lily," Lord Phenex responded "I was happy to show my support for my great nephew. Harry and Rias along with there peerages also approached them and bowed in respect.
"Now that the formalities are out of the way where is my lovely Siri?" Serafall asked making Harry, Dumbledore and even McGonagall snicker at her words.
"Do you really have to call me that Sera," Sirius asked approaching her before she pounced on him with a huge hug
"I've missed you Siri" Serafall exclaimed before shocking everyone by kissing him passionately.
Harry coughed to try and break them up before saying "You do realise that we have a task to do and I would rather get it done and over with"
"Thank you Harry," Dumbledore said as he approached the Devils along with the Minister and his group "Could everyone please head down to the arena so that we may begin the first task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament"
With that everyone began to head down to the arena that had been built with Lily leading the demons. Harry was calmly walking down with Akeno while Rias talked to her brother. Serafall was all over Sirius in what was probably the strangest relationship Harry had ever seen. The funny thing was watching the Minister looking scared of the Devils whilst Dumbledore merrily chatted with Harry's Great Uncle, Lord Phenex, like it was nothing. The very sight of such a cowardly leader made Harry chuckle as it went against everything a Devil should be. As Harry approached the champions tent he was engulfed by Rias and Akeno both of whom wished him luck with a kiss. The rest of the girls hugged him for luck while Kiba patted his back and Issei gave him a fist bump. Harry entered the tent and saw that there where four makeshift rooms in each corner with a house symbol above them. Harry saw the Phenex symbol and walked in to see a cot with clothes on them. He saw the clothes which where a pair of boots and a pair of black pants. The top was a white long sleeve shirt with a golden Phenex on the front. Harry heard the others arrive so he quickly got dressed and waited in the foyer for the task to start.
The judges all walked in with Ludo holding a bag.
"Well here we are, the first task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament," Bagman said excitedly "your first task is to collect a golden egg"
"What's the catch?" Neville asked
"The catch is that the egg is currently sitting inside the nest of a mother dragon" Bagman said enjoying the whole thing "You must get past the dragon and steal the egg from it's nest"
The participants except for Harry paled at this. They all knew about the dragons but to steal from it's nest was another thing entirely. To Harry though now it was getting interesting.
"You're gonna want to get the egg as it contains a riddle for the next task which you will need," Bagman stated "Any questions?"
When no one asked a question Bagman continued "Well then each of you will pull out a miniature dragon from this bag which will tell you what dragon you will face and when you will go so ladies first."
Bagman presented the bag and the Beauxbaton champion pulled out a miniature figure of a Welsh Green with the number two. The Durmstrang champion then went and pulled out the Chinese Fireball with the number three. Neville then pulled out a Swedish Short Snout with the number one. Harry then pulled out a Hungarian Horntail with the number four. While the others looked nervous at their figurines Harry smiled at his.
"Now then Neville at the sound of the cannon you may begin" Dumbledore said when the cannon prematurely went off.
The judges quickly head up to their viewing area while Neville braces himself before heading out to face his dragon. The other three had to listen to Bagman's commentary wondering how he was doing. Harry relived this two more times as he patiently waited all the while hearing the commentary and crowd reaction. Soon enough it was his turn so he stepped forward to the entrance to the arena and waited for Bagman to call him.
"AND NOW FOR OUR 4TH CHAMPION, HARRY POTTER-PHENEX," Bagman yelled.
Harry walked out to the arena to hear cheers from his group and some of the nicer people in Hogwarts while the rest booed. Most of Griffindor booed him but that was mostly because they supported their own champion Neville so he didn't blame them at all.
The arena was a huge circle that was rocky and full of boulders to use as cover. In the middle was the dragon and its nest. It was the highest point of the arena so it was a literal uphill battle. The dragon itself had razor sharp spikes all over it and looked fairly intimidating as it snarled at him. Harry just smiled looking forward to this.
"He certainly is confident but lets see how he actually does," Bagman commentated.
Harry let Albion's wings out as he flew up to eye level with the dragon. The dragon just threw a fireball from its mouth at him to which Harry just took to the face
"That's got to hurt," Bagman said "Wait what's he doing,"
Everyone was stunned as the fire that engulfed Harry seemed to go around him like a flaming aura of a dragon before Harry hurled it back at the dragon.
"How'd he do that?" Bagman asked as the dragon shrugged off the fire before raising it head up roaring in anger.
Out of nowhere Harry just flew directly towards the dragon and delivered an brutal uppercut that broke the chains holding it and lifted it off the ground high above the area.
"HOLY SHIT," Bagman yelled out as did many in the crowd.
Harry just flew up in chase of the dragon and grabbed it's tail with both hands before flying back down and slamming it into the floor of the arena carefully avoiding the eggs. The impact knocked the dragon out cold as Harry just flew above it smirking in victory. He landed at the nest and lazily picked up the egg finishing the first task to a stunned audience.
"Well there we have it folks Harry Potter-Phenex has beaten the first task," Bagman said breaking the silence as cheers began to rain down from the stands before Bagman's curiousity got the better of him. "If you don't mind me asking Harry how did you control dragon fire?"
Harry cast a sonorous charm on himself and answered "Let's just call it family magic."
"What do you mean?" Lucius Malfoy said his greed getting the better of him "Tell us now."
"Figure it out arsehole" Harry said before flipping him off.
"Go ahead and leave I'm sure your whores are waiting for you half-breed," Malfoy said shocking the crowd.
Harry just stopped and turned looking directly at Malfoy who knew he had fucked up massively as he saw Harry's eyes. The usual mischievous glean they had was gone and replaced by raging fire. He'd had enough of this prick now and his mind was swimming with many way's to humiliate and hurt the peacock. The power he usually held back was out in force now as a blue flaming aura had surrounded him. Harry was tempted to pull out his balance breaker and show him true power but he held off instead.
"You had better listen to me death eater and listen well," Harry said in a controlled way as if he still holding back "If you insult me, or anyone of my friends again I will drag you down to hell and make you suffer a fate worse than death is that understood or am I gonna have to give a taste of it now."
"Y … y … you can't do that," Malfoy spluttered trying to save some face "You'll be put in Azkaban"
"Well considering that both the Potter and the Phenex family is richer than yours I doubt it as you are evidence that you can buy your way to freedom in this country," Harry said again shocking people that he would out right say it "Or I could just punch my way out, or I could destroy the entire prison, or I can just kill everyone and rewrite
"Your bigotry blinds you from seeing the truth of the world, I mean really who insults the guy who just beat up a dragon with his fists."
The last bit generated chuckles amongst the crowd at Malfoy's expense as Harry began to calm down and leave the arena.
"Wait we need to Give you your scores" Bagman said
"Well go ahead," Harry said standing there patiently.
Bagman gave him a 10 for an excellent show
Dumbledore a 9 for a strong showing and finishing the fastest.
Crouch gave him 6 for a lack of magic being shown but an impressive display anyway
Maxine gave him an 7 not saying why
Karkaroff gave him a 1 for not using magic at a magical event to many boos.
This left Harry at only 32 points putting him last despite the fact that he beat up a bloody dragon with his bare hands. It didn't bother Harry much he had little stake in the whole event.
The crowd had been amazed by Harry literally beating a dragon like it was nothing but some were impressed and scared by the fact that it seemed like Harry was holding back based off the power he emanated in his confrontation with Lucius Malfoy. The die hard blood purists were angry at him for calling them blind idiots while the rest of the school saw the wisdom in his words about bigotry.
After a quick medical scan which showed him to be unharmed he was quickly engulfed in big hug from everyone in his peerage as well as Rias and Akeno while the others where outside.
"Girls as fun as this is how about we get back to the tents so we can have a victory party," Harry said as the hug broke off and they all headed out.
"Wait Harry," He heard Neville call out. He wasn't in too much of a bad shape as he appeared to have been grazed by some fire "I would like to invite you to the Griffindor party that they are throwing me now if only for an hour,"
Harry was a little surprised at this. It was a nice gesture but the knowledge that Weasley would be there put him off it.
"Thanks for the offer but as you know some family and friends have visited me so I would like to catch up with them," Harry said.
"It's all right Harry I just invited all the champions to build up some unity I understand," Neville said smiling.
"OK then well thanks anyway," Harry said as he left with his group.
The party was in full swing as the adults were all sat together happily chatting while the peerages where all laughing and enjoying there lives when suddenly a tear in space appeared and a well dressed man stepped out that Harry recognized as Arthur Pendragon descendant of King Arthur and Morganna LeFay. Harry and Arthur had known each other as they had periodically bumped into one another and had developed a sort of friendly rivalry as Arthur was a typical gentleman and favoured an honourable duel over whilst Harry was fully willing to use underhanded tactics to win and loved to play head games with his opponents. Both of them though bonded over having to live up to their legacy's, Arthur being the descendant of King Arthur and Harry being the White Dragon Emperor ,and so understood each other's insecurity's of not being worthy of their names
"You missed the show Pendragon," Harry stated greeting his frienemy.
"I'm sure that it was a great fight but I'm here to talk to Lord Lucifer." Arthur stated calmly.
"What can I do for you?" Sirzechs asked
"May I talk in private with as this concerns a devil you have dealt with before," Arthur stated.
"Of course let us talk outside," Arthur said as he allowed Sirzechs to lead him out.
As they talked outside Harry explained Arthur and how he knew him. They were all fascinated that the Pendragon line still existed, Hermione the most, and how he knew Arthur talking about there duels in the past and what he was like. A short time later Sirzechs returned without Arthur and holding a file.
"Where is Arthur Brother?" Rias asked
"He decided to leave without saying goodbye didn't he?" Harry asked rhetorically
"Yes he did Harry," Sirzechs answered
"And he harps on me about dishonour," Harry muttered chuckling to himself "hypocrite"
"Before you ask I will tell you what it was about tomorrow for now let's just enjoy ourselves," Sirzechs said and the party continued but Harry saw Sirzechs looking concerned about something which is never good.
Dumbledore was in his office again with McGonagall, Snape and Moody with a smile that screamed 'I told you so'.
"You said he was strong Albus but I had no idea how strong exactly," McGonagall said still in awe "But he has caused problems with the ministry which could cause them to be more nosy about what goes on here,"
"That is true but Harry is right, they can't really do much about him and besides I fully agree with his views on blood status," Dumbledore replied
"I'm more curious about the spell he used to control dragon fire," Snape said
"I believe that Harry left us a clue when he said family magic and I already have my theory," Dumbledore said
"What is it?" McGonagall asked.
"Harry called it family magic but I believe it comes from the fact that he is a member of the house of Phenex," Dumbledore said
"So his family have spells that control fire?" Moody said
"No I believe that Harry and the other members of the Phenex family have the traits of a Phoenix," Dumbledore said shocking them.
"Surely not Dumbledore that's insane" Snape said
"True but insane would be the best way to describe the past few weeks," Dumbledore said "I believe that Harry has control over both fire and wind just like a phoenix."
"So he didn't use any magic whatsoever to beat a dragon?" Moody asked
"Indeed, though Harry is considered a high ranking devil which means he is strong even by the standards of a devil though not at the level of the devil kings however it seems he has the potential to become that strong"
"How do you know this?" McGonagall said
"Oh me and Lord Phenex stuck up a conversation, he's a rather respectable gentleman" Dumbledore said chuckling.
As they were gonna continue Fudge blustered in with Umbridge
"What are we gonna do about this Dumbledore, that devil brat has been humiliating the ministry all day," Fudge said
"Maybe, but we are allowed to speak our minds in this country Minister and your Lackey decided to try and humiliate young Mr Potter-Phenex in front of his friends, family and foreign dignitaries" Dumbledore answered sternly. Fudge had annoyed him all day
"That half-breed shouldn't have even been in this tournament" Umbridge remarked
"And yet he is whilst my investigation into who put him in the tournament has been halted because you refuse to bring Aurors in to investigate and won't let me ask Karkaroff for fear of a international incident which by the way Malfoy almost caused today," Dumbledore replied getting angry now.
"Lucius didn't say anything to the members of Durmstrang and Beauxbaton"
"I'm talking about the devils" Dumbledore replied.
"What about those sinful savages I'm sure the Angels or whatever would deal with them," Fudge said trying to sound confident.
"The Angels and Devils are currently at peace with one another as both sides refuse to allow their people to die any more and I highly doubt that they'll step in for a few magic users, remember that we wizards have also been persecuted in the past by the church," Dumbledore explained
Fudge just spluttered trying to think of a come back.
"If I have to ban him from the castle then I will" Dumbledore said
"You can't do that" Fudge exclaimed
"If I believe that he is a danger to the castle then I can and picking fights with Devils is certainly a valid reason as I don't want my students caught in the crossfire," Dumbledore said standing up and reminding Fudge that he is considered the most powerful Wizard in Britain for a reason.
"You would do that to such an honourable member of our society for those devils," Umbridge said
"Those devils have been nothing but courteous ever since arriving but they refuse to be walked over by bullies and pompous blood bigots," Dumbledore said
"How dare you," Umbridge said
"I dare because it is the right thing to do," Dumbledore said now releasing his power "Now if you don't mind I'm sure we would all be happy to see our minister lead his country and I would like to run my school so please leave."
Fudge and Umbridge got the message and were honestly scared of Dumbledore right now. Neither of them were great Wizards and relied on powerful friends and blackmail to get their way so Dumbledore could beat them without even trying
"You know he's gonna attack you now," McGonagall said
"Yes, but I can no longer sit Idly by whilst people like Malfoy ruin our once great country with there bigotry," Dumbledore said.
"You're right but what can we do?" McGonagall asked
"Well there are three pranksters camping outside and two of them are heads of Ancient and Noble family's who I'm sure would like the idea of pranking a country," Dumbledore smirked
"That's brilliant," McGonagall said laughing "they won't know what hit them."
Author's Notes
I hope you enjoy this chapter and Harry's fight with the dragon even though it was short I hope it was sweet. I can't remember who suggested pairing Sirius with Serafall but I thought it was hilarious so yes it's there. Yes I brought Arthur in early and I have my reasons so you'll have to wait and see.
Tri-Wizard Tournament standings
1st – Neville Longbottom – 42 points
2nd – Daisy Dupont – 39 points
3rd – Hector Ivanov – 38 points
4th – Harry Potter-Phenex – 32 points
Per request from Ali 1997 I will be putting a list of Harry's Peerage at the bottom of each chapter so you know who's there so here it is.
Harry's peerage
Queen – Daphne Greengrass
Bishops – Astoria Greengrass and Ravel Phenex
Knights – Fluer Delacor and ? (mystery knight)
Rooks – no one so far.
Pawns – Juliet Potter(3 pieces) Rose Potter(3 pieces) Hermione Granger(2pieces)
Next Chapter – The mystery Knight is unsealed and revealed.
Thank you for reading. Please review as I love to hear your ideas and I ask you to refrain from just writing 'great chapter' while I'm happy you enjoyed it I do prefer to read what exactly you did like and where you think the story's heading.