4th year Slytherin girls dorm, morning after the Yule Ball

Harry awoke with a warm object in his arms. Groggily opening his eyes, he was greeted to a head of golden hair. Feeling the smooth skin on his arms, the memories of last night slowly came back to him. Unable to suppress a satisfied grin, Harry thought about what happened last night. He had a brilliant evening that was mostly filled with fun. The only downside was the fallout with Ron, but honestly, he couldn't care anymore, Ron had shown what kind of person he was. Bigoted, biassed, selfish, prone to violence and greedy. Harry definitely didn't want to have such a person around. The beautiful naked blonde in his arms was a much better companion and friend than the youngest Weasley. Were he and Daphne now a couple? He certainly hoped so, especially after last night hehe~ Unconsciously he tightened his arms around her waist and pulled her closer.

This had the effect of bringing Daphne back to the land of living. "Mmmmm morning dear" mumbled Daphne, turning around in his arms. She smiled at him lovingly and gave him a kiss "All that Quidditch training certainly had its uses" Chuckling, Harry returned the kiss and enjoyed the feeling of her pressed against him.

The two teenagers spend a few more hours just cuddling and coming to terms that they were now a couple, something neither of them had problems accepting. When they finally got up, Daphne slipped downstairs to check if any of her housemates were in the common room. Seeing that the coast was clear, she quickly returned to her new boyfriend and together they left the snake pit.

An hour later, Harry was freshly showered and dressed in his casual clothes. Daphne already went to the great hall for breakfast. When he entered the hall, he got a somehow bad feeling, so he slipped his rings on and walked to the Gryffindor table, where Daphne, Hermione and Ginny were having a whispered conversation. "Ah brother, good morning" "Good morning my son. Did you have a pleasant night?" Smiling, Harry replied to the knights "You bet!" He slipped next to Daphne and gave her a kiss on the cheek before he greeted his other two friends. "HA! I knew it! Pay up Hermione" yelled Ginny happily before she extended her hand to Hermione. The now straight haired brunette scowled, she then reached into her bag and pulled a small sack of Galleons out of it, which she then dropped in the awaiting hand of the grinning redhead. "You betted on us becoming a couple?" Asked Harry confused. "Nah" replied Ginny "We bet with whom you got together at the Yule Ball. I bet on Daphne, Hermione bet on Fleur" She then jabbed her thumb towards Neville who just entered the hall "And he bet on both. No idea why he thought that but hey, once he comes here I'm 10 Galleons richer, so I won't complain" She laughed and was quick to tell Neville that he lost. Harry and Daphne looked at each other before they began laughing, their friends joined them quickly.

Then came Fleur. She sat down next to Harry and, after a short greeting to everyone, started eating. Harry somehow felt awkward now. He suspected that Fleur liked him, and he liked her too. But he was now with Daphne and all, so he wasn't sure what he should do now. Once she caught Harry's nervous shifting, Daphne sighed and leaned closer to him to whisper in his ear "Calm down hun, we will talk with Fleur later, just enjoy your breakfast now ok?" After he nodded she gave him a quick peck on the cheek and so breakfast resumed.

Shortly before everyone finished, Professor Dumbledore, together with Professor McGonagall, walked down from the head table. They stopped behind Harry and his friends, then the aged headmaster spoke "Harry my boy, would you and Ms. Delacour accompany us to my office? There are some things we have to discuss" Looking at each other, Harry and Fleur nodded at him and stood up to follow the two teachers.

Arriving at the headmaster's office, the two champions were surprised to see Ron and Viktor sitting in the office already. Viktor, with his arms crossed, wore a grumpy expression on his face that made it clear that he didn't wish to converse with anyone. "Please sit down you two" said Dumbledore as he walked around his desk and sat down, McGonagall took a seat next to him. Taking a seat, Harry then asked "What are we all doing here sir? Why is Ronald here instead of Cedric?" With a raised eyebrow, Dumbledore asked "Why would Mr. Diggory be here Harry?" Fleur then pointed at herself, Harry and Viktor and said "Let's see. Champion, champion, champion" then she pointed at Ron "And a leetle boy. What eez going on 'ere Monsieur Dumbledore?" McGonagall then said "Please refrain from insulting my students Ms. Delacour, you are already in enough trouble"

"Trouble?" asked Viktor "Vat trouble?" Dumbledore looked at Ron briefly, before he said "Yesterday evening, the festivities were disturbed by a student getting physically assaulted and threatened by three other students. Can any of you guess who I'm talking about?" "You mean that I punched him in nose?" asked Viktor "I did so because he attacked girl first" "Zat eez true" said Fleur "'e suddenly showed up, zen 'e started insulting 'ermione and when Daphne tried to get 'im to calm down 'e 'it 'er'' McGonagall was openly gaping now, Dumbledore's eyes on the other hand were twinkling like crazy. "I admit that I threatened and attacked Ron, but that was better than having him rampaging" finished Harry. "MR. WEASLEY!" yelled McGonagall "YOU TOLD ME THEY ATTACKED YOU UNPROVOKED AND NOW I HEAR ABOUT YOU HITTING A CLASSMATE?!"

Now Ron jumped up and yelled with a red face "ARE YOU SERIOUSLY BELIEVING THE FOREIGNER, THE CREATURE AND THE CHEATER?!" "Please mind your language young Ronald" said Dumbledore calmly. "I am sure this is all a huge misunderstanding. Let's talk about this and find a solution that satisfies everyone involved" A scoff was heard "Misunderstanding? Vat are you talking about headmaster? Three people have said that he attacked girl and he also insulted us. I have halv a mind to challenge him vor honour duel" "You can also ask Hermione and Daphne. They were the ones who were attacked by him" added Harry. "Hm" said Dumbledore and stroked his beard "It certainly seems like some punishments are in order. By my authority as the headmaster and a judge of the triwizard tournament I give all four of you detentions for attacking another student. You will serve your detentions in the first week after christmas break with Professor Snape every evening of the week. You may go now"

The three champions and McGonagall gaped at Dumbledore, but Ron exploded "YOU PUNISH ME BECAUSE I HIT A SNAKE? WHY? EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THEY ARE EVIL!" Standing up and hitting Ron with a silencing charm, McGonagall hissed "Mr. Weasley, hereby I expand your detention for the rest of the school year. Ms. Delacour, Mr. Krum, Mr. Potter, consider your detention negated, I will have a long talk with the headmaster about this, right Albus" she finished her statement with a look at Dumbledore that said 'deny and suffer'. Gulping, Dumbledore motioned for the four to leave the office.

Outside the headmaster's office, Viktor grabbed Ron by the collar and started dragging him off with the words "I vill see you later, have to teach Veasel lesson about being liar that punches girls" and with that he left, dragging the struggling Ron behind him. "I hope that was the end of it but knowing Ron we can expect a howler tomorrow morning" sighed Harry. Giggling, Fleur grabbed his arm and started walking towards the black lake "Ignore 'im 'Arry. Come, we 'ave much to discuss." She dragged Harry with her and soon they arrived at the shore of the black lake.

There on a rock overlooking the lake sat Daphne. She skipped rocks over the lake surface and waited patiently. When her boyfriend and Veela friend sat down next to her, she smiled and gave Harry a small kiss as a greeting. "Hey you two. What was it? Is Dumbledore angry about Harry and me dating or did the weasel lie about what happened yesterday?" "The second one" answered Harry. Daphne hummed and threw another rock. Fleur copied her action and Harry just sat there, confused about what this all was about. "'Arry" began Fleur "zere is somezing we want to talk wiz you about"

"Indeed there is. Harry, I love you. There I said it and I don't regret it. And if what happened yesterday is any indicator, I'd say you feel the same for me, right?" The violet-blue eyes of Daphne stared intently at him, expecting an answer. "Do I love her? What does love even feel like? Oh god, is what I'm feeling for the two is only lust?! SHIT!" Harry was starting to mentally freak out. "Now calm down son!" Yelled Artorias in order to get Harry's attention. "Listen son, love can take many forms. I love Sif as my pet and loyal companion. I love Ornstein as my brother in arms. And I once loved a woman for her beauty and her whole being. She was the one I wanted to spend my life with. And I can guarantee you, what you feel for lady Daphne and lady Fleur is the same love as the one I once felt for Ciaran" "Are you sure Artorias?" Asked Harry, still unsure. "I am sure. But I think you'd need a more comfortable environment. SIF!"

Harry was sceptical if Sif could hear Artorias when he yelled in his mind. But that was quickly answered by a soft whimper from behind the three. Suddenly all three students felt how a large, furry body curled around them. Sif had laid down behind the three, she threw her tail over Daphne's legs and laid her head in Fleur's lap. Momentarily startled, both girls smiled softly and began patting the large wolf. Taking a deep breath, Harry said "You are right Daphne. I love you. But it somehow doesn't feel fair to you, because, and I feel horrible for feeling like this, I love you just as much Fleur"

Both girls smiled widely at Harry's confession. This was exactly what they wanted to hear. Fleur grabbed his face and said "You don't 'ave to feel bad about your own feelings' 'Arry, I love you too" and with that she kissed him deeply. After they broke the kiss, Daphne, amused about Harry's confused face, then said "Harry, we both talked about this. Fleur loves you, I love you and you love us. So why shouldn't we live our feelings? What do you say? Are you up for becoming a living legend, the boy who got two stunning blonde girlfriends?" She smirked at her boyfriend, who on the other hand looked rapidly between the two girls. "What are you waiting for brother? 'To hell with concerns, time to live!'" chirped Ornstein. Chuckling, Harry said "Alright, let's try it. I love you both and I want to make you happy. If this is what you want, I will do my best to keep it like this" He was rewarded with two dazzling smiles and lots of kisses.

The now newly formed three way relationship spent another hour talking with each other, but then Harry remembered that he still had a swimming lesson with Hermione today. He stood up and stretched his back, ready for another lesson. "You have something planned today?" Asked Daphne, Sif's tail was still laid over her, not that she minded. "Ah, I have swimming lessons with Hermione today. Hopefully I will finally live up to her ridiculous standards. I swear, she trains me to be an olympic athlete" the last part came out in a grumble, when she wanted, his best friend could really be a slave driver when she wanted. "Swimming lessons? What for?" Asked Daphne. "Eez it for ze second task 'Arry?" wondered Fleur while she was playing with Sif's ear. Harry looked at her in surprise "So you have figured the clue out too?" The Veela nodded happily and gently nudged Sif's head off of her lap. "Would you mind if I joined you? I could use a bit of training" she asked while standing up. "Sure, no problem. What about you Daphne? Fancy a dip?"

The Slytherin laughed and said "So I can choose between swimming in the cold lake or snuggling in this warm fur? Yeah even with warming charms this is a no brainer" and with that she squirmed closer into Sif's fur, an action that made the large wolf bark happily. Fleur made her way to the Beauxbatons carriage to retrieve her swimming gear and to pick up Hermione, Harry used the time to stretch a bit, much to the visual pleasure of Daphne.

Sif observed her little master closely. If she understood everything her little master and his mates just said, he had to go into the lake for this stupid competition. She wanted to help him, but how? Licking her teeth subconsciously, she suddenly felt something stuck between her front teeth. Her eyes widened, she suddenly remembered the mighty artefact she was once entrusted to protect. Carefully pulling it out of her teeth, Sif whined and whimpered softly in order to get Harry's attention. Hearing the grey wolf's voice, Harry stopped his exercises and walked closer to her. "Hey girl what's up? Are you hungry?" Sif nudged at his right hand and when Harry finally opened his hand, she let a small object fall into it.

Looking into his hand, Harry saw a ring made out of dark gold with an ominous looking greenish stone in it. It certainly felt powerful. "Hahahaha, Sif is definitely smart. I've totally forgotten that!" Laughed Artorias. "What is this Artorias?" asked Harry. "This ring is the physical manifestation of the covenant I once made with the beasts of the Abyss." Artorias voice was gloomy, it seemed like the ring came with bad memories, but Harry just had to ask "Ergh, how did you do that? And what is the Abyss?" Taking a deep breath, Artorias answered "I had a mission. I was tasked to save a princess and to do that, I had to traverse the Abyss, a realm of darkness that bore the vilest and foulest creatures you can imagine. When a being that wasn't born in the Abyss entered the Abyss, the darkness would devour their bodies. To go around this, I made a pact with the creatures and the Abyss itself. They would let me walk through the Abyss unharmed, should I die in the Abyss then my soul would stay in the Abyss to get devoured by the darkness. As I am here, you can see I managed to escape this horrible fate. I may have been unable to defeat the Abyss fully, but I managed to seal it and save princess Dusk. However, the ring has the power to protect his wearer from darkness and everything that comes from it." "Wow ok, that sure is one hell of a tale. I am glad you survived the Abyss, but how does that ring help me?" Now Ornstein said something "Think about it brother. Beings that live in water are often called 'Creatures from below' or something like that. For the ring, it repels every living being that is born from darkness, no matter what kind of darkness. And the bottom of a lake or the ocean is considered as a kind of darkness by the ring" Harry's eyes then widened, he stared down at the ring in awe. "So this ring will keep the Grindylows and Merpeople away from me?" he asked excitedly. "That it does my son! Be sure to thank Sif for her brilliant idea" "Will do!" replied Harry.

He happily spent his waiting time cuddling and petting Sif lovingly, he also promised to buy her some really good meat and treats for her help, something that Sif greatly enjoyed. When Fleur finally returned with Hermione in tow, Harry was more than ready for his newest swim lessons. He quickly started taking his clothes off, he was clever enough and wore his swimming clothes under his normal clothes. Hitting himself with a warming charm, he waved at the girls. "Hey you two. Ready?" Both girls nodded and also undressed. Hermione wore a black one-piece swimsuit. It may cover her modesty completely, but that was more or less negated by the fact that it was skin tight. Fleur, on the other hand, wore a blue two-piece bikini. A rather skimpy bikini that caused Harry's eyes to get glued on. "Like what you see 'Arry" teased Fleur with a smirk. "I-eh-yes" stammered Harry. Hermione, who got briefed on the new relationship status of the three, just rolled her eyes and said "You two can flirt later, Harry still has to learn how to swim. Come" she hit herself with a warming charm and started to drag Harry into the water, Fleur followed the two. Daphne, still curled into the warm fur of Sif, smiled at her boyfriend and two friends before she closed her eyes for a short nap.

4th of February, antechamber of Hogwarts

The three headmasters, Ludo Bagman and Percy Weasley, who still acted as a substitute for Barty crouch, met in the antechamber to discuss the second task. They had to decide who would be the hostage for each champion. It had to be a person who meant a lot to the champion. "For Mr. Diggory, I suggest his girlfriend Ms. Chang. Rarely do you see the two separated from each other" said Bagman excitedly. Nobody had any objections with that. "For Viktor, I say we use girl he had as date for Yule Ball" grumbled Karkaroff. "He has little friends in class, so she is best choice" again, everyone agreed. Next came Madame Maxime who said "Ze boy who was Fleur's date is a good friend of 'ers, but I'd suggest her little sister who will be here for ze second task. She may be young, so if you don't agree we will use Jaque" Bagman waved her off and said "Nono, her sister is perfect. Now Mr. Potter, how about the girl he took to the ball? I've heard the two are now dating so she is perfect." Before anyone could agree, Dumbledore said "No, I insist that Harry's hostage is Ronald Weasley." Now Percy perked up "Why would you suggest Ron Professor Dumbledore? Ron and Harry had a fight if I remember correctly, so why should we use someone Harry doesn't like as his hostage?" Dumbledore said in his grandfatherly voice "Because young Harry needs to realise how important friends are, and I'm sure once he sees young Ronald at the lake bottom, he will rekindle his friendship with Ronald. I will not be questioned on this decision!" The last part was said with so much force that nobody dared to disagree with the aged wizard.

24th of February, day of the first task

Harry sat at breakfast with Daphne. The Slytherin did her best to lighten his mood, saying that he was as well prepared for the task as he could be, but while Harry appreciated her effort, he was still a bit nervous. The fact that Hermione was nowhere to be seen certainly didn't help his mood.

When the post owls arrived, Harry caught a glimpse of the Weasley family owl Errol, who clutched a bright red envelope in his talons. Sighing, Harry raised his arm so the old bird could crash land on it. Catching the owl, Harry sighed "Another howler?" Errol just nodded, dropped the letter and flew off. The letter exploded with a shrill "HARRY JAMES POTTER-" before it was incinerated. Harry was so used to the daily howlers from Mrs. Weasley that it didn't even bother him anymore. He listened to the first one he got, two days after the yule ball. He then wrote a long letter to Mrs. Weasley where he explained what happened at the ball and mentioned that Hermione, the twins and Ginny could confirm what happened. But apparently that was the wrong thing to do, because the next day another howler came that accused him of not only hurting her 'precious Ronnie' but also called him a liar. From then on Mrs. Weasley lost a lot of the respect that Harry once had for her and Harry started to just burn her daily howlers without listening to them.

Fleur ran into the hall, looking around in panic. She then saw her boyfriend and ran to him. "'Arry! 'Ave you seen Gabrielle?" Yesterday, Fleur's parents arrived together with her little sister in order to cheer for her at the second task, and of course Harry got introduced to them by Fleur. Her mother Appoline instantly fell in love with Harry, calling him adorable and perfect in-law material. Pierre, her father, was a lot more intimidating. After he tried to crush Harry's hand when they shook hands, he gave him the usual "hurt my daughter and I will kill you" speach, the fact that he was the French minister of magic only made it more scary. But at the end of the day, he warmed up greatly to Harry, even calling him "ma fil" once or twice. And then there was Gabrielle, Fleur's younger sister. The tiny ball of joy peeked at Harry shyly from behind her mothers legs, before she stood in front of Harry and looked rapidly from him to Fleur and back. Finally she asked in the cutest possible way "est-ce mon nouveau grand frère?" to which Fleur replied with a laugh and a blush "peut-être à l'avenir". That was seemingly good enough for Gabrielle, who then repeatedly jumped up at Harry until he got the hint and picked her up, much to her delight.

"Sorry Fleur, I haven't seen her. Maybe she is with you parents? But have you seen Hermione?" Fleur's face fell, and before she could say anything more, Ginny ran up to them and asked frantically "Any idea where Ron is?"

Harry's eyes then widened. 'We've taken what you'll sorely miss' didn't refer to an object, but to a person. Quickly looking around and not seeing Cho anywhere, Harry said with a seething look directed to the judges "These fucking bastards! They have taken them hostage!" Fleur looked shocked at him, then at the judges. "Are zey stupide? Gabrielle eez a Veela like moi. Water weakens 'er and ze Merpeople don't like my kind! We 'ave to 'urry!" She then jumped up again, grabbed Harry and began to pull him after her towards the black lake.

An hour later, everyone was gathered on three huge platforms that were built in the middle of the black lake. Harry looked at his hand where he had some Gillyweed. After a lot of testing, Neville and him found out how much Gillyweed is needed for the effects to last for an hour. He stood at the edge of the lowest level on the middle platform, dressed in simple swimming trunks and a red tank top. Cedric, wearing a yellow top stood next to him, looking just as unnerved as Harry did. Viktor was sitting on the edge with his feet dangling in the water. His tank top was grey. Harry sat down next to him and said "Viktor listen. Down there are Hermione and Ronald. No idea why they brought Ron down there, since no champion likes him. How about we make a small competition?" Looking at the younger boy, Viktor asked "Vat competition?" Grinning, Harry said "Whoever gets to the hostages first rescues Hermione, the other has to take Ron" Scratching his chin, Viktor mumbled "So slower one has to save veasel? Hm….I like that, so it is guaranteed that Hermyowny gets saved. I agree Harry" Shaking hands, the two boys agreed to do a little race against each other.

The four champions now stood ready at the edge of the platform, waiting for Dumbledore's speech to finish. Fleur, covered in a bathrobe for now, was nervously biting her nails. Viktor and Cedric stood motionless next to each other. And Harry was subconsciously rubbing his right forearm in order to cover the basilisk scar. "Don't hide your scar brother" came Ornstein's soothing voice. "He is right son. The scar is a testament of your strength, the proof that you fought, won and survived" It was really fascinating for Harry how the two knights always managed to calm him down.

"Alright champions, it is almost time. Get ready!" the amplified voice of Dumbledore echoed across the lake. Harry stuffed the Gillyweed in his mouth, shuddered at the taste and began swallowing the slimy plant. "Get set!" Fleur shed her bathrobe off, revealing that she wore a silver-white one piece underneath. She, Viktor and Cedric casted a charm on themselves. "And-" All four champions casted a warming charm just before the grand clock struck exactly 12 o'clock. "GO!" Dumbledore started the second task with a cannon blast. All four champions jumped into the water simultaneously.

Underwater each champion took a different way. Only Ceddric swam close to the surface, Fleur reached a medium depth and Viktor and Harry swam straight downwards. While he dived down, Harry enjoyed the feeling of his webbed hands and feet, as well as having gills. The 'covenant of Artorias', as he named the ring Sif gave him, gave him a warm feeling. As at the first task, Harry wore the other two rings as well, but the knights agreed to only talk to him if his life was in danger, something that was impossible right now, since the covenant of Artorias kept all the underwater creatures away. "Hey guys, is it just me or is this task really dumb? I mean the crowd is now watching a lake for an hour" This question earned Harry two roaring laughs before he entered a field of seaweed.

Manoeuvring through the weed, Harry marvelled at how the Grindylows practically fled from him. As he batted away a particularly stubborn bush of seaweed, he suddenly came face to face with the face of the moaning Myrtle. Backing away from her with a startled scream, Harry glared at the ghost when she only laughed. "I'm sorry Harry" she began "But you were too fast for me to catch up to you, so I had to stop you like this" grinning proudly, she then pointed in a direction. "You are on the right path. Just follow my finger and you will arrive at the Merpeople village. Till now, nobody has reached the hostages, but somehow the Merpeople are extra twitchy today. However, I will now go back to my toilet. Bye and visit me soon" She then flew off with a wave.

Following the direction she motioned him, Harry soon reached the outskirts of a sunken ruin. It looked like it once was a giant temple area. In the middle of the area, floating over an altar, were four figures. Swimming as fast as he could, Harry quickly reached them. There were Cho, Hermione, Gabrielle and Ron. Tied to the altar with some thick ropes of seaweed, the four looked like they were in a deep slumber. Nodding to himself, Harry fired a cutting curse to the rope that was tied around Hermione's ankle. He was halfway through, when suddenly a blood curdling scream was heard. Harry looked around frantically, if he could hear the scream underwater, it must be really loud. Looking up, he saw a pack of Grindylows attacking someone. It was only a few metres above him, so he sent a couple of banishing charms at the pack, who quickly scattered away. They left the body of Fleur behind. The blonde french witch was floating in the water unconscious, the bubble head charm she casted on herself was reduced to only a small bubble over her mouth and nose. Numerous bloody scratch marks littered her body, her swimsuit was nearly completely shredded away, only a few rags still covered her. Looking frantically between Fleur and the hostages, Harry had to make a decision. Not wanting to waste time, and seeing that Fleur wasn't bleeding too badly and was able to breath, he turned around to the hostages. Cutting Hermione free, he grabbed her by the arm and raised his wand again to aim at the ropes that tied down Gabrielle. Firing an overpowered cutting charm, he caught the tiny Veela as well and started to swim towards Fleur.

Just before he reached her, a few Merpeople tried to attack him. Their tridents bounced off of an invisible shield and the ones that tried to tackle Harry slammed against the invisible wall. One particularly persistent specimen clawed at the shield and hissed loudly "ONLY ONE! LEAVE ONE OF THE BIRDS BEHIND!" But it was quickly slammed away by a blasting curse. Harry reached Fleur's unconscious body and realising that his arms were full, slung her body over his shoulders. Kicking his legs as strong and fast as he could, Harry soon reached the surface. He felt how the gills and webs vanished and was once more glad that Gillyweed stopped being effective once you breached the surface. But now he had another problem, while he may be stronger now thanks to his training, swimming across a lake while carrying three people was difficult. Luckily, Hermione and Gabrielle awakened once their heads emerged from the lake. Hermione had no problems adjusting to her new surroundings, but Gabrielle was a small child of a species that wasn't supposed to be in water, so she clinged to Harry.

"SIF!" Called Harry loudly, loud enough that it was even heard on the platforms. The crowd was momentarily confused about what Harry meant, but then they saw a giant wolf sprinting towards the lake from the forbidden forest. The wolf took a giant leap and was then rapidly swimming towards Harry. "Can you help me bring them to those platforms girl?" Asked Harry the great grey wolf, who happily nodded. Hermione quickly crawled on Sif's back, from there she grabbed Fleur's still unconscious form and laid her carefully down in front of her. Harry then lifted Gabrielle on Sif, where the tiny girl quickly slung her arms around Hermione. Seeing that everyone was sitting more or less safely, Harry started wiggling his way onto the wolf's back. "Ok Sif, bring us to the middle platform please!" Sif howled in acknowledgment and began paddling to her destination. Gabrielle leaned her back against her new frère, feeling safe with him. Harry slung his arms around her subconsciously, he may have only met her yesterday, but the need to protect her and keep her safe was already there. Hermione borrowed Harry's wand in order to give Fleur some first aid. Closing the scratches and transfiguring some robes over her, Hermione then enervated the older Veela. With a gasp, Fleur shot up and looked around. "Where am I?" She saw Harry and yelled "'Arry! I must go back down! Gabrielle eez still there!" "Calm down Fleur. She is here" said Harry and motioned to the small blond girl in his arms. Before Fleur could rush to her, Hermione held her shoulders and said "We are nearly at the platforms. You can hug her there, else you will only disturb Sif" Getting her point, Fleur tried her best to remain calm, her eyes never left Gabrielle.

Arriving at the platform, Harry quickly jumped off of Sif and helped Gabrielle off her back. A second later, Gabrielle was sweeped up in a fierce hug by Fleur, who tried hugging the stuffing out of her little sister, crying and talking rapidly in french. "Thanks for saving me Harry, but why didn't you save Daphne?" Asked Hermione. Scoffing, Harry pointed towards his rapidly approaching girlfriend "She wasn't a hostage. No idea why, but they put Ron down there, I guess he was meant to be my hostage. Fat chance that I'd save him when you are also down there." Hermione smiled at him. Seeing that her little master and his friends were safe, Sif swam away and was quickly out of sight.

The four students were then wrapped in towels and thoroughly checked by Madame Pomfrey. She made quick work of Fleur's wounds and shoved a pepper-up potion in all of their hands. It was then that Harry was glomped by his Slytherin girlfriend, who gave him lots of kisses. "Harry, you were brilliant! You should have seen the faces of the judges when you emerged with Fleur on your shoulders! Thank Morgana that you are all unharmed!" Daphne was slowly working herself into a ramble, Hermione got her to stop by doing the same as Daphne did. She pinched Daphne in the butt which earned her an embarrassed squeal from the Slytherin. Annoyed, Daphne glared at Hermione who just shrugged smoothly at her. Not liking this, Daphne stood up and started pinching Hermione's cheeks, who of course didn't like this as well, so she returned fire. The two fourth year girls were now sunken into a pinching fight. Seeing that Harry was now free, Fleur walked to him and, without saying anything, gave him a deep kiss. Gabrielle giggled at the obvious display of affection between her sœur and her new frère.

Unfortunately, the peaceful moment was interrupted by the arrival of the judges and Fleur's parents. "Harry my boy" began Dumbledore. Reluctantly Harry and Fleur broke their kiss in order to look at the adults. "Yes?" Asked Harry. "While I must congratulate you for your performance, I must also ask, why didn't you save your intended hostage?" Karkaroff stood next to Dumbledore and was glaring at Harry. "Ah yes, you mean Mr. Weasley right? Let me answer this question with another question. Why should I save someone who I haven't spoken to in the last two months?" "But Harry" said Dumbledore "young Ronald is your friend and-" "Was my friend headmaster" "you need your friends by your side, don't you think so?" Rubbing his chin, Harry then said "Well yeah, friends are awesome. I have Neville, Hermione, Ginny and the twins for example. And while I wouldn't call us best friends, I would still say that something similar to friendship exists between Cedric, Viktor and me. So what is your point sir?" "Point is" began Karkaroff "That you sabotaged Viktor by saving his hostage!" The Bulgarian headmaster was fuming. "Please Mr. Karkaroff, Viktor and I agreed to do a small competition between the two of us" "Competition? Vat competition?" asked Karkaroff.

His answer was the sudden appearance of Viktor. The professional seeker broke the surface and threw a body onto the platform. Quickly everyone could see that it was Ron, who slowly came back to the land of living. Instead of instantly climbing on the platform, Viktor remained in the water. He reached back into the water and helped Cedric lift Cho onto the platform. Both champions then climbed onto the platform where they accepted the offered towels gratefully. The bleeding gashes they both had on their legs didn't seem to bother them too much, and Madame Pomfrey healed them in the blink of an eye. Cedric then started cuddling with Cho, both happy that they were safe now. Viktor on the other hand walked over to Harry and extended his hand "You vere faster Harry. Good job and I thank you for saving Hermyowny" Harry accepted the handshake and said "Thank you Viktor" he then glanced towards Ron and said "And while none of us likes him, I guess you deserve some praise for pulling him out of the lake" Viktor scoffed and said "No need to thank for that. I saved him in order to get points, no more" He then looked around and saw all the shocked judges "Vat? Vere you trying to take points from Harry because he saved Hermyowny?"

The judges had then the decency to blush at the (correct) accusation. They then turned away and started discussing the performances of the champions. Harry meanwhile was hugged to death by Fleur's mother Apooline, who thanked him over and over again for saving both her daughters, changing from english to french and back. Fleur's father, Minister Pierre on the other hand shook Harry's hand so furiously and patted him so often on the back that Harry feared he would lose the feeling in his right arm. And then there was Ron. After he fully woken up, he immediately sprinted to Dean and Seamus and started boasting that he was who Viktor Krum would mostly miss. But his moment in the spotlight was ruined by an offhand comment from Karkaroff, who complained loudly over the fact that thanks to Ron, Viktor couldn't save his intended hostage.

Sulking, Ron made his way to the boats that brought everyone to the middle of the lake in order to get back on the mainland. Nearly everyone else joined, except for Dumbledore and Karkaroff, since the bulgarian headmaster was currently busy chewing the aged wizard out for the horrible planning.

Back on the mainland, Harry was scooped up by the Delacour family. Pierre insisted that Harry would have lunch with them, as a thanks for saving both his daughters. Harry spent a very nice afternoon with Fleur and her family.

Evening, Gryffindor fourth year boys dorm

With a satisfied sigh, Harry flopped down in his bed. This day was really stressful, and he could definitely have finished the task without having to see Fleur nearly get shredded. But that was all in the past now, now it was time to sleep. "Goodnight guys, thanks again for the help today" "No problem brother, but we didn't do much" "He's right son. It was mainly Sif who helped you, be sure to thank her properly" "I will" he then slipped his rings off and carefully laid them down in the drawer of his bedside table. He then looked around the dorm room. Strangely his roommates were still out. While it may seem hypocritical of him to complain about anyone being out after curfew, it was still strange that nobody was here yet. Especially Ron, Seamus and Dean. They all loved sleeping and Neville enjoyed reading in his herbology books for half of the night. Shrugging, Harry laid down and put out the lights in the room, but just before he could close his eyes, the dorm room opened. Igniting his wand, Harry looked at the door and was treated to quite a surprise.

Standing in the doorway was Fleur, dressed in a baby blue negligee. Smiling seductively, she closed the door behind her and walked towards Harry, her hips swinging hypnotic from side to side. "Bon nuit 'Arry" she said, stopping in front of his bed. The black haired wizard had trouble finding his voice. His eyes roamed her perfect body up and down, and after a minute or so he managed to say "Fleur, wha-" he was silenced by a kiss from the French witch, who had swiftly moved to straddle his lap. She broke the kiss and said "Zis eez your prize for saving Gabrielle et moi today mon amour" Enjoying his shocked face, she started to nibble on his neck, but Harry, with great mental and physical difficulty, pushed her lightly away and said "Fleur, not that I don't want to, but we can't do it in my dorm"

Fleur's dainty hand started to trace his chest softly "Don't worry about zem. Ze door" she flicked her wand (where the hell did she keep it?!) at the door and then said "eez looked. And your cohabitants" she now giggled "zey won't interrupt us" Seeing Harry's raised eyebrow, she licked his ear and then started to explain.

Flashback, a few hours earlier, just after dinner

Neville was walking to the greenhouses. He wanted to take care of a few sensitive plants he raised with professor Sprout before he went to bed. Eating the last muffin he could find, the Longbottom heir was in a good mood today. When he rounded a corner, his muffin dropped to the floor. Neville had stopped in shock, because in the corridor he just entered, there was Fleur. But the veela champion wasn't alone. Behind her, she dragged Ronald Weasley, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan around. All three were seemingly catatonic, their eyes were glazed over and they were drooling. Noticing Neville, Fleur stopped in mid-motion. Staring at each other, Neville bent down and picked up his muffin "I have no idea what they did to cause this treatment, but if you want to dispose them" he pointed to a door behind Fleur "that is Mr. Filch's second office, no one ever checks it"

Smiling, Fleur kicked the door open and threw the three boys inside, she then closed the door again and hit it with a strong locking charm. "Merci Neville" said Fleur with a grateful smile. Neville grinned back and resumed his way to the greenhouse, but Fleur stopped him "Neville, would it be possible for you to sleep somew'ere else tonight?" Looking at her strangely, Neville asked "Any specific reason?" Fleur nodded, a dreamy smile plastered on her face. "Do I want to know the reason?" he then asked. Fleur's giggling was all the answer he needed. Sighing, he said "Ok whatever. I'll cope" walking away, he waved to Fleur over his shoulder "have fun and stay away from my bed" "MERCI NEVILLE!"

Flashback end

"So you cooped my roommates just so we could…." "Oui. Now enough wiz ze talking, kiss me so I can settle ze score wiz Daphne" Harry was then pulled into another heated kiss, and then he spent the night desperately trying not to die from a combination of dehydration and exhaustion. Not that he was complaining, but Veela's were definitely insatiable when it came to bed sheet activities.

Here we go with another chapter. Somehow the second task is the least spectacular, meh who cares. Hope you all liked it.

So yeah, Harry has now gotten some from Fleur and Daphne, and has started a relationship with both of them. I think I wrote it quite ok, but please let me know what you think.

One thing I want to say/ask is: what the hell do you want? After browsing through Reddit a bit and reading the reviews in my fics and some others too, I am seriously confused. The Harry Potter fanfiction community doesn't want bashing, redemption, manipulation, multi relationships, slash pairings, multiple lordships, etc. Basically everything in fanfiction is something the community doesn't want, but canon is also shit for them. So what the hell should I write? I mean I know that I'm not the best writer in the world, but still. Maybe someone can answer me this question. (I won't post this question on Reddit for two reasons: first I'm banned from the HPfanfic subreddit (a fucking kindergarden) and second, if I ask this question there, it will first get downvoted without me getting an answer and then I would get banned so yeah…)

Ok, enough of my ramble. Leave a review and see you next time.

Bye :D