Hello everyone Black Flame of Destruction here, bringing you chapter 3 of Hadrian Dracula: Rise of a Prince. This chapter is the arrival to hogwarts as well as the Champions Selection. Now this is my longest chapter so far, almost 5,000 words, and i know its a day or 2 later then usual but I got distracted by other things, thats life. anway i hope you all enjoy it.
I dont own Harry Potter, Ms. J.K. Rowling does. I do however own any and all OCs.
Chapter 3: Hogwarts and Champions Selection
October 1994, Skies over Scotland.
Hadrian Dracula sat staring out one of the windows of the the carriage currently carrying the contingent of Beauxbatons students that were chosen for the opportunity to participate in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Sitting next to him is his girlfriend Fleur Delacour, who is looking at him in slight worry because he hasn't said more then 5 words since entering the air over Scotland, getting tired of the silence she grabs his attention with a kiss to the cheek and says "Qu'est-ce que Hadrien? Pourguoi etes-vous si calme mon amour?(Whats the matter Hadrian? Why are you so quiet my love?)"
The dark haired teen stares into her eyes, lays a light kiss on her lips, then replies "Rien qui ne va pas mon amour, Je vais juste sur ce qu'il faut faire quand mon nom de naissance sort de la coupe de feu mon pere dit qu'il va a nouveau.(Nothings the matter my love, I'm just going over what to do when my birth name comes out of the Goblet of Fire as my father says it will, again.)"
The Half-Veela Witch just shakes her head and says "Ne pas se concentrer sur tellement je suis sur que tout se passera exactement comme ton pere a planifie.(Don't focus on it so much. I'm sure everything will turn out just the way your father planned it.)"
Harry smiles at her, pats her hand and says "I'm sure your right my flower. But I would surely hate for things not to go as Father has predicted, it would be a shame if I had to kill an old meddler." and the predatory smirk he gives her at the end is her sign that hes back to his old self, so all her worries ebb away, as they sit and continue to stare out into the endless night sky. Half an Hour later they and the rest of their fellow students and few teachers are told to prepare for landing, while outside all the Students of Hogwarts are gathered together to greet the foreign guests, and they watch amazed as twelve huge, golden winged horses with red eyes, carrying a Pastel-Blue coach land, the groundskeeper Hagrid grabs their reigns and settles them down.
A moment latter they all watch as the door to the coach opens and a young man steps out and places down a set of stairs, a moment later out steps the biggest woman any of the Hogwarts students have ever seen, with handsome olive skinned features, with huge black eyes and sleek dark hair drawn back from her face, dressed head to toe in black satin, and laden with opal jewellery, and from the looks of it shes even taller then Hagrid who stands at 11ft 6in, this woman is Madame Olympe Maxime the Headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.
As soon as she has fully exited the coach, students begins to step out one after the other, among the first to step out is a girl whose face is covered with a shawl, the only thing that can be seen about her is her Silvery-Blonde hair, and next to her a young man wearing a hood to cover his features, these two grab the attention of the Hogwarts students right away but are soon lost in the throng of French students pouring out of the coach. After all the Beauxbatons students are standing on the grounds, most shivering because they're wearing only light clothes.
Albus Dumbledore steps forward to greet the huge woman "Welcome Madame Maxime! Its lovely to see you." Maxime extends her hand for the old man to take and as he kisses her knuckles she replies " 'ello Dumbly'dor, et is a plezure to be 'ere, az much az I would like to stand 'ere talking, my students are freezing."
The old man seeming to realize the truth in this says "ofcourse ofcourse, you and your students go on in and get warm, I'm afraid however that we of Hogwarts must remain out here until Durmstrang arrives." the giant woman nods her head then motions for her students to follow her inside.
After they're gone one student says "Tha was one big Woman." causing others to laugh and agree until professor McGonagall glares and says "thats enough out of you lot, and Mr. Finnegan that'll be 10 points from Gryffindor. Now stay silent."
20 minuets later all three schools are seated in the Great Hall, With Beauxbatons sitting at what they've been told is Ravenclaw table, and Durmstrang sitting at the Slytherin table, up at the high table sit all the staff of Hogwarts plus Madame Maxime, as well as the Headmaster of Durmstrang Igor Karkaroff, and 2 other men who are yet to be introduced. As the tables fill with all kinds of foods, Fleur removes her shawl from her face, revealing to the Hogwarts and Durmstrang students how beautiful she is, at the same time Hadrian pulls his hood down to reveal his own face, causing all the female Hogwarts students to gawk at just how handsome he is, however one greasy haired professor glares at the boy for some unknown.
Everyone enjoys the meal, with the students of Ravenclaw house getting to know the Beauxbatons students and learning what their school is like, eventually one Hogwarts boy turns to a Beauxbatons girl and asks "Say whose the gorgeous blonde down near the middle? And for that matter whose the Bloke next to her?"
The girl, a Brunette, answers "Zat girl iz Fleur Delacour, and she iz a chienne pretentieux, a Veela whore. Ze boy 'owever iz Hadrien Dragunov, and 'e iz 'er copain." the boy looks a bit confused until a bushy haired girl 2 seats over says "She said that girl, Fleur, is a snooty bitch, and that the boy is her boyfriend Roger."
Roger Davies nods and says "Thanks Granger for clearing that up. Well that sucks, I hoped she was single." then a pretty Asian girl snorts and says "Like you would ever have a chance with someone like that Davies. Its obvious shes the kind of girl who is accustom to wealth and the finer things in life, something you could never give her."
Said teen scowls and replies "Who asked you Chang? The Noble House of Davies is pretty wealthy." this begins an argument between them. Harry having heard it all with his Vamperic hearing just chuckles and turns to Fleur and says "It seems we are the talk of the table ma belle rose."
The blonde nods and says "But Ofcourse, even these British witches and wizards recognize their Betters mon amour. But I must say I'm becoming annoyed with all these...coquines, trying to eye hump you."
The dark haired teen just gives a belly laugh at this and replies in Italian "Calmare il mio amore, sai che sei l'unico per me pagare loro non mente, come ho pagato questi ragazzi sciocchi che guardano a voi non mente.(Calm down my love, you know your the only one for me, pay them no mind as i have paid these foolish boys who stare at you no mind.)"
And then he kisses her lightly on the lips causing her to smile, and as he pulls away he feels eyes drilling into the back of his head, turning around to see where its coming from he locks eyes with the the greasy professor, as soon as he does he feels a mental probe attempting to penetrate his Occlumency barriers. The dark haired teen smiles and turns the probe back on the man causing him to fly back into his chair, toppling it backwards, with only a single message "Its Impolite to invade anothers mind professor, next time you try, I will destroy yours." he then proceeds to chuckle as he watches some of the other teachers try to help the greasy haired man up. After all the food is gone, and the desserts eaten, the tables are cleared and Albus Dumbledore stands up and steps up to the podium, clears his throat and says
"Now that everyone is fed and watered, I would like to say some things. First I want to give a very warm welcome to our sister Schools Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute of Magic i expect all of you to make each school feel welcome." after this statement theres a large applause from all of Hogwarts, when it dies down the old man continues
"Now having said that i want to get right into why these other schools are here, as you all know this year Hogwarts is playing host to a most wonderous event, The Tri-Wizard Tournament! Now as you may have noticed there are 2 men here none of you know, allow me to introduce first Mr. Bartimus Crouch Sr, Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation." Said man stands up and nods to everyone, Barty Crouch was a stiff, upright, elderly man, dressed in an impeccably crisp suit and tie. The parting in his short grey hair was almost unnaturally straight and his narrow toothbrush moustache looked as though he trimmed it using a slide-rule. His shoes were very highly polished.
He then sits as Albus continues "And Secondly Mr. Ludo Bagman, Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports." said man is blonde, heavy set, and wearing all yellow clothing, he smiles and waves at all the students. The Hogwarts Headmaster continues on
"These two men were at the fore front of getting the Tournament re-instated. Now unlike previous Tournaments there are additional rules. Since there is a high level of danger to the tasks it has been decided that only those who are of age that is to say 17 or up may enter their names into the tournament." this causes an outcry from younger students, especially a set of red headed twins.
Albus fires off sparks from his wand and everyone settles down as he continues "This is not up for debate, it is for your safety as each task runs the risk of death and dismemberment and only a fully grown witch or wizard has a real chance. Now to make sure no one who is underage tries to put their names forward we have decided on an impartial judge. the casket if you please."
The doors open and in walks perhaps the ugliest man Fleur and Harry have ever seen, behind him he pulls a large crate on a trolley, and stops infront of Dumbledore who motions for the Half-Giant Hagrid to help the man lift it up onto the dias set up for it. After its placed down the two men scurry off to their places as the old man taps the crate once with his wand and it opens and the sides peel away to reveal large golden goblet with blue flames coming out of the top of it.
As the students stare in awe Albus continues speaking "The Goblet of Fire! A priceless magical artifact. This shall act as the impartial judge in the choosing of the champions. It will be placed here in the great hall all day tomorrow and tomorrow night on all hallows eve it shall choose the 3 champions. Those who wish to enter need only write your name on a piece of paper and throw it into the flames. Now to make absolutely sure no one tampers with the Goblets function, I will personally be placing extra security around it."
this elicits groans all around and a smile and twinkling eyes from the old man who says "Well now that thats out of the way, Everyone should be off to bed. Have a good night and get lots of rest."
after that he steps away from the podium to go and say goodnight to his fellow Headmaster/mistress, as the Hogwarts students leave, a few moments later the Beauxbatons students stand as one and follow Madame Maxim out of the great hall and back to their coach. After getting back inside the coach, Harry walks Fleur to her room, and once outside of it he takes her hand and pulls her close and gives her a long, passionate kiss which makes her toes curl, and after he pulls away from the kiss smiles at the dazed look on her face before he says
"Are you certain you want to enter your name into the tournament my love?" this question snaps the Half-Veela out of her daze as she stares deep into her boyfriend's eyes and replies
"Yes Harry. I realize that the tournament is dangerous, but I'm a powerful witch, top of my class, and I can protect myself pretty well. Besides I'm looking forward to competing against my Prince de sang (Prince of Blood), so you should focus more on yourself then me mon amour." the dark haired youth just gives a rueful smiles and shakes his head as he says
"Alright, alright, I know when not to argue with you. Since your so sure then i support your decision. With that in mind your going to need your rest, so Goodnight my Printesa de Foc (Princess of Fire) my your dreams be sweet." Fleur gives him one last kiss and says
"Goodnight to you as well Harry, and my your dreams be filled with losing to me." She gives him a wink as she walks into her room and closes the door, leaving Harry to sit and shake his head at her last words before he walks off heading to his own room.
The next day people are in and out of the great hall, with many of the younger students just watching to see who will put their names forward, suddenly the doors open and in walks Viktor Krum followed by a posse of Durmstrang students, the older boy walks up to the Goblet and places his parchment into the flames, which flare once to show his entry is accepted, after which he turns and walks out. While everyone, especially a Red-Headed 4th year Gryffindor sit and talk about "The" Viktor Krum entering the tournament, suddenly all eyes swivel to the door as Fleur walks in with Harry by her side, her Veela allure making sure all eyes are on her, she walks up to the Goblet, throws her parchment in, gets the flash of acceptance, then turns and hugs Harry in excitement, and then the two proceed to head back out of the great hall and in fact out of the school itself and down to the Black Lake arm in arm.
The red head from earlier sums up every guy theres thoughts by saying "Lucky Bastard" getting every male around to nod in agreement and every girl to glare, however its the busy haired girl from the night before who points out
"Oh really Weasley, get off it. They're boyfriend and girlfriend, besides, no girl would ever want you, all you think about is your stomach." this begins an argument between the two, while a tall, sandy blonde haired boy with a round face and Brown eyes, with slightly bucked teeth, just shakes his head at the antics of 2 of his friends, until the Ravenclaw turns to him and says
"You agree with me don't you Neville?" this boy is Neville Longbottom the "Boy-Who-Lived". Neville looks rueful and says
"sorry Hermione, I didn't hear anything you two were saying, I've learned to shut out your arguments. What were you saying?" said girl huffs at this and replies
"Honestly Neville. I said Ronald would be lucky to date a slug with how insensitive he is. You agree with me don't you?" the boy just shakes his head and says
"I don't know about that. I think he could definitely date a monkey if he tried hard enough, after all they have alot of similarities." this comment causes Hermione and everyone else to laugh, even Ron chuckles at the joke a little.
That night after the Halloween feast Dumbledore stands up, as the lights go down and says "Alright, the goblet is almost ready. I would say theres just a couple of more minuets until we find out who the champions will be. Now when your name is called you will stand up, and head into the ante-chamber to the right, where you will wait until the ending of champion's selections, then the champions along with their headmaster/mistress will be given the rules and told about the first task."
As soon as he finishes saying this the goblet of fire begins to spark and flare, changing different colors, until the flames turn red and spit out a piece of slightly charred parchment, the old man reaches up and snatches it from the air, reading it by the light from the Goblet before he says "The Champion for Beauxbatons is Fleur Delacour!"
Theres a lot of polite clapping from the other Beauxbatons students, except one girl who begins balling her eyes out at not being chosen, and ofcourse Harry gives her a chaste kiss then gently pushes her up to her feet, she gives him one last look before walking over to the ante-chamber and disappearing from view. After the applause dies down the Goblet once again begins to spark and flare, before turning red and spitting out another piece of parchment, which Albus once again catches, he reads it and says
"The Durmstrang Champion Viktor Krum!" this causes a loud roar of approval from all of Durmstrang, as well as half of Hogwarts, Viktor walks to the ante chamber as his head master claps loudest of all and says
"Well done Viktor! I knew you could do it!" a minute later the Goblet spits out the 3rd name, which causes the old man to smile slightly as he says
"The Champion for Hogwarts is Cedric Diggory!" the Hogwarts student body goes crazy for this, especially the yellow and black Hufflepuff table, as a tall boy with Brown hair and grey eyes stands up from that table and walks over to the ante-chamber smiling. After he passes through Albus claps and says
"Well there you have it, our 3 champions! Now it's up to each and everyone of you to show your unwavering support of your champions, for they will require that support in the coming months, now off to be..." however before he can finish the Goblet of Fire once again starts to spark and flare as it releases 2 more pieces of parchment, then goes out. Albus catches the 2 parchments, and waves his hand to increase the lighting so he can read them, before calling saying quietly
"Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter. Neville Longbottom! Harry Potter!" everyone looks confused at this and a few even glare at Neville, who gulps before a red head girl at the Gryffindor table pushes the boy and says "Go on Neville." the boy stands up and walks slowly to the ante-chamber with a look of bewilderment on his face, while Albus decides to call out the second name
"Harry Potter! If your here step forward and present yourself!" as everyone looks around, wondering who will step forward to the name of a boy who disappeared 13 years ago. After a few moments, Hadrian Dracula stands up and starts to walk toward the ante-chamber, before Dumbledore stops him, and looks him over, and although most of his features have changed, he instantly recognizes Lily Potter's green eyes and says
"Harry my boy! Why didn't you speak up sooner?" the dark haired boy just looks at the old wizard and says
"Harry Potter died on November 3rd, 1981. I am Hadrian Adamantius Dragonov Heir to the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Dragonov."with that he brushes past the old headmaster and walks into the ante-chamber leaving a stunned crowd. Inside the ante-chamber are the other 4 champions, as soon as the dark haired teen enters the room Fleur rushes over to him and wraps him in a Hug and says
"I know we expected this to happen, but I really hopped it wouldn't. How does it feel now that everyone knows you used to be Harry Potter?" the vampire prince kisses her on the forehead lightly and replies
"I don't feel anything about it. Those people with the exception of our Classmates know nothing about who I am. But i promise that by the time this tournament is over they will all know the name Hadrian Dragonov." and his eyes glow with power at this statement, the two then head over to the fire were the other 3 boys are, and all 3 just stare at Harry intently for minuets, until he gets annoyed and growls at them and asks "What? Do you all have a problem?"
Cedric is the one who answers and says "No, no, its just that for years the entirety of the Wizarding world, not just here in Britain, but all over have wondered what happened to the Heir of house Potter, and now we know."
Harry snarls at this and says "You know nothing. But I will warn you all now, anyone who refers to me by the name "Harry Potter" will suffer broken bones. I am Hadrian Dragonov, and I expect to be addressed as Hadrian or Heir Dragonov. Am I clear?" Cedric and Victor both just nod at this while Neville cowers slightly before saying "Harr...Hadrian, I don't know if you know this but...your mum was my god-mum, and my mum was your God-mum. O..our parents were good friends, and always wanted us to grow up like brothers." the dark haired youth turns to the scared blonde boy, sighs, then gives him a slight smile and replies "Yes Neville I'm aware of that fact. My father made sure that i knew everything about my birth parents and the people they trusted. What I want to know is what your point is."
Neville lets out a breath at this and says "Well i just want you to know that I'm behind you 100%, I know we didn't grow up together, but I still consider you my God-brother, and brothers stick together, so if you'll accept it I'd like to offer you my friendship." he extends his hand waiting for the other boy to shake it, however Harry just shakes his head and says "While I appreciate the sentiment Heir Longbottom, I was taught to never take something at face value. So before I accept your offer of friendship and loyalty you will have to prove to me that I can trust you. Until you do I will not shake your hand." Neville deflates at this as his hand drops, but he looks up at the slightly taller teen and says "I understand. I'll do my best to prove you can trust me." the dark haired teen just nods his head at this.
A moment later all the School heads, along with the Department heads, and a couple of Hogwarts teachers arrive in a huff, Maxime walks over to her students to congratulate Fleur and see if Hadrian is doing alright. While Albus comes to Neville and says "Did you place your name in the cup?" the boy replies "No Sir i didn't." the old man continues "Did you pay an older student to do it for you?" to which again Neville replies "No sir, I promise I didn't!" however the greasy haired professor decides to but in and says "But ofcourse hes lying Headmaster. The boy craves fame and attention. The same can be said for the spawn of Potter who hid himself as a Beauxbatons student."
Suddenly from out of nowhere the greasy haired man finds himself slammed against a wall, with a rather large hand wrapped around his throat as a voice as cold as Ice says "Do you care to speak ill of MY Son again Severus Tobias Snape? A coward like you should never speak ill of others. It seems the years have not changed you, you were a bully as a student here and your a bully now as a Professor." Snape looks down only to stare in the the cold, angry eyes of Adamantius Dragonov, who at one time he called Professor Dragonov, and his eyes widen as he begins to shake his head as much as he can while being choked.
After another few seconds the Blonde man releases him and he drops to the floor gasping for breath, Adam walks over to his son, Maxime, and Fleur and says "Congratulations on being chosen as Beauxbatons champion Fleur. I know you'll do the school proud. Maxime you are the picture of poise and grace. Son I'm going to ask you just once, did you place your name in the Goblet of Fire, or have someone do it for you?" Said boy takes out his wand, which puts everyone on edge before he says "I Hadrian Adamantius Dragonov, do hereby swear on my Life and Magic that I did not enter the Tri-Wizard tournament, I did not place my name in the Goblet of Fire, Nor did I ask another student to do it for me. So I have said it and So Mote it Be!" theres a bright flash of light and the Harry makes a circular motion with his wand and says "Dragon de l'Eau!" and a small Chinese style dragon shoots out of his wand, does one circuit around the room then disperses into nothing. The Vampire King smiles and says "there you have it, a magical oath never lies. My son is innocent in all this. Now what I think everyone should focus on is how the names of 2 students clearly not of age got into the Goblet of Fire."
Karkaroff deciding to stop holding his silence says "Who are you? what are you doing Here?" the blonde turns to the large man and says "I am Lord Adamantius Vladislaus Dragonov, head of the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Dragonov, and Father of Hadrian Dragonov. As for why I am here, I was alerted that my son was chosen as a Tri-Wizard champion, and so I came to make sure his interests are looked after." right after this everyone begins to argue, with Karkaroff saying how unfair it is for Beauxbatons and Hogwarts to have 2 champions apiece, and how hes going to launch a formal complaint, and Bagman and Crouch saying that the rules are absolute and they must all compete or lose their magic.
Before everyone leaves for the night Bagman says "The first task will take place on November 24th, however we will not tell you what its going to be, for you see courage in the face of the unknown is important in any witch or wizard. See you all in a few days for the weighing of the wands." with that everyone turns and starts leaving the ante-chamber, however before the Beauxbatons contingent can get out of the room Albus Dumbledore stops them and says "Harry I'd like you to come to my office tomorrow afternoon, I would very much like to discuss how you ended up with your "Father"." Adam however answers back "You will not meet with my son alone Albus, I shall be there, and I will tell you only what I think you need to know. Now goodnight Old man." the old Headmaster just lowers his head slightly and replies "Ofcourse Lord Dragonov. And a goodnight to you Young Man." and with that the 4 head out to the Beauxbatons coach to rest for the night and prepare for the days ahead.
Annd Cut. so you'll prolly notice right off that i'm trying a little different format to my paragraphs. someone gave me some advice about it so yeah. Now i want to say that i've decided not to do a poll for the harem. I've decided i'm going to pair Hadrian with Fleur, Susan Bones, and Daphne Greengrass. so he'll only have 3 girls. Next chapter will be the conversation with Albus, the weighing of the wands, and Harry's first true run in with Ronald Weasley and Draco Malfoy. as always read and review. Until next time readers.