So im back. I wont bore anyone with the reasons I was gone for so long and blah blah, just know that im back and im sorry it took so long. And I don't own this stuff. Oh and Bold means they are speaking in Bulgarian. And heres your chapter!oh and to clear up any confusion, I skipped ahead to their 4th year, like, book 4 year.
"Potter, Krum, you are requested in the Headmasters office," Harry looked up at the 6th year girl who was given the duty of messenger. Running his eyes up and down her he smirked and gave his trademark response to such a notice.
"Ask me nicely babe," Harry said as he leant back in his chair with his feet on the table, folding his arms behind his head. He knew she would, if she didn't he would refuse to meet with the headmaster, and she would be punished for failing her task, Karkaroff has never punished his two prized pupils. It wasn't fair, but hey, nothing ever is. The girl sighed and leant over, closer to his face. Viktor choked back a laugh as another girl falls prey to his best friends antics.
"Harry," she says this locking eyes with Harry, before looking over at Viktor, "Viktor, your presence in the Headmasters office as soon as possible would make me a very happy witch," As she finished her sentence she gave a quick kiss to both boys, and walked away with aggravation etched into her face. Viktor gave in, and started laughing loudly.
"It never ceases to amaze me how you are the only guy in the entire school who can get away with that, consistently, without getting slapped,"
"That would probably be because the majority of the entire female population in this school wants nothing more than to get in both our pants," Harry also laughed before standing up. This was sadly true, since the end of their first year at Durmstrang, where for the final assessment you actually duel a professor of your choosing. Most lost these duels, but Harry and Viktor were one of the few who each defeated their chosen professor's, and they were the youngest since the founding of the school to do so. Since then, many have been enthralled with the pairs power, and good looks of course. Viktor used to keep his head shaved, but by Sirius and Harry's convincing, he grew it out and bound it with a red sash. That combined with his Hazel eyes and natural muscular build, gave him more than enough physical appeal by the time they both reached their current 4th year at Durmstrang.
Harry on the other hand, chose to take advantage of his messy hair, and cut it into a fohawk, combined with his athletic runner like body, and his vivid green eyes, girls were nearly throwing themselves at him. and of course, they both took full advantage of it. Harry more so than Viktor.
"Come on lets go before Karkaroff thinks we've been abducted," Harry nodded and began following Viktor.
Harry and Viktor's first few years of schooling had been rather dull, apart from their training with Professor Maverick and their guardians, they rarely had a chance to go all out in a fight. Except when they sparred with each other, but even then it's nothing close to the real thing, Harry couldn't use his bonded dagger or his blood magic, and Viktor couldn't use his blade or his form. They didn't want to kill each other by accident after all, which is exactly what their blades would do. Since that trip to the alley years ago death eaters have seldom appeared in Bulgaria, so there was next to no fear at all in the country. Sirius and Lucian have been laying low, but promised the boys that would soon change. They had been informed of a social event among all the Magical Schools of Europe a few years ago, so they have been quietly preparing for the inevitable fallout that Dumbledore will no doubt seek once he learns of Harry's survival. Until then, they told the boys to just have fun, and Sirius said to date lots of girls, and kick ass in Quidditch. Harry took his first orders to heart but wasn't that interested in Quidditch, Viktor was the opposite.
Once they got to the headmasters office, they entered without knocking, Karkaroff hated when students knock, it makes him paranoid. Karkaroff greeted them both warmly and ushered them into the armchairs in front of his desk.
"Now I'm sure you are both wondering why you are here, so let me tell you before I get any stupid questions. I'm sure your guardians made you both aware of the Social Gathering that the schools have been planning yes?" At the boy's nods he continued, "The Governments have decided to put together a Tri-Wizard tournament to take place at Hogwarts this year. I am telling you both about it because, you two are the only ones I will be taking with me to compete. I believe you two are the only ones with even a fraction of a chance of being chosen, therefore the three of us shall make the journey alone. Your classmates will be able to attend the events and perhaps the ball, but no more. I would rather keep my students away from that old lunatic." Karkaroff finished with a smile. "We will depart tomorrow night, until then I believe Professor Maverick wished for me to send you to him when you are done here,"
"One question," Harry asked, at Karkaroff's nod he continued, "Since we will most likely be facing dangerous magical creatures, are we allowed to kill them, or keep them?" Harry and Viktor had once together been able to capture a dragon egg, and they both enjoyed raising it as their own, until it was too large and they were forced to let it go, it did not bond with one of them as a familiar as they had hoped.
"I believe they official rules are, do whatever it takes to survive, if it falls to it we have diplomatic immunity in Britain, luckily your father Viktor has a great deal of friends, all in very high places," Karkaroff was of course, referring to the Bulgarian Minister of Magic, whom half of his election had been paid for by Lucian himself.
"Okay, we can work with that," Viktor said grinning, "We will go pack now," Luckily for both of the them, since it was only the third day of the year, they had hardly anything to pack up anyway since they normally save unpacking for the first weekend, now they won't have to.
On the way back to their room, they stopped by Professor Maverick's office, who just wanted to tell them both good luck, and say goodbye to them for the year. They both decided to turn in early, and since they would not be back at the school for the rest of the year, felt that attending the next day's classes would be rather unnecessary.
The next evening found Harry and Viktor being led towards the Durmstrang Galleon, which was currently anchored near the shore of a large lake. They had never been on it before, it was actually rather large.
"Professor Maverick took it upon himself to modify the accommodations aboard this ship once he found out it would only be us three, he changed and combined many of the rooms to fit the needs you will have over the course of this year. There is the library, which was untouched, and then he put together a gym similar to the one I hear you both spend the majority of your time in?" Harry nodded, "Also I believe you will both find that your living area has been improved, he thought it would be prudent to give you more space, I get us started on our way, and leave you two to explore, we will arrive in an hour or two, please be dressed in your best Durmstrang Furs, and I believe your blades presence would be appreciated," With that Karkaroff left the two.
"Alright mine as well go get changed and get our stuff, I'm looking forward to the looks you'll get with that monster across your back," Harry joked leading Viktor into their room. Both suddenly stopped at entering the room…no not room, suite would be a more accurate term. The suite was twice the size of their Durmstrang dorm, and they each had their own furniture, along with two separate bathrooms.
Viktor caught Harry's eye, "This is going to be a lot more interesting than we thought," Harry agreed, "You could say that again brother,"
Dumbledore stood in the Great Hall of Hogwarts, in front of his assembled students, "Tonight brings the arrival of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang delegations, I believe Beauxbatons Academy has elected to bring all members of their School, While Durmstrang has unfortunately, decided to only bring those students whom the headmaster believes to be fit to compete in this tournament, to that end, I am unaware of how many students he is bringing. As Beauxbatons is an all female school, I would ask that you give special consideration to avoid any unpleasantness," he shot a look at the Slytherin table where Malfoy was already talking to his allies about a proper welcoming for them, "As since we do not wish for an international fiasco to take place, all Headmasters have agreed that their students will only answer to their own rules and regulations, particularly their self defense rules," Dumbledore then gestured towards the doors and said "Now then, Prefects please lead your houses out to the courtyard to await our guests!" As Dumbledore followed behind his students he contemplated on what he should do if by chance Harry Potter arrived at his school today, when they searched the destroyed house at Godric's Hollow fourteen years ago they failed to find his body, and Dumbledore still had hope that the boy had lived. After all, he needed him to kill Voldemort once he returned, once Dumbledore trained him of course. But first, he needed the boy to be with his aunt and uncle, only then would he rely on Dumbledore the way he should.
Dumbledore went to greet the Headmistress of Beauxbatons once she arrived, and after assuring her that her animals would be fine left her and her students to await the arrival of Durmstrang. Moments later a ship rose out of the Black Lake, startling many students, Hogwarts and Beauxbatons alike. As the anchor dropped and people began to disembark, Dumbledore was shocked to discover that apart from the crew, the Headmaster had only brought along two of his students. Both appeared to be very young as well, and armed, one had a large sword across his back, the other had a dagger strapped to his shoulder. Shockingly one of the students appeared to have a curse scar, Dumbledore had never seen one before, but he knew very well what it was, the poor child was obviously the victim of some very dark magic. Before Dumbledore had a chance to think more on it, the Durmstrang Headmaster approached him.
"Dumbledore, good to see again, as you can see I have brought only two of my best. Both are underage so I had a different idea about a restricting ward, I'll explain inside shall I?" Karkaroff patted his shoulder and gestured inside, Dumbledore found himself following.
Behind Karkaroff, both boys were conversing in Bulgarian so Dumbledore could not understand them, "Well, this is not what I expected, all of those Beauxbatons girls are gorgeous..." Harry said starring at several of the blue clad witches. Viktor elbowed him out of his thoughts "Come on Harry, you can work on the girls once we get inside, I want to see Karkaroff explain the new ward, that outta put Dumbledore down a peg or two," With that they followed their Headmaster into the Great Hall of Hogwarts, not being impressed in the slightest, they personally preferred Durmstrang, it had a much more intimidating feel to it.
Harry and Viktor stood behind their Headmaster until everyone sat down, The Beauxbatons girls decided to sit with the table under the blue banner. Karkaroff waved them to go where they wished, looking around both boys had no particular desire to sit with any group, although a redhead and a girl with very bushy hair appeared to really want their company.
Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley had been told by Professor Dumbledore that he knew very little about the Durmstrang candidates, and he told them to befriend them, and find out more about them. Ron went along with it because he gets extra money for doing what the Headmaster asks, and Hermione just because she wanted to help him. Ron waved them over to their table, only to turn red in anger as they didn't even give him a second glance. Ron and Hermione were two of the more popular people in their house somehow, and neither of them took rejection well.
"Hey scarhead sit over here!" Ron stood up and shouted loudly, trying to get their attention, unfortunately everyone heard him, also unfortunately for Ron, Harry didn't like that nickname. As everyone in the Great Hall quieted down, the teachers held their breath as the boy with the long hair and very, very large sword across his back approached the foolish redhead. He opened his mouth to speak, and no one moved.
"If I ever hear you call my brother that again, I will shove my first down your throat, and pull out your vocal chords." With that, he back to his companion. Then the boy who Ron has just insulted walked towards him, and said with heavy sarcasm, "Hey, so I don't know how you greet people in this country, but in my country, we call them by their first name, it's a common courtesy I was taught a long time ago. For future reference, and in case you need to inform someone of who beat the shit out of you, my name is Harry Potter," With that, he walked away. As a result of the dressing down Ron Weasley just got, the whole Slytherin table started clapping for Durmstrang.
"What a little bitch," Harry muttered to Viktor, "Oh I was just thinking that, maybe we should sit with the table cheering?" Harry looked at the table, and spied a very attractive blonde witch, and immediately made a beeline for her. Viktor just sighed and walked after him.
Seeing the two Durmstrang students approaching them, the Slytherin's made room, Draco gladly moved over to sit next to the girl he had been repeatedly harassing for several years, Daphne Greengrass. She was about to tell him something very rude, when she noticed the Durmstrang students, more importantly Harry effing Potter, the boy-who-disappeared , came to a stop right behind her, turning she saw a gorgeous smile directed at her.
"Hey, do you mind if me and my brother sit with you?" He asked gesturing towards the other student. Daphne felt butterflies in her stomach, and flashed him a smile. She moved towards her best friend Tracy, and away from Malfoy, "Of course, Malfoy move," Malfoy glared at him, he refused to give up that easily.
"There's room over here Potter, why don't you sit there, I'm trying to have a nice conversation with my soon to be betrothed," Malfoy sneered at Harry, who was not impressed.
Daphne however, answered for Harry, "Malfoy you wish, I would never touch you," At this point Harry cut in, "Move kid, it's obvious she has no interest in you, perhaps I can pique up some for myself," At this Harry wandlessly moved the annoying prick over, causing many shocked expressions throughout the table, and settled down next to the beautiful blonde, while subtly sliding his arm around her waist. Viktor simply smirked and sat down next to Harry.
"I'm Harry Potter, and this is Viktor Krum," Harry introduced himself to his newest item of interest, and Viktor smiled at the girl sitting next to Harry's target.
Daphne gave him a flirty smile, and introduced herself, "I'm Daphne Greengrass, this is Tracy Davis, and let me just say it really is a pleasure to meet you," at this point she noticed his arm around her for the first time, and slowly leaned into him.
At this point Dumbledore stood up to speak, "I would like to welcome all of you to Hogwarts, we are honored to be able to host this amazing event once again, in order to submit your name for consideration into the Tri-Wizard tournament, you must place your name on a slip of parchment and enter it into the Goblet of Fire," As Dumbledore said this a caretaker walked into the Hall holding a great flaming Goblet, and placed it on a table in front of Dumbledore. "Thank you Argus, To ensure that all Champions that are called to compete from the tournament are able, Igor Karkaroff has come up with a suitable ward for to prevent those who are too young or inexperienced from trying to put their name forward, Karkaroff, if you would," Dumbledore stepped down to let Karkaroff explain the ward.
"This ward that I will place on the Goblet of Fire will prevent you from submitting your name if you do not have the minimum required power and knowledge for the task, so all may try to enter, but only those who are able may pass this ward, but I warn you, unless you know you can handle it, do not try to pass the ward, it does not take kindly to those who are unfit," With that Karkaroff stepped down to the Goblet, and cast the ward, leaving a white circle around the table on which the Goblet sits. Dumbledore stood back up.
"Now that that is taken of, please enjoy the feast," As he finished a multitude of different foods appeared on the table, none of which Harry and Viktor took notice of, instead the both got out scraps of parchment, and wrote their names and school down. Harry smiled at Daphne,
"I'll be right back, just have to take care of this real quick, and then I would love to hear more about you," Daphne blushed but nodded.
As Harry and Viktor approached the Goblet most of the students took immediate notice and everyone stood up a little straighter, both passed through the white line without a problem and the Goblet flared to accept their names one at a time. Satisfied, the boys went back to the table, but this time, they sat in-between Daphne and Tracy so Viktor could talk to Tracy more personally.
After the meal, Dumbledore stood up again, "I wish a peaceful nights rest to call of you, and hope all our guests enjoy their stay, and if I might ask, I would like Harry Potter to talk with me in my office,"
Harry rolled his eyes and gave Viktor a look, Viktor just grinned, "Like I said, you're not going anywhere alone here, a galleon says Karkaroff will be there before us," Harry laughed and said "I'll take you up on that one," Getting up they bid the Slytherin ladies goodnight, with Harry sneaking in a quick peck on the cheek, causing Daphne to blush.
Walking towards the Entrance Hall they saw Karkaroff waiting for them with Dumbledore, who said, "I believe I asked for Harry specifically, there is no need for all of you to join us,"
Karkaroff shook his head "Now now Dumbledore, there are so few of us that we need to stay together, I'm sure whatever you have to say to the boy can also be said in the presence of myself and his brother,"
Viktor and Harry both voiced their agreements to this, and with a sigh Dumbledore led them to his office.
Once they were all seated comfortably in his office, Dumbledore eyed Harry and asked, "If I may ask, Mr. Potter, where have you been? I along with many others believed you to be dead, as such, since you are not, I must insist that as I am your magical guardian, you must be transferred to Hogwarts and placed with your last remaining relatives for the summer, as your parents would have wanted for you,"
Harry raised his eyebrow at him before saying, "Well that was straightforward. I will answer in the same fashion, and in order. I have been with my family, if you are my magical guardian then I demand proof of that as my parents will did not state anything about a magical guardian, and no I will not transfer to Hogwarts simply because from what I've seen so far this school is rather pathetic. And most importantly I will in no way shape or form ever go near my last living relatives, considering that in my parents will both my mother and father specifically demanded that I never come in contact with them as long as I live, your requests are very questionable, are you sure you even were aware of my parents will? Did you even read it? Or perhaps a better question, did you ever meet my parents? Because that is most certainly not what my parents would want of me, and until you figure that out, you can kiss my magical ass," and with that, Harry got up, and left. Viktor followed close behind him, shooting a glare at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore stood up to follow them, but Karkaroff stopped him, "Sit down Dumbledore," walking to the front of his desk Karkaroff looked at him, "First of all, you have no right to demand anything of the like of MY students, second of all, you have never even seen the Potter's will if that is what you think his parents would have wanted, and lastly, you can go ahead and try to force the boy the comply with your wishes, but it would be unwise. You see dear friend, if you tried that, you would have the full weight of the Bulgarian Ministry pushing for charges against you, along with the Houses of Black, and the House of Lucian, neither of which would have any trouble in bringing you down, both of them have more influence than you can ever imagine. Stay away from them Dumbledore, I warn you not just to keep Potter where he is, but to keep you safe. Trust me on this, you do not want to cross them, especially the boys, they are more dangerous than you could possibly imagine, there is a reason that they are the only students I brought to compete in this tournament. Goodnight,"
oh right. out of characterness tends to happen...just saying.
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