Thank you to everyone who reviewed! You really put a smile on my face, and because of all the comments about the pairing, I'm not going to make this story heavily romance orientated, Ginny was going to have a big part in this chapter but I decided to go in a different direction, but she will be back in the next chapter, Since James Potter had a one on one with Roman/Harry I thought another Potter deserved one as well!
The '1985' song by SR-71 really got me through this chapter, the Bowling For Soup version is cool as well, I recommend you listen to it, 'Boyband' by Son of Dork is also a good choice
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Xavier silently sat in Dumbledore's office as Juliet yelled at the man and the other occupants in the room, it had been an hour since the Dementor incident and medi-witches from St Mungo's were currently working over Roman in the infirmary
Whilst that was being done, Juliet had decided to give the headmaster and the other people in charge of the competition a piece of her
Minister Fudge had arrived in Dumbledore's office along with a man named Crouch and his assistant Weatherby, Bagman and Lily Potter were in the room along with the other head masters and the two aurors Sirius Black and James Potter
Sadly for all of them, Juliet was one of the best students that Durmstrang had ever produced, she was tipped to become minister for magic in the next fifteen to twenty years and she was down right terrifying when she was mad
Viktor had stayed behind with Roman whilst Xavier was expected to try and calm down Juliet, it had gotten to the point were Juliet had started to threaten that she would pull Roman out of the tournament
"He signed a magical contract" argued Bagman, "when he put his name in the goblet"
"Ha" laughed Juliet, "contract, contractz are meant to be broken" she said cruelly, " and vat about your agreement of keeping the championz safe, Dementorz iz zat your idea of safe" she said scathingly staring at Bagman as if she wanted to kill him, the man promptly shut up and stood behind Weatherby
"Now, now, Miss Pollius" said the minister, "there is no need to do anything rash, the Dementors shall be dealt with"
"Rash" shrieked Juliet, making the minister take a step, she then started rapidly talking in Bulgarian, waving her arms around wildly, she finally switched to English, "if Roman iz not alright" she said staring deep into the mans eyes, " I vill personally come after you" she stuck a finger into Fudge's chest, "not the Dementorz, not ziz 'eadmaster" she said glaring at Dumbledore," nor your aurorz but you, I vill drag your reputation through-the-mud" she said poking him to emphasis the words, "and I vill 'unt you down like the dog you are" she said cruelly
Minister Fudge tried to reply, but her glare shut him up
"Come Xavier" she said, "I must write to my grandfazzer"
"is that truly necessary" asked Karkaroff before Fudge could, it would not do well for Roman Pollius the first to find out that his only grandson had almost been kissed by Dementors, someone's head would surely role, literally
"Vat?" questioned Juliet angrily, "'ave you gone mad, of course it iz necessary" she said and stalked off with Xavier following right behind
"Cornelius" Dumbledore said coldly, "I want those Dementors off school grounds"
"Now Albus their here looking for Peter Pettigrew-"
Dumbledore's glare shut him up, Juliet was definitely scary but an angry Dumbledore was down right terrifying
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It had been two days since the Dementor attack and both Hogwarts and the ministry of magic had been under attack from the rest of the wizarding population
Parents had threatened to take their kids out of Hogwarts and minister Fudge had been accused of sending the Dementors after one of the most famous quidditch players that ever lived, after all, why would the Dementors who followed ministry orders try to kill the champion that was expected to win the Triwizard cup, most people believed that Fudge had sent them to clear the way for the Hogwarts champion and the Bulgarian ministry was up in arms, they were accusing the ministry of everything terrible that they could think of and sadly due to the circumstances the British ministry was starting to lose its popularity in Europe
Minister Fudge had tried to calm the public down but Roman Pollius had not yet awakened, although stable, he was still in the Hogwarts infirmary, although Roman Pollius the first had hired private medi-witches and had banned every Hogwarts professor and student, (unless they were truly in need of the infirmary) and ministry official from the infirmary, their was also some of Bulgaria's finest aurors guarding him
The message was clear, the Pollius family did not trust the ministry or Hogwarts and were honestly thinking about taking Roman out of the tournament magical contract be damned, the consequences if Roman did leave the tournament were enormous and didn't bear thinking about
Fudge had barely held on to his position as minister and he knew that he couldn't afford any more mistakes, so he had immediately sent the Dementors back and had written numerous times to the Pollius family and the Bulgarian ministry assuring them that something like this would never happened, not as long as he was in office
It was obvious that the boy had a lot of support behind him and Fudge would do everything in his power to make sure that Romans remaining time in the United Kingdom was as pleasant as it could be
Taking a deep breath, Fudge picked up the daily prophet and mentally scowled, how he loathed Rita Skeeter
Dementor Attack Leaves Quidditch Hero Near Death
Read the headline
As you all know by now, two days ago, the Roman Pollius, famous quidditch player, world cup champion and the most promising Triwizard Champion was attacked by Dementors, this reporter was lucky to see it first hand, and I must say it was rather suspicious, aren't the Dementors suppose to be under ministry control, then surely it would mean that the ministry sent them, but one would wonder why?
The reason is obvious, to take out the most likely winner of the Triwizard tournament, why else did the Dementors attack only Mr Pollius, why else did the Dementors try to give a young boy of only seventeen the infamous and deadly kiss, it was all to bring glory to Hogwarts and in doing so it would bring glory to the ministry, so who's to blame for all this you ask?
This goes all the way to the top, its all part of Minister Fudge's plan to better our reputation in Europe, sadly because of this incident, we are the laughing stocks of Europe and dare I say it the world and its all Mr Fudge's fault, the Bulgarian ministry distrust us so much that they sent in their own aurors to protect Mr Pollius, as he is too ill to be moved form the Hogwarts infirmary, so do we want a man like Fudge to lead us, a man that takes no regard for our children's safety, a man that would hurt a child to better our country's reputation, I for one do not want such a man in charge, and the only way to prove to the rest of the world that what happened to Roman Pollius was truly a terrible accident is to remove this man!
Fudge scowled, he truly did hate Rita Skeeter
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Two days later
Xavier sat in one of the many chairs surrounding Romans bed in the infirmary, although currently he was the only visitor, the room was filled with medi-witches and Bulgarian aurors
Juliet had stayed by Romans side until he had awoken earlier in the day, she had gone back to the wizard hotel she and Viktor had been staying in to get some sleep
"How long have I been out?" Roman asked quietly in Bulgarian, his throat hurt after not talking for such a long time
"Five days" Xavier said shaking his head, "never do that again" he said seriously, "you almost gave me a heart attack, I thought for sure that you had been kissed" he said going pale
"I didn't know you cared?" Roman chuckled; "kissed by a Dementor, gross" Roman said shivering
Xavier chuckled, "can you imagine that on your tombstone" he joked, causing Roman to laugh
"Better then something stupid" Roman laughed, "Like I didn't know it was a wand or damn I didn't know she was your wife"
They both laughed at that
Roman spotted the golden egg, on his bedside table and grabbed it, smirking at Xavier, he opened it
The egg emitted a loud wailing, screeching noise, shocking everyone in the room, Roman quickly looked in it only to find that it was empty, he quickly snapped it shut, looking apologetically around the room
"What sort of clue is that" he said angrily, Xavier just shrugged
"if it helps" Xavier smirked, "your in the lead, you have forty four points out of a possible fifty" he said, "but you have to thank Karkaroff he gave the other champions lower scores then they deserved and you more then you should have got, he gave you a ten" he said smiling
"What did the other champions get?" Roman asked curious
"Adelaide is in second" Xavier said "with forty points and then its Bones right behind her with thirty eight points"
"It's really close" Roman sighed
"Doesn't matter" smirked Xavier, "with Karkaroff as a judge, you'll always be in the lead and they have to factor in your injuries for the next task, even if they don't affect your performance"
"Sounds like an easy win" Roman said sarcastically
Xavier suddenly smiled, "I know what'll cheer you up" he said, picking his school bag up off the floor and taking out two files
"These came yesterday evening but I haven't had time to check them yet"
"Our files" Roman said excitedly
"Yep" said Xavier, opening his file first, they looked it over and it had everything about him, his school record, his family history and every last piece of information they could have on somebody
They looked over his school report s first and Xavier started reading out loud the bits he couldn't believe
"Although Mr Oblansk is a bright and capable student, his sometimes arrogant and lazy nature stops him from reaching his full potential" he read shocked
"I'm not arrogant" he said cross, looking at Roman for conformation
"Not with me your not" Roman said shrugging his shoulders
"What's that suppose to me" he asked surprised
"I mean" said Roman, "that theirs a reason that the only friends we have our each other" he said
Xavier shut his folder with a snap and picked up Romans, "let's look at your file" he said indigently
It had all the same things as Xavier's his school records and family history; they skipped all that and went straight to his school reporter, and again Xavier read it out loud
"Mr Pollius happens to be one of the most capable in his year, but his obsession with quidditch is a big hindrance, sadly he would rather day dream about brooms then pay attention in class, and the fact that he is naturally shy makes him unwilling to co-operate in class and join in"
"Obsession" Roman said shocked, "I'm not obsessed" he said
"You shy?" Xavier said shockingly, "these Professors are crazy!" he summarised dumping the files back in his bag
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It was the end of the first week of December and rumour had it that Roman Pollius would leave the infirmary any day now, but Annie Potter wanted to get his autograph, something she had been trying to do for weeks now, but it always seemed like their was a crowd of people surrounding him
So she thought now was a good idea, away from the rest of the school, if she asked really nicely, he was bound to give her one, at least she hoped
She confidently strode to the infirmary, of course the aurors stationed outside wouldn't let her in but that didn't mean that she wasn't going to try.
She walked right up to them and just as she was about to talk, a crash was heard from inside the infirmary and cries could be heard coming from the room, the two aurors rushed in and all Annie could see was smoke, suddenly Roman Pollius ran out of the room
He froze spotting her
"Run" he smirked, he grabbed her hand and started running full pelt, dragging her through the Hogwarts corridors
As they ran, the people they passed stared at them surprised
"why are we running" Annie asked as they ran down some stairs, all she had wanted was an autograph, not to be chased by Bulgarian aurors they suddenly passed professor McGonagall who stared at them shocked
"I've been stuck in zat room for over a week" Roman said, suddenly turning right, "Ze aurorz wouldn't let me leave, so I convinced Xavier to 'elp me ezcape" he laughed as they jumped down some steps
"Ve need to 'ide?" he said suddenly, looking back at her , she realised he was asking her for a possible hiding place, she racked her brain, the Gryffindor common room wouldn't do, too many people had seen them, then she suddenly came up with the answer
"Hagrid's hut" she said
"Who?" he asked
"Just turn left" she laughed as he dragged her along
They turned left and she saw a number of students up ahead
"'ello" Roman said as he barged passed the group of Gryffindor boys and as Annie looked, she spotted her brother amongst them, who was looking at her as if she was Voldemort himself
"Bye Alex "Annie said as Roman dragged her passed them
"Its just a little bit further" she said, surprised that Roman had not slowed down
They got to Hagrids hut, and Annie quickly knocked
Hagrid opened the door quite quickly, and Roman froze at seeing such a large man
"Hello Hagrid" Annie smiled, "you don't mind if we hide here do you" she smiled looking up at the large man
Hagrid stared at them and then noticing Romans attire he moved out of the way to let them in
"yeh must be freezing" Hagrid said, lighting a fire, and draping a large blanket over Romans shoulder
"Thank you" smiled Roman as he sat down, "I 'ope you don't mind but iz it alright if we 'id out 'ere for a while" he said
"Sure" said Hagrid, "but why"
Roman quickly explained his situation, Hagrid seemed more comfortable after that and started talking about things called Skrewts, and the man seemed harmless if a little bit strange
Hagrid brought out tea and scones
The scones were inedible, but the tea was quite nice
Roman looked out the window and saw aurors running around, he wondered how long it would be before they found him but he didn't want to get his new friend into trouble
Hagrid then started talking about Albus Dumbledore
"Greatest headmaster that Hogwarts has ever seen; he is" Hagrid beam, "he's one of the greatest wizards alive today"
"Really?" Roman asked surprised
Hagrid looked shocked and then said, "Yeh, headmaster Dumbledore is an excellent man, it's because of him that Hogwarts is the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world"
"'ogwarts iz not ze finest, Durmstrang iz" Roman challenged
"Yeh, would say that" countered Hagrid, "but mark my words, there's no where finer then Hogwarts"
Roman reasoned that their was no point in arguing, Hagrid would not change his opinion and neither would Roman
"To each 'iz own" Roman said
Hagrid suddenly brought a pink umbrella and added more fire into the fireplace
Roman looked on in confusion until he realised that it must be some type of wand, it bugged him so much that he finally just asked Hagrid
"Had me wand snapped years ago" said Hagrid sadly
"zo zats an illegal wand?" Roman asked surprised
Hagrid looked a little scared until a wicked smirk covered Romans face
"'agrid you are my type of man" he said
It was an hour later that Roman tried to think of ways he could get past the aurors and back to the infirmary and as if he could read his mind Hagrid said
"I have an invisibility cloak!"
"Vat?" said Roman surprised
"its not mine, it belongs to Mr Potter yeh see, but he left it here the other night, must have forgotten it but yeh can use it" Hagrid said as he stood up to get it
"You have dad's cloak" Annie said surprised
Roman looked at her as if she had suddenly grown an extra head
He hadn't realised that the Potters had any children
"Yeh" smiled Hagrid, "Yer dad was here the other night" he said as he handed the cloak to Roman
"But you must return it" Hagrid said, warily looking at Roman
"I am no thief" Roman said, although come to think of it, if Hagrid hadn't been so nice, and if Annie wasn't with him and if it didn't belong to the Potters then just maybe he might have stolen it, invisibility cloaks were rare and expensive and chances like this just didn't come along often enough
Roman and Annie thanked Hagrid and then got under the cloak; they snuck past the aurors
Annie talked as they walked through Hogwarts
"You're a chaser?" Roman asked suddenly, as Annie talked about quidditch at Hogwarts, he was starting to wonder if being a chaser was hereditary
"Yeah" she beamed, tucking a strand of her blond hair behind her ear, "for Ravenclaw house"
"You're in Ravenclaw?" he asked
"Yep" she smiled, "my dad says it's the best house in Hogwarts" she said proudly, "but my brother's in Gryffindor" she said seemingly disappointed
"You 'ave a brozzer" he asked shocked
The Potters had two kids
"Yeah, he thinks Gryffindors the best house ever just because they won the quidditch cup last year" she said rolling her eyes
"Are zere no good playerz in Ravenclaw 'ouse?" He asked as they climbed some stairs
"Yeah" said Annie, "we have a great seeker, but the chasers are all as small as me and when you go up against houses like Slytherin who practically throw us off our brooms, there's not much chance for scoring"
He knew what that felt like, he was the smallest on his team and that usually meant he was the target of the other team
Annie suddenly became quite, and Roman realised why, just a little ahead a girl he recognised as Hermione Granger was walking their way, of course she couldn't see them because of the invisibility cloak
They stayed silent as she passed them, Roman breathed as sigh of relief as she turned the corner
"That was close" Annie laughed, "I can't even imagine the look on Hermione's face if we just appeared out of thin air" she chuckled
"You know 'er?" Roman asked surprised
"Oh yeah" Annie smirked, "Alex has a huge crush on her" she laughed
Realising what sisters were like, Roman changed the subject before Annie could embarrass her brother
"Do yoo sink, you'll win ze cup zis year?" he asked
"Not likely" Annie breathed, "We beat Hufflepuff but that was only by a few points and were taking on Slytherin in our next match" she said dejected
He wasn't sure what had possessed him, but before he realised what he was doing he said, "vood you like me to 'elp you in quidditch"
The small girl beamed up at him, excitement evident in her eyes
"Like train me?" she asked hopefully
For a second he wondered what he had gotten himself into to, but he couldn't back out now
"Yeah" he smiled
She threw herself at him, hugging his waist
"Thank you, thank you, thank you" she repeated
"No problem" he said as they reached the infirmary and he handed the cloak to Annie
Before he could go in, Annie tugged his arm
"Vat?" he asked, concern showing in his face
She held out a parchment and quill, she had obviously just gotten from her bag
"Can I get your autograph" she asked
"Sure" he smiled, as he signed his name
An hour later the auror's found Roman Pollius safely asleep in his bed
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Hope you enjoyed
Next chapter is going to be huge, with the test and the results, we'll also have the Yule ball, and I dare you to guess who Roman/Harry is taking, its not as obvious as you might think, we'll also get to meet a character that was briefly mentioned in this chapter, can you guess who! And another Potter gets a one on one with Roman/Harry again I dare you to guess who