*Twisted 28*
(A/N) Merry Christmas to all!
The morning of the second task arrived cold and blustery; Pansy was nowhere to be found. Harry knew she was at the bottom of the Black lake. He ate a hearty Breakfast knowing he would need the energy. He headed to the lake before the rest of the school.
The stands were built high above the water, allowing the spectators a view of the lake.
Harry had put an undetectable bubble charm on Pansy that would activate after twenty minutes under water. He looked out over the lake and saw the bubbles coming up. He knew exactly where to go, so he canceled the charm.
The rest of the school and the judges made their way to the stands. The headmasters then brought the other champions. Dumbledore then announced the task, and the cannon was fired and the three older champions dove in the water. Harry just stood there. Moody walked up behind Harry and pushed him in the water. Harry began swimming where he saw the bubbles emerge.
When he was close he dove straight down. He found the hostages with a single cutting curse he cut them all loose and put a bubble charm beneath there clothes causing them to rise up out of the water. The Merpeople then attacked him.
Harry swallowed some Gilly weed, and the battle was on. Harry was throwing cutting curses and reductos at close range. By the time Cedric and Victor appeared most of the Merpeople were dead. Fleur was no where in sight Harry back tracked and found Fleur floating near the bottom of the lake. He picked her up and headed to the surface. When they broke the surface, Harry had been down an hour and twenty Minutes. The Hostages were all on the platforms. Pansy was in hysterics looking for Harry. He drug Fleur's body to the platform and stated CPR.
Fleur was alive but barely alive, Poppy was not Happy and took her to the hospital wing, her little sister in tow.
Albus Dumbledore was not happy but hid it well. The boy was to smart and powerful. He came in third in the task but first in the hearts and minds of all who witnessed it.
People were now looking more to the boy than to him. He knew Moody was a fake, but let it ride. The fake was supposed to kill the boy not help him. Where did Harry get the Gilly weed it was to drown him. He called Severus to his office and paced while he waited.
Harry and Pansy were in their Quarters when a knock on the door broke them apart.
Three people stood at the door, Fleur, Gabrielle, and Jean Pierre Delacour. "Lord Potter may we enter?"
With a wave of his hand and a step, back he welcomed the Delacour's in. "Come in have a seat. What can we do for you?"
Lord Potter, Today you saved my eldest daughter and assisted in saving my youngest daughter, I'm here to acknowledge the life debt we have with you. I know you also are the Scion of the House of Black. I was wondering if you would have one of my daughters in payment of the debt."
Harry sat down hard not believing a word he just heard.
"You have got to be kidding me." Harry said looking like the world was ending.
Fleur was the one who answered. "I know I called you the leetle boy when you were entered in the tournament, but you have proven yourself more of a man than any I've met. You are also unaffected by the allure of the veela. This makes you even more attractive to us. Either of us would happily be your second wife."
Harry looked over at Pansy and shook his head. "Look I'm more than flattered, but one wife is all I'll ever want or need. I do have a suggestion, how about an alliance between our houses. I can always use more friends and allies."
The Delacour's quickly agreed, Jean Pierre was quite happy with the arrangement. That is until he was asked to have Sirius Black tried in France.
He ultimately did agree to it, though he could not understand why he was doing it. It was a fantastic way out of a life debt though.
The rest of the evening was spent getting to know new friends.
Harry was training hard for the final task, he found a potion to help learn the animagus transformation quickly. With Pansy's and Hermione's help He had it down with three weeks to spare. He was training it the forbidden forest when he came across Barty Crouch's body in the forest. Not wanting to give up his animagus form, he got weeks detention for Training in the forest. They did not need to know he was a shadow wolf.
Harry was learning to move from shadow to shadow, It would be a great ability in a fight and it transferred to his normal abilities. It didn't matter where that shadow might be either. It was going to make pranking certain people easier (Sirius).
Harry was also training in new magic's, things that hadn't been used in thousands of years. He was buying up old books a scrolls that contained things that had been long forgotten. The final task was the next day, he remembered everything that happened and Sirius, Remus, and Kingsley were all set to be in the graveyard. The Horcruxes were all destroyed except for Nagini, This would be the Final battle if Harry was ready.
He went to sleep that night after making love to Pansy. They woke the next morning in the arms of love. Dobby and Winky were looking over them. They had breakfast alone in their quarters.
When they arrived in the Great Hall for lunch Harry was not Happy, yet he tried not to show it. The Weasley Parents were awaiting him.