*Twisted 28*
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The third Task!
Harry's Day was more stressful than he wanted. The task it self wasn't the problem. The people around him were. Mr. Parkinson, came just after lunch, he was afraid not only for Harry but Pansy. He didn't want his daughter back with Malfoy, so he was urging extreme caution.
Pansy being the only one who knew what was coming was in tears with worry.
Some how Molly Weasley and Ginny still didn't get it, Harry was irrevocably with Pansy. They would not leave Harry alone. He finally had enough. "Mrs. Weasley, I am very happily married to Pansy and have been all year, there is nothing you can do to change that fact, or would I want it changed! Please Stop this!"
Molly was not happy at this revelation, "Harry Dear, you know we know what's best for you. Ginny is far better…."
Harry cut her off. "Mrs. Weasley, Pansy and I are a soul bonded couple….its love at its most profound level. It is what's best for me. You do know its life in Azkaban to try to separate a soul bond marriage?"
Molly was still undeterred. "Harry you have been betrothed to Ginny for many years it will break her heart."
Harry had known of the contract and her it was staring him in the face for the first time.
"Mrs. Weasley, I was never informed such a contract existed, and the Potter family charter expressly forbids marriage contracts. So some one out side my parents must have set up an illegal contract. That would be line theft; do you understand the penalties for such a thing?"
Molly paled at the thought; a life sentence in Azkaban was not to be easily contemplated.
Harry turned to his new family and went to the lunch feast. Hermione and Neville joined them. Harry refused to discuss the task. He had every thing in place.
The task was set on the quiditch pitch; the champions were brought in after every one was seated. Victor Krum was announced first, then Fleur then Cedric and as if it were an after thought Harry.
The task began as it did before, Harry entered first and was off at a full sprint. He encountered the bogart and the displacement field as if it were nothing. He got the same Riddle from the Sphinx. When he arrived at the cup he was alone. He saw the aracomantila awaiting all but him. He flipped it upside down and destroyed its legs. He turned to the cup and Grabbed it. The hook behind his navel and he was off.
He landed in the same graveyard as before. Sirius, Remus, Kingsley, and a few trusted Aurors were just out of sight waiting. They had to wait until Tom had his new body and Harry was ready for it.
Wormtail came out of the Mausoleum as he had the first time. Harry played the scared rabbit well enough to get the best actor Oscar. He was again chained to Tom Riddle Sr. tombstone. They all watched in awe of the ritual. Sirius and Remus were having a very hard time not laughing. They had already cast a silent spell on the chains; they were soft as fresh bread. Harry played that he was knocked out, and his eyes were just slits enough to see.
Back at Hogwarts Pansy and Hermione were slowly working their way behind the fake Moody. Neville walked up to him and caught his attention on himself giving the girls the opening. Three stunners hit Moody at the same moment he was down and out.
In the graveyard, Harry had just given his blood freely. Harry did not know the bones that Tom got were from a chicken. What came out of the Cauldron was at best part Human. Peter was in shock and Tom was his most volatile. Harry Stunned them both and then Activated the Mark on Peters arm. Five minutes later the Inner Circle of Voldemort came calling. They were surrounded and stunned. Harry and the Aurors tied them all together and they all took the port key back to Hogwarts!