All Hail... Harry?

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The self-proclaimed 'New Golden Trio' were grouped together near the black lake. Hermione was busy pouring over some notes, while Luna was humming to herself. Harry Potter, the star of the show, was currently munching down on an apple, loud enough to cause Hermione to flinch every time he took a bite. Finally, the brunette couldn't take it anymore.

"ENOUGH!" She jumped to her feet, her hair flailing wildly about. Steam seemed to be pouring out of her nose and ears. "I can't take it anymore Harry. I need some peace and quiet."

She grabbed her bag and quickly shoved her notes inside. As she turned she felt Harry grab her hand.

"I'm sorry Mione," He said, while giving her his patented, trademark puppy dog eyes.

Hermione wanted to chastise him for the use of her new 'nickname' but the eyes got to her. With a 'sigh' she sat her bag down and sat beside him. "I swear Harry, what am I going to do with you," She said. He smile and answered with a kiss. She moaned into his mouth and relaxed. Harry seemed to know how to push her all her buttons, both right and wrong ones.

Harry released her from the kiss only to find himself pounced upon by Luna. Said Blond began trying to thoroughly explore his tonsils. Hermione sighed and pulled out her notebook. Today was going to be one of those days.

In fact, the last week and a half had been strange. All of Gryffindor seemed to give them strange looks. At first it didn't bother her, but eventually it started becoming an annoyance. She had voiced her aggravation to Harry, who simply by telling her that the others just didn't understand and that she shouldn't give a shit about what they think.

She had nodded and decided to let it be. Then there was the incident with the twins. The mere thought about it caused her to roll her eyes and let out a sigh.

Flashback:

It was the day after the egg incident and the trio found themselves eating lunch in the great hall. Suddenly they found themselves suddenly sandwiched between a pair of crying red-headed twins.

Most of great hall stopped to see what terror the twins were about to unleash this time. Several jaws dropped when they saw that the pranking kings were bowing down to Harry.

"Oh great prank lord-"

"-we are not-"

"-worthy to be in the same room-"

"-as you oh great one!"

"Please teach us -"

"-your masterful ways!"

The twins began to cry even harder, drawing more attention to themselves. Hermione glanced at all the attention and got a bad feeling.

"What are you guys talking about?" Harry asked.

The twins got up and ceased crying as they held a rolled poster out to Harry. "Take a look at this oh great one," Gred said, holding back a chuckle. Or was it Forge?

"You surely will know the magnificent work that you accomplished."

Curious, Harry unrolled the poster. Hermione noticed his face contort; it was as if he was trying to hold a straight face. She and Luna leaned over to peak at what had him struggling to hold a straight face. What she saw, well, it was hard for her to describe. But of course, Luna could.

"Oh look Harry, someone finally caught the rare giant pink bat of Britain," She said cheerfully. "Daddy, had told me they were extinct."

Finally unable to take it, Harry burst out laughing. Hermione found herself, along with the twins, joining him.

Once they were able to calm themselves, Hermione turned to the twins. "Just out of curiosity, where did you get this?" She asked.

The twins turned to each other and smiled. "That-"

"-is a trade secret my dear."

Hermione rolled her eyes. Of course the twins would refuse to tell. There was a noise as several students gasped. She looked up to see many of her fellow classmates each holding a copy of the scroll her group was currently looking at. The reactions were different for each of the students. Most laughed to their hearts content.

She looked at Fred and George who winked at her. "What? It's not like Snape has many photo's anyway. We always knew he wanted to mimic a bat. Now, he's one for sure."

Hermione cringed slightly when the scream came from the head table. Snape, minus the pink look, was glaring daggers at the twins.

"I KNEW IT WAS YOU! 200 points from Gryffindor!" He roared.

The hall went instantly silent. Head's turned to see what the twins response was. To their surprise, McGonagall stood up.

"Severus, I'm sorry but I'm going to have to give those points back," Snape looked as if she just stole his favorite teddy. McGonagall shook her head. "Severus, there is no evidence that implicates the twins. I for one don't condone pranks of this nature or any kind at all, but I'm going to have to dismiss this Severus for lack of substantial evidence. But rest assured, I will find the perpetrators who did this." The last bit found her gaze settling in on Harry. Hermione raised an eyebrow as Harry nodded his head ever so slightly before going back to his meal.

Snape couldn't take it and stormed out of the great hall.

Hermione sighed as Harry smirked. "You had a hand in this didn't you?" She asked.

"Me? How dare you could say such a thing Hermione!" He smirked. She shook her head and went back to eating.

End Flashback:

Since then every time a student passed they would give Harry the thumbs up. It was rumored that Madam Pomphrey had to sedate Snape. He apparently couldn't take it anymore. Last she heard he was sitting in a medical bed, while holding his teddy, and muttering about how 'it's all Potter's fault'.

The trio looked up as the half-giant Hagrid passed by. He gave the trio a wave and they returned his greeting. The half-giant was still a little paranoid. Ever since the egg incident he has been walking a little bow-legged. Add in the fact that he's had to wear an XXXL version of wizarding depends didn't help. Something that would normally be cured for wizards or witches wasn't much use for the half-giant with them being resistant to most spells and all.

She felt sorry for the half-giant. He really was gentle in his own way. She turned to Harry.

"So, what do you want to do today?" She asked. The smirk on his face made her sigh.

"Kissing practice of course, but if that's not in your planner. I can think of something else," He said, wiggling his eyebrows.

"I believe I can make time for that I guess," She said, while tucking a few strands of hair behind her ear. "But of course, it depends if you behave yourself, Mr. Potter." She finished with a smirk.

"Very good Ms. Granger, very good," he said, returning her smirk.

"Have you forgotten about me Harry?" Luna asked. Harry turned to see the blond pouting.

"Of course not my dear, I would never dream of it." He said, pulling said blond into a soul searing kiss.

Hermione was silent for a moment, her mind seeming to try to figure out the best way to tell Harry. Finally, she made her decision.

"Harry," At hearing his name he turned to look at her. "I got word from my parents this morning. Their not to happy, they want to meet with us."

He was silent for a moment before answering. "Well, I think we can arrange that. But, that's for later. Now, let's go torture Malfoy some more."

"Will you ever get tired to torturing him Harry?" She sighed. Since Harry's change he's been pranking Draco almost nonstop. Normally, she wouldn't care at all. But, for the last few days there's been rumors filtering out from the dungeons that Draco's has becoming increasingly paranoid. She sighed and turned to Harry. He was currently whispering something to Luna. Whatever it is, it had the blond giggling. She shook her head and turned back to her books. Well, there was always more studying to be done she guessed. Harry had other plans however, as he pulled her into a kiss.

HPHPHPHPHPH

Dumbledore poured himself a shot of fire whiskey before quickly gulping it down. It was times like these that he really needed a pick-me-up.

He had spent most of the morning on the floo with Cornelius and Ludo Bagman. Both were worried about the increasingly erratic behavior of Harry Potter. He did his best to reassure them that everything was under control. If he was honest with himself, he wasn't so sure.

A knock on his door brought him out of his musings. He acknowledged the knock and the door swung open to reveal Severus with a scowl on his face. Albus sighed. Severus seemed to be in his office almost hourly now.

"What can I do for you Severus?" He asked.

Snape stormed over to the desk and sat down rather forcefully. "I can't take it anymore Albus. The brat has got to go."

"Surely you can't be serious Severus?" Snape's scowl only deepened. Albus sighed. "What has he done this time?"

In response Snape began to take off his robe. "Wait, just tell me what he did instead of showing... please!" Albus said quickly. He did not want to see what was under those robes.

"The brat somehow managed to tattoo 'Kissass' onto my chest. I have no idea how he did it."

Albus stroked his beard and nodded. This seemed particularly tame compared to the pranks Harry had been doing. Unfortunately, Snape wasn't done.

"He also has charmed every toilet in the castle. Whenever I enter a restroom a chorus of 'Oh he's a smelly one isn't he' starts blaring into the halls. And do you want to know what else Albus?" Snape said, leaning towards the headmaster.

Albus mentally sighed but nodded.

"He has poor Draco looking around every corner. The boy woke up screaming in his dorm last night. Why this morning he went to sit in his seat at potions only to jump up screaming," Snape paused to take a breath. Albus's lack of response was driving him nuts. Finally, he lost it. "Well? What are you going to do Albus?"

"Severus, are you sure it was Harry doing this? Could it not have been the twins?" Albus asked.

Snape made to reply only to be interrupted by a knock on the door. Snape sneered as Albus asked the person to come in.

To his surprise, a man dressed in blue overalls with a blue denim hat, was at the door. The man walked.. err.. waddled into the room.

"You be Profess... Profess...," The man cleared his throat. "You be the one who runs this school?" He asked, his butchering of the English language caused Snape to sneer even more.

"Why yes I am," Albus said, ignoring the looks from Severus. "And who might you be?" He asked curiously.

The man gripped the sides of his overalls and chuckled. "My names Tom, Tom Smitty. I work for P&P construction."

Albus nodded. "And might I ask. Why you are here at my school?"

"Me Boss said he had a job for us. We were contacted and given instructions to begin this afternoon. Surely you've received word about it?" The man asked. Albus could only shake his head.

"Well... that's a poof than. Hold on a sec," The man waddled past Severus to the tower window. "Oi! You blokes can begin. The headmaster said he didn't know so it shouldn't interfere."

Albus and Snape were at the window faster than you could say 'chocolate frog'. What they saw caused both to gasp.

A giant dump truck was backing up to the lake. Albus's eyes seemed to bulge more as he noticed little short orange men wearing green jumpsuits working alongside it. 'Were they singing?' he wondered.

"What are those things?" Snape asked, with a sneer of course.

The old man scratched his chin. "Don't really know. Boss hired 'em. But they bees working hard."

Albus turned back to the window. Ms. Lovegood was currently chasing two of the little men. Both seemed terrified of the blond. 'I wonder why?'

Albus shook his head and turned back to the man in his office. "I'm sorry. But, I cannot allow this. Please take your equipment and leave," The man made to protest but Albus held up his hand. "I'm not even going to try and figure out how you got that machine here at Hogwarts. But as Headmaster of this school I want it gone."

The man was silent for a moment before he spoke. "I'm sorry Sir. I really am. But, I can't do that sir. You see, you are the one that let me through the gates. Well... not directly... anyways."

Albus raised an eyebrow. "I'm not following you sir," This man was really starting to irk his nerve. "Just how did I allow you through the gates?"

"The tournament of course. My Lord has to compete. According to tournament rules he can practice and study anything in order to prepare, correct?"

"Indeed," Albus stroked his beard. "But what I fail to see is why? Why he would want something like that to help him prepare in the tournament?"

The man gripped his belly and chuckled, doing a very good Santa Clause impersonation. "I'm sorry Sir. But you know the rules. I can't tell you what he'll be using it for."

"Why you stupid man, tell the headmaster!" Snape barked.

The man turned to Snape and waggled a finger. "Nope, you'll find out soon enough."

The man turned and headed out of the office. Snape turned to Albus and raised an eyebrow, as if to say 'well?' Albus walked back to his desk and sat down. Pulling out the bottle of firewhiskey again, he settled into what was obviously going to be a long day.

A/N: Sorry for the delay everyone. I'm currently getting ready for school to start as well as working extra hours. So thanks for sticking with me.