Harry Sirius Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by mystiquewitch

James and Lily Potter were attacked and killed by Voldemort, leaving behind three young sons, but when Voldemort was unable to kill eight year old Harry, he was weakened, and fled, now six years later Harry now fourteen is forced to be in a tournament he didn't want to be in, and he may just end up fighting for his life. And on top of that there is rumors of Voldemort returning.

16. Chapter 16

Disclaimer: Don't Own Harry Potter

A.N. Sorry it's been a while since I've updated, but I've been real busy lately.

Chapter 16

"Lighting-Bolt," Teddy said, shaking Harry's shoulder. "Come on, Lighting, wake up, class is over." Harry woke with a start and looked around to see he wasn't in an old mansion cursing Pettigrew, he was in Trelawney's classroom, on a bean bag chair and he had fallen asleep and had another one of those freaking dreams he keeps having.

Harry rubbed his eyes and looked around to see the classroom was empty.

"Come on, man." Rigel said, he grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him to his feet. "Ginny needs to let you get sleep at night."

"Very funny." Harry mumbled, pulling his arm away. "It's not Ginny, we don't.. It's my damn scar and those weird dreams I keep having."

"I think you should tell someone about it." Teddy said, as Rigel went down the trap door.

"Like who?" Harry demanded . "Nobody is going to care that I have headaches and funny dreams."

"That's not true. You can tell Jesse or Sirius. They would care." Teddy said, motioning for Harry to go before him. "Don't want you falling asleep on the ladder and breaking your neck."

"Ha.. Ha." Harry rolled his eyes. "You two are just so funny today." He went down the ladder and stood next to Rigel , as they waited for Teddy to follow. "Is it my fault Trelawney puts students to sleep. Rigel sleeps all the time and you don't pick on him."

"He knows better." Rigel said. Teddy rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, Rigel sleeps all the time, but you don't." Teddy said. "And it's not just divinations, you've fallen asleep for every class. Ginny said you missed the Nifflers the other day, because you leaned up against the front of Hagrid's hut and went to sleep. And You fell asleep in History of magic a couple of days ago."

"Who doesn't?" Rigel asked. "Come on, Morph, leave the kid alone."

"Kid?" Harry said. "We're the same age."

"Nope." Rigel shook his head. "I was born two days before you, my friend." Harry rolled his eyes. If anyone was a kid out of them it would be Ginny, her birthday was August 11th. She would be the youngest. And that would make Teddy the eldest, since his birthday was May 2nd.

Not long after that Harry said bye to his two friends and turned to go toward the Potions classroom and Teddy and Rigel headed for transfiguration.

"Hey, Kiddo, wait up." Sirius called, Harry turned around and Sirius looked him over. "Are you feeling alright you don't look too good."

"I'm fine, Padfoot." Harry said. "What did you need." Sirius still looked worried, but let it go.

"I was told by Bagman to tell you to meet him and the other champions on the Quidditch field at nine o'clock." Sirius said. "So they can tell you what the last task is going to be."

"But I thought it wasn't till June." Harry asked. "It's only April." Sirius rolled his eyes with a grin.

"It is, silly." Sirius said and ruffled Harry's hair. "But they still have to tell you what it is so you can get ready."

"Brilliant." Harry mumbled. "I just wish it was already over." Sirius put his arm around Harry's shoulder.

"So do I, kiddo." He said. But then frowned. "Harry, are you sure you're alright? Want me to walk you to the hospital wing?" Get Madam Pomfrey to give you a Pepper up potion." Harry shook his head.

"No, Sirius." Harry snapped. "I'm fine. I just haven't been getting any sleep."

"Do I have to give Ginny a little talk?" Sirius teased.

"You sound like Rigel." Harry said. Sirius continued to frown at him. "Is that all you wanted, Sirius? I'm going to be late for class."

"Yeah, go ahead." Sirius said. He gave Harry a short little hug then let him go. He frowned as he watched Harry walk away, looking as if he could drop at any minute. He made a mental note to tell Rigel to keep a close eye on Harry.

"Potter!" Snape snapped. The moment Harry walked through the door. "You're late, that's twenty points from Ravenclaw."

The Ravenclaws groaned and some even shot Harry dirty looks, but he ignored it all and walked over and took his seat next to Ginny. Snape frowned when he got no argument or smart comment from Harry and watched him for a few seconds before turning away.

"Where have you been." Ginny whispered as Harry sat down next to her. "You're five minutes late."

"Sirius stopped me in the hall." Harry answered. "Bagman wanted the champions to meet him on the Quidditch pitch tonight. He's going to tell us the next task."

"Where's your stuff?" Was Ginny's next Questions, as she set up her cauldron. Harry looked at her confused, then realized she meant his cauldron and potion book. He groaned.

"Damn, I forgot my bag in Trelawney's class." Harry mumbled. And laid his head on the desk in his arms. Ginny shook Harry's shoulder.

"Harry, get up, borrow one of the class cauldrons." Ginny said. "And get to work, I'll give you some ingredients. Here I've written down the potion we have to do." Harry only mumbled but didn't move. "Harry, come on. You can't sleep in here. Snape will give you detention." Harry raised up and rubbed his eyes.

"I'll go ask Snape if you can use a cauldron." Ginny stood. "Don't go back to sleep." She walked toward Snape. Harry watched her talking to him, he frowned, then pointed at the supple closet. Ginny walked in it and got out a cauldron and brought it back and sat it up in front of Harry. She then got in her bag and got out what he would need for the assignment.

"Harry, I'm not doing it for you." Ginny said. Harry straightened up and picked up the assignment Ginny wrote down. He knew this potion. It was one his Mum made a lot. He even helped her. He picked up a vile and went to pour it in, but Ginny grabbed his wrist.

"Harry," She said. "You're going to blow it up, you put this first." She handed him the right one. "What is wrong with you?" Harry didn't answer he just sat it back down and leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. Then jumped when a hand slammed down on the desk in front of him.

"Detention, Potter." Snape snapped. "Seven o'clock tonight."

"I can't." Harry said. Snape's eyebrows rose.

"Excess me, Potter. Did you just refuse to come to detention." Harry shook his head.

"Bagman wants the champions on the Quidditch pitch by nine, he's going to explain the next task." Harry explained.

"Six then." Snape snapped. Harry didn't answer, he just closed his eyes. Snape slammed his hand on the desk again. "Mr. Potter, if you want to sleep, go do it out in the hall. Not in my classroom ." Harry didn't move. "Go, Potter! Now. Out of my classroom." Harry didn't say anything, he just stood and walked out the door. He sat down in the corridor and leaned up against the wall. Trying to stay awake.

"Little, Bro, what are you doing out here?" Cody came walking up. Harry looked up at him.

"Got in trouble with Snape." Harry answered. Cody grinned.

"I get in trouble with him all the time." Cody said. He kicked Harry's foot lightly. "Don't let Jesse find out. You'll get an earful. I just left him and Sirius. Our godfather was telling all kinds of things about you."

"What? I haven't done anything." Harry said. "Well beside now, but Sirius doesn't know about Snape sending me into the hall." Cody knelt in front of Harry.

"He's worried about you." Cody told him. "Seems to think you haven't been getting any sleep and look ready to drop." Cody looked Harry over. "He's right you know. Is it your scar like that one time?"

"It's been hurting none stop." Harry said. "And I can't do my school work or get any sleep." Cody frowned.

"Maybe you should get Pomfrey to give you something." Cody said. Harry shook his head.

"Cody, you know I don't like drinking potions." Harry said. "They're all nasty."

"Well, if it gets any worse tell someone." Cody said.

"I'll be fine, Cody." Harry said. "Why is everyone worrying about me?"

"Because we love you." Cody said. He hit Harry's foot. "I got to go, just take care of yourself. It would kill me if anything happened to you." Harry grinned at his older brother.

"See you around." Harry said. Cody ruffled his hair then walked away.

At six o'clock Harry went down to do his detention with Snape. Where he was made to clean every cauldron in the classroom, without magic. By the time Sanpe let Harry go, his hands were sore.

Snape let Harry go at half past eight as he crossed the entrance hall, Cedric came up from the Hufflepuff common room.

"What do you reckon it'll be?" He asked Harry, as they went together down the stone steps, out into the cloudy night. "Fleur keeps going on about underground tunnels, she reckons we've got to find treasure."

"That wouldn't be too bad." said Harry, "but didn't we already kinda do that. With the lake and hostage thing."

"That's what I told Fleur." Cedric said. "But she says it's different." They walked down the dark lawn to the Quidditch stadium, turned through a gap in the stand, and walked out onto the field.

"What've they done to it?" Cedric said, indignantly, stopping dead.

The Quidditch field was no longer flat. It looked as though somebody has been building long, low walls all over it, that twisted and crisscrossed in every direction.

"They're hedges!" Harry said, bending to examine the nearest one. "Ginny isn't going to like this."

"Hello there!" called a cheery voice.

Ludo Bagman was standing in the middle of the field with Krum and Fleur. Harry and Cedric made their way toward them, climbing over the hedges. Fleur beamed at Harry as he came nearer. Her attitude toward him had changed completely since he had saved her sister from the lake. Harry even caught her and Ginny actually having friendly conventions with each other.

"Well, what do you think?" said Bagman, happily as Harry and Cedric claimed over the last hedge. "Growing nicely, aren't they. Give them a month and Hagrid'll have them twenty feet high. Don't worry." He added, grinning, spotting the less-than-happy expressions on the two Quddicitch players. "You'll have your Qudditich field back to normal once the task it over! Now, I imagine you can guess what we're building here?"

"A maze." Harry said, when no one else answered.

"That's right!" Bagman beamed at him. "A maze. The third task's really very straightforward. The Triwizard cup will be placed in the center of the maze. The first champion to touch it will receive full marks."

"We just have to get through the maze?" Fleur asked.

"There will be obstacles," Bagman explained, bouncing on the balls of his feet. "Hagrid is providing a number of creatures... then there will be spells that must be broken... all sorts of thing, you know. Now, the champions who are leading in points will get a head start into the maze." Bagman beamed at Harry and Cedric. "Then Mr. Krum will enter.. then Miss Delacour. But you'll all be in with a fighting chance, depending how well you get past the obstacles. Should be fun eh?"

"With Hagrid providing the creatures." Harry mumbled to Cedric. "I don't think fun is the word to use." Cedric snorted. But when Bagman looked their way, they both nodded politely with the others.

"Very well... if you haven't got any questions, we'll go back up to the castle, shall we, it's a bit chilly..."

Harry turned to follow Cedric up to the castle when Krum tapped him on the shoulder. "Could I have a word?"

"Yeah, alright?" Harry said, slightly surprised.

"Will you Walk with me?" Krum asked.

"Okay," Harry said, curiously.

Harry and Krum left the stadium together, but Krum didn't set a course for the Drumstrang ship. Instead, he walked toward the forest.

"What are we going this way for?" Harry asked.

"Don't want to be overheard." Krum said, shortly. When they reached a spot Krum thought they wouldn't be heard, he stopped and turned to Harry.

"I want you to tell your brother to stay away from Hermy-own-nnniy." Krum said. Harry frowned at him.

"Who?" Harry demanded.

"Hermy-own-nnniy." Krum said. "He keeps asking her to get back with him. And I have invited Hermy-own-nnniy to visit my house this summer." Harry still looked at Krum confused, then it clicked.

"Oh, you mean Hermione." Harry said. Then his frown deepened. Where was it any of his business what Cody and Hermione did. And why tell Harry to tell Cody to leave her alone, couldn't Krum do it himself, and besides, she was Cody's girl first.

"Krum, what Cody does really isn't my business." Harry said. "He wouldn't listen to me anyway." Krum just frowned at him.

"She talks about Cody all the time." Krum said. "You just tell your brother to stay away from her."

"No," Harry said. "I'm not telling him to stay away from anyone. If you want him to be told, tell him yourself. I would really love to see that." Krum opened his mouth to say something, but the sound of a dog barking stopped him.

"What's that?" He asked. Harry listened.

"It sounds like Chaser." Harry said. "My girlfriend's dog." He walked toward the sound, Krum followed. "Chaser, that you, boy?" At the sound of Harry's voice the little dog came running out of the forest to him, covered in mud. Harry bent down to pick him up. "What are you doing out here. Ginny is probably going crazy looking for you." The little Yorkshire Terrier looked into the forest as Harry held him and barked.

"Where did he come from?" Krum demanded.

"He's my girlfriend's dog." Harry answered. "I don't know what he's doing out here."

"The red-head you went to the Yule Ball with?" Krum asked. Harry nodded. "Her name is Geneva isn't it. My little cousin asked her to the ball, but she had said no."

"Her name is Ginevra." Harry snapped, suddenly feeling angry. "And of course she said no. She's got a boyfriend. Me." Krum frowned at Harry once more.

Chaser began to bark again and looked into the forest. Harry got the feeling he wanted to tell him something.

"Alright, boy, do you want to tell me something?" Harry asked. Chaser jumped out of his arms and ran toward the forest. "Hey, come back." He called and ran after the little dog.

"Chaser, come on, boy." Harry cried, running after him. When he finally stopped, he noticed a shape lying on the ground. He walked slowly toward it. And when he came upon it he couldn't believe his eyes. There lying on the ground was Barty Crouch, the knees of his robs was ripped and bloody, his face scratched; he was unshaven. Harry knelt next to him and shook him, Crouch's eyes flew open and he started mumbling things.

"Isn't he a judge?" Krum asked, making Harry jump. He hadn't noticed Krum had followed him. "He works for your ministry, right?" Harry nodded and hesitated just a moment, before he reached out and shook Crouch.

"Mr. Crouch." Harry asked. "Are you alright?" Crouch reached out and grabbed Harry by his shirt. Chaser stood down at Crouch's feet still barking off into the woods, like he thought someone was there.

"I've... done.. stupid... things." Crouch said. He looked as if he was going mad, his eyes were rolling and bulging, and a trickle of spittle was sliding down his chin. "Must.. tell .. Dumbledore. Tell... Dumbeldore.."

"Chaser , shut up!" Harry snapped at the dog. "I'm trying to hear him." He turned back to Crouch. "Tell Dumbeldore what? Mr. Crouch."

"Who ... are you?" Crouch demanded.

"A student from the school." Harry asked.

"You're not one of his?" Crouch demanded. Harry shook his head.

"No" He said, not having any clue what Crouch was talking about.

"Dumbldore's?"

"That's right." Harry said, and Crouch pulled him closer.

"Warn... Dumbledore." Crouch said.

"Warn Dumbledore about what?" Harry asked.

"Tell Dumbledore... tell him.. I just.. escaped.. he is stronger.. he's.. he's com..." All a sudden Crouch's hands fell from Harry's shirt and to the ground with a loud thump. His eyes just stared up at Harry, unblinking. Harry suddenly had a flash of bright green eyes staring up at him like that and he jumped up and back away from Crouch and looked around, pulling out his wand.

"What is it?" Krum demanded.

"He's dead." Harry said. "It's weird. Almost like he was..." Harry didn't finish as Chaser just kept barking.

"What?" Krum demanded. "Almost like he was what?" Harry didn't answer he just listen as his tattoo started inching like crazy. He pointed his wand toward the entrance to the forest and shot out his silvery stage and it went running up toward the castle.

Harry could hear footsteps coming his way from deep into the forest and he backed up holding out his wand.

"What?" Krum demanded again. He was really starting to get on Harry's nerves. The footsteps were getting closer and closer and then, Moody stepped out of the shadows in front of them. Harry gave a sigh, but didn't lower his wand completely.

"Potter!" Moody asked. "What are you doing walking around in the forest. And with Krum." Harry pointed down and Crouch's body. "Oh." Harry found it funny Moody didn't seem surprised about seeing Crouch's dead body lying there, but Harry went ahead and explained about chasing after Ginny's dog and come up on Crouch. Moody just nodded, his fake eye rolling all over his head.

"HARRY!" Sirius's panicked voice suddenly yelled. He, Tonks, Dumbledore and Jesse came running into the forest, being led by Harry's patronus.

"Over here." Harry called, and the four of them came running his way.

"Harry, we got your..." Sirius' voice trailed off when he caught sight of Crouch's dead body lying there. It was pretty dark in the forest now, but from the light of the silvery stag they could see Crouch lying there.

Jesse grabbed Harry and pulled him away and Tonks gasped covering her mouth with her hand. Dumbledore just looked down sadly at the body, and Chaser was growling and barking at Moody like he wanted to tear him apart. It became even spoker when the stag disappeared and left them in darkness. Harry explained to them what happen, and why he had come into the forest.

"He kept saying something about someone getting stronger." Harry said. "And was saying someone was coming back when he just... dropped dead."

"You mean he just died, just like that?" Jesse asked. He pulled Harry to him, a lot like the way Cody had when Harry's name came out of the goblet. Harry nodded.

"Yeah. It's so weird." Harry said. "It was almost like he.."

"Almost like what, Harry?" Tonks asked.

"Almost like he had been hit from behind with.. with the killing curse." Harry said. Then shivered and Jesse pulled him closer, knowing he must be thinking about when he witnessed their parents' deaths.

"I think it might be best if we were to get out of the forest and back up to the castle." Dumbeldore said. He waved his wand and a white sheet appeared, he then waved his wand a second time and the sheet covered Couch's body. "Just in case. I'll send Hagrid after.. umm Mr. Crouch."

"Albus, I think Tonks, Jesse and I should look the forest over, make sure no one is still in here." Sirius said.

"No." Harry said. "What if they are someone in here. You might get hurt."

"This is our job, kiddo." Sirius grinned. "It's what we get paid for."

"But.." Harry's protest was cut off by Jesse shaking his head.

"Go on up to the castle now, Harry." He said.

"Why don't I help Black and Potter search,." Moody said. "Tonks, you can walk Potter back up to the school, make sure he gets to his common room." Tonks nodded and put her hand on Harry's shoulder and led him through the forest and up toward the castle. Harry stopped long enough to pick up Chaser and take him with him. He didn't stop barking into they had got out of the forest.

"HARRY!" Ginny's voice yelled, he looked up to see her, Rigel and Teddy, running toward them. When they reached him Ginny threw herself into his arm.

"Merlin, I thought something happen to you!" She cried. Harry had to move the poor little dog or Ginny would have squished him.

"What made you think that?" Tonks asked.

"Mum." Teddy said, looking surprise to see her standing there. "Why are you out here? And why are you with Harry?"

"I've decided to adopt Harry." Tonks said. "Make him my new son. Then give you away to someone."

"Make sure they're rich." Teddy said. "No, really what's going on?"

"I'll let Harry explain it to you." Tonks said. "Now that you three can walk Harry up to the castle. I'm going to help the others search the forest." Tonks left Harry where he was and walked off.

"Search the forest for what?" Rigel asked. Ginny pulled away and Harry handed her Chaser.

"I've been looking for him." Ginny said. "He's always getting out."

"I'll explain everything in a minute." Harry said. "But, first. How did you know where I was?"

"We didn't." Teddy said. "We felt our tattoos itching and knew you had to be the one in danger, since we were all together, we knew it wasn't one of us and after looking everywhere we could think of in the castle. We came out here and there you were."

"My tattoo itched too." Harry said. "So I guess the killer was in the forest right around where Krum and I stood."

"What?" Ginny cried, looking scared. "There was a killer by you. You could have been killed." Harry gave her a smile and pulled her closer.

"Come on let's go up to the Gryffindor common room, I'll explain everything there." Harry said. "I want to tell Cody something anyway."

The next day Harry didn't feel like getting up and going to class, but did anyway. Talk of what happen where already all over the school. And somehow everyone knew Harry had been there.

"Did you hear about Cody?" Teddy asked, as Ginny and Harry sat across from him and Rigel.

"What happen to Cody?" Harry asked, afraid his brother had been hurt.

"He's in trouble for fighting with Krum." Rigel said. Harry's mouth dropped.

"What?" He demanded. Teddy nodded.

"Yeah." Rigel said. "We saw what happen. Krum came in here and Cody saw him and he yelled out his name, then something about if you got a problem with me come to me, leave my little brother out of it."

"Damn, I shouldn't have told Cody what Krum said to me last night." Harry said. "Why did I anyway."

"He also told Krum if you had been killed with Crouch last night it would all be his fault." Teddy added. He then nodded his head down to the end of the table Harry looked to Hermione sitting there picking at her food. "She told Krum he has no right saying who she can or can't talk to or be around."

"She also told him to stay away from her." Rigel said. "Her and Cody have been talking a lot lately, I wouldn't be surprised if they got back together."

"I hope they do." Harry said. "Cody would be happier if they did."

Later that day Harry found out Cody had a week of detention over fighting with Krum and had almost gotten banned from watching the third task, but Dumbledore stepped in and said since his younger brother was in it, Cody had every right to be there. That of course didn't make Karkaroff happy, he was all for Cody being kicked out of school.

The month dragged too slow for Harry, he just wanted June to get here so the tournament would be over. One Friday Jesse had come up to him and told him, that he wouldn't be going to class on Monday neither would Ginny, they had to be in court Monday morning at eight o'clock and would probably be gone most the day. So they had been excess from all classes. Something Harry was glad about, he could sleep all weekend and do his pile of homework when they got back from the Ministry on Monday. And that's just what he did too and Ginny who had been worried about how tired Harry looked lately didn't even bother trying to wake him, and made Rigel and Teddy both leave him alone. It was a Hogsmeade weekend and he wasn't allowed to go anyway.

Since Harry slept all weekend he had no trouble getting up early Monday morning. Jesse had taken a trip home Sunday and brought Harry what he said was the most decent thing Harry had to wear. Which was a pair of dark blue jeans and a dark blue dress shirt. He made his way downstairs only to see Ginny was already up and dress. She looked beautiful in a blue jean skirt, white blouse and black dress shoes. (Ginny never wore high heels) she had her hair pulled back in a ponytail and wore the sapphire earrings Harry had given her for Christmas.

"Ready?" She asked. Harry nodded and Ginny took his hand and they made their way out of the common room and up to Dumbeldore's office, where him, Sirius, Jesse and Ginny used Dumbledore's fireplace to flew to the Ministry.

"Remember, Harry, no matter what. Skeeter says..." Jesse started, as he helped Harry up.

"Don't lose my temper." Harry said, turning and helping Ginny up. They both dusted their selves off, then held hands as they followed Jesse and Sirius over to the security desk. Harry hadn't been to the Ministry since he was about six years old and his dad brought him with him when he had to pick something up he had forgotten in his office. And by the way Ginny was looking around, he could tell she's never been here at all.

"Hello, Jesse, Sirius." The security guard greeted. "What can I do for you?"

"We're escorting two visitors." Sirius told him, and pointed at Harry and Ginny. "Oh, yes I heard about that. Ms. Weasley's family is already here. Came with Arthur to work this morning." His eyes flickered to Harry's forehead, he pushed his bangs down over his scar.

"Eric, can we get on with it?" Jesse demanded. "Before these two are late for court."

"Yes, of course." Eric said. "Step over here please." Harry and Ginny walked up closer to him, and he held up this long golden rod, thin flexible as a car aerial, and passed it up and down Harry's front and back, then Harry glared at the wizard as he did the same to Ginny.

"Wands," grunted the security wizard, putting down the instrument and holding out his hand. Harry and Ginny both handed him their wands. He dropped Harry's onto this strange brass instrument, which looked like a set of scales with only one dish. It began to vibrate. A narrow strip of parchment came speeding out of the slit in the bass. The wizard tore this off and read the writing upon it.

"Eleven inches, phoenix-feather core, been in use four years. That correct."

"Yep," Harry answered, wondering what the point in all that was.

"I keep this." The wizard said, impaling the slip of parchment on a small brass spike. "You get this back," he added, thrusting Harry his wand, his eyes once again going to Harry's forehead. Sirius cleared his throat and he turned away and dropped Ginny's wand onto the brass instrument. It did the same as with Harry's.

"Ten and a half inches, Pegasus feather core, been in use four years. That right?"

"Yes." Ginny answered. The wizard then kept the slip and thrust Ginny her wand back. And looked back at Harry and his eyes once again flickered to his forehead.

"That'll be all, Eric." Jesse said, firmly and gasping Harry by the shoulder, he steered him away from the desk and back toward the lifts. Where, they, Ginny and Jesse had to squeeze on. Most of them greeted either Jesse or Sirius or even both of them and one by one they got off on different floors only to be replaced by more. Harry made sure his bangs hide his scar and tried to hide behind Ginny best he could, but people spotted him anyway.

When they stopped on Level four. A very pretty girl a year or two younger than Jesse; with golden blonde hair and light green eyes, she wasn't wearing robes, but a long colorful skirt and light blue blouse, along with flip-flops, she stepped onto the lift, smiled at Sirius and said hello, but beamed when she saw Jesse standing next to him.

"Hello, Jesse." She said and Harry could swear her eyes lit up. "You haven't been around lately, thought maybe you quite."

"Hello, Frona." Jesse said. "I was one of the Aurors pointed to work at Hogwarts for the Triwizard thing." Frona nodded.

"Oh," She said, her eyes flickered over to Harry. And she gave him a smile. "You most be one of Jesse's little brothers. Which are you Harry or Cody?" Harry was taken back for a moment. Then realized the girl was trying to be nice, acting like she didn't know who he was. And was also a little surprised that Jesse talked about him and Cody at work.

"I'm Cody." He joked. "Nice to meet you." The girl laughed. Harry noticed her eyes seemed to sparkle when she laughed or smiled.

"Nice to meet you too, Cody." She said, before turning back to Jesse and started talking to him. And Harry noted while talking to her, Jesse seemed to smile more than usual. When she finally got off on Level two, with all the other people who was left, Harry pulled Sirius over to him by the arm.

"Who was that girl?" He demanded. Sirius glanced back to Jesse, to make sure he wasn't paying attention. He looked back at Harry and whispered.

"Frona Fearcraft. She works up on Level Four in the Spirits Divisions, her job is to keep track of all the hauntings and make sure the ghost doesn't get too nasty and are also being treated fairly, she can expel them from the places their haunting and stuff like that."

"Yeah, but what does she have to do with Jesse?" Harry demanded.

"She has feelings for your brother." Sirius whispered. "She's even asked him out before, but he always turns her down. He won't admit it, but I know he likes her too." Harry frowned as Sirius turned back to Jesse and started talking.

"You think Cody knows about her?" Ginny said. Harry shrugged.

"I'm going to find out." Harry said. "She seemed real nice, and would be good for Jesse. He needs a life of his own."

"Well, I guess we'll see that he gets one." Ginny said. "We'll talk to Cody, come up with a plan to get them two together. I liked her too, and she didn't even care who you were."

"I know, kinda felt good to be known as "Jesse's little brother.'" Harry said. "And not the-boy-who-lived."

"I bet it was." Ginny said and took Harry's hand.

"Department of Mysteries." Said a cool voice.

"Come on guys this is where we get off." Jesse said, and he and Sirius stepped aside to let Ginny and Harry off first. They all walked left, where there was an opening leading to a flight of steps.

"Down here, kiddies." Sirius said cheerfully. The reach the bottom of the stairs and down another corridor. Which Harry thought looked too much like Snape's dungeon's back at Hogwarts.

"It's in courtroom twelve." Jesse told them.

"There you guys are." Mrs. Weasley said, as they turned the corner and came walking up another long corridor. Harry saw her, Mr. Weasley and Bill, along with Ethan McPherson all standing outside a courtroom.

"We're not late are we?" Jesse asked, glancing down at his watch.

"No, it's still ten minutes until court time, but I think we should go on in." Ethan said. He opened the courtroom door and motioned for them all to go in before him.

It was a circle room, with light stone walls, lit by torches. There were about ten seats that could seat three people each, on both sides the room, there was a wooden gate that went around them. Empty benches rose on either side. But ahead in the highest benches of all, where shadowy figures whispering to one another. In front of them was two tables on either side of the room, on the other side of the wooden gate, one where Rita Skeeter, and two other people sat. Harry guessed it was her lawyer and whoever was here from the Daily Prophet. The table on the other side was empty and that was where Ethan led The Weasley parents, Sirius, and Jesse, they walked through a little door, to set at the table, while Harry, Ginny and Bill sat down behind them on the other side. Ethan turned around to address Harry and Ginny.

"What will happen is. They'll ask a few questions, might even call a few of you up to the stand and then decided on rather or not we win the case. We've already went through a few of them, this is the last court date, so you two had to be here."

"Okay," Harry said, suddenly feeling a little nervous. Ginny slipped her finger through his.

"No need to be so nervous." Ginny whispered. "It's not like they'll lock us up if we lose the case." Harry nodded, Ginny's words calming him down a little.

"Alright." A voice said. "It's time." Sirius, Jesse, The Weasley parents and Ethan stood up. Bill then stood and told Harry and Ginny to do the same thing. Harry looked to see the shadowy figures were wizards in gray robes. The one in the middle wore a solid black robe.

"I am Judge Sam Henry." He said. "Now I believe that. Mr. Jesse Potter and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wealsey are suing both Ms. Rita Skeeter and the Daily Prophet for Defamation of Character, stalking, harassment, and emotional distress, and have already been granted a Restraining Order by Judge Mary White, am I right?"

"Yes, sir." Ethan said. The judge nodded and took off his glasses.

"Now I have given a copy of each Daily Prophet where, Mr. Potter and Ms. Weasley are mentioned." Judge Henry said. "And you're telling me that none of what she said was true."

"Yes, sir." Ethan said. The Judge nodded.

"You do realize, Mr. McPherson, that charges such as these are hard to prove." Judge Henry Asked. "But I have read your other cases about this and you have been good at convincing the other Judges, so I will hear you all out and then me and then the Wizengamot will vote on rather or not they believe you. And rather or not you will be rewarded."

"Yes, sir." Ethan said. The Judge turned to Skeeters lawyer.

"Mr. Blackstone, I'm aware that Ms. Skeeter is also in trouble for illegal animgus transformation, and is going to court over that as well."

"Yes, sir.." Blackstone said. "There have been charges brought up against her, but might I point out she hasn't been found guilty yet."

"I see." Judge Henry said, putting his glasses back on. "Well, let's get on with this case."

Ethan had been right about what they would do, he talked for about five minutes, then one by one the other were called up to the stand to give their version of things, Jesse, and Sirius took the stand; to be what they called a character witness for Harry. They explained the type of person Harry was and about the pains he's been having in his scar. And what really happened at the Yule Ball. Bill, and Ginny's parents took the stand to tell their version of what kind of girl Ginny was. After that, Ginny went up and explain how Harry was only her second boyfriend, and her and Seamus barely even kissed each other, and what Skeeter wrote was all lies. And how she felt about knowing Skeeter had followed them around as a bug, and stretched the truth out about what really happened.

When it was Harry's turn the Judge wanted to know all about Harry's scar and how it hurt and about Harry having seizures, he admitted that he did have two this school year, but he wasn't unstable and the other things Skeeter had written wasn't true. When he had first took the stand he Harry had been surprised to see Frona Fearcraft sitting on their side in the back of the court room, when he had looked at her she had gave him a smile and a wave.

When Skeeter took the stand she swore that to her knowledges everything she wrote had been true, that other students had giving her the information in interviews. And that she saw Harry and Ginny with her own eyes going into the bushes during the Yule Ball. Which they had already admitted to doing, but because they thought they had heard someone.

After about two hours, the Judge called a recess while the Wizgenamot talked over things. While they went into a chamber off to the side Ethan turned around to Ginny and Harry.

"Don't worry you guys did good." He said. "I'm pretty sure we're going to win."

"If you don't, it's because they're all a bunch of idiots." Sirius said. Harry grinned at him.

"Wish they would hurry and decided something." Ginny said. "I'm getting hungry."

After about an hour the Wizgeamot came piling back in and sat down around the Judge, after everyone got silent the judge asked.

"Alright, Madam Bones, have you decided?"

"We have your honor." A women sitting to the judge's right said.

"Well, what is it?" The judge said.

"Well, on the charge of stalking, we found Rita Skeeter not guilty. Do to lack of evidence." Madam Bones said.

"Very well." The judge said, making something on a piece of parchment. "Next charge."

"On the charge of defamation of character, we found Rita Skeeter guilty." Madam Bones announced. "And on the charge of harassment, we find Rita Skeeter guilty. On the charge of emotional distress we find Rita Skeeter guilty on that also."

"Alright, what about the charges against the daily Prophet?" Judge Henry asked.

"We found the Daily Prophet guilty on everything, but harassment and stalking, since they only printed the stories and didn't actually do any of the harassing." Madam Bones explain.

"Thank you, Madam Bones." The judge said. He sat his quill down and took off his glasses and addressed Skeeter.

"Ms. Skeeter let this be a lesson to you. You can't go around harassing the witches and wizards for a good story." Judge Henry said. "This is young children you printed such thing about. Rather or not any of it was true or lies or even truth starched a bit to make a better story; I do not know nor do I care. You had no right to make a story out of it. It's no one business rather or not these kids did anything in the bushes. I for one like to think they didn't. Being only fourteen and having a daughter of my own that was once fourteen; I like to think fourteen year olds don't do more than kissing and holding, as I seen them as being children. If they did do more or not isn't the point, the point is why does the wizard world need to know about it? Or about Mr. Potter's scar hurting, it's not their scar, so why should they care?" he took a breath. "Rather or not you're telling the truth about believing the stories I do not care either, if you did get the tales from a bunch of teenage Hogwarts student why would you believe them. Kids tale tall tales all the time. They never get printed in a paper."

The judge turned from Skeeter and to the worker from the Daily Prophet. "All I have to say to you is, I hope you think about what stories you print in your paper from now on, and not print anything such as the stories that were printing about Mr. Potter and Ms. Weasley. I hope to never have to be a judge in a lawsuit against either of you again. Because I hope you learned your lesson this time." The judge sat up and put his glasses back on and picked up his quill and looked down at the piece of parchment.

"Now, I believe both Mr. Potter and Mrs. Weasley should be awarded 20,000 galleons a piece by Rita Skeeter and 50,000 from the daily prophet, brining that up to a grand total of 70,000 for Mr. Potter and 70,000 galleons for Ms. Wesaley. To be paid in full by no later than June 31 of this year." the judge took his glasses back off. "And Ms. Skeeter the Restraining order still stands. After you leave here you are not allowed with in five hundred feet of any Weasley or Potter." He picked up the javelin and slammed it down. "That is all, and have a good day." he got up and walked off to the side chamber and Harry sat there stunned.

"We won." Ginny grinned.

"Let's all go out to eat before returning to Hogwarts." Sirius said, grinning like mad. "My treat."

Ginny grabbed Harry's hand and pulled him to his feet and as they were walking toward the door Frona Fearcraft walked up to Jesse and smiled.

"I'm glad somebody finally had the guts to put Skeeter and Prophet in their place." Frona grinned

"Thanks, Frona." Jesse said. Harry looked between the two, then went and whispered something in Sirius ear, grinning, Sirius turned to Frona and threw his arm around her shoulder.

"Hey, Fronie, why don't you come with us?" Sirius asked. "I'm paying." Frona looked around at everyone. Then her eyes fall on Jesse.

"Okay, if nobody minds." Frona said.

"We don't." Harry said. Jesse raised his eyebrow at him.

"Of course not." Ginny said. "Harry and I would like to hear all about how it is to work with ghost." Harry nodded as Frona looked surrised. They both led her out the door asking all kinds of question.

Jesse turned to Sirius. "Why do I have the feeling they are up to something?"

A.N. Hope I did good with the Crouch thing, I didn't want it to be just like the book so I did it a little different and with the court case, I didn't really know how the wizard world would go about suing someone, so I made stuff up, and I didn't think they would go to the same courtroom Harry does in the next book. I just hope I did a good job. The next chapter will be the Third Task.