Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Psh I wish I did. So yea, Twilight is to Meyer as Harry Potter is to Rowling.

AN: Luna's dress is the one Evanna Lynch wore at the Harry Potter European Premiere if people like visuals.

Oh and someone told me that the story is moving too fast and losing its plot but I figured the plot was what was in the Potter books with the turmoil of the Cullens being mixed in. I also thought that if I moved slower, it would be redundant and people would be quicker in losing interest in the story because they already know what happened because of the books. I'm happy that someone addressed it with me though. Sorry if it was causing trouble for you guys!

As you will see in this chapter, I found a way to integrate both Neville and Dobby into the role of helping Harry. The only reason I did this was because Dobby is still serving the Malfoys, 'memba?

Chapter 16: Realization

Harry stuffed his hands into his pockets as he gave himself one more look over. He nodded, pleased, before ruffling his hair and grimacing when he thought about how much of an unruly mess it was. He shrugged. "Whatever. Girls like it anyway." He looked back when he saw Ron walk in, fixing his bow.

"Talking to yourself again, Harry?" He asked. Harry laughed at the redhead. Draco had found Padma Patil for Ron, who was more than excited to be going with him. "Thanks again for lending me your dress robes, Harry. I promise there won't be any juice stains on it or anything."

Harry grinned. "I told you already, Ron. Keep it. With Alice as my sister, I'm bound to have a new set in…oh…five seconds?"

He chuckled in response. "Really, Harry. Thanks."

He nodded and patted Ron's back. "Try not to be all upset once you see her with Viktor. You don't want to ruin Padma's night."

Ron rolled his eyes. "Do you think I'm that insensitive? Trust me, growing up with Esme and Narcissa has taught me a thing or two about how to treat pretty ladies." The two laughed with each other before settling and checking the time. Ron didn't have to worry about picking Padma up because she was getting ready with her sister in the Gryffindor tower. "You should go, Harry. Luna's probably waiting."

"Well, you know Luna," he joked. "She's probably busying herself by looking for those crazy creatures she's always talking about."

"Go on!"

"I'll see you down there!"

Harry quickly made his way out of the dorms, making sure that he wasn't going fast enough to break a sweat. He walked through many corridors and climbed down many staircases until he finally reached the Ravenclaw house. Luckily for him, Severus was passing by. The raven-haired boy grinned as he looked at his professor. "Hey, Sev!"

"No," the potions master said as he continued walking.

"Oh come on, Severus! Just one word! Just a little hint?!"

"Try not to overdo yourself in showing off tonight, Cullen."

Harry rolled his eyes as Severus disappeared around the corner. "Greasy git," he muttered before he turned and dread filled him. Of course. He had forgotten that he had to solve a riddle. Just as he stepped forward for the question, the entrance was opened and giggling girls came to a stop before him. "Oh! Uhm, sorry. I was just wondering if-"

"Hi, Harry," one of the girls said slyly. Harry immediately recognized her as Cho Chang. She was probably one her way to meet Cedric in front of the Great Hall.

"Hey, Cho, you haven't seen Luna have you?"

"We have," one of the other girls giggled. "Luna! Harry's here!"

They parted to let Luna through. Harry glanced at all of them in confusion before his eyes set on his date. His eyes widened and he choked on the air he was breathing. "L-Luna?!"

She grinned and held her hand out to him. "Hello, Harry. I really do like this dress Alice got for me. Thank her for me?" She was wearing a floor length, blue dress that had a decent cut and, to Harry, fit her curves perfectly. He took her hand and kissed it softly, ignoring the girlish shrieks behind them.

"You look quite beautiful, Lovely Lady Luna," he said softly. "I do believe this is one of the rare times that I've seen your hair down."

She smiled at him. "I hope it doesn't look to casual," she said as she tucked a few strands behind her ear.

He shook his head and led her away from the nosy girls. "You look wonderful," he told her.

"And you're looking quite handsome yourself, Sir Harry," she grinned, hooking her arm with his as her excitement grew. "I hope you're a good dancer, Harry. We have to look our best for the opening dance!"

"Yea," he smiled. "Wait, what opening dance?"

Luna looked up at him with a smile. "Surely Professor McGonagall told you that the Champions are the first to dance."

"No she didn't."

"Oh… Well now you know! So are you a good dancer?"

He grinned at her and kissed her cheek. "Trust me, Luna. I don't like to brag…but I'm a fabulous dancer."

~*~

Luna laughed as Harry took her by the waist and spun her off the dance floor and towards their table. "I must agree, Harry," she started, "Your dancing is quite fabulous, just as you said."

"Why thank you, Lady Luna," he said, bowing as he held her seat out. "Did you see Padma? She was so happy to be here with Ron."

Luna nodded. "She's thought he was cute for ages. She was a bit hesitant when Draco came up to her for Ronald but she figured it didn't matter!"

Harry smiled. "Ron seems to be enjoying himself, considering."

"Hermione does look awfully pretty tonight."

"Doesn't she?" he asked as they looked over at Hermione who was happily dancing away with Viktor. Ron and Padma were laughing as they stumbled clumsily around the dance floor. "He never was that graceful," he snorted.

"Neither was Padma," Luna giggled. "She curses Parvati for being a decent dancer."

The pair waved at Draco as he walked over with Daphne. "How's the start of your night?" he asked.

"Lovely," Luna told him with a dreamy voice. "And yours? You're lucky Daphne said yes to you."

"Oh and why's that?" Draco asked with a teasing tone in his voice. "Are there little creatures in my hair today?"

Luna frowned. "Obviously not, Draco. It's only because you have such high standards that girls get rather annoyed with." Daphne covered her mouth as she began laughing loudly. Harry dropped his head into his arms as he tried to smother his laughter.

"Very funny, Luna," he muttered as he sat down with his date. Suddenly, the four teens were blinded by a bright flash that went off before them. "What the bloody hell?!"

"Watch that tongue, Draco Malfoy," a voice warned.

He groaned. "Mother, please go away."

She ignored him and walked towards her son's date. "Daphne darling! You look amazing tonight. I don't know why Draco doesn't want to show you off with the pictures he could have." She blushed and thanked Narcissa.

"Maybe it's because of the blinding light required to take them," he sneered.

Harry smiled as the mother and son began to bicker before he turned back to Luna. "Are you thirsty?" he asked.

She shrugged in response. "Just a bit."

"Would you like to go get some punch with me?" She smiled and stood with him. The two walked over to the punch table, not noticing Esme who was creeping up on them slowly. As they turned to fill each other's cups up, Esme raised her camera and took a picture of them. She had turned off the flash, but like Narcissa was using a magical camera that would take in the movements of the scene. She smirked before walking away in satisfaction.

Success was hers.

~*~

Ron sat down with Padma and placed her drink in front of her. "Thanks for coming with me again, Padma."

She shook her head. "Really Ron, I'm happy to be here with you." She grinned at him. "You've been thanking me since we left the dorm. I think I understand the gratitude."

He blushed and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Okay, I'll stop," he joked. She laughed at him before her eyes trailed to the dance floor. She glanced at him and sighed. "Hermione looks wonderful tonight." Ron's head snapped up and he saw Padma smiling kindly at him. He frowned in exasperation.

"Did everyone know before I did?"

She shrugged with a grin. "Pretty much."

"Then why did you agree to come to the ball with me?"

She smiled softly at him. "I'm a hopeless romantic that wanted to help you get her jealous… and you were always one of the cuter looking lads," she laughed as she leaned forward and pinched his cheek.

He chuckled with her and took her hand. "You're a real good friend, Padma. Too bad you're wasting your time with me. It's obviously not working." He pointed to Hermione who was still dancing with Viktor.

She patted his shoulder. "Well then let's make it work." She gulped down the rest of her punch before pulling him back up to his feet. "Come on! We're the worst dancers out there, but that doesn't mean we aren't having fun!"

Meanwhile, Luna was humming to the song as Harry guided her around. The two smiled as Ginny and Neville passed by them and swayed gracefully to the music. "Can we rest now, Harry?" She asked politely.

"Of course," he told her. They walked back to their table just in time to see Padma and Ron leaving to dance again. He waved to them as they passed before sitting down with Luna. "I must say, the ball is much more fun than I thought it would be."

She nodded. "Me too, Esme did a beautiful job with the decorations."

"She's pleased to hear you say that," he said, pointing to his mother who was covering her cheeks as if hiding a blush. Their view of Esme was obscured once Cedric Diggory stepped in front of them. The two fourth years looked up at him questioningly. Cedric grinned and leaned down.

"Sorry, Harry, but I just wanted to ask if you figured your egg out yet."

He nodded. "Yea, I did. Have you?"

The surprise on Cedric's face didn't go unnoticed but they chose to ignore it as pride filled the 7th year's eyes. "Yea, I have too. I wanted to come tell you how for you know… telling me about the dragons."

Harry shrugged. "You didn't have to do that, Ced."

"I know, I know, but don't you worry. I'll find a way to repay you, Harry." He waved slightly before turning and going back to Cho.

"He's one of the nicer boys, isn't he?" Luna commented.

"Boys can be very nice," Harry defended. He shrunk back at the look Luna gave him. "Yes he's one of the nicer ones."

She gave him a cheeky smile and laughed. "Like you!"

Edward alternated his fingers quickly on the piano to produce a perfect trill that echoed in Harry's room. He looked at the picture on Harry's piano. Esme had framed a picture of Harry twirling Luna off the dance floor and placed it in his room. Two months had passed since the Yule Ball but Esme still couldn't stop talking about how handsome he looked that night.

Tomorrow would be Harry's second task. After they watched him duke it out against a dragon, it was only safe to say that if they were all humans, they would have gone through a nervous breakdown by now.

Harry had written Edward a letter, telling him to guard the piano with his life and if anyone came to get it to 'eat them like you've never eaten anyone before.' According to the riddle Harry solved, they would be taking something that Harry truly loved so everyone in the Cullen house was on full alert. Harry assigned each of them something to watch over as he took care of the valuables that he took with him.

Edward, however, was left to watch everything since everyone was out. Jasper and Alice were hunting so that the vampire could control himself the next day. Esme and Carlisle were already at Hogwarts with Remus and Sirius to give Harry extra encouragement. Rose and Emmett were god knows where. Edward suspected that she took him out to buy Harry a gift for completing the Second Task.

If he completes the second task.

He shook the thought out of his head and frowned. Of course Harry would complete it. He was a Cullen, and Cullens had determination, bravery and were always victorious.

Edward's hands paused as his eyes trailed to look at the door. The sound of fire called to his attention and he got up and quickly made his way to the living room. Albus was standing there, brushing the dust off his shoulder. "Headmaster," Edward greeted politely, bowing slightly.

"Ah, Edward!" Albus smiled. "Are your parents here? I must speak with them about something."

Edward shook his head. "No, sir. They left for Hogwarts about an hour ago. They must be in Sirius' quarters."

"Ah yes, of course. Silly of me to forget!" Albus chuckled. "Is anyone else here?"

"No, sir." A twinkle in the headmaster's eyes caused the vampire to step back wearily. "Albus?"

"Well then, this will make it much easier. No questions from the others. Come along, Edward."

"Where are we going sir?"

"To Hogwarts! Harry must have told you about the riddle the egg gave him," he said with a smile.

Edward shook his head in confusion. "Yes he did but…" Suddenly realization came over him and he gulped. 'This isn't good,' he thought to himself.

~*~

"This is useless," Harry sighed. He rested his head on the book and closed his eyes. "I might as well just give up now. There's no way I'm going to win tomorrow." Ron and Draco frowned as Hermione patted his back softly. They had searched the library that whole week and it remained fruitless. Harry was ready to stop and disqualify himself from the task.

"Come on, mate," Draco said firmly. "No giving up. You're a Cullen! And… a… Harry!"

"Well that was encouraging," Ron said sarcastically.

"GRANGER!" The four flinched in surprise and looked up at Professor Moody.

"Y-yes, sir?" She stuttered.

"Professor Dumbledore wants to speak to you," he turned to glare at the boys who were getting up with her, "and only you."

Harry, Ron and Draco looked at each other before slowly sinking back into their seats. Hermione gave them a sad smile. "Good luck, Harry," she said before leaving. Moody looked at them and huffed.

"Problem, Potter?"

"No, sir."

"Yes well, you should go rest now. The Second Task will be a handful. Longbottom!" They heard Neville squeal. "Come here and help the boys put the books away." Neville appeared and smiled at them when Moody walked away.

"Hey guys," He said sheepishly.

Ron groaned. "This sucks, now we really won't find anything."

"What were you guys looking for?"

"Something that will help me breathe under water for an hour," Harry sighed as he picked a book up and put it back into its place.

Neville's eyes lit up. "Well I don't know if you prefer charms or spells more, but I know a plant called gillyweed can do just that, Harry!"

They looked at him happily. "Really, Nev? Do you know where I can get gillyweed?"

The boy frowned. "Well that I don't know. It's not something that someone just carries around. You'd usually use it for potions or-"

"Severus!" The three boys shouted.

"Thanks, Nev! Wish me luck tomorrow!" Harry said as they ran out of the library.

Neville shook his head and put the few remaining books away. "More like wish him luck with Snape."

~*~

"Severus, please!" Harry begged. "I found out for myself…kind of… cant I just take it? You can say that I stole it!"

Severus glared at the boy. "Although I'd much prefer helping you, Harry, you know that I am not allowed to. If you had researched this much earlier than maybe you wouldn't be in such a problem as this right now. I suggest that you-"

"Bah! Bahaha! Mahahahah!" They all turned to Draco in shock and confusion. Ron started coughing along side him.

"Are you guys okay?" Harry asked.

Severus was glaring at them suspiciously.

"Sev," Draco said in a soft tone. Harry and Severus stared at the ridiculous boy as his voice fluctuated randomly. "Please just give us the gillyweed! We know you have it in your potions cupboard!"

Severus' eye twitched as he listened to his ridiculous godson. "Good night," he said stiffly before closing the door on them. Harry glared at the two before him. "Look what you did!"

Ron laughed as he patted Draco's back. "Indeed."

"Why were you coughing like that?!" Harry said as he started to walk away. A loud crack to his left caused him to gasp and fall over.

"So that Master Severus wouldn't here me, Harry Cullen!" Dobby laughed, holding up a jar of gillyweed.

Harry stared at it before grinning at his friends. "You guys…"

They shrugged and threw an around each other's shoulders. "Us guys," they laughed.

~*~

Harry stood next to Cedric, Carlisle and Esme behind him. His father had a hand on his shoulder and he was whispering encouraging words to his son. Harry was shaking slightly as he looked at the others. They seemed confident and ready. The fourth year felt like he was going to soil himself. "You can do this, Harry," Carlisle said. "Don't forget how proud we are of you."

Harry smiled. "Which stand is everyone in?" Carlisle pointed towards one to their right. When he squinted, he saw Alice and Rosalie holding up "CULLEN IS #1" signs and Emmett and Jasper waving Gryffindor flags. "Where's Edward?"

Esme frowned and stroked his hair. "Don't worry, son. He's just running late today."

"You're lying," Harry said knowingly.

She looked at Carlisle before sighing. "Your brothers and sisters haven't seen him since last night."

"Great," he groaned. "The one time I need all of you here and someone is missing. I needed him to tell me what…they… took." His eyes widened and he stared into the water. "Oh gods," he whispered. "Dad-"

"Welcome, welcome to the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament!" Dumbledore cheered as the crowd shouted in excitement. "Each champion must go to the bottom of the lake to retrieve something that has been taken from them. At the sound of my whistle they will have precisely an hour to recover what has been taken from them!"

Dumbledore nodded towards all of the champions and they waited for his signal. Harry quickly stuffed the gillyweed into his mouth and swallowed. He gripped his neck and began coughing. "Harry? Harry, son," he heard Carlisle say but the sound of the whistle cut his father off. He watched the others jump into the lake, but he was still on the stand, his eyes clenched and his fists gripping his shirt. Before they could do anything, he fell over into the water. The two vampires stared in horror. After they recovered from their shock, they turned to look at the headmaster.

"Albus!" Esme gasped. "Harry-" Just as his name was said the boy came rocketed out of the water and dove back in with a cry of happiness. Esme grinned as she laid a hand on Carlisle's chest. "Never mind! He's okay!"

Under the water, Harry was looked at the watch Hermione had waterproofed for him a while back. Only two minutes passed so he had plenty of time. He looked around wearily before swimming ahead. 'I'll find you, Edward,' he promised himself. He swam around, looking around in every direction to make sure there weren't any threatening creatures and to see if he could find his brother. After a few more minutes his eyes lit up when he saw four people floating next to each other, chained to a large tail-shaped stone. He made his way to Edward as quickly as he could, knowing that the mermaid was watching him closely. He looked at the other faces.

Cho Chang, a girl who looked a lot like Fleur and… and Hermione.

Harry looked distraught. He moved over to Hermione but another mermaid intercepted him and brought her triton up to his throat. "Only one!" Harry heard it hiss.

"She's my friend too," he pleaded. The mermaid shook his head and pushed him away. He sighed and held onto Edward's arm tightly.

If they weren't going to let him take the others, he was going to wait until the others came for them.

~*~

Those who were watching began to fidget nervously. The time was at its halfway point and no one had come up yet. Draco and Ron were still looking around the stands for Hermione. The Cullens were quiet. Alice was too distracted worrying about Harry and wherever Edward was to look at the future. Jasper had an arm around her while Emmett was holding Rosalie tightly.

"He'll be the first one out," Emmett whispered. "Just you watch."

Suddenly a head popped out of the water and they pulled Fleur Delacour out. Her schoolmates cheered until everyone saw the look of sadness on her face.

Dumbledore raised a wand to his throat and announced what had happened. "Fleur Delacour was attacked by the grindylows and has been taken out from this task." Dumbledore leaned towards her and Fleur's head fell into her hands. Those who were close enough could hear her scream "Gabrielle."

~*~

Harry looked at his watch and began to fidget. Where was everyone?

A happy smile came onto his face when he saw Cedric swimming towards him. He waved at the boy and Cedric waved back with a grin. He swam over to Cho, took his wand out, and freed her from her chains. He hooked his arm with hers and pulled his hand towards himself, telling Harry to come with him. Harry shook his head fervently and pushed his hand against the water, telling him to go on.

Cedric shook his head with a smile. He saluted the boy and swam up as fast as he could, holding his girlfriend.

Viktor came shortly after. Harry's eyes widened when he saw that he partially transformed himself into a shark. When the boy had trouble freeing Hermione, he finally broke the chain with his jaws and grabbed the end of it, pulling Hermione with him. Harry closed his eyes.

Now all he had to do was wait for Fleur.

Minutes passed. And more.

He looked at his watch. It was already ten minutes till the hour was over. He shook his head, knowing he couldn't wait anymore. With a quick look around, he quickly freed Edward before swimming to the other girl. When she was freed, he pulled her towards Edward, grabbed both of their arms, and began swimming upwards. He saw the merpeople coming up, screaming obscenities at him. He used all his strength to swim faster while pulling the two up with him. One mermaid caught his leg and pulled him downwards. Harry let out a guttural noise as he kicked the mermaid away and pushed the two further up. The merpeople grabbed his arms and tried dragging him down, but Harry knew he couldn't give up.

He felt himself weakening. The gillyweed's effect was ending. With one last final push he untangled himself from them, pushing them away, and swam up, grabbing Edward's and the girl's hand before dragging them up to the surface. As the air hit him, his gills disappeared and he took a deep breath. Edward awoke and looked around wildly while the girl next to him began coughing wildly.

He heard everyone cheering his name as they swam back to the stand. Edward pulled himself up before helping the other two onto the platform. Once Harry got a towel around him, Edward hugged him tightly. "I knew you could do it!" He said softly. "I'm so proud of you, kid! And flattered," he finished with a grin.

Harry smiled at him, shivering furiously. "But I'm last, Edward."

"No, I am," Fleur said. She got down next to him and kissed his cheek before throwing her arms around him. "Merci beaucoup… for saving my sister!" She said when a look of confusion came over Harry's face.

He nodded. "Yea, sure. It wasn't a problem."

"Gabrielle," Fleur said lovingly.

The girl smiled. "Thank you, 'Arry!" she said happily.

Edward rolled his eyes when they walked away. "Idiot child!" he laughed. "None of us were in real danger! You should have just rescued me and gotten us up here as quickly as you could."

"Gee, sorry for being chivalrous," Harry said sarcastically. "How was I supposed to know? They didn't tell us that!"

Edward laughed as he let Esme and Carlisle push him away to hug their son. "Oh Harry!" Esme exclaimed. "We're so proud of you, even though you came in third place! To rescue two people, including your brother!"

~*~

"Hey look!" Harry heard.

He turned when he saw George and Fred running towards him. He groaned and began sprinting down the hall but the two were much quicker.

"It's the boy with all that morale fiber!"

"Please stop," he moaned.

"Oh he's a jolly good fellow… with a lot of morale fiber!" They sang.

"Please leave me alone."

"You know, morale fiber is the best thing you can ever have."

"GO AWAY!"

A few minutes later, he had lost the twins. He found Ron sulking around and brought the boy along with him to the kitchens. His best friend still hadn't said a word and the silence was making Harry uncomfortable. "What's the matter with you?" He finally asked. Ron shrugged and looked away. "Oh come on, mate. You've been acting like this since yesterday." The redhead snorted and glared.

"I'm fine."

"Obviously not."

"Just leave it, Harry."

"Gods, you're annoying."

"I'm annoying?!" he exclaimed, outraged. "I'm not the annoying one! The annoying one is that stupid git Krum!" The boy blushed and looked as his feet as Harry reached out to tickle the pear.

"Oh," Harry laughed slowly. "Is that what this is about? Viktor-"

"Krum!"

"-rescued Hermione from the lake."

"He has no right!"

"He can't help who he likes, Ronald."

"Yes he can!" Ron grumbled. "Harry! You're the boy-who-lived. You have so many advantages that you don't take! Why don't you use one to make him go away?"

He rolled his eyes. "Really, Ron. Suck it up."

"He stole my woman!" Harry stared at him. "What?"

"She was never your woman."

"She would have been if that git didn't steal her!"

He sighed and patted Ron's head. "Poor chap."

"Quit it!"

"Don't worry, we'll get you a new chew toy and you'll stop worrying about that nasty Krum monster."

"Harry!"

A few months later

"KILL THE SPARE!"

Harry was shaken. It happened again.

Beads of sweat were trailing down his forehead.

His scar was stinging.

He looked around wildly as he tried to even out his breathing. His hands trailed up the sides of his face before they gripped his hair. "What's going on?" he whispered to himself. When he closed his eyes…all he could see what the graveyard. "Ron," he said, his voice raspy. "Ron," he called louder. The redhead sat up with a snort and looked around. "Ron… something… something bad is going to happen, I know it. We have to tell someone, Ron. We got to go to Albus and-"

"Woah, woah," Ron muttered, getting out of his bed and sitting next to Harry. "What's the matter with you?"

"Ron I had a dream and I just know that… I know something bad is going to happen. It's all I've been seeing. We have to stop it before something happens."

"Harry," his friend said softly. "It's just a dream. Calm down, mate."

"No, Ron," he told him, a desperate tone in his voice. "It isn't just a dream. We have to do something!"

"Harry, you need to calm down!" He said firmly.

Harry looked up and looked at the redhead. After a moment of silence, he nodded his head. "Yea, I just… I need to calm down."

Ron suddenly looked hesitant. "Harry maybe you should see Albus."

"No, Ron. You're right. I- I just think the disappearance of Crouch got to me, and the maze… Gods the maze." He pushed the covers off. "Ron, after Crouch disappeared I stayed in Albus' office for a while. I saw a… I saw a pensive and when I looked in…"

He looked at his friend.

"Crouch had a son who was a death eater. He was one of those who were at fault for Neville's parents," he whispered. "And Crouch Jr.… he's been in these dreams that I've been having, Ron. I don't understand what's going on anymore."

Ron looked down as he saw Harry's head drop and disappear in his arms.

"Something bad is coming, I know it," he heard his friend say.

~*~

Harry looked around nervously before turning back to his breakfast. He pushed his eggs around and watched the yolk leak from it. The bacon was lying on the edge of the plate while the edge of his toast was turning yellow from the yolk. "You have to eat," Hermione nearly begged. "You have to be ready for tonight."

"I'll just puke it all out anyway," he groaned.

"Just try, okay mate?" Ron said. Harry nodded as he picked at his egg and raised it up to his mouth. He showed them that there was something on the fork before putting it in his mouth and letting out a sarcastic 'yum.'

"Good boy," Hermione grinned. "Now eat your vegetables."

"Yes, mother," he grumbled.

"What'd you call me?" she snapped.

"He called you 'mother' Hermione. Stop hen-pecking him," Ron said as he rolled his eyes.

"If I weren't here to discipline him, then he'd be easily influenced by you and become a slacker."

"It's not slacking. It's relaxing a bit and having fun! Not everyone has a stick up their-"

"How dare you, Ronald Weasley!"

"You'd think they were dating," Ginny said loud enough for them to stop and everyone to laugh. Hermione blushed while Ron glared at his sister. Harry felt a fraction of his tension disappear and he smiled thankfully at Ginny. The girl winked at him and kicked her brother under the table.

"Ow! Ginny, what?!" She gave him a look telling him to say something to Hermione. Ron cleared his throat and turned to her.

"Uh, Hermione…" he started.

She looked at him and nodded.

"I… never mind," he said and turned back to his food. Hermione frowned in confusion while Ginny smacked her forehead in exasperation.

"Fool," she muttered. Everyone turned back to their own business except for Harry. The emerald eyes looked shocked when his brothers came in. A smile came onto his face and he got up and ran to them.

"Hey guys!" He said happily. "You're really early!" His voice was echoing around the Hall.

"We know, kid," Emmett grinned. "We just wanted to see the champion a bit earlier."

Jasper nodded. "The others will come afterwards. We just wanted some brother bonding time before you throw yourself to a questionable death."

Emmett and Edward frowned while Harry scratched his forehead. "Thanks, Jasper…I guess." The blond vampire shrugged and looked away, crossing his arms.

Edward cleared his throat noisily. All the students were leaning in. The brothers weren't talking very quietly and of course, they were rather curious about the Cullen Family. "Anyway," Edward started. "Father told us that you've been having nightmares? Something about a graveyard?"

Harry looked around. "Uh, yea. Wanna quiet down a bit, Edward?"

"He's not talking loud!" Emmett nearly shouted with a barking laughter. Harry flinched as his nervousness grew. "So, any faces in the dreams? You said your scar started hurting right?"

Harry looked straight into Edward's eyes. The vampire nodded. "We got him," he whispered.

"Harry, just calm down," Carlisle said worriedly. Just a few minutes ago, Albus had flooed him, telling him that Ronald brought Harry to his office. Once he stepped through with Esme and the children, they found a distraught Harry shaking on the couch. "Albus, do you know why these dreams are coming to him? His scar couldn't possibly be hurting. The Dark Lord was defeated."

"I may have an answer, Headmaster."

Severus closed the door behind him.

"Severus?" Albus asked. The man pulled his sleeve up and revealed that his dark mark was growing stronger and darker. "Severus," Albus murmured in horror.

"I flooed Lucius," he said stiffly. "It's happening to him as well. If Harry's scar is hurting him and the dark marks are coming back, without a doubt he's getting stronger again."

"Why didn't he inform us of this before? He's one of the must trusted-"

"Not anymore," Severus responded. "They're beginning to doubt him just as much as they doubt me. You should remember headmaster. Lucius nearly lost his mind when he saw Draco writing in Riddle's diary. He gave it to Knott as fast as he could."

"Forget all of that," Emmett said, crossing his arms. "The bigger problem is that someone's trying to raise Moldy Shorts, aren't they?

The old headmaster sat down with a sad sigh. "The question is who?"

"Sir," Severus said. "I may have an answer to that as well."

"What is it, Severus?" Rosalie asked as she sat down and held Harry close to her.

He let out a deep breath. "Since the start of this year, ingredients from my stockroom have been disappearing, all that are associated with polyjuice potion. I don't think it is any coincidence that your precious Alastor Moody takes a flask out of his jacket every hour and takes a quick gulp from it."

The all looked at the potions master. "I knew there was something wrong with him!" Harry exclaimed. Ron nodded in agreement from his seat on the other side of the room.

"The man showed us Unforgivables in class," he said.

"Surely, you jest," Albus said in shock.

Ron shook his head. "All of us were too shocked and scared to say anything to anyone else. Neville and Harry…" He looked at his friend, apologizing. "They nearly fainted from the demonstration, sir.

Alice raised her hand as he eyes glazed over. "Oh," she sighed. "This will be easier than running a mile in half a second."

Edward looked up and nodded to Albus. The headmaster stood and pointed a wand at Moody. "Severus," he called. The potions master stood and took a vial of a water-looking potion out of his pocket. A smirk came onto his face as Emmett and Jasper quickly made their way up to him and took him by the arms. The students rose in shock and watched the two large vampires pull the protesting man out of the Great Hall.

"I hate to say this," Severus told Harry as he passed him. "But I feel ridiculously sadistic right now."

"Get the Champions, Harry," Edward told him. "Moody won't stop thinking about the maze and the cup. You're not the only one in danger." Harry nodded and walked up to the Professor's table. He stood in front of Igor Karkaroff and Madame Maxine. He leaned in and whispered a few words to them. They nodded and went to collect Viktor and Fleur. Harry turned and walked down to the Hufflepuff table.

"Harry, what's going on?" Cedric asked.

"Just come on, Ced. It's important!"