Chapter eleven

Harry, Megan, Hermione, Ron, Neville, Ginny, Susan and Hannah walked back to Hogwarts together. They were all excited, the champions were going to be selected after dinner.

Harry sat with Megan at the Hufflepuff table, just for a few minutes. He knew he had to sit at the Gryffindor table tonight. All students could sit at any of the tables, except for the welcoming feast, the leaving feast and any other special occasion. The champion's selection was a special occasion.

Harry gave his girlfriend a kiss then joined his friends, 'So when did you and Harry get together?' Susan asked.

'Near the end of the school year. I came up on him one day, he was really upset, about his godfather. How he was innocent yet no one would believe him. Anyway, we got talking, I told him about my parent's, and he just seemed to open up to me. A couple of weeks later we realised we had feelings for each other.'

'You're going to have a lot of girls angry at you. He is the-boy-who-lived,' Hannah said.

'He hates that, he really does. But I don't need to worry about other girls. Harry is very noble and faithful.'

A few Gryffindor's were asking Harry about Megan. He went with the same story that Megan had just told her friends.

Once everyone had eaten they kept glancing at the staff table waiting for Dumbledore.

One by one the champions were selected. Viktor Krum was selected first. Fleur Delacour next, then Cedric Diggory. So even though Gryffindor's were upset that Angelina wasn't picked, most thought Cedric was a nice bloke. Harry didn't breathe again until the goblet of fire went out. He looked at Megan who also seemed to sag in relief.

Harry waiting until everyone was asleep before he called Dobby to pop him into the room of requirement, then go get Megan.

The moment Megan appeared she jumped into Harry's arms, 'You're safe.'

'I am, it might have taken a lot of plans, but we pulled it off. Now I hope our last lot of plans are being finalised now or have been.'

'They turned up to get the rat love, so I'm sure they got Voldemort. It's not like he could fight back.'

'I know, pessimist, remember.'

Megan smirked then pulled Harry over to the bed. They stripped off then climbed under the covers. Even though they knew they would make love, they wanted to just be able to hold each other as they drifted off to sleep. That was what they missed the most when they returned to their fourteen year old bodies.

Harry got up early and headed to the Hufflepuff rooms, 'Congratulations Cedric.'

'Thanks Harry. I was surprised but I'm pleased as well.'

'You'll do good, and we'll all be cheering you on. Did you happen to see my girlfriend before you left the common room?'

'Yes, she was being bombarded with questions from all the other girls.'

Harry groaned making Cedric laugh, 'That's the reason we delayed telling anyone. I didn't want to put Meg's under the spotlight.'

'She seems to be handling it. Do you want me to tell her you're here?'

'No, I'll wait, she knows I'm picking her up so we can have breakfast together.'

'Okay then, I'll see you later.'

Harry nodded then leant against the wall. Other Hufflepuff's come out, they stared at Harry, some smiled, all Harry did was nod back. It was ten more minutes before Megan stepped out with Susan and Hannah. Harry instantly wrapped his arms around Megan and kissed her. Susan and Hannah giggled but they walked off leaving the couple alone.

'Let's get down to breakfast. I want to be there before the owls arrive.'

'I know you're excited love, but you might just need a bit more patience.'

'A lot more patience, but I've never had a lot.'

Harry and Megan kept holding hands as they walked into the great hall. Harry had already told his friends he would be sitting with Megan for breakfast, so he gave them a wave before he sat beside his girlfriend.

'So did any of the Gryffindor's enter Harry?' Hannah asked.

'Angelina Johnson. The twins were going to try and find a way, but they realised it would be impossible to get past anything Dumbledore did to protect the goblet. Angelina's disappointed but she is happy it's Cedric and not that big Slytherin bloke who entered.'

'Speaking of Slytherin's, have any of you notice that Malfoy isn't at breakfast? I also noticed he wasn't at the Slytherin table when the champions were selected,' Susan said.

All eyes turned to the Slytherin table, 'I try not to think about the pounce, but now that you mentioned it, I haven't seen him since yesterday morning. He was walking in front of Megan and I with Astoria Greengrass and his two body guards as we headed down to Hogsmeade,' Harry said.

'The two body guards are there and both of them look upset,' Hannah said.

'Malfoy's probably sulking that he couldn't enter the tournament. I mean really, we're fourteen, hardly able to keep up against older students and dangerous tasks,' Harry said.

'If it was open to all ages, would you have entered Harry?' Susan asked.

'No, I don't need the money, and I get enough attention now, I don't need more and I've had enough dangerous things happened to me over the last three years. I want a nice, quiet, and danger free year.'

'We're hoping for a miracle,' Megan said, 'Here comes Hedwig.'

Harry looked up then held out his arm. His beautiful owl landed on it then held out her leg. Megan took the Daily Prophet while Harry feed the owl some bacon.

'Harry, he's free,' Megan said excitedly then shoved the paper towards him.

'Thank merlin,' Harry began reading, 'They got Peter, who was questioned using veritaserum. He confessed to killing the muggles and being a death eater. He also confessed to giving Voldemort permission to get in my home.'

'Are you talking about your godfather Harry?' Susan asked.

'Yes, we knew he was innocent, but Fudge just refused to believe us. I nearly left with him, left the country as well. But Megan talked some sense into me. We were going to keep working on trying to clear Sirius and just hoped we found something to help him. It seems the aurors got a letter that there was a dangerous murderer at a graveyard, they found Peter Pettigrew stunned and bound.'

'If this Peter was the one to betray your parent's, then why didn't that information come out during your godfather's trial?' Hannah asked.

'He never got a trial, just thrown in Azkaban. Bartemius Crouch and Minister Bagnold decided since his family were dark then he must be, no matter who his best friend was. Okay, Sirius' brother and two of his cousins are death eaters, but Sirius ran away from home at sixteen to get away from his family, who were all dark.'

'Where did he go?' Hannah asked.

'To my dad's place, my grandparent's loved Sirius so they allowed him to live there until he got a job and could afford his own place. Sirius' uncle, who wasn't dark, left him some money so he got a flat. But like Sirius said, he hardly used it since he spent all his time with me and my parent's,' Harry turned towards the Gryffindor table and pointed at the paper. They all smiled and nodded.

'Um, Mr Potter.'

Harry turned to see a first year Ravenclaw, 'It's Harry, what can I do for you?'

'I was asked to give you this,' she held out a folded piece of parchment.

'Thank you,' Harry gave her a smile then unfolded the note, 'Dumbledore wants to see me right after breakfast.'

'Probably about Sirius,' Megan said.

'Probably.'

'You don't seem nervous about going up to Dumbledore's office,' Hannah said.

'Been up there a few times. Now I just sit, take one of the lollies he offers then speak to Fawkes before I find out what he wants.'

'He offers you lollies?' Susan asked sounding amused.

'Yeah, he's addicted to muggle lollies, always has a bowl of them on his desk.'

'What's Fawkes like?' Hannah asked.

'He's magnificent. You can't help being in a good mood when you're near Fawkes. The first time I saw him, he looked terrible. Then he bursts into flames and I'm panicking, trying to figure out what to do. Dumbledore came in right then and explained how Fawkes was a phoenix who burst into flames ready to be reborn. Seconds later this ugly tiny bird is sitting in the middle of all this ash. This was when everyone thought I was the heir of Slytherin. It's the first thing I asked Dumbledore, if he thought it was me. He knew it wasn't.'

'We were all sorry about that Harry,' Susan said kindly.

'It's fine, I overheard Ernie basically talking you into believing it.'

'We never did find out who it actually was, just that it was all taken care of.'

'Well, it was Voldemort. See, he left behind a cursed object that would possess the user who would open the chamber. Anyway, I have to go see what the old man wants,' Harry turned to his girlfriend, 'I'll see you as soon as I'm done.'

'I'll be in the library, it's warmer there.'

'Okay,' Harry kissed his girlfriend, then hurried from the great hall. He did wonder if it was about Sirius, or if maybe it was about Voldemort. He knew there was no use speculating. He would find out in a few minutes when he spoke with the headmaster.