DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter, Doctor Who or the Chronicles of Narnia. I own this plot only, and any OCs. My depictions of real life characters are based on stereotypes or suppositions and no insult is intended. I have no desire to own the series this story is based on, although if anyone could give me either a wand, TARDIS or wardrobe portal into Narnia I certainly wouldn't say no.

IMPORTANT: This is a rewrite of my story, You Are Not Alone and, as such, any resemblence to that story is intentional. No offence is meant by my portrayal of the Royal Family. I have the utmost of respect for Her Majesty the Queen and her wider family.

Chapter Thirty Seven: Triwizard Task Three - The Cup Awaits

'Oh, find the cup, if you can, but be careful. You might just lose yourself along the way.' Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.)

Location: The Great Hall Antechamber, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: June 1995 CE

Harry wandered into the small antechamber off to the side of the Great Hall, wondering why Professor McGonagall had directed him here when the Task was not due to start for hours. Once he had stepped fully into the room, he noticed that though he was the first champion to enter the room, which was by no means empty. He barely concealed a snort as the families of the other three champions were showing all due deference to his Grandmum, Aunt and Uncle. Before he was able to greet Elizabeth, Charles and Diana, he heard twin yells of "Jamie!" and had just enough time to bend down to their level before he was impacted by the two brunette mini-missiles that were Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York.

"Hey Bea, Genie! How are my two favourite girls?" Harry asked, hugging his two young cousins.

"Good," Genie smiled, a sentiment echoed by Bea, who also tacked on something extra, "but don't let Lulu hear you say anyone but her is your favourite." Harry snorted this time, Bea appeared to have a with beyond her five years. After Harry finished greeting his young cousins, he stood and made his way over to his grandmother and Aunt Diana. As Harry greeted his family, their chatting was interrupted by another double yell from Beatrice and Eugenie, this time of "Lulu!" Evidently McGonagall had told Lucy where Harry was.

Lucy continued over to her grandmother-in-law, little princesses in tow, embarrassing Harry thoroughly by kissing him on the cheek, before proceeding to have an animated conversation about the year so far with the Queen. Harry realised she was telling her about the second task when he saw Lucy blushing prettily.

Harry took this opportunity to meet with the other champions and their family, meeting Georg Krum, Bulgaria's Magical Ambassador to Germany and becoming reacquainted with Pierre Delacour, French Minister of Magic and his British counterpart Amos Diggory. The fact that each champion had a family member high up in the government of their respective countries was not lost on the British prince.

Location: The Great Hall, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: June 1995 CE

The feast that preceded the Third Task rapidly petered out as most people's minds turned towards the "Main Event", so to speak, and all too soon, Dumbledore stood and made the announcement that each of the champions had been not so privately dreading, "Would all the champions please make their way down to the maze now please?"

Harry sighed and stood, listening numbly to the encouragement from family and friends, barely taking in the encouraging smile from his bondmate next to him. He turned to walk out of the Hall when he heard Lucy call his name. He turned back to her and was surprised as her cool, soft hands pulled his lips down to hers in the most fiery passionate kiss they had shared. When they finally broke apart they barely registered the cheers and wolf whistles from the Hall, both flushed bright red as Lucy smiled coyly at him and whispered, "For luck."

All Harry could say in reply was "Wow!" One last tender hug was shared before he hugged his grandmother, aunt and both his little cousins before he finally left the Hall to head down to the maze, not noticing that Lucy was now sitting at Gryffindor table, ducking her now bright red face as all their friends and Harry's family good-naturedly ribbed her about what they were dubbing the "kiss of the century".

Location: The Champion's Tent, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: June 1995 CE

"That was some kiss, Harry!" Cedric observed wryly, before he, Viktor and Fleur succumbed to snickers, none of the champions noticing the ominous looking raven take flight out of the tent and soar away into the darkness above the maze.

Harry blushed bright red and muttered some sort of thanks before wandering away to sit in the corner and go over his plan for the task in his head, trying not to think about THAT kiss.

"Okay! Champions, the order for the night is this," Bagman said enthusiastically, before shuddering as he looked over at Harry who was shooting an icy glare at the man he had still not forgiven for the "Second Task Incident". "His Highness will enter first," Bagman continued, much less enthusiastically, ignoring Harry's interjection that his correct title is "Royal Highness", "followed by Mister Diggory, then Herr Krum and finally Mademoiselle Delacour." The champions rolled their eyes at the attempt to use various languages.

"In five minutes time, you will be accompanied by a family member out into the arena and from there the final task will begin," Crouch explained before the family members entered.

Location: The Maze, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: November 1994 CE

The crowd erupted as the four champions entered the forecourt of the maze, Viktor first led by his father, then Fleur led by her father Pierre Delacour, French Minister for Magic, then Cedric and his father Amos, British Minister for Magic and finally Harry and the Queen of Great Britain. Above all the din, thanks to their mental link, Harry could hear Lucy, "Good luck my love! Stay safe!"

"I promise Lu. I love you," Harry replied mentally before waiting for the whistle blast that signalled his entry into the maze, and he was certainly not afraid to admit that he was completely scared.

He listened impatiently as Ludo Bagman, ever the showman entered into a longwinded summary of points, running through from fourth to first. 'And in first place, with the first ever maximum score in history, Harry Potter-Windsor. Mister Potter-Windsor will enter first, on my whistle, three, two, one.' The whistle sounded sharp through the crisp night air and the crowd cheered as he entered the maze, lighting his wand tip as he did so, feeling the now familiar weight of Frœkn on his back. Harry heard a crunching noise behind him and the entrance to the maze closed, the hedges magically snapping together.

Harry continued moving forwards, deeper into the maze, and by the time the whistle had sounded for the fourth time, and all champions were in the maze, he was very concerned that he had yet to encounter any of the so called obstacles within the maze. He faintly heard the sound of wings flapping over his head, but discounted it as he continued deeper.

Eventually though, he came upon a dementor. His Private Secretary, Remus Lupin, had taught Harry and his friends how to repel dementors, just in case, and so he summoned up thoughts of the kiss he had shared with Lucy before the task and bellowed, "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" A silver lion coalesced from his wand and Harry was surprised to notice that the lion gradually became gold and more solid, engulfing the dementor within its gaping maw and rending it to dust. The lion turned back to Harry with a regal look, and Harry looked on in awe, whispering, "Aslan!" The regal lion nodded before disappearing, back into the ether.

Harry used the Four Point Spell, "Point me!", ascertaining the direction he needed to go and continued through the maze, deeper and deeper, moving past a strange mist which flipped earth and sky. He battled one of Hagrid's strange creatures, a Blast-Ended Skrewt he thought, and then encountered Cedric battling with an Imperioused Viktor, together the Hogwarts students were able to defeat the crazed Bulgarian and sent up red sparks before continuing onwards.

Harry continued, hitting many dead ends, but he could sense that he was moving deeper into the maze and soon he came face to face with a sphinx, and after a short conversation he was face to face with a riddle;

"First think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end.
And finally give me the sound often heard,
During the search for the hard-to-find word.
Now string them together and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?"

Harry decided to work through it bit by bit, hearing four clues, and was thankful that the sphinx allowed him to pull out a small notebook and a fountain pen, and he wrote out the four individual clues each in a quarter of the page, starting with the first, he muttered to himself, "Imposter...no...hmmm, secrets...a spy!" He carefully wrote spy in the first quarter and moved onto the second. After a few minutes Harry realised the simplicity of this clue and added the letter d to the second quarter, moving onto the third. "Hard-to-find, er, what's hard-to-find?" he muttered, then, it hit him. "Of course!" he wrote er in the third quarter and looked at the fourth part of the clue, "Spy...d...er...Spider!" He answered with a triumphant cry, knowing the Doctor probably would have got it almost straight away, and that he could have too, but was thankful he had taken his time, given the circumstances.

The sphinx nodded and moved to the side and Harry moved on, and he could tell he was now approaching the very centre of the maze.

A short time later, he and Cedric had once again been forced to work together to defeat a large Acromantula, resulting in Harry breaking his leg, and were now in an argument over who should take the Triwizard Cup. Eventually they agreed to take it together, and they immediately felt a hook behind their navels as the portkey activated.

Back at the spectator area, pandemonium erupted. Once the Triwizard Cup had been touched, the hedges disappeared and the various obstacles were magically neutralised, and yet Harry and Cedric were nowhere to be seen. 'Stay safe Harry, please! I need you!' Lucy thought, hoping that their mental link was working. She didn't hear a reply, but she felt calm, as though she had been wrapped in one of his hugs.

Several minutes passed before the telltale glow of a portkey deposited the lifeless body of Cedric at the base of the bleaches, but she didn't dare taking time to think about it, she snuck away to a secluded part of the grounds, thankful that Harry's TARDIS answered her call. Just as she unlocked the correct compartment, she felt a soft hand on her shoulder and she looked up to see Romana, the Doctor and the Master standing there. "Let's go get our wayward Gallifreyan," Ro said with a smile as she lifted the lid of the trunk and gestured for the others to jump in. Within moments, the TARDIS was underway, piloted by two Time Lords and two Time Ladies...