Year 4 Beginning

Chapter 21: Mr. Potter, What Are You Doing? Part 1

Original chapter 7 by Rune, updates by Steve2

This starts the coverage of the TriWizard Tournament.

A special shout out to andrewjeeves for correctly identifying Sirius' nickname in the last chapter as coming from the story Multiverse written by the prolific writing duo of Bobmin356.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, or anything related to it.

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Harry sat at the Slytherin table reading a book. It was an interesting book; certainly more interesting than what he normally found in the library. Well, probably not any library – just the library that was at his school. You see, he had found a book on how to write a screenplay at the library close to where he lived and had used Dudley's brand new, still-laminated library card that the obese boy had gotten years ago and never broke in. Sadly, since he was still in Scotland for the foreseeable future, all the late fees would have to be paid for by the Dursleys.

"Hey, Potter," Malfoy tried to goad him into something. Harry was never sure what he was trying to goad him into.

"Whatcha need, Malfoy?" Harry didn't look up.

"They've arrived. Krum's here," the blonde said excitedly.

"Uh-huh," Harry agreed, as he jotted a note in the margin about setting up a scene.

"And there's some good looking French girls here as well," Malfoy pointed out.

"Uh-huh," Harry agreed again, not listening.

"Potter! Aren't you listening to me? They're here!"

Knowing he was not going to be able to concentrate on his book until he looked at what the blonde was yammering on about, Harry looked up. His mouth fell open as he noticed all the new arrivals.

Malfoy smirked. "Durmstrang and Beauxbatons."

Harry looked at him. "What does that mean? Is it German for new inmates transferring in?"

"No, you moron! They are students from other schools."

"And they're coming here why?" Harry said with honest sincerity.

Malfoy's mouth opened and closed a few times.

Harry turned to Blaise and arched an eyebrow in question.

"They're temporary inmates transferring in. Won't be here long," Blaise said.

"Ah." Harry went back to his reading.

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Directly After the Cup Spits Out Harry's Name

"Harry Potter!" Dumbledore yelled.

"Hmm?" Harry looked up from the newspaper in front of him. Dumbledore held a tiny piece of paper and was looking at him strangely.

"Dude, your name just came out of the cup," Blaise whispered in his ear.

"Cup, what cup?" Harry asked, looking around, and even tipping the cup in front of him to see if his name was on it somehow. Everyone but the Slytherins and the regular Hogwarts teachers (having had three years to get used to him) face-faulted.

"Potter, your name came out of the cup!" Fudge exclaimed after recovering, "Hey! Are you listening…? Mr. Potter, what are you doing?"

"Crossword," Harry said, before turning to Blaise. "What's a ten-letter word for 'excessive love or admiration of one's self'?"

"How the bloody hell should I know?" Blaise asked.

"Anyone?" Harry called.

"Narcissism," one of the Beauxbatons students answered.

"Really? Hey, it fits! Thanks! Hmm, you know that kind of sounds like 'Narcissa.' Isn't that interesting, Draco?"

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Steve2 Note: this is the first part of the original Chapter 7 section broken out to its own chapter. There are, as you may guess, 3 more "chapter 7" updated chapters to read. There are also more chapters around this year as well. Hope you enjoyed it.

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