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Chapter 2: Enemies or Friends?
The next day the Silvery blond young woman rose from her bed slowly, the rising sun burned her eyes that had been used to the darkness. Fleur's hair was a mess and she held an annoyed look on her face, her first thoughts went to one sentence "Why can't we wake up later?" She groaned. Walking over to her private shower she grabbed a towel and removed her nightwear, enjoying the warm water for sometime before she exited her room.
It was October in England, so of course she'd dress warmly. A jacket and a pair of jeans with a scarf wrapped around her neck, and a clip holding her hair in place. While the cold had never really been a problem for her, the Veela were of the Fire nature making them warm inside and out.
She felt sorry for the Hogwarts students, she didn't have classes but had a load of weekly homework that would be issued and turned in every Sunday. Friday and Saturday would be used for the practical portion of the studies to make sure the students understood what they were learning. Madam Taylor was the only teacher other than their Headmistress to come with the small amount of students that could preform in the Tournament.
Fleur made her way to the Hogwarts great hall for breakfast, it was pretty early so she doubted many people would be down there. When she walked in her idea had been right, the Raven house had more students up at this hour than any other. One stood out though, it was the same messy haired boy from yesterday, Harry Potter. He looked dreadful though, with a hint of curiosity she went over to him.
Fleur walked with her head held up ignoring the stares she was getting "Bonjour Harry, parlez-vous français par hasard?" She asked calmly. 'Good Morning Harry, Do you speak French by chance?'
Harry looked up at her with a confused look on his face, he glanced left and right. He kept his face out of direct light though only glancing up at her from under his glasses "Pas tant" He replied softly. 'Not much'
She nodded softly "I take eet your class mates did not take eet well?" She said in a gentle voice.
Harry shrugged "You could say that." He said in the same soft voice.
Fleur looked at Harry's clothes carefully, it was the same clothes he had been were last night and she spotted a few blood stains on his shirt "Venir" She commanded sternly 'Come'.
Harry looked up at her "Why?" He snapped, it was clear to her, that he saw her as an enemy but not like Cedric or Viktor.
Fleur leaned in softly and pointed to his shirt "If you're to stubborn to go to the nurse. I will 'elp." She said calmly.
Harry glanced at himself and frowned "Fine, Seeing as Hermione wont talk to neither me or Ron." He said in an annoyed voice standing up.
Fleur walked outside with Harry following her, she led him to the lake figuring that no one would follow or be out here at this time. She turned around and saw Harry's face with a slightly shocked look, he had a black eye, his nose was bruised and he had several cuts along his face, his knuckles were also bloody and scabbed over "mon Dieu" She whispered softly pulling out her wand.
Harry closed his eyes with a sigh, as Fleur started using some healing spells to fix the wounds. His eye started to swell down, the cuts mended themselves and his nose cracked for a moment and the color disappeared. "Thanks." He said in a soft voice.
Fleur placed her wand back into her holster "Ow did this 'appen?" She said then with a sudden thought "Who. Did this?" She said calmly.
Harry frowned rubbing the back of his head with a small sigh "Turn's out...Gryffindor has more ties with Hufflepuff than I knew about..." He said in a cold voice "My House mates did this." He said then with a cold look in his eyes "You should see the other guys."
Fleur looked up with wide eyes "Arry you need to tell someone!" She said quickly.
Harry narrowed his eyes and glared at her "Why do you care." He said in a firm voice.
Fleur rose a brow, why did she care? Was it because she was the only male besides her father that didn't look at her with those eyes? "Maybe I want my competition in top shape." She said calmly "Wouldn't do if such a cute face was photoed in a way such as this, Non?"
Harry rose a brow "You see me as competition?" He said in a small voice.
Fleur nodded her head "Oui, You are very powerful. Limited but powerful." She said casually leaning on an old willow tree.
Harry glared at her "What do you mean limited?" He said crossing his arms.
She let out a small laugh "Arry, 'ow many friends do you have in these other 'ouses."
Harry frowned, when he thought about it. He had very little friends or even people he knew in the other houses.
"Exactly." She said calmly "A general is weak with out 'is allies." She said cupping his cheek in a warm way "Remember that 'Arry."
Fleur then turned and walked off, back towards the Beauxbaton Carriage. She had a light smile on her face, if what Harry had told her yesterday meant anything then he was the only person in this Tournament that was a threat, did she even want to face them? Why couldn't they be friends but she profiled them none the less
Yes, Cedric had been chosen from the Hogwarts school but if their House system meant anything then he would not cheat, would not go out of his way for glory but he would try the hardest and work to his best ability.
Viktor...he was an enigma, tough enough to play for a Quidditch Team at 17 but she didn't know anything about his level of skill with a wand. He was either brilliant or idiotic, the way he could move on a broom and how he moved meant he had a mind for strategy.
She then thought about herself, the only reason she entered was to get everyone off her back. The girls at her school hated her for what she did to men, men loved her but she hated how they loved her. So with a very short list of people she could trust, she turned to studies and was head of her class that made more people hate her 'Smart and Beautiful?!' 'She's a cheater!' 'Impossible.' Were all things she would hear. Madam Maxine told her that to gain the honor of the Tri-Wizard cup would make her class mates like her. Thus far it had not worked.
Fleur walked into her room and noticed that Athena was back and she had a letter tied to her leg. Quickly the french blond walked over and untied the message, she ran her fingers over the birds bright feathers "Merci." She said absently as she opened it and began to read.
'Dear Fleur,
To say I am surprised that Mr. Harry Potter is immune to the Veela charms would make me a liar. Potter is a very dangerous man, I have yet to uncover anything on his youth. That could mean he was raised by Muggle's thus meaning his experience for the Wizard World is almost none, I doubt he know's what a Veela or a Griffin is. But He does know what a Basilisk is, from what I hear two years ago one was on the loose inside the school, then by the end of the year someone killed it and sealed the Chamber of Secrets. If I recall only an heir of Slytherin could open it, Parseltongue is passed through many in his line. Harry Potter is a Parseltongue. The Sirius Black disaster last year, I have yet to find a trail record however. Keep a close on Potter, he could be a valued friend and even ally but he has his risks.
Sign~ Your Loving Father~ Martian Delacour.'
Fleur couldn't breath for a moment, he wasn't lying about the Basilisk and she doubted he was lying about 'Seigneur des Ténèbres', that man had ties in France and that was where he would after Britain. She did however wonder if that meant he wasn't lying about Dementors.
Fleur decided to take a walk, she went back to the Black Lake. Though she hated water, she couldn't help but think it was beautiful. She stayed like that for what seemed like hours, if it wasn't for her advanced hearing she would have missed the sounds of foot steps.
The blond looked behind her and spotted three Slytherin boys walking towards her, the Muscle behind the leader looked part troll or Orc maybe. The Leader had slicked sickly blond hair, he looked like a weasel or maybe ferret.
The blond walked forward "Hello Beautiful, My name is Draco Malfoy." He said with a gleam in his eyes.
Fleur let out a sigh, he put on a face and glared at him "And that mean's?" She said in a deathly cold voice.
Draco rose a brow "Fiery, I'll tame you." He said with a smirk "I think you are acceptable to date me."
"Not interested." She said turning back to the lake.
"What?!" He said taking a step forward "I am a Pure-Blood of the highest standard, wealthy beyond measure, and very powerful." He spoke in a tone dripping with pride.
Fleur shrugged "Don't care. Leave." She said in a cold voice.
Draco chuckled "Playing hard to get eh?" He said stepping towards her "Cute. Can I play too?"
Fleur stood quickly and pointed her wand at his throat "I am not 'Playing' Leave. Now." She snapped, she closed her left fist and conjured a fire ball. She hated her Veela nature because of this. Men didn't understand NO.
Draco paled and looked to the boys behind him for help, they seemed to have gotten the message and started advancing towards her.
Quickly she kicked Draco in the shin and he went down in pain, she threw the fire ball at the Boy to the left and body binded the boy to the right in a fluid like movement. Then pointed her wand back at Draco. She glared and started to walk off, she stunned the blond boy, she would remember that name Draco Malfoy, not for pleasure but if he crossed her again she would not be so merciful.
Fleur let out a sigh as she started to place food on her plate, she had skipped breakfast not really meaning to but still all the same she was hungry, even for English food. She was glad that her friend Mindy Collin chose to attend the meal, the girl was very beautiful with sleek black hair and piercing green eyes. She wasn't anything like Fleur, where she didn't talk to boys or brushed them off Mindy loved to flirt and date.
Mindy turned to her friend with a smirk on her face "So I hear you and a certain black haired fourth year went out of the castle for breakfast." She said in a sweet voice and a wink.
Fleur rolled her eyes "It was not like that, he got into a fight and was to stubborn to go to the nurse." She said as she started to eat.
"He is cute though" She said with a sly grin, that statement earned an arm slap "So he was attacked? Guess they think he cheated." She spoke as she rubbed her arm.
Fleur nodded "Yes, some in his house don't take kindly to him now." She said drinking her Pumpkin juice, she hated not being able to drink wine but this drink wasn't to bad.
Mindy nodded "I see... do you think he cheated?" She said softly looking right into Fleur's eyes.
"No." She said flatly "I don't. I know he has enough problem's with out this thing." She took a bit out of the stew and found it lacking flavor.
"Like what?" Mindy asked with a raised brow.
"Being the boy who lived is enough."
Mindy nodded her head slowly "He's immune isn't he." She said softly "You wouldn't keep talking to him if he wasn't"
Fleur nodded once "Yes...He is." She said with a small smile.
"Good, then you can finally date for once." The young woman said with a bright smile.
"We're enemies... I think...I don't think dating or even thinking about being friends is a good idea." Fleur said calmly, though the idea was now stuck in her mind, could they be friends, she did take the time to heal his wounds when no one else seemed to care.
Mindy gave her a slick grin and a wink " This Tournament is designed to strength the relation between our school's." She said softly "Can you think of anything better?"
Fleur sighed and slapped the back of her head this time "Pervert." She said casually.
Mindy rubbed the back of her head with a wide smile "You love me and you know it."
Fleur smiled back though not as wide, nodded simply and turned back to her food.
Around Three O'clock Madam Maxine summoned Fleur to follow her to the Weighing Ceremony. They were the first one's to arrive other than Ludo Bagman, then it was Cedric who said Dumbledore would be along shortly, Ollivander, Viktor and Igor, Rita Skeeter who then tried to interview Viktor however Igor stepped in and shot her down. About 5 minutes later Harry walked in with his head held down, just enough for his hair to cover most of his face.
Fleur knew what this meant, and took a step forward just as Rita was about to speak "I would like a word 'Arry, I understand you know the Patronus charm, it's for my 'omework or I wouldn't ask." She said in a bright tone with a smile.
Harry looked up at her with eyes that screamed 'Thank you' he nodded "Yeah sure, It's tricky but when you understand it's quite simple." He said as they walked into a corner of the room.
Cedric seemed to understand what was going on as he spotted what looked like blood on Harry's collar and started to talk to Rita aiming to by time.
Fleur let out a sigh "So what 'Appened this time?" She said softly.
Harry looked up and showed off his busted cheek, bleeding lip and bruised eye. "Ron." He said simply "Me and Draco got into it and hexes were thrown. Me and Ron got in trouble for standing up to a friend who was hit." He spoke calmly as she started to heal his wounds "He looks worse if it helps."
Fleur sighed softly, finishing up and smiled at him "Vous et moi avez besoin de parler" She spoke in french hoping he understood 'You and me need to talk later.'
"Bein." He said simply, walking back over to the group.
Rita glared at Fleur "I hope your study time as help you Miss. Delacour." She said in a sickly sweet voice.
"Oui." Fleur said in a calm tone and smiled brightly at Harry "Merci 'Arry."
Harry nodded "Any time, never a problem." He said with a smile of his own.
Rita rolled her eyes "I would like to interview Mr. Potter if that would be alright there Harry." She said walking over to the teen "Add a bit of color to the page."
Fleur stepped up "Non, 'Arry is underage." She said simply "Without 'is guardian present, it is against the law."
Viktor nodded "I do not believe Hary vants to go anywhere vith you." He said in a moderately English voice.
Harry gave Viktor a smile and nodded at him, then stepped away from Rita "Yeah, I don't quiet feel comfortable talking to reporters." He said casually.
Rita groaned her teeth "Very well." She snapped walking over to her photo man.
Harry let out a sigh, noticing how Maxine and Igor were talking a little bit away from the group "Thank you, Viktor right? I'm Harry." He said holding out his hand.
Viktor nodded "Seeker vatch out for their own, Da?" He said shaking his hand in a firm grip.
Harry rubbed the back of his head like his normal nervous habit "I'm not as good as you. I can hold my own though." He said with a small smile.
"I vould like to test that out." The Bulgarian said calmly "It could help you one day."
Harry nodded "Sure, that would mean a lot...but aren't we supposed to be enemies?" He said looking from champion to champion.
Fleur shook her head with a smile, she had thought about this all day "Non, We may 'ave to fight each other on the field but off it, friends?" She said holding out her hand palm down.
Cedric grinned "I love making new friends." He said absently as he put his hand on top of hers.
Viktor was next "I have no problem vith being friends." He said casually putting his hand in.
Harry laughed "I'm not even supposed to be in this thing. Friends." He placed his hand on top of their's.
Fleur nodded as they pulled away "We don't talk about the tournament when we are together unless it is something we may die over." She said calmly as they nodded in agreement "I think this is a great way to learn about each other." Fleur was glad that Cedric and Viktor seemed to be able to keep their heads on when she was around. Maybe she had finally made the friends she was looking for.
"Ah I see that I am a little late. I apologize for my tardiness, I happened upon a distraction that led me through a journey to were I almost forgot this was today." Dumbledore's voice said in a bright and cheery tone.
Ludo looked up from his play book "Very well, Mr. Ollivander let us start the ceremony."
A/N: Hello Hello, I hope you guys liked this. I figured I kept you waiting on this long enough, I have no one to blame but myself. It would seem every time I tried to work on this I would get distracted and would ignore it. Two months later here we are, I did not see why they couldn't be friends or at least tolerate each other. The Tournament is to promote the strength and friendship of the three schools but in the Original they seemed to hate each other, the way they were so vicious. Cedric the Hufflepuff friendship is like the most prominent trait, Viktor would at least respect Harry for being a Seeker or for having the balls to enter the tournament. So that is my take on this, like it or don't I'm not making this so it's all the same but Harry and Fleur have a romance. Sign with regards- 'The Demon'