Chapter 13

One by one my fellow champions went out to face their dragons. We were not allowed to watch fights before our own. Cedric had come back with burns to his face and Fleur had singed her skirt. Krum looked unharmed but the dragon keepers seemed pissed as it seemed he had injured the dragon causing her to crush half her actual eggs.

Remus stayed with me until they started to prepared the arena for my turn. He offered to show me out and stay here but I knew Sirius was going to need him. I readied myself more as I approached the tent entrance. I had spent nearly the last week preparing multiple strategies. I wanted to cause as little damage as possible to the creature so I had to out smart her. I also needed to do as little damage to myself as possible.

"Ready Harry," Charlie said as he came to the entrance. The handlers were the ones to let us in and out for this task at least.

"As I ever could be Charlie," I said checking my guard one last time.

"We will leave a whole in the barrier just enough for you to duck in should you need to make a quick escape," he said and wished me luck before the barrier opened.

I entered to complete silence from the crowed. It seems someone had placed a ward to not allow so much sound as I could see Bagman speaking. I could also clearly see the golden egg in the nest but no dragon.

It was when I stepped closer that I found the dragon perched above me as she shot fire at me. Quickly I ducked behind a rock and whipped out my wand. Finding my bearings directed my spell behind the beast towards the school.

"Accio Firebolt!" I yelled and now it became a waiting game. We left the window on the wall open to allow for the brooms quick escape. The dragon though was persistent breathing fire at the rock I stayed behind. In the short break I took the chance to look for my broom and I could see it almost here when she started up again.

It arrived as she broke her flames once more and I jumped on it quickly and took off. The dragon tried to chase but was chained to the ground. I used this to try to maneuver around her to get the egg but for such a large beast she was nimble. Though I could fly and maneuver around her I was not quick enough to get the egg alone. She needed to be distracted from me.

"Expecto Patronum"I said casting my patronus to dance around her. It seemed to work as she tried to get stag. I then took my chance and dove for the egg but the movement caught her attention as she tried to take a bite of the ghostly stag making it disappear. She herself was not close enough but she swung her tail striking my back as my fingers grazed the golden egg.

The spikes on the tail mostly hit the plates but the tail continued past them. It made contact with skin on the left side of my spine. It traveled my side as I twisted in the air crossing from one hip bone to the other. It only stopped when I hit the ground like a rock skipping.

I had not fully regained sense when I had to roll out of the way of a crushing tail. I got behind the rock just as she shot flames at me once more. I did a quick spell bandage spell to my injures as passing out would not be good. I knew I had to think of something as it seemed I just managed to piss her off. I had been taught the conjunctive curse but I did not did not want to possibly permanently injure the dragon. She was only doing as felt was natural but I needed to bind her in some way.

Ropes would not hold her so that spell was out. Horntails were one of the breeds most impervious to magic. The only way would be to have a natural way to bind and I could not summon a snake large enough and safe enou….

"A quetzalcoat!" I thought to myself. A quetzalcoat was a magical snake that could change size at will. It was native to Central America and was also known as the known as the feathered serpent and much like occmay it could change size.

"Serpensortia" I called out summoning a feathered green, red, and yellow snake about the size of a young python.

"Why have you sssummoned me?" He asked.

"I need your help," I said.

"Why sssummon me. You fight a dragon hatchling,"

"I don't want to hurt her," I said as another stream of fire came at us. "Can you bind her so I can get what I need"

"Very well," He said and slithered away. The quetzalcoat grew to the same size of the horntail tail and launched at it. He battled for a moment before it managed to wrap its self around the beast and dropping it to the ground. The dragon roared in desperation and the quetzalcoat looked taken back. "You wish to take her eggs!"

"One of the eggs is not hers." I said carefully stepping towards them. It was then I realized what he said. "You can understand her?"

"Of course. You can not but animals can speak to one another," he said

"Tell her then that I mean no harm that I only want the false egg,"

"She understands you in both tongues but more so the serpent tongue," he said back to me and nodded to the dragon. "She does not understand why you say one egg is not hers."

"There is a golden egg among your others," I said and she looked at them puzzled. "Your keepers placed it there for you to guard. It is a clue for me for this tournament. I don't wish to harm you or your eggs. I will even call for which ever handler you wish to take you as I am sure you wish to go home,"

"She agrees,"he said after a moment. "She also says she wishes for the red head."

I nodded and carefully went up to the nest and took the egg without disturbing the others. The quetzalcoat released the horntail who gingerly approached her eggs. I had the quetzalcoat thank her for me before I sent him back home. The horntail laid on ground near her nest. I then nodded at Charlie indicating that the dragon wished for him. With the dragon subdued I made my way to the judges with as little of indication of my true injures.

Along with the gash from the tail I could tell my left shoulder blade had take a hard hit in the landing possibly fracturing it. I also had various cuts to my face from skipping across the rocky ground. I was in pain from and the gash had started bleeding thru the bandages I conjured. I was determined though not to show any weakness as I stood before the judges. Five banners sat behind them each corresponding to a judge.

The first up was Madam Maxime who seemed impressed as I knew she did not expect much from me. She gave me an eight for my work. Crouch was next and he seemed shocked at what had happened but I was given a nine. Dumbledore smiled with his classic twinkled eyes and again gave me a nine. Bagman was ecstatic and gave me a perfect ten. Lastly was Karkaroff who looked angry and gave me a four. This caused the crowed to boo and some one yelled he was unfair likely having given Krum a better score then he deserved.

I though accepted the score and headed towards the tent. I managed to get in and the flap closed but now everything seemed to spin. I could hear someone calling my name but the blood lose had finally gotten to me. I collapsed to the floor and the world went black.

~Sirius POV~

As much as I wished to stay with Harry I could not. So instead Remus placed my collar, which now had an anti transformation charm on it, on and gave my leash to Hermione. She and Daphne took me into the stands. It was aggravating to wait but it was what had to happen. Eventually the Judges came out and took their place.

"Welcome all to the first task in the Triwizard Tournament," Bagman announce. "Our champions have been tasked with retrieving a clue from a fearsome beast. If they have any hope of making it through the next task they must obtain the item. Our first champion is Cedric Diggory of Hogwarts facing a Swedish Short-snout!"

There it started. Diggory was talented for sure. The Swedish Short-snout may not be known for killing many people but it was due to their reclusive nature. They are feared though due to their extremely hot fire. The hide of a Swedish Short-snout was also valued highly not for armor as its resistance to magic was lower then some species but for the beautify of the silvery blue scales.

Diggory fought well and used his head. He attempted to distract the beast by transfiguring a rock into a dog. Highly advance magic it was to turn something not living to living but he pulled it off. It looked like it was going to work also but the dragon lost interest and shot fire at the boy. He did though manage to get the egg but he still had to get out. He slid through the barrier with some minor burns to his face. It took him fifteen minutes and his total score ended up as thirty eight.

Next out was Fleur Delacour. She had I would say likely the easiest dragon. Though nesting dragons were never to be trifled with the Welsh Green was the most docile of dragons. They were not known for eating people at all and only one attack in 1932 on people had ever been recorded. They were known though for their song like roar.

Fleur was quick with her dragon taking only ten minutes. She used a sleeping charm on the dragon and just went and took the egg. She did though not fully pay attention and the sleeping dragon set her skirt on fire. She ended up with a thirty-three for a score. Though she was so far the fastest her plan was very simple.

Viktor Krum was next to battle and it was a battle. Krum had taken the combative approach compared to his other champions. He had a more human aggressive dragon then the first two but went at it with full force. Chinese Fireballs were fast beasts and cleaver so it fought just as hard back. Krum did land a Conjunctivitis Curse to the eyes but in doing so the creature crushed half its eggs. With his time being twenty minutes and the eggs it cost him. His final score was forty but really only due to his headmasters favoritism.

It was then that Remus came out to sit with us. I could see the worry written on his face as he sat down. He clearly knew which dragon Harry had received.

"Our final champion representing the Potter Family Harrison Potter will be facing the Hungarian Horntail!" Bagman yelled and I started panicking. Daphne quickly grabbed my collar and held tightly to it.

Hungarian Horntails were know to be the most aggressive species of dragon. They were also some of the fastest flyers. This made plan A a bit harder but it seemed Harry was going for it. The Horntail had taken to offensive to protect its nest and Harry dove behind a boulder. In the break between flames he summoned the broom before having to hid again.

When the firebolt arrived the crowed roared in excitement as Harry seemed to out maneuver the beast. He was still having a hard time getting to the egg though and suddenly he ascended to the sky and cast a patronus. The silvery stag pranced around the dragon distracting the beast but also left many in the crowed stunned at the use of a full patronus.

"Who would have though a patronus as a dragon distraction," Hermione said and I barked back in agreement. That distraction though did not last though. Well Harry dived for the egg the as the horntail realized it had be tricked. She whipped her tail striking his back causing my to fly thru the air and off his his broom. He skipped across the rocks like it was a pond.

Daphne was shaking but held my collar tightly to stop me from trying to get to Harry and in a way comfort herself. Remus was gripping the bench he sat on tightly keeping himself from launching to protect his cub.

Harry managed to roll out of another tail strike and get behind a bolder. I had to laugh at the pose he took as I had seen it many times from Lily. When trying to think of some Lily had a pretty unique hand placement and Harry did almost the same thing. Lily would pinch her pointer and thumb together and place the flat of the pointer between the knuckles on her eyebrow. Harry had the same finger placement but the hand placement was more higher middle forehead. When he got the idea though the look in his eyes was James when a good prank came to mind.

With that Harry said a spell and the crowed shivered. The spell was not in English and everyone knew that for sure. It was in parseltounge and was the summoning spell for a snake and it did as Salazar had said. In front of Harry sat a multicolored feathered snake.

"Sweet Merlin!" Bagman said over the speaker. "Harrison Potter has used parseltounge to summon a quetzalcoat. For those not aware a quetzalcoat is a snake indigenous to Central America and was revered by ancient Aztec wizards. Di..did anyone know he was a parseltounge?"

"It was discovered about two years ago," Dumbledore said in the background as Bagman had attempted to cover the mic.

Harry seemed to be speaking with the snake and sent it at the beast. Quetzalcoats were like occmay and could change their size. Harry used this to his advantage and the quetzalcoat was able to safely bind the large beast. He looked taken aback when the snake spoke to him and then looked as if trying to explain himself. He pointed to the nest and the dragon looked as puzzled as a dragon could finally though Harry approached the nest and carefully took the egg under her watchful eye.

The serpent then released the dragon who did not attack. Rather she went to her nest and laid down gently blowing fire to warm the eggs. Harry then nodded to the keepers, a red head one in particular, to come get her.

He then walked to the judges with only the slightest pained expression. Harry was good at hiding pain and injures. He had managed to hide the fact he hurt his wrist after flying for a whole day before Remus and I discovered it. To see pain on his face I knew it was bad but he stood infront of the judges.

Madam Maxime had not expected much and had called Harry a little boy gave him an eight Crouch was next and as much as I hated the man he knew when someone with skill deserved it and gave a nine. Dumbledore as well gave a nine likely displeased in the parseltounge display. Bagman was ecstatic and gave a ten. Lastly was Karkaroff who was not please and only gave a four. The crowed booed at this as Harry had taken only seven minutes to get the egg and had essentially tamed the dragon unlike his champion who had crushed three of the six Fireball eggs.

"Lets go Padfoot," Remus said breaking me from my growling at the Durmstrang headmaster. Daphne joined us as we made our way to the tent rather quickly. Harry did not look so good though. He looked dazed and was stumbling.

"Harrison," Madam Pomfrey said but he just looked blankly at her before he started to collapse.

"HARRY!" Remus yelled. I tried to transform but was stopped by the collar. Remus caught him before his head hit the ground.

"To the bed Remus," Pomfrey said and Remus lifted Harry to the hear by bed. She vanished the shirt to the floor to reveal a gash going from spine around his front from hip to hip. She got to work cleaning the wound before scanning the rest of him. Daphne jumped in to assist Pomfrey without a second thought.

All Remus and I could do was watch as they worked. Remus continually pet my head as I wined. Right now we were powerless to help our boy as neither of could heal worth a damn. Finally the work seemed to be done.

"How is he?" Remus asked

"He will recover full," she said "Biggest thing was risk of infection due to the spine and debris. I healed it but some natural healing won't hurt. He also had a broken scapula so will have a sling for week. He will likely wake up in a few hours as he lost blood but we were able to spell in some replenisher. He should rest for the weekend."

"Can he do that in his chambers?" Remus asked nudging at me as I nuzzled Harry's hand.

"That is acceptable," she said summoning a stretcher. "A pillow can be used to keep him on his uninjured side."

"Thank you Poppy,"

"It is nothing," she said. "I am glad the boy has people that actually care. I went to Dumbledore with my findings but he said there was no other option and no proof his injuries came from his family. Said without Harry saying anything there was nothing he could do. Hogwash I say to that,"

Carefully we levitated the stretcher over the grounds. When people tired to approach I would growl at them causing them to back far away. Daphne and Hermione also kept people at bay. Remus had tell Skeeter to get out of the way as she tried to take photos of Harry.

We made it to the chambers relatively undisturbed once we got in the castle. Hermione place the golden egg on the night stand well Remus and Daphne got him comfortable. Once settled Remus took the damn collar off me and I rushed to Harry's side.

"I should have just gotten him out," I said.

"There was nothing you could do Sirius," Hermione said.

"Yes there was," I said brushing his hair from his face. "If we pointed out one fact that the Ministry would have likely but the kabash to his competing,"

"Siri you gave him a choice," Remus said

"But I leaned towards the competition even when explaining," I said looking at him. "I told him if we did not point it out it can give us a major advantage in other area's we are behind on. Harry is so selfless like Lily I should have known he would chose it."

"Sirius shut it," said a weak voice. "Your really loud,"

"Harry," I said holding his hand.

"It was my choice,"

"But I pushed it I should have just gotten you out,"

"Honestly if you hadn't mentioned the mentor clause I was gonna get out but with you both on my side I know I can do this,"

"Harry you could have died today,"

"So whats different then any other year," he said with a weak chuckle. "Seriously surprised I made it passed Halloween without some incident. I mean first year was the troll,"

"Filch the second year," Hermione chimed in.

"Don't forget last year I had a mass murderer try to break into the dorm," he said with a smile. "If I did not have you guys I like would be dead really,"

"I bet Hermione would have figured something out," Remus said sitting down with me.

"True but still," he said "Now I want to sleep."

"And you should," Daphne said "We can celebrate your first place finish Saturday. I am sure the Gryffindor dorm won't mind hold off a bit,"

"First place really?"

"Tied with Krum," Remus said

"He should not have gotten that high," I said "I mean he crushed half the eggs beyond repair and one or two more might not make it."

"You will have to tell me about it," Harry said.

"After you get some rest," I said kissing his forehead as he drifted off. He look so peaceful in his sleep. Like the child he should be not the adult he was forced to be.

Hermione left to inform the tower that the party would have to be on hold. Daphne also had to leave as curfew was coming up. That left me and Remus with Harry. McGonagall did come by to check on us and make sure we ate what Tipper had brought but she to had to leave.

"Whats the next step Siri?" Remus asked.

"I will send a letter to Ragnok with Nyx," I said. We had brought her along as a way to contact the goblins or Amelia without Dumbledore knowing. "Nyx should arrive by sun rise and he can come here if need be. He needs to confirm it worked."

"And if it did?" he asked "You never told me what it was,"

"If it didn't nothing really bad happens other they Harry now has to continue to compete," he said "This would have just made things easier when dealing with Albus,"

"Alright then," he said and I wrote the letter. It was quick and simple but there was no need for it being complex. Simple wanted to know if it worked and if so for him to come tomorrow. If it did not then just to write back. For now we waited for either a letter or a visit.

Another chapter for you all. So I have looked into the grammar checking program that was recommended but there is a problem. The free version seems to only cover browser programs. I am using LibreOffice as it is also free (great alternative if you don't want to pay for Mircosoft Word). Issue with LibreOffice I did notice when I started using it only marks with the colored line misspelling (red) and spacing (blue) it does not have the green line which I think would catch a lot of my grammar which if I remember right the green line indicated a grammar issue. It would likely catch my simple mistakes if I had that.

Now to answer some Reviews.

APMoM not sure if you will get as you said you stopped reading but going to reply. I am happy your daughter got help but I didn't as it is not as noticeable as others. Dyslexia is different for everyone and as such mine was never noticed in school. My ADHD was never even noticed until I was 16 (which is actually typical for girls as stereotype is girls are spacy and daydream also studies on ADHD was based on male subjects much and like other medical things females don't typically present they same). I have thought of beta's but the only way I would is if a friend would do it. Knowing people help with the trust issue but none of my friends read fan fics or have time.

Potter Abducted by Penguins I did not not notice the from and form mess up. Thank you for pointing it out as R does seem to be a letter I switch often along with I and E. As stated above I have though of beta's but I would want someone I trusted and none of my friends are able to. As for the bit on the Accumulation to Wizard Life I thought I had checked that as if I am unsure word I will use my google assistant on my phone. I will likely be doing a read through of all my chapters on computer soon and when I do I tend to fix mistakes I find. I will probably do an update on chapters then. I know some people though get annoyed though when the app tells you there is an update and it is not a chapter. It seems to notify you when they do anything to the chapters.

To Sircus I was going to pm you but you have that turned off so hope you see this as I don't see your name on the follow or fave lists. It is rated M for things that are going to happen later and I was debating on a Wolfstar scene but I have only written male/female scenes so working out stuff. There will likely be some Harry/Daphne stuff coming within the next few chapters. Also don't think Dumbledore is evil cause he does have the best intentions. He is thinking the good of the world as whole but he is willing to sacrifice Harry for that choice. Don't get me wrong he is manipulative and a bastard but not evil. He also still loves school so there is no need for him not to return.

EagelHasLanded I can check a lot of things. JK seemingly did not have that habit. Like in cannon they say the moon was June 7 that Remus transformed under. The closest full moon was May 24th which is why I used that date. Also every year in the books they arrive on September 1st and classes are the next day. That really would not make since 4 year as who would have one day of class (2nd was a Friday) then weekend and 5th year the 2nd was Saturday so really no sense. 6th year was a leap year so it would work but I know with my school at least for New Years as we would return on the 3rd if the third was a Thursday or Friday we did not go back until the following Monday. There was no point in 2 days of school in a week. These things could have been easily checked but seemed as if it was ignored. So I also check dates cause even Halloween 4th year in book is not the right day of the week. Also noticing that in cannon 3rd year ended like 2nd week of June and 4th year basically ended of June since the last task was the 24th. Very inconsistent on how long the school year is and there is no indication that they have like snow days to delay school getting out.

Anyway everyone Hope you liked how Harry handled the dragon. Stay tuned for what the plan the goblins found is.