A/N: Thank you all for the reviews. It is always nice to get them and to read them.
Harry Potter is not mine, this is a story from a fan.

(BSC 4 C35) C122 the day of the third task part 2.

It was an hour before lunch when Bella with Daphne at her side rushed down the hallways straight to the office of Minerva McGonagall. They were running so hard that their other friends had trouble to keep up with them. While they ran through the corridors Bella suddenly bumped into someone and sent them flying against the wall. She didn't look back to see who it was and that had turned out to be the right thing to do.

Severus Snape had been walking through that corridor when he rounded a corner. His mind was somewhere else and he wasn't really watching where he was going before he felt something that send him flying. The moment his head hit the wall he had trouble to shake the pain from it. His focus was a little blurry and the only thing he could make out were two girls running away. The moment his eyes could focus he felt another knock on the back of his head as he was pushed against the wall for a second time and he lost consciousness.

*#*

Susan was Running after Bella and Daphne. Behind her were Neville and Hermione. They weren't as fast as she was but were keeping up. Ahead of her, she saw how Bella pushed Severus Snape against the wall. He was shaking his head as he was holding it with one hand. She knew that if he realised who it was Bella would be in a lot of trouble. So as she came upon him she did the one thing she could think of and slammed her body against his driving him against the wall for a second time, knocking him out completely. She, however, did look back and saw how he slumped down as she rushed ahead.

Bella was the first to reach the office door of Minerva and she stopped dead in her tracks. The door was closed and she was hesitating a little. She didn't know if she should knock or rush in. Daphne, on the other hand, didn't have that problem at all. She was running a couple of seconds behind Bella and didn't stop as Bella did. she just went straight past her and slammed herself against and through the door. "What the hell are we going to do to Albus and that fool of a fucked up minister" Daphne screamed as her other friends rushed into the office to stand next to her.

They were all looking around and saw that Minerva wasn't there. "Your lucky" Hermione told Daphne. "If Grandmother Mini had been here, you would have been in trouble for that dirty mouth of yours," she said with a smirk.

Daphne shrugged her shoulders a little, "It is the truth" she told them defiantly while she pointed her nose up in the air. "But I think she is already looking for Harry so we either go looking for them or wait here until they come back.

"We don't have to wait long I can hear them coming already," Susan told them as she pointed her thumb over her shoulder.

"Zanita, there is nothing I can do about Albus and Fudge. They have tied my hands by ordering me to be the headmistress for the day. You are tied because you have classes to teach. I know it isn't fair but After it, you have to make sure that you are in the great hall for the lunch and also in the common room of Hogwarts to make sure every student is ready" Minerva told Zanita.

"Minerva, I can't leave my husband all alone with those animals and neither will Daphne or Bella if I know them and I do. He is all alone and I want to be with him".

"You can say that alright" Daphne snapped as Minerva and Zanita walked into the office. "Furthermore, If you can tell us where he is we will tell it all to him right in his face. He is not alone anymore and he will never be that noble".

"DAPHNE behave" Hermione scolded her.

Minerva smiled as she looked at the shy look from Daphne but also the fire in her eyes as she said it. "Harry has locked himself up in the chamber of secrets. I'm not sure what he is doing there but he is with the house elves, that I know".

"What, that is the only place we can't go" Bella screamed. "None of us can speak Parseltongue. so none of us can enter the chamber". At the moment Bella had forgotten that Harry had taught them all how to say open in Parseltongue.

Hermione was about to say they could when Zanita said. "You can't but I can" and she disappeared into nothingness.

"Sure the only one who can apparate in the halls of Hogwarts and she leaves us alone, She is on her way to Harry but she would not think of the fact that we are also his wives," Bella said as she threw her hands in the air making the others chuckle a little.

*#*

Flashback to the point Harry started to walk around the lake.

Harry watched as Fleur walked away with her parents and her grandmother at her side. He felt a little pain seeing her walking with her family while he didn't get to do it. It made him think of the nights he was alone in his cupboard wishing for a family of his own. Without knowing it himself he was blocking his thoughts from Bella and Daphne but not from his grandmother.

Minerva got tears in her eyes as she heard his thoughts about the days he was locked up. It hurt her the most because she didn't know about it at the time, but most of all because she wasn't there for him when it happened. ^It's going to be a very long day^.

This was the thought that was so clear that Minerva knew that he not only thought it but said it to. ^Why did you say that Harry^.

^Nothing grandmother just a thought^.

^Harry I have known your mother and father. I may not have been with them for long but I can sure tell when something did matter and this is one of those things. I also know that something happened when we went away and also that Albus and Fudge have something to do with it so out with it^. She knew that she was strict in her mind but this time he needed it. He was about to take it all in and bottle it up again but now she would not let him. He had a family and friends who would be there for him. So it was about time he realized it and take there offered help.

^Fudge and Albus invited all the biological family members of the champions to spend the day with them^ was all he thought.

*#*

Luna Lovegood was walking down the corridor past the history class of Zanita. She had a free period and the moment she passed the door she heard three voices shouting from behind the door.

"The ThatFilthy dirty low piece little life of stuck of old up an wrinkled son hippogriff troll of dung shit a bitch"...

Luna didn't have to hear anything else to know that Harry was in some kind of trouble when she heard the voices of Bella, Daphne and Zanita coming from behind the door.

*#*

It took a couple of moments before Harry got to chance to think again. the thoughts of his grandmother he heard in his mind were so dirty, that even the writer of this story couldn't write them down. Half of the words he didn't know or even the meaning of them. So after a couple of seconds, Harry thought again. ^Yes grandmother, I do not have any biological family members apart from you. You had your duties today so according to Albus and Fudge, I have nobody left to be with me this day^.

^Oooo Harry^.

^No, grandmother, it is not your fault. Fudge and Albus have played their cards right and I just have to suck it up. I'm going for a walk, I need to think and maybe I will go to the elves and be with them for a while. I have never seen what they have done to the chamber now that is for them to do with whatever they wanted^.

^That is okay Harry, but be make sure you are at my office an hour before lunch. I'm sure the girls want to see you before you have to do your duties as Fumble and the old goat called it^ Minerva thought to her grandson.

^I will grandmother, I will,^.

The last part was never heard by the other three because they were screaming so hard

*#*

Harry started to walk around the lake and was thinking hard. Without really realising it himself he kept his thought away from all the others, and even from his grandmother. He was thinking of later that night but also an hour from now. He was thinking about his past and about his future with Bella and Daphne. That part gave him a smile. Halfway around the lake he stopped and turned to the quidditch stadium. Inside he walked up the steps and sat down at the highest seat. While he was sitting there he saw Albus together with Mad-eye and Fudge, walking to the edge of the maze. They were followed by the fake Mad-eye. As he looked on he didn't notice Nolwenn sitting down next to him. Fudge was carrying the cup to the edge of the maze and pointed into somewhere the maze as he gazed at Mad-eye. The moment the fake Mad-eye took the cup Harry knew it. ^It's a port key^.

^What was that Harry^ Minerva asked.

^Nothing right now grandmother, I will tell you later because I know the way Voldemort is going to abduct me, I just have to think of a way back when I get there^.

Minerva knew better than to ask Harry anything when he didn't want to tell her. So she let it be for now. It was at that moment that Harry turned around and fell from his chair when he saw Nolwenn sitting next to him just looking at the maze herself.

"Hi Harry," she said in a soft voice.

"Hi,".

"Don't let them get to you, Harry. They are just out to get you mad. If you would lose it today, it will only come back to hound you. I have seen what those two have done to you and also what you did about it. You are better than them and you showed it today, but don't let them get to you".

Harry looked at her and was calculating what to say.

"Harry" she started again. "I know what you have been through. I saw it in your eyes the day at the weighing of the wands. They have known it and are betting on it to get you to lose it".

Harry went back a little. He knew he had asked Narcissa to take a look at her. They asked her to find out all about her she could but nothing personal. Now it seemed she had done the same thing to him and it didn't sit well with him. Nolwenn saw the struggle Harry had and took pity on him. "Harry I know Narcissa had been looking into me. Jean has connections and found out about it when she started. We knew she was part of you so we let her when she got to my childhood she stopped. Jean found out she had to do it for you and you respected my privacy because all she found out was all everybody could find if they just tried. Now I see you looking and I didn't, I know you by the look in your eyes. It were those eyes I saw all the time when I looked into the mirror".

Harry gazed at her but didn't know what to say.

Nolwenn started to gaze up into the air as she started to talk. "I had this discussion with a lot of people. It doesn't mind what happened to you but how you deal with it. Some can deal with a lot and others brake down at the first step back. You did not break down because there was nothing left to break down. It all happened to me. You see I was a happy child growing up. Until my father got some mental troubles. He had been in the last war with Voldemort fighting for the good side. When he got back I was a young girl of 12. I had just finished my first year at Beubaxbaton and wanted to show it all. I was happy that the war was over and that my daddy was back. At first, he was happy but that changed a month into my holiday. My dad would start to get nightmares and break down without any reason at all. That was what I thought he did at the time. I was twelve and never had a real life lesson. It all came down to the war but I didn't know that. His mind was taking him back with everything he did. If I said a spell he would jump like he was being attacked pointing his wand at me without any real reason. That year I stayed at home and my father started to drink. one glass became two, then three and so on. Before I knew it he was drinking all the time. That was when it happened".

Harry was stunned that someone was telling this to him. Why he didn't know but she had him hanging on her every word because after him and Bella he didn't know anyone who had gone through the things he and Bella had. This was an adult woman who had dealt with it all and maybe he could learn from her if she really went through the things he had.

"At first it wasn't so bad. He would smack me on my cheek to get me out of his way and then he would be sorry right after. First, it was because I did something wrong in his eyes, I didn't but I didn't know that. later it was because I was around or just to close where he could reach me. As time went on it started to get worse and worse. I did all I could to please him, showing a good report cart giving him his drink or his slippers. That, however, was never good enough to please him but it was good enough for a beating". It was then that Nolwen lifted her leather jacket and shown him a couple of the scars she had on her back.

Harry's eyes widened as he saw some of them go up and disappeared underneath her jacket. she had more and he knew she was beaten just like him. Bella had been hit but she didn't have any scars like they had been. "When he had beaten me with a whip for the first time my mother took me to the Delacours. Apolline was her friend and she took care of me for a couple of weeks. My dad was sorry and I went back. He was sorry at first and then he got worse again. It happened three more times before my mother told him she would leave him and Apolline told him she would light him up like a Christmas tree. The last time I spend over three months with Apolline while my father was getting clean and no more addicted to alcohol. When he got clean it went alright or a couple of months and then the memories started to come back. This time he didn't take it out on me but on himself. It was on a Saturday morning I found him hanging from the balcony" she told the last part as a tear fell from her eye.

Harry was stunned as he looked at the pain she had in her eyes. Vernon hated him and he knew it. The beatings hurt him a lot but seeing the pain Nolwenn got from her own father was even more painful. He got it wors he knew. Still, he got it from someone who hated him. But To get it from someone who loved you that was really bad. It was then that he saw Sirius beating him or David. His eyes became even bigger as he realised that she was right. It was the same a beating was a beating. But the one doing it was the pain it gave you mentally. Harry did something he would never do otherwise and took her in a hug. "I was locked up in a cupboard when I was too much for them or when they wanted me out of the way for a time," he told her.

Nolwenn tightened the hug. She felt the pain when he said it. "It was a place I hid myself when he got mad".

"I hid under the window. My Unkle is so fat that his belly was in the way of him so he could not look down and see me".

The hour that followed was one of sharing the bad memories but also the good ones. Her of becoming the aunty of Fleur and Gabrielle. For Harry, it was becoming friends with Bella and Daphne. In that hour they created the start of a friendship that would spread between them and the friends.

After it, Harry went to the chamber of secrets to visit the house elves.

*#*

It was two hours later that there was a plop behind him just as he was about to have his second cup of tea with the Hogwarts house elves. Harry didn't have to look up to know that Zanita was behind him because she was the only one that could apparate between the walls of Hogwarts. As he gazed up he saw her smiling at him. "Do you think I can stay here until the third task".

"No Harry, you have been here long enough. It is time for you to come back up because my sister wife and I are waiting for you and when you are here we can't hear your thoughts".

Harry stepped back and looked at his shoos.

"No Harry. You are not staying here, I know that you have always stood your ground. you always took it like a man and made the best of it" It was with a little more venom then she wanted but she had to say it while she raised her voice a little.

Harry took another step back and his expression went from shy to fear.

Zanita saw his look go from shyness to fear. She gave a deep sigh and knew she had hurt him by raising her voice. she had never done it and that was why he took it as the worsed thing that could happen. She pulled him into a hug and told him in a soft voice. "Harry, you have two wives upstairs in the office of Minerva. They are not the only ones that are sitting there waiting for you. Next to your wives is your grandmother but also three of your friends. They are there for you. They might not be able to help you with the things Albus and Fudge have done to you today. But I know for a fact that they are there waiting to show you they are still there even if they can't be with you. So come on, let's go back".

"Thank you Zanita" I needed that.

Back in the office of Minerva, the group was still waiting with bated breath if Zanita would bring Harry back. When the pop sounded and Zanita appeared with Harry at her side they had time enough to blink before they were both grabbed in a hug by Bella and Daphne.

In the half hour that was left before lunch, Harry told them all what hat happened that morning. He told them about Albus and Fudge, about Jean and Apolline but also her sister/mom He still wasn't sure if Apolline had told him the truth because to she just looked too young to be her mother. After it, he told them about the program for the rest of the day.

The one thing that they all regretted the most was the fact that they could not be with him. They had asked Minerva if they could have the lunch in her office but she had told them no. It was then that Minerva told them that she and Zanita had gotten even more tasks to perform that day. One of them was to make a report for the ministry about the third task.

With ten minutes to go they said there goodbye's as Harry went on his way to the tent and the friends all went down to the great hall. Harry, however, had not seen the mean smile his grandmother had given him behind his back. She knew that she could not be there for him but that doesn't mean she couldn't look out for him and had already set something up.

*#*

Albus Walked down to the tent and looked at the way it was decorated. In front of the tent, there was a little podium with five tables on top of it. One for every champion and one for the judges. As he looked he had to smile a little, a little dirty smile. Albus walked to the middle of the centre table and sat down in the throne-like chair that stood behind it. he gave a deep sigh as he remained seated. His eyes went through the tent and saw a lot of tables for the reporters. On the other side of the tent, there was another podium. It was sat up the same way but it had a lot of chairs standing in front of the podium. As he sat there he looked on as everyone started to walk into the tent.

Fudge was among the crowd and walked straight to Albus. His smile grew as he looked at all the other tables and sat down next to Albus.

*#*

Harry walked to the tent and saw that the crowd that was in front of it had almost walked into the tent. So he walked a little bit faster and slipped into the tent among the last few people. As he stepped around some of the invited guests he could see Albus sitting in his throne. He rolled his eyes and looked on. On the left of Albus was Maxime and Jean Delacour. Next to them was the table of Cedric and his family. Text to that was the table for Fleur, with her mother and grandmother at her sides. Harry still had a hard time to believe that she was her grandmother but didn't know why they would lie to him.

His gaze travelled to the other side of Albus where he saw the minister of Bulgaria and Karkarof. Next to them was the table of Viktor and his family. The last table was his. He had to shake his head when he saw that the table was lower than the other tables, making the one chair that stood behind it even bigger. It was the only chair telling everyone that Harry was all alone. Harry lifted his head up and walked straight to the one chair and sat down gazing into the crowd.

After a moment he saw something that made his blood boil. Right there in the centre of the first row sat Draco Malfoy next to him sat Ronald Weasley. Why they were allowed to be there and his Bella and Daphne were not was a riddle to him. He did give a dirty look at Fudge who just answered him with a smile of his own. The moment he saw Severus Snape and Molly Weasley walking into the tent he almost lost it. On that moment the words of Nolwenn went through his mind, Do not lose it, Harry, she had said. He now knew that he had been right. This was the big play from Albus and Fudge. They had done all that was in their power to make it as unconvertible for him as they could.

He snapped his eyes to the rest of the crowd just to calm himself down as much as he was able to. He could see that most of them were the people that had to be there, like the wife of Bulgarian minister and the journalists from all over the world. He also saw a lot of Members from the Witangemot but none of them were from the neutral families. No, the ones that were there were all from the dark or light side meaning they either hated him or were behind Albus all the way.

It was then that Fudge stood and addressed all the people inside the tent. "Honoured guest". He gazed around the tent and saw all the eyes on him. "Honoured guest" he started again. "I welcome you all here at the Champions open Lunch" He stopped for a moment as he looked at Cedrick who was smiling at him. "This lunch is created to give you the press the opportunity to mingle with the champions and their Family's. We have brought there Family's to be with them when you talk to them and to give them support for this final day of the tournament". This time, however, the eyes of Fudge didn't go to Cedrick but to Harry who was looking at the table and nothing else. "Now we want you all to walk around, talk to the champions before we all sit down at the other side of the tent for the real questions. There is food and drink at the side. Go eat, go drink and mingle". Fudge sat down after those words and had a smile as Harry placed his head on the tabletop.

*#*

Harry had sat down behind the table that was for him. On pure instinct, he looked left and right but he was sitting all alone and no one was sitting next to him.

Nolwen who had been looking at it all stood from her chair in the front row and walked over to Harry. Before she could sit down she was stopped by Albus Dumbledore. "Miss, What are you doing".

Nolwenn looked up at him and wanted to say something back. Harry, however, stopped her with his hand on her arm. He shook his head and whispered "Don't. I know you mean well and I would love to have you here with me by my side. They, however, will do anything to keep you from it and remove you from the tent before you can sit down".

Nolwenn gave a sharp nod but still look back at Albus. "I was going to sit down with Mr, Potter. The other champions have an adult to help them with the questions that will be asked by us the journalists. He needs someone to help him, someone to guide him". Her voice was one of pure innocence as she said it like she was just about to offer the one thing he didn't have.

"Miss" Albus said.

"LaBrun" Nolwenn answered him sweetly.

"Yes, miss LaBrun" Albus corrected himself with a little disgust in his voice as he looked at Nolwenn. "I do think you mean well but that is a table for a champion and his family. so if you are his family you can sit down if not you can go back to your seat. If you do not do that I will have you removed from this tent and the Hogwarts grounds.

"ALBUS" Harry snapped. "YOU CAN REMOVER HER FROM THE TENT BUT NOT FROM THE HOGWARTS GROUNDS. THAT IS STILL A DECISION THAT CAN ONLY BE MADE BY ME THE KING OF HOGWARTS OR BY MY WIFE THE QUEEN".

Nolwenn went back to her chair as she kept her eyes on Harry. The talk they had this morning was very enlightening for her. However the reaction he gave now told her so much more than the whole talk they had. She knew that he was a very protective boy when it came to his friends and family. For himself there was nothing. It showed in the way he had sat down and took it all on the cheek so to say. Yet the moment Albus wanted to have a go at her he stepped in.

Harry's eyes followed Nolwenn all the way back to her seat. He heard the words from Albus and just had to step in. He really wanted her sitting next to him because he knew she could help him. But he also knew that she would have a very hard time if he would let her. He had learned one thing after three years of Hogwarts. He and his friends had been a thorn in the side of the sitting order and they wanted to cut it down. Why they thought he was the leader he didn't know. He also knew that he wasn't alone because he had the support from Amelia, Augusta and David. If it hadn't been for them he would still have been looking at Albus as his hero. He shivered with fear by just the thought of what it would have been like if he had. one thing was sure he would have done everything Albus would have told him, but not now. His eyes turned away from Nolwenn and he gazed at Albus. He had heard the words from Fudge and realized what they were up to. The way he said Family over and over again made the reporters look his way. People were about to start walking around. they would get something to eat and most of them would be coming to him just to bother him. Albus and Fudge had played it well and he had to just take it so he laid his head on the table as he knew he would not get the opportunity to eat one bite.

The one thing Harry also didn't realize was that he was hiding his thoughts from his grandmother and the others. he closed his eyes and asked the goddess of magic to help him out.

*#*

As the people started to get up from their chairs Harry closed his eyes again wondering who would be the first to talk to him.

"Lady Longbottom, May I ask what you are doing here". Fudge asked as Augusta walked into the tent with her nose high up in the air. the moment her eyes landed on Fudge they told him one thing. Say another word and it will be the last thing you do.

Fudge sat down and Albus stood. "Augusta".

"IT'S LADY LONGBOTTOM FOR YOU, YOU OLD FOOL" she screamed. She took a deep breath and went on in a softer tone. "If you want to be correct you will address me as Lady Potter".

"But, but, Minerva McGonagall is the acting head of house Potter" Fudge spluttered.

Augusta who was now standing next to the table of Harry took off her hat with the stuffed vulgar on top of it and placed it on the table. She didn't look at Harry who had been desperately looking for a sign that she was there for him. He knew she was but he wanted her to show it. She didn't give him the sign or even a word as she again turned herself towards Fudge. "Minister, Do you remember the day Sirius Black had his trial".

Fudge heard it and turned to Albus hoping he knew what in Merlin's name Augusta was talking about. Albus who had been gazing at Augusta the same way Fudge had done, he knew he had to say something because Fudge didn't. "Lady Longbottom, I do not know what the trial of Sirius Black has to do with all of this".

Augusta lifted her eyebrow and took her wand out of her robe as she placed it on the table. The moment she did it she saw the one thing she knew would happen. The moment she placed it on the table. Harry took out his own and held it with a firm hand. She knew that she could do this because he would protect her if needed. She also knew that with all these people here Albus and Fudge would never do anything because it would only make them look bad. "The trial of Sirius has everything to do with this day".

Albus opened his mouth as he wanted to say something but Augusta lifted a finger to make him stop. his mouth snapped shut as Augusta started to lay into him. "Albus, as you may well know. something our minister would also know if he uses the Flubberworm he has for a brain".

Most of the people who had been in the tent were still, the moment Augusta had walked into the tent. Now, however, many of them were laughing. Harry who had looked at it all held both of his hand in front of his mouth to keep himself from laughing, while he was still, holding his wand firmly in his hand.

"LADY LONGBOTTOM".

"That is Lady Potter for you little miss Snoop" Augusta yelled before Umbridge could say another thing.

Umbridge huffed "Well, I never".

"No, you never, You always talk about things you have no say in. These are matters of house Potter and the lord Potter. Yes, I am the temporary head of house Potter but Mr, Potter is still the real Lord Potter. So you shut up before I ask what you are doing here in the first place because you are nothing more than an undersecretary". This time it was Augusta who huffed and turned back to Fudge and Albus. "During the trial of Sirius Black, the houses have given me the temporary position of head of house. This means that I'm allowed to represent the head of house whenever they are in need or when I think they need me. This was placed on me until they say they don't need it anymore and they haven't done that yet. So As I understand now, you Minister Fudge and you headmaster Dumbledore have arranged for the families of the champions to join them during this day. You claimed that Lord Potter didn't have any family. You both know that you are wrong whit whatever twisted reason you told him to keep his family away. Still, as Head of house Potter, I'm a member of said family and I have the right to be here". It was after those words Augusta sat down and asked Harry to get her a cup of tea.

Harry had taken two steps when Albus spoke again "Augusta".

"Albus, don't you dare. You know as well as I do that according to the old laws every head of house is seen a the head of the family. Even to the miner houses, they are seen as family. So not only have I the right to be here because I see him as one of my grandsons, but I also have the right to be here according to the old laws".

Albus sat down as his face started to turn red from anger. there was nothing he could do about it and he knew it.

Harry who had walked on to get the tea let his eyes go around the people. Most of them were looking at Augusta with some kind of fear. They weren't looking at him anymore. "Harry, who is that". Nolwenn asked him in a whisper as she stepped next to him.

Harry gazed at his side to Nolwenn and smiled. "That is Augusta Longbottom, she is better known as the iron lady of the Witangemot. I was told that if she wanted to she could make them all shit their pants".

Nolwenn smiled as she gazed to Augusta. "I believe you. I don't think I would do any better at your side then she would". Harry smiled at her and went back to Augusta with a strong cup of tea in his hands.

The moment Harry sat down Augusta took the cup of tea with one hand and patted his hand with her other hand. "Sit down Harry. Let's see if those scumbags want to address you now with me at your side". Harry didn't say anything and just laughed a little as he let his eyes go around the tent.

It didn't take long for Harry to get some food and really enjoy his champion lunch with Augusta next to him. Some people hesitated to ask them something but just walked on after they lost their nerve. The only one who did talk to them was Nolwenn. But Harry could see that she wasn't really asking anything important her mind was on something else. Her eyes were on a person in the tent but Harry could not see at whom she was looking or why she turned red sometimes. It was on that moment that Harry turned to Augusta and asked her. "Grangran, Can you teach me how to get everyone to run away when I walk into a room like they are doing with you".

Augusta just smiled at him "Oooo my dear boy, you do not know how much fear you bring to them already".

Harry got big eyes as he just gazed at her with total disbelieve in his mind.

This time Augusta really laughed and she laughed loudly for a moment. "Harry do you remember the first day you walked into the Witangemot chamber".

Harry nodded and remembered that he had introduced his grandmother that day to everyone that was there in the chamber.

Augusta nodded at him. "Well that day, you and your friends showed something that hadn't been seen in over fifty years. You all took a stand against the others. you not only took the fight to the Witangemot, but you also took the fight to the big dog so to say. You not only taught the members a lesson of unity but also us the family. You showed us what you can do if you are with a group of people. Something we never did or never thought of doing. You not only did it at the chamber but also at Potter castle".

"In Potter castle, you took a stand against Albus to defend the honour of Bogrod. What your friends did that day was the icing on the cake. They stood around you like an army as you stood up against the leader of the light. Everyone knew that you would never win the fight yet you kept standing. When Albus attacked, you protected yourself and your friends, the same friends who immediately attacked him for it. You kept standing where most wizards and witches would have run away. You never fought back you only protected and that was the best thing you could do because everyone was wondering why Albus attacked you".

Harry had to smile when he taught back at a flying Fudge.

It was like Augusta could read his thought as she said. "Yes, Fudge flying was a nice thing to see. However, that was not the thing that brought the fear into the people, it had only been the seeds of that fear that had been placed in their heads. The real blow came when you all took the case to Fudge. It was on that day that you all showed that you were fair. You gave Fudge not only one chance to clear his name and to tell you he was sorry. You did it two times. When he got the third chance he showed his ego and didn't listen to the things you all had been saying".

Harry looked at the table because he and his friends had done it in a way to make him do it. He was played and they wanted it that way.

"Harry, don't look so sad, I know that you all played him but that is his own mistake. You made a reasonable proposition, sure you knew that his ego would not let him but that was his doing, not yours. Now I'm still, not happy about the way you did it but I can understand why you all did it. He was the one who didn't listen and that is where he made his mistake, and you put the fear in all of the members. When he made his mistake you all said it was enough. At that point you all didn't back down, you all stood your ground and took to the attack. It was clear to all the members, you are fair up to a point. when that point is reached you are all done. You and your friends did not only took down Fudge and Albus but the whole of the Witangemot. At the trial of Sirius, you not only did the same you also placed the power of the Witangemot into our hands. So if you are their friends, you are. If you are their enemy then you really are their enemy".

"But why take me, why make me stand alone".

"That is something you did all on your own. In everything, I told you today you stood at the head of your friends. We the family know you did it together but that is not what we all see. What we see is you standing in front of your friends and family while they are following you. Now they took you alone because they think without your friends you are nothing. without them, you can't be as tough as you are together. But today I will show you that you can. Today I will show you that you can use your politic mind in other situations. Everything I have taught you about the Witangemot we will use today".

Harry nodded as Augusta started to explain her ideas.

*#*

After a full hour of eating Fudge stood from his chair and addressed the people in the tent. "Lady's and gentlemen. I would like all of you to step to the other side where we placed a lot of chairs for you, right in front of the five tables for the Champions. If you would all go over there, we can start the interviews".

As all the people were fighting for a chair in front of the champions Harry walked to his table. As he looked on he saw a table for every champion and their headmaster or headmistress. In the middle was A table for the three ministers of the participating countries. As he looked at his own table he saw one chair. If it would have been right he would have to sit on the other side of Dumbledore but knew that, that would never happen. Karkarof, Cedrick and Krum were looking at him with a smirk as Fleur was looking at him sadly. Madam Maxime was the only one that wasn't looking at him. She was looking at the table with remorse in her eyes, while she stole glimpses from Apolline. Harry shook his head and sat down. Before he could have a feeling of fear Augusta sat next to him. "You didn't think I would leave you alone for this now did you".

Harry was thinking yes but he didn't say it. He was too afraid of her reaction because that was how it has always been. Augusta knew why he didn't say it and knew he was thinking she would leave him, but this was one of the times she could show him she too would be there for him and his friends. "Okay Harry let me handle it, you just watch and learn. When I say it, you do the thing I ask you to do". Harry nodded and together they waited on what was to come.

Fudge watch Harry as he was about to sit down. his little smile grew but it fell the moment Augusta sat down next to him. He turned back to the people and started again. I welcome you all, we will have a session of about an hour. you will all get the chance to ask a couple of questions before we go on. After it, the champions will have some privet time with their family's before the champion's dinner". Fudge called Umbridge to the centre so she could point out who could ask a question.

What followed next was Umbridge looking at her parchment and pointing out people to ask the question. It didn't take long for Augusta and Harry to realize that Umbridge knew about the questions that were going to be asked. So it wasn't hard for them to figure out that Umbridge was only allowing the questions she wanted to be asked.

The questions that were asked were most of all about stupid things like "Harry, Witch weakly, are you single".

Then after almost thirty minutes the real questions started but were still not the questions Harry and Augusta were thinking they would get.

*#*

Just some of the questions that were asked.

Good afternoon I'm Diana Smith from young Witch. Mr. Diggory, What are your thought about sharing the spotlight with another Hogwarts champion.

Cedric gazed to Harry as he tilted his nose to the air as he hung his head to Albus who was whispering in his ear. Cedric nodded before he answered the question. "I'm the only one and real champion of Hogwarts. Harry is not sharing my spotlight because he isn't even competing with us. He didn't start the first task and at the second task, he sabotages the task by bringing a hostage up from another Champion. So the only competition I have is Krum".

Augusta looked at Harry and rolled his eyes.

Umbridge saw it and pointed to someone else to ask their question. "Darl Withan from the France Portal, Mr, Krum, Don't you think this tournament is a health risk for your career as a seeker".

Like all the questions to Krum, they were answered by Karkarof. "Njet, Krum Good, Krum best, no competition". The way Karkarof answered the question was more like someone who was in a rush then a headmaster that was standing next to his champion.

Then as Augusta and Harry thought it was all over Rita Skeeter got the opportunity.

"Harry" Rita started with a sickly smile. "How is it to be in a tournament with Champions that are better than you".

Harry opened his mouth but Augusta stopped him. "Rita, that is not the question you should be asking. The question is Minister how could a fourteen-year-old student be entered into the tournament that was protected by an age line. Are you telling us that Harry can alter his age to be older at will"?

Rita was stunned and didn't know what she could do about it as Umbridge asked her to go on. "Harry, How is it to be with champions that are three years older than you". Augusta didn't respond just like Harry didn't. Rita didn't know what to do but Umbridge made her go on. "Harry, How did you get your name into the Goblet".

SMACK.

Everyone shot up as they heard the hand of Augusta connecting with the table. She gave Harry a nod as she said. "That is it, Harry you do what we talked about before we go on".

Harry stood and took his wand out of his pocket. He held it straight up and said. "I Harry James Potter, swear on my life and magic that I did not put my name into the goblet of Fire. I didn't ask any other person to do it for me in any way what so ever". It was right after those words that Harry closed his eyes and started to shake. His hands were trembling and his face took an expression of pain. Everyone was looking at him with open eyes as they thought they saw his magic leaving his body.

"LUMOS".

The light that came from the wand of Harry blinded everyone that was looking at Harry. It took a couple of minutes before the people in the tent could see clearly again. It was again at this point that Harry opened his mouth but the hand from Augusta stopped him. Augusta gazed from Albus to the people in front of them "Miss, LeBrun, You haven't asked any questions yet. Could you tell me why that is"?

"Now Augus" that was all Umbridge could say because Augusta had hit here with a silencing spell.

"As I have just said to you all, this is it. I don't know what you are all thinking off, but it is clear that this whole thing is a farce. Not one question was directed at the creators of this version of the tournament. The journalist that were allowed to ask a question were questions with nothing but gossip on the mind. That makes it clear to me that they have been ordered to not ask certain questions. Other than that it is clear that there is a clear disrespect for my Lord, Lord Harry James Potter. Many of you have addressed the champions by their last name. but none of you has done it with Lord Potter at my side. So that being said, Miss LeBrun what would your questions have been, were you allowed to ask them"?

Nolwenn got a little smile. All of her questions had been dismissed from asking. Now with this, she knew she wouldn't get any answers but she could ask her questions none the less. It was now that she could tell the truth in her article because Augusta asked her. "Thank you, Dame Longbottom, Or Head of House Potter. Before I tell you the questions I wanted to ask I would like to say why I didn't. It was told to us that we were not allowed to ask any questions about the tournament. All the other questions had to be evaluated by this person and she pointed to Umbridge.

"All of my questions were disallowed and this was what I wanted to ask.
-Why was it that the leader of the light couldn't prevent a fourteen-year-old from entering.
-Why wasn't Lord Potter receiving any help as the other champions or like the champion from Hogwarts?
-Why didn't the comity of the tournament help clearing the stadium when the dragons escaped?
-Why did they only interfere when they knew they could be in the spotlight.

Nolwenn wanted to go on but stopped when Augusta raised her hand. "Thank you miss LeBrun. At least there is one person under all of you that knows what her job is. It is also clear that someone didn't want to be put in a bad light. I know that the comity had twenty-four hours to relight the goblet so that the tournament would be stopped and restarted. They didn't and condemned Lord Potter to this fate. As for the thought, Harry cheated his way into the tournament, I have just shown you that a simple oath could have cleared it all".

As Harry looked on he realized what Augusta had meant with her statement. She had singlehandedly turned all the eyes that were on him on Albus and Fudge. Suddenly the wand from Augusta appeared in front of his face and was pointed at Albus. "The day, we take you to Witangemot, I will personally ask for the dementors kiss".

Albus went pale as he heard the words Augusta said. He stood and immediately said that the hour was up and that the champions could leave. Augusta took Harry by the hand and said in a whisper "One year Harry, just one more year And I have the first go at cursing that wrinkled old bastard".

Harry's eyes widened and nodded very fast.

Augusta smiled as she started to pull him out of the tent and towards the gates of Hogwarts.

*#*

Cedrick was still sitting next to Albus as they watched how Augusta and Harry left the tent. Albus knew that the plans they had made for today could all crumble if they didn't do anything about it. They still, had tonight but he was even doubting that would work. The one thing that kept on going through his mind was, why didn't they understand what he was doing. Why didn't they understand that it was all for the greater good? If he was honest the greater good he had been talking about wasn't the greater good he himself wanted. He had a deeper reason to keep Harry close to him. All that had gone down when Harry found his grandmother. So all that was left to do for him was to fix what could be fixed.

In the first year of Harry, it all went downhill. He had gotten the philosopher stone and used it as a trap. Harry had gone after the stone but he didn't do it alone, he had help from this Bella Figg. Why had he never known that Arabella had a daughter? In second year he thought he could have spin it back into his way when he saved Ginny Weasley, He would wait a year and then he would tell him he had to marry her because of a life-debt. Then he turned around and made her his slave. When he wanted to do something about it he made her his daughter. All the work to make him look bad that year had all been for nothing. Not only did Harry make Ginny his daughter, he even scored a lot of points with the Witches of the magical world. The third year had to be his year but again it was not. Not only had Sirius escaped, something he never wanted to happen. He had done all he could to keep him there. As Albus gazed at to the side he saw Fudge and he had to think about the party. Fudge had to run his big mouth about the Goblin. It wasn't that he liked the Goblins. NO, not at all, he was of the same mind as Fudge. But he wasn't telling it to everyone. Most of that hatred came from the moment Lily made a friend of the Goblin just like Harry had done. He didn't understand how they did it but they did.

Nothing went as he wanted But again at the start of the third year he would get Harry back, but never suspected that the new Professor to turn out to be the person she is. When he found it out he knew why he had lost the power of the castle. The whole year he had made plans for this year. This year would be the year he got Harry back under his control. When his name came from the goblet he knew he could be the hero of the Boy Who Lived. He had heard the names they had called him. So he would let him hurt for a night before he would step in to rescue him and make it all right again. Only it wasn't him who saved Harry but it were the members of the house of Hogwarts who did it.

After everything he had done to make Harry feel helpless so he could be seen as the Hero when he saved him. It all had been for nothing. Harry didn't look up at him but down at him. He was Albus Dumbledore he was the leader of the light. No the only hope he had left was Rita Skeeter. He had been the one who taught her to be an Animagus so she had to repay him. That is after she could get that France Hussy of her back.

*#*

Augusta who had taken Harry along was halfway down the path to Hogsmeade when she had calm down enough and started to speak. "Harry I somewhat know what your day was like. Minerva had told me in a Floo call".

"She got you to help me, didn't she".

"Yes, she did. She loves you" Augusta told him as she saw him smile. "No, something else. I know we have spoken about the plans we made but we have to change something".

"What," Harry asked.

Augusta placed her arm around his shoulder as she guided him down the street towards the three broomsticks. "Harry don't worry. It is not as bad as you think, but we have found some things that could cause us some problems. One of the things is me apperating to you. When you are back I go to the gate of Hogwarts and apparate to Little Hangleton. The Problem is that it will take me ten minutes to get to the gate before I can go to the others. So to get there quicker I will take Minerva with me to the gate the moment you disappear. When you get back you can tell her and I be on my way in less than a minute. We want to do this to not give them any time to clean up their stuff".

"But why do we want that," Harry asked.

"Well, we are doing this for two reasons Harry. First of all, we want everything to happen fast because that will give us the element of surprise. Secondly because when we get them after Bellatrix is back in time, we will have the evidence to get them locked up" Augusta explained.

Harry had followed her to the three broomsticks and was guided inside. He had been listening to Augusta so he did not really realize she had guided him upstairs. When he stood in front of a door it opened up and he was dragged inside.

A/N This was it again for this week. hope you have all enjoyed it and see you all in two weeks.

Gr Winmau