Once the hug was ended, Krieg said "So, um, breakfast?"
James replied "Yeah, breakfast."
And they all sat down at the gryffindor table with everyone looking at them. Axton got a good mix of meat and vegetables, Maya had an omelet, Salvador loaded up on meat, Zero grabbed an apple and nothing else, Gaige got all veggies, Tina got crumpets from… somewhere, and Krieg pulled out a slab of meat and slapped it on the plate. Axton had to ask, "Is that a skag steak?"
"Yup" was the Psycho's reply.
"What's a skag?" Rose asked.
Gaige then proceeded to pull out her echo and displayed a hologram of a skag. Everyone could see it and was dumbfounded by the sight. It wasn't the skag, but rather the hologram itself. If these 'Pandorans' could do this, what else could they do?
"This is a skag. They have vertical mouths with long tongues and are subject to varying mutations like rabid, barf, horned, and elemental mutations," was Gaige's explanation.
Not to be left out, Tina added "They also make great target practice and pets."
"Pet? Why do you want that thing as a pet?" someone loudly asked.
"Wouldn't you want a pet that breathes fire like my dear Enrique?" Was Tina's reply.
Gaige then displayed how they walked Enrique the First in the Badass Crater of Badassitude, which was more like the Vault Hunters shooting at bikers who were shooting at them while Enrique followed and occasionally set the Pandorans on fire. Luckily, Gaige had the forethought to mute and censor the video. Otherwise people may have started running in fear upon hearing Krieg's pyromania induced ravings from the video.
When the video of the 'walk' was over, everyone was looking at the Pandorans in silence, slightly terrified by the violence that actually WAS depicted in the video. They realized what the headmaster meant when he said "they might attack on reflex." But one student did have something to say.
"That was cool! Can you do something else?"
Everyone looked at the red headed fourth year dumbfoundedly. Was he really so tactless and stupid that he would ask the killers to demonstrate their skills?
Krieg stood up looking at the boy. "What's your name?"
"Ron, Ron Weasley." He answered, looking almost proud of himself for remembering his name. Ron then stuck out his hand and asked "Can we be friends?"
"No."
Ron looked at Krieg like he couldn't believe that Harry Potter didn't want to be his friend. "But you're Harry Potter! Don't you want a friend that's a light wizard?"
"No. Also don't call me Harry. My name is Krieg."
"But your name is Harry." Ron replied stupidly.
Maya decided to speak up. "His name is Krieg and if he doesn't like Harry, then don't call him Harry."
"Shut up! His name is Harry and I'll call him Harry if I want to, you dum-"
Ron found himself cut off when Krieg's hand gripped the neck of Ron's robe and lifted him off the ground with one hand. Krieg then leaned in close.
"MELT FOR ME, PASTYCAKES! YOUR BLOOD WILL GIVE MY PECS A LOVELY, BUTTERY SHEEN!" Krieg yelled into Ron's ear.
He then casually released Ron and turned around to sit back down, as if this was normal for him, which unbeknownst to most of the hall it actually was.
Krieg went back to the skag steak, proceeded to cut into it with his knife, and handed some pieces to Tina. The hall slowly returned to breakfast.
Once breakfast was done, the students went to class while Krieg got to talking with his family. Apparently, his dad James was part of magical law enforcement and his mom Lily was a teacher here at Hogwarts. Rose was a fourth year student and was doing well in classes.
Except for Potions, but Rose explained that her teacher had a crush on Lily, but since Lily chose James, the teacher, Snape, took out his frustrations on Rose in and out of class. He didn't get violent, but he was cruel, unfair, took points and detentions unjustly, and supposedly allowed other students to sabotage Rose's work. Krieg decided that a talk with Snape was worth having soon.
Rose also introduced the Pandorans to her two best friends Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom. Hermione was widely considered the smartest student in her year, possibly the entire school. Though she tended to rattle on and ask tons of questions, she was always careful to be polite when she asked and the Pandorans were happy to answer because of it.
Neville on the other hand was a different case. While he did seem to be smart, he was also very shy and hesitant to speak. But once the group made it clear that they had no intention of hurting him, he opened up, if only a little bit.
But Krieg and the Pandorans got along relatively well with the two students and the same could be said for the staff. Maya liked talking to the Groundskeeper Hagrid, finding him a sort of gentle giant kind of guy. Gaige loved talking with the Runes teacher Bethesda Babbling, and was really hoping that she could incorporate runes into Deathtrap. Axton, Salvador, and Zero could be found talking with Filius Flitwick, the charms teacher. Who also happened to be a retired master duelist, and they loved talking about combat and telling their tales to each other.
Tina would always have a (non-literal) blast with Professor McGonnagal, who was happy to explain the rules of transfiguration to the thirteen year old. Though the teacher was a little concerned about Tina's talent with explosives, she did understand that their planet is dangerous and they likely had to fight for survival often.
Krieg would immensely enjoy talking to the teachers as well as his family but he did find himself with a few problems because of his old name.
The students would stare at him while he was around, and were seemingly incapable of being subtle about it. He felt that this would be a constant annoyance but he had some skill ignoring it from some of the people in Sanctuary.
Though it seemed that despite giving him a literal death threat, Ron was convinced (possibly from brain damage) that Krieg and him were meant to be best friends. This meant that Ron constantly followed Krieg whenever possible which was becoming very annoying.
But Krieg soon found out that his 'fame' as the 'boy-who-disappeared' would encourage people to try to get close to him, as he discovered when one day he was approached by the literal leader of Magical Britain.
Krieg was enjoying lunch with his friends and family in the great hall when faint talking could be heard outside. The question of what it was was answered when a portly man in a green bowler hat entered and walked up to Krieg and his family. When Krieg turned to look at the man, the man flinched before regaining composure.
"Hello there Harry! My name is Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic." And he held out his hand.
Krieg didn't take it.
Fudge's smile faltered a bit before returning in full force. Pulling his hand back, Fudge then said "So, are you enjoying spending time with your family?"
"I was."
Fudge looked concerned. "You were? What happened?"
"We were interrupted."
"By who?" Fudge asked, not realizing the implication.
"Some guy with such a bad fashion sense he thought green belongs on a bowler hat." Krieg said uncaringly.
Before Fudge could reply, Krieg continued. "That same guy also decided to speak to me in such an informal fashion that I felt insulted. He also had such little awareness that he didn't realize that he wasn't wanted."
Fudge seemed to get a little red in the face and made the reason known. "I am not accustomed to being treated in such a way."
"Too bad. Go complain to someone who cares. Now why are you here?"
Fudge seemed more disgruntled but kept quiet about it. "Well I thought that after hearing about your return I should introduce myself."
Krieg wasn't fooled one bit. "So you can use me as a poster boy for how good of a leader you are which we all know you aren't, right?"
Fudge was dumbfounded that Harry Potter would think that. He really was there to say hello, though some good press would be nice too.
"Your silence is telling. Now go away." Krieg said
Fudge looked ready to protest, but Krieg stopped that real quick when he undigitized his buzz axe, held it in both hands, and looked at Fudge with a look that promised pain.
When Fudge still didn't move and seemed ready to speak, Krieg yelled out "DON'T DO IT, HE'S CRAZY!"
Fudge ran off so fast he practically left a cloud of smoke in his shape behind him.
Krieg sat back down, unaffected by the stares of the entire hall aimed at him. Then all of a sudden, Salvador lost it and began to laugh hysterically.
"Hahahahahaha! Oh amigo. That. Was. Awesome!"
The other Pandorans followed suit and broke down laughing. Everyone else in the hall went back to their lunches after that. Except for Dumbledore.
He couldn't believe that Harry would do that. He threatened the Minister of Magic and didn't seem to care! This would not do at all. He needed Rose's trust. If her brother kept this up, Rose might follow his example. Rose needed to die and she needed to die a martyr.
Harry could get him Rose's trust but he needed Harry's trust first. But was that trust worth having? For goodness sake, the boy was screaming absurd threats and profanities to anyone who he was bothered by! This was very bad.
If Harry would not follow behind, then he would be left behind. The headmaster merely needed to discredit the boy, show everyone that Harry was not even worth the time of day. But how? His friends wouldn't help, at least not willingly.
But there was an opportunity coming soon: the Weighing of the Wands. Or more accurately, Rita Skeeter. He could cast some listening spells on her and he'd have a way to hear Harry's history without the dramatics and lies of Skeeter. He could even get blackmail on Harry's friends when they were inevitably interviewed. This would help him immensely!
Eventually, the Weighing of the Wands arrived and Krieg and the Pandorans arrived in Meeting Room Seven last but not at all late. They walked in seeing all of the tournament officials from the night they had arrived, along with the Potters, the other champions, a photographer, and a skinny woman in acid green robes, glasses, and holding a handbag.
The unknown woman walked up to Krieg. "Oh Harry! Please, you must accompany me for an interview!" And she proceeded to attempt to pull him towards a door to the broom closet. Though she was quite unsuccessful, considering Krieg's weight and size.
"Hold it, who are you and what do you think you're doing?" Maya asked.
The woman turned to face Maya with a tight smile in place and a hint of disgust in her eyes.
"Rita Skeeter, of the Daily Prophet." She answered.
The Pandorans looked in slight anger at Rita and Salvador said "So you're a reporter, huh? We don't like reporters."
"And why is that?"
Axton answered "Because the last reporter we met was a scumbag who slanted his stories so badly, they did a full one eighty."
Rita was ready to respond but Tina spoke up. "Also the reporter got blown up because he couldn't shut his mouth. So maybe you should shut yours before something happens to you too."
"Get out of here you little-"
"Little what?" Krieg spoke up.
Everyone turned to him.
Before Rita could speak, Krieg continued. "Go ahead. Little what? Because you should know that Tina builds explosives, and she made the weapons used to kill the other reporter. So the end of that sentence may determine whether or not you see tomorrow."
Everyone looked at Tina who looked as innocent as humanly possible and said "That bitch Hellquest had it coming."
Rita decided not to finish the sentence.
"We respect freedom of press so long as the press sticks to the facts and says the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I can tell that you don't care about any of that, so you will receive no interviews from us." Krieg said.
"Of course." Rita said. But there was a look in her eyes that said this was not over.
An old man then entered, approached a workbench and introduced himself as Ollivander. He then went over the champions' wands, but when he asked Krieg for his wand Krieg simply said "Don't have one."
"But then how have you been doing magic?" Ollivander asked.
"Without a wand." Krieg answered.
Everyone was amazed. Harry Potter was capable of wandless magic?! But that was a skill even the most powerful magic wielders found difficult!
"C-could you demonstrate then?" Ollivander requested.
"Sure." And Krieg snapped his fingers.
All of a sudden, music started playing and disco lights appeared out of nowhere.
"Lookin for some hot stuff baby this evenin'!
Lookin for some hot stuff baby tonight!
Lookin for some hot stuff baby this evenin'!
Gotta have some hot stuff, gotta have some love tonight!"
Krieg snapped his fingers again and it was all gone. Everyone looked at Krieg with wide eyes. All Krieg said was "So… we done?"
Nobody said anything.
"Cool. Later." And Krieg left.
Nobody spoke for a bit until Tina lost it and started laughing maniacally while walking off.
The Pandorans followed while chuckling to themselves and everyone had different looks on their faces. The Potters were proud. Rita was scared. The other champions were speechless. Ollivander was thoughtful. Dumbledore looked like his head was literally about to explode from blood pressure alone.
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