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Albus Dumbledore was very proud of himself, it had been very difficult but he had managed it, the tournament was set and all the pieces were in place, getting the various governments to agree had been a challenge but a little blackmail... diplomacy and skill had smoothed over the ruffled feathers and allowed the Tri-wizard to be brought forward a year, he had ignited the goblet two days ago and had used the small amount of blood and Harry's name written on a slip of parchment to enter him into the tournament, the cup had arrived from the ministry this morning escorted by a young man with a unique facial tick, everything was in place.

The students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang had arrived in fairly spectacular fashion one emerged from the lake in a ship while the other had arrived by Abraxion, the students were excited and enthusiastic as they entered their names, he had been surprised to see the Weasley twins arrive with the French students but apparently they were there more as guides to help the other teens understand what was happening, they had picked up French very quickly and were quite fluent, he was not surprised to find them with long white beards and hair having failed to get past his age line, he had been quite insulted when the ministry representative a rather unpleasant toad like... a one Madam Umbridge, had asked if that was the only defence.

It was the day after that the names had been placed in, and coincidentally the first day of term for Beauxbatons that the students of all 3 schools had gathered in the great hall and after an excellent breakfast before they could leave that the goblet erupted into life Dumbledore stood and made an announcement,

"It seems that the Goblet of Fire has already made it's choice, although faster than anticipated it seems that it has chose our champions," with an eruption of red fire he plucked the slips out of the air, "For Durmstrang, Victor Krum!" the durmstrang students cheered and banged their staves on the floor, "for Hogwarts, Cedric Diggory!" Hogwarts erupted, "for Beauxbatons, Fleur Delacour!" as her class mates cheered Fleur was smiling while rubbing a finger over the Foci mounted on her wrist, "well congratulations champions if you would follow headmaster Karkaroff and headmistress Maxine please, I will join you shortly," to his annoyance Umbridge went with them.

"Excellent we have our three champions and the..." he stopped as the goblet turned red once again and a new name fluttered down, "Harry Potter?" the hall was full of whispers and confusion as a white flame leaped out of the goblet and grew in size before puffing out and depositing a figure in the middle of the room.

Harry span as the protkey like effect pulled him somewhere, his had on the dial of his watch ready, suddenly the sensation stopped and he turned the dial his armor covering him from head to toe instantly.

He opened his eyes and was in some sort of hall full of uniformed teens, four long tables, floating candles and stood at the center of what seemed to be the teachers table stood Stumbledork himself, if he hadn't been sure of where he was before he was now, Hogwarts.

Dumbledore was shocked, he had expected a teen boy someone he could gain the trust of, after all the child would not be prepared for something like the Tri-wizard and would need someone to help them, someone they could trust, but instead was an individual dressed head to toe in glittering dragon armor, it was mostly jet black with bronze highlights on the tips of the spikes protruding from the shoulders and head, the torso also had a bronze coloration to the chest and stomach, they stood there still as a statue for a few moments before taking out a stick of some sort and snapping it, it was then the other champions and head teachers came back out.

Harry stood there listening for any sort of attack, when one didn't come he took out and activated his Gringotts beacon, it was something every head of department had for use in emergencies, a door opened and several people come out including two he knew Madam Maxine and Fleur but in his full armor they didn't recognise him, Dumbledore spoke up,

"Mr Potter, I know this is probably a bit of a shock but I can assure you you are in no danger, no one will harm you here, would you please remove your armor so we can talk face to face?" he asked in as grandfatherly way as he could,

silence

People started to shift uncomfortably as the silence dragged on for a few minutes,

"Harry my boy you were not brought here by anyone here, it was the goblet that transported you here although we don't know why, unfortunatly the goblet does constitute a binding magical-"

Dumbledore was cut off when the great hall doors burst open to admit a very aged looking wizard, his face covered in scars and apparently one eye missing but also replaced with a magical eye that seemed to move of it's own volition, his footsteps gave away he was missing a leg and the tap, CLUNK, tap, CLUNK, gave it away, he seemed to be in a hurry to make it to the staff table as his magical eye stopped spinning and focused on one person, the scrawny man who had transported the cup from the ministry, Harry knew this man as his reputation had spread quite wide, this was Alistor Moody a wizard who even the goblins respected.

The commotion caused quite a distraction as the black robed teacher with greasy hair and what seemed to be a permanent sneer, stood and aimed his wand at Harry and cast a spell, at the same time the young man from the ministry got a crazed look in his eye and also drew his wand but he was aiming for moody.

Harry deflected the spell much to snape's surprise and then summoned the chair the teacher had been sat on causing it to slam into his back and fly into the air, Harry dropped the summon and banished Snape's robes causing the man to fly backwards and hit the wall.

Moody blocked the spell with a shield and sent his own back, even with a missing limb the man moved like a dancer, weaving around his opponents attacks, waiting for his chance, the young man grew frustrated and attempted a more powerful spell but the slightly longer cast was what moody had been waiting for, he blazed out a jelly legs jinx followed by a stun and then disarming, it worked a treat as the ministry man was blasted off his feet and Moody plucked the wand out of the air.

Harry had been aware from the moment the doors opened that Moody was not the only one to enter, as soon as Snape and the other one went down he spoke,

"Secure the two assailants the Goblet and the room, confiscate all wands until this is sorted," he ordered,

Dumbledore was a little annoyed, was this young man giving him an order? but before he could open his mouth and put his foot in it he was stunned by what he saw.

All around the room fully armed goblins appeared as the disillusionment charms placed on them were dropped, they quickly moved and bound Snape and the Ministry man and began confiscating all wands at the point of a sharp goblin blade,

at the head table before a baffled Dumbledore could speak the pink clad woman rose up pulling out a wand any screeching, "That goblet is ministry property and these disgusting creatures have no right to glurck!"

In a fast movement Harry grabbed the woman with his magic and ripped the wand from her hand as he lifted her by the throat and he spoke calmly, "Had you finished that insult the first goblin to reach you would have probably cut you down you foolish woman, you pointed your wand at me a director of gringotts which if I deem it to be is an act of war, you also used that artifact to bring me here against my will another act of war, the only reason I have not declared it is that both actions seem to be ones of ignorance and arrogance on the part of a few individuals, if our investigation finds otherwise there will be consequences," when Deloris fell hard on the floor she found a goblin blade at her throat and she was quickly and efficiently bound and gagged.

Dumbledore was horrified by the fact that not only had his plan blown up in his face but that Harry Potter didn't seem to be the lost, helpless, and easily manipulated child he wanted but a driven, intelligent, decisive and observant young man who somehow had not only the goblins backing but their allegiance and loyalty, he only hoped that his confundus on the goblet was strong enough to hide his involvement, outwardly he made no sign of this and began trying to calm the situation and reassure the guests that this was not how Hogwarts normally operated, he tried to sway the investigation but was utterly ignored by the goblins.

A few hours later Harry was sat in a well furnished room at the Hogsmeade gringotts office, it was a small office but the recue team had been able to use it as a transport point, in his hands was a file on one Deloris Umbridge she was a piece of work, she was able to hide her nastier dealings from the ministry but not gringotts, she had arranged the death of her own brother in an 'accident' after her mother had left which she had also arranged as she hated her mother because she was a 'filthy muggle' she had convinced her father that her mother was the reason he had a squib son and fueled his anger, she later relegated her father to a dead end ministry job and disowned him when he started to regret what he had done to his wife and son, even to this day he does not know that his son is dead and his ex-wife has vanished, although that seemed to be the mother trying to escape rather than any action by Deloris. She had also made it nearly impossible for any muggle born to get a ministry job unless it was scrubbing the floors, she had made several laws through her influence with the minister to make hiring a pureblood employees have many tax benefits for the employer, and heaped the resultant costs onto any business owned by a muggle born, just reading this woman's file made Harry want to gut her like a fish, but she had made it impossible to prove as wizard courts (thanks to her) would no longer accept evidence that was not gathered by the DMLE.

There was a knock at the door, "enter," Harry called, and in walked Hydecutter, a serious gringotts investigator, he was an overcoat with many pockets filled with various enchanted items used in investigation, under the overcoat and a fine set of trousers was a full body set of goblin chainmail, with a dagger and hand axe at the belt,

"well?" Harry asked as he continued to look through information on the Tri-wizard, "good news and bad news?"

Hydecutter shook his head, "Apologies director it's mainly bad news, the Professor, one Severus Snape, is a former death eater who defected and his spells were stupify and incarcerous, he was aiming to immobilise and capture, the examination of the goblet showed that a small sample of your blood was used to enter you and it was done more than a day ago which unfortunately allowed the contract to fully form, the charm on the artifact was strong enough to remove all traces of who entered you, and finally that woman cast no spells so we have been forced to release her,"

"any good news?" Harry asked frustrated,

"not really the ministry lacky turned out to be one Barty Crouch Jr. a supposed lifetime resident of azkaban, his father was found dead inside his trunk along with the mutilated body of a house elf, unfortunately before we could do much he was taken by ministry aurors and than kissed!"

"WHAT?!" Harry was incredulous "what knut brain ordered something that stu... it was her wasn't it?"

"Yes it was, and what's worse is she is one of the judges for the tournament,"

"Any way to break the contract?" Harry asked hopefully,

"Actually yes there are several we could simply destroy the goblet, you could allow us to injure you in such a way as to make recovery slow and would therefore be released as you could not compete, you could-" he stopped as Harry held up a hand,

Hydecutter waited as Harry read and re-read a passage several times a grin formed on his face his eyes glowing slightly, "If anyone asks, the contract is unbreakable and even the attempt would mean my death,"

"Director?" he asked worried as Harry began to chuckle,

"You heard me Hydecutter, keep an eye out for a delivery I will be sending something back to this office once I have checked something, oh and has a place been reserved for me in Hogsmeade?"

Hydecutter shifted uncomfortably, "the goblet is bound to the grounds of hogwarts because the tournament is taking place there and as part of the contract you must live there until the contract is complete and dissolves," He decided he was dismissed by the director when said director began banging his head on the desk.