The Césaire, Paris, France ~ The same time

Marinette handed the bottle of Cola to Alya's waiting arms who said "Thanks Marinette, with another little one so close it's exhausting doing the smallest of things" Marinette took a sip of her drink and said "I know what you mean Sister"

Marinette had gone over realising that Alya was currently stuck at home with nothing to do and Marinette being Alya's best friend knew exactly how to keep her company. Sitting down on the couch opposite her, Marinette asked "So how does it feel without Laura"

Looking out the window sad Alya said, "It's been a day but I think we're are both struggling a bit, I know I had to let her go but not seeing her face this morning hurt, I know Adrian is finding it hard when he got home last night he started crying about the fact that he couldn't wish his Baby girl goodnight." Marinette chuckled knowing what she meant. Adrian had been distracted during their fight last night and she couldn't blame him. She was feeling the exact same

Marinette sighed "To be fair, I was the exact same last night, Lucia wasn't much better. Thankfully Jade was at her friend's so we just opened some wine and tried to relax for the night. Not that Tikki and Sass made that easy!" Through her bond with her kwami she could feel the Kwami roll her eyes, and Alya chuckled "Ah so the Kwami's interrupted your guys Fun time then." Marinette just nodded and moved the conversation on.

"So, where is Adrian right now?" Taking a sip from her cola Alya said "The Studio, he has a photo shoot on today but he said all it would take for him to come home is a phone call but I can't do that to him, it's not fair to him or the photographers. "

Sipping her drink and moving her forehead she said "But how are you coping without Harry, Mari?" Rubbing the back of her head she said "I miss seeing them, I missed seeing Harry argue with Jade this morning; I missed seeing Harry ask Lucia about this chord in this song and I missed hugging him a lot

She snickered and said, "I remember how panicky you and Lucia were when you first arrived with Harry, you guys had no clue what to do and were constantly asking Adrian and me for help, especially as Laura was about the same age and because of how soon it was after Monrach defeat and M-Day; and to think at that point Lucia was about 6 months pregnant with Jade"

Marinette rubbed her arm next and said "Yeah and now we have 2 teenagers, and call me crazy but I would do it all again." Alya raised her eyebrow and said, "You're wanting more kids?" Marinette nodded looking at her best friend's baby bump "We're only just starting to talk about it but Lucia and I both want to have another kid, 2 at maximum. We've had a large enough gap unlike you and Adrian, Plus Harry's halfway through Highschool already, and Jade's only a year behind him"

Marinette continued "And it's not like either of us are getting any younger, I'm 33 and Lucia's 34, if we're ever going to have more, we need to do it now. Plus while it's not often, I do feel stiffer when I'm running across rooftops now…I wouldn't be against a 9-month break for that.

Alya chuckled, as a fellow Miraculous holder and mum she knew what her friend was talking about "I have to say those first few months before the weight starts to kick in but your not on active duty are amazing then the aching hits and suddenly the few stiff bones don't feel so bad anymore."

Marinette laughed hard and did so for a few minutes "I don't even know why I'm laughing like that, it wasn't that funny. Anyway, I should probably get going soon, I said I would help Juleka with some set-up for her band's gig tonight."

French Ministry of Magic ~ Later that afternoon

Lucia's fingers ran across the table as she looked at his former classmate and read through the paperwork that would officially adopt Harry. The Minister for Magic sighed as he finally put the papers down "You know, if it wasn't for the fact that I know you adopted Harry 13 years ago, I would have to report you both to the ICW right?"

Lucia and Felix both nodded with Felix saying "Charlie, we're both extremely grateful that you're doing this and I'm certain that Marinette is too. But we can't let Albus Dumbledore get his hands on Harry. He hasn't been a potter since Lucia and Marinette found him outside." Charlie Stranton the current Minister of Magic nodded "I agree. And if he tries anything he's going to feel the full weight of the French, German, Belgium and Norwegian Ministries of magic."

He sighed "I just hope we can get it through in time. We've got such a short time scale to get this done. It's a ticking clock. Lucia nodded "Thank you, Charlie…I'm sorry I'm having to use our-" She was cut off by her former classmate "It's FINE, Seriously Lucia. I know how much your family means to you. Now Sonia, can you come through?"

His assistant stuck her head in and Lucia really had to stop for a minute and wonder if that Lila was in disguise but relaxed when her mannerisms were completely different; Charlie passed her the forms "Sonia, take this to the Adoption and Families department and tell them to process this straight away. A teenager's livelihood is at stake!" His assistant saluted and rushed out of the room

The man relaxed into his chair "So you're sure Dumbledore going to try something then Felix?" To her right, she saw Felix nod his head "Unfortunately, Over my time at Hogwarts during the war, he tried a lot of manipulation, especially over those who he considered vulnerable such as myself. He loves to control things. And based on the rumours, how he handled the situation with that Cobalt R and the mysterious Dungeons in Hogwarts was atrocious."

Lucia raised her eyebrow at that and Felix said "I'll catch you up on that later. Either way, he's been hunting for Harry Potter for nearly 14 years. The Man is mad, controlling and determined. He won't take our stunt lightly."

Her heart was beating quickly, she was prepared to stand up to the old wizard but it reminded her too much of Gabriel Agreste's treatment of Adrian. She's sure if Charlie wasn't in the room, Sass would be saying something somewhat comforting right now. He had to believe that their plan would work.

Great Hall, Hogwarts, Near Dalmellington, Scotland ~Later that Afternoon~

Chloé sighed as she looked out from the carriages, there was nobody around for her to talk to. She thought with so many High Schoolers that she would at least be able to gossip but not even that was going to happen.

She could maybe get herself ready for this evening then, Madam Maxine had told her that the choosing of the champions was a big deal. She just hoped whoever got chosen was willing to commit to it.

She especially hoped that it wasn't Marinette's kid or Adrian's Kid that was chosen. Not only because they were under that age limit but because of what Marinette had told her the day before:

"Do you want to show me that you've actually changed? Keep your promise and keep everyone safe and happy"

Marinette had grown a very big backbone in the time Chloé was gone although she could guess that Marinette had started growing one before she even left

"You're the one who's Ridiculous, Chloé. Utterly Ridiculous"

The words stung even now nearly 20 years because Marinette had been right, she had been ridiculous and cruel and terrible. She had almost ruined so many people's lives just because she was a spoilt brat…When Zoé finally convinced her to cut ties with their mom. She had never felt so relieved. It was like pulling something extremely toxic away from her. And for the first time in 20 years, she felt free.

She was just about to fall further into memory lane when there was a loud knock on her door. She called "Enter!" As she put her makeup brush down, somewhat happy with what she had done. The door creaked open and she swung around in her chair and standing there was the daughter of the Tsurgi girl….Léa that was her name.

"How can I help you Miss…Declour." She was so close to calling her Miss Tsurgi, but Zoé had given her the rough go over the name changes. The girl rubbed her arm "Miss Bourgies, is it? I'm worried about my cousin, Harry." Chloé's brain froze for a few seconds as she tried to work out cousin but then said "Marinette's son right?" The girl nodded.

Chloé gestured to the seat near her and said "Why are you worried about young Harry" The girl gave her a brief run down over everything and Chloé couldn't help but whisper "You don't make this easy on your Dupain-Cheng" The girl looked at her and she shook her head "Nothing to worry about, As for the situation there is also nothing to worry about. I knew Marinette, Adrian, Alya and Lucia when we were your age, your parents not so much but if there's one thing that I know is that somehow despite how ridiculous things can get, Dupain-Chengs can pull through anything."

The girl smiled "Really?" Chloé nodded "Really. Was there anything else that you needed?" The other girl shook her head and then gasped "Actually, you mention that you knew our parents and you seemed to know each other when you met yesterday morning but…none of our parents have ever mentioned you when they told us stories from the past."

Chloé sighed as she rubbed her legs, "I'm not surprised…I wasn't the best person in the world, far from it actually. I bullied your Aunt Marinette for years and made the other's lives hell."

She looked at her curiously, "What changed? Because they don't even mention a bully in the story." Chloé looked at her feet "I made a huge blunder, I went from being a member of Marinette's superhero team…to a Villain….and I may or may not become the mayor of Paris for about a week."

The girl's eyes widened "Mayor of Paris?" Chloé sighed, she could feel the tears coming as she remembered all her foolish mistakes as a teenager "Yeah…I might tell you all about it one day, but for now could you please leave…I need some alone time, but Léa don't worry about your cousin. If anything does happen, I'll be there."

The girl nodded and left the room, The second the door banged shut Chloé started to sob with two words running through her head

"Utterly Ridiculous"

~ Later that Evening~

Harry and Laura sat back down in the Great Hall ready for dinner, their day had been long thanks to the company of their two new friends who had told them about some of the crazy adventures that they had during their time at Hogwarts. Luna sat down across from them and said "Harry, Laura, I hope you've had a good first day."

The two cousins looked between themselves as Laura replied with a small smile on her face "You know Luna, I think we did. How was your day." The blond who was in some kind of daze almost replied "It was the usual, just strolling along through classes, looking forwards to getting out into the fresh air. I have to say the threstrals that you use for your carriages are beautiful."

Harry's eye's widened, she could see them too. Harry had always been able to see them as long as he could remember, probably from seeing Lily Potter die when he was a baby, he wondered who Luna had seen die to be able to see him, he was just about to ask when he felt an elbow to his gut and Laura staring at him like "Really dude, you're going to ask that personal of a question after 1 day of knowing her?!"

He winced and just moved the conversation on beyond that, because Laura was right, it was too personal of a question. He grabbed a slice of the pizza that they were serving and was surprised by how nice it actually was. The dough was arguably the worst bit but the sauce-to-cheese ratio was perfect.

Eventually, it came time to find out who the champions of the Triwizard Tournament were going to be. His heart was pounding but as scared as he was that it was going to be his name that came out of the Goblet, Harry was also extremely excited and rooting for his Cousin, Fleur.

Dumbledore stood up walked over next to the Goblet and said loudly yet clearly, "It is time! For the Goblet of Fire to choose our champions." He placed his hand onto the large Goblet and the bright blue flames burst up into the sky, a small piece of paper slowly falling. Dumbledore reached his hand out and grabbed it, uncurling it to read and he called out "The champion for Beauxbaton is… Fleur Delacour" Harry and Laura's cousin stood up elegantly and proud as their entire school burst out clapping and cheering, She had been training for something like this all of her life, she deserved it. Harry couldn't be happier for his cousin especially as it helped lower the chances of what they believed to be Dumbledore's plan.

Fleur was led to a room behind the Great Hall as Dumbledore stuck his hands back onto the Goblet making the flames richet back up he summoned the second piece of paper. The paper didn't go as far up this time so there was less of a wait for Dumbledore to call out "The Champion for Durmstrang is...Vicktor Krum" Drumstrang along with the Slytherin table they were seated at started to chant loudly as the Pro Quidditch Player stood up and walked over to where Fleur had been taken, His Chest sauntering side to side. Harry was so going to challenge Krum to a quidditch match and show him who was better sometimes.

Harry had to chuckle as he watched the headmaster of Hogwarts, It was extremely clear to him that Dumbledore was annoyed, if you looked carefully into his facial expression you could see his mouth twitching, Dumbledore had been hoping that Harry Potter would come out for one of the two school's there. He placed his hand back onto the goblet once more trying to keep his composure, and to Harry, it looked like he was praying to some deity that Harry's name would come out. The flames flashed blue again making a piece of Paper fall into his hands.

Dumbledore snatched the paper from the air angrily, the last bit of hope that the old man had that it would be Harry. He watched as Dumbledore scanned over the pape and Harry had to smirk when he saw despair enter the old man's eyes, his hands shaking slightly trying to restrain his rage. His mum's plan had worked, Dumbledore took a couple of quick breaths and yelled out "The Champion for Hogwarts is Cedric Diggory!" The Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor tables burst out clapping for their champion and Beuxbotns politely clapped too.

Harry's body just started to relax, he guessed he was free from Dumbledore's trap after all. Dumbledore step away from the goblet trying to hide a defeated smile and placed a hand on the old Boy Cedric's shoulder as he headed towards the back room. That's when the sounds of the hall seemed to die out around Harry despite them very clearly still going, the thunderous clapping and cheering, and excitement, dead silent in half a second.

Harry's heartbeat started to rush. From his gut and heart, he could feel a raging fire within. His Magic rushed around his body. From his pocket he just about heard Rapidde murmur "Harry, your magic is building up" The colour in Harry's hands drained and he started to panic as he tried to push his out-of-control magic down. His face started to sting and his magic was starting to push to be released from his body. Looking towards the front of the hall he saw Dumbledore start to around the table when suddenly there was a flicker of Emerald Green flame from the Goblet.

It was only for a second but Harry knew that was when it happened as the flames erupted into the night sky above, tearing apart the illusion roof with force as the flames forced out another piece of paper slowly fell from the sky. The Explosion of fire knocked Dumbledore down who had to use the teacher's table to slowly stand up.

Laura looked at Harry, her eyes full of concern and she started to reach for him saying in what sounded like a whisper "Harry are you okay?" He was starting to gasp for air as his magic was starting to escape his skin, lighting up his entire body.

HE WOULD NOT BE CHOSEN! HE REFUSED! HE DIDN'T WANT THIS! HE WAS HARRY JAGGED DUPAIN-CHENG COUFFAINE, THE SON OF MARINETTE AND LUCIA DUPAIN-CHENG COUFFAINE, BROTHER OFJADE OLIVIA DUPAIN-CHENG COUFFAINE! COUSIN OF LAURA AND LÉA HE WAS NOT HARRY POTTER!

An evil grin erupted onto Dumbledore's face as he slowly walked towards the Goblet, not that anybody else could tell, Not that anybody would be able to tell the grin was full of malice unless they had faced an Akuma or Hawkmoth. Harry knew in an instant what had happened and with all of his strength as his body started to glow more pushed himself away from the table, falling to the cold floor which provided a moment of relief from the pain.

Slowly Harry pushed himself off the ground, his scar starting to burn for the first time in several years, for a few brief seconds he saw his mom through his mum's eyes as they cuddled before the view switched to the other way, he could barely hear anything but Dumbledore's Deep and almost gleeful voice cut through "The Goblet has chosen another Champion! Harry Potter!"

Harry stood in the middle Aisle, trying to stay on his feet as steady as possible, his head spinning like nothing he had ever felt. From the corner of his hazy eyes, he watched as Laura reached her arm out trying to grab my arm. Léa held onto Laura's other arm to keep her steady. His magic was starting to break through more but with one final push, she managed to grab hold of his arm transferring Furttive and Saggese to him temporarily. He heard her scream as she did so "Harry!" but her touch was all his magic needed as it started to escape him in mass and start to swirl around him

He let out a scream of agony as his magic flowed through and around him, as his magic tried to tear him apart while also trying to defend him from the ancient Magic of the Goblet. He WAS NOT HARRY POTTER! HE WOULD NOT BE PULLED INTO THIS COMPETITION!

Staring at Laura he screamed out "MOVE, GET AWAY FROM ME LAURA, QUICKLY PLEASE!" She stepped away from him looking scared, He had never yelled at her like that before and he definitely never screamed in so much pain as his magic continued to battle within him.

Just as he thought he was about to pass out from the pain his Magic was all sucked into him before a large explosion of light and energy went flying across the Great Hall, sending him to the ground. His breathing was heavy and his magic was still fighting itself although the excess was being drained thanks to the Kwami's.

Panting, struggling to keep his eyes open, he looked up to see the remaining food splattered all over the walls and food and several students had been thrown from their benches onto the floor from the force of the explosion. Everyone was gasping at Harry, with both Laura and Léa looking at him in shock, with Léa gasping "Harry, your hair….It's gone completely black again!"

Picking up a silver plate that was on the floor next to him, he looked into his reflection and saw that his cousin was right, His hair hadn't just gone back to being black it wasn't his Mum's Bluish-Black that he was used to instead it was the same shade of black that the Potter's had the pictures he saw, his hair was even sticking up more like James Potters except his hair dangled down to the top of his shoulders from his snapped hairband.

His breathing slowed and he attempted to stand up from the cold stone floor, his eyes slowly focusing on the damn Goblet of fire as Dumbledore who stood right next to it; grinned madly "It's nice of you to finally Join us, Mr Potter!"