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*******************************************************************************... The Storm Part 2*********************************************************************************
Taking a deep breath and calming himself standing in the maze surrounded by white mist and 20 feet long hedges. 'Okay lets get started' he thought as he started down the path with his wand at ready and lumos spell sitting at its point. The mist began to clear out somewhat as he neared a fork on the path.
There was no logical way to choose one or another, sighing mentally he chose right and made his way down that path. It was not too long before he faced his first obstacle.
He came across a puddle of green-looking acid which was boiling and bubbling. Not wanting to take any chances he levitated a small rock and threw it into the puddle. His suspicions were confirmed as the rock melted the instant it touched the green liquid.
'Thank Dora, that she made me focus on Transfiguration in the training' he used the spell to turn the acidic puddle into water. There was a glow in the puddle but it did not change much to his dismay.
That was when he heard a distant sound of a cannon going off. 'Okay, so Viktor is in'.
Shaking his head and concentrating on the task at hand he thought for a second about the solution when he found the answer and smirked pointing his wand at the puddle he said "Glacius!" and a thick layer of ice appeared on top of the puddle.
'Yes!' with that he crossed the puddle only to look back and see the ice layer was already melting. He gulped saying "Note to self don't waste time" he moved forward.
He was again at the fork this time he took left and was walking only to stop when he heard cannon go off for last time. 'Fleur is in' he smiled and kept trudging forward.
After 20 minutes of walking during which he ran into several dead ends making him retrace his steps back and take another route and he came upon a golden mist of some sort.
He was wary of it so he same as he did with Acid Puddle. Pointing his wand to a rock he said "Wingardium Leviosa!" levitating it he brought it in front of him saying "Depulso!" banishing the rock into the golden mist with minimum power and looked wide-eyed as the rock turned upside down.
Sighing he once again repeated what he said at the start of the task "Well only way out is through" taking a deep breath he stepped forward into the golden mist and the effect was instantaneous as his world became upside down.
After feeling a fair bit disoriented but then as he took another step his world was back to normal. He made an oh sound as he struggled a little to balance himself.
After a minute he started again and about 15 minutes later near a right bend he heard a clicking sound.
His hair on the back of his neck went up it was a sound he was very familiar with as he heard it in spades in his second year when he went searching for the answer to what the monster in the Chamber of Secrets was. It was an acromantula around the corner.
Suddenly Harry's mind went to what Dora drilled into him in all the months of their training 'keeping moving when in a fight', with her voice echoing in his mind he turned the corner.
As he did he heard the loud screeching sound as the creature lunged towards him. It was in the air but the backup was not one of his options as it would trap him. So using his smaller frame of the body he ducked and rolled to another side.
The beast landed on the ground behind him and before it could turn to him, he cast "Reducto!" he overpowered it a bit. The white curse hit the back of the creature in full force and it slumped with blood splattering all over with some of it landing on Harry's trousers.
Taking a sigh of relief he turned and walked for another 5 minutes of walk and now he was getting tired. It was more of physical exhaustion than a magical one.
The mist surrounding him became thicker as he moved forward into the maze. It was now at the point that he couldn't see anything beyond 10 feet or so.
Walking in silence he came near a four-way crossroads. He was about to move straight on his path when a familiar voice rang "ARRY! DUCK!" it was Fleur, he did as she said but as he did he twisted his ankle.
As the orange curse went over his head from the opposite end towards Fleur, she cast a shielding charm taking the spell.
Harry turned in the direction from which the curse came only to see it was Viktor with his wand pointed at him. Harry from his crouching positions sent a stunner but the Bulgarian Champion blocked it effortlessly before recasting his shield as he saw another curse coming, this one was Fleur. He then vanished in the mist before both of them could cast any more spell.
Fleur came to his side and crouched down asking " 'Arry! Arry! Are you okay?" he nodded and tried to stand but seethed in pain doing so.
Fleur supported him saying "You are a terrible Liar 'Arry" with a little mirth in her voice.
He chuckled through pain saying "I know but can't have you worried can I now?" looking at her. Her flawless face was now covered with dust and small cuts on the arms.
Hearing his answer she shook her head saying "I will always worry and you can't tell me or others not to" this made him sigh in defeat knowing now he has people in his life he can lean on and those who care about him.
"Yeah I know" he mumbled and she chuckled at her boyfriend who had a hard time accepting help while he would run off to protect strangers in a heartbeat no matter the personal cost, she was broken out of these thoughts by his voice asking "What happened to Viktor? Why is attacking us all of sudden?"
She just shrugged saying "I don't know 'Arry but I can say it is better we stick to gather from here onwards" she lied as she knew that he would never let her walk-in danger to protect him as Viktor was targeting him and not her. She knew something was up and she was going to protect him at all cost. It was plain she loves him and will die before letting anything happen to him.
Harry nodded saying "Yeah we should but could you use something to lessen the pain so I will be able to walk?"
She nodded and pointed her wand at his sprained ankle as a faint light illuminated from her wand tip. He felt instant relief to the pain and a relaxing feeling in muscles all over, blinking in surprise at her asking "What did you use?"
She smiled saying "A simple numbing charm it will do the job for a while, now come on let's get going" he nodded and both of them started walking.
"So what did you face?" Harry asked her
She replied sighing "Well if you must know a creature zat shot fire wizz no 'ead, a colony of enlarged fire crabs and some kind of golden mist zat turned everyzing 'orizontal I was walking on the 'edges only after I took anozzer step did everything go to normal. It was quite an experience".
Harry chuckled saying "Yeah tell me about it I encountered the same golden mist too but instead of becoming vertical I was upside down and take one step to resolve it. Other than that I mostly encountered a large puddle of acidic water and an acromantula"
She chuckled but didn't say anything as they came across a Sphinx. They stood in front of it and it said "Your goal is the just past me, answer my riddle correct or I attack. You will have one chance both of will have to answer one riddle. Either accept or take another path, choose wise and tell me!"
Before anyone of them could answer a bolt of light stuck Fleur in the back and she went on her knees screaming. Harry who was beside her in horror yelled "Fleur!" as he recognized the red beam of light very well and frantically started to look around for the caster of the Cruciatus curse. He found Viktor standing in not afar from him his wand trained at Fleur. His anger boiled over as he yelled "Stupefy!"
An overpowered stunner hit Viktor square in the chest and the Bulgarian Champion froze and with a thud went down on the ground.
Harry then moved to Fleur who was spasming and convulsing in the ground. He took her wand and sent red sparks in the air as she needed medical attention. As he did Professor McGonagall apparated in front of him with the telltale 'POP' sound.
"Mr. Potter what happen-" she was cut by Harry saying "Professor I don't know what came over Viktor used Cruciatus on Fleur so I stunned him he is over there, she needs medical attention please take us to Poppy!"
McGonagall sighed saying " - Harry I cannot take you with me as you need to get the cup as you are not hurt or unable to do so. I will take Ms. Delacour and Mr. Krum with me. When you will take the cup it is a portkey to the staging area where you can meet her again"
His protest died when he saw Fleur's condition gave her a crisp nod saying "Okay I will get the damned cup just get her to Poppy, please" he pleaded to Mcgonagall who took Fleur's hand and apparated out of the Maze.
Harry turned to Sphinx saying "I will take the riddle I need to get back to her and others they will be worried sick after hearing about Fleur"
Sphinx smiled saying "Okay then I will give you the riddle and If you don't understand I can repeat it only once more, understand?" getting a nod from him she started.
"What goes on four-leg in the morning,
Two legs at the noon and three legs in the evening?"
Gaped a moment and then thought for over a minute he repeated the riddle in his mind over and over and over, until it struck him, smiling he looked at Sphinx saying "Human" the beast stood up on her hind legs and moved aside clearing the path for him.
In a distance, he saw his goal the, Triwizard Cup or Portkey back to people he loved. He made his way to the cup. It was there placed on a stone plinth. He sighed and grabbed a handle of the cup and felt the twisting sensation behind his naval which he was familiar with and vanished.
Staging Area.
McGonagall appeared with unconscious Fleur. She levitated the unconscious form of French Champion and headed to the Medical camp.
Poppy looked at her and said, "Come in Minerva put her on the bed" guiding her to the nearest bed.
As she did Poppy without any further question started waving her wand and gasped. She looked at Minerva with a questioning look, Minerva was about to enter when Flitwick brought unconscious Viktor into the camp.
Poppy guided Flitwick to another bed and waving her wand she took a sigh of relief. She turned back to Minerva.
Deputy Headmistress said "Ms. Delacour was put under Cruciatus curse by Mr. Krum who in turn was stunned by H- Mr. Potter. They were near the end, near Sphinx he will be coming here any minute now."
"What!" Apolline exclaimed standing near the entrance of the medical camp, at her side Alain, Gabrielle. Behind her were Susan, Daphne, and Sirius.
Apolline with horror written on her face asked "My daughter was put under the cruciate curse!" seething in anger asking "who did zat to her?"
McGonagall nodded saying "We would like to know the whole story too but we should wait for Mr. Potter to come and clear things out in meantime Poppy will treat her to her best skills"
Apolline still angry gave a tight nod. The group waited in the Medical camp for the arrival of Harry.
Little Hangleton, Graveyard
Harry fell on the ground face first and ground. He groaned saying "uh I hate Portkey!" he stood up and looking around he noticed a graveyard. A sense of dread set in his gut and pain rose in his scare as he screamed. A raspy voice rang in the air "Restraint him!" and the next moment he was struck by a stunner.
"-varte" he heard and blinked only to see the reason for his parent's death. His Godfather's unlawful imprisonment and reason for his life of misery with Dursleys, he snarled "Petiegrew!" in anger to the hunched man with rat-like features and small stature.
The said man looked at him saying "I- I am sor- rry Harry I did what I had to survive and the dark lord is too powerful to deny!"
"You should have told your friends! They would have helped you, even die for you! My parents called you friend! My father considered you his friend! You betrayed them and you framed Sirius to save your own life!" he yelled and tried to move but he was unable to he looked down only to see he was bound to a gravestone.
A different voice said "Enough of this rat, the time for ritual is nearly here. Our master shall return tonight in all his glory"
Harry turned his head in the direction of the new voice he was surprised to see Bartimeus Crouch Sr standing by a large cauldron and in his hand was a bundle of black cloth and in that was a grotesque baby form of Voldemort
"YOU! You are the one behind all this?" Harry snapped at the older-looking man. B
Barty crouch gave a wicked smile saying "Ah! You almost got the name right beside a small part you see Barty Crouch 'Sr' is my father and I am Barty crouch Jr, in my lord's service"
Harry frowned saying "So you took your father's place to trap me in this tournament and brought me here! So what you killed your father?"
The man laughed saying "Oh! No Potter I kept him captive in my home though he will die of the slow poison as he was only alive so I can use his hair in Polyjuice potion. You know I had to keep an appearance" in his twisted humor.
"It is ready mi'lord we can start the ritual," Pettigrew said bowing to the Homongulus Voldemort who said in a raspy voice "Start the ritual Wormtail" with that order Wormtail started to stir the potion in the cauldron.
And to Harry's horror Barty Crouch Jr dumped the grotesque form of Voldemort in the hot boiling potion. Then he started towards the grave beside Harry
He waved his wand and the grave beneath him opened and a long bone levitated out of it as Pettigrew recited "Bone of father unknowingly given will revive your son" and dropped it in the cauldron.
He then brought out a knife and raised it above his other hand bringing it down at his other arm he said "Flesh of servant willingly given will revive your master" cutting his own arm screaming in pain. Whimpering he stirred it once before turning to the bound champion.
He moved towards Harry with a knife. Crouching in front of him he tried to take his hand. Harry tried to protest but it was futile. The man took his right hand and made a four-inch-long slit on it as Harry seethed in pain.
He took some of his blood on the knife and return to the cauldron he said "Blood of enemy forcible taken shall revive the Dark Lord" as he dropped three drops of Harry's blood in it.
The potion shined with blinding white light and as the light vanished only revealed Voldemort in flesh.
His skin was inhumanely pale and his face was a serpentine face without a node. He opened his blood-red eyes saying "Wormtail, robe me" the rat-like man did as ordered and brought a pure black robe which the newly resurrected Dark Lord wore.
He turned to Petiegrew saying "My wand, Wormtail" the rat-man drew Yew wood 13 inches with phoenix feather wand from his coat and bowing handed it to his master.
"Your Hand Wormtail"
The man looking at Dark lord in reverence gave forward his self maimed hand saying "Thank you Mi'lord"
The Dark lord snapped in annoyance "Your other arm you fool!" the withering man did as commanded. Dark Lord tapped his arm on the Dark mark summoning his loyal servants.
Harry who was trying to get out of his binds saw as in mere seconds 7 figures in black robes and white skull masks came same as he saw at the Cup.
It looked like all of them bowed to Voldemort who said "Welcome my subjects, it has been long 13 years and I am disappointed. None of you tried to find me beside Barty" the figures trembled on their knees.
"Anything to say, Crabbe, Goyle, Macnair, Avery," Voldemort said in anger only pausing to eye a figure with shoulder-length blond hair which reminded of a certain pounce and an incident in his second year to Harry
"Even you Lucius" Voldemort continued eying the Lord Malfoy.
Lucius with a trembling voice said "My lord had I tried to find you and had known where you were I would have come to your aid as soon as I could"
Voldemort eyed him with a calculating gaze only to turn toward Petiegrew saying "I came, I came back my lord"
The man was cowering under Voldemort's disgusted glare as he snarled "Not out of loyalty but fear" moving near him "Still you proved your worth in last year" and with a wave of his wand gave Petiegrew a silver hand.
Pettigrew looked at his new arm in awe and bowed to Voldemort saying "Thank you, master!"
Voldemort turned towards bound Harry saying "Ah! Harry Potter I forget we have a guest" he said walking towards him.
He crouched down saying "Bound to a gravestone beside my filthy muggle father," he said eying the gravestone of the said person, "just like your filthy mother who sacrificed herself that night to save her only son. Her love made me unable to touch you. That invoked old magicks something I should have seen beforehand that night 13 years ago, but now" he continued raising his boney fingers "I can!" he touched Harry's scar
For the next few moments all Harry knew was pain, he screamed in agony in between those screams he could hear Voldemort's laugh as he took sadistic pleasure seeing him in pain.
Removing his finger he said "Fascinating! What effect few drops of your blood can do isn't it" he stood up and removed the binds holding the teen in place grinning maniacally saying "Now we shall see what you are made of Harry Potter, the Boy- who- lived. We will see what you can do without the protection of your filthy muggle-born mother. Wormtail give him his wand"
Pettigrew tossed him his wand. Grabbing it he prepared himself to duel the Dark lord.
He had no fantasies about defeating Voldemort but he was going to get out of here alive back to his loved ones. Straightening his posture wincing he resolved himself saying in his mind 'I will not die today'
Harry stood straight as he faced one of the most dangerous dark lords known to the world. He looked in eyes of Voldemort declaring "That we will"
Voldemort grinned at him like a smirked saying "So brave just like your parents but you will meet the same fate as them after tonight no one will ever question my power. With your death, they all should know who their master is. Now they must have taught you to duel, so fast we bow"
Harry stood their firm saying "No!"
Voldemort's grin widened as he said "Oh come on Harry! Dumbledore would be rather upset if you didn't follow proper manners. Now bow" he said pointing his wand at Harry trying to make him obey but failed as he stood firm resisting his power only flinching slightly.
The resistance made the Dark Lord frustrated as he yell "Very well then this is not a duel but a fight" he turned to his servants ordering "no one will interfere, he is mine to kill" turning he eyed Harry and pointing his wand at him he yelled "Crucio!"
Harry saw the beam coming towards him and dived right it was thanks only to his seeker reflexes honed by playing quidditch for the last three years.
In the continuing motion he barreled and yelled "BOMBARDA!" he overpowered blasting curse toward Voldemort who used a shielding spell that was foreign to him.
Voldemort sent a spell once again unknown to him which looked like a black lance. The Voice of Moody rang in his mind 'If you don't know what is coming for you, dodge!' he took cover against a gravestone as the black spell went past him by the hairline.
Voldemort yelled "Come out Potter! I want to see light in your eyes leave just like your parents. Where is your Gryffindor courage come out Potter!"
Harry in his mind repeated Dora's warning 'Don't let enemy get a spike out of you and don't let your anger cloud your judgment' calming himself. He eyed the cup that was near the cauldron which was not that far but he need a distraction which he had none. Seeing no option he came out of his cover.
Voldemort was done playing and yelled "Avada Kedavra!" the stream of green left his wand making his way to Harry who at the same time yelled "Reducto!" the orange stream left his wand which started to heat up in his.
The streams met in the middle melding in white light and the battle of wills began.
At first, Voldemort gained an edge as green pushed orange back slightly but tables turned quickly as Harry pushed it all and gave all of his power. In an instant orange pushed the green all the way back only little remained. It was then that a golden dome surrounded them and a blue wisp exited from Voldemort's wand.
Harry watched in awe as two wisps came beside him and took shape of people he always wanted to meet. It was his Parents. But he didn't have much time as his dad said "Harry when the connections break you must get to cup its portkey back to Hogwarts when I say break the connection we will give you time. Remember we are proud of you"
He turned to his mother who said "We are proud of you my beautiful boy, now let go, let go!"
He stopped his curse and the ghostly visage of his parent rushed Voldemort. He made a break for the cup which was a few meters away. A few feet short of the cup Voldemort recovered and once again he yelled "Avada Kedavra!"
Harry heard the voice and he leaped for the cup as he touched it he vanished. The killing curse fizzled in the air and Voldemort screamed in anger and frustration.
Staging Area, Hogwarts
Sirius ran back to the staging area and made a beeline to Amelia and Dora both of them were looking worried.
Dora was first to jump seeing him come their way and asked "what happened Sirius? Is she okay?"
Sirius replied with a mix of sadness and relief saying "She is okay now but Viktor used cruciatus on her and Harry saved her by stunning Viktor. All be it he overpowered it and Viktor is unconscious right now so no use in rushing to his side for questioning. Minnie said he should be along in a minute or so"
Both ladies looked relieved to hear the news. Amelia went in her head of auror department mode saying "I don't think its a coincidence that Karakroff disappeared just after the task began I will assign the Aurors to find him. Also where the hell is Harry its been a long time since Fleur came out, she was taken to medical camp and you came to inform us. By that, it has been what….10 to 15 minutes already, so where the hell is my future husband?" she mumbled the last part in worry.
Sirius chuckled saying "Don't worry my godson can handle himself and has a knack of getting out of any kind of trouble he encounters" as he completed Dumbledore came to his side asking "Sirius can you inform me and other ministry officials what happened to Ms. Delacour in the maze?" Sirius nodded and was led to a corner where Minister and other foreign dignitaries were stand and explained the situation to them
Meanwhile, Dora turned to Amelia saying "Something's not right, in fact, something is terribly wrong. I can feel it in my gut"
Amelia nodded in agreement "I know I feel the same someh-" before she could complete she saw beaten, bloodied, and burned Harry appearing out of nothing screaming in pain clutching his right hand.
"Sirius!" Amelia shouted the man turned in her direction as she pointed towards where Harry lay on the ground. She was standing quite afar and Sirius was nearest to Harry.
Sirius looked puzzled for a second before turning to Harry and sprinting to him yelling "HARRY!"
The crowd looked that he was back with a cup and roared. Harry last bit of his energy said "He is Back Sirius! Voldemort he is…" he trailed off as he went unconscious.
Sirius cradling him in his arm brisk walked as fast as he could towards the medical camp. He was followed by Dumbledore, Amelia, and Dora.
Bursting into medical camp Sirius yelled "Poppy!" the healer came and took one look at the boy in Sirius's arms bringing horror on her face but that passed in a second as determination took its place.
She guided Sirius to place Harry on the bed and started waving her wand over him so fast it was near invisible and after a few minutes she looked at the crowd gathered around saying "He has magical exhaustion but not as severe as last time, nothing rest couldn't heal. The more pressing issue right now is his right hand has a scar from a ritual knife. I need to shift them to the hospital wing, Lord Black if you will please bring Mr. Potter there while I take Ms. Delacour"
With that she levitated Fleur after casting a stasis spell on her an action Sirius mirrored the action with Harry, both made their way to the castle.
With that, the medical camp was empty as most of the group followed Sirius and Poppy back to the castle.
Next Morning, Infirmary
Opening his eyes Harry saw a very familiar white ceiling that he had seen many times over his years at Hogwarts. It was all blurry and so he turned his head to the left and tried to lift his right hand only that he couldn't. Puzzled he looked at his right hand only to see it was covered by the bandages.
This puzzled him even more before he remembered he had a cut on his hand by the ritual blade. He remembered what happened in the graveyard and looked around only to see a mass of long black locks on his splayed on his left arm. He moved it a bit to wake up the person who he assumed was Sirius.
It worked as Sirius lifted his head rubbing his eyes and looking at him smiled asking "Hey Pup feeling better?"
Harry nodded saying in a rough dry voice "Yeah, need water and my Glasses"
"Well your glasses are pretty broken so I can't give them to you but I will bring your spare from your trunk. I can give you some water!" Sirius said standing up as he poured him a glass of water.
Harry sat up and after quenching his thirst with one sip he said "Sirius he is back, last night I fought him. The cup was a portkey to a graveyard. Once I was their Pettigrew and Barty Crouch Sr who was, in reality, his son Barty Crouch Jr bound me to a gravestone."
He took another sip and continued "Then they used some ritual to transfer him from this grotesque baby form to a body that I can't call the human body. He was bald, his eyes were blood red and he didn't have a nose" a sip and he continued "he then freed me and we fought. No he attacked me before I escaped with my life. When we were fighting at one moment our spells connected and I saw them Sirius" he choked saying
"I saw my parents they are the ones who told me that cup was a portkey and they told me they were proud of me" tears threatened to roll out of his eyes. He continued after another sip "They bought me time to escape. I don't know why my wand exploded into pieces and I touched the cup which brought me back. They saved me once again Sirius, even in death they saved me" his tears flowing freely.
Sirius sat there with a mixture of emotions after a moment said: "I should probably go and fetch Poppy to do your checkup and also inform others along with Dumbledore that you're up." He left flashing him a strained smile.
Harry through his blurry vision saw moisture in his godfather's eyes as he turned.
After mere seconds Poppy came to him and without a word started waving her wand all over him, she ended up saying "Mr. Potter your right hand is severely damaged by dark magic and will recover in about a month or so. Also, you have severe magical and physical exhaustion so take it easy for a week, Healers order."
Harry nodded asking "How is Fleur?"
The matron smiled saying "She is okay just sleeping and will till afternoon. You saved her before the curse could do any lasting damage. I have potions that you will take for a month to help you with the recovery of arm and salve for your mark apply once it is healed. I will bring them back right now" she left towards her office.
As if on cue as Poppy left Dora and Amelia along with Headmaster Dumbledore, McGonagall and Minister Fudge came and stood near the foot of the bed.
Dumbledore came forward and taking a seat at the bedside stool asked "Harry if you would please tell us what happened in the Maze last night"
He nodded and launched into an explanation from Fleur being tortured and retold the whole incident at the graveyard. As he said Voldemort is back Fudge shook his head vehemently saying "No! This is not true he died 13 years ago your are clearly in need of mental help after the maze, Yes! That's it….."
Dumbledore interjected saying "Please Cornelius, listen if he is back we need to be prepa…"
Fudge cut him, denying with his face going red with annoyance "NO! He is not back, the Boy is lying!" shouting the last part. He turned to Harry and threw a pouch on his bed saying "Here are your winnings congratulations and Goodbye" he huffed and left the hospital wing.
Dumbledore shook his head saying "It's not going to be easy but I will try and reason with him" internally he was giddy as a child it was all better than he could plan himself also proud of Tom who successfully revived himself.
Now all he had to do was weaken the lamb named Harry and serve him to Tom to die. Then he would kill Tom and become the only wizard to defeat 2 Dark lords. He knew cause he interrogated Barty Crouch Sr the day he stepped into Hogwarts about his plans of entering Harry into the tournament and using him in the resurrection. For now, he maintained a facade of disappointment.
"Sir was what happened when mine and Voldemort's spells connected? How did I see my parents?" looking at Dumbledore waiting for an answer.
Dumbledore smiled "I believe you know that your wand and Voldemort's are brother wands, don't you?" getting a nod from a teen he continued "well when two brother wands face each other their spells connect and that causes Prior Incantatum a phenomenon which is also a spell but is rare in terms brother wands facing each other. What it does is show the last spell cast by the wand losing the battle of will, you saw your parents cause the last spell Voldemort castes was a killing curse that took your parent's life. Now I may go and try to reason with Minister" giving a grandfatherly smile he left.
McGonagall looked apprehensive for a moment before saying "You are not alone in this fight Harry next time we all will be there when you face that monster. And as you know being a champion you are exempt from the end of year exam so you can leave for home if you want once you have Poppy's permission"
Harry nodded with a smile saying "I know Professor, thank you" hearing this deputy Headmistress of left the wing
As the headmaster was out of the earshot, Harry was tackled by both of his fiancees hugged him, and stayed in that position for a minute.
Apolline watched them from Fleur's bedside with a pained expression as she too wanted to hug him and tell him she had feelings for him. But she restrained herself with more strength than then she ever did before. Her veela side was screaming to go to his chosen mate and hold him forever but she couldn't, she won't until she gets her daughter's permission.
Harry winced a little and both broke the hug apologizing in chorus. He looked at them before barking out a laugh at the synchronism of both the ladies. Harry asked, "Did you guys practice that or something?"
Amelia sat beside him smiling "No it was just a coincidence and don't get used to it cause us ladies saying sorry is a rare occasion"
Harry smiled saying "Well if it's such a rare occasion, Amy, let me savor it"
Amelia swatted him on the arm "Prat! How can you be so upbeat after facing a monster?"
Harry gave a weak smile sighing "Cause I am surrounded with such beauties and I am sure I have others waiting to meet me and going crazy worrying about my health. Also I don't want to remember what happened last night" this earned understanding nods from all the ladies.
Dora sighed, looking at her watch only to growl in frustration thinking 'stupid Work ethic' "Okay Harry-Bear, we will talk about all that later but for now you need to rest. Amelia and I need to get back to our jobs" she maneuvered to another side of his bed and kissed him on lips caressing his cheek whispering "See you later. Take care lover boy" he nodded with a smile.
He turned to Amelia who looked at him longingly and apprehensively at him. Looking in her ember eyes he leaned forward and captured her lips with his own. Amelia was surprised for a moment but she too started relishing in the taste of his lips and his smell, but the kiss ended sooner than she wanted and so she made a little whining noise.
Hearing it Harry smiled saying "Don't worry Amy, I am here for you to kiss as much as you like when you are free but for now you have a job don't you?"
The head of DMLE was flushed red as she nodded. It was unlike to be embarrassed she was the most powerful woman in magical Britain after Minister. Yet here was a young man who had the power to do so.
Never did she think she would start feeling flickers of new budding romance as she did at the moment when she looked into his emerald green eyes pleading to him "Be there for me all my life will you?" caressing his cheek in a voice filled with great concern and even greater love, something that was unlike herself.
Harry nodded answering "Always!"
With a smile Amelia stood up leaving with Tonks on her heels. It was after about 2 hours Harry looked at the two girls entering looking at him with teary eyes. He opened his good arm in an inviting gesture.
Soon both Susan and Daphne were in his arm wiping while their head was buried in his chest. Harry along with them had a good cry as he was reminded how close he came to losing everything he had.
The cry lasted about 5 minutes before Daphne looked up from his head, without a word she kissed him. This was not a chaste kiss, No, it was a kiss of longing, of reassurance, one of love. He returned the kiss with equal depth as her, from his side it was a kiss of promise.
Breaking the kiss, Daphne smiled through tears still running down her face "I was so scared you would never come back from that maze." sniffing "Then when Fl..eur came out unconscious ….."
She was cut off by Harry "Sh, sh, sh, sh! Daph I am okay! See I am still here Okay?"
"Really Potter, you are okay then what's with the bandage on your arm Huh?" she huffed using her ever famous ice princess persona in a firm but affectionate.
Before he could answer, Susan joined her in reprimanding him "Don't you try and downplay this Harry James Potter! You need to rest and we are not hearing any argument, Got it?"
He couldn't do anything but nod dumbly. Susan still glaring at him leaned in and kissed him with all passion she could muster which was mirrored by him. They ended a kiss smiling at each other.
It was then that Poppy came to his bedside holding a tray with potions a box "My apologizes Mr. Potter it took some time to find a salve for your marks I missed placing it" placing a circular wooden box on the side table with a similar potion box she gave to Daphne months ago adding "and these are your potion for a whole month" she handed him a vial of neon blue smelling it his face grimaced. Poppy glared at him making him drink it all in one swig.
The matron "Now you rest, I will get an elf to bring lunch for you and your friends" with a smile she retreated to her office.
Harry felt the potion he drank had a side effect of drowsiness and so yawning he said "G…irls I am going to take a nap still pretty tried from last night" once again yawning.
Susan and Daphne gave him a nod and breaking from him they let him sleep while they made their way out of the infirmary to take their exams.
A/N: Now to the people who were thinking that Harry was going to go Op in the battle sorry but it has to be this way by design so be patient.
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