Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again.

Chapter 14. The Great Evil of the Greater Good. The aftermath of the Tempest of the Third Task. Part 2 Controlling the Chaos.

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- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

The Magic of the Night had fought back against the evil schemes of the headmaster's Greater Good.

And together the Champions had survived yet another battle against impossible odds.

But there was work to be done to control the chaos.

Many Witches and Wizards had taken courage from the example of the Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions and worked together. And they exceeded their own expectations and now they wanted to celebrate.

Tomorrow they will see an opportunity to make a difference and the winds of change were blowing like a gale against the wishes of the old fool.

And the Magic of the Night would never give up!

Never surrender!

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

"Excellent! Well done!" Fergus, the sorting hat, said to the resting Champions as they moved around to high-five each other to celebrate their survival of yet another impossible battle. They were too breathless to do much more while they watched the last Acromantula about to be Portkeyed away. "You have saved the students from a painful death and the headmaster's foolishness!"

"Thank you, Fergus. And you too, Fawkes." Harry replied. "We couldn't have done it without you and Fawkes." As he turned to their brave fearless leader. "And you too, Sir Nicholas and our friends."

Sir Nicholas nodded with pride and satisfaction to his fellow ghosts, and they nodded back with a cheerful victorious grin. Then he looked at the Champions and Fergus, and said. "Thank you. And well done lads and lassie. It has been my greatest honour to have led you in this glorious battle and now we need to prepare for the adulations of our multitude of admirers."

"Oh, I so do love a parade!" Fergus said cheerfully enjoying his freedom from the headmaster's interference.

"What?" A confused Harry asked as Fawkes landed on his shoulder.

"Oh, Mr Potter. This is the part you have always missed out on after you had so valiantly saved Hogwarts before." Fergus explained. "While you were unconscious, we partied to celebrate your victory."

"Oh?"

"It was unfortunate that you missed it then, but now you can really enjoy it with someone you love." Fergus said as Harry smiled and thought about Hermione. He couldn't blame them for celebrating without him, so he decided to make the best of it tonight.

"Oh, okay." Harry's smile got bigger.

"Yes, that's the spirit my dear Harry, we have but one charge left to make and we need to arrive in the style as befitting the occasion. After a successful engagement of battle against impossible odds, and such a great and glorious victory as this." Sir Nicholas explained as he opened his saddle bag and pulled out a full size lance that had two large silver banners flying at the tip. They were the coat of arms of the House of Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington and of Gryffindor. Then he quietly mentioned to himself. "If only the Headless Hunt and that pretentious Sir Patrick Delaney-Decapitated-Properly-Podmore could see me now."

"Don't worry my old friend." Sir Waldo, the Bloody Baron said as he took out his lance with the Slytherin banner. "Such will be the way I shall tell them the story of your courage and brave deeds, that it will leave them green with envy and those pompous fools now a-bed shall think themselves accursed that they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us this night!"

"Thank you my friend." Sir Nicholas smiled. "And I shall tell them of the courage and bravery of the Ghost of Hogwarts."

"Well done, milady." The Grey Lady said to Fleur as she took out her staff and Ravenclaw banner. "This has been so much fun! I have not felt this alive for such an age!"

Fleur smiled as she nodded to the Grey Lady and took a minute to catch her breath and enjoy the moment as she looked at her fellow Champions. She realized that after following the Littlest Champion as he charged into certain death with a wild-eye grin, she had never felt so alive, and so accepted, and so welcomed by her friends. No they were more than friends, almost like the brothers she always wanted. Riding a charging silver stag while attacking Acromantulas and those weird crab like creatures was a great team building exercise while saving a lot of witches and wizards. She noticed Sir Nicholas take out his lance and banner, and held it up proudly with a triumphant glint in his eye. She conjured up her own lance and banner showing the coat of arms of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and added a charm to the banner to leave a trail of blue stars as the banner moved in the breeze.

Peeves was giggling wickedly that he dropped his empty bin while Viktor took a minute to catch his breath and enjoy the moment. He looked at his fellow Champions who had trusted and believed in him so much that they didn't hesitate to help him break that terrible Unforgivable Imperius Curse. Even with Durmstrang's allegedly dark reputation, his fellow champions had accepted him as a friend and brother. He was so thankful that Harry had forgiven him for escorting Miss Hermione Granger to the Yule Ball and he had even told them the secret of that vile reporter Skeeter. But no one had seen or heard from the wicked witch of the order of the poison pen first class, and none of the vindictive stories that he had seen her collect from those silly blonde Slytherins at the Yule Ball were ever printed. A smiled formed on his face as he was so glad he had come to Hogwarts and made so many great friends from both schools. He had a wicked grin as he used his wand to conjure a lance and banner showing the coat of arms of the Durmstrang Institute and he held it up proudly with his head high. Everyone will know and see that Durmstrang Institute had been here and played her part courageously.

"Good show, my son, your actions were very brave, loyal and courageous." The Fat Friar said to Cedric. "You are a true Hufflepuff."

Cedric smiled to acknowledge his house ghost compliment as he took a minute to catch his breath and enjoy the moment as he looked at his fellow Champions. He had seen Harry in action before but had always assumed that it was what was to be expected for the Boy-Who-Lived. He had to admit that he had been really disappointed and annoyed when Harry's name came out of the Goblet of Fire and spoilt all his dreams of being the Hogwarts Tri-Wizard Tournament Champion. Alone. But then Harry went out of his way to warn him about the dragons just to be fair, even after how poorly he had been treated. He knew he would have never survived the first task without Harry's help and then Harry had to face that humongous Hungarian Horntail dragon. Alone. That was when he saw the real Harry Potter and he was nothing like the Boy-Who-Lived stories. Whoever had written those fake stories had never even met Harry Potter. Cedric saw that Harry was so much more than the fairy tales of the Boy-Who-Lived. When he had explained to his fellow Hufflepuffs what Harry had done to save his life against the dragons, they were ashamed how they had treated Harry and went out of their way to make it up. Cedric said he was sorry to Harry and Harry had just forgiven him. He was so glad to have made Harry his friend and little brother. He smiled as he conjured a lance with two banners showing the coat of arms for Hogwarts and Hufflepuff and then he conjured a second lance for the littlest Champion with two banners showing the coat of arms of Hogwarts and Gryffindor.

Moaning Myrtle was also giggling her infectious mischievous giggle as she had never had that much excitement and fun as she snuggled into her favourite Champion's back. While Harry took a minute to catch his breath and enjoy the moment as he looked at his fellow Champions. Together his big brothers and sister had survived this adventure against impossible odds and without injury. And for Harry, that was all that mattered. He smiled as he accepted the lance from Cedric that showed the Hogwarts and Gryffindor banners and held it up high.

Fleur added her trailing stars charm to the banners so that the house banners of Sir Nicholas trailed silver stars, Viktor's banner trailed bright purple stars, and the Hogwarts, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor banners trailed Scarlet, Gold, Blue, Bronze, Green, Silver, Yellow and Black stars. Though the black Hufflepuff stars were hard to see in the dark.

Now they were rested and ready for their final charge, and their new battle to control the chaos. Sir Nicholas blew his old battered bugle and they slowly galloped back after the last Acromantula was Portkeyed away.

It was a glorious sight to see the Champions and Ghosts charge on their silver stags with their banners high and trailing a multitude of colourful stars with Sir Nicholas in the lead sounding the charge as the Castle played the Light Cavalry Overture.

With a smile, the Littlest Champion hung back to let the three Official Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions be led by Sir Nicholas to be presented before the enormous crowd of cheering witches and wizards and have their moment of eternal glory.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

When the last Acromantula disappeared back into the Forbidden Forest a massive cheer went up from both of the Quidditch viewing stands as they celebrated the glorious victory that saved them from a certain painful pointy death. Then they turned to the few brave witches and wizards who had stood up on the Last Line of Defence and protected them. They clapped as they stamped their feet and cheered and whistled to thank them as they smiled and waved back.

Then the massive crowd got louder as the witches and wizards of the Last Line of Defence joined them as they turned to show their appreciation to Madam Bones and her brave phalanx of hellfiring Aurors for their part in the victory while some chanted, "Bones!" Over and over.

While one little witch yelled. "Go, Aunty!"

In the Slytherin section of the Quidditch viewing stand, the students had never seen such a display of magic by the Champions, the Aurors or the professors and adults who held the Last Line of Defence that protected them from the headmaster's foolishness. All the students except for one blonde hair idiot (but he is blond) cheered and jumped up and down in sheer joy of the action that saved them all from a very painful death. But none cheered as loud as the Secret Harry Potter Slytherin Fan Club made up of Daphne Greengrass, Tracy Davis, Millicent Bulstrode, Pansy Parkinson, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Madam Bones and her phalanx of trusty hellfiring Aurors and Longbottoms gave a cheer with a fist pump as the last surviving Acromantula spun away.

"Well done, Aurors" Madam Bones congratulated her team as Aggie and Alice nodded in agreement as they were too hoarse to say anything due to all their spell casting. "Very well done indeed! I am so proud of you!"

"Thanks! Boss!" Senior Auror Jones spoke breathlessly for her team as they congratulated each other with high-fives, hugs and pats on the back for surviving such an exhausting ordeal together and unharmed.

Then they were a little surprised to hear a growing louder cheer and thunderous clapping coming from the two viewing stands behind them. They turned around and saw that the massive crowd was looking at them and their applause, cheering and whistling for them. To thank them for their part in dealing with the gigantic spiders and weird crab things, and saving them all from a terrible painful death. The hellfiring Aurors could hear the crowd chanting, "Bones!" And even a, "Go, Aunty!"

Not used to being thanked for their service, even with such a deafening applause, the hellfiring Aurors were a little embarrassed and at a loss as what to do.

Madam Bones smirked as she knew Fudge, the Toad and the headmaster would absolutely hate for someone other themselves being the center of attention for such a celebration. She looked at her trusty hellfiring Aurors and told them. "Smile and wave, Aurors, smile and wave, and enjoy the moment as they only happen so rarely."

So the Aurors followed Madam Bones' example and smiled and waved to crowd to acknowledge the applause while a few larks bowed and others blew kisses.

Madam Bones let them enjoy their moment while she summonsed her house-elf to bring some refreshments and Pepperup potion for her Aurors. She knew it was going to be a long night and they needed to keep their strength up.

Finally the crowd of students, witches and wizards had something really good to celebrate with wands firing all these fireworks charms into the night sky. While no one but the Castle noticed the Sphinx and Boggarts sneaking through the shadows in their bid to escape the maze on their way to surreptitiously enter into the dungeons of Hogwarts.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

The cheering and applause from the enormous crowd of witches, wizards and students rose louder still as Sir Nicholas and the Bloody Baron proudly led three of the four Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions with their Hogwarts Ghosts mascots, Fats, the Grey Lady and Peeves, along with their banners held high and flying as they trailed stars while the Castle played the Light Cavalry Overture.

It was a glorious sight, but Sir Nicholas noticed that one was missing and he turned and rode his silver ghost charger back to the Littlest Champion standing alone.

Fleur, Cedric and Viktor noticed that the Littlest Champion was missing, so they turned to Harry and watched as he doffed his hat to salute them and they realised that he was honouring them and to give his big brothers and sister their moment of eternal glory. It was such a Harry thing to do and they silently thanked him with a nod as they enjoyed that fleeting moment while they waited for Sir Nicholas to lead Harry in.

The Official Three Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions smiled and waved to the cheering crowd.

Fleur was surprised to hear the Beauxbatons witches in the Ravenclaw stand chanting her name and swing their arms and hips, as they did their sassy cheer dance, so she waved and blew a kiss to them. Then the Beauxbatons witches let off a giant firework that exploded high overhead in the Beauxbatons colours showing a moving picture of Fleur smiling as she waved her hand with her long blonde hair blowing in the breeze. The writing said,

'FLEUR DELACOUR

CHAMPION OF BEAUXBATONS'.

The Durmstrang students in the Slytherin stand were chanting Viktor's name with their fists in the air as they stamped their feet. Then they let off a giant firework that exploded in Durmstrang colours showing a moving picture of Viktor looking stern and proud. The writing said,

'VIKTOR KRUM

CHAMPION OF DURMSTRANG.'

Cedric could hear his father screaming. "That's my son, Cedric!"

While the Hufflepuff students were not to be out done, as they were chanting Cedric's name with the Hufflepuff witches copying the Beauxbatons witches sassy cheer dance while the Hufflepuff wizards pumped their fists in the air as they stamped their feet. The seventh year students of Hufflepuff conjured up and launched their giant firework which exploded to show Cedric's smiling face as he waved as the writing said,

'CEDRIC DIGGORY

CHAMPION OF HOGWARTS

and HUFFLEPUFF.'

While the Gryffindor students were chanting Harry's name while sassy dancing with their fists in the air as they stamped their feet. The redhead twins rose to the challenge and conjured and launched their giant firework which was the biggest one of them all with a giant explosion to show a smiling waving Harry riding a Hungarian Horntail Dragon. The writing said,

'HARRY POTTER

THE LITTLEST CHAMPION

THE OFFICIAL HERO OF HOGWARTS

and GRYFFINDOR'.

The cheer grew louder as each of the giant fireworks went off and Fleur, Viktor and Cedric were so proud of the support and love their school friends gave them as they smiled, waved their hands and blew kisses to the cheering crowd as they really enjoyed their fleeting moment of eternal glory.

Then the Grey Lady and Fleur put their hands up and started to copy the Beauxbatons sassy cheer dance as the glowing silver stag that they were riding started to groove to the beat as he swung his big butt and antlers, while either side of them, Viktor, Peeves, Cedric and the Fat Friar started to pump their fists over their heads as their stags reared up triumphant and kicked out their hooves.

And the cheerful crowd of students, witches and wizards loved it.

And so did the Official Three Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions!

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

As they watched Sir Nicholas ride back to Harry, Fergus asked. "What is the matter, Harry?"

"Oh, nothing. It's just that this is their moment of eternal glory." Harry replied as he pointed to the other Champions and doffed the sorting hat to salute them. "They have earnt this and they so deserved it!"

"You are so much like your beautiful dear mother, Mr Potter. She was kind, caring, brilliant, brave and courageous, but not one to be the centre of attention." Fergus replied.

"But push her buttons and she could be one very scary powerful witch, as your father discovered many times." Moaning Myrtle giggled as she paused to remember. "There were so many epic battles between your mother and her bumbling wooer that started when your father noticed her in their first year at Hogwarts."

Seeing Harry interest, Fergus continued. "We could tell you some stories if you like?"

Harry nodded. He would like that very much.

Moaning Myrtle giggled. "Oh, there was this time when your father tried to throw a surprise birthday party for your mother in their second year but that idiot Black told him the wrong date and she was so embarrassed that she hexed him so much that he couldn't sit down for a week!"

Fergus chuckled. "Oh, do you remember St Valentine's day in their first year?"

"Oh, how could I forget?" Moaning Myrtle giggled. "The mess in the Great Hall."

"Ahem, ahem!" Sir Nicholas chuckled as he arrived to overhear their conversation. "Good memories all my dear friends, but first we need to finish this."

Harry smiled and nodded.

They took in the happy cheering scene before them with all the fireworks, cheering, chanting and dancing while Moaning Myrtle took the opportunity to snuggle into Harry as she giggled. Much to Harry's growing embarrassment. In the glow of the fireworks, they could see that their recent battlefield was littered with bits of Acromantulas and parts those crab like creatures.

"Your mother would have been appalled by all this fuss, Harry. Even as the brightest witch of her age she so avoided the fame, notoriety and spotlight." Sir Nicholas explained and then added as he rocked his hand. "Your father, hmm, not so much. He only avoided the attention when he didn't want to get caught doing something he was not supposed to be doing. So he would have absolutely loved this."

Harry smiled as he learnt a little more of his parents and as he turned to the Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions, he let out a laugh as he saw their antics to dance for their cheering throng as the stags reared up triumphant.

"Come, my son, now that you have honoured your brilliant mother, let's go make your father proud!" Sir Nicholas encouraged as he blew his bugle again and led the Littlest Champion towards the cheering throng as the Castle played the theme from Chariots of Fire.

The other Champions formed an honour guard for their little brother. They held their banners high for Sir Nicholas and the Littlest Champion to pass under them and then together they followed behind with the Ghosts of Hogwarts as they waved to the crowd and blew kisses. Moaning Myrtle was poking her tongue out at all the witches who had ignored her as she snuggled into her favourite Champion and giggled infectiously.

The cheer rose until it was deafening as Sir Nicholas proudly led the Tri-Wizard Tournament Champion's Cavalry with their banners flying and trailing stars.

Fleur called out to Harry. "They really love you, Harry!"

Viktor added. "Our fearless leader!"

Cedric finished with Harry's new title. "He-Who-Dances-With-Acromantulas!"

While Harry shook his head at yet more new titles as he held his lance so the Gryffindor Banner would hide his face from the screaming cheering crowd and all the fireworks going off. He still was his mother's son and the only person he was looking for should still be safe and sound in the Marauder's Control Room.

The Tri-Wizard Tournament Champion's Cavalry slowed and came to a halt before Madam Bones and her phalanx of hellfiring Aurors and Longbottoms as all the witches and wizards in the Quidditch stands went wild at the sight and fired more fireworks charms into the sky.

"Well done, Mr Potter, Mr Diggory, Miss Delacour and Mr Krum!" Madam Bones congratulated the four champions. "And of course, Fergus, Sir Nicholas and the Ghost of Hogwarts. Your brave gallant actions have been a great courageous example to us and has saved many lives tonight! Thank you!"

"We couldn't have done it without your majestic assistance, my dear madam." Sir Nicholas said as he and the Bloody Baron gave her a gracious bow while Harry gave a cheeky salute thank you to Aunty Amelia as she looked very official with the monocle behind her dark sunglasses and her smiling hellfiring Aurors standing behind her also wearing their dark sunglasses. While Fergus, the sorting hat and Fawkes enjoyed their moment of eternal freedom that the headmaster always denied them.

Then Harry looked at his fellow champions as they waved to the cheering crowd.

The grin on their happy faces said it all.

They would cheerfully ride with him to Hell and back.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

"So? Who won?" Madam Bones asked as the cheering crowd quieten a little.

The Champions hadn't thought about who would be their spokesman as Harry. Fleur and Viktor looked at Cedric.

With the Champions' hesitation, Augusta Longbottom answered. "It was a tie, Amelia."

"A tie?" Madam Bones questioned as the four champions held up their right hand with four fingers. "A four-way tie? You all won?"

"Yes, Madam Bones." Cedric stated as he discovered that he had been promoted to be their spokesman. "We realised that someone was certainly trying to kill Harry when he had to face that Hungarian Horntail dragon alone. Then we saw that we and our love ones could be injured or worse killed as collateral damage after the headmaster's selection for the hostages in the second task. So we worked together to rescue them as quickly as possible. Then we combined our forces to survive the third task against all the most terrible monsters the headmaster could find from the Forbidden Forest and the Magical World. And together we did survived. And together we won!"

"That was a very loyal Hufflepuff of you, Cedric." Madam Bones said with a smile as she knew how much that result would upset Fudge, Umbridge, Ludo Bagman and especially the headmaster. "Congratulations to you all. A great result!"

The excited crowd loved the idea of a four-way tie and gave a great cheer as they passed the good news around and really started to celebrate. While the twins conjured up a giant firework and launched it into in the night sky to write.

'CONGRATULATIONS!

FLEUR DELACOUR

VIKTOR KRUM

CEDRIC DIGGORY

HARRY POTTER

ALL STAR TRI-WIZARD TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!

A FOUR-WAY TIE!

WE ALL WIN!

CONGRATULATIONS!'

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Madam Bones waved her wand to put up a ward called, the Dome of Silence, so she could continue to question the Champions as the cheer and applause from the enormous crowd was deafening.

"That's better. So, where is the Tri-Wizard Tournament Trophy?" Madam Bones asked.

"Er, would you believe that an Acromantula ate it?" Cedric answered carefully.

"What? How did that happened?"

Harry mumbled. "I may have accidentally fed it to the Acromantula when it attacked us."

"What?"

"Er, near the end we were attacked by this huge gigantic Acromantula that was right next to the trophy. Harry managed to summon and then flicked the Tri-Wizard Trophy at the monster. It sort of flew into its mouth." Cedric carefully explained without trying to say that Harry had to charge over the giant spider to get to the trophy.

"Oh? And how did that stop the Acromantula?"

"Oh? Well, it turns out that the Tri-Wizard Tournament Trophy was actually a Portkey." Cedric said helpfully.

"A Portkey?" Madam Bones asked with a rising tone.

"Er, yes?" Cedric said now not so sure.

"And that Portkey took the Acromantula out of the maze?" Madam Bones questioned.

"Er, yes?"

"And away from Hogwarts!" Harry added helpfully.

"You're telling me that an Acromantula as big as those monsters has been Portkeyed away from Hogwarts?" Madam Bones asked as she stared down Cedric who was still sitting upon his stag.

"Oh, no, Madam Bones." Cedric fearfully said as the other Champions shook their heads to support the good Hufflepuff who always told the truth and then he quietly mumbled. "That particular Acromantula was twice as big as those monsters. It was absolutely gigantic!"

"And really mean and wickedly fast." Harry added helpfully to assist Cedric as Fleur and Viktor nodded in agreement.

"WHAT?"

Madam Bones pinched the bridge of her nose as she couldn't believe that the headmaster could be that insane to put such a humongous monster in the maze.

Harry added nervously. "The Portkey took the Acromantula to a graveyard."

"A graveyard? Which one?"

"Er? Little Hangleton?" Harry said carefully.

"Little Hangleton? That's not a graveyard in the Magical World?"

"No, it is in the Muggle side and that is where Babymort was waiting for me." Harry explained.

"You are telling me that there is a mean nasty gigantic Acromantula running around a Muggle graveyard?"

"Er? No, not actually running anymore."

Augusta decided to step in before it got any worse. "Oh, calm down, Amelia. The Acromantula is dead. It fought a giant snake and they killed each other."

"What? There was a giant magical snake in a Muggle Graveyard?"

"Yeah, it was Voldemort's familiar, Nagini." Harry add helpfully and then demonstrated by smacking one hand on top of the other to show what had happened in the graveyard. "The Portkey dropped the gigantic Acromantula directly on top of poor Nagini. They got all tangled up in spider legs and snake tail as they fought each to the death as they rolled around crushing the rat and Babymort as well as tombstones and grave monuments."

"Oh? And how did you see that?" Senior Auror Proudfoot asked quietly.

"Er, I sometimes get a vision of what Nagini and Tom sees." Harry said shyly.

Madam Bones raised a questioning eyebrow to encourage Proudfoot to shut up and she would explain later.

"Tom's last words as the Acromantula rolled over him and it went dark were." Harry paused and then he mimicked Tom's nasally high-pitched voice. "Holy Crap! Potter! I'll Crucio you, Pott..."

Cedric, Fleur and Viktor chuckled at Harry's dramatising Tom's last words, but Madam Bones, Aggie and Alice with the older Aurors froze in fear as they recognised that terrifying dreaded voice and whispered together. "Holy crap!"

"Er?" Harry asked as he saw the fear in the eyes of the older Aurors and wondered if he had gotten Tom's voice just right.

"Em." Madam Bones was startled at Harry's revelation and also saw the fear in the eyes of the older adults.

Senior Auror Robards found his voice and started to speak. "Er. Who is this Tom? Babymort? The rat?"

"Tom Riddle is Voldemort's real name and Babymort is how he currently exists at the moment. It looks like he has possessed an ugly baby." Harry answered as the Aurors flinched. "And the rat was the one who truly betrayed my parents."

"Er?" Robards said as he wondered how Harry could be so calm when talking about a great big magical fight and someone who they still feared to say his name. "He's not dead?"

"No! Not completely."

"How?" Robards asked before he noticed his Boss giving him the eye to tell him to shut up and she would explain later.

"The headmaster wouldn't tell me as I am too young." Harry shrugged his shoulders in frustration and annoyed with the old manipulative coot. "Well, he can deal with Tom next time. I am just so glad that none of us got caught up in that mess. If we had touched the trophy. It would have been certain death!" Harry finished as the other Champions surround him and Madam Bones wondered if that was exactly what the headmaster wanted.

Augusta continued. "Frank and Algernon have already left to secure the Muggle graveyard with an Unspeakables SWAT team. It appears that Voldemort was going to use the Tri-Wizard Tournament Trophy to capture Harry and take him to the graveyard to use him for some dark ritual and then probably try and murder him again."

"Oh?" Amelia said not sure if she felt any better as Professor McGonagall arrived after organising the safety of the students and joined the discussion.

"Congratulations everyone. A four-way tie for the Tri-Wizard Tournament is a brilliant result and that will really upset the headmaster." Professor McGonagall cheerfully said. "And well done Amelia and your Aurors for sending them back into the Forbidden Forest."

"Thank you, Minerva. You and your warriors on the Last Line of Defence have exceeded all expectations."

"Thank you!" Minerva said heartfelt. "And a thousand points each to Cedric and Harry for charging those Acromantulas."

"How are the students?" Amelia asked as Harry and Cedric high fived each other as they might just beat Slytherin for the House Cup.

"Just a few scratches but everyone is in a great mood. Especially my Gryffindors and the Hufflepuffs with that four-way tie. Even Ravenclaw and Slytherin are celebrating." Minerva replied. "We are moving everyone back to the Great Hall to count them and continue the celebrations."

"Good, Minerva. I shall see you soon after I tie up some loose ends." Madam Bones said as she then turned to the Champions. "I think the Minister will be waiting for you at the entrance to the maze. You better make your way there now."

The Ghosts of Hogwarts took that as their cue to return to the castle as they couldn't stand pompous Fudge, even when he was a student at Hogwarts. But not before the Grey Lady rewarded the courage and bravery of the Champions and Sir Nicholas with a kiss on the cheek, which made the Bloody Baron absolutely furious but before he could explode the Grey Lady gave him a kiss on the cheek to forgive him and as a reward for keeping the castle safe and including her in their exciting adventure. She hadn't felt so alive in a millennium. While Moaning Myrtle wanted to stay to snog Harry but the Grey Lady took her hand and led her back arm in arm with Sir Waldo to the Great Hall to celebrate with her friends and the start of a beautiful future. While a very happy Fat Friar went to celebrate with his Hufflepuffs and a mischievous Peeves went looking for the Twins to restock his bin of bombs. Particularly those lovely yellow canary bombs.

"Thank you, Mr Potter. You have saved the school again!" Fergus said as Fawkes got ready to flame the hat away. "Hogwarts was such a boring place before you arrived."

"So not my fault!" Harry chuckled as he replaced the Sword of Gryffindor back inside the hat as Fawkes hovered above him. "Thank you for your help Fergus and you too, Fawkes."

"We will speak more later." Fergus said as Fawkes decided to take flight to enjoy the freedom of the beautiful night and take the scenic tour route back to the Great Hall. They could hear the hat's whoop of joy and Fawkes' uplifting song as they flew around the tall towers of the castle. Much like how Hermione and Harry sounded like on that romantic night flight on Buckbeak. Fergus started to sing; Let's go fly a kite, as he flew around and the Castle played along.

Hogwarts seemed to be a much happier place without Dumbledore to kill the mood with his sad disappointed eyes.

Harry smiled as he watched Fawkes fly away and then turned and gave Aunty Amelia a cheeky salute while Sir Nicholas proudly led the Tri-Wizard Tournament Champion's Cavalry as they galloped the silver stags with their banners flying and trailing stars, back to the entrance of the maze where their family and friends would be waiting with the Minister while Madam Bones continued to give instructions to her Aurors.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

While behind the Quidditch Viewing stands the professors were marshalling the students to lead them to the Great Hall where their celebrations could continue. The Durmstrang students quickly formed their marching columns and started to chant, "Krum!" As they marched in step. While the Beauxbatons students hummed the La Marseillaise as they marched.

Not to be outdone, the rag tag Hogwarts students tried to match the other schools as some Muggle-borns started to whistle the cheerful Colonel Bogey March. Other half-blood and Muggle-born students who knew the tune joined in with whistling or humming as they stood straighter with their shoulders back and marched with gusto. It was the first time all four houses marched together as one school without Slytherin and Gryffindor wanting to kill each other.

The crowd of adults lined the route and clapped and cheered the students as the Castle played Scotland the Brave as they entered the hallway that led through the castle as it and the Great Hall had been magically expanded by the Castle to fit three schools and a host of celebrating adults.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Hermione and everyone else safe within the Marauder's Control Room under the viewing stand had watched the final battle against the giant spiders and weird crab like things and cheered for Harry and the Champions as they charged the Acromantulas. But they were so glad the battle was over. Hearing Madam Bones direct the Champions to go to the entrance of the maze, they rushed out of the Marauder's Control Room and ran to meet Harry there.

While Sir Cadogan's portrait in his typical fashion to wander the other castle portraits to challenge everyone to a fight while he fell off his horse and generally behaving in a fairly unbalanced way, had happened upon the large magical painting in the Marauder's Control Room and had watched the exciting battle with the portrait of Lord Black and the other heads of Hogwarts. He was so exhilarated when the battle was won that he ran to visit every portrait in the castle and woke up everyone, even some portraits that had been asleep for centuries, and told them the glorious news. He even went outside the castle to portraits that he had found all over Britain in his wandering and spread the fantastic news of the victory of Harry Potter and the Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions. So many portraits headed for the large paintings in the Great Hall of Hogwarts and joined in the celebrations.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Hermione saw Harry and was to first to reach him as the Champions slowed the galloping silver stags on their way towards the entrance of the Third Task and Quidditch pitch, Harry grabbed her hand as she swung up onto the stag behind him and hugged him as Cho swung up behind Cedric to hug him and Gabrielle swung up behind Fleur to hug her while poor Viktor was almost knocked off his stag by two beautiful witches from Beauxbatons as the Headmistress smiled. She was just thankful they returned unharmed. They were closely followed by Hermione's parents, Neville and Luna, as all the crowd of witches and wizards cheered the ghost and four brave champions who saved them from the terrible creatures from the maze and spared them from the arrogance and stupidity of the imbecile of a Minister and the insane headmaster.

Harry and Hermione jumped off Prongs and let Emma and Luna have a short ride as they enjoyed the start of the celebrations for the end of the Tri-Wizard Tournament ever thankful that they all survived unharmed. Though Gabrielle wanted Fleur to keep her silver stag as a souvenir of her hero, Harry.

It was all going so well and then along came the official party from the Ministry from whatever rock they had been hiding under while the danger from all the escaping creatures from the maze had been dealt with.

The four champions held hands as they stood in front with their friends and love ones to face the Minister and the remaining Tri-Wizard Tournament officials, and stared valiantly as they wanted their four-way tie to be the official result.

Unfortunately before the Minister could even speak and for some unknown reason, the four-way tie for the Tri-Wizard Tournament had really upset professor Moody and he cast the killing curse directly at Harry, who reacted immediately as he heard the first syllable of that terrible curse, "Ava", and pushed Hermione, Emma and Luna out of the way as he fired a disarming hex at the professor before the green curse even started to leave his wand. While Fleur, Cedric, and Viktor threw themselves on top of Hermione, Emma, Dan and Luna to protect them as Fudge jumped the other way. Harry had his whole family there and he didn't want to lose anyone so he couldn't just dodge the lethal curse but had to try and stop it from being cast.

The gold light of Harry's disarming hex hit the green light of the killing curse and everyone watched in shocked amazement as the Littlest Champion's hex stopped it and slowly pushed the dreaded unforgivable curse back towards the insane professor's wand.

Then Anastasia (the undercover Auror Tonks), Hermione, Luna, Neville, Cedric, Fleur and Viktor, the Headmistress of Beauxbatons and everyone else with a wand fired overpowered stunners at professor Moody who seemed to have some sort of shield form around him that deflected the curses, as Harry dug deep to his connection to the nexus of Hogwarts and forced the killing curse back towards the professor. With a final deep profound groan almost a growl, Harry forced the green curse to return into the professor's wand and then the professor flashed green, spun and disappeared as Harry caught the wand.

There was such a continuous barraged of overpowered stunners flying around that Fudge and the Minister's official party were caught in the crossfire and were hit multiple times. So much so that they were put out of action for the rest of the night and so was a jealous, exceedingly angry Ronald Bilius Weasley who, curiously enough, had two black eyes and a broken nose and had been standing in a rather odd way and directly behind the insane one-legged professor. Typically for Ronald Bilius, he was too preoccupied with his anger and hatred as he sneered at Potter to notice the danger he was in and he was blown backward by the ten overpowered stunners that hit him so hard.

"Bloody hell, I thought the obvious danger had passed but I forgot that you're Harry Potter!" Cedric exclaimed.

"Welcome to my world." An exasperated Harry replied. "Every DADA professor has tried to kill or injure me. Even the nice one. I wonder what the headmaster's selection criteria for the job is?"

"Probably the same one for Potions." Neville replied. "They tick the box about hating, injuring, killing or worse, expelling students."

Remus had always wondered why the headmaster had let him teach students. He had hoped it was because of his knowledge and ability but he feared that it was because he could be very dangerous as a werewolf. He turned to examine the Marauder's Map and played back the last few moments.

"Damn! That wasn't Mad-eye Moody, it was Barty Crouch junior!" Remus said after he checked the map as he was wondering why the crazy old Auror had cursed Harry and he was still looking for the bad wizard who had cursed Viktor and sicced that Acromantula onto the Champions. "He must have used an emergency Portkey to escape."

"Remus, did you see what Harry just did?" Sirius asked who was disguised as Remus' American cousin, Seriously Grimm.

Remus shrugged his shoulders. "Hey, I taught him for a year. You have seen his Patronus and no one told him that you were not supposed to be able to do that, so what did you expect?"

"He really is the son of James and Lily!" Sirius said proudly and Remus couldn't agree more.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Madam Olympe Maxime surveyed the damage and fired another stunner at Fudge just to be sure before she turned to the Champions. "Well done my dears. There will be no presentation tonight, so it is not over. You better get yourselves off to the Great Hall where your fellow students are waiting to start celebrating your successful survival of the Third Task."

"Of course, Madam." Fleur responded with a smirk as she turned to her fellow champions and looked particularly at Harry who took the hint and cast his Patronus charm six times as the Champions recast their lances and banners. With the love of his precious Hermione in his arms and the emotions of joy and happiness of the glorious victory that night, Harry could summons the power to do anything. Little Gabrielle squealed as she took Fleur's hand and jumped up on their silver stag, while Cedric and Cho mounted their stag, Viktor struggled with his two beautiful witches from Beauxbatons on his stag, Neville and Luna with Dan and Emma mounted the two spare stags leaving Harry and Hermione on the last stag.

"God for HARRY, England, and Saint George!"

"CHARGE!"

Screamed Gabrielle, Luna, Hermione and Emma as Sir Nicholas proudly blew his old battered bugle and led them to the castle with their banners flying and trailing so many colourful stars as DobbyCam and KreacherCam captured the whole event.

Fleur knew that the reference came from Henry the Fifth, and that the play deals with the Hundred Years War between England and France. But, hey, the French eventually won that war, and she loved this Harry who had helped her to save her little sister.

Luna Lovegood loved snuggling up behind her Neville as they rode of their silver stag together that charming romantic night with her arms wrapped tight around her beloved. It didn't take too long before loving Luna discovered that Neville was very ticklish and poor Neville discovered that his beloved Luna had a very fiendishly wicked side.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Sir Nicholas met up with the Ghosts of Hogwarts and together they proudly led the Champions through the castle as they rode their silver stags and the Castle played the theme from the Great Escape which matched the lumbering movement of the stags. They made a fantastic grand entrance into the Great Hall which had been magically expanded to hold the happy loudly cheering crowd. They mounted their banners behind the head table as they billowed in the non existing breeze and trailing so many colourful stars.

Fergus and Fawkes took up a position near the large painting behind the head table where they could watch and enjoy the celebrations with Lord Phineas Nigellus Black with his fellow portrait friends. Fortunately it was a very large painting as Sir Cadogan had been very busy spreading the exciting news around the castle and everywhere else and everyone wanted to come to the Great Hall and celebrate.

DobbyCam and KreacherCam were there to capture the happy party including many witches and wizards doing silly things to celebrate.

The Castle had rearranged the four house tables and moved them to line the walls as they held all the finger food and refreshments that the elves had prepared. That left a large space in the center for a dance floor and Harry and Hermione prepared for the first Victory waltz with Neville, Luna, Dan, Emma and the other Champions. Luna decided that her standard black school robe would never do to for such a celebration so she took out her wand and transfigured her black robes into a beautiful bright sunshine yellow ball gown. Hermione smiled as she took out her wand and transfigured her robes into a bright periwinkle blue ball gown. Then Luna and Hermione shared a wicked grin as they turned to Hermione's mother. Their wands were a blur as they worked together to transfigure Emma's black robes into a beautiful white princess ball gown with a periwinkle blue sash and sunshine yellow ribbons for her hair. Dan smiled as he saw how stunning Princess Emma looked while Hermione and Luna transfigured his robes into a black tuxedo with a sunshine yellow cummerbund and periwinkle blue sash.

After the brilliant display of magic that the witches and wizards had witnessed that night that saved them from a terrible death by Acromantula, this daring show of bright colours was like a revelation. They had rediscovered that they were witches and wizards and they had the gift to do magic and the responsibility to care for each other. Sadly a responsibility that Dumbledore had taken away to give himself power over their lives. The first thing that showed their new freedom of thinking was to follow Luna's brilliant exciting example and get rid of the regimental blackness of their robes that made them all equal. With a flick of their wands they made a little change to the colour. Soon the Great Hall was filled with all the bright colours of the rainbow and Luna couldn't be more happier as now they saw what she saw as she had always rejected the drab colours of the crabbiness of Dumbledore's Greater Good had given them.

Not to be outdone, the Castle DJ exceeded her own expectations and played the most beautiful selection of waltzes and tangos including Lara's theme, the Blue Danube, the Tennessee Waltz, and even Waltzing Matilda. During the breaks the Castle played Unchained Melody for a nice close slow dance followed by Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys to wake everyone up.

After Harry and Hermione had moved everyone to want to get up and dance with the magic of their waltz and tango that showed how their love had made them one in mind, spirit and action. Harry then shared a waltz with Emma, Luna, Fleur, Gabrielle, Professor McGonagall, Daphne Greengrass, Susan Bones, Hannah Abbot, Moaning Myrtle (twice), and many other hopefuls. While Hermione shared a waltz with her father (which she absolutely loved), Neville, Cedric, Viktor, Professor Flitwick, Hagrid, and surprisingly a very shy Draco Malfoy. Who was dancing very well as Hermione could skilfully compensate for his two left feet and avoid him trampling on her toes. That was until Draco glanced into Hermione's cheerful eyes for a moment. But that was all it took for him to get lost in their honey brown beauty. Poor Draco's mind froze and he stumbled over his own two left feet as Hermione tried valiantly to catch him but he fell in the most awkward way in the middle of the dance floor. A shocked Draco scrambled to his feet with one thought to escape. He went a very embarrassing shade of red as he ran from the Great Hall.

Then the Beauxbatons students cleared the dance floor so they could do their version of Thriller which Dan, Emma and Hermione dragged Harry, Neville and Luna to join in with other students who knew the dance. Dan and Emma were surprised to hear the dark smooth voice of Vincent Price as the Castle played the official music video and that laugh at the end echoed around the Castle and caused many a witch to hold her wizard a little tighter and closer. Luna loved the voice and sinister laugh of Vincent Price.

Then it was Durmstrang's turn and they put on their black capes with the hoods up as they marched onto the dance floor to the Imperial March and then half of them reversed their capes to show the white lining as they used a fancy Lumos charm to light their wand like a lightsaber and performed a strenuous fight scene choreographed to Rondo Alla Turca- Mozart. It was amazing and very funny to watch Viktor and his big beefy mates lightsaber fighting on tip toes.

During another break, the Grey Lady got her revenge on the Bloody Baron by challenging his love for her and made him to do a duet karaoke with her and sing Casper, The Friendly Ghost. The rock and roll version by Little Richard. The crowd loved it so much that the Bloody Baron had to do an encore. He smiled as he sang a very gentle moving version of, Remember me this way, that won him mega bonus brownie points with all the females and finally melted the heart of one particular witch and they finished with a kiss that took the record of how many swooned for one amazing osculation.

The Bloody Baron had only waited a millennium for that kiss and it was worth it as the two ancient ghosts danced the night away. That's love, perseverance and patience with a little help from a Harry Potter moment.

Then it was Hogwarts turn to take center stage and they pushed their official hero and heroine forward to dance for the school's honour. So Harry and Hermione danced her favourite movie scene. The Time of my Life, at the end of Dirty Dancing. Everyone loved the passion and uplifting rhythm of the magic as Harry and Hermione moved as one to the music that climaxed with that big lift and a number of witches swooned. So many couldn't stand still that they had to join in.

Then all four Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions led the three schools in a fantastic version of We are the Champions and We will rock you. Some might even say that the Castle joined in the last song as the floor moved to the beat.

By this time Madam Bones and the group of witches and wizards who went to the graveyard returned to Hogwarts and Harry, Hermione, Neville and Luna were able to share a beautiful waltz with Frank, Alice and Augusta as well as Madam Bones and her Aurors. Hermione and Luna shared another wicked grin as they transform Neville's mother's and Grans' well worn battle robes into matching beautiful white off the shoulder princess ball gowns and Neville really loved to waltz his mother around the Great Hall. Luna loved the waltz she shared with Neville's father and her own when he finally arrived. But Luna couldn't be angry as he had been working so hard to print the next edition of the Quibbler which promises to be the biggest edition they have ever printed.

It was a very long night as everyone loved the four-way tie of the Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions, and wanted to celebrate so much. The Hufflepuffs, young and old foolishly attempted to outparty the Gryffindors as someone had spiked the punch and a tipsy Professor Sprout kicked up her heels with a carousing Amos Diggory on the Head Table as the Castle DJ played the Can Can from Offenbach – Orpheus in the Underworld – Overture.

Cedric was so embarrassed while the Redhead twins found themselves in a bizarre uniquely impossible position. Everyone agreed that tampering with the punch while under the watchful eyes of the Deputy Headmistress and the ever present Head of Slytherin House would be their best prank ever. But the Redhead twins absolutely positively and completely denied that they had anything to do with the spiked punch. This put the twins in the very unusual position of having to take credit for something they didn't do and then accept the points lost and the detention punishment with Professor Snape. Or admit the fact that they had been outpranked by some unknown individuals and lose all credibility. But as this was their sixth year, they still had their seventh year to get their revenge and discover what potion had been used. Such a potion would be worth a fortune.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

While a certain Potions Master still wearing his billowing colourful black robes, smirked as he had invented the potion to brew one hundred year old overproof Scotch Whisky during his seventh year at Hogwarts and had no problem adding it to the punch. After seeing a happy bacchanalian Diggory senior make a complete idiot of himself, Severus finally understood why James Potter had put so much effort into his pranks. Happy people enjoy doing foolish things for fun as he had to admit that seeing Sprout and Diggory doing the Can Can on the head table was really funny and with the headmaster missing he could finally let his guard down. Plus he felt so positively groovy after putting his fighting skills to a good use and to take out all his frustrations on that poor Acromantula.

While Professor Severus Snape had enjoyed pranking that obnoxious loudmouth one wizard cheer squad, Amos Diggory. The very best part of tonight's celebrations was to have finally pranked the notorious red dunderhead twins of Gryffindor as everyone had blamed them for the spiked punch and no one would believe their protests of innocence. Then he added the most excellence double-barrelled bonus to have then allegedly caught the twins red handed and punished them with deducted points and awarded detentions with their least favourite professor until the end of term.

How sweet was that!

Then he, Professor Severus Snape, did something he hadn't done for so many years that he had almost forgotten how to do. He smiled. It hurt at first as he smile muscles had atrophied after so many years of absolutely continuous sneering, but it got easier. And he enjoyed the look of fear from those dunderheads who saw him smiling.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Professor McGonagall let them have their fun as she would cancel the points lost later but Severus could keep the detentions. The bonus of having two winning Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions was a great victory for Hogwarts. She smirked as she had confiscated the spiked punch as soon as she recognised the smooth mellow taste of Severus' one hundred year old overproof Scotch Whisky potion that didn't have the after burn of Ogden's Old Firewhisky. Also she had noticed that, fortunately, someone had also added wards to deter students so only adults had helped themselves to the quickly disappearing punch. A big clue in itself that it wasn't the redhead twins but why spoil a good pranking when you have always wanted an opportunity to finally prank the twins.

As a bonus, she even accused their fellow co-conspirator of trouble, Lee Jordan, and threw him into the deep end of the best prank ever. All three would serve detention with Professor Snape until the end of the term. That would teach Lee to call the Quidditch matches properly and besides it wouldn't take too long for the faculty to drink the evidence in their staff meeting as it was too good to waste and then the twins and Jordan would have no case to answer.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Fresh from his glorious victory over the notorious red dunderhead twins of Gryffindor, Professor Severus Snape noticed that someone was missing. He called the house-elf that was charged with the care of the Heir of the House of Malfoy and a little female house-elf appeared in a clean white doll's dress.

"Where is your master?" Severus asked.

"Kimmy saw young Master on top of the Astronomy Tower." The frighten little house-elf replied. "Kimmy is so worried for young master. He is singing a sad song."

"Go to your master and watch him. I shall be there shortly."

A worried Severus rushed up the stairs to the top of the Astronomy Tower and opened the door that led to the battlements. He stayed in the shadows as he approached his godson who was sitting on the edge of the battlements and heard the sad song he was singing alone.

"….Granger, wake up!

I've been mistaken,

She is the hottest girl I've ever seen,

Something deep inside has changed,

Now, because she's like a girl I've never seen,

Don't know why I'd ever be so mean,

This could mean... danger!

I'm falling in love, falling in love, falling in love,

I think I'm falling in love, falling in love, falling in love

With Hermione Granger...

With Hermione Granger...

With Hermione Granger...

Danger!"

(Draco's part of the Granger Danger lament song from AVPM.)

Severus sat down next to his godson and wrapped his arm across his shoulder as Draco turned to cried into his chest.

Severus knew how it felt to be in love with the most brightest witches of their age that, sadly, was in love with a Potter.

A sad Draco looked at his godfather. "What if the Dark Lord kills Potter? Do you think I would have a chance then?"

Severus snorted. "Potter has beaten the Dark Lord three times already and after what we saw tonight, I think the Dark Lord would crap himself if he ever had to face Potter again."

"Oh? You're right and even if something was to happen to Potter, it would kill Hermione too." Draco sadly admitted. "The world is a better place with Hermione in it."

"Even Hogwarts is a far better place with Hermione and Harry together." Severus acknowledged. "The world we thought we knew has changed forever and we need to change and grow with it."

"I know. It's just that it is so hard to change." Draco reflected.

"You're young, so there is still hope for you. You have seen what Hermione and Harry have done for Longbottom and Lovegood." Severus encouraged.

"Yeah." Draco snorted a little more confidentially as they looked up into the night sky and saw a falling star. They closed their eyes as they made a wish.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

And later on when the pretentious Sir Patrick Delaney-Decapitated-Properly-Podmore and the Headless Hunt had arrived, and tried to gatecrash the party, Peeves, the Fat Friar, Moaning Myrtle, the Grey Lady and the Bloody Baron blocked their entry as Sir Waldo accidentally knocked Sir Patrick's head off with his sword and he had to dismount to go and find it.

Then together the Grey Lady and Sir Waldo told those pompous headless fools that had been abed the grand story of Sir Nicholas with the Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions and the terrible Battle of the Acromantulas. Such was the way those two storytellers wove their epic tale of extraordinary courage and incredibly brave deeds against absolutely impossible odds, that the members of the Headless Hunt were left green with envy and they thought themselves accursed that they were not there because of that pompous fool, Sir Patrick Delaney-Decapitated-Properly-Podmore, and they held their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with Sir Nicholas that night.

They didn't notice the smile on Sir Nicholas' face as he stood in the shadows and watched and listened. He would return the favour soon.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Harry had enjoyed the night's celebrations with his beloved Hermione and was looking forward to a quiet summer holiday, but the Third Task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament had been broadcast live on the Wizarding Wireless Network (WWN). Sadly many had tuned out due to the boring coverage with the commentators trying to make watching the wall of the maze more exciting than the History of Magic class or watching paint dry.

But that all changed the moment the first giant Acromantula came over the falling hedge wall of the maze as the commentators ran out of words to describe the exciting Battle of the Night of the Acromantulas.

So everyone in the Magical World had heard of the great victory of Harry Potter and the Tri-Wizard Tournament Champions and the four-way tie that made everyone so happy.

And the celebrations were only staring as they eagerly waited for their copy of the new premier British Wizarding World Newspaper; the Quibbler, and its super bonus section with double page full colour magical photos and surround sound, so they could actually see what they had heard about on the Wizarding Wireless Network.

So Harry's idea of a quiet summer holiday will be blown to hell when everyone sees the giant full colour moving magical picture on the front page of the Quibbler tomorrow and soon all magical newspapers, magazines and other publications around the world.

The headmaster, Fudge and Umbridge will be so jealous and absolutely sickly green with envy.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

The celebrations in the Great Hall of Hogwarts had gone on until the sun came up, and they ranked as the most legendary anyone could remember, and that included Fergus and the portraits. But unfortunately, so was the massive hangover that some foolish adults had, and no one noticed that the Minister or his entourage or the headmaster or Ronald Bilius were missing.

But it was Cho who started the rumour as she shared with her close personal girlfriends that her Cedric would win the hush-hush unannounced fourth task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament.

But it is a secret so don't tell anyone!

Especially not Dumbledore!

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Thank you for reading.

So what did Draco and his godfather wish for?