In the Gryffindor common room that night Adrian was sat with the other members of the golden trio. He was feeling very uncomfortable, probably because Ron was looking at him like he was sick whilst Hermione was looking at him like she wanted to cut him up and dissect him.
"Adrian, what's going on with you?" Hermione asked, even though it was clear she was pretty much demanding he told her.
"What do you mean?" Adrian asked
"You've been acting different ever since you stayed with the Potters" Hermione replied "Ron said you even willingly missed the world cup. You love quidditch!"
"Yeah, but I love my mother and father more" Adrian replied "I had fun that night. We stayed up late, we ate whatever we wanted and we played games and told stories! It was brilliant!"
"It can't have been better than the quidditch world cup" Ron said "plus there's how you've been acting with that slimy snake"
"Ron, you call every Slytherin a 'slimy snake', which one are you talking about?"
"Your brother, obviously" Ron replied "you've been spending a lot of time with that prat this summer"
"We've gotten over our differences" Adrian responded "I mean, yeah I thought he was a prat before but now he seems alright. He is really nice if you get him to like you, did you know that he's started teaching me a little bit about wizarding politics and customs?"
"What?!" Hermione exclaimed, horrified that Adrian could learn something that she couldn't.
"Yeah, so far I've only really learnt a little bit, like the differences between house statuses and titles."
"He's turning you into a Slytherin!" Ron said with an alarmed face "He's going to get you to start hating muggleborns and everything"
"Yeah right" Adrian scoffed "you're telling me that Harry 'I love my mother and will kill you if you insult her' Potter would get me to hate muggleborns when mum is one?"
"I'm guessing Harry really cares for your mother then" Hermione said
"Cares for her?" Adrian snorted "He bloody worships her, probably kill for her if she asked him to. But that's not the point, Harry has…actually started being nice to me since mum and dad woke up. He said he wanted to get along for their sakes but…I think we might actually be starting to get along as brothers as well"
"But that doesn't explain why you're acting so different. First you switch divination, you're happily talking with Harry, Rose and that Greengrass girl, you missed the quidditch world cup and you're actually looking forward to studying and training with him"
"What can I say? He just put some things in perspective for me and I've looked back on how I used to behave and I realised that he was right. I used to be such a prat, always talking about being the boy-who-lived. It's funny now that I think about it, Harry also lived. So did my parents, and here I am talking like I'm the only survivor and acting like I did it on pure willpower and strength"
"But Adrian you're still completely different, you're…"
"Oh, give it a rest Hermione" Adrian sighed "honestly, you're like a….oh, what's the phrase?"
"A dog with a bone" A voice said from behind Adrian
"Thank you" Adrian replied "you're like a dog with a bone when you want to know something and….Harry?! What the fuck?!" Many of the common room looked in surprise when they noticed the unofficial prince of Slytherin standing in their dorm
"No, go on" Harry encouraged "you were about to compare her to a dog"
"What are you doing here?!" Ron demanded as he jumped to his feet, Harry lazily flicked his wand at Ron and Ron fell back into his seat at the same time his wand flew out of his hand.
"Merlin, don't they teach manners in Gryffindor?" Harry sighed
"Harry, what are you doing here?" Ginny asked
"I came to talk to my brother, in private" Harry said
"How did you get in here?" Adrian asked
"Easily" Harry shrugged "now come on, let's go outside before your fellow lions decide I know too much to live"
"Good point" Adrian stood up "but seriously, how did you get in?"
"I heard the password, told the lady in the portrait the password, flirted with her a bit to convince her to make an exception to the 'only Gryffindor's are allowed inside room'"
"You flirted with her?" Adrian looked at him with disbelief
"Little brother" Harry put an arm around his shoulder "you'll be surprised what you can accomplish with some good flirting, now follow me"
"You sound like Padfoot" Adrian commented as he followed Harry outside
"He'll be honoured" Harry smiled as they exited the common room , the Gryffindor room closed and Harry turned to his brother "tell me, can you even shit without them?" He gestured with his head to Ron and Hermione who followed them
"Watch your language!" Hermione ordered
"Oh merlin" Harry sighed
"What are you two doing here?" Adrian asked
"Anything Harry can say to you, he can say to us" Hermione crossed her arms
"No, Adrian wouldn't tell me off for my language because he'd have the intelligence to realise that I don't care" Harry replied
"We're not leaving Adrian alone with a snake like you" Ron spat
"Fine" Harry growled out, using every piece of control to stop himself from hexing the arrogant prats, he turned to his brother "listen up brother. I've spoken to the Slytherin common room, and I've made it clear that you're off limits"
"Wait, what?" Adrian asked
"I've told them all to leave you alone, any problems they have with you they will deal with through me" Harry replied
"Thanks Harry" Adrian said with wide eyed
"You're welcome, if any Slytherin bothers you then you come to me. However, that does not mean that I'm giving you free reign to terrorise the Slytherin's. If I find that you're unfairly harming a single Slytherin then I will hurt you tenfold, is that understood?"
"Yeah" Adrian nodded
"Good, fair warning, that doesn't cover the dumbass and the dumber-ass over there" Harry gestured to Ron and Hermione
"Hey!" The pair objected
"So they're fair game" Harry continued "I'd keep them away from us snakes, otherwise don't blame me if they end up getting hexed or cursed."
"Wait a sec, if you can stop them from hurting Adrian then why not us?!" Hermione demanded
"Other than the fact I don't like you" Harry responded "I can't protect everyone in the school, that's just wishful thinking. I can get away with Adrian because he's my brother, anyone else is just too much. You two are going to have to survive on your own, shame about that."
"Oh please" Ron scoffed "you're lying"
"Weasley, unlike you my brain stores more than simply the knowledge of what food tastes nice and how to eat" Harry retorted "there is a system to Slytherin politics. And you have about as much talent with that as the bookworm does at quidditch"
"Thanks again Harry" Adrian interrupted before Ron could say anything
"You're welcome brother, I'll meet you tomorrow at the lake for training"
"See you there bro" Adrian replied as Harry walked away
"Wait, where are you going?" Ron called out
"To be snogged senseless by a hot girl! I'll write you an essay on how that feels since you won't ever get to experience it" Harry called back as he walked off
"That rotten no good prat!" Ron cursed
"Adrian, are you really going to go train with him tomorrow?" Hermione asked
"Yeah, I am" Adrian nodded "better go sleep early if I want to wake up on time" Adrian said as he made his way back in.
The next day Hermione tried to wake Ron up and force him to come with her to make sure Harry didn't kill Adrian, but it turned out that no amount of nagging would wake that boy up with the deep sleep that he was in.
She walked down when she saw Harry and Adrian by the lake, she got closer when she saw Adrian get blasted backwards and on to his back.
"Adrian!" She rushed towards him, and knelt down next to him "Are you alright?!"
"That was awesome!" Adrian grinned and sat up "how many was it that time?"
"Five, much better than before" Harry answered
"What is going on?!" Hermione interrupted
"Harry's helping me improve my defences" Adrian explained "when we started my shield could only take a few spells before it broke but now it's increased"
"I have a better question, what are you doing here Granger?" Harry sighed
"I'm here because I want to be" Hermione glared at him "it's not like you could do anything about it"
"Actually, there are a number of things I could do about it" Harry responded "for example I could knock you out, I could toss you into the lake, I could kill you. All tempting, now tell me before they get too tempting, what are you doing here Granger?"
"I'm here to make sure that you don't permanently hurt my friend! Because if you do then I will tell Professor Dumbledore"
"Oh? Is that right?" Harry looked at her with an amused expression
"Yeah, that's right"
"Hmm, then maybe I should tell off you as well" Harry replied
"Me?! I haven't done anything you could tell the teachers about"
"Says the girl who admitted to setting a teacher on fire in her fist year like a lunatic" Harry retorted "or if that's not good enough for you then perhaps I should tell a few people about that time turner you had last year" Hermione paled
"Time turner?" Adrian looked confused
"She didn't tell you?" Harry raised an eyebrow "Oh my, secrets among the pack."
"What are you talking about?" Adrian asked
"Adrian, it's nothing" Hermione said
"Nothing?" Harry laughed "I wouldn't think giving a school girl the ability to turn back time is nothing"
"What?!" Adrian turned to Hermione "You could turn back time and you didn't tell me?!"
"I couldn't say, McGonagall made me promise not to tell anyone" Hermione replied "and she took it away early in the year"
"Probably because you were stupidly turning crazy in the library" Harry commented "everyone with a pair of eyes saw you were going mad, tell me Granger, how did you get that time turner? McGonagall has too much sense to allow just any person a time turner, did you bribe her? Did you bribe her with catnip? Please tell me you bribed her with catnip!"
"I didn't bribe her!"
"Oh, couldn't afford to, I understand" Harry said in a sympathetic voice
"That's not why I didn't bribe her!"
"Oh, Granger, I don't really care. I just like annoying you" Harry smirked
"Oh, you're insufferable!" She growled
"I'm Harry Potter" Harry said proudly "make me like you and I'll carry you to greatness, piss me off and I could drag you straight to hell. Adrian, sit ups if you would please"
"Sure Harry" Adrian nodded and began doing his sit-ups
"You are so arrogant" Hermione complained
"And you're irritating" Harry shot back "now be quiet or get lost"
"Come on Adrian" Hermione huffed and stood up
"Continue your sit-ups Adrian" Harry said
"Come on Adrian" Hermione ordered, not caring that Adrian looked uncomfortable
"Adrian" Harry sighed "it's up to you, stay and train with me or go with her. We're nearly finished anyway"
"I'll stay then" Adrian grunted as he performed another rep "might as well finish up"
"Good choice" Harry smiled while Hermione looked furious at the fact that Adrian hadn't obeyed her. "Try and do twenty more than last time if you can"
"Okay" Adrian let a big breath out. Hermione growled and stalked off.
Soon it was time for the other schools to arrive at Hogwarts, Harry sat at the Slytherin table with Daphne and Rose on his right. First came the Beauxbatons students from France, Harry couldn't help notice the glazing eyes of the boys and the irritated scowls of the girls.
He placed an arm around Daphne's waist and gave her a kiss on the cheek to let her know exactly where his attention was, she seemed happy with his actions as she responded by pecking him on the lips. The French students all chose to sit at the Ravenclaw table, then the Drumstrang students entered.
Ron Weasley and many girls in the room were excited to see the international quidditch star Victor Krum, the Drumstrang students made their way over to the Slytherin table. Malfoy puffed his chest out, trying to look important.
Victor Krum made his way over and stopped right by Harry, with all the Drumstrang boys behind him. Harry let out a small breath, he stood up and looked Krum straight in the eye. The entire hall seemed captivated by the staring contest that was going on between the famous quidditch star and Harry.
Krum took a step back before moving forwards and striking Harry across the face with a right hook, the entire hall gasped. Harry slowly turned his head back to face Krum.
"I guess I deserved that didn't I?" Harry smiled
"Yes" Krum said in a heavy accent as he smiled back "you did"
"After all these years, you still hit like a girl" Harry grinned. The two laughed and pulled each other into a hug, people around them were a bit confused as to why they were suddenly patting each other on the back. "Take a seat dumbass" Harry let go and sat down with Victor sitting next to him "oh, Victor, this is Daphne Greengrass, my girlfriend"
"Pleasure to meet you" Daphne said
"You too" Victor replied "are you a quidditch fan?"
"Only when Harry's playing" Daphne answered honestly
"Oh, Victor, you remember Rose?" Harry pointed to Rose
"Ah, hello Rose" Victor greeted her
"Hello" Rose whispered
"Harry" Victor turned to him "are you still vorking?"
"Nah" Harry shook his head "I don't work anymore, why?"
"I'm…" Victor paused to try and remember the right word "curious. Mother wished for you to stop, she will be glad. So, which position are you playing in quidditch?"
"Seeker, obviously"
"Ah, of course" Victor laughed "what else vould my former teacher play as?"
"Wait, teacher?" One Slytherin asked
"Ya" Victor nodded "Harry taught me a little bit about quidditch when I was younger" The entire hall began whispering
"Potter?" Malfoy asked with disbelief "When did you meet Potter?"
"Vhen I vas about nine years old" Victor answered "ve met once a year before Harry started Hogwarts"
"So Victor, how is your mum doing?" Harry asked
"She's good" Victor replied
"She still make those chocolate chip cookies?" Harry asked hopefully
"Of course" Victor grinned and pulled out a small bag of cookies
"Brilliant" Harry snatched it from his hands
"Hey, those were mine" Victor objected
"She's your mother, you can get cookies from her whenever you want" Harry pointed out
"Not the point" Victor snatched the bag out and out a different bag and gave it to Harry "this one is yours"
"Why is this one lighter?" Harry glared at Victor
"No idea" Victor shrugged but smiled at Harry
"Victor you cocky little…"
"Harry" Daphne interrupted
"Yeah?" Harry asked, Daphne gestured to the entire hall which had stopped to listen to the two
"Oh, my apologies everyone" Harry said
"Right…let's move on" Dumbledore said and continued his speech
"How in the bloody hell does your brother know Victor Krum?!" Ron hissed to Adrian, under his breath
"No idea, he never mentioned it" Adrian whispered
At the end of Dumbledore's speech, Adrian and Ron noticed one of the French girls stand up. Ron's eyes glazed over, his mouth opened and he began drooling. Adrian definitely felt an attraction but wasn't like Ron, though he guessed that he probably would've been if not for the blocks that Harry had removed.
They watched her take a few steps and suddenly Ron's expression turned into rage when he saw the girl hugging Harry who had walked up to her with Daphne and Rose behind her.
"Alright Fleur?" Harry asked as he let the girl go
"I'm fine Harry" She smiled at him "it has been so long since you last visited. We haven't seen you since you started Hogwarts, ah hello Rose"
"Hi Fleur" Rose whispered
"How's your family doing?" Harry asked
"Mother and father are doing fine, they and Gabrielle should be coming soon after the first task. Harry, would you like to introduce me to your other friend?"
"Ah yes" Harry held Daphne's hand "Fleur, this is Daphne Greengrass. Smartest and best looking girl in school, also my girlfriend and fiancée"
"Fiancée?" Fleur raised an eyebrow and looked at Daphne "Pleasure to meet you, if you don't mind me asking, how exactly did you manage to tame Harry?"
"Tame him?" Daphne scoffed "Please, he's a wild animal"
"I'm your wild animal" Harry kissed her on the forehead
"Still a charmer I see" Fleur commented "Gabrielle will be very upset that you're taken"
"Who's Gabrielle?" Daphne asked
"My little sister" Fleur answered "she has always had a crush on Harry, but I wouldn't worry yourself, she is only eight at the moment"
"Or do worry yourself, I'd find your jealousy to be flattering" Harry said
"You're still a prat" Daphne replied
"You're prat" Harry grinned
The next day Adrian and Harry were up early and at the lake when Hermione was rushing towards them with McGonagall and Snape following behind her. They had just reached them when Adrian found himself falling to the floor, but fortunately for him he managed to roll back up to his feet.
"Getting tired little brother?" Harry taunted
"Still got enough energy to deal with you" Adrian charged at Harry and tried to punch him when he found himself going over Harry's head and landing on the ground.
"Don't telegraph so much, you're fighting style may work against an average untrained person but anyone with any sort of training could easily see what you're doing" Harry said as he helped Adrian up
"Right, got it" Adrian nodded
"You see" Hermione said to McGonagall, Adrian and Harry turned to the three
"When did you guys get here?" Adrian asked, Harry slapped him on the back of the head "Ow, what was that for?"
"Pay attention to your surroundings, I heard them coming from like a mile away" Harry said
"Sorry" Adrian rubbed his head before turning back to Snape, McGonagall and Hermione "but what are you guys doing here?"
"Miss Granger expressed some concern over your wellbeing" McGonagall said
"Please" Snape scoffed "she practically demanded we get here and stop Slytherin Potter from breaking your bones"
"I haven't broken any of his bones yet" Harry replied
"Why is there a yet in that sentence?" Adrian asked, slightly alarmed
"Just joking little brother, I wouldn't hurt you seriously. Mum would kill me"
"Mr Potter" McGonagall said to Adrian "Miss Granger has told me she is worried about your safety"
"My safety?" Adrian asked
"I believe she is referring to the lessons I'm giving you" Harry explained
"Oh, it's alright" Adrian said to McGonagall "I'm actually enjoying these lessons"
"Really?" McGonagall said as Snape raised an eyebrow "I remember you complaining about these last year"
"We've compromised" Harry said "he's going to actually put some effort into his training and I'm going to hold back on my 'harsh' methods" Harry didn't really agree that they were harsh, he thought they were rather tame
"I see" McGonagall nodded "very well, however I had better not hear complaints from either of you or the hospital wing"
"Ye Professor" They nodded
"That's it?!" Hermione exclaimed
"What exactly are you teaching your brother Mr Potter?" Snape asked
"Martial arts, school related magic along with defensive and offensive spells. I'm also educating him on wizarding customs and traditions" Harry answered
"Very well" Snape nodded before turning to his colleague "I see no problem here, both Potters are putting the effort in and both seem to be in agreement over the lessons"
"Very well" McGonagall sighed before turning to the Potters "do not make me regret this" She said and both teachers walked off
"Hermione what the hell was that about?!" Adrian demanded
"Adrian, we'll end our training early today" Harry said "too much drama for us to be productive, I'll see you later" Harry walked off
"Like I said, what the hell was that about?!" Adrian said to Hermione
"Adrian, you remember last year!" She responded "He worked us too hard! It was torture!"
"But he's not doing that anymore!" Adrian argued "He's going easy on me, and like I told McGonagall I am actually enjoying the lessons now"
"I still don't understand why you think you need to take these lessons!"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe because they're fun? Maybe because I am actually learning something, maybe because I'm getting stronger and better or maybe because me and my brother are finally getting along and I like spending time with him! He's helped me and I'm actually starting to learn stuff and I feel smart for once. I actually feel smart and feel like I'm learning something"
"Learning what?" Hermione crossed her arms "What's he teaching you?"
"What's it to you?" Adrian crossed his own arms
"Because I want to know" Hermione said as if it should be obvious
"I already told you, he's been teaching me about magic and wizarding customs and fighting"
"I know that but I want to know exactly what he taught you"
"Why?!"
"Because I said so! Now tell me!"
"No! You're not the boss of me!" Adrian shouted "If I decide I don't want to tell you then you can't make me!" Adrian stormed away, he saw Harry and ran up to catch him "Harry!" He called
"You alright little brother?" Harry stopped and turned to face Adrian who had just caught up
"I'm so sorry about that"
"Don't apologise for what other people do" Harry replied "I don't hold you responsible for the book worms actions."
"She pretty much demanded I tell her what you were teaching me" Adrian said
"Probably to make sure I'm not turning you 'dark' or something" Harry mused "either that or she wants to learn it herself, that one is obsessed"
"Yeah" Adrian shrugged before letting out a deep breath "this is so weird"
"What is?" Harry asked
"This" Adrian gestured to himself "ever since you took those blocks off I feel like a completely different person, my mind's clearer and I'm smarter. I like it if we're being honest, before I used to like myself because I was the boy-who-lived but now I like myself for who I am. But, it also makes everything feel different, like my relationship with Ron and Hermione. I don't what I'm going to do about those two"
"There are only three things that matter in life" Harry replied "the first is what you can do, the second is what you're willing to do and the third is the consequences of your actions. Look at me, if I wanted to then I could kill you easily, I wouldn't do it though because the consequence would be Azkaban, hurting you and hurting our family. You can stay with your friends if you're willing to, or you can leave them if you're willing to do that.
If you stay then you have to be willing to either put up with them or change how the two act, I'd say you'd probably have to stick with the first seeing as those two are about as stubborn as they are unintelligent. So the consequences would be you putting up with them until you grow old and die or change your mind and leave"
"But…what if I leave them? What happens then?" Adrian asked slowly
"They'll be upset, they'll either ignore you or retaliate in some way or form. If they're smart they'll chose the first option, but they're not smart so they'll likely go for the second one. Thing is, they need you more than you need them"
"What do you mean?"
"Look at your friends, let's start with Ron Weasley, the youngest male Weasley. He doesn't really have anything to make himself stand out compared to the rest of his family. Even Ginny stands out by just being a girl, the only way he was remotely special was because he has the boy-who-lived as his friend. With you he stands out, without you not many people would be willing to tolerate him.
Then we have Hermione Granger, resident know it all. Has no social skill, lives her life by the rules. Many look down on her because she's a muggleborn and if not that then her bossy personality. With you she can get much farther ahead than she would on her own, she's the muggleborn best friend of the boy-who-lived. Remove you and she's just a muggleborn with no social skills who thinks she knows better than everyone else. Do you remember that elf campaign she started?"
"Started?" Adrian snorted "It's still going, she hasn't stopped it. You know, she told me that it was probably the sort of thing that mother would have done"
"No, mother had the sense to actually research house elves before going on a crusade. Most house elves just want fair treatment, for a lot of them getting clothes is a fate worse than death. Treat them right, they stay happy and that's the end of it, it's not that complicated."
"True…but what happens if I Ron and Hermione aren't my friends anymore? I've been a jerk ever since I came to Hogwarts, nobody is going to want to be friends with me."
"Start by showing the real you" Harry suggested "maybe they'll realise you've changed and slowly get over how you used to be. If not then you'll still have me, if the whole school turns their back on you then know that I'll still be here for you"
"Thanks Harry" Adrian wiped his eyes "that means a lot"
"Good but don't expect me to say it again, so, you going to stick with your friends or what?"
"I…I don't know" Adrian admitted
"Well, think about it" Harry replied "it's not like anyone's given you a deadline, spend some time with them and when you're ready, make a decision."
Eventually came time for the first defence class with the new defence against the dark arts teacher, Mad-eye Moody.
"Now" Moody said from the front of the class "how many unforgivable curses are there?"
"Three" Hermione Granger answered
"And they are called that because?"
"They are unforgivable" Hermione replied "the use of any one of them will…"
"Send you straight to Azkaban!" Moody finished "Now, the ministry says you are too young to learn about these, I say different! You need to know what you're up against, how else can you maintain constant vigilance?! Someone give me the name of an unforgivable curse, Weasley!"
"Uh" Ron stood up, looking nervous in the face of the scarred auror "I...I know about one sir, the uh...imperious curse"
"Ah, yes" Moody nodded appreciatively "you would know that, gave the ministry a lot of trouble that one did" Harry couldn't help but notice that Moody's fake eye glanced at Malfoy.
Moody made his way to the front, he pulled out a spider put it under the imperious curse. He made the spider perform various tricks, ranging from jumping upside down to running and flips. Most of the class looked amused.
"You think that's funny do you?!" Mad-eye barked "Would you like it if I did it to you?!" The class went silent at the threat "someone tell me another one, you boy" He pointed at Neville who nervously stood up
"There's the…cruciatus curse" Neville said quietly
"Yes" Moody nodded "come up here" He pulled Neville up to the front
"Crucio" Moody pointed the wand at the spider, it began twitching in pain as Neville began paling
"We get it" Harry said from his seat "you can stop now"
"Oh" Moody stopped and walked towards Harry, he stopped right in front of him "perhaps you could tell us about the last unforgivable?"
"Sure" Harry got his wand out and the whole class gasped when he pointed at Moody "Avada Kedavra" Harry said out loud, everyone watched as nothing happened.
"Ha!" Moody laughed, surprising everyone "Fifty points to Slytherin! Well done Potter! Glad to know somebody knows what they're talking about!"
"You're rewarding him?!" Hermione exclaimed "He tried to kill you and you're rewarding him because it didn't work?!"
"No he's not, because it wasn't supposed to work" Adrian said, surprising the class "the spells are based on emotion so nothing would happen as long as Harry didn't actually want to kill Moody. If he did want to kill Moody then Moody would be dead right now"
Many people around the class couldn't believe Adrian had contributed to the lesson, everyone knew him as a lazy slacker. Adrian understood why they were surprised, didn't mean he liked them staring at him like he did a triple summersault. Though, he would have to admit that the shocked look on Hermione's face was brilliant.
"Excellent" Moody barked "fifty points to Gryffindor, well done Potters" Moody went back to teaching the lesson
"How did you know that?!" Hermione hissed to Adrian under her breath
"Know what?"
"That part about the unforgivables!"
"Harry told me"
"He's teaching you dark magic?!" Hermione blurted out louder than she meant to
"Granger!" Moody snapped "Why are you disrupting my class?!"
"Professor, Harry is trying to teach Adrian dark magic!" Hermione accused Harry, pointing her finger at him as if it would result in him getting thrown in some stocks
"I beg your pardon?" A confused Harry asked "I haven't taught my brother any dark magic"
"Yes, you have, he told me! So stop lying!"
"Hermione!" Adrian snapped "Harry never taught me any dark magic!"
"You just said he did!"
"No, I said that Harry was the one who told me about the emotional and intent part of the unforgivable spells! That's the closest we ever got to dark magic! All he actually told me was you need emotion to power them!"
"Really Granger, you know what they say when you assume" Harry said "makes an ass out of you and me, or you, me and my brother in this case."
"Quiet Potter" Moody turned to Granger "that's twenty points from Gryffindor and a detention with Filch for interrupting the class and making accusations" The lesson continued, soon Moody wanted to have everyone practise resisting the imperious curse.
Moody made Ron act like a chicken, he had Hermione do push ups, Draco Malfoy was made to act like a dog. Soon came Rose's turn, a few of the more sadistic students (Malfoy and friends) watched with anticipation, wanting to see what Moody would do to the shy girl. Adrian was surprised when he saw Harry sitting back, looking relaxed, he expected Harry to jump out of his chair in protest.
"Imperio" Moody said to Rose "now, jump up and down"
"No, thank you" Rose whispered and quickly made her way back to her seat while most of the class had dropped jaws
"Well done!" Moody exclaimed "She threw it off, excellent work!" Rose blushed and shyly looked down. Soon it was Daphne's turn, Daphne got up and went to the front.
"Imperio" Moody pointed his wand at her "slap yourself" This time Adrian noticed Harry's eyes narrowing, it was a rather intimidating look if he was being honest.
Daphne slowly began raising her hand, she tried fighting it off. She put all of her effort into doing so, she did rather good as all she actually did was just touch her face
"Well done Greengrass" Moody complimented her, next was Harry's turn. He stood up and made his way to the front, Daphne was still standing there, a bit embarrassed. "Imperio" Moody said as he cast the spell on Harry.
Harry turned around to face Daphne, he walked right up to her and grabbed her by the waist. He pulled her in closer and planted a big kiss on her lips, before he let her go. Daphne's embarrassment faded as a smile overtook her face.
"I didn't even tell you to do that" Moody said
"Well, could you tell me to? I was really enjoying that" Harry replied and a few people in the class laughed
"Did the imperious spell even bother you?"
"Nah" Harry shrugged
"Go on then" Moody sighed
"Thanks " Harry grinned and pulled Daphne into another kiss
"I meant go back to your seat!" Moody snapped
"Ooh" Harry broke off "I see why they call you Moody, come on Daph" Harry lead her back to her seat, the two sat down with Harry placing an arm around her side. Daphne looked up at him and smiled, silently thanking him.
Soon came time for the goblet of fire to select the champions, all three schools were in the great hall. Everyone sat in anticipation, waiting for the results. The goblet of fire flared.
"The goblet of fire is about to make a decision" Dumbledore said to the hall "in a moment I will call on the champions and they will please enter the next chamber through the great hall for their briefing. Good luck!"
The flames of the goblet turned red and a piece of parchment shot out of it, it flew to Dumbledore's hand. He read it out loud "The Drumstrang champion is…Victor Krum!" The all cheered as Krum made his way out of the chamber when another paper flew into Dumbledore's hand "The Beauxbatons champion is….Fleur Delacour!" Fleur stood up to cheering as well, and made her way out of the hall. Then a third name flew out of the goblet and landed in Dumbledore's hand. "The Hogwarts champion is…Cedric Diggory!"
The entire hall cheered as Cedric Diggory, a rather popular Hufflepuff, made his way forwards, he took his parchment from Dumbledore and made his way to the other champions.
"Excellent!" Dumbledore said "Now that our three champions have been selected, I hope that we can all give them our..." Dumbledore was cut off when the Goblet of fire flared a fourth time, and a fourth piece of parchment flew into Dumbledore's hand. "H...Harry Potter" Dumbledore whispered "Harry Potter!" He shouted. This was not part of his plan. The whole hall turned to Harry.
"Hey now" Harry stood up "I've done a lot of crazy shit in my time, but I didn't enter my name in that Goblet"
"Liar!" Ron Weasley shouted. The goblet of fire turned red again, and a fifth piece of parchment flew out. It landed in Dumbledore's hand
"A...Adrian Potter!" Dumbledore read it out loud "Adrian Potter!" At least something was going to plan
"What?!" Adrian stood up "I didn't even enter!"
"Mr Potter, will you and your brother please make your way to the champions chamber?" Dumbledore said.
Harry quickly gave Daphne and Rose a kiss on the head, while Adrian looked towards Hermione and Ron, his heart sank when he saw both of them glaring at him. He and Harry slowly made their way to the front to take their parchment, a few people in the hall booed and shouted at them, calling them cheaters. When they got to the front, Harry grabbed Adrian by the shoulder, stopping him in his tracks. Harry leaned closer and whispered something into his brothers ear.
"Will you both please make your way to the champions chamber?" Dumbledore repeated, Harry had just finished his whispering. Adrian nodded at him, both brothers pulled out their wands.
"I, Harry James Potter" Harry shouted
"I, Adrian Charles Potter" Adrian shouted, Dumbledore's eyes widened as he realised what was happening, as did many in the hall
"swear on my life and magic" Harry said with Adrian repeating each word that Harry said "that I did not knowingly, nor willingly enter my name into the goblet of fire nor did I ask another student to do it for me, so mote it be!" A bright light flashed around the two brothers, signifying the magical vow taking place.
"Oh, look brother, we're still alive" Harry smiled
"It seems so brother" Adrian replied "Lumos" Adrian's light lit up "Ah look, we still have magic too. Nox"
"How strange brother, that must mean we didn't enter" Harry tilted his head slightly
"I concur" Adrian concurred "do we still have to go to the champions chamber?" Adrian asked Dumbledore
"Uh...yes, yes you must" Dumbledore said, regaining his composure
"Very well" Harry said loudly "I don't suppose it matters, we've sworn we didn't want to be in this tournament, but we may as well brother"
"Fine, let's go Harry" Adrian said as both brothers took their parchment from the headmaster and made their way into the champions chamber.
"Harry?" Fleur said when Harry and Adrian entered the room "Do they want us back inside?"
"Somethings gone wrong" Harry said "me and my brothers names have come out of the goblet for some reason"
"What? How?" Krum asked
"I suspect foul play" Harry replied as Dumbledore rushed in with Barty Crouch Sr, the Drumstrang headmaster, the Beuaxbaton headmistress, McGonagall, Snape and Mad-eye Moody.
"Adrian!" He rushed over to Adrian and put his hands on Adrian's shoulders "Did you put your name in the goblet of fire?!"
"Are you senile?!" Harry pushed Dumbledore's arms off of Adrian "We both swore on our lives and magic that we didn't enter, now as brilliant as I am, I haven't yet worked out how to trick magic"
"Yeah, it's true" Adrian nodded "we never entered"
"And put your hand on my brother again and I will press charges" Harry threatened Dumbledore
"What is this Dumbledore?!" Igor Karkaroff demanded "Three Hogwarts champions!"
"Madam Maxime" Fleur said "if Harry said he did not enter then I believe him"
"Very well, but it does not make the situation any more fair" The headmistress replied
"I insist that we be allowed to pick two more champions" Karkaroff said
"I'm afraid it doesn't work like that" Dumbledore sighed "the goblet has gone out, it cannot be relit until the next tournament"
"Yeah, well I don't give a damn for that tournament or this one" Harry interrupted "me and my brother will not be competing"
"I'm sorry" Barty Crouch said "but the goblet of fire is a magically binding contract, you two must compete"
"But we didn't enter!" Adrian objected
"You must still complete"
"We really didn't enter!" Adrian said to the Hogwarts teachers
"I'm sorry Adrian" Dumbledore replied "but you must compete"
"Oh, for Merlin's sake" Harry shouted, drawing his wand. "Enough of this"
He quickly fired a spell off at Moody, Moody just blocked the first spell when Harry fired a second one which destroyed his fake leg. Moody fell to the floor when he was hit with a body bind and a stunner, by this point all the adults had their wands pointed at Harry while Adrian and the champions looked at him in shock.
"Mr Potter!" Dumbledore shouted "Lower your wand!"
"Accio hipflask" Harry said and Moody's hipflask flew into Harry's hand, he tossed it to Snape "would you mind telling me what that is Professor?" Snape brought the flask up to his nose and sniffed it.
"Hmm, it's Polyjuice" Snape said "that Moody is an imposter"
"Yeah, and you don't need to be a Ravenclaw to work out who put our names in" Harry said "call the aurors and call our parents, this meeting is over. Come on Adrian" Harry grabbed Adrian and pulled him out of the room
"Harry, that was awesome!" Adrian exclaimed
"Thanks" Harry grinned "but I should warn you, be prepared for hard days"
"What? Why?"
"Because we're still in that bloody tournament, and knowing this place we'll probably have to compete. Plus there's Weasley and Granger"
"But we swore on our life and magic that we didn't enter"
"Let's see if those two possess enough brain cells to remember that" Harry responded "personally, I doubt they will. As of the moment, we only have one thing we can do"
"What's that?"
"Get some popcorn and wait for mum to come and demolish Dumbledore"