CHAPTER 4

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The morning after the Rita article things had started to cool down…is what would have happened if the wizarding world made any sense. The Daily Prophet came in first and it claimed that Rita had not written the article which caused a mass of confusion until the Quibbler came in.

The headline on that day seemed a little too explosive even for the quirky magazine.

"HARRY POTTER: CASSANOVA"

Here we go again…

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In the Gryffindor common room the guys were discussing Harry when he walked in

"Ron can I see you for a minute."

Harry and Ron went into their room and Harry exploded

"Dragons!Our first task is against bloody dragons."

Ron looked at Harry and was overjoyed that it was him in the tournament.

"You've beaten a basilisk mate. Dragons can't be much different. You can talk to snakes why not try talking to the dragon."

"And tell it what exactly? I love the shade of your scales please don't eat me I probably taste horrible. Malnutrition isn't good for long term flavouring. My uncle probably starved all of the flavour out of me…If you want a quick easy meal that won't move too much you can try my cousin Dudley. If you are still hungry you can eat everyone who organised this bloody tournament."

"Harry, relax I might have an idea…" Harry looked at Ron with more hope in his eyes than he had ever had in his entire life.

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Fleur, Marie and Caroline were women on a mission as they stalked the hallways of Hogwarts looking for Harry Potter. He had been avoiding her for a while and she wanted to know why. Plus Caroline and Marie were dying to meet him.

They finally found him in the library with Daphne reading about dragons and for a while Fleur was unsure of what to say but Caroline came to her rescue.

"Harry Potter it's such a pleasure to meet you."

"Hi. Do I have any reason to fear you? Will you try to randomly grope me or kiss me? And do you want me to take your virginity and make you the heiress to the vast Porter fortune? Are we destined to be soul mates because your mother read you bed time stories about me?"

Harry said it in such a deadpan voice that for a moment everyone was silent. Until Daphne burst out laughing when she saw the shocked expression on the French witches face.

"Harry I don't think that they are in league with Ginny's groupies."

"I know I know I was just practising. You must be friends of Fleur. Anyone who is a friend of hers is a friend of mine."

"Dragons…so you know. I was looking for you to tell you about them."

"Thank you. Do you already have a strategy for how to beat the dragon?"

"Mon Cherie…non. You are just trying to steal my idea."

"My dear flower I never steal from beautiful women unless I am stealing their hearts."

Daphne just shook her at Harry's cheesiness. Caroline took that moment to assess Daphne.

"Daphne...how good is Harry in bed?"

Daphne had been expecting that question for a while now and had even perfected her answer.

She looked down, batted her eyelashes and let the blood flow to her cheeks so that she looked like a deflowered virgin regaling her friends with the tales of the previous night. The French girls subconsciously leaned a bit forward as if learning a deep secret and Harry started sweating bullets.

Daphne looked at Harry from the corner of her eyes as demurely as any virgin bride, took his hand in hers and said

"He was my first. I've never been with a guy but Harry was so gentle and when I was already used to the feeling of him being in me he used a combination of speed and strength and…"

The blush that was on her face enveloped her entire body and it told the French witches everything they needed to know

Harry's head hit the table with a loud thud.

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The morning of the first task was strange for Harry. The night before he had walked in on Hermoine and Blaise kissing in the library, Tracy comfortably cuddled in Neville's lap and Crabbe and Goyle holding hands. That wasn't the weird part; not even close.

The problem was every 7th year that had been against Harry for stealing their chance at fame was now coming to wish him luck. They were all saying how lucky they were that he was the one representing Hogwarts not them. If he had killed a dark lord when he was a baby he could face anything.

When he walked into the champion's tent the feeling was still there but it was more intense now more than ever. No one was talking as everyone seemed to be deep in their own thoughts so Harry started singing an old drinking song he had heard Uncle Vernon sing.

Dear Penis

I don't think I like you anymore

You used to watch me shave

Now all ya do is stare at the floor

Oh dear penis

I don't like you anymore

It used to be you and me

A paper towel and a dirty magazine

That's all we needed to get by

Now it seems that things have changed

And I think you are the one to blame

Dear Penis I don't like you anymore

He sings

To Harry's surprise Krum beat him to the next verse

Dear Rodney

I don't think I like you anymore

Coz when you get to drinking

You put me in places I've never been before

Dear Rodney I don't like you anymore

Why can't we get a grip?

On our man to hand relationship

Come to terms with truly how we feel

If we put our heads together

We'd just stay home forever

Dear penis I think I like you after all

Oh and Rodney

While you're shaving shave my balls

While Harry and Krum had been singing Daphne and Fleur had been humming along giving the song a bit of harmony. Unbeknown to any of them Ludo had used a spell to make the whole crowd see them and hear what they were singing. As soon as they were done they had him scream

"Ladies and gentlemen your CHAMPIONS!"

Ludo came in all smiles and said

"Now that's how to start a show the entire crowd is buzzing for you now. Pick your dragons and we won't keep the crowd waiting."

Harry ended up with the most vicious dragon he had ever seen, it even bit him.

This was going to be epic…

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When Harry was called out after all the champions had dealt with their dragons the crowd went wild. This Tri wizard tournament was even better than what anyone had anticipated or even read about.

When Harry's Dragon was lead out everyone took a collective breath.

It had the darkest scales anyone had ever seen and its tail was spiked…its teeth were razor sharp and it was already snorting smoke from its nostrils. It's eyes were a nasty shade of yellow with thin black slits which it immediately fixed on Harry.

It unleashed a belly deep roar as soon as the handlers were gone as if daring Harry to come close to it or its nest. The crowd were silent in their anticipation even the judges seemed in awe of the beast. Dumbledore was heard saying "Holy Shit. That's a nasty motherfucker." Snoop Dogg was somewhere in the crowd and for once he was not high but his mind still felt high as fuck because that was the only possible explanation for what he was seeing. Nothing else made sense. So he just took out two rolls, passed one over to Dumbledore and said "Let's see what happens."

Harry smiled and took out his wand.

"Noctem!"

The spell took everyone by surprise because it did nothing. The dragon looked confused because normally when the little two legged ones took their magic sticks and spoke in their strange tongue something happened.

"Well that didn't work. Hey Dragon can you understand Parseltongue?"

The dragon was pleasantly surprised that this human was speaking in its tongue.

"I understand you perfectly ningen. You are a descendant of the longhaired one who called himself Slytherin"

Everybody fell silent as they witnessed Harry and the Dragon hiss at each other. The foreign students were especially in awe.

"Harry Potter can talk to dragons."

The headlines with Harry usually write themselves.

"I'm not sure whether I am a descendant of Slytherin but I am Harry Potter. I understand Dragons and all magical races are fans of the Quibbler."

"So you are the Casanova…what can I do for you?"

"Let's give the people a show."

"My name is Emma hatchling"

The Dragon smiled showing a row of sharp jagged teeth and sent a fireball Harry's way. Harry dodged just in the nick of time causing the crowd to roar in appreciation. Harry had taken cover behind some rocks and began setting his plans in motion.

"ACCIO ARMOUR!"

The entire crowd watched in stunned silence as a suit of armour flew towards Harry and began covering him from head to toe.

"ACCIO FIREBOLT!"

Harry's broom raced into his outstretched hand as the dragon watched cautiously. Harry mounted the broom the armour as weightless as his normal clothes.

He flew high into the air until he was nothing more than a speck in the sky to most people. But the dragon was not most people.

Harry stopped when he was sure he was high enough turned the broom around and performed a perfectly graceful swan dive straight at the dragon.

Emma shot a straight blast of fire at Harry but he was able to anticipate it and turn in mid-air but he wasn't able to anticipate the tail coming straight at him. Pulling off a perfect wronski feint Harry was able to avoid the brunt of the Dragon's tail strike but it still clipped his broom's tail sending Harry into a weird spin.

Emma began unfurling her wings because this was getting more exciting than even she had anticipated. Harry circled around her a few times trying to get his steering back in his usual control. As soon as he was satisfied he sent a large stunner to the dragon's head which didn't even make it flinch but the conjuctivitus curse behind it made her wail in pain.

Harry had temporarily blinded her left eye and that made her exceptionally angry. She rose to the sky and looked at Harry with her one good eye.

"You'll bring me a barrel of ale to pacify me for that ningen."

Harry just smiled and said

"Thanks for getting off the ground that was all I needed."

Emma looked at her nest in shock as the shadows around it swirled, took shape and took the golden egg.

The crowd was shocked as the dragon let out a roar and flew straight at Harry. A very large object with very high acceleration will achieve impressive speed in a relatively short period of time. Harry knew this and he also knew that the Dragon's tail was its most dangerous weapon at the moment.

So he did what any ordinary person would do…he jumped off his broom grabbed it and dived at the shadow. The dragon missed Harry by the slightest of margins as he disappeared within the shadow only to reappear beside the judges table.

"Dumbledore I think that went well."

The crowd went wild.

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In the Champions' tent Hermoine was waiting for Harry with an extremely worried expression on her face.

"Harry what crazy stunt do you think you are pulling?"

"Well Hermoine I haven't had you to advise me lately on account of you being so busy playing kissy face with Blaise."

"Harry…"

"Forget about it Hermoine you should spend time with your boyfriend but I miss my best friend."

Hermoine gave Harry a hug that spoke more than words ever would.

"I'll always be here for you Harry."

When the results came out Harry was in the lead with the others tied behind him.

"I wonder how the others beat their dragons…"

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The first task was the talk of the 3 schools for a considerable period of time…until the Yule Ball was announced. All of a sudden everyone was trying to find a date. Harry was planning to ask Daphne but he was told that Champions couldn't go together.

"Can't I just skip this bloody thing?"

"No Harry its tradition."

"Hermoine it's also tradition to keep house Elves but I don't see you in any rush to support that tradition."

"Just go with Caroline or Marie."

"I want to go with the most beautiful girl in school."

"Fleur?"

"No, Daphne."

"What do you feel for Daphne, Harry?"

"I feel what you feel for Blaise."

And Hermoine just stared.

AN: Another chapter and the first task is complete. In the next chapter the champions form a band, my own personal homage to one of my all-time favourite stories on this site. Harry has finally confessed that he loves Daphne but what does she feel for him?

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Noctem is a spell that does two things. It creates a shadow creature to pick up stuff for you and it allows the user to travel between two shadows. If you can figure out where I got it from you get a shoutout and cookies.

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