Alright this is the second chapter you guys! Hopefully you enjoy it. A lot of you agreed with HarryxDeath so that's what the pairing's going to be! Also, I'm hoping to update Investigative Wizard within about a week or two. It all depends on if I can manage to figure out what I'm doing for that chapter.

Beauxbatons Transferee

A few days after the first task, on Saturday, Harry found himself sitting in one of the Beauxbatons classrooms sitting with Rita Skeeter. It was a Saturday morning so Harry really didn't have much to do. With that in mind he scheduled the interview for that day. Rita was dressed in her usual outfit whereas Harry was dressed in a simple shirt and jeans. In Rita's hand was a dictation quill and pad, Harry having asked her to use a normal quill for the interview. Harry did this because of Rita's reputation for exaggerating details and the Quick Notes Quill wrote notes how the owner wanted the notes to be written. So here Harry was, ready for his interview.

"Alright Mr. Potter we'll start this interview with a few questions. First of all, what made you break away from Headmaster Dumbledore?" Rita asked, her voice sounding very professional.

"Well first you'd have to understand my life before Hogwarts." Harry said.

"What exactly do you mean?" Rita asked, intrigued.

"Well after Voldemort killed my parents and attempted to kill me I was taken by Dumbledore and left on the front step of my muggle relatives like a milk delivery." Harry said.

"Wait, Dumbledore left you on a doorstep in the middle of fall where anyone could have grabbed you?" Rita asked.

"Yup I'm pretty sure my aunt had a heart attack when she found me. Of course, it was probably not because she was worried for me but worried about her normal reputation." Harry scoffed.

"Why would you say that?" Rita asked.

"Well first of all I was forced to live in the cupboard under the stairs for most of my childhood. Alongside that I was forced to do most if not all of the chores. From age four I would cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner for them, weed the garden, clean the house, do the dishes, fix the things that had broken, and a lot of other things. Let's not forget that until I went to preschool I thought my name was Freak because that's all they called me. They had to pull me aside and tell me that my name was Harry. Of course when I started school it wasn't any better because I had no friends thanks to my cousin. He would scare away anyone who even attempted to be my friend. On top of that he and his friends would do an activity called "Harry Hunting"." Harry explained.

"Harry Hunting?" Rita asked, afraid to know the answer.

"It was an activity where they would chase me down and beat the ever living daylights out of me. I'd come home with broken bones and still be expected to do all the chores. Thankfully, although I didn't know it at the time, my magic healed a lot of my injuries. Now fast forward to when I was eleven and received my Hogwarts letter. It was utter chaos because they started freaking out and gave me my cousin's second bedroom where he stored all his toys." Harry said.

"Wait, your cousin had a second bedroom?" Rita asked, aghast.

"Yep. There were four bedrooms in the house. My aunt and uncle's, the guest room, and Dudley's two bedrooms. He was one spoiled little shit. Heck a couple months before my first letter, my cousin's birthday, he had like thirty something presents and threw a tantrum because he had one less than last year. Anywho after receiving my first letter we kept receiving letters in the weirdest places. Twelve of them came in the eggs that we received one morning. A crap load came from the fireplace. It was then that my uncle kind of lost it. He had everyone pack up and we went to a hotel. When we received note from one of the people at the front desk that there was a lot of letters to me my uncle panicked again. He then took us to a dilapidated shack on an island. That was when Hagrid came and gave me my letter." Harry said with a smile.

"So, did you tell any of your teachers at Hogwarts about this?" Rita asked.

"I told Dumbledore and his response was that there were Blood Wards on the property." Harry said with a roll of his eyes.

"But Blood Wards only work if the blood relatives treat the person the wards are tied to with love and if the subject of the wards thinks of the place as home." Rita said with a gasp.

"How do you know that? I mean it took me and my friends until the near end of our second year to figure that out." Harry asked.

"Well, uh. My original plan at Hogwarts was to become a Ward Breaker. In fact, I technically am one. I'm on reserve at Gringotts if they need someone. When you study under a Master to become a Ward Breaker one of the wards they teach you is Blood Wards." Rita said with a blush.

"Well… that's interesting." Harry said.

"Anyways, so what about your years at Hogwarts?" Rita asked.

"Well, my first year I met my best friends." Harry said with the biggest smile Rita had ever seen, it made her feel warm inside.

"Well then, tell me about them." She said with a smile in return, feeling something she hadn't felt in a long time, kindness.

"Well, there's Ron. He's the sixth son of Molly and Arthur Weasley. That kind of let to some insecurities when I met him. Although he's the best friend you could ever ask for and he's like the best person ever when it comes to chess. I recall he actually beat Professor Flitwick who's the ten-time Magical World Chess Champion." Harry said.

"If you mind, what were his insecurities about?" Rita asked.

"I don't mind and I don't think Ron will either, he's gotten over them. When you're the sixth child and all of your siblings have accomplished a lot of things it brings a lot of expectations on you. I mean William is a Curse and Ward Breaker at Gringotts, Charlie is a Dragon Handler at a Romanian Reserve, Percy is on his way to the top of the Ministry, his twin brothers Fred and George are the most popular students at Hogwarts, everyone likes them even the Slytherins. So Ron was kind of put in their shadow. But thanks to me and his other friends we've shown him there was no shadow to begin with." Harry said.

"Alright, what about your other friends?" Rita asked.

"Well, there's Hermione. She's a muggleborn but one of the smartest witches of our year. When we met she was a bit bossy but that was a factor of her not having any friends due to her intelligence. We've since then broke her out of that shell. Then there's Parvati. She's the co-heiress to India's Ancient and Most Noble House of Patil. When she was growing up her mother kind of forced fashion onto her so it made her create a mask pertaining to this. We broke that mask when we met and behind it is a really smart witch who's very much obsessed with Quidditch. After her is Lavender. Like Parvati Lavender was forced to act like looks mattered the most. Behind that like Parvati is a really smart witch who likes Quidditch as well. In fact, in private you can't go ten minutes without the two arguing Quidditch plays and who the better Chaser is. Then after that is Neville. Poor Neville was constantly harassed and abused by his great uncle to get him to show magic despite the fact that it was clear that Neville's accidental magic was passive. When we met he had horrible self-confidence which we quickly rectified. Of course the last two Dean and Seamus are very much how they are in public. But that's because not many people noticed them. Dean has an obsession with sports of all kinds and Seamus is a pyrotechnic. Beyond that they're great friends who know when a person needs company." Harry said.

"Alright, now that we've learned about your friends what about your years at Hogwarts?" Rita asked.

"Well, First Year was me finally making some friends. We all broke the masks that we had in private and supported each other. We agreed that to avoid Dumbledore from noticing that we had to keep our masks on. Of course like every year there was some hiccups. First was the Cerberus, then the Troll, then the Dragon. Of course then there was the fact that Quirrel was being possessed by Voldemort to steal the Philosopher's Stone to bring himself back to life." Harry said, causing Rita to choke.

"Wait! He Who Must Not Be Named was possessing a teacher?!" She said, coughing.

"Yup! Of course at the end of the year I ended up killing Quirrel by accident because of the protection my mother cast on me. Let's see… Second Year wasn't as multi-evented as the first but it still was hectic. During that year the Chamber of Secrets was opened releasing the beast inside which kept petrifying students. I also found out I was a Parselmouth which caused everyone to think I was the Heir of Slytherin and Dark because of it. Which is beyond stupid because Parselmouth isn't a Slytherin only skill and the main purpose of Parselmagic is to heal which isn't offensive magic at all. Continuing on from that, eventually I found a diary that held a memory of a student of Hogwarts named Tom Marvolo Riddle. Tom tried to make me believe that Hagrid was the Heir which is stupid because Hagrid's personality prevents him from even thinking about harming a person unless they deserved it. Soon enough Hermione was petrified and then Ginny Weasley was taken into the Chambers. So me and Ron grabbed Professor Lockhart and dragged him with us to the Chambers." Harry said.

"How did you know where the Chambers were?" Rita asked.

"Well, we had learned that the last time the Chambers were opened a student got killed. We postulated that there was a chance that the student became a ghost so we went over every ghost in Hogwarts and came to Myrtle. Of course we looked at the Daily Prophets that listed the name of the student and found that the student's name was Myrtle Warren. Of course usually people who die a violent death without knowing how they died tend to stay around their place of death when they become a ghost. Lo and behold Myrtle spent most of her time in the Girl's Bathroom. We asked her how she died and she told us that she saw big yellow eyes looking at her from the sink. A few minutes later we found out that the sink opened up a passage to the Chambers and we went in. About halfway to the center Lockhart turned on us." Harry said.

"Wait, Gilderoy Lockhart turned on you?" Rita asked, confused.

"Yup. It turns out that he had never done any of the things he said and had Obliviated the actual people who had and stole their stories. He was planning to Obliviate us as well but he grabbed Ron's wand which had broke at the beginning of the year, causing the spell to backfire, cause a cave in, and Obliviate himself. From there I went on and found Ginny on the ground, unconscious, and somehow Tom standing by her. He told me how Ginny had poured her heart into the diary which in turn fed Tom and that soon she'd die and he'd come back to life. He then asked how an infant could defeat Voldemort to which I asked why because Voldemort was beyond his time." Harry said before taking out his wand.

He then repeated what Tom had did and spelled out Tom Marvolo Riddle and began to rearrange the letters to form I am Lord Voldemort, causing Rita to gasp.

"Wait, Tom Riddle was Voldemort as a child? He was that bad as a kid?" Rita asked.

"Not really but I'll explain in a bit. Following that revelation, he sent the monster after me which turned out to be a fifty-foot-long Basilisk. I ran from it a while before Fawkes, Hogwarts' phoenix, came to me with the Sorting Hat. I was confused of course until I saw the Sword of Gryffindor inside the hat. So with the Sword I managed to pierce the inner membrane of the Basilisk's mouth, killing it. Not of course before I got a fang in my arm." Harry said.

"How did you survive that?!" Rita asked.

"Quite easily, Fawkes managed to save me with some of his tears. Before that though I took the fang out of my arm and stabbed the diary which somehow killed Tom Riddle. That was the end of my second year. Now I said I'd explain about Tom which comes to my third year. It wasn't as eventful as the rest despite Sirius Black being after me. We took that time to learn about Tom Riddle. The first person we talked to was Myrtle. It turns out that Myrtle was friends with Tom. She explained that Tom was the nicest person you could have met. He helped a lot when her classmates bullied her. In fact, Tom was close to turning around the stigma of the Slytherin House. She then explained how after she died his personality did a one eighty. He was cold and ruthless and didn't really care about other people. She said it was as if Tom had lost all positive emotions after her death." Harry said.

"I wonder what would cause that to happen to a person. I mean losing someone is traumatic enough, especially if you had accidentally killed the person. But it shouldn't have gotten rid of all his emotions." Rita mused.

"Well, we wondered that too. So we started with the diary. The Tom in the diary was too real to be a memory so we turned to Soul Magics. Of course it took a few trips into the Forbidden Section to find an answer. One word, Horcrux." Harry said, causing Rita to pale.

"I'm assuming you know the word?" Harry asked.

"Y-yes. Part of the Ward Breaker training ties in with Curse Breaking. You have to learn about the various curses that are tied into the defenses and one of them was that word. It is the foulest of all magic, splitting your soul." Rita said.

"Yup to Wizards and Witches splitting your soul is the worst thing you could ever do because our magic and mental health is tied to our soul. It turns out that when he accidentally killed Myrtle he panicked for two reasons. One, one of his friends was dead by his hand, and two he might be executed for it. That indirectly invoked the Horcrux ritual and split the severed piece and attached it to his diary along with all of his positive emotions." Harry said.

"Alright, moving on from such a dark topic. I heard that they caught Sirius Black but he managed to escape." Rita said, causing Harry to blush.

"Uh, well. You see throughout the year Ron's pet rat Scabbers was acting really weird. Near the end of the year Ron was grabbed by a big black dog and taken to the Shrieking Shack through a passage under the Whomping Willow. When me and Hermione got through we found that the dog was Sirius Black. Of course we thought he was going to kill me until he explained something. Apparently he wasn't the Secret Keeper, Peter Pettigrew was, revealing this after Professor Lupin appeared. He then revealed that Peter was alive and then struck Scabbers with a spell that turned him into a balding man that was revealed to be Peter. Of course then Snape arrived and it went downhill from there. Safe to say of course after everything that happened after that we managed to save Sirius from the Dark Tower where he was being held." Harry said.

"Why are you revealing this now you could be arrested for it?" Rita asked.

"Well, as a student of a foreign school and a Champion of the Triwizard Tournament I can't be tried at the moment. Also if Sirius manages to get pardoned I'd be exempt from that crime." Harry said.

"Well, this was an interesting interview, I'm sure you'll love the results. As a last question what are you going to do with your life?" Rita asked.

"Well, I think I'll hopefully get a job I like when I graduate and find somebody I love as well. I just want a peaceful life after all of this chaos." Harry said.

Soon after that the interview finished up. About a week later the article was released and Harry thought Rita did very well. It asked the right amount of questions when it came to Dumbledore and she even did some research, revealing that Sirius went to Azkaban without a trial.

During the week after the article was released Harry took to ambushing his friends and testing their dueling abilities. Adel asked Harry why he was doing this and Harry explained that it was normal. It allowed him to see if his friends were keeping up with their training regimen. Sadly, however on Friday Harry had decided that they hadn't because he was currently standing in front of them, all seven of them bound on the ground.

"I'm disappointed. I expected that you would be in better shape thanks to Dueling class but you aren't. You know what this means." Harry said, giving them a glare, causing all of them to pale.

"Please Harry, not them." Neville begged, struggling to get out of his binds.

"Anything but them." Lavender said, wide eyed.

"I'm sorry guys but it looks like Hestia and Persephone have to beat you back into shape." Harry said.

"Who's Hestia and Persephone?" Adel asked.

"They're basically Training Demons." Hermione groaned.

"You say that but you have to admire their results." Harry said.

From there Harry had Adel and Fleur help him levitate the seven to the seventh floor where Harry paced three times and a door appeared. They walked in and was met with what looked to be a training room with punching bags, weights, treadmills, and various other workout equipment as well as a track and pool. The seven seemed resigned to their fate as Harry fiddled with a galleon.

"What is that?" Fleur asked, seeing the galleon.

"Our method of communication. Hermione came up with it last year using the Protean Charm." Harry said.

About two minutes later the doors slammed open to reveal two girls who didn't have a happy look on their faces. One had curly fire red hair that reached her neck as well as sapphire blue eyes. Her body was very well structured, showing vigorous exercise. Her fellow female next to her had short black hair and aristocratic facial structures. Her body structure was very much like the red head, showing an equal amount of exercise. The red head was wearing a bright red and gold tie while the black haired one was wearing a green and silver tie.

"Adel, Fleur, may I introduce you to Hestia and Persephone, Ginny Weasley and Pansy Parkinson." Harry said as the two were divesting themselves of their robes.

Underneath their robes appeared to be a loose t-shirt as well as workout pants and their shoes seemed to be exercise trainers. Without the robes you could clearly see the subtle muscling that told of years of exercise and that if you messed with them you'd more than likely regret it. After they finished Harry unbound the seven and gestured to Fleur and Adel to take a seat on the couch that was by them. From there the two girls took charge.

"Alright you pieces of shit! Stand to attention!" Pansy shouted, the seven instantly standing straight in front of the two.

"Harry over there has told us you two have been slacking in your exercise!" Ginny said with a glare.

"We are here to rectify that, aren't we Ginny?" Pansy said with a smile.

"Yes we are Pansy. I want you seven to drop and give me fifty!" Ginny shouted.

Instantly the seven complied with the order, not wanting to make it worse on themselves.

"…. Those two are very different from how they act in public." Adel said with a blanched face

"Yes they are. In public Ginny acts like my number one fangirl and Pansy acts like a shrew. In reality they are extreme health nuts. Ginny loves to exercise because it allows her to get away from her smothering mother. Pansy does it because she wanted to get away from the Pureblood expectations that her grandfather had for her. Of course her father knows about how she really is and is proud of her and sometimes participates in her runs. Their attitude towards exercise bonded them together as sisters and instantly became the people I turned to when we need to exercise." Harry said.

"How.. how do they manage such different personalities?" Fleur asked.

"It's quite easy actually. They call themselves my spies so they see it as their job. I mean certain jobs require you to go undercover so this is just basically like a long term undercover job." Harry said.

Soon enough Pansy and Ginny managed to set the seven on a workout plan for today and they made their way and sat on the couch.

"So, any news?" Harry asked.

"Well, most if not all Gryffindor are with you after that article. The few that are still against you are rather ostracized by the house." Ginny reported.

"Let me guess, it's totally not because of Pollux and Castor?" Harry asked.

"You got it in one. Pollux and Castor are kinda miffed though because you didn't let them join you." Ginny said.

"Well, they do know that they're better off here, especially if they want to accomplish their dreams." Harry said.

"Dreams?" Adel asked.

"Well, Pollux and Castor want to open up a joke shop. Of course it'd be harder to open it while being foreign students." Harry said

"And the two understand that. They're still miffed though." Ginny said.

Harry then turned to Pansy.

"Well, Slytherin believes you but Draco's kicking up a storm whining about how unfair it is. You don't know how much I wanted to punch the guy. Anyhow, Blaise and Daphne have been slowly distancing themselves from Draco and of course Theodore's always on his own anyways. From the gossip tree Hufflepuff's on your side as well because since you joined Beauxbatons it won't take away from the fact that Cedric's the Hogwarts Champion. Ravenclaw's waiting to see more before they support you." Pansy said.

"Alright, so it's going how we expected it to. Ginny, Luna's getting rather worried about you." Harry said, causing Ginny to blush.

"U-uh she is? W-well she doesn't have to. I'm fine right now." Ginny said.

"Aww, young love, how cute." Fleur said, causing Ginny to blush and the rest to smile.

The following week Ginny and Pansy trained the seven while Harry trained on his own. Fleur and Adel asked to join in and Harry agreed. Of course they were put on an easier workout plan because they weren't used to the eight's normal plan. That Wednesday Harry was in the library studying charms to keep himself alive underwater when Adel approached him with a blush.

"Uh, Harry?" Adel asked.

"Yeah?" Harry asked with a curious look.

"WouldyougototheYuleBallwithme?" Adel said really fast.

"Wait what?" Harry asked.

"Would you go to the Yule Ball with me?" Adel asked.

"Uh, sure!" Harry said with a blush that matched Adel's.

When Harry told his friends about this Lavender and Parvati dragged him to Hogsmeade a week before the Ball to get nice clothing for the Ball. They told him that this was a perfect use for their forced fashion knowledge. By the end of the trip Harry had brand new dress robes and was tired from being dragged around.

Soon enough it was Christmas Day, and the day of the Yule Ball. The day started out simple with everyone opening their presents. Harry received a silver bracelet that had onyx embedded into it. Adel revealed that it was from him and was an invitation to a formal courtship. Harry was a bit confused until Adel explained. Courtship wasn't anything like dating but rather a person's attempt to get permission to date and maybe marry a person. Unlike the standards of dating where it was social standard to only date one person at a time you could accept any number of courtships. Harry accepted the courtship with a blush and the cheers of his friends.

Time past by and it was soon seven o'clock and time to get ready for the ball. The girls helped Harry get ready and the first thing they did was lengthen Harry's hair to make it tamable and tied it into a ponytail. Harry then got into his new dress robes which were a nice dark green that fit nicely to his body. Harry and the girls then went to the Entrance Hall where the guys were waiting for them. When they met everyone they paired off with their dates. Lavender was with Dean, Seamus with Parvati, Hermione with the Durmstang Seeker Viktor Krum, Neville with Fleur, Ron surprisingly was going with Cedric Diggory. When Harry stepped up to Adel, Adel's mouth was gaping like a fish.

"You look gorgeous." Adel said, causing Harry to blush.

"Same here." Harry said.

They then headed into the Great Hall where they were met with the sight of dozens of other people waiting for them.

"Introducing the Champions and their dates." McGonagall said.

They then made their way into the Great Hall where the Champions were asked to begin the Ball. Harry had a wonderful time dancing with Adel and after he finished the dance someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and gasped. It was Death. He was wearing black dress robes that were very nice looking and accentuated the best parts of his body. He didn't have his scythe with him but in his hands was a silver bracelet with a black stone that had a triangle with a circle and a line inside the circle etched onto it. Adel gasped when he saw what it meant, as it was another courting bracelet.

"Master, or should I say Harry. Would you do me the honor of courting you?" Death said with a bow.

"Uh, but Adel's courting me." Harry said.

"There's no rule that says you can't have two people courting you." Death said.

"Alright then, I accept." Harry said, putting the bracelet on his left arm, Adel's being on his right.

"Great! You can call me Thanatos or Than for short. That way nobody freaks out. Now… may I have this dance?" Thanatos asked with a smile.

"Sure." Harry said with a blush.

As Thanatos and Adel passed they gave each other a nod.

"May the best man win." Adel said, Thanatos agreeing with him.

The dance with Than was wonderful, as wonderful as the dance with Adel was. Slowly the night passed by with Harry having a great night. Than regaled him with funny stories of Fate's plans gone wrong. Like the one time that she was trying to get a prince and this girl together but the plan went so wrong that both were turned into a frog and ended up in a convoluted journey where they finally ended up together and human.

"But if she's Fate then why do her plans go wrong?" Harry asked.

"Well it has to do with free will. Outside forces and the inside forces as well can mess up her plans if those forces decide to do something else. She just introduces obstacles or other things that she hopes will nudge her plan together." Than said.

Soon enough his friends came over and were wide eyed when they saw Than. Viktor wasn't with Hermione at the moment because he went to go get Hermione a drink. Same with Cedric.

"Isn't that.. Death?" Lavender asked.

"Yeah." Harry said nonchalantly.

"Why is he here is probably her question." Hermione said.

"Oh, well he's courting me. So you might want to call him Thanatos or Than instead." Harry said, causing everyone to choke on their drinks.

"Harry, this brings a whole new meaning to courting death." Ron said, shaking his head.

"Hey what can I say, my life isn't normal." Harry said.

"You can thank Fate for that." Death said before giving Harry a kiss on the cheek, causing Harry to blush.

The conversation slowly degenerated into random topics after Cedric and Viktor returned. One of the topics was what they were going to do for the second task. They knew that they had to rescue something from Black Lake but how they were going to do it was a different story.

"I was thinking of the bubble head charm but that won't let me cast spells." Fleur said.

"True, I was thinking about transfiguration." Viktor said.

"That might not be the best idea, especially if the item is a person." Cedric said.

"Well I came across something but it'd need all four of us to do it so I doubt it'd work." Harry said.

"I'm interested now, what were you thinking of?" Viktor asked, the others nodding.

"Well, there's this elemental spell that normally if someone was a Water Element could do it alone but since I'm not it needs four people. What it'd do is split the lake in half, leaving a path for us to walk to the center of the lake. It'd hold for about maybe thirty minutes, enough time for us to grab the thing or person and get back up." Harry said.

"That'd be perfect. I mean I'd be willing to do it." Fleur said, her dislike of water being very prevalent, as she was a Fire element.

"I mean it's better than flailing around." Cedric said.

"Yeah, plus we might just get all equal scores so nobody's really losing." Viktor said.

Soon enough the night was over and Death stopped Harry before he could head off.

"I have three things to talk to you about. First of all, because it's probably going to take a while do you wish to have our first date after the Task?" Death asked.

"Uh, sure. That'd be perfect with me." Harry said.

"Second, the stone embedded in the bracelet is very important as it's the Resurrection Stone. Nobody can take it from you and it makes summoning spirits a bit easier than normal. Lastly, here." Than said, taking a familiar diary out of nowhere and handing it to Harry.

"T-this is.." Harry stuttered.

"Yes, it is, and yes I reattached that thing to it. Normally I'd obliterate it but Fate has an idea for it and I think it's a great idea. Keep it on you for the Third Task. Fate implored me that this is the most important thing. Anywho this was the best day in my existence other than when I found out you were my master. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did." Than said.

"I enjoyed it as well. I'll be sure to have this on me when I start the Third Task." Harry said.

Before Harry could leave Than planted a kiss on Harry's lips, making his eyes widen. Than's lips were warm and soft, very unlike what he expected the personification of Death to be. Not only that but Harry felt something in him tug, practically dumping a bucket of happiness on him. With that kiss he felt like he could do anything. When they parted from the kiss Harry blinked.

"That… that was amazing." Harry said, causing Than to chuckle.

"It was, wasn't it? Well I best be going Fate wanted to grill me about the details when I got back." Death said before vanishing.

On his way out Adel walked up to him and talked with him about the night. Harry told him he had fun and enjoyed the night and then Adel kissed him on the lips as well. This kiss was a bit different though. While Adel's lips were soft and warm too it didn't elicit the same feelings he felt when Than kissed him. Rather it elicited feelings of confusion and friendliness. When he got back to his room that night his head was filled with confusing thoughts.

Soon a month and few weeks passed by with the four Champions practicing the spell that Harry had suggested. In fact, practicing the spell wasn't the only thing they did. Viktor and Cedric joined the others in their exercises. Of course they started with a more difficult one than Adel and Fleur did because they were familiar with vigorous exercise from their Quidditch practices. Also over the month Than had taken to visiting Harry during his Necromancy classes which at first freaked out everyone in the class but soon they got used to it. Soon enough February 24th rolled by. The four Champions were waiting for the task to begin and were talking. It turns out that certain people had gone missing during the night, the people being: Ron, Hermione, Fleur's sister Gabrielle, and Adel. That brought them to a conclusion that they had to retrieve a person. Soon enough they were told to begin so they each rose their wand and spoke the spell together.

"Pars Maris!" They all shouted, bringing their wands down.

Suddenly there was a roaring sound as the Black Lake began to part. Slowly but surely a path to the middle of the ocean where the Merfolk village was and where the four hostages were. Tied to poles were their hostages and in the water beating against the wall of water were the merfolk. Together the four ran down to the four hostages and untied them. They then made their way back up to the platform with their hostages. The crowd watching them was really shocked, probably because they didn't expect the Champions to work together.

"In a stunning fashion, the four Champions rescue their hostages together!" Bagman shouted.

Begrudgingly, at least to Karkaroff and Dumbledore, the four judges raised their wands to give them all a joint score. Maxime gave them a ten, Dumbledore an eight, Karkaroff a nine, Percy (who was filling in for Crouch) a nine, and Bagman a ten.

"The four champions have each earned forty-six points! Of course that leaves each of them in the same places but this was a marvelous task!" Bagman announced.

After that they all were checked up by Madame Pomfrey before they all headed off to the Beauxbatons Carriages to have a party.

I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! Now you don't have to review but it always helps me curtail the chapter for what you guys like and don't like!