Chapter 40: Gathering of Champions families
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER. IT BELONGS TO JK ROWLING.
A/N: Read, enjoy, and remember not to take either life or my writing too seriously.
During the days to follow, Wormtail suffered during the day as Voldemort dished out all the hate he had for the newfound happiness in Harry Potter into his faithful servant. On many nights, he would be in his Evil Villain Restoration Module, screaming in agony for hours, cursing the name Harry Potter as the Boy-Who-Lived was having sex over and over. It was just one more thing he promised to himself before the torture started again that he would exact revenge from the Potter brat for.
"Don't they ever stop?" He screamed as his eyes rolled back in his babyish head again as the pain flooded over him once more.
Harry turned to Hermione a couple of weeks later. "What's next?"
Hermione reached into her book bag and pulled out her copy of 'The Complete Manual of Sexual Positions' by Jessica Stewart. She flipped through the pages, scrunching her nose and biting her lip. Finally, she paused at a page. "Well we haven't tried this one yet," she said. She looked at him with a gleam in her eye. "It looks like a lot of fun."
"Are you sure you can bend like that?"
"If I can't, we can always go back to the one we like the best so far."
Harry took one more look at the picture, then he pulled the book out of her hand and turned it sideways to make sure he understood what was supposed to be where and then tossed it aside. "Have I mentioned how much I love your love of books?"
"Once or twice, but it seems to be happening much more since I got that one and the Kama Sutra."
"Don't forget the one… what was it called… oh! The Witches Guide to Increasing your Power through Orgasms."
"But it didn't work! It was a bunch of lies!" Hermione exclaimed, looking a bit put out.
"You didn't complain about putting it to the test did you?" Harry asked with a smirk.
Hermione blushed as she remembered that night. If the book had been right, she would probably have been on par with Merlin after Harry spent the whole night with nothing but her pleasure on his mind. "No," she purred at him as a look of lust appeared in her eyes. "But if you ever want to put it to the test again, I'm willing to also."
"Maybe we'll start on that right after this position," he suggested.
The giggling, laughter, moans and exclamations of ecstasy that reverberated around the Room of Requirement that evening went deep into the night.
The three other champions had spent the last month doing everything possible to avoid Ron Weasley. In doing so, they had become pretty good friends. As they talked about the third task, one of them had an idea about the third task. In the whole spirit of international cooperation, they all agreed to the plan.
"Luna," Krum said. "Tomorrow is the last task and, next week, I vill be returning to Durmstrang."
Luna just smiled at Victor in her dreamy manner. Though not official, the two of them had been inseparable since the Yule Ball. Her Ravenclaw dorm mates had stopped picking on her when Krum threatened to curse anyone who made his Luna sad. Luna had managed to get all of her stuff back, and even some clothes that didn't belong to her.
"I just vanted to say I vill miss you greatly."
"You won't miss me," Luna replied, still smiling.
A look of confusion crossed Krum's face, but confusion had become a normal part of his life in the last few months. "I von't?"
"Nope!" Luna replied. "The Blibbering Humdingers have told me that you plan on inviting me to spend time with you and your family this summer."
"They did?"
"Yes, and I know my father will be inviting you to our house, also."
Krum shook his head. "Vat else did they say?"
She blushed a little, then said, "I'm not sure if I should say anything, but they told me you plan on asking me to be your girlfriend."
Krum looked at the blond-haired girl in amazement.
"They also said we would spend every summer and holiday together and, on my seventeenth birthday… oh, I definitely shouldn't tell you that."
"Tell me Luna, please," Krum begged.
She looked away for a few seconds and then looked at Krum. "They said on my seventeenth birthday, you would propose to me."
Krum's eyes widened. "They did? I vill?"
A look of disappointment and sadness crossed Luna's face. "I guess they could be wrong. But I… I've never known them to be."
Krum pulled her close to him. "Of course they're not vrong. Here, let me prove it. Luna, vill you be my girlfriend?"
A look of pure delight came over Luna's face and she threw her arms around the Bulgarian Seeker. "YES!"
"And vill you come spend the summer vith me?"
"YES!"
A little later, Luna was walking toward her Ravenclaw dorm with a large smile on her face. 'I can't believe that worked,' she thought.
Three years later on Luna's seventeenth birthday, Krum did propose. A year after that, the two of them were married in a lavish ceremony that all of magical Europe celebrated. That night, Luna found her Crumple-Horned Snorkack, but for some reason, as much as she tried, the horn would never stay crumpled for very long.
It was finally the day of the third task and Barty Crouch Jr. was taking no chances. He had a plan A, a plan B and a plan C. Though plan C mainly consisted of cutting off his arm and moving to Australia, it was still a plan. He looked at his calendar and smiled. Tonight Harry Potter will be delivered into his master's grasp and his master will return in all his might. 'Tomorrow I get to kill HIM!'
In Barty's mind, there was only one HIM. The HIM had red hair and more freckles than brain cells. Barty's watch chimed and he pulled out his flask of Firewhisky-laced Polyjuice potion and took a large swallow. Then he reached for one of his bottles of Ogden's Finest.
"RONNIKENS!" Molly Weasley shouted as her son entered the room beside the Great Hall. She rushed over to her youngest son and started brushing his robes free of lint. Then she pulled out a handkerchief and, after wetting it in her mouth, started rubbing the dirt that was on her son's nose away.
Bill Weasley was home for a short break before going back to Egypt. He had accompanied his mother to Hogwarts to greet his brother before he was to face the final task. As his mother babied Ron, Bill's eyes swept the room and came to rest of one most beautiful sight he had ever seen.
She was a blonde young woman that radiated beauty and a look of strength in her gorgeous blue eyes. Immediately in his mind, he saw her by his side, living in a small cottage on the seashore. He saw she went to Beauxbatons and realized she was their champion. He put on his most charming smile as her own eyes swept the room.
Fleur Delacour was with her mother and sister. After greeting them, she started looking around the room at the other champions' families. Cedric was with his mother and father.
Victor was speaking rapid Bulgarian to his dark-haired mother and father and, as her eyes kept moving over her mother's shoulder, she saw an extremely handsome man. Long red hair pulled into a ponytail; dragon hide boots and an earring. She could see the smile that had come over his face as he looked at her and she was just about to smile back when…
"How's my big brother?" Ron said to Bill, slapping him on the back.
'Brother?' Fleur thought. 'No way in bloody hell!' She quickly turned back to her mother and sister and started telling them about a young witch named Hermione Granger that she hoped to introduce them to soon.
She also told her mother that she had decided not to apply for the job at Gringotts and that her new friend Michelle and she were planning on touring Germany over the summer holidays. Her mother was very happy that Fleur was making friends.
Right after dinner, Dumbledore rose from his throne and announced it was time for the third task to start. Then stated that the champions should follow Ludo Bagman while the rest of the students should head down to the Quidditch field.
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