
Chapter 5
Author's notes:
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Harry
The night was chill as he made his way from the ship towards the front gate. The moon hung overhead in the middle of the sky lighting the grounds up in its ambience. For the first time that year it was cold enough to see his breath. He buttoned up the jacket he was wearing all the way up as his body shivered in the nights chill. The note he had left Hermione had told her to meet him out here at midnight. He hoped first of all that she still wanted to come, and secondly that she wouldn't get caught making her way out to meet him. His concerns were immediately eliminated as he made his way closer to the front gate and saw her standing there.
She apparently had not known it was going to be cold as she was wearing just jeans and a short sleeved shirt. Even from fifty feet away he could see her outline shivering. Unlike their first date her hair was down like the day he had first seen her in thehallway. He hadn't realized that it was so long reaching halfway down her back. As he walked closer he could hear her teeth chattering in the cold.
"If your teeth chatter any louder you're going to wake the whole school up!"
"Oh hush it! I was so worried about breaking school rules and getting caught I completely forgot it would be cold."
"Here." He said as he pulled a jacket and blanket from the bag he had brought. He walked up to her put the jacket on her then wrapped her in the blanket. "There you go. You know it's a good thing one of us here pays attention to things." He said laughing.
"You're lucky I even came Harry! What is so important for me to see that you made me break school rules?"
"Calm down don't yell. I'm allowed to be out an about now that I'm Durmstrang's champion but we still don't want you getting caught. Besides trust me, you're really going to like what I'm going to show you."
"Ok well lead the way then, this had better be good. I have a charms exam tomorrow." He led her towards their destination.
"Charms huh? Let' see fourth year charms... You must be working on summoning and banishing charms then right?"
"How did you know that? But yes we have our first exam on summoning charms tomorrow and I haven't practiced at all. I'm told we have to be able to summon something in front of the class from outside the room. I have been so busy with other things that I haven't even tried it yet." They continued to walk towards what Sirius had told him Hogwarts called the forbidden forest.
"I have some of Hogwarts's old school books at my house in Norway that I've read through. The trick for a good summoning charm isn't really in the form of the wand movements though like most books say. The main part which a lot of books don't tell you is the mental part. If you can vividly picture the object you're trying to summon in your mind then you can basically summon it with little wand movement or effort. I recommend trying it with your eyes close, makes it easier to picture."
"Does Durmstrang teach Charms in a different order? And no I remember specifically reading that without close to perfect wand movement it's almost impossible to summon anything."
"No from as far as I know the curriculums are pretty much the same although from what I have read and been told Durmstrang deals much more with hexes, dark arts history and defense, and dueling. You don't believe me though? Fine see that rock over there?" He pointed to a rock on the near edge of the forest. "Summon it with your eyes open and doing it the way your book says to cast the spell."
She pulled out her wand pointed at the rock said the spell and flicked her wand in the motion her book had told her too. The rock pulled itself on the ground slowly leaving a trail of flat grass behind it. Slowly and eventually it made its way to their feet. "See, there I summoned it." She said trying to sound smug but held a look of true disappointment on her face.
"Here." He said as he picked up the rock and held it in front of them. "Now try it my way. Look at the rock's shape, its texture, color, and know its weight." He tossed the rock to her. She examined it thoroughly and threw it back to him and he tossed it into the forest a good ways where she couldn't see it.
"But now I don't know where it is."
"Good, trust me you're not going to know where the object you're summoning tomorrow will be either. Now close your eyes, imagine the rock in your mind, and remember how it felt in your hand. The texture, everything." She closed her eyes and he guessed by the way she was biting the corner of her lips she was thinking. Man she looked cute when she was trying hard. "Now keeping your wand down without even raising it just roll your wrist and say the spell." Before she even finished rolling her wrist the rock came flying from the forest like a speeding bullet and into her palm. She opened her eyes astonished that it had worked! "You did it! It came to you so fast too, most objects once their summoned even if that small still don't move that fast. You must be quite the witch Hermione."
"Thank you Harry, but how did that work though, I read that chapter three times and it extremely emphasized the path of the wand while casting?"
"Well not everything you read is the only way. Before there were wands people still casted spells and worked magic. Yes wands help to direct and quantify our ability's but the magic comes from you not the wand."
"I guess I never thought of it that way. I always just assumed the way the teachers taught us was the best way. Wait..." It seemed to just her were they were walking too. "Were not going in THERE are we, Harry the forbidden forest is... well forbidden!"
"Well you've already broke one school rule tonight two won't hurt you that much more. But before we enter I need to cast a silencing and invisibility charm on us is that ok? We're not exactly supposed to be where were going."
"Harry I don't know..."
"Oh come on! Don't make me return that book!" He knew that would work.
"Fine!!!" He cast the two charms on them and led them into the forest. After about a twenty minute walk they came to the outside brush of the clearing. He looked at her as her brained worked through what she was seeing. Inside the clearing there were three giant cages. In each of the cages was a different type of dragon. "Are those.... Dragons.... But.... Why are they here in the forest?" Before he could answer it suddenly clicked for her. "That's the first task?! Are they mental! You can't fight a dragon!"
"I told you that you would like it." He laughed as he pulled another blanket out from the bag. He stepped into the clearing and cast all the charms he could think of to keep them from being seen, smelt, or heard. He laid the blanket down and pulled out two pillows, two glasses, two candles, and a bottle of wine. He sat down on the blanket lighting the candles and poured two glasses of the wine as she continued to stare jaw dropped. "Care to join me? I don't think I can drink this all by myself, you know Norwegian fire wine is quite hard to find and much too strong for me to drink the whole bottle!"
She sat down next to him, her face still bewildered at the sight before her. "Harry you can't possibly fight one of those things, there huge! You'll get hurt!"
"Hermione here." He handed her a glass of wine and shot a silent spell at his bag which then begin to quietly play the famous muggle artist Dean Martin. "Cheers, to magic, the beginning of the tournament, and... to the beginning of us." He hit her glass with and took a long swig.
"Cheers. I guess I do owe you a congratulations, it is quite an honor to be chosen for the tournament, I guess I'm still in shock though at the moment."
"Well thank you Hermione."
"How did you know by the way?"
"How did I know what?"
"You left me the note, it said you wouldn't be able to talk to me for a while. You knew your name was going to be drawn and you knew that people would react like they did... How?"
"Well I didn't completely know the cup was going to choose me I was just confident I was the best wizard at Durmstrang and the cup would know that. And wouldn't you expect people to have some sort of reaction if they thought you had been dead for fifteen years? Especially if many of them thought it was because of you that Voldemort the wizard they all hate was gone."
"Why didn't you tell me? We went through that whole day and night together and you never warned me or told me."
"I'm sorry Hermione, you looked so perfect that night and I was so excited I didn't want to spend the whole night talking about things like that. Especially with as much fun as I was having. I promise no more secrets ask away, I won't lie, anything. What do you want to know?"
"I mean I don't know what to ask it's just that's something kind of important to know! I mean you give me a kiss and I don't even know your whole name, or basically who you are! Now that I think about it we spent the whole night talking about me."
"Well..." he started as he surprised her by leaning in to where she was laying and planting a peck on her cheeks. "My name is Harry James Mooney Potter. The name Harry was my mother's grandfather's name, the name James was my father's name as I'm sure you know. Mooney was added later on when my Godfather took me as his. He said if he was going to raise me he at least got to add in a name important to him." He paused again giving her another peck on the cheek. He took another sip of wine and scooted closer to her. Their bodies now inches apart. "My godfather Sirius Black raised me in Norway since my parent's wer...."
"YOUR GODFATHER IS SIRIUS BLACK! BUT HARRY HE IS A KILLER!"
"Calm down or you're going to spill your wine!" He said laughing knowing that would draw a reaction. "No he isn't he is innocent and a good man. I hope you know I'm trusting you by telling you that as a secret, only a few people know that. Promise me you won't tell?"
She paused looking at him concerned. "I promise Harry, but I actually have a couple questions now if you don't mind?"
"Of course, ask away."
"First of all, how did you know dragons were the first task... and what are you going to do about them?"
"Well, without getting anyone in trouble a certain headmaster told me I should go for a walk in the forest." He said drawing a sarcastic smile from her. "As to what I'm going to do I'm not sure yet, but I still have a week."
"You're lucky I like you or I might have told a certain headmaster off! Well if you need help I happen to know a lot about dragons, and know where most of the books that might help are in the library."
"That's perfect actually, as a champion I get a twenty-four hour pass to the library and the restricted section so I could use some help."
"You can get into the restricted section and be in there twenty-four seven?! I have been asking for that for four years! I would have entered my name if I knew you got that!"
"I'll talk to Dumbledore and Igor and see if I can get you a pass to help me then, I'm sure they will both say yes. Now what else did you want to ask me?" She gave him a small peck on the lips after he told her that.
"Right, this might sound dumb but how do you know so much! I have been the top of my class every year, I'm always studying, reading, making perfect marks, and usually the first to complete a spell in class. I always feel like the smartest person in the room, I'm usually the one telling others information but you seem leagues ahead of me. How?"
"Well I don't think I know that much more than you if anything at all, I have just been at it longer I'm sure. You were raised by muggle parents, since I could talk Sirius has been teaching me magic. And the biggest thing I can guess is that you're limiting yourself too much."
"Limiting myself? I don't get it?"
"Sirius used to be a big prankster in his day, he, my father, and two of their other friends used to always try to come up with the most elaborate pranks, cast the funniest spells, and impress the women in the school. This is at least what he tells me." He paused laughing. "In none of your books does it tell you how to levitate another student, how to give someone a wedgie from across the castle, ways to cheat on an exam, or even how to hex a fellow student to do your laundry. Yet there are spells for all of these things. My father and his friends thought outside the lines of their teachings and text books. They thought for themselves, imagined new spells, sought to make their own magic. From what you have told me about yourself so far I have no doubt in my mind that you are the smartest book-smart witch I have ever met. But at the end of the day the most powerful and most magically talented witches or wizards thought outside the normal boundaries. That's how I've learned everything I have. I don't know any more than you do necessarily I just don't accept what I'm told or read in a book. I try it for myself."
"I guess... I am just so used to getting everything from the magic world from school, I wish I had the same exposure at home."
"Yea I guess that does help a lot."
"Ok last question then I will shut up. Why me?"
"Why you? What do you mean why you?"
"Why did you ask me on the date, why did you ask me out here again tonight? Why me?"
"Putting me on the spot now are we?" He poured them both another glass of wine. "Well, if you must know. I came into Hogwarts expecting to take place in the tournament and win of course." He said smugly drawing a roll of her eyes. "But other than that I didn't expect much more. However after me and my friends had been lost for a few hours in the castle I called you over to help and you changed my expectations. You came over and hit me like a train. You looked so.... Well pretty and it took me off guard, which never happens I might add!" She rolled her eyes again. "After that when we saw you hex the ginger it just added fuel to the fire. Then with you looking so flustered I just couldn't help myself. You were so pretty, passionate, hot, and obviously talented judging by the way you hexed the poor kid. All these things just turned me on about you. I know I'm not saying this how it is in my head but it just seemed... Right you know? Then we went on the date and I don't think I have ever had a better first date. You were so funny, so smart, and so easy to talk too. You looked like a freaking super model in that outfit, you were so beautiful, your body looked fucking sexy as hell, and we just clicked. I went home happier than I have been in a while that night... So I guess that's why."
She just stared at him with those deep brown eyes. After a minute when he was just about to say something she moved towards him and basically tackled him on to his back. She grabbed him as she rolled on top of him putting both of her legs on either side of him, and both her hands to his face. She lowered her face onto his and began to kiss him passionately. At first her hands just ruffled through his hair and their lips just touched each other. With a witch as amazing and beautiful as she was on top of him though he couldn't hold back anymore. He pushed through her lips and slid his tongue into her mouth brushing against hers. For what must have been at least an hour they just kissed each other like that, tongue interlacing with the other. Her hands roaming through his hair and face, and his on her hips and back. Eventually she pulled herself off of him and fixed her clothes which in all the commotion had begun to move around revealing for a brief glimpse to him some rather tan nice cleavage.
"So dragons huh?" She said with a devilish smile on her face making him laugh.
"Come here you devil." He said as this time he tackled her back onto the blanket. The two of them continued to kiss each other for the rest of the night. They only stopped to pour more wine, catch their breath, and occasionally take a glance at the three dragons. Before they knew it the sun was coming up and Hermione even with his begging her to stay longer said she had to get to the castle for her exam. They walked back to the castle hand and hand. He left her with another long passionate kiss at the front gate. After that with a bright smile on his face made his way to his room on the ship ignoring Krum and Allan's comments about where he had been and fell asleep.
Hermione
Due to all of her teachers planning all of her exams the week before the first task, she had been unable to get see Harry since he had taken her to the dragons. He had come looking for her to help him find some books in the library in the beginning of the week. She had in a rush shown him where she would look and pulled some books for him but had to quickly leave to go to a class. That had basically been her overall schedule for the past six days.
She had just finished her last exam of the week and even surprising herself decided she was going to postpone doing her homework for Snape until after she saw Harry. She had told him she was sorry she was so busy but he understood. But five days without seeing him was making her go through almost withdrawals. She had made her way in a sprint across the grounds to Durmstrang's ship were Krum and Allan from the deck after they had annoyed her enough about Harry told her he was in the Library. After she had ran all the way back into the school and made her way to the library she saw him sitting in her usual corner table.
He looked so perfect. He was behind a large pile of books and notes she guessed he was taking. He was wearing his dark framed glasses, a cute white and black sweater, and a pair of black jeans.
"Wow someone's been busy did you take all these notes?" she said causing him to look up from the page of notes he was writing on. She walked to where he was sitting not knowing the sudden urge that had come over her and sat on his lap with her legs on either side of him. She grabbed his face and pulled him in for a kiss. He grabbed her legs pulling her chest closer to his and her body more onto his. She ran her left hand across his chest feeling the definition under the sweater. When she was sure that if they kissed any longer they would get caught by Madam Prince she pulled off and sat in the seat next to him leaving her hand on his leg though.
"Did you take all these notes this week? There are like a hundred pages here."
"I missed you too." He said wiping some of her lipstick that had rubbed onto him off. "And yes I don't think I've left here since you left me here a few days ago. Although I think I'm pretty much done here now."
"So you know what you're going to do for the task then?
"Well not exactly since I don't really know what I'm doing with the dragon. But I think I've covered enough of my bases. Hey you wouldn't know of a private place where we could go?"
"Planning to lure me somewhere private to make a move on me Potter are we?" She said in a flirty way. He laughed.
"Caught me red-handed. As tempting as that sounds and I'm not all together denying it I've been working on a spell design that I think will help me a lot with this task. But I can't exactly test out the actual casting in the library."
"You made a spell? I leave you here for a few days and you have created a spell?" He laughed again.
"Well first of all I haven't tested it so I don't know if it actual will work. Second of all I just combined a few parts of a few already existing spells in a way I think will benefit me so it's not that big of a deal. So do you know a place where we can go?"
"Yea actually I know just the place." She led him out of the library and to the seventh floor. "We need a room to practice spells." She said to no one.
"I know that Hermione I just told you that?"
"Shut up Harry I'm not talking to you." She then heard the wall in front of her slowly changing into a door. She looked and saw his eyes widening as he saw it happening. She walked up and opened the door leading him inside. "This Harry, is the room of requirement. It is a legendary room of Hogwarts that only a few people know about. My friend Luna found it her second year when she was looking for her stolen shoes. Will this work?"
"It's perfect Hermione, but how does it work? What do you mean only a few people know about it?"
"Well the room only appears to those with need, and the room that appears only appears for the people who need it for the same purpose. So you have to walk by this exact spot saying you need a place for something, and then it appears. Luna, myself, and now you are the only people I have ever seen even in this corridor so I assume were some of the few."
"Well you're a genius Hermione this will be perfect." That made her blush.
"So let's see this spell of yours."
"Ok so I need your help with this. I may be being daft but after seeing the three breeds of dragons in the forest and reading about them. All three are fire based predators, and all three are known to try to burn their target before they attempt to bite, claw, trample, squash, etc. So I wanted to create a good defense against fire while at the same time having some sort of offense."
"That makes since, so what do you need me to do?"
"I want you to cast incendio at me with as much power as you can muster."
"Shouldn't I start off light... you know in case it doesn't work?"
"No I want you to go full power with it. Makes it more pressure for me to succeed. Now on the count of three. One." She raised her wand. "Two." She saw his grip around his tighten. "Three!"
"INCENDIO!" She screamed. A huge burst of flames much bigger than she had expected flew from the tip of her wand towards Harry.
"DEVORIGNIS" She heard him yell the spell. All of the sudden she no longer was controlling her wand but the fire continued to come out. At the end where it should have hit him it was forming into a small ball the size of a marble floating in his hand. Finally as she was beginning to feel light headed it stopped. She fell to her knees onto the floor, and saw him quickly run over to her the small marble of fire still floating in his palm. "Here Hermione eat this. It will help." He gave her a small bar of chocolate.
"What happened? Why am I so tired?"
"Because it worked see look." He opened up his hand showing her the floating ball of fire.
"I don't get it still. What did the spell do? Just absorb it all to that marble?"
"In a way yeah. So the spell is designed to first draw fire into a source of my choice, in this case my palm. Secondly it is to lock the source of the fire. So for you, you were unable to stop the fire coming from your wand therefore you exhausted yourself having to exert that much magic in one spell. However a dragon wouldn't feel tired after breathing that much fire like you are now. But I did read that all dragons have a limited supply of fire, and once they exhaust all of it, it takes a while to regenerate. Lastly the spell allows me to then control the now new source of the power. So all the fire, energy, and magic you casted is condensed in this small ball. Which gives me an offensive weapon to use."
"That's really impressive Harry. I can't believe you thought of that all on your own let alone made it happen. But aren't dragons resistant to fire? How are you going to use its own fire against it?" She asked still amazed at how he had made a working spell, and a powerful one at that.
"Yea I thought about that too, unfortunately with my knowledge of spell making yet I don't have the knowledge to make a spell with that many working parts. I was hoping once I drew the fire in I could convert its energy into another form of element like water or lighting. But I couldn't figure out a good way to convert an element nor is there any information on it that I could find. So I'm thinking I'm just going to try to absorb its fire so it's stuck to just physical attacks and from there I have confidence in my offensive abilities to take it on."
"I hope your right, but this is very impressive Harry. You're kind of hot when you're smart and good at magic like this you know? She said while giving him a wink.
"Oh yea? Well I'm glad you think so." He threw the ball of fire to the end of the room which quickly almost filled the whole room with fire when it exploded. He quickly calmed it though with a water spell. "So I told you no more lies, and bringing you somewhere private to practice magic wasn't my entire plan."
"I knew it! Well what was the rest of your plan?" She was very intrigued, hoping it involved more kissing.
"Well... Close your eyes." He came up behind her and wrapped his hands around her face so she couldn't see. "Alright open them." He took his hands from her eyes and moved them around her waist. The room had changed from the wide open empty room it had been to a very romantic looking room. There was a single bed in the middle. Around it there was a fire place and a floating violin that began playing. She liked were this seemed to be going.
"Seems like a pretty good plan to me." She turned around in his hands and began to kiss him.
"Well I figured you could use some stress relief with all the worrying you have and will be doing about me with the task tomorrow." He said smiling as he led her to the bed.
"Me worried? Why would I worry about you?" She smirked at him and he pulled her to the bed then got on top of her. They began to kiss again.
"Because if something happens to me then you won't be able to kiss your favorite man in the world." He pulled away for a second then went right back to kissing her. Not too long ago the old Hermione would have been thinking completely different thoughts in this situation. The way he was kissing her, the position they were in where his body was pressed fully against hers, the way he was running his hands on her legs and through her hair, and especially the fact that his well... "male region" happened to be pressing against a very sensitive spot of hers was making the new Hermione think much different things. She had never been so turned on, felt so attracted to someone, craved someone so bad, and most of all she was horny as fuck!
"And what makes you think that you're my favorite? I mean you're cute but I don't know about favorite." He seemed to take that as a challenge. One she was glad he accepted as he removed his lips from hers and moved them down to her neck. The sensation was overwhelming. Her body arched pushing his hips more into hers which was even more overwhelming. He began to switch between soft kisses on her neck and ear and hard bites. Each time he bite her neck or ear she couldn't help but moan. She was glad she was wearing jeans at this moment so he couldn't feel how soaked she was. "Fuck Harry you are too good at that, fine you win your my favorite!"
He stopped kissing her neck and moved his face back up to her lips. "That's what I like to hear." They continued to make out on the bed for a long while. They would switch places every so often, her rolling him over so she could be on top of him and him then moving her back. The whole time she was in heaven. Kissing him was amazing, they were both clearing trying to drive the other person as crazy as possible. The whole time whoever was on top was grinding their hips against the other, drawing moans from both of them. She could even through his jeans tell that he was enjoying himself quite a large... large amount.
For the most part they just kissed and what she guessed the kids these days called dry humping, not knowing if that's what it meant to grind with clothes on or not. Although a few times both of their hands "mistakenly" bumped into something or grabbed something accidently. Twice his right hand while moving from her leg up to her face had "accidently" brushed her breast on its way up. On the third time though it was no accident as he fully cupped and grabbed her breast through her shirt for a brief second. Just once which may have really been an accident when he rolled her over he went to put his hand on the bed for support but instead ended up inches away from her well... "Female parts."
However he wasn't the only guilty one. She was hornier than she had ever been and the feeling of his well... "male par..." oh fuck it his cock against her pussy even through their clothes was driving her crazy. When she had been on top she made an extra effort to be on the perfect spot on his hips so it was pressed against her perfectly. She had even reached down twice while he was on top and grabbed it through the outside of his pants, causing his whole body to shake and him to moan both times. She wanted to do it a third time not believing how freaking big it felt but contained herself. Eventually though as much as she never wanted this to end and for it only to go farther, she knew he had a big day tomorrow and needed some sleep.
"Harry" She stopped him from kissing her. "Although I'm going to regret this in about five seconds you need to get back. The task is tomorrow you need a good night's sleep."
"Ughh. I guess you're right, Hey promise me you'll come support me tomorrow?" He placed gentle kisses on her neck again.
"I don't think the Hogwarts students will like me cheering for a Durmstrang student."
"Come on baby." He bit her ear, and moved his hand up her leg causing her to moan again. "You can sit with Krum and Allan I'm sure they would be more than willing to give you all the dirt on me. On second thought maybe you should sit with your friends."
"Actually I like that Idea." She said while she sat up and fixed her clothes and her hair which was now a mess. "Fine I will cheer for you, but don't embarrass me!" He laughed at that and they then hand in hand made their way out of the room of requirement and back towards the ship. It was cold outside and for the most part they silently walked towards the ship. "I had a lot of fun tonight Harry, you did really well on that spell I'm sure you will have no problem tomorrow."
"Thank you Hermione, and thank you for the help, and thanks for well all the kisses."
"Anytime!" She gave him a hug and he kissed her one last time before they released. "Good night Harry, and good luck."
"Thank you Hermione, Goodnight." He dropped her hand and walked towards the ship.
"Will I be able to see you after the task tomorrow?" She called out as she had started walking away.
"If you're lucky." And with that she returned to the castle.
The man named tom
"Yes my lord, Draco swears it. Both the Goyle and Crabbe family's sons confirmed it as well. The Potter boy is alive, and at Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament." Lucius sputtered pitifully at him.
"That is impossible!" He had not been this angry in quite some time. "I killed the Potter family! I murdered the father, I killed the mother by the boys cradle. I saw the spell hit the boy, I saw it leave a mark on his skin. The killing curse kills Lucius he could not have lived it, it must be an imposter! Someone must have betrayed me. Someone must have leaked out my plan to re-emerge now that I have laid down all of my plans, and gained as much power as I will ever need. They are trying to make me look weak. It is no matter though. Everything will go according to plan, no one will be able to stop me now. Not Dumbledore, not the ministry, an especially not some boy. WORMTAIL!"
"Yesss... Mass..terr"
"Use your...ability, become the rat you are. Go to Hogwarts. I want to know everything Dumbledore is doing, everything that happens at this tournament, and everything you can about this Potter boy. I am not going to rush my plans yet, not until I finish what I have started. Let them think I'm weak, let them think he beat the Dark Lord's curse. The world already has thought me dead for the past many years. Soon they will wish I am."