Chapter 3

Harry yawned as he woke up in his bed, he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes before he sat up and stretched.

"Dobby," Harry called and the elf popped into the room. "is my breakfast ready?" Harry asked.

"Yes great master Harry Potter, Dobby has..."

"Dobby," Harry cut him off. "as your master I order you to simply call me Harry or master Harry." Harry said, while the hero worship was appreciated it was also starting to get very tiring.

"Oh...master Harry is so kind to unworthy Dobby!" Dobby cried, looking like he was about to faint with happiness.

"Just go damn you." Harry sighed, he was too tired to deal with overactive hyper house elves in the morning.

"Oh yes gr...master Harry." Dobby nodded and corrected himelf before popping away.

"Dada." A voice hissed. Harry glanced to the side and found the baby basilisk on his bed, it slithered up his arm before resting itself on his shoulders, it nudged his head in a show of affection, one that caused a smile that Harry couldn't help.

Yesterday Harry had read up as much on basilisks as possible, he had learnt various things such as what they eat and how to care for them. This basilisk was growing on Harry even though he hadn't even known it for more than a day. Unlike Hagrid, who thought that nearly all dangerous creatures were simply misunderstood, Harry had a healthy respect for how dangerous the basilisk is, he had fought a bigger version of it after all. In some ways he felt that the smaller one was deadlier.

Yes the big one would be helpful against a large amount of wizards, but with this small sized basilisk all he had to do is sneak it into somebody's room or have it sneak up on them. A simple bite or even a look and the person would be dead. Harry knew that if he told anyone about it the basilisk would be taken away from him and killed, after that it's body would probably be destroyed if not studied first then destroyed.

"I'm hungry." It hissed, thought to Harry it sounded childlike, it sounded like a baby's voice.

"Let's get you something to eat then." Harry hissed back as he stood up and walked to the other room.

To Harry's amazement the snake had an inborn ability to speak and understand parsletounge, it's first words upon seeing him was 'mama'. Harry took a brief moment of silence before deciding to just go with it. After a gentle correction it now referred to him as 'daddy' or 'dada', amusing but he didn't mind. He did briefly worry but after checking books and confirming that the basilisk didn't grow big and eat it's parents he was much more calmer. Apparently from what he had read they are rather attached to family members.

"I think you need a name." Harry said as he took a seat, he ate with his right hand while the basilisk slid down and curled around his left forearm with its head resting on his hand.

"A name?" It repeated.

"Yes, how about Selena?" Harry asked.

"Sel...ena? Selena?" The snake spoke, trying out the words. "Hmm, I like it. Selena."

"I'm glad." Harry smiled. He didn't think he would have been able to get a name on the first try but then again she was technically born yesterday so she probably wasn't too picky about her name.

"Daddy, I'm hungry." Selena hissed.

"Dobby!" Harry called and the elf popped into the room. "Selena is hungry."

"S..ena?" Dobby asked with a questioning look.

"Selena," Harry corrected. "and I am referring to the beautiful lady on my hand." Harry said as he gestured to Selena with his head. "Well, do we have something for her to eat or not?"

"Oh yes we do!" Dobby said quickly before he popped out and appeared a few moments later with a jar full of spiders. "Master Harry said that she be eating spiders, Dobby found these spiders yesterday." Dobby said as he placed the spider jar on the table.

Selena slid off of Harry's hand and onto the table, she slithered towards the spiders. The spiders tried to run away from her despite the fact that they were stuck in a jar. Selena circled around the jar in a predatory manor, looking like a cat that wanted to play with it's food.

"Leave Dobby," Harry ordered as he removed his wand, Dobby left as Harry aimed it at the jar. The jar lid opened, Harry slowly raised it but was prepared to place it back if the spiders tried to escape. They did not which lead Harry to believe that they thought it was better to keep the glass between them and Selena. "I'd probably be more sympathetic to you lot if your relatives hadn't tried to eat me." Harry said, remembering how Aragog tried to set his children on him.

"These are all for me?" Selena asked.

"Yes," Harry nodded before an idea came to him, he pushed his breakfast to the side and looked at Selena. "Selena, you called me daddy, right?"

"Yes." Selena said as she looked at Harry.

"That means it's my job to protect you." Harry smiled at her.

"Really?"

"Yes, it means we're family. I look after you and you look after me, do you like that?" Harry asked, still smiling.

"Yes daddy." She said, giving the snake equivalent of a smile.

"Good, you see those spiders, they have bigger ones that tried to eat me." Harry told her with a sad look on his face.

"They tried to eat you?!" Selena hissed, glaring at the jar of spiders.

"Yeah, all I did was talk to them and ask a few questions. The big ones tried but I escaped," Harry told her. "now you and me are going to show these spiders who is in charge. Ready?"

"Yes!" She hissed, eagerly awaiting the chance to gain revenge for her daddy. Harry levitated one spider out, it struggled in the air but couldn't escape. Harry hovered it above Selena.

"Get ready." Harry told her, she leaned her head up and opened her jaw. Harry dropped the spider right into her mouth which snapped shut like a venus flytrap. "How does it taste?"

"Yummy!" She cried happily. "Do you want to try one daddy?"

"I'm on a diet." Harry said without missing a beat before he levitated another spider up into the air. This time he dropped it in front of her, she quickly reached down and swallowed it. The third time Harry dropped a spider a short distance away, it ran but she quickly gave chase and caught it within a few seconds. "That's my girl!" Harry clapped proudly. "Well done Selena! That was brilliant, I'm proud of you!"

"Thank you daddy!" She said as her face changed into what Harry guessed was a smile.

"Ah hello Harry," Rita Skeeter said a few days later as Harry entered, she stood up from her seat and extended her hand. The two were currently in a private room in the three broomsticks so they wouldn't be disturbed or overheard.

"Miss Skeeter," Harry said as he took her hand and kissed her on the knuckles. "a pleasure to see you." He smiled at her.

"Oh, a charmer." She smiled back and the two took their seats with Harry sitting opposite Rita.

"Only to the charming." Harry replied as he looked at her. Instead of green like last time today she was wearing black high heels, a brown leather skirt and jacket. Harry would admit that she looked quite attractive.

"I take it you read my last article." She said in a conversational tone. Her last article was really held back in her opinion, but she had to make it good if he wanted this interview. She had made sure that it was factual for the most part, of course she did mention how the tournament officials were unable to keep a fourteen year old boy out of the tournament but she did make it appear like it was not Harry Potter's fault. Of course that could change with an article. "Did you like it?"

"I would not be here if I didn't Miss Skeeter," Harry replied. "Shall we get on with this?" Harry suggested.

"Of course, you don't mind if I use a quick quote quill do you?" She asked as she reached into her handbag.

"Actually I do," Harry said, causing her to stop. "Miss Skeeter I have not treated you like a fool so do not treat me like an ignorant child. I've done my research on you and I know that you have a rather...interesting...habit of ruining careers and lives with your articles."

"Come now Harry," She said as she removed her hand from the handbag. "this is merely business, it's my job to give the public what they want to see and what they want is something interesting."

"I agree," Harry nodded, surprising her. "in fact I understand because I've spent years doing the exact same thing."

"What?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm the boy-who-lived, people expected me to act a certain way. They expect a mild mannered, heroic saint and I have the spent the last few years pretending to be exactly that. I hid my true nature because it's not what the public wanted but now things have changed. I no longer care what other people want, now I'm in this life for me and me alone. I'd recommend not getting in the way.

"Is that a threat Harry?" Rita smirked. "How would the public feel about the 'boy-who-lived', 'saviour of the wizarding world' handing out threats like a dark wizard?"

"I quite frankly don't give a shit what the sheep of the wizarding world think." Harry said honestly.

"Ooh, can I quote you on that?" She asked, even though she was planning to do that anyway.

"Feel free, when you do so remember to tell them that Harry Potter says 'fuck off'." Harry said with a sweet smile.

"Aren't you concerned Harry?" She asked in an equally sweet voice. "This could ruin you. You realise that those words of yours can be printed and sent out tonight."

"No, they won't because you will not print them."

"Oh, will I not?" She asked, her face and voice making it clear that she fully intended to.

"No, you won't." Harry said in firm voice. "Now I'm giving you one warning Skeeter, just the one, if you go against me or even irritate me then I promise you will suffer. This is your last chance, I advise you take it."

"Is that so? Well bring it on then." She said, not bothered in the slightest by his words. She was the reporter that ruined politicians, what would one boy do to her?

"You know...I was sort of hoping you'd say that." Harry grinned. "Lumos Maxima!" Harry yelled as his wand slid from his sleeve into his hand, he didn't have a holster yet so had been very careful while keeping it there. A blinding light shot out from his wand, causing Rita to look away and allowed Harry to take advantage. "Incarcerous!" Harry said as he pointed his wand at her and ropes shot out which wrapped around her so she could not move.

"What are you doing?!" She demanded.

"You see that's the problem when you rely solely on a quill, you forget to use a wand." Harry grinned as he got up and walked towards her. He began searching her body for a wand, he frowned when he couldn't find one, he then looked into her handbag. "Really? You left your wand in your handbag?" Harry tutted disapprovingly before he threw the handbag with the wand inside to the farthest side of the room before he sat back down.

"I have more than one trick up my sleeve Potter." She smirked before she transformed into her beetle form only to change back into her human form before she could even start flying, the ropes wrapped around her once again. She looked towards Harry who was twirling his wand in his hand.

"You're not the first animagus I've ever met Rita." Harry said calmly, after his meeting with Pettigrew he had made sure to learn the spell to turn animagus's back into their human form on the off chance that he stumbles upon a suspicious looking rat in the future. "Tell me, you're not registered are you? The list of registered animagus's are short and you're not on there."

"What are you planning to do Potter?!" Rita sneered at him. "If you think I'm scared of you then you've got another thing coming, I don't..."

"Skeeter," Harry cut her off. "if you don't shut up then I am either going to shut you up with a punch to the face, shoving my tongue down your throat, a silencing charm or all of the above." Harry said. "Dobby." Harry called and the elf came as expected.

"What is that?!" Rita shrieked in fear.

"It's called a house elf." Harry explained patiently in a calm voice.

"Not that! The snake in its hands!" She screamed.

"Ah," Harry said in a surprised voice as he looked at Dobby and pretended to only just notice Selena in his hands. "that would be Selena."

"Selena?!"

"Yes, Selena, she's a basilisk." Harry said as he took Selena out of Dobby's hands, Selena had her eyes closed because Harry wanted to pretend that the death stare was an uncontrolled method of killing.

"A basilisk?!" Rita paled in fear.

"Yes, magically resistant skin, most dangerous venom in the world and the ability to kill with a single look." Harry said as he stroked her. "Quite the deadly creature, wouldn't you agree Miss Skeeter?" Harry said as if he was discussing the weather.

"I...I bet it's not even a real basilisk." She said with fake confidence.

"How about proof?" Harry responded, unfazed by her response. Harry covered Selena's left eye with his hand, he then aimed her right eye away from Rita and towards Dobby. Harry hissed and a few seconds later Dobby fell on to the floor, his body unmoving. "Is that proof enough?" Harry raised an eyebrow to Rita who was so frozen with fear that Harry might as well just remove the ropes.

"You...it's your basilisk...but..."

"Miss Skeeter we both know I'm a parsletounge," Harry cut her off with a bored expression on his face. "I should know because nearly the whole school tormented me when they found out and you should know because I remember you writing an article about it in my second year."

"You...you can't kill me!"

"Actually I can but it's not me that necessarily has to." Harry said as he gestured with his head to Selena. "All it would take is a single bite or even just the opening of one eye."

"But...but you'd go to Azkaban!" She reminded him.

"Would I?" Harry grinned. "If Lucius Malfoy could get away with the imperius curse then what makes you think I can't escape Azkaban? Malfoy's just rich. Me? I'm rich, the boy-who-lived and Dumbledore will not want me out of his sight. Plus I can't imagine the minister of magic would refuse the opportunity of having the 'boy-who-lived' be grateful enough to thank him publicly. So Miss Skeeter, what were you saying?"

"Please! Please don't kill me! Why are you doing this?!"

"Simple, because of people like you. I spent the last few years letting people like you step over me and spit on me after, no more." Harry said with a smirk. Harry hissed to Selena before he tossed her at Rita, she landed on Rita's shoulder.

"NO!" Rita screamed in fear and terror. "Please stop! I'll do anything!" She screamed when she saw the young snake open its and mouth, revealing it's small but sharp teeth. Harry hissed and Selena slowly closed her mouth but remained on her shoulders.

"Anything?" Harry repeated with a raised eyebrow.

"Anything!" She nodded quickly. Harry looked thoughtful before he took his wand and got rid of the ropes.

"If you try to attack me then she'll kill you, and remember that she's fast and if you try to attack her she'll kill you before you can do anything significant." Harry said. "And if you're thinking about transforming back into the beetle form of yours then I'd like to remind you that she has spent some time practising catching smaller animals. Now stand up and come here." Harry ordered.

Rita slowly got up, deathly afraid of the basilisk that had wrapped itself around her neck and was staring at her even though it's eyes were closed. But she knew that even a simple scratch from it's teeth or even a single open eyelid would finish her off. When she got close enough Harry reached out and grabbed her by the hips before he pulled her, she gasped and landed on top of him, straddling him with her hands on his shoulder. She made to speak but was stopped as Harry slapped her with his right and grabbed her mouth with the same hand in the span of few seconds.

"Shut up," Harry said, looking her right in the eye with his left hand on her hip and her his right holding her by the mouth. "If I want you to talk then I will ask you to talk. Now, as I have unfortunately been sleeping in the Gryffindor common room for the last few years I have overheard more things than I care to count. Do you know what snogging is?" Harry asked, she remained silent and looked confused. Harry released her mouth long enough to slap her again before he grabbed her, this time harder than last time. "Do you know what snogging is?"

"Uh huh." She managed to get out with the slightest of nods.

"Good, I want to experience it. I've never been snogged before, and I don't have the appreciation for 'my first kiss' crap that other people do. I want you to snog me, now." Harry ordered before he released her and placed both hands on her hips.

"Are...are you serious?" She said, looking at him with wide eyes.

"As serious as death, which incidentally is your other option." Harry said as he gestured with his head to Selena. "Personally I like to think I'm much more attractive than a graveyard, make your choice and make it quick." He said as his hands slid down to grab her backside.

Rita thought about it, yes the boy was handsome for his age but he was still only fourteen. But the idea of snogging a minor was far more appealing than death by a killer gaze or a painful death by the most lethal and deadly venom in the world. She closed her eyes and slowly kissed him, only to stop when he yanked her back by the hair.

"That was good, now this time try again, except this time...mean it!" Harry said, the last words came out as a hiss but she understood it. The silent 'or else' was not needed, nor did it make her feel better when the basilisk also hissed.

This time Rita grabbed him by both sides of the head and pulled him into a passionate kiss which quickly developed into full blown snogging, Rita Skeeter snogged him like a woman on a mission. It was a battle as their tongues thought for domination, Harry was less experienced but quickly adapted and ended up winning. The two continued, Harry simply enjoyed the experience and kissed while also rubbing himself against Rita's hips while his hands rubbed alternated between touching her breast and touching her backside. Rita continued snogging and went at it like her life was on the line, which it was.

After several moments the two stopped with both panting, Harry grinned, if that was snogging then he would gladly be up for more.

"I...I did it." Rita whispered. "Does...does that mean..."

"Not yet," Harry interrupted as his hand moved to her jacket's zipper and slowly pulled it down. "there's one more thing I overheard the Gryffindor boys talking about, they mentioned how much fun girls could be with their mouths. I'd like to experience that tonight."

"But...but I..."

"It's the last physical thing I'll ask of you today," Harry said as he pushed her off of him before he grabbed her hair with his left hand and pulled her onto her knees while he used his right hand to grab his wand and vanished her leather jacket, leaving her in nothing but a black bra. "Get to it." Harry ordered with Selena hissing in in Rita's ear.

Rita gulped but nodded, Harry let go off her hair and leaned back into his chair. Rita gulped before she reached forward with her hands and removed Harry's belt, she tossed it aside before she grabbed his trousers and began pulling them off followed by his boxers. She took in a deep breath before she got to work, she knew it was best to do it to the best of her ability because if she didn't please this snake then she was likely to suffer the rage of the other one. So she decided to go at it and make it as quick as possible.

Harry leaned his head back and smiled as Rita pleasured him, this was far more enjoyable. When he had heard the older Gryffindor boys talking about this he thought that they were exaggerating, but this was so far the best thing he had ever experienced, at least physically. A few minutes later Harry had released a lot of tension into her mouth, leaving Rita panting and coughing on the floor in just a leather skirt with a bra. It was quite a brilliant sight if Harry did say so.

"Well that was nice." Harry commented as he waved his wand, cleaning her up. "What do we say Rita?"

"T...thank you." She forced her self to say.

"Good girl," Harry smiled. "If we had good manners from the start then we could have avoided all of this unpleasantness, well maybe unpleasant for you, I rather enjoyed it. Now I have one last thing I need you to do."

"But...but you said that that was..."

"I said that that was the last physical thing." Harry cut off her protest as he stood up and waved his wand, causing his trousers and boxers to go back up. "Now I want you to make an unbreakable vow." Harry ordered.

"An unbreakable vow?!" She looked at him like he had asked for her lungs. "But...but..."

"A simple one, you will simply never knowingly or intentionally try to harm me in anyway or form." Harry replied.

"But...but I can't..."

"Well Miss Skeeter I have a few choices. Option one is you take the vow and we part ways and if we ever meet again we act like this never happened. Option two is Selena over there kills you and I see how she likes the taste of human eyeballs. Option three is I inform people of your illegal animagus form and get you sent to Azkaban. Then there is also option four, I show people the photos."

"Photos?!" She repeated in a confused voice, but she already knew that she would not like the answers.

"Yes, you did take the photos didn't you Dobby?" Harry asked. Rita's head snapped to the side where she saw the house elf, that she thought was dead, holding a camera and grinning.

"Yes master Harry!" Dobby nodded quickly.

"What?! But...but...how?!" She said with a combination of disbelief, horror and confusion.

"You see with the right charms and a bit of imagination you can stop the camera from making noises and from producing blinding flashes." Harry grinned. "I asked Dobby to take two photos, one of you and me snogging and the other with you and you're mouth wrapped around my cock. Did you do that Dobby?"

"Yes master Harry," Dobby nodded, glad that he managed to do something right. Plus Selena was not visible thanks to the the angle and position where the photo was taken from. Selena's head was on the right side of Rita's head while her body was wrapped around her neck. Seeing as the photo was taken from the other side Selena's head was not visible so her body just looked like a bad necklace.

"But...but the basilisk killed him!" Rita shouted, protesting the fact that Dobby was still breathing.

"Only if it looked at him," Harry smirked. "I swear my parents graves that she is a basilisk, I just didn't tell her to open her eyes. I merely told her to stay calm. Brilliant acting by the way Dobby."

"Thank you master Harry." Dobby said, blushing slightly.

"Now about those photos, you could claim that they are fake of course. You could also claim that I forced you. However you know from experience that there is a world of difference between the truth and what the public wants to believe. And if I played the victim I'd be more likely to be believed then you, someone who has made plenty of enemies with your less than factual articles. It'd be simple for me to say that you forced yourself on naïve little me. You ruined people by taking advantage of their love of finding a reason to hate people, if the people had to chose between hating you or believing you, what do you think they'd pick?" Harry asked.

He watched as the hope died out in her eyes. He had no sympathy for her, he had warned her and it was not like she was an innocent woman who had done no wrong. This was a woman who had ruined lives for her own benefit. She took private photos of people and ruined lives and would've done the same with him, this was just neutralising a threat.

"There's not much hope for you, is there?" Harry asked rhetorically. "I mean if you refuse you then I can inform people that you're an illegal animagus and get you sent to Azkaban or I can send these photos out and ruin both your career and your life, as for me I personally don't give a shit about the public opinion of me but you do, plus unlike you I can bounce back from any negativity. But if you refuse and I decide to not be merciful then you're dead, no more writing, no more lies, no more breathing."

"Why are you doing this?!" Rita cried, tears dropping down her face. "You're supposed to be a Gryffindor! A hero!"

"Do you know that the sorting hat originally wanted to put me in Slytherin?" Harry said, wondering how much better or worse his life would be if he had joined Slytherin. On one hand he could probably have tons more problems and drama and likely have to fight for his place there, on the other hand he probably wouldn't have had to deal with Granger and Weasley, he wasn't sure which he'd prefer at the moment. "But as for being a hero, I suppose I was one. But then people like you just couldn't stop pushing. You think I'm a hero yet you were more than happy to prepare to print negative things about me and turn the whole wizarding world on me."

"I'm sorry!" She said, tears still pouring out.

"No, I think you're sorry because I have you placed in your current position, if I didn't then I'm sure you would gladly be heading to your pretty little office later to turn the world on me."

"I...I just..."

"Rita, all I am asking for is a simple vow to not knowingly or intentionally harm me. If you keep arguing then I may decide to change it to something lie 'you will serve me for the rest of your life'. Illegal animagus form, photos, Azkaban, death, all of the above or the vow. Make your choice." Harry said as he calmly leaned back. "And you'd better do it soon before I decide I'd like a repeat of your oral presentation."

"I...I will make the vow." Rita said, bowing her head. She had lost, she hated it but it was a fact at this point. If she went against him then he could ruin her if not kill her.

"Good," Harry stood up. "Dobby can and will you act a binder?"

"Yes master Harry." Dobby nodded as Rita stood up as well, "Dobby can do it." Dobby said as Rita stood in front of Harry on shaky legs.

"Now Rita you're going to swear to never knowingly or intentionally harm me, go on." Harry said as they grabbed each other's forearm. Rita took a deep breath, it would not be good for her if she messed up the vow.

"I, Rita Anne Skeeter, do swear on my life and magic that I will never knowingly or intentionally harm Harry Potter in any way or form, so mote it be."

"Does master Harry accept?" Dobby asked.

"I do." Harry nodded and the unbreakable vow formed. "Well wasn't that lovely?" Harry said in a sweet voice as he let go.

"Yeah...just lovely." Rita said sarcastically as she glared at him, she flinched when he raised his hands but realised that all he was doing was removing the snake from her shoulders. Selena slithered up Harry's arms before resting on his shoulder.

"Now Rita," Harry said as he pulled out a pile of notes from his pocket and handed them to her. "it would really benefit me if these notes were read and placed in your next article. Of course you could refuse, but that might make things harder for me, could even hurt me." Harry said with a small shrug.

Rita glared at him, she knew exactly what he was doing. By saying it might hurt him she was obligated to do it because if she didn't it could 'hurt' him and that meant the vow taking place. She quickly paled as she realised that the vow was far more dangerous than she had originally thought, by saying something could harm him she had to do whatever he asked so the vow didn't take action against her.

"You picked up on it, didn't you?" Harry smirked. "Yeah...I might be a Gryffindor but I am much more Slytherin than half the snakes in Hogwarts. I look forward to seeing the article Rita, as soon as possible please."

"Got it," She sighed before she looked down and realised that she was still standing in her bra. "can...can I have my jacket back?"

"I don't know I'm rather enjoying the sight, but if you want it back then it's a bit late as I did vanish it. But I'm sure you can make yourself something, you're a witch aren't you?" Harry said as he gestured to where her handbag was. She sighed again and seemed to be visibly restraining herself from making a comment. She turned and began walking only to stop and gasp when she felt a strong slap on her backside, she looked back to Harry who was walking towards the door. "Maybe next time." He grinned before he walked out.

A distance away a sickly and thin creature had a wide and unnerving smile on his face.

Harry walked through the courtyard on his way back to the chamber after coming back from Hogsmeade, he was glad that as a champion the regular rules didn't apply to him so he could leave the castle whenever he wanted. Most people kept their distance from him after that incident with the Hufflepuff but right now Harry frankly couldn't care. He had better things to do, yesterday he met with Hagrid at night because the big guy wanted to show him something and told him to come under his invisibility cloak. To Harry's surprise it was what was in the next task.

Dragons.

The Beuaxbaton headmistress was there and Harry had seen the Drumstrang headmaster as well so that meant that so far three of the four champions knew. Harry considered telling Cedric but decided against it. For one the Hufflepuff hadn't believed him when he told him he hadn't entered and there was the fact that he did nothing to stop his fellow Hufflepuff's from making life miserable for Harry. In Harry's opinion if the guy had an entire house behind him that were willing to torment him then Cedric should have had them set on trying to work out the task.

As Harry was thinking he noticed Ron walk by with Seamus alongside him.

"Oh hi Seamus." Harry said absently as he walked past them, he had better things to deal with then Ron at the moment.

"Why so tense Potter?" Harry heard a familiar voice call, Harry looked left and found a bunch of Slytherin's standing by a tree and one jackass up on the tree trying to look cool even though he really just looked awkward with how his legs were pushed together by the branches.

"Probably because I haven't had my tension released via my usual method of your mothers mouth." Harry replied, causing Draco to turn red in anger. "What do you want Malfoy? And what the fuck are you doing up in the tree? Did you climb up there just so you could spot me? I'm flattered Malfoy but you're aiming for a different side of the quidditch pitch than me."

"Shut it Potter!" Malfoy spat before a smirk appeared on his face. "My father and I have a bet you see, I don't think you'll last ten minutes in this tournament." Malfoy said as he dropped down, trying to look cool but that was ruined as Harry saw the slight shaking in his leg from the drop. "He disagrees, he doesn't think you'd last five." Malfoy laughed along with his other Slytherins.

"Malfoy I don't give a damn what you or your dumbass father thinks." Harry replied in a bored tone.

"What did you say Potter?!" Malfoy demanded as he removed his wand and held it in his hand.

"Oh for goodness sake." Harry said under his breath before he calmly walked up to Malfoy.

"What do you think you're going to do Potter?! You filthy half-blood! I will..." Malfoy was cut off as Harry slapped him on the face, causing him to stumble back in shock. "...did you just slap me?" He said as he looked at him with complete and utter disbelief.

"I don't know," Harry said as he slapped him again. "did I?" Harry said before a third slap which caused Malfoy to back up again. "Did I Malfoy?" Harry said with one more slap, now Draco was leaning against the tree while the nearby Slytherin's watched but looked unsure if they should do something.

"Stop it Potter or else!" Malfoy said before another slap connected with his already red face.

"Or else what? You're going to shoot me with a spell? Go on then." Harry said as he grabbed Malfoy by the wrist of his wand arm and redirected his hand so the wand was now pressed against Harry's head. "Go on then."

"Are you mad?!" Malfoy demanded and tried to pull his hand away but Harry's grip tightened and forced it to stay there.

"Yep. Malfoy if you're going to curse me then you look me in the eye and curse me like a man." Harry said, his powerful gaze locked on to Malfoy's. Malfoy stared back from several moments but under Harry's gaze he eventually ended up looking away. "That's what I thought." Harry said as he released his hand. "It don't take a lot to make a paper man crumble Malfoy, you remember that." Harry said as he walked away but was prepared to turn around and defend himself. "Now stay away from me, you pathetic idiot."

"Pathetic?!" Malfoy repeated, suddenly feeling a lot braver now that Harry was looking the other way. "I'll show you!" Malfoy said as he aimed his wand and was about to cast a spell.

However Harry was quicker and turned around and shot of a disarming spell just as heard another voice.

"Oh no you don't sonny!" The voice shouted just before Malfoy lost his wand, after Malfoy's wand shout out of his hand he was hit by another spell, Malfoy let out a scream before he was transformed into a white ferret. Harry looked to see Mad-Eye Moody storming towards them, slowed down only slightly by his fake leg and cane. "I'll teach you to curse someone when their back is turned!" Moody said in an angry voice as he pointed his wand at Malfoy and began levitating him up and down. "You stinking...cowardly..." Moody spat out a few more insults as he aggressively levitated Malfoy up and down.

"Professor Moody!" McGonagall said as she arrived on the scene and saw Moody levitating a ferret up and down. "What are you doing?!"

"Teaching." Was Moody's response.

"Is...is that a student?!" McGonagall gasped as she pointed to the ferret.

"Technically it's a ferret." Moody responded without missing a beat.

"Definitely an idiot." Harry couldn't help but comment.

"Right you are lad." Moody nodded before he grabbed the ferret and shoved it down Crabbe's pants, causing Crabbe to scream.

"In Crabbe's pants already? You have no patience Malfoy." Harry tutted his teeth as he shook his head in disapproval.

"Mr Potter you are not helping!" McGonagall glared at him while Goyle tried to remove Malfoy only to get bitten.

"Good thing I'm not trying to help then." Harry grinned before Mad-Eye winked at him and he couldn't supress the laugh that came out. A few seconds later Malfoy had managed to escape Crabbe's pants, McGonagall pointed her wand at him and to Harry's disappointment ferret Malfoy turned back into human Malfoy. "Goddamn it." Harry sighed. "Another thing you've ruined for me professor."

"My father will hear about this!" Malfoy said glaring at Moody.

"Is that a threat?!" Moody demanded as he began chasing after Malfoy who began running around a tree to try and escape him, Harry mentally noted how he didn't seem to be using his cane but decided to file that away for later and just spend the moment enjoying Moody chasing Malfoy. "Is that a threat?!" Moody shouted as Malfoy tried to run away only for Harry to send a discreet tripping hex at his feet, causing him to fall on the floor. "I can tell your stories about your father that will curl even your greasy hair boy!" Moody roared as Malfoy got back up to his feet and ran. "It doesn't end here!" He shouted to the running Malfoy.

"Alastor!" McGonagall said, bringing his attention back to her. "We never use transfiguration as a punishment! Surely Dumbledore told you that."

"You have punishments?!" Harry blurted out with fake shock. "I mean with all of the bullying and swearing and cursing between students I could never have guessed." McGonagall seemed to be ignoring him and focused on Moody.

"He might have mentioned it." Moody sighed.

"And you'll do well to remember it. " McGonagall said in a warning tone. "Twenty points from Gryffindor Mr Potter." She added before walking off and shooing away the other students who had watched the whole thing. As soon as she was not looking at him Moody stuck his tongue out at her and made a face at the same time as Harry. Moody grabbed his cane and began walking away.

"You come with me." He said to Harry who followed, Harry did as he was told and followed. Although this time he couldn't help but notice that now Moody looked like he actually had to use his cane.

"That was bloody brilliant by the way." Harry said as he followed Moody. "I need to learn that spell by the way, when you go at the end of the year I can have fun changing the prat into a ferret."

"It's a complicated spell lad, do it wrong and you end up killing him." Moody warned.

"Would it be painful?" Harry asked.

"Incredibly." Moody nodded.

"Yeah you should know that that's just encouraging me to do it." Harry admitted, causing Moody to laugh.

"Ha! I didn't expect that type of thinking from you Potter." Moody said as he gave Harry an appraising look. "Anyone I asks says that you're the golden boy of Gryffindor."

"I used to be." Harry said in an almost embarrassed voice. "But then I stopped caring about what the sheep of the wizarding world think."

"Really?" Moody stopped, which caused Harry to stop, Moody looked at him for a few seconds before speaking again. "and what are you now?"

"I am me, and people had better get out of my way or get ready to be run over." Harry said, looking Moody straight in the eye. Moody looked at him for several moments.

"Ha!" Moody barked. "come with me Potter." Moody said before he walked off with Harry following after him.

"Lucius!" Narcissa said as she arrived in Lucius's office. "We're being sued!" She said as she slammed a letter down on his desk.

"What?!" He blurted out before he grabbed the letter and began reading.

"Apparently the Potter boy is suing us because Draco used his name in some badges!"

"What the fuck?!"