Harry Potter The Serpent’s Turn

"Did you beat the dragon daddy?" Selena asked that night as she rested on Harry shoulders while he ate his dinner.

"Of course I did princess," Harry replied after swallowing his food. "I beat the other champions as well, I have the most points so far and I'm in the lead. That means I'm winning."

"What do you get if you win?" Selena asked.

"A cup which I don't really want and a thousand galleons which is basically a lot of money."

"What are you going to do with the money?" Selena asked.

"I'm going to buy you a lot of food to eat." Harry smiled at her.

"Thank you daddy!" She hissed as she rubbed her head against his face.

"Come on Potter." Moody said as he and Harry walked up to Professor Dumbledore's office. "You ready lad?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." Harry said as the two entered Dumbledore' office. Upon entering Harry saw Dumbledore sitting behind his desk with McGonagall standing on his left and Snape on his right.

"Ah Harry, it is good to see you." Dumbledore said. "Alastor, I appreciate you brining young Harry up but you can leave now."

"I could, but I won't." Moody replied. "The lad has asked me to stay here with him."

"And why is that necessary?" Snape drawled.

"So I can curse you in your bloody face if I think you're acting like an arse." Moody glared at him.

"I would pay good money to watch that." Harry said as he took a seat, Moody had chosen to stay standing and positioned himself right behind Harry. "So Professor how are you?" Harry asked Dumbledore is a conversational tone. "Where's Fawkes?" Harry asked as he looked around the room, not seeing the phoenix.

"Fawkes sometimes likes to disappear though I would not worry as he always does come back sooner or later. As for myself I am quite well, may I ask how you are doing Harry?" Dumbledore responded, matching Harry's tone.

"I am fine I suppose," Harry shrugged. "bit stressed from the tournament and all."

"Ah yes, I must say you were quite impressive in the tournament." Dumbledore complimented. "It was certainly far beyond what I was expecting of you."

"Thanks," Harry nodded. "I guess that is what happens when you get rid of dead weight."

"Dead weight?" Dumbledore repeated, raising a white eyebrow.

"Yes, the two who I am sure you want to talk about." Harry replied. "So shall we skip the part where we beat around the bush and you just ask me about Granger and Weasley?"

"Very well," Dumbledore replied, taking notice of Harry's use of their last names. In the past Harry would always refer to both of his friends as Hermione and Ron, though now he was using their last names. "as you undoubtedly know Mr Weasley and Miss Granger have made a complaint saying that you attacked them when they attempted to apologise to you after the first task."

"Of course they did." Harry snorted.

"Do you disagree?" Dumbledore asked.

"I do," Harry nodded. "I really do think that they are wrong."

"Are you saying they are lying?"

"I don't know about lying but it is possible that they have a different view of what has happened compared to me."

"And I am sure that you would be willing to explain your version." Dumbledore said, it was not a question.

"Fine with me, matter of fact let's compare what has happened. You'll say their version and I'll say mine, does that work for you?"

"Very well," Dumbledore nodded. "you may start Harry."

"After the task I was checked to make sure that I was not injured or harmed, when it was proved that I was not I found myself with just the other three champions. We spent a few seconds discussing the task, I was about to leave when Miss Granger and Mr Weasley entered the tent. Your turn."

"Very well," Dumbledore said, taking note of how Harry called his friends Miss Granger and Mr Weasley once again instead of referring to them by their first names as he usually did. "Miss Granger had told us that she tried to hug you but you refused."

"I think we may have very different definitions of what a hug is." Harry said in a dry voice. "From my understanding a hug is a display of physical affection and/or a greeting."

"Then what did Miss Granger do?"

"Well the harpy screamed my name, temporarily deafening me, before I saw her charging towards me while looking like she was about to tackle me. So I dodged then asked what she was doing, she said that she was worried and I basically asked where her state of worry had gone before I went out to face a dragon."

"They both told us that they had apologised to you and you refused to accept their apology." Dumbledore responded.

"Well that's wrong. It's about as accurate as saying Han shot second," Harry paused and looked at each of their reactions. "okay none of you understood that reference. It's fine I suppose, I haven't watched star wars myself. But it is on my to do list."

"Mr Potter." McGonagall frowned at him for getting off topic.

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