Post by Jujukittychick on Oct 28, 2019 11:33:02 GMT -5
Summary:
Inspired by Harry making a vow about not participating in the tournament in Lions vs Snakes by @elvirakitties. When Harry hears about the tournament at the beginning of fourth year, he's tentatively excited but starts wondering why they've started this thing up after so many years. The more he hears about it (or, more precisely, all the deaths involved) the more ambivalent and suspicious he becomes. When Dumbledore announces how participants will be selected...well, Harry's had quite enough and he's not above calling everyone out in his refusal to participate
The night Dumbledore explains how the names will be drawn for the tournament, Harry starts muttering to himself before his voice finally carries over all the excited talk around him. "No. No! No no no no no! Not a chance in hell! You can't make me!" Standing up and pointing at every teacher and headmaster at the head table.
"Bloody hell, Potter's finally cracked!" because of course Draco has to put in his two cents
Harry ignores all attempts at calming or quieting him and makes a vow "I swear on my magic and all that's holy I will never voluntarily enter this competition! You can't make me! I'm just a kid! And if somebody manages to enter my name, may they and anybody else involved in the plot forever lose their magic!" Hogwarts and Magic hear his demand, and considering everything that had happened to the poor boy, decide to honor it and the cup glows and the air shimmers and everybody freaks.
"Potter! What are you doing? You can't do that!" Because of course Snape has to put in his two cents
Harry proceeds to explain to everybody present exactly why he is entitled to do just that by summarizing his experiences of the past three years, calling out Dumbledore and the teachers for first year, and Dumbledore and the teachers and students and Lucius Malfoy for second year, and Dumbledore and the government and the teachers for third year. Needless to say, the other headmasters and visiting students are appalled (and amazed he's still alive), the Hogwarts' students that had consistently been left in the dark are appalled
"a basilisk! my father will hear of this!" (for once not only Draco saying this). And "bitten by a basilisk?! Dumbledore you told me he was just suffering from magical exhaustion! He nearly died!" Poppy is most displeased. "You mean the Dark Lord was in the same school as our students for two years in a row?!" The teachers weren't happy about being kept in the dark either "You allowed two criminals to enter the castle? And let dementors have free rein around mere students?!" the other headmasters are not thrilled with the idea of dangerous criminals potentially being around their students
Moody is staying quiet in a corner
Every time a teacher starts to point a wand towards him to potentially stun him to shut him up, Harry points his own wand on them, his magic pulsing around him. Hermione, Ron, Neville, and Ginny have given up trying to calm him down and are simply nodding along or adding more facts to what he's saying as he goes.
Chaos ensues. The tournament is cancelled. The school board is summoned. Aurors are summoned. Curse breakers are summoned. The school is given a thorough going over in which they find a cursed tiara, several questionable objects in all the houses, a perfectly preserved but very dead basilisk, and Moody bound and gagged in a trunk in his room.
Harry and the other students have the most relaxed year ever.
Inspired by Harry making a vow about not participating in the tournament in Lions vs Snakes by @elvirakitties. When Harry hears about the tournament at the beginning of fourth year, he's tentatively excited but starts wondering why they've started this thing up after so many years. The more he hears about it (or, more precisely, all the deaths involved) the more ambivalent and suspicious he becomes. When Dumbledore announces how participants will be selected...well, Harry's had quite enough and he's not above calling everyone out in his refusal to participate
The night Dumbledore explains how the names will be drawn for the tournament, Harry starts muttering to himself before his voice finally carries over all the excited talk around him. "No. No! No no no no no! Not a chance in hell! You can't make me!" Standing up and pointing at every teacher and headmaster at the head table.
"Bloody hell, Potter's finally cracked!" because of course Draco has to put in his two cents
Harry ignores all attempts at calming or quieting him and makes a vow "I swear on my magic and all that's holy I will never voluntarily enter this competition! You can't make me! I'm just a kid! And if somebody manages to enter my name, may they and anybody else involved in the plot forever lose their magic!" Hogwarts and Magic hear his demand, and considering everything that had happened to the poor boy, decide to honor it and the cup glows and the air shimmers and everybody freaks.
"Potter! What are you doing? You can't do that!" Because of course Snape has to put in his two cents
Harry proceeds to explain to everybody present exactly why he is entitled to do just that by summarizing his experiences of the past three years, calling out Dumbledore and the teachers for first year, and Dumbledore and the teachers and students and Lucius Malfoy for second year, and Dumbledore and the government and the teachers for third year. Needless to say, the other headmasters and visiting students are appalled (and amazed he's still alive), the Hogwarts' students that had consistently been left in the dark are appalled
"a basilisk! my father will hear of this!" (for once not only Draco saying this). And "bitten by a basilisk?! Dumbledore you told me he was just suffering from magical exhaustion! He nearly died!" Poppy is most displeased. "You mean the Dark Lord was in the same school as our students for two years in a row?!" The teachers weren't happy about being kept in the dark either "You allowed two criminals to enter the castle? And let dementors have free rein around mere students?!" the other headmasters are not thrilled with the idea of dangerous criminals potentially being around their students
Moody is staying quiet in a corner
Every time a teacher starts to point a wand towards him to potentially stun him to shut him up, Harry points his own wand on them, his magic pulsing around him. Hermione, Ron, Neville, and Ginny have given up trying to calm him down and are simply nodding along or adding more facts to what he's saying as he goes.
Chaos ensues. The tournament is cancelled. The school board is summoned. Aurors are summoned. Curse breakers are summoned. The school is given a thorough going over in which they find a cursed tiara, several questionable objects in all the houses, a perfectly preserved but very dead basilisk, and Moody bound and gagged in a trunk in his room.
Harry and the other students have the most relaxed year ever.
