Harry Potter: The Saviour's Awakening

" Bombarda Maxima! "

The ripple of magic instead of the flash of white light was a testament to the control Harry had over his magic. The ward was blasted apart while the crowd cheered. Harry went forward and frowned. Now how was he supposed to get past these?

"Harry Potter has broken past the concealment ward and is now about to face the Griffins," said Bagman. "What is he doing? Did he just bow to the Griffins?"

Harry knew that Griffins were powerful creatures and should not be underestimated. The Potters have always had high regard for the majestic creatures, which was why the family crest had two of them. He also knew the theory of getting past them. The Griffins were stationed around a pile of gold which contained a key which would be used to get past the next layer of wards. Instead of moving forward, Harry bowed to the creatures, maintaining eye contact. Griffins were very proud creatures, so he had to gain their trust first.

"Looks like Harry Potter is trying to befriend the Griffins instead of attacking them," said Bagman. "This is most unusual, but will his tactic work?"

Harry waited for a minute, not breaking eye contact at all. One of the Griffins, the alpha, bowed back slightly but looked suspicious. Harry straightened and slowly extended his hand, putting his wand back in its holster. He then took small, careful steps forward towards the alpha Griffin. When they saw him coming forward, the alpha shrieked angrily and raised its powerful wings threateningly, but Harry did not back down. He still maintained eye contact and slowly approached. People in the stadium were holding their breath. Some were shaking their heads at his foolishness but Dumbledore was smiling knowingly.

When he was just a few feet from the alpha, Harry stopped, his hand still extended outward. The Griffin made a soft noise but edged forward. Slowly, inch by inch, it crept forward and Harry smiled as his hand touched the soft feathers. The stadium exploded in cheers, but Harry did not hear them because of the silencing charms.

"Hello, o majestic one," whispered Harry. "It's an honour to meet you."

The Griffin made a sound as Harry scratched its feathers. Seeing the alpha accept him, the other two Griffins also approached him. Harry subtly flicked his wand as he summoned the ferrets which Hagrid kept near his hut to feed the Thestrals and Hippogriffs. When the dead food appeared, he fed it to the Griffins.

"Amazing!" shouted Bagman in awe. "I've never seen anything like it!"

As the crowd went berserk, Harry went and took the large key from the pile of Leprechaun gold. He opened the ward with the key and went forward, only to be met with weird looking creatures.

" What the hell are you?" asked Harry, frowning.

He was facing three giant scorpion-looking creatures. They were probably ten feet long and had stingers over their backs and also had what looked like shiny armour. Harry also realised that there was no reasoning with these creatures, whatever they were. They did not possess the superior intelligence of the Griffins.

" Stupefy! "

Ripples in the air with a pale red right marked the stunning spells which left Harry's wand as they impacted the Blast-Ended Skrewts, but the spells just reflected off the armour. Harry dived out of the way when he saw two more Skrewts approached him from behind. The end of the Skrewt exploded, but Harry had created a full body shield in place to help him; learning from the Dark Lord was certainly beneficial in giving Harry lots of new tricks and spells in his arsenal.

Harry realised now that conventional spells weren't going to work. He knew of spells that would kill the Skrewts, but he doubted that the judges would like that and Dumbledore would call him to his office again to ensure he was not going 'dark'. To avoid all that, Harry jumped out of the path of the Skrewts again and ran in the opposite direction. He turned around but was not able to avoid the blast. Harry was thrown back against a boulder, his shirt smoking as he winced in pain. Rising to his feet angrily, Harry slashed his wand at the ground.

A rumble could be heard as the ground in front of him cracked open. Harry levitated one of the Skrewts and used it to push the others bodily into the crack in the earth. Once done, he put the fifth one inside as well and fired a massive jet of water at them and fired a freezing charm to keep them in place. Once done, he moved on to disabling the next concealment ward.

"Brilliant!" shouted Bagman over the deafening roars of the crowd. "Such cool application of logic in the face of danger; Harry Potter is the only champion who managed to overcome the Blast-Ended Skrewts relatively unharmed!"

After disabling the ward, Harry's swallowed in fear as he saw the massive Hungarian Horntail in front of him. The dragon was huge ! Harry may have faced a Basilisk, but a dragon was no less dangerous. He was just glad they hadn't thought of a Nundu.

Taking a deep breath, Harry tapped his wand on his head, disillusioning himself. The crowd watched curiously as being invisible would not work against the dragon because of the creature's sense of smell. Harry didn't attempt that, however. He raised his wand and mentally said, " Expecto Patronum!"

Three enormous silvery thunderbirds burst from the tip of Harry's wand, going towards the dragon. The Hungarian Horntail might be the most ferocious dragon in the world, but it could sense that the silvery creatures were not a threat to her or her eggs. The eggs, in fact, were chicken eggs enlarged and made to look like dragon eggs which Sirius had provided for the task. The real dragon eggs were safely stored in the forest for the mother dragons to come and claim them again once the tasks were done.

"Oh ho," asked Bagman excitedly. "It looks like Harry Potter has conjured a Patronus; a very unusual way to get past a nesting mother dragon."

As the Patroni danced around the dragon, making it happy as the positive emotions influenced it, Harry pointed his wand at the sky and said, " Accio Hagrid's roosters!"

Pretty soon, a dozen roosters flew into the arena due to the summoning charm. Harry cast an Enlargement Charm on them to make them bigger and then made sure they wouldn't escape. He purposely kept them a bit away from the nest so that he could approach it with safety. He then cast charms on the roosters that made them give out an aroma that would definitely excite the dragon.

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