Needless to say, when Sirius Black and Remus Lupin had heard about the 'incident' they had practically jumped at the chance to defend their godson's honor, despite the fact it had already been taken care of.
Thus, the duo had used the Floo and booked an impromptu meeting with the head of the Daily Prophet.
"And I swear if I even think that you are attempting to interview my godson without my permission again I will have you, and every bloody employee in this building arrested!" The Black Lord shouted, while the Werewolf merely paced back and forth in the office of the newspaper owner.
Said, slightly overweight and balding, man merely stuttered out his reply, "Y-yes o-of course L-Lord Black. I p-promise y-you that…"
A pair of hands slammed down on the table, making it shake from the force as the scarred man loomed in towards the man, who promptly shrunk back in fear, "Do. Not. Promise ." He growled deeply, his voice melding with the beast inside him. "Just do ."
Barely managing a nod the man practically squeaked in terror as Sirius rose, before placing his hand gently on his best friend's shoulder. "Come on Moony, I think we have spent enough time in this place . If a retraction is not printed in the next twenty-four hours I will have you sued for everything you are worth."
With that the two turned and left, slamming the door behind them. With that the man let out the breath he had been holding, before shakily reaching for his Wand to summon one of his writers.
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We here at the Daily Prophet would like to apologize for the article written earlier today concerning Lord Potter, the French Champion Fleur Delacour, and her younger sister Gabrielle Delacour. It has become very apparent that the author, Rita Skeeter, has been suffering from mental health problems, and that the article was written without any factual or circumstantial evidence. Miss Skeeter has been put on a leave of absence until such time that she can be certifiably cleared to continue her work.
Rest assured that we at the Prophet take our reporting, and fact checking, very seriously and will be going over all publications of the past year for previous errors caused by our own employee. Once more we apologize for any damage that may have been caused to any of those involved.
Harry smirked as he set down the paper, he sincerely doubted that Skeeter would ever be recovering from the trauma he had put her through, and if she did well… there could always be a follow-up interview.
"That was sweet of you Harry."
He glanced up to his white-haired companion as she walked closer to him.
"You didn't need to do that. I know you slept with Fleur but to spare her and her sister's feelings… it was very kind."
"Rather uncharacteristic of me isn't it…" she smiled, before straddling him on the chair he was sitting on.
"Lately, no and I think it is a… rather beautiful change."
His hands found her legs, before traveling upwards towards her thighs. "Perhaps I have a slightly different opinion on beauty… and would like to see a bit more of it right now…"
He claimed her mouth, before silently locking down his room for the rest of the day.
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"Welcome all to the second task of the Triwizard Tournament! Each of the Champions has one hostage located at the bottom of the lake, they will have one hour to retrieve them, points shall be scored as to how effective their method is along with the time they take. BEGIN!" Albus Dumbledore called out, earning wide eyed shock from the three participants as they hastily made their preparations and leaped into the water.
"So…" Draco began, before drumming his finger on his leg several minutes later, "this is… exciting? I guess?"
Pansy rolled her eyes, "You would think after the first task they would have something equally visual…"
Harry merely shrugged before settling back into his chair. Forty-five minutes later and Cedric emerged from the water, carrying Cho in his arms. Five minutes after that Krum would emerge as well. Well after the expiration had passed Fleur finally emerged, bleeding from several small gashes and hysterically.
"Gabbie! Gabbie is down there!" Seconds after her mother moved to comfort her while her father merely watched on with a stony expression.
Harry, in the meantime, frowned in annoyance. True, he had no real stake in either French Witch, but if he was being honest with himself then he had grown quite fond of Fleur, and her younger sister reminded him of a slightly naiver and more innocent Luna.
"I suppose I did make a promise…" he muttered, before standing and walking directly into the lake several feet later, much to the puzzlement of the students who had actually noticed.
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