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(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 265: Of Bloody Words

Chapter 265: Of Bloody Words

7 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

The sun had fallen, and the spectators decided to go enjoy their dinner, and go to sleep, before coming back the day after. Harry was surprised to hear that the task wasn’t actually over… The organisers hadn’t really put in any time limit, but they probably had a few clues spread around the forest that they could activate to get the Champions to move forward a bit.

The rules of the task ...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 264: The Disbanded Knot

Chapter 264: The Disbanded Knot

7 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

Harry Potter walked towards the finish line, feeling a mixture of confidence and smugness. It hadn’t even been close… Even with the tournament organizers using that Chimera against him, he had essentially speed run the entire task.

It had taken him less than ten minutes to get the French medallion. It wasn’t really that hard; the champions were pretty spaced out, probably hoping to co...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 263: Azure Recollections

Chapter 263: Azure Recollections

7 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

Sebastien Delacour wasn’t someone who could easily be surprised. He had experienced the horrors of war, the backstabbing politics in the French Ministry, and had seen some very disturbing things in his time as an Auror. He liked to think that nothing could really make him speechless, nothing that could truly take him off-guard.

He was wrong.

Nothing could have ever prepared him to ...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 262: Raven Soaring

Chapter 262: Raven Soaring

7 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

Roger Davies cursed as he dodged the incoming giant club in the hands of a particularly large mountain troll. He quickly retaliated with a Conjunctivitis curse at the monster’s eye. For the tenth time that day, he lamented at how he found himself in this position.

He knew that the European tournament wasn’t going to be a breeze, but fighting an entire herd of trolls at a time was a bit too m...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 261: Tempest Incarnate

Chapter 261: Tempest Incarnate

7 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

It was corruption at its finest, but Harry had dealt with worse. At least that supported his theory about the task… Despite all of this, the last Potter could feel himself grinning in excitement, “At least this isn’t going to be boring.”

Both Harry and the beast stared at each other, as if they were communicating. Well, the beast looked like it was waiting for a command to a...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 260: Raining Manhunt

Chapter 260: Raining Manhunt

7 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

With that done, he checked every medallion to make sure they weren’t cursed or fakes.

They weren’t. He picked up both medallions and put them in his pockets. That was two done, and four to go. So far things were going well, but Harry knew better than to hope that things stayed that way. After all, with Dumbledore involved, things rarely were so simple.

Harry quickly...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 259: Leafy Distractions

Chapter 259: Leafy Distractions

7 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

To say that the previous week was confusing would have been an understatement. Truth be told, meeting Lily Potter changed things. She had always been this invisible figure in Harry’s life, having shaped his life in very significant ways even without him having met her once.

She had been the one who had killed his father, who had massacred thousands of people to save his life, assuming she...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 258: Feeling Blue

Chapter 258: Feeling Blue

7 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

Today was the day Fleur Delacour would make a name for herself. She had trained for months for this, worked for hours every day at her father’s trainers, learning everything she could about how to survive. It hadn’t been fun to say the least, when her father just left her for a few weeks to the tender mercies of one of his retired war friends.

It was tough, especially at first. Fleur was alwa...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 257: Fire and Blood

Chapter 257: Fire and Blood

1 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

Sirius Black, he used something similar for his phasing trick. Was this woman using the same dimension somehow. The only person connected to it other than Black was… “Lily Potter…”

He hadn’t realized that he had said that out loud, but the woman froze, her wand in her palm, before slumping slightly, “Hello, Harry.”

It was hard to quantify what was going on ...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 256: Mother and Son

Chapter 256: Mother and Son

1 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

Seeing no point in hiding, he stopped the cloak from making him invisible. The woman whistled, “Very impressive piece of magic…”

However, Harry wasn’t having it. He decided to be as direct as possible, “Who are you?”

The woman paused, frozen for a fraction of a second, and then continued, “Now, that’s not a very interesting question, especially considerin...

No Chapter Today

I'm sorry, but I won't be able to upload anything today. My laptop died yesterday and I had to deal with everything that came with that happening. I should pick it up, or at least my data if it's not fixed, sometime tomorrow.

I really don't like doing this, since I make a point of being consistent, but I'm sort of out of options. I'll try to make up an extra chapter next week, but we sort of have a big deadline at work, so I honestly don't know.

Everything should be fine tomorrow....

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 255: Bloody Emerald

Chapter 255: Bloody Emerald

1 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

She hadn’t been in France for two days and she already wanted to go back home. It felt slightly like a waste of time, especially considering just how much she had to work with to keep heling her sister’s condition. There were better uses of her time. Honestly, she would have been perfectly happy with her and Harry remaining in Hogwarts and learning magic together. But her father wanted her to ‘...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 254: Game Theory

Chapter 254: Game Theory

1 November 1994, Beauxbatons, France

It has been almost a day since they came to France and Harry could only say that things certainly worked differently in Beauxbatons. It was hard to describe. To be perfectly honest, Harry had stopped really paying attention in class except for Potions, Herbology, and Transfiguration. He has already self-studied most of the Arithmancy and Runes curriculum, charms tended to be very repetitive, no matter j...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 253: Shining Bright

Chapter 253: Shining Bright

31 October 1994, Beauxbatons, France

The Tournament hadn't even begun, and Neville felt like he was an impostor trying to infiltrate an event he hadn't any right be to be invited to.

This wasn't because his grandmother had insisted on giving him new robes which were identical copies of the ones his father wore at his age. It wasn't because of the gold and silver, the statues and the paintings all around Beauxbattons that dwarfed a...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 252: Unforeseen Challenges

Chapter 252: Unforeseen Challenges

31 October 1994, Beauxbatons, France

The ride in the Hogwarts Express turned dragon was a lot more comfortable than Harry would have expected considering that they were riding inside a metallic dragon. The professors had truly outdone themselves with their entrance and he couldn’t help but imagine the looks on everyone’s faces as they arrived in Beauxbattons.

Truly, the entire transformation was amazing, and he could se...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 251: Anticipation and Adaptation

Chapter 251: Anticipation and Adaptation

31 October 1994, Beauxbatons, France

Fleur Delacour made sure that there weren’t any wrinkles in her uniform for what was probably the thirtieth time, much to the amusement of her friend, Aurelie Dumont. She glared at one of her few friends, who snickered in response, before huffing and taking out a book from her bag.

It wasn’t her fault that she was nervous. Her father had more or less told her to get as close as...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 250: Draco Dormiens

Chapter 250: Draco Dormiens

31 October 1994, Hogwarts Scotland

Today was the day. Samhain was upon them. In a normal year, the student body would have looked forward to the Halloween Feast. However, while the normal Halloween decorations were still floating around in the castle, no one really paid attention to them.

The only thing any student in the castle cared about was the delegation for the European Tournament. A terrifying number of people had signed up...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 249: Stormy Vision

Chapter 249: Stormy Vision

29 September 1994, Hogwarts Scotland

Harry laid down under the shade his favourite tree near the Black Lake. The air was crisp, hinting at the approach of autumn, carrying with it the sweet scent of fallen leaves mixed with the earthy musk of the forest beyond. He calmly watched as the rich, golden-brown leaves rustled and danced softly with the occasional breeze. It was oddly hypnotizing in a way.

He couldn’t help but enjoy the ...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 248: Change in Management

Chapter 248: Change in Management

27 August 1994, Ministry of Magic, London

Saul Croaker entered his office looking like a normally calm man. He activated the privacy protections the moment he closed the door and yelled out in anger. His magic automatically threw every part of his office away telekinetically, “AH!”

His tantrum took a good half an hour to end. After all, he needed to calm down after the joke of a meeting he just experienced. Fucking Nott ...

No Chapter Today

Sorry, I’m writing this from my phone, but I won’t be uploading a chapter today.

As I mentioned in the previous chapter, I had to travel for a family friend’s funeral, and I’ll be back home tonight. I just didn’t have it in me to write while I was there.

Also, each chapter in this arc needs bit more time and effort out of me; if you noticed, by average, they tend to be longer, more eventful, etc… and I just didn’t want to want to rush them too much.

Don’t w...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 247: Meeting the Greenery

Chapter 247: Meeting the Greenery

27 August 1994, Greengrass Manor, Greenwich

As the green fire of the fireplace spat out Harry to his destination, he couldn’t help but wonder if he should have accepted the Greengrass’ invitation. It was probably a bad thing to say, but he would have preferred just hanging out with Daphne in Diagon Alley or anywhere else, really. He wouldn’t have even minded if Astoria had come with them.

However, the way the invitatio...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 246: Of Curious Herbs

Chapter 246: Of Curious Herbs

27 August 1994, Greengrass Manor, Greenwich

Daphne Greengrass laid in her bed, and completely refused to come out for breakfast. Because going out meant acknowledging what was coming.

To say she was nervous would have been an understatement. She was nervous for almost a whole week. Why hadn’t she fought this more? Why hadn’t she put a stop to her parents’ obvious schemes to embarrass her?

Her younger sister, Merlin c...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 245: Of Future Pasts

Chapter 245: Of Future Pasts

25 August 1994, Longbottom Manor

Hermione Granger woke up early in the morning. It was one of her new quirks after she got out of the diary, or maybe it was one of the modifications the Department of Mysteries did on her. Not that it mattered who did it, she just dealt with the consequences.

It was during the morning that she felt more like herself than ever, and not the impostor she played all day. Unfortunately, she wasn’t th...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 244: Black Heart

Chapter 244: Black Heart

21 August 1994, Black Manor

Harry Potter sat with his guardian, eating their breakfast in silence. He had barely seen the older man ever since the mess in the Quidditch World Cup. Well, calling it a mess would have been an understatement, it was an unmitigated disaster. The entire country was shamed on the international scene, and foreign ministries were up in their arms for their dead citizens.

It was obviously a coup to undermine t...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 243: Broken Secrets

Chapter 243: Broken Secrets

15 August 1994, Ministry of Magic, London

Saul Croaker sat in his office, feeling his migraine grow with every moment. To say that this was a clusterfuck would be an understatement. Someone had broken into the Department of Mysteries. That alone would have been a headache. Their security system was one of the most sophisticated ones they could have every built, while still staying in the ministry.

They couldn’t afford to use pow...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 242: Mysterious Raid

Chapter 242: Mysterious Raid

14 August 1994, Ministry of Magic, London

It had been less than a week since Lily came back into his life, and Severus Snape was starting to remember why he had always been wary of the muggleborn. Fucking hell, even after decades, that woman could scare the shit out of him.

Lily knew how to play him, he had to admit to that, at least. She knew exactly how to tug his heartstrings to do what she wanted. How else would he explain th...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 241: Damage Control

Chapter 241: Damage Control

12 August 1994, Ministry of Magic, London

Things were not looking good for Cornelius Fudge. Why did this always happen to him? It was like the entire nation of magical Britain just wanted to oppose any chance he had at improving it.

Everything was going so well at the start. The actual event went splendidly. Cornelius had been able to land a very profitable trade agreement with the Indian magical government and was discussing the ...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 240: Snake in the Grass

Chapter 240: Snake in the Grass

11 August 1994, Quidditch Trillenium Stadium, England

And yet Harry instinctively knew what it was, the elder vampire, in his true form. He looked at Voldemort and nodded to him. They had a common enemy. They would pause their confrontation until the Elder Vampire was dealt with.

Harry dodged to the right as a lance of shadows almost as fast as sound itself impaled into the ground, right where he used to be. Voldemort...

No Chapter Today

Sorry, as the title said, I won't be able to upload a chapter today. I know that this is the second time I have missed an upload day in the last 2 months and I'm really sorry about that. I always value being consistent, so I'm really bummed about this.

I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather the past few days—nothing serious, just minor stuff. But I woke up today feeling horrible. I can barely get out of bed, let alone write anything. I've been getting sick a lot lately, so I'll p...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 239: Enemies in Blood

Chapter 239: Enemies in Blood

11 August 1994, Quidditch Trillenium Stadium, England

He looked around and noticed an entire hoard of Vampire thralls ready to attack at any time. Their Lord spoke in a cultured voice, “Harry Potter. If you give yourself up, I will spare your friends’ lives.”

Why did this stuff keep happening to him?

He suppressed the urge to sigh, as he examined the situation further. It wouldn’t do to attack the...