I've returned from the past

Chapter 9

Orion observed the papers. 

Italian Dark Wizard Organisation Mactator Attacks Hogwarts

The article simply states of a Care of Magical Creatures Professor undertaking the Alias of Nicholas Moriarty being responsible and the sole target of the organisation. The real identity of the imposter was not discovered as the target ran away... blah blah blah. 

Witnesses say if one of the Slytherin Students hadn't taken the preemptive initiative, there would have been a list of casualties and injured. 

That student was Hadrian James Potter, who could speak to dragons and called upon the Basilisk. 

"He knows too much," Avery says lowly. "It's impossible to know the Basilisk was there unless he'd been in the Chamber." 

"Barty is on his way," Abraxas says, flicking his wrist. "We'll have our answers any minute now." 

Just as he said, Orion twisted in his chair to see a very tired looking Bartemius Crouch enter the room, looking frazzled and not without bandaged arms. 

Everyone was here today. Lucius, Regulus, Sirius, Nagini, Reinhard, Avery, Orion, Abraxas, Thaddeus, Rabastan, Rodolphus and Rhyss and Nagini sat atop the high chair. With Barty here, it concluded the Inner Circle of the Knights of Walpurgis. 

Orion sat down into his chair and motioned to the chair two down from Avery. "Barty sit. We have lots to discuss." 

Barty bowed and hurried around before sliding into the seat. "The boy, start with what occurred at the event." 

Barty picked at his bandages and looked none of them in the eye as he cleared his throat. "He was quiet during his morning classes in the lead up to the tournament and a brief interaction between Viktor Krum and himself leads me to believe he has a vendetta against him. The dislike seems to be mutual." Orion scratches his chin. 

Karkaroff was a slimy bastard who had never truly been loyal but he was a terrified rat who didn't tattletale to others. He knew the Order was still strong enough to march Durmstrang and kill him. 

"After that I had to seperate to the stands and the other Champions did well enough but the boy apparated. At fourteen years old, he apparated to the dragons nest." 

Orion blinks slightly in surprise. His brother had been able to apparate much earlier but due to the negligence on Potters wellbeing and upbringing, no one would know precisely when he'd have begun apparating. 

"He could have a teacher," Avery says and Barty's gaze flicks up to him and Orion leans on his fist. 

"Speak Barty. Do you think he has a teacher?" 

"I- I do," Barty admits, picking at his nails. "After the event, it was dinner time when we all regrouped in the Great Hall. That's when the wards were breached- and before Dumbledore said a word, he looked right at me. He knew. He threatened me as everyone evacuated. He knew I wasn't the real Moriarty before I even told him. Told me I didn't act like him, yet alone look like him." 

Which means that Potter would have had to have been in contact with Moriarty. 

"You think Moriarty is the boys teacher?" Thaddeus says quietly. "That's absurd. Moriarty is a legend in the Dark Arts. If he was going to teach someone, why let it be the Potter boy? Surely someone else would suit better." 

"Who else than the legendary Boy Who Lived?" Reinhard snapped. "He must be powerful. Especially to apparate." 

"And have a pair of balls," Rabastan mutters. Reinhard silenced his son with a glare and returned an irritated glare at Barty.