Harry Potter: Explorer Chronicles

Chapter 13: Pureblood Engagements

I still do not own Harry Potter

NOW THINGS START TO GET INTERESTING

All my chapters serve a purpose, including to build characters, I don't write fillers. Also I made Gabrielle Delacour Harry's age in this story, I also make the Delacours mean, but hey this is fan fiction, people make the Malfoys nice so why can't I make the Delacours mean?

Chapter 13: Pureblood Engagements

Paris, France July 30th, 2002

"Good job Harry, thanks to your stupidity and lack of politics, you have made enemies with one of the most powerful pureblood families in the WORLD." yelled Daxter, walking into their hotel room

"Oh come on Daxter, you didn't honestly expect me to accept that marriage contract with the Delacour family, did you?" asked Harry, walking into the hotel room

"WHY NOT? They were offering you a VEELA who would no doubt become a hot chick in a few years, I mean, did you see her MOTHER?." said Daxter "Do you not realize what you have done?"

Harry thought back to the events of the past day, Harry and Daxter had heard earlier that week that the French were holding a National Dueling Championship for underage witches and wizards, Harry decided to enter it as a challenge. Most of his opponents were nothing more then snobby French purebloods from the ages of eleven to sixteen, all of them were wearing fancy battle robes with their family's crest on it, most of them laughed at Harry's vest and claimed he looked like nothing more then a muggle. When they heard his last name was Potter they were shocked, they weren't expecting a British wizard in their dueling tournament, especially someone from as prestigious as a family as the Potters. None of them believed him at first, they noticed how he dressed in muggle clothes and wasn't wearing battle robes with the Potter family crest on it, they thought he was lying so they made him take a identity test. They made him cut his finger and they cast a spell that would spell out his true name, he passed, they were all shocked and many commented how the Potter family "must be going to the dogs.", of course none of them knew he was actually a missing Potter.

Most of them insulted him, mostly they insulted him for his lack of following pureblood traditions and said he was a "Disgrace to wizards everywhere." that was of course until they started dueling. He defeated every wizard and witch he went up against with ease, of course he had a few advantages over, most of them were older then him, but he had advanced training and was a elemental, which made him immune to fire and electricity spells; not to mention his vest could absorb any spells that hit him, not that any did, his physical training had paid off and none of the spells that were aimed for him got even close. The French wizards and witches were shocked by his victories and were even more shocked by how easily he did it, he basically humiliated all the opponents he went up against, he defeated most of his opponents with a single spell. He went up against fourteen year old witch, Fleur Delacour, in the finals, she was the oldest daughter of the elite pureblood Delacour family.

The duel wasn't long or suspenseful, Fleur cast stunners and other hexes at Harry, Harry avoided them all and cast several stunners at her, she foolish chose to try and dodge the spells instead of blocking, which resulted in her getting hit with another stunner Harry had cast. She lost and Harry won the tournament, he was to be given a trophy and a 800 galleon prize, the money was chump change to the pureblood French wizards and witches who were richer then Harry could begin to imagine, the fame and the prestige of the title of best underage dueler in France, however, was valuable. It would give whatever family won it more honor and respect, the fact they lost to a BRITISH wizard only made it worst, not to mention they called him a disgrace to wizards when he defeated all their children with ease.

They apologized to him and welcomed him to a large fancy party they were holding, Daxter basically had to drag him along to the party, Harry hated formal events. He was basically the center of attention, Harry hated it, he never liked attention, he wasn't shy, he just didn't like everyone staring at him. One person who bugged him the most was Gabrielle Delacour, she tired to veela charms to seduce Harry, she was disappointed when it didn't work, being an elemental protected his mind from numerous forms of magic, including veela charms. She was very spoiled and very rich, she basically represented everything that Harry disliked.