HARRY POTTER - AU TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT

CHAPTER 12

Harry was to safely put it, getting annoyed with everyone in the castle. The teachers wanted to know why he wasn't attending the classes and wanted him to. Gryffindors stopped him everywhere and asked when he was returning to the dormitory as if nothing was wrong. No apology or no mention of the fact that they kicked him out by majority. Ron was following him everywhere and being a menace. He was acting as if nothing was wrong, disturbing him in the library, pulling him to Gryffindor table at meals even if he refused to sit there and at last went to Luna.

The Hufflepuffs apologized for their hasty conclusions and blaming him. It seems they agreed with Cedric that he was innocent and they too, stopped him every five seconds to apologize.

The Ravenclaws were being either too stupid or too nosy and kept bombarding him with questions about the tournament, the spells he used, how he got into it or even about the killing curse. It seems that they thought that they could ask him any question because he was sitting at their table.

The only reprieve were the Slytherins, who, left him alone like they did since always. Harry stayed away from Malfoy for the time being as Sirius told him to until he learnt some stuff and how to handle the situation.

He taught Harry basic steps of meditation the third week they started meeting so that he could start on his animagus training. The Yule Ball would fall after the next weekend and Harry and Sirius were pretty sure that he learnt everything he could be taught. Dancing was complex. And dancing while holding a conversation, without looking at his feet every five seconds, gliding smoothly and not stomping on your partner's feet even more so. But he achieved it.

The third and fourth day of learning dancing, Sirius taught him Potter and Black family histories while dancing and the basics of alliances and friendships.

The last two days, fifth and the sixth, Harry finally understood what he did wrong when Draco offered him his hand on the first day. Draco was wrong, the way he spoke did hit a nerve but rejecting his hand was rejecting an alliance which was already there due to Sirius and his mum and Narcissa being friends. It broke the alliance and turned them into enemies.

He would have to apologize for his behaviour, explain the situation which led to the refusal of alliance and present Draco with a gift suitable to his stature.

The more time he spent with Sirius learning the more he learnt about his heritage and his parents.

Harry was worried that he would have to actually be friends with the blonde for the enmity to dissolve and the animosity to disappear and talked to Sirius about his worries.

"You don't have to become friends. You can apologize, ask for an alliance and if it goes well and your views do match then you can extend a hand in friendship. Explain why you refused to be his friend to him." Sirius put his worries to a rest and Harry decided to talk to the Blonde after the Hogsmeade weekend next week and the Yule Ball.

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"Clear your mind is not an explanation, Padfoot." Harry whined. The Yule Ball was in four days. He was doing basic meditation from last week and it was now time to move on to the next step. But he was having a difficulty understanding 'Clear your mind.'

They spent the whole morning discussing the technique and both were getting frustrated by the lack of progress.

"It's just not clear enough, Padfoot. I can't do it."

"It took your dad and me a year to get the hang of it." Sirius said dryly. "But since the great Sirius Black is here, don't fear. I will teach you in simple terms." He said gesturing with his hands to himself with a flourish.

They sat in silence for a while and Harry was getting lulled into sleep when he jerked upright at Siri's shout.

"I know how to explain it." He shouted jumping up from his chair.