The Snake and the Eagle
The Snake and the Eagle- Ch 12
Title: The Snake and the Eagle
Pairing: Future AdrianxBlaise
Fandom; Harry Potter
Disclaimer: I don't own HP franchise. If I did there would have been slash.
Summary: A bird may love a snake but where would they live? The only child of famous Veela model Gabriella Baianchessi, Blaise Zabini grows up mostly unloved, limited social interactions and distrustful of people and promises. Adrian Pucey grows up the pampered only child of neutral Slytherins Lord and Lady Pucey. Blaise's mother expects him to bond to the elder Greengrass heiress Daphne and become consort to the future Lady Greengrass. So her prospective grandchildren might be titled. Adrian's parents wish for him to bond to the beautiful Giselle Goyle. However, Blaise was born Veela therefore only one person can satisfy him and ground his magic. Will Blaise be able to open his heart and learn to trust or will he become an emotionless shell trapped in a loveless relationship?
Author Note: dedicated to Harmony Stanzer who plays Adrian on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry forum where I play Blaise. This idea sort evolved during our plotting the relationship between them. However there it is platonic...
BTW this tale is turning out to be a side-story/prequel to I did not sleep with that Wizard! Which works since Blaise and Adrian aren't getting as much attention there.
Chapter 12
“Hogwarts champion is…Cedric Diggory.”
There were loud cried of indignation from the Slytherins.
Blaise had no votes on that outcome so he won everything.
A shame really, he would have very much preferred their Champion was Adrian…
“Beauxbatons’ Champion is…Fleur Delacour.”
That didn’t surprise Blaise at all, her poise and intelligent eye was almost palatable.
She practically lived in the Library anyway.
Blaise only couldn’t stand her because of her allure. The very scent of it turned his stomach…
“Durmstrang’s Champion is…Viktor Krum.”
There were wild cheers from the Slytherin Table, his English maybe broken but in a few days he felt like family. After all he was his cousin…
Blaise owed those who bet on Krum money but she still had a profit because no one bet on mediocre Diggory.
The sixth year might have been Hufflepuff’s Quidditch Captain, their Seeker and a prefect but he wasn’t as magically skilled as Genma, Adrian or Brecc.
Even the Weasley twins managed to best him they were lazy students…
The Goblet of Fire ought to be extinguishing with the three Champions chosen….
However it spout out another name.
Headmaster Dumbledore opened the singed paper and his face turned red, he bellowed, “Harry Potter?”
The Great Hall was silent for two heartbeats and then erupted into shouts of disbelief and anger…
Draco was dumbfounded, “What! When? We watched what happened when the Weasley twins, Summerby and Fawcett tried to use aging potion to cross the Age Line. He didn’t use it and we never saw him near the cup. He actually was surprised Johnson was old enough…”
Blaise groaned, was Draco’s obsession with the Potter boy getting worse.
“he cheated somehow…he had to have. Someone put it in for him. Its not fair. He always gets to do everything first!” Draco growled. “I’ll show him! I’ll…I’ll….support Diggory.”
Slytherin was speechless at first.
Flint gaped, “WHAT? You want use to support a duffer like Diggory? You’re joking right? There is no way he can stand up to the likes of Krum and Delacour. They’ll win hands down. “
The hisses from Hufflepuff were plain annoying.
They were actually proud be chosen.
“Even if Potter’s young,” Brecc protested, “He’s more worthy of our Support then Diggory. You wipe the pitch with that badger. You know Potter’s got the luck to survive this. Come on Draco.”
“He’s faced a basilisk and a mountain troll.” Greg offered.
“He beat the professors challenges your first year.” Adrian reminded them.
“He rode a hippogriff.” Millie smirked.
“Didn’t he face Black? He faced Dementors last year too. Saved him for the ministry? Black’s a killer isn’t he?” Warrington asked.
“I don’t care. We’re not supporting Potter and that’s that.”
Blaise groaned, Draco was acting like a scorned witch.
Diggory? Really? Draco had to be insane…
Who was really going to believe they were going to support a Hufflepuff over a Gryffindor? Wasn’t thinking about corners and rule what Slytherins did best?
Why was Draco so adamant about not supporting Potter?
Perhaps, this was Draco’s way of expressing his worry? By refusing to support Potter, he was attempting to pretend that Potter wasn’t a Champion?
What was it between them? Everything was a battle; their rivalry wasn’t any better now than it was First Year. Was this revenge for successfully riding a hippogriff last year? AS if the Dementor prank wasn’t bad enough…
Sometimes Draco was so childish…
Then Blaise’s ears twitched.
“He’s a cheater that’s what he is!”
Weasel ugh…
“What sort of friend enters a competition like this and doesn’t tell his best mate? Well until he admits it and apologies than I ain’t forgiving him. He’s turncoat, a traitor and a git.” Ronald Weasley snarled before storming off.
Surely Draco wasn’t going to keep it up now if the famed trio was broken…
“Hmph…” Draco growled.
Slytherin as a House groaned.
If their Prince declared his support of Diggory, they were forced to follow his led.
This could not end well…
Perhaps, there would be a mutiny?
What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?