In the passing months Dumbledore had had plenty of success with his plans.
After cautiously starting out with Ariana and then Lily and Barty Crouch, he had slowly added more clones and was now up to half a dozen by now.
As things continued to go well he intended to continue increasing that number.
His only known problem was Severus Snape, who kept bothering him about being forced to lock Lily in a bunker.
Fortunately the time was not far off that he would no longer need Snape as he could manage on his own, or even make a clone of Snape if he really needed to later on.
While he was not the type to kill unless necessary as a body always lead to suspicion and questions, there was no denying Snape was a loose end. He and the Lily clone would have to be dealt with very soon.
With that being what he thought to be his only problem, the only other thing that could possibly stop his plan from going forward were Harry Potter and his little team of She-Spies, but he really wasn't worried about them by now.
Ariana had assured him they were getting nowhere and were close to giving up, which seemed perfectly believable.
None of them had the magical ability or skill in order to break into even his office, much less his private quarters or his secret cloning room. He didn't really care about his office all that much as there was nothing to find, but the other places were very heavily warded. Perhaps with a few years of time an extremely skilled Cursebreaker might manage it but it would be far beyond the skill of half a dozen school children.
If the Blacks planned to get dirt on him, they would need to send in better reinforcements than that.
That was why he was shocked to find as he surveyed his defenses using a spell, a small blip appeared.
It was small, barely noticeable and he likely wouldn't have noticed at all had he not been staring directly at it but paranoid as he was he turned on his visual spell to see just what was going on there.
What or more who it was that he was seeing shocked him.
It was Ariana!
His precious fake granddaughter and clone of his sister was trying to break in!
The repercussions of this he realized were huge. The fact that she would betray him like this and work with the enemy to bring him down were mind-blowing.
He had not anticipated this. Sure she had questioned him in the beginning, but he had thought she had put it past her and chalked it up to merely teen angst.
However long she had been working against him he couldn't be sure but one thing was certain; she could no longer be trusted and would have to be gotten rid of.
His first inclination was simply to go apprehend her immediately but then another idea came to mind.
Why not wait a little longer and make sure he took some of the others with her? If they were to be caught by not just him illegally breaking into his private room, such as a few teachers called together for whatever reason, it certainly wouldn't hurt.
Yet simply breaking and entering wouldn't be enough to actually get them expelled, perhaps get them a few weeks worth of detentions or something similar, but he wanted a strong reason with incontrovertible evidence that they should be expelled.
Why not help them be able to break into his room then but also add a few wards that would require the use of illegal spells?
It was still a rough plan but he still had time to work out the details.
DUELDUELDUEL
The night before the Third Task was to begin, Gabrielle found herself unable to get back to sleep after having yet another nightmare.
In situations like this, she had found the only remedy to be going to Harry's bedroom and sleep cuddled next to him. For some reason she always found this to be very relaxing and oh so enjoyable, having him hold her in his arms as they snuggled together.
She thought of him as her Harry, having already claimed him as the one man for her.
Forever and always, she thought.
Fortunately he was never upset when he was disturbed from his sleep when either she or one of the other girls decided to wake him up.
This time was no exception as after she had tapped him on the shoulder and woken him up, he graciously moved over on his bed to allow her access so she could lie down next to him.
She did so, quite content to have him wrap his arms around her.
Oh how she loved having her Harry do that!
"You have another nightmare?" He asked her.
"Yes," She admitted, "it was about you. I dreamt that you were competing in the Third Task tomorrow and got killed."
"I'd say that since I'm not even competing that the odds are pretty slim that that will come true." Harry told her.
"Obviously, but Fleur sure is." Gabrielle reminded him.
"Fleur knows what she's doing, she's probably already well equipped to handle anything after all of the training she's done for it." Harry tried to reassure her.
"I know, but there is still always a chance." Gabrielle replied, now snuggling closer into him.
"She'll do fine." Harry said, even though she could tell even he was a bit worried nonetheless.
"I'll just be glad when it's all over tomorrow and I can stop worrying about any of us being in danger." Gabrielle said.
For some reason she had been having a feeling that there was ever increasing danger for the past few weeks.
She kept telling herself it was only because the Third Task was getting closer however as there didn't appear to be any other reason for her paranoia.
There was Dumbledore of course, but there was still little cause to really fear him. He wouldn't risk actually harming them as it would simply be too dangerous for himself.
While they hadn't yet found too much else about him, they were quite hopeful as Ariana had finally managed to crack the enchantments he had placed upon his own private quarters.
She, Tonks, and Su would be going in to check them out while the tournament was going on since Dumbledore should be gone the entire time.
If he did decide to head back it would be the rest of their job while they watched the task to make sure he was stalled enough and given them enough to get out before he headed back.
"I love you Harry." Gabrielle told him after another minute.
"I love you too." He told her.
No matter how often he said this, she always got a huge thrill from hearing him say that to her.
She was still awake enough to suggest something however.
"Do you want to have sex?" She asked him teasingly.
It wasn't really sex what they did, not in the truest sense of intercourse, but after just what they actually did do, she wasn't really sure what else to call it.
"Do you really have to call it sex?" He questioned.
"You can call it whatever you like," She answered, "but we do pretty much everything besides actually having you inside me."
"True, but this way I can at least claim to still be abstinent whenever Professor McGonagall asks." Harry pointed out.
Amelia had long since given up on them but Professor McGonagall was still sticking very much to the school rules, which included no sex between students.
She seemed to regard Harry as a very obvious candidate to break this rule however, not really caring much what McGonagall thought.
"Do you know if Ariana and Susan have done it yet?" Gabrielle asked.
She'd been wanting to ask this question of Susan but had been too afraid to ask.
"Susan promised me that she wouldn't so I could be her first." Harry informed her, "It's basically just occasional kissing and boob fondling is all they are doing, and they've been just friends with a few benefits for quite awhile. Susan didn't feel right about being romantic with her when she's already with me."
"How come Susan never told any of us?" Gabrielle asked.
"It's mainly because she's been trying to help protect Ariana." Harry answered.
"Protect her how?" Gabrielle questioned.
"In case you haven't noticed, Ariana can be very open when it comes to her sexuality and other guys have definitely paid attention to it. As long as they think that Susan is still with her though, they'll stay away. If not she's afraid she'll get taken advantage of."
Gabrielle sighed and said, "I love Ariana, and she's incredibly smart but she's also far too innocent in some respects for her own good."
"That's why Susan has been trying to protect her. She's basically been trying to find a replacement for her crush on me this entire time." Harry told her.
"You would think she would get over it by now but she stares at you more than any one of us actually do." Gabrielle claimed.
"I'm just not sure what to do. I really like Ariana, and I consider her a very good friend but I just can't occupy that space for her." Harry admitted.
There were many reasons for this, all of which would be quite valid but the main one was this: he already was unable to spend the time with each girl that they wanted.
"I understand." Gabrielle said before saying, "So do you want to have sex now?"
"Of course." He answered.
"Ooh, so I do get to be your first?" Gabrielle teased.
"I think that's why I haven't done it yet." Harry confessed, "I know that no matter who I pick, the other girls will be jealous."
"Then I suppose it really doesn't matter then." She pointed out.
"I suppose you're right..." Harry concluded, "I really don't have any preferences for who would be my first, we're all going to have sex eventually given time, so any of you I would be quite happy with. At this point I feel like I should just do it, which leads me to ask; do you want to have sex Gabrielle?"
"Me?" Gabrielle asked in shock, "You want me to be your first?"
It had not even occurred to her that Harry would ask this question. Him being her first was a no brainer but with plenty of other girls around she had never even dared to think that she would be given such an honor.
"Are you sure you wouldn't want it to be someone else?" Gabrielle asked.
"I just feel like this is the right place, the right time, and with the right person." Harry told her.
Even though she hadn't been expecting it she had already prepared and knew the contraception spell that she would need so she wasn't about to turn it down.
"Then I'm going to give you a definite yes." Gabrielle answered, "Yet now that we're really going to be doing this, there's something you'll need to know."
Harry groaned and asked, "Are you really going to try to give me the Talk again?"
She laughed and said, "No, but there is something else that we haven't exactly told you. It's kind of a secret that Veela have. You know that a Veela has the power to be extremely attractive to males and some women and also cause them to not be able to think straight, but there's more to it than that."
"Veela can use it to somewhat control men and get them to do what they want them to in order to gain their favor, I know," Harry finished for her, "I know you wouldn't abuse me or anyone else in that regard Gabby."
"Of course I wouldn't and you've gotten immune anyway so it wouldn't work." Gabby added, "However there is more to it. When a Veela decides on a suitable sexual partner and has intercourse for the first time, their magic changes and takes on that of an adult Veela. I'd have a few more abilities than I've had. For example, when I get angry I'd become more birdlike and grow feathers. I'd also have the ability to conjure fire. Furthermore, I'd have better sexual stamina and since you would be the one taking my virginity, so would you. That last part is also just why Veela virgins are so highly sought after."
He supposed that didn't sound too bad. With many different girls to please, he was already usually worn out.
"I don't have a problem with that if you don't." Harry answered.
"I don't, so let's get started." Gabrielle suggested eagerly.
They both began undressing and Gabrielle then cast the contraception charm on herself.
Gabrielle was rather proud of her body, it was perfect in every way, with large 26 E cup breasts, a nice firm body and a succulent rear that was covered by her below butt length hair so that guys wouldn't be able to stare at it as easily.
She turned around for him to see her body, pleased to see that no matter how many times he had seen it, he always had the same expression on his face: total amazement.
"You're so sexy Gabrielle," He confessed.
"I know," She answered shamelessly, "you're pretty good yourself."
He replied with a grin and saying: "Just pretty good huh?"
"Okay fine, you're totally hot and I simply can't resist you, you happy now?" Gabrielle asked.
"It'll do for now," Harry told her, leaning in and kissing her.
They began to make out with their bodies closely pressed against one another with her finding that his cock was pressed right up against her belly since he was taller than her.
She simply couldn't resist grasping it causing him to gasp.
"You want to already?" He asked.
"I just love touching it," She confessed.
She really did, and it was something he should already know by now.
Deciding to disregard where she had placed her hands, he continued kissing her while he slowly brought his hands underneath her hair and onto her bum.
Her bum wasn't her favorite place but it certainly wasn't her worst and it would do for now, both cheeks feeling so magnificent in his capable hands.
All the while though Gabrielle had an idea come to mind, something she had been dying to do but hadn't since it would have been a bit too forward until now.
Dropping down onto her knees, so that his penis was directly in front of her face, Harry asked: "What are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm going to suck your cock," Gabrielle answered.
With surprise already written upon his face, she managed to get her mouth around it.
She fought the inclination to gag and instead proceeded to push it in deeper into her small mouth.
The realization that she now had Harry's penis in her mouth was only trumped by the realization that no matter what part of her body he had it placed into, she would definitely like it. She would be trying at least two tonight.
She began to suck on it as she enjoyed watching the look upon his face as she pleasured him with her mouth. It was big and her mouth felt full of it, but that was even better!
Eventually Harry said, "Um, Gabrielle, could you pull out now?"
Reluctantly she did so, still savoring his delicious pre-cum.
"What's the matter Harry? Didn't you like that?" She asked.
"Oh I definitely did but that's the problem," He confessed, "I was already about to cum."
"Then I know exactly just where to put it," She answered happily
She was eager now to have Harry inside her. Not long ago, they had persuaded him to let them measure him to see what size he was. He measured in at 6 and a half which while they weren't sure, definitely seemed like a decent size for an adult, and impressive for someone his age, before any real major growth spurts were scheduled to happen.
She volunteered to guide him in, she loved handling Harry's cock, especially now that it would finally be entering her.
It looked and felt huge in her tiny hands but as she helped line it up to her entrance, she was quite hopeful that she would be able to handle him.
Like all Veela, she had an oversized opening capable of handling even the biggest of guys, but would adjust to make the perfect fit.
Her favorite part of her body was indeed her pussy and until now she had been content with Harry simply eating her out but now she would have what she really wanted.
Pushing in, she could feel him now stuck against her hymen.
"Break it." She commanded.
"Won't it hurt?" He asked her.
"Just a little, I'll get over it in a second." Gabrielle told him.
With a thrust, Harry broke it and Gabrielle's world exploded.
Not from pain as she had been expecting but more she could actually feel her magic change as far it was concerned, she was now a woman.
She felt different, more complete somehow and more energized.
Conversely she could feel some of her magic leaving her and entering Harry.
Not a lot, but enough that he definitely noticed.
"I feel different." Harry admitted.
"So do I." Gabrielle answered.
"I suppose what I feel is nothing compared to you." Harry surmised.
"Definitely," She agreed, "although right now mostly I feel like we need to complete it."
He agreed and she reveled in the feel of him inside her. It felt perfect, not too loose or too tight.
Since neither of them really knew exactly what they were doing, he began to thrust into her at a quick pace that both enjoyed.
Gosh it felt so good!
Even as he did so, she could feel changes begin to take place in her, changes that also made her feel really good at the same time.
He didn't even need to announce when he was going to cumming into her, she could already feel it build up from within.
Then... he exploded inside her, jets of thick, hot cum deep flooded her insides and something seemed to click.
She was now officially an adult Veela.
They both collapsed, him still inside her although now flaccid.
"Well that was certainly something," Gabrielle said.
"Definitely," He agreed.
"Ready to go again?" She asked already.
"Give me awhile," He asked.
"Suck my titties until then," She suggested.
Her breasts, having been ignored the whole evening, now needed to have some attention on them as well.
Unsurprisingly, he took her suggestion by taking her left boob into her mouth. Her magnificent boob with an oversized nipple, matched only by her other one.
He began to slowly suck it as she imagined just what those boobs would do, providing not only enjoyment for her Harry, but also nourishment for Harry's and her babies that she would one day have.
The act of sex that they had just committed would one day provide that opportunity to bring new life into the world. It provided yet another beautiful aspect to just how wonderful she was finding sex to be.
Turning her mind back to what was going on, she inserted a couple of fingers deep into her pussy, still full of his baby batter cum in anticipation for having Harry inside her yet again.
DUELDUELDU
The next morning they were both understandably exhausted, although not as much as they should have been for having stayed up most of the night having sex and waking up early to do it again.
Harry remarked on having better stamina and so did she.
He was going to need it, not just for the other girls but just for her. Having found the wonderfulness of sex, she would want it as much as she could get it.
Although they resolved not to tell the other girls until the tournament was over, she wasn't able to pull off hiding it from Fleur.
After taking one look at her that morning, Fleur pulled her aside.
"You and Harry had sex didn't you?" She asked.
Her question was not in an angry tone, but Gabrielle still felt slightly nervous as she said, "Yes."
"I can actually see your Veela magic right now." Fleur remarked, "He must have done a real number on you."
"He did." Gabrielle answered, grinning.
"I'm happy for you, sis." Fleur said supportively.
"I always thought that it would be you." Gabrielle confessed.
"I might have wanted to be his first, but if not me, then I'm glad it's you." Fleur told her, "Besides this means I won't have to wait long myself. So you want to tell me how it went?"
"It was amazing!" Gabrielle told her.
She was about to tell her everything when suddenly McGonagall came by to remind Fleur that she needed to start getting ready for the Task.
If McGonagall had really heard anything she certainly would have said something, they weren't too worried, however Fleur had to reluctantly say, "We'll talk after the tournament is over."
"We'll talk after you win." Gabrielle insisted with an impish grin.
DUELDUELDUEL
Later on that day Tonks, Su, and Ariana while the third task was taking place, headed over to where Dumbledore's private quarters were located.
First they had to break through to even get into the hallway that led to his room.
Since this was still a public area where they would be starting at, Su kept watch while Ariana and Tonks worked on the various enchantments placed upon the gargoyle guarding the entrance to the secret passageway.
If they had a password it would have been significantly easier, but unlike his office, this had significantly tighter security with a likely good password.
Since Ariana had already bypassed this section of security already she managed to do it quickly and then move on.
After heading inside they headed down to his actual room, going slowly as Ariana took out several more security spells.
Finally they reached the actual room and this had been the cause of most of their trouble.
Even with Ariana's considerable skills, this had proven to be quite the challenge.
They had all literally spent months figuring it out.
As Tonks surveyed just what she could detect, she couldn't help but exclaim, "I've got to say, if anyone looking to hire a Cursebreaker saw what you've had to do here, they would hire you on the spot Ariana. Age and experience wouldn't even matter."
She blushed and said, "I'm sure that there are plenty of others far more skilled than me."
Unfortunately Tonks knew this wasn't true. Dumbledore's security spells were so tight that even the best of Cursebreakers would have taken years to get in. Without Ariana they would have never achieved it themselves.
Ariana, as skilled as she was however, was always incredibly modest and usually didn't like using magic all that much.
Dueling for example she could have matched up well against any of them but simply preferred to be a spectator and watch them.
Whenever she dueled Harry, however, she always lost, either because of nerves or because she simply let him win, the crush she had had on him having only grown as time had passed.
Finally Ariana declared, "I'm in!"
She opened the door as they all went in.
Whatever they were expecting to find, they were not expecting to find Professors McGonagall, Moody, and Sprout all standing there inside as if they had been waiting for them.
"Completely shameful!" Professor McGonagall declared as she stared disapprovingly, "breaking into the Headmaster's own private room like this!"
"I would have thought you were better than this." Sprout agreed, also looking at them disapprovingly.
Professor Sprout was generally rather nice, so they supposed they could forgive her this time for being upset with them. After all they had just broken a pretty major school rule without any excusable reason for doing so.
"How did you even know we would be breaking in?" Ariana asked.
"Dumbledore tipped us off and said that you might be coming and to wait for you here if you decided to show up while he handled the tournament. Obviously he was right." McGonagall admitted.
"We were just doing it because Dumbledore is up to no good." Su complained.
"Right now the only ones I see up to no good are you three." McGonagall pointed out.
Tonks struggled to come up with a viable excuse but there was none. It had been the risk they had taken in coming here.
They were forced to wait another few minutes before Dumbledore entered after Moody had confiscated their wands.
He looked at them with an expression of disappointment but none of them were fooled. He most certainly was quite happy about having caught them.
"I'm sorry to learn that my suspicions were correct." Dumbledore announced with a tone of sadness that would have rivaled the best of actors, "I'm sorry to see 3 students go so wayward that they would stoop this low. Professor Moody have you checked their wands for the last spells they used?"
"Yes," Moody grimly replied, "some of the spells they evidently used to break in are most certainly illegal."
"Oh my," Dumbledore uttered, "well that's a real shame. I suppose I have no choice then but to expel them."
Both Sprout and McGonagall seemed shocked at that and Sprout asked, "Don't you think that's a little bit extreme? They've generally been good students other than this incident, surely a lesser punishment would be warranted in this case."
"I'm afraid that my hands are tied." Dumbledore informed her, "with such a serious infraction, I have no choice but to expel them."
"I do believe that we are entitled to a more thorough examination and trial in the wizengamot before any action is taken." Tonks pointed out.
With both Narcissa and Amelia helping out, they had a good chance at getting it overturned.
"Certainly," Dumbledore replied before turning to the assembled teachers, "may I have a word with them alone?"
They all looked reluctant but did as Dumbledore requested.
As soon as they had left the room, Su let out a flurry of expletives while Dumbledore set up silencing spells so that the teachers just outside could not overhear their conversation.
"There will be no need for that Ms. Li." Dumbledore insisted.
"How did you even know we were going to break in?" Ariana demanded.
"Did you really think you could hide your betrayal from me?" Dumbledore asked, "I'm dismayed I have to do this to you but it's for your own good. My only question is why, why go against your very own grandfather?"
"I found out the truth about you from Aberforth," Ariana admitted.
Dumbledore did not seem surprised by this but said, "I should have guessed that my fool of a brother would mess things up again."
"I cannot deny what I know in my heart," Ariana claimed, "you aren't the man I had always looked up to. Answer me this, are you not still trying to take over the world?"
Dumbledore laughed and answered, "Take over the world? Me? Aberforth has filled you with lies. I confess I might have had a few fantasies of taking over the world, but many a boy has had similar fantasies, that doesn't make them evil. Besides how would I ever accomplish such a thing? I'm a headmaster of a school, not a dictator with a humongous army."
"If there was one person who could find a way it would be you." Tonks pointed out.
"I suppose I should be flattered." Dumbledore told her, "I would indeed make a great world ruler as the world would truly be a better place with me leading it. However the world will always be too foolish to realize that. I would fail either through conquest or through diplomacy I assure you."
"You seem to have already given this a lot of thought." Su noted.
"I defeated a would-be world conqueror myself I need remind you. I had to know what his thinking was." Dumbledore reminded them.
"Are you denying he was once your friend?" Tonks asked.
"Grindelwald was a fool," Dumbledore claimed, "he had no chance of taking over much of anything. There are billions of muggles and only a few million wizards. There never was any chance of wizards enslaving muggles."
"When did you figure that out?" Su questioned.
"I do not need to further explain myself to any of you." Dumbledore argued, now having apparently decided their conversation was done, "you'll be accompanying some of the teachers out of the school grounds to await your trial. In the meantime I have other business."
Dumbledore strode out of the room, leaving the 3 of them alone after making sure they were properly incapacitated by freezing up their bodies so they couldn't move.
For the moment they would simply have to wait things out and hope for the best.
DUELDUELDUEL
Meanwhile Gabrielle, Harry, Pansy, and Susan all sat in the stands watching Fleur compete in the Third Task using the giant magical screen that displayed each of the Champions along with a small map in the corner showing just where exactly they were in the maze.
Harry was no doubt currently wishing that he could have gone with Ariana, Su, and Tonks, but he also knew that Fleur had asked him in particular to be there for support.
However Gabrielle would swear that he was there more to support her as he held her hand as she could only watch helplessly as her sister faced plenty of dangerous obstacles. Fleur seemed to be doing fine but she almost believed it was more scary for her having to just watch than it actually was for any of the competitors.
Fleur was doing fantastic at any rate and despite more than a few tense moments when she ran into a few obstacles such as a Blast Ended Screwt, Fluffy the three headed dog, and a couple giant spiders, things were looking up as she neared the center of the maze where the cup was.
The final obstacle appeared to be a sphinx but Fleur managed to get the answer easily; a spider.
Rushing on, no longer impeded by anything, she got to the cup and they all began cheering even before she got there.
Yet as Fleur touched the cup, to their horror they saw Fleur immediately vanish. Just vanish as if she had totally disappeared off the face of the earth.
However, Ludo Bagman spoke out using a magically amplified voice, "Don't be alarmed people, this was planned. It's merely a Portkey meant to send her back here so she doesn't have to go through the maze again."
"They could have told us beforehand!" Pansy mumbled, "That totally scared me."
"I was scared too." Gabrielle admitted.
"So where is she then?" Harry asked as he looked around.
"Probably in the medical tent or something still." Susan suggested.
As everyone waited for Fleur to re-emerge, Harry announced: "I think I'm going to go look for her."
"I'm sure everything is fine." Susan tried to reassure him.
"I just have a bad feeling about this." Harry answered.
The truth be told, Gabrielle was feeling rather anxious herself, but she decided to wait another couple minutes before she started to panic.
Harry, in the meantime, left to go check things out.
As the minutes dragged by however, Gabrielle got more and more anxious and she could tell so was everyone else.
She finally could no longer take it any longer and started getting off the stands already when Bagman announced, "We can't seem to find the Bhampion, but nobody worry, I'm sure she'll turn up somewhere."
With that doing little to reassure her that things were still okay, she managed to get down to where some of the judges were.
Dumbledore was currently there along with Ludo Bagman, Barty Crouch, and Madame Maxime being the only judges as Karkaroff was still boycotting it. They hadn't seen the judges for awhile since they had stayed in the judges' tent for so long but now they were more out in the open.
She could already hear Barty Crouch arguing with Madame Maxime.
"You were the one we appointed to place the cup inside the maze!" Crouch yelled at Madame Maxime.
"I don't understand how this could have happened," She insisted, "I merely put the cup down and that was that."
"Dumbledore decides to trust you with just one little thing and you can't even manage to get even that right." Crouch countered.
"Where's my sister?" Gabrielle demanded.
All of the judges turned to look at her.
Perhaps if it was just some random spectator it might have been different but there was no doubt that Fleur was her sister and they seemed to immediately have flashes of guilt write across their faces.
"We don't know, but we're working on it." Madame Maxime told her.
"What kind of a tournament is this that you can suddenly lose a Champion like this?" Gabrielle asked angrily, "You will find me my sister!"
"We're doing the best we can Ms. Delacour." Dumbledore tried to reassure her.
"I don't need any reassurances from you." Gabrielle insisted, "How do I know you didn't actually plan this Dumbledore?"
"That will be quite enough young lady with those baseless accusations." Crouch informed her.
Something within her snapped as a feeling of release overcame her. She thrust out her hand directly at Dumbledore without planning to.
He was several yards away so it shouldn't have done anything but instead a large fireball erupted from her hand and onto his beard as it immediately caught fire.
While Dumbledore put out the flames, she looked down in shock at her arms.
They were feathery. She hadn't ever had this happen before, even when she had been angry.
However once she had gotten over her surprise, she realized that she should have expected it. She was an adult Veela now and this would be one of the side effects.
At least in this case it wasn't a bad thing as she watched with some satisfaction as Dumbledore's beard was mostly burnt off.
The other judges were staring at her with shock as they viewed the changes taking place in her.
"What's the matter? Never seen a Veela before?" Gabrielle asked.
She had meant it sound rather casual to offset them, but what likely offset them even more was that her voice sounded more high pitched and more bird-like.
"Gabby?" Came Susan's voice behind her.
She turned around to see Susan and Pansy, both looking worried.
While she didn't care about most of the judges, with the exception of Madame Maxime, she did care about Susan and she could tell that she was understandably unnerved by her appearance.
"It's nothing, just a Veela thing, you saw the same thing at the world cup." Gabrielle reminded her.
"We just haven't seen you look this way." Pansy pointed out, who was standing right next to Susan.
"It happens when I feel like killing someone for losing my sister!" Gabrielle yelled after turning to glare at the judges.
There followed a rather nervous stalemate as the judges tried to figure things out as Dumbledore went to go see what he could salvage of his precious beard.
Personally Gabrielle hoped that Dumbledore couldn't salvage any of it. If not she was more than happy to throw another fireball at him, immediately enjoying a new found benefit of her status.
She knew rationally that this would likely get her into trouble since she had been lucky to escape it the first time she threw a fireball at him, but Dumbledore surprisingly decided not to punish her and simply go try and fix it himself.
It was another few minutes before Susan asked, "So where exactly is Harry? I thought he would be here himself."
"Mr. Potter was never here as far as I know." Madame Maxime answered.
"Then where is he then?" Pansy asked.
Another bad feeling came to Gabrielle and after what had occurred with the last bad feeling with Fleur, she knew that it couldn't be good.
It could be nothing and he could be anywhere, but the fact was at this point in time Harry was missing as well.