I'm not a hero

Fights, Yule ball, flying

At the end of the first task, it turned out that Adrian was in first place for his simple yet effective method which got him the egg in the least amount of time. Harry was second place, while he was the most effective he had lost points for having his broom burnt and doing dark magic. Wrecking Dumbledore's office may also have been a factor, possibly.

Adrian had arrived in his common room that night, when he arrived the Gryffindor's cheered and clapped for him. He smiled slightly, he held his hand up for silence. Slowly they all calmed down enough for him to talk.

"Thanks guys" Adrian said "but…I don't deserve it" Many people were openly gaping, Adrian Potter of all people was being humble "Harry taught me the summoning spell and it was his plan. That…leads me to another thing. I…I wanted to apologies for how I've been acting"

"What?" Both twins blurted out in shock, putting everyone's current thoughts into words

"I realized that I've been a real arrogant jerk for the last few years, but…I'd like to think that I'm different now. I'm sorry, if I've ever hurt or offended any of you. I…I want to be different, and I'm hoping you could all realize that and maybe forgive me, even though I understand if you don't want to. Me and Harry didn't enter this tournament, we swore on our lives and our magic that we didn't, if we win then that's just a bonus. We just intend to survive it, that's all for now"

"What the bloody hell are you on about?!" Ron stormed over to him, he slapped the golden egg that Adrian had won out of Adrian's hand. Hermione seemed to be staying back and staying quiet,

"Ron, I meant it" Adrian replied "I've changed now, I'm different now"

"Yeah, you are, that's why you didn't tell your best mate that you entered the tournament! It's why you're off hanging with that snake!"

"Ron, I swore on my life and magic that I didn't do it, what more do you want from me? As for Harry, he's my brother and pretty much the only reason I'm alive right now. If it wasn't for him then I probably would've ended up going headfirst at a dragon with no plan"

"He's evil!"

"No he's not!" Adrian defended his brother

"He used a killing curse!"

"At a massive fire breathing dragon that was trying to kill him and you're acting like he fired one at an innocent kitten!"

"He still used dark magic!"

"To survive! You ever see him do any dark magic before that?!"

"He probably does it in secret! Doesn't want to get caught, does he?!"

"Ron, Harry's my brother, I'd like to think I know him better than you."

"Yeah, but that's probably because the two of you practice dark magic together!" Ron accused

"You've known me for years, when have I ever practiced dark magic?!"

"Ever since you started practicing with your snake brother!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that a disarming spell was dark. Shame you weren't training with me so I could refuse to learn the summoning and banishing charm because they're dark magic! You don't even know what Harry is teaching me yet you're accusing us both of being dark, you absolute git!"

"Don't call me that!" Ron shouted

"Or what?!" Adrian challenged, he was unpleasantly surprised when Ron punched him across the face. The common room gasped as Adrian stumbled back slightly, Adrian stood still, he wiped the blood from his lips. "Don't do that again" He said slowly