Pierce entered the area where the Wand Weighing Ceremony was to take place with Mr. Ollivander. As tradition, the wandmaker was supposed to inspect the wands to ensure they were in working order in order for the Champions to compete to the best of their abilities. Pierce set his down but said nothing as he witnessed Harry enter the room.

The boy looked beyond flustered and Pierce knew that look from anywhere. He had probably just gotten done with his interview with Rita. Pierce could hear the other champions talking about their interviews with the woman, the majority of them agreed that it had been a pleasant experience. He snorted to himself loudly before looking away, knowing all too well that while many believed they had a fair interview that Rita could manipulate words with no problem.

Ludo Bagman was in the room as well, casting a rather nasty smirk in Pierce's direction.

"Seems you had a nice family reunion during your interview, didn't you?" Ludo grinned at him. The room became somewhat quiet as the other champions looked at the two conversing.

Pierce's expression remained calm as he looked Ludo directly in the eye.

"Seems you'll be having a bit of a reunion yourself once the goblins establish your whereabouts. I can't wait to see how happy they'll be to see you, Mr. Bagman.  They seemed quite thrilled in their letters."

Ludo's smirk vanished from his face as it quickly turned into a glare.

"You don't know what you're talking about." Ludo growled in a low whisper.

"Oh, I don't? So your hands never once touched leprechaun gold?" Pierce smiled at him.

"You're just like your parents...if not worse."

"Because he's capable of speaking the truth?"

Pierce swallowed hard as the other voice entered the area. He peeked out of the corner of his eye and saw his mother enter with Bozo, her obedient photographer from the Daily Prophet.

"Lovely," he groaned. "Just lovely."

Before any further chaos could pursue, Pierce turned his back to his mother and Ludo and focused on Mr. Ollivander who glanced over each wand carefully. A smile appeared on the old man's face as he looked at each one with a look of admiration.

All the wands passed the inspection before they picked them back up. All Pierce wanted to do was return back to the dorms and hide under his covers, pretending that his parents were not at the school. Or perhaps he would go in search of Julius or John, but he really wanted to get out of there.

Unfortunately, Rita had other plans.

"I see this is as a perfect opportunity, Pierce." she smiled.

Pierce immediately began shaking his head, warning her to speak no further. He didn't want people to know who she was to him.

"With your father here..."

"No."

"We could-"

"No."

"Oh yes! It's such a good idea!"

"It really isn't it?"

"We'll take a nice group family photo. But first why don't you come stand by Mummy for a quick photo?"

"Mummy?" Harry and Cedric repeated out loud. Several people in the room seemed confused by the announcement except for Ludo, Crouch,Moody, Dumbledore and Bozo.

"I thought you said he was Sherlock's son?" Igor turned to Moody.

"Well, he certainly didn't give birth to the boy, now did he?" Moody replied gruffly.

Pierce made eye contact with his mother before placing his wand in his pocket before walking out of the area to avoid any other stares.

"Pierce-" Rita called after him, as she followed him.

"Don't talk to me." Pierce whipped around to face her angrily. "Don't talk to me, don't look at me, don't bother acting like you care. I wouldn't even consider you an acquaintance let alone family. You're a rotten hag. Why don't you put that in your article? That you are fully capable of raising a quill to a piece of parchment paper, but can't raise your own son."

"How dare you-"

"No, how dare you! How dare you come here and try to act like you care all of a sudden. You don't care, I know you don't. You only see this as another opportunity to further your career. My father is just the same, he wouldn't be here if I hadn't manipulated him in my letters. Or if John hadn't convinced him to actually bother. Goes to show you how horrible you two are. You're not even trying to help me get out of it, you're trying to take falsified family photos."

"For you article-"

"Oh please! Stop with the lies, I've grown up with your lying. I know when you're doing it. You can't fool me anymore. Maybe when I was younger I would have fallen for it, I would have believed that you cared, but not anymore."

He turned around to continue walking away from her.

"Pierce do not walk away from me. I am your mother."

Pierce continued walking but turned around so that he could face her, while walking backwards.

"Since when, Rita?!"