Chapter Seventeen: Guests

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          When we got to the Hogsmeade Station, Pansy wasted no time to make fun of my hair. Draco scared her off but she only started more gossip to the other girls around us. Before Draco could stop them, I made a scary face with my fangs and tongue exposed. They screamed and ran away. Draco and I were laughing so hard at them. Inside the Great Hall, I saw the twins and flicked my tongue at them. Neville looked like he was about to faint. Rumors spread quickly that I was an Animagus now. Draco and I talked a lot about the formal event during the Sorting Ceremony. Much to Harry's disappointment, Colin's brother, Dennis, was sorted into Gryffindor. I blew Colin and his brother a kiss.

          I yelped when someone pulled on my braid behind me. It was Peeves and he told me he couldn't stay in the Great Hall very long. He was pranking the trio earlier and got kicked out of the kitchen for causing the house-elves problems. I noticed Hermione also stopped eating when I looked at the trio but Peeves suddenly disappeared when he looked at the faculty table. As I looked in that direction, I saw a moving eye looking at me. The Great Hall erupted into a thunderstorm and I nearly passed out. Draco caught me and pulled me into him, covering my ears. Mad-Eye Moody entered the Great Hall and Professor Dumbledore announced that he would be our new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. As I was calming down, the headmaster had more announcements.

          To our disappointment, Quidditch was canceled this year and all four houses went into uproar. I could hear the twins being very vocal about it. Professor Dumbledore silenced us all. Percy and his boss, Mr. Crouch, entered the Great Hall with Ludo Bagman, the man that bet against the twins. They announced that Hogwarts was going to host the famous Triwizard Tournament. Our school was going to compete against the other two largest schools in Europe. Hogwarts was going to compete against an all girls school, Beauxbatons, and an all boys school, Durmstrang. The Triwizard Tournament had a cash reward; one thousand galleons. However, because students have died, they agreed to host it with strict rules. Mr. Crouch announced that students by the end of October, on Halloween, had to be the age of seventeen and older could volunteer. There was another huge uproar, especially from the twins, calling it rubbish, since they were only sixteen and wouldn't be seventeen until halfway through the school year. Professor Dumbledore silenced them and the Great Hall yet again.

          Then, there was a goblet of fire that was introduced to the students. It was to remain in the Great Hall and students had to write their name on parchment and submit it to the fire. The fire would then choose one name to represent each school. We would have three trials with three champions from each school. As Professor Dumbledore was announcing, Mr. Filch was running up the walkway to him and whispered something in his ear. He then ran awkwardly back out the doors, leaving the Great Hall. Finally, Professor Dumbledore announced the arrivals of both schools. With ladies first, the ladies of Beauxbatons made their entrance.

          The doors opened to a group of young ladies in adorable blue uniforms. They were all beautiful. All the girls came in confidently and sighed to the left, releasing magical blue butterflies. They approached near Ron and Harry and sighed at them, again releasing butterflies. Then, they started to skip towards the front of the Hall and dramatically released even more butterflies. Towards the back was a different witch, I could tell she was part Veela, with a young gymnast, and their very tall headmistress, Olympe Maxime. I noticed Draco was checking them out and scoffed loudly. He flinched and began kissing my cheek repeatedly. The doors opened again to the young men of Durmstrang.

          They were all very handsome and wore thick uniforms and fur lined coats. Their hats were also very wooly. As they marched in, they pounded their wooden staffs on the ground, making sparks fly. Halfway through the hall, they stood proudly and hit the ground three more times. Then, they ran down the hall and all the girls stood to get a better look. I rolled my eyes and kissed Draco who looked relieved. Then, I overheard Ron saying Viktor Krum was here. I looked up and he made eye contact with me again but quickly looked forward. His classmates blew on the tips of their wands and a fiery phoenix took form and paid respect to our headmaster before burning out. Behind Viktor was their headmaster, Igor Karkaroff. He greeted our headmaster warmly. The Beauxbatons were assigned to sit with the Ravenclaws and the Durmstrangs were assigned to sit with the Slytherins.

          To our surprise, Viktor sat across from Draco and I and his classmates sat with us. 

          Draco introduced me as his girlfriend to the Durmstrang boys and Viktor was surprisingly quiet

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          Draco introduced me as his girlfriend to the Durmstrang boys and Viktor was surprisingly quiet.

          "Are you an Animagus?" the boy beside Draco asked me.

         I shook my head, "I'm not. I just look funny."

          He laughed and had a heavy Russian accent, "Not at all! I am Dimitri."

         "I'm Ivy," I replied and we all enjoyed dinner together.

          Our classmates and the boys in Durmstrang were most interested in my fangs and tongue but I restrained myself from showing my tattoo. At one point, even Viktor laughed in the conversation. Draco was boastful about dating me and had his arm over my shoulders. We went to our common room after dessert and the other schools had their own sleeping arrangements away from the castle. I kissed Draco goodnight and fell asleep instantly once I fell onto my bed. 

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