Chapter Thirteen - The Arrival of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang

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The day after Moody's first class, at breakfast, Sue's tawny owl landed in the middle of the Ravenclaw trio at their table, with a pale blue letter clasped in it's beak

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The day after Moody's first class, at breakfast, Sue's tawny owl landed in the middle of the Ravenclaw trio at their table, with a pale blue letter clasped in it's beak.

As Sue grabbed the envelope and opened it to read it's contents out loud, Satomi leaned over her shoulder to read , whilst Lisa slowly sipped her morning coffee, whilst reading the Daily Prophet.

Dear Sue,

It's your favourite cousin (well, your only cousin, really), I hope that your 4th year at Hogwarts is treating you well.

("Yeah, if you consider a live demonstration of the unforgivable curses good treatment." snorted Lisa from across the table, as Satomi nodded subconsciously in agreement.")

In response to your question, YES, Beauxbatons is taking part in the Tri-wizard Tournament, and guess what? I am part of the delegation of students that are coming!

Based on what I've heard, we are to depart for Hogwarts sometime in October, I can't wait to see the 'majestic castle' as you've put it so many times in conversation and in writing.

Until then, take care!

With love,

Victoria. L.

"Well," said Sue, putting the letter back into the envelope, before placing it in her bag, "at least we know that Beauxbatons is coming, I guess." she finished, shrugging slightly as she turned her attention to her scrambled eggs in front of her.

"You know," said Satomi, "I had a thought a few days ago: who in our house do you think is going to try and enter this tournament?"

The three Ravenclaws paused and thought for a moment.

"I think Roger Davis might, you know." said Lisa airily, "he's seventeen, and he might want to help us win some glory, you know." she finished.

The news that Victoria would be coming as part of the Beauxbaton entourage was a piece of news that quickly became irrelevant to mainstream activities, as all of their lessons, even divination, taken only by Lisa, was becoming more grueling. Moody's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, on the other hand, was on a totally different scale. As the students learnt during their next lesson

To their surprise, Professor Moody had announced that he would be putting the Imperius Curse on each of them in turn, to demonstrate its power and to see whether they could resist its effects.

"But - but you said it's illegal, Professor," Satomi heard Hermione say uncertainly as Moody cleared away the desks with a sweep of his wand, leaving a large clear space in the middle of the room. "You said - to use it against another human was -"

"Dumbledore wants you taught what it feels like," said Moody, his magical eye swiveling onto Hermione and fixing her with an eerie, unblinking stare. "If you'd rather learn the hard way - when someone's putting it on you so they can control you completely - fine by me. You're excused. Off you go. "

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