Chapter Six: Goblet of Fire

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Fred and George had been the first people to come into her shop the moment they were able to leave Hogwarts for their Hogsmeade trip. About five minutes behind them, there was a horde of children coming into to buy chocolate. Fred and George told her everything they knew about the tournament so far, and promised to keep her updated about what happened after each task.

Celeste and Lupin worked almost double time getting chocolate out to the students of Hogwarts, as well as students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. Some of the students were buying extra, so they could send them to their friends back home. Celeste had noticed Viktor Krum almost immediately, when he had walked into her shop. She remembered going to the quidditch world cup with Oliver, even though she had been working on setting up her shop. Luckily, she and Oliver hadn't been hurt when the Death Eaters showed up, but Celeste had to pretend not to notice that her uncle had disappeared and was definitely one of the masked assailants that attacked so many people.

Anyhow, Celeste watched as girls drooled over Krum, as his eyes grazed over the many selections of chocolate and chocolate desserts. Once he had gotten a good look at everything, he walked up to the front where Celeste was standing, and his eyes studied her for a moment.

"Have you decided what you want, or do you want to place an order for me to send out to you later?" Celeste asked, giving the young man a smile.

"Yes, I would like to purchase some chocolate today, but I was hoping you could send some chocolate to my parents?" He asked, and she nodded.

"Yes, let me get an order form, and you can simply check the small boxes next to the chocolates or desserts that you want to send. You can put the amount you want on  next to each box." She replied, causing him to nod as well.

Celeste listened to him as he told her which chocolates and desserts he wanted for himself, and she packaged them effortlessly, as he filled out the order form for his parents. Once the form was filled out, he handed the clipboard back to Celeste. He also handed her the correct amount of money, before he packed his chocolates into his side pocket.

"I will be sending your parents their chocolate tomorrow morning. I can put a small message in the box that says the chocolate is from you, if you want, or I can give you parchment and you can write your own message." She commented, and he nodded.

Celeste handed him parchment and he wrote a quick message, before handing it back to Celeste. Celeste placed the message with his order form, and gave him a polite smile.

"If you or your parents want more chocolate after you're back home, you can simply send out an owl to Celestial Chocolate, and I'll send an order form for you to use," Celeste said, and Krum gave her one of his rare smiles,"I'm trying to find an easier way to advertise and recieve orders, but since I haven't been open long, I don't really have many resources." She added, and he chuckled.

"I think you are doing well," He replied, his accent thick,"I will see what my parents think of your chocolate, and if they like it, I will come back for more, and I will pick up some order forms to send to them to give to their friends." He said, and she agreed.

The moment Krum left, Fred and George seemed to pop up back in the shop out of nowhere. Celeste had to keep herself from laughing when they acted almost starstruck. They had apparently been imitating Ron, which made Celeste almost burst out laughing, but she couldn't be too loud in front of all of her customers. She didntdidn't want them to think she was crazy or something, otherwise they might decide not to come back.

"I think Krum might be one of the people that helps boost this place up more." Celeste commented, causing the twins to chuckle.

"Don't tell Wood, he might get jealous of your new favorite customer." Fred joked, causing Celeste to roll her eyes.

"I never said anything about him being my favorite. He just said that if his parents like the chocolates, he's going to send them order forms for them to give out to their friends." She replied, making the twins chuckle and grin playfully.

"Sure, that is the real reason he's going to be your favorite. I mean, to me it seems you're just fishing for a new quidditch playing boyfriend. Is our lovely Oli not fit enough for you?" George joked, causing Celeste to roll her eyes.

"You two get out of here, before I ban you from my shop for a week." She jokingly warned, and they chuckled, before grabbing their things and running out of the shop.

"Those two are funny, no?" A blonde girl commented, and Celeste was certain she was from Beauxbatons.

"They like to think they're funny, but they can be a real pain in my side." She replied, making the blonde laugh.

"I'm Fleur." The blonde commented, and Celeste smiled.

"I'm Celeste, nice to meet you. You're one of the triwizard champions, right?" Celeste questioned, causing Fleur to nod.

"Yes, but I don't know if I'm as good as the other champions." She replied, making Celeste smile lightly.

"Fleur, it doesn't matter how good your opponents are, it just matters how hard you work for your own benefit. Don't worry about anyone else, if you want to win, you can't have the mentality of wanting to help others achieve before yourself." Celeste said, causing Fleur to smile.

Fleur thanked Celeste, before she had ordered some chocolate from the shop. Fleur had decided to send some to her own family, but instead of waiting, she had them take some order forms, so they could spread them around. Fleur considered Celeste to be her new friend, and she wanted to help her friend as much as she could...

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