Two Sides to Every Story//Harry Potter

- Chapter 2 -

“So what really happened at the quidditch world cup Draco? I heard you were there”, said Blaise.
“I don’t know. Father pulled me away right after the game and sent me home. But I heard mother talking to him. I didn’t hear much but I did hear mentions of death eaters.” Draco whispered the last part because, even though most of the Slytherin table has death eaters parents, if any people from the other houses heard, they would flip out.
I recalled that night. I remember Draco being rushed in the door, Lucius and Narcissa walking away to talk in private. We knew something was happening but we didn’t know what. There was talk of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley being at the “crime scene” as people called it, but what crime they were talking about, I had no clue.
I was about to mention that but my flow of thought was interupted when she walked in. Erinyes Potter. Of course she wasn’t alone, she was followed by Cho Chang, Cedric Diggory, and Padma Patil. She strutted in, not even paying attention to the teachers at the high table who looked at her with raised eyebrows because she was late. She waved goodbye to her Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw friends and sat down with the "golden trio".
I can’t believe she could get away with being late to the first feast, and not one teacher scolded her. Every teacher loved her, except for Snape of course. She received the same treatment as her famous twin brother. Before I could continue cursing her name in my head, Dumbledore began his speech.
Dumbledore’s speech was different than previous years. There was still the sorting ceremony of first years, the warning to them to not go into the forest without a teacher, and the other boring things I never cared to listen to. But after the sorting ceremony, he began in a new way.
“Now that we’re all settled and sorted, I’d like to make an announcement. This castle will not only be your home this year but home to some very special guests as well. You see, Hogwarts has been chosen…” He was interrupted by Filch running up to him to whisper something in his ear.
Dumbledore cleared his throat and began again. “So Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event. The Tri-Wizard tournament brings together three schools for a series of magical contests. From each school a single contestant is selected to compete. Now let me be clear, if chosen you stand alone. And trust me when I say, these contests are not for the faint hearted, but more of that later. For now please join me in welcoming the lovely ladies of the Beauxbatons Academy of magic and their headmistress Madam Maxime.”
As Dumbledore finished his final sentence, a female giant dressed in a long wool coat followed the Beauxbatons girl’s up the middle isle of the great hall. The girls were dressed in blue mini dresses and bares. The danced and bowed up the isle as they blew butterflies at everyone, mainly the boys, which were all mesmerized by their beauty, though most of them stared at the ladies asses. I looked over to my left at Draco, he seemed turned on but tried not to show it. I rolled my eyes and looked to Mattheo. He seemed genuinely unfazed, he seemed to not even care.
“And now our friends from the North”, Dumbledore said, “please greet the proud sons of Durmstrang and the high Master Igor Karkaroff.”
Through the large double doors came a series of older boys, twirling around bo staffs and stabbing them into the ground with a spark effect. They were all very muscular, might I say. But what caught my attention was over at the Gryffindor table, all the girls seemed interested, but Ron Weasley was fawning over Victor Krum, the world quidditch player.
Karkaroff and Dumbledore embraced in a hug, and Maxime and him exchanged a few words. I waited for Dumbledore to continue and looked across the table to Pansy and Blaise.
“Pansy, are you drooling?” Blaise asked.
“What? No I’m not, shut up!”
“You totally are. You cant keep your eyes off them, even now.”
“Whatever”, she said and took a long drink from her glass to avoid anymore conversation with Blaise.
“Your attention please!” Dumbledore called out. “I would like to say a few words. Eternal glory, that is what awaits the student who wins the tri-wizard tournament. But to do this that student must survive three tasks. Three extremely dangerous tasks. For this reason the ministry has seen fit to impose a new rule. To explain all this we have the head of the department of international magic cooperation Mister Bartimus Crouch.”
A man that I had never seen before stood up from his seat at the end of the staff table. I hadn’t even noticed him sitting there earlier. He was about to speak but was interrupted by flashing of lightning appearing in the room. A strange man stood in the doorway, sending a spell upwards to calm the storm above. He limped out of the shadows and over to Dumbledore.
“My dear old friend, thanks for coming,” Dumbledore said as the strange man took a drink from a flask. I couldn’t see a clear view of him, but I thought I saw something on his face, something like an eye patch.
I leaned into Mattheo and whispered in his ear. “Who is that?”
He shrugged and looked back to the front.
Barty Crouch began speaking once the noise from everyone died down. “After much deliberation the ministry has concluded that for their own safety, no student under the age of seventeen shall be allowed to put forth their name for the tri-wizard tournament. This decision is final.”
The room erupted into chaos. People started yelling that it was unfair and it was rubbish. I honestly couldn’t have cared less because there’s no way in hell I would do something like that.
Dumbledore yelled, making the room quiet once more. He cast magic at the goblet in the middle of the stage, a blue flame erupting from it. “The goblet of fire. Anyone who wishes to submit themselves for the tournament merely write their name upon a piece of parchment and throw it in the flame before this hour on Thursday night, two weeks from now. Do no do so lightly, if chosen there’s no turning back. As from this moment the tri-wizard tournament has begun.”