River Grimes and the Champions Curse

Chapter Eight: The Quidditch Sabotage...

              "The Triwizard Cup, being held in Ilvermorny this year. Has chosen it's Champions, from the three competing schools. The U.S. welcomes its foreign Wizard visitors from Castelobruxo for the 27th time returning for the Triwizard. And for the first time, after Uagadou had dropped out. We also welcome the Japanese School, Mahokoro!" Archie read from the paper. "They spelled that wrong, some welcome..."

"Keep reading!" Murphy said, mouth stuffed with breakfast.

Archie sighed, looking disgusted at Murphy. "...But this Triwizard is doing something it hasn't seen ever. Six champions have been chosen to compete for the Cup. Not since Harry Potter at the 94-95 Triwizard in Hogwarts, have we seen more than three Champions. A statement was taken from an anonymous source in Ilvermorny. "That Mudblood couldn't keep his nose out of the attention. I finally got some recognition then River sneaks his name into the Goblet, which he isn't old enough anyway! And rigs it to add him as the Fourth Champion. So the other Headmasters start crying, and Soot just sighs and lets them choose one more each while being super cool and insulting them!" The Anonymous source is very trusted with his information. On another note, thank you to the Graves family for a large donation to help improve Wiz-Weird HQ! Now we can reach, Nebraska!"

"Of course..." River sighed.

"Hey, it wasn't me!" Murphy said.

"I know!" River said back.

"Quiet you two! There's more," Archie cleared his throat. "The two Champions from Castelobruxo are: Ademir Matheus Da Costa, Seventh-Year. And Beatriz Riberio, Seventh-Year. The Two Mohatkotoro Champions: Oni Kage, Sixth-Year. And Princess Yuki Sora, Sixth Year. Spelled it wrong again."

"You don't have to point it out every time Arch," River tossed a sausage at him.

"It's a well-respected newspaper, you'd think they'd know how to spell!" Archie scoffed.

"It's the Wiz-Weird!" Murphy chimed in. "They said River was a Dark wizard and future terrorist to Wizard kind!"

"..." Archie's eyes shifted.

River sighed and glared at him.

"I don't know! You've been pretty moody this school year, and it's only been a bit more than a week!"

"Just keep reading!" River huffed.

"The Two Ilvermorny Champions: Arther Graves, Second-year. And River Grimes, Second-Year. Yes, you saw that right, River Grimes has found himself under fire once again. Last year, he was dubbed The Chosen. For getting sorted in all four Ilvermorny houses, the first time since a previous President of MACUSA, Seraphina Picqurey. He then won the highest award in Ilvermorny a student can receive in his First-Year, the Award of Bravery. Given to him for his role in protecting Ilvermorny from a Dark Wizard infiltration. Resulting in Webster Hatch, being killed by River Grimes. And the death of beloved potions professor, Belladonna Rook. River also received many other awards in his First-Year: MVP of Quidditch, Seeker of the Year, House Cup Winner, and Quidditch Cup Winner, for the year 2010-2011. River Grimes is sure one to watch, and we at Wiz-Weird suspect River of coming out on top, and has quickly risen to be the favorite in the inter-office betting pool."

"You can stop now," River sighed.

"Why? It goes on for..." Archie flipped the pages. "Three more pages."

"It makes it seem like I won all that by myself," River complained. "I had my whole team with me winning the Quidditch Cup, and everyone in Thunderbird to win the House Cup."