When Astoria and I got to the great hall, she led me to the Slytherin table. The hall had many candles floating above it giving a yellowish tint to the room, with a welcoming atmosphere. As I was taking in the huge room Astoria sat me and her down at one of the many long tables just like at Beuxbatons. It was then when I noticed the many heads turned our way. "Um, Astoria? Why is everyone staring at us?" I asked cluelessly looking back at their faces.
She laughed shortly before she answered "Cause your pretty." she said stating the obvious.
I laughed nervously in response and as I was looking over at the students I noticed a boy with dark brown, flared out messy hair staring right at me and wouldn't stop. I gave him a weird face and tuned my head to the back of the room when I heard someone clear their throat loudly which caused everyone to be silenced. Dumbledore the headmaster, he had on large blueish gray robes on and had a very long white beard with a gray hat matching his robes. Around him were tables filled with teachers but a few chairs were empty which left me curious.
I then heard a scoff which caught my attention further down the table "Stupid school can't find good enough teachers to handle us." said a boy. He had short platinum blonde hair grown out a bit and far pale skin. He had two boys by is sides who looked almost like body guards. I had to admit, he was much more attractive than anyone else in the school that I've seen.
"Who's that?" I asked Astoria, I quit looking at looking at him a turned my head to Astoria For an answer.
"Oh that's Draco Malfoy. He thinks he's better than everyone else and is so full of himself, so selfish of everyone." she replied and looked at him disgusted though he still had his attention on his friends and Dumbledore.
"Now that everyone is sorted." Professor Dumbledore said now standing rather than sitting. "I would like to make an announcement. This year Hogwarts has been chosen-" He was cut off by an old dirty man fast walking down the hallway over to Dumbledore and whispered something in his ear.
"Mr. Filch, the caretaker." said Astoria whispering. "God he's so annoying, he roams the halls every night making sure kids aren't out of bed and has his cat roam the halls too. There's like no way of getting around him." she said still with a lower voice so no one could hear her and I hummed in response to her.
Filch then jogged out of the great hall and Dumbledore continued where he left off. "So, Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event, the Triwizard Tournament. The Triwizard Tournament brings together three schools for a series of magical contests. From each school, a single student 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 head mistress Madame Maxine.
The doors then opened and out came the very familiar blue dressed girls acting all goodie goodie making all the guys seem mesmerized all but a few. The platinum Draco Malfoy, he wasn't paying attention just zoned out and the dark brown haired boy from a different table still had his eyes locked on mine.
"Ugh I hate all of them." I said and Astoria gave me a questioning look wondering why I would hate them. "They all act like their perfect and haven't done anything wrong. When I was with them in the school they we're the worst people ever." I said annoyed by the girls and rolled my eyes at them when they all bowed after their performance. Maxine walked in the room behind all the girls and was greeted by Dumbledore with a kiss on the back of her hand.
"Now our friends from the north, please greet the proud sons of Durmstrang and their High master Igor Karkaroff." Immediately after a lot of boys walked through the hall banging some sticks to the ground and doing flips which now had almost every girl in love. I wasn't sure why, they all looked ugly to me. Again, there was the headmaster behind them all but he had with him one of his students, Victor Krum. One of the most famous quidditch player. Igor Karkaroff was then greeted by Dumbledore with a hug like they were old friends.
After the students and headmistresses were seated Dumbledore once again stood up "Eternal glory, is what awaits the student who wins the tournament and must survive through three very 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 Magical Cooperation, Mr. Bartemius Crouch." He was cut off once more by a loud thunder crash resulting in screaming a yelling from the students but someone stopped it with their wand. Mad Eye Moody.
I had a very shocked look on my face when I saw him, half the cells in Azkaban are filled thanks to him. He put away his wand and made his way over to Dumbledore who greeted him with a hug. Mad Eye Moody then walked by the tables of teachers and turned his head around to gulp a small bottle of some liquid. "What do you think he's drinking?" I asked Astoria.
"I don't know, maybe some fire whisky or something." she replied laughing with me.
The minister then walked by Dumbledore and started speaking. "After due consideration, the ministry has concluded that for their own safety no student under the age of 17 should be allowed to put forth their name for the Triwizard Tournament."
All the students then started shouting 'That's rubish!' or 'That's not fair!' which caused Dumbledore to silence them all. I didn't really care for I didn't want to compete. Dumbledore then appeared a goblet with blue fire over it. "The Goblet of Fire, anyone wish to compete must simply write their name on a piece of parchment and throw it into the flame before this hour on Thursday night. Once chosen theres no turning back, from this moment the Triwizard Tournament has begun."
After everyone finished their dinner we all made our way to our common rooms for bed. "Did you see that one dark brown haired boy in the table across from us? He wouldn't stop staring at me." I told Astoria wondering if she knew him.
"Oh yeah thats Harry Potter all the Slytherins hate him, we all think he lies for attention." Astoria responded.
"Wait the Harry Potter?" I asked astonished and Astoria nodded in agreement. "He is such a liar, my parents hate him so much." I said agreeing with her. We then walked into the Slytherin common room and I was in shock at how beautiful it was. "Oh wow these are much more pretty than the one at Beuaxbatons." I said.
"Really? I would have thought they were much better." she said laughing lightly. "Well those are the boys dorms and these are the girls dorms." She said pointing at where there were. "Lets head to bed I'm tired." and she unlocked our dorm.
"Yeah me too." I said and yawned.
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A/N by the way I keep changing the name of this story because I'm indecisive so yeah.
August 5 2024
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