Lucinda Evans - still in progress

Chapter 3 - The Goblet of Fire

Many people have put their name in the Goblet already, like Viktor Krum, Cedric Diggory, Angelina Johnson, Fleur Delacour and many others. Also students who are not old enough tried to put their name in it, like the Weasley twins did. I must say of all the people who tried to mislead the Goblet, they had the funniest punishment. Those beards! That was really funny to see. 

Tonight the names of the Champions will be chosen. Only a few students of our Academy have given up their name, so Mer and I agreed that the Champion of Beauxbatons will most likely be Fleur since she got the best qualifications for it.

All of us gather around in the Great Hall. It is Professor Dumbledore who walks to the Goblet. He waits until the Goblet spits out a little piece a parchment. "The Durmstrang Champion is Viktor Krum." There is a lot of cheering at the tribune of Durmstrang. Krum stands up and walks to the where they guide him, the Champion room. The choosing ceremony continues. "The Champion for Beauxbatons is Fleur Delacour." Ha, what did I tell you. I knew it! She was the only one suitable. "The Hogwarts Champion is, Cedric Diggory!" 

While Cedric goes to the Champion room all the Hogwarts students start cheering. I knew he was really loved because of his Quidditch skills, his good grades, his charm and of course his good looks. They're all delighted that he got chosen. 

"Luce," Mer suddenly gasps and grabs my hand. 

"What is it?" I look at her and see her eyes are blurry look in her eyes. She's having a vision. I look up to check if nobody is looking at us, because she keeps those a secret, and see the Goblet starting to prepare to spit out a new piece of parchment. 

"Harry Potter!" Professor Dumbledore yells and everything goes quiet. I look shocked at Merope she now had a dull look in her eyes before I look back up at the famous boy named Harry Potter walks up to the professor, his face clearly full of confusion and shock. Potter stumbles to the Champion room, followed by Professor McGonagall.

"C'est inacceptable!" I hear madame Maxime yell as she gets up and starts to follow them. Not a second later she is followed by Igor Karkaroff, Professor Snape, Professor Moody and Professor Dumbledore.

All of us are left in confusion and shock. How did he do it? He's fourteen, how did he get past the barrier? The silence is very heavy in the Great Hall until the gossip began. But the question that bugs me the most is; why did Mer see it?

"All of you, go back to your common rooms!"

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"That Potter! Always needing all this attention. Always needing the spotlight. Can't he function without it? Does he need it in his life that much because of his stupid parents?" Draco goes on and on about how Harry Potter got chosen as a Champion.

I sigh and shut him out. I know ones Draco starts complaining, he keeps going for hours and hours. But he does have a point this time; how did that Potter kid do it? He's only fourteen, so there is no way he could have crossed the age line in any way. Did he ask someone else to put his name in the Goblet? Or did he use some kind of spell to get it in while he was still standing outside of the age line? None of the ideas I came up with sounded realistic so I gave up. I need to talk to Mer, I want to know what she saw. After dinner, she went straight to her dorm again and I didn't have the chance to ask her about it.

"And that hair of his! Does he really think that he can get away with such sloppy hair? If I would walk around with such hair my father would have me disowned! But of course that's all you can expect from a parentless brat like Potter," and Draco was still going.

"I think I'm going to bed. I've had enough excitement for today," I say and try to get away from the common room.

"Where do you think you're going? Have I given you my permission to leave this room? You still have to do my transfiguration homework," Draco disciplines me.