Ginny and I got into a carriage with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville. I averted my eyes from the thestrals. We were assaulted by Peeves the moment we entered the Entrance Hall. He poured a water balloon on our heads just as Professor MacGonagall said, "Peeves! I'll tell the Headmaster!"
We sped into the Great Hall for cover. The Hall was beautiful with a reflection of the raging storm outside and candles hovering in the air. The golden plates and goblets all sang a melody of welcome.
I sat with Fred and George at the Gryffindor table. "Good evening guys!" I said sitting next to them.
"Don't talk to us," said Fred.
"Yeah a hungry man-" said George,
"-is an angry man." Fred finished.
I rolled my eyes and looked at the teachers table. The DADA teacher wasn't here yet. My eyes fell onto Snape and I grinned broadly and waved at him. He looked surprised then he scowled and turned away.
Then I watched the Sorting remembering how much I had wanted to be in Ravenclaw. There were few Gryffindors in this batch. A second year girl called Natalie MacDonald sat next to me. She looked at me and I saw recognition on her face. "Camilla Black?" she gasped.
"Yes, so you can go find another seat if you want." I said but she said.
"No. You are my hero!" she said.
"What? I didn't do anything." I said flustered.
"You survived." she said.
After sorting, Professor Dumbledore stood up."I have only two words for you, Tuck in." he said and the twins clapped hard as the golden plates filled with food.
"So did you bring the stuff?" asked George.
"Of course and I've been developing other stuff you might like but the ingredients will be costly."I said
"Well we don't have a dime right now so.." said Fred darkly.
"What about the money you won from Bagman? Did you spend it foolishly?" I asked.
"I wish. The guy paid us in leprechaun gold." said Fred.
"It was probably a mistake right?" I asked.
"Yeah probably.." said George as Dumbledore started to speak.
"Now that we are all fed and watered, Mr Filch asked me to inform you that the list of Forbidden items is in his office if anyone wants to check it." he looked as if he wanted to laugh. "The forest on the grounds out of bounds and it is also my painful duty to inform you that the Inter House Quidditch Cup is cancelled this year." Fred and George looked horror struck and muttered curses at Dumbledore. "This is due to an event that will start in October and continue for the whole year which I'm sure you will enjoy immensely. It is my pleasure to announce that this year at Hogwarts-"
The door suddenly opened with a lurch. A man stood out there clad in a long cloak and carrying a wooden staff. As lightning struck his face into light it was horrible. He was probably the ugliest guy I had ever seen, including Snape. A large chunk of his nose was missing and every part of his face was scarred. His eyes were mismatched one was dark and beady but the other was electric blue and darted to all sides even the back of his head. My intuition told me that there was something fishy about him but not what.
He walked up and spoke to Dumbledore before sitting at the staff table. "May I introduce our Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher, Professor Moody." said Dumbledore. I clapped but stopped promptly when I realised it was only me Dumbledore and Hagrid clapping.
"Where was I? Ah yes. I have the pleasure of announcing that a very important event will take place at Hogwarts. This year we will host the Triwizard Tournament!" said Dumbledore.
"You're JOKING!" said Fred loudly. Nearly everyone laughed and Dumbledore chuckled.
"No. I am not joking Mr Weasley. Though now that you mention it, I did hear an excellent one over the summer about a troll, a hag and a leprechaun who all went into a bar-" Professor MacGonagall cleared her throat. "Perhaps this isn't the time..no.." said Dumbledore as he launched into an explanation about the Triwizard Tournament. I zoned out.
"The heads of Beauxbatons and Dumstrang will be arriving in October with their short listed candidates. The champions will be chosen at Halloween and the champion that wins the Triwizard Cup will bring glory to their school and win a personal one thousand Galleons prize money."
"I'm definitely entering" said Fred probably envisioning glory and riches. But Dumbledore burst his bubble.
"Eager though I know most of you are, we have decided that only those who are of age can enter. This is to ensure that the danger of getting hurt is far limited. The delegation from Beauxbatons and Dumstrang will be staying with us for the entire year and I trust that you will treat them courteously. For now off to bed. Chop chop." said Dumbledore. I stood up but the twins remained seated.
"They can't do that. We're seventeen in April! Why can't we have a go?" asked George. I sighed if they didn't want to leave I'd go without them.
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Hopeless : Sirius Black's daughter Book 2
Fanfic(Sequel to Losing Hope) Camilla Hope is back for her second but fourth year at Hogwarts. As she battles with the terrible toll that her growing powers have on her, she needs someone to lean on. In a sad twist of fate, with the Dark Lord growing stro...
