The Arena

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Harry's P.O.V

We stared at what was meant to be the Arena for a moment. All I could see were trees and land and a few broken down buildings. 

I didn't get what she wanted us to look at.
Understanding that I was confused, Draco nudged me.

"Look closely." He whispered.

I began to look closer at the scene and noticed something. An area near the trees was shimmering, almost like glass.

They had put wards around this arena.
There was no escape.
'Clever', I thought.

Where the trees began, there was a small hut. It looked just around the right size for all of us to enter.

Umbridge hurried us inside.

As I walked in, I noticed that the shack was not all that it seemed.
On the outside, it seemed small and run-down, yet on the inside it was huge. This was pretty much like wizards Tents.

We were in a huge room, with a few doors inside on either side of us. The place looked fairly new and modern. 
I could see through one of the glass windows, that in another room there were a couple of machines.
On the machines showed the inside of the arena. There were cameras everywhere. Some floated around the room, possibly recording us at this very moment.

Hermione shifted closer to me.
"The dome is not just a protective enchantment, it's a huge camera."

"Oh." I gasped.

"I'm guessing they want everyone to see this amazing tournament of theirs." Draco said, joining in on the conversation.

"Now, let's have some introductions." Umbridge said excitedly. 

The timid boy from Hufflepuff began. 
"I'm Theo...."

I couldn't catch what his second name was. For a second I thought he hadn't even said it.

Abruptly, the Hufflepuff girl stood up. 
"I'm Mirabella." She announced, sitting back down.
Umbridge shot a hateful glance at the girl.
I could tell she never liked the girl since she nearly knocked Umbridge over at the choosing Ceremony. 

"I'm Maia." The Slytherin girl said.

"I'm Draco." Draco said, standing up awkwardly.

The boy and girl from Ravenclaw hadn't spoken much at all, I hardly noticed their presence. 

"I'm Eleanor." The girl said.

"I'm Simon." The boy stated.

Hermione stood up. 

"I'm Her-"

"Oh we know. The brave voulenteer." Umbridge interrupted, In a mocking voice.

"I voulenteered as well." Draco pointed out, smirking.

"Silence!" Umbridge hissed. 

"I'm Har-" I began

"Oh be quiet." Umbridge said annoyed.

"We know who you are." She said, rolling her eyes. 

"Well, you did ask us to introduce yourself." Draco said.

"ENOUGH!" Umbridge bellowed.

"You may be happily introducing yourselves to eachother now, but In there, you will be turning on eachother with your wands at the enemies throat." She said viciously.

"You said we aren't killing eachother! You said that..." Draco began angrily.

"We all know who the real enemy is." I said, looking Umbridge in the eye.

"We'll see about that." Umbridge said in a superior manner.

"The tournament will begin soon. You will probably get more updates as you are in there. For now, the guards will escorts you into the arena".

We looked around the room and saw a couple of guards standing in the shadows.

Umbridge led each of us to one of them.

I stood by a tall guard, whose face was covered by his hood. He seemed like a statue, unmoving.

Draco mouthed 'Good Luck' to me from the other side of the room where he stood by a large guard whose large hood covered his head and his neck too.
In a way, there guards reminded me of dementors.
I shivered at the thought of them.

Other than eachother, who knew what we might face in the arena.

Will we all stay loyal to eachother?
Will anyone actually die?

I had no idea what Umbridge's plan or our purpose for this tournament was, and I was not ready to discover what she was plotting.

All I knew, was that It would not end well.

"Good Luck."Umbridge said, sniggering.

Everyone took a deep breath.

Suddenly, the guard grabbed me and we apparated away...

Kind of a short chapter. Hope you enjoyed it :)

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