Conall Wolf

5) The goblet of fire

Conall sat down with the others at a long table. Conall isn't used at all to these tables because at Beauxbatons they only had small tables for a maximum of four people. Conall still isn't used to everything that is going. People are talking everywhere, the ceiling is amazing with the view of the clear sky, the professors are talking peacefully with each other and he sees the pointsystem where Katsumi talked about. Conall couldn't really believe to work with points, that you will get points for doing something good and you will lose points for doing something bad. That just makes it so much more difficult to do some fun things which go a bit over the line, but that are not dangerous or something. The appearance of the Great Hall isn't the only thing bothering Conall. Conall just can't think of anyone else then Katsumi and he keeps looking at his direction.

"Welcome welcome welcome everyone! Students of Beauxbatons, students of Durmstrang I welcome you at Hogwarts as headmistress. I hope you will feel home soon enough and that you will enjoy your stay here. I will talk about some things later this evening, but everyone must be starving so let the feast begin!" Charlotte Murray says, the headmistress of Hogwarts. Professor Murray opens her arms and right on that moment everywhere on the table food starts to appear. Conall widens his eyes, Katsumi also talked about this but seeing it with his own eyes was something completely different. If he looks around him he sees the others being amazed as well and they start to pick some food. When the surprise is gone Conall starts to inspect the food. Most of the food he sees isn't the food they eat. At Beauxbatons everything is way more healthy and here is a lot of meat and unhealthy things. He sees that Thierry and Faolán don't have any problems with it and they just starts to attack while Conall chooses his food carefully, and he mostly chooses the healthy food. It's just the thing he learned at home, always eat healthy and live healthy. Roselyn thinks the same as Conall and she chooses her food carefully as well.

While eating and listening to other their stories he still has his mind somewhere else. He choose on purpose the side of the table where he can still look at Katsumi, and Katsumi luckily sits on the side where he can also still see Conall. Sadly Katsumi sits somewhere at the end of the table, where the older students are sitting, while the table of Beauxbatons is right at the beginning. Conall realises he drifts of again and he focusses, he sees he is staring at Katsumi again and right on that moment Katsumi looks at him as well. Conall immediately looks back to his food, sometimes slightly looking back but when he notices Katsumi is still looking he looks back to his plate.

"Conall? What is going on, you are acting pretty weird." Roselyn says.

"O-oh it's nothing. It's just weird being here. You know it's still a little boy dream of me." Conall says, setting up his fake smile and he continues eating.

"It's pretty amazing, isn't it?" Faolán says, trying to change the subject of the conversation and he looks at the ceiling. The others follow his gaze and they nod.

"Yeah really amazing. I never thought this would be so cool." Thierry says.

"Y-yeah it is." Conall says less excited than the others. He looks at the professors table where professor Murray is talking with Madame Baudelaire. While he is looking at them professor Murray slightly looks at him and she smiles kind. She raises her glass and nods, then she continues listening to Madame Baudelaire who is probably telling a big story, as she usually does.

"Lán?-" Conall says while trying to get the attention from Faolán "-how is it possible we got rejected? I mean the headmistress of Hogwarts seems really nice... I just can't get it."

Faolán looks up from his food, looks at professor Murray and then back to Conall. "Haven't you heard it? In our first year there was a different headmaster. A year later, so in our second year, they discovered he was a racist and he didn't treat his student good. So he got fired and they asked the previous headmistress back. She isn't the one who rejected us Con."

"Well that explains a lot, because she looks really nice, and I don't wanna see her as the person who ruined our dream..." Conall says, while looking at professor Murray. At the end he turns to his plate and he plays a bit with his food.

"Hey Con... we had an amazing time at Beauxbatons, it's not that we have a bad time right now. I know it was our dream to go to Hogwarts, but maybe we have had a better time Beauxbatons than that we would ever have at Hogwarts." Faolán says.

Conall just nods in response. He knows Faolán is right but he still can't get over it that he never got the chance to go to Hogwarts. Conalls look goes again to Katsumi who is talking with his friends. He can't stop it but he keeps starring at him. He gets a little smile on his face because he gets really happy by seeing Katsumi again. After a while Katsumi looks at his direction and he smiles back. Conalls heart starts to race and he waves slightly. Katsumi waves back and Conall looks back. His stomach turned and he isn't hungry anymore, he shoved away his plate with the desert and right on that moment all the food disappears. You see everyone looking sad because they still wanted more food. Then professor Murray stands up and walks to the front.

"I hope everyone enjoyed the feast, but I think you want to know what will happen because we are all here together for one reason. As you all know the triwizard tournament will take place this year, and most of you guys probably wanna participate.-" Professor Murray looks around and everyone starts to talk excited. "-but you have to remember that the tasks are extremely difficult, and when you get chosen you will stand alone..."

Everyone looks even more excited at each other. Of course they know the rules. They have heard the stories about the tournament when they were little, they always fantasised playing in it and who would win, they even had a sort of roleplay game which you can play with your friends.

"In exactly one week time, the champion of each school will the chosen...-" professor Murray turns around and a big box made of gold melts away and you can see an old big goblet. "-By the goblet of fire! You will write down your name and your school on a piece of paper. But be aware, you have to be 17 years old to participate. The goblet will know if you're 16 or younger, so don't bother to try to participate if you are younger than 17 years old."

Professor Murray looks directly at some students, probably knowing some who would try to participate. "And now off to bed! It's getting late. So think good if you wanna participate, and we will be back in a week when the champions will be chosen."

Everyone starts to stand up and Madame Baudelaire walks up to her own students. "Everyone, follow me back to the carriage, that's were we will sleep."