The last person to be sorted was sitting on the stool.
"Hufflepuff!" Boomed through the Great Hall, and the table next to ours burst into cheers.
"That's that, now we eat," ron said and looked at the table expectantly.
"Professor Dumbledore still needs to make his announcements Ron!" Hermione said and smacked him upside the head.
I stifled a laugh and looked back at the professor.
"Welcome all back to Hogwarts..." he started and listed the usual rules.
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"This year we have a special event planned for you," he said and I looked back at him. "After a long time, we will be hosting the Triwizard Tornament this year."
"You're joking!" Fred exclaimed, loud enough for the whole hall to hear, I whipped my head in his direction and smacked his chest hard.
"Fred!" I said and he looked down at me and sat back down.
The whole hall laughed and so did Professor Dumbledore. "I am certainly not, although I did here a good one over the break..." he trailed off and continued his speech.
"Any who, as I was saying, the two other schools, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be coming in tonight," he stopped and a pitter patter of gentle feet was heard. "Ah, there they are."
The doors to the Great Hall burst open and girls and boys with baby blue coats and hats came in, doing different acrobats of some sort.
"Blimey! Look at her!" Fred said from beside me and I looked at who he was talking about. A girl in the late teens walked in next to an abnormally large woman with a hooked nose and long fur coat.
"Ah Dumbly-dorr," she said in a rich french accent, and fred, george and myself stopped ourselves from laughing. "I hope you are well."
But before he could answer, thundering footsteps were heard approaching. The doors to the great hall opened once more and boys with huge fur coats and boots entered the hall, marching.
"Bloody hell! That's victor krum!" Ron exclaimed and shook harry who was sitting next to him. Hermione didnt have the most impressed look on her face and went back to eating. I looked at the Bulgarian seeker walk by me and shivered.
Another boy walked past, with brown hair reaching his ears, green eyes and bow lips. He looked at me and I caught myself blushing. He smiled and took my hand in his and kissed it. "Pleasure," he said, his deep voice cutting through the noice in the hall.
"All mine," I replied and he smiled once again and joined the rest of the boys.
Ginny hit my arm and I turned to her. "How are you so lucky," she said and looked behind him.
"Gin, you are definitely gonna get one of those boys, I can guarantee it," I told her and she smiled.
"I'm gonna break his nose," fred said to george from beside me and looked at the boy whose name I didnt ask. I ignored it and looked back up at the Professor.
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"We are so going to compete!" George said, looking at fred and he nodded his head.
"You guys aren't of age yet," hermione and myself said at the same time.
"We have thought of that," fred said a smug expression on his face. "Theres a potion that can cause you to age for a short period of time, and we're gonna take it."
"Ha! Good luck on that," I said and they looked at me.
"Why?" They said together and I looked at Hermione to tell these two idiots why their plan wouldn't work.
"Dont you think that the professor would have thought of that already? He's creating an age line, and I'm pretty sure that even if you take the potion, your soul age would still be 16," she finished.
"Soul age, foul age, whatever," fred said and I laughed.
"What?" I said between laughing. He shrugged his shoulders and sat down next to george looking through a potions book from the library.
"Idiots," I mumbled, shaking my head, keeping the smile away from my face.
"Have you seen this? Hermione showed me from the book she was reading. I read the page and my eyes widened.
"You two are not going anywhere near that goblet!" I said snatching the potions book from George's hands.
"What? Why?" He said and I looked between the two of them.
"First of all, your plan won't work and you'll just embarrass yourselves. And secondly, even if your potion does work, which it won't, people have died during this tournament! There is no way I am going to allow it," I finished and tears welled up in my eyes.
"I... need to work on my homework," hermione said and walked upstairs to her dorm.
They looked at me with worried eyes and I took a deep breath.
"Sit down hun," fred said to me softly, and I sat down, not remembering when I even stood up.
"We know this isn't going to work," George continued. "But what's the harm in a little bit of fun?"
I pulled a tissue out of the box on the table and blew my nose. "Promise me you'll be alright," I said to both of them.
"We promise," fred said and I gave them both a hug. They pulled away and fred spoke.
"You know... you just turned 17," he said and I smacked his chest.
"Absolutely not," I answered, already knowing what he was implying.
"Oh come on!" He whined and I looked at him.
"No."
"Fine," they both huffed and i stood up, wiping the remaining tears from my face.
"Goodnight you two, and please dont come up with another plan, unless it has something to do with pranks," I told them and they saluted me.
"Roger that captain."
