Thursday, August 04, 2005
A whole month had whisked away and everyone had almost forgotten all about the Tri-Wizard tournament... "Did you see the notice Professor Mcgonagall had put up in the common room yesterday? The delegations from Durmstrang Insitute and Beauxbatons Academy will be arriving later today!"... Hermione exclaimed at breakfast... "Does that mean we get to skip double Potions today? I hear Snape is in a righ' state... he just gave Fred and George detentions for slipping some Nose-Bleeding Nougats into Ernie Mcmillan's croissant! Plus we get to miss making that whatsit-called-again?" Ron said as he turned to Hermione and gobbled down some toast... "It's the Draught of Peace Ron... Honestly! It's really important.. I'd rather we miss Transfiguration coz we're way ahead already... This Draught is really important for our OWLS and i hear it can get a lil' tricky..." Hermione muttered thoughtfully... "Correction Hermione... YOU are waaay ahead in Transfiguration... as for the rest of us... " Harry looked up at Ron... and gave him high five... "Cheers, Ron!" Harry said... he couldn't remember the last time he had been soo carefree... He was soo caught up about finding out what was in the packages ...that his mind always seemed to be elsewhere... and he seemed to be drifting away, amidst his thoughts during classes as well.. and Snape was especially picky on Harry... seeing that Harry had drifted off in thought in Potions class on numerous occasions... he most certainly did not want another encounter with Snape and was glad the representatives from the schools would be coming down to Hogwarts... Harry wondered how they'd be... Were their school castles as big as Hogwarts? Or even bigger? Harry couldn't wait till noon when the two delegations would make their grand entrance ... At that moment... Draco Malfoy, together with his 'Slytherin Guard' ( which included Iman Eanderthal, Crabbe and Goyle and of course... the slutty Pansy Parkinson... who had been throwing herself all over Malfoy since the first year!) intruded into his perfect, Draco-free breakfast...
"Oh lookie here... hmm...i see a red-headed weasel, a filthy lil mudblood and scarface boy sitting together.. how lovely! One happy family! I don't think the students from Durmstrang would wanna intrude into your lovely family... seeing that they'd wanna be with the House which is the most superior... if you wanna get tips on how people with class are like, Potter... You are most welcome to look over at the Slytherin Table... You'd need all the tips you can get..." Draco smirked... his gang of Slytherins roared with laughter as they passed the Gryffindor bench and settled onto the Slytherin table... "That slithering git of a Malfoy's gonna get it... just lemme at him Harry.. I'd beat him into pulp..." Ron blasted off, with Harry tugging at his shirt pulling him back into his seat... "Yea Ron...You'd beat him into pulp alright... but not before he turns you into a toad...Just leave it ... he's not worth it... " Harry replied, not meaning half of what he had actually said... Truth be told... Harry would love to let Ron have a go at him.. in fact, He'd join Ron as well.. a show-down would have made Harry's day...The three of them would have loved to see Draco snuff it while duelling... but now was not the time, as they saw Professor Mcgonagall approaching their table reproachfully... "I trust you lot will be on your best behaviour when the representatives come over this afternoon... i wouldn't want any Hogwarts student making a fool of themselves... especially not a student from Gryffindor... And Potter, try to keep your enemities with Draco low-profile... we don't want the other students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang thinking we tolerate such animosity within the walls of our instuution... well.. Good Day to you three... " Professor Mcgonagall said in an authoritative manner...Both Ron and Harry were wearing an incredulous look on their faces, as Professor Mcgonagall strode out of the Great Hall... "Oh lighten up u two... Professor Mcgonagall's right you know... we shouldn't pay too much attention to Malfoy and his childish antics..." Hermione said as a matter of fact... "I don't know how you manage to stay soo calm Hermione... that filthy piece of vermin just called you a Mudblood!! I'd have wanted to smack him in his head until his skull shatters or something... seriously Hermione... sometimes I really don't think you've got your priorities right..." Ron exclaimed... "Well.. there are better ways of getting your revenge than physical fights Ron... and being a wizard... you should know that by now..." There was a slight triumphant gleam in Hermione's eyes as she replied... "Hermione.. what are u really up to?" Harry asked.. somehow, he knew that Hermione was up to something... she had that 'look' again.. the same look she had on her face before she punched Malfoy in the face back when they were in the third year... "Oh.. you'll see soon enough.. in about 10 min, i reckon...don't worry ... it'll be really obvious... " Hermione replied gleefully... True enough... about ten minutes later... The Great Hall erupted with Pansy Parkinson's shrilly screams... "AAAHHH... Look at my face!! It's covered with hair!! I look like a ... a...AAAAHHHH!" Pansy screamed and fainted shortly after... Draco and Iman picked her up and brought her up to the Hospital Wing... as they stomped out of the hall... Draco turned sharply to Harry and said, "You'll pay for this Potter... you, that weasel-head and that filthy Mudblood as well..." Harry, Ron and Hermione could contain their laughter no more and began erupting into fits of giggles... "Oh Hermione... what did you do??" Harry laughed... "oh.. u know... i told the house-elves to put a lil bit of the polyjuice potion i took in our second year... remember? the one which turned me into Milicent Bulstrode's cat? well.. i had a little left over... so i made sure some of it was put into Pansy's drink.. that cow... she deserved what she got..." Hermione said proudly... "I take back what i said Hermione.. you do have your priorities right... " Ron exclaimed as the three of them left the Great Hall for their Herbology lesson with the Hufflepuffs...
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Harry, Ron and Hermione still hadn't gotten over what happened during Breakfast... and before they knew it... it was noon! All the Hogwarts students as well as the teachers rushed out to the Entrance of the school to greet the guests... at precisely 12.15pm, the Durmstrang ship appeared from the great lake.. and the students filed out of the ship in a single line, headed off by Professor Karkaroff, headmaster of Durmstrang... He was followed by Viktor Krum, the Bulgarian seeker known for his spectacular Wronski Feint at the Quidditch World Cup... Ron couldn't believe his eyes... "Viktor Krum's from Durmstrang! I can't believe it Harry... oh I bet he'll be the chosen one from Durmstrang... " Ron was awestruck, his jaws hung wide open as he watched Professor Karkaroff and Viktor Krum enter the Great Hall... but to his dismay... the entire Durmstrang delegation had found their way to the Slytherin bench...Viktor Krum plonked down beside Draco Malfoy... Malfoy shot Ron a triumphant grin and carried on amusing Viktor with tales of the Malfoy tradition... Iman Eanderthal was close behind as usual...laughing at almost everything and anything Draco had to say..."That slithering git! I bet he paid the Durmstrang students to sit at the Slytherin table.. it's just the sort of despicable thing he would do to gain their acceptance... " spat Ron... but just before Harry could answer... The Beauxbatons carriage arrived.... the carriage was huge.. and was steered by beautiful black steeds. The first person to come out of the carriage was a lady... who was almost as tall as Hagrid! Dumbledore moved forward to greet her... "Ah... Madame Maxime.. it is pleasure seeing you again..." Dumbledore shook Madame Maxime's hand... "Dumbledore... it is always a pleasure!" said Madame Maxime... the headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy... the Beauxbatons students got out from the carriage one by one... and they were greeted by "ooos" and "aaaahs"... Harry soon found out the reason to that as well... right behind Madame Maxime stood a beautiful blond girl.. tall and slender...as she walked by the students of Hogwarts.. the guys, especially, started greeting her very eagerly.... throwing compliment after compliment at her... "She's part veela.. it's soo obvious... why can't you guys see that? It's the magic she possesses that makes her seem soo irresistable to you guys!"started Hermione... in an irritated manner... Most of the girls in the hall were irritated anyway, what with the part Veela stealing the attention of all the boys in the Great Hall... "My name is Fleur.. Fleur Delacour... " the part Veela said as Roger Davies, Captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, stepped forward... guiding her towards the Ravenclaw Bench... the rest of the Beauxbatons delegation joined Fleur at the Ravenclaw table as well...
Harry and the others followed the crowd into the Great Hall... all of them chattering rather excitedly about the arrival of the new students...Harry, Ron and Hermione took their places at the Gryffindor bench... next to Ginny and another girl... whom Harry did not recognise... she had jet black hair and was very pretty.. she looked very posh and sophisticated as well.. but not at all arrogant... her smile, Harry noticed, radiated warmth... she also had this exotic beauty ... However, she looked oddly familiar as well.. as if Harry had known her from long before... and as if Ginny had read Harry's mind... Ginny spoke "Hey guys... I'd like to introduce you to my good friend... also from Gryffindor... Harry, Hermione, Ron.. meet Lodina... she's in my year and very brilliant, i should add..." ... Lodina stood and shook hands with Hermione first... as Ron was obviously still engrossed with Fleur's charms he took no notice of Lodina... Harry shook her hand next... "Hi! I've heard lots about all of you from Ginny... I'm really pleased to be able to finally meet you guys..."
[Tonks was grooving to Nelly's Errtime | 
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~Nymphadora~
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