Chapter 1: Love At First Sight
As Millicent stood outside in the cold she looked around the grounds wondering where the different schools would be arriving. Seeing the carriage touch down and the ship come out of the lake, she watched in awe. The different schools had certainly arrived in style. People around her were all pointing to one boy at the front of the Durmstrang group, apparently he was a famous quidditch star. The boy, who's name was Viktor Krum, had this whole mysterious, bad boy thing going for him and Millicent loved that. Viktor Krum was very handsome and Millicent joined the many students staring over at him.
Once the visiting students had entered the school, she joined the rest of the Hogwarts students pushing their ways inside. It was nice and warm inside and she took off her jacket, stuffing it into her bag. She followed Pansy and the gang over to the Slytherin table and sat down, shoving her bag under the table. The Durmstrang students were standing awkwardly at the side of the hall, not knowing where to go. She saw Draco walk over to them and invite them over to their table. Luckily Draco made his way over to where to girls sat, and Millicent sat across the table and a few seats down from Viktor Krum. Across from her sat a dull looking boy who introduced himself as Poliakoff. She gave him a polite small as she filled her goblet with pumpkin juice. Many of the boys from Durmstrang were picking up the solid gold plates and utensils and examining them, while others were gazing up at the ceiling. "This must cost more than my broomstick!" said one of the boys by Krum as he picked up a goblet. The boys then took off their heavy furs and hung them on hooks on the wall behind them. Underneath the furs they were all wearing bloodred uniforms.
Dumbledore stood up and made a little speech, welcoming the foreign students. Food instantly appeared on the golden plates in the middle of the table when he finished. She filled hers up with chicken, rice, and some vegetables prepared in a way she'd never seen before. As she ate she kept sneaking glances over at Viktor Krum, until he caught her eye one time and she quickly looked away, her face reddening in embarrassment.
The Poliakoff boy was eating with great vigor, letting his soup slop all down his front. He seemed to be inhaling food, like he hadn't eaten in a week. "Is it good? I bet the house elves worked all day to cook it," Millicent said to the boy.
"Oh yes, it is tasting very nice. I haff not eaten it's equal in my whole life," he replied.
"That's high praise." She nodded her head and laughed, thinking to herself that the food at Durmstrang must not be that good.
"How is you enjoying your stuffed peppers? Ve are liking them very much at home, I am knowing them to be a favorite of Krum's."
Millicent glanced over at Viktor's plate and saw that he has indeed filled it with many of the same peppers. "Yeah, they are pretty good. I normally don't like peppers, but I thought I'd give something new a try." The boy didn't seem to be the brightest, he prattled on about Quidditch and other boring subjects. But he was nice enough and she was glad for someone new to talk to. Down the table she noticed Draco talked intently with Viktor, and she wondered what they were discussing. She made a mental note to ask Pansy later in their dorms if she knew.
"I haff seen your Harry Potter from across the hall," piped up Poliakoff.
Hearing the name of the boy who lived she raised her head and looked around for him. She saw him sitting by the Weasley boy and Granger. A girl with long, silver blonde hair was standing over them and grabbing a dish of pudding from their table. Many of the boys around her were staring with open mouths at how beautiful she was. "That's great, he's our school celebrity." She rolled her eyes, not wanting to speak anymore about Potter.
When they had finished with dinner it disappeared from the plates and was replaced with an assortment of desserts. On the plate in front of her was a plate of baked pumpkin that was sprinkled with walnuts. She took a bit on some onto her plate and tasted it tentatively. After she'd set her fork down she looked up to see Viktor looking over at the dessert in front of her. He leaned over towards her and asked "Excuse me, if haff you finished with that, may I haff it?"
Millicent nodded her head and handed the plate over, blushing all the while. His accent was really charming, she thought to herself.
After they had finished with dessert Dumbledore stood back up and made a longer speech, introducing the judges, explaining the tournament, and finally bringing in the Goblet of Fire. Millicent gazed around to her fellow students, wondering which of them would represent their school. Her eyes landed on Warrington and Astoria, both good candidates. Turning to Daphne she whispered "Do you think Astoria will put her name in? She really should, better her than some Gryffindor." In her mind there would be no better contended than someone with the cunning and ambition of a Slytherin. "I'm sure she will," the girl replied. "Merlin knows she would certainly kick ass."
Following the conclusion of Dumbledore's speech Millicent stood up and stretched her arms out. Poliakoff asked her to hand him his furs and she obliged. She told him it was nice talking to him, bid him goodnight, and followed her friends out of the hall. Feeling tired she wondered if the Durmstrang students would be sleeping in the castle, until she saw them all joining Karkaroff and making their way back to their ship. It had been a long day and she was very exhausted. Back in their common room she stayed up late with Pansy, Daphne, Tracey, Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, Blaise, and Theodore, listening to the boys talk about Krum and Durmstrang. Honestly she was glad to be at Hogwarts and not in the cold weather of where ever Durmstrang was hidden. Around midnight she could barely keep her eyes open and headed for her dorms with Daphne and Tracey, as Pansy was staying behind with Draco. She changed into her pajamas and discussed the new students with her friends. All the new people and events were so exciting and she couldn't wait to see what this year would hold. When her head hit the pillow she fell asleep almost immediately, her dreams filled with visions of the handsome Viktor Krum.
Author's Note: So these are all flashbacks I've been writing for the character I'm playing in a Harry Potter roleplay on Tumblr. The plot of the roleplay is that there is a Marriage Law passed and the characters are all matched up for another, I'm Millicent Bulstrode and she is marrying Viktor Krum. In case anyone wanted to know the face claims for these characters are Millicent Bulstrode: Jennifer Lawrence, Viktor Krum: Henry Cavill, Nikolai Poliakoff: Josh Hutcherson. And if you want to read these but with some gifs of Henry and Jennifer inserted you can look on my roleplay tumblr for which the URL is milly-bulstrode. I'd love to answer any questions and hear any constructive criticism you all may have! Oh, one more thing, I know in the books Astoria Greengrass is younger than them, but in our roleplay she's older, so she'll be in her 7th year here.
