The train to Hogwarts was always thrilling no matter how many times you've taken it, with the air burning with magic and excited children chattering endlessly. First years found empty compartments with other first years and talked shyly about what house they wanted to be in with their new friends, planting the seeds of what will grow into their relationships with these people who will be around them for the next seven years of their developing magic lives.

That's what had happened five years ago, on September 1, 2010. Young eleven-year-old Momo Yaoyorozu had been walking the halls of the train with burning curiosity, peeking out of the windows at the passing scenery with interest. She had put her suitcases into a compartment and then left, not worrying about what will happen to them since her parents had already told her they'd be delivered from the train to her room no matter where she was. Momo had decided to leave her compartment solely because she was curious about the other first years and wanted to see them before the sorting, so she could decide who she wanted to be friends with without the cloud of house rivalries possible clouding her choice.

And in the hallway, was where Momo met Kyouka Jirou and Mina Ashido.

There was a single girl in the almost empty halls, she had short black hair and was looking out the window and walking just like Momo was, and neither saw the other before they crashed into each other. Momo's book bag went flying, sending books crashing over the floor while the black-haired girl's strange metal device clattered alongside the books. They both fell on their backsides, and the black-haired girl spoke first, her voice annoyed.

"Hey! Watch where you're going next time why don't you!" The girl frowned over at Momo, her guitar earrings swishing as she looked around for her device. Spotting it next to one of her books, Momo snatched it up and handed it to the girl in apology.

"I'm sorry, I was looking out the window so didn't see you." The frown lessened on the girl, and she took the device from Momo.

"Oh. I was looking out the window too so…" She twiddled with a wire coming out of the device, and her eyes downcast as she murmured, "so… I guess I ran into you as much as you ran into me, so I'm sorry too." Momo smiled at her brightly.

"Apology accepted! My name is Yaoyorozu by the way, Momo Yaoyorozu!" Momo offered her hand, and the girl took it, a small smile on her face.

"My name is Kyouka Jirou, nice to meet you um, Yaoyorozu."

Letting go of Jirou's hand, Momo turned to pick up her empty book bag. "It's nice to meet you too Jirou." Momo said as she bent down to start picking up her books. She had only picked up one when a loud, cheerful voice rang out with a laugh.

"Whoa! What happened here?!"

Looking up, Momo saw a girl with the fluffiest pink hair with a hand covering her mouth as she walked towards them down the hall. Momo smiled sheepishly at her.

"We," Momo gestured at Jirou and herself, "accidently ran into each other and my books went everywhere. I'll have it cleaned up in a bit, sorry for cluttering the hall." The pink head stopped and went onto her knees, picking up a two of Momo's fallen books.

"Wow! I didn't see this book on the booklist, are all of these for school?" Momo blushed as she accepted the books pink was handing her, nodding embarrassingly.

"Yes, well- kind of. I just thought that they might help reading these alongside the assigned school books, so I thought I'd bring them. They aren't mandatory or anything so you wouldn't see it on the booklist."

The pink haired girl whistled, picking up some more books, which seemed to make Jirou realize she should be polite and help too, and handed them to Momo.

"You must really like to read if you chose to bring all these extra books! You're going to be in Ravenclaw for sure!" The girl said confidently as Momo shoved the last of the books into the bag and all of them stood up. Grinning at them, the girl started playing with the tips of her hair, her face beaming with friendliness. "I'm Mina Ashido! I want to be in Gryffindor or Hufflepuff! What about you guys?"

Momo and Jirou both smiled in return, and Jirou spoke first. Excitement in her eyes now that they were talking about houses.

"Kyouka Jirou, and I want to be in Gryffindor!" Mina clapped her hands together excitedly.

"We both want to be in Gryffindor that's awesome! I hope we both get in, then we can be Gryffindor buddies!" Jirou nodded enthusiastically, and Momo, not wanting to get excluded from the conversation, decided it was a good point to introduce herself.

"I'm Yao- er, Momo Yaoyorozu, and I want to be in Ravenclaw like you said!" Momo stopped herself form saying her last name first like she had been taught, she had noticed no one else said their last name first, and she didn't want to be out of the loop if saying your last name first was the old way of introducing yourself.

Mina laughed.

"I'd bet 5 galleons if I had any that you will be in Ravenclaw! Those books you have look super advanced!" Jirou nodded in agreement with Mina, adding:

"And like, you have the look of a Ravenclaw about you!" Momo didn't quite know what that meant, but since Mina said "oooh you're right!" in agreement, Momo just tuck some of her black hair behind her ear and thanked them shyly.

"Ah this is so exciting! I haven't even made it to Hogwarts yet and I've already met a smart Ravenclaw and a possible Gryffindor buddie! This is so awesome!" Mina bounced, her hands clapping together in excitement and a brilliant smile on her face.

"Do you guys want to grab a compartment together?!" Mina asked, hope written all over her face. Momo's stomach soared as she realized Mina was offering what her parents told her was "the first step towards lasting friendships". She nodded enthusiastically, clutching her book bag tightly to her chest. Jirou nodded too, and Mina laughed with joy, her arms reaching above her head as she exclaimed.

"Yay! Oh, this is going to be so fun!"

"Yes, it will be! I have my suitcases in a compartment down this way, so we can see if it's still empty if you'd guys like?" Momo offered, and Mina and Jirou agreed and they hurried down the hallway, chattering excitedly.

They passed a compartment, and Mina stopped momentarily and waved at a boy with red hair, who waved back enthusiastically. He was sitting in a full compartment with 5 other boys. Two were blonde, but one had a weird wave thing in his hair, while the other was sending off serious signals that he didn't like anyone in the compartment. Sitting as far away from the fuming blonde as possible, was a boy with green curly hair and freckles, he was scribbling furiously in a notebook. Next to him, was a tall boy with glasses, who was sitting near the door and peering out at everyone passing with a critical frown on his face. Sitting next to the red-haired boy, was another tall boy who had a cat like grin on his face as he and the wavy blonde joked back and forth. After waving to the red head, Momo and her new friends walked to the compartment where Momo left her suitcase, and sitting there was two girls who looked to be first year. Opening the door, Momo walked inside and smiled as they both turned and looked at her.

"Hello, I left my suitcases in here, would it be ok if we joined you?" Momo asked, and they both nodded, smiling at her.

One of them, a girl with long blackish green hair shaped into a bow like loop at the bottom and a rather frog like face, put her finger to her chin and spoke curtly as Momo, Mina, and Jirou sat down.

"We don't mind, we were hoping whoever left the suitcases would come back. My name is Tsuyu Asui, please call me Tsuyu." Turning pointedly towards the brown-haired girl sitting next to the window, she directed everyone's attention to her.

Sitting up straight, the brown-haired girl gave them all a chipper smile.

"I'm Ochako Uraraka!"

After that, all the girls introduced themselves and started talking.

Momo found out a lot about this girls in the hours before arriving at Hogwarts.

For example, she was the only pure blood of them all. Mina, Tsuyu, and Jirou were half-bloods, while Uraraka was a muggle born.

Momo was also the only one who wanted to be in Ravenclaw, with everyone else wanting to be in Gryffindor and Mina also wouldn't mind Hufflepuff.

After the trolley came, and Momo insisted on buying everyone something from it as a sign of their new friendship, they all were laughing and joking and introducing Uraraka to the joy of collecting chocolate frog cards.

After four hours, they finally arrived at Hogwarts. The excitement of waiting anxiously on the platform as the older students hustled towards the carriages would forever be remembered by all the first years. So, will the boat ride across the lake, where Professor Thirteen accompanied them in the little boats, where Mina, Momo, and Jirou got into a boat together, with Tsuyu ending in one with the green haired boy and a black-haired boy with a birdish face. Uraraka sat in the front of the boat with the boy Mina waved at and the grumpy blonde who was with him in the compartment. Momo could practically see Uraraka restraining herself from bouncing the boat with excitement, and Momo herself was feeling a spring of nerves gurgling with exuberance as the boats magically floated across the lake. After a couple minutes, the boats finally rounded a bend, and everyone gasped loudly as Hogwarts came into view.

It was so much better than her father had described to her. She wasn't even sure if she could describe just how wonderful it was.

After docking and climbing out, Momo followed the crowd as they walked towards the large entrance doors that were somehow more welcoming then foreboding. Professor Thirteen knocked three times on the doors, the knocks vibrating loudly. A few seconds later, and the doors opened to a tall man with shaggy black hair and a cut under his eye. He looked very tired. He peered critically down at all of them before addressing Thirteen.

"This is them huh?" Thirteen nodded and walked inside, leaving the first years with the tired man. He sighed, and beckoned them to follow him.

"Come with me, and don't slack behind. I won't be looking back for any stragglers so if you miss the sorting ceremony because you wander off don't blame me."

This caused all the first years to hurry after him, none of them wanting to be the straggler he talked about.

He led them off to a large room, where he introduced himself finally after closing the door behind a short boy with purple, grape like hair with a snap.

"I'm Professor Aizawa. Potions master of this school and head of Slytherin house. Now, what is going to happen, is in a few minutes I will take you to the Great Hall, where you will be sorted into your houses. I trust you all already know what the houses are, but it's mandatory that I tell you so I will explain anyway. You have Hufflepuff, where the ones who value loyalty go. Then you have Gryffindor, where the ones who value bravery above all else go. Then Slytherin, where ambitiousness thrives. And finally, Ravenclaw, they value the pursuit of knowledge. Everyone got all that?" he called out, and when everyone grumbled yes- the boy with glasses from before saying a loud "yes professor!"- he sighed in content.

"Good. I'll be back, don't leave this room." And then he left.

The talk turned nervous, and people started asking about how the sorting was done. The curly haired freckled boy started spouting possible sorting methods -one involved having to pin or break robots to earn points which would determine which house you were in somehow- while another was a rumor that you had to dual a seventh year. None of his theories really made sense, but it did a good job of making Momo nervous, and she started reciting the spells she knew that could come in handy under her breath. The fuming blonde didn't seem to like the curly boy saying all this, and he started yelling at him to shut up. The freckled boy jumped and started running around the outside of everyone as the loud blonde started chasing him, waving his wand in the air threateningly.

After a few minutes of listening to the freckled and fuming boy arguing, Professor Aizawa finally came back into the room and beckoned them to follow him, his eyebrow quirking up at the two boys as they both came to a screeching halt. He didn't pursue the problem though, and just continued talking as if he didn't see anything.

"Come along in lines of two, it's time for the sorting."

The anxiety of the sorting all kind of formed into a blur.

Momo remembers realizing they were calling out names alphabetically, which meant she was going to be the last one to be sorted, and focusing very hard on looking just like her parents had taught her so she at least didn't look scared being the last one up here.

Mina was the first one called to the sorting hat, which the first years had all breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing. The freckled boy's ramblings had scared them all a little bit.

Mina skipped towards the hat excitedly, and as Professor Aizawa placed the hat onto her head her brilliant eyes vanished within the folds of the hat. A moment later, the hat shouted "HUFFLEPUFF" and Mina took off the hat and, grinning ear to ear, skip ran to the loudly cheering table.

Tsuyu was called next, and she was the first Gryffindor to be sorted.

Aizawa called out the name: "Bakugou, Katsuki." and the angry blonde strutted up to the stool. The hat was on his head for a while, before finally shouting "SLYTHERIN!" and Bakugou looked just as angry as he stomped towards the Slytherin table and sat down in an empty space.

The glasses wearing boy was called next, his name being revealed as "Iida, Tenya.". He was the first person who was sorted into Ravenclaw.

Jirou jumped besides Momo as her name was called, and she hurried forward.

"GRYFFINDOR!" Called the hat, and Jirou ran off to join Tsuyu.

"Kaminari, Denki." The blonde with a black wave in his hair was sorted into Hufflepuff.

"Kirishima, Eijirou" was called, and the red headed boy stumbled to the stool. The hat hadn't even covered his eyes before it shouted "GRYFFINDOR!" and Kirishima ran with a brilliant smile to the table, and Momo could have sworn she saw him wipe away a tear as "Kouda, Koji" was sorted into Hufflepuff.

"Midoriya, Izuku." Aizawa called, and the curly green haired freckle boy tripped on his way to the stool, and amongst the stifled laughter he got up red faced, and sat on the stool. Unlike Kirishima, the hat covered his eyes, but it also soon shouted "GRYFFINDOR!", and off Midoriya trotted, his eyes bright and an almost painfully bright smile on his face.

"Mineta, Minoru." Was sorted into Slytherin.

"Ojiro, Misharao." Went to Gryffindor, and then "Sato, Rikido" did as well.

"Sero, Hanta." Also went to Hufflepuff, and he bounded to sit with Mina and Kaminari.

Next "Shoji Mezo." Went to Hufflepuff.

And then the boy with the bird like face was called up when Professor Aizawa called up "Tokoyami, Fumikage" and he went to Gryffindor as well.

Momo patted Uraraka supportively on the back when her name was called. On wobbly legs, Uraraka walked towards the stool and sat down with bated breath. The hat sat for a moment, before calling out "GRYFFINDOR!". Momo clapped with all the other students as Uraraka politely handed the hat back to Professor Aizawa, and then she ran with a skip in her steps to sit next to Tsuyu and Jirou, and across from Midoriya who blushed as she beamed at him.

It was only Momo and another boy, and she was surprised when she was called forward first.

"Yaoyorozu, Momo."

She hurried just like everyone else to the stool, and she faced a jump of surprise as she turned to sit down and saw the sea of people watching her before the hat fell onto her head. A second later she heard it scream: "RAVENCLAW!" and she excitedly took the hat off her head and nodded to Professor Aizawa as she handed it to him, and then excitement took over and she ran to the Ravenclaw table where Iida was gesturing for her to come sit with him, and she did so beaming with swelling happiness.

Looking across the Great Hall, Momo saw all the other first years smiling, even grumpy Bakugou was having a hard time keeping a grin down, and as headmaster Nedzu got up and gave his speech and then called forth the food, Momo made eye contact with the other girls, and they all beamed at each other.

They were officially Hogwarts students.

The start of the next seven years was starting now.

Five years later, they were all still friends.

The train ride to Hogwarts had become crowded with more people from across all the houses over the years- though Bakugou was the only Slytherin. To fit all of them into some sort of group, they had to take up two compartments. Momo still sat with Mina, Jirou, and Ochako (Uraraka insisted in second year that everyone called her by her first name), and Tsuyu. Except now the five boys from their first train ride were with them as well.

It was a ritual for them all to gather in one compartment when the food trolley came, and whoever ate the least last year paid for this year. It might have made more sense to have whoever ate the most must pay, but Ochako was incredibly poor and since she always ate so much, they had the least pay as their way of making sure Ochako ate without having to worry about paying. Because Momo knows she's the richest out of everyone, she often purposefully eats the least so she must pay. And since the second year where this ritual started, Momo's had to pay for 4 train rides.

She didn't mind, she much more appreciates the look of happiness on her friends faces as they dived into the array of foods she'd bought then actually eating it herself. And listening to all the exciting news her friends always had was much easier to listen to when you weren't stuffing your face.

This year, the exciting news had been universal, and all they talked about the whole train ride to Hogwarts.

The Triwizard Tournament was happening this year.

~Chapter 1~

"Hey Yaomomo! What do you know about Durmstrang and Beauxbaton?" Kaminari called out to her, and as she turned to look towards him, he, Sero, and Mina jogged to walk alongside her. Reaching where she'd stopped, Mina hooked her arm through Momo's while Kaminari skidded to walk next to her and Sero next to him. They were all looking at her expectantly, so Momo reached into her brain for the little she knew of the other wizarding schools.

"Well," Momo started, taking a step forward with Mina and the rest following as they started walking to Herbology. "I know more about Beauxbaton than Durmstrang. My mother attended Beauxbaton, and she's told me a little bit about what it was like when she went there."

"Really?" Mina inquired, her voice peaked with curiosity. "How did your parents meet then if she went to school in France and your dad went to Hogwarts?"

"Oh, well they were betrothed. Both come from long pure blood families, and her family was falling short in fortune and managed to get a betrothal contract with my father's family who's very influential in the ministry."

"Oh wow, pure bloods really do live in a different world! Betrothal contracts and all that doesn't happen with half-bloods." Mina stated, as they reached the large doors leading to the grounds. Sero whistled in agreement.

"Yeah, and it definitely doesn't happen with muggleborns!"

Momo shrugged, a little embarrassed that they were so fascinated at something she had been raised to think was normal.

"Yes, well, I guess it's not exactly romantic, but it's practical in some cases." She shifted her book bag more securely on her shoulder as they started walking toward the greenhouses, where people in black robes and vests of scarlet and green could be seen exiting. "For example, in the olden days it was considered the only option as muggles and the magical world were at odds-"

"That's fascinating Yaomomo, but before we go too far off topic you were gonna tell us about Beauxbaton!" Kaminari cut in, and Momo blinked as she had almost forgotten how they'd come into the subject of arraigned marriages.

"Oh right. Thank you for reminding me!"

And so Momo started giving them a quick summary of the little she knew about Beauxbaton, as they neared the green houses. Momo stopped talking when they passed the group of students coming from Herbology. They all raised their hands and waved at their passing friends of Gryffindor, with Ochako, Midoriya, and Kirishima waving back. Kyouka was sick today with a common cold, and even though it had been cured by the hospital wings nurse Madame Recovery already, she was going through a checkup and wouldn't be allowed out until lunch.

"See you guys at lunch!" Ochako hollered cheerfully to them, amplifying her shout with a hand cupped around her mouth while the other waved. Momo smiled at her and waved in agreement while Mina gave two thumbs up and shouted back,

"See ya then!"

They next passed the Slytherins, and Bakugou was noticeable immediately by his posture and loud mouth.

At seeing him, Momo's Hufflepuff friends took it upon themselves to start hollering cheerful and friendly things at him.

"HEY BAKUGOU! WE ARE GOING TO HANG OUT AT LUNCH, WANNA JOIN?" Mina called, bringing both hands to cup around her mouth, moving Momo's still hooked arm with her.

"FUCK NO!" Was Bakugou's simple response. Kaminari chimed in at this point.

"AH COME ON MAN! IT'LL BE FUN! AT LEAST COME JOIN US GUYS IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE AROUND GIRLS!"

"YEAH BRO! WE'RE GONNA CHILL NEAR THE LAKE AND THROW STONES!"

Bakugou's answer was still the same, and as they moved past the Slytherin's, Momo withheld a laugh as she heard Kirishima shouting back at Bakugou,

"COME ON BRO IT'LL BE AWESOME! MIDORIYA SET A NEW RECORD FOR SKIPPING STONES AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND BEAT IT!"

There was a pause, and as they finally reached the green houses, they heard Bakugou faintly shout: "FUCKING FINE! I'LL GO AND BEAT DEKU'S SHITTY RECORD AND THEN PISS OFF TO DO SOMETHING ACTUALLY FUN!"

Momo sighed, he had such a foul mouth. She wasn't the only one to think so, as Iida Tenya harrumphed in displeasure. It wasn't a surprise to Momo that Iida was already at the green houses before everyone else, he had a talent for arriving early to whatever class it was.

As they walked to join him at the green house door, Iida shook his head, his prefect badge gleaming in the light.

"Another year and still a horrible temper. I don't understand why Professor Aizawa made him a prefect!" None of them had an answer, so they just chatted about school until the rest of the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws joined them.

Professor Thirteen opened the green house door then, and they all shuffled in and the lesson started.

Momo paid excellent attention, as usual, and as she and Mina attempted to extract pods without getting their hands tangled by the plant vines Momo was as vigilant as ever.

But, in the back of her mind, she found herself wondering what Durmstrang was like.

Lunch time finally arrived, and Momo and Iida walked into the Great Hall together, comparing notes on their most recent Ancient Runes lesson.

Lunch was the only time where inter-house mingling was allowed, and students from different houses could bring their plates and sit at any table they pleased to chat with friends. There were more students than normal fluttering around the Great Hall, the new additions sporting light blue robes and obvious French accents. They were from Beauxbaton, who had arrived two days earlier for the Triwizard Tournament.

Durmstrang had yet to arrive, but was expected any day now. Or that's what Professor Midnight, head of Ravenclaw, had told Momo when she asked.

The air was filled with excitement, as the Hogwarts students were excited for Beauxbaton being there and for Durmstrang's arrival. At the Gryffindor table, Midoriya called over Iida, and Momo saw Kyouka, Ochako, and Tsuyu beckoning her to join them a couple seats down from Midoriya. Moving to join their friends, Momo and Iida sat down and Momo pulled a plate towards her.

"How are you feeling Kyouka? Are you better?" Momo inquired, piling a salad onto her plate. Kyouka nodded, swallowing her peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

"Yeah I feel a lot better. Madame Recovery's cold potions really work fast."

"Oh, I'm glad!" Momo said, and their conversation dwindled as they all ate into a comfortable silence.

Mina suddenly appeared, plunking down across from Momo and next to Tsuyu, quickly grabbing food and stuffing it onto her plate. They all stared at how fast she was eating.

"Whoa Mina, you being timed or something?" Kyouka asked in disbelief as Mina shoved a roll ham sandwich into her mouth. Pink flounced side to side as Mina shook her head, swallowing hard.

"No, I just want to eat quickly so I can use the rest of lunch hanging out near the lake!" Momo remembered then the conversation the boys had had earlier.

"Oh, is Bakugou really going to try and beat Midoriya's new "record'' in skipping rocks?"

Mina nodded.

"Yeah! And according to Eij he's super fired up about it so I have to watch!" Ochako leaned forward, interested, and asked with her chin on her hands and a smile on her face,

"Sounds fun! Can I come watch too?" Along Mina's muffled sounds of "sure!" Momo looked up at the ceiling. Through the enchantment cast on it, you could see the sky outside as well as if you stepped outdoors and looked up. Seeing a nice soothing blue sky, with clouds dotted here and there, Momo thought it was a good day to study outside.

"May I come as well?" Momo asked, looking back down from the sky and smiling. "It's a nice day to be outside, and sitting near the lake and reading a book is always pleasant!" Mina grinned at both Ochako and Momo.

"Of course! The more the merrier!"

The calm waters of the black lake was serene to gaze out to, and Momo found a nice tree to sit under while the boys- Bakugou, Kaminari, Sero, Kirishima, Midoriya, and the convinced to come Iida- were huddled at the lake shore scouring for good stones to throw. Occasionally one of the would stand up triumphantly and pocket a stone, before going back to look for more.

Momo had played a couple times, and she was told it was a variant of a muggle game where you'd find a smooth stone and throw it in just the right way so it'd bounce of the water. The goal was to try and get it to skip as many times as possible. The version they played however, had them using a hovering charm to pick up the stone, and then toss it using the charm instead of throwing it with your hands. It was both a fun game and a good practice of magic.

Momo was ex-qualified from playing, as she'd figured out the year before multiple equations that would make the stone bounce exactly 15 times before sinking, and she had done so using variables such as the smoothness of the stone, the movement of the water, and the tilt at which the rock hit the waves. Really, it was complex math. The others, who didn't understand her equations when she tried explaining it, claimed what she was doing was "not allowed" and "cheating". Momo was still a little huffy that, apparently, using her brain was cheating.

But she much preferred to relax with a book then play anyway, so being banned from the game wasn't as bad as she had thought it would be.

There was a nice breeze today, and Momo closed her eyes with a hum and leaned against the bark of the tree, listening to the sounds of nature that surrounded her.

Ochako and Mina were helping collect stones, and Momo was close enough that she could hear them laughing together as they helped Bakugou angrily find his stones away from the others.

A couple moments later and the game finally started, and Ochako and Mina joined Momo under the tree to watch.

Momo got lost in her book, and wasn't paying much attention to the game nor anyone around her. She sometimes heard shouting and laughter, but rarely looked up as the words and the pages drew her deeper and deeper into them.

"Oh! Isn't that Professor Nezu?"

That got Momo's attention, and she snapped her gaze away from the book and looked towards Ochako, who was pointing up the shore. Closing her book, Momo's face grew surprised as sure enough, Professor Nezu- Headmaster of Hogwarts- stood on the shore looking across it expectantly. A figure robed in silky blue was with him.

"It is! And that's Beauxbaton's Headmistress Madame Uwabami!" Momo said, and Mina moved closer to Momo and Ochako's side of the tree so she could see them for herself. Standing on her knees, Mina put her hands on Ochako's shoulder and shielded her eyes, peering towards the Headmasters and letting out a curious "oooh"

"What do you think they're waiting for?" Mina asked, looking over at Momo. Momo bit her lip as she thought.

"I'm not sure…" Momo admitted, but as she looked out across the grounds, she saw Beauxbaton studens and Hogwarts ones filing out of the castle and the large Beauxbaton carriage. The gathering of all them could only mean one thing.

"I, think they might be waiting for Durmstrang to arrive!" Momo said excitedly, and Mina and Ochako let out a squeal of excitement.

"Really? What makes you think so?" Ochako asked eagerly. Momo pointed towards the large number of students being ushered to stay on the lake side of the grounds by teachers.

"I assume it's why they're gathering a lot of students. If not for the arrival of Durmstrang, it must be important enough to make sure a lot of students see it." Momo stated. "We should all probably go over there and see what's going on."

After gathering the boys and filling them in on what they thought was going on, they all started walking towards the gaggle of students and teachers. Professor Aizawa saw them walking towards them, and strode to meet them halfway.

"I'm glad you all had the sense to see everyone gathering and come join. Some people didn't have the thought to do that." He's eyes swept over them, and he pinpointed the few with prefect badges. "Prefects, I ask that you go to your common rooms quickly and tell all students fifth year and up, to gather near the lake. Durmstrang will be arriving soon and Headmaster Nedzu wants all fifth and up present." He then walked off, and Iida, Momo, Bakugou, Kirishima, and Ochako all left to perform the prefect duties he asked of them.

Half an hour later and the prefects went and joined their house mates, in standing behind their house head, who in turn were standing behind the headmasters. Momo stood behind Professor Midnight, and as she looked around she noticed with amusement that the houses were organized exactly like their house tables.

Gryffindor was on the far left, with Hufflepuff next to them. And Ravenclaw was in the middle of Hufflepuff and Slytherin, who was on the far right. Next to the Slytherins, was the twelve Beauxbaton students, standing behind one of their teachers, a large man with boar like teeth and a heavyset brow. Momo vaguely remembered them calling him "Professor Vlad" or something similar.

Maybe another twenty minutes later, and Momo's breath caught in her throat as a ripple appeared on the surface of the lake. At first it was small, but then it became larger, and larger, until a slim pole jutted out of it. Following the pole, was the large ship it was attached to.

Surfacing out of the water like a whale breaching the sea, the ship slammed into the lake as it fell from its upright position it had emerged in, onto its bow. Its sails unfurled, revealing the symbol of Durmstrang.

The ship sailed close to shore, and Professor Nezu opened his arms in welcome. A magically extending plank fell from the ship to the shore, and a tall, broad figure soon strode onto it and towards Professor Nezu.

"Ah! Professor Endeavor! I welcome you and your school to my own!" Spoke Professor Nezu.

The man was intimidating. He wasn't as tall as Professor All Might, but he did tower over most of the other teachers. His red hair stood out against the black of his ship. He was also incredibly broad, and he walked with a lot of confidence towards Professor Nezu. He let out a deep laugh, that sounded more jarring to Momo then friendly.

"Thank you Professor Nezu, I see you're still well." Endeavor turned and looked towards Uwabami, who gave him what Momo's mother called "a professional smile". Meaning that it didn't have any natural meaning behind it, and was used to seem polite. "Beauxbaton is also here already. I take it that means everything is going according to plan?" Endeavor's smile looked eager.

"Yes! We will start tomorrow!" Professor Nezu replied.

Professor Endeavor soon went back onto his ship, telling Professor Nezu that his students would join them all for dinner. They wouldn't leave the ship till then.

The crowd scattered after that, and went on their day as usual. Except when looking out windows facing towards the lake, the black masts of the Durmstrang ship could be seen.

Fourth years and down- who weren't called to watch Durmstrang arrive- were brimming with questions.

"How did it come out of the water?"

"What type of spell do you think they used to travel under water?"

and "did you see any of the students? Were they hot?" were just some of the questions Momo was asked that day. It had all quickly became tiring, and Momo was relieved when classes were over for the day so the questions could stop. And, so study group could begin!

She met Kaminari, Kirishima, Mina, Kouda (a quiet Hufflepuff), Kyouka, and Ochako in the Great Hall for their usual Wednesday study group. It was a time when Momo would help them with their studies: she'd let them look at her notes, she'd read through their essays, and they would all help each other the best they could. Momo was appointed head of the study group, since most of the time it was her helping the others, and rarely was it ever the other way around.

"Let's do study group outside today!" Kaminari said, his eyes gleaming. "We can find a place near the lake, one with a good look at the Durmstrang ship! Ya know, so we can look at it while we study!" Everyone agreed with him, they were all curious about Durmstrang after all. Momo led them to a tree near the lake, it was on a little overhand above the water, and pretty close to the Durmstrang ship without getting to close.

"Wow it looks so cool! What do you think the inside is like?!" Kaminari asked, but before the others could answer and they'd fall into a hole of imagining, Momo interjected.

"You can ask a Durmstrang student some point this year Kaminari, right now we are here to study. And if the ship is too distracting I will move us all inside." Momo folded her arms and sat down elegantly on the grass. Grumbling, Kaminari sat across from her and pulled out his school books, his back to the ship.

They formed a U like shape, with Momo and Kaminari at the two ends. Kirishima sat by himself facing the water at the very end with Ochako and Kouda on both sides. Ochako, and Kyouka sat on Kaminari's side, while Mina and Kouda sat on Momo's. They soon all set to work, and twenty minutes later Momo was done with her homework. Looking up, she saw Kaminari reading his Transfiguration book his eyes glazed and a rock in his hand that he idly moved across his fingertips. Mina was deep in a conversation with Ochako, both comparing notes on divination. while Jirou, Kouda, and Kirishima were also reading.

None of them needing her help, Momo decided to stretch her arms up, she had been in a rather un-lady like hunched position while she worked, and her muscles had cramped. Closing her eyes, Momo let her arms fall onto the grass and she leaned on them behind her. It was a nice evening. The sun was starting to set over the mountains, and a cool breeze tickled her face and ponytailed hair as it brushed past her.

It was so peaceful.

Opening her eyes, Momo's eyes landed on the black ship of Durmstrang. She wondered what being in Durmstrang was like. She wondered that a lot in fifth year, when her parents admitted that Momo had been accepted into Beauxbaton as well as Hogwarts, but her parents wanted her to be closer to them so hid the Beauxbaton letter from her. She didn't regret their decision nor the choice of coming to Hogwarts, it just miffed her a little bit that her parents didn't let her choose for herself. She remembered how overbearing Professor Endeavor had looked, and wondered if he was actually like that or if she was just reading him wrong. As her eyes looked across the completely empty deck of Durmstrang, Momo had a suspicious feeling that she hadn't read him wrong.

She shifted her gaze to the mountains behind the Durmstrang ship, but movement caught her eye and made her snap her attention back to the Durmstrang ship. Someone was on deck.

Her breath caught in her throat as a student walked into view. It was a boy, and his movements were cautious as he walked over to the railing. He grasped the railing in his hands and leaned over, and Momo felt her heart beat faster.

His hair was white and red. And it looked natural- or at least, it did from the distance Momo was to him. She couldn't make out any distinguishing features besides his odd colored hair, the dimming light of the setting sun distorting her vision too much to pinpoint anything about him, but for some reason her heart was still beating faster from just looking at him.

Her curiosity peaked as he seemed to reach one of his hands to trace something on the left side of his face, but again, the distance she was at made it impossible for Momo to see what he was touching. Momo held her breath as he put his hand down, his white hair catching the setting rays of the sun almost picture perfectly.

Momo was wondering what she should do- whether she should keep looking or respect that boy's privacy- when Kaminari decided he was done playing with the rock, and threw it over the side of the overhand and into the water, creating a huge splash. The suddenness of it made Momo jump, but as she looked around at her friends, none of them had reacted to it. They were all engrossed in their homework, Kirishima repeating something under his breath and Ochako was scratching her head. None of them may have looked when the rock was thrown, but as Momo looked back over at the Durmstrang ship, she saw the boy on the deck looking directly at her.

His hand was covering the left side of his face, but Momo could tell he was staring at her intensely. Her pulse quickened and she wanted to panic, but she forced herself to calm down and think. The boy was still staring at her, and Momo didn't want to appear rude, so she lifted a hand and waved at him, putting a friendly smile on her face.

He was still for a moment, just staring at her, and Momo started to wonder if she had done something wrong, when he lowered his left hand and started to wave back. He wasn't able to fully wave back however- as a faint slamming sound was heard and the boy turned sharply to see whoever had slammed the door. Momo bit her lip as Endeavor strode into view, his face furious. She ducked her head down, not wanting to be caught. She couldn't hear what they were saying, but she pretended to look busy so if Endeavor did look over at her, she would look innocent. Which, Momo supposed she was. There wasn't a rule against being friendly after all, so technically, Momo did nothing wrong.

She highly doubted Endeavor would care though, so she kept her head down.

A few minutes later, she dared looked up again, and she felt relief as she saw Endeavor's retreating back. The boy was standing stock still watching him go, before he started following him stiffly. But then he stopped, his duo-colored hair blowing gently in the breeze, and turned to face Momo again.

Seeing her looking at him, he raised a hand and waved, before turning and striding after Endeavor and out of sight.

Watching him go, Momo felt her heart finally start slowing its beats. Swallowing, Momo absently looked around at her friends, they didn't look like they saw anything. They were still consumed with finishing their homework. Looking back at the ship, Momo remembered Professor Endeavor telling Professor Nezu that "My students will be introduced at dinner."

Biting her lip, Momo looked anxiously down at her watch to check when dinner started.

The Great Hall was filled with chatter as Momo walked in, her friends trailing behind her tiredly. Bidding each other good night, they all moved to their respective house tables and sat down. The Ravenclaws dark blue was now joined by light blue, as Beauxbaton had chosen their table to sit at.

Momo found Iida and sat across from him, her back to the Slytherin table. She waited the next few minutes as the last few people sat down anxiously. She really wanted to see the Durmstrang students now- or, if she was being honest with herself- she just really wanted to see the boy from the deck in the light and up close. He refused to leave her thoughts as she waited for her friends to be ready for dinner, and she cursed the dim light of the setting sun that refused her from getting a good look at him.

Finally, Professor Nezu stood up, and silence fell over the Hall. Clearing his throat, he began.

"As you all know by now, we have the honor of hosting the Triwizard Tournament this year, a wonderful event designed to strengthen school unity and form bonds! A few days ago, we were joined by the lovely students of Beauxbaton." He paused, and Headmistress Uwabami stood up from her seat at the house table, smiling kindly at the applause her school was receiving.

"And, I'm sure you know as well, that the Triwizard Tournament isn't just our two schools. It's a tournament built for three, and so to fulfill that criteria of three, May I introduce to you all- Durmstrang Institution! and their Headmaster, Professor Endeavor!"

The double doors to the Great Hall burst open, and Professor Endeavor strode in with the confidence of the minister. He was wearing large blood red robes, with hints of orange adorning the edges that gave the garment the look of being on fire at the ends. But Momo's attention wasn't on Endeavor, nor did it seem most students were.

Following immediately behind Endeavor, in Durmstrang's rose red robes and draped in a fur lined cloak- was the boy from the deck.

Momo gasped as she saw him in the light.

He was gorgeous.

He's dual color hair wasn't just white and red, no.

The right was a pure white that reminded Momo of the freshly lain snow that littered the alps, glistening in the candle light like the snow reflected the rising sun. It had the look, that if you touched it, it would slide through your fingers like water but be as smooth as ice to the touch. On the left, the red reminded Momo of a crimson painting. Each strand was a perfect stroke of a brush, painted by a pro who put detail and life into every streak of crimson. As he walked, the red swayed in such a way that it reminded Momo of a candles fire, being blown in the slightest of breeze. Both colors met in the middle, and down the center bangs which fell between his eyes in an undistinguishable line. Momo couldn't tell where the red ended or the white began and vice versa.

Saying his face was attractive, would be an understatement. As she watched him stride into the room after Professor Endeavor, Momo wasn't sure if even the most skillful of poet or musician would be able to describe just how attractive he was. Momo's eyes found the left side of his face, and she felt a jolt of surprise run through her as she realized just what he had been hiding on the deck- he had a scar. It was light red in color, and surrounded the entirety of his left eye and around. It stopped before his nose, and was slightly above the cheek bone as it curved to run behinds his red bangs. Despite being large and hard to ignore, it didn't detract from his looks, instead it added to them a mysterious edge.

Momo noted with interest, as his eyes swept across the Hall, that he had heterochromia. His right eye, was a steel gray, while his left was a piercing sea green. Despite being surrounded by a clearly nasty to get scar, his left eye seemed to work fine. And as he looked around the great hall again, Momo realized with a chill how icy his stare was.

Unlike his fellow Durmstrang student's, who were looking around with curiosity, he was looking around with a look of indifference. And as Momo watched, his gaze shifted from the Great Hall to Professor Endeavor's back, where his eyes narrowed into a chilling glare.

Glancing around the Great Hall, Momo noticed a particularly tall Gryffindor- who she dimly remembered being Inasa Yoarashi- was also giving Professor Endeavor a mean glare. Though his was not as chilling as the Durmstrang boys was.

At the Hufflepuff table, Momo saw Mina and a few others, rising slightly in their seats to get a better look at him, and Momo could see a couple Gryffindor's and Ravenclaw's doing so as well. Momo was sure, that if she looked behind her, she'd also see a few Slytherin's doing it too.

Mina's mouth seemed to be stuck in an "O" position, and Sero and Kaminari had to pull her back into her seat before she could stand fully. Momo wasn't surprised, Mina had always been more susceptible to good looks then the others, and since even Momo was being affected with how handsome this Durmstrang boy was, it wasn't a surprise Mina was having such a large reaction.

After observing her friends and others, Momo turned her attention back to him. He had walked past her now, and was almost to the end of the Great Hall were the High table was. As she watched his retreating back, he turned his head and looked back at her.

A thrill of surprise went through Momo, and as his sea green eye looked at her with a hint of recognition, Momo realized with embarrassment that he recognized her as the girl who saw him on the deck. Before she had time to really react to his gaze, he looked forward again.

Reaching the end of the hall, Professor Endeavor turned and looked critically at all the students with an air of judgment. His students stopped behind him and waited, their backs straight and arms tight against their sides. Momo realized with interest, that the good looking Durmstrang was the only one who wore a fur lined cloak, everyone else was just wearing the normal rose red uniforms with no cloak. This had to mean he was important in some way.

Professor Nezu smiled at the Durmstrang students, and he asked Endeavor good naturedly, his eyes landing on the handsome one.

"I'm glad to see all your students are in good health!"

"I only brought the best and most healthy students with me, so I should hope they all look healthy." Was Endeavor's reply. Gesturing to the good looking one, Professor Nezu asked curiously,

"And this is your son, isn't it?" Endeavor nodded. Momo didn't hear what he said, as a bunch of whispering had started the moment Endeavor confirmed it.

'That would explain the special cloak." Momo mused, and now that she looked closer, she supposed Endeavor's hair and his were a very similar red. Though Endeavor's, didn't look as good on him, as it did on his son.

Professor Endeavor then told his students to sit down at the Slytherin table, and as they followed his instructions he moved to his seat at the High table next to Professor All Might. They seemed to know each other, as Professor All Might raised his hand as if greeting an old friend, only for Professor Endeavor to give him something close to a sneer in return.

Glancing over her shoulder, Momo couldn't see where the handsome Durmstrang boy had sat, but she had a good guess at where he was, judging by all the Slytherin girls attempting to switch seats with none other than Bakugou, who looked ready to explode if one more person asked to sit where he was.

As the food appeared on the tables, Momo ate in silence, her mind working in overtime to try and solve the mysterious feeling that this year, was going to change her life forever.