"Roman, Roman" Yelled a voice in Bulgarian, practically throwing him out of bed
"What?" He yelled back in Bulgarian, staring up at Victor
"The dark mark" Victor hissed, "come on" this time, Victor did throw him out of bed
Roman could hear the terrified screams outside the tent
"Where is everyone" he asked getting dressed
"They went to help" said Victor tugging on his shoes and then he all but dragged him out of the tent, "stick close" Victor yelled over the noise, as they ran through the throng of people
Roman bumped into someone causing them both to topple to the floor
"Ow" yelled the voice
"Run" yelled Victor
Roman grabbed the person that he had bumped into and started running; they ended up in a clearing and stopped to catch their breath
"It's you-know-who's mark" said a the little girl that Roman had bumped into
"It vil be alright" he said staring at the blond haired girl, she couldn't be older then thirteen. Then switching to Bulgarian he said, "What is going on"
"I'm not sure" Victor replied in Bulgarian, "get your wand out"
Roman checked his pocket 'uh oh' "I don't have it"
"What" hissed Victor, before another word could be said; a series of popping noises announced the arrival of twenty wizards, appearing from thin air, surrounding them
Roman whirled around, and in a split second he registered one fact, each of these wizards had his wand out and every wand was pointing at the three of them.
"DUCK" yelled the little girl; all three dropped to the ground as the wizards yelled "Stupefy" jets of fiery red lights flew over them hitting each other or rebounding into the darkness
"STOP" yelled a voice, cutting through the crowd, "That's Annie, James's daughter"
Roman raised his head, a man with curly black hair came to help the little girl and the wizards around them lowered their wands
The day had been quite difficult for Roman, with the stress of the quidditch world cup and then those two crazy people, and now he had almost been killed, so he did what any sane person would do, he started yelling
"Are these people mad" he yelled in Bulgarian, standing up, "is everyone in this country crazy! Do you just randomly attack innocent bystanders?" he asked furious, of course no one understood a word he was saying, to them he looked like a mad man
And that's exactly what Krum told him, to no avail, Roman kept yelling in Bulgarian waving his arms around for emphasis.
"Which of you did it" snapped an elderly man, dressed in an impeccably crisp suit and tie, "which of you conjured the dark mark?"
Roman stared at the man as if he was insane, he took a calming deep breath and then started swearing in English, he called the poor man every name under the sun and then some, even with Romans accent, it was quite clear what he thought of the man.
"-AND DO VE LOOK LIKE YOU-KNOW-WHO'Z ZUPPORTERZ" he roared "YOU IMBECILE, LOOK AT YOUR OWN PEOPLE BEFORE YOU ACCUZE UZ-"
Before anyone could stop him, Crouch actually replied, "Now don't you lie to us, young man, you might think your important but you have no power with us-"
Victor who was used to Roman's temper grabbed the boy before he throttled the old man
"He is an old man" Victor said in Bulgarian, "Calm down or I shall be forced to tell your sister"
"You wouldn't" Roman said, his older sister was the only person he was frightened of and for good reason when she got mad, she was really scary.
"Were sure that none of you, cast the spell" said the man that had helped the little girl, before any more could be said, the sound of a branch snapping was heard deeper in the woods
"I'll go check it out" said a man
"Amos, be careful" said the man that had helped the girl
A few seconds later, Amos yelled out, "Yes! We got them-but blimey,,,"
Amos came back with a house-elf, and deposited the creature at Crouch's feet
"this-cannot-be" Crouch said jerkily, he strode off to the spot they found the elf
"Bit embarrassing" Amos told the two quidditch players, his own house-elf, i mean to say..."
"Come off it, Amos" said a red headed man, "you don't seriously think it was the elf, she would need a wand to start with.."
Just then, there was another pop and the two ministers for magic appeared along with Ludo Bagman
"Vot is going on 'ere?" asked the Bulgarian minister, seeing two of Bulgaria's quidditch players in the middle, before anyone could say anything, Roman started rapidly speaking Bulgarian and it was evident in the ministers face that he was not saying nice things
"You attacked zem" Said the minister, sounding outraged
"A simple misunderstanding I'm sure" said Fudge, "ministry officials would never attack their guests intentionally"
Crouch returned empty handed and angry
"What happened to Winky?" asked Bagman
"They stunned her" said Annie, outraged
"She conjured the dark mark" said Amos
"She would need a wand for that" said Bagman
"She had one" replied Amos, waving around a wand, Roman recognised it
" Zat's mine" cried Roman snatching the wand back
Everyone in the clearing looked at him
"Excuse me?" asked Amos
"ziz iz my wand" Roman said hotly
"the 'ouse-elf ztole iz wand!" said the Bulgarian minister, shocked "right zat iz enough, Krum, Pollius back to camp, now! I vill deal with this mess"
Without another word, Victor and Roman walked away.
The Hogwarts students stared up at the ship
"Wow" whispered Jimmy Peakes, to Alex as the Durmstrang students got out of the ship
"This Triwizard tournament is going to be awesome" said Ron, who stood right behind him
"Are you going to enter?" Alex asked,
"Of course" Ron replied as the Durmstrang students and their headmaster reached Dumbledore
"Dumbledore" he called heartily, "how are you my dear fellow?"
"Blooming, thank you, Professor Karkaroff" Dumbledore replied shaking hands with the man
Karkaroff was tall and thin like Dumbledore, but his white hair was short and he had a goatee.
"dear old Hogwarts" he said looking up at the castle, "how good it is to be here, how good..Roman, come along, into the warmth...you don't mind, Dumbledore? Roman has a slight head cold..."
Karkaroff beckoned forwards one of his students, as the boy passed, Alex caught a glimpse, raven black hair and emerald green eyes
"It's Pollius" roared Ron, "oh Merlin it's him...I knew he was young but I didn't know that he was still in school"
"He's just a quidditch player Ron" said Hermione
"Only a quidditch player" Ron said as if she was mad, "he's one of the best chaser ever, he's a world champion...do you think he'll sit with us" Ron asked as they passed by the Durmstrang students who stood at the entrance apparently deciding where they should sit.
"What's your sister doing?" asked Ron shocked
Alex looked up to see Annie standing in front of the Durmstrang students talking to Roman Pollius
"I don't know" Alex said weakly, going pale, suddenly Annie started walking and the Durmstarng students followed her
"Their sitting with her?" Ron asked shocked
"Oy, that's my sister" Alex said cross
"Sorry, mate" Ron said "I'm just a little shocked, at least their sitting at our table"
Dumbledore arrived along with the other head teacher's, Ludo Bagman, Sirius Black and Lily and James Potter
Dumbledore quickly explained that, Lily and Ludo were impartial judges and also the organisers of the competition and Sirius and James were the over seeing aurors.
Roman leaned across the table to talk with Annie
"I wonder what he's saying?" asked Ron
"Why don't you go and ask!" replied Hermione hotly
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts and –most particularly guests" said Dumbledore, beaming around at the foreign students, "I have great pleasure in welcoming you all to Hogwarts, I hope and trust that your stay here will be both comfortable and enjoyable"
One of the Beauxbatons girls gave a derisive laugh
"No one's making you stay here" whispered Hermione
"I now invite you all to eat, drink and make yourselves at home" said Dumbledore as food appeared on the plates.
After dinner, Dumbledore explained the tournament rules and the age line and then declared that it was time for bed
Karkaroff suddenly appeared in front of Roman Pollius and his friends
"Back to the ship, then" he was saying, "Roman how are you feeling? Did you eat enough? Should I send for some mulled wine from the kitchens?"
Alex saw Roman shake his head as he stood up and followed Karkaroff out the door.