3. Meetings
"The Hospital Wing is at the third floor and I will be working with Madam Pomfrey, so If you need me, I will be there."
"Okay." Esme kissed him goodbye as he walked away towards the hospital wing.
All we had to do now is take a look around the castle while the students were in their classrooms.
After four hours we returned towards our rooms and told each other what we had found.
"More than hundred staircases I tell you!" Emmett yelled.
"And they are moving." Jasper murmured.
"I know, this place is strange…"
"Yeah…"
During the day we got to know the school a little bit. We could find the hospital wing now and some classrooms and we also found their library.
It was the afternoon the day after that we heard some strange noises and looked out off the window where we saw a ship in a lake and a carriage with flying horses landing onto the school grounds.
While looking downwards we saw Hagrid and Dumbledore waiting for their guests.
That day we had to come to the Great Hall for the first time. Dumbledore sat us behind the teachers table since we were no students. We got a lot of strange looks and many spoke of nonsense about us. But the big question was who we were, thank god not what we were.
Dumbledore began talking.
"Well, now we're all settled in, I would like to make an announcement.
This castle will not only be your home this year, but the home of some special guests as well.
You see, Hogwarts has been chosen..."
Some man ran strangely into the Hal towards Dumbledore as he stopped talking.
"Yes, what is it?
What is it?"
I heard the man softly talking about the two other schools.
"Tell them to wait. Tell them to wait. Wait."
"So Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event: The Triwizard Tournament. For those of you who do not know..."
"Brilliant." Some murmured.
"The Triwizard Tournament brings together three schools for a series of magical contests. From each school, a single student is selected to compete. Now let me be clear. If chosen, you stand alone. And trust me when I say ... these contests are not for the faint-hearted.
But more of that later. For now, please join me in welcoming ... the lovely ladies of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and their headmistress, Madame Maxime."
The doors opened and a select group of girls in blue silver clothing came in while walking like they were the queen of England herself. They used their charm before slowly running to the front.
"Bloody hell."
Suddenly several butterflies came out of nowhere and the girls went into two different lines to the right and left. Their headmistress was huge. I mean, even bigger than that Hagrid fellow.
"Blimey. That's one big woman." I heard coming from the Gryffindor table.
Beauxbatons ended their part with two girls showing us some moves.
All the students applauded and Dumbledore kissed the headmistress' hand.
Dumbledore got back to the front and silenced them all.
"And now our friends from the north. Please greet the proud sons of Durmstrang and their high master, Igor Karkaroff."
The doors opened again and in came the strange males. They had big sticks which they used to make sounds on the floor. They walked in a lot faster and more dramatic then Beauxbatons.
After some movements they let go of the sticks and ran to the front to make some break-dance moves.
After them a man and a male entered. The boy seemed to be in a hurry.
"Oh, it's Krum!"
"Blimey, it's him!" That same voice said again.
"Viktor Krum!"
Two of the males in the front made some fire dragons appear as the end of their show.
"Albus."
"Igor."
The two men greeted each other as if they were long lost friends.
I wonder who that Igor fellow is, his thoughts were strange, a bit fearful.
When the two others also sat down at the table food appeared out of nowhere and everybody began talking, laughing and eating.
"Non, she will come tomorrow."
"I thought today?"
"Non, non, she's busy. Some complications she has to take care off."
"Complications? One of her kind?"
"I do not know, she wasn't very clear about it. And besides she had to take care of some other things to, she is the boss after me now you know. I trust her with my life, she's really important to me and I trust her for taking care of the problems that could hurt my students."
"Who are they talking about Ed?"
I growled softly.
"Do not call me Ed! And I do not know, some woman from Beauxbatons who is supposed to be coming or something like that."
