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Chapter 4 – The Goblet of Fire
The visiting students had been at Durmstrang for a week and were beginning to settle in well, they had been given a few days to acclimatise and explore the vast castle in which they would be taking lessons and eating their meals each day. Lily and Lizzie had risen early most mornings and dressed quickly in lots of layers, after donning fur lined boots and cloaks they had set off out of the train and into the icy cold air. They explored all corners of the fortress both inside and out, during the day they could see that the mountain it was sat on was as high as it had seemed when they had wound their way up it in the train, below them they could see a deep valley covered in trees and all around them were other mountains stretching as far as the eye could see. The school was well guarded from muggles as it seemed to be sitting in the middle of a circle of mountains, hiding it from view by anyone who did not know that it was there. Inside the courtyard the girls were once more able to see the four towers in each corner, there were signs on most of the main doors and they quickly discovered that the two to the far right and left of the entrance were the dormitories, girls in one side and boys in the other, on the adjacent left to the entrance was the teachers' rooms and the remaining one housed the headmaster's office and home. Lily had been right in thinking that there was a seventh floor beneath the main part of the castle, this made seven storeys in total enough for each year group to have a dormitory in each tower. The corridors and rooms between the four towers were classrooms along the front and side walls and the one opposite to the entrance housed the great hall they had visited on their first night, a library and various common rooms and study places for the students. The more they explored the more they found but at least it was difficult to get lost, unlike Hogwarts which had taken them an age to map out for themselves, even as sixth years Lily and Lizzie had found themselves lost in the vast halls and passageways of their own school.
After a few days they were given timetables which matched up to their chosen subjects from Hogwarts, Lily and Lizzie were doing most of the same subjects and found themselves with almost identical timetables except for Wednesday afternoons when Lily had Care of Magical creatures while Lizzie attended divination. Unlike in their own school the sixth and seventh years took four NEWTs each year so the new students from both schools found themselves studying with the older pupils at Durmstrang along with those of their own age.
The first day of their new timetables began on the Wednesday and at nine o clock the two friends found themselves bundled up against the cold and leaving the warmth of the great hall after breakfast to walk across the courtyard into the third greenhouse. It was no warmer inside than it was out and the students already waiting indoors were stamping their feet and pulling their cloaks tightly around themselves, as the teacher closed the green house door behind him Lily groaned softly as she remembered this was a double period and they would be in there for an hour and a half.
By the time they left the Herbology classroom Lily's feet were numb and her fingers would not work any longer, she was frozen to the bone and could not stop herself from shivering, the Beauxbaton students were the same and all the blue and black clad pupils could be seen hurrying towards the nearest entrance desperate to find warmth. The Durmstrang students were evidently used to the cold as they appeared to have no trouble staying warm in the greenhouse, or indeed outside, and they made their way slowly to the next class walking across the courtyard at a leisurely pace.
After a double session of potions, this time in a warm fire lit dungeon on the underground floor of the castle, Lily and Lizzie now warm and comfortable headed to the great hall for lunch, they sat at the same table as the other sixth years and tucked in to a bowl of thick pea and ham soup with doorstep wedge chunks of bread slathered in golden butter. After a dessert of muffins accompanied by steaming mugs of hot chocolate Lily prepared herself for another lesson outside while Lizzie teased her about the fact that divination was in a classroom on the fifth floor which would probably be cosy and warm like their previous lesson.
Dragging herself to her feet ten minutes later Lily reluctantly left her friend at the entrance to the great hall and once more walked out to the wintry courtyard, her care of magical creatures lesson was to take place in another penned corner where she had spotted a variety of strange creatures earlier in the week. Walking in the direction of the pen she saw a group of Durmstrang students standing in a crowd next to one of the pens, they were laughing and joking about something as Lily approached, she realised they were mostly boys and for the first time since she had arrived she felt a little shy at being alone. As she reached the crowd they broke apart and turned to face the new arrival in their lesson, Lily could feel her face turning bright red as they all stared at her, she raised her eyes once and her heart skipped a beat as she came face to face again with Raulph.
"Lily," he said, "taking care of magical creatures? Hagrid will be happy!" She nodded in response feeling once more like a foolish twelve year old girl with a crush, the way she often felt around this handsome boy. "Meet some of my friends," he went on seemingly missing the fact that she was now practically glowing, "this is Bjorn," he indicated a boy with long ginger hair and a partial beard. "Knute," this time a tall, thin dark haired boy stepped forward and took her hand in his, "Oskar, Sitric and Peter," he added pointing in turn at three more boys who all nodded back at her. They lingered over her for a while until Raulph coughed at them and they turned away to continue talking. "Just ignore these oafs," he went on, "you can work with me if you want to, I promise not to leer all over you like that!"
"Th...thank you," she stuttered, thinking she wouldn't really mind Raulph Krum leering over her all day but she dashed the thought away as she suddenly became embarrassed. The dream she had had on her first night at the school had just flashed through her mind and now that she was standing in front of the subject she was feeling silly and slightly ashamed of her vivid thoughts about him.
"Gather around students," said a sharp voice from behind them and Lily saw a teacher dressed in elk skins had approached and was directing them to one of the pens, a few pupils dressed in pale blue robes had also joined them in the last few minutes and she could tell by the looks on their faces that they were as happy as she was to be back out in the cold. However now Lily started to think about it she realised that she had forgotten about the bitter air as she had been distracted by seeing Raulph, she went on to think that perhaps it would not be so bad if it meant she got to spend an hour a week in his company.
"Lil, over here," he called interrupting her thoughts and she turned to see that he had picked up a small animal which she had never seen before, it had four long spindly legs which looked as if they would never be able to take it's weight, it had a small fat body which was covered in fur and a tiny pointed face with two long rabbit like ears, it was snarling and squirming in Raulph's hands which were clad in dragon hide gloves, "get a pair of these on and help me feed this thing!"
She grabbed a pair of the gloves from a table near the teacher who had introduced herself as Frau Morton, she explained that the creature was a billypock, a woodland creature which burrowed around the roots of trees with its long front claws, the object of the lesson was to try and tame the creature enough so that it would allow them to touch it. They had been given an assortment of toys, food and drink to try and tempt the defenceless mammal which Raulph and Lily proceeded to try in turn until they discovered that when it was given a stuffed fluffy teddy it curled its body around it and slipped into a sort of loving trance which made it dozy enough to lose its viciousness.
Lily tentatively reached out a hand to stroke it concentrating heavily on making sure she was gentle with it and she was almost touching the being when Raulph went, "Bah!" in her ear and she jumped backwards landing on his feet, her heart was beating rapidly and she was clinging to her chest sure that it had actually just jumped out of her body. Raulph grabbed each of her arms and began to laugh at her, she was so shocked that she wanted to shout at him for scaring her but the fact that his hands were touching her stopped her from doing anything and for a second she leaned back against him as if she was still trying to steady herself. After a few seconds he stopped giggling and said, "Sorry, I couldn't resist! The look of concentration on your face was immense! I'm terrible aren't I?" he guffawed again and she turned to look at him trying to force a look of annoyance at his practical joke, "Come on, it's still dozy, try again I promise I won't do it again!" She managed to reach out and stroke the creature a few times during the next half hour but Raulph's shoulders kept shaking up and down everytime he thought about her reaction and she swiped him across the arm a few times before the end of the lesson.
Once Frau Morton had given them homework to write up the experiment they had conducted along with their findings in no less than three feet of parchment she dismissed them and Lily removed the gloves she had been wearing and rubbed her hands together vigorously to warm them up. She had been stood outside for a long time and her feet had turned into blocks of ice again, so much so that when they set off back towards the fortress she could only hobble over the frozen ground a sight which caused her new care of magical creatures partner to laugh out loud again.
"Oh, shut up, I'm cold!" she shrieked but he did not relent, by the time they had reached the doorway which led to the common rooms Raulph was holding his belly and had to steady himself on the doorframe.
"Okay, I'm sorry Lily, I shouldn't be laughing at you," he tried to stop himself before he continued, "have you got another lesson now?"
"What? Oh no, no I'm free for the rest of the day."
"So where are you going?"
"Anywhere that's warm!" she replied stamping her feet and Raulph had to control himself so that he would not fall into anoher fit of laughter.
"I'm free too until four, do you want to come and hang in the sixth and seventh year common room for a bit? There'll be a fire in there and I can make sure we have fireside seats." Lily was taken a back, had he just invited her to join him somewhere? Did he enjoy her company that much? She had thought he had taken pity on her for having to attend the last class without any other Hogwarts students, but had he done it because he liked to talk to her?
"Well...I..." she was thinking about the three sets of homework she had already been given that day which were all to be handed in by Monday morning, but the thought of an afternoon with this handsome young man was too tempting to resist, "okay!" she finished brightly and he gestured with his hand along the corridor to their left and she followed him as he set off down it.
"In here," he said and opened a large oak door, behind the door was a room about the same size as the Griffindor common room, in the centre of one wall was an enormous stone fireplace surrounded by old but comfortable looking chairs and sofas. Dotted around the edges of the room were magnificent highly polished writing desks with straight backed chairs and there were a multitude of narrow arrow slit windows along the opposite wall, each one had a single deep maroon curtain hanging at it. "Shall we?" Raulph asked catching her attention which was still wandering around the cosy room, as she looked back at him she saw that he was indicating two empty seats right next to the fire, she laughed and dropped her bag at the side of one before sitting down in it and pointing her slowly thawing feet at the golden orange flames in the grate. She looked around the room again as Raulph copied her move, there were a few other students sat at some of the tables all with their heads bent over
books and parchment and in one corner there were a group of boys sitting with their feet on a small wooden table talking animatedly to each other and laughing at one another's comments. "Have you defrosted yet?" her companion chuckled and she threw him a piercing look as she shook her head.
"How come you're not freezing your ass off?" she asked and he laughed.
"We are simply used to the cold weather," he laughed and then smiled at her, "no, we are very adept at casting warming charms on our clothes, see feel this," he continued holding out one of his strong muscular arms for her to touch, hestitantly she reached up and ran her fingers along his woollen sleeve, she was surprised to find that it was incredibly warm, even though he had only had a cloak over the top of it during the entire lesson. "Too many layers makes it difficult to work practically and when you are indoors where the fires are burning you end up sweltering and having to constantly remove and then carry excess clothing. One of the first charms you are taught at Durmstrang is to imbibe your uniform with warmth, the spell will last for just over an hour and as long as your skin is completely covered your body will stay as warm as if you had six or seven layers of clothing! It wears off quickly when the hour is up or it can be removed if you feel too warm back inside the castle." Lily suddenly realised that she was still running her fingers up and down Raulph's muscles and she quickly withdrew it, though he didn't seem to have minded at all. "Shall I teach you how to do it?"
"Oh yes please," she almost begged, desperate for a way to stay warm while she inhabited the top of this high mountain.
"It's easy," he told her getting up from his chair and walking to stand behind hers, "get out your wand," she did as she was told and then waited for him to instruct her on what to do. "The trickiest bit is getting the wand movement right," he began, "you have to jab it forcefully at each item of clothing you want to charm, but you have to make sure you don't actually touch them," he went on and then surprised her by taking hold of her wand hand which was gripping her pale silver birch stick, his hand closed over hers completely and she felt a rush of warmth run up her arm as her stomach simultaneously flipped over, then he pulled the hand back and jabbed it forward directing it at her free arm but stopping millimetres away from it. "Quick and forceful," he said letting go of her hand, "now you try it," he moved to stand by her side and she quickly composed herself before attempting the jab.
She tried it eleven times in total before she was finally able to stop the correct distance from her arm, twice more he took her hand in his and modelled how to do it again, and each time the brown eyed girl felt her heartbeat quicken significantly. By the eighteenth try she had managed to get it right three times in a row, "Well done," Raulph said giving her a tiny clap which earned him a reproachful look, "now the incantation," he went on ignoring her facial expression, "insulatum. Try it."
Lily pulled back her wand once more and jabbed at her arm whispering "insulatum," suddenly she felt a rush of warmth run up her limb as if she had just put on a jumper which had been hanging in front of the fire for hours, she immediately felt cosy and warm and she looked up at Raulph who smiled at her.
"It's great isn't it? Absolutely magic when you have to get out of bed before the fires have been lit for quidditch practise!" Lily nodded in response and then pointed her wand at her socks, whispering the same incantation and jabbing towards them, she felt her feet instantly heat up and within seconds had hot aches in her toes, but she didn't care, she finally felt like they were thawing out and realised she would not have to face the prospect of frostbite over the next six months or so.
"Thanks," she said looking back at the dirty blonde haired boy who was watching her feet with an amused expression on his face.
"So what other subjects are you taking? We might have more classes together!" he said
They spent another hour and a half discussing school and Lily's family, unfortunately she did not have any other lessons with him but he had suggested that as they had this free period every week after care of magical creatures then perhaps they could study together afterwards and complete any homework assignment they were given by Morton. The suggestion had made her feel giddy as she thought about the prospect of spending almost a whole afternoon with Raulph every week but she had managed to stay cool, calm and collected as she agreed that it would be nice to have a study partner and given her assent.
Shortly before four o clock her companion excused himself to attend a final charms lesson and Lily walked out of the common room turning left as he went right, "look out for me at Friday's feast!" he said and then hurried off towards his session.
Lily, who was now warm and comfortable, re-incanted the insulation spell and set off out into the cold with a wide smile on her face, she had spent a wonderful afternoon with a witty, handsome and charming boy and had agreed to spend the same three hours with him every week, nothing at all could have dampened her spirits and when she reached the train by the fortress gate she climbed into the girls carriage and came face to face with Lizzie who yelled, "Where have you been? I've been searching all over for you, I though you had a free period after care of magical creatures?"
"I did!" she replied smiling smugly at her friend.
"So where did you go after? And what's put that smile on your face?" she asked curiously, "I thought you'd be back here, I've been waiting since two o clock!"
"Sorry," Lily replied still beaming brightly, "I was with..." she paused, "Raulph."
"Ooooo!" Lizzie squealed, "How come? And what happened?"
"Nothing!" she shrieked as they made their way over to a couple of squashy armchairs by the windows, "he was in my care of magical creatures class, he offered to be my partner." Lizzie's eyes lit up, "I thought he was just being kind because I was the only one there from our school, but then when we left the class and walked back over to the castle to warm up he asked me if I wanted to go to the common room with him, so I did."
"Oh Lily, how exciting! What happened there? Did you kiss him?"
"What?" Lily screamed as the blood rushed into her face, "Of course not! We sat by the fire and he showed me how to do a charm which insulates your clothes with a warmth, then you don't need to wear so many layers."
"Oo show me, I'm sick of taking my three jumpers off and then pulling them back on an hour later to walk through this damn cold air! Anyway, what else?"
"Nothing, that was it," Lizzie eyed her sceptically, "I swear," she said stressing her intonation, "he asked me if I wanted to study with him after care of magical creatures every week and then we talked about my family."
"See, I knew it, he likes you. I bet you a hundred galleons he asks you to the Yule ball."
"Shut up Liz, he's just a friend and that's all he sees me as, he's being kind because I'm new here and he knows my family, he's probably bored on Wednesday afternoons because none of his other friends were around, so he was just asking me to keep him company. He'll just get me to do all the work and then copy it like most of the boys do at home!"
Lizzie sighed and nodded her head, "If you say so," but the look on her face was not that of a person who was totally convinced by that story.
They spent an hour practising the insulatum spell and by the time they had to leave the train to go for dinner, Lizzie had mastered it in a few less tries than Lily had needed. Lizzie was an accomplished witch and it never usually took her long to learn a new spell, she reminded Lily a little of her Aunt Hermione in that respect, a witch who could take to almost anything, but in personality they were completely different.
They stepped out into the dark, icy night feeling warm and cosy in their usual school uniform, they took a leisurely walk around the covered walkways of the courtyard on their way to the great hall and took in a little more of their new home. On their first evening and subsequent exploratory days they had not noticed the gargoyles standing on the top of each of the four towers, they were looking out in the four compass directions perched high on a stone sphere on the corner of the battlements. As the girls looked closely at them they noticed their heads moving slowly from side to side as if they were on guard, as one of the faces turned almost inwards on the fortress Lily and Lizzie saw that they had large, bulbous eyes and grotesque, evil looking smiles. They shuddered a little and set off at her quicker pace reaching the great hall just as a class of first years seemed to approach it.
Weaving in and out of the little children the two sixth years headed for their usual table and took seats beside each other. As soon as their bottoms had touched the seats a plate full of garlic mushrooms appeared in front of them both, dripping in a creamy sauce and they tucked in as if they had not eaten for weeks. The mushrooms were followed up by mashed potato, sausages and vegetables in onion gravy and finally a large helping of treacle sponge and custard. As it was not a feast day the students could eat at any time between five and six thirty depending upon when they finished the day's lessons therefore people were constantly seating themselves or getting up to leave and the tables housed pupils eating different courses of their meals at different times. Lily thought that this was a much better idea than waiting for everyone as they did at Hogwarts though by the time she saw Raulph enter the hall surrounded by the group of boys she had met earlier Lily was disappointed to realise that she had already eaten her own meal and Lizzie was waiting eagerly for her so they could walk back to the Hogwarts Express.
She rose from her seat and caught Raulph's attention, he nodded at her and smiled before brushing past her to take his seat at the next table, "Was it good?" he asked as she began to walk away.
"Sorry?" she answered turning to look at those deep blue eyes again.
"Dinner, was it good? I'm starving! I always am on Wednesdays I get two hours off in the middle of the afternoon and then I have two hours of charms until six o clock! Well at least from now on I'll have wonderful company in my free period," he smiled at her and she tried to stop herself from blushing.
"A-ha," was all she managed to say and she wanted to kick herself for doing it. She was always comfortable and easy with him when they had been in each other's company for a while but when she first ran into him she became a gibbering wreck for ten minutes, what the hell was wrong with her? "Yeah...dinner...dinner was good," she managed to gabble, "garlic mushrooms,
sausage and mash and then treacle sponge," she nodded at his plate which had just filled with the creamy garlic mushrooms she had recently enjoyed.
"Brilliant," he aid turning to look at his plate, "see you later then," he finished without turning back to look at her.
"Yep," she replied and then allowed her friend to take her by the arm and lead her out of the large dining room like a patient on the closed ward of St Mungos, who needed to be led everywhere.
"What was that?" Lizzie chuckled when they were clear of the room and any possible eavesdroppers.
"I don't know!" she wailed burying her face in her hands, "I turn into a moron for about ten minutes every time he speaks to me!"
"Well Lil, if he still wants to spend three hours a week with you after that he must seriously like you."
"Don't," Lily tutted swiping at her friend's arm, "I've told you we're friends!" Her voice had risen and Lizzie decided to agree for a quiet life, but inwardly she bet that if they weren't a couple by the end of the month she'd eat her wand.
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The next two days passed quickly, everyone attended their classes and Lily and Lizzie spent most of Thursday night attacking the growing pile of homework they were being assigned, clearly it was as important a part of the curriculum at Durmstrang as it was at Hogwarts and by the time they crawled into their pods at midnight they had barely scratched the surface. As she settled down to sleep Lily realised that she should have spent her free period on Wednesday as it was supposed to be spent, studying, but nothing in the world would have stopped her going with Raulph to the common room, however she did chide herself and make a mental note to ensure that the following week they did actually get their homework done for Frau Morton and then at least it would be one down.
The feast for the Goblet of Fire was due to begin at six o clock as all lessons ended at three on Friday afternoons, so at quarter to six Lily and Lizzie packed up their school bags and deposited them on their beds before checking their hair and make up in a mirror and dashing down the stairs to the compartment door. Deciding that it might be hot in the great hall with all the students eating at the same time they had not cast the insulation charm so when they stepped out of the carriage they felt the full effects of the arctic weather which made them almost sprint across the middle of the courtyard to reach the haven of the great hall as quickly as they could. Entering the room beside each other they noticed that most students were already seated and as she reached the sixth year table she noticed Raulph on the seventh year one to their right, he had his back to her but seemingly sensing her appearance he turned around and nodded before rejoining the conversation he was sharing with his friends. Lily blushed mildly and Lizzie gave her a knowing look which caused her friend to shake her head once more, "Just sit down," she scowled and Lizzie obeyed.
After another extravagant meal the room full of satisfied people turned to look at Professor Nitschmann who had risen to stand by the goblet of fire which was still in the centre of the room on the large pedestal.
"Good evening everyone," he began, "and welcome to the drawing of the champion's names. Before I begin I would just like to take this opportunity to say good luck to all the contenders who have entered their names. I must tell you that if your name is drawn from the cup you should go through the door to my right," he indicated a tall thin oak doorway behind the staff table, "where Ludo Bagman is waiting to give you your instructions." He smiled at everyone and then in a deeper voice said, "Now..." and he lifted his hand in the air above the goblet.
Blue flames suddenly rose out of the chalice making the whole room gasp as they swirled around making azure smoke trails in the air, they rose and fell swiftly for a few minutes and then as a single flame began to ascend the crowd noticed that a small, square piece of parchment with singed edges was rising into the air with it. When the flame had released it's hold on the paper it remained suspended in mid air for a few seconds before gliding gently down like a feather into the headmaster's hand, he grasped it and flipped it over, "The Hogwarts champion will be..." the silence in the room was eerie as everyone waited with baited breath for the man to continue, all Hogwarts students were perched on the edge of their seats listening intently, "...Terry Dreary," he called and the room erupted in a round of applause accompanied by a few cat calls and much shaking of hands on the seventh year table, Terry looked over at the sixth years and nodded as they all clapped their hands in his direction and looked pleased for him, even the contenders who had not been chosen were wearing gracious faces which showed that they were happy for him too.
The modest looking boy rose from his seat at the table and headed through the doorway behind the teachers, once the door had closed the eerie silence returned as all heads turned back to face the headteacher, they noticed that he was looking up at the goblet of fire and they could all see that another piece of parchment was already twirling it's way towards his outstretched hand. "The champion from Beauxbaton..." everyone listened keenly again, "...Genevieve Laroche," the same resounding clap echoed around the room as a tall, thin, blonde haired girl rose from the sixth year table and bowed her head towards the other students from her school, she swept away from the table gracefully and walked through the narrow oak door. Once more silence returned to await the name of the final contestant, this time the piece of parchment was just rising out of the goblet and was still encased in flame, as it left its cocoon the tiny piece of paper took its time to wind down to the headteacher's hand, it
seemed to be taunting them as if stretching out their curiosity. "And finally, the champion from Durmstrang..." all eyes in the room were staring widely and all ears were straining to make sure they did not miss the name, "...is Raulph Krum."
The round of applause this time was deafening and far louder then it had been for the other chosen champions, but then Raulph would be representing most of them in the tournament, as he rose from his seat he nodded at a few people and then shook hands with all the seventh years who were desperate to show their support to their friend. He was clapped on the back by many of them too as he began to walk away from the table, he turned back once and looked directly at Lily, she almost missed the sly wink he sent her and she only just managed to smile back at him as he turned to face the door he was heading to. Lily had almost missed the wink but Lizzie had not, she had caught it almost as if it was directed at her and she smiled to herself once more remembering the small bet she had made with herself but deciding not to start another discussion with her deluded friend.
The gathering petered out once the champions had gone into the antechamber to the great hall, Professor Nitschmann informed everyone that the first task would take place on the 30th November and that they would be able to watch the event from specially constructed stands outside the castle grounds, he then bid them goodnight before returning to his seat at the staff table. Students rose in twos and threes to make their way out to various destinations, people were discussing the chosen champions and speculating on their ability to complete the triwizard tournament. The two Hogwarts girls knew that Terry was a good champion to represent their school as he had gained outstanding in all his owls and was predicted outstanding in his NEWTs too, he was a conscientious pupil who worked hard to get good results (this they all knew because Mel had informed them over and over again). However, Lily was also aware that Raulph was a strong wizard too, he was the son of Victor Krum who had, of course, once been a triwizard champion himself and had done very well in the first two tasks. Lily knew she would be quite torn when it came to who she should support.
As they settled down in bed that night Lily laid back and thought about the upcoming tournament and what the tasks might involve, she knew from her father's tales that the tasks could be dangerous and that they were designed to test each witch or wizard to their fullest potential. She knew that Raulph would be well prepared for what he was about to face as his father would have told him the same stories but she hoped it would not be too big a challenge.
"Mel will be happy," Lizzie said stopping Lily's train of thought abruptly, "I wonder if they'll let her come here for the Yule ball? She'll be beside herself if Terry has to take someone else, he has to open with a dance doesn't he?"
"Yes," Lily replied remembering the tales her mother had told her about her Dad having to do the first dance in his Yule ball, she had seen him dance with her mother on many occasions and she thought he was a good dancer, but apparently that had only come about once he had started dating Ginny. Apparently he had been gangly and awkward at the school ball with a dark haired witch from Griffindor who was non too pleased when the first dance ended and he remained sat down for the rest of the night.
"I wonder if anyone will invite us?" Lizzie mused, "Well me," she added, "we all know who you'll be going with!" Lily blushed once more but ignored her friend's attempt to wind her up again, instead she pretended to be asleep and thought back on the dream she had had on the night they had arrived at Durmstrang where she had been in the coach with Raulph after spending the night dancing away, she wished she could have finished the dream and on more than one occasion had played out her own ending where she ended up doing a lot more than a little kissing and cuddling on the back seat. Lily was a woman, one who would be seventeen in five weeks and as a woman she had urges and fantasies that she longed to play out with a handsome young man such as Raulph. Pulling the covers over her head she settled in to sleep hoping that the dream would visit her once more and she would get to see it play out properly rather than just think it.
