Hello, my dear readers!

Thank you for waiting such a long time for me to update. Starting today, once again it will be a weekly update.

Spoiler for the readers: By the end of October, this story, The First Part of Emrys Saga will be finished.

For those you who do not remember: in the last chapter, the first eound of Consort Badge finished and the champions were announce by Lord Emrys!

"The finalists of the first round of Consort Badge are Jack Petris, Terry Boot, Seamus Finnigan, Parvati and Padma Patil, Presta Dowen, Gabrielle Delacour, Velma Hazelin, Elerine Sareen, Daphne and Astoria Greengrass, Greg Goyle, Vincent Crabbe, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Cho Chang, Lavender Brown, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson and Ginevra Weasley. In other words, all the contestants on the middle stadium pass, while everyone on the two side stadiums have to leave the tournament. Please join the Quidditch Match as either a player or observer before leaving, Thank you all of you on the Quidditch pitch for coming."

Now, without any further delays caused by me, enjoy the next chapter of the Competition!

Chapter 9 – Rules and Regulations

It was almost sunset by the time the Quidditch game had finished. Fortunately, the team of ex-Slytherins and Ravenclaws won against the Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors. The reason was the difference between their Seeker's skills. Draco Malfoy played way better than Ginny Weasley. The Gryffindors' best seeker was not at the school or among them today due to their own mistakes in the past. Draco also noticed that Lord Emrys and Lord Grim were Quidditch nuts themselves. Their frustrations with players on the field were quite loud, especially to the Seekers from Lord Emrys, who Draco happen to hear call some of the players stupid dunderheads that had to train harder. Most importantly it seemed that Lord Emrys liked the way Draco played because he has not heard even one complaint or signs of frustration caused because of him. Sadly before they could play another game, the referee stopped them because the selected participants had to prepare for their departure if they wanted to be at the manor by supper time. All of the losers' families went inside the castle to eat while the winners of the first round and their families gather around the middle of the field. The Malfoys quietly talked among themselves while waiting for the others to gather.

"Now remember Draco, to behave appropriately but be natural. Act the way you will if in the future you will be the spouse of Lord Emrys. Remain collected in front of other contestants. Don't let them know anything that could be used against you," Lord Malfoy told his son.

"Enjoy your time there, Draco and make sure to note down anything that you think will be good to have in Malfoy Manor. Give your best efforts to the competition if you truly wish to be with Lord Emrys. I have already decided to approve of your match with him if it is made and I think your father feels the same. If you need any help, don't forget to contact us." Lady Malfoy told Draco following her husband.

"Please finish your conversation and gather around please. The portkey will go off in about 5 minutes. Don't worry, the stay will be fun though I don't know about the tasks," Grim Lord announces with Lord Emrys and Wolf Lord beside him. In Grim Lord's right hand was a pair of old leather boots while in his other was an old newspaper.

"Farewell Mother, Father. I will make sure to write and tell you what is happening," Draco said to his parents quickly, smirked at them and then turned to join the others towards where the portkey was. Draco noticed that Lord Emrys was holding on to the boots so in order to be closer to him, he also choose to touch the boots. He felt very happy because it was the first time he was so close to the black-haired man since he met him, just an arm's length away. Draco tried to look at him without being obvious, but didn't succeed. Then just as he started to feel the tug in his stomach, his mercury eyes locked with the Lord's emerald eyes and he was lost.

It took a while for the contestants to realize that they had arrived in a large room that looked a bit like the common rooms at Hogwarts, except it was done in silver, blue, gold, cream and a bit of red. At the side there were two staircases, the one on the right had a blue carpet while the other one had a pink carpet. Immediately, the participants separated into their own little groups. A being like Weaselette refused to be near the slimy snakes, unless absolute necessary. While some wanted to look around the silent room, it started to fill with noise in just a minute. Everyone was talking except for Draco. He was still shocked by the fire of some emotion that he accidentally saw when their eyes met just as the portkey activated. For some reason that burning emotion in emerald eyes made Draco hot and he had a desire to be naked and let those eyes see every single inch of his body without any resistance. A cough was heard through the room and everyone in the room slowly turned towards Lord Grim, who had cleared his throat, standing next to Lord Wolf who had joined him while the participants were looking around the room.

"Welcome to the Emeralds Manor. These are the wings inside the manor that are used to host guests and this will be where you all will be staying for the duration of your stay. Up the blue are the males' rooms while up the pink staircase are the females'. Each of you have your own room with a system that only allows those that you have invited to enter your rooms and at curfew, all the doors will be locked so no one will be able to visit each other, sad thing for some of you who like to gossip. Now on each door there is a plaque with your name, so don't try to enter anybody else's room. The silencing wards will go up in your room after curfew normally but if you shut your door then mutter the word 'silence', the silencing wards will also activate," the Wolf Lord addresses the contestants.

"You have to stay in here before the portal opens in the morning. After that you are safe to explore the manor's numerous amount of rooms. For now, please go to your rooms and dress casually for dinner. There will be an explanation of further rules of Consort Badge after supper. We will be back in an hour to pick you up." Grim Lord finished and both advisors turned and disappeared through the portal leaving the champions behind to get changed.

After a very boring and awkward supper with the other champions and the advisors, where sadly Lord Emrys did not show up, they were once again in the common room looking at the Wolf Lord who was going to explain the rules and regulations for the rest of Consort Badge.

"The most important rule is that you are not allowed to talk to Lord Emrys unless he actually starts the conversation with you first. This is to give everyone an equal standing where no one has a chance to seduce or use tricks to get Lord Emrys on their side as he is the only judge of this competition. Everyday either one or two rounds of Consort Badge will be happening. The timing will be announced the day before so you all know when to be ready by. Each task is performed alone and usually in alphabetic order, male and female separately though some tasks will be the same for both. Every time, a house-elf or two with the Emrys crest on their tablecloth will escort you to the location that the task will take place. A regulation that could get you instantly thrown out of the tournament is when you abuse any house-elf by physical force or force them to perform some extreme punishment. At the location of the task, Lord Grim and I along with anyone else that will be needed for that particular task will be waiting for you. Now a thing to remember is that Lord Emrys is always observing the part of the manor that the Consort Badge is taking place in order for him to make good judgement on who will remain after the task," as Wolf Lord talks to the young adults, all of them are listening carefully, making sure to remember the important information.

"Another regulation is that you are not to use anything whether magic or muggle to find out what a task involves. The tasks have to be a surprise and you will know what you have to do, right before the beginning of a certain task. Anyone caught cheating is immediately out. Also you will be able to send an owl every day an hour before curfew if you wish. Also after a task is finished, meaning everyone had a turn, you will come back here and wait until either Lord Grim or I come and announce the winners and the remaining contestants. The only time Lord Emrys will be in this room, will be the day he himself will announce the winner of the Emrys Consort Badge. Now, I think it is a good idea for all of you to go to sleep because tomorrow right after breakfast so around 10, the second task will start and I think it will take the entire day for all of you to finish. Goodnight, have pleasant dreams all of you."

I recently re-read the chapters I have posted and would like to apologize for the horrible grammar mistakes of the past. Also I thank loveGD for bearing with my mistakes and being a beta reader of my story. She has also agree to beta for the rest of the Emrys Saga. a huge THANK YOU for that!

Also I re-read all the reviews again and I am thankful for having such supportive fans of my stories.

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