Chapter 11

Lily's POV

I gasped as we walked towards the entrance of the Durmstrang castle. From the outside, the castled looked a bit like Hogwarts except possibly not as grand as it only had a few floors and no towers that I could see of. It also looked rather sinister and dark, yet had a alluring sense to it.

The only real problem was that it was freezing. Especially at this time in the evening with the wind blowing all the snow in circles around you. No wonder the Durmstrang boys always wore fur cloaks and fur hats.

Along the walls of the castle there were numerous symbols carved into the stone. No doubt they were symbols of the Dark Arts but they were odd shapes and interesting to look at as you walked past.

After what seemed like an age we came to two large doors. We all stood in pairs waiting patiently. It sort of reminded me of the first day, waiting outside the hall whilst the other students got settled.

A couple of pairs infront, Scorpius was standing with Drake. As if he could read my mind once again, he turned his head and caught my eye. He looked at me for a second, flashed a grin then winked as he turned back around. I could feel the heat going to my cheeks already. Infuriating Boy!

"Why are you so red all of a sudden?" Jake whispered from beside me,

"Why are you whispering?" I whispered back.

"I don't know. It seemed to fit the mood better...and don't keep changing the subject." He looked pointedly.

"I guess...guess I'm just cold is all." I shrugged.

"It is quite cold actually."

Wow he believed me. I must be getting better at this whole lying thing.

"Pssst." Someone kicked me in the back of my knee and I almost buckled over.

"What Roxy!" I snapped looking behind me.

"I saw that..." she said smugly.

"What?"

She pointed at the back of HIS head. Then did a poor imitation of his smirk and then a wink.

"That was a fail. Just saying." I said.

"Well you knew what I meant!"

I turned my back on her just in time to see the grand doors opening into...a dimly lit corridor. Well at least it was inside so I guess thats an improvement right? It might be a bit warmer. We all followed McGonagall inside to be met by a very tall man in blood red robes. He was stick pole thin and had a short, greying goatee. He had many scars on his face making him look like a retired warrior. To be fair, he probably was.

"Welcome. To the Institute of Durmstrang. We are happy to have you for this magnificent event." He finished curtly.

"Thank you Kubura." McGonagall said nodding her head slightly.

"And how are you Minerva?" The man named Kubura asked McGonagall.

"Who's that guy Jake?" I murmured to him.

"That is the headmaster of Durmstrang. He took over when Kakaroff disappeared. He's half Russian and hald Japanese. He used to be a dragon warrior-"

"Okay. All I needed to know was the headmaster bit. But thanks for his whole biography." I patted him on the arm. "You really need to get out more."

"I'm perfectly fine with my books thanks." He replied.

Before I could reply the Durmstrang Headmaster interupted. "If you would all follow me then please." Then took off walking briskly down the corridor.

Okay I was a bit wrong. I thought it would be warmer inside the castle. The fact was that it was not much warmer than outside. A few degrees possibly. Everytime you walked past a torch you could feel slight heat radiating from it.

We eventually got too another set of huge doors. You could hear the sound of chattering on the other side. As soon as Kubura swung the doors open, the noise died down instantly. I guess the whole scary dragon warrior thing got around.

The room was massive. About 100 long chandeliers dangled from the ceiling each holding about 10 candles bathing the room in a soft glow, which was odd compared to the harsness of the rest of the castle. The amount of candles in the room made the temperature quite too pleasant. At least I wasn't shivering anymore. One huge round table sat in the middle of the room and four, equally big round tables sat in each corner of the room. You could have easily sat about 100 people to each table.

All I could see was a sea of red robes and in the far left corner about 20 pretty girls in satin blue.

Beauxbatons girls. I could see a few of them waving at Colette who smiled at them. I guess they were'nt the bitchy ones then.

"Everyone." Kubura announced to the main hall. His voice echoed. "Please welcome Hogwarts School."

Everyone clapped politely. I looked around at the Durmstrang boys who were all pointing at us muttering to each other.

We made our way in a line to a space allocated on one of the far tables whilst the teachers went to join the other teachers in the table in the middle.

I ended up sitting next to a quite dashing Durmstrang boy who looked as if he was around my age. He had a shock of black hair and a dazzling smile from what I saw as I sat down.

"You are Lily Potter, daughter of Harry Potter?" He said in a strong Romanian accent.

"Yes. That's me." I smiled awkwardly. I got this all the time. I swear like everyone knew who I was since I was born. James and Albus sometimes got confused but as I was my fathers only daughter everyone just knew me.

"You are...how to sayy...very beautiful." He picked up one of my hands and kissed it softly.

"Uhhh-hh- thanks" I stuttered. "And your name is?"

"Xavier."

"Isn't Xavier spanish?"

"My mother is spanish, my father is romanian. I grew up in Romania, until I get sent here of course."

"Is it hard being so far away from home for the whole year?"

"Not really. I mean life at home wasnt all that anyway."

"Yeah Xavier had us! Not to mention the fact that he's the best in the whole school." One of his friends beside him put an arm around him and ruffled his hair. Xavier sat there looking slightly amused.

"I'm really not." He shrugged of his friends arm. "Are you entering this competition." He gestured to the large cup at the front of the hall.

"Ohh no. I'm too young...I'm here for entertainment purposes only."

"Really." He looked slightly alarmed.

"Oh noo not that kind of entertainment! Nooooo!" I started laughing.

"I was going to say."

"NOOO...I meant watch and laugh my brother screw up if he gets picked."

"Thats a bit mean."

"I am mean-"

"Lily?"

I turned to find Scorpius standing there looking pissed.

"Whats up Scorpius. I think you should sit down before the food comes."I muttered.

"I think you should come sit over with us."

"I think I'm alright here actually. Rather not sit with you and your skanks."

Scorpius ignored my reply and turned his frown upon Xavier. "Who are you?" he said, disgust dripping from his words.

"I am Xavier. Who are you?"

"Im her boyfriend." He replied simply.

"What n-" but I got cut off because Scorpius grabbed me by the hand and practically dragged me off the seat.

"Nice to meet you Lily Potter!" Xavier called after me.

I smiled at him "You too Xavier!"

Then I turned back to Scorpius and started whacking him on the arm. "What was that for?"

"You don't want to get involoved with these Durmstrang boys. They only want you for one thing." He murmured still tugging me halfway round the huge table.

"And you don't?" I asked nonchantly.

He stopped briefly and looked at me carefully. "I care about you. I just don't want you to get hurt by that russian douche." I shrugged and started pulling my hand again. My hand felt all warm and seemed to fit in his perfectly. I smiled happily.

"Sounds like somebody's jealousss..." I offered.

"I'm Scorpius Malfoy and I do not get jealous." He said and tugged me down beside him on the bench.

"For the record, he wasn't even Russian, he was Romanian. Your the douche."

"Same difference."

"What the fuck is she doing here?" sneered a nasal voice from my right. I turned to see no one other than Lexi.

"What the fuck are you doing here? I'm surprised the boat could still fly with you and your big head on board." I said sweetly. I heard Scorpius trying to withold a snigger on my left.

She scowled at me and pushed her chest out some more and leaned infront of me looking at Scorpius. What the hell, did she think this was some competition where the person with the largest boobs .

"Babyyyyy...i wanted to sit next to youu." She wailed.

"Or maybe he brought me over so he wouldnt have to sit next to you and put up with you feeling him up all the time?" Scorpius was proper chocking now.

I patted him on the back. "Isn't that right 'babyyyyy'?" I mimicked Lexi.

"Least I'm not cheating on my boyfriend." She countered smugly.

It was no point denying her because she would have thought she had won so instead I said "Oh thats right. Instead, your the other woman that the boyfriend cheats with. Does that make you feel better?"

That shut her up. So I turned back too the table where mountains of food suddenly appeared just like at Hogwarts. They totally copied us.

I only just realised then how hungry I was so I immediately reached for a handful of fries ignoring manners and etiquette.

"God fat much?" Lexi said. I opened my mouth to say something back to her but someone else beat me too it.

"Will you just shut up Lexi!" Scorpius commanded. Reaching over to also grab some fries accidently brushing his hand against mine as he did.

I looked at her. She looked stunned. Her mouth was opening but no sound was coming out. She looked a bit like a fish.

"Uh oh Lex got TOLD!" Drake said next to Scorpius. "Oh hi Lily!" he waved enthusiatically at me.

I smiled confused.. "uhh hi Drake."

I looked around to see Rose sitting there silently.

"Rose." I greeted her with a soft smile.

"Lily." She nodded in acknowledgement before turning back to her plate of food. Well I guess we had to start somewhere.

"Well earlier was a bit akward" announced Drake.

" Lets not talk about it Drakey" said a tight lipped Rose.

"Yeah dude. Leave it before I puke up my guts" Scorpius said.

"Thats nice." I laughed.

" He'd probably make me lick it up." Drake whispered.

"Urghh, now I think I might be sick." I said clutching my stomach.

"Awww don't worry Lily" Scorpius put his arm around me and pulled me closer. "I'll make him clean yours up as well."

I couldnt think of anything to say...his arm was around me and I could feel the heat radiating from him...it sent shivers all through me.

No...bad Lily. We had this conversation before remember...LORCAN LORCAN LORCAN.!

"That really doesn't make me feel any better." I said discreetly trying to move away from him before I totallly lost it.

He reluctantly moved his hand away from me and went back to cutting up his food. I smiled and turned back to facing the table where I caught the eye of Roxy across the table who waved at me. I waved back but not before I caught the eye of someone else. Lysander was also sitting across the table looking at me frowning. When he realised I was looking back at him he flashed a smile before winking, I just waved back at him. What was with all these guys today. When I said I wanted a good birthday present I didnt mean all these guys!

"So are you putting in for the Twiwizard thing?" I asked Scorpius and Drake whilst shoveling in some coronation chicken. Gosh I could eat a whole bowl of this stuff.

"I think a man with my many talents would go to waste if I didnt." Replied Scorpius.

"You what?" Lexi snorted from beside me. I had forgotten she was even there.

"Means Y.E.S!" I said.

"Whatever" she muttered. I just realised how weird it must be for Rose and Lexi. I mean Rose was always with Drake. Drake was Scorpius' wingman so they were always together. And half the time Lexi was always hanging over Scorpius. I don't think either of them had many people they could call friends.

"Is that Steak and Kidney Pie!" said Drake suddenly.

I laughed... "Wow you eat a lot!"

"He's like a train." Scorpius nodded in agreement.

"Look, you can't resist a good Steak and Kidney Pie." Said Drake tucking into a huge slice.

I looked at Rose who seemed to be staring at her food intently. She didnt seem to be saying much so I decided to break the ice.

"Rose." She looked up at the sound of her name. "I'm really sorry about the whole thing earlier with Rox and everything." I said sounding proper sincere.

"I thoufhght we'rree dfnot havinggg dis convsaaasion?" mumbled Drake with a mouthful of food.

"Shhh, shut up and eat your pie." I scolded.

"Yesss Miss!" he said and Scorpius sniggered.

"It's okay. I mean I've been a right bitch lately to you. All you've done is been nice to me and I've treated you like crap. Roxanne deserves to be pissed with me."

"No, no she still shouldn't have done it."

"Seriously, this whole argument started with me so I need to be the one to fix it." She smiled meekly.

"Maybe we just need to have girly chat later?" I suggested.

"Maybe we could join." Scorpius added waggling his eyebrows.

I slapped him playfully reminding me of earlier back on the ship. "Are you a girl, Malfoy? I would be worried if you were."

"You wanna check for me?" he smirked.

"You wish."

"Yea I do."

I smiled heat rising to my face, "so what do ya think Rose?"

"Sounds good, we have a lot of catching up to do cuz!"

"Yeah we doo cuz!"

We spent the rest of the meal just playfully messing around and teasing. It was actually really fun. Better than I had expected and I was starting to get used to being around Scorpius. Although I swear he had some sort of split personality. One minute he would be all sweet and caring and next minute he would be back to his arrogant, sexy self. I couldn't really figure out which one I liked best so I guess a bit of both was fine.