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Matthew padded into the stands, his green eyes catching sight of his friend's father, Sirius Black. Spotting an open seat beside him, he grinned widely, catching many looks from his elongated canines. "May I sit here?" He asked pleasantly. Sirius looked up and grinned upon seeing him.

"Of course! I thought you were off doing some medical course, according to your vampire friend though." Sirius replied, cocking his head to the side.

"I was. But it finished this morning. So I had time to make it over to see this. Did any of them go yet?"

"Yes. Hadrian and Leon both went and won easily. I think their way to do to it quickly enough so that they didn't give anything. Real sneaky those two." Sirius chuckled, tossing some popcorn in his mouth as he watched the next match get called up. "Speaking of your friends, Violet's up now."

Matthew quickly focused on the arena. "I wonder what she'll do...vampires have rather amazing reflexes, strength, and speed. Much like a werewolf. But for someone with the role of a journalist, she's incredibly talented magically and weapon wise. Remind me to never be around when she has her katana."

Sirius gave a barking laugh at the comment. "Will do!" Lily smiled at the exchange before focusing again on the fight.

"Wait, Sirius, who's your son?" James hissed, recalling the short conversation he had with the man. Sirius snorted at him.

"Why do you care? The first boy, Hadrian Black of course! Are you really so stupid as to not connect the last name?" Sirius taunted before shutting his ex-friend out. Sometimes, there are things more important to do instead of listening to an idiot speak.

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Violet sighed. The boy before her looked pompous, reminding her of a very ugly peacock as his chest puffed out. She tossed her midnight black hair over her shoulder, causing the boy to drool. Her disgust grew even more. "Hey, Violet was it? Once I destroy these losers in this tournament, want to go out with me?" The boy asked arrogantly.

"I would rather not. I have standards you see. Besides my father would never approve of a boy with a stick so far up his ass that all his shit is coming out from his own mouth." Violet sneered. Silence echoed loudly in the audience's ears as they processed her callous words. Loud laughter roared from the participant box as her friends cackled at her words, with the other contestants joining in soon after. She smirked. The boy flushed angrily before raising his wand slowly.

"You're going to regret that!" he hissed, firing off a reducto. Violet yawned widely, side-stepping the spell as her hand reach behind her back.

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"Oh shit," Amber muttered, flinching back. The other contestants looked at her curiously.

"Vhat is it?" A Bulgarian girl asked, raising an eyebrow.

"She's going for the katana," Amber replied, shivering. Hadrian patted her on the back sympathetically.

"It's ok Amber. You're not her target remember?" Hadrian smirked.

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Violet slowly dragged out her katana, the silver gleaming in the light. The boy continued to fire off reductos, and even a bombarda, but he was tiring quickly. Suddenly he fired off a sickly yellow curse, aimed for her head. Golden eyes flashed dangerously and with a flash of silver, the curse was split in half. Violet blurred as she sprinted forward at the nuisance. Easily twirling her katana around to slice him, she cut through his tendons, rendering him unable to move.

"Winner; Violet Eripmav!" Juliana announced loudly, getting cheers from the crowd, who were getting sick of the boy themselves.

"That's my girl!" A handsome man with pale skin and pitch black hair smirked. Everyone glanced over only for his grin to widen to reveal a nice set of fangs. They then quickly turned away. Violet rolled her eyes as she sheathed her katana and headed for the stands.

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Matthew smiled at this before pulling out a bag of popcorn. "The contestants look interesting this year," he commented.

"You've been here before?"

"Yes, my older brother used to participate in them...before he passed," Matthew admitted sadly. Lily winced at the admission, mentally berating herself for asking. "It's ok, I'm paying tribute to him by being here to support my friends,"

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Amber stepped forward as her name was called. Not even waiting for a second as the match started, she jumped backward, planting her hands on the ground. "Nice acrobatics," her opponent, some girl from Australia, commented. Amber smirked at her from her headstand.

"Thank you. I rather think it imitates a dragon..." With that comment, Amber flared her magic. The ground split and cracked, the stone swirling upward to construct an earthen dragon. Amber stood at the head. "Oh noble one, paralyze." The dragon bobbed its head and roared loudly. The girl's eyes widened in fear as she started to fire reducto curses at the dragon.

"Bombarda!" The girl exclaimed desperately. The dragon merely snarled in irritation as it reformed. Amber yawned from her position, indicating her boredom. The dragon struck forward, snapping the girl in its jaws and holding her there in its mouth.

"She won't be getting out any time soon. There are magic draining runes with reinforcer runes to prevent her from breaking out." Amber called down to the proctor.

"Winner; Amber Pendragon!" The dragon huffed before slowly deconstructing, letting out the girl as Amber hopped she headed back in the stands for the participants, the proctor nodded to her in respect.

"That was so awesome!" Leon cheered, high fiving Amber as she sat down with a laugh. "I didn't know you had completed the spell,"

"Well now you know," Amber replied in jest.

"Flashy," Hadrian commented with a smirk.

"Oh shut up. It was cool," Amber huffed, sticking out her tongue.

"Will you be able to do without touching your hands to the floor?" Violet asked. Amber sighed and replied,

"I'm trying...so far it hasn't turned out great," Amber admitted. The group nodded. Somethings you just couldn't get until you grow more.

"They're announcing tomorrow's opponents," Hadrian suddenly said. They all quickly turned to the board. Leon pointed out,

"Amber's facing the Callahan girl..." Amber groaned loudly at this. There was no way she was ready to go up against fire whip girl! Leon snickered a bit before saying, "Hey, think of it this way; at least you can think up a strategy. The fight's tomorrow. There aren't too many participants this year, so it's going to be me, Hadrian, Violet, you, that girl with the wings, and Callahan. The day after that will the semi-finals, and the day after that will be the finals. Not too far away."

Amber pouted and said, "Yeah but it's still irritating. That whip looked dangerous!"

"It is dangerous!" They all exclaimed in return. Amber sulked a bit before starting to think up a strategy. Hadrian sighed as he thought about his opponent. The girl had wings that could turn to sharp steel, and she was crazy fast.

"Come on, my dad's calling us. We reserved rooms at a hotel for all of us." Hadrian smirked as they all cheered. Grabbing their respective weapons, they all trooped up the steps to meet their guardians.

"Hadrian! Over here!" Sirius waved around his hand high to catch their attention.

"You look, foolish dad," Hadrian grumbled, tugging on his father's hand as Sirius ruffled his hair.

"Shut up son," Sirius started to lead the group to the hotel as Lily grasped his other hand.

"Matthew!" Amber exclaimed, hugging the boy.

"Hi!" Matthew happily hugged back. "I finished up my medical thing right as Violet started her battle,"

"Well, it's good to see you," Violet said, sneering at the stunned face of James Potter as he barely comprehended what was happening. "Father, over here," Violet called, her father joining them quickly.

"You did well Violet. I expected no less from you. That boy deserved it," Lord Eripmav sneered at the boy across the stands.

"I know," Violet replied smugly as they continued on toward the hotel. Hadrian sighed happily as he felt his father and mother's magicks surrounding him. Battle tomorrow or not, he was ready to win, to make them proud.