Two hours before they had to leave for the match Hermione was up in her room, this would be the first time in two weeks that Hermione had seen Viktor, and she wanted to look good for him. Hermione manually straightened her hair and it went fairly well, seeing as it was her first time using a straightening iron. I need to look up a good hair straightening spell one day! Maybe I should ask Ginny? Hermione thought as she looked in the mirror. After a lot of contemplation Hermione decided to put her straightened hair into a side braid.
Hermione dressed casually in blue skinny jeans and a white, silk blouse. As her parents walked downstairs, Hermione slid on her white ballet flats. They got into her father's car and he drove them, with the directions that Viktor had sent them, to a portkey. Mr. Granger parked near a park, about ten minutes from their house and they all got out and glanced around and walked into the park. The Grangers were thankful that nobody was around, it would have looked very strange to see a family walking into a park at almost nine o' clock at night.
"What do we do with this?" Mr. Granger asked Hermione looking absolutely flabbergasted as they stared at the can on the ground.
"We all have to touch it at the same time, you MUST let go when I tell you too or we will be separated!" Hermione said.
"One...two...THREE!" Hermione yelled as all three Grangers touched their index fingers to the can and were sucked into nothingness.
Mr. Granger was yelling his head off and felt as if he was spinning over a 100 mph and being sucked into a vacuum at the same time, he could barely breathe.
"NOW!" Hermione screamed as all three Grangers let go of the portkey and fell onto soft grass, and could hear music playing in the distance.
Hermione smiled knowing that in just a few minutes she would see Viktor, but her joy was short lived when she saw the long line of wizards lined up at the entrance.
"Looks like we have a long night ahead of us..." Mrs. Granger said.
""Maybe not..." Hermione said as she saw Nikolai and Aleksandr running toward them.
"Niko? Alek? What are you two doing here?" Hermione asked confused.
"Ve alvays come to Vika's Quidditch games! Ve haff free pass cards from Coach" Niko said as he held up a black gard with his name written on it in gold cursive.
"Ve saw you arrive from Top Box and came to bring you inside! You didn't think Viktor vould make you vait in such long line did you?" Alek asked laughing.
Niko and Alek led The Grangers away from the line and to a side door that led into a narrow little hallway with a guard at the end.
"Yes?" the guard said gruffly as he looked at them annoyed.
Niko and Alek held up their cards and said "They are vith us" as the guard looked at the Grangers.
"Do they have pass cards?" The guard asked.
"No but-" Alek said before he was interrupted by the guard.
"No pass cards no entrance" The guard said.
"You haff to let them in! This is Viktor Krum's girlfriend!" Niko said looking annoyed.
"Sure, every girl here is Viktor Krum's girlfriend, now stop wasting my time." The guard said impatiently.
"You are going to regret this" Niko said as he sent a Patronus down to the pitch.
Ten minutes later Viktor appeared in his Quidditch robes.
"Vhat is the problem here Adam?" Viktor asked looking at the guard.
"These two are trying to sneak in these extra three spectators here by lying, they claim this girl is your girlfriend" Adam the guard said as he snorted.
"Don't not make that noise again Adam, this is my girlfriend and I do not vish to see you disrespecting her again" Viktor said as he looked down at Adam, gloweringly, then he took Hermione's hand in his own.
"O-Of course Mr. Krum! I'm really sorry..." Adam said. "Please, come in" Adam said as he stepped away from the elevators.
Viktor, still holding Hermione's hand, led her and the Grangers into the elevators that went all the way up to the Top Box.
"I am very sorry for that, Adam vas supposed to let in anyvone that came vith Niko and Alek" Viktor said to the Grangers.
"It's alright Viktor, I'm sure the man was just trying to do his job" Mrs. Granger said as she smiled at him. "It's so nice to see you again."
"I am also very happy to see you all again" Viktor said as he smiled at Hermione. The elevator doors slid open and they all walked out of it, and into the Top Box.
Cornelius Fudge was also in the Top Box along with a couple of Bulgarian men, and two unexpected guests. Hermione was shocked to see Draco Malfoy and his father, Lucius, also standing there.
Lucius Malfoy looked up when he saw the Grangers and then his eyes slid down to Hermione's hand in Viktor's and his lips curled into a cold smirk.
"The match vill begin in 10 minutes" Viktor said to the Grangers as he seated them in front, a couple rows away from the Malfoys.
Viktor squeezed Hermione's hand gently and smiled at her before walking back to the elevators and going back down to the pitch for some warm up flying.
Hermione could practically feel the Malfoy's cold eyes boring into the back of her head, but she tried to ignore it. Hermione didn't want to think of the Malfoy's, she wanted to support Viktor during his match.
Viktor paced around the changing rooms, already in his Quidditch robes as his Firebolt leaned against the wall. I must do good job for Hermione and her parents. I must make them proud of me, I cannot lose this match.
The announcer's loud voice thundered through the stadium "Good evening! I am Samuel Atwood your announcer for this evening and I would like to welcome you all to tonight's match! The Vratsa Vultures from Bulgaria against Puddlemere United from none other than Puddlemere!" The stadium erupted in roars of cheers and whistling.
Hermione clapped politely for the Puddlemere United team and was shocked when the announcer yelled Viktor's name.
"AND THE BULGARIAN'S YOUNGEST SEEKER, VIKTOR KRUM!" The announcer yelled out. The stadium seemed to literally shake with cheers and fans jumping up and down excitedly as Viktor flew out. Hermione noticed that many were wearing 'I Support Viktor Krum' badges and Viktor Krum memorabilia.
Viktor grinned, he loved the atmosphere during Quidditch games, and as he flew out he dropped off his broom, grabbing onto the handle with one hand as he literally swung himself around it, as if it was a trapeze, then swung back on, this caused even more cheering and screaming, from more than 2/3s of the audience.
Hermione was not impressed by Viktor's trick, her heart almost stopped when she saw him drop off his broom, but her father looked impressed and cheered and whooped loudly with the rest of the crowd. "He's brilliant!" cried Mr. Granger.
The Bulgarian coach and Puddlemere's coach walked to the center of the pitch and shook hands as they opened a large chest together. The referee threw the Quaffle up into the air, right into the center of the Chasers, and Dimitrov, from the Bulgarian team caught it and sped toward the goal posts with Ivanova and Levski flanking him as they zoomed through the Puddlemere team and zigzagged their way through as Dimitrov threw the Quaffle through a goal hoop and the Bulgarian fans roared with cheers.
"TEN POINTS TO THE VULTURES!" the announcer yelled as the score went up 10-0. Soon Puddlemere's Chaser Bleu got into possession of the Quaffle and tried throwing it into one of the goals but Bulgaria's Keeper, Zograf, was too fast for him and blocked the Quaffle with the end of his broom, slamming it back toward them, but Levski flew past and got possession of it quickly as he sped back toward the goals, when a Bludger flew straight at him and knocked him off his broom. Levski spiraled down toward the ground as Puddlemere's Murray grabbed the Quaffle and scored 10 points for his team.
Viktor flew down and grabbed Levski before he fell to the ground and flew up, clutching him by his robes and took him back up to his broom. Levski mounted his broom looking angry as he sped straight for the Puddlemere Beater.
Viktor forced himself not to look at Hermione, it was too early on in the game to get distracted. Viktor's eyes darted around the field, searching for any sign of gold, and he could tell, even without looking, that Conrad, Puddlemere's Seeker was doing the same.
Thirty minutes further into the game, Zograf blocked three more goals and Dimitrov scored two more, now the score was 30-50, to the Puddlemere team who was ahead. Viktor began to feel sincerely anxious now, the game could go either way and things weren't looking good for them. If Conrad saw the Snitch before he did, they would lose the game. Relief flooded Viktor's body when Ivanova scored another goal for their team, getting them up to 40-50.
Adrenaline filled Viktor's body and he knew it was time to find the Snitch, and fast. Viktor flew high over the stadium his eyes searching for the Snitch like a hawk. Conrad had his eye on Viktor, and grinned when he saw Viktor's eyes light up. Viktor dived down toward the ground and Conrad quickly followed, not wanting to allow Viktor a head start. Conrad and Viktor flew further and further down and a confused Conrad looked around and saw no sign of the Snitch, but by then it was too late. Viktor pulled out of the dive just feet from the ground and flew back up into the air, but Conrad slammed into the ground with the speed of a bullet. The Puddlemere fans gasped as they jumped up and leaned over the railings to get a look at Conrad who wasn't moving.
Mediwitches ran onto the field and lifted Conrad onto a stretcher and carried him away quickly. This vill make job easier. Viktor thought as he looked around receiving furious looks from the Puddlemere United team's Beaters. Viktor knew he would need to be wary of "stray" Bludgers coming his way. Hermione knew that there would be no replacement Seeker for Puddlemere United, Viktor had told her that in Quidditch, no substitution of a player is allowed, even if a player is too hurt to continue playing. Viktor said there was only an exception when a game went on for so long, that a player began to get fatigued. Hermione smiled excitedly, she knew that without a Seeker, the Puddlemere United team may as well forfit, because if the Snitch wasn't caught, the game would not end.
The Puddlemere team had also apparently come to this conclusion, and were praying to God that Conrad would recover. Viktor knew he would have to find the Snitch soon, because if Conrad did recover, he would have lost an easy chance at a win. Ten minutes later Viktor saw the Snitch glinting by Dimitrov and Dimitrov grinned when he saw it. Viktor sped toward it, his arm outstretched, and Harris, the Puddlemere Beater that had sent the Bludger that knocked Levski off his broom, sent a Bludger straight at Viktor. Vulchanov, the Bulgarian Beater slammed the Bludger away from Viktor and back toward Harris, as Volkov, the other Bulgarian Beater, high-fived him. Viktor's fingers closer around the Snitch, just as Harris was knocked off his broom, and the audience erupted with cheers and everything was blocked out by a sea of cheers, applause, and joyous screaming.
Viktor grinned widely, his hand still clutching the Golden Snitch, and the first person he looked at was Hermione, who was smiling proudly and clapping loudly with her parents. Viktor's teammates flew toward him and hugged him and slapped him on the back as they all grinned and whooped happily.
Viktor pulled away from them, and all eyes were on him as he flew toward Hermione and took her hand, and placed the Golden Snitch in it, before closing her fingers over it. "It is souvenir of first time you come to see me play, as my girlfriend" Viktor said smiling before flying back to the pitch. Viktor could practically hear the girls in the audience saying "Awwwwww" and could see some girls looking very jealous. He knew that his little exchange with Hermione would be in the Daily Prophet by the next morning, but he didn't care. Viktor was, however, too excited and happy to care.