Albus was pacing the halls with his invisibility cloak. Sam and Rose had gone to bed, but Albus couldn't sleep. He was too busy thinking about his meeting with Professor McGonagall only an hour ago. It was dark and hard to see, but he didn't mind. No one would be up at this hour. He wandered aimlessly through the halls, preoccupied with thoughts when he crashed into something or someone. There was a certain shuffling when suddenly he saw a wand swinging around.
"Who's there?" hissed a familiar voice. "Lumos." It said the wand lighting up. It was Scorpius Malfoy.
"It's me." Albus answered in a whisper, but Scorpius didn't look like he felt any better.
"Who?" Scorpius whispered into the darkness.
"Can't you-" Albus paused. "Oh." He said before pulling off his invisibility cloak. Scorpius looked shocked for a moment but he quickly regained his composure. "Scorpius, what are you doing by the…" Albus paused again. His mind was a little bit slow. He was sneaking back from their ravenclaw dormitories. Albus suppressed a smirk.
"What are you doin-" Scorpius looked around and stopped. "Never mind. It doesn't matter. I never got to talk to you."
Albus felt weird about that. Talking to Scorpius. Although the two had been through some difficult ordeals together, Albus still didn't feel like they were friends. Hell, Albus didn't even feel like acquaintances. "Sure, how's now?"
"Perfect" Scorpius answered. There was an awkward moment as the two stared at each other.
"Do you want to star-" Albus began but Scorpius cut him off.
"Not here." Albus raised his eyebrow, but didn't question. Scorpius' tone was usually formal, but this, this was different. This was serious.
"Where?" Albus breathed.
"Room of requirement." He answered quickly.
Ten minutes later Albus sat uncomfortably in the room of requirement with Scorpius, and a half hour later they had filled each other in on their new worries.
"Have you told Zeph, or Forest?" Albus asked.
Scorpius shook his head. "I wasn't sure about anything, but more than anything I just didn't want to freak anyone out."
"So why'd you tell me?" Albus asked "Zeph's your sister, you and Forest are so close, so why are you telling me?"
"Like it or not," Scorpius began, not making eye contact but looking down at his palms "Albus, I trust you, and your judgment." Albus swallowed uncomfortably as he absorbed the information. Not the death's of vampires, but the fact that Scorpius trusted him.
Scorpius stood up. "I have some reading to get done." He said matter of factly. "Send me a message if anything else happens."
Albus looked up at him. "What else do you think is going to happen?"
Scorpius sighed solemnly. "I don't know."
Zeph, and Tom were eating breakfast in the Great Hall. It was a quiet morning. They had only been in school for a week, and Zeph felt she was still adjusting, and by still adjusting, she meant adjusting to her new sleeping habits. She fought to keep her eyelids up as she yawned over her morning coffee.
"Up late last night?" Tom asked, his eyes lacking the bags that Zeph's had.
"Yup." She managed to answer before shoving some toast in her mouth and tiredly chewing it.
"Having fun?" he asked in his usual energetic and perverse manner. She rolled her eyes.
"I wish." She mumbled sipping her coffee. She had really messed up her sleeping pattern over the summer. Occasionally she was with Albus, more often she was with Forest, but most of the time she lay in her room listening to music and writing songs late at night, and then waking up late the next day.
Now she was having trouble sleeping so early, and without music blaring sleep was even more difficult. Tom smirked at her and she tried to glare back, but her sleepless eyes could not manage.
"Morning Zeph!" she heard Forest shout from behind her, a bit to cheerily for her taste. Scorpius followed shortly behind.
Zeph groaned. How was it that Forest had energy? She didn't even get to bed until eleven.
"Why do you look so tired?" Forest asked as she took a drink from Scorpius' coffee.
Zeph yawned. "Why don't you?"
"Because unlike you I don't stay up drawing for half the night."
"I can't sleep!" Zeph exclaimed. "And I can't just lie there!"
Forest and Tom laughed to themselves, further poking at Zeph, but in their jeering she noticed that Scorpius was not joining. He looked anxious and tired. Far more tired than Forest looked. Suddenly everything stopped. Zeph looked up to see Professor McGonagall. She cleared her throat. It echoed through the Great Hall. Everyone was silent.
"Students," she said into the crowd "After debate with the ministry, and my own communication with other wizarding schools, we have made a decision. A Decision to continue on a tradition that we stopped many years ago. One that was filled with excitement, and intrigue. This year Hogwarts will, again, be hosting the Triwizard Tournament."
One her last word the doors of the Great Hall opened revealing girls in blue dresses who filled the air with fresh scents, and on the left entered tall boys draped in black robes with furs.
"Living with us this year will be the students of Durmstrang and Beaxbatons schools." She said clearly as two new tables appeared for them to sit at.
"I know many of you are wondering why a week into school the tournament was beginning. Originally, the Ministry was unsure, but together we were able to convince them. If you who wish to compete as one of the three tributes must enter your name in the goblet of fire by this friday. For those of you who are not seventeen yet, you will be unable to enter, so that means some of the sixth years, and all of the seventh years. We have ensured that ministry that this will be the safest Triwizard Tournament to date. The last tournament, which I am sure your parents remember, resulted in the death of a loved student, Cedric Diggory. While the contests will be dangerous, we will do our best to prevents such incidents from ever happening again."
Professor McGonagall glanced around the room with a smile on her face.
"Welcome to the Triwizard Tournament."
Bum bum bum. Ok so that's all I can give you, I won't be writing for the next two weeks, but it's going to be an interesting year! A lot is going on… please review!