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Da – Yes

Ne – No

Baba – Grandmother

Dyadovtsi – Grandfathers

Dyado – Grandfather

Sirache ot voĭna – Orphan of War

Sestra – Sister

Maĭka – Mother

Bashta – Father

THE PROPHET SPECIAL EVENING EDITION

VIKTOR KRUM, ALIVE, FAMILY HISTORY, CARRER, AND... LOVE?

By Lee Jordan.

Viktor Krum, one of the best, if not the best in this humble reporter opinion, Quidditch players in the world, is not only alive, but he is on this paper office in London and is providing us with an exclusive interview, – more like a talk among with friends – regarding the aftermath of the Battle in Durmstrang, his family motivations, and some personal stories, also update us on his Quidditch career and his hopes for the future.

– So, Mr. Krum, why are you here today?

Well, Mr. Jordan, there has been a lot to say about me in the paper and magazines, people think I'm dead since I didn't play with Bulgari on the Quidditch World Cup Qualifiers. I'm here to prove otherwise, a statement if you want to call it that.

– Well, it was a little suspicious since you are one of the more talented members of the Bulgari national team…

The are many players in the team that are talented, I am just a piece, of an already excellent engine, they played incredible well without me, but again, I just heard about it, I was in no conditions to see the games.

– Some people speculate that the coach of the National team didn't draft you, out of spite, for rejecting the contract with his team in Sofia, a few years back, by the way, why did you reject them? your home is in Sofia, your parent's home too, yet you play for the Vratsa...

Regarding the draft, I was recovering, medi-witch didn't even approve visitors, even less me playing, coach understand, he is a good man, excellent teacher, that I choose Vratsa back then was because is more disciplined, in Sofia there are many distractions, players often distracted on practice, Vratsa is more focus, plus, I can apparate all over Bulgari so is not a problem to live in Sofia and work in Vratsa.

– That makes sense, but back to the Bulgarian National team, nobody believes the rumor of the coach not drafting you, by the way, it will have been a major PR nightmare, besides, you weren't seen on Bulgari at any point since the middle of July of last year, so what happened there?

Yeah, the truth is I left Bulgari the last week of July, first I went to France, Paris to be exact, I was buying gifts, and having breakfast almost every day with my friend Fleur on the week before her wedding, then I stay in France for a couple of days making sure of last-minute arrangements, since her maĭka and sestra were with her, after a last-minute emergency with the bouquet, I came to England for the wedding, but the reception was interrupted, as you know, by the news of the falling of the Ministry, and the death of the English Minister, so I went back to Bulgari, and in less than a day, I had quit the Vratsa Vultures, the National team, went to see my family and set my affairs in order, then I went to Dursmtrang, and spent the next six months looking through the history of Dursmtrang, looking for protections spells, anything to protect the students and the school.

– But why you were looking? I mean, at Hogwarts we had Deputy Headmaster Professor McGonagall, she cast the spells for the protection of the school, your Headmaster didn't know them? if you can answer, of course, I know about the secrecy among schools.

You're right about the secrecy, but the truth is that when I was a student, the Headmaster was Igor Karkaroff and he was a confess Death Eater, so the Headmaster before him didn't trust, even in Dursmtrang with all our history, there are lines that the alumni not usually cross, so many of the spells and secrets of Durmstrang vanish with that wizard, and it took me a long time because our library had been ravished – Krum is visibly upset – by Gellert Grindelwald, when he was a student, he performed twisted and dark experiments and attacked other students, almost killing them, Durmstrang didn't allow this behavior so he was expelled, but before that, he destroyed or stole a lot of books about the school and the ancient history of magic, each school has his secrets, I don't know about Hogwarts, but we have very old books, spells and hexes written on forgotten languages, we don't learn it, we can't even read them, but they exist, that's why it took me so long, I had to translate a lot of books.

– That's should have been a sight, all the wizard world is used to see you on a broom, I imagine should be interesting to see you barricaded by books... – Krum actually laughs at this.

Yes, not many people saw me as a good student, but I am, there are few things people or life can't take from you, and even if I lose everything, knowledge is going to be forever mine...

– Well said. But, what happened after? you pretty much disappeared, there were reports of you dying, what's up with that?

Well, is true, during the battle I perform a very old, very powerful hex, one that goes all the way back to the druid civilization, it was hard to translate, runes were never my forte, and I was not sure to use it, certainly, the teacher that helped me wouldn't want me to use it...

– Then why?

Because I notice that there were Death Eaters inside the walls of Durmstrang, I can read your face, I know what is the reputation of Durmstrang, and we are not perfect, da, we had a curriculum featuring the Dark Arts very prominent, but we had limits, that's why Grindelwald was expelled, his experiments were too disturbing, imagine what kind of experiments he performed, that Durmstrang, a school with a notably high tolerance of the Dark Arts find it repulsive, Durmstrang didn't admit muggle-borns, that also true, there is no way to go around that, is a cornerstone in the foundation, not a single Headmaster past or future will change that, there is a reason I can't share behind that rule, but the rules can be bend, I, for example, I'm the son of a pure-blood and a muggle-born, If Durmstrang were really that martial, I couldn't ever study there, it was only until Karkaroff, that Durmstrang became immensely unpopular, parents remove their children, because of his ruthlessness. He insisted on an environment ruled by fear and intimidation, he was egotistical and unprincipled, my own maĭka, former alumni along with her entire family, talk about me and my sestra never attending, my bashta supports her, but then thanks to Karkaroff, students began to follow Grindelwald path, that can never happen, so I went, as well as sestra, and along with others, that lost family on the Global Wizarding War, we taught them the error on his ways...

– So, you hex them?

I educate children that never had heard about the horror of war, that never had to mourn the loss of family, they never had seen the pain and the longing in the eyes of those you love most...that's what those students didn't understand so we taught them the error on his ways...

– Your pain, is transparent in your words. Who was it, Viktor, who the Krum family lost...

Three dyadovtsi, but it was not just the Krum family, it was the Vulchanova family as well, you see, my maĭka maiden name, is Vulchanova, her family can be traced to the middle ages, to the very foundation of Durmstrang, my maĭka told me that baba, never remarried, never stop wearing black, never bowed her head, dyado stood up to Grindelwald and was one of the last to die before Dumbledore decided to face him. He died to protect the next generations, to stop that supremacist idea, he never got to meet his daughter. And my bashta he didn't even meet his parents, he is sirache ot voĭna, they were muggles, and both were killed during the Anglo-American bombings, in the second muggle world war, he was found on the ruble, his maĭka body was covering him, but he was alive, wrapped in a blanket, his papers were hastily put on it, he spent his first years in an orphan home, then he was adopted by a famous Bulgarian chef, he said to Bashta that was a debt, that his bastha had saved him once, and was only fair to take care of his son, he raised Bashta like a son and when Bashta discovered wizard, he sent him to school, not Durmstrang but good school, and then, when died he left everything to Bashta, so you see Mr. Lee, I know about the sadness in the eyes of the ones I love.

– Thank you for telling that story, those of us who had lost someone at the war understand you. But tell us then, why the reports of your death? you look incredible healthy for a dead man... – Krum laughs and the spirit in the room is lifted a bit.

Because I was... – I look him speechless – let me explain, the hex was written with the idea of forming a wall, so to speak, of wizards and/or witches, they should be 2 meters apart and everything in the front will be killed, everything on the back will be alive, protected, and the wizards will use their collective energy to effective protect themselves and live to tell the tale, but I was just me, and I was hesitant to use it, so I didn't tell anyone about it, when I conjure the spell I tied it to the walls in the great hall, they were embedded with magic through the centuries, so that function like post to the barrier, I use all my energy, it was so forceful that the wall in the great hall collapsed, I'm not feeling bad for that by the way, one of those was Grindelwald wall so his memory is only on books now, but then, as soon as the hex leave my wand, I collapse, I knew I was dying, but the rest of the alumni were safe and they keep protecting the school, the Death Eaters were dead, and I was on the gates of death, my best friend Sergei, pull me to the infirmary, but I was in peace with it, my parents had loved me, my sestra was happy, my friends will remember me, a girl that like me for me, not for fame had kissed me, but Sergei and Elena, my sestra, they refuse to let me die, they brought every single medi-witch and wizard in Bulgari and Romania to help me, once they fund my notes they brought medi-wizards and witches of Ireland, or whomever they find someone related with druids, I was in the gates of death for two weeks, every breath could have been the last, but they didn't let me, when I woke up, and heard about the ones that died, the ones I kill, the ones in prison, I weep, Elena and Sergei flew me to my flat and stayed with me until I was strong enough to take care of myself.

– They truly love you – Krum drew a little smile – and is another accomplishment to you, not many people come back from death, but you did, so, what's next? what is for Viktor Krum in this second chance? Are we going to see you at the Bulgari league in a couple of months? – Viktor laughs

Well, what is next is life, joy, love, for my second chance I want to be happy, and maybe settle, is a work in progress. Regarding Quidditch, ne, I'm not going back to the Bulgari league, I been in my country all my life, I have only been out for Quidditch, vacations, or school, is time for me to expand, live in other places work in other weathers, so Mr. Jordan, can you publish I'm a free agent and eager to hear offers?

– Certainly Mr. Krum! Will you be considering England?

I'll consider every single offer I get.

– Really? is this for your career or Viktor Krum as another idea? – Viktor laughs so hard that the other employees look at us.

Just asks what you want to ask, Mr. Jordan, I promise I will not laugh and will try to answers as truly as possible...

I laugh at that – Ok, years ago you were romantically involved with an English girl, is there a possibility that you are looking to give another try to that, hence your decision to come to England? because you haven't really explained why you're in England.

Well spotted, Mr. Jordan, well spotted, the truth is that I came to England because I was summoned, you see, there was a man, a very brave man that I admire and by some miracle, he had me in high esteem, so in his will, I was privileged enough to be named, that's why I came, to honor the wishes of a very brave man...and maybe to look for a relationship with the girl...

– You have to tell me her name...

Seriously? I thought you have remembered it by now...

– Are you for real? I'll never have imagined...and you talk to her already? Please tell me you did...

I did, and she agreed to give me a chance, she has some plans of her own but I'll be there every step, now I have a travel permit for all of Europe, if need, depending on the offers, America, Asia, and Africa are just details to work, so I can work wherever I want, and keep visiting her without any worry, at least for the mandatory two years' contract that is required when you join a new team.

– You are Viktor Krum, do you really think they only offer you two years contracts? No offense, Viktor, but you are pretty good so...

Legally they can't offer me more for the first contract, they can, however, a few weeks before the end of that contract, do the first offer before I became a free agent again so, that's the legal option, we are Quidditchs players, not savages so, I'll be waiting for the offers...

– You surely will have offers...So, Viktor, to wrap this up, is there any message or statement you want to share?

Da, War was difficult but was not been possible without our own prejudice as persons, you see, many pure-blood believe that the mud-bloods or half-bloods shouldn't exits, but I spent six months tapped behind books and, I find that many of the more famous or oldest houses came from muggles, in time the descendants had forgotten or plainly ignoring it, and is the parent's job, as well as teachers to educate the new generations to accept those who come from different background, in other aspects wizard community act just like the muggles, judging by money, or type of parents or who we love, and it's sad because I came across a few mud-bloods that are bullied in school, but they bully poor people, so it's irrational and we have to be different, Grindelwald want to wizards to rule the world, kill all the muggles, or slave them, Voldemort, wanted to kill all the un-pureblooded, as well as muggles, but what I came to learn, was that he was a half-blood so you see the irony, one of the most prominent members, the killer of Albus Dumbledore was a bullied kid, Severus Snape in his youth was bullied by pure bloods, because he was poor and odd or any other reason boys will find plus he was half-blood and he grew up bitter and resent, but and this is something I want to share, because people need to know, and his memory deserves the truth, he is the one to help me to translate the older spells of Durmstrang, he is the one that help me to vanish the memory of Grindelwald forever, he is the one who provide the Order of Phoenix all the information they need to keep Harry Potter safe, he help from the dark for over 20 years, he was the bravest men I know, and I fought alongside very brave people, I don't care if people believe me or not, I know the truth, and if more people were like the Weasley family... the Weasleys, they have been marked and mock and ridiculed and look down because they are poor, they are blood traitors, when in reality they have been the more consistent people in the wizard world they had open arms and hearts for every single person, they don't care who they come from they accept them just like that and they had paid for that openness, I read about the one that died in Hogwarts, I weep for him as hard as I weep for my flying teacher, the difference is that Fred Weasley died for the right cause, he died defending his beliefs, the beliefs of his family, the belief that every person is equal and deserve not to be judge by where they come from or how much they have but the potential they have and to be free to be wherever they want, were my teacher, the man that thought me to fly, he decided that only the purest deserve to live, the teacher I love the most in my early years at Durmstrang, my most beloved mentor, was a Death Eater, so we need to educate, to be more like a Weasley, to open our arms and hearts and believe that everyone has the right to be.

– Thank you, Mr. Krum. you really are a good man.

Thank you, Mr. Jordan, I hope for a happy future, that's all.

That was it, people, that was the one-on-one conversation we had with the famous Viktor Krum, he was less the person we had known for years on the papers and more like the one that the witness in Durmstrang described, in the humble opinion of this reporter, I think Mr. Krum is going to give us a lot of surprises, I for once, hope to hear more about his building relationship with Hermione Granger, hero in the Battle of Hogwarts, I hope they have a very bright and happy future. Good night.