DAILY PROPHET
by Marie Evergreen
Dear readers, before the war with 'You Know Who' British wizards were very famous in international circles. But after the decade long war our best and brightest wizards were lost to the harshness of war. For decades Britain was never again represented in the international community. The only exception to that was Albus Dumbledore. But now another name has been making waves in the international wizarding community. A name that brought prestige and pride back to our home. I am ofcourse talking about Draco Malfoy, the only son of the late Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy nee Black.
Young Mr. Malfoy is a third year Slytherin student in Hogwarts and this young man has made Britain proud by entering the third stage of the under sixteen world dueling championship. He along with other thirteen contestants will be duelling today in Berlin. He is the only English wizard in this tournament but he clearly showed the world our worth.
In the second stage of this contest he took down his oponents under record time and no one could defeat him.He won six duels and has the highest points among the fourteen finalists with no fouls so far. This young man has restored Britains pride and we at the Daily Prophet hopes for the victory of young Mr. Malfoy and wishes him our best.
For more information about House Malfoy , see page Page 6
For more information about international dueling, see page 7
Well you have become certainly famous overnight, Draco" Tracy said after reading the morning paper
"Not as famous as Potter , but you are getting there" Blaise said
"You better not loose or all this publicity will be a waste." Daphne said
"Don't worry I have everything under control. But thanks for coming here guys." I said
"Well we can't let our dear friend face his opponents without some support.Besides our parents seems to enjoy their get together well." Tracy said looking at our parents
"So who is your first opponent " Daphne asked
"Aramis Bernard of France. He is almost sixteen." I said
"Draco, it is time. Lets go" Narcissa said
We apparated to the stadium.
"Welcome , witches and wizards to the final stage of this dueling championship.Now our fourteen contestants will be paired up with each other and seven victors will be entering the next stage. So give an applause to our brave contestants." The commentator said
The first match was mine. I stood opposite to Aramis. He took a stance while I stood there relaxed. Once the signal was given he attacked me with a 'stupify'. I twisted out of the way and casted 'confringo' at his feet. He rolled away from the blast and then he began to cast stupify rapidly. I blocked some while the rest were dodged. Then when an opening came I casted 'ventus' which created a whirlwind that struck Aramis and he was hard pressed to shield against it.Then I blasted the ground . I transfigured the sharpnel into some birds and commanded them to attack.
As the birds proved to be a distraction for him I casted the leg locker curse and a tripping jinx. He fell down face first and at that moment I casted 'incarcius' which produced tight ropes that bound Aramis.I then casted 'expelliarmus' and disarmed him.
Many cameras flashed as I stood there in victory with an easy going smile.I sportingly cancelled my spells and helped Aramis to his feet and shaked his hand admist a big applause from our audience.
I walked towards a bench at the side and waited for others to finish.The next six matches, I observed others as they fought their respective opponents.
After some time seven victors stood before the crowd.
"Now that we have seven victors, only six of them can go to the next round. So we will announce your points rank wise.
In first place
Draco Malfoy from Brirain has 300 points
In second place
Otto Schmidt from Germany has 260 points
In third place
Aleron Dubois from France has 220 points
In fourth place
Aryan Varma from India has 200 points
In fifth place
Frederick Steiner from Austria has 190 points
In sixth place
Peter Jackson from America has 176 points
In seventh place
David Huber from Austria has 170 points
According to the points awarded by the judges, David Huber has been eliminated from the next matches.The next phase of duels will start after a half hour break." the coordinator said
So I left with my friend to enjoy the short break and to have some refreshments.They congradulated me for the win.
We returned back to the stadium after half an hour. I walked towards the rest of the duelists and waited as our opponents were being selected.
The first match was between Otto Schimdt and Aleron Dubois.
Both of them were goid duelists. But Otto had raw power and he broke the shield of Aleron and blasted him off the podium.Otto is a very aggressive dueler it seems and he was looking at me with glee.
The next match was between Aryan Varma and Frederick Steiner. That one aryan won easily. He has an uncanny ability with flame spells and Fredrick seems to be weak with shields. He submitted shortly into the fight.
The next one was my turn. I faced Peter Jackson. We bowed to eachother. Peter took a stance while I spun my wand in my finger. At the signal he casted 'Stupefy' at me. I reflected it back on him. I decided now I can put on a little show. I summoned a large amount of water and formed a dragon frim it and attacked peter with it. He immediately put a shield infront of him but the water just went around and surrounded him. I condensed the water and began to freeze it around him.His shield broke and he was swept away by the cold water.
I removed the water and saw that he was totally tired and he surrenderd the match. So I won my match.
"Amazing display of magic from our young friends here. Now the points will be announced .
Draco Malfoy in first place with 360 points
Otto Schimdt in second place with 320 points
Aryan Varma in third place with 260 points.
Now Mr. Aryan Varma can challenge either Draco Malfoy or Otto Schimdt and the winner will duel for the championship." The coordinator announced
Aryan challenged Otto to duel. It was completely one sided as Otto easily defeated him.
Then came the final match between Otto and me.
With the signal given we began our duel.
"Now we can finally start Malfoy. Just like Gryndelwald and Dumbledore fought." Otto said arrogantly
"They fought a war. We are just dueling Otto. No need for exagorations " I said to him
"Then we duel" he said
He casted a bone breaker curse at me which I dodged and I casted a blasting curse at his feet.He casted a shield charm but my power owerwhelmed his shield and it broke just as I casted a summining charm on his shoe , which caused Otto to flip over.He immediately rolled away and casted a cutting curse at me. I dodged it and casted 'Nebulus' which caused the arena to be surrounded in fog. I quickly casted a disillussion charm on myself.
Otto began to wildly send curses everywhere. I silently casted' Agumenti' which filled the floor with water. I safely stepped back and casted a freezing charm on the water. Then I positioned myself behind Otto and dismissed the fog with a 'ventus'.
When he saw me he was angry and casted a ' Reducto' at my head. I inturn casted a 'fulmen' which produced a lightning bolt. Both curses struck each other and fought for dominance.I pushed more magic into the spell and spun my hand. The lightning splitted and struck the floor and Otto was forced to move backwards. He stepped on the ice and then I changed the ice into water and enclosed him inside a water dome. Then I banished him from the dome and disarmed him with a timely 'expelliarmus'. His wand soared in the air and I caught it in my hand.
The whole stadium stood up and applauded as I finally won the championship.
"For the first time after decades ladies and gentleman we have a champion from British Isles and that too with a score of 420 points. The highest we have ever seen in the history of under sixteen dueling championship.Give a round of applause for Mr. Draco Malfoy." the cordinator announced jovially
Then I was awarded a a golden shield with the ICW crest by an ICW representative.Many pictures were taken by different media.
Damien Greengrass and Jason Davies congratulated me as did Narcissa.Daphne , Tracy and Blaise embraced me and dragged me off to celebrate my victory.
That night we celebrated with a lot of fireworks and exhausted ourselves. There was a content smile on my face. My first achievement in this world but definitely not the last.