A/N: POV of Harry and a little bit of Viktor Krum during Quidditch. Also I don't really like the proper name for Ron's new owl so I'll just call him by what Ron calls him, Pig.
The Potters and the Goblet of Fire
By Ron Potter
Chapter 2: Quidditch World Cup
"Hey Harry," Ron said. "Ready to go to the Burrow?"
"How'd you get in here?" I asked.
"Cameron let us in," Ginny said. "Where's Charlotte?"
"She's in her room packing for the Patils," I said.
Ginny ran out to go see Charlotte. Ginny and Charlotte have been best friends ever since they entered Hogwarts. They were together a lot around Hogwarts. Charlotte seems to really enjoy Ginny's company because Godric's Hollow is in a muggle town.
Then Harry went downstairs to get Sirius and Lily and James to go to the Burrow. One by one each one took his/her luggage into the fireplace and used floo powder to shout, "Burrow".
I swirled around and around. Then I fell in the fireplace of the Weasleys. Cameron fell on top of me. (Cameron was staying with Lily because Remus was out of town on business.) I stepped out first, then Cameron, then Ron, then Charlotte, then Ginny, then Sirius, then Lily, then James. Lily went right into the kitchen where Mrs. Weasley was in cooking lunch. James and Sirius sat at the table with Bill and Charlie.
"Come on Harry," Ron said pulling Harry over to his room.
I walked into the room of Ronald Weasley. It was like a sanctuary to the Chudley Canons. There were poster hanging off the walls, Chudley canons figures and books. There was even Chudley Canons' magazine lining Pig's cage. On his dresser was a miniature model of a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon.
"Charlie gave that to me last year," Ron said. "Put your stuff over there by the spare bed and we'll go over to the Quidditch area."
I laid my stuff down under his bed. I've gotten accustomed to sleeping there since I've been there once before my first year and my second year. In my third year I had to go to the Leaky Cauldron because Sirius and James had business to attend there. I grabbed my firebolt from my trunk and headed out the door to the patch where they can play Quidditch.
"Wait up Harry!" Fred shouted giving Angelina Johnson a kiss on the cheek and grabbing his Comet 260.
Then George followed closely with his Comet 260 leaving Lavender Brown. Looks like Trelawney's prediction of Lavender watching out for a red headed boy came true. Behind George was Ron with Charlie's twelve-year-old shooting star.
"Me and George verses you two," Fred said as if he was the supreme leader.
"What about me?" Cedric Diggory asked.
"We get him," Ron said quickly before Fred could take him.
Fred flew up and down the forest trying to find someone else who will play. Then he spotted Angelina Johnson coming with her Comet 260. Everyone knew Angelina was on Fred's team for they've been dating since I was in my second year.
"I'll be the keeper," Ron said. "Cedric and Harry you're the chasers. Remember we only use the quaffle and our quaffle is just Ginny's old soccer ball."
We played for hours. Neither team could score against the other. Whenever we tried scoring, the ball bounced back as if Fred put a spell on the hoops. When they tried scoring, Ron would send it back to them without it ever going in. Neither one of us could get a single shot. Then at around 7:30, James and Sirius came outside.
"You guys have to help set up for diner!" James shouted. "Now!"
"Just wait till one of us scores!" I shouted.
"No one's scored yet," Sirius laughed.
James got on his firebolt, flew straight up stealing the quaffle and shooting it through Fred's hoop without anyone seeing.
"There now you've scored!" James shouted from the ground.
Everyone slowly came down off their brooms and walking back to the Burrow. Cedric walked the other way to his house. Over the horizon I could see a red Ford Anglia leaving the Burrow. I recognized that car as the Patils. They once used it to drive their girls to Hogwarts from London. Inside the car, Cameron, Charlotte, and Parvati were waving bye.
Back at the Burrow, Lily and Molly were in the kitchen waiting for them to arrive. Bill and Charlie were relaxing on the couch listening to the Wizard Wireless Network waiting for dinner.
"Sit down dear," Lily said. "Oh we're eating outside around back because it's too crammed in here."
The kids and adults settled outside where Ginny and Hermione were already sitting engaged in Molly Weasley's photo album of her school days. Mrs. Weasley and Lily sat on each side of Hermione and Ginny. James then sat next to Lily. Sirius sat next to James. Fred and Angelina sat next to Sirius. On the other side Ron, George, Lavender, Charlie, Bill, Arthur, and me sat down.
Mrs. Weasley was talking to Bill about his new pierced ear. She couldn't understand why he'd want that. Lily, James, and Sirius were in conversation about their Quidditch World Cup plans.
A week flew by at the Burrow and it was time for the Quidditch World Cup. Lily and Mrs. Weasley would of course be staying here. Fred, George, Angelina, and Lavender were surprisingly staying here too at the last minute. Everyone else was going to the World Cup except for Percy, Charlie, and Bill. They had to get back to work.
Sirius, James, Mr. Weasley, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, and me set off around an old abandoned lot where the port key would be. We began examining every inch of the lot trying to find the port key. I looked behind every garbage can there was, which must have been 16.
"Over here!" Ginny shouted pointing to an old raggy boot. "The port key is over here!"
"Good work Virginia," Mr. Weasley said searching the horizon. "Amos and Cedric Diggory should be arriving soon."
Over the horizon Amos Diggory came trotting toward the port key with his son, Cedric. Everyone leaned in to the port key. Sirius said only a finger nail will transport you. So I touched the old boot as Mr.Weasley counted down. When my watch hit exactly 6:15 and 43 seconds, everyone was in a totally new environment.
"Hello all," Mr. Basil said cheerfully looking at his clipboard. "Weasley-Potter-Black party…about a half mile down to the north to a man named Mr. Roberts. Diggory party… walks two miles to the east to a man named Mr. Michaels."
The Diggory family departed in one direction and the rest headed north. A half-mile seemed like ten miles. There was nothing to look at except for a few oddly decorated tents with chimneys. Then finally they reached their two tents. Hermione and Ginny would stay in one tent while the boys stayed in another. Sitting on a log where there was suppose to be a fire was lady I recognized from the house when Sirius invited her to dinner. I remember her name was Marigold Whimsy.
"Ginny…Hermione…meet Miss Marigold Whimsy," Sirius said cheerfully. "She'll be your maiden lady throughout this event."
"Hi girls," Miss Marigold Whimsy greeted. "I know a spot where a ton of cute boys your age gather."
Ginny and Hermione perked up following Miss Marigold to wherever it was. They walked around the bend of a few Ireland supported tents then turned left through the forest finally disappearing from sight.
"Ron…Harry… come with me and we'll see if we can snag a few autographs from Bulgaria," Sirius said.
"Great!" Ron exclaimed. "Man how I wish you were my dad!"
We followed Sirius to the Quidditch Pit locker rooms, which can easily be seen. There was a mob surrounding Bulgaria's seeker Viktor Krum.
"Hey…Viktor Krum is back there!" Ron shouted at Sirius.
"You don't want to be in the middle of that," Sirius snapped.
We walked for almost a mile to the Quidditch lockers. There was hardly anyone around here. But we peered in through the door to the Bulgaria clubhouse. All the players and managers except Viktor Krum were in there. Sirius walked in there like he owned the place and everyone seemed to know him. So Ron and me just walked slowly behind him.
"Sirius Black!" the manager exclaimed shaking Sirius' hand. "Good to see you."
"Harry and Ron here would like a few autographs," Sirius said.
I took my Quidditch Through the Ages book and went around to players to have them sign it. Ron had his Shooting Star to have them sign so it will be worth more money. Sirius stood in the corner talking to the coach and Ludo Bagman drinking butterbeer. Then they had to leave because the game would be starting in fifteen minutes.
The three of them left the locker rooms and walked through the little tents where gifts are sold. I bought Ron some omnioculars and Hermione a pair too. I bought Ginny a new purple dress robe. I know she likes me, so I had to get her something.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Viktor's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had gotten back to the locker room ten minutes before the game. I already had my uniform on so all I had to do was grab my firebolt. When I was signing autographs then came back I thought I saw a man that I see in dreams. I have dreams a lot like the Krum's aren't my real parents. Like these two people one with thick glasses and black hair and the other red head with green eyes staring at me just being proud of what I do and what I accomplished. I never told anyone about these dreams but somehow they seem so real. I think when I get back to school, I'll tell Professor Karkaroff.
"Krum…let's go!" Coach Horntail shouted.
I hadn't even noticed I'd been standing alone in the locker room. I quickly flew out on my broom into the stadium. Our veela were already doing their performance. Then the leprechauns came out scowling at the veela.
I looked up in the top box. There sitting in front of a small house elf was a young boy no older than maybe thirteen or fourteen and he looks so much like the man in my dreams. It's almost scary. But that wasn't even the whole part. Sitting two seats down next to this real pretty girl with her eyes in a book was the man in my dreams.
"Look out there Krum!" Ludo Bagman shouted as I dodged a bludger. "Looks like our old Krum is losing his touch!"
I swelled up with anger like a big balloon. I just wanted to take the beater bat and smack that extremely happy Englishman. But I couldn't even touch a beater bat.
So I flew around the stadium looking for the snitch. Then I saw it over by the veela. Then a noticed the score…Bulgaira-40…Ireland-80. Coach Horntail told me to stay away from catching the snitch until we reach at least 60.
"Oooooh looks like Ireland's going to win this match with all their points!" Ludo Bagman shouted. "Bulgaria's only at 40. But wait it seems as if Viktor Krum sees the snitch but he's not even moving towards it."
An hour flew by as I kept a good eye on the snitch and flying around the stadium. Ireland had already reached 210. Then again they had the best chasers in the league. The Ireland seeker didn't even spot the snitch. Now was my chance. We had just gotten 60. I dove at top speeds to the snitch scaring half the veela out of their wits.
I heard cheering coming from the stands for me. I had looked into my hand and there was that golden snitch. We had just earned 150 more points. That means it's a tie.
"Bulgaria gets 150 points for catching the snitch!" Ludo Bagman shouted. "That leaves the score Bulgaira-210…Ireland-210."
"No my chaser scored one more goal just as Viktor Krum caught the snitch!" The Ireland coach shouted.
"Sorry, my mistake!" Ludo Bagman shouted. "Ireland-220…Bulgaria-210! Ireland is our winner!"
I couldn't even bare the team meeting. I knew the coach would yell as loud as possible at me. So I had to just get away and find that family. I searched all over the campgrounds but couldn't go anywhere much because of the long line of people wanting an autograph.
Then I saw the little boy at about 8 o'clock going into his tent. He quickly shoved everyone off and made a move toward the boy. The boy's father was still the only one sitting at the campfire.
"Viktor?!" the man said shocked.
"Sorry man," I said politely. "Have we met before? When ever I rest my head down to sleep I get dreams of you, me, this other red head, another girl with long curly hair, and this boy that looks exactly like you."
"Here…I'll take you back to your tent," the man said.
"No sir," I said. "I can't go back there until I figure this thing out."
"Fine," the man said. "You can stay in the girls' tent there with Miss Marigold Whimsy. By the way, I'm Mr. James Potter."
I froze stiff. I couldn't believe a word I had just heard. This man…James Potter defeated Lord Voldemort. I always hear Professor Karkaroff talking about his greatness. Then I walked quietly into the tent.
A/N: I believe you guys know what happens that night and the rest of the summer. R/R if you have any questions about the past or anything. Since you guys know what happens I'm going to right ahead to the school year in the next chapter.
