A/N: Okay, thank-you for the reviews. And for this story, I don't speak French; so the characters will speak in English and the things that would normally be in French will be in English. Oh, and about Claire getting her grandmothers genes for eyes. Petunia had the green eyes gene in her, even though she didn't have the green eyes.

Disclaimer: You know what I'm going to say.

Dedication: To Chris. And to Josh.

I walked around my dorm one last time. I was going to miss it. I was leaving in a few hours to go with Dumbledore to Beauxbatons Academy….

"I'm going to miss you." Kelsey said wistfully. I hugged her, and made my way down stairs to say good-bye to everyone else. The time between now and me writing my name down on that list had flown by. October thirtieth was here, and soon I was leaving all of my friends behind…

When I got downstairs, Tucker, Tess, Remus and Lily were waiting to say good-bye to me. Tucker had decided not to enter after all. I gave them all hugs, and I gave Tess an extra long hug.

"You wont forget about me, will you?" Tess whispered into my ear.

"No. Of course not. How could I forget my very best friend?" I whispered back, and Tess smiled.

"Good-Bye!" I called to the people in the common room. They all said good-bye. I made my way out of the common room for the last time for almost a year. I made my way to David's room to make my last good-bye. I had said good-bye to Tyler earlier that day.

"Hey Lily…" David said when he saw me, and I smiled sadly. I only had maybe twenty minutes before I had to be down in the great hall, so that left ten minutes for a good-bye.

"I'm going to miss you, Lils." David said, giving me a big hug.

"I'm not even going to get to see you on your birthday." David whispered into my ear.

It took me a second to realize that my birthday was the next day. I had forgotten about it. I hoped that my parents hadn't.

After a little bit of kissing and one last hug, I said my final good-bye and made my way to the great hall.

Dumbledore was there, along with about fifteen kids. I recognized a few Gryffendors. Matt was there, along with Sirius. I did a count, and there were only three girls. Three girls and thirteen boys. That was a lot of boys. I was the only girl from Gryffendor. One of the girl's was a Slytherin sixth year with a rat face; the other was a seventh year Hufflepuff.

"Okay, now that you all are here, let me say a few things. Beauxbatons is rather far, so it will take us a few hours to get there. When we do, we will have a feast, then we will show you all the… well, you'll see. Anyway, then you shall go and bunk according to your year and what table you sit at." Dumbledore said, and we all nodded.

"Alright, let's go." Dumbledore said, and we all stood up. We followed him out of the great hall to the entrance hall, then outside. When I saw what was waiting for us, I gasped, along with everyone around me. There was a very large House. It's about the size of my house back home, but it was odd seeing it in the middle of the Hogwarts grounds.

"We will be traveling in this, I hope it is comfortable for you. It is invisible to muggles, in case you were worrying. Please, shuffle in." Dumbledore said cheerfully, and we all went in, still in slight shock.

Once we were inside, I settled myself in an armchair and read a book I had brought with me. I could help missing my friends already. The fact that I wouldn't see them for a while was hard on me. I was planning on staying at Beauxbatons, as much I would miss my friends. I wanted to experience another magic school.

Eventually, I fell asleep. I woke up when I felt the house descending and I fell off my chair. I hopped up and looked out of one of the windows. We were descending toward a large castle. It looked like an iced castle, because, from what I could see, it was silver. I ran my fingers through my hair, suddenly nervous. I shuffled to the front of the house, where Dumbledore was calling for everybody to come.

I was shaking slightly. I was afraid of what all of these people would say about me. Claire was there, and she had said she would look for me. But still, there would be all these people out there… would they laugh at me.

Sirius came up next to me and put his arm around my shoulder.

"Come on Lily, it's okay." Sirius whispered to me, and I stopped shaking. I knew that I was being silly about being scared, but I couldn't help it. I was still nervous when the door in front of us opened and we shuffled into the cold.

I gazed at everyone. They were all very fair skinned. It was cold, and I pulled my cloak around me. All of the people gazed back at us. I figured the other school hadn't arrived yet. I found Claire in the crowd. I smiled at her, and she smiled back.

"Velcome to Beauxbatons." A voice said, and I looked to where it had come from. There was a Giant Lady standing there. She looked old; her hair was flecked with gray streaks. She was the size of Hagrid, the teacher of Care of Magical Creatures. I suppose that I was used to Hagrid, so this Lady seemed huge.

"Ahhh, Madam Maxime. How lovely it is to see you." Dumbledore said, bowing to her. She smiled, returning the greeting.

All of the Hogwarts students shuffled to the side to await the arrival of the other school. I could hear murmurings in the crowd, and I realized that the school was called Durmstrang.

We waited for maybe five minutes when there was a distant rumble. We all looked to the sky, and there was a very large ship coming towards us. My dad had told me that one of the schools arrived by ship, through the lake at Hogwarts. Glancing around, I noticed there was no lake, so they flew here.

When the ship landed, an ugly man got out. He was short, maybe five and a half feet tall, with black hair flecked heavily with gray.

"Hello." He said in a deep voice, but you could tell he was concealing a scrawny one.

"Ah, hello Craycroft!" Dumbledore said merrily. I looked at the man, finding it hard to believe that this man was the headmaster. Soon, though, his students filed out behind him, almost every one of them taller then him.

We shuffled inside for the feast. I was very glad to go inside, for I was very cold. The inside of Beauxbatons castle was magnificent. It was gleaming, with statues of ivory and marble staircases everywhere.

We were led into a dining hall. Looking out, I could see it was very much like Hogwarts, with a few changes. There was the staff table, where the teachers were now sitting. In front of it, there were only three tables, each with a banner over it. One had a blue banner, one had a silver banner, and one had a gold banner. Those were the colors of the houses, I figured.

"Oy! Lily? Come sit over here!" I heard my name and turned to my left. Claire was sitting with a group of girls, and I hurried over to sit with them. They were under the gold banner.

"Your castle is magnificent." I said, a little breathless. This was a lot to take in.

The girls laughed at me, but in a good way. I looked around at Claire's friends. They all looked nice.

"This is Nicole, Anne, Jeanne, Ella, Krista, and Carina." Claire said, introducing them each in turn. I said hi to all of them, and they said hi back.

"What houses are there?" I asked Claire curiously.

"This house is Trellena, the blue is Stristen, and the silver is Lunesta." Claire said, and I smiled.

"Those are pretty names. What do they mean?" I asked curiously. Claire shrugged.

"They don't tell us. They don't tell us until seventh year." She told me, and I wondered why.

The food was delicious. It was al French food, and much of It I hadn't tasted before. There was a lot of chicken, and a lot of mushrooms. It was all good though.

When we were done, Madam Maxime and Dumbledore came forward. They were holding a small chest between them. They set it up on a table, and Dumbledore opened it and pulled out a roughly carved wooden goblet. It would have been something in a junk shop if it hadn't been full of blue-white flames.

"Is that the judge?" I whispered incredulously to Claire. She shrugged; she was just as clueless as I.

"This is the Goblet of Fire. You all have twenty-four hours to put a slip of paper in it, with you name and school written clearly on it. Madam Maxime shall draw a line around it, so anyone who is underage or does not have permission may not enter. By putting your name, you are binding a magical contract. Good luck to all of you!" Dumbledore told the hall.

We all started buzzing. I couldn't wait to go forward and put my name in. After all, this was what I was here for.

That night, I found out I was sleeping in the Trellena dorm. Claire took me up there. When I went in, I couldn't help feeling like I had walked into a palace. All of the walls were painted light gold, and the bed hangings were gold, the sheets were gold, almost everything was gold.

"Like it?" Nicole said, and I grinned. There was an empty bed at the end, and Claire told me that it was mine. I went to it; pleased to see my trunk was already there.

"Are you guys entering?" I asked them. Claire, Krista, Carina and Nicole were entering. The other three weren't, but all for different reasons.

"My mom said no." Anne said, scowling.

"I'm not a good enough wizard." Jeanne said sadly.

"I'm way to scared." Ella said, shuddering.

The next morning, my birthday, was Saturday, My birthday. I got up early. I was sixteen. In the summer, I could get my license… I walked downstairs, wondering if I would get any presents. I went to the entrance hall to put my name in the goblet. I didn't know my way around, so finally, after wandering for a long time, I asked a boy.

"It's down the hall and to the left, then the right." The boy said, flashing me a smile. I felt myself blushing.

"Here, I'll walk you there." He said, and he did.

About halfway there, he said, "I'm Christopher." "I'm Lily." I replied.

"What house are you sleeping in? I'm in Trellena." He said, and I smiled.

"So am I." I replied. Christopher smiled, obviously pleased.

"Are you in your sixth year, or seventh? I'm a sixth year. I'm entering the tournament now, and I'm guessing you are to." He said, glancing at the paper in my hand.

Laughing I nodded. "Yep, I'm a sixth year to. And yes, I'm entering." I told him.

We made our way to the dining hall, and I placed my name in the goblet. Christopher did soon after me.

"Come on, I'll walk you back to the common room." He said, and I followed.

"Today's my birthday." I told him, and he smiled.

It was a lot quicker to get back to the common room then I thought, maybe because I had a guide. When I got to the staircase to go up to my dorm, he held his arms out.

"You get a birthday hug." He said, and I gave him a hug.

"Happy birthday Lily." He said, and I walked up the stairs.

"Bye Christopher." I called down the stairs.

"You can call my Chris. All my friends do." Christopher called back up the stairs.

When I got to my room, I collapsed onto my bed. Nobody else was up yet. Chris considered me a friend. That was a very good birthday present. Chris was very cute… David was the farthest thing from my mind.

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