Chapter 86

Showing the new ones around

The next day at breakfast the headmaster announced that the other school would be arriving this evening, and we would be gathering to greet them again like the night before. "Now make sure that you are all ready to be meeting and greeting the group from Durmstrang after dinner again, and today will be used to show around our friends from Beauxbatons. Now I know that some of you have already made easy friends with some of the students, and I would like the ones that have made friends to show them around and also a few other of the students and teachers. If you can, I would like to have some of the other students take tour groups around the school and Hogsmeade. Yes that means that there is going to be an unannounced Hogsmeade trip today, and that all students are able to go on this trip today." Headmaster Dumbledore sat with a twinkle in his eyes, as the student body from both schools applauded the announcement. He was happy that there was going to be general happiness, and fun among the students this year.

Harry and his friends were all sitting together right now, talking about what they were going to do, and decided that the group of 16 of them would split up into 4 groups of four taking four other groups in tours of the castle and Hogsmeade. They decided that the groups would be Harry, Hermione, Draco and Pansy in one group that would have Fleur and Gabrielle along with around six other Beauxbaton's students and teachers. The second group would be Ron, Luna, Dudley and Pavartti, taking their own group of eight around. Then there was Dawn, Seamus, Lavender and Blaise taking the group that included Madame Maxine in her group with seven other students, and finally there was Ginny, Neville, Padma and Dean taking the last group of eight. They decided that they would meet up at the Three Broomsticks for a drink and lunch.

Harry took his group and showed them around to the different towers and where the different students houses were at. The only ones that he was able to get into were Gryffindor and Slytherinn, so the students were able to see some of the differences between the houses and how they were set up. Hermione was giving a running commentary with a history lesson of the school and the different houses as they were touring around. They found that the library was a bit smaller than their school, but still quite big. The last thing that they showed them before heading out of the castle to Hogsmeade was the Room of Requirements. The students from the French school were quite pleased with what they were able to have the room do, and were having fun with the different things that they were able to do. They left the ROR and headed out of the school, and before heading to Hogsmeade, Harry led them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest and using his mind link, asked if Lightning would come out and meet some new friends. She said that she would be out in a few minutes, and said that any friends of Harry's were friends of hers. "Now I have a special treat for you. In my first year, I was doing a detention in the forbidden forest here, when I came across someone that was attacking a Mother Unicorn. Unfortunately, they had killed her, but I was able to save the foal, and I raised her as my own. She and her herd are now living here in the forest, and I had asked her if she could come out and meet you. She has said that she would love to meet you, and would be out here in a few minutes." As Harry was talking, the other three groups came out of the castle, and noticed that Harry's group was at the forbidden forest, and decided to join them.

"What's up Harry?" Ginny asked this, but she had a pretty good idea what was going on.

"Oh hi guys, I was just going to introduce our new friends here to Lightning. Why don't your groups stay, and they could meet her also, then we can go down to the three broomsticks for lunch." Harry smiled at his sisters, and they all stood there waiting for the young Lightning. When they were about getting tired, the unicorn came out of the forest, and nuzzled Harry's arm.

Harry pet Lightnings muzzle and introduced her to their new friends from Beauxbatons. They all came up and petted the unicorn, and thanked her for letting them see her. "She is beautiful Harry, you were so thoughtful of taking her in when that happened." Gabrielle said this with a tear in her eyes. She was admiring the unicorn with awe, and was happy that she was able to be this close to one.

"Thank you Gabrielle, that was thoughtful of you for saying that. She is one of the main ladies in my life. Right up there with Hermione, Ginny, my adopted mother and my birth mother. Thank you Lightning for letting these friends to meet you. You can go back to your herd now and tell them that I will be coming to see them again later in this year." He patted her head, and let her go. Then he turned to the others and said. "Well shall we go get lunch, and then go take a look around the village?" Harry had one of his smiles that lit up a room on his face.

They spent the rest of the day exploring the different parts of the village called Hogsmeade, and having a nice lunch at the three broomsticks. They were talking about what the Tournament was going to be bring, and how it is going to be fun for whoever is going to be the champions. They walked back to the school in time for dinner, and then out to the courtyard to meet the students from Durmstrang.

A/N: Next chapter we meet the students from Durmstrang as they arrive. Like last chapter, we will be meeting the headmaster, and the champion, even tho they don't know their the champion yet. Please as always read and review. I am not one to beg for reviews, but I am in my 86th chapter, and I only have 240+ reviews. If everyone who has read my story had reviewed the chapters they read, I would have, according to the number of hits that this story has had, over 14,000 reviews. I don't expect that many, but I would like to get over 250 reviews before I get done with the 4th year. Thank you again for reading my fine story, it seems that I have quite a few fans of this story. —Donald