Viktor dimly heard a whistle blow somewhere outside the tent. The tournament had begun. The first to leave was Cedric, he look as if he was going to jump out of his skin. Viktor sat looking at the ground that was swimming in front of his eyes. He could hear the crowd roar and gasp outside and in caused his insides to churn. He could also hear Bagman commentating but he had no idea what he was actually saying.

There was more shouting and then Fleur exited the tent. Viktor knew he was next. His heart jumped into his throat. He wanted to run out of the tent and keep running until he reached the end of the world. The din was right inside his head now and it felt like it was going to split in two.

For the third time the whistle blew and Viktor slouched out of the tent. "And here come Mr. Krum!" Viktor heard Bagman said but Viktor had stopped listening.

There in front of him stood a massive coil of shining red scales. It raised its blood red head and showed the spiky fringe of fine gold that framed its face. It snapped its fangs daring him to come any closer.

Viktor inhaled deeply and the air got lost somewhere deep within his chest. He raised his wand, pointing it directly at the dragon's eye and shouted "Conjuctivis!" The dragon let out a horrible, heart shattering shriek. His curse was successful.

The dragon staggered back and trampled backward. Viktor shot forward and when he saw that the dragon had moved far away enough from her eggs and snatched the gold one. As he ran off with the egg he heard people running past him. They were probably the dragon's handlers.

A red headed wizard with an amassment of freckles came darting forward. "Are you hurt?" he asked Viktor. Viktor grunted no, but the wizard led him to the first aid tent. The witch inside looked over him and Vlad came running into the tent.

The stood staring at each other and then began to laugh. Neither of them knew why they were laughing but for some reason it felt like the only sensible thing to do at the time. "C'mon," Vlad stated, "let's go see your scores"

Madam Maxime was the first one to give her score. She raised her wand and a shining strip of light shot out and twisted itself into a figure eight. Dumbledore was next and he gave too gave Viktor an eight. Crouch also gave him an eight. Then came Karkaroff who gave him a ten. Viktor couldn't help but laugh, he expected to get an ten from Karkaroff even if he was eaten by the dragon. Last was Bagman who gave him a six.

When Bagman showed his score Vlad let out a tiny hiss. "Well it's probably because the dragon smashed some of her eggs. Nothing was supposed to happen to them," Vlad stated, but Viktor knew that Vlad really just wanted to jump up and beat Bagman within an inch of his life. "Wait," Vlad said suddenly. "Viktor you're in first place. Let's just hope that Potter doesn't do better than you." Vlad slapped Viktor on the back and Viktor moved forward a bit. Vlad was quite strong.

Viktor laughed and then thought of the eggs that the dragon had smashed. He regretted using the curse immediately. Sure dragons were vicious but he really didn't want them to get badly hurt.

Viktor decided to wait and watch Harry take on his dragon. He and Vlad stood near the stands and watched as Harry summoned his broom and began to swoop past the dragon. "He's almost better than you," Vlad stated in awe. Vlad had always thought that Viktor was the greatest flyer that ever existed but this Potter kid was definitely a close second.

After Harry had gotten the golden egg both Viktor and Vlad cheered as loud as they possibly could before heading back to the champions' tent. Viktor sat on the chair that he had been sitting on before and began to talk hurriedly to Vlad. It seemed that Katerina had become so panicked by the sight of the dragons that she was escorted back to the ship. Viktor always knew that she had a completely irrational fear of dragons and was surprised that she had even shown up for the task for as long as she did.

"I should go find Katerina and tell her how you did," Vlad said standing up.

"You're right," Viktor said and walked Vlad out of the tent and towards the ship.

Karkaroff stopped him as they passed the first aid tent, "You need to speak with Bagman back at the champions' tent." Viktor nodded, said his goodbyes to Vlad and then headed back into the champions' tent.

Cedric and Harry began talking and soon Bagman came bouncing in. "Well done, all of your!" Bagman said ecstatically. "Now, just a quick few words. You've got a nice long break before the second task, which will take place at half past nine on the morning of February the twenty-fourth-but we're giving you something to think about in the meantime! If you will look down at those golden eggs you're all holding, you will see that they open…see te hinges there? You need to solve the clue inside the egg-because it will tell you what the second task is, and enable you to prepare for it! All clear? Sure? Well off you go then!"


A/N: Okay first, sorry it's taking so long to get to the romance, but I wanted to do justice to GoF so I'm not going to just blow off all the big events or the lead up to Hermione/Viktor relationship. Also somone stated that they were unsure about when Viktor and Vlad are talking and whether or not they were speaking in English. No, they're speaking Bulgarian to each other but because this story is written english so I'm just translating. Any other questions just let me know I have no problem answering them. T.T.F.N. Ta-Ta-For-Now.