The next day at six o'clock all the student's went into the hall to see who the champions were going to be, Ann-Marie sat at a table with Alec, Mark, Alicia and Crystal, Madam Hagrid stood up to announce something
"Ze, Goblet is almost ready to make a decision, it should be ready my ze time we finish ze feast so enjoy"
"So who put their name in from Hogwarts?" asked Crystal
"Well there was me, Mark, Malfoy,…" said Alec
"Malfoy? She put her name in? Blimey, she would never cope; she'd go running home to daddy after five second's, Ok, so who else?" asked Crystal
"er… I think Angelica Reed, from Beauxbatons put her name in as well, and Augustus Vikrum from Durmstrang but I'm not sure who else did" said Alec, right before Madam Hagrid stood up to make another announcement.
"Now, when Ze champions names are called I Vant them to go through zat door over zere into ze next chamber" Madam Hagrid pointed to a door to the right of the hall, it was a small white door with a piece of parchment with writing saying 'champion's through here, sil vous plait' "vere zey vill receive zere first instruction's"
The flames inside the goblet turned red and sparks flew from it, suddenly a tongue of flame shot in the air and a piece of parchment flew out, Madam Hagrid caught the parchment caught it and read the name.
"Ze Champion for Durmstrang Vill be…" she hesitated for a moment "Augustus Vikrum!" the crowd cheered (particularly Durmstrang) and a boy stood up who was rather muscular, his hair was extremely short and he fitted the description of tall dark and handsome, he shook hand's with Madam Hagrid and went through the door.
A second piece of parchment flew out the flames
"Ze champion for Beauxbatons Vill be…" Madam Hagrid looked at the parchment and her face lit up with excitement and she squealed the name "Amelia Hagrid!" all the girl in Beauxbatons squealed with excitement as an extremely tall girl stood up, she had long brown curly hair and looked a bit like Madam Hagrid, she was obviously her daughter, Amelia ran up to the front she kissed her mother on both cheeks and went through the door waving at her friends.
The Goblet turned red one last time and spat out another piece of parchment.
"Ze Hogwarts champion Vill be…" again she hesitated "Alec Stargaze!" Alec's face had lit up with excitement, Ann-Marie hugged him and as he walked up to the front she clapped for him along with everyone else, he shook hands with Madam Hagrid and went through the door
"Oh, C'est Magnifique! Ve have our champion's! and I Vould like to see you all supporting Zem all ze way through the tournament! And Vish them all Ze best of luck, now you may all return to your room's I'm sure you must all be, how do you say, oh yes, exhausted after today, Au revoir!"
Alec walked into the room and saw Amelia and Augustus by the fireplace; he walked over to the fireplace and stood next to them
"Oh, Bonjour, you must be ze 'Ogwarts champion, oui?" said Amelia
"Er... yeah, I am" said Alec
"Oh, C'est excellent!" said Amile as she kissed him on both cheeks before Madam Hagrid, Victor Krum and Professor Mcgonagall walked in.
"Now Zen, you 'ave waited eepatiently for zis so here are your instruction's" said Madam Hagrid "Mow, Ze first task is to test zat you are daring, so ve vill not tell you what eet eez, Ze first task vill take pace in October on ze twenty-fourth, in front of ze student's and judges, you are not permitted to have any 'elp from ze teacher's to complete task's you vill face ze first task alone, only with you vands, you vill receive information about ze second task when ze first eez over, now I think zat eez all, don't you Mcgonaeegal"
"Yes, it is so why don't you all get to your rooms then" said Mcgonagall, and with that they left
Meanwhile Ann-Marie was sitting alone in her room while the others were exploring the grounds, Ann-Marie was just thinking about everything, she on one hand was so happy for Alec, on the other she was petrified, what if something happened to him, how would she go on? Suddenly she heard a knock at the door.
"Come in!" she called, the door opened and she saw Alec with a smile on his face, Ann-Marie got down of her bed and hugged him
"Hi" they both said to each other before they kissed
"Can you believe this, me in the tri-wizard tournament!" said Alec
"I know, I'm so happy for you" said Ann-Marie
"you don't look it, what's wrong?"
"Nothing"
"Ann, I can see it in your eye's something's wrong, now what is it?" Ann-Marie looked at Alec and sighed
"Well… The thing is… look, I'm scared for you, I mean, and people die in this tournament! Remember last year! And my dad was in it, it's not easy, these task's are designed to test you! They're almost cruel! And what would I do if something happened to you? How could I go on?" said Ann-Marie about to cry, Alec looked in her eyes and said
"Ann, listen, I'll be fine, I mean, yes I know somebody died last year, and it almost happened to your dad but that was because Voldermort was alive then and that's just what he did, he's gone now, and I know it will still be dangerous but if I have you by my side I can't fail, because your what gives me strength, but I need to know you believe in me, and that I can do this, other wise I could die out there, so do you believe in me?" Ann-Marie had always believed he could do it, right from the start, so she nodded; he smiled at her and held her in his arms. Ann-Marie loved the feeling she got when she was in his arms; she never wanted him to let go…
