Chapter ten – Speaking French
Torsten didn't wake up for the rest of the day, which was a good thing considering that he had a patrol with Devaki later that night. The two were to patrol the grounds, to make sure all was well for the arrival of the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students the next day. The two set off at midnight after Torsten had woken up. They explored the entire grounds, even through the tunnel under the Whomping Willow that Terje told them about, to make sure no one was hiding in the Shrieking Shack. Nobody was about and so at breakfast time they headed in to eat. They finished the meal, then went upstairs to sleep until the end of classes.
Not long before dinner everyone was outside the school waiting for the Beauxbatons students to arrive, as they would get there first. The wolves were spread along the perimeter of the students, and were the first to look up when a carriage approached in the sky. Their superior senses allowed then to smell the large winged horses that were pulling it. The large horses banked coming up to the castle and circled over the lake before touching down about ten metres away from the students. Torsten barked out two names – Duo and Mariko, they were to escort the Beauxbatons students inside and keep them safe. The two trotted over to the carriage as the door swung open. A troop of girls walked delicately out of the carriage, followed by a rather Hagrid-sized female, and promptly screamed upon seeing the wolves. Said wolves winched at the high pitch and looked pleadingly at Torsten. Torsten trotted over and let out a single, loud bark, which, amazingly, got them to stop. Dumbledore arrived quickly at the large female's side, Madame Maxime he believed. He managed to calm her down and then explained to her and the students who we were and what we were doing there. One of the females squealed and practically threw herself at Torsten who took a step back in shock. She then proceeded to squeeze him until he looked pleadingly at Terje who was trying to hold in his laughter, but came to rescue him all the same. When everything was settled down and Torsten caught his breath, (and then proceeded to move to the side furthest from the female, who was eyeing him like she wanted to do it again), Mariko and Duo showed the foreign students and teacher inside along with two professors, followed by the eyes of drooling boys.
About ten minutes later there was a disturbance in the lake and a large ship rose out of the centre. This time, instead of being met with a multitude of screams, the wolves were immediately under the wand-point of a group of males wearing what looked like squirrels on their heads. At this point, Torsten really wondered about the sanity of the Human race. He sighed and walked slowly up to the boys, gently taking the wand of the one in front and setting it on the ground in front of him, all with the boys staring rather rudely at the silver claws he just happened to be displaying. The Durmstrang students finally snapped out of it when Dumbledore came over and explained the situation to them. Never the less the Durmstrang students stayed away from the wolves, as if scared, which they probably were. When the entire school and its visitors were seated Dumbledore brought out the Goblet of Fire, its blue flame flickering in a non-existent wind. Dumbledore clearly stated the rules, with an emphasis on the age limit. The Weasley Twins looked at each other then at the Goblet, Torsten didn't think an age line was enough to put them off. The next day the wolves watched as first the Beauxbatons, then the Durmstrang students entered their names in the Goblet. As the Durmstrang students were leaving the hall, one of them accidentally stepped on Devaki's tail. She let out a loud yelp and immediately turned on the student, backing them against the one closed door of the Hall. Torsten rushed to intervene before any blood was spilt. Devaki happened to be very possessive of her tail, and nearly tore a wolf's throat out for pulling on it. Torsten intercepted Devaki before she could pounce, scolding the wolf for losing her temper over an accident. He barked for Terje to explain what had happened. When the student, a big, burly fellow whose name was Krum from what he overheard, heard what had happened he got down on one knee, bowed his head and apologised to Devaki. Devaki, always one with a soft spot for the sweet wolves, immediately accepted at this gesture and gave him a lick to say that it was fine. Luckily there were no more incidences after that, well before the Weasley Twins.
As soon as the Twins walked in, vials in their hands, he knew this was going to be funny. The twins had pulled a few pranks since the wolves had been there, and they had only been at Hogwarts for five days! One, though stood out in his mind.
It was lunchtime, and the school was still talking about the gift that the wolf, Blade, had given Malfoy of all people. Apparently the Weasley Twins decided to give them something else to talk about as suddenly the Ravenclaw table was showered with confetti. As everyone was watching it fall half of the Ravenclaws were covered with mist. It cleared and students, teachers and wolves alike burst out laughing. The male members of Ravenclaw were dressed in pinafores with large-brimmed hats and stockings, with small black shoes thrown in. If that wasn't bad enough, all of them were neon-pink with florescent yellow polka dots. Then half of the students at each of the other tables were also covered in mist. The Hufflepuff males found themselves in the same type of dress as the Ravenclaws, except their pinafores were neon-blue with neon-green stripes. The females from Slytherin and Gryffindor found themselves dressed in suits of outrageous colours. The Slytherins were in bright orange tuxedos with sapphire shirts that clashed horribly, and the Gryffindors got stuck with almost luminescent yellow suits with violet shirts. The Slytherins paired with the Ravenclaws and the Gryffindors with the Hufflepuffs all they all then proceeded to tango and waltz around the room. The wolves might not of been able to see colour, but even the shades of grey were hilarious, and the dancing had them all on their backs, laughing.
That had been hilarious, and the wolves (including Terje) had heartily congratulated the Twins afterwards, as they did when the twins were thrown backwards with Dumbledore-like beards. Though this time they weren't congratulating them on a well-played prank. Torsten shook his head. It was going to be a long year.
I'm so, so sorry, I had the biggest case of writer's block ever, and I have my GCSE's coming up soon, so I've been revising like crazy. Again, tell me what you think if you're going to review, I appreciate it. Also I'm happy to answer any questions.
So, reviews.
Evergreen- Ok, just for you. Because of spending the majority of his life in Ancient form, Torsten will retain his Ancient abilities as they have been ingrained into the very make-up of his being.
Aqua- Yes the stone can be seen, the dragons mouth have closed so the teeth keep it from falling out, and no, Torsten won't, because no one knows he's Harry Potter at this point.
Cap'n and Greg- No he won't be paired with anyone, I think. Beside I have a large range of Harry- pairings I like, so it would be hard to choose.
Ok, someone sent me a review about the wolves not being able to see colour, but I can't seem to find it so here goes – It's not that the wolves actually see colour, but Torsten saw what colours things were before he transformed, and then saw those things again afterwards, it's no that he sees the colour, but that he recognises the shade of grey, kk?
Ok people thankies to all the people who reviewed that I didn't mention, and I hope everyone has a nice day.