IT'S CHANGED (SNILY)
CHAPTER 23 They arrived!
29th October, 1976.
Some people were still mourning over their dead ones but most of it was clarified from their minds and everything was back to normal. The darkness had subsided and was replaced by the usual cheery air of Hogwarts. Now a days, a great deal of cleaning was going on in the school. And that meant every corner of the school. Tiering for the teachers as well as the students. And students were about to find out about the sudden cleaning of the ancient school.
The hustle around the sign board was so large that moving any ways was impossible without committing a sexual offence. Though, people were excited by the news so much to pay any heed to anything happening apart from that.
Charm had a hold of Severus' arm to lift herself up and peer on the sign board.
"Charm! You'll bruise me!" he cried in the crowd.
Charm looked at her hold and then him. She smiled cheekily. "Sorry" though, she didn't let go off the hold.
He rolled his eyes and then turned them to the sign board.
TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT
The delegations from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving at 6 o'clock on Saturday 30th of October. Lessons will be ending half an hour early. Students will return their bags and books to their dormitories and assemble in front of the castle to greet our guests before the Welcoming Feast.
"What is written, Mr. Tall?" Charm asked annoyed, for still not being able to see anything.
Severus looked down to her and smirked. "Only if you were a bit smaller, I would have picked you up"
That gained him a forceful swat on the arm. "Then get on the knees for the queen"
He rolled his eyes, pulled her out of the crowed and sighed heavily.
"It was damn suffocating in that crowd" he kept a hand on his heart.
"Dramatics" Lily rolled her eyes, who'd been waiting with others for both of them to come and tell the news.
"Fine. Go and see for yourself, Miss Perfect" Severus mocked.
Lily huffed, rolling her eyes again. "Start speaking"
Severus slumped. "The students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons"- he winked in Regulus' direction, who couldn't hide a full-blown blush- "are coming here on thirtieth of October and we'll be going to welcome them out of the castle when our classes will be ending half-an-hour early. YAY" he sneered.
"Severus, stop being such a spoil sport" Selene said, peeved by his hate for the tournament.
"It's fucking stupid! Don't you see that?! People had died!" he practically yelled. Why didn't anyone see how dangerous it was?
Shane groaned. "Severus, Severus, Severus. You don't have to participate if you think it's dangerous. It's anyways for the foolish Gryffindors" he winked.
That was a little consolation for him. "Right" he murmured.
Lily kept her hands on her hips. "For foolish Gryffindors, huh?" She narrowed her eyes.
Severus' eyes widened. "Lily, you are not going to participate for this idiocy" he said in authority of a friend.
Lily laughed. "Obviously not"
He sighed in relief. He didn't want any of his friends to be a part of this.
*Page Break*
One day passed without anyone's notice. And the Head of the House were draining themselves by the chattery and over-excited kids of Hogwarts. They were trying to get them into proper ques but only if the hyper-active teens were so obedient.
"Mr. Singh, you are a Ravenclaw not a Slytherin! Please, be in the correct line!" Slughorn yelled from the front of the Slytherins.
Shane simply smiled, gave Selene a last parting kiss and vanished in the bundle of blues.
"Miss Bragg and Prowse, what do you think you have done to your faces?" McGonagall pursed her lips.
Daisy and Crystal looked offended. "That's muggle maquillage, professor!" Crystal shrieked.
"Girls these days" McGonagall muttered under her breath, shaking her head.
She critically moved her eyes across the entire crowd of Gryffindor again. "Mr. Black! No, dungbombs!" she yelled.
Sirius tried to hid them behind himself but she had already summoned all of it. He whined but no use. Professor McGonagall was strict as hell.
"Miss Chang, your broomstick must have been in your dormitory. No use in telling them that we have a great seeker in Ravenclaw" Flitwick chided.
Sara Chang quirked her lips and held her broomstick in front, so that, Flitwick could return it to the dormitory.
"How do you keep your Hufflepuffs so decent, Pomona?" McGonagall asked, tired of her wards being such a nuisance.
Sprout smiled sweetly and looked at her well-lined up Hufflepuffs. "They are just so mannerly themselves" she said proudly.
Slughorn had to show his house as superior and praised too. "Isn't my house mannerly too? See?" he pointed at the Slytherin students who held their chins up high.
But err… it was the moment when Mulciber chose to step on Severus' feet.
"What the fuck, Alvin?!" he yelled, nursing his toes.
Slughorn reddened while the other Heads snickered. "Language, Mr. Snape! Or you'll be keeping an entire bar of soap on your tongue!" he scolded.
Severus looked up and mumbled an apology before placing the sneer on his face again.
"I didn't already give you the bar, Mr. Snape. What is that sneer for?" Slughorn asked, irritated by his ward getting him embarrassed in front of his colleagues.
Severus' sneer grew even larger. "I think that the whole idea of this tournament is imbecilic"
Slughorn opened his mouth but another voice came from the very front of the crowd. "The opiniated one, aren't you, Severus?"
Dumbledore! His eyes were twinkling as always and he smiled pleasantly at Severus.
He didn't back down though. He held his chin high, but dropped the sneer. "I believe this does nothing more than, making the situation even more dangerous than it already is, Sir"
Dumbledore laughed softly. "Don't let the self-preservation of the Slytherin in you hold you back, Severus. Perhaps, one risk will take you to a better and safer place"
Severus frowned. This made no sense. "How is the tournament going to take me anywhere?"
"You never know" Dumbledore said. "'Perhaps' is a very strategic word, Severus. It can change the entire world to upside down. Don't you think your life has changed only because of the word, 'perhaps'. Don't underestimate it"
Severus' eyes widened. How can Dumbledore know so much about him? Was he enforcing some type of Legilimency that fell out of his comprehension?
Dumbledore laughed. "No, Severus, it's not the way you think"
Severus' eyes widened again. How did he know what he was thinking? He hadn't even looked into his eyes. He anyways, raised the mind shields, lest he gives anything out.
Dumbledore laughed again. "No need for them, Severus. I was just responding to an obvious thought"
He relaxed a little and nodded, though not dropping the shields.
"I hope you understand what I was saying"
"I do, sir. But I am still not in the favor of this tournament"
Dumbledore shook his head but smiled, anyways. "You don't have to be in favor of everything I do, Severus. You are allowed to have your own conceptions. But I'll just hope that you'll understand them one day"
"Thank you, sir" he conceded.
"Though, I must tell you, Severus, that I run the school with a full brain. You mentioned it in the starting of the year" Dumbledore's eyes shine with amusement.
Severus blushed. He didn't know Dumbledore had remembered that. He had to embarrass himself everywhere, didn't he?
Dumbledore chuckled. "Not a very uncommon misunderstanding, Severus. I know what all people call me" he winked.
Severus blushed even more furiously. He was such a fool. "I… um- sorry, sir"
"No need, no need, Severus. You are allowed to have your own opinions, remember?" Dumbledore said pleasantly before turning away.
Severus shifted his feet and gave a nervous smile. What else was he supposed to do?
A wave of excited murmurs rose from the crowd. They all were looking for something in the sky. He squinted. What?
Then it came into view. A huge house or something. It brushed over the trees of the Forbidden Forest and came closer to them. The students had to almost plant their feet to floor to keep themselves from falling back because of the great force of air, that accompanied the landing of the… carriage that was drawn by huge, beautiful golden horses with red eyes.
The door opened of the carriage with some golden swishing right in front of the door and a boy with blue robes stepped out, unfolding the golden steps. Then came out the largest woman anyone in Hogwarts would have ever see. Everyone's eyes widened and they gasped. She could have been almost as big as Hagrid. Other boys and girls with blue robes, probably made up of fine silk, followed her.
Dumbledore approached them. "Dear, Madam Maxime. Welcome to Hogwarts. I hope the journey was seamless" he greeted after kissing her huge hand.
She nodded. "Yes, Dumbly-dore" she said deep voice. "I 'ope you and your students are fine too"
"We all are, thank you"
"My students" she waved a hand gesturing at the people shivering behind her. Obviously, mustn't they be wearing at least a cloak for Scotland's weather?
"Hogwarts greet them all" Dumbledore motioned to all the Hogwarts students assembled behind him. "Your horses will be taken care of, by our Keeper of the Grounds, Hagrid"
"We'll zee if zis 'Agrid is competent enough" Madam Maxime said pompously.
"He is, Madam" Dumbledore assured. He turned to the Black Lake then that had unusual waves forming on the surface. "Ah… they have arrived"
The entire student body lifted their heads to see the sudden pulse in the Lake and the emergence of a huge… mast, giving a skeletal gleam in the moonlight.
A long wooden bridge opened from the mast to the bank of the Black Lake and boys and girls with heavy, matted furs started to emerge out of it. They had well-built figures that could have brought Severus down in a single punch. What did they eat?
The man whom they followed looked way younger than the headmasters of the other two schools. He had black hair and a goatee that was curved slightly at the end. He was a slim, tall figure wearing silver furs.
Severus recognized him at once. Igor Karkaroff. He had been a student of Hogwarts. A Slytherin. And if his memory served him right, also in the league of the Dark Lord. Also, a big coward. Would have escaped to Bulgaria to hide from the Dark Lord's wrath. Which idiot made him the headmaster, though?! But then, no surprise. Durmstrang had its reputation for blood-purist wizards and witches.
"Albus!" he exclaimed fondly. "How are you and the school?"
"Igor" Dumbledore smiled, spreading his arms in welcome. "We are all fine. Hope your students are too"
"They are, Albus, they are" he smiled, that didn't reach his cold eyes. "Dear old Hogwarts" he muttered.
"Hogwarts welcome all of you" Dumbledore greeted them once more. "We must walk in now, it's a bit cold out here"
*Page Break*
All the students were impatiently sitting on their respected house tables, waiting for the students from the other school to take their seats.
The Durmstrang came to the Great Hall first, searching for a place to sit. Who knew why but they chose to sit with the Gryffindors?! The girls and boys filled up the table. Though what caught Severus' attention was that one of the girls paused and peered on the Ravenclaw table. Why?
She seemed to be searching for something. After a while, she smiled over-exaggeratedly, seemingly found whatever she was looking for. Severus followed her eyes and landed on… Shane? He frowned.
Shane looked paler than he had ever seen. His cheery and pleasant face had turned to one of painful and disturbed. His eyes were on that girl and Severus deduced that she was the reason for his changed state.
"Selene" he nudged her, who was sitting on his side.
"What?" she asked irritatingly.
"Do you know who that girl is?" he slyly pointed towards the same girl with long light brown hair, tied up in a proper pony tail, nomad eyes that shone with malice and a figure that would have even seduced the ghosts. But for him nothing in comparison to Lily.
Selene's eyes widened with anger and red rage. "Tvora Rebecca" she muttered darkly than Severus had ever heard her saying. That sent shivers to his spine. Her eyes soon landed on Shane and they filled with compassion and worry. "Shane" her voice turned drastically to a very caring one.
"How do you know her?" Severus' brows furrowed.
"She has a history with Shane" she looked ready to murder. "Then went to Durmstrang and now have the gall to show her wretched face again"
"What did she do?"
"Don't ask me!" she snarled and Severus backed away. Better not force her to murder anyone. If this was anything connected to Shane, he knew better to provoke her, her protectiveness of Shane has already said much.
He turned to the entrance of the Hall again, watching the students from Beauxbatons, looking confused about where must they find a place to sit.
He eyed Regulus from the corner of his eye who was jumping up from his seat to find the girl he had met in the forest. A grin suddenly spread on his face but he hid it again, making himself look more mature and less giddy. Severus smirked and turned his head to the front again.
A girl looking smaller than the others was standing in front of all. Flowy blonde hair and blue eyes. Wasn't that the description Regulus gave? What was her name? Lea Michelle. He admitted she was beautiful in her own way, just as Regulus had said. She didn't look as sleek as the others around her were. Regulus wasn't the one to take people on appearances. But the smile on her face must have gotten his heart. He smirked again.
Lea's eyes landed on Regulus who was pretending to had not noticed her. She gave a small smile and began walking in the direction of the Slytherin table. And with no surprise, the others followed her.
"Reguluz!" she sat beside Regulus, excited, who was now pretending not to remember her.
"Umm… Lea, aren't you?" Regulus kept his eyes narrowed in thought.
Lea rolled her eyes and gave a slight shove to his shoulder. "I know you 'aven't forgotten me. No need to pretend"
Regulus flushed while Severus laughed.
"She sees through you, little Regulus" he patted his back.
Before Regulus could respond, Lea leaned over his shoulder and grinned to Severus.
"Hi, you are a friend of Reguluz" she extended her hand.
Severus smiled politely and took her hand. "Severus. Severus Snape"
"Nice to meet you, Zeveruz" she looked over-joyed to meet him.
"That's Severus… Sev-er-us, though never mind. You are Lea, I know. Regulus has talked much about you" he winked.
She smirked and looked at Regulus. "And 'e pretends to not even remember me"
"Ah… and you must have already noticed that he is bad at acting" Severus chuckled making Regulus flush again.
He turned to the scene following across him then, leaving Regulus and Lea to themselves.
A boy from Beauxbatons looked just too much fascinated by Charm, trying to impress her, who looked irritated by him. He had golden-brown hair and unusual violet eyes.
"… and zen we all left"
Charm sighed, looking extremely bored. "Good, that you all left. The creature would have been bored too"
The boy laughed. "You 'ave a very funny sense of 'umour"
Charm restrained herself from sneering. Severus suppressed a chuckle but he was caught under her sharp vision. She narrowed her eyes.
"You find something funny, Severus?" she hissed.
Severus shook his head soberly. "No, Charm" though he broke into a fit of laughter.
The boy narrowed his eyes. "Iz 'e your friend?" he asked strangely.
Charm gave an exaggerated smile to him. "What do you think I talk to anyone who happens to be sitting beside me?" she asked in an overly-sweetened voice.
The boy blinked. "Uh?"
Severus waved a hand. "She was just saying that, yes, we are friends. Just friends" he clarified. Didn't want the boy to lash out on him, suspecting him as the boyfriend of Charm.
The boy nodded, reluctantly, not looking fully convinced.
"So, may I know who you are?" Severus tried to do the thing he most dreaded. A small talk. His friends would be proud.
"Elias Amedee" he extended his hand.
Severus took it. "Severus Snape"
"Zev- Zeve- Zeverus… Yez, Zeverus" Elias tried to pronounce.
"That's Severus, Amedee" Charm huffed.
"Amedee? You can call me Elias" he smiled at her, as if giving her a privilege.
Charm ignored and extended her hand. "Charmaine Lynx"
He took it and held it longer than necessary. "Nice name, Charmaine… can I call you Charm, like 'e doez" he pointed at Severus.
Charm rolled her eyes. "Call me whatever you like to"
"Charm, zen" he smiled, stupidly. "I can even zell you about when I had to…"
And Severus knew he wasn't the one easy to tame.
*Page Break*
The Gryffindors were over-joyed to have the students of Durmstrang sitting with them. Obviously, they saw it as a privilege that they chose their table to be on. They all had removed their heavy furs to reveal their deep, blood red robes.
Lily gulped after an extremely beautiful girl sat beside her. She could have even seduced the ghosts. And she… well, she looked like a dried flower in front of her.
The girl smirked at Lily. "I vas in Hogwarts a few years ago too" she said.
Lily forced a smile, nodded and extended a hand. "Lily Evans"
The girl almost sneered. "A Muggleborn" she held her chin high and touched Lily's extended hand ever so lightly as if touching a filthy sock. "I am Tvora Rebecca, a former Ravenclaw"
Lily's face went blank at the insult. She gave a cold nod and turned to her front, fuming.
"I vas with Shane at that time of Hogwarts" Tvora tossed her light-brown hair back.
That shocked Lily. How can someone as sweet as Shane be with this… wretch? She faced her again and shrieked. "Shane Singh!?"
Tvora raised a scornful eyebrow. "Yes, the very same"
Lily's eyes widened even further. "No! Are you actually talking about that Shane?" she pointed at Shane on the Ravenclaw table.
Tvora gave an annoyed jerk of his head, then smiled exaggeratedly. "Has the charm for seduction, doesn't he?"
"What do you mean?"
Tvora sighed, as if was under some mental pressure. "It's easy to get people believe you if you look believing"
"He is just the way he looks" Lily defended weakly, not really understanding what the girl was refereeing too.
"Yes, I agree. And looks are deceiving"
Lily gave a mirthless laugh. The girl sitting beside him, surely can prove that. "What is your point? Because as his friend I know how he is"
"Ah… a friend. A good enough reason to use you" Tvora gave with mock-sympathy.
"You don't know nothing about him!" Lily practically yelled. Who could someone say anything like that about Shane?!
Tvora shook her head, smiling in pity. "He will one day and you wouldn't even know. Doesn't he touch you that can be characterized as inappropriate?"
Lily eyes blazed fire. "What the fuck has gotten into your head?!"
She patted her arm and Lily jerked back. "You are naïve" she gave her best exaggerated smile. "Must learn from someone who is two years older to you. Hmm"
Lily couldn't form words. Her head only wrote anger. She just realized that she was breathing heavily that she now tried to bring under control. A hand from the other side weighed on her shoulder. She jerked in that direction and saw James' concerned face.
"Are you alright, Lily?" it wasn't the flirtatious one he always used, it was the truly worried one.
She nodded and forced a smile. "I am fine"
He didn't look convinced even a bit, but nodded anyways. Then smiled. "If you are not then you'll be"
She gave him a questioning glance.
He nodded his chin in the direction across the table. "That girl and Peter's conversation is hilarious"
Lily followed his eyes where Peter and a… girl was having a conversation. She looked taller than Peter, of course. She had copper brown hair and shining copper eyes. She looked way different than Tvora and seemed intrigued by Peter's hair.
She touched the strand of his hair that was falling on his forehead. "Vow… you have cool hair" she complimented.
Peter blushed and looked at her. "I like your accent"
The girl laughed. "Oh- but I like yours"
Peter blushed again. "You have copper eyes. They seem like current"
That made the girl blush. She cleared her throat. "I forgot to ask your name. Vhat is it?"
Peter smiled and extended his hand. "Peter Pettigrew"
She took the hand and gave it a firm shake. "Nice. I am Fidanka Ivet. But you can call me Fin… if you want, that is"
"I will like that, Fin" he tried saying the name, that felt good on his tongue. "You can call me Peter too. My friends call me that"
Fin smiled and nodded. "Okay, Peter" she giggled. "So would you introduce me to your friends. So, that I make some here too"
Peter nodded eagerly. "My friends are all here. He is James Potter. He is Sirius Black and he is Remus Lupin" he pointed at each one of them who shook their hands politely with Fin, giving Peter a sly smirk.
Peter looked at Lily at last and smiled shyly. "And she is Lily Evans"
Lily extended her hand and Fin took it. "You are beautiful, have someone ever mentioned that?" she asked.
Lily blushed and cleared her throat. "Thank you. Peter is falling for your eyes though" she winked making Fin redden. "May I call you Fin?"
"Sure" she nodded happily. Glad to know so many people from Hogwarts. "Are any of you participating for the tournament? I mean Gryffindor has a reputation for daring, don't they?"
Lily shook her head violently. "I'll have to be stupid enough to do that because later I'll have to face Sev's wrath for perhaps, the next seven lifetimes"
"Sev? Your boyfriend?"
Lily flustered. "Uh… No- he is my friend, best friend. His name's Severus though" she pointed towards the black-haired and black-eyed boy on the Slytherin table.
"Oh…" her eyes twinkled. "Judging by his face, he doesn't look much like he wants the tournament to take place"
"Oh, you have no idea… he was fighting with the headmaster on the same" Lily rolled her eyes. "And dare someone make him back down from his belief"
Fin laughed.
"I am thinking of taking part" James stated proudly.
Fin grinned excitedly. "You are! Great!"
Sirius huffed. "I would have too, only if Moony would have let me do anything"
Remus swatted him. "I asked the same thing to James too. He is just more stubborn than you are. It will take a bit more persuasion"
"Haha… but I still will, Remus" James teased before a hand smacked his head.
"It truly is dangerous, James!" It was Mary shrieking her head off.
James flinched but smiled cheekily. "A Gryffindor wouldn't be scared of a tiny-mini tournament"
"There is a very thin line between bravery and stupidity, James" she pursed her lips. Looking like McGonagall once more.
"So, I'll stay under the line, Mary" he winked dismissably.
Fin had to move her eyes, to and fro, during their argument. "Now, don't tell me you both aren't together"
James and Mary froze. "NO! I mean no… we are not, just friends" they mumbled.
Fin laughed. "I don't understand. Is it a Hogwarts thing to not acknowledge? Now, they will say they are not together either" she pointed towards Remus and Sirius having a heated conversation about the tournament.
They both froze and a creeped up their necks. "NO!" they yelled. "No, we are not"
Fin laughed again. "Perhaps, it is a Hogwarts thing. You all are cute, though"
They all flushed.
*Page Break*
After all the headmasters of the schools decided to show up in the Great Hall with a few others.
Dumbledore stood and spread his arms. "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I feel fortunate to welcome all of you to Hogwarts. Please, also welcome, Mr. Bartemius Crouch, the temporary Head of Department of International Magical Co-operation"-
He pointed towards the man sitting on Karkaroff's side and almost sneering at him. He had grey strings in his severely parted hair and a toothbrush moustache, wearing very formal robes, looking weird in front of Dumbledore's bright purple ones. He bowed slightly to the students and there was a very, very light applause.
Severus' eyes trailed to the junior Crouch, who had been blankly looking at the Head table, not even a little affected by his father being at the school. He frowned but before he could think further, Dumbledore was speaking again.
- "Then Mr. Hamish McFarlan, the Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports"-
Another man sitting beside Madam Maxime stood up, bowed and smiled at the students, earning a way huger applause than Mr. Crouch. He had white hair and a funny handlebar moustache that looked like nothing in front of Slughorn's.
- "Then, the one you'll be most excited for… Mr. Ludovic Bagman, a very splendid Beater for the British Quidditch team, who has volunteered to supervise the Triwizard Tournament"
Here the applause was the loudest. Students were practically roaring for the Quidditch team. The man with a well-built body, on the side of Mr. McFarlan stood and waved his hands in the air as if addressing the audience in a game. He grinned broadly and looked more excited than anyone else for the tournament.
"Now, calm down, children. I know you all must be hungry, so, let's begin the feast, after which the tournament will officially start"
Dumbledore waved his hands and the dishes filled themselves with delicious food, that they had whole-heartedly… err, as much they could after the flows of adrenaline in their veins.
"What is that?" Mulciber pointed out to a dish on the table.
Avery turned his eyes to the dish. "That's French. Bouillabaisse. You'll like it" he said taking small part of it and giving one to Mulciber.
Afroze peered in too and quirked. "Yeah… but not my taste"
Rosier took a small spoon to only taste and then looked as if he could have the entire thing. "It's delicious"
"Is it?" Severus asked and sniffed. "Umm… I think I am anyways done for tonight"
Selene rolled her eyes. "Do you want to go back to your skinny self, Severus?"
Severus nursed his stomach. "No. I'll complete the remaining intake tomorrow"
"Whatever, Severus" she dismissed before taking another bite of her pudding.
Afroze held a look of disappointment when he viewed Selene and Severus. Perhaps, his mother had tortured him on having more food too that seemed like heaven to him now, that she was dead. He sighed and went back to his food.
After the feast was over, Dumbledore stood up once more.
"I hope you all enjoyed the feast" he smiled at the children. "Our officials from the Ministry have worked tirelessly for the tournament and I thank them for that. They will also be joining myself, Professor Karkaroff and Madam Maxime on the panel which will judge the champions' efforts"
The word champions worked as magic on the students and grabbed their attention in a few mini-seconds.
Dumbledore motioned to the entrance to the Great Hall where Filch was standing with a huge wooden chest decorated with many jewels.
"If you will please, bring that casket, Mr. Filch" Dumbledore requested and the next moment the huge thing was in the front of the Hall.
"The tasks for the champions are already determined that the champions will be facing this tournament. There will be three tasks, spread through the entire year that will be testing the champions on different aspects… their magical prowess- their daring- their powers of deduction- and, of course, their ability to cope with danger"
The Great Hall sucked in deep breaths at the parameters.
"As you know, one student will be selected from each school, who will be compete enough" Dumbledore continued. "They will be marked to perform each task representing their school in the tournament. And the one with the highest total score in the end wins the Triwizard Tournament… Now, the champions will be chosen by an impartial selector… The Goblet of Fire"
He finished and opened the tapped his wand on the lid of the casket, opening it. He reached in and pulled out a roughly made wooden cup, looking nothing impressive. But the brim of it shone with dancing blue-white flames, giving it a wonderful appearance and apparently making it look impressive.
"Anybody who feels ready for the tournament can place their names inside this written on a clear parchment with the name of their schools. The Goblet will be placed in the Entrance Hall to give you all free access of it. You'll be having twenty-four hours to submit your names. Tomorrow, on the night of Halloween, it will give the names of the champions.
"Now, there is an age limit that will be placed around it. Only the students above the age of sixteen will be allowed to place their names and my age line will ensure that. Students, I cannot impress more on the fact that this will bind you to the tournament for the entire year, expecting the champions to perform all the tasks. So, take your decisions after well-thinking. I'll ask my Slytherins to give a chance for this too, I know they possess the potential"
Dumbledore gave a pointed look to Severus, who in return met his eye defiantly.
"Good night to all" he said to all and completed.
A/N Hope you all enjoyed the chapters.
Thank you for reading
