Gio's POV:

It's only lunch and I'm already super tired. There was some serious drama today. Reb seems either really mad or upset at something. Maybe she's just homesick. I'd better go check it out though- just to be safe. I slowed down till I was the same pace with her and Sam. Sam waved goodbye and walked on to join Carter and Sadie. They were bickering –again. Reb was looking down fiercely. She clutched her books tightly and I was shocked to see a tear dribbling silently down her check. Reb never cried.

"Reb. Reb. Rebel. "

She looked up at me as if noticing me for the first time. She quickly wiped off her tears and glared at me.

"You didn't see anything."

O my gosh. She could be so thick headed sometimes. Couldn't she see that I was trying to help her?!

"Holy mother of – Just come in here! I pushed her into a broom closet that was next to us. (hint hint room of requirement)

" All right, Reb. What's going on?!"

I was surprised by the anger in my voice.

You were super exited to come here. Before breakfast you looked really happy. Now you're crying. You used to tell me everything. Now you've found other friends have you forgotten about me? Do you even want to be friends anymore?!"

She blinked and seemed to deflate.

"Um…Okay…I guess I'll just…go."

Ah, geez. I'm a terrible person. What kind of best friend yells at their crying best friend?!

"Reb, wait. I'm sorry. It's just…so different from home, you know? Wait; did Nico say something to you? I saw you talking to him at breakfast. Is he why you're upset?"

She said, in so soft a voice that I had to lean in to catch it,

"He was asking about… you know, my parents."

Oh. That explains it. I was the only one she had ever told about her parents. I swear if I ever saw them again, after all the pain they had caused her.

They had given her away when she was a baby because she was never meant to happen, a mistake. We tracked them down when we was 7. She was completely sure that they would love her now she was older. They didn't. In fact, they seemed to hate her more. They shoved her out the door, calling her names and threatening her. Then the worst part. A four year old girl poked her head round the door. She was their new daughter. She had replaced her. Reb ran away sobbing and never spoke about her parents again. She seemed to grow a hard protective shell, keeping her from further hurt but pushing away everyone who cared about her.

I impulsively stepped forward and hugged her. She stiffened, and then relaxed and hugged me back. I guess she didn't get many hugs. I pulled away.

"They were jerks. It happens. Not everyone is like that."

She dried her eyes and smiled at me.

"I guess you're right. But we should get to lunch now. They'll be wondering where we are."

Together we climbed out the cupboard.

They were just starting to eat when we arrived. Sadie whispered something in Reb's ear. She glanced in my direction, then smirked and sat down. I sat down next to Carter, and Alex suddenly exclaimed,

"Hey, Sam, there was that drinking contest we used to do- we should totally do it here. Boys go first."

"Why boys?" Carter grumbled.

Sadie started making chicken noises, clearly directed at Carter.

He grumbled a lot, but grudgingly agreed. Nico and Magnus were less sure, but they relented. I felt like something bad was going to happen, but I agreed anyway.

"Bottoms up!"

Nico grimaced. We drank and then finished at the exact same time. The girls all looked at each other…and burst out laughing.

Magnus smacked him lips and groaned.

"Truth potion was it?"

Noticing our gob smacked expressions; he shrugged and said sheepishly,

"Well, I know stuff like this. Don't look so surprised!"

. Carter looked like a cow hit by a shovel. Nico had gone so pale he looked like a ghost.

Suddenly it hit me. Truth potion. Oh, God. What if they asked me about my crush on- oh my God, I can't believe I'm saying this - I have a crush on Reb. There, I said it! Then everybody would know.

Hazel looked a bit nervous and spoke up.

"It's not actually on all of you. I left out Nico."

Sam, Alex, Sadie and Reb all groaned. Nico, however, looked like he was going to faint with relief. Lucky him.

Sadie sat forward, looking at Carter intensely. I can't blame the poor boy for being scared- his sister had a bad reputation for soul baring truths in a late-night game of truth or dare.

Gio cleared his throat.

"Sorry for interrupting this little stare-off but…Who got the other truth potion, Hazel?"

All eyes turned to Hazel. Sadie slurped her drink noisily,

"Well, I hope it was Reb. Now, back on to the questions."

Hazel swallowed,

"Sadie."

There was as stunned silence, and then Carter started snorting in laughter, rocking back and forwards, with tears in his eyes. Nico stuffed a fist in his mouth to muffle the laughing, and Magnus was laughing so hard he almost fell off the bench. I could see the girls fighting to keep a straight face, and eventually giving up and I could barely see for laughing. Sadie, on the other hand, was looking around wildly as if someone could help her.

Eventually we all sobered up. Sadie glared at all of us and went back to freaking out Carter. It was a bit of a shock when she finally spoke.

"Do you like Lacy?"

Sam explained under her breath that Lacy was a friend of Sadie that went in Hufflepuff. She was pretty certain that Carter had a crush on her.

Carter looked extremely bemused,

"No! Why would you even think that?"

Sadie looked a bit disgruntled.

"Then who?"

He looked a bit sheepish and mumbled,

"Girl from Dumstrang. Zia Rashid. Girl from the poster."

Ooh. Her. Carter had a pic of a girl with straight black hair looking quite serious on his side of our dorm. He looked at it all the time and I mean all the time. But Dumstrang? Did not know that. Reb looked at me and whispered something to Sam. She in turn whispered to Alex and Alex whispered to Hazel. They all ginned identical evil diabolical grins. This couldn't be good. Hazel announced,

"We are going to ask all of you your crushes as a warm-up, then we'll get down to the big stuff."

"WARM-UP?! Do you have any idea how much this stuff means to us guys- sorry, Sadie, people, we actually do care what people think of us, despite your attitude towards us."

There was a stunned silence. I began to worry that I'd said too much. Then Magnus began to laugh.

"Well said, man. Well said."

Sadie seemed to be working out a strategy.

"How about, we only ask two questions: Crush and something else?"

I nodded approval.

"Still not ideal, but better."

Alex interrupted,

"Hold on, what do you mean we? We're asking you as well!"

Sadie looked like She'd swallowed a live mouse.

What- um- no –really?"

"Yes."

Reb said firmly.

"Now, bags me Gio. He's got a good secret! Okay, Gio. Do you or do you not like a certain Zelie Fore?"

I groaned. Zelie was my muggle friend back home. Reb had been teasing me about her since she met me, and it obviously hadn't stopped now.

"No. For the 6 millionth time!"

She gave a little smile that was infuriatingly cute. Geez, stop smiling like that!

Hazel grinned in excitement.

"My turn! Sadie, is that boy in your picture in your wardrobe you think nobody else can see part of the reason you were staring at Nico in Charms?"

Sadie went scarlet. She hid her face and muttered,

"Kind of. Oh, shut up Carter."

Nico and Hazel were exchanging looks. He mouthed something to her, and Hazel's eyes widened. She giggled and nodded. He quickly scribbled something on a piece of paper, folded it into a paper airplane and threw it at a tall 6th year sitting at the Slytherin table. She opened it and looked at them.

She said something to a third year across from her, and he looked up from his breakfast. He glanced at Sadie and his mouth fell open. He straightened himself up and awkwardly waved at her. She looked up and had the exact same reaction. It was quite funny really. He made the sign for talk later and said something to the 6th year. Sadie smiled broadly and blushed. She seemed forget us momentarily, and when we came back to earth, we were all staring at her.

She blushed even more and turned to Sam.

"Your turn."

Sam glanced at Magnus and said, in an extremely calm tone,

"You like Alex, don't you?"

He Looked a bit shocked and surprised, then peeped

"Yes."

All eyes turned to Alex. To everyone's shock, he

(Yes, he is a he now.)

He grabbed Magnus's face and kissed him full on the lips.

(Yes, I do know that they are way older in the books. But honestly, I'm 11 and British so I'm basing this on love lives of British people who I know however vaguely, and believe me, they do a bit more than kissing, and no, I am not referencing sex or making out or anything like that)

After a while Alex pulled away, and everybody was left in shock. He sat back down and looked completely at ease. Magnus, on the other hand looked like he had been a victim of a heart attack. Carter nudged me and Nico. We had a plan that we would do once they got together.

We jumped onto the table, and we cast the sonorous spell. Carter started,

"LADIES AND GENTLE MEN, COULD I PLEASE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION FOR A MINUTE?"

The spell amplified our voices, letting the whole hall know. Now Nico's turn.

"WE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT A CERTAIN MAGNUS CHASE AND ALEX FEIRRO ARE NOW CANON!"

Okay. Now mine.

"PLEASE JOIN US IN THE CELABRATION, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FIRST COUPLE IN FIRST YEAR TO GET TOGETHER!"

Now Carter added something.

"WE ARE NOW EXPECTING A CERTAIN SAMARAIH AL-ABBAS TO GO ON A DATE WITH A CERTAIN HUFFLEPUFF AMIR FADLAN."

Nico's turn.

"PLEASE WISH ALEX, MAGNUS AND SAM GOOD LUCK ON THEIR LOVE LIFES!"

Last line's mine.

"IF WE ARE INEXPLICCSABLY MISSING FROM SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE ASSUME WE HAVE BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED BY THE 3 IN QUESTION. "

On that happy note, we sat down. Alex and Sam looked like they were about to spontaneously combust from anger, and Magnus looked like he wanted to fall though the floor and never resurface. I could see that Hufflepuff just staring at the space where we were, expression horrified.

Dumbledore cleared his throat.

"Ah, thank you boys. I have an announcement to make as well. This year, Hogwarts will be hosting the Triwizard tournament. Dumstrang school is competing but sadly, our other counterparts, Beuxbatons, have decided upon a change of rules.

There will be two participants from every school, making it a Sexwizard Tournament, coming from the word sextet, meaning 6 people, so stop laughing, Mr Valdez. I would also advise refraining from hitting him, Miss Calpso.

Also, while I'm at it, even though I greatly enjoyed your speech boys, whoever tries another will get detention. Please take example from Mr Kane, Mr Stelle and Mr Di Angelo, as they are going to never do that again, I hope."

A boy with black hair and green eyes made a kind of guffawing sound.

"Di Angelo?! Bianca's brother?! The nerdy one?!"

Nico's eyes flared with black fire. He stood up and yelled back along the table,

"Jackson?! Estelle's brother?! The stupid one?!"

I could hear muffled laughter down the table, and someone said

"Touché, man. Touché. "

Dumbledore spoke again in a calm voice.

"To be frank, Mr Di Angelo and Mr Jackson, shut up."

There was a lot of catcalling and "Oooohhhh"noises. Dumbledore allowed himself a small smile before continuing.

"The Sexwizard Tournament will kick off with a Quiddich Game. It is not a challenge but will give the winning team extra points. The student at the end of the tournament with the most points will win a grand prize of a million galleons, as well as meeting The Weird Sisters."

Everyone in the Hall immediately looked on full alert. Apparently the weird sisters were a big deal in the Wizarding world. Sam, Magnus, Carter, Sadie, Alex looked like they would kill to get the prize. I noticed Nico wasn't joining in.

What's wrong?"

I asked him.

"Didn't you grow up in a Wizarding family?"

He shrugged.

"Not really. I only learnt about magic when I was 9. I've always found muggle music better."

"Like?"

"He gestured vaguely.

Twenty One Pilots, Panic! At The Disco, 3 Days Grace, that kind of stuff.

Reb's eyes lit up.

"You like them? O my god me too, what about Fall Out Boy?"

"Yeah! Finally, someone with a good taste in music!"

They proceeded to talk excitedly about bands and concerts and whatever they were talking about.

Alex, who was talking to Reb, looked at me and raised her eyebrows.

"Does she do that a lot?"

I groaned.

"A lot? All the time."

Dumbledore spoke again.

"All students will be able to put their name in the goblet of fire, but be warned. There is a high chance of death."

Um….O-kayyy. Definitely not entering. Who in their right mind would enter a competition that

A: You might not win.

B: You might die, and

C: REPEAT C FOR GOOD MEASURE.

Sadie was already whispering to Rebel. Bad news.

"Next lesson will be cancelled, to make up your mind if you will put your name in the Goblet of Fire.

Ah, dammit. I love Herbology. Never mind.

Sam leaned over to me

"Everyone will be in the common room. You guys are coming to our dorm."

"Boys aren't allowed in there."

I said. Then I saw her rolling her eyes at me.

"Oohh. Ugh, fine. By the way, who's the guy Nico shouted at?"

She shrugged.

"No idea. But we have snacks, so are you coming or not?"

I grinned and rose to my feet. I had a feeling it would be a long night…