Harry and his friends had now been at Durmstrang for three weeks and the World Cup was fast approaching them. Harry, Draco and their friends had adapted well to the days of the school, they all learned that they were good at all of their lessons, Harry was surprised when he figured out that he was more able of the dark arts, he thought that he would need quite a lot of lessons before he was able to do any of the arts.
Harry also learned that the lessons taught at Durmstrang were a lot more in depth, while at Hogwarts you were shown how to do the spell and then you had to replicate it, however in Durmstrang you were shown and had the spell explained for you and then you would perform it on the next lesson.
Harry had also taken quite well with his Parseltongue magic, and he learned that he had been right. When he added his spells with the language of the snakes it made the spell more powerful as well as a lot darker.
In the world of Quidditch Harry and his friends had risen to some of the best players for Durmstrang, and this came from the greatest Seeker known in the game Viktor. Draco, Cedric and Charlie were fantastic Chasers, they were able to get the ball easily from the other players they practiced with, Fred and George were born Beaters, Viktor had told the two that none of the previous Beaters were able to hit the Bludgers as hard and as far as the twins, Bill was a fantastic Keeper too, he never let any of the balls fired at the goals get in, but it was Harry who was thought to be the best player. Harry's Seeking abilities were not matched, he remained still on his broom but you could see his head and eyes moving around the field at all times, as soon as he saw a slight sight of gold he performed some amazing moves to get at the snitch, sometimes the opposing Seeker would not even notice Harry going for the snitch and other times the opposing Seeker was simply out matched. Viktor did a fantastic job teaching the team, he took their natural abilities and told them how to use it the game, and this piece of advice gave them an edge. Another thing that gave them the edge was that they all worked as a perfect team, if one of them went down then another would fill for them as well as do their own thing.
Harry and his friends were all looking forward to the World Cup and just so they could show the world how good they were at the game, oh no, they all wanted to see their parents.
Harry had not seen his father, his dad, Sirius and Remus, as well as the Malfoy's for three weeks, he had the mirror in which he could see and talk to his father but it was not the same. At the World Cup he would be able to see and talk to his family face to face, as well as give them the hug he has been wanting for a long time.
The uniforms that they wore were also better than those at Hogwarts. Instead of the dull black colour theirs was a bright red long sleeved shirt, a pair of brown pants with a red stripe running down the outside, a pair of thick black leather boots and a red cape with brown wool on the room, this could be worn as a normal cape or over the one shoulder. Underneath the red shirt they had a thinner one, but it was brown in colour, if they got too warm wearing the thicker one with the cape then they took it off and left the brown on, as they had to keep their capes on.
They were very easy to fly in and the capes billowed out as they flew, making them look more graceful.
Harry and all of his friends were waiting outside with the headmaster and some of the teachers, it was time to leave for the World Cup. Their headmaster, dark arts, potions, transfiguration and care of magical creatures teachers were coming with them.
"I can seriously not wait to go back to England, I miss my family." Harry said earning nods from the rest of his friends. Everyone of them missed their families.
"Yeah I know what you mean, love." Draco said. Harry and Draco had gotten really close over the last 3 weeks, where you would find one the other would either be there or would not be far behind. The love between the two of them was strong, and it was only growing.
"Is everyone ready to go?" The headmaster yelled so everyone could hear him. They all nodded at him. "Now remember you will go to the tent, you will get ready and then you will go to the arena, you will play the game to the best of your ability and then you can spend time with your family. We have decided to let you go home tonight with your families, the teachers and I will leave after the game, but you all must be back at the school no later than 11am tomorrow morning." The headmaster said. He knew that they were all missing their families so he and his teachers agreed that they could have one night to themselves. The friends who were not playing were going with them, including the three Bulgarians, this was because they did not want to separate the strong group of friends.
They then all grabbed onto a cane, this is the port-key that they would be using to get their. The friends had told the headmaster about their port-key from the school to their manor and then back again, which meant that they could back when they were ready. As soon as they all had a hold of the cane, a word was said so quietly that the children did not hear, the next second they were all on a grassy area with loads of people around them and a lot of noise.
"Wow this place is very crowded." Harry exclaimed. Harry was holding tight to Draco's hand, not wanting to lose the boy. Cedric and George were also holding hands, they had gotten together a few days after they last saw Voldemort, Fred was holding hands with Viktor, that had occurred during a potions lesson when a truth potions caused Fred to admit his feelings that Viktor returned, Neville had his arm wrapped around Luna, this occurred when Neville tripped and fell on Luna who then kissed him, Daphne and Blaise were walking arm in arm, they had all learned that these two had been together in Hogwarts but wanted to keep it secret, Pansy, Gellert, Poliakoff and Lavender were not with anyone so they walked together.
"Yeah love this is one of the most popular places to come at this time, everyone who likes Quidditch is here." Draco said. He was not very happy with the way that the girls they walking past to get to the tent were looking at his Harry. He knew that Harry was very good looking, but he did not want anyone else thinking that as Harry was his and his alone.
Harry seemed to notice what was wrong with Draco as he said, "Don't worry Draco, I belong to you just as you belong to me, no one is going to come between that." To those that were looking at him, Harry reached around squeezed Draco's arse in full few of those who were looking at him, this made them look away and carry on with what they were doing.
They all made their way to the tent. It did look very small since there were students and teachers in the tent, however it was charmed so that the inside was 10x bigger than the outside, Harry made the muggle reference to the TARDIS of Doctor Who.
"Right as you all know the Dark Lord has something planned for tonight. Now we do not want to draw attention to us, the whole world knows that we are a dark school and of we are absent then they will suspect us and we will be taken in. So when the panic starts I want everyone to come out together looking panicked, pretend to spread out and then all come to me and we will port-key away." When the headmaster finished he looked at everyone, who nodded their heads in agreement, knowing that he was right.
"Come on everyone get changed into your uniforms, Quidditch team meet at the entrance to field in an hour, we will have a quick strategy session before we begin. High chance we will run into those that hurt Harry before and after the game, but we must not let them get to us." Viktor said. They all nodded, they would not show whose side they were on until the final battle.
"Those who are dating people your rooms have been put with one another. Draco and Harry, Cedric and George, Fred and Viktor, Neville and Luna, Daphne and Blaise you are all rooming together. Lavender and Pansy you two are rooming while Gellert and Poliakoff are rooming. The teachers have all got separate rooms in the back of the tent." The headmaster explained.
Everyone headed over to their rooms to change into their uniforms.
As soon as Harry had taken of his clothes he had been pounced on by Draco, who was now kissing him roughly. Harry and Draco had been getting more intimate, going further than kissing but they had never made love. Their bonding ceremony was one week away, and they were going to wait till then, but that did not mean that they could nothing with one another.
"Mmm, Draco, we need to get ready." Harry panted though kisses. When Draco kissed him like this, he could easily lose his mind to the feeling.
After one more long kiss they got changed and made their way to the entrance of the field. They were lucky, they had not encountered anyone from Hogwarts at all but they knew they would when they finished the game.
They waited. The Minister for Magic stood up high in the stadium, Harry squinted and saw the Weasley's sitting close to the Minister with Hermione and a few others sitting with them. Harry scowled at them, they were all wearing the green colours of the team they were facing: the Irish.
"Welcome to the Quidditch World Cup ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to introduce the Irish Team!" The Minister yelled, as he yelled out all of the names of the members on the team, there were blurs of green coming through the opposite gate, they threw a firework in the shape of small man wearing a green suit into the sky. "It also gives me great pleasure to introduce the new team for Bulgaria. Viktor Krum as Captain, Cedric Diggory, Charlie Weasley and Draco Malfoy as Chasers, Fred and George Weasley as Beaters, Bill Weasley as Keeper and Harry Riddle as Seeker!" The Minister yelled, and the crowd went quiet at that, before suddenly bursting in applause and cheers. They came out on their brooms while throwing their own fireworks into the air, into the shape of a red and purple Phoenix.
Meanwhile in the Minister's box there were some very shocked people. Ron and Hermione could believe that Riddle and Malfoy were on such a good team, but they were even more shocked when they finally found out where their siblings had gone for the last few weeks. Mr and Mrs Weasley were fuming, their sons had gone to a school and had not told them, but were also intimidated by such strong people.
"Let the match begin!" The Minister yelled, throwing out a jet of light from the tip of his wand.
Everyone went into the game all except Harry, who hovered above everyone moving his head and eyes all around him. The Irish Seeker was nothing like Harry, he kept circling the field seeing if the snitch would be spotted, not long into the game Harry saw a flash of gold near the Ministers box, the Irish Seeker was on the other side of the field and even if he did see it, he would never get there before Harry did.
Harry flew straight across to the box, but the snitch began to lower to the grounds, so Harry pulled into a nose dive, one of the most dangerous moves in Quidditch and headed for the snitch. He then pulled up, reached out his hand and let the snitch fly into it, he then continued up before he did a little flick out of the dive.
"And that is it folks, this has to be the quickest World Cup of any. Congratulations to the new Bulgarian team, who are still the World Champions." The Minister said. The Bulgarians flew to the box where they were congratulated and given the trophy to take back to the school.
"Well hello Harry Riddle." A voice said from behind them.