Hey guys so I have decided I will try to update once a month, I will do my best at this but no promises I am in marching band and about to start school again so my schedule is absolutely crazy. Also this story has no one betaing (that's not a word) it so if you would like to possible help me out like that you would be my new favorite person. Thanks for actually coming back and reading!
By the way- bold will be Rose's writing
Italics will be Scorpius's writing
I woke up a tad bit late the next morning, and by a tad bit I mean I had ten minutes to get dressed, get food, and go to class. I ended up sprinting down the hallway ignoring the prefects when they shouted at me to stop. I made it to potions with only two minutes to spare, I slid into one of the last empty seats in the back of the class room and ended up being startled by a soft chuckle that came from beside me. Turning to see who it was I saw Scorpius dressed in his school uniform, the Chudley Cannon pjs from last night were gone.
"Good morning sleepy head." He smiled down at me slid into the seat beside mine. "I noticed you missed breakfast, I managed to grab this for you." Scorpius held out a green apple for me.
"Thanks." I smiled and took it from him. I looked up to the front of the room as professor Slughorn started talking, there was the sound of pencils scratching on paper as everyone started taking notes. I felt something hit my elbow and when I looked down there was a paper that Scorpius kept pushing at me until I took it from him.
'Are you excited for tonight?' was scribbled across the top line in shockingly neat boyish handwriting.
'Tonight?' I wrote back slightly confused.
'The champions are being chosen.' He explained while giving me an annoyed look, 'Don't tell me you forgot..'
'It just slipped my mind for a second. Yeah I'm excited, but nervous.'
'Why nervous?' he actually looked curious. 'The worst that can happen is your name wont be drawn.'
'The parents in my family actually forbid us all from entering, but Al and I did anyways. Though only you know that Im entered and now you and I are the only ones that know about Al entering' I sighed softly and looked up at Slughorn who was still rattling on about Polyajuice potion, he probably forgot that he had already taught us this. 'If either Al or I get chosen as champion our family will be very upset.'
Scorpius nodded, 'They nodded would only be upset?'
'Very upset. And that's putting it lightly.' I slid the paper back over to him and he chuckled quietly before catching himself.
"Ah Mr. Malfoy, have something you would like to share with us?" Slughorn started at Scorpius with a frog like glare.
"No Sir. Sorry Sir." Scorpius looked back at him acting properly ashamed.
"Good." Slughorn returned to his rambling and I started to laughed silently to myself.
"Shut up." Scorpius mouthed at me acting like he might start laughing as well.
I shrugged smiling and grabbed the paper from him, 'What about you, will your parents be upset if you are the champion?'
'I'm not sure.' he wrote. 'My father would probably be proud, my mother and grandmother worried, and my grandfather annoyed. But they would all get over it.'
I nodded and looked up towards Slughorn who had moved on to something that we havent learned so I ignored Scorpius after giving him a kind smile and started paying attention to the professor who was teaching the class.
Later that night after dinner the Great Hall was almost completely silent, everyone was wondering who would be chosen as champion for their school. I was sitting with my family like always, they where talking among themselves but quickly got quiet when McGonagall stood up and walked to the goblet.
"I want to remind everyone that the Goblet chooses the champions, it will decide who is the best from each school and who will compete." She raised her hand and a single slightly burnt paper flew out. "From Durmstrang," She paused "Tobias Hansen." A boy sitting a couple of seats away stood up with a pleased smiled on his face. He walked very proudly away from everyone, he was handsome. He had short-cropped hair like all the boys from Durmstrang and it looked good on him, he had a soft boyish face but the right side of it had a scar running from the corner of his eye down to his chin.
When the clapping stopped McGonagall held up her hand again for the paper that flew out of the flaming Goblet. "From Beauxbatons is Anastasia Dubois." The clapping started up again as a girl with black hair and pale skin stood up to walk towards the back room. I couldn't help but smile while looking at her, she looked like a fairytale princess from a story my mum told me once when I was little. The girl didn't look back at us once as she walked out, she just stared ahead and acted like she was better than all of us and wasnt shocked at all to be called. I watched her disappear before looking away. I glanced quickly around the room and saw Scorpius who mouthed good luck to me.
McGonagall spoke again, "And the Hogwarts champion is..." she read the paper that she had grabbed out of the air. She looked slightly shocked before announcing our champion, "Rose Weasly."
The room filled with cheers from the Hogwarts students who knew me, I stood up ignoring my family beside me and made my way to the back room. I turned my head slightly to glance behind me I saw Scorpius clapping but I ignored him and looked back for my family. None of them where talking, they where all looking away except for Al who just looked confused and hurt.
When I entered the room where the champions are supposed to wait the boy was standing by the door, once I entered he held out his hand. "Tobias Hansen."
I smiled at him and shook his hand, "Rose Weasly."
"Weasly? As in daughter of Ron and Hermione Weasly?" Tobias asked carefully. I just nodded in response.
"Im Anastasia Dubois." The girl smiled at me from across the room. I smiled at her and nodded.
About five minutes later we could hear footsteps approaching the room and in walked McGonagall followed by Olympe Maxime, headmistress of Beauxbatons, and Lucas Dahl, headmaster of Durmstrang, and Kingsly Shacklebolt the Minister of Magic. The professor's each walked calmly to the champions representing their schools and stopped beside them.
"First off, I would like to congragualte all of you champions." Kingsly smiled at them kindly. "You all know the rules of the tournament, no cheating, no dropping out, no attacking other players, and no help from anyone else. Its is all very simple you have untill November 30th to figure out what the first task is and prepare for it, you will get your hint for the second task when and if you complete the first." Kingsly smiled reassuringly. "There really isn't much more to say, good luck." Kingsly nodded at them before turning to walk away.
There was a moment of silence from everyone else in the room. "That's it?" Anastasia asked sounding confused.
"It appears so." Olympe Maxime smiled down at her. "Why dont we all go back to our schools, I think some celebrating is in order." she smiled down at Anastasia before leading her way out. Tobias and Lucas followed them out talking softly between them.
I started for the stairs expecting McGonagall to just follow me out. "Miss Weasly?" she called after me softly.
"Yes professor?" I turned and smiled at her politely.
"I know this year will be challenging for you Rose. Especially with your family not wanting you in the tournament, just know that the whole school now supports you and if you need some one to talk to I am here." McGonagall smiled at her.
"Thank you professor, that means a lot to me." I smiled at her, she went up ahead of me and started walking out.
"Now lets go celebrate." She smiled at me.
When I made it back to the Great Hall it was empty. I sighed and walked over to where I was sitting, I could see my bag kicked underneath the bench where my family had been. After picking it up I left quickly. I started walking up towards the common room slowly not really wanting to party and celebrate. Don't get me wrong I am so excited to be chosen as champion, but people still get hurt in this tournament. I can handle the tournament, what really worrys me now is my family. My brother and cousins did not react well and I know that they will have already written home to the family letting them know what has happened, I wonder what they will do when they find out. Probably come up to Hogwarts to yell at me.
"Hey there." Al stepped around a corner into the hall where I was walking making me jump.
"Al.." I sighed and looked at him. He looked annoyed, "Al, I'm sorry.."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Al stepped forward. "Rosie we are best friends, we're closer than best friends. We trust each other with everything and you didn't tell me that you where going to enter in the freaking Triwizard Tournament! I told you I was. Why didn't you tell me?"
I looked at him thinking, trying to find an answer that would make sense, "I didn't think it was a big deal, what where the chances that my name would be drawn?" I shrugged looking down.
Al just glared at me, "You're one of the best students here, why would you get chosen?"
"Are you mad because I was chosen or because I entered without telling you?"
Al sighed and glanced away not looking very annoyed anymore just embarrassed he shrugged.
I sighed, "Fine Al. I have a test in the morning I need to go study, will you walk to class with me?" I smiled at him.
Al just looked at .e for a couple of seconds thinking, "Yeah fine Rosie. See ya tomorrow." he waved and turned to walk away.
The next morning was strange to say the least. Everywhere I went people congratulated me, I didn't even recognise half of them but I smiled and said thank Yu any ways. When I walked into the Great Hall the Gryfindor table started cheering while the Slytherin table sat sulking, it was actually pretty funny and made me feel a lot better after my talk with Al last night.
I understand why Al is so upset, he feels that since he is Harry Potters son he needs to live up to that name. He thinks James has already done so as has Lily in his eyes, so be feels like a disappointment to his father. Which is absolutely ridiculous Uncle Harry is proud of all his children, he has told them that all multiple times, Al just never lightens.
From where I was standing in the Great Hall I could see all my family at the Gryfindor table talking furiously, I started to walk over smiling to myself. They noticed me when I was almost to them, they stopped talking immediately and looked away with guilty faces.
"What's up?" I asked smiling at them trying to make it not awkward.
"We wrote the family last night after the announcement." Hugo looked at me. "We didn't want them to be surprised when they saw the paper today." I just nodded understanding why they would write home. "They wrote back already." He handed me a stack of envelopes and looked away.
"Wow that was fast..." I sighed and looked through them quickly. None of them looked like Howlers so at least there was that. I looked back up at my family. "So what are you guys doing today?"
They all just shrugged.
"Are you all not going to talk to me for a while now?" I asked sadly.
Lily sighed, "Rose we are your family. We are worried that you ha e been chosen to compete and upset that you didn't tell us you where entering."
I just nodded again, "ok.. Well I have to go to class, I'll let you get back to your conversation." I smiled at them before turning to walk away.
I made it about half way to the doors of the Great Hall before a sixth year boy named Charlie Hansen that I tutored last year walked up to me. "Hey Rosie, McGonagall is looking for you. The champions and their teachers are meeting in her office for an interview. She said to tell you that you'll be excused from your first class."
"Ok thanks Charlie." I smiled at him before walking past and making my way towards McGonagall's office. When I made it to the door of the Great Hall I turned around to look behind me, I could see me family sitting at the table talking to each other again. Sighing I stuffed all the letters into my bag and walked out.
I could hear the talking from outside McGonagall's office, when I walked in I could see everyone standing around and talking. Everyone looked as if they where all getting along rather well, Anastasia was standing in a corner talking to the reported who would write about us throughout the tournament. The reporter had straight long blond hair and was tall and skinny. When she turned around to see who had entered the room I could see that it was my cousin Victorie.
When Victorie was still at Hogwarts she played Quiditch and she was amazing at it, she was even being looked at by the Holly Head Harpies to play for them. sadly one of the Slytherin boys hated her and a well placed bludger sent her flying off her broom and to the ground, when she fell she broke her leg in multiple places and broke her hip as well, even once it completely healed again she couldn't walk with out a limp and she just didn't enjoy playing quidditch anymore. Since she still loved to watch sport though she became a writer for the paper. At first she covered small things, like Hogwarts matches but eventually she got moved up and now covers bigger event which now includes the Triwizard Tournament apparently.
Victorie smiled at Anastasia and thanked her before walking over to me, "Hey cuz. Heard you were chosen as champion, didn't really belive it though.." she smiled down at me.
"Well.." I shrugged smiling slightly, "It's the truth. How did everyone take it back home?" I asked I knew that last night was the family dinner where everyone gathered at my Grandparents house.
Victorie sighed, "Well we got the owl in the middle of dinner. They where pretty disappointed and upset. My Mum and Uncle Harry just looked worried, they where in the last tournament remember? They know how bad it can get."
I nodded, "I know."
Victorie smiled at me suddenly, "But don't let that bother you, they will come around and you can handle yourself!" She laughed. "Now I think this is completely ridiculous considering I know your life story but apparently I have to interview you too." She rolled her eyes at me and I couldn't help but start laughing at her expression. "So, Miss Weasly tell me about your childhood, your family, your Hogwarts life."
"Do I have to?" I laughed again.
"Nope!" Victorie winked at me, "I'll just say I interviewed you and write you out to be the most amazing person in the world!" She giggled to herself.
"Thanks Vic." I said while rolling my eyes at her.
"Miss Weasly?" McGonagall called over to us and we both turned around. "Would both of you come over here please? Mr. Olivander needs to inspect the wands."
Victorie threw her arm over my shoulders and walked both of us over to McGonagall's desk quickly. Olivander was standing off to the side of the desk silently waiting for everyone, Anastasia Tobias and I stood next to the headmasters of our schools and Victorie backed into a corner to watch and write things down. "Well," Mr. Olivander smiled at us, "Lets begin shall we?" He held out his hand to Anastasia who was closest to him, she put her wand in his hand carefully. He inspected it and turned it over in his hand a few times, Red Oak and Unicorn hair?" he asked.
"Yes." Anastasia nodded.
"Hmm good combination for a dueling wand.. Do you like to duel Miss. Dubois?" Olivander asked her smiling, Anastasia nodded again smiling back. He just chuckled to him self and gave to wand a slight flick, golden fireworks came out the end. "Good, good." he gave the wand back to Anastasia. "Mr. Hansen?" he held his hand out for Tobias's wand. "Blackthorn and Dragon.." he studied the wand and gave it a flick. Green sparks flew everywhere, Mr. Olivander nodded, "Be carefull with this, it is a fine wand but it is temperamental. It wont be nice to someone who just picks it up." He gave Tobias a warning glare.
Mr. Olivander turned to me, "Ah Miss. Weasly, I remember selling you your wand. The same day your father had to replace his.. again." He laughed remembering how quickly I found my wand and how long it took my Dad to find a wand that would work with him after he had broken so many. I couldn't help but smile at the memory as I handed over my wand. He held it lightly in his hands, "Phoenix core. Miss Weasly you should be proud, even after a wand with a phoenix core choses you it takes a while for it to become loyal and yours my dead is 100 percent loyal to you." He smiled at me. "And Cherry Wood, that with the phoenix makes for a very strong wand Miss Weasly." He waved it and purple lights shot out and danced around before fadding out.
"Cherry wood?" Lucas Dahl the headmaster of Durmstrang laughed softly to himself.
Olivander turned on him. "I wouldn't laugh, cherry wood is often underestimated. It has truly lethal power and with a loyal phoenix core, there is no limit to what one can do with this wand." He turned back to me and handed it over smiling.
"Thankyou Mr. Olivander." McGonagall smiled at him.
"Any time, Professer. Oh my I'm excited this is going to be such an interesting tournament." He looked at the three of us smiling.
I actually looked up what the wand cores and different woods meant about their owners and everything so I didn't just say random stuff they actually mean something kinda. If you want you can find the stuff on pottermore under wand woods and wand cores
Also sorry about all typos and spelling things that are wrong, I didn't have a computer for the last part of this chapter so it was done on my phone. Sorry again.
SO thanks for reading and please please please review it would make me so happy and maybe make me want to post sooner.