As soon as the food appeared on the table I was ready to dig in. Talk about being hungry, I was starving. But before I could grab a bite, Dumbledore had an announcement to make.
"I have an announcement to make. This year, Hogwarts won't be only your house, but also to some very special guests as well. You see, Hogwarts has been chosen …" he was briefly interrupted by Flinch whispering something in his ear. This gave me the chance to look around the Great Hall, only to meet a pair of deep brown eyes looking straight at me. Blushing, I quickly turned around to face my table.
'Eve, don't make it more awkward than it already is. Keep calm, don't look. Play it cool, he's just a guy after all. Just another cute guy. Damn it' I thought to myself trying to hide my embarrassment which came not only from his gaze, but also from what happened a few hours before.
Flashback
"Evie!" the voice shouted again. I had no other choice but to turn around and smile.
"Hi Fred" I said looking at the red head "And George" looking at his twin.
"I'm George" the first red head said, "And that's Fred" he said pointing to his brother. I looked at them a bit more trying to understand if they were fooling around, as usual.
"Oh poor Evie, she can't tell us apart anymore. Looks like Beauxbotons did you no good" 'George' said.
"I don't think so. I can always tell you apart" I said smiling knowingly, "We all know George is the better looking twin, after all." I said pointing at George. They both smiled mischievously.
"Why, Evie, you just broke my heart. Here I thought you had a crush on me" Fred said grinning like an idiot. I immediately became as red as a tomato.
"You thought wrong" I murmured looking down.
"Ehem" Blair coughed trying to distract us from the possible embarrassment I could suffer.
"Look Fred, Blair is here too" George said nudging Fred.
"Thank you for acknowledging me, guys." She said looking a bit annoyed, which quickly disappeared as soon as she saw a small bag in one of the twin's hands. "What's that?" she said looking at it suspiciously.
"This? It's just a welcome back present for our dear Evelyn" George said grinning as Fred gave me the bag.
"Thank you" I said as I looked inside it. There were all types of candy ready for me to eat. 'How nice of them' I thought. My thoughts were soon interrupted by the train whistle.
"We should go now" Blair said.
"Uhm, yeah. See you around, George" I said giving him a smile "and Fred" I said looking at him a bit longer so I could remember his face. "Thank you for the present" as soon as I said that they both smirked mischievously. 'What are they up to?' I said taking one last glance at them and went straight to find a compartment to sit in. I finally came up to the one Luna was sitting with Neville. I waved at them and motioned to Blair to come and sit with them.
"Evelyn, it's so good to see you" Luna said as she put down her copy of The Quibbler. I sat down next to her and give her a hug. Blair went to sit next to Neville.
"Hi Neville" I said smiling up at him and proceeded to look in the small bag the Weasleys gave me.
"Oh, you have candy" said Luna peeking at the contents of the bag.
"You want some?" I offered. Luna gladly took a one and pop it in her mouth. Both Neville and Blair took one too. I took my time to choose mine, and then eagerly ate it. But as soon as I turned around to look at Luna she was starting to have blue strands in her hair. Scared I looked at Neville and Blair, and both of them had red and green stripes in their hair which were soon covering all their hair.
'Oh no, they didn't' I said growing angrier at the twins.
"You have pink hair, Evelyn" Luna said knowing that we were all victims of a prank. I heard a snickering and then a laughter from behind the compartment door.
'The twins' I said looking annoyed through the window. They were just laughing and waving at us as they went away.
"This thing isn't going to go away any time soon, is it" said Blair almost wanting to kill them as she miss her chocolate brown curls.
"I think it will last a few days" said Luna returning to her Quibble. She didn't seem bothered at all.
I sighed trying to calm down and went to change in my robes.
End of flashback
Of course my hair was still pink, but not anymore a dark shade of pink but a lighter one, which was even more awful.
"So, Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event: The Triwizard Tournament. This tournament brings together three magical schools to compete. From each school, a student is chosen to compete. Let me be clear, if chosen, you stand alone. And trust me when I say, this contest are not for the faint hearted." Dumbledore continued his speech.
'My first year back and we are already having fun. Yay' I thought.
"But more of that later. And now please join me in welcoming the lovely ladies of Beauxbotons Academy of Magic and their lady Mistress, Madame Maxime." As soon as Dumbledore presented them, all of the beautiful girls from my previous school entered the Great Hall.
'So that's why I saw the carriage before' I smiled gladly that I was going to see my good friend Fleur again. And even sooner than I thought.
"They're so beautiful" said Blair staring in awe at them "No wonder you had to come back to Hogwarts, those girls are stunning" she said laughing.
"Ha, ha. You're so funny Blair." I said smacking her, before returning to see the girls doing their performance.
As soon as they finished their entrance they sat down at the Ravenclaw table. I spotted Fleur and waved for her to come and sit next to me.
"Fleur, ici!" I said in a horrible French accent. I was never good in French, but at least I tried.
"Ma petite Evelyn! How great to zee you!" she said hugging me. "I'm zo zorry you are enable to come back to Beauxbatons. I'm going to miz you zo much."
"We'll owl each other, don't worry. I won't forget my promises" I said, but I was interrupted by Blair's cough. "What?" I asked.
"Oh nothing" she said looking at me knowingly.
"I owled you each time I got the chance" I defended myself.
"I know you did, but I wasn't referring to myself" she said casually. I simply rolled my eyes.
"Fleur, this is my friend Blair. Blair" I said gesturing to Fleur, "meet Fleur". They both shook their hands and smiled at each other.
"So, Fleur. Tell me, what stupid things did Evelyn do while she was at your Academy?" Blair immediately wanted to know all the scoop possible. I just shook it off and paid attention to what Dumbledore was about to say.
"And now our friends from the north, please bring in the proud sons of Durmstrung and their Headmaster Igor Karkarov" announced Dumbledore and everyone looked again at the entrance of the Great Hall, as a group of guys entered. They were quite scary in my opinion, but they knew how to put on a show.
My only thought after they finished their performance, was that I could finally eat. As I was about to dig in, I looked at Fleur and Blair at how delicate they were when they ate while I was almost like a homeless person who hasn't eaten in years. Blair noticed me and just rolled her eyes. I tried to imitate them, as I didn't want to appear a savage.
Soon, Dumbledore and Crouch presented the rules of the tournament. As it seem, no one under 17 could take part of it, which wasn't exactly such a bad idea in my opinion but most of the students didn't have the same vision as I did.
As soon as I finished eating I excused myself and went towards the Ravenclaw tower. On my way a hand caught my arm making me stop in my tracks. As I turned around I had to look up to come face to face with the red head which was towering me.
"I'm not talking to you" I said immediately to Fred who simply frowned at my response and let go of my arm.
"You don't say. So after everything you're still the one that's mad?" he said glaring at me. For a moment I felt guilty, but I pushed it apart.
"You made my hair pink" I said annoyed.
"So?" he said a smile starting to play on his lips.
"I hate pink. And it doesn't even match my eyes." I said trying to lighten up the mood.
"You'll have to get used to it" he said still smiling.
"What?!" I nearly shouted
"Shhh, you don't people to think I am trying to kill you or something"
I simply rolled my eyes. "I have to go now, Fred" I said and I could see he was getting angry again.
"Of course you have to. Goodnight Evelyn" he said and turned around leaving me alone in the halls.
I really wanted to go and say I was sorry, but unfortunately I had a pride that was way beyond my power to overcome. And with that I went straight to my dorm, hoping that a good night sleep would make me feel better.
A/N
Here's the second chapter you lovely readers! Waiting for your reviews! At least a couple before the next chapter (: Thank you!
