Here's the next chapter, I have to say that I'm a little disappointed by the amount of reviews, three chapters and only two reviews, either this story is terrible and I should stop writing it or people just don't like reviewing, but I did put a lot of time and effort and I would like to find out what people think so with that said I would like to thank Bleacher your review put a smile on my face and Jetesheet you were the first to review and your review made me laugh! So thanks, you two are the reason I finished this chapter so quickly
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The sun was shining, the birds were singing and Dumbledore calmly sat behind his desk as headmaster Karkaroff kept talking
He had been in a meeting with the heads of houses when the Durmstrang head master had butted in with numerous complaints, the main one being, that Roman Pollius could not train on the school quidditch pitch when the house teams kept booking it and that Roman did not have access to the restriction section at the library
The head master was sure that these were not complaints made by the boy himself but by the boy's national team manager and his grand father, Dumbledore knew this because he had already received letters from both parties stating exactly what Karkaroff was saying.
"Igor, we can not allow Mr Pollius access to the restriction section because it is restricted" Dumbledore said calmly, "and doing so, would show blatant favouritism over the other champions"
Igor clenched his fists, apparently to him; Mr Pollius deserved to be favoured
"and" added McGonagall scathingly, "if Mr Pollius would just book his time on the pitch, like everybody else, then I'm sure that he would get enough time to practise", she couldn't believe the gall of the man, the house teams had to cut back on their training time, just to make room for Pollius and now the man was complaining that the boy needed more time, famous quidditch player or not, that was not going to happen.
"Professor Karkaroff" Dumbledore interjected, trying to keep the peace, "Mr Pollius will get the quidditch pitch on the times and days he books it for, and with the matter of the restricted section, I will have to consider it, but if I do allow it, the other champions will also be allowed in that area but only the books that I believe will help the champions shall be left, the rest shall be brought up here" Dumbledore said sternly
"Alright" Karkaroff said, and then walked out of the room, with the heads of houses behind him, once alone Dumbledore sat back on his chair and looked out of his window, it really was a beautiful day and so late in the year.
Dumbledore had many things to think about, but one name kept popping up, Roman Pollius, he had heard that Mr Pollius could be Harry Potter, although the Potters had kept it a tight lipped secret, Dumbledore had his ways.
With that possibility Dumbledore had done his research, Roman had been adopted when he was a little over a year old by Roman Pollius the second, making him Roman Pollius the third, although in England the Pollius family were not very well known, they were still held in high esteem, and the reason for that was because in Bulgaria and across Europe they held an enormous amount of power, Roman Pollius the first had also been the Bulgarian prime minister during Voldemorts reign of terror and the man was the reason that Bulgaria had come out of that war, relatively unscathed, he had toughed the auror regime, made alliances with other countries across Europe and had protected his people, even years after he was out of office, the Bulgarian people still loved him and his grandson winning the quidditch world cup had only strengthened the love for the Pollius name.
Dumbledore had tried to find out more about Roman Pollius's childhood but his ministry files were closed and Dumbledore was not a member of the British or Bulgarian ministries and so he could not even ask for the files, even if he did hold some power, to the world he was only a powerful headmaster, and Dumbledore loved his position, he loved Hogwarts and he loved his students and staff and he truly sympathised with the Potters and the Pollius's and if it were not for the chance that Voldemort could be returning, he would have left the matter alone but if there was a chance that Roman could really be Harry?
Then Dumbledore wasn't sure if he should jump for joy or break down and cry, because if Roman was Harry, then Dumbledore would have no choice but to tell him about the prophecy and then he would offer Roman his help, no matter what the boy wanted to do, run or fight, this wasn't a war for children and a child was exactly what Roman was.
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Ron Weasley could not believe his bad luck, somebody surely hated him, he was suppose to show the Roman Pollius around Hogsmead but Snape had given him detention, that was why he was currently trying to convince his sister to take him
"Please, Ginny" he repeated for the tenth time, he had been counting
"I can't" she repeated blushing, "I'll just get nervous around him"
"You never get nervous around anyone, what makes Pollius so different, sure he's a quidditch player but he's still human" Ron said,
Ginny blushed even more, to everyone else it was obvious that Ginny Weasley along with every other girl, had a crush on Roman.
"Fine, I'll do it, if you just shut up" Ginny said hotly, stalking away from him and to the front gates
"Thank you!" Ron said hot on her heels, "Now don't say anything to make him mad and don't insult him" Ron begged as they reached the gates and spotted Roman
Ron kept talking until they stood right in front of Roman
The day was sunny, and Ginny was sure that it would be one of the last sunny days before winter settled in.
"er, Mr Pollius, this is my sister Ginny..I've got detention you see so I can't take you around Hogsmead but she gladly volunteered, is that alright?" Ron asked quickly
"zat iz fine" Roman replied, in all honestly he didn't even want to go but Xavier would throttle him if he ditched.
"We better go" said Ginny, walking away from Ron; who was so nervous that he wouldn't stop talking, they walked through the gates and onto the well worn path towards Hogsmead
The walked in silence and Ginny rattled her brain for anything to say
"So what's Durmstrang like?" Ginny blurted out unable to take the silence
"It iz...nice" Roman replied, unsure of what to say,
"Is it like Hogwarts?" Ginny asked, her fingers were sweating, so she wiped them on her robes
"Yes, it iz like 'ogwarts but wit only four floorz 'owever the rooms are much bigger and the groundz are amazing" he commented with a wistful smile
"Sounds lovely" Ginny said, "You must miss it"
"Yes" Roman smiled and then wanting to change the subject he said "iz Ron your only brozzer" Roman asked, smiling down at her
Her heart beat frantically, and she was sure that he could hear it, why in Merlin's name did she agree to take out the good looking, famous quidditch player
"No" Ginny falsely smiled, glad that they were on familiar ground, " I have five other brothers", at the look of surprise on Romans face she elaborated , " my mother always wanted a girl" she said nervously, "what about you? Any siblings?"
"I 'ave an older zizter" he said to her surprise
"Really?" Ginny asked shocked, forgetting her nervousness "how old is she?"
"Twenty" Roman smiled carefree, "ze iz getting married in the zummer to Viktor"
"Krum" Ginny said shocked as they reached Hogsmead and started walking around
"Yez, ze iz driving me crazy, wit wedding plans" Roman smiled sadly, "not many people know about it"
"You seem sad about that" Ginny said fidgeting
"My zizter Juliet iz all I have left, apart from my grandfazzer" Roman said as they entered a store "but Viktor iz a good man and he vill take care of her"
"What about your parents?" Ginny asked trying not to get crushed by Roman's fans; they quickly left the store after that
"My Fazzer passed away two yearz ago and 'e never married, my zizter and I were both adopted" Roman said shrugging his shoulder
"I'm sorry" Ginny said, unable to imagine her life without either of her parents
"It vos a long time ago" Roman smiled, "I am over it-iz there anyvere private we can do, I am getting zick of ze ztarez"
Ginny looked around and realised everyone they passed turned to look at them and openly stare
"Sure" Ginny said, "How did you get the scar" she asked a while later looking at his lighting bolt shaped scar, the more she got to know him, the bolder she got, now he was the nice, good looking, famous quidditch player, that didn't mind her nosiness, she supposed he was used to people wanting to know about him, and asking him questions all the time
"I don't know" Roman said, shrugging his shoulders "I 'ave 'ad it for az long az i remember-but enough about me, tell me about yourzelf"
Apparently she had become too nosy
But with a smile she did, she told him about her father's love for muggle artefacts, how good a cook her mother was, how Bill was currently in France, all about Charlie and his dragons, how Percy was getting on at the ministry, how Fred and George were about to open a joke store, after saving up for three years and how much Ron worshipped quidditch players
"Vat about yourzelf" Roman asked, they were far away from the Hogsmead stores now,
"You 'ave talked about your family, but not about you" he elaborated
"There's not much to tell" Ginny said, she had to admit, she loved his accent
"So your just a good girl" Roman smirked
"I am not" Ginny said, embarrassed
" 'ave you ever done anything zat az shocked your family" Roman asked stopping in front of a dingy looking store
"No...But have you" countered Ginny, proud of herself for fighting back
"No" smirked Roman, "do you vant to?"
"What?" Ginny asked, he indicated behind her and Ginny looked at the little store with pictures of piercings.
"I already have my ears pierced" Ginny said confused and a little panicked
'" 'o zaid anyzing about earz" Roman smirked looking at her stomach
"I couldn't" Ginny gasped
" 'o vill know?" Roman asked smiling, "or are you juzt a good girl"
Ginny looked back up at Roman, oh Merlin, he was standing close to her and she really loved his accent
"I'll do it if you get your ear pierced" Ginny smirked, believing he would back down
"Vell played, Miss Veasley" Roman laughed, his emerald green eyes sparkling
"My zizter vill kill me, at least you can 'ide your piercing" he said running his hand through his hair
"So will you do it" Ginny challenged, "or will you be a good little boy"
"letz do it" he chuckled
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"Ow, ow, ow! Oh Merlin it 'urtz" Roman yelled as the angry looking witch stuck the red diamond earring in.
He yelled something in Bulgarian that Ginny was sure was a swear word
"all finished" the witch said, "your turn little missy" she said looking at the pale red head, after seeing the pain that Roman went through , Ginny was seriously reconsidering but there was no way she could back down,
She had chosen a heart shaped piercing with a red diamond in the middle
" 'ow doez it look" Roman asked as she laid down and pulled up her shirt exposing her flat stomach, blushing furiously, but Roman didn't seem to notice
The red diamond earring matched, his blood red school robes but it contrasted greatly with his raven black hair and emerald green eyes, it actually made him look dangerous
"Your sister is going to kill you" she joked, causing Roman to groan and put his head in his hands
She had expected her piercing to hurt after Roman's display but it was quite painless and in the end it looked really nice
As they walked back to Hogwarts Roman kept touching his earring
"You know i'm 'aving zome zeriouse regretz" Roman said as they walked through the gates,
"So" Ginny suddenly said, glaring at his fan club "do you think you'll at least date a Hogwarts girl, while your here" she joked, laughing nervously
"No" Roman said quickly
"Oh" said Ginny dejected, she hadn't realised what she was asking until it was too late, and then she really wanted to know what he would say, and his quick response had dashed all her hope.
Roman realising that he had upset her, quickly added, " 'ogwart girls are beautiful but dating one vood be far too complicated" he explained
"Why?" Ginny asked, looking up at him
"Ve vood 'ave too many argumentz" he elaborated, "zere are far too many things zat ve vood disagree on because of vere ve grew up"
"What do you mean?" Ginny asked confused
"if I fell in love wiz ze girl, zen I vood vant to live and eventually get married in Bulgaria, my home and if ve 'ad kidz zen I vood vant to zend them to Durmstrang, vood you villingly move to anozzer country and zend your kidz to Durmstrang, because I do not imagine that I vood be able to move 'ere and zend my kidz to 'ogwarts?" he said, his nose wrinkling up and his brow furrowing, he really looked cute when he did that, thought Ginny and then realising what she was thinking she blushed and nodded her head
"I 'ad a good time" Roman smiled, as they reached the entrance hall
"Me too" Ginny smiled, "good luck for the tournament"
"Tankz" Roman replied and then walked towards the Durmstrang ship.
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"What have you done?" Viktor said in Bulgarian, openly staring at his earring
He was currently in Switzerland for the first match of the last sixteen for the euro qualifiers; he had arrived early morning yesterday and would be going back to Hogwarts straight after the match
"It's just an earring" he said defensively
"I don't think your sister will see it that way" Viktor smiled
"Juliet needs to realise that I am an adult, not a small child" Roman said
Viktor was obviously trying not to smile.
"Very well, you'll see her soon enough, we'll both be at Hogwarts for your first task" Victor said and Roman paled, he had forgotten about the first task
"Great, just add on to my piles of problems" he said thinking about the Potters, they had heavily been on his mind, what bothered him was that if he did turn out to be Harry Potter then how did he end up in the care of the Pollius's, the Potters hadn't willingly given him up, so the obvious answer was that he was taken but he couldn't believe that, if his family had truly known who he was they would have returned him, they were not thieves and they certainly weren't kidnappers
Bulgaria beat Switzerland one hundred and seventy to thirty; it was mostly because of Krum catching the snitch that they won, he got them one hundred and fifty points
Roman had been off his game, missing easy shots and dropping the Quaffle, his coach and manager had given him a dressing down in front of the entire team and watching fans, it had been one the most humiliating experiences of his young life, he had slacked off on his training and he was now determined to get back into it.
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"Roman, come along" said Karkaroff in Bulgarian, Roman was sitting in the Durmstrang common room with Xavier, fitting his new training routine in with his current timetable, at this rate, he would have to miss sleep.
"Sure Professor" Roman said getting up, he followed him out of the ship and into the forest
"What is it, Professor?" he asked
"You know that I believe you will win this competition" said Karkaroff, "but eternal glory! That's what awaits the student who wins" Karkaroff said, looking at him seriously "don't you want that, don't you want to forever be remembered as not only one of many quidditch world cup winners but as the only winner of the Triwizard cup in over a hundred years" he asked
Roman was standing on edge, but nevertheless he nodded
"Good" Karkaroff said, "Because a little help never hurt anyone"
"What do you mean, Professor?" Roman asked
Karkaroff suddenly stopped and pointed to the left of them and that's when Roman understood that his head master was showing him what the first task was going to be.
"Dragons" he paled, "I'm going against a Dragon"
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End of Chapter four
Yep the tasks are going to be the same, mostly because I have no imagination what so ever
Looks like Roman and Ginny are getting closer, and the Potters are back in the next chapter, I certainly missed them
Bill is in France because I like him and Fleur together, I think they make a very cute couple.