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Also, I've only recently realized that I haven't given a physical description of Hanna. She has mid-back length dark brown hair, and brown eyes, nothing too horribly fancy. One outstanding quality though is her smile, it's a mega-watt smile that's infectious. She's of average weight, and short stature, only coming in at around 5'5".

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Chapter 5

The Champions

The week flew by, and to be honest I can't remember any of it. Most students were practically camping out in the room the goblet of fire was in, speculating who would be chosen from each school. Some of the younger students even spent time trying to figure out a way to beat the age-restriction barrier that Dumbledore had placed around the goblet. I don't know why they bothered, Dumbledore performed the spell, and he was without a doubt the most powerful wizard anywhere near Hogwarts.

Still students tried; the most hilarious attempt coming from the twins, Fred and George who tried to brew a potion to trick the magic. The potion didn't work however and sent them flying back into a heap on the floor. The potion also backfired on the twins and they soon resembled two old men, with long beards and haggard sounding voices. I can only imagine Madame Pomfrey's face as the two wandered into the nurses' wing.

Finally Halloween night came and Dumbledore summoned us all for the selection of the champions. The goblet had been placed in the center of the hall and we all circled around it, anxious to see who would be chosen. Dumbledore placed a shaky hand to the goblet, as if he were waiting for it to show signs of life to him.

The goblet's soon began to spurt bright blue flames and Dumbledore took a few steps back and exclaimed, "The goblet has made its decision! I would ask that the champions immediately exit through the door that Professor Moody is standing next to, in which they will be receiving their first instructions."

The blue flames suddenly erupted into a bright flash of red as it spit out the first champions name. Dumbledore read the paper and held it to his side as he said, "The Durmstrang champion is…Viktor Krum!"

The Durmstrang students erupted into cheers and yells of congratulations as Viktor walked across the hall, and through the door in the back. Once Viktor had left, the Goblet again blasted its red flames as the second name came forth. Dumbledore caught the name with ease and read it; "The champion for Beauxbatons, is Fleur Delacour!"

Sobs rang out from the Beauxbatons table from the other girls, devastated they had not been chosen cried.

"Figures." I heard Ron say.

"What do you mean by that?" I heard Hermione say.

"Girls always cry when something goes bad."

"Ron…" Hermione started to say before the goblet distracted her.

Just as it had before, the goblet's fire changed to red and the final champions name floated to Dumbledore's hand. The hall was deathly silent as everyone waited to hear whose name was written on the small piece of parchment.

"The Hogwarts Champion is…Cedric Diggory!" Loud cheers erupted from the Hufflepuff's table as they congratulated Cedric. "Excellent! The Champions have been chosen and…"

Dumbledore grew silent as he looked at the Goblet of Fire. The flames had not stayed blue, but had again turned bright red, throwing sparks as it threw out another piece of parchment. Dumbledore reached out and caught the paper. He held his hand closed before slowly opening it and reading what it said. His eyes grew large and he raised his head up and slowly said, "Harry Potter."

All of our eyes immediately went to the boy with the scar as we all sat, amazed and confused about what happened.

"Harry Potter!" Dumbledore said again, much louder and with more panic in his voice. "Harry if you would come up here please."

Harry slowly got up and made his way to the door that the three champions had previously gone through. Hushed conversations erupted throughout the hall as we all discussed what had just happened.

"Students!" Professor McGonagall loudly said. "Students, you are all asked to return to your common rooms for the rest of the evening as the champions are given their first instructions."

After settling into the Gryffindor common room, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and I sat around the fire expressing our amazement and concern of the night's events.

"How is it even remotely possible that Harry's name was placed into the goblet?" Ron asked.

"No idea." Hermione quickly replied.

We stared at her confused, "Really Hermione? You're the best at figuring these things out." I said to her.

"I haven't been able to think of anything. There are so many possibilities, but the main question is, who would want Harry to compete in the tournament?" she questioned.

"I bet it was Snape." Ron bluntly stated. "We all know he's got it out for Harry."

"I guess Snape could have done it, but if he was caught…I just don't see Snape taking that kind of risk." Ginny chimed in.

"Regardless of how his name got in there, Harry has no choice but to compete. We all heard Dumbledore, if your name is chosen you are magically bound to compete." I explained. "We all just have to try and help Harry get through this, no matter what it takes, agreed?"

"Agreed." We al said in unison as the fire we sat across from crackled and popped.