The Beginning of a New Year!

Feliciano smiled as the train came to a stop a Hogsmeade Station.

"It's been so long, but we're finally back!" He chriped happily as he and the others hopped off the train.

"It is rather nice, isn't it?" Kiku said as a breeze of magic fell across them.

"Hell ya!" Gilbert said loudly. "Zhis year iz going to be awesome cause-" Ludwig covered his brother's mouth to keep him quiet.

"Keep your mouth shut, dummkopf." He said harshly before removing his hand.

"Vhat? All I vas going to kick some unawesome ass zhis year!" Gilbert said. The albino was captain and beater for the Slytherin Quidditch team.

"Hurry up, you bastards!" Lovino shouted from a nearby carriage. Rosaria ran up to him and smacked him on the back of the head.

"No cursing!" She said before climbing in.

"ZHIS YEAR VILL BE TOTALLY AWESOME!" Gilbert shouted before the Axis climbed into the carriage.

The group soon arrived at the Great Hall, where they spilt up and went ot their House Tables.

Ludwig sat down with his fellow sixth years.

"Hello, Ludwig." The Hungarian female next to him said.

Elizabeta Héderváry, sixth year Gryffindor

"Hallo, Elizabeta." Ludwig said, his gaze wandering off to the side.

"Vhat are you looking at?" The girl asked.

"Someone who is supposed to be far avay from me."

"TELL ME YOUR SECRET!" shouted Alfred as he seized the German from behind.

"VHAT ZHE HELL ALFRED?! Vhat secret?! Und don't sneak up on me like zhat!"

"I wanna know what's going on this year! Tell meh!"

"Is something special going on this year?" asked Elizabeta curiously. Ludwig shot a glare at Alfred and nodded.

"Zhis idiot und zhe Allies vant to know vhat it is." He said, glaring at the American the entire time.

"You'll just have to vait like the rest of us Alfred. And I'm sure once the sorting is over ve'll find out."

"But I can't wait that long!" Alfred groaned. "I heard Mom and Kirkland talking about it and I want to know what it is!"

"Just vait!" Ludwig snapped.

"AWW!" Alfred slammed his head on the table in frustration.

Over at the Ravenclaw Table, Kiku's mind was racing with curiosity over the mysterious event that his friends were talking about.

"Do any of you know about the event taking prace this year?" He asked his fellow Ravenclaws.

"I know bits of it, aru." Yao answered.

"From what you were ristening to." Yao looked at the Japanese.

"What does that mean?!" He asked.

"You were spying on us."

"I was not, aru! I was observing from outside a door."

"That is carled spying."

"W'll y' b'th st'p arg''ng?" said the roughly accented Swede.

Berwald Oxenstierna, seventh year Ravenclaw

"He started it!" Yao said, pointing at Kiku. The boy inched away from Yao.

"You both are very pretty, argument over." A stoic Norwegian stated.

Lukas Bondevik, sixth year Ravenclaw

"Do either of you know what is going on this year?" Kiku asked once again.

"Nei." Lukas responded.

"Th' S'rt'ng's alm'st 'v'r." Berwald said, "I 'xp'ct th'y'll t'll 's s'on."

"I hope so." said Kiku.

With the Hufflepuffs, the Italians were waiting very patiently for their Grandfather's announcement.

"Wow, guys." A cheery Finnish boy said. "I think I've never seen all three of you so quiet!"

Tino Väinämöinen, sixth year Hufflepuff

"We're just so excited!" Feliciano said, trying to stay still. "Grandpa's going to announce the-" Lovino and Rosaria covered his mouth before he could say anything else.

"Is something special happening this year?" asked a Ukrainian girl.

Katyusha Braginskaya, seventh year Hufflepuff and Head Girl

"Si!" Rosaria said cheerfully. "But we all promised not to tell. Sorry..."

"It's alright." Tino said. "I'm sure we'll find out soon!"

"I heard that this event is supposed to be a big one!" said the Spaniard from next to Lovino.

Antonio Fernández Carriedo, seventh year Hufflepuff

"I saw a bunch of Ministry wizards outside earlier, too." Antonio continued.

"It must be very important to get the Ministry involved." Matthew said quietly.

"It is!" Feliciano said, "This event is the-" Lovino covered his mouth again.

"What part of 'don't tell anyone' do you not understand?!" Lovino said angrily to his twin.

"The Sorting's almost over. Grandpa should be making his announcement soon." Rosaria pointed out.

"I can't wait to see what you all are talking about!" Katyusha said.

Over at the Slytherin Table was another story.

"Why is the Sorting Ceremony always so boring?" A Greenlandic girl said rather annoyed.

Hanna Kølher, fifth year Slytherin

"You're just still angry at zhe hat cause it put you vith us und not your bruder." Gilbert said. "Anyvay, zhe real party iz going to start soon."

"Party?" Hanna said suspiciously. "Are you talking about you and your 'friends' getting ass drunk off of whatever alcohol you can find?"

"Nien! I'm talking about zhe awesome thing zhat iz happening zhis year! Right, Francey-pants?" Francis nodded.

"You knew this entire bloody time and you didn't tell me!?" Arthur said angrily.

"Oui." Francis said. "My 'alf-sister, Monica, lives in France with 'er père. She told me everyzing during ze summer."

"I swear to God, if weren't in public right now, I would kill you."

"I would do it for you." Ivan said, holding a metal pipe in his hands. Several of the Slytherins shuddered.

"I thought zhat thing vas taken avay from you!" Gilbert said.

"I stole it back for big brother." said the Belarusian next to Ivan.

Natalia Arlovskaya, Slytherin fifth year

Ivan then promptly pushed Natalia away from him using the pipe. Hanna sighed and took a seat between the two.

"What the hell were you three talking about?" Hanna asked, glaring at Francis, Arthur and Gilbert.

"I heard my mum and Ms. Jones talking about an event that's supposed to take place this year. She wouldn't tell me what it is, but both these idiots know."

"We shall not say a zing." Francis said.

"Like I said, Vati vould have mien head if I told any one." Gilbert said. "And Vargas iz about to tell anyvay. So shut up und listen!"

As the Sorting Ceramony finished, a man stood to face the students.

Romulus Vargas, Headmaster of Hogwarts as well as the Vargas' siblings grandfather

"Welcome everyone to a new year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!" The Headmaster said cheerfully. "I am very excited to announce that this year, we will be reviving the legendary Tri-Wizard Tournament!" A chorus of protests and whispers fell across the school. It took several loud bangs from a teacher's wand to regain the silence.

"Thank you," Vargas continued. "I personally know what happened at the previous tournament, and therefore the Ministry of Magic will be providing extra protection during and between each task. For safety reasons, only students who are of age or will come of age in the following year may enter. The students from Beauxbatons Academy and the Drumstrang Institute will be arriving later this month."

From the Gryffindor Table, the students were in an uproar of excitement.

"Awesome!" said a Dane. "I'm so going to enter! What about you, Al?"

Mathias Kølher, seventh year Gryffindor

"Hell yeah!" Alfred repiled as the two proceeded to high-five each other.

"Idiots..." Ludwig muttered under his breath.

"Vell," said Elizabeta confidently. "I'm putting my name in. And Roderich can't do a thing about it!"

"Would you use your frying pan?" asked a Lithuanian.

Toris Laurinaitis, sixth year Gryffindor

"Yes! And Ludwig, out of all people I expected you would vant to enter!" The German turned to the Hungarian.

"I am going to enter." Ludwig said. "I'm saying it's not too smart for zhe two biggest idiots in zhe school to enter."

"Hey!" Alfred said in protest. "Who are you calling an idiot?!"

"Ja," added Mathias, "We are not idiots!"

"I don't mean to be rude," Toris said, "But you two are slightly idiotic."

"HEY!" The idiotic Gryffindors said angrily.

While that went on with the Gryffindors, a certain Ravenclaw was on a rant.

"So that's what they were pranning..." Kiku said calmly.

"It seems so..." said an Icelandic boy from next to Lukas.

Emil Steilsson, Ravenclaw fifth year

"Aiyah!" Yao said angrily. "Are they insane, aru?! The last tournament started a war!"

"It really isn't a bright idea..." said the Estonian.

Eduard von Bock, Fifth year Ravenclaw

"It seems so idiotic!" snapped the Austrian.

Roderich Edelstein, seventh year Ravenclaw and Head Boy

"Vhy vould you put three students in dangee for someone's amusement?!" Roderich continued. "I'm not going to enter. And neither iz Elizabeta! She's going to get herself killed!"

"I'm sure Elizabeta can handle herself." Emil said, earning a glare from the Austrian.

"I'm g'ng t' 'nt'r." Berwald said. "L'k's. I h've a f'el'ng y'u'll 'nt'r."

"Ja, sikkert." Lukas said confidently. "Why not?" Emil looked at his older half-brother.

"Just don't die if you get picked." He said, as of he was concerned. "Mamma would cry for days if you died."

"Call me 'big brother' and I won't enter." Emil glared at Lukas, who was trying once again to get Emil to call him that "horrid phrase"

"Never." Emil said.

"Then I'm entering. Yao, do you have an opinion on this?"

"I think you all are crazy, aru!" Yao said, still ticked off about the Tournament.

"I'm thinking about entering, as werr." Kiku told his stepbrother.

"WHAT?!"

The Hufflepuff Table was strangely quiet, seeing how one of their own had died in the last tournament. But the foreign students were talking happily about it...mostly.

"The Tri-Wizard Tournament?" said Tino curiously. "Isn't that supposed to be dangerous?"

"That's what Professor Vargas said." Antonio pointed out. "But I'm going to enter. The Tournament seems like a good contest between schools."

"I hope you die, tomato bastard." Lovino said. Rosaria hit him on the shoulder.

"Fratello!" She said. "That wasn't very nice! And I thought you told me that you were-" Lovino quickly covered his sister's mouth to keep her quiet.

"That you were what, Lovi?" Antonio asked.

"Fratello and I are going to-" Feliciano said before Lovino covered his mouth, too.

"Say anything and I will kill you both. Very. Painfully." Lovino said harshly before releasing them both.

"Please, tell us Lovino." Matthew asked. Lovino shot a glare at the Canadian.

"Over my dead body!"

"Lovino and Feli are planning on entering the Tournament!" Rosaria said quickly. Lovino stared at her with a horrified look, which turned to frustration.

"I can't believe you just said that." The Italian said in frustration, raking his figure through his hair.

"Uh..." Matthew stuttered. "I-I might enter, too."

"Are you sure, Matthew?" Katyusha asked. "I don't want to see my brother or any of you get hurt!"

"Yes. And I believe I'm strong enough! You've seen me during Quidditch with that bat of mine!"

"Si, mi amigo." Antonio said, rubbing his arm. "I still have the bruise." The two laughed. Antonio was the captain for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team as well as one of its chasers. Matthew, surprisingly, was one of its beaters.

"I can't vait for ze Drumstrang students." said a Romanian. "I know someone zere. Ve lived close to each ozer before I moved here."

Vladimir Popescu, fifth year Hufflepuff

"That's sweet, Vladimir." Tino said.

"Da," Vladimir said. "I only vish I vas of age so I could enter so I could rub it in zat stupid Hungarian's face!" The Hufflepuffs stared at him. "Vat?"

"Nothing," Feliciano said. "You just scare us sometimes, Vlad."

Meanwhile, with the Slytherins, Gilbert was laughing his head off.

"Kesesesese~ Mein Gott!" He laughed, "Your faces vere priceless!"

"Are they crazy?!" Hanna said, furious. "The Tri-Wizard Tournament is dangerous! There's a reason they discontinued it in the first place! Though, I wouldn't mind if a person I hated died in it."

"I would participate, if I were of age." Natalia said. "Then I would show big brother how strong I am!" Ivan pushed Natalia further away with his pipe.

"I just hope Dane doesn't enter, the idiot. So...who's entering for Slytherin?"

"I definitely vill!" Gilbert said, getting over his laughing fit. "A Beilschmidt never backs down from a challenge!"

"I guess I might enter, too." Arthur said. "It seems like a good competition."

"I'm going to enter, too." Ivan said, "It will give me the chance to practice with my pipe, da?" Several students, except Natalia, inched away from the smiling Russian.

'I'm just excited about seeing Monica again!" Francis said, happily. "I 'aven't seen 'er since before I started 'ogwarts!"

"I remember Monica." Francis's adopted sister, a Seychellois girl, said.

Michelle Bonnefoy, fourth year Slytherin

"Wasn't she always zo ztern?" Michelle continued. Francis nodded.

"I wouldn't be surprized if she entered ze tournament 'erself!"

"Then why aren't you entering, frog?" Arthur snapped.

"Because I am smarter zen you! And I don't wait to die!"

"Who's going to miss you if you die?"

"Leave my frère alone!" Michelle said angrily.

"Vould you two-" Gilbert pointed to Francis and Arthur as he said this-"Stop fighting like a bunch of two year olds? Zhe sexual tension your releasing iz too much for mien awesomeness!"

And so, the big event is finally revealed! I believe that this is a little crazy, considering what happened last time. Although, I'm pretty sure someone is going to find a way to make this situation utterly horrible. So, who will be the Tri-Wizard Champions? I don't know. All I'm wondering right now is how the Axis will react to Feliciano entering the Tournament. It's Feliciano, for magic's sake!

Next time on Hogwarts from Around the World!

Feliciano's Doing What?!

See you later!