Chapter 5 THE TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT
A/N I've used some of the actual book to explain some of the stuff, so... yeah.
Back to the story!
"Hi I'm Fred!" Whisper-yelled a boy who was sitting opposite me. The sorting of all the first years was still going on so we need to be quiet
"And I'm George!" Whisper-yells another boy who looks identical to the first one. Red hair, freckles and mischievous grins on their faces. They must be related to Ron.
"Hey, I'm Max." I whispered to the twins.
"I believe it is time to sing the Hogwarts anthem!" Said Dumbledore loudly. He whole room broke out in singing... It was not what I was expecting at all.
"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, hoggy warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling,
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot!"
-TIME SKIP-
I couldn't stop laughing Fred and George were hilarious! They continued talking about this joke shop that they want to start up some day. Then Dumbledore started his announcements.
"I would like to remind you all that the forest in the grounds is out-of-bounds for students. As is the village of Hogsmeade to all below third year. It is also my painful duty to inform you that the inter-house Quidditch Cup will not take place this year."
"WHAT?" Yelled Harry appalled.
"This is due to an event that will be starting in October, and continuing throughout the school year."
"BANG!" The doors of the Great Hall opened roughly and a tall scary looking man steped inside. He had a wooden leg and one of his eyes was swivelling uncontrollably. Ewwww It wasn't even real, it was made of glass! A huge chunk of his nose was missing and there were angry scars all over his face.
"Ahh, let me introduce your Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for this year!" Said Dumbledore excitedly. 'Professor Moody.' Moody took a seat at the staff table.
"As I was saying. We have the great honour of hosting a very exciting event over a couple of months. An event that has not been held for over a century! It is my great pleasure to inform you that The Triwizard Tournament will be taking place at Hogwarts this year!"
"You're JOCKING!" yelled Fred loudly.
Dumbledore continued. "The Triwizard Tournament was first established some seven hundred years ago, as a friendly competition between the three largest European schools of wizardry – Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. A champion was chosen to represent each school, and the three champions competed in three magical tasks. The schools took it in turns to host the Tournament once every five years, and it was generally agreed to be a most excellent way of establishing ties between young witches and wizards of different nationalities. Until that is, the death toll mounted so high that the tournament was discontinued."
"Death toll?" Whispered Hermione to herself.
"The heads of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving with their Short-listed contenders in October, and the selection of the three champions will take place at Halloween. An impartial judge will decide which students are most worthy to compete for the Triwizard cup, the glory of their school and a thousand galleons personal prize money.'"
"I'm going for it!" Said Fred and George at the same time.
"There will however, be an age restrictions for your safety." At these words Fred and George went quiet. "You will need to be seventeen or older to have your name considered."
The twins were furious at this and they let out some yells of outrage.
"I will personally be ensuring that no under-age student hoodwinks our impartial judge into making them Hogwarts champion." Continued Dumbledore. "I therefore beg you not to waste your time submitting yourself if you are under seventeen."
I must admit, I was a little disappointed, It would have been fun.
"It's late and lessons will start tomorrow, so off to bed, all of you. Chop chop!"
Our group of six head up to the Gryffindor common room. We climb all the way up to the top of the Grand Staircase and stop in front po a portrait of a fat lady.
"Password?" She asked in a sing-songy voice.
"Balderdash." Said Fred. The portrait opened up to reveal the Gryffindor common room. The first thing that I noticed is all the red. There were two red couches in front of a warm red fire. The walls were covered in books and up in the back corner of the room was a chess set with red and white pieces. Did I mention all of the red?
The six of us stayed up and talked for a long time before we actually went to bed. Hermione and I went off to the girls sleeping quarters where I met Lavender, Parvati, Padma and Ginny, Ron's sister before I went to bed.