Harry is in an awfully good mood today. He was a mix of giddy & nervous, it is the day when Delegations from Beauxbatons and Drumstrang. But more importantly, it is the day when Fleur is coming.
These past six weeks he has been waiting for this day. He was eager to see her again, to talk to her but he was afraid what if she thought of him as just a good friend and nothing else, what if she didn't see him be worthy of her, what if she was already in love with someone else, what if she did not love him!?
All these questions were swirling around in his mind the whole night denying him any sleep and as he was walking around the Black Lake to clear his head but it was not working so he headed by to castle. Suddenly he saw a horde of students in the front courtyard looking in the sky, pointing he looked in that direction. He saw a small dot far away which was getting closer and closer until it turned into 6 Pegasus pulling a giant carriage of Royal blue color with golden motifs and Beauxbatons logo on it.
A smile so large that it was threatening to split his face seeing this he ran toward the castle and joined the crowd in the Courtyard
As the Carriage landed in front of the courtyard the door opened and the largest woman that he or for that matter any of the students have ever seen stepped out. Dumbledore stepped forward taking her hand "Ah, Welcome to Hogwarts my dear friend Olympe" kissing it. Women in question smiled "Zank you Dumblydore, has Karkaroff Arrived yet?" Dumbledore shook his head "No not yet he will be arriving in some time there was some problem with the transport" and leading her towards the castle
Behind them, 14 girls who were dressed in powder blue uniforms stepped out and started walking towards the castle but none of those girls were Fleur. Seeing she was not here Harry's face fell and notice it Hermione put an arm around his shoulder, she reassured him "don't worry you will see her again" trying to cheer him up. Harry gave weak smile and turned towards the castle and walking in. What he didn't see was there was one girl who was about to come out of the carriage, Fleur. She came out only to see a bushy-haired girl who was about to walk into the castle.
"Excuse Moi? Fleur said catching up to Hermione who turned to ask "Yes?" Fleur smiled continued"Um, could you tell moi where can I find 'Arry?" Hermione cocked her "' Arry?" before Fleur could say anything else, her eyes widened realizing "You mean Harry! That means yo-you're Fleur Delacour the girl he was waiting for! I saw you at the cup, sorry couldn't recognize you in your uniform. You don't know how badly he wants to see you, when you didn't come out early he was sad and left before you came out!" she ended her rant. Fleur took a minute to digest everything and said "OH! I- I am I mean I was.." Before she could complete Hermione took her hand and pulled her towards Great Hall
Harry sitting on the Gryffindor table disappointed as the one person he longed to see wasn't there. He chuckled thinking 'it was stupid of me to think someone was going to love me or want me in their life and of course why not I am a living target for a mad man, ya serves me right to get my hopes up
He saw Hermione sitting across him smiling. then he felt a tap on his shoulder he didn't look back cause he was not in the mood to answer anything. Again he felt tap but also heard what was according to him most melodies sound in the world "' Arry?"
He turned his neck so fast he could have sprained it. He was looking at one person he was waiting for and without a word jumped out of his seat hugging her. Fleur was stunned by this gesture and so was Hermione who for the fact knew Harry never liked being touched, for him to initiate a hug to another person was a big no huge deal. She was not the only one watching them.
On the same table, every male was Dazed while girls were practically trying to burn Fleur with their glares. While others were dangerous Ginny's was murderous one, only Hermione was happy to see them together. Dumbledore was hiding his scowl under a grandfatherly smile with a twinkle in his eyes and the rest of the hall stared at two who were wrapped in each other's embrace.
Fleur was content. Everything she missed for the past 2 months she finally had it! She was in arms of her Harry! She was sure she loved him this was the cause of the agony of being apart for 2 months during which every day felt like a year to her. All that time she wanted this, this warmth was within her from that horrific night but was smaller, she want the warmth and comfort of Harry's touch. Here in this moment in Harry's arms she was happiest and wanted this moment to last for eternity. She was held so tightly by Harry and with her Veela instincts, she knew he was afraid, afraid that if he let her go she would vanish like dream. Somehow she has become the center of his universe and he was of hers that's when someone cleared their throat
Harry and Fleur released each other only to notice Mcgonagall smirking. Looking around they were beet red blushing as they realized how lost they were in each other. They both took seats beside each other. Ron who was still dazed and drooling was hit by Hermione on the shoulder snapping him out of it. His dazed expression morphing into one of jealousy and disdain as he was about to say something when the gates of the hall opened. A man with a brown goatee following behind him about were 15 boys clad in blood-red robes. He was greeted by Dumbledore before he took a seat at the staff table. It was the Drumstrang delegation.
"That's Krum! That's Viktor Krum the Quidditch superstar and Best Seeker in the world, he is here at Hogwarts!" Ron in excitement forgetting to lower his voice earning the same stares as Harry and Fleur did a minute ago. He sank back embarrassed to the point his skin matched the color of his hair.
Harry was seating beside Fleur still holding her and not letting go, he was about to speak but Fleur stopped him "Not now Mon Amour, we will talk later somewhere more private with a lot more time to spare as it will be a long talk" Harry nodded in agreement
"Attention Students! Now I would like to welcome our guests Madam Maxime and her students from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic from France as well please join me in welcoming Highmaster of Drumstrang Institute of Magical Learning, Igor Karkaroff and his students from Bulgaria" at the end of his greetings Hall erupted in applause
"SILENCE!" Dumbledore yelled and applause died "Now as I said before, this year Tri-Wizard Tournament the ministry has implemented a new rule to explain them I would like to invite Ludovick Bagman Head of Department of Magical Games And Sports"
A man tall man with Brownish hair walked up to the front "Due to the danger involved in this Tournament Ministry has decided that for your safety only students who are of age can enter the tournament" the comment earned several booeing noises from the hall, apart from Harry who was relieved to have a normal year so far and of age students
Again Dumbledore yelled "SILENCE!" before flicking his wand summoning a large golden casket. With another flick, the gold covering melted to reveal a large greek fire goblet with ethereal blue flames burning in it.
"Eternal Glory is what awaits one who will win this tournament" gesturing to Goblet "This is Goblet of Fire which will choose a champion from each school. Students who wish to participate can write their names on the piece of parchment and throw it into the fire. Once again caution is advised as once chosen you will be bound by a contract that indicates that you must compete or you will lose your magic. Now students can submit their names until 8 pm tomorrow. Once again Eternal Glory awaits for the Champion, now let the feast begin" with a clap food appeared
On the table were many of the French and Bulgarian dishes see this Ron frowned "What is this? Where is the real English food?" Hermione took to the damage control "Ron, this tournament is to make friends and understand each other's culture which includes food also" Ron shaking his head dived into the food with much more displeasure which he was showing
Harry looked at Fleur asking "so can you suggest to me anything I might like or better something you like" Fleur beamed and grabbed a bowl of soup serving him some "Taste it 'Arry" he did and moaning after a bite "This is delicious! What is it?" Fleur smiled "It is Bouillabaisse, fish and seafood soup, it is good here but I love my Maman's recipe I would love to make it for you to eat cause if you zink zis is delicious you will love zat one for sure"
After dinner, Harry turned to Fleur "Fleur we have a lot to talk about like you said, I just want to take our time when we do that so we will talk tomorrow as its weekend so we can have all day to ourselves" getting a nod from her, he continued "I will meet you tomorrow Fleur, Goodnight" he hugged her. "I am looking forward to tomorrow too, Bonne Nuit 'Arry" Fleur replied a few minutes later they let each other go both of them could see anticipation for tomorrow but also contentment of being with each other. Fleur left with Beauxbatons students towards the carriage
After she was out of his line of sight Harry started towards the common room with a smile similar to when he first heard that Fleur was coming to Hogwarts, chuckling as he remembered all the teasing he suffered at hands of Hermione. This also made him aware that he was going to face a lot of questions from the common room and especially from Ron so taking a deep breath in front of the portrait of Fat lady and entered through the hole
The whole common room was empty beside Ron, Twins, and Ginny who were dawning varied expressions, Ron of Jealousy and anger, Ginny mirrored his but with sadness added in the mix. While Twins had one of genuine happiness and curiosity which was mixed with always constant gleam of mischief
"Who is she and when did you meet her, why is she even with you?" Ron snarled full of disgust, taken back by the amount of disgust in his voice Harry calmly answered " I met her at cup I will tell you all the whole story just sit down first" Ron huffing sat down on the couch and Harry re-told the events of the cup from how he met Fleur though it was not any help as after he finished Ron stood up and marched to the bedroom and so did Ginny which was quite puzzling for him
"So Harrikins do you love her?" asked George at this Harry sighed leaning back in the chair "Honestly mate I don't know what love is, I do care about her but it will take time for me to figure this out" Twins looked at each other and with smirk nodding and turning to him Fred said "Take your time Harrikins we will take care of Ron and Ginny"
Harry sighed relief and asked, "I understand Ron but why was Ginny so upset?" George shook his head saying "Well it seems Gin-Gin had a crush on you from all the stories she had heard about you since she was a baby and also mum always told her that she would eventually marry you" Harry didn't answer for a minute before answering "I can't believe she saw me like that I always thought of her as Ron's sister nothing else" both twins nodded "We figured it out" Fred said "so we will take care of that"
George continued "you focus on Fleur and your relationship with her," both said in unison at this Harry gave appreciative smile standing up "Thank you guys, Goodnight"
With that, he went up to the dorm and laid on the bed as he was too anxious to sleep about tomorrow and how it was going to be.