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Capítulo 118: Ch. 118 Triwizard Cup

The train ride itself was very standard for my friends and I. We all headed to the prefect compartment, reconnected with returning members and introduced ourselves to the 8 new prefects joining us. I gave the same warning about not going too far and that favoritism was simply a natural product of Hogwarts hence some was to be tolerated speech as usual. After that we patrolled the carriages and monitored students.

I saw the twins messing with a new prefect until I gave them a shout. Students of every year were admiring us with different levels of obviousness, letting us know our popularity hadn't gotten any lower

I even checked in on the Golden Trio and found Draco with Crabbe and Goyle, taunting the kids with his knowledge on the cup.

'Now that I think about them, their dads should be released this winter. Wonder how they feel and what their parents will do.' I though to myself as I watched his petty act.

"Malfoy stop being such a prat like your father and leave. Do something useful besides trying to make others jealous. You are giving real nobles a bad name." Harshly said Victoria.

The kid finally noticed us and paled at the sight of us before running away, only stopping dead on the spot when he heard my smooth voice resound the compartment.

"Draco, when will you stop these childish acts and try to actually prove you are better through some effort? You bought your way into a team out of jealousy instead of polishing the talent you actually have for the sport. You rely on Professor Snape's bias and private tutoring for classes instead of using the intelligence you could have easily cultivated. You simply believe yourself above others when in fact your grades are worst than Harry and Hermione, your dueling skills are worst than Ron and Harry, you aren't even the best in your year for your house, that goes to Daphne Greengrass, and you always try to take the easy way out of everything.

If you idolize your father then I suggest you stop. The only reason he is not in Azkaban is because I took mercy on him and to not ruin your own future. His methods are foolish and simple to break, letting me have the ability to send him to prison whenever I wish. So I implore you to smarten up and think for yourself before all your decisions are made for you. Because if not, there will come a day when you realize you are but a puppet, and that day will make you realize you never truly had anything." I say to the platinum blonde teen.

He doesn't turn around, but I can see his internal struggle before he walks away in silence.

"Aedan, did you say Ron and I could beat Malfoy?" Suddenly asked Harry, focusing on that bit.

"Hm? Yes. I know how good you two have become as duelers, even if you haven't been able to participate in the club I still teach you during the summer. Whilst Ron has shown fantastic improvement all around. His fitness has improved dramatically, his confidence in himself has stabilized, he has learned to respect his opponents and learn from defeat, his skills have become very good as well. If he continues to work like he has, I have no doubt he could become an expert dueler and you could become a good fighter." I answered Harry without even having to think about it much.

"You really believe that? That I can get that good?" Asked Ron from the cabin, feeling warm inside at my words.

"Of course. Wouldn't have chosen you as one of the future Club leaders if I didn't think you would improve even further. Just don't tell anyone until the first meet." I say to the kids with a grin, getting all of them to open their mouths in shock.

"You actually chose him huh? Well I do have to admit he's no longer a little prat like Malfoy, so good on you Weasley." Victoria added as we continued our rounds.

The rest of our time was uneventful, but our arrival showed us a heavy rainstorm with lightning flashing through the sky.

"I pity those first years this time. It's crazy weather to sail on those little boats." Said Christian as he joined up with Tory and I.

"Yeah, do kinda feel bad." I agreed with a slight nod.

"It'll build some character. But anyway, shouldn't you be out protecting your little bunny from the rain." Teased Victoria as she turned to Christian.

"I called her that one time! When are you going to let it go?" He bemoaned in response.

"When you man up and actually start making some progress. Now go." She answered as she basically gave him a kick in the butt.

"Hahaha! You really are very direct." I say with a laugh.

"You're lucky you weren't a pussy when you asked me, or you would have gotten a lot worst." She harrumphed at my laughter.

"Why should I hesitate when I know what I want?" I asked with a bright smile, making her blush this time.

"Lets just do our check and head to the castle. I want to get indoors as soon as possible." She said as she abruptly changed the subject.

"Of course my queen." I say with a soft tone next to her ear, almost turning her tomato red as she tried to keep a straight face.

With Tory trying to finish everything as quickly as possible to hide her embarrassment, we finished our last check and headed to the castle soon after. During the ride back, I used some magic to make a little bubble to repel the rain and used my fire to keep us warm, so with some hand holding and meaningful gazes, we had a pleasant time.

We separated before we got too close to the castle and found ourselves seeing an upset Professor McGonagall trying to get rid of all the water at the schools entrance.

"Do you wish for a little help Professor? I'm sure three will have the job done faster than one." I offered to our deputy headmistress.

"Ah, Mister Bones. That would be very appreciated." She said in response.

So with a few waves of my wand I collect all the water from the area into one great globe of water, making the Professor's eyes widen at the sight, and threw it outside with a splash.

"That takes care of that. Victoria and I will head on in now Professor. Hope we have some promising first years." I say with a bright smile as I sheath my wand.

"That was wonderful spellwork Mr. Bones, 10 points for Ravenclaw. I believe you just broke a record in that area as well now." McGonagall said with a small smile.

"My pleasure Professor." I respond with a slight bow and take my leave.

Tory and I separated as we entered the Great Hall to sit at our house tables, then the wait for the feast began.

I honestly wasn't too invested in this batch at this point since only one of them was truly mentioned in the canon, and that was Colin Creevey's younger brother. He was basically a mini version of his elder brother and went to Gryffindor, so not really involved with him. All I could do is observe the kids and see which ones have potential in certain areas. So I just spent my time waiting for the new students chatting with peers, some juniors and people I've mentored about their summers and whatnot.

At this point the first years came into the Great Hall under the Professors lead, looking almost like drowned rats in all honesty. McGonagall did her best, but it wasn't nearly enough.

Then the routine happened. The hat came and sang its yearly song, the sorting was done in a proper manner, the Headmaster gave us our food with a two word welcome and everyone pigged our over the sumptuous food.

I noticed that Hermione had a heavy frown on her face after some time passed and stopped eating. It would seem this was the year she learned about the house-elves in Hogwarts. I hope she will take a more moderate stance when it comes to them. I believe that they are very much worth more than what they have, but the problem is their symbiotic nature and the generations of slavery ingraining the status into their very souls. The best they could be at this point in time would be servants. Not because of my views, but theirs. These things take time.

Anyway, the feast was done and with a wave of the Headmasters hand the food vanished. He then began his usual speech about the Forbidden Forest, Hogsmeade visits, Filch's ever increasing list of banned goods, making the older students zone out a bit until his last announcement.

"It is also my painful duty to inform you that the Inter-House Quidditch Cup will not take place this year." The old man said with some regret, but also excitement for his follow up.

Although he was excited, he waited for the students to digest the news a bit before explaining the situation.

"This is due to an event that will be starting in October, and continuing throughout the school year, taking up much of the teachers' time and energy - but I am sure you will all enjoy it immensely. I have great pleasure in announcing that this year at Hogwarts -" He started to explain, but at that moment, there was a deafening rumble of thunder and the doors of the Great Hall banged open.

The great noise attracted the attention of everyone in the Great Hall, making them look at a single man standing beyond the doors: Alastor 'Mad-eye' Moody.

The man then proceeded to limp his way to the front of the Hall under the curious gazes of all Hogwarts' students. His mostly scarred face, artificial leg, enchanted prosthetic eye and constant observation of his surroundings were certainly attention grabbing enough to succeed in this level of attention.

He reached the Headmaster at his podium and the two spoke to each other briefly before the old man turned his attention back to us.

"May I introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?" said Dumbledore brightly into the silence. "Professor Moody."

It was usual for new staff members to be greeted with applause, but none of the staff or students clapped except Dumbledore, Hagrid, myself and my friends, but the sound echoed dismally into the silence, and it stopped fairly quickly. Everyone else seemed too transfixed by Moody's bizarre appearance to do more than stare at him.

The situation is understandable. It is not everyday one sees the most experienced. successful, and still alive, Auror in Britain. The man filled more than half the cells in Azkaban and killed more dark witches and wizards than we could know. He is certainly worthy of the attention for these gossip mongering kids who have never really fought before.

"As I was saying," the Headmaster said, smiling at the sea of students before him, all of whom were still gazing transfixed at Mad-Eye Moody, "we are to have the honor of hosting a very exciting event over the coming months, an event that has not been held for over a century. It is my very great pleasure to inform you that the Triwizard Tournament will be taking place at Hogwarts this year."

"You're JOKING!" shouted Weasley twin A loudly as he made the Hall break out in chuckles.

"I am not joking, Mr. Weasley," responded Dumbledore, "though now that you mention it, I did hear an excellent one over the summer about a troll, a hag, and a leprechaun who all go into a bar."

Unfortunately the Headmaster was not allowed to finish his joke due to his deputy forcing him to continue with his explanation.

Said explanation was basically what I had said. A brief history of the Tournament, its death toll, subsequent dismissal, current reintroduction and how it works. He also told everyone about Beauxbatons and Durmstrang's arrivals, the selection date, the impartial judge, and finished off by telling everyone of the 'eternal glory victory will bring' and the 1000 galleon paycheck.

His words made many starry-eyed students dream of the riches and glory they could win, but there was another reaction among the student body: they looked in the directions of The Beast, The Saint, The Queen and me, The Raven. They were looking at those they saw as the true champions of Hogwarts.

"Eager though I know all of you will be to bring the Triwizard Cup to Hogwarts," he said, "the heads of the participating schools, along with the Ministry of Magic, have agreed to impose an age restriction on contenders this year. Only students who are of age - that is to say, seventeen years or older - will be allowed to put forward their names for consideration. This -" Dumbledore raised his voice slightly, for several people had made noises of outrage at these words, and the Weasley twins were suddenly looking furious - "is a measure we feel is necessary, given that the tournament tasks will still be difficult and dangerous, whatever precautions we take, and it is highly unlikely that students below sixth and seventh year will be able to cope with them. I will personally be ensuring that no underage student hoodwinks our impartial judge into making them Hogwarts champion." His light blue eyes twinkled as they flickered over Fred's and George's mutinous faces. "I therefore beg you not to waste your time submitting yourself if you are under seventeen.

"The delegations from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving in October and remaining with us for the greater part of this year. I know that you will all extend every courtesy to our foreign guests while they are with us, and will give your whole-hearted support to the Hogwarts champion when he or she is selected. And now, it is late, and I know how important it is to you all to be alert and rested as you enter your lessons tomorrow morning. Bedtime! Chop chop!" He said as he finished this exciting piece of news.

There were many sixth year students genuinely upset at the age restriction, like the twins, but they will have to deal with that.

As for me, i had my duties as Head Boy to fulfill and I have been ready for the Triwizard cup for years now, so not really a big deal for me. But it did make me smile a bit.

'It has begun. I wonder how everything will turn out. I already have multiple mirrors in the Little Hangleton cemetery, so now i wait and most likely participate in the tournament.' I thought to myself as i headed back to Ravenclaw Tower once again.


REFLEXIONES DE LOS CREADORES
Alexander_the_grey Alexander_the_grey

It’s pretty much just the scene from canon, but from a different perspective.

Tiny bit of fluff for my two OC’s.

Some Draco bashing-ish event, with an update on my actually useful Ron.

Enjoy.

Capítulo 119: Ch. 119 Seventh Year Goals

Having finally reached my room, I could now start my yearly tradition of listing out my goals.

1. Finish up my last mastery project.

With Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbology, Healing, Potions and Warding done, only my Charms project was left. I believe that finishing my calculations for the blue flame is the key to the completion of my spell, as well as what will unlock many new paths for me.

But my off-shoot of the Patronus Charm has made great progress forward and I firmly believe it will be completed by the winter break.

2. Goblet of Fire canon.

If I am chosen as champion I will need to prepare just in case they changed things up due to my presence. I doubt that they would since I already received a few notices from my dragon reserves that the Ministry requested some nesting mothers. This means the first task should at least be the same as in the canon at least.

If I am not chosen, I'll have to find an excuse for me to show up to Little Hangleton cemetery. Shouldn't be too hard with my abilities since I could probably ask the headmaster to be involved with the security details. He knows how strong i am now, he appreciates my intelligence and creativity as well, so it should be doable.

3. Fake Moody has been confirmed. This also means the real Moody is currently imprisoned in the school. My goal for him is simply to not kill him. I can't blow my cover. I will also have to see if I can peek inside his mind and find out what he knows about me. I trust in the originals abilities and mental strength, but you never know what might slip over long periods of time. I also can't just drown him in homework like I did Quirrellmort because he should actually have some interesting things to say and I don't want to draw negative attention from Junior.

4. Train my successors.

I've been training Cedric as the next person in charge of the Exchange and he has shown great progress. From what he told me, none of his OWL's were below Exceed Expectations and he had more Outstanding's than EE's. I think Hermione would be the only person to top his scores after my friends and I are gone, but Cedric is much better than her in the practical aspects. In short, I trained him in academics and practicality, forming an incredibly well rounded wizard.

The dueling club successors will be divided among four fourth years who will take over as a council. Each house will have a representative to remove the possibility of exclusion, and it should also stop one house from dominating for now at least. Like I mentioned on the train, the Gryffindor rep will be Ron, Slytherin will be Daphne Greengrass, Ravenclaw will be Padma Patil, and Hufflepuff had Hannah Abbott.

I have my reasons for all of these kids, none of them were emotional.

Ron has genuinely improved phenomenally as a dueler, even if his grades are still mediocre, he has put constant effort and diligently trained in this aspect of magic. He has followed my guide and then some in all honesty. He has been training with Christian since last year and was able to almost keep up with the guy in pure endurance, something pretty much no one else aside from my friends could do. He's worked on his reflexes and spell casting until he could fight without even having to think. And although his fighting can't be called elegant nor complex, it is efficient and polished. His time at the club also let him recognize how narrow-minded his views were when it comes to the houses and he's also found a place for himself to shine, removing a lot of his inferiority complex. What really cemented his position was when he had dueled against another Slytherin and they started to compare notes after the bout, showing his improved mentality.

Daphne Greengrass was an unexpected addition to the club. She comes from a sacred 28 family, but unlike those half-wits who boast about superior blood and lack any actual ability, she is actually more of a mini Victoria if anything. She is called the Icy maiden due to her constant emotionless face, which I know hides her own struggles and masks her opinions for 'political reasons'. She is the best Slytherin in Harry's year, both in class and out of it. Even if her family has pride in their heritage, I've found zero evidence of them participating as Death Eaters or supporting the idiotic egg. She treats everyone impartially, meaning coldly. Her skills are very real and show constant improvement. And like I said, mini Tory, meaning she can properly crack the whip on some of those idiots.

Padma Patil was an interesting case. It seems like she was expecting to be with her twin in Ravenclaw, but from what I could see, the hat made the right choice in separating them. Padma is a very focused and driven girl. She has an enthusiasm for learning and improving herself, whilst Pavarti is a more freedom oriented girl hoping for love, mystery and adventures instead of studying. Although the two girls are still very good sisters, Padma was the only one who wished to join the club and work hard to prove herself a great witch in all aspects. She has the desire many Ravenclaws lack, to put what she learns in action. Too many feel that theoretical knowledge makes them superior, but this means jack shit when you never learned how to use it. What's the point of knowing four different spells to do one job, when you can't use any of them properly? Padma though, is smart, disciplined and hardworking. I can see her being a leading figure in the house once Christian and I are gone.

My final choice of Hannah Abbott was actually a bit of a surprise. I didn't choose the girl because she is Susan's friend or anything like that. It because she actually could wipe the floor with any other Hufflepuff's from 1st-5th year. In the canon she was supposed to end with with Neville and like Herbology like he did, but it seems that my appearance changed her too. Being friends with Susan exposed her to magic and ideas she never thought possible before, and this led her to join the Dueling club when I started it with the good Professor Flitwick. I honestly have not seen many people so hungry for new spells and have such drive to perfect them. Her attitude reminds me of a cross between James' love of charms, Christian's views on combat magic, and Tory's hunger for knowledge. She was hardworking and very loyal, like a true Hufflepuff, but she also avoided the dangerous mob mentality which came from the house. I think having examples of a few exceptional members such as James, Cedric and Susan, helped show her that you can still be brilliant even if you're a Puff.

So all I need to do is announce it on our first meet and start their specialized training. Thankfully the tournament hasn't cancelled anything other than the Quidditch cup. We even received a notice that the professors wish for the clubs to include our guests as much as possible.

5. Get registered as animagi along with my friends.

I did say I would do it in my final year and when they had all achieved their own transformations. It would serve as a demonstration of all of our skills in the subject, as well as serve for another point in my favor when I go for the Transfiguration mastery.

6. If I finish my last mastery project, I'll look into a few things i wanted to try ever since my ritual.

Christian and I wanted to see if my flame could have a nurturing effect of plants and if it was possible to cause some kind of mutation. With James I want to see how it interacts with metals during forging. And I want to test things with Victoria when it comes to the applicability of the flame as a healing spell booster, whilst also testing its effects during the brewing of potions.

I also want to look into that proper concealment barrier I thought of when I went to the World Cup. I believe that if I could make such a warding system, I would be helping magical communities everywhere thrive. It would help create more pure magical settlements, cities and towns. We could hold more festivals, events and gatherings. We could even develop more institutes of learning in future.

My study into transferring some of the 'holy' attributes of my original spell into my new gauntlets is a fun path as well. I believe that if I achieve success in this area, I could create the first piece of defensive equipment capable of defending against the killing curse. It would become one of my most important defensive tools, and probably revolutionize the field of DADA even more than my spell will. That is when I decide to release either of them anyway.

And I might look into Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem. I know most of the Horcruxes almost inside and out. From their enchantments to their protections. The Locket, the Cup, the Ring, the Diary, the Diadem and Harry. Nagini will come later, but for now the Diary is already taken care of. Dumbledore will find the ring in less than two years. I don't have a solution for Harry since he was unintentional and some studying would have to be done. And I can't just say a Horcrux is in the Black ancestral home without any evidence, that would give rise to too many questions. The Cup would be tricky since it is in Gringotts, fortunately I might be able to convince them due to my relation with them and the reason for why I would need to get into the Lestrange vault. But I should be able to play with the Diadem.

I would need to make extremely thorough preparations for it, but it should be very doable for me. A few points in my favor already are that I more than equal the bald freak in power, my knowledge far surpasses his in everything but the Dark Arts, my soul is far more powerful than any should be, much less his twisted and broken one, my Occlumency and Legilimency are nearly in a league of their own, and as I've said, I know them inside and out. (Thank you V-TV)

Having thought through everything I believe I was going to have to do this year or in the near future, I could finally turn in for the night.

So with a wave of my hand all lights in the room vanished and i laid down in my comfortable bed in preparations for another busy year.


REFLEXIONES DE LOS CREADORES
Alexander_the_grey Alexander_the_grey

The yearly tradition continues.

I know this looks like a lot, but he’s obviously not going to finish everything on this list. This is part current events, part future ideas.

And yes, this Ron Weasley is actually capable of something. I gave him a place to belong outside of just being Harry Potter’s friend and I gave him some skills.

I am still debating on how exactly to handle the Horcruxes though. Suggestions are appreciated and might help spark some ideas.

Enjoy.

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