“Eternal glory! That's what awaits the student who wins the Triwizard Tournament, but to do this, that student must survive three tasks. Three extremely dangerous tasks.”
THE TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENTS
The Triwizard Tournament is upon us and it is the time of year where young people must compete for their school to win the Triwizard Cup. However, this year the competition will be a bit different. Instead of 3 schools, all 8 known wizardry schools will be invited to participate, and 4 students will be chosen from each school, making a grand total of 32 competitors. The stakes are raised, which school will prevail?
What is it?
This is essentially a way for you as a fan of Harry Potter to immerse yourself into the HP universe! If you choose to sign up, you will make an OC (original character) and have them compete in a mass sized Triwizard Tournament to compete for the Triwizard Cup.
How does it work?
We will random select 32 competitors from the Goblet of Fire (aka if you fill out a form) and from there, we will work out which of the 8 schools your OC will be from. Then you must create an OC to compete in 3 tasks + the Yule Ball. If you are chosen from the Goblet of Fire, we will do a more in depth run through of the rules.
Rules:
mbf ranch, vinegar, & romano
reblog this post (likes don’t count!)
enter the Goblet of Fire
track #twtoc [Triwizard Tournament OC] for updates!
APPLICATIONS CLOSE IN 2 WEEKS (7/6)
Prizes: (you win as a team/School)
eternal fame and glory
the Triwizard Cup (or at least an edit of it)
a follow from each of us
promos
a banner/edit with your Wizarding School displayed as the winner
bragging rights that your School won the 1st annual Triwizard Tournament
Important:
If you start OOC (out of character) drama, you’re eliminated + no hate!
There will be edit/fic/etc. battles where your submissions earn your school points. We will grade your submissions but there are no eliminations. The school with the most points at the end of the Triwizard Tournament wins the Triwizard Cup!
You must make a blog for your OC
It can be a sideblog although main blogs are recommended (so your OC can like things, send asks, etc.)
You must be a good teammate, this is based on collective points so if you can’t work with your team, message us and we will see if we can move something around, if not drop out.
You can drop out anytime for any reason at all. If you are feeling stressed or just do not want to do it anymore, let us know and we will take care of it! Don’t feel obligated to do this.
There will be a Google Hangouts chat so you can talk and get to know everyone! This is also a great experience to meet new people.
We will message you if you are deemed worth of the Goblet of Fire. We hope to see you enter your name.
Headmistress Mercier: Are you ready, champions? Once I fire sparks, you may begin.
Natalia: *mutters* We wouldn’t be here if we weren’t.
Obstacle Two: Aella
Aella: Yes, I can tap-dance *hops up and down several times*
Katya: *tries and succeeds in keeping a straight face*
Aella: I hate tapdancing. My mom forced me into it when I was 3
Obstacle Three: Alessia
Alessia/New Mermaid: *beckons to them* Be careful!
Natalia: Oh, we are. *presses lips together, shoves hands in pockets, and nods*
Obstacle Four: Silver Eggs
Valya: *reels back* Fuck this! *stows away wand, picks up a rock and flings it at the Occamy*
Obstacle Five: Occamy
Occamy: *Lets out loud scream and eats snake before burping*
Valeriya’s POV
*before the task*
Valeriya couldn’t sleep. She kept thinking about everything that could happen in the first challenge. Despite having faith in her school’s plan, she couldn’t shake the feeling that something would go horribly wrong. Spending all night worrying about the task wouldn’t do her much good, so Valeriya gathered her painting supplies and walked to the Great Lake. Ignoring the Hogwarts rules against leaving your dormitory at night, Valeriya wandered past the gamekeeper’s house and set up her equipment with a view of the lake and forest. She began to empty her prussian blue paint tube onto her palette and fell into a blissful daze.
Valeriya had been dozing for half an hour when the rising sun woke her up. Panicking slightly, she gathered up her freshly painted canvas and made her way back up to the castle.
*after the task*
Relief flowed through Valeriya as she and her teammates returned to their normal bodies. Taking a deep breath, Valeriya started laughing hysterically. She was thinking about the craziness that they had experienced in the past hour. All that worrying the night before was for nothing, she had known that she could count on her teammates but actually working with them made her feel much better about the upcoming tasks. I mean who else can make a mermaid feel better about herself other than her fellow russian champions. Realizing her teammates were the best she could have asked for, Valeriya walked away hoping to be as vital to them as they were to her.
A/N: This is just a reference for any of you guys who want to know what the Opening Ceremonial Banquet will be like for your fics/submissions for Practice Challenge 1. The Champions haven’t been chosen until Practice Challenge 1.
6:00 PM - Schools arrive
7:00 PM - Welcoming Speech from Headmistress Mercier
7:10 PM - Performance from Frog Choir + Emerett Adams
7:15 PM - Banquet Dinner
8:00 PM - School Champions announced from Goblet of Fire
8:15 PM - Dessert
8:30 PM - Final Announcement + Students are dismissed
All students may socialize and have free time. Extra dessert is provided in the Great Hall until bedtime. You must be in your dormitories by 10 PM. All Heads of Houses will be checking at precisely 10:15 that you are all in bed.
It is up to the Schools if you wish to reside within Hogwarts’ dormitories or within your own School’s mode of transportation (e.g. ship/carriage), but if you want to sleep in the dormitories, here are the arrangements:
Congratulations to all the champions who finished the first task! Unfortunately a few schools have failed to appear for the competition therefore their school will be eliminated from the Triwizard Tournament. The following schools are no longer champions:
Mahoutokoro
Castelobruxo
Uagadou
Now to discuss the contents of those mysterious boxes. As you know you all received a box and during the first task you retrieved the key. Inside the box you will find your hint for the next task, be sure you do not lose it as it will be vital for completing the second task.
The only thing found inside your box is a note with the following scribed onto it:
Eric was all giddy the entire morning of the first challenge. He couldn’t wait to see what it would bring, and he’d hoped it would all go incredibly well. Knowing himself, things normally went okay in his favor in competitions- he was a fair guy, and nature preferred to be on his side at times.
That day, they stood before the water, their Head Mistress standing with her head held high- she was a firm lady, but truly something else. Most of the students at Hogwarts respected her. Very hard not to, it was. And as Eric watched her, the more he knew he could not let her down. So he listened very closely when she began to speak.
“Hello Champions, are you ready?” she asked, a smile hiding on her small lips. Eric glanced out at the clear, but dark water and felt his nerves rustle deep inside him, but the action was merely slight. “You being in two minutes- you can take this time to discuss your strategy, or give one another a pep talk.”
Eric glanced at the other three girls and suddenly felt very self conscious. He was the only male, and seemingly the only one who seemed nervous. They all gave a stern look- a look of determination, and Eric knew immediately he had to refrain from showing his anxiety. Instead he smiled devilishly and rubbed his hands together. “‘I’m ready- I think we truly have this down pat.”
One of the girls, Emerett gave an easy smile. “This is only slightly terrifying.”
Hearing this, Eric felt more at ease- he was not the only nervous one.
“Make Hogwarts proud!” Headmistress spoke confidently. A tip: expect the unexpected and be prepared in situation.”
Eric giving Em a kind smile he said, “It’s all fine- we just have to stay in focus! I believe in all of us, truly.”
Headmistress then gave the instructions to start the task, and the sparks flew from her wand, giving the sign that the challenge had now begun. Eric and his other teammates immediately performed the bubble head charm, and dived into the water quickly. Eric was beginning to grow uneasy due to the deepness and darkness of the water. He enjoyed nature and swimming, but he had to be honest and say that he’d never swam this deeply before.
He turned to his teammates and nod, noticing that the blonde girl from the group had disappeared- but Eric knew to not worry of that now, they had to find their first task. He could look for her later.
“You must dive deeper into the water in order to find the mermaid,” a voice spoke softly in his head, and only then did he realize it was the Headmistress.
Pointing towards the deeper end, he motioned for his teammates to follow and began his trek towards the water, checking every few seconds on his teammates.
“It’s quite dark down here,” Em noted as they began to reach their destination to the deep end.
As they swim, the water began to grow colder and darker. Creatures swam around them, and they all tried their best to avoid them.
“Do you see any mermaids down there?” the other girl called out to the two.
Shaking her head Em replied, “Not yet- keep swimming.”
Eric then pulled his wand from his pocket and said, “Lumos,” very quietly, causing a sudden ray of light to beam from the tip of his wand. As he did this, he tried to avoid the creatures swimming around him. “We should keep swimming, all I see are creatures and water.”
With a nodding of the head, the two girls begin to follow him once again. They all watched the creatures float by, minding their own business mostly, and watched the water ripple around them. As a large creature hurried by Em, she ducked. “Who feeds these things?” she muttered.
Suddenly, a bright glow beneath the rocks had caught Eric’s eye as he heard Em say, “I see something!”
Pointing at the rocks, Eric asked, “The ones over there?”
As he mentioned them, the light began to grow warmer and brighter, causing Em to nod quickly and swim faster towards it. Eric followed closely behind Em, glancing around and scanning the perimeter to make sure there were no harmful creatures near. “Stay close and stay safe- we can’t go disturbing any creatures down here!”
As they approached the glistening rocks, a beautiful mermaid appeared, glistening from the light off Eric’s wand. Floating backwards slightly, he gasped. “We can’t frighten it,” he whispered softly to his two teammates.
“It? She’s beautiful!” whispered Em, who’s face was full of shock.
The other girl, obviously not amazed asked, “What do we do now?”
“Move slowly?” Em suggested, a slight shrug followed.
The mermaid then swam closer to the champions where she was incredibly visible. Eric’s eyes were wide in shock- he had never seen a mermaid before.
“Hello,” he spoke, introducing himself. “I’m Eric- we are students of Hogwarts.”
Lowering her head respectfully, Em smiled, “I am Em.”
As they begin to chat, Eric learned that the mermaid already knew of their existence due to the bathrooms and such, hearing their names and of them being champions. The group conversed of stories and such of Hogwarts after the mermaid stated how lonely she felt during her time alone out in the sea. Eric and company told stories of the Weasley twins and the marauders, speaking highly fond of all the mischief that came along with the stories. After what seemed like forever, finally the mermaid sighed and gave a smile.
“Such beautiful stories, shall you stay and tell me more?”
“I hate to decline, since we are having so much fun, but we’ve really got to continue with our journey- perhaps another time?” Eric suggested.
Suddenly, it was as if the entire atmosphere had shifted. The mermaid’s once beautiful face has contorted into something evil- something awful. She began to hiss, her eyes dark as midnight, turning catlike. She began to grow scales, dry and rough on as her skin. “Ungrateful mortals, turning down such an invitation!” she cried out, her voice sounding like a screech.
Em jerked back quickly, mumbling her apologies and her cursing.
Quickly, the creature reached out for Em’s leg, clawing into her flesh, and immediately drawing blood.
“Em!” Eric shouted, as she began to kick and scream the creature away. Grabbing a hold of her arm tightly, he pulled her away sharply from the creature, causing enough distance for safety. “We have to find another way!”
Grabbing onto her leg again the creature spoke. “Such a pretty little girl, I think I’ll take on your appearance.” After, she began to morph right in front of the student’s eyes.
Suddenly confused, Eric couldn’t tell the two apart.
“Oh my gosh!” one of the Emerett’s cried. “Guys, attack her!”
“No guys- don’t listen to her, it’s /me/,” the other said, emphasizing her words clearly.
“I- I don’t know what to do, Em!” Eric said softly, his eyes darting from both figures, his wand pointing at both.
For a moment, the two tried to prove their true identity. Backing away, Eric paused and furrowed his brow. “Prove you’re the real Em, and I will let you go.”
“Come here and I’ll show you,” one of the Em’s said seductively, and Eric felt in his guts, that it wasn’t her.
“Don’t go near her!” the other called out.
The other teammate turned to Eric. “Which one is the real her?”
Pointing at the Em that was beckoning him to come forth, Eric growled. “You’re not the real Em! Why would you ask me to come closer?” Glancing around, he swallows back his fear and continues to point his wand.
Suddenly the other Em asks, “What does the Great Hall look like?”
Grabbing her arm, the evil Em whispers, “It’s… A… Great… Hall!” The proceeds to slice down her arm deep enough to draw blood.
“No!” Eric cried out, dashing quickly enough to knock the creature away from Em.
Screaming, Em points her wand at the creature and shouts, “Obscurio!”
“We’re running out of time!” Eric warned, watching the mermaid, cower and hiss, covering her eyes.
“Let’s go!” Em grabbed her arm and pushed away from the creature, and dashing past her.
“The rocks!’
Pointing her wand at her arm, Em granted a spell to help heal herself. Then, pointing at the rocks, she shouted, “Confringo!” causing the rocks to blast open, and revealing a hole. “Let’s go!”
As he gazed at the opening, he glanced at the other two and asked, “Should I?”
“Yes! Let’s go!”
Immediately the three swam through, trying to avoid the evil creature and to gain composure. As they swam, their surroundings grew darker and darker causing them to soon be blind from any sight. They then decided to swim together despite the ragged ends of the rocks, and kept quiet the entire time. Suddenly the cave mouth closes and the three champions groaned.
Beginning to worry, the three began trying to come up with a plan, when they were interrupted.
As they began to speak to the mermaid, they noticed her kind nature and how she had offered to help. Before speaking- Ava, the fourth champion appeared in the water.
“Hey, guys! I’ve been here the entire time- I just used a charm on myself to blend in with my surroundings and try to get ahead, but I’ve decided it’s best to stick and work together!”
Already suspicious, Eric turned to the mermaid as she again, offered her help. As he opened his mouth, Ava interrupted him quickly.
“Can we huddle for a second? We need to talk!” Ava said, motioning to the others.
“W-what? Why do we need to huddle?” Eric asked as Em pulled him into the huddle.
Giving a smirk, Ava whispered, “Okay, so I totally know it’s the worst time to ask you all to trust me, but I think we don’t need the mermaid’s help.”
The three girls nodded and one said, “What if she turns all psycho like the last one?”
“She seems really nice,” Eric interjected. “I’m not sure I want to deny another mermaid again- didn’t quite go so well the first time. Em got hurt then too, we don’t wanna take the chance.”
“Look,” Ava spoke, shooting a glare at Eric for no reason, “They are sentient creatures. I live with them basically, down in the Slytherin dungeon. And lemme’ tell you, they are not be trusted.”
“Slytherin students can be just as bad,” Eric joked slightly, still wondering why she had been glaring at him.
“I don’t know,” Em whimpered, shaking her head and closing her eyes with confusion.
“They’re sentient creatures! They can read our feelings and thoughts clearly so that they can manipulate us. She’s obviously sweet talking because she knows we need her help,” Ava pushed.
“Wouldn’t that mean she knows exactly what we are saying currently?” Eric asked. “There would be no point in this conversation then.”
“I apologized for being stealthy already, don’t push me. It’s not the time for house rivalry,” Ava growled, her glaring growing hotter.
“Ava- no one’s upset with you for that,” Em had begun to say.
Suddenly the girl, Corona, said, “I agree we don’t need the mermaid.”
Eric looks at her in shock. “What- this is ridiculous! If anyone gets hurt, it’s not my problem. We saw what happened just minutes ago-”
“Really, Eric?” Em spoke dryly before turning to Ava.
There was silence for a few moments, and then Ava asked, “”So do you want my brain and experience, or not?”
“Yes, please.”
Eric sighed and shook his head. “ I still don’t like this idea at all.”
“I have no time for this nonsense,” Ava began. “We’ve really got to say no, God only knows what sort of favor she will ask for afterwards.”
The mermaid sat there patiently as the champions argued, fumbling with her jewelery.
“And I’m not willing to pay for something that I am not clear of,” Ava finished.
“I say give the mermaid a choice, that’s my vote,” Eric said firmly. “Don’t join. I have faith in people, and I won’t deal with anyone getting hurt due to disagreements.”
As Em began to move, she accidentally hurt her leg, causing a cut to bleed. The mermaid offered her seaweed and murmured, “Wrap it.”
“Are you sure we can’t trust her?” Em asked quietly, taking the seaweed and wrapping her leg.
Turning to Eric, Ava sneered. “Eric, I really don’t think it’s time to be pessimistic towards your teammate. And Em, look, it’s wiser that we stick together with the people who have the same goal in mind- which is winning.”
“You weren’t even here when Em got hurt!” Eric cried out. “How can we even trust you when you watched that all happen, and didn’t even offer your help?”
“Guys-” Corona warned, “We don’t have much time left.”
“That’s why I’m here now!” Ava snarled.
“We need to make a decision and stick with it,” Corona pushed.
They bickered for a few more minutes and finally Ava said, “I’m doing it solo.”
“WHAT?!” Eric cried out in disbelief. “You can’t just do it solo, are you out of your mind?”
“Stop being emotional, Eric,” she said. “We don’t have time for it.”
“Ava, you can’t just /leave/!” Em snapped.
“You’re crazy!” Eric said, shaking his head, almost laughing.
Ava smirked. “Suck it up and join with me, or not.”
“GUYS,” Corona said louder, her voice warning.
Suddenly the mermaid was next to the group and whispered, “Sorry for barging in on your discussion, but she’s right. You’re a team, you have to stick together to win this.”
“We should trust her,” Eric said, motioning his hand towards the mermaid. “She’s being too kind, and I see no use in not using resources.”
“I’m being kind!” Ava said. “Hello, earth to Eric? I could’ve won and gone solo- I chose to stick it out with you all.”
“You aren’t being kind,” Eric said through clenched teeth. What was with this girl? First she hid the entire time until they were close to the win, and now she suddenly wants to bark orders? Eric was normally easy going, but when it came to things like this- he wasn’t going to be pushed around. Not him. “We have to worry about safety.”
Ava sighed and shook her head. He could tell that she was bossy, but he didn’t think she would be this bad. “Winning for the team, Eric!” she cried out. “I’ve got an idea- okay, the Occamy-”
“I’m not going with you, especially when you’re truly only thinking of the win and not of everyone. You’re focusing only on yourself,” Eric growled.
“Can’t we all just go now?” Em begged.
Pulling out a string bag, Ava turned to Em. “You’re good at transfiguration, right Em?”
Before Em could answer, the mermaid swam back behind the four. “Look, do you want my help or not? I’m half siren- I could enchant the Occamy into a lull if you’d like.”
“Come on,” Eric murmured. “Give her a chance.”
“Aelia,” Ava said firmly, “Thank you for your kind offer- but if you could not interrupt me while I’m talking.” Turning back to Eric, she groaned, throwing her hands. “Eric, give /me/ a chance.”
Eric had enough. “You just burst out of nowhere to save the day? I don't play that way, we worked to get here as a team and you're wanting all the glory for yourself. This girl is trying to help us. All of us.”
“I think we should be resourceful,” Em finally said. “If she’s a resource, why don’t we use her?”
“She’s a strong resource,” Eric added.
Thumping her legs, Ava laughed bitter laugh. “You’re kidding! If the Occamy awakes through it all, you’ll definitely be glad what I’ve got inside my bag.”
“I don't trust that you hid from all the action and now that the glory is right in reach you want the title. Typical. I trust that we can at least use her as a resource instead of hoping for something that could hurt,” Eric muttered.
As they argued, Ava slowly began to wear down and finally she snapped. “Fine! Say yes to the stupid mermaid.”
Eric turned to Em. “Are you okay with this choice?”
Em nodded quickly, as did Corona and Eric turned to the mermaid. “Yes, we will take the help.”
Avan snarled. “If anything goes wrong, I’m only taking Em with me.”
Eric glared and smirked. “I’m not too worried about myself anyhow.”
The mermaid smiled and nodded. “Excellent, let’s enter the cave.”
As they entered the cave, Eric admired the structure as much as he could with the limited source of light. As they observed the Occamy, on sight Eric noticed how gorgeous looked- but knew just how awful it could be. They swam and Eric kept a close eye on the three girls, hoping nothing would go wrong. That was just what he needed. Something to go wrong and for Eric to be blamed.
“Please, Occamy, eat Eric,” Ava snickered, causing Eric to roll his eyes as they made their way through the inside.
“Please do, berid me of her presence,” Eric muttered.
They all stopped feet away from the Occamy and watched it warily. The Occamy began to rise and glance around, its vision out of focus.
“Oh please tell me she’s got bad eyesight,” Em murmured, her gaze wide.
The mermaid began to back up to the edge of the cave, leaving the four champions floating in the middle. The Occamy suddenly sees the intruders and roars, causing the entire cave to tremble.
“Oh yeah, she’s got 20/20,” Em sighed, tightening her grip.
“I guess we should-”
The mermaid grabbed Eric’s arm. “No! Let me go first!” Then she begins to sing, her song sounding enchanting and sweet.
Eyes wide, Eric turns to the mermaid, not knowing what to say.
Ava rolled her eyes. “It’s official, men only think with their dicks.”
As they all began to swim towards the Occamy, Ava shoved Eric out of the way, causing him to fly out of the way and growl obscenities as he followed closely behind. When they reached a close enough distance, the mermaid abruptly stopped her singing and lets out one large shriek, causing the Occamy to wake up.
“I knew it!” Ava cried. “You’re dead meat, Eric!”
The mermaid then blocked off the entrance and caused everything in the cave to begin to tremble and rumble as rocks began to fly. The Occamy focused on Em and growled. Em stood there silently, not knowing what to say. Her body shook with fear as she slowly held out her hand to stop the others. “Stay-stay calm,” she called out.
Quickly dashing towards the Occamy, Eric holds out his wand and cries, “Stupefy!” Unfortunately, the Occamy ate the spell and snorted, leaving Eric to be confused, and almost angry.
“Idiot,” Ava muttered, deserving a glare from Eric.
“You’re not helping,” he snapped.
Em still stood frozen in her place, afraid to move. “I-”
“Move, Em!” Ava called out, shoving her aside and pointing her wand. “Conjunctivitis!”
As this occurred, the mermaid had continued her shriek. “I’m sorry, I have to…”
Em begam swimming closer to the Occamy, her heart racing.
Water was rushing around him as he watched Em, wanting to cry out for her to watch out. The Occamy slashed out towards Ava’s leg, but luckily she dodges quickly.
“Flipendo!”
The Occamy ignored her, and swiped its teeth near Eric. Eric rushed forward and grabbed the mermaid and covered her mouth as he dodged the Occamy. At that moment, Em spotted something with a glint of silver, and began swimming fast towards the eggs, trying her best to keep silent.
“Immobulus!”
Ther mermaid struggled against Eric’s grip, grasping at his arm and hand, tight around her.
“Accio, egg!” Em shouted, pointing her wand at the egg in hopes the spell would work.
The Occamy let out a roar as Eric pointed his wand at the mermaid and shouted, “Stupefy!”
Ava, who was currently distracting the Occamy, shouted out to Em, “Use the spell defodio! Perhaps it’s underground,” before shouting, “Incarcerous!”
At the same time that the Occamy whipped its tail and hit Eric, was the same time that Em had shouted, “Defodio!”
Eric flew across the water, and suddenly the bubble that protected his head, popped, and water began to flood his mouth, trying to reach his lungs. Gasping for air, his wand flies out of his hand and he reaches out to grab it before choking on water.
“Just in time!” Ava cried out, “Cave inimicum!”
Earth by the eggs began to rumble, and Eric could hear Em grumble, and shout the spell again. Water was flooding around Eric, and he grew terrified. Was he going to die here? Would they let him die? A failure?
One silver egg was unearthed and revealed three shiny eggs behind it.
“Oh come on,” Em groaned, “Accio, egg!”
Ava rushed over to Eric quickly, pulling gillyweed from her bag and shoving it in Eric’s mouth. “You better be thankful,” she muttered in his ear, “Or I’ll kick your ass later.”
As this happened, Em received one egg, and was working on retrieving the second one. Ava helping Eric up, pointed her wand out and shouted, “Stupefy!”
The Occamy then froze, and there was a loud roar from outside the cave. “You won’t make it out of here alive. There’s a reason it’s a female- the male is coming,” the mermaid called out.
“Shit,” Ava said, her eyes wide.
Em rushed forward towards the other eggs and shouted, “Accio, eggs!”
Eric turned to Ava and said quickly, “Men can be easily rid of! Just distract the female as much as you can!”
The roar begins to grow louder and Ava and Eric come up with a plan.
“Em! Go get the eggs! I’ll try to attack- Eric can you distract?”
As she asks this, the female Occamy unfreezes and lets out a large roar, causing the place to shake. Eric nods and says, “You keep eyes on the female and help Em. Find a way to get everyone out and attack the female. I’ll take care of the male.”
“I have two more eggs left!” Em called out.
Ava raised an eyebrow and smirked. “Better swallow your pride better than gillyweed.”
Eric smirked. “Perhaps when we are out of here alive. Just keep going Em!”
The female Occamy suddenly advances towards Em, and Ava points upwards trying to shoot off a boulder, but the boulder does not budge. Next, Em cries out stupefy in defense, to only be let down.
“Swim, Em!” Ava shrieks out, reaching out for Em. Then, the Occamy’s teeth grazes Ava’s shoulder while chasing after Em.
“Ava!” Eric cried out. “Go, Em! Go!”
Despite her hurt arm, she pointed at the Occamy and cried out, “Flipendo!” Ava then winced as the occamy cried out loudly.
As Eric is distracting the Male Occamy with simple spells and swimming back and forth, he spots Ava and her hurt shoulder. He dashes towards her, losing sight of the male and grabs her arm. “Come on! We can’t continue getting hurt!”
“Ava- are you okay?” Em asks, beginning to turn around as the female Occamy swings her tale into Eric, hitting his entire lower body and causing him to fly away from Ava.
“Shit!” he cries out, his body swinging back and forth, as his gaze becomes fuzzy from the sudden shock.
The cave begins to rumble as Eric tries to return to his position, but the rippling of the water causes this to be difficult. Eric watches as Em cries out, continuously pointing her wand and screaming, “Accio, eggs! Accio, eggs! Accio, eggs!”
“Accio, egg!” Ava cried out, the last egg flying into her free arm. “Let’s go!”
The cave begins to shake violently as the entrance begins to open once again.
“Let’s go, come on! Em, swim ahead!” Ava called, slightly struggling.
As the four began to swim towards the entrance, Eric winced. “I’m an idiot- I’m sorry-”
Ava sighed and grabbed his arm. “I’ll punch you in the throat later, but right now, let’s go!”
“It’s fine, Eric! Now’s not the time for grudges or apologies!” Em shouted.
They all swim quickly, but suddenly Ava stops abruptly. “My shoulder,” she winces.
“Ava!”
The mermaid swims up and wraps her shoulder with the seaweed like Em’s from before. “I know you don’t trust me right now, but here. Take this.”
“I’d say we have a right,” Eric growled.
“You’re the dumb one who fell for it-”
Ava held out her hand for the mermaid to shut up, then turned to Eric. “The Occamy hurt me earlier- just Eric, we will hold onto you, and you perform ascendio, alright?”
“We need to hurry!”
“Of course.” Eric offered his free hand, and allowed Ava to take it. With his wand, he pointed upwards. “Perhaps in a different life, I hope you regret this,” he spoke to the mermaid before shouting, “Ascendio!”
Only bubbles appeared from his wand and Eric couldn’t help but have tears spring into his eyes. Nothing he was doing was right…
“You have no time,” The mermaid mutters before hauling the four on her back. “Let’s go.”
She swam upward so quickly, that it had felt like no time at all. Suddenly the four champions flew onto the ground, coughing and groaning. Hearing the voice of Headmistress call out, “You have successfully retrieved all 4 eggs, with thirty seconds to spare. Congratulations.”
Eric was launched to the ground, and coughed, pulling himself up and shaking the water from his hair before pulling the other three girls in for an embrace. “Thank god-”
Em hugged back and was breathing heavily, but Ava pushed Eric away. “Save it, jerk.”
“I’m sorry,” was all Eric could say.
Em frowned. “”It’s not your fault, Eric I fell for it too.”
As they all grabbed their eggs, Eric grinned. “Egg cracking anyone?”
“I’m down to crack your skull,” Ava smirked, holding her egg tightly.
“Bring it, princess,” Eric said, grinning.
“Sod off, Eric.”
The four opened their eggs and received their item for their next challenge. Eric admired his egg quietly, the silver shining beneath his hands. It almost felt calming to just touch it.
After about fifteen minutes of bantering and bickering between Ava and Eric, finally Em had sighed. “Ava, let’s go to the hospital wing, please!”
Ava grinned and nodded, latching herself to Em’s arm. “Yeah let’s go, see you around, loser.”
As they walked away, Eric watched them peacefully, hearing Em say: “You two are going to get married.”
He watched Ava swat her and shout, “Don’t ever say that again!”
Eric then rose and made his way towards the entrance of Hogwarts. His heart was racing, and he felt like an absolute idiot. Why did he even try? Aside from the fact of his parents- he didn’t like letting anyone else down either.
Scratching his neck, he thought about how Ava suddenly hated him. Was it because he was a Gryffindor? He could never tell, but he knew she had some issues she needed to clear up. Laughing he shook his head. That would be settled another day.
we are proud to announce our six new champions who will have the honour of competing in the triwizard tournament!
Hogwarts: @holy-snitch and @smlfoy
Koldovstoretz: @luthienthefair
Durmstrang: @biharry
Uagadou: @bqllarke
Castelobruxo: @robertsrebellion
If you have been chosen, please do the following:
msg rach to confirm your place. if you do not respond before july 18 @ 5pm pst, you will be automatically eliminated from the twt
read through all the posts here and here
follow kaiser, moreau, mercier + your own headmaster/mistress
msg me to be added into hangouts chat and blog
start creating your oc and use this format. try to send the info to me asap! for examples, check the other champions about pages
Unfortunately, the practice challenge has already passed so you won’t be marked on that, but feel free to write a fic or something so everyone else knows more about your character!
“There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realize there is so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.” -Zayn Malik
fic under the cut..
Aubrianne, Sappho, and Saraswati silently sat on the hospital bed beside Elbiba’s who was laying down on the hospital bed as Headmistress Lyra Mercier, Headmaster Elijah Kaiser, and Professor Evangeline Caverly eyed the girls. “I am very disappointed in the three of you.” Headmaster Kaiser said. “You three managed to disobey trip rules and kill a teammate all in one night. That is truly unacceptable!”
“…at least, we gave you entertainment in the course of it all…” Aubrianne responded as she lifted her shoulder up into a light shrug. “Oopsie…” Sappho nodded in agreement as Saraswati huffed while she rolled her eyes.
“Got something to say, Ms Jain?” Headmistress Mercier sternly said to Saraswati as she lightly turned her head when she caught Saraswati’s eye roll. Saraswati stood up from her head and was about to speak when Professor Caverly placed a hand on Saraswati’s shoulder and sat her down again. “Headmaster Kaiser! Hogwarts does not take the murder of a fellow student very lightly. It is the result of explusion. Plus, these girls are your champions. You can’t expell them all. Can you now?”
Professor Caverly and Headmaster Kaiser turned their head towards each other as Aubrianne swallowed her silva audibly. Sappho leaned in closer towards her elders, placing both of her hands on the bed like she knew that someone was going to get expelled for an accidental fall of a fellow champion. “Well…for starters…only the three of them knows what happened on that damned rooftop of yours, Headmistress.” Professor Caverly retorted, trying to come up with an alby for the girls. “It wasn’t like they knew that magic powered snow was dangerous and besides, what’s the use of expulsion when the girls were only having a little night out just to get to know each other?”
“That’s true, Headmistress, Headmaster.” Sappho said, agreeing to what Professor Caverly had said. “Plus, assumption is something that everyone seems to be good at here in Hogwarts. Won’t you think that murder is a little too much to describe the situation? Since, any of us weren’t anywhere near Elbiba when she fell…and someone did scream.” She turned her head towards Saraswati’s direction and flashed a soft smile at her. “And…snow is a gift from the Christmas spirit, right?”
Aubrianne nodded in agreement. “Right. Who wants to ruin Christmas?” She said to break her silence. “And the Christmas spirit.” Sappho and Saraswati bursted into laughter that sounded kind of like a muffled record player from the 1700s.
The Ilvermorny’s Headmaster slowly placed a large book on the corner of the hospital bed. “Alright. Shut up.” He told the girls. “Before I stop any of you from playing fetch with the wolf.”
“What happened to the pet giraffe, Headmaster?” Saraswati asked as she carefully arched an eyebrow. “Did Tom die or something?”
“Tom didn’t die… He and I are just on difficult terms, right now.” Headmaster Kaiser responded as Headmistress Mercier lightly shook her head. This was a little too childish for her.
“What happened if you don’t mind me asking?” Aubrianne said, trying to change the conversation since expulsion wasn’t going to be the next thing that happens to her and her fellow Ilvermorny students.
Headmistress Mercier sighed and rolled her eyes. Before Headmaster Kaiser could say anything, she placed a mutation charm on him. “Elijah! If you aren’t going to become stern to your students, especially the students who might win the Tournament for you.” She sighed again as she placed her wand in front of her. “The students won’t always be there to scratch your back for you. Or toss a ball while you have a student in detention. There’s going to be a time when Ilvermorny ends up being blown into tiny little pieces, but I’m not Atlas or any of your students. I won’t go that far… I’m just stating that facts here, Elijah.”
Aubrianne got a little restless during Headmistress Mercier’s lecture to the muted Headmaster and pulled her wand from inside her jacket pocket. She slowly waved her wand, removing the mutation charm that the Headmistress placed on her and her fellow Ilvermorny students’ Headmaster. “Well, not everyone is as perfect as your precious Hogwarts students, Headmistress. They all don’t fit your standards.” He gestured to the girls to leave the Hospital wing, but Saraswati didn’t budge. She was a little out of place like the world around her was still spinning and she wasn’t. It almost seemed like her clock just stopped working. Saraswati collapsed onto the floor.
The loud thud alerted the arguing Headmasters. They rushed towards the noise as Aubrianne and Sappho moved themselves away from Saraswati’s lifeless body. “ATLAS!” Headmaster Kaiser shouted as Professor Caverly screamed when they saw how pale Saraswati had gotten in a matter of seconds. “STOP KILLING MY LIL OSTRICHES!”
A/N: to read the rest of the story, you have to think back on the things that happened in “Snowfall”. More specifically, the things going on inside Aubrianne’s mind to answer these following questions; what was Aubrianne’s deceased sister called? And who do you think Aubrianne’s mother, Eiriana named her after? Hint: the person that you are going to be looking for is male. Once you’ve figured out who it is, place the word at the end of the url like this: http://aubriannepelipa.tumblr.com/wordhere. If you are stuck, just shoot me an instant message and I’ll give you the next clue. Happy hunting!
