The Triwizard Tournament {Repost}

[Miranda_]

"He doesn't like the pressure that his parents put him under, that's all," Nashira said, matter of factly. "You don't really know much about him, do you?"

"That's a good idea," Faina said. "So, shall we go?"

[Cheshire1996]

Carlotte has also decided to explore the grounds, much to the disaporving glances of the other students, who seemed to be more interested in taking naps.

This resulted of course in Carlotte wondering off by herself, hoping to bump into an unsuspecting Hogwarts student who would be able to direct her around.

[spirit_queen]

"Nope. All I know is that he prefers to be alone," Wendy said.

"Yeah, let's go," Pyotr said, excited at the prospect of exploring a foreign castle.

[Miranda_]

Dulce joined them. "Exciting news about the foreign students, isn't it?" she said. "The Goblet is going to be put out tonight, at the feast." She glanced over at Draven. "I don't believe it; he's asked for HIA again," she sighed. "Surely he'd give himself one day off? It's the weekend!"

Faina set off with Pyotr at a purposeful walk towards the castle. She'd taken her fur cloak off and left it at the ship; tho the weather was chill, it was nowhere near cold enough to wear a cloak, especially not a fur one.

[spirit_queen]

"The name 'Draven' and the words 'day off' don't go in the same sentence," Wendy replied with a shake of her head.

Compared to the weather of home, Hogwarts as actually pretty warm, and Pyotr enjoyed not having to wear his own cloak.

[Miranda_]

"True enough," Dulce replied with a sigh. "I only ever asked for HIA once, back last year before the Quidditch Cup final cuz Circe was making everyone on the squad practice obsessively and I just didn't have the time to do all my homework at once, so I asked for some in advance to get it out the way first."

Slytherin had won narrowly against Hufflepuff in the Quidditch Cup final last year; this year, of course, the Cup wouldn't happen due to the Triwizard Tournament taking place instead.

Faina entered the castle. "Wow," she murmured as she looked about at all the portraits and suits of armour. "Bit different from back home, isn't it?"

[spirit_queen]

Wendy wasn't a huge sports fan, and thus bore Slytherin no real ill will for taking last year's cup. "But he does this all the time," Wendy said, meaning draven.

"Look at the armor! Fantastic!" Pyotr aid in an awed whisper.

[Miranda_]

"Yeah," Dulce replied. "It's probably a vain hope to think that he might take an interest in the tournament and leave off work for a change. We've got OWLs this year, true, but the tournament will finish long before our exams, so there'll be plenty of time for both."

Nashira said, "He probably will only come and watch if it's compulsary."

"And all the hangings, and pictures!" Faina replied. Durmstrang had portraits on the walls, but nowhere near as many, and it was often cold in winter cuz the fires were only lit for magical purposes.

[spirit_queen]

"Yuck! Tests!" wendy shuddered. "And, yeah, he'd prefer to be alone somewhere with a book. It's like he doesn't know the meaning of the word 'fun'."

"This place is so... lively, so full of color." Pyotr said. "Why don't we go upstairs?"

[Miranda_]

Nashira said, "That's cuz his parents make him work all thru the holidays." She shuddered at the thought and threw the end of a sugar quill into the lake. A few seconds passed, then a giant tentacle reached up from the depths and pulled it under.

Faina nodded and walked up a staircase. Once she and Pyotr had gotten to the top tho, the staircase started to move. Faina gasped and clutched the banisters.