Maree
Salty human
The occupants of the great hall sat in nervous anticipation, chatting quietly amongst themselves. For instead of their beloved headmistress, a man sat in her seat. She had fallen ill at the end of last year, causing her to retire. Still, the idea of some strange foreign man taking her place felt wrong. Due to this rumours were swirling around the tables. “I heard that he killed a group of muggles but there was no proof so they couldn’t send him to Azkaban,” A Slytherin girl with pink hair told her friends beside her.
Once the dishes were cleared in preparation for dessert Edgar rose to his feet, stepping in front of the podium. He tapped the mic attachment with his finger causing horrible feedback to echo through the hall. “Ahem, Is this thing on? Whose idea was it to use this muggle invention anyways,” he spoke, trying to figure out how it worked. One of the professors, a young female joined his side. She said something to him that wasn’t picked up before gesturing for him to talk. “It Is on? Alright. So I just speak into it? But how does it? Okay. Got it.” he spoke once again, turning to the crowd.
“For the first years, Welcome. For the returning students, Welcome back. As some of you may already know. I am Edgar Butterworth, the new headmaster here at Hogwarts.” he paused for a moment like he was expecting applause but none came. He seemed to glower at the students but it was quickly replaced by a smile. “Two words, Eternal glory” he smirked, stepping out from behind the podium and standing in front of it.
Edgar held his hands out to the crowd, still expecting some kind of reaction from them. British teenagers were obviously much harder to impress than he was used to. “The Triwizard Tournament, a competition that promises eternal glory for the victor. Three extremely dangerous tasks stand between the champions and their prize. For the past seventy-six years, the great challenge had been discontinued. All because of a few deaths, blasphemy really,” he explained, flashing the students what he considered a charming smile. “As your new headmaster of Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry. I Headmaster Butterworth am happy to announce that we will be reinstating the Triwizard Tournament.”
There was silence for a few moments as his words sunk in. The majority of the hall burst into applause. He held his hand up to silence the room. “This Tournament isn’t going to be like anything that has been done before. It will be solely Hogwarts students, Three champions will be chosen from each individual house to work as a team. Which makes this a competition between houses” he announced causing even louder cheers from the crowd. The only thing Hogwarts students liked more than winning was winning over the other houses. “The Goblet of fire will be set up for those who wish to enter. Until then, in celebration of this great event curfew has been pushed back by two hours and so has classes tomorrow. Good luck to all who choose to enter and may the strong survive,” he said, raising his glass to the crowd.
There was one thing for certain; This would be a year to never forget. But for now, the students had a chance to relax before the dark cloud forming was overhead. Will they share one last pumpkin juice? Roast jumbo marshmallows by the wizard bonfire one last time? For the upcoming days could hold unknown terrors and familiar faces may be gone by tomorrow. Maybe take some dessert for the road, they’ll need it.
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