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Chapter 1

The Announcement

James Potter jumped out of the carriage with his friends Sirius, Remus, and Peter. He was just starting his fifth year at Hogwarts, but something felt different about it, like somehow, this year was different.

"Feels good to be home doesn't it?" said Sirius, starting towards the huge Hogwarts castle.

"Yep, it sure does," said James, following him.

They stepped into the great hall to see the familiar changing sky, the long house tables, and of course, Albus Dumbledore sitting at the head of the staff table. The four of them sat down in their usual spots and waited for Dumbledore to start his speech. But James was distracted. Lily Evans had just walked in with her friends, Hannah, Taylor, and Kelsey. The four of them sat down in the only space left, and Lily rolled her eyes. The spot that was left was right next to the Marauders. Unfortunately for James, Lily made Taylor sit next to him, and she sat all the way on the other side.

"Think I'll get her this year?" said James to Remus, who had already pulled out a book.

"Not a chance," said Remus, still reading. But before James could respond, Dumbledore stood up.

"Hello, hello to all, and welcome to a brand new year at Hogwarts. I regret to inform our Quidditch teams that the Quidditch cup will not be taking place this year," Immediately, the entire hall broke out in angry muttering. "Instead, the Triwizard Tournament will be taking place at Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. But I will say now, no student under the age of fourteen will be allowed to enter. (A/N: this is before GOF, so the age limit is younger.) This tournament will consist of three very difficult, very dangerous tasks, and I must warn you, many have died in this tournament. There will be sign up sheets in every common room, and we will be choosing our representatives I one week, and we shall depart the next day. We will be taking roughly fifteen students, so sign up only, and I say only, if you are ready for this tournament."

"Oh, we have to enter!" said James excitedly.

"Absolutely, difficult and dangerous, and it's at a girl's school," said Sirius, excited mostly because it's a girl's school.

"I'm in," said Remus. He would be going anyway, seeing as he was a prefect.

"I wonder if Evans will go," said James, staring up at the ceiling.

"Come on Lily! You have to go; we are!" Kelsey begged as they walked up to the common room.

"Not if Potter's going, which he probably is," Lily replied bitterly. She loathed James Potter more than anyone in the world, except for maybe Lucius Malfoy.

"At least sign up Lils, you might not get picked," said Taylor as they stepped into the common room.

"Yeah, it will bring you "eternal glory," said Hannah, sinking into a squashy armchair.

"I just don't think that it's a good idea. I mean, first of all, if I don't get it, Potter will mock me for the rest of my life…"

"Which only bothers you because you like him!" Kelsey interrupted.

"I DO NOT! And, if I do get it, do you know how dangerous those tasks are? I mean, they'll probably have trolls, and dragons, and creatures that I would really rather not deal with. Besides, if I don't go, and, god forbid, Potter gets it, the creatures will probably tear the mickey out of him, leaving me home free," said Lily sinisterly.

"Okay, fine, we won't make you sign up to go, but, this means that you will totally miss meeting all the guys at Durmstrang," said Hannah, being her usual boy-crazy self.

"Is that ALL that you think about?" Taylor asked, clearly tired of this.

"Hmm, pretty much, yeah,"

"You know, I always thought that you liked Remus," said Kelsey.

"I do, but I don't mind meeting some NEW guys,"

Just then Kelsey leaped out of her seat. "They're up! They're up!" and she ran to the bulletin board and scribbled her name as fast as she could. Taylor and Hannah went after her, putting their names down as well.

All through the next day and week, the list got fuller and fuller, and as Lily passed the board, she noticed that the sheet was completely full.

There goes my chance. She thought that she didn't want to go, but hearing everybody talking about it made her more and more interested.

At the end of the week, Lily marched into the Great Hall with her three extremely excited friends. There were excited whispers going through the entire hall, like there was a ball of electricity was hovering just over the tables. The entire hall went silent as Dumbledore took the podium once again.

"After an accurate and tiring search, we have compiled a list of the students we will be taking to Beauxbatons tomorrow," Dumbledore flicked his wand, and a large piece of parchment appeared before him.

"I will say the name of the competitor, and their house, starting with: Remus Lupin, Gryffindor! Sirius Black, Gryffindor! Lucius Malfoy, Slytherin! Severus Snape, Slytherin! Bellatrix Lestrange, Slytherin! Olivia Ollivander, Ravenclaw! Amos Diggory, Hufflepuff! Amelia Bones, Hufflepuff! Hannah Harrison, Gryffindor! Taylor Trianna, Gryffindor! Kelsey Kraton, Gryffindor! Lizzie Kraton, Ravenclaw! Lucas Hunter, Ravenclaw! James Potter, Gryffindor! And, Lily Evans, Gryffindor!" Lily looked up abruptly, then looked at her friends.

"You DIDN'T!"

Hannah looked at Taylor, Taylor looked at Kelsey, and Kelsey looked back at Hannah, all guilty.

"Er, I guess we're going to France!" said Kelsey, smiling weakly.

"YES! We all got it!" shouted James over the excitement of the hall.

"Well, except for Peter," said Remus, looking over at Wormtail.

"No hard feeling, I didn't even sign up," Then, Dumbledore got up to talk again.

"Now, yes, yes, congratulations to all of our competitors, and again I say, please prepare yourselves, this tournament is not just fun and games. However, I suggest that all of our competitors go back to their dormitories and pack, and get a good night's sleep. We depart at exactly ten o'clock tomorrow morning on the Hogwarts Express, so don't be late!"