September 1

We are at Kings Cross Station about to go to Platform 9 ¾. I had all of my supplies and had practiced spells with Dumbledore and the Ministry’s approval of course. I read past books needed for the last years before. Willow helped me a ton. Along with Alice and Sirius. “Have fun and please be safe” Mom said. “Yes please be” Dad said uneasily. He had seemed this way all morning. “I will. I mean I’m learning magic and spells. I think I can defend myself” I said with a smile. “Yeah some dementor’s are gonna get you” someone said behind me. The voice scared me. I turned and saw Fred. “I should have known it was Fred!” I said with a smile. He chuckled and came over to us. ‘Mom, Dad, Carrie, Oliver, this is Fred Weasley” I said. “Nice to meet you” Mom said with a smile. “Fred dear where are you?” someone yelled. “Over here Mum” Fred said. A woman came over. She had red hair like Fred and George did. “Oh you must be Victoria!” she said. “Yes that’s me” I said. “Pleasure to meet you dearie! I’m Molly Weasley. Fred hasn’t shut up about you for weeks” she said. “Mum” Fred groaned. I laughed. “Oh it’s almost eleven! You two better get on the train” she said. I hugged my family and got my bags onto the train. Fred and I got on the train. We found a compartment with George and Willow. Willow was saying something when the door opened. “Weasley’s are in this one Draco” someone said. A blonde haired boy looked in with two boys next to him. “So it is” the blonde said. “Yeah we are Draco. What's it to you?” George asked. “We were looking for somewhere to sit but it seems that we won’t be sitting in here” Draco said. How rude. “What did you guys bring a Muggle to school?” Draco asked looking at me. “She isn’t a muggle. She’s a witch” Willow said. “Sure she’s a muggle. Filthy mudblood” he sneered. This caused everyone to stand up. “Get out Malfoy!” Fred said sternly. “Ooh is a Weasley going to something?” Draco taunted. “Is there a problem here?” someone asked. I looked and saw four people. Two were redheads like Fred and George. Then another with circle glasses and lastly a girl with curly hair. “Potter” Draco said. Fred looked as if he was throwing knives at Draco. “We were just looking for a compartment” Draco said. “Well this one is taken so leave” the red haired girl said. Slowly the rude trio left. The others came into the compartment and shut the door. “What did Malfoy want?” the other girl asked. “He wanted this compartment” Willow said as they all sat down. Fred looked at me. “Are you alright Fred?” I asked. He nodded. “He didn’t need to say anything to you” he said. “Oh sorry. Who are you?” the one girl with curly hair asked. The red haired girl’s eyes widened. “Victoria” she said with a smile. “Yes that’s me” I said. “I’m Ginny. The youngest Weasley” she said still smiling. “Nice to meet you Ginny” I said. “Same too you” she said. “I’m Harry” the one with glasses said. “I’m Hermione” the curly haired girl said. “I’m Ron. Also a Weasley” the last one said. “Nice to meet you all” I said. They sat down. Somehow we had managed all 8 of us to sit. Ginny had sat down next to me. With Hermione next to her. Leaving Ron and Harry across from me with George and Willow. “So what did he mean when he said I was a mudblood?” I said. Ginny gasped. I looked over to her. Hermione looked sad but pushed it away. “A mudblood is a derogatory term for a Muggle-born wizard or witches, who have no magic history in their family” Willow said. “Oh” I said slowly. “It’s usually not heard in civil conversion” Hermione said. “He called me that three years ago” she continued. Ginny patted her shoulder. “Don’t mind Malfoy. He just too stuck up and idiotic” Harry said. “Obviously” I said with a laugh. It was silent for a few minutes. “So what house are you in?” Ron asked. “Not sure yet” I said. “Bloody hell you’re tall for a first year” Ron said. “I’m not a first year. I am going to be joining Ginny and Willow’s year. It’s just this is my first year here and first year of witchcraft” I said. “She’s read every book of ours that we had read in the past years” Willow said. “Bloody hell” Ron said. “You’re another Hermione. How did you read that much?” Harry asked. “It wasn’t that much. It was kinda a light read to be honest” I said. “You are another Hermione” Ron said. “Well I guess I know who to go to ask for a good book to read” I said looking to Hermione. She laughed and nodded. We continued to talk until we reached Hogwarts.

We walked up to Hogwarts. It was absolutely beautiful. Willow had told me about everything. The teachers and the places in Hogwarts. It was raining so my robes got wet. When we walked in we were greeted by a teacher, I assumed. She was also wet but she looked mad. “That’s Professor McGonagall” Willow said. I nodded. “Students it is great to see you back for a new year at Hogwarts” she said. “Please go to your usual seats” she said. Everyone began to a room. Willow and I stayed behind. “Professor McGonagall” Willow said. “Miss Black” she said. “And you are?” she asked me. “I’m Victoria Kenn” I said. “She’s joining my year Professor” Willow said. “Yes, I remember Dumbledore mentioning it” McGonagall said. “Minerva?” someone said. I knew that voice. It was Dumbledore. “Albus, Miss Kenn is here” she said. “Ah so she is. Come with me you two” Dumbledore said. We followed him up to a statue of a griffin. “Sherbet lemon” Dumbledore said. The statue began to move. I watched as it ascended up. We stepped onto a stair and it led us up the tower. We came into an office. I suspected it was Dumbledore’s. He swiftly went to his desk area and got something. He turned back to us and I saw he had hat of some sort. He made up a chair and motioned for me to sit on it. I sat down and he placed the hat on my head. “Hmmm it is that time of year again?” someone said. I was startled at first. “Hmmm well this isn’t my usual view” the person said. “She’s joining the third years” Dumbledore said. “Well then she must have a very bright mind!” the person said. I found it was the hat speaking. “Hmmmmm. Difficult, very difficult this one is” he said. “A good mind, yes. Wants to be proven to be worthy of being a witch. Ambitious and loyal, I see. Daring and has hidden nerve. But which house shall I place you in?” he asked. I looked to Willow. She was hoping I would be a Ravenclaw like her. I was hoping to be a Ravenclaw as well. I didn’t want to be in Slytherin. “You will be place in RAVENCLAW” he rang out. Willow jumped with excitement. I sighed thanking that I wasn’t in Slytherin. “Congratulations Miss Kenn. You will do very well in Ravenclaw” Dumbledore taking the hat off me. Willow came over and smiled so wide she looked like a Cheshire Cat. There was a knock at the door. “Come in” Dumbledore said. The door opened and someone came in. “Albus” the person said. “Oh I did not realize you had company” he said blandly. “I was just sorting Miss Kenn into her house before the first year’s ceremony Severus” Dumbledore said. Severus?! I looked over and searched for the man. I couldn’t see him. The room was too dark. “Now Miss Black if you will please take Miss Kenn down to the Great Hall” Dumbledore said. “Certainly Professor” Willow said. We turned and headed out of Dumbledore’s office. We closed the door behind us and began to the Great Hall. “I’m so happy you’re in Ravenclaw!” Willow said. “Me too” I said. “You are just going to love Luna!” Willow said. “She is super outgoing and creative” she continued. I looked down to my robe and saw a blue eagle on it. I smiled and looked at Willow. We walked to our table and sat down. “This Cho, Padma, and Parvati they are in our year” she said introducing us. “Hello nice to meet you all” I said with a smile. They all returned a smile. “Everyone this is Victoria” Willow said. “Hello” they said in unison. We were soon joined by a girl with light blonde hair. “Hello Willow. Oh you’re new. I’m Luna. Luna Lovegood. What is your name?” she asked kindly. “I’m Victoria Kenn. Nice to meet you Luna” I said. “Well, now we're all settled in and sorted, I'd like to make an announcement. This castle will not only be your home this year, but home to some very special guests, as well. You see, Hogwarts has been chosen...” Dumbledore began. Someone came in and was jogging mixed with skipping. “Who’s that?” I asked. “Filch” Willow said plainly. “No one really cares for him” Luna said. Dumbledore turned and whispered something. Filch answered. Dumbledore said something else. Filch turned and began to do the same thing as he left the room. “So, Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event: the Triwizard Tournament. Now, for those of you who do not know, the Triwizard Tournament brings together three schools for a series of magical contests. From each school, a single student is selected to compete. Now let me be clear: if chosen, you stand alone. And trust me when I say these contests are not for the faint hearted, but more of that later. For now, please join me in welcoming the lovely ladies of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and their Headmistress, Madame Maxime” Dumbledore said. The doors opened and women came in light blue dress with light blue hats. “Well” Willow said. “They look like cheerleaders who dress too fancy” I said. Willow chuckled. All of the girls sighed. “Gag me please” Willow said putting her head on the table. I laughed. “I agree” I said. They continued walking a bit then sighed again. Little butterflies came in front of them when they were at the front of the room. Then a very tall woman in a red robe with looked like it was made of some weird animal skin, made her way into the Great Hall. She was even taller than Hagrid was. Two girls walked in front of her. One was dressed as the others were dressed; then the other a bit younger was in a white and red costume. One twirled and the other did a sequence of back flips. “That’s Fleur Delacour” Willow said. “She’s beautiful” I said. Willow nodded. The whole room cheered and clapped. “And now, our friends from the north. Please greet the proud sons of Durmstrang and their High Master, Igor Karkaroff” Dumbledore said. Next it was boys who came in. They had staffs in front of them which they hit onto the ground. I saw sparks kinda fly from them. They switched hands and repeated the process. Then gave the staffs a twirl and few more twirls before the staffs disappeared. Then went darting to the front of the room. One did some cartwheel type thing while the other went to the sides of him. Some others did some more of them. Then two men walked in. One dressed like the others and the other in white. He kinda looked a Russian to me by his outfit. “That’s Viktor Krum” Padma said. The girls looked at this Viktor guy. I directed my attention back to the front and saw that one was fire breathing a hawk or eagle. I stared amazed at it. Then the other man joined Dumbledore and Madame Maxime. “Albus” the one said. “Igor” Dumbledore replied. I looked to Willow. “Don’t tell me you’re gaga about Krum too?” I asked. “No, he is not my type. I prefer someone who isn’t that serious and thinking he is so high mighty” she said. “Someone like Fred or George then?” I asked. She went pink. “Yes” she said. I smiled. “I think you have a crush” I said. “Well maybe. But it’s just George. Now Fred, I believe, has a crush on you” she said. “What?” I asked. I widened my eyes. She nodded. “George told me that Fred hasn’t shut up about you” she said. I went pink. She chuckled. Food appeared on the table in front of us. I saw ice cream that was at least 10 scoops high, along with other sorts of food. It looked great. “Holy shit” I said slowly. Willow looked to me. “We don’t use that here. Its Muggle terms and no one here knows them and it would cause so much confusion. Just FYI” she said. “Oh” I said slowly. She nodded. I grabbed some food from the trays and began to eat. I heard someone yell ‘you idiot!’ I looked and saw it was someone next to Hagrid.

Later (After Eating)

“Your attention, please! Quidditch is going to be canceled this year.” Dumbledore said. Every one exploded into furious chatter. “Ki will not be happy.” Willow said “Why?” I asked. “He likes to chase the Snitch.” Willow said. “I would like to say a few words.” Dumbledore said. “Eternal glory. That is what awaits the student who wins the Triwizard Tournament. But to do this, that student must survive three tasks. Three extremely dangerous tasks” Dumbledore announced. I looked over to Fred and George. “Those two are going to want to be a part of that” Willow said. I saw Fred and George looked to each other. ‘Wicked’ it looked like they said. Fred looked over to us and smiled. I returned a smile and blushed. I looked back to the front. “For this reason, the Ministry has seen fit to impose a new rule. To explain all this we have the Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Mr. Bartemius Crouch” Dumbledore said. Everyone cheered so I joined. Then the ceiling made a loud boom. Most like thunder. I saw someone come in the side door. He had one eye and the other was a glass eye that moved. And a wooden leg. It began to rain. Everyone began to screech. I myself didn’t mind the rain most of time. The one man draw his wand I suspected and quickly stopped it from raining. “That’s Mad Eye Moody” Willow said. “He is an Auror. What in the world is he doing here?” Cho asked. Everyone shrugged. This was going to take some getting used to. All of the teachers peered to Mad Eye who was walking up to the front to Dumbledore I suspected. He did. He and Dumbledore shook hands. “Ah, my dear old friend, thanks for coming” Dumbledore said as they shook hands. “Stupid ceiling” Mad Eye said. Mad Eye returned the side and pulled out a vial of some sort. He quickly took a drink and put it away. He shook and returned to his state. Mr. Crouch came up with Dumbledore a foot behind him. “After due consideration, the Ministry has concluded that, for their own safety, no student under the age of seventeen should be allowed to put forth their name for the Triwizard Tournament. This decision is final” he said. The whole room went crazy. “THAT’S RUBBISH” Fred and George yelled a few times. “That’s rubbish! You don't know what you're doing!” George yelled. Others booed. Mr. Crouch had a weary look on his face. “SILENCE!” Dumbledore rang out making the noise died down. He used his wand to reveal a stone goblet then a blue flame rose from it. “The Goblet of Fire. Anyone wishing to submit themselves for the Tournament, merely write their name upon a piece of parchment and throw it in the flame before this hour on Thursday night. Do not do so lightly; if chosen there's no turning back. As from this moment, the Triwizard Tournament has begun” Dumbledore continued. The room became quiet and we had left for our dormitories. Willow and I walked with Luna and the others. Luna was in her own little world. The small first years walked curiously through Hogwarts. I myself felt like a first year. I knew of this magical world or anything. I only know what I had read in the books Willow had loaned me. We came to a door without a keyhole and knob. Instead there was a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle. “Now our door gives us a riddle. First you use the knocker like so” she said knocking with it. “Which came first, the phoenix, or the flame?” the door asked. “A circle has no beginning” she said. The door opened. I raised my eyebrow. “She will sometimes reuse her favorite ones” Luna said. What in the world? We walked through the door and came into a big room. “Now this is the Ravenclaw common room. The boys to the left and the girls to the right. The first years are on the lower levels and other years the higher levels. Goodnight everyone” she said leaving. I looked over at Willow. We began up the girls stairs and went to what I guessed was our level. I saw my suitcase was by my bed. “Time for bed everyone” Luna said.  There wasn’t many Ravenclaws, so Cho, Padma, Parvati, Luna, Willow and I were all in a room together. I went to suitcase and got out some my pajamas. “Bathroom is that way” Luna said. I turned and went to the bathroom. I changed quickly and went back to the room. I put my clothes down and got into my bed. I yawned and fell asleep.