The Girl Who Remembers

Chapter 26

Dahlia's POV

"It's going to be a great year" Aurora asserted as we sat down in the Great hall,

"What makes you say that?" Fred questioned,

"She can feel it" Valeria mocked earning a slap from Aurora making me laugh,

"I'd like to make an announcement" Dumbledore called out making everyone quieten down as Filch ran down the aisle before whispering something in Dumbledore's ear and running back out, I raised an eyebrow, "This castle will not only be your home this year but home to some very special guests as well. So Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event; The Triwizard Tournament. For those of you who don't 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 aren't 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 announced as the doors opened and they came in making all the boys drool,

"Holy shit" Dean whispered,

"Damn. That's one big woman" Seamus muttered mentioning the Headmistress, I rolled my eyes as they finished and the guys began cheering and whistling,

"And now our friends from the North. Please greet the proud sons of Dumstrang and their high master; Igor Karkaroff" Dumbledore said and they came in making all the girls jaw drop,

"Oh, it's Krum" Ron whispered, they finished their little performance and sat down at the end of the table before something was brought up front

"Your attention, please! I'd like to say a few words. Eternal glory. That's what awaits the student who wins. But to do this, that student must survive three tasks. Three extremely dangerous tasks. For this reason, the Ministry has seen fit to impose a new rule. To explain all this. Mr. Bartemius Crouch" Dumbledore explained before the enchantment on the roof began thundering and was stopped by someone in the corner

"Oh crap, it's Mad-eye Moody" I gasped,

"Alastor Moody? The Auror?" George asked,

"Auror?" Harry asked,

"Dark-wizard catcher. Half the cells in Azkaban are filled thanks to him" I explained.

"After due consideration the Ministry has concluded that, for their own safety no student under the age of Seventeen shall be allowed to put forward their name for the tournament. This decision is final" Crouch said,

"Rubbish!" The twins yelled making me cover my ears as most others around the hall joined in on the 'booing' and yelling

"Silence!" Dumbledore bellowed causing everyone to shut up, "The Goblet of Fire. Anyone wishing to submit themselves to the tournament need only write their name on a piece of parchment and throw it in the flame before this hour on Thursday night" Dumbledore explained before everyone began dispatching from the hall.

"Were you thinking on doing it?" Valeria asked as the eight of us made our way to the Common room,

"Me? Why do you think that I would do it?" I asked,

"It's a challenge and you like your challenges" George commented making me smirk,

"I was thinking about it, but I'm only Fourteen therefore it's a no go" I mumbled as we entered the Common room and sat down,

"Why not ask an older student to put you in?" Harry mentioned, I raised an eyebrow

"And possibly be murdered by the tasks. No thanks, I choose life" I retorted making twins laugh.

***

"And there's the picture, Weasley!" Malfoy exclaimed flipping the paper over and holding it up, waving it in Ron's face as we left the Great hall, continuing for our first lessons of the year, "A picture of your parents outside their house, if you can call it a house! Your mother could do with losing a bit of weight, couldn't she?" He continued making all of us stop,

"What did you say?" I retorted turning to face him catching a glimpse of my aluminous red hair,

"You were staying with them this summer, weren't you, Potter? So tell me, is his Mother really that porky or is it just the picture?" He commented, Harry launched himself at Malfoy landing a punch in his face, George was soon to follow and continued the beating, Fred was being held back by Angelina, Katie and Aurora, I exchanged a look with Val before we made our way over to the boys, she pulled George away and I yanked Harry off and shoved him over to Hermione and Ron, I sighed looking down on Malfoy whimpering and rolling on the floor before I grabbed him by the robes and pinned him against the wall,

"Don't you ever disrespect Molly again, got it?" I growled then made my way back to the group,

"Oh yeah? And what are you going to do about it?!" He called out, I quickly turned around and glared at him causing him to scream in pain,

"Evad-" I cut Pansy off by snapping my fingers making her wand fly out of her hand,

"Dahlia..." Harry trailed off as he pulled at my hand, I pulled myself away from him and made my way to Malfoy stopping the curse,

"Now that was only a taster...don't test me" I stated before I picked up Pansy's wand and squaring up to her, "Think next time you want to raise your wand to me, I might not be so forgiving" I warned handing her wand back and heading back to the group.

***

I walked into Defence Against the Dark Arts and noticed the last spot was next to Neville,

"You don't mind, do you?" I asked him, he shook his head and I sat down,

"Alastor Moody, Ex-Auror, Ministry Malcontent, and your new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. I'm here because Dumbledore asked me. End of story, goodbye, the end. Any questions?" He rambled making me raise an eyebrow as he stared at Harry and myself "When it comes to Dark Arts I believe in a practical approach. But first, which of you can tell me how many Unforgivable Curses they are?" He continued going over to Ron,

"Three sir" Ron answered,

"And their names?" He asked,

"Imperius Curse" Ron replied, Moody got out an insect and enlarged it before demonstrating the spell,

"Longbottom!" He yelled as he brought the insect on to our table, "Another" He demanded,

"Cruciatus Curse" Neville answered, Moody demonstrated that and seemed to be taking joy out of it bothering Neville,

"Stop it! Can't you see it's bothering him! Stop it!" I snapped as I stood up, he ignored me making me sigh before slamming a book on the table causing him to snap out of it.

"Perhaps you could tell us the last one, Miss Black?" He asked,

"The Killing Curse" I answered glaring at him,

"Only two people have been known to survive it and they're sitting in this room" Moony said as he stared at Harry and looked back at me.

***

"Dahlia!" Someone called after me, I stopped and turned to see Neville coming towards me,

"Neville" I greeted,

"Erm...thanks...for stopping Moody" He stumbled, I gave him a small smile and put my hand on his shoulder,

"Don't worry about it. I'm sorry about what happened to your parents" I replied, he looked at his feet,

"It didn't involve you" He mumbled,

"I don't care, no one deserves that" I asserted.