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Despite the strange things that were going bump in the night (quite literally) Gabi was determined to make classes as normal as possible. Students needed constant in their lives, and she was going to provide that for them. Teaching was distracting for her as well, so she was able to take her mind off of those golems for just a few hours each day.
On a table in front of Gabi's desk stood a rather large stone goblet. It was about a foot tall, with blue flames flickering in and out of the cup. It was a much smaller replica of its famous cousin, and those who were familiar with it would probably be able to guess the topic of the lesson immediately.
"Come on in everyone, and have a seat. We'll get started soon!" Gabi called out as the door opened and she waited for students to trickle in.
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Fiona was looking forward to learning about The Triwizard Tournament. She listened to the answers from her fellow students prior to raising her own hand to provide an answer. "In the Triwizard Tournament of 1792, a cockatrice that the champions needed to capture went rampant. This lead to the tournament being cancelled for about two hundred years."
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When adults said ‘we’ll see’ they usually meant no, but Professor Recard made it seem like her answer was actually a YES, which was very exciting. It was enough to keep Kiz quiet and attentive for the first question. The only issue was that every time she raised her hand to answer, someone else said what she was going to say. So her hand went up and down and up and down at least THREE different times before she gave up entirely.
She pouted a little, scooting back in her seat (sitting normally for once in her life). But WAIT. She had a question, so she raised her hand (again). It was Claudine's answer that sparked her curiosity this time. "How does the goblet know who to choose? What spells did they use to make it?" And was the fire REAL or was it just for show? And also, did you get to keep the goblet if you wont the tournament? That'd be even cooler than the medals they gave out at gymnastics.
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Naya looked up when the professor began to start class. And.......it was just what she thought. They were going to be talking about the Triwizard Tournament. Naya knew some things about the Tournament, but she was excited to learn more. Not being from a wizarding family, her information had come from books, friends and school.
When the first question was posed, Naya raised her hand. “In the Triwizard Tournament one student from each school is selected to participate. Once they are chosen, they are duty bound to participate. There is no backing out.” She did know that the one exception to that rule was the Harry Potter incident. That happened because of.......circumstances.
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Imagine actually participating in the triwizard tournament, though!? You had to be all KINDS of clever to do well, she imagined. Plus you had to be brave. She liked imagining she could do well in that kind of setting, but there was no denying there were others far braver and more clever than her.
”Professor, in the tournament there were different challenges that participants had to complete in order to move on to the next round. They could be pretty dangerous and really, the kids competing had to be ready for anything!”
"That is quite right, Miss Summers. The point of the challenges are to show your strengths as a witch or wizard - so they had to be ready for anything," Gabi nodded in agreement at her answer.
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Ashley shook her head. "No," she whispered. "It's just that this lesson is on the triwizard tournament, and people died in it before. I suppose everyone is wondering if we will die today or something. I think that would be a first for History of Magic class though." Now, to pay attention. This was one of the few HoM topics she knew about. "I think like three kids from different magic schools compete to win glory and money. Or something like that. It sounds ridiculously dangerous. Haven't people died in it? You would think they would stop after those." In all honesty, Ashley thought that the whole concept of schoolkids doing dangerous stuff on purpose was crazy. She had had enough danger so far in her life. She wouldn't be caught dead in a tournament like that. Get it? She also wouldn't be in the tournament at all.
"Yes, there was a monetary prize involved as well as the bragging rights associated with winning," Gabi said in response to her answer. "And you're correct, the early days of the tournament were quite dangerous."
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Yes, Bernie saw the flames sticking out of the cup. But that didn't mean she couldn't drink from it! Couldn't it be magical fire?!
Hum hum hum, now she had to think up something she'd read about the Triwizard Tournament ages ago. Bernie tapped on her chin as she thought, then raised her hand to build off Ashley's answer. "And the different schools take turns hosting the tourney," she guessed. "Hogwarts has done it lots of times." Again, this was half-recalled and half-guessed knowledge.
Bernie did not recall what this had to do with the flaming cup though.
"Yes, in the days when it was held every 5 years, they would rotate hosting the tournament amongst the three schools. The last two have been held at Hogwarts, however," Gabi replied to Bernie's answer.
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Settling in beside Phoebe for the lesson, Josh was giving the classroom a look around while Professor Recard got herself situated. The History of Magic Professor ought to be proud of him. Outside of the dragon mauling at the start of term, he hadn't been back to see her! Already an improvement from last term! Also, was it just him or did Heath and Claudine seem to just...be joined at the hip literally every lesson?
Anyway, his attention went back forward when discussion began. History of Magic was far from Josh's best subject but this particular topic was even harder for him to get into. "It's something for European schools. Exclusive like that," he offered up after raising his hand. Seemed that way anyway. No other wizarding school from another continent participated. "OH! And the current Senior Undersecretary was a participant in it. He won."
THAT he had heard from pops over a dinner table discussion at one point or another.
"Has a pretty sick looking trophy too," he added as an afterthought while pointing ahead at the stone goblet with blue flames.
Gabi chuckled a little, "Yes, the current Undersecretary IS the reigning champion, not only for Hogwarts but for Hufflepuff as well," she said. "And you're correct, it is only between the three European schools. However, we have had other types of friendly tournaments between other schools including Ilvermorny," she pointed out. None QUITE to the same scale as the Triwizard Tournament, but they'd been fun nonetheless.
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"It was dangerous," Violet added. "A lot of people died competing in it, until they discontinued it at some point in...the 18th century, I think. They revived it in the 1990s with an age restriction--you had to be at least 17 years old to complete--but a boy died that year, too, and I don't think it's ever been held since." Violet thought to herself that no amount of money or glory was worth kids dying over it.
"You're correct that the age restriction didn't come around until 1994," Gabi smiled at the Slytherin. "But it HAS been held once more since then, around 30 some odd years ago," she said. She wasn't surprised that some students didn't know this - it hadn't had the body count the original ones did, so it was easy to forget it had happened although they should all be grateful that they finally got the whole safety thing under control!
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By now, Claudine had expected Heath to sit with her during their lesson. She thought that if he didn’t at any time, she might become offended. Not that she’d tell him that. “Hi, you,’’ she replied. Oh, and there was one of her dormmates. “Hi, Fiona.’’ The other girl got a smile because, you know… Claudine liked her and all.
Her gaze flicked back to the goblet at the front of the classroom then to Reccard. Were they starting soon? Yes, it certainly seemed so. The Triwizard Tournament! It was quite an exciting topic and today’s lesson was seemingly no different. “It’s the Goblet of Fire that selects the participants from each School. Apparently it can tell who are most worthy to compete.’’ This fact had always phased Claudine. How can a Goblet tell from simply a name on a slip of parchment of who was worthy?
"Exactly right, Miss Blaze. The Goblet of Fire is the tool used to determine who is worthy of competing," she explained. How did it do that? A bunch of charms, of course!
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Ivy nodded her understanding to Ashley, but before she could ask anything else, Professor Recard had started speaking. Ivy shifted in her seat to make sure she was paying full attention. Truthfully, she didn’t really know anything about this Triwizard Tournament, but she glanced around as some of the other kids answered. Clearly it was TERRIBLE and she couldn’t for the life of her understand WHY they’d ever do something like that at a SCHOOL.
But, then again, the Headmaster had tried to feed her friends to monsters in the Forbidden Forest even though no one believed her that that was what had happened.
Hogwarts was weird...
Deciding she wanted some answers for a change, Ivy raised her hand. ”Professor? I don’t have an answer, but I was just wondering... why would they do something so dangerous at a school? It seems like people do a lot of dangerous things with the students, and it’s just... well, I kind of would rather not die...”
Maybe she should go back to Muggle school?
Gabi shrugged a little. "Your guess is as good as any. Many people believe that the tournament was held despite the high death toll because the reputation of the school was deemed more important. The bragged rights each school got when they won were apparently worth the sacrifice," she explained with a frown. "We also have to remember that life expectancy has changed dramatically since the middle ages - there was inherent danger in MANY aspects of daily life, especially when magic was involved, so many people did not view it as high of a risk as we do now," she told her. That was what journal entries of the time period seemed to indicate, at least.
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The Triwizard Tournament! Now that was a piece of wizarding history that thoroughly perplexed Avalon. Why any school would host such a dangerous event, she never understood. From what she had read about it, several innocent students died. Was it really worth it, just to get bragging rights, a fancy trophy, and some money? They should have just kept it discontinued after the first time. Bringing it back in the 20th century only ended in another sad death. "The last Triwizard Tournament was marked by the return of Voldemort, and like Violet said, a student died because of it," Avalon said after raising her hand, adding on to her classmate's answer. From what Avalon knew about wizarding history, Voldemort would have come back regardless of if the Triwizard Tournament was held, but he used the event as a vehicle for his return. That was reason enough to not hold it anymore.
Gabi nodded but held up a finger in regards to her response. "Correct on most accounts - as I said before, the 1994 tournament was actually not the last time it was held, but you're correct that Voldemort manipulated the tournament so he could kidnap Harry and use him to bring back his mortal body," she explained. He had also planned to kill Harry but naturally, it hadn't QUITE worked out that way.
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Valencia raised her hand excitedly. "It's a competition between schools." she said echoing what a few others had said. "It's meant to encourage friendship and unity between schools as well as friendly challenge showing off the best and brightest of each school in a series of skill challenges."
She was jealous she'd never seen one honestly.
"I think it's a wonderful opportunity to show off your school's strengths."
She smiled at Valencia and nodded. "Correct! The competition not only allows the best of the best to showcase their schools strengths, but they spend the entire year together at the school, allowing time for friendships to be formed," she explained.
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Yay, she was right. Phoebe gave herself a silent round of applause, with flourishes, as the professor began her lesson. Fine, lovely, let's learn about the extremely dangerous and interesting Triwizard Tournament. The unfair and murderous tournament that Phoebe would totally try to compete in if given half a chance.
She raised her hand. "I think that while it was going on, they held it every five years? Which is really unfair, right? Because you have to be 17 to compete, but you're only 17 for one year at Hogwarts, so you almost never have any chance to compete. Unfair."
"Not quite," Gabi corrected Phoebe's answer, although she was sort of correct. "The 17 year old age limit was only imposed starting in the 1994 tournament. Prior to that, any age could enter, but obviously they often chose someone who was on the older side and therefore more experienced," she explained. The 17 year old rule was, in Gabi's opinion, an absolute necessity in this day and age.
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Fiona was looking forward to learning about The Triwizard Tournament. She listened to the answers from her fellow students prior to raising her own hand to provide an answer. "In the Triwizard Tournament of 1792, a cockatrice that the champions needed to capture went rampant. This lead to the tournament being cancelled for about two hundred years."
"Very good point!" Gabi nodded. "That incident in particular was the catalyst for cancelling the event, as it showed they clearly were not taking safety precautions very seriously," she pointed out.
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When adults said ‘we’ll see’ they usually meant no, but Professor Recard made it seem like her answer was actually a YES, which was very exciting. It was enough to keep Kiz quiet and attentive for the first question. The only issue was that every time she raised her hand to answer, someone else said what she was going to say. So her hand went up and down and up and down at least THREE different times before she gave up entirely.
She pouted a little, scooting back in her seat (sitting normally for once in her life). But WAIT. She had a question, so she raised her hand (again). It was Claudine's answer that sparked her curiosity this time. "How does the goblet know who to choose? What spells did they use to make it?" And was the fire REAL or was it just for show? And also, did you get to keep the goblet if you wont the tournament? That'd be even cooler than the medals they gave out at gymnastics.
"Very good question, Miss James," Gabi smiled at the first year as she waved her wand, revealing a drawing of the goblet on the chalkboard with some notes she was about to go over. "Quite simply, it is charmed much like the Sorting Hat and can decipher the character of a person simply via their entry. However, as was evidenced in the 1994 tournament, it is very capable of being manipulated and has been under strict lock and key since to prevent anyone from tampering with it," she added. Especially since the Goblet was a binding agreement - if you were picked, you HAD to go through with it. Maybe they should take that charm off just to be safe...
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Naya looked up when the professor began to start class. And.......it was just what she thought. They were going to be talking about the Triwizard Tournament. Naya knew some things about the Tournament, but she was excited to learn more. Not being from a wizarding family, her information had come from books, friends and school.
When the first question was posed, Naya raised her hand. “In the Triwizard Tournament one student from each school is selected to participate. Once they are chosen, they are duty bound to participate. There is no backing out.” She did know that the one exception to that rule was the Harry Potter incident. That happened because of.......circumstances.
"Very right. So you better be certain you're up for the task before putting your name down!" Gabi nodded with a grin at Naya's answer.
"Many of you brought up the basic details of the Tournament. There are three participating schools - Durmstrang, Beauxbatons, and of course Hogwarts. Each school took turns hosting the tournament. Prior to 1994, the record of wins was Hogwarts 63 - Beauxbatons 62," she explained. And then poor Durmstrang with the big ol' ZERO. "However, in 1792 the Tournament was disbanded indefinitely due to the dangers it presented to the students, and it was determined that it simply was no longer worth it to continue," she added. Insert pause here for note taking. They better be diligent, she had a lot to cover today!
"It was brought back in 1994, and the Goblet actually selected TWO champions from Hogwarts to compete. Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory were both nominated as champions. As we now know, Harry Potter's entry was rigged by Barty Crouch Jr, who was posing as Alastor Moody at the time. The Goblet was tampered with, picking a second champion who had not only not put his own name in, but was far too young considering the 17 year old age limit," she explained. As she talked, her bullet points appeared on the chalkboard behind her, in case the students got a bit behind in their note taking. "Poor Harry had no choice but to compete due to the magical binding spells put in place if you were selected," she explained. What would happen if he didn't participate? History hadn't exactly written down those details but knowing how many wizards operated, probably with some very painful curse.
"As many of you mentioned, Cedric Diggory unfortunately passed away in this tournament - not necessarily due to the dangers faced in the tournament, but because the entire thing had been set up by Lord Voldemort in order to get Harry to him so he could use his blood to bring his body back," she explained. Why had Voldemort gone through all that trouble just for Harry? Because he was dramatic, duh. "The tournament was once again cancelled, but has since been reinstated at Hogwarts. There is no set time in which the tournaments occur - it's simply whenever the staff of the three schools meet and agree upon a tournament during their yearly meet ups," she told them all. A lot of them were probably unaware that the tournament had come back, because thankfully it had been far less dramatic than the predecessors. "The last one was held in the 2072-2073 school year."
"So, I'd like to ask you this question now - why did we bring the tournament BACK to Hogwarts, considering the fact that Cedric Diggry died in 1994? The whole point of cancelling them in the first place was due to student safety - yet we brought it back years later despite his death. Why do you think that is?" she asked them. There was no right answer here - she was curious to see what they thought.
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Ashley thought the entire concept of this tournament was dumb, but she didn't say so. "I guess you made it safer. Or, you wanted to remember something. Or, they just thought it was cool and went 'sure why not we'll do better this time'." But she was not one to put her trust in Hogwarts' making anything safe. "I assume they made it less dangerous, but how did they make sure it was okay? Hogwarts has a rather loose definition of safety in my experience." Which was part of the reason why she was not enthusiastic about the idea of this tournament.
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Claudine perked up when Kinsay asked what she always wanted to know. Oh. So that’s how it worked. But that was it? It was sort of anti climatic. Claudine hadn’t been sure what to expect but she now at least had a better understanding of how the Goblet worked. She continued making notes until Reccard moved them along.
The Snakette nodded at intervals as the Healer gave them a more detailed overview of the Tournament, recalling what she had heard from family members. The whole topic made her wonder if there was a Tournament in store for Hogwarts in the near future. How exciting that would be! But she supposed that right now Trent was too caught up in being the Worst Headmaster Ever to even focus on running the School properly much less helping to organise such a spectacular event.
Claudine raised her hand. “Perhaps the Schools’ teaching curriculum had been restructured for the better and the Heads’ thought that the champions, would then have been more prepared to handle dangerous tasks.’’
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Oh wow, so there was a LIVING Triwizard Tournament champion?! And he was a Hufflepuff, like Cedric Diggory?! Bernie's mouth dropped open just a little bit at this fact. She hadn't even known when the last tournament was--- she woulda guessed like 600 years ago, probably. That was heckin' cool though.
As to why they brought it back? "Maybe Beauxbatons really wanted to even out that record, you know, since Hogwarts has the most wins?" she volunteered an answer. "They strike me as being sore losers. Headmistress Dasani is NOT a nice lady, as I recall, and I bet she thinks she could beat us in a tournament, so that's why we had one in the 2070s."
Bernie didn't know if she had been in charge back when the Senior Undersecretary won or not, but she had a feeling the Dasani lady or whatever her name was would LOVE to face off against Hogwarts again. Only maybe next time Durmstrang could host it for a change, give themselves the home field advantage???? Poor things needed an ad.
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That didn't really make her feel better. Like, just because they only started preventing people her age from participating 100 years ago didn't mean that it hadn't been terribly unfair for the last 100 years. Harry Potter was only 15 when he competed, and he WON. Sort of. Someone died, but it wasn't his fault.
"Because we hate the French, and they hate Durmstrang, and Durmstrang wants to be us. The only way you can get everyone to stop being so silly and competitive is to bring them together for some good fun and games. And life threatening danger."
Ivy nodded at Professor Recard’s explanation. She sincerely appreciated the Professor answering her question without making her feel stupid. It made sense, she supposed. As the Professor asked the next question, Ivy considered it carefully. ”Well you said the one before the last one, the kid that died - it wasn’t because of the tournament. It was because of Voldemort. So... no evil guy, then it’s safe... ish?”
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Serena had been quietly jotting down notes for the entire duration of the class, nodding once in a while to herself when she personally agreed with other students' answers. She didn't actually know much about the last Triwizard Tournament, nor the one prior to that - being educated in America and all for the first three years of her educated life. But, at the next question, the Slytherin perked up slightly and raised her hand to answer "Maybe they thought it was important to give the Triwizard Tournament a chance, especially after such a tragic end to the last one. Like how when you're scared of something, you have to face it for you to move on?" It was a nice sentimental thought - and it was probably wrong. Knowing how grown-ups operated, it probably had something to do with a lot of politics.
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This moment would go down as the first time in history when a professor actually (DIRECTLY) answered one of Kinsay's questions. She'd be riding this high forever, probably. Professor Recard even (ALMOST) made up for the fact that she yelled at Emm that one time. Either way, it was working in their professor's favor.
"Thanks," Kinsay replied quietly and wore a huge grin. It was a good feeling, not being shrugged off. It made her want to participate more... Even when she didn't know the answer... Like... Now.
She raised her hand confidently anyway, hoping that she'd come up with something by the time her name was called. Unfortunately, her turn came far earlier than she had hoped it would. "Um. What Phoebe said," she smiled sheepishly, looking down at her lap.
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Heath had just enough time to return Fiona’s smile and wave before the lesson began. He looked to the front, listening intently as Professor Recard spoke. It came as absolutely no surprise when she mentioned the Triwizard Tournament! He knew about the basic structure of the tournament, the schools involved, the death toll, and Harry Potter’s participation in the 1994 tournament. But all of those things had been said. What else could he add?
He listened to the others’ answers, hoping something would jog his memory, but all he could think was how concerned he was by some of his classmates’ enthusiasm for the Triwizard Tournament. He thought Ashley and Ivy had the right idea. No amount of glory or money was worth dying! The Triwizard Tournament was much too dangerous to be allowed… especially under the current headmaster. He couldn’t help but imagine how a Triwizard Tournament under Headmaster Trent might go… challenges designed to kill as many champions as possible, an equally deadly punishment for the Hogwarts champion should they lose, possibly a reversal of the age restrictions to allow (if not require) students under 17 to enter. He shuddered. Nope, he wanted no part of that!
Somehow his chaotic train of thought reminded him of a bit of information that hadn’t been said, and his hand went up. “To enforce the age restrictions for the 1994 tournament, Albus Dumbledore put an age line around the Goblet of Fire,” he said. “It caused any underage student who crossed it to grow a beard.”
Heath was furiously jotting down notes as Professor Recard moved on. Oh, so there was a Triwizard Tournament in 2072? That was a year or two after his mum graduated, and the rest of his family was long gone from Hogwarts at that point. No wonder he didn’t know that! That detail was interesting, but not quite as interesting as the spells used to make the Goblet of Fire work. He would have to look up more information about that in the library later… if he remembered. He was so distracted by his notes that he almost didn’t hear the next question.
Thankfully, this one wasn’t as difficult to answer as the first had been! There was only one reason he could think of for the Triwizard Tournament to have been brought back after so many student deaths, especially Cedric Diggory’s. The only problem with his answer was it didn’t exactly portray the leadership of Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang in the most flattering light. Would he get into trouble for saying that? Maybe he should err on the side of caution and keep quiet, just in case.
After several moments of hesitation, Heath cautiously raised his hand. “I think it was brought back because the heads of the three schools - and probably the students too, if their participation is any indication - felt the benefits of honor and glory outweighed the risks of student death.”Why anyone would think such a thing was beyond him, but it was the only thing that made sense.
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Ashley thought the entire concept of this tournament was dumb, but she didn't say so. "I guess you made it safer. Or, you wanted to remember something. Or, they just thought it was cool and went 'sure why not we'll do better this time'." But she was not one to put her trust in Hogwarts' making anything safe. "I assume they made it less dangerous, but how did they make sure it was okay? Hogwarts has a rather loose definition of safety in my experience." Which was part of the reason why she was not enthusiastic about the idea of this tournament.
Seeing as how this term was Ashley's first experience with Hogwarts, Gabi wasn't all that surprised that she had some issues with security and safety. Gabi was feeling the pressure too - she was working overtime in her Healer position! "As for how it was made safer, the tournament events were structured so that they were difficult, but not life threatening as they had been in the past. So, no more dragons," she said with a smirk. But they DID have a cocktrice make an appearance at the end, thankfully in a much more controlled environment.
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Claudine perked up when Kinsay asked what she always wanted to know. Oh. So that’s how it worked. But that was it? It was sort of anti climatic. Claudine hadn’t been sure what to expect but she now at least had a better understanding of how the Goblet worked. She continued making notes until Reccard moved them along.
The Snakette nodded at intervals as the Healer gave them a more detailed overview of the Tournament, recalling what she had heard from family members. The whole topic made her wonder if there was a Tournament in store for Hogwarts in the near future. How exciting that would be! But she supposed that right now Trent was too caught up in being the Worst Headmaster Ever to even focus on running the School properly much less helping to organise such a spectacular event.
Claudine raised her hand. “Perhaps the Schools’ teaching curriculum had been restructured for the better and the Heads’ thought that the champions, would then have been more prepared to handle dangerous tasks.’’
"Interesting theory," Gabi nodded at her Slytherin student. "The challenges certainly tested them in just about every aspect of magical schooling we have available. Runes, Creatures, Potions - it all made an appearance!"
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Oh wow, so there was a LIVING Triwizard Tournament champion?! And he was a Hufflepuff, like Cedric Diggory?! Bernie's mouth dropped open just a little bit at this fact. She hadn't even known when the last tournament was--- she woulda guessed like 600 years ago, probably. That was heckin' cool though.
As to why they brought it back? "Maybe Beauxbatons really wanted to even out that record, you know, since Hogwarts has the most wins?" she volunteered an answer. "They strike me as being sore losers. Headmistress Dasani is NOT a nice lady, as I recall, and I bet she thinks she could beat us in a tournament, so that's why we had one in the 2070s."
Bernie didn't know if she had been in charge back when the Senior Undersecretary won or not, but she had a feeling the Dasani lady or whatever her name was would LOVE to face off against Hogwarts again. Only maybe next time Durmstrang could host it for a change, give themselves the home field advantage???? Poor things needed an ad.
Gabi found herself chuckling at Bernie's answer. "Not quite. She was not the Headmistress at the time," she reminded her gently. Honestly, she would put more money on Durmstrang being eager to win their first tournament than Beauxbatons wanting to just settle the score.
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That didn't really make her feel better. Like, just because they only started preventing people her age from participating 100 years ago didn't mean that it hadn't been terribly unfair for the last 100 years. Harry Potter was only 15 when he competed, and he WON. Sort of. Someone died, but it wasn't his fault.
"Because we hate the French, and they hate Durmstrang, and Durmstrang wants to be us. The only way you can get everyone to stop being so silly and competitive is to bring them together for some good fun and games. And life threatening danger."
Gabi wrinkled her eyebrows, not QUITE following Phoebe's train of thought. "Not necessarily...remember, the purpose of the competition is to foster growth and friendship between the schools!" she reminded her. Not because one school hated the other one more.
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Ivy nodded at Professor Recard’s explanation. She sincerely appreciated the Professor answering her question without making her feel stupid. It made sense, she supposed. As the Professor asked the next question, Ivy considered it carefully. ”Well you said the one before the last one, the kid that died - it wasn’t because of the tournament. It was because of Voldemort. So... no evil guy, then it’s safe... ish?”
"Very good point," Gabi nodded at Ivy, smiling at her answer. "Without Voldemort around interfering, the tournament was not only much safer, but also fairer," she added. His manipulation hadn't just occurred at the end - he'd had Crouch feeding Harry hints and tips along the way the whole time to assure he made it to the end.
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Serena had been quietly jotting down notes for the entire duration of the class, nodding once in a while to herself when she personally agreed with other students' answers. She didn't actually know much about the last Triwizard Tournament, nor the one prior to that - being educated in America and all for the first three years of her educated life. But, at the next question, the Slytherin perked up slightly and raised her hand to answer "Maybe they thought it was important to give the Triwizard Tournament a chance, especially after such a tragic end to the last one. Like how when you're scared of something, you have to face it for you to move on?" It was a nice sentimental thought - and it was probably wrong. Knowing how grown-ups operated, it probably had something to do with a lot of politics.
But, it was worth a shot, right?
"Very interesting theory!" Gabi grinned at her answer and nodded. "That could certainly have been part of it. The drive and desire to do it again, the RIGHT away, could have definitely been motivation."
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This moment would go down as the first time in history when a professor actually (DIRECTLY) answered one of Kinsay's questions. She'd be riding this high forever, probably. Professor Recard even (ALMOST) made up for the fact that she yelled at Emm that one time. Either way, it was working in their professor's favor.
"Thanks," Kinsay replied quietly and wore a huge grin. It was a good feeling, not being shrugged off. It made her want to participate more... Even when she didn't know the answer... Like... Now.
She raised her hand confidently anyway, hoping that she'd come up with something by the time her name was called. Unfortunately, her turn came far earlier than she had hoped it would. "Um. What Phoebe said," she smiled sheepishly, looking down at her lap.
Gabi chuckled a little to herself and just smiled at Kinsay in response - at least she had sort of tried to answer?
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Heath had just enough time to return Fiona’s smile and wave before the lesson began. He looked to the front, listening intently as Professor Recard spoke. It came as absolutely no surprise when she mentioned the Triwizard Tournament! He knew about the basic structure of the tournament, the schools involved, the death toll, and Harry Potter’s participation in the 1994 tournament. But all of those things had been said. What else could he add?
He listened to the others’ answers, hoping something would jog his memory, but all he could think was how concerned he was by some of his classmates’ enthusiasm for the Triwizard Tournament. He thought Ashley and Ivy had the right idea. No amount of glory or money was worth dying! The Triwizard Tournament was much too dangerous to be allowed… especially under the current headmaster. He couldn’t help but imagine how a Triwizard Tournament under Headmaster Trent might go… challenges designed to kill as many champions as possible, an equally deadly punishment for the Hogwarts champion should they lose, possibly a reversal of the age restrictions to allow (if not require) students under 17 to enter. He shuddered. Nope, he wanted no part of that!
Somehow his chaotic train of thought reminded him of a bit of information that hadn’t been said, and his hand went up. “To enforce the age restrictions for the 1994 tournament, Albus Dumbledore put an age line around the Goblet of Fire,” he said. “It caused any underage student who crossed it to grow a beard.”
Heath was furiously jotting down notes as Professor Recard moved on. Oh, so there was a Triwizard Tournament in 2072? That was a year or two after his mum graduated, and the rest of his family was long gone from Hogwarts at that point. No wonder he didn’t know that! That detail was interesting, but not quite as interesting as the spells used to make the Goblet of Fire work. He would have to look up more information about that in the library later… if he remembered. He was so distracted by his notes that he almost didn’t hear the next question.
Thankfully, this one wasn’t as difficult to answer as the first had been! There was only one reason he could think of for the Triwizard Tournament to have been brought back after so many student deaths, especially Cedric Diggory’s. The only problem with his answer was it didn’t exactly portray the leadership of Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang in the most flattering light. Would he get into trouble for saying that? Maybe he should err on the side of caution and keep quiet, just in case.
After several moments of hesitation, Heath cautiously raised his hand. “I think it was brought back because the heads of the three schools - and probably the students too, if their participation is any indication - felt the benefits of honor and glory outweighed the risks of student death.”Why anyone would think such a thing was beyond him, but it was the only thing that made sense.
"Good theory Mister Jones," Gabi responded to his answer with a small nod. "With the safety measures put in to place to prevent death, it's very likely the heads of the school were more tempted to go along with the tournament and possibly earn some respect for their schools following the disastrous 1994 tournament."
"Very good everyone," Gabi smiled at them as she waved her wand to write down a general list of everything the students had mentioned. "As many of you pointed out, Cedric Diggory was not killed due to the tournament itself. Rather, he was sadly murdered at the hands of Lord Voldemort. Therefore, it was more a security issue than anything else," she pointed out. The whole event had certainly pointed out flaws in their current system.
"As many of you mentioned, many changes were made to assure the safety of the champions. For one, the age limit remained in place," she began, waving her wand so a list started to form on the chalkboard behind her. "Two, they eliminated some of the more dangerous parts of the tournament, such as dragons, and relied more on riddles and problem solving checkpoints. It still tested the students in a way that showed their abilities, but without life threatening obstacles," she explained. True, it was still DANGEROUS, but not anything that couldn't be handled by the students and staff members were always on watch in case things got out of hand. "Finally, the staff were extremely diligent during the tasks, triple checking each aspect of the challenge prior to the competition to assure no tampering had been done. Additionally, security checks on the Goblet of Fire were continuously run to assure no one who hadn't actually entered was selected," she concluded.
"One thing that should be noted about the new format as well is that multiple students were selected from each school," she pointed out. "There were four Hogwarts champions - one from each house. There were also four representatives from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, although they did not happen to fall neatly along house lines like Hogwarts did," she added. Not necessarily something they had to know for their exams, but a fun fact nonetheless!
"Now, we're going to have a little bit of fun," Gabi grinned at them as she walked back to the table she had in front of her desk, pointing at the Goblet. "If you've ever wanted to put your name in the Goblet of Fire and see if you would be selected, now is your chance! This is obviously not the true Goblet, but a replica I purchased. It works the same way, however it does NOT have the age limit imposed on anyone," she added. That wouldn't be very fun if she didn't let everyone have a turn at this!
"For this part of the lesson, when I call on you, you must decide if you want to put your name in the goblet or if you do not, and tell me WHY you made that decision. If you decide to put your name in the Goblet, come on up, write your name on a piece of parchment I have here, and drop it in the cup! Beware - if the cup senses you are not entering for the right reasons, it might reject your name!" she said with a smirk. There were only a handful of times that would happen, but she had worked on this Goblet all day and night to assure it was charmed as close as it could be to the real thing. She would be curious to see if anyone DIDN'T make the cut!
"Alright, who is up first?" she asked with a grin.
The flame on the Goblet began to burn a bit brighter as Gabi started the mini activity portion of the lesson. The flames crept up slightly higher into the air, waiting to accept their first entry.
OOC: Mini activity time! For this portion, assume your student has been called on, and state whether or not you would put your name in the Goblet of Fire. Things to take into consideration would be your characters feelings on the new security measures, their confidence in their magical abilities, their willingness to try new things, etc. etc. etc. If your character wants to enter, go ahead and RP them going up to the Goblet and dropping in their name!
As Gabi said - if the Goblet feels you're entering for the wrong reasons, it may spit your name back out! Once the mini activity is done I will be selecting some students who entered via a randomizing site and they'll get a special prize!
You'll have at least 36 hours to complete this portion, probably longer - and of course the Goblet will be responding to you throughout the day. Have fun!
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Ivy listened and jotted down notes as Professor Recard continued discussing the tournament, the changes, the history. It was really interesting, even if it all sounded sort of dangerous to Ivy. When she explained that they’d all be entering their names, Ivy became suddenly very nervous. He stomach twisted as she considered whether or not she’d entered.
When her name was called, she still hadn’t really made a decision, but she stood to give her answer anyway. ”Well, I’m a pretty fast learner for someone who didn’t grow up with this magic stuff. And I COULD be brave if I had to be, like I was brave coming here all by myself even though my mom is an ocean away. But... Well, maybe I’d enter it when I was a little older, but right now I don’t think I know enough magic or enough about magic...”
With that, she sat back down to watch what everyone else would decide.
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Ashley didn't need to think about her answer. "I'm not putting my name in. Obviously, this isn't the actual goblet of fire, but it's a matter of principle. I care about my safety more than glory, and I don't have that trust in the system even if the security is better. I'm in enough accidental danger to be comfortable with purposely doing something like this. I dunno, I just object to the concept." There. She said it. She did not trust this school's ability to protect its students. And? Truth be told... she didn't care about glory or whatever. Her life ambitions were: make friends, get married, get a job she liked, and survive, in no particular order. She didn't care about being famous, and she didn't need to worry about money. Basically, Ashley was concerned about her safety more than anything else.
Violet had been thinking that maybe one reason they brought back the Tournament was to further international magical cooperation--it would be interesting to meet students from other countries and other magical schools, she had already learned a lot from talking to that transfer student from Ilvermorny. But she didn't get her hand up in time.
Now the teacher was asking them if they would put their name in the Cup! True, it was only a demonstration cup, but Violet wasn't about to volunteer for that.
"I wouldn't. At least, not now; I don't feel I'm ready. If I were older...well, the benefits would have to outweigh the dangers before I'd do it." And Violet would have to have proved to herself that she was a lot better at magic than she felt she was now--she'd been playing catch-up all year as it was, having missed school the year before.
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Despite Claudine’s out-of-the-box thinking not being the exact answer Reccard was looking for, she was still pleased with herself for coming up with it. She then proceeded to make her notes, thinking how interesting the Tournament had progressed to adjust from one student from each School to four each.
Even more interesting was the activity Reccard had thought up. Claudine eyed the Goblet and the flame which was now burning brighter. Obviously this was not a real tournament so she supposed there was no harm entering. Had it been a real one, and she was of age, the Snakette would have passed. There were goals that she wanted to achieve before dying and unfortunately, they couldn’t be achieved if she died an untimely death.
When her Head of House called on her, Claudine indicated that she would like to enter her name. The reason? “I trust in my capabilities in terms of my spell work and mentality. Plus, I’d like to see if this Goblet decides that I’m worthy.’’ Of course, she didn’t need a Goblet or anyone to deem her worthy of anything. Claudine was quite confident about herself and didn’t need any validation.
Claudine wrote her name on the parchment Reccard had with her then dropped it into the Goblet.
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"I'm for sure putting my name in, Professor." There were lots of reasons for this, some of them having to do with wanting to make her family proud, live up to their name. There was more to it than that, though. "Sometimes the best experiences are the ones you're scared to try at first. This tournament has some scary elements, but it's also exciting and you get to show what you can do, maybe even surprise yourself. 'Course I want to try." She offered a smile and put her name in, curious to see just who would be getting selected.
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"That's... what I said," Phoebe gave the professor a little sulk when she misunderstood Phoebe's response. Did she really not see that Phoebe's answer amounted to the same thing? Friendship building ra-ra-ras. Same same.
She was a little horrified that the first few students refused to put their names into the faux!goblet, but luckily Big Head Claudine and Best Fren Cece stepped up to the challenge. Granted, those first few were ickles, and Phoebe had been embarrassed by her lack of spell ability at that age. So. She'd stop being horrified and just be resigned.
When it was her turn, Phoebe approached the goblet and carefully wrote her name on a slip of parchment. "I'm going to put my name into the goblet because I'd like a chance to be a champion. I don't know if I'm the most deserving and I don't know if I could win a whole tournament, but it would be great to be able to try, right?"
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Josh really hadn't much to add to the previous discussion and his thoughts had fallen in line with those who had mentioned Voldemort. Could hardly blame the tournament for that as a Dark wizard was likely to show up anywhere and do whatever. That wasn't a Hogwarts issue or a tournament issue, just like the storm last year wasn't a Hogwarts issue. It was, well, just a wizarding world issue. So...yeah...anyway...
Remaining quiet during the whole ordeal and sort of zoning in and out of discussion while Professor Recard lectured, Josh found himself staring at the Goblet of Fire and just...picturing what pops would say should the tournament return to Hogwarts while he was still here. Sure, being a professional quidditch player and champion seeker was all the man had ever pampered him for...but there was no doubt in his mind just how much the man would have pushed and trained him up at the mere prospect of being selected as a Triwizard Champion. Ironically, Josh was just pondering over whether or not he himself had any aspirations for entering or if he would have been begrudgedly offering his name...when it was announced that that was exactly what they would be doing. Optional, of course, but it was still there. Without the pressure and without the expectation.
So...would he?
One thing he did not like about this activity was that they had to vocalize intentions...sell themselves and in front of all of their peers. Josh the Jock could do that all day...but Josh the Jock was not...Josh. More and more these days it was becoming difficult to hide this fact. So when his name was called...he felt his stomach knot and he had a split second to decide who he was going to be today. Was he going to be Josh the Jock, the almost seventeen year old hand groomed practically from the womb to be a professional quidditch player with his life and wants outlined and dictated for him by pops? Or did he want to be Joshua Alphonse Miller, the almost 17 year old who had self taught himself three musical instruments in secret and indulged in his true passion of music and the theatre when pops wasn't looking and who was, slowly, beginning to take control of his own destiny and through with playing by the rules of someone else's game.
Too late for second-guessing...too late, well, no. It wasn't quite too late for him to stop and he ought to. He'd never hit the notes that song demanded, it just was not in his range.
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Before he really registered he had done it, he had a slip of paper and his name was written on it. This was entirely too much thinking for a simply activity. Entirely too much.
Did he REALLY have to speak aloud and tell her why? If the Goblet of Fire could supposedly sense intent...wasn't that enough?
"I don't...I don't really care about being a champion," says somewhat defeatedly, as though making a true soul wrenching confession. Which...he was...but not about this pseudo tournament. This went deeper than that. "I mean that...I don't care about the bling...or the titles...er...no offense to the Goblet here..." Trying to stay on track here. Obviously talking about being selected as a Champion here. Nothing else. Obviously. Yes. "What I have is resourcefulness and work ethic ... passion and drive. I'm good at spellwork...but I also don't believe that being good cuts it. Being good at something doesn't make you the best version of yourself, just being good isn't pushing yourself. Scrappy and reflex would probably describe any tactic I'd throw into the tournament...but more than a test of abilities...I see this as a test of mindset...and I know I've got that. I'm a fighter...and, well, I'm not putting my name in here so my name would be on a plaque or something in the Trophy Room here at Hogwarts for eternal glory or whatever is preached about the Goblet...I'm putting my name in...for myself." He had sort of zoned out while he was talking, thinking about pops. Thinking about how nice it would be to stick it to him and do something for himself and his own self validation for once that was recognized by others...knowing that pops hadn't touched it... "Uh...I rambled. Sorry. Uh. Here..." And then the Gryffindor quickly tossed his little piece of paper into the blue flames and, with a sheepish glance back at the woman, hurried back to his own seat.
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Fiona thought for a moment, deliberating on if she really wanted to put her name in the faux Goblet of Fire. "I am going to put my name in. I like to have the chance to try and prove my prowess in a mental and magical/physical sense. I set my mind to tasks and I do believe I have a decent work ethic...or is that ethos? Anyway..."
Fiona wrote down her name on one of the pieces of parchment that Professor Recard had with her and dropped in the fake goblet before returning to her seat.
Serena hmmed thoughtfully, did she want to be a Hogwarts champion? Did she want eternal fame, riches and recognition beyond her wildest dreams? Not really? And she didn't need a flaming goblet to tell her that she was worthy - or unworthy of something.
But, she did want the chance to prove herself. To provide that she was a great witch of her own merit. She wasn't all blonde hair and apple pies. Nope, she was a very capable witch, she knew that - but she wanted the world to know that too.
"I'd definitely enter" Serena finally answered decisively. Ripping off a piece of her parchment, she wrote her name down with a flourish. She then stood up, and carefully tossed her name into the goblet. Please pick me.
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This had to be some kind of trick question. Would she put her name into the goblet? OF COURSE she would. She was Emmerson Cambridge, there was basically nothing she couldn't do....except pay attention for most of History of Magic class, apparently.
Emm had blanked entirely until she heard they could actually use the one there. If the professor had mentioned that when she said they could drink from it, maybe the first year would've had a better idea of what was going on in class right now. As it stood, it didn't matter. She quickly scribbled her name on paper and headed up.
"Count me in!" Emm enthused, a bounce in her step as she approached the goblet.
"I'm already a champion so I qualify by d e f a u l t~" Name right in. "I don't really care about all that new security stuff or whatever. I'd win even if they didn't make changes. I dunno if you know this Mr. Goblet--can I call you Gobbie?--I dunno if you know this, but I'm a winner no matter what I do." Not for a second did she think the cup would reject her name. No one rejected Emmerson Nicole Justine Cambridge.
There was no doubt, no hesitation. She was ready.
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Heath listened intently, jotting down careful notes as Professor Recard talked. It was interesting to learn about the new safety measures implemented for the 2072 Triwizard Tournament! Although the emphasis on problem solving and ban of dangerous creatures eased his mind somewhat, he still didn’t think he was cut out to be a Triwizard champion. If there was one thing that he’d learned in his time at Hogwarts, it was that no safety measure was foolproof! While he may not die in a Triwizard Tournament, there was still a lot of potential for things to go wrong. He could wind up with a lost limb or eye, facial scars, or any manner of permanent damage that could cost him his acting ambitions. It wasn’t a risk he was willing to take!
As he waited for his name to be called, Heath watched his classmates go up one by one. He was certain he’d refuse to enter… until he saw Claudine put her name in. That… complicated things. If this was a real Triwizard Tournament, he would have no choice but to enter his name in hopes that he’d be chosen instead of her. Was that even possible to get the Goblet to trade a name for a name? If there were multiple champions from each school, at least there was a chance he’d be chosen alongside her… but were the champions allowed to work together? Only one way to find out! He raised his hand and said, “Professor, if there are multiple champions from each school, are they allowed to work as a team in the challenges? Say, all four of the Hogwarts champions working together…” Did that question make any sense?
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Still being a little embarrassed by her slip up earlier, Kiz sat quietly for the rest of Professor Recard's explanation. Her eyes occasionally wandered over to the best friend sat beside her and then to Phoebe when she declared that she'd be entering her name.
Um. No.
Kizzy immediately knew that she wouldn't be entering her name. It wasn't because she didn't think she was smart enough (she knew she was) or because she wasn't good at spellwork yet (she was terrible and it was the worst). But.... Emm, Cece, and Fifi would make much better champions. She'd much rather be on the sidelines cheering them on. Even the thought of being champion exhausted her a little bit. So when her turn came around, she used her quiet voice to explain. "Professor Recard? Can I put someone else's name in?"
So.......... It ended up being more of a question than it was an explanation, but the idea had JUST come to her! If she could write down Emm or Phoebe's name then they'd have a higher chance of getting picked, right? It was genius. Her best idea ever. Nevermind the fact that this wasn't for a real tournament. It still felt equally important. Pheebs and Emm were so excited to enter. They deserved to get picked.
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