Headstrong

Chapter 44

A notice appeared outside the Entrance Hall, the Monday before the schools were expected to arrive.

TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT
The delegations from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving at 6 o'clock on Friday 30th of October. Lessons will end half an hour early. Students will return their bags and books to their dormitories and assemble in front of the castle to greet our guests before the Welcoming Feast.

Amanda smiled to herself. She believed the rest of the year would be fantastic.

...

On the morning of the 30th of October, Amanda could see the school had been redecorated.

Amanda grinned at the decorations and felt her heart lift a little. Everything would be okay.

That lunchtime saw Amanda and Lee practising their routine over and over again.

Amanda grinned as she saw Fawkes flying about. The two had figured out what they were going to do, although no one would know that one of the Phoenixes would be her.

In the last lesson of the day, Amanda was with Fred and George in Flitwick's class.

Someone knocked on the door and Flitwick invited them in. The entire class gasped as they saw their Headmaster walk into the classroom.

"What can I do for you, Headmaster?" Flitwick asked politely.

Albus smiled with a twinkle in his eye. "I'd like to pardon Miss Potter from the rest of class, so that she may prepare for greeting the French and Bulgarian students."

Flitwick nodded and Amanda followed Albus out of the room.

"I would like you to stand with the teachers and myself, then I can introduce you straight to the Headmasters of the other schools as the person who speaks different languages and the one to go to when it comes to the friendly Quidditch tournament. Is that alright with you?" Albus asked.

Amanda bit her lip nervously and nodded.

Albus smiled. "Right then, only twenty minutes to go."

...

As the Hogwarts students lined up in their house groups, Amanda stood nervously with the teachers.

A little time went by before Albus announced, "Aha! Unless I am very much mistaken, the delegation from Beauxbatons approaches!"

Amanda smiled as she saw the horse-drawn carriage fly through the sky and land on the ground.

The students of Beauxbatons exited the carriage and Albus started to clap, encouraging the Hogwarts students to do the same. Amanda beamed brightly as Albus lead her forward to greet Madame Maxime.

Albus greeted her first, then stepped back to allow Amanda to step forward.

She bumped cheeks with Madame Maxime, then she introduced herself.

"Hello, Madame. My name is Amanda Potter. I am a Hogwarts student in sixth-year and any students who do not know English will share classes with me if they would like for me to translate, or I can even teach them English. I will be able to translate other things, and I am the Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Our team won the friendly tournament, so if your school would like, we would love to play some friendly Quidditch games on free weekends."