Conclusion of the TriWizard Tournament

[Amable Didier]

The closure of the legendary Twiwizard Tournament had fallen upon them once again, and Amable Didier - much like the rest of the judges - were relieved that it had come to a successful end. The Grand Salle was decorated for the official ceremony, and the ice sculptures dazzled in their brilliance. Amable stood at the ice podium and he awaited for the schools to enter to finish up and see who had won the tournament in the end, and to see which school would be taking home the Cup. It sat on a table in front of the podium, shining with eternal glory. The doors slowly opened, and his eyes gazed up to see the students from the three schools filing in.

Amable's eyes landed on the judges first, before he commenced silence in the Grand Salle to begin. First, he spoke to his students, "Bienvenue, à la fin du tournoi! Je suis sûr que vous êtes aussi impatients d'entendre les gagnants autant que nous sommes. Que nous ayons ou non réussi à résoudre ce problème difficile, nous sommes encore honorer notre champion." Amable turned to the others, his language converting to English so that they all could understand, "Welcome, to the conclusion of the tournament! We have faced many challenges, and befriended our competition and rival schools. Alas, it is time to announce who the winners are and who will be taking home the Cup for glory and honour to their school as well as the one who earned such a prize!" Amable motioned with one hand toward the cup, and a subtle smile graced his lips. It was time to finally wrap this all up, and send the Hogwarts New Zealand students and the Durmstrang students back to their schools.

"Without further hesitation, I will announce the winners of this year's Twiwizard Tournament!" The room remained silent, as Amable paused for dramatic affect. "Third place is awarded to Hogwarts New Zealand!" The room erupted into applause, and once it fell into silence once more, Amable waited with a grim expression upon his face as he boomed, "Second place is awarded to Beauxbatons!" The room burst into another round of applause, while he noticed that the majority of his students were disappointed overall. In his view, second place was better than third. "Finally, the winner of the Twiwizard cup is Durmstrang! The Twiwizard Tournament Champion is Morrigan Craven! Congratulations Morrigan and Durmstrang!" Amable softly clapped, and he concluded, "And that is the end of the tournament! I bid you all farewell, and a safe journey home."

 

[Moko Craven]

Moko took a deep breath as the headmaster stood up on the podium and began to announce the winner. Her hands shook for the first time in her life, knots riddled her stomach and she kept exhaling as if she would implode otherwise. She glanced to her fellow Durmstrang friends before turning her head around to look for Gaston. After today, she would never see him again. It was highly unlikely that she would come back this way. She would be graduating in another few weeks and then it was straight back to New Zealand. The world was her oyster or it would be if she managed to win the tournament.

The third place was awarded to Hogwarts and she closed her eyes, knowing Aubrey had been a formidable opponent. But swiftly she glanced to the headmaster when second place was awarded to Beauxbatons which of course could only mean that she had won. A smile spread slowly across her face and she stood to the applause of those about her. Accepting the cup graciously she turned beaming brightly towards the students and held the cup up. There was no need for a speech or anything else like that, what it was time for though was the return journey back to Durmstrang.

The trophy was heavy but she soon flicked hovering charm on it to ease the load, and brought it to her own headmistress with a smile. Her life would never be the same again, she just hoped that this was not all there was to her life now. Glancing about the hall once more to see Gaston, she desperately wanted to speak with him before they left. Smiling through the pats on her back and the many congratulations, Moko continued to gaze about her.