The Durmstrang Crown (open to all)

[Adonis Vidar Stark]

Adonis sat in his large ebony chair lined with the red silk lining causing a gorgeous look to the already well built chair. He leaned back silently as he watched the students pour into the hall to their different house tables. He nodded as some of the Professor's entered and took their places at the table around him in various order. He sighed slightly as he took notice of the Enkelt Kanin table...he has hoped most of them wouldn't return for the Spring Semester but unfortunately he was wrong. He grumpily looked away from them and scanned the hall again for a long silent moment as the stragglers entered and took their seats. The hall was loud for a moment as students and professor's alike said hello to each other from their short separation from the winter holidays. He let them chatter for a long moment together before standing up and raising his hand for silence. The room obeyed his orders soon after, looking up at him with curious eyes as he walked around the table so they he stood in front of the table so that he could address the room of students.

His lip curled slightly as he surveyed them once more...Welcome back everyone!. He said loudly in a somewhat cheerful voice as his eyes caught on a few of his favorite students, I do hope to find each and everyone of you well as we began our Spring Semester!! His eyes stopped darkly on the Enkelt Kanin table for a moment with a cold stare into a few of the student's eyes before glancing around the room again, This semester we will be like no other before it. This semester we will be taking the House Cup to a whole new level! He said cheerfully as he waved in a disgruntled looking house elf who pushed in a large table with five little wooden chests on top of it...one with a red lock, one a blue, one a purple, one a gold, and one an olive green color. He smiled before, kicking the elf out of his way as he put the table in front of him, He smirked at the elf as it shuttered and then he turned back to the students, Every fifth and sixth year student's name was placed into a box with for each house. When I open each box, only one name from each house will be revealed to show none other than the House Champions for the Durmstrang Crown. He told them as touched each box lightly but opened none, The Durmstrang Crown is a new concept...the chosen few will be facing danger and even death in the competition ahead of them. Prizes and glory are over flowing with possibilities. However, something far more appealing is in the horizon for the winner of the Durmstrang Crown...said winner will face two students from the opposing schools, Beuxbaton's and Hogwarts starting next autumn in the Triwizard Cup. He said with a grin. He could hear the excited whispering fill the hall and he put up and hand to silence it.

Shall we begin? He chuckled as he took a set of keys out of his pocket and selected a red one first....he put the key in the red lock and opened it.... a burst of red fire seemed to explode from the red box and into the air...it quickly turned into a name and floated ever glowing above the Haukstein House, Our Haukstein Champion is,.... Aydin Bennett!! He waiting patiently as the Haukstein house cheered and congratulated the young champion.

After a few moments, he put up his hands for silence and selected the blue key. He turned the key in the lock and opened the box...blue and white bubble erupted from the box into the air and spelled out the Isbjorn Champion's name above their table, Our Isbjorn Champion is, Raelyn Kissinger. He said with a smile as he waited for the house to stop cheering for their champion.

He put his hand up, again to silence the Isbjorn student's as he selected the purple one next...he turned the key in the lock and opened it...purple smoke soared out of the box and into the air above the Mork Ulv table, spelling out the Champions name, Our Mork Ulv Champion is, Sophie Snape. He said with a huge grin toward Sophie and a wink...He let the house cheer for a few moments before silencing them as well....

He then selected the gold key from the hoop and opened the box... gold and silver glittered floated into the air and formed into a name above the Sjenert Katt table, The Sjenert Katt Champion is Lindzy Vierra. He said with a nod towards the table as they began to cheer for their champion.

He silenced them after a few moment and then selected the final key with a slight frown, turning the key in the look and then watching as the box opened to a green vine of ivy that crawled from the box to the Enkelt Kanin table and then hung itself above the table in the Champion's name, Enkelt Kanin, your champion is Yuri Arshan. He said...only allowing the muggleborn's to cheer for a short moment before silencing them...

Champions...I suggest over the next week you slave over your text books on spells...you will need the best of magic to save you from what awaits you. He said with a smirk as looked at each of the Champions and then took his seat back down at the head table.

[Nikolai Arshan]

NIKOLAI YURI ARSHAN


Yuri walked into the great hall with a group of his friends, so much had happened over the winter break, he'd hooked up with the Princess for one, that was something that he wouldn't be bragging about for common courtesy. He had gotten some real lousy presents from his mother and father, although his mother had hidden some sweets in her present. He got a package from his grandma and some other things.
This was a new year for him, he missed Sheldon and Kiri but he knew that he was all on his own. He walked down the rows to his table and sat down with the other muggle borns who were talking about their holidays. He sat down silently and spied Aria with that sullen looking kid she was dating before looking away feeling a ping of jealousy in his chest. He wasn't going to get jealous he told himself. She wasn't his to get jealous over, he looked up at the head master and could see that he wasn't pleased to see so many muggle borns. He could care less what the head master thought. He knew what this meeting was about, it was naming the Durmstrang Crown competitors and he smirked. He would win this. If he was chosen that was.
He sat and listened to the head master talk and nodded here and there. When he called out the names he looked and saw his competition stand up, he knew he was going to get called. He could feel it in his gut. When Head Master Stark called his name he grinned and stood for his fellow class mates before sitting down and seeing the head master silence them. He would win this, if he didn't well he would die trying. It wasn't like he had anything to lose after all.

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Out Of Character:: He's a bit cocky today
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[Aydin Elijah Bennett]

Aydin kissed Neko goodbye with a slight frown before heading off to his own house table. Sure, they were only going to be across the room from each other, but the fact that they were in different houses meant that they had to sit at different tables at things like this, the middle of the year feast and speech things. It wasn’t like he expected there to be any sort of big announcements, and he figured it would just be the normal “welcome back” “do well in classes” type deal that the old headmaster used to say so he really wasn’t sure why he was even here. He could be spending more time with Neko, which was what he preferred to do, but he supposed eating and what not were also important.

Sitting down at the Haukstein table, he looked around, saying hello to some people around but not really caring to start up any conversations. He really just wanted this whole thing to be over and done with so he could just go back to what he had been doing before they were sent here. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the Headmaster stood and began to address the room. He listened with slight interest, playing with a fork was a tad bit more interesting at the moment however…that was until the headmaster said something about taking the House Cup to a whole new level. This caught his attention and he turned toward the front of the room just in time to see the house elf bringing in a table with 5 boxes on it, one for each house he assumed. He listened carefully as everything was explained and eagerly waited for the names to be announced. If every fifth and sixth year’s name was put into that box from his house, he really wasn’t sure what the chances were that he would get picked, but he hoped that he was the one it chose. Sure, the whole danger and death thing was probably a problem, but it also sounded like the most exciting thing he had ever heard of and there was no way he would be content just sitting and watching whatever was going to go into this Durmstrang Crown thing and not be able to be a part of it. He began tapping his foot on the floor impatiently as the headmaster continued to explain everything, but stopped entirely when he heard that the one who won this whole thing would be the Durmstrang champion in the Triwizard tournament next year. This, appealed to him in every way, shape, and form. He had heard about the Triwizard tournament but never dreamed that he would be around to see one actually take place. It was another one of his dreams to be in the tournament and if he got picked for this crown thing, he would try his absolute hardest to win it, if not just to compete next year.

He looked over at Neko at the Sjenert Katt table for a second before his attention was turned back to the headmaster who was ready to begin. Thankfully, he started with the Haukstein box because if he had gone in any other order, Aydin felt as though he might explode from the anticipation. He watched as the key was placed in the lock and as it was opened, fire burst out of the box…forming the name of…him? Aydin really couldn’t believe that he was seeing his own name above the table in fiery letters, shining for the whole school to see. He was stunned to say the least, but as the shock wore off, a smirk spread across his face and all the people at his table who were congratulating him finally registered to him and his cocky self came back to life and he stood, throwing a triumphant fist into the air, taking in all the applause before taking his seat again, the smile never leaving his face.

He half listened to the names of the other champions, basically just gauging out the rest of the competition…that was until it came to the Sjenert Katt box and Aydin became genuinely worried. As much as he was sure Neko would want to compete as well, Aydin honestly hoped his name didn’t come out of that box. If he was forced to compete against Neko, he would surely lose. He didn’t like the idea of having to compete against him, and the fact that they would be facing dangerous, death-defying tasks would make him worry the whole time and he wouldn’t be able to focus at all. He felt selfish thinking like this, and even more so when he let out a relieved sigh when he didn’t see that familiar name in the glittery letters above the Sjenert Katt table, but that was the way he felt and he couldn’t change that.

[Lindzy Vierra]

Lindzy couldn’t sleep the night before, she had tossed and turned all night. Today had been the day that they were picking the Durmstrang Crown competitors. Lindzy didn’t know why she was nervous. She made her way in The Great Hall with a few of her friends and waved over at her sister before going to sit at her own table. She hated the fact that the two were in different houses. But, the two were way two different people and had different personalities. Eliza was more the partier and bad girl and Lindzy was the more nose in her books kind of in her own shell sort of person.

She sat down and looked around at the other tables. She watched the head master stand as he silenced everyone. This was the beginning of a new semester and this year was going to be different for her. This was a chance for her to be a new person and not follow underneath her sister and be just Eliza’s twin. She listened to the head master as he spoke and spoke about the tournament and how every fifth and 6th year student had been entered into the competition. What if she was picked? Lindzy bit her lip nervously as he started calling the competitors.

She watched as he had opened each of the boxes and she clapped for the other houses until he called out the Sjenert Katt table’s name. She looked around her table when he called her name. She was a little stunned and she was excited at the same time. Lindzy had waved her hand and smiled at her fellow housemates as they had cheered for her. She knew after today she was going to be in the library for the next week or so studying her but off. She would ask her sister for some help too in training, surely she would. She smiled and glanced over at her sister and waved to her and hoping she would have her back.

Lindzy glanced over at the muggle-born table when the head master had called them. She rolled her eyes when the competitor for them had been called out. Why would the head master let them compete? She thought to herself. Her mind wondered off as her stomach started to growl, she was starving and couldn’t wait to eat. Her new diet her mother put her on was so not helping.

[Raelyn Adelaide Kissinger]

She had been wondering what was going to happen to her when the whole idea was announced. There was one goal she had in mind when she transfered here and that was to make a name for herself. Sure she was in a school that was anti anything if you werent pure and god did that get on her nerves. She hated injustice and Raelyn felt at this school she could do some good and help those who have been wronged. Becoming her house champion would give her the chance to prove herself here to cement herself in Durmstrang history. Yes the tasks could hurt or even kill her but she did not care. Her eyes looked on as the Headmaster went from box to box naming out champions and when it came time for her house Raelyn was looking at the front of the room as she twirled her hair around her right index finger.The room was very silent when the box was opened as Raelyn knew each house was sizing up the toher one to see and already plan how they would not really take on the task but take out the other person.

She silently said a little wish asking for her name to be called and when she opened her eyes she head her name announced and she could not help it as she jumped right up with some noise and hugged a few house mates and exchanged some high fives with them. A smile came across her face as yes there was a little fear but she was not going to let fear rule her she was a very detrmined young lady and once she set her mind on something well there was no stopping her from reaching that goal. After sitting back down her eyes scanned the table of the other houses and she saw the looks and heard the comments but their words would not make reaching this goal any different. Sure the other competitors were stronger or thought they were beacuse of their blood line but no this was something to be very proud of. This whole comeptition has neen the one thing that ran rampid around the school since it was announced and while this was important this was not the only goal she had in her current life here but it was in the forefront. She was going to give this competition her best.