Elder Blood Witcher 343 The School's Have Arrived!

It's the 30th of October and the two foreign schools should be arriving today if the information plastered all throughout the Great Hall is correct. Everything in the castle had been completely and utterly cleaned, armours were gleaming and Peeve's had been tied up and subdued by the rest of the ghosts at the behest of Dumbledore. It seemed as if the house elves were working overtime with increased overtime, Reima once tried to call on Hinky, the had appeared but in an incredibly dishevelled and exhausted manner. Despite them only wearing pillow cases he could see the wear and tear on it.

Reima "You alright Hinky?"

Hinky "Me is fine master! Just-Just many things to do..."

He nods, "I'll leave you to them then, please try not to overwork yourselves, while you are currently Hogwarts elves you should remember who you all serve."

Hinky nods rapidly, "Hinks knows, we all know master!" then pops away.

After lessons everyone entered the Great Hall which was decorated with many silk banners depicting the separate houses. Professor Mcgonagall was walking to each table telling students that their clothing wasn't good good enough or that their manners could do with touching up, truth be told it was getting on everyone's nerves. It wasn't long after that she got the halls attention and directed them follow her outside. A brisk walk later and the whole school found itself waiting in the cool Scottish air looking around for something. Everyone knew that the schools would arrive near to this time somehow and a few were making guesses on how they'd do it. Reima could hear Harry, Ron and Hermione bickering over whether or not they'd be using broomsticks or something else.

Ciri "How will they get here?" she asks, a.s.suming he'd already know.

Reima shrugs, "I'm receive visions but none so innocuous and bland that it'd show how a school would arrive..." she gives him a glare for a few seconds straight with quickly whittles down his defences.

Reima sighs, "Fine, one will arrive by flying carriage and the other will be using some sort of underwater s.h.i.+p."

Ciri "A submarine?"

Reima "No, an underwater sail boat...."

A couple minutes later a few students spot something in the sky, "It's a bird!" "It's a plane!" "No it''s sup-" that last child was stopped by supernatural forces to prevent an awful crossover from ever happening. Of course what they saw was none of these things which readily became apparent as it got closer. In the sky was a large carriage being pulled by twelve large winged horses, Hagrid walks out with brightly coloured indicators in his hands to direct the carriage into an available landing spot. This results in the thing almost taking his head off as it pa.s.ses by and touches down on the grounds of Hogwarts.

The door to the carriage opens revealing a huge woman, Dumbledore walks over to greet her and Reima chuckles as she refers to him as "Dumblydore". She then directs her students to exit the carriage, first the many french boys hop out and politely help the women down. This is particularly true for one girl with platinum blonde hair, she seems to glow even though the weather is horrid. Reima notices Ron and a few other boys next to him going gla.s.sy eyed while staring at this girl. She steps forth with a snooty att.i.tude and gracefully descends the stairs. She glances towards the gathered Hogwarts students as if they're dirt on her boot but freezes mid step when she spots Reima. They hold each others gaze until someone behind her hurries her along so the rest of them can exit the carriage.

With the group of students all wearing blue silk robes gathered Dumbledore asks whether they'd like to enter or wait for the Durmstrang's arrival. The large women shakes her head "I zink we would like to warm up."

Dumbledore nods and leads them towards the Hogwarts crowd that parts like the red sea, again the platinum haired girl making all those around her gla.s.sy eyed and drooling, only that her gaze was firmly on one person. Ciri notices this and elbows him, "What's with you and that girl?" she accuses.

Reima grins and shrugs, "What can I say? I'm an attractive guy."

Ciri mumbles, "In your dreams maybe."

It isn't long after all this that the students start to notice something roiling in the lake. Suddenly a huge s.h.i.+p bursts from the surface, providing a magnificent sight to those who can appreciate it. If Reima didn't know any better he'd suspect this is a ghost s.h.i.+p of some sort... Maybe he could "Acquire" it somehow...

The s.h.i.+p approaches the sh.o.r.e and people start disembarking, a man covered in heavy white furs walk up and shout, "Dumbledore! How are you doing my old friend?" he says and shakes the headmasters hand firmly.

Dumbledore "Very well Karkaroff, I hope the trip was pleasant?"

Karkaroff "Always when we're sailing in luxury. Come Victor! Lets get ourselves acquainted with the ancient castle." he says pulling along a broad teen-no man along with him. Reima and apparently the rest of Hogwarts already know of his ident.i.ty, Victor Krum.

Ron "Oh my G.o.d, it's Krum!" he squeals like a fan girl, causing many of his house to back away in discomfort. Krum hears his name called and glances over only to see Ciri standing in the crowd, he grins and continues to walk with his headmaster towards the school.

Ciri "Didn't he play in the Quidditch match?" she comments, remembering his eyes travelling across her entire body during the match.

Reima "Yeah, that's him." he states, not sure how to feel at this.