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Chapter 20 - Selecting the Champions

The fateful day arrived as it was Halloween or how the magical community calls it Hallowe'en. Kaiser was sitting beside Ben at the moment while Dumbledore was awaiting the judges as they bring the trophy of the Triwizard Tournament inside.

One is Barty Crouch Snr. he is one of the people that planned the Quidditch World Tournament while the other is Ludo Bagman also involved in the planning of the Quidditch World Tournament.

Then there were the three Headmasters but everyone knew that they would never be impartial that's why Bagman and Crouch were there to make it a 'Fair' Tournament.

But everyone was surprised to see a giant man sitting beside Hagrid which made him look small while a man with an arm-prosthetic was sitting beside the judges at the moment.

"You all must be wondering who our sixth judge might be," says Dumbledore hitting the nail for the students who are curious to find out when he asks, "Does anyone in this room know to whom this Tournament is dedicated to?"

Many began to think hard about it while one hand was raised into the air knowing the answer since she heard it first hand from the source, "Yes, Miss Granger?"

"It is to Loki Laufeyson, one of the Nordic Gods," says Hermione answering Dumbledore's question making everyone glare at her.

"That's right, twenty points for Gryffindor," says Dumbledore awarding the house points before he continues, "Today we have two special guests which I hope you will show some respect to since they aren't like us."

Dumbledore points at the giant man at first before saying, "Our friend sitting beside our Magical Beasts Caretaker, Professor Hagrid, is named Thor Odinson."

Everyone looked at Dumbledore confused thinkinh the old man went senile while Thor was swallowing a whole boar at the moment before he turned to the sixth judge and continues, "And our sixth judge is no other than the man to who the tournament is dedicated to, Loki Laufeyson."

They all were confused by what Dumbledore said when Loki stood up from his seat and took over for Dumbledore knowing that it would be hard to believe when he suddenly uses his illusions to created hundreds of himself which spread around the room.

"Hello, students of Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang, my name is Loki Laufeyson, and yes, I am the real deal," say all the Lokis in the room at the same time.

"I will try to be as impartial as possible in this Tournament since my friend, Thor, selected one of you to represent Asgard wanting to bring more fun to the tournament. Anyway, we have also adjusted the reward for the Champion that wins this Tournament with the third place receiving a week of my time to learn Magic in Asgard under me.

The second place will receive two weeks while the first place will receive a month of training and the promised reward the first place will be awarded by the Ministry of Magic," says Loki making now many regret not have tried to participate in this tournament since a real God was going to teach them Magic.

"But now that we have settled everything we should begin with who will be the Champions of their respective school," says Loki as the light in the room was now getting dimmer to increase the dramatic effect of the blue flames which turned red when a pieces of paper was spit out by the Goblet.

"Now, our first Champion representing Hogwarts is, Cedric Diggory!" shouts Loki at the end making Cedric stand up while walking forward which made Dumbledore happy since he thought the Goblet choose wisely.

Then the next piece of paper was spit out by the red flame and Loki announces, "For the Beauxbatons the Champion is Fleur Delacour!"

Fleur stood up from her seat and went toward Headmistress Maxime as did Cedric before who went to join Dumbledore when the flame turned red once again and it spit out the next Champion.

"For Durmstrang the Champion will be Viktor Krum!" shouts Loki making the young man stand up feeling proud of having made the cut before joining his Headmaster Krakaroff.

The flames change for another time and Loki picked the piece of paper out of the air and announces, "Asgard's representative will be Kaiser Masters!"

This shocked everyone in the room since Kaiser wasn't seventeen years old when Loki says, "We can't change it now but accept that and underaged student will participated in the tournament. And with tha-"

Loki suddenly sees the Goblet of Fire change its flames again something that shouldn't be possible except another school entered the race when a piece of paper was spit out and Loki took it out of the air.

"Harry Potter," says Loki making Dumbledore run toward Loki nervously.

"THAT CAN'T BE TRUE!" shouts Dumbledore furiously before shouting, "HARRY POTTER, COME OUT IMMEDIATELY!"

Everyone could see that Dumbledore was out of himself because this could strain the believability of Hogwarts with it having two Champions.

Harry didn't know what to do when he was shoveled forward by Hermione. Harry was questioned by Dumbledore if he asked an older student to throw his name into the Goblet but before Harry could answer Loki took the reigns of the situation.

"It seems, that the boy is innocent. This piece of paper was never touched by him or I would have felt a piece of his magic on it," says Loki freeing Harry of the accusations of the other Headmasters while Loki scanned the room.

He could feel a faint trace of Magic on one of the teachers but it always faint which could mean that the teacher might have come in contact with the other person responsible for this by accident.

Loki had to hold his concerns back at the moment as he didn't want to accuse someone that could be innocent since this could hold Kaiser back on his studies.

"We can't change the fate that has been dealt to us and must accept it. Harry Potter will be joining the Triwizard Tournament as a Champion of Hogwarts," says Loki in a demanding tone not wanting to hear any complains from anyone since things went south.

"The tournament will begin soon so I will be expecting much from our Champions. I hope the All-Father protects you all in this tournament," says Loki before returning to his seat giving back to Dumbledore the center of attention.

Dumbledore on the other hand was eying Harry seriously since he would have to participate in this dangerous tournament. He looked over toward Hagrid and Moody almost like telling them to help Harry.

Hagrid only nods while Thor only laugh at the predicament Hagrid was placed in while Moody's artificial eyes was running rampage scanning everything in the room.

Loki, on the other hand, was looking at Kaiser he was feeling excited since this would be a Magic Competition meaning Kaiser won't be able to use his axes but his wand, while Thor was clueless not realizing that Kaiser won't be able to show too much of his physical prowess.

"Well, now that we are done selecting our Champions we should feast to celebrate the beginning of the Triwizard Tournament. I want to inform the students that classes will continue while the Tournament is in progress except for when the challenges take place," says Dumbledore remembering the students that classes won't be cut out since their academic year was more important than this tournament even of many believed otherwise after Loki dropped the bomb about teaching the Champions himself.

Huninn and Muninn suddenly landed on Thor's shoulders while Fenrir and Jörmungandr went to greet their father which surprised many students since Kai's pets never left his side in the Great Hall.

"It good to see you two," says Thor petting the crows while his hammer was resting on the table.

"You know the crows?" asks Hagrid curious seeing the interaction between Thor and the pair of crows.

"Of course, they are my father's crows after all. Just like Fenrir and Jörmungandr are the children of Loki. Kaiser hasn't received Sköll and Hati yet since they are next on my father's list as Kaiser's next birthday gift," says Thor proudly not even shouting but the whole room seemed to have heard Thor making many eyes leave Harry and now focus on their Mage Hunter classmate who seemed to have formed some connection with the Nordic Pantheon.

Kaiser just wanted to leave from all those prying eyes when he notices the Champion of the Beauxbatons Academy approach him. Thor was watching with curious eyes since the Champion was quite a beauty not like Sif or his daughter but for mortal standards it was superb.

Loki was also amused with this situation as Kaiser was placed out of his comfort zone by Thor who revealed that his pets are Mythical Beings that would participate in Ragnarök sooner or later.

Kaiser just wanted to leave when he heard Fleur in a heavy French accent say, "I knew that the Masters have influence in Britain but not that even the Gods are backing them."

"We weren't until I met my Master who taught me magic. He has real influence over everything since it was he who introduced the Nordic Gods to my family and before you ask, No, I don't know where my Master is at the moment," says Kaiser flustered by all the attention he was receiving.

He stood up and whistled making his pets gather before they left the Great Hall together while Loki looked at Thor and says, "I hope you are happy with yourself."

"Oh don't say that when you enjoyed it as much as I did," says Thor as he loved to see stunned faces and revealing the truth about Kaiser's pets made many heads turn in shock.

"Let's just hope that he will enjoy the first task," says Loki knowing what the Champions are going to face in the First Round with Kaiser going to face someone quite special.

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