Book One - Plot Synopsis

[GIOVANNA ELISABETA NERO]

book one

As we have a new prophecy, new golden trio, new silver trio quad, etc., we're going to be laying out the plot like Chapters in a book. (: That way you can keep up to date with everything going on and so you know what's developing that you can get more involved with. <3

Key characters in book 1: Golden trio (Blaise Cunningham, Ella Burke, Ezra Weasley), silver quad (Dustin Burke, Thalia Burke, Nisha Bakshi, Nova Shepard), Giovanna Nero, Gregory Goyle, Draco Malfoy, Waters Lee, Eliza Cunningham, Ron Weasley, Pansy Parkinson, Preston Burke, Phoebe Burke, Beatrice Gateau.

prologue

Waters Lee, a Hogwarts student who is also a Seer, was called into Headmistress Cunningham's office for his attitude at the end of his final year of school. He told her the prophecy, not quite sure of himself when it happened.

The one who will unite the old magics rises.
She will rouse serpents to her cause.
Black flames will consume the world.
The old ways will return.
Only the heir of the most beloved adversary
Stands a chance to stop the serpentine crusade,
Born of Caesar's month in the darkest year.
Callisto will stand powerless to stop either one.
The essence will be inessential to the mission.
The bell will toll nine times.

chapter 1

The brand new first years including the new golden trio and silver quad arrived at Hogwarts for their Sorting. A surprise to everyone - the Sorting Hat had finally returned after being missing for 8 years! Restored to its former glory, the golden trio was the first class to be sorted with the Hat rather than the Scarf in a very long time.

The golden trio - Blaise Cunningham (Eliza's son), Ella Burke (secret descendant of Potter/Weasley), and Ezra Weasley (Ron's son) were all sorted into Gryffindor. Meanwhile, the silver quad were sorted into various Houses - Thalia Burke (Pansy's daughter) and Dustin Burke (secret descendant of Potter/Weasley) were sorted into Slytherin, Nisha Bakshi (Padma's daughter) was sorted into Ravenclaw, and Nova Shepard (Morgan's daughter).

In other news, Giovanna has already caught wind that there was a prophecy about her. She broke into the Ministry with the help of Draco Malfoy & Gregory Goyle (Malfoy's involvement is not public knowledge). The prophecy was destroyed, Giovanna got away, but Goyle was caught and is awaiting sentencing.

chapter 2

Meanwhile at Firenze Academy, the Dodecawizard Tournament was about to begin! It is the first one that Hogwarts wasn't invited to. Not because of any bad blood between Britain and Italy (their war was two decades ago and diplomatically were doing well), but because the tournaments rotated between all of the involved schools at this point to make it fair. It just so happened to be Hogwart's year off. But they would be invited next time.

The students of Beauxbatons, Augustine, Dahshur, Selveira, and Xanadu arrived to compete at Firenze Academy for the Dodecawizard Tournament in early October.

At the end of October, the Goblet of Fire was put out and once it deliberated, the Champions chosen were: Pepper West (Xanadu), Chatri Daeng (Xanadu), Emma Jones (Augustine), Calvin Klein (Augustine), Desiree Fontaine (Beauxbatons), Henri Fontaine (Beauxbatons) (yes they were siblings), Silvia Stirling (Dahshur), Azra Yilmaz (Dahshur), Tobias Alvarez (Silveira), Manuel Alves Pereira (Selveira), Maggie Holt (Firenze), Ares Crivelli (Firenze).

chapter 3

The First Task happened at night as Astronomy was part of it. A lot of them struggled in the dark as no one figured out how to have a light source and use their wand for other spells. The top Champions from the First Task were Silvia Stirling (Dahshur; formerly from Hogwarts), Ares Crivelli (Firenze), Desiree Fontaine (Beauxbatons), Henri Fontaine (Beauxbatons), and Tobias Alvarez (Selveira).

Meanwhile at Hogwarts, it was time for the first Quidditch game of the year. Slytherin beat Gryffindor 160 to 10.

Also at Hogwarts, a notice went up about the November trip to Hogsmeade being delayed by a week due to the Three Broomsticks being closed, since it was one of the most popular places in the village.

An imperiused older student told Blaise how to get into Honeydukes through the secret entrance since he was too young. He thought he would surprise his friends with some sweets! But once he got in there, he was knocked unconscious and woke up in a darkened room. He was tied up and so was a man who happened to be a werewolf. Blaise got out just in time and went back through the secret entrance to Hogwarts. Two attempts on his life in one year!

chapter 4

Around Christmas, Giovanna decided she needed a backup plan in case things went south for her.

Meanwhile in Italy, the students at Firenze celebrated Christmas with a Yule Ball.

A new Astronomy professor started at Hogwarts in the middle of the term after Christmas named Beatrice Gateau.

Goyle was sentenced to Azkaban prison, taking the fall for helping Giovanna break into the Ministry to hear the prophecy about her. With Polyjuice, Giovanna visited him and revealed a little too much, mocking him for failing.

chapter 5

Meanwhile in Italy, the Second Task of the Dodecawizard Tournament happened. They had to get through many obstacles to obtain a a large sapphire, needed for the final task. The top Champions were Silvia Stirling (Dahshur), Ares Crivelli (Firenze), Calvin Klein (Augustine), and Tobias Alvarez (Selveira).

The second Quidditch game of the year happened in March. It was between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff and was a cloudy day. Hufflepuff won the match, which would bring them to the Championship game.

chapter 6

As the weeks went on, Blaise, Ella, and Ezra grew suspicious of the new Astronomy professor, Gateau. Despite her name meaning a delicious dessert, she wasn't very sweet or kind. But it was more than that. They started to keep their eyes on her.

Meanwhile, the rest of the school was excited about the Quidditch Championship match between Hufflepuff and Slytherin. It was a tough match. The Hufflepuff Chasers were relentless, but the Slytherin Keeper blocked all their goals! In the end, Slytherin finally won when their Seeker caught the Snitch.

Over in Italy, it was time for the third and final task of the Dodecawizard Tournament. The Champions had to go through a 3D maze of three different levels to get to the Dodecawizard Cup. In the end, Silvia Stirling from Dahshur (a recent transfer from Hogwarts) won the Championship. Calvin Klein came a close second, though unfortunately there was no prize for second place.

Shortly later, all of the students who had met others in their year in Italy had to part ways and go back to their own schools for the last month of the school year. It was bittersweet for many, but they had exams to prepare for so they weren't able to think about it for too long before getting into the thick of revisions and papers.

chapter 7

It was the end of term at Hogwarts and as per regular Hogwarts fashion, something was afoot. The Trio heard Professor Gateau threatening Eloise Midgen, the Dark Arts Theory professor. They followed her even more closely and found that she was going to try and steal something. This didn't seem good and they weren't sure who would believe them, so they followed her all the way to the Room of Requirement.

They decided to get some help from a few friends: Thalia Burke, Dustin Burke, Nisha Bakshi, and Nova Shepard. Unfortunately none of them knew about the room, but one of their friends walked by who had recently discovered it and told them how to get inside before hurrying off.

Once inside, they tried to do some reconnaissance and maybe stop the professor, but she attacked them! It took all seven of them, but they managed to subdue her and one of them went to go get a professor and tell them about what happened. They weren't sure what they stopped, but were commended anyway. Whatever she was after, she must have told the Headmistress when she was questioned, but that wasn't for the first years to know.

After that, they all buckled down to complete their exams to move on to the next year and parted ways but not for long.