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nonsensical-ramblings · 1 year

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The Stranger Things OST is something we haven't been paying nearly enough attention to, because I think I've just found something monumental.

We all know these two scenes feature the same music:

But what we haven't been talking about is how the tracks in these four scenes all share the exact same melody-

Or that the tracks from these two scenes sync up perfectly to create an entirely new piece of music

But what if I told you this is only the very tip of the iceberg, because I've been sifting through evidence for quite a while now, and we are far past the point of this all just being a coincidence?

ahem.

Welcome to Soundtrackgate.

(AKA: The wild, wacky world where connections go way, way deeper than you could've possibly imagined, and it all still manages to lead back to byler in the end)

So, just by themselves, those three instances of matching soundtracks creating parallels between different scenes are pretty cool, and worthy of analysis. That's all well and good. But it gets a whole lot more complicated when I tell you that across those three examples, all the songs from those eight scenes I've pointed out match with each other too. The music playing during the J/ancy kiss syncs with the music from the R/ockie scene at the gun shop. The M/ileven kiss has music that syncs with the "It was a seven" scene. R/ockie making sandwiches has music in the background that syncs with the Byler van scene. They're all in the same key, B flat major.

I can prove that I'm not making this up in the form of some amazing mashups between four important OST songs. But before I show you those, let me take a step back and introduce you to the songs individually: Being Different, The First Lie, The First I love You, and Kids.

(I slowed them down so they're all the same speed). And I thought to myself, golly, these all sound pretty similar, they all have a pretty consistent pattern of eight quarter notes that get repeated over and over. (Listen closely, can you hear it?) I sure bet it would sound nice if someone combined them. So. I figured out how to edit audio and I did it myself XD

When I said they synced, I wasn't kidding. When I did my initial little experiment, I was not expecting the songs to, in no uncertain terms, match up perfectly, as if they were all variations of the same track, because the only thing I'd done was change the tempo a little bit between each of them. No splicing, no extra editing, no looping, no nothing. And they sound beautiful together!!! Here are my three favorites:

Putting all four together pushes my limits a bit and it comes out a tad messy, but I love it anyways. It's overwhelmingly clear that these four songs are meant to fit together.

So... what does this mean? The tracks are undeniably connected, and some of the scenes in which they occur are clearly parallels too. I mean, we've been ENDLESSLY analyzing parallels between R/ockie, Byler, and J/ancy, and this discovery lends more credit to the theory that those aren't just coincidences. But especially for major motifs like Kids, there are a lot more scenes where these songs play!! It's not just the few I mentioned at the beginning of the post that are pretty obvious in how they're similar to one another. Haha, but wouldn't it be crazy if ALL the scenes that these songs (and their variations) appear in followed the exact same narrative pattern; a pattern which would just so happen to offer extremely compelling evidence to the fact that Byler has been endgame since season 1?

Ha ha... ha... um.

They do.

All of them.

I'm not fucking joking. Out of the 22 scenes I've been able to track down which feature any of these four songs or variations of them, I've identified a pattern which every single one follows. Some definitely better than others... but it is un-fucking-deniable that this pattern exists and it has to be deliberate, because all of this being a coincidence must be some sort of statistical impossibility with the sheer amount of evidence I've amassed.

The pattern I'm referring to is a collection of four themes:

A misassumption / some form of dishonesty

Love. Often romantic, but sometimes platonic or familial

A subversion of expectations

An atypical relationship between two people

Often in that order.

So basically, we have a collection of scenes throughout all four seasons that are very strongly linked to each other, through both the music that plays during them, and the narrative pattern they follow. And theoretically, if we now know for a fact that each of these scenes follows the same pattern, we can use it to support our interpretations of moments like the van scene or "It was a seven"! (A pattern which, I'll remind you, will fall perfectly in line with Byler endgame)

Okay. So here, we get to the main chunk of the analysis. The hard data. I've gone through every relevant scene and listed how each of them fit the pattern, to prove that it's legit, and to use it to demonstrate how this discovery supports our theories! I've also added whether I think the scene matches well (✅), moderately well (🤔) , or poorly (❌) with the interpretation. (Keep in mind that even the ones that match poorly still relate to the themes in some way!) I sorted everything by motif, then into individual music pieces, then into scenes that feature that music. So scenes that have the same track playing in the background are grouped together.

Obviously, it's pretty long. I did my best to organize it well and make it as concise as possible. But that's why I'm adding a star (⭐️) next to all the scenes that explicitly support the Byler agenda, in case you want to scroll past the rest and only focus on what you came here for!

Without further ado, let's start out with...

The First Lie motif

The dominating melody in these tracks is: D D# D A# C F A# C

Track 1: The First Lie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S5-J7BLoIY)

Scene A: Jonathan And Nancy get together (S2E6) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/Dishonesty: Both of them are denying their feelings for each other • Love: And those feelings are romantic in nature • Subversion of expectations: They discover that their feelings are requited! • Atypical Relationship: Nancy, a popular and conventionally attractive character, ends up with Jonathan, the outcast

Track 2: The First I love You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68LnSZ_j3M)

Scene A: Robin and Steve talk in the Bathroom (S4E7) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/Dishonesty: Steve believes he has a chance with Robin, Robin hasn’t told him the whole truth about her sexuality • Love: Steve has feelings for her, she has feelings for Tammy, the two of them love each other as best friends • Subversion of expectations: Robin wants to kiss girls!!! And Steve is surprised, but wholly accepts her, even as a straight guy in the 80s • Atypical Relationship: Platonic soulmates <3

⭐️ Scene B: El Tells Mike she loves him and says goodbye (S4E8) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/Dishonesty: Their relationship had been damaged by the fact that Mike lied in order to avoid seeing her / getting into trouble with Hopper • Love: El forgives Mike, says that she loves him, and tries to repair their relationship • Subversion of expectations: El admits to having heard Mike when he said that he loved her, back in episode 6 • Atypical Relationship: It wouldn’t be very atypical for a straight guy to get back with his straight girlfriend after a brief break-up, would it? So maybe this relationship isn't as hetero as it- [gunshots]

Scene C: Joyce and Hopper Kiss (S4E9) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/Dishonesty: Up until this moment they’ve been dancing around each other since season 1, not quite being honest or upfront about how they feel • Love: But now they finally have their moment and make it official! • Subversion of expectations: We’ve seen it coming for years, sure, but considering where they started, their relationship was an unlikely one • Atypical Relationship: Joyce, the high-strung, divorced, single mom, and Hopper, the troubled, divorced, adoptive dad, certainly make a unique pair together

Kids motif

The dominating melody in these tracks is: G A# F A# G A# F A#, and/or F G F D C A# C A#

Track 1: Kids (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha2OcL_0gtM)

⭐️ Scene A: The party finishes up their D&D game, “It was a seven” (S1E1) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/dishonesty: Lucas urges Will to lie to Mike about his roll • Love: Little Will cares about his friendship with Mike too much to lie to him • Subversion of expectations: He’s honest, and admits that he only rolled a seven, even if it means he lost the campaign • Atypical relationship: Oh, you know. :)

Scene B: The kids disguise El so she can go out in public (S1E5) This scene doesn’t match very well ❌ • Misassumption/dishonesty: The kids are disguising El’s true identity so they can bring her to their school • Love: The four of them are beginning to trust one another; the boys trust El to help them find Will, they're bonding as friends • Subversion of expectations: The boys (but Mike specifically) are surprised with the degree of El's glowup • Atypical relationship: Mike thinks El is pretty, even though the rest of the party is still a little apprehensive towards her

Scene C: Mike, Lucas, and El make up after their fight in the previous episode (S1E7) This scene matches moderately well 🤔 • Misassumption/dishonesty: El had been misleading the boys to keep them away from the lab • Love: The friends are all sorry for what they did, and care too much about each other to stay mad • Subversion of expectations: They’re able to reconcile • Atypical relationship: Even after a pretty serious fight, the friends are back together again, stronger than ever

Scene D: The party finally gets to play D&D again at the end of season 1 (S1E8) This scene doesn’t match very well ❌ (But, it’s excusable because the main purpose it serves here is to parallel the first scene from episode 1- matching this narrative pattern is probably a secondary concern) • Misassumption/dishonesty: The campaign is over too soon, the kids feel like it’s not a truthful finale; there are loose ends left to be resolved in the story • Love: The friends are finally back together again, having fun, enjoying each others’ company, healing • Subversion of expectations: Will is able to defeat the monster this time • Atypical relationship: Even after everything they went through, they made it out OK and are still the best of friends

Scene E: Dustin reminds Mike to look for some change before going to the arcade (S2E1) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/dishonesty: Mike avoids Dustin’s questions of why he’s on an unusual channel on the walkie talkie, and why he hasn’t been looking for quarters to bring to the arcade • Love: Mike is still grieving El • Subversion of expectations: He hadn’t been looking for quarters because he was busy trying to contact her • Atypical relationship: He still feels guilty for having lost her, more so than the rest of his friends. He believes she’s out there, even after a year has passed

Scene F: The kids work together to assemble Cerebro (S3E1) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/dishonesty: The kids don’t quite believe Dustin is being honest about actually having a girlfriend • Love: But he does! He actually is in a relationship • Subversion of expectations: Suzie doesn’t answer • Atypical relationship: A nerdy mormon and an agnostic with no collarbone; an unlikely pair!

Track 2: Kids Two (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PydvdEdGwE)

Scene A: El and Max spy on the boys (S3E3) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/dishonesty: The girls are secretly spying on the guys • Love: They’re talking about their relationship troubles • Subversion of expectations: They’re doing a terrible job of trying to win El and Max back; putting all the blame on the girls, talking about how they're a "different species", all while eating chips and generally being gross • Atypical relationship: Elmax bonds over having dumb ex-boyfriends, even after their friendship's rocky start in the previous season :3

Scene B: Robin sees Vickie at Warzone (S1E8) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/dishonesty: Robin thinks she has a chance with Vickie • Love: She’s about to make a move and talk to her crush… • Subversion of expectations: …but Vickie has a boyfriend. • Atypical relationship: Queerness!! And the fact that Vickie gets distracted by Robin, probably has a bit of a crush on her too, even though she's currently in a relationship

Scene C: Robin & Vickie make sandwiches (S4E9) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/dishonesty: Robin is initially fairly certain now that she DOESN’T have a chance with Vickie • Love: But unbeknownst to her, they're almost definitely endgame • Subversion of expectations: Vickie admits that she ended things with her boyfriend • Atypical relationship: Imminent 80s Lesbians!!!!!!!!

Track 3: Teens (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3JICAZAEBs)

Scene A: Suzie changes Dustin’s Latin grade (S4E1) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/dishonesty: Suzie and Dustin are cheating his Latin grade by hacking into the school’s computer system • Love: The two of them are still together :3 • Subversion of expectations: Suzie decides that her relationship with Dustin is worth more than being entirely morally virtuous, so she changes the grade for him • Atypical relationship: The unlikely pair of the mormon and the agnostic strike again!

Track 4: In The Closet (At Rink O Mania) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwl-HPNQFLc)

⭐️ Scene A: Mike and Will argue at the roller rink (S4E1) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/dishonesty: Mike’s upset that Will and El haven’t been honest about the bullying • Love: Will just misses his best friend and is upset that their relationship / communication over the past year has been strained. And he’s in love. • Subversion of expectations: “We’re friends! We’re friends.”(AKA, Mike has been struggling with his feelings just as much as Will has) • Atypical relationship: Queerness!! We can be fairly certain now that they totally feel the same way about each other, even if neither will admit it.

Scene B: …but also El hides in the closet at the roller rink (S4E1) This scene matches moderately well 🤔 • Misassumption/dishonesty: El had been hiding the fact that she was being bullied • Love: This lie has has driven a wedge even deeper between her and her boyfriend • Subversion of expectations: She decides to go confront Angela • Atypical relationship: El, the humiliated victim, decides to stand up to her bully, Angela, instead of letting her get the final word

Track 5: Home (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdcV1u6RUh4)

Scene A: Hopper takes El in (S2E3) This scene matches moderately well 🤔 • Misassumption/dishonesty: Hopper wants to give El a place to stay where she can hide from the people looking for her / Hopper discreetly puts away a box labeled “Sarah”, hinting at a more personal reason for taking her in than he lets on • Love: He cares about El like he’d care for his own daughter • Subversion of expectations: Even though he's a supposedly hardened and lazy police chief, he cares about El enough to go through the effort of fixing up the cabin to give her a place to stay • Atypical relationship: Found family :’)

Scene B: This song also plays during the scene where Robin sees Vickie at Warzone (S4E8) This scene matches well! ✅ • [See Kids Two, scene B]

Track 6: What’s The Internet? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqx4idF4ObE)

Scene A: The Hellfire Club and Lucas’ team celebrate their victories (S4E1) This scene matches moderately well 🤔 • Misassumption/dishonesty: The basketball team and the Hellfire club both thought they were screwed • Love: Despite the looming potential for failure, everyone’s having fun and feeling included within their groups, they love their hobbies and their friends • Subversion of expectations: Both teams won their respective games despite the odds! • Atypical relationship: Lucas still hangs in the balance between the two teams, feeling unsure about which of his friend groups he should prioritize

Track 7: [Unreleased song, but the Kids motif is faintly audible towards the end]

⭐️ Scene A: El and Mike argue over Mike not being able to say “I love you” (S4E2) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/dishonesty: Mike’s refusing to acknowledge that he can’t say the words, he’s lying about how he really feels • Love: Their relationship as boyfriend/girlfriend is finally starting to show cracks, as its fundamental flaws are presented front and center • Subversion of expectations: Their relationship isn’t as perfect as we’d been led to believe • Atypical relationship: They’re on the verge of a breakup, but that's really what's best for the two of them

and finally...

Being Different Motif

The dominating melody in these tracks is: A# D F D A# D D# D, and/or A# D F A# D F A F

Track 1: Being Different (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o29YLtS_NA)

⭐️ Scene A: Mike and Will talk in the van (S4E8) This scene matches well! ✅ • Misassumption/Dishonesty: Will lies, using El’s name to hide his own feelings • Love: And those feelings are his love for Mike :’( • Subversion of expectations: It’s now overwhelmingly clear that Will is canonically gay and in love with Mike • Atypical Relationship: Well, it doesn’t sound all that atypical for the sad gay boy to have fallen for his straight best friend (who is obviously straight because he’s in a relationship with a girl), so what if Mike- [gunshots]

Track 2: I Like Presents Too (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trSjkqM0VT4) (I’m not positive about this one, but I swear I hear similarities between Being Different and this song? Especially between 1:52 - 2:05 in Being Different, and 0:38 - 1:00 in this song)

⭐️Scene A: This song also plays during the scene where El Tells Mike she loves him and says goodbye (S4E8) This scene matches well! ✅ • [See The First I love You, scene B]

Okay. And that's all of them! I hope I've made my point. The fact that every single one of these 11 songs and the 22 scenes they appear in are connected both musically and thematically cannot be a coincidence. And by simply tracing the pattern, it's pretty easy to see that these connections hint at the fact that there's something more that we're not explicitly seeing between Mike, El, and Will's relationships, which has no other explanation besides Byler endgame. Let's review- by applying what we know about the pattern to Byler and M/ileven scenes, we can infer that:

When El kisses Mike at the end of season 3, it isn't meant to be taken at face-value. There's something atypical about their relationship, and it's the fact that despite saying the words, it doesn't change the fact that neither of them are in love with each other, not romantically, even if they think they should be.

When Will tells Mike he rolled a seven and lost the battle in the first episode of season 1, it's more than just Will being a good friend. There's a deeper connection- something atypical compared to Will's relationships with his other friends, because this is Will being in love with Mike before he even understood what those feelings meant.

During their fight at Rink O Mania in season 4, they're not just arguing about Will being dishonest or Mike not staying in touch. There's something deeper under the surface that they're dancing around, unaddressed feelings on both ends, something more atypical than just two friends who drifted apart. At the root of their frustration is the fact that they both believe the other doesn't feel the same.

Mike said it himself- when he and El argue over the fact that he can't say "I love you" to her, this was a fight they can't come back from. Because it's been made clear to them that their relationship isn't romantic anymore, it's atypical in the sense that they realize this whole thing between them has just been a heteronormative charade they were pressured into, rather than something they really wanted or needed.

When Will delivers his veiled love confession in the back of the van in season 4, we're led to believe that this is him ripping off the bandaid, because Mike is supposedly happiest with El and he'll never see Will the way Will sees him. But this interpretation is incorrect, because there's something very very atypical about the way Mike stares longingly into Will's eyes, completely mesmerized, in a way that he's never looked at his own girlfriend despite allegedly being so in love with her. Mike is in love, but there's no denying anymore that the love he feels is for Will, not El.

Of course, none of these interpretations of these scenes are new or anything. But the fact that we now have solid proof that all of them are actually intentionally connected? They all share linked music and follow the same pattern?? That, I think, is revolutionary.

But of course we're not done yet.

Because as lengthy as it is, this isn't a finished analysis. Now, if you've made it this far into my mad and delusional (yet strongly supported by evidence) rantings and ravings, you're probably just as excited about this breakthrough as I am. So if you're thinking about exploring the theory yourself, I have a few suggestions on where to start, because there's a good number of things that I haven't fully looked into yet! Most notably, there are several tracks that sound like they almost fit with the ones I already identified as being part of soundtrackgate, or they have similar vibes, but just aren't similar enough to make it into the list. Some of them I've tried to mix with The First Lie, Kids, etc, but came up empty-handed. There songs are:

Journalistic Instinct

Boys and Girls

Feel Safe

First Kiss

Presumptuous

My BOOBS Hurt

A Kiss

I wouldn't remember me either

Eight Fifteen

Walkin in Hawkins (i really really really hate this song for no justifiable reason please don't make me listen to it any more than I had to this is my one exception)

This Isn't You

Blank Makes You Crazy

Weirdly enough, out of these twelve, there are exactly three tracks from each season. Does that mean anything? No clue. Odd, though.

For all you eightfifteengate truthers, I tried really, really hard to mix the track Eight Fifteen with any of the established songs... but all I got was a pretty resounding muddy mess of a failure. Which sucks, because it sounds like it should work! Unfortunately, I don't think Eight Fifteen is part of soundtrackgate. However! I did notice that it sounds very very similar to the track Presumptuous, which is interesting. Here's the best I got, for what it's worth:

If you want to take another look at these songs and try to prove me wrong, please do!! Maybe there's a pattern within them that I didn't catch. And if you ask, I'll be happy to try my hand at combining any tracks you think would work together!

Other than that, there are a few interesting little details I noticed while perusing the OST. Maybe they mean something, maybe they don't, but I thought they were worth mentioning! Feel free to investigate if any of these pique your interest:

Like I mentioned earlier, Eight Fifteen and Presumptuous both contain the same melody

Blank Makes You Crazy and I Need You to Trust Me are both songs tied to scenes where we see evidence of the stained relationship between Mike and El, and they’re both in the same key; F Major

Not Kids Anymore plays during the Byler rain fight in s3, AND when Dustin and Mike refuse to go to Lucas’ game in s4

As far as I can tell, the song Destroying The Castle only plays one time other than when Will takes a bat to Castle Byers- it also plays in S4E9 when Hopper is about to use himself as bait for the demodogs, but assures Joyce that he’ll be alright

On The Bus almost definitely does not match with any of the other songs, but I feel like this particular track is important and worth looking into regardless, so I’m mentioning it here.

You’re The Heart does not sound similar, mix well with, or parallel Being Different, let alone ANY of the established soundtrackgate songs. I just don’t hear it, sorry.

Eulogy and Letter to Willy sound very very similar

Journalistic Instinct and Boys and Girls sound very very similar

Still Pretty, the song that plays in season 1 when Mike reassures El that she looks pretty without the wig, also plays in season 4 while they talk in the pizza shop, right before they get interrupted by Argyle.

Okay. I think that covers it, for now. Thank you so much for reading, seriously, I poured my soul into this so it means a lot!!! I hope it all made enough sense. MASSIVE shoutout to what-song.com for its list of all the songs that appear in each ST episode, in order, complete with listing what minute each song appears in, providing a 30-second sample of each song, and a description of the scene that occurs during it. It SAVED MY LIFE no joke. Also big shoutout to bilibili.tv, my platform of choice for sailing the seven seas of content of questionable legality; I used it liberally to pull up all the scenes I had to analyze lol

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l-lenny · 11 months

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Dumb Krum … I love you too

Viktor Krum x Malfoy! Fem! Reader, Fred Weasley x Malfoy! Fem! Reader

Part 5/??

SERIES MASTERLIST

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Hugging Viktor tight you started cheering he laughed and hugged you back. Enjoying the moment you didn’t even realized that your schoolmates were approaching you two. Out of the blue you were picked up on shoulders of Patric and Dolian two guys in same year as you. Viktor was lifted too. Everyone was loudly proclaiming that you two were the most skilled out there “Durmstrang! Durmstrang! Durmstrang!” Shouted everyone as they took you to the castle. For a school with such a dark reputation everyone was rather cheerful that night. Some of the guys actually smuggled in the common room few bottles of Hogs head brew, Daisyroot draught, Dagon Barrel brandy and sweet Berry Ocky Rot. And from then on it was straight up celebration of every possible occasion. Few students of Hogwarts showed up and said congratulations. The atmosphere never leaving the comfort zone. You and Viktor were sat side by side and you occasionally leaned on him. Taking in his scent and warmth. And when the clock chimed at midnight you started to feel tired. After a while everything was quiet and still. Sweetest dreams about the first trial flooded your mind. Seeing Viktor after the victory giving you kiss. You leaning in him and- “Y/n!” Yelled heavy accent of your classmate from the stairs. You rolled of the couch with a thud. Getting of the floor you looked at Dolian. Sending him a glare. “What?” You yelled. “You seriously slept on the couch?” He asked you and you looked around the common rooms. You did in fact slept on the couch but wrapped in blanket. Being too tired to get up. “Well Viktor said something about that but what the hell?” He laughed. “Viktor?” You asked him confused. He pointed at the blanket on the couch. “He tried to bring you to bed but since we weren’t able to undo the stupid charm around girls dormitory he said something about keeping you warm. I don’t remember much I feel asleep after a while” he said. You waved him off with a sneer “you two are incompetent at charms” going up the stairs to your room you freshened up. After putting on your favorite jumper and comfy pants you brushed your hair. Making a sleek high ponytail you checked yourself in the mirror. Taking a toothbrush you made sure to get yourself presentable again. Using hydration spell for your skin, you looked like yourself again. “I shouldn’t have drink last night.” You said to yourself going to get breakfast.

Chewing your scrambled eggs you looked for your friends. Not many of them have been present. In fact it was really early and not many students have been in the great hall. One of the few who made it in for early breakfast was your brother. Draco sit beside you. He cleared his trought and asked “Did you wrote to our parents?” You didn’t answer for a while “Not yet, they will be updated anyways, with the way Rita is capturing everything” you answered truthfully. Draco looked at his food “Father was really upset last ti-” he started but you interrupted him “Why are you suddenly so friendly?” You snapped. “I am your brother” he snapped back. “A brother that wanted to cut ties with me” you added sarcastically. “And you are a perfect sister?” He hissed. “You discarded me the first chance you got.” He pouted. “I have been protecting you!” You snapped at him. He looked confused. “What? First of all I don’t need your protection and-“ you interrupted with a low voice “yet you call daddy in any inconvenience right? You can’t protect yourself Draco, that’s why I went to Durmstrang.” You said. Draco not giving his argument up started “father said it was our choice to go to school-“ you stood up “I am not having this conversation right now” you said and left the great hall. Eyes of the students were on you and your brother. Draco stood up and followed you “So you admitted it! I was right and you-“ spinning on your heel you grabbed him by the collar “One of us had to go to Durmstrang, father and I made a deal in order to protect you I had to go.” Draco’s eyes flew open. He never knew about this. “I went willingly because I wanted for you to have it easier.” You said letting his collar go. Draco was stunned. “I” he breathed out when you turned around. “I wrote father this morning” he said. You looked at him “I told him about the trial and-“ he took a shaky breath “your disappointment of friends.” You didn’t quite grasped what he was saying. “Father knew about Vik” you said but what Draco said next was unsettling “I am talking about the Weasleys” he spat out. You looked at him shocked. “You have no right to write about my life. I choose who I am friends with and I choose who I spend time with. I can’t believe you!” You said frustration in your voice. Everything was going downhill from the moment you said foot on the boat. “You changed from the kid I used to know. You are not like the little brother I used to babysit and play with” With that you basically had no one in your family now.

Saying to yourself that the trial will come first, you promised yourself that you will wrote home later. With a task in mind you went to retrieve the egg and trying to focus only on the tournament you were met with a huge screech right when you opened the egg. Quickly closing it you were recovering your hearing. Some girls barged in your room “oh my Merlin what was that” asked girl with brown short hair and big eyes. “Are you alright?” Asked tall girl with a braid. “What happened “ asked the last one with dark hair. They were asking left, right and over each other. Explaining the situation you apologized and executed yourself. Grabbing the egg you went past very confused and very worried slytherins in the common room who headed out for breakfast. Shrugging it of you made your way to one of the bathrooms which no one used. Fred actually told you this. It was perfect for this. No one would be here. On your way there you met Viktor. Smiling at him you asked if he would help you. And that’s how you ended up there for four hours straight. In the first twenty minutes you managed to scared Moaning Myrtle away with the screaming. You had been laying on the floor staring at the ceiling. Your head hurt and your ideas were running low. You decided to freshen up. Filling the sink with water you dunked you head in trying to cool your coming headache. Viktor opened the egg again and tried to see if there was any new clue. But that was when you heard it. It was very faint and very distant. But you heard it. It was a word. You got your head out of the sink and spun at Viktor who shut the egg closed.

“Have you heard it?” You asked. “Vhat?” He asked confused rubbing his ears. “It was very faint and distant but I heard that.” You said energy coming back. “Vhat are you talking about? Vhat did you heard?” He asked you fully excited. You grabbed a bucket that was lying under the sink and made it larger with easy spell. After that you started pouring water in it. Viktor watched confused and then it clicked. He helped you and when he sunk the egg you both dipped your head in the water. Viktor opened the egg and you heard a beautiful melodical voices. It made sense now the screechy sound is actually a song sung by merpeople, who have high, thin, and screechy voices, making the egg's song incomprehensible when listened to in air. Submerging the egg deepens the sound to where it can be understood. According to the song in the Egg, You would have only one hour to rescue something dear to him that would be held deep beneath the lake at Hogwarts by the merpeople.

Calling it a day and cheering about your progress after that you discussed when to hold the next research session in the library. You were so excited that you wanted to share the news with someone. Deciding to tell Fred you went to find him. He was with George at the court yard. Running up to them they greeted you friendly and started a conversation. The usual well done, how are yous and what do you wanna dos were exchanged when you excitedly started talking about the torturous hours spent to decode the clue and how you managed to figure it out. “And I am telling you, it was just a coincidence but we’re got that! Could you believe that? Me and Vik will be studying for the next trial as soon as possible.” You weren’t dumb. You knew the looks of Hufflepuff students. They would probably tell the Hogwarts champions if they heard you talk how to crack the clues. Telling you figured it out but not how was smart. Fred and George were smiling at your enthusiasm. Calling it for celebration they took you to kitchens. Trying to talk to the house elves and asking if they could give you some sweets you chatted happily and enjoyed every minute of it. “So Dumb Krum is sometimes clever who would have thought.” Said George. All of you laughed and shared some stories and what not. In the evening when it was about to be time to sleep you took hot shower, got in your comfortable pajama’s and wrote home. It was surprising that no howler came today after what your brother told you. Maybe father was really busy today and couldn’t read Draco’s lettter? No that can’t be it. Shrugging it off you made your way to bed, letting sleep engulf you.

Once again you were woken up by a howler from your father. He shamed you for talking to Weasley and reminded you to choose better friends and stick to your Durmstrang friends. But he never congratulated you for finishing the first task. Having pretty bad morning you headed to eat and and then you would go to classes. In the moment you wanted to go to your room for books you heard McGonagall make announcement “I have something to say to you all. The Yule Ball will be approaching — a traditional part of the Triwizard Tournament and an opportunity for us to socialise with our foreign guests. Now, the ball will be open only to fourth years and above — although you may invite a younger student if you wish —“ loud chatter erupted cutting the professor off. She demanded attention again and continued “Dress robes will be worn, and the ball will start at eight o'clock on Christmas Day, finishing at midnight in the Great Hall. Now then — The Yule Ball is of course a chance for us all to — er — let our hair down. But that does NOT mean, that we will be relaxing the standards. I will be most seriously displeased if any student embarrasses their school in any way”she sternly reminded “I wish to speak with the champions before classes today” she announced last and disappeared in the hall. Getting up from your seat you followed her with others to her office. “As champions you will have first dance with your chosen partners. You have to invite someone as you must attend because of your roles as champions” she informed “Do not worry about dancing as you shall be educated on that subject later” she said. “Do you have any questions for me?” She smiled kindly at the Triwizard champions. With that all of you went your separate ways.

Was it foolish of you to wish to go with Viktor? Could you even do that? You were too shy to ask Minerva in front of everyone. The Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw went to attend DADA with the Beauxbatons students, Viktor run to get his books promising to catch up with you in charms. With everyone gone you knocked on Minerva’s door again and entered. “I actually have one question professor” you said. She gave you a comforting smile and gestured for you to continue. “Is it possible for the two champions to go together?” You asked hopefully. She give it a second before answering. “Good question indeed. Well, if you want to attend the ball with one of the champions then I suppose no. The champions are supposed to go as individuals with a date not as champion with a champion.” She answered. You nodded and with a quick thank you you went to grab you books and sprinted to charms, barely making it.

The day was slow and you were more then disappointed in the decision of not going with Viktor. Trying to think of someone who would be fun and nice to talk to during the night you were constantly thinking of Fred Weasley. “Y/n-” some part of you was happy that you were thinking of him. “Y/n-“ and yes he would be fun, you can go as friends. “Y/n!“ you spun your head to Viktor in shock. “What?” He chuckled “You vere spacing out again. Ve are done for today, I asked if you would study with me for the next trial.” He offered and you agreed and went straight to library.

Starting to get headaches you closed the 12th book. Studying on end to find solutions to keep breathing underwater. “The Bubble-Head Charm might be useful but I don’t think we should rely on just one charm” you said and offered to look another day. He nodded and with a good night hug he decided to get to bed early. You went for fresh air to astronomy tower, being in stuffy library all evening was tiring. Step by step you went up the stairs to be met with a ginger head lying on the floor and looking at the stars. Deciding to just plop down next to him you greeted him. “Hey Fred!” He looked at you and smiled “How do you know I am not George?” You chuckled “Your eyes” you simply answered and stared at the stars. He nodded not understanding you in the slightest. “So how was that after in library date with our Dumb Krum?” He asked jokingly. You shook your head “We we trying to figure out how to not die in the next trial.” Fred looked at you taking in all beautiful features that made you shine in the moonlight. Suddenly you sit up and looked at him. Your idea from this morning of asking him to the Yule ball popping in your head. He sat up too confused. “Can I have one favor?” You asked. He nodded letting you continue. “Can you say yes to the next question I am going to ask?” He just blinked. Then laughed and shook his head. “Why to say all of this?” You smiled at him not saying anything. “Fine” he rolled his eyes playfully. “Will you go to the Yule ball with me?” You asked him hoping and praying for him to say yes. Your really wanted to go with him for some reason. “Wait really? Yes I would love to!” He smiled and hugged you. After a while he parted and asked “but I was assuming you want to go with Dumb Krum” you chuckled “for some reason I do really wanna go with you” you punched him playfully in the chest. Feeling happy and content both of you went to bed.

Passing time in books you were settled on your way to win the next challenge. You still didn’t know what you were going to fetch but at least you were prepared.

You and Viktor were standing at the end of the pier waiting for the second trial. All of the students and professors came to see. Well you didn’t see Fred. Which kind of hurt. George asking you where his twin was, was not helping you relax. When Madam Hooch started the trial you pushed aside your worries and jump in the water. Before you hit the water you half-transfigured Viktor and he did the same. Adjusting to your tail was rather easy and you went straight into the depths of the lake. Beauxbatons used bubble head charm and Hogwarts champions used gillyweed. You all tried you hardest.

Going deep down you used your wand to light the way and led Viktor deeper. Something latched on your shark tail. You look in shock back at you tail. You saw sickly green creature with sharp little horns had its face pressed against your tail, pulling faces and flexing its long, spindly fingers. You knew what this thing was. The Grindylow. A creature that had long, brittle fingers which despite their fragility were rather strong. You felt it when the creature scratched you. Viktor tried to broke its grip on you with force. To no avail he put his wand near its head and used the Revulsion Jinx. The spell shot jets of boiling hot water, which would scold its skin and cause it to release itsgrip and retreat. When you saw more of them coming you hurried deeper.

When you arrived deep in sea grass you saw magical cocoons with people. It turns out that the "something dear" for each of the champions was another person. Viktor grabbed Hermione and you grabbed Fred. After a while of untangling Freds cocoon was still in tangled sea grass. Then you saw Hogwarts champions. When you were about to go after Viktor, Cedric and Marian you saw Anne snatching her boyfriend and swimming up. Last minute decision you grabbed the smaller girl in the last cocoon. Swimming away hastily after you saw few merpeople lurking around. You tried to swim really fast to catch up. You body getting sore from all the swimming and pulling two bodies up. You injury bringing in more gryndilows. You tried to push your body to its limit. Almost crying and getting sharp pain in your tail and arms.

Seeing the others you tried to be faster but you got cramp in your tail making you immediately paralyzed. The little sea creatures catching up to you. Pointing you wand at your still bleeding trail you helped it to release all the pain and in the last second you shot the swarm of the little green annoyances. Grabbing the cocoons again you came to surface. Gabrielle and Fred took first breath and the three of you were freezing cold. You were last to get out. Letting Gabrielle and Fred go before you. Your head was spinning and you were getting weak. Due to the blood loss you were getting colder much faster. When Fred was engulfed in warm towel with the little girl you tried to go up the pier but you were to weak. Slipping out of consciousness you started to sink. When you open you eyes again you have back your legs, wrapped in ton of towels and Fred, George, Viktor, Fleur and Madam Pomfrey were staring at you.

“Thank the great philosophers” hugged you Viktor. “Y/n!” Said Fred and George in unison. Fleur smiled brightly at you. Madam Pomfrey just nodded and walked off with a small smile making the students cheer. Durmstrang chanted “Mal-foy-Krum! Mal-foy-Krum!” Over and over again. George thanked you for getting his brother and Fleur for getting her sister back.

In mere hours a Quibbler appeared at your nightstand in hospital wing, where you sat on request of Madam Pomfrey for any signs of any sort of negative impact. The wound not not on your tail but on your leg was wrapped in Buuble gaze to made sure no negative damage was done. Viktor and Fred were beside you but after getting scold from the nurse they had to leave. After that Fleur showed you the magazine and thanked you again. When she was leaving to let you rest you wondered if you should read anything that Rita wrote, but curiosity got the better of you. You opened it and read out loud.

“Beauxbatons failed to finish the second task because Fleur was attacked by the grindylows. Because Delacour failed to finish, she never retrieved her younger sister, Gabrielle. Hogwarts champions saved all of theirs hostages, and were not hardly attacked. Nothing really prevented them from doing so by the Merpeople. Then Krum and Malfoy, arrived and retrieved their hostages, but when Fleur failed to show, Y/n in a heroic nature retrieved Gabrielle in addition to Fred Weasley. By choosing to try and save the other hostages earned Durmstrang extra points from the judges for "moral fiber." Final scores, out of 50, for this Task were assigned as follows Beauxbatons 25 points, Hogwarts 40 points and Durmstrang 47 points.”

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