Chapter 310

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As soon as the portkey activated I saw the world around me spin, and soon after I felt the ground beneath me, and only thanks to my physical prowess and my familiarity with the portkeys did I manage to stay on my feet.

"Urf!" Harry gasped, falling flat on his face as did the Weasley children and Hermione.

And looking around I saw that the rest of the group had managed to stay on their feet, with my parents grimacing.

And even Cele, who liked to travel with portkeys, was frowning slightly.

"I don't think your ministry knows how to make portkeys, Arthur" my dad said, and Mr. Weasley looked at him confused.

"Actually almost all portkey trips are like this one" Sirius said to my parents, approaching them, "Actually you're probably used to Nick and Penny's portkeys being smoother and quieter"

"Wait, so the portkeys we already used were supposed to have smooth trips?!" my mum asked shocked, before turning to my dad who was a mixture of surprised and scared.

"Yes" Sirius said, not trying to hide his amused smile.

"Just to be clear, when we get back to each I'll take a taxi" my dad said.

"And I think I'll accompany you, Mr. Night" Harry said, standing up with a grimace, adjusting his glasses.

"Don't be dramatic Harry," Hermione said, and Harry turned to give her a reply.

"Uh…" Harry trailed off, looking at Hermione and seeing her messed up state.

Hermione's hair was strewn and messy on her head, and there was grass and dirt in her hair, face and clothes, and putting it all together with her exasperated look at Harry made her a comical sight.

"Pfff" Harry put his hand over his mouth, trying to stifle his laughter.

"Why are you laughing?" Hermione asked confused, until she heard Ginny calling her softly.

"Hey Hermione" Ginny said, also trying to hold in her laughter.

"What?" Hermione asked, and the red-haired girl just pointed at her friend's hair.

Looking up Hermione didn't see anything wrong, but then she lifted her hand to her head and felt her hair messy and dirty.

Eyes widening slightly, Hermione quickly, and with an embarrassed look, began to clean and fix her hair and robes, with her face red as she tried not to look at Harry.

And seeing this the boy with a scar on his forehead smiled affectionately at his friend.

And on the other side, seeing his godson's smile, Sirius began to smile knowingly, nudging Remus and gesturing to the two obviously smitten lovebirds.

"Yes, yes. You were right," Remus said with a roll of his eyes, rubbing his sore arm.

After everyone had recovered from the trip and got organized we looked around, seeing that we were in an open field in the middle of a forest.

But we couldn't see much because a mist covered our vision, and with my senses I could see that the mist was magic, probably made in conjunction with a spell to confuse and ward off muggles.

And looking at my parents I was relieved to see that they weren't affected by the spell.

"Seven, five and three from Stoatshead Hill have arrived" a new voice said, and looking in the direction it came from I could see two men who were strangely dressed in Muggle clothes emerging from the mist.

These two men were the wizards who were assigned to await the guests at the portkey arrival point, and from the tired look on their faces it was clear that they had been working for quite some time.

After these two ministry officials spoke with Mr. Weasley they asked us to accompany them.

Walking a little further we started to go deeper into the misty forest, and the deeper we went the more I could hear the sound of many voices singing, cheering and celebrating.

"Here we are" one of the wizards we followed said, and in front of us the mist disappeared, giving us a spectacular view.

Hundreds of tents of various colors and sizes were set up in a large open field, surrounded by trees, with wizards and creatures of all sizes, appearances and nationalities roaming the grounds.

And in addition to the tents, small magical performances were still happening all over the place, almost like a wizarding festival, with music, shows, spell demonstrations, games and food and souvenir sales.

Just looking at people having fun, joking around with friends and family, or talking about their favorite teams and players was a feeling of happiness.

"Incredible!" echoed my mom's amazed voice.

"Yes, but you haven't seen anything yet," Sirius said, enjoying the feeling of being in such a happy and fun place again.

He then looked at Harry, seeing that he was gaping looking around.

"Well I guess this is where we part" Mr. Diggory said, "Our tent is that way, and we've yet to set it up, so until the match, Arthur, Mr. Black."

"Oh yes, until the match then" Mr. Weasley said, with Sirius just nodding.

Mr. Diggory then nodded to all of us as well, before turning and starting to leave.

"Bye everyone, we'll see you at some tent around or at the match" Cedric said with a slight smile, and we waved at him.

"Yeah, just don't get in any trouble," I said with a playful smile.

"I'm the one who should be telling you this" Cedric said in amusement, before turning and starting to follow his father.

"Well, we also have to go to our tent" Mr. Weasley said, starting to walk as we followed.

We passed through many tents and people, and the deeper we went the more the magic appeared, and I couldn't help but admire the sensations and liveliness that came from the people and creatures around me.

And even without feeling the same as I felt, everyone else in the group was also marveling at the beauty of the place, feeling like they were in the most magical and fun place in the wizarding world.

But it wasn't just admiration and happiness they were feeling, and the children, for example, were also surprised and confused.

"I don't think I've ever seen so much magic and spells being used in one place" Ron said, looking at a performance involving fire and soap bubbles.

"And I don't think I've ever seen so many witches and wizards gathered together like this before, not even in Diagon Alley" Hermione said, before looking at a humanoid creature that had blue skin, long horns and a beard almost as long as the Headmaster's, "And there are also many magical creatures here"

"Yes, the Quidditch World Cup is an event that accepts wizards, witches, and creatures from all peoples and countries" Remus said, "Which is why everyone always looks forward to the cup, as it is a time when all differences are put aside, as the only thing that matters is the match"

"That's really good" my mom said, smiling when she saw a little girl with pale skin and red eyes with sharp fangs playing with two other girls, where one had sheep's legs and the other looked like a normal little witch.

"But how did the ministry manage to hide all this?" Harry asked curiously.

"Oh well" Mr. Weasley started to reply, "Actually the Ministry has surrounded the place with lots of Muggle-repelling charms, but even that can't hide all magic."

"Yes, and so there are also a lot of Aurors and other Ministry personnel around to keep Muggles out," Sirius said, continuing his explanation, "And among those Aurors are some Obliviators, who are on standby should a Muggle accidentally pass through the wards and spells"

"Wait, so there are charms in here to repel muggles?" Harry asked confused, before looking at my parents, and Sirius understood what he meant.

"Oh, well, the spell isn't as effective against Muggles who are already used to magic, so Joshua and Sarah were able to get through them just like us," he said.

"Hmm, I had felt something when we got to the forest, but I thought it was just me" my dad said.

"It was probably the spell trying to influence you," Remus said.

"Well, I didn't ask this before, but how did you manage to convince the ministry to allow us in here?" my mom asked Sirius, who looked at her confused.

"Huh? What do you mean?" he asked.

"Well, how did you convince the Ministry and the Minister to let two Muggles come see the Quidditch World Cup Final?" she asked again.

"Well... That's the interesting part..." Sirius started to say as he looked away.

And seeing this my mom realized that something was wrong and started looking at him with narrowed eyes.

"Sirius…" my mom said in warning, and seeing this Sirius broke into a nervous sweat.

"Err... Turns out I didn't tell the Ministry I was going to invite two Muggles to come with me," Sirius said, scratching the back of his head.

"Wait, so nobody knows we're muggles?" my dad asked.

"Well…yes" Sirius replied.

"Great, so we're doing something illegal" my dad said with a long sigh, not worried at all.

"Oh cool" I said with a nod, "Not the first time but at least this time I'm not doing this alone"

"What do you mean it's not the first time?" my mom asked, and I started whistling innocently.

"Well then, we might as well cross becoming criminals off our list," Fred said, pulling out parchment and a quill from who knows where.

"Yes, and it happened sooner than I expected" George commented, nodding in satisfaction.

"Can you guys not be so happy about that?" Hermione said to us, annoyed and a little worried.

"""Hmm... Nah""" the three of us said, and she just sighed.

End.