"Good morning, Hogwarts! Welcome to the first Inter-House Dueling Tournament!" Professor Flitwick announced to the Hall. Cheers went up at his greeting. "As you’re all aware of, this tournament is strictly to be seen as a light-hearted means of evaluating your skill with a wand and your memory of appropriate spells. It is our intention to hold a competition every Saturday barring those weeks in which the Quidditch games take place. For those days, the competition will be held here on a Sunday. Now for your judges; in addition to myself, you will be overseen by the rest of the professors as well as Madam Pomfrey, Headmistress McGonagall, High Inquisitor Dursley, and the proud Aurors of the DMLE! A protective shield will be erected around each of the platforms to protect you against misdirected spells. We will be starting off with the first years for each House. In no particular order, let’s have our first contestants step up from Hufflepuff!"