[HP+Shenxia] Unexpected encounter

After the Yule Ball, Aurora knew what McCoff had said would surprise her in the New York Times.

According to the normal holiday situation, it is still in the Christmas holiday. The students in the lower grades have not yet returned to school. Most of the students in the upper grades who can participate in the Christmas ball choose to go home and spend the rest of the holiday with their families after the ball. Students including the six warriors of Gewarts chose to spend this Christmas at Hogwarts.

The Aurora six stayed only to study the plan of the second competition and to consult the professors, but this time the two groups tacitly did not discuss tactics with each other. After all, although they both represent Hogwarts, It also belongs to different teams, so the two teams also have the intention to compete.

This morning, when Aurora was having breakfast in the auditorium, she received the daily newspaper delivered by Anthony as usual. After reading through the newspaper of the day, Aurora knew what the news that McCoff had concealed about herself was a while ago. I saw that "New York Times" was full of news about Sherlock. Whether it was the fake news about Sherlock's own case in order to become famous on the front page, or the gossip about Sherlock on the entertainment page, the full text of the draft was all about Sherlock. slander.

"What was written in the newspaper?" All the Slytherin students went home except Aurora and Draco, so Draco noticed Aurora's strange expression after reading the newspaper.

Draco took the "New York Times" that Aurora handed him, and he couldn't believe it, "This is impossible! Professor Holmes doesn't have to kill people for fame and fortune!"

Seeing that Draco was more agitated than her own sister, Aurora withdrew the newspaper in his hand, "You can read the news and pass it, there's no need to be so angry." Anyway, it's a game.

"No, look at what was written about Professor Holmes in the newspaper. They said that the professor is a murderous maniac. How can I not be excited! Do those reporters have any evidence?" Draco pointed at the newspaper, his voice raised one degree.

"...Do you think there is evidence for the scandal that Rita Skeeter wrote about us in the Daily Prophet?" Aurora asked the silly and sweet Draco like a fool.

"I, her, you can't just make up things like this. If you are not careful, you will kill someone!" Draco became calmer and calmer in Aurora's eyes, and suddenly discovered what he had overlooked before. Aurora As Sherlock's younger sister, but her brother had an accident, she is so calm now, "Is this your plan?"

Aurora patted Draco on the head, motioning him not to be so loud, "If our reasoning is wrong, this should be one of the plans."

Draco leaned closer to Aurora, "No, it's just one of the plans to engage in such a big battle? Can you tell me the reason?"

Is this the big fight?Aurora looked at Draco Malfoy with a sense of superiority. I'm afraid you don't know the arrangement behind it, or it will scare you to death.

Aurora smiled mysteriously at Draco, "Haven't you heard a word? The more you know, the faster you die."

"..." Well, if you don't say it, don't say it, why is it threatening.

After the holiday, the students resumed their normal class life until the calendar was turned to February 2th, which announced that the second competition of the warriors from the three schools was about to start.

Before the game started, the twelve warriors were called to a small tent set up by the lake.Among the five referees, Mr. Crouch's complexion was very bad. He was so pale that he had just recovered from a serious illness, and he even lost his mind.

He would have been absent from the last Christmas dance but now was not the time to care about him, Aurora just glanced at him and ignored him because Ludota Bagman started talking.

"I don't know whether you have solved the clues in the golden egg, but whether you have solved it or not, I have to explain it." Bagman rubbed his fat palms with a smile on his face , "Wait a minute, we will select one of the three schools to be sunk to the bottom of the lake, and use it as a companion taken away from the clues."

None of the warriors spoke. Obviously, not only Aurora and the others, but people from the other two schools also solved the puzzle.

"Excuse me, Mr. Bagman, I want to interrupt." Aurora raised her hand, "What I want to ask is, is this taken away companion chosen by us, or is it chosen by the referee at random?"

"It's a selection between your teams." Aurora nodded to show her understanding, "Then do the others have any questions?"

No one continued to ask questions, and Bagman continued his previous words, "The warrior who entered the bottom of the lake, you don't have to worry about your life being in danger, because we will provide you with magic potions, so that you will fall into a deep sleep and become independent when you enter the water. Breathe, so you don't have to worry about your safety."

Dumbledore added, "Of course, you are allowed to take some precautions against yourself before drinking the potion. Either take a potion, or cast a spell, whatever you do to yourself."

"Okay, let's continue the topic just now." Bagman clapped his hands, bringing everyone's attention back to him, "Now, please select the players who need to go underwater, you only have 10 minutes to discuss and prepare .”

The three warriors of Durmstrang chose the simplest and quickest way of guessing fists, while there was a low-pitched quarrel from Beauxbaton's side, as if they couldn't decide who would go into the water.

Dumbledore has long focused his attention on the two Hogwarts teams, and seems to be worried about how they will deal with this problem. Although it seems that going underwater is the easiest choice, this is a game after all, and no one can guarantee it. Will there be any emergencies.

The three of Draco have no dispute over the candidate who needs to be right. After all, they have already decided early on. Cedric is the most knowledgeable of the three, and he is enough to deal with some emergencies. Influenced by family upbringing and magic, he is much better at using magic than Harry, so it is the best choice for Harry to enter the bottom of the lake.

The three of Aurora are much more casual than other teams. After all, after the other teams have selected candidates, the other two members continue to cast protective spells on the warrior who entered the lake, and the three of them are doing boxing guessing to select the candidate. After entering the bottom of the lake, Sylvia was chosen, and she stood aside and chatted a few words from time to time, waiting for the end of the 10 minutes.

Seeing the tense preparations of the other teams, Sylvia decided to be "in a hurry" too, "Didn't Principal Dumbledore say that you can take potions? Do you want me to drink something? It's best to make other people A potion where potions don't work."

Aurora glanced helplessly at her boring friend, "First of all, I don't know what the magic potion provided by the organizer is, so I don't know what potion can cause it to fail; secondly, before I know the formula of the bottle of magic potion , I will not let you drink other potions casually, you must know that the properties of some potions are mutually restraining, I don't want to study how to detoxify you after I rescue you."

"Okay." Sylvia shrugged. Anyway, she didn't intend to drink another bottle of those nasty potions. She only said it casually because she saw that other teams were casting protective spells and drinking potions.

Christie seemed to see Sylvia's expression, and said with contempt, "Do you need those warming spells they used?"

Sylvia shook her head. Christie was afraid that she would say something else, so she said directly to Bagman, "Mr. Bagman, the candidates for our team have been decided, Sylvia Garcia go down."

Bagman smiled all over his face, nodded again and again, and said happily: "Okay, the candidates for one of the Hogwarts teams have been confirmed. So, what about the three men from the other team? And Beauxbaton and De What about Armstrong's team?"

"Our candidate is Phyllis Porti." Krum's deep voice sounded in the tent, and announced the name of the guy who failed in the boxing game among them.The latter, on the other hand, took a few steps forward with an indifferent expression, keeping parallel with Sylvia who was standing a few steps forward.

"Our team is me." Harry also stepped forward and stood next to Sylvia.

Now, only Beauxbaton was left.Seeing that everyone's eyes turned to them, the three of them became a little anxious.

"Our candidate here is Audrey Nicholas!" Fleur hurriedly announced the name, and then Joseph nodded in agreement.

And the girl named Audrey had an aggrieved expression on her face, her mouth was constantly moving. Although she couldn't hear what she said, Aurora didn't need to think about it to know that it wouldn't be a good word.Obviously, she was not willing to be the warrior who entered the water, but she was at a disadvantage in terms of the number of votes voted by the team, so she had to go to a position parallel to the other three.

"Now that the candidates have been determined, please come with me, warriors." After finishing speaking, Bagman walked outside the tent with several other referees, and the four warriors who had been selected followed him out of the tent.

When Aurora and the others were notified that they could go out, they lifted the curtain of the tent and saw that the shore of the Black Lake was full of spectators, that is, the students of Hogwarts, who gathered around the fire dragon field last November Those seats are now lined up on the other side of the lake layer by layer, and there are already no empty seats.

Bagman returned to the referee table and used "loud voice", "Listen everyone, our warriors are in their positions. So, after hearing my whistle, the second project will begin! Warriors There will be a full hour to rescue their companions from the bottom of the water. Now, please prepare..."

Bagman put a silver whistle in his mouth, and then... a sharp whistle cut through the cold, still air, announcing the official start of the second project.

During the final preparation period just now, both Cedric Draco and Harry had already changed into their diving suits. At this time, after hearing the whistle sounded, they simultaneously put the gills in their hands into their mouths, and forcefully Chewing, trying to make it take effect faster.At this time, the other four players have already jumped into the lake, and from the current point of view, they are faster than Cedric and Draco.

And Aurora and Christie just took off their coats, they didn't put on diving suits, firstly, they didn't need other things to keep their body warm, secondly, in their plan, their swimming part was not not much.

The first step for Aurora and Christie is to use the Transfiguration technique to conjure a small speedboat. Although they are not afraid of the temperature of the lake in February, there are other shortcuts, and those who follow the steps are fools.

Christie recalled the blueprint of the speedboat kindly provided by McCoff, and then transformed the speedboat and put it on the lake. Aurora watched the whole process without doing anything.

After all, in the past four years, the students of Hogwarts know that Aurora's Transfiguration can barely pass the exam...

But it didn't take long, and soon after Cedric and Draco entered the lake, Christie's speedboat also became better.Aurora enters the speedboat first with Christie and starts.

Aurora turned on the infrared body temperature detector specially prepared by the speedboat, and then drove towards the center of the lake. Compared with swimming, which requires physical strength, the speed of the speedboat undoubtedly surpassed them, so even if they drove in the wrong place, Aurora and Christie would still have more speed. other teams.

The speedboat stopped in the middle of the lake. After 20 seconds, the instruments on the speedboat showed that there were signs of life underwater in the direction of 30° east by north, 28 meters away from their current position. After Aurora drove the speedboat past, the infrared temperature detector showed that they were There are traces of four people in the position directly below.

Seeing this, Aurora immediately shut down the speedboat and let it stay where it was, and then took out the wand with Christie and used a bubble head spell on herself before jumping directly into the water.Since the position all the way to Sylvia is directly below, there is no need for Aurora and Christie to swim around. After entering the lake, they can directly increase their weight and move down quickly.

In less than a minute, the two could see Sylvia and the other three trapped warriors, and there were many mermaids swimming around them.The skin of the mermaid is iron gray, and the dark green hair is long and unkempt.Their eyes were yellow, their broken teeth were also yellow, and around their necks were pebbles strung together with thick ropes, and they ran out of their caves, spears in their hands, and beat the water with their thick, powerful silver tails. .

Aurora and Christie stopped and looked at where they were. It seemed to be the square of a small mermaid village, surrounded by some houses, and a large group of mermaids floated in front of the houses.Behind Sylvia stood a rough statue of a mermaid carved out of huge stones. On the tail of the mermaid stone statue, four people were firmly bound.

Apparently, the mermaids among them are not far away. The mermaids have already spotted them, but they have no intention of attacking them. Seeing this, Aurora and Christie swam directly to Sylvia's side, and cut off the merman who bound her with a spell. water plants, and then pulled her upstream.

Although Aurora and Christie took turns holding the sleeping Sylvia to swim for a certain distance, it was very inconvenient to swim up with one hand.Christie directly used a "Quick Imprisonment", tied Sylvia with a rope, and then they dragged the other end upstream, which obviously saved a lot of effort.

After surfacing, Christie returned to the speedboat first, and then directly used the floating spell to float Aurora and Silvia who were still in the water back into the speedboat.After leaving the water, the unknown magic potion also lost its effect, and Sylvia woke up immediately.

Remembering that the three were still in the game, Aurora started the speedboat again and returned to the starting position. During the period, Christie cooperated with the "quick-drying spell" to dry the clothes of the three.

The author has something to say: Hogwarts student (showing a tired smile): Aurora's Transfiguration is just barely passing the exam... the kind that can get the first grade in the full score :)

Muggle student: Is this really a speedboat?Are there infrared temperature detectors and other testing instruments on the speedboat?

Aurora: This is just an unremarkable work in the hands of my brother (agent chief).