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There was a sense of anticipation in the air that day.No one could concentrate on the class, even Danica was a little distracted, causing her to write a few words wrong in a rune, and she had to re-copy it before get out of class ended.

Danica hurried to the foyer, where the deans were ordering their students to line up.She got in front of Stacy.

"Your schoolbag and textbooks haven't been put in the dormitory yet." Stacey was a little surprised.

Danica gasped, "It's too late, I'm coming right here." She pulled out her wand, "Shrink down!" Then she stuffed the shrunken textbook into the pocket of her cloak.

Professor Flitwick waved his hand, "Please follow me, the first-year students are in front... don't be crowded..."

They filed out, down the steps, and stood in a single file in front of the castle.It was a cold, crisp evening, night was falling, and a white, translucent moon was already hanging over the Forbidden Forest.

"It's almost six o'clock," Fred said when he joined the Ravenclaw line at some point, standing behind Danica, "how do you think they will come? From so far away..."

Danica looked at him with some surprise, how could this guy wander around colleges at random, "I can't guess, but it certainly can't be Apparition. Apparation is not allowed in the grounds of Hogwarts."

A few people in front of her, Cedric stood beside Qiu Zhang, with his hands in his pockets, lazily looking at the starry sky, "I don't think it would be this way of taking a train, it's too Not cool anymore."

Danica looked helplessly at Flitwick, who was at the front of the team. He was too short to see that his college team had been mixed with people from other colleges.

It was getting darker and darker, but there was no movement.Everything was still, quiet, as usual.Danica felt a little cold, and she couldn't help shivering, and Fred immediately wrapped her in his cloak.

Fred smiled and wrapped Danica tightly with the cloak, leaving only one head outside, "How about it, isn't my arms extra warm?"

Danica exaggeratedly praised, "It's so passionate, it's going to melt me."

Stacy and Roger turned their heads away at the same time, "Please restrain yourself in public." Danica and Fred laughed at the same time.

At this moment, Dumbledore, who was standing in the front row with the other teachers, shouted - "Ah! If I'm not mistaken, Beauxbaton's representative has arrived!"

"Where is it?" many students asked eagerly, looking in different directions.

Danica glanced at the direction Dumbledore was looking at, and poked Fred who was still looking left and right, "Look up to the sky. Above the Forbidden Forest."

A gigantic creature was rapidly flying across the dark blue sky, flying towards the castle, gradually getting bigger and bigger.It was a huge powder-blue carriage flying towards them.It was as big as a house, and was drawn in the air by twelve winged horses.They were all silver-maned horses, each about the size of an elephant.

With an earth-shattering bang, the carriage landed on the ground.The door with a badge (two golden crossed wands with three stars emerging from each) opened.A boy in a light blue robe jumped out of the carriage. He bent down and fumbled for something on the floor of the carriage, and opened a golden spiral staircase.And then out of the carriage came a huge, huge woman, but she was still an elegant Frenchwoman.She was dressed in black satin, with many rich opals gleaming around her neck and thick fingers.

Dumbledore applauded and walked towards her, took her hand and kissed lightly, "Dear Mrs. Maxime, welcome to Hogwarts."

"Dumbledore, I hope you are well." She smiled and waved one huge hand nonchalantly behind her. "My students."

A dozen or three boys and girls alighted from the carriage and stood behind Mrs. Markham. From their appearance, they might be about eighteen or nineteen years old.Everyone was wearing delicate silk robes, shivering slightly in the cold wind.

"Is Karkaroff here?" Madame Maxime asked.

A very loud and strange sound came from the depths of the Black Lake.A vortex appeared on the water surface in the middle of the lake, which continued to expand outwards and gradually became larger. Finally, a long black rod-like thing rose from the vortex. Slowly, a large ship rose out of the water. Under the moonlight shining.It sailed toward the shore, and a moment later an anchor was thrown into the shallow water, and the men in the boat put up a plank and filed out.

Fred couldn't help but let out an exclamation, "This way of appearing is so cool!"

The people who got off the boat were all very tall.As they got closer, in the light cast by the hall, Danica realized that each of them was wearing a kind of fur cloak with matted fur.The man leading the way wore a sort of silver-white fur cloak that matched his hair.

"Dumbledore!" he cried enthusiastically, "my dear old chap, how are you?"

"Very well, thank you, Karkaroff." Dumbledore hugged him, and they walked into the castle together.The light made out the man, tall and thin like Dumbledore, but his white hair was cut short, his goatee ended in little curls, and his thin chin was uncovered.Although his tone was enthusiastic and there was a smile on his face, his eyes were full of indifference and sharpness.

All students go to the auditorium.The Hogwarts students sat down at their respective house long tables, discussing eagerly.

The door of the auditorium was opened, and Beauxbaton's students entered.Several blond-haired female students walked in the front, their light blue silk robes rippling like water ripples.They stopped for a while after walking a few steps, exuding charm and fragrance, and a few butterflies flew out of their hands.The other students came out after him. The Beauxbaton girl walking beside Maxim had long silver hair and a pair of big blue eyes.

In an instant, the attention of many boys shifted from the girls in front to her, and they stared blankly at her.

Roger sneered, "Oh, the blood of Veela." He turned to look at Stacy, in his eyes, her long golden hair was not inferior, and her bright golden eyes were even more attractive to him.

Fred wasn't attracted to Veela this time either. He was gesturing to Danica with gestures across George, trying to amuse her.

Madam Maxime sat on the faculty seat, Beauxbaton's students chose to sit on the long table in Ravenclaw, and the student who looked like Veela sat next to Roger.

The door of the auditorium was opened again.This time it was Durmstrang's students who came in.Several burly boys held a long stick and hit the ground in a rhythm, bursting out sparks.Then came Karkaroff with a tall student with a striking aquiline nose and thick, black eyebrows.The other students walked behind them.

When the students saw clearly the appearance of the students beside Karkaroff, the auditorium exploded in an instant, mixed with the screams of the girls. "My God! It's Krum!" "It's unbelievable! He's here! Didn't realize he was a student!"

Stacy rummaged through her pockets. "Where's my lipstick? I have to get my makeup done now," she said to Danica. "Do you think he will sign my shirt with lipstick? I I want him to sign it on my chest."

Roger snatched the lipstick she had just found, and threw it into the arms of George on the next table, who caught it inexplicably.

"What the hell are you doing!" Stacy screamed. "Where's your quill, Danica? Lend me."

Danica looked at the sulking Roger with a funny face, she shook her head, "I just fell into the classroom of the Ancient Runes class."

Stacy watched with regret as Krum sat down at the long Slytherin table with the other Durmstrang students.

Dumbledore stood up, and the hall gradually fell silent.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and—especially, distinguished guests," Dumbledore looked at the foreign students with a smile, "it is with great joy that I welcome you to Hoag Watts. I hope and trust that you will be comfortable and happy here."

"The competition will officially start at the end of the banquet." He waved his hand, and the plates in front of the students were piled up with food as usual, "Now, I invite everyone to eat and drink to their heart's content, just like at home!"

Danica swears that after studying at Hogwarts for so many years, there has never been a banquet with such rich food as this time.There are also several foreign dishes.

Stacy watched the Durmstrang boys helplessly, and she let out a small scream as they took off their fur capes.Their burly and strong figures are wrapped in blood-red uniforms under the cloak, full of masculine charm.

Danica looked at Stacy, who was absent-minded and nympho, and Roger, who was a little impatient with the Beauxbaton girl of Veela descent, and thought heartlessly that maybe she was the only one Enjoy the meal.She reached out and took a strange, white milk jelly to her face, and began to enjoy her dessert.

As the golden plates were cleared away and Dumbledore stood up again, Danica suddenly felt a tinge of excitement, as did all the students.Fred and George leaned forward, staring at Dumbledore intently.

"The moment has come at last," said Dumbledore, smiling. "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin. I would like to explain a few words before bringing in the box—I will explain our program of events for the school year." But first I would like to introduce two guests, Mr Barty Crouch, Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic, and Mr Ludo Bagman, Director of Sports and Sports at the Ministry of Magic."

There were sparse applause in the auditorium.

"Over the past few months, Mr. Bagman and Mr. Crouch have worked tirelessly to arrange the Triwizard Tournament. They will join me, Professor Karkaroff and Madame Maxime as judges. regiment, to pass judgment on the efforts of the Warriors."

When the students heard the word "warrior", they fell silent and listened attentively to Professor Dumbledore's words. "Mr. Filch, please bring up the box."

Filch came out from a dark corner of the Great Hall, and walked towards Dumbledore, holding a large wooden box studded with jewels, which looked very old.

"Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman have carefully reviewed the specific items for this year's Warriors' competition," said Dumbledore, as Filch carefully placed the box on the table in front of him. Much of the necessary arrangement was made for each of the projects. There are three projects, taking place at different times throughout the school year, which will test the warriors in many different ways...their prowess in magic—their guts and their reasoning—and, of course, their ability to overcome danger."

The auditorium became silent, and the students were shocked by his last words, and it seemed that everyone stopped breathing.

"As you already know, there will be three warriors participating in the competition," Dumbledore continued calmly, "each representing a participating school. We will grade them according to the quality of each competition item they complete. After the three items are over , the warrior with the highest score will win the Triwizard Cup. It is an impartial selector who is responsible for selecting the warrior, and it is the Goblet of Fire."

Having said that, Dumbledore pulled out his wand, tapped the lid of the box three times, and the box slowly opened, revealing a large, rough-cut wooden goblet with blue and white dancing inside. flame.

"Every student who wants to run for a warrior must write his name and the name of the school on a piece of parchment and throw it into this goblet," said Dumbledore. Sign up inside. Tomorrow night, Halloween night, the Goblet will select the names of the three students it thinks best represent the three schools. Tonight, the Goblet will be in the foyer for all All the students have access to it.”

"Lest underage students be tempted," said Dumbledore, "I will draw an age line around it. No student under the age of seventeen will be able to cross this line."

"Finally, I would like to remind every student who wants to participate in the election that this hegemony competition is not a child's play, it is full of all kinds of crises that can lead to death. Once a warrior is selected by the Goblet of Fire, he must continue the competition to the end. Therefore, please be careful Think twice. Well, I think it's time for everyone to go to bed, so I wish you all a good night."

"Age limit!" said Fred with bright eyes. "You're sure to be fooled by the aging potion. Just smile when your name gets in that cup—it won't tell who's over 17." years old, who is under 17 years old!"

Danica shook her head helplessly, and said nothing to dampen his enthusiasm.Although she already knew it well, it would be difficult for the aging agent to fool Professor Dumbledore's age limit.

The next day was Saturday, and the students got up earlier than usual.There were more than 20 people in the auditorium early on, and they carefully looked at the Goblet of Fire.The cup sits in the center of the hall, on a high chair.A thin white glowing line was drawn on the floor, surrounding the cup.

Stacy was also very excited and pulled Danica to the auditorium early.Cedric was pushed towards the Goblet of Fire by Roger and several other Hufflepuff boys, "Come on, Cedric!" He was pushed into the age limit by them with a smile on his face. Hand threw a small roll of parchment with name and school written on it into the flames.Danica couldn't help cheering along with the others.

After a while, the twins ran in like the wind, "It's done! I just finished the aging agent this morning!"

Fred ran to Danica's side and kissed her hard on the cheek, distorting her face, "Wish me luck!"

He and George stood on a stool, shaking the potion test tube in their hands, "Are you ready, George?" "Ready, Fred?" Then jumped into the age boundary together.

Under the gaze of every pair of eyes in the hall, the silver-white line only swayed a few times, and there was nothing else unusual.Fred took out a piece of parchment and threw it in at the same time as George, shaking with excitement, "Yeah! We made it!"

Then there was a hissing sound, and the blue-white flames in the Goblet of Fire split into two tongues and hit Fred and George, throwing them beyond the age limit, and they fell ten feet painfully. Outside on the cold stone ground.With a loud cracking sound, the two people's chins began to have identical long white beards, and their hair also quickly turned white.

The hall roared with laughter, and even George and Fred couldn't help laughing when they got up and saw each other.

Danica hurried to them and helped Fred up. She looked at him with white hair and said with a smile, "Thank you Merlin, you didn't become bald like your father when you got old."

"I warned you." said a low, amused voice, and Dumbledore stepped out of the crowd, and he looked at the twins. "I suggest that you both go to Madam Pomfrey."

George was still laughing as Danica helped Fred, who pretended to be stumbling, to the hospital hospital.At the door of the auditorium, they passed Krum who had just entered.

Danica stayed with him for a day in the school hospital before all of Fred's white beard disappeared. Fortunately, he was able to catch up with the Halloween dinner that night.

When she and the twins entered the candlelit auditorium, it was nearly full.The Goblet of Fire was moved in front of Dumbledore's empty chair.Danica sat down at the Ravenclaw table. "Angelina Johnson from Gryffindor also voted in, but I'd prefer Cedric," Stacy said as she sat down.

Everyone was restless after the meal, and everyone was anxiously waiting for the result of the selection of warriors.No matter how delicious the delicacies are, they are uninteresting at this time.Finally, the golden plate was cleared away, Dumbledore stood up, and the auditorium suddenly became silent.

"Well, the Goblet of Fire is about to be decided," said Dumbledore. "When the names of the champions have been announced, I want them to walk to the top of the hall, then walk along the staff table and into the adjoining room—" He pointed to the door, "—they will receive initial guidance there."

He whipped out his wand and waved it.Immediately, all the candles in the auditorium were extinguished except for the candles in the jack-o-lanterns.The entire auditorium was half-lit and half-dark, and the Goblet of Fire's light was the brightest.

After a while, the flame in the Goblet of Fire suddenly turned red, and crackling sparks burst out.A flame shot into the air, and a piece of charred parchment flew out of it, and Dumbledore raised his hand to catch it.The flames turned blue again.

He held the piece of paper away and carefully read the words on it, "The first warrior, from Durmstrang, Viktor Krum."

Cheers and applause swept the auditorium, Stacy clapped her hands vigorously, "I knew it would be him!" Krum stood up from the long Slytherin table and walked into the room next to the auditorium.

The applause died down, and a few seconds later, the flames turned red again, and a second piece of parchment burst out of the cup.

"The Champion of Beauxbatons," said Dumbledore, "Fleur Delacour."

The Veela-like girl stood up gracefully, flicked her shiny silver hair, and walked lightly past Ravenclaw's long table.

Everyone was extremely excited, the next one would be the Hogwarts warriors... A third note flew out from the reddening flames.

"Hero of Hogwarts," said Dumbledore loudly, "Cedric Diggory!"

The scene got out of control for a while.The cheers from the Hufflepuff table were deafening, and Cedric, with a big smile on his face, walked into the room past the students who were cheering him on.

"Great!" said Dumbledore cheerfully when the uproar finally subsided. "Well, now our three heroes have been chosen, but only one will end up in the history books—" He stopped abruptly. After finishing the conversation, the Goblet of Fire crackled again, the flame turned red again, and a tongue of flame sprang out again, holding a piece of parchment on it.

Dumbledore caught the slip of paper subconsciously, staring at the name written on it.After a long silence, he said hoarsely, "Harry Potter."

The author has something to say:

1. The beginning of Cedric's tragic fate...

2. Do you still remember the first shrinking potion?Fred had seen Danica shrink, Danica had seen Fred grow old...