"Someone's coming in!" said Billy briskly.

Polina saw Maxim sitting on Dumbledore's left, Karkaroff on Dumbledore's right—and Ludo Bagman on the other side of Professor Karkaroff , Mr. Crouch sat next to Ms. Maxim.

The students all ate very quickly.Dumbledore stood up again when the delicate plates were being scrubbed.A mixture of excitement and nervousness seemed to spread in the auditorium, and Paulina also felt a wave of excitement, not knowing what was going on next. .

"The moment has finally come," said Dumbledore, looking at the upturned faces with a smile. "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin. I would like to explain a few words before bringing in the plate—"

"I would like to explain our program of events for the school year, but first allow me to introduce two guests, because some people do not know them. This is Mr. Barty Crouch, Director of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic. This is Mr Ludo Bagman, Director of Sports and Sports at the Ministry of Magic."

There were scattered applause in the auditorium, but the applause for Bagman was much louder than that for Crouch.Maybe it's because he's a bit more famous as a batsman, maybe it's just because he's a lot more relatable-looking.Paulina thought distractedly.

"Over the past few months, Mr. Bagman and Mr. Crouch have worked tirelessly to arrange the Triwizard Tournament." Dumbledore continued, "They will join me, Professor Karkaroff and Mark Together Ms. Sim formed the panel of judges to judge the Warriors' efforts."

As soon as they heard the word "warrior", the students seemed to "explode".

"You're going to be a warrior, aren't you?" Billy yelled, throwing his arms around Digory's neck. "Of course I'll be there—cowards hide."

"Of course, of course I will," said Digory mildly.

Dumbledore cleared his throat and signaled the students to be quiet. When everything was silent, he smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Filch, please bring the box."

No one noticed that Filch had been lurking in a corner of the auditorium just now, and at this moment he was walking towards Dumbledore, holding a large jewel-encrusted box that looked very old.The students watched with fascination and discussed with great interest.

“As you already know, there will be three warriors competing representing different participating schools. We will grade them according to the quality of their completion of each event. The warrior with the highest score at the end of the three events will win the Tri-Power Cup. Responsible for selection The warrior is an impartial selector, he is the Goblet of Fire."

Having said that, Dumbledore pulled out his wand and tapped the lid of the box three times, and slowly creaked it open.Dumbledore reached in and pulled out a large, rough-cut wooden goblet.The cup itself was inconspicuous, but it was filled with dancing blue and white flames.

Dumbledore closed the box and placed the cup on the lid so that everyone in the Great Hall could see it clearly.

"Every student who wants to run for a warrior must write his name and school on a piece of parchment and throw it into this goblet." Dumbledore said, "Those who want to become a warrior can start at 24 Sign up within hours. Tomorrow night is the night of Halloween, and the goblet will select the names of the three students it thinks best represent the three colleges."

"However, there is one more thing to declare. In order to avoid the temptation of underage students, after the goblet is placed in the hall, I will draw an age line around it. Anyone under the age of 17 will not be able to pass through this line." .”

What follows is a series of lengthy introductions to the Triwizard Tournament, emphasizing the dangers and particularities of the Triwizard Tournament.

Polina was not interested in listening either, she turned her head and stared intently at Digory's side face.

Digory was engrossed, listening to Dumbledore's speech with a frown - Paulina felt that if Digory had a notebook and a pen in his hand, he would definitely take Dumbledore's words to heart. Write it down without missing a word.

After a while Paulina heard Dumbledore say good night to everyone.The students began to stand up from the table in an orderly manner.The students walked through the auditorium towards the double door leading to the foyer.

Paulina noticed that Beauxbaton's students were about to walk out of the hall, so she hurriedly said goodbye to Diggory and the others, and then hurriedly followed Beauxbaton's and his group.

"Hey." Paulina put her hand on Fleur's shoulder. "Well, I mean the Ravenclaws? I personally think the Hufflepuffs are adorable—especially that Seymour." Derek Diggory."

"Oh," Fleur glanced at her, "the Ravenclaws are better than I thought, at least not so stupid. But to be honest, that Davies - a Ravenclaw prefect .He simply exceeded my expectations—I didn’t expect him to be so superficial and short.”

"Girls, I found that the savior's temper is more approachable than I imagined." Analita ran over from Gryffindor reluctantly, shouting at Paulina and the others while exerting force in the direction of Gryffindor waved.

"You're already too happy to leave." Paulina commented objectively.

"I'm a bit sorry." Paulina said, "Really, I really want to visit the dormitories in the four houses of Hogwarts."

"There's nothing to visit." Fu Rong said proudly, "In my opinion, it's just a simple room, not at all comparable to Beauxbatons."

Paulina shrugged and wisely did not refute Fleur.

The next morning was Saturday, and Paulina thought that the Hogwarts students would be late for breakfast, but there were not as few Hogwarts students in the Great Hall today as he had imagined.

"Anyone put a name in?" Paulina asked a Hufflepuff boy who looked familiar from yesterday.

"Yes, Durmstrang's gang," replied the boy, "but I haven't seen anyone from Hogwarts or Beauxbatons yet."

"Really." Paulina said, "In fact, our Beauxbaton registration is unified, for example, when Ms. Maxim arrives, she will lead us along."

"Would you like to be a warrior?" the boy asked.

"Of course, I'm already in the sixth grade." Paulina said proudly. "It's an honor to honor Beauxbatons."

Paulina goes to Fleur and Analita.They all watched with interest as two tall, thin boys with red hair (twins! said Analita) stood on the edge of the age line, swaying on tiptoes.Like divers preparing to jump from a 50-foot platform, and with every eye in the foyer watching, they took a deep breath and crossed the line.

"What, what do you mean?" Paulina asked, "are they under 17?"

"Of course." Fleur said. "But it seems that they have successfully crossed the age line."

Paulina thought they had succeeded, and they must have thought so.They yelled triumphantly, and then wriggled within the age line.But then there was a hissing sound, and the twins were thrown out of the gold coil.It was as if an invisible shot putter had thrown them out.They fell ten feet away in agony on the cold stone floor, and on top of the overwhelming pain, they were humiliated.With a loud explosion sound, two identical long white beards appeared on their chins.

Everyone in the hall roared with laughter, even Fu Rong couldn't help chuckling twice.The twins couldn't help laughing when they got up and saw each other's white beards.

"I warned you." A low, amused voice said, and everyone turned to see Professor Dumbledore coming out of the Great Hall.He looked at the twins with a twinkle in his eye, "I suggest that you both go to Madam Pomfrey, who is already nursing Miss Fudge in Ravenclaw and Mr Summers in Hufflepuff They are also determined to age themselves a little. But I must say that their beards are far less beautiful than yours."

The twins left for the hospital, accompanied by a dark-skinned boy.

"Funny." Paulina giggled.

"You guys are so early." An Mier walked in from the hall, "Ms. Maxim will be here in a while, I suggest we have some breakfast first." She smiled and blinked.

But Ms. Maxim didn't give her this chance. She came here almost the second An Mier entered the auditorium, and there were several Beauxbaton's students behind her.

Ms. Maxim glanced at Paulina and the others, then waved her hand to signal them to line up.

Paulina and the others followed obediently.They took out sheets of parchment from their pockets and crossed the age line one by one.They threw the strips of parchment into the blue-and-white flames, and as each name was thrown into the fire, the flames quickly turned red and sputtered sparks.

"Okay children, let's go back now." Ms. Maxim stopped a few students who wanted to watch Hogwarts with her eyes, and then led them out of the hall.

"I wish that Fang dog would bark a little less," said Paulina, as they walked, "or I'll burst into Hagrid's hut in the middle of the night and kill him."

Phillips couldn't stop laughing.

Polina didn't like the design of the carriage door at all, because it was too short, and Polina was the tallest of the girls.So she had to bend down to get in every time, which seemed very funny to her.

But Paulina liked the interior of the carriage.The entrance of the carriage is very low, but the interior is higher than you think (this is simply weird, Paulina said). The carriage is divided into three levels, Ms. Maxime is on the top level, the girls are on the second level, and the boys is at the bottom.

The tops of each of its tiers are gray-blue, the same color as their school uniforms.Four wall lamps emitting warm fire light are hung on the four corners of each floor of the carriage, and colorful murals are painted on the walls and top of each floor—those murals can still move, as if they are alive .

There are three half-person-high glass windows on the four sides of each floor, which are responsible for illuminating the interior of the carriage.

"Now, tidy yourself up as best you can - be pretty, don't embarrass Beauxbatons - it's you Morgan, you've buttoned up the wrong button again," said Madame Maxime gravely, as she went round the students We went up to the third floor at a glance.

After Ms. Maxim left, Paulina and the others hurried to their beds.Paulina sat down in front of the vanity mirror, picked up the cosmetics and began to carefully decorate her face.

"I have nothing to say." Fleur put on a layer of shiny lipstick on her lips, "Look at Manion, she looks like a wild man. I don't know whether she washed her face after getting up or not."

"It's a bit...but she's just like that usually—I thought you were used to it." Analita said vaguely.

"I'm not used to it!" Fleur said.

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