[HP] Seven Nights Talk

The winter vacation is over, and Hogwarts reopens.The students in the upper grades are quite reluctant to leave, while the students in the lower grades are generally very reluctant-they probably missed the best and only Christmas party in their seven years of study.But no matter what, the class still has to be attended.

They had a chance to go to Hogsmeade in mid-January, five weeks before the second match of the Triwizard Tournament.After a holiday, Harry was finally able to tell Hermione and Sirius confidently that he had solved the golden egg problem and was confident about the second game.

"Of course, of course I believe you can do it!" Hermione swept away her previous worries, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

Harry knew why: as a fourth year student, the Invisibility Charm was a bit beyond his abilities.They were coming back from Hogsmeade at this time, and they were walking up the hill outside the castle, and they could see Durmstrang's big black boat floating on the lake.

Hermione wasn't distracted to look over there. "Honestly," she said eagerly, "could you tell us how you learned the Invisibility Charm?" She was interested in anything that ties in with learning.

Even if Harry wanted to tell her the truth, he couldn't. "I found it in the library," he said, "I practiced it secretly..."

"But I didn't see it at all?" Ron was suspicious when he heard this, and then thought of something they had forgotten for a long time: "Oh, I see, you used the invisibility cloak?"

What a perfect excuse, thanks, man, Harry thought to himself. "As you know, the invisibility cloak is sometimes inconvenient...sometimes you can't take it out."

"Like when there's a crowd of spectators and a fiery dragon," Ron added.The invisibility cloak is a very precious thing, obviously not suitable for showing off, he understands very well. "However, the dragon in the first level is really dangerous." He said pertinently, with a little worry, "Will it be the same in the second level?"

Harry paused.He intends to tamper with it, but he can't say it at this time. "I promise it will be fine." Not to mention his own protection, there are still professors and referees in the stands, even if he takes a little risk, it is impossible for anything to happen.In fact, he was already a little eager to try, but he tried hard to control himself.

"Of course, it couldn't be better," Hermione affirmed, completely oblivious to Harry's small thoughts.She wanted to say something more, but Ron pointed to a place and called out, "Oh, isn't he afraid of the cold? The lake just thawed!"

Hermione and Harry turned their heads together.It turned out to be Krum, who was standing on the side of the boat, wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, and soon jumped into the water with a puff. "It's much colder there, I think Hogwarts is warmer for him," she said, unremarkably.

Ron's narrowing failed, so he could only grimace helplessly.

As for Harry, he had almost recovered, and now realized another aspect: he had completely ignored it before... Krum must have solved the puzzle of the golden egg before trying to go down to the lake Look at the situation, not really just swim.

But that's okay, he thought for a while, and shook the thought out of his head.Judging from the recent situation, Voldemort did not find the ring during the Christmas holidays, so let it be his rhythm. "You go to eat first," he said as he entered the door, "I want to go to the owl shack first."

It was four weeks before Ron and Hermione found out what Harry had done.Because one morning, a pelican flew into the Hogwarts auditorium mixed with a large group of owls, and brought Harry a wet package, but also brought countless people's eyes - because it took the package It was packed in the crop, and when he left, he took the grilled fish on Ron's plate by the way.

"Oh, my fish! It dripped saliva on my plate!" Ron's face was really not good-looking, "Harry, what did you do?"

Hermione thoughtfully gave both his plate and Harry's package a whirlwind, then watched as Harry unwrapped what looked like a black tarp from the outside of the package. "What you bought last month," she guessed, "is related to the competition?"

Upon hearing this, Ron stopped complaining. "Come on, let's see!"

At this time, it is natural to block other people's eyes, because both Fleur and Krum are attracted by the movement on their side.The box was not big, Harry opened it halfway, and the three heads put together to peek inside——

"Uh..." Ron sat back first. "You ordered a bunch of water plants?" He was shocked, but somehow he remembered to suppress his voice.The fishy smell was a bit strong, and he suddenly thanked the pelican for taking away most of his remaining fish.

"Some kind of magical plant that goes down into the lake?" said Hermione, her lips barely moving.

Harry didn't want to comment on Hermione's intelligence anymore.He nodded, and rewrapped the box, blocking the curious eyes of others by the way.

After her reminder, Ron also thought of the possible situation, and his face turned pale. "It has something to do with the Black Lake?" He said in a bad tone, obviously thinking that they were almost eaten by a water monster inside.

"I don't think it could be that," said Hermione, but she also frowned slightly.Then she looked at Harry one more time and asked, "Is that why you keep not telling us you've guessed it?"

"I...yeah." Harry was about to say that he just didn't want to be worrying, but finally admitted it. "Unless they get something more powerful than a horse-shaped water monster this time, I think I can deal with it."

Of course he knew it wouldn't, but neither Ron nor Hermione clearly felt that way. "I think they have to strengthen their defenses," Hermione bit her lower lip with a look of lingering fear, "They said they would guarantee the safety of the warriors!"

Harry said nothing.It's no use arguing, just wait until it's over.And to be honest, he is indeed a little guilty—not because of the old routine of going to the lake to save people, but because of what he is going to do—if Hermione finds out that he did it on purpose, she will definitely give him a fist .

As he was thinking, he didn't notice Voldemort glancing at him from the teacher's bench.

After the next Defense Against the Dark Arts class was over, Voldemort casually left Harry behind.This is normal, because of Harry's good performance, he is now the favorite of several professors, including Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall, and Voldemort is no different.

"I thought you would do it differently?" Voldemort asked. "Or did I not teach you how to breathe properly underwater?"

Harry gave him a rude look. "Don't be so sentimental, don't I know how to learn by myself?" In fact, after the Black Lake incident, he quietly searched for related books. "It's just double insurance."

Voldemort's eyebrows went up high. "You still know the word insurance? It seems that I really underestimated you."

"Don't you think I can't handle those mermaids?" Harry asked back, only he knew what he wanted to do.

This phrase was common to Harry, but Voldemort suddenly felt that he meant something else.He took a closer look at Harry, convinced that the familiar look of refusal was all over that face. "No one ever makes the same mistakes," he said tactfully.

Harry snorted, turned and left.

On the day when the competition officially started, the temporary auditorium beside the Black Lake was crowded with people.Harry didn't fall asleep in the library until it was almost overtime this time, so he was instructed by Sirius to pay attention to a lot of precautions.Sirius also had a fresh memory of the Black Lake incident, but with Dumbledore around, it was obviously impossible for this incident to happen again, so it was not as much of a fuss as Hermione - in fact, she and Ron were found by the professors last night He is now sleeping at the bottom of the lake as a hostage.

"I can do it, I promise, Sirius." Harry made his last promise. "I will definitely come up well."

"Yes, you can do it." Sirius agreed, but still stared at the lake in a bad mood.

Then the whistle blew, and Bagman began to speak, a booming voice that echoed all over the lake and its edge.Harry stood by the lake and looked up at the podium.Crouch sits behind Bagman, still impeccably dressed, but seems to be thinner; then Karkaroff, his face paler; Dumbledore catches his gaze and blinks ( Harry smiles back); Madame Maxime blocked a large group of people behind her.

But of course, Voldemort sat among the Hogwarts teachers with an expression on his face that was neither Professor Flitwick's sparkling nor Professor Snape's bored; It's never obvious what's underneath.

Harry turned his head away before meeting his eyes, he didn't want to reveal his secrets on the eve of his plan.After a few minutes, Bagman finished what he needed to say, and Harry, as the first total scorer in the first competition, was the first to go into the water.He took the gills out of his pocket, swallowed a few mouthfuls, took a deep breath, and plunged into the water.

The first feeling was a biting cold.Harry was thankful that he had enough air and still had some time to adjust.But that feeling quickly faded as the herbs kicked in, giving him gills and flippers.The water temperature became cool and comfortable, so he touched the magic wand he was carrying, taking care to avoid the long aquatic plants on the way, and swam straight to the center of the lake bottom.

By the lake, the audience watched the three contestants go down one by one.The limited time is one hour, but within 5 minutes, the surface of the lake was rippling.Everyone thought it was a big fish or something at first, then immediately noticed that it was Ron.He seemed to be in a daze of consciousness, and then he was pulled ashore by people waiting beside him.

"Potter is the first!" Most of the audience in the audience were Hogwarts students, and they were all erupting at the moment.But the strange thing is that they cheered for nearly a minute, and no second person emerged from the water. 1 minutes, 2 minutes... This excitement began to turn into doubts, and countless people began to whisper.Madam Pomfrey woke Ron up, but he didn't know what was going on underneath.