HP Starlight

The next morning, Esther was looking through the Monster Book of Monsters, trying to learn more about dangerous creatures.Orion angrily threw a copy of "Daily Prophet" to Esther.

"This is the guy you trust, see for yourself. You have been completely played by him." Auryan said angrily with anger and unwillingness on his face.

The "Daily Prophet" spent four full pages reporting the Triwizard Tournament, or it should be said that it was an exclusive interview with Harry.And there is only a short last line that mentions Beauxbaton and Durmstrang.As for Astor, nothing was mentioned in the report.

"He stole your honor, and you are still facing him!" Seeing Este's indifference, Orion became even angrier.

Esther put the newspaper aside indifferently, and said calmly, "It's better not to write about me, and I don't like to make myself known."

"Ha, you won't be known by everyone, and others don't even know that you participated in the competition!" Orion said reluctantly.

"Then what do you want me to do? Write a letter to the "Daily Prophet" to complain? Find a duel with Harry? Don't be stupid, this is obviously caused by that female reporter, and she made it up for the sake of attention." Esther was impatient. In other words, she still has several books to read, and she doesn't want to get entangled in these useless things.

"How do you know she's making it up? I think it's very real." Orion said.

"She interviewed Harry and wrote four pages in less than 10 minutes. Isn't it a fabrication? We have known each other since we were young, and I didn't know he had a problem with crying. Come on Orion, I believe he is better now I'm more annoying. So please let this go, please? I have to hurry up and get ready for the game. Also you go to Urquhart and see if he wants to organize the Slytherin team with Durmstrang for the weekend Playing Quidditch, I helped them get a chance to get close to Viktor." Esther looked down at the book and said.

"It's exactly what they want." Orion was still very unhappy.

As a true warrior of Hogwarts, she was not mentioned in the report, which seemed to make everyone feel aggrieved for her.There will always be various comforting voices in the corridor.This makes Esther and Harry very awkward when they meet.

"Esther, that, I'm not..." Harry felt speechless.

"I know that reporter did the trick, don't let her succeed. How are your preparations going, the first project?" Esther went straight to the point, she was worried that someone passing by would interrupt their conversation after a long time.

"No idea..." Harry said dejectedly.

"Listen, I read some reports, and I think the first level may be about dangerous creatures. Anyway, I prepared for this aspect. If you are interested, you can also start from this aspect." Este said briefly .

"Sirius also guessed that way, but the scope is too big." Harry said with a curl of lips.

"So hurry up and let those damn reports go to hell...Someone is coming, I'll go first." Hearing the footsteps, Esther hurriedly turned around the corner of the corridor and separated from Harry.

Most of the seventh-grade courses are practical, and the professors allow Esther not to go to the classroom for every class, as long as the homework is handed in on time.This gave Esther a lot of time to allocate freely.In addition to going to the basement to look after her Felicia, she spent most of her time in the library.Mrs. Pince even allowed her to borrow books from the restricted section in advance, as long as the teacher signed the permission to make up later.

On the last weekend before the competition, Esther got up a little late. When she went to Hogsmeade yesterday, Leona and Orion ordered her a glass of Fire Whiskey to help her relax.Unexpectedly, the stamina was a bit strong, and she still felt dizzy until the next morning.

Esther went upstairs to see if there was any food in the auditorium, but was stopped by the ghost Edmund at the door.

"No, you can't go in." Ghost Edmund said firmly.

"Please, sir. You don't want to see another starved ghost here?" Esther tried to persuade him one more time.

"It's better to starve to death than to be poisoned." Edmund stubbornly refused to give way.

"Esther, this way." Harry suddenly poked his head out of the shadows around the corner upstairs.

Esther went upstairs suspiciously to follow Harry.Seeing no one noticed them, Harry shoved Esther into an empty classroom.

"Listen Esther, the first item is dragons," Harry said nervously.

"How do you know?" Esther asked, looking at Harry in surprise.

"This... I can't say, but I saw them with my own eyes, they are in the Forbidden Forest, there are four in total, one for each of us, and we probably have to pass by the fire dragon." Harry told Esther as much as he knew. .

"Just pass?" Esther thought it was okay.As a dangerous creature that is often mentioned and used in the magical world, Esther is still prepared.She wasn't surprised, even though it was a tough thing to deal with.

"Just through?" Harry repeated in disbelief. "You wouldn't have said that if you'd seen those dragons with your own eyes! They'd be like a hill even if they fell, and it took seven or eight wizards to stun a dragon, and That flame..."

"Harry, I know, but if we just pass through, it's not that difficult, although very dangerous." Esther waited for Harry's emotions to stabilize, and then said, "Dragon has a weak point, their eyes. As long as they It's easy to pass if you can't see it. But it also depends on the scoring criteria, if you hurt them, you will be deducted points, so you need to find a more clever way... I should go and see."

"There's a lot of guards there, so it's best not to go," Harry reminded her, "Be careful of Durmstrang's people, Sirius told me that Karkaroff is a Death Eater."

"Did Sirius still talk about others?" Esther asked a little nervously.

"No," said Harry.

"Okay, thank you for the news. Now that you know it's a dragon, get ready. There are still two days left. Personally, I don't recommend the Eye Sickness Curse. Of course, you can practice it as a last resort. I'm more inclined to make a quick pass. ’” Esther said.

"That's easy to say. I don't think I can run faster than a dragon unless I can also fly." Harry said slightly dissatisfied.

"Yeah, it can be used to fly, why didn't I think of it." Esther said, "Forget it, I'm not very suitable for flying blatantly..."

"But we can only bring wands, don't we? Do you want to say wand... hey, wait, you're right, I'll ask Hermione." Harry hurried out of the room.

Esther looked at Harry in bewilderment, not understanding what Harry was thinking of so anxiously.But she also has things to do, such as turning into a bat and going to the Forbidden Forest to see what's going on.

Esther transformed directly in the classroom and flew out of the window.Flying high, she saw smoke rising from the edge of the Forbidden Forest, far from the castle.It should be right there, Esther thought to himself, speeding up and rushing over there.

After flying to the place, Esther found that even if she turned into a bat, she looked very awkward, because there was no trace of animal activities in a large area around her.Fortunately, everyone was so engrossed in looking after the four dragons that they had no time to care about whether other people or animals were mixed in.

Esther stayed on the big tree near each dragon for a long time, and roughly figured out the characteristics of the four dragons.She was surprised to find that all four were female dragons, and they all had dragon eggs beside them.A mother dragon holding eggs is more dangerous than ordinary dragons, and it is every mother's nature to protect her babies.If you pass by it, you don't want to be attacked, unless you are also a dragon egg, and you must be able to endure the high temperature of the dragon's breath.

Although Esther is not an expert in dragon research, these dragons are often introduced in books, and it is not difficult to identify them.The green one is the Welsh Green Dragon, the silver-blue one is the Swedish Short-Snouted Dragon, the red one is the Chinese Fireball Dragon, and the black one is the Hungarian Horntail.Est observed for a long time, and felt that the Welsh Green Dragon was the most tempered one, while the Hungarian Horntail was still grumpy even in the face of the dragon trainer who fed it.They ate sheep brought in by the dragon trainer, but Esther had no doubts that if they could get their hands on it, they would swallow a dragon trainer in one gulp.

At the last moment before the game, Esther kept practicing the transformation spell, fire prevention spell, water control spell, etc.She hopes that her magic spell will not have any accidents in the game.

The game was held in the afternoon. Although Esther's mental quality was not bad, he was still nervous in the face of the violent fire dragon.At lunch, she sat at the long table, unconsciously chopping the bread on the plate into pieces, and her mind was still simulating her own coping strategy when encountering a fire dragon.

"You didn't eat anything in the morning, so eat a little." Orion looked worriedly at Esther's pale face.

Esther simply pushed the plate forward, "I really can't eat."

Orion wanted to persuade him again, but Professor Snape walked over from the front of the long table and said to Esther: "Collins, if you are ready, go to the venue."

"Okay, Professor." Esther said subconsciously following Professor Snape's footsteps.

Professor Snape led Esther down the steps and out of the castle in silence, before he spoke again, "Since you have decided, face it bravely. Focus on what you have to do and you won't be so afraid. I guess you You should already know what to deal with, right?" Seeing Esther nodding, he continued, "Remember not to use your ice shield to force it through, and don't be soft-handed, you know what I mean."

"Thank you, Professor." Esther said softly.

Professor Snape led Esther to a big tent on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, motioned for Esther to go in, and walked towards the field ahead.Esther took a deep breath and walked into the tent.

There was no one in the tent yet, Esther relaxed a little, she might not be in the mood to chat with other contestants now.The wind blew the tent open a shallow gap, and Esther saw the tall stands outside and the field full of boulders.Esther continued to perfect his coping strategy in his mind based on the venue.

Finally the warriors and the referees all came to the tent.Mr. Barty Crouch took out a purple velvet bag, "Come on, warriors, take a circle. Ladies first, Miss Delacour, can you come first?" He handed the bag to Fleur.

Fu Rong reached out and took out a small, lifelike green dragon that breathed fire.Around his neck is a number plate with the number two written on it.

"The Welsh Green Dragon," said Mr. Crouch to Fleur. "Next, Miss Collins."

Esther stretched out her hand and let a dragon climb onto her palm.She pulled out her hand, and a silver-blue dragon was staring at her with narrowed eyes, with a number plate hanging around its neck, which was number one.

"Swedish Brachysaurus." Mr. Crouch nodded, and handed the bag to Viktor again.

Viktor drew the Chinese Fireball Dragon, and Harry was left with the most ferocious Hungarian Horntail.

"Each of your dragons represents a real dragon, and each dragon guards a golden egg. Your task is simple, get the golden egg. The task must be completed, because the golden egg contains clues to the next project, there is no It prevents you from completing your next project. Questions?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Dumbledore continued, "Very well, when the cannon fires, Miss Collins, you..."

But before Professor Dumbledore finished speaking, Filch fired the cannon.Everyone was startled by the loud noise.Professor Dumbledore waved to Esther helplessly, letting her walk out of the tent first to meet the challenge.

Esther walked onto the field stiffly, and the eyes from the stands and the dragon's eyes were staring at her closely together, making her feel very uncomfortable.She used Occlumency to suppress her emotions, and instantly felt her mind clearer.

First try to see if there is any loophole, Esther thought. "The golden egg is flying!" She waved her wand at the golden egg, and the golden egg vibrated.

"Tricky to try, luckily the referees have taken care of that, otherwise it would have been too easy, wouldn't it?" Mr Bagman explained from the stands, to a burst of laughter from the audience.

Esther blushed for a while, but remained calm.She concealed herself behind a boulder as planned and cast a Disillusionment Charm on herself.However, the giant dragon that lost its target obviously became uneasy, and it spewed fire in all directions, causing the temperature of the field to rise sharply.

Esther used a layer of fireproof spell on himself to slowly approach the position of the dragon egg, and released a transformation spell on the distant stone, turning it into a fat sheep.For the target that appeared suddenly, the giant dragon attacked without hesitation.Esther took the opportunity to pick up the golden egg and prepare to evacuate the venue.

But before she ran a few steps, Esther instinctively felt the danger from the restless voice in the stands, and she released the Enlargement Curse on the stone behind her without any hesitation.Then a scalding heat wave hit.Although there were stones to resist the flames and the protection of the Fireproof Charm, the scorching air still made her skin ache, and she got blisters from inhaling a puff of smoke due to her tense throat.

Esther summoned a huge jet of water with a silent spell, which shot straight into the dragon's eyes.The moment it was blocked by the water column, Esther covered the stone with ice.Under the sunlight, these stones look like shining crystals.The fire dragon was confused by the scene in front of him, staring obsessively at the shining treasures on the ground, Esther took the opportunity to run out of the field and returned to the safe area, and a burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted from the stands.

"It's a waste of time, but it's not bad." Professor Snape was waiting for her outside the venue.

Esther really wanted to say thank you, but she opened her mouth, but couldn't make a sound, only feeling a burning pain in her throat.

"Your throat is hurt?" Professor Snape frowned, "I thought you were fine, go and see Madam Pomfrey."

Professor Snape led Esther to the door of the emergency tent, "I hurt my throat, it may be caused by inhaling hot air." He said quickly to Madam Pomfrey.

"Let me see." Madam Pomfrey pulled Esther into the emergency tent. "It's a little swollen, kid, you'll be fine with some medicine for a few days, but you can't talk until then."

Esther took the potion handed by Madam Pomfrey and drank it down. A cold feeling passed from her throat and entered her stomach, making her shiver.She forced a smile to Madam Pomfrey, and walked out of the tent holding the golden egg to check her score.

Unexpectedly, Professor Snape did not leave at the door, "Mr. Wilkes said he has reserved a seat for you, and asked you to look for him in the stand." After finishing speaking, he went back to the staff stands.Esther found Orion in the Slytherin team, and the people around cheered again, making her feel that her face was hotter than when she was sprayed by the fire dragon just now.

Madame Maxim raised her wand first, and a long silver ribbon-like thing sprayed out from the wand, turned a corner, and wrote an 8.

Then Mr. Crouch and Professor Dumbledore gave two 8s one after another, Mr. Bagman also gave an 8, and only Karkaroff gave a 6.

Then Furong came on the stage, she used hypnosis, but the first time it was not successful, the fire dragon was knocked down by her spell after several times in a row, but the dragon's breath still ignited her wizard robe.The judges deducted some points because the spell was not strong enough, but the total score was the same as Esther.

Krum chose to face the dragon and used the Eye Sickness Curse.As Esther thought, the Eye Sickness Curse caused the fire dragon to be injured and stepped on the dragon's egg and was deducted points.But Karkaroff gave him full marks eccentrically, which allowed him to score 40 points even higher than Esther and Fleur.

It's unfair, but Esther doesn't really care.She was worried about whether Harry could pass the test safely. After all, he was facing the most vicious Hungarian Horntail, a ferocious dragon with barbed tails besides being able to breathe fire.

Harry used a clever method. He summoned his own broomstick and played a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain.Be the fastest among the four warriors to get the dragon egg.Also scored 40 points.

After everyone finished the project, Esther finally found the feeling of hunger.She sadly found that all she could drink was pumpkin juice, and any solid food left her with a sore throat.She resigned herself to drinking two cups of pumpkin juice, and left the auditorium to go back to the common room without much interest.

The Slytherin common room was having a drink, yes, a drink.As Esther watched in amazement as a group of students, both adults and minors, raised their glasses to her, she thought she was in the wrong place.Orion explained to her that it was all low-alcohol fruit wine, and handed her a glass as well.

The taste is really good. If it doesn't hurt so much when swallowed, Esther even thinks that there is no alcohol in these drinks.

Esther can't drink and can't chat, it's really boring.She was about to go back to the dormitory to rest, when Orion came over to Este and said, "Aren't you going to see the clues of the golden egg?"

Esther looked at the expectant eyes of the others and shrugged helplessly.She patted the top of the golden egg, and the shell of the golden egg opened in several pieces, making a terrifying and sharp sound at the same time.Orion quickly closed the golden eggshell again.

"So what the hell is the second level?" Orion looked at Esther in shock.Esther looked at the golden egg in astonishment, wondering if they gave it wrong.

Esther returned to the classroom, and the professors all smiled at her, only Professor Snape was still very indifferent to her.However, Esther could see from the end of the first project that Professor Snape was only superficially indifferent, which made her feel a little joy in her heart.

That night, Esther was working on the golden egg in the common room.Orion came over and asked her to help gather the students above the fourth grade to an empty classroom outside the lounge, where Professor Snape was waiting for them.

"I think some of you may have heard," said Professor Snape, dragging his voice lazily, "this year on Christmas Eve our school will hold a Yule Ball with Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. It is a tradition of the Triwizard Tournament. The dance is open to the fourth grade and above, but the lower grades can also be invited to participate as dance partners."

The students were discussing in low voices, with unconcealable excitement in their eyes.

"I know—" Professor Snape raised his voice slightly, and everyone fell silent again, "You have long been looking forward to this kind of event, to release your restless hormones. But before that, you must prepare your dress robes and learn to Dancing is fine. Before the ball, this classroom will be reserved for your practice. If there is no problem, you can start now. Miss Collins, come with me."

Professor Snape strode out of the classroom after speaking.

The author has something to say:

When expected: Esther gracefully waved her wand (referring to the Grindelwald gas stove), a dense fog was raised, a castle was looming in the fog, there was a shadow of a prince in the castle, and the stones on the ground turned into crystals shining.Bewildered, the dragon rushed to the castle.Esther called calmly.A vine rolled the golden egg, and the whole process was completed without entering the venue...

Esther said to me calmly: "How do you think I can single out Voldemort?"

Author: "I was wrong..."