[HP] Stranger things

"Now, ladies and gentlemen, a warm welcome - the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team! I introduce - Dimitrov!"

A figure in red on a broomstick flew into the arena through a portal below, so fast it was impossible to see.He won rapturous applause from the Bulgarian supporters.

"Ivanova!"

A second figure in a bright red robe flew out.

"Zograf! Levsky! Vokanov! Volkov! Next - Krum!"

Viktor Krum was dark and thin, with sallow skin, a big hooked nose, and two thick black eyebrows, looking like a huge eagle.It's hard to believe he's only eighteen.

"And now, please welcome—the Irish National Quidditch Team!" cried Bagman loudly, "and here comes—Connolly! Ryan! Troy! Mallett! Moran! Quigley! And—yet — and — Lynch!”

Seven fuzzy green figures flew towards the arena, "Ann! They all use fire guns, it's so cool! Merlin! And they all have their names rusted with silver thread on their backs." Cedric didn't Resisting said to Ann.Seeing Cedric so excited, Ann couldn't help laughing.

"And our referee today, the well-respected president of the International Quidditch Federation, Hassan Mustafa, who flew all the way from Egypt!"

A small, lean wizard in robes of solid gold to match the stadium's color, strode across the field.He was completely bald on the top of his head, but he had a beard to rival Uncle Vernon's.A silver whistle protruded from under his beard.He carried a large wooden box under one arm and his broomstick under the other.Harry set the panorama binoculars back to normal speed and watched Mustafa mount his broomstick and kick the wooden box away with one kick - four balls shot into the air at once: a bright red Quaffle, two A black Bludger, and a tiny golden snitch with wings.Musta whistled and followed the balls into the air.

"Ah, he-he-he-they're off!" screamed Bagman. "It's Mallette! Troy! Moran! Dimitrov! To Mallette again! Troy! Levsky Moran!"

Ann had never seen such a wonderful Quidditch match.The speed of the paratroopers was unbelievable - the Chasers kept throwing the Quaffle to the rest of the team so fast that Bagman only had time to call out their names.

"Hawkhead offensive formation." Cedric dutifully explained to Ann in a low voice. At the same time, he saw three Irish Chasers galloping close together. Troy was in the middle, and a little ahead were Marlette and Moran. Approaching the Bulgarian team together.

"This is Boskov's tactic!" Cedric couldn't hide his yearning and enthusiasm in his voice, and saw Troy pretending to charge up with the Quaffle, distracting the Bulgarian Chaser Ivanova, and then The ball is thrown to Moran.Volkov, one of the Bulgarian batsmen, smacked the incoming Bludger hard with the stub in his hand, and sent it toward Moran; The Quaffle, caught by Levsky hovering below—

"Troy scored!" Bagman roared loudly, and the audience cheered and cheered, making the stadium tremble, "10-0, Ireland leads!"

Although Ann didn't know much about Quidditch, the Irish Chasers looked really good. They cooperated seamlessly and their movements were very coordinated, as if they could read each other's minds. The ground screamed their names: "Troy - Mallet - Moran!" Within 10 minutes, Ireland scored two more goals, rewriting the score to 30:0, causing the supporters in green clothes to pour mountains and seas cheers and applause.

The competition became more intense and more brutal.Bulgarian batsmen Volkov and Vokanov slapped the Bludgers at the Irish Chaser with milky power and tried to stop them from making some of their best plays.They were forced to spread out twice, and in the end, Ivanov finally broke through their lineup, dodging goalkeeper Ryan and scoring the first goal for Bulgaria.

Suddenly the veela started dancing to celebrate.Seconds later, the veela had stopped dancing and the Quaffle was in the hands of the Bulgarian team again.

"Dimitrov! Levsky! Dimitrov! Ivanova—oh, my God!" said Bagman in a booming voice.

One hundred thousand wizards held their breath and watched the two Seekers. Krum and Lynch fell rapidly among the Chasers. The speed was so fast, it was as if they had jumped out of the plane without a parachute.It looks like it will hit the ground hard in the next second.

At the last second, Victor Cruma stopped the dive, rose again, and flew away in a circle.And Lin Qi fell heavily to the ground, with a bang that could be heard throughout the gymnasium.There was a groan from the Irish audience seats.

"Krum's fake moves are really superb." Cedric couldn't help but sigh.

"The game is suspended," yelled Mr. Bagman, "and the well-trained field doctor rushed to the field to check Aidan Lynch's injury."

Finally, Lin Qi stood up.Amid the loud cheers of his green-clad supporters, he mounted his fire dynamo, kicked it off, and leaped into the air.His recovery appears to have given Ireland renewed confidence.When Mustafa blew his whistle again, the Chasers assembled swiftly with a level of skill Harry had never seen before.

After another tense and intense 15 minutes, the Irish team scored another ten goals in succession.They are now leading 130:10, and the game is starting to get unscrupulous.

As Mallette sprinted toward the goalposts again with the Quaffle under her arm, Bulgarian goalkeeper Zograf flew out to meet her.It all happened too quickly for Ann to see clearly, but there was a yell of anger from the Irish audience, and Mustafa let out a long, piercing whistle before he realized that there had been a foul.

"Mustafa scolds the Bulgarian goalkeeper for hitting - the elbow is too big!" Bagman said to the raucous crowd. "Ah - yes, the Irish penalty!"

Just now, after Mallett was rammed by the opponent's goalkeeper, the little leprechauns rose into the air angrily like a group of shining bumblebees, and now they quickly formed the words "Ha! Ha! Ha!" together.The veela across the field jumped, tossed their hair angrily, and started dancing again.

But this time it was not the players who were recruited.Hassan Mustafa has landed in front of the dancing veela, and his behavior is very strange.He stretched his limbs, flexed his muscles, and stroked his beard excitedly.

"Oh, that's not allowed!" Ludo Bagman said, but he also found it very interesting to listen to his tone. "Someone go up and slap the referee!"

A field doctor plugged his ears with his fingers, rushed into the field, and kicked Mustafa's calf several times.Mustafa seemed to come to his senses.

"Maybe I'm mistaken, Mustafa wants to send home the Bulgarian mascot!" said Bagman's voice. It's uncivilized."

Indeed, Volkov and Volkanov, the batsmen of the Bulgarian team, who landed on either side of Mustafa, began to quarrel with him angrily and gestured to the leprechauns, who at this moment Have fun forming the words "Hey! Hey! Hey!"However, Mustafa was indifferent to the protests of the Bulgarian players.He held up a finger in the air, apparently telling them to take off again.When they refused, he gave two short whistles.

"Two free throws for Ireland!" shouted Bagman, and the Bulgarian audience roared angrily. Fly ball."

The competition was now at a level of ferocity the likes of which they had never seen before.The hitters on both sides showed no mercy, especially Volkov and Volkanov. They didn't care whether the bats in their hands hit the ball or people, and just swung wildly.Dimitrov made a beeline for Moran, who was holding the Quaffle, knocking her nearly off her broom.

"Foul!" Irish supporters shouted in unison.They all stood up, forming a huge green wave.

"Foul!" Ludo Bagman's magically amplified voice also repeated two words, "Dimitrov hurt Moran and deliberately flew over to collide. He will definitely be awarded a free throw. Yes, the referee The whistle is blowing!"

The leprechauns all rose into the air again, and this time they formed a giant hand and made a very rude gesture towards the veela across the field.When Veela saw it, she immediately lost control.Instead of dancing, they flew up across the ring and began throwing handfuls of flaming things at the leprechauns. "Hey, Seid, look at Veela, they are not beautiful at all now." Ann poked Cedric with some interest when she saw this scene.Instead, their faces had elongated into pointed, beaked bird heads, and a pair of long, scaled wings were protruding from their shoulders.

Wizarding officials from the Ministry flooded the arena in an attempt to separate the veela from the leprechauns, but with little success.At this moment, the fierce battle below is no less than the competition above.There was no impact on the field, only the Quaffle passed from one person to another like a bullet.

"Levsky - Dimitrov - Moran - Troy - Mallett - Ivanova - Moran again - Moran - Moran scored!"

But the field was filled with screams of veela, the crackling of ministry officials' wands, and the roar of angry Bulgarians, and the cheers of the Irish supporters could hardly be heard.The play resumed immediately, and it was now Leivers who got the Quaffle, then Dimitrov, and Ireland's batsman Quigley slammed a flying Bludger with all his strength. To Krum, Krum couldn't dodge in time, and was hit head-on by the Bludger.

There was a deafening murmur from the audience.Krum's nose seemed to have been smashed and was bleeding everywhere, but Hassan Mustafa didn't blow his whistle.He loses concentration, and a veela throws a fire at him, igniting the tail of his broom.

Seeing the Irish Seeker suddenly dive down, Cedric was sure that this was not a fake by Ronski, this time it was real.

"He saw the Snitch!" suddenly Ann heard Harry shout, "He saw it! Look at him!"

Cedric whispered in Ann's ear, "Look at Lynch, he found the Snitch."

At this time, half of the audience realized what was going on.The Irish supporters were on their feet again, in another green wave, screaming to cheer their Seekers on, but Krum followed closely behind.How could he see the road ahead? He could only see blood splashing in the air behind him, but he had already caught up with Lin Qi and was parallel to him, and the two dived down to the ground again.

"They're going to fall to the ground!" Hermione screamed.

"No!" Ron yelled.

"Lynchie will!" Harry yelled.

He was right, Lin Qi fell heavily to the ground for the second time, and a group of angry veela immediately swarmed around him.

"Where's the Snitch, where's the Snitch?" Charlie, who was sitting over there, shouted.

"He's got it! Krum's got it! It's game over!" Harry yelled.

Krum's bright red robes were speckled with nosebleeds.He lightly rose into the air, raised his fist high, and a golden light appeared between his fingers.

Bulgaria: 160, Ireland: 170 flashed on the scoreboard, and the audience didn't seem to realize what was going on.Then, slowly, like a jumbo jet accelerating, the Irish supporters grew louder and louder, culminating in countless shouts of joy.

"Ireland won!" exclaimed Bagman, who liked Ireland, and seemed dazed by the sudden end of the game. "Krum caught the Snitch! But Ireland won! My God, I miss you all." I never expected it to end like this!"

Soon, they were surrounded by the deluge of people leaving the gymnasium and returning to camp.As they walked back down the lantern-lit passage, there was a rough song in the night air, and leprechauns flew above them, waving their lanterns, and rattling.At last, at last, the tent was reached, but no one wanted to sleep.Cedric and Mr. Diggory were discussing the Quidditch match excitedly, while Ann sat by and looked at Cedric with bright eyes.That's when they finally calm down and get ready for bed.They could still hear the singing and the strange crashing from the other side of the camp, echoing long in the night sky.

Vaguely, they felt that something was wrong.The voices in the camp changed.The singing stopped, and they heard screams and people running in panic.Fortunately, they were not ready to go to bed yet, and they hurried out of the tent.Cedric held Ann's hand tightly.

People ran toward the woods, as if fleeing something that was moving towards them over the camp.It flashed strangely and made a sound like a gun being fired.Loud jeers, wild laughter, and drunken shouts also moved towards them.Then, a bright green light flashed, illuminating everything around.

A group of wizards huddled together, each with their wands pointed upwards, pushing forward together, moving slowly across the field.They wore hoods over their heads and masks over their faces.Above their heads, four struggling figures floated in the air, distorted into various weird shapes, as if the masked wizards on the ground were puppeteers, and the people above them were marionettes, Invisible strings that shoot up into the air from the wand control.Two of the figures were small.

More wizards joined the advancing procession, laughing loudly and pointing to the few bodies floating above.As the army continued to grow, the tent was crushed and collapsed.Several tents were ablaze.The screaming got louder.

"We're going to help keep order in the Ministry!" Mr. Diggory said over the uproar, rolling up his sleeves. "Go into the woods, and stay together. Don't separate. I'll see you when the matter is settled." I'll go find you again!"

Cedric took Ann into the woods without hesitation.After they entered, they realized that there were many people standing inside.But none of them spoke.

The lights that had illuminated the way to the stadium have now gone out.There were dark figures stumbling along in the woods, little children crying, nervous, anxious cries and voices echoing in the cold night sky around them.

Ann was held in Cedric's arms.Neither of them spoke.

Then, without warning, a voice suddenly broke the silence.It was unlike any other sound they had heard in the woods. It was not a nervous cry, but a spell.

"Bone reappears!"

Then, out of the darkness, a huge green shiny thing appeared.It jumped up the treetops and flew into the air.

It was a gigantic skeleton, composed of countless green star-like things, and a large python emerged from the skeleton's mouth like a tongue.As they watched, the skeleton rose higher and higher, shining brightly in a cloud of green smoke, like a new constellation against the dark night sky.

Suddenly, screams erupted from the woods around them.It had risen so high now that it lit up the woods like a terrifying neon sign.

"Merlin." If it wasn't for Cedric still hugging Ann, she might have already sat on the ground at this time.The mark, they had seen, was that man's mark.The storm is coming.

Ann saw Cedric's tightly pursed lips. Under such a background, the two of them cuddled quietly to keep each other warm.

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The description of the game is from the original book