[HP] Stranger things

As their studies progressed, their homework became more and more difficult and demanding, especially Moody's Defense Against the Dark Arts class.Every time I finish it, I feel like I have been mentally devastated, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

To their surprise during a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Professor Moody announced that he was going to cast the Imperius Charm to each of his classmates in turn, to demonstrate the spell's power and see if they could resist its effects.

"But, but you said it was illegal, Professor," Ann said uncertainly, as Moody waved his wand and moved the desks aside, leaving a wide open space in the middle of the room, "you said it was illegal. It's applied to other people—"

"Professor Dumbledore wishes to teach you to feel," said Moody, turning his magic eye and staring sinisterly, unblinkingly at Ann, who, though pale, persisted. Eye to eye with Professor Moody, "If you're willing to learn in a crueler way—waiting for someone to say the spell to you and take complete control of you, fine. I agree. You can go."

He stretched out a gnarled finger and pointed to the door of the classroom.Ann stood there, looked at the professor in front of her, and didn't say anything, but her pale face betrayed her restless heart.Cedric worriedly held Ann's hand under the table, but it didn't make Ann feel much better.

Moody began calling the students to take turns to come forward and cast the Imperius Curse on them.Under the influence of the spell, the students made the most abnormal behavior one after another.Zacharias hopped around the classroom three times, singing the national anthem.Susan imitated a squirrel.Justin performed a series of astonishing gymnastic moves that he would never have been able to do in his normal state.None of them seemed to be able to resist the spell, and they all returned to normal after Moody removed the spell.

"Anderson," said Moody rumblingly, "it's your turn." There was no expression on his face, but Ann thought he had bad intentions written all over him.

Ann stepped forward to the center of the room, to the space Moody had just cleared by removing his desk.Moody raised his wand, pointed at Ann, and said, "Out of body!"

It was the most amazing feeling.Ann felt light, and the thoughts and worries in her mind were swept away, leaving only a hazy, invisible and intangible joy.She stood there feeling particularly relaxed and untroubled, only vaguely aware that everyone was watching her.

Then she heard Professor Moody's voice, echoing in some far corner of her empty head: Jump on the table, jump on the table.

Anshun bent her knees obediently, ready to jump.No, the school uniform skirt you are wearing today, you can't lose face in front of Cedric.Another voice came to life in the back of her head.It's stupid and embarrassing to do that, you're Hufflepuff No. 1 and you can't do such an embarrassing thing, said the voice.

jump on the table...

No, I don't want to dance, thank you, said the other voice, a little more firmly, no, I really don't want to dance.

Jump!jump!

No!impossible!She, Ann Anderson, would not do such a disgraceful thing!Even if you do, you can't do it in front of Cedric!Ann gasped, stood where she was and looked up at Moody.

"Well, that makes sense!" said Moody's booming voice.Ann looked at the professor in front of her, but she didn't think he was happy now.

"Look, y'all, Anderson resisted! She resisted, she beat it! Let's try again, Anderson, the rest of you watch, look her in the eye, that's the point, fine, Anderson, Very good! They don't want to control you easily!"

But Ann still resisted the Imperius Curse.Although she looks more embarrassed.Resisting the Imperius Curse twice made Ann almost collapse. When get out of class was over, Cedric wanted to give Ann a princess hug, but Ann refused, so he could only help Ann to the auditorium.This time his smile completely disappeared from his face. Although he was not called up to demonstrate, but seeing his girl collapsed in his arms, he could no longer show affection for this professor.

When they reached the foyer, they found it impossible to go any further, for a large crowd of students was crowded around a large sign erected at the foot of the marble staircase.Cedric's outstanding height made it easy for him to see what was written on it. He passed over the heads of the people in front and told them the main idea of ​​the notice:

"Representatives from Beauxbaton and Durmstrang will arrive at 10:30 pm on Friday, October [-]th. The afternoon class will end half an hour earlier. At that time, please return your schoolbags and textbooks to the dormitory and gather in front of the castle. Greet our guests, and then attend the welcome banquet."

"It's only been a week!" said Hufflepuff's Ernie MacMillan, pushing his way through the crowd with twinkling eyes.But Ann huddled in Cedric's arms without saying anything.

This announcement in the hall had a noticeable effect on those who lived in the castle.For the next week, wherever Ann and Cedric went, there seemed to be only one topic of conversation: the Triwizard Tournament.Rumors swirl among the students like highly contagious germs: who will be vying to be Hogwarts champions, what events the Tournament will have, what the students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang have to do with them different.

Ann also noticed that the castle seemed to be undergoing a thorough cleaning.Several grimy portraits were scrubbed clean, much to the displeasure of those scrubbed.They sat huddled in the picture frame, muttering sullenly, and grinning in pain every time they touched the new pink tender flesh on their faces.That caused the armor to suddenly shine, and stop creaking when it moved.The janitor, Argus Filch, threw a vicious tantrum at the sight of a student who forgot to wipe his shoes, driving two first-year girls into hysterics.Other faculty members also seemed extremely nervous.

When they went downstairs to breakfast on the morning of October 10th, they found that the auditorium had been decorated overnight.Huge silk banners hung on the walls, each one representing a Hogwarts house: Gryffindor on red with a golden lion, Ravenclaw on blue with a bronze eagle, and Ravenclaw on yellow. The one with a black badger is Hufflepuff, and the one with a green background and a silver python is Slytherin.Behind the teacher's desk hung the largest banner with the Hogwarts coat of arms: a lion, eagle, badger, and snake joined together, surrounded by a large letter H.

There was a sense of anticipation in the air that day.In the classroom, no one was paying attention to the lectures. Everyone thought that the people from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were coming tonight.Because get out of class had to end half an hour early, and An and the others were still prefects and had to maintain order.When the bell rang early, Ann and Cedric, eager to Apparate, hurried to the Hufflepuff common room, put down their schoolbags and textbooks, put on their cloaks, and took two steps at a time. He rushed down the stairs and into the foyer.

College deans are ordering their students to line up.

"Oh, Hannah, button up your gown," Professor Sprout said gently to Hannah. "Please come with me," said Professor Sprout. "The first-year students are in the front. Don't be crowded."

They filed 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 had hung over the Forbidden Forest.Ann stood behind Cedric, quietly holding Cedric's hand from behind, and Cedric quickly returned it.

They scanned the gradually darkening field excitedly, but there was no movement.Everything was still, quiet, as usual.Ann was starting to feel cold, and although Cedric held her hand, it did not prevent the cold.She wished they would hurry up, maybe the foreign students were preparing for a dramatic entrance, and she kind of wanted to wrap her arms around Cedric for warmth.

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

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

"There!" a sixth-grader shouted, pointing to the sky above the Forbidden Forest.

A monstrous thing, much bigger than a broomstick, or a hundred broomsticks, was rushing across the dark blue sky toward the castle, growing bigger and bigger.

As the black behemoth passed over the treetops of the Forbidden Forest, lit by the light from the castle windows, they saw a huge powder-blue carriage coming towards them.It was the size of a house, and it was carried into the air by twelve winged horses, all silver-maned horses, each about the size of an elephant.

The carriage flew lower and was landing at an extremely fast speed. The students standing in the first three rows hurriedly backed away. Then, there was an earth-shattering bang, and the horseshoes fell on the ground with a thud. The plate is so big.In the blink of an eye, the carriage also landed on the ground, vibrating on the huge wheels, and at the same time the golden horses shook their huge heads, and their big fiery red eyes rolled around.

A boy in a light blue robe jumped out of the carriage, bent over, fumbled for something on the floor of the carriage, and opened a golden spiral staircase.He jumped back reverently, and they saw sticking out of the carriage a shiny black high-heeled shoe the size of a child's sled, followed by a woman of enormous size, It was something they had never seen in their lives.It was thus self-evident why the carriage and those silver-maned horses were so large.Several people gasped in shock.

When she came into the light that fell from the hall, they saw that she had a very handsome olive face, with large, dark, watery eyes, and a very sharp nose.Her hair was pulled back in a shiny bun at the base of her neck.She was wrapped from head to toe in black satin, and at her neck and thick fingers gleamed with many rich opals.

Dumbledore began to applaud, and the classmates clapped along with them. Many stood on tiptoe, trying to see the woman more clearly.

Her face slackened, a graceful smile spread out, and she walked towards Dumbledore with a gleaming hand.Although Dumbledore was also tall, he barely stooped to kiss the hand.

"Dear Madame Maxime," he said, "welcome to Hogwarts."

"Dumbledore," Madame Maxime said in a low voice, "I hope you are well."

"Very well, thank you," said Dumbledore.

About twelve or thirteen male and female students got out of the carriage and were standing behind Madame Maxime at this moment.Judging from their appearance, they were all about eighteen or nineteen years old, and they were all trembling slightly.This was not surprising, for their robes seemed to be of fine silk, and neither wore a cloak.Several students covered their heads with scarves or hoods.They all looked up at Hogwarts with wary expressions on their faces.

"Is Karkaroff here?" Madame Maxime asked.

"He will come any moment," said Dumbledore. "Would you rather wait here to meet him, or go in first to warm yourself?"

"Let's keep warm," said Madame Maxime, "but those horses..."

"Our Care of Magical Creatures teacher will be happy to look after them," said Dumbledore.

"By the way, these horses only drink single malt whiskey." Madame Maxime said with a smile.

"I'll take care of it," said Dumbledore, also bowing.

"Come," Madame Maxime said solemnly to her students.So the Hogwarts crowd stepped aside to allow her and her students to walk up the stone steps.

After they left, Ann shook Cedric's hand and said, "That lady looks like a giant. The young man in their school is so handsome. You are completely different from Cedric."

Cedric turned around and took advantage of the people around him not paying attention, pinched Ann's face and said, "Ann, you are not like this." Ann's puzzled smile answered him.

They stood there, waiting for the arrival of the Durmstrang delegation, shivering slightly from the cold.Most people looked up at the sky anxiously.For a while there was silence all around, except for the snorting and stamping of Madame Maxime's giant horse.Just then, out of the darkness came a loud and strange sound toward them: a muffled rumbling and sucking sound, like a giant vacuum cleaner moving along a river bed.

"In the lake!" shouted Lee Jordan of Gryffindor, pointing to the lake. "Look at that lake!"

Standing on the slope of the lawn overlooking the grounds, they had a clear view of the calm, dark water, but it was suddenly no longer calm.There was a commotion under the water in the middle of the lake, huge splashes were created on the water surface, and the waves crashed against the wet lake shore. Then, right in the middle of the lake surface, a large whirlpool appeared, as if a huge plug was suddenly lifted from the bottom of the lake. When it was pulled out, a long black rod-like thing slowly rose from the vortex.

Slowly, with great grandeur, the great ship rose out of the water, gleaming in the moonlight.It looked eerie, like a skeleton, as if it were the remains of a wreck that had just been salvaged, and the portholes flickered with a dim, misty gleam that looked like ghostly eyes.Finally, with a rumble of splashing water, the big boat came out completely, tossed over the undulating water, and began to head towards the shore of the lake.Moments later, they heard a thud, an iron anchor dropped into the shallow water, and then another thud, a plank on the shore.

The men on the boat were coming ashore, and they could see the silhouette of this cause as they passed the lights of the portholes.They were all very tall when viewed from a distance, but when they got closer and walked along the lawn into the light cast by the hall, it was discovered that the reason why they were so big was that they were all wearing a kind of fur cloak with Hair is matted and tangled.But the man who led them to the castle wore a different kind of fur: silver and soft and smooth, much like his hair.

"Dumbledore!" the man shouted enthusiastically as he walked up the slope. "How are you, my dear old man?"

"Excellent, thank you, Professor Karkaroff," Dumbledore replied.

Karkaroff's voice was mellow and sweet.When he stepped into the light from the castle's main entrance, they saw that he was tall and thin like Dumbledore, but his white hair was cut short, and his goatee didn't quite cover his thin chin.He walked up to Dumbledore and shook Dumbledore's hand with both hands.

"Dear old fellow Hogwarts," he said, looking up at the castle, with a smile, his teeth were yellow, and although he smiled on his face, there was no smile in his eyes, which were still cold and sharp, "come on It's good to be here, it's good to be here, Viktor, come here and warm up, don't you mind, Dumbledore? Viktor has a bit of a cold."

Karkaroff motioned for one of his students to come forward.

"My God! It's Krum!"

"I can't believe it!" The Hogwarts students were queuing up the stone steps behind Durmstrom's delegation. "It's Krum, Merlin! M!"

"He's one of the best Seekers in the world! Didn't realize he was a student!"

As they walked through the foyer again with the rest of the Hogwarts students towards the Great Hall, Ann and Cedric saw Lee Jordan of Gryffindor jumping up and down on tiptoe, trying to put Krum The back can be seen more clearly.A few sixth grade girls frantically rummaged through their pockets as they walked—

"Oh, I can't believe I didn't have a quill on me at all—"

"You mean he'll sign my hat with lipstick?"

Krum and his Durmstrang schoolmates were still gathered at the door, seemingly unsure where they should sit.But soon Viktor Krum and his Durmstrang schoolmates were seated at the Slytherin table.Beauxbaton's classmates had already chosen their seats at the Ravenclaw table.

Durmstrang's classmates looked up with interest at the dark, star-lit ceiling as they took off their students' fur cloaks.Two of the classmates also picked up golden plates and goblets and looked at them carefully, obviously interested.

Over there at the staff table, Filch the Janitor was adding some chairs.For today's grand occasion, he put on the musty old tuxedo.

After all the students had entered the auditorium and took their seats at their respective house tables, the staff came in and they filed over to the guest seats and took their seats.The last ones were Professor Dumbledore, Professor Karkaroff and Madame Maxime.The Beauxbatons rose to their feet as soon as they saw their Headmaster appear.Several Hogwarts students couldn't help laughing.But the representatives of Beauxbatons did not look embarrassed at all, and they did not sit down again until Madame Maxime sat down to Dumbledore's left.Dumbledore remained standing, and the auditorium gradually fell silent.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and, especially, honored guests," said Dumbledore, looking at the foreign students with a smile, "it is with great joy that I welcome you to Honolulu." Gwartz. I hope and trust that you will be comfortable and happy here."

A girl from Beauxbatons, still wrapping her scarf tightly around her head, let out a sneer that was undoubtedly sarcastic.Even good-natured Cedric's smile froze for a moment at the laugh.

"The Tournament will officially begin at the end of the banquet," said Dumbledore. "I now invite everyone to eat and drink as much as they like at home!"

The plates in front of them were again piled high with food as usual.The house-elves in the kitchen seem to be pulling out all the stops.They had never seen such a rich variety of dishes before them, some of which must have foreign flavors.

"Wow, bouillabaisse." Ann said excitedly.Cedric gave Ash a little without hesitation.And An tacitly served Cedric a bowl.

For some reason, the Great Hall seemed more crowded than usual, even though there were less than twenty more students, but that didn't count because their different colored uniforms stood out against the black Hogwarts robes.Durmstrang's student sheds his fur cloak to reveal a blood-red robe underneath.

"Sed, that girl should have Veela blood." Ann said with a frown as she looked at the girl who was carrying a plate from Gryffindor to Ravenclaw on the long table.Most of the boys' eyes moved with the girl's movement.Cedric said noncommittally: "But she looks down on Hogwarts."

At this time, someone came to the teacher's desk.Two seats that had been vacant had just been filled.Ludo Bagman sat on the other side of Professor Karkaroff, and Mr. Crouch sat next to Madame Maxime.

When the golden plates were being scrubbed again, Dumbledore stood up again.A mixture of excitement and tension seemed to pervade the auditorium.Ann and Cedric also felt a rush of excitement, not knowing what program was next.

"The time has finally come," said Dumbledore, smiling at the sullen faces. "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin. I'd like to explain a few words before I bring the box in—"

"I want to explain our program of activities for this school year. But first, please allow me to introduce two guests, because there are still people who don't know them. This is Mr. Barty Crouch, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Magic," said the auditorium Scattered applause rang out, "This is Mr. Ludo Bagman, Director of Sports and Sports at the Ministry of Magic."

The applause was much louder for Bagman than for Mr. Crouch, perhaps because of his minor fame as a hitter, or simply because he was much more genial in appearance.He waved his hand cheerfully in thanks.When Barty Crouch's name was introduced just now, Crouch neither smiled nor waved.Compared with Dumbledore's long white hair and beard, his short toothbrush mustache and unruly parted hair look very awkward.

"Mr Bagman and Mr Crouch have worked tirelessly over the past few months to arrange the Triwizard Tournament," continued Dumbledore, "and they will join me, Professor Karkaroff and Mark Mrs. Sim, together, form the panel of judges to judge the efforts of the Warriors."

As soon as they heard the word "warrior", the students seemed to be more attentive.Dumbledore also seemed to notice their sudden silence, and saw him smile slightly, and said, "Mr. Filch, please bring the box up."

No one noticed that Filch had been lurking in a corner of the Great Hall just now, and now he was walking towards Dumbledore, holding a large wooden box inlaid with jewels that looked very old.The students watched in trance and discussed with great interest.

"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. Many arrangements were made for each project. There are three projects, taking place at different times throughout the school year, which will test the warriors in many different ways, testing their magical aptitude, their guts, and their reasoning Ability, of course, and their ability to overcome danger."

Hearing the last sentence, the auditorium became silent, and everyone seemed to stop breathing.

"As you already know, there will be three warriors competing," Dumbledore continued calmly, "representing one participating school. We will rate them according to the quality of each event they complete, and when the three events are over, The Warriors with the most points will win the Trifecta. The Warriors are selected by a fair picker, and it's the Goblet of Fire."

Having said this, Dumbledore drew his wand and tapped three times on the lid of the box.The lid creaked open slowly.Dumbledore reached in and pulled out a large, rough-hewn wooden goblet.The cup itself was inconspicuous, but it was full of bluish-white flames throbbing inside.

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

"Every student who wants to run for a warrior must write his name and school name 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.”

"In order to avoid the temptation of underage students," said Dumbledore, "when the goblet is in the hall, I will draw an age line around it. No one under the age of seventeen can cross this line. boundaries."

"Finally, I would like to remind every student who is going to participate in the campaign to pay attention that this competition is not a child's play, and don't participate rashly. Once the Warrior is selected by the Goblet of Fire, he must stick to the game to the end. throwing your name into the cup, in fact, forms a magical contract that must be kept. Once you become a warrior, you are not allowed to change your mind. So please think twice and find out that you really want to participate in the game, Put the name in the glass again. Well, I think it's time for everyone to go to bed. Good night everyone."

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The school part is from the original book