Alice's Travels

The brewing of Felicia is indeed very difficult.

Especially for two students who are only in the fourth grade, it is almost impossible to cook it successfully.This seemed to be quite a challenge for Malfoy, who had always performed well in Potions class, and he began to study it very seriously.

He and Alice became almost as long as they were free, they would hide together in the secret room to make potions—and in the eyes of others, they naturally became a young couple who seemed to want to stick together all the time.

After class was over that day, Alice had just walked out of the classroom with Malfoy when she ran into the three of Harry who were obviously waiting in the corridor.

"Alice, there is something we want to talk to you about." Hermione walked over and said, casting a glance at Malfoy next to her.

"You go first, okay?" Alice immediately turned to Malfoy and said.

"Okay then—" Malfoy gave Harry and Ron a sideways look, and said with a wicked smile, "I'll wait for you at the old place."

Alice nodded, and Ron immediately showed an expression of disbelief.Harry's eyes widened in surprise, too.

Malfoy raised his eyebrows and walked away with a smug smile.

"You're not, really - with Malfoy, are you?" Ron said in disbelief.

Alice lowered her eyes, paused for a few seconds before raising them again and said, "No, it's not—but I have reasons why I must stay with him."

"What are you going to do with him?" Harry asked.

"He's not trying to blackmail you—" Ron said with his mouth open. "Have you got something in his hands?"

"You think too much, Ron," Alice said helplessly. "It's some of my private affairs, my personal reasons, and it won't cause any hindrance to you anyway-it's just between me and him... I can fixed."

"You know that's not what we mean," said Hermione, holding Alice's arm, "because you've been getting close to Malfoy lately and haven't told us anything, so I'm a little worried—if there is anything Just tell us about it? We'll always be your friends."

"Of course," said Alice, laughing, "I've never forgotten that, but friends need privacy too, don't they? Don't worry, I'll tell you if necessary - but now you should put The focus is on Harry's game, and Harry's safety must be ensured..."

"You're right." Hermione frowned and gave Harry a concerned look and said, "Harry has just solved the clue to the golden egg, but the second level is still a big difficulty for him .”

Harry pursed the corners of his mouth, somehow a little joy burst out of his heart.Obviously he has been anxious about this recently, but seeing Hermione's expression just now, he suddenly felt less uncomfortable - oh, Hermione was worried about him, always.

"It was Diggory who told me," said Harry, "and he made a point of reminding me to take a shower in the prefect's bathroom so I could discover the secret inside the golden egg—it was the mermaid's voice singing, and the lyrics were the mission. We need Go to the lake to look for the mermaid and get back what was robbed, it takes an hour..."

"Is there any way you can keep Harry underwater for an hour?" Ron asked.

"The second level is to dive to the bottom of the lake?" Alice said with some surprise, "Let me think about it, I have to breathe underwater for an hour..."

"We haven't found a solution yet," Hermione said worriedly, and immediately looked at Harry with firm eyes as if to cheer him up, "but—there must be a solution!"

Harry smiled and nodded at her.

"I remembered!" Alice said suddenly, "Do you still remember the book that Moody lent Neville once - "Mediterranean Miraculous Aquatic Plants and Their Properties", you can borrow it and read it, there may be some references in it." to something useful."

"This is indeed a solution. Let's try it when we get back." Hermione's eyes lit up, and she said happily, "We've been looking for information in the library, but there are too many books in it, it's hard to find anything..."

"Won't you help Harry more with us?" said Ron. "You can always think of more with Hermione - I mean, are you in a hurry?"

"I'm sorry, Ron," Alice said with a slightly apologetic look at them, "but I'm afraid I don't have that much free time. Of course, I'm also willing to help Harry. If you need anything, you can come to him at any time." I."

"We will," said Hermione, smiling, "also - if you're in trouble, let us know."

Alice looked at the sincerity in Hermione's eyes, the corners of her lips curled up in a gentle arc, she nodded and left.

"What do you think will happen to her?" Ron frowned after Alice left. "To keep it from us—must stay with Malfoy?"

"I think she has her reasons," Harry said calmly. "It's her private matter. We can't ask too much when she doesn't want to talk about it."

"Harry's right," Hermione said to Ron, "didn't you hear what Alice said just now—we have to trust her anyway, she's a trustworthy friend."

"I didn't say I didn't believe her!" Ron bit his lip and looked at Hermione and said sullenly - she was always on Harry's side, "I'm just - just curious, she's been so secretive lately It's gone, isn't it?"

Harry and Hermione looked at each other, and Hermione said, "Well, Ron, there's nothing more to say about this. We should go find the book now..."

They left the corridor quickly.

As soon as Alice entered the secret room, she saw Malfoy leaning against the wall with his arms folded and his eyelids drooping.

"Explained to your Gryffindor friends?" he drawled, looking up at her, with a bit of suppressed irritation in his voice, "Who was—"

"I didn't say," interrupted Alice, looking into his eyes, "I just told them I had a little personal business with you..."

"Really—" Malfoy looked away, walked over to the cauldron and said in a casual tone, "didn't they ask anything else?"

"No," said Alice without changing her countenance. "They didn't ask anything."

Malfoy snorted coldly through his nose and fell silent.

On February 24th, the sun was shining brightly outside.

Although the weather was still cold, the stands on the other side of the lake were packed.

It was getting close to the start time of the second event of the competition, and Harry hadn't arrived yet.Not only that, Alice glanced around Gryffindor, but didn't see Hermione and Ron—you know, it stands to reason that they would have come early to occupy the front row.

She couldn't help but frowned and began to think.

"Is Potter planning to run away?" Malfoy next to him noticed her strangeness and said lazily, "That's really big news—"

"Speak well," Alice said, reaching out her hand and flicking his forehead naturally, "why do you always fail to learn?"

Malfoy immediately raised his hand to cover his head and stared at her, a faint blush appeared on his face, and he fell silent.

Alice suddenly turned her head and looked straight at him.

"Look what I'm doing—" Malfoy said, exasperated.

"It's nothing—Harry's here," Alice said calmly, returning her gaze to the field.

"It's a pity," said Malfoy grimly, "but wait they're going to the bottom of the lake—tsk tsk, Potter can survive down there—"

He stopped before he finished speaking, because Alice suddenly reached out and pinched his cheek.

"Shh, be good," Alice pinched the soft flesh on his face and retracted her hand, "You'll know it when you look at it."

On the court, referee Bagman used a 'loud voice' spell and shouted that the Warriors would spend a full hour at the bottom of the lake trying to recover what was stolen from them, and the game began.

The warriors quickly entered the water one by one.

Harry took off his shoes and socks two or three times, took out a handful of seaweed-like things from his pocket, and stuffed them into his mouth without looking at them, then waded forward for a while and then dived into the water.

"What did he eat?" Malfoy asked.

"Gill grass." Alice slightly raised the corners of her lips and said, "Things that allow people to breathe underwater."

"You already knew?" Malfoy said, giving her an annoyed look.

"Naturally." Alice closed the corners of her mouth and said.This was found in the book that Moody lent Neville, and it solved the biggest problem that troubled Harry at once. It was solved by a coincidence later, it was almost like a divine help.

She frowned slightly.

For the first time, Hagrid told Harry the content of the first project of the game, and then Moody gave him inspiration on how to bypass the fire dragon; the second time, it was Cedric Diggory who prompted Harry to unlock The Secret of the Golden Egg, and then found a way to survive an hour underwater in Moody's book.Is all this a bit too coincidental?

One after another of traps, don't forget the person behind the scenes who deliberately put Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire -- his purpose must be malicious, and in this whole seemingly narrow and safe process In the process of passing each level, it seems that there is a driving force behind it...

If so, Harry passed the second level safely this time.Then, it seems that all directions, all dangers, and all goals will lead directly to the last hurdle.

Those people couldn't have done something wrong, they hadn't done anything before, and Harry was so smooth, there is only one possible explanation, that is, they had already dug a big hole at the end, just waiting for Harry to jump into it.

Time slipped by little by little, and an hour came soon.

Diggory led Cho Chang out of the water first, and then Krum took Hermione back to the shore.

The third to return was Fleur Delacour, but she was alone, with some wounds on her body.

Finally Harry appeared, pulling Ron and a little girl who looked a bit like Delacour out of the water.

All returned safely to shore.There were cheers and applause from the stands.

Dumbledore crouched by the water, seemingly having an intimate conversation with a merman.

Alice suddenly felt that those people might not just want to hurt Harry—then there was no need to set the trap at the end, as long as they made a move in the first two levels, Harry would definitely not be able to pass through so safely.

There was also the matter of using the Imperius Curse on her last time, those people must have other purposes—what could it be?

The reason why you must push Harry to the last level...