Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

On February 24th, the second round of the much-anticipated Triwizard Tournament finally arrived.

Due to the fact that the notice had been issued a long time ago, almost everyone got up early that day, wanting to get to the edge of the Black Lake early to occupy a good spot to watch the game.

Mike, as a participating warrior, is no exception. He got up early and started to enjoy breakfast.

The breakfast was made by Penello last night before being taken away by the competition. It not only fully considered the nutrition needed for high-intensity exercise, but also made Mike feel sleepy when he was not in the competition. Even the portion was accurate. to the gram.

Benjamin and the others were deeply afraid that someone would do something to make Mike lose the game, so when Mike wanted to have breakfast, Benjamin and the others stayed by Mike's side and never left.

Mike was quite speechless about this, but Benjamin insisted on this, so he had no choice but to accept their kindness.

"Mike, it's almost time." Benjamin glanced at his pocket watch, then handed a bottle of potion to Mike and said, "This is what you want. I've counted the time, so it's just right to drink it now."

"Thank you."

Mike took the potion and drank it down.

Just as soon as the potion was taken in, a warm current flowed down Mike's esophagus into his stomach, and then slowly spread throughout his body through the blood.

Mike only felt that his whole body suddenly became extremely hot, and he didn't feel much better until he took off his heavy winter school uniform robe.

"Oh, this feels really good." Mike stretched his body, got up and walked out of the castle, "Let's go, it's our turn to appear."

Behind him, a group of Ravenclaw students and mutual aid members shouted excitedly, surrounded Mike to the edge of the Black Lake.

At this time, the edge of the Black Lake was already dark and crowded with people. The weather today is quite good, but the temperature has not risen at all. The sun in the sky is like a lamp in a refrigerator, and it has no other use except for lighting. .

Everyone on the edge of the black lake frustrates their hands and stomps their feet, trying to resist the cold in this way.

It's a pity that this method is obviously not effective enough, and they are still red and red from the cold.

At this time, people also noticed Mike's group walking towards this side, and there was a deafening cheer from the crowd. Mike even heard the singing faintly. Judging from the intermittent lyrics, this It should be a song they wrote especially for Mike.

Ludo Bagman also noticed Mike, he stepped on the snow and walked quickly to Mike, and asked eagerly:

"Have you seen Harry?"

"No, I came straight from the Ravenclaw common room. What? Hasn't he arrived yet?"

"Yes, that's right, he hasn't arrived yet! Merlin's beard! The game is about to begin! This kid is really worrying!" Bagman said through gritted teeth, "Okay, Mr. Townley, you first Go in. I'll try my best to delay it for him, if it doesn't work, he will have to abstain!"

After saying that, Bagman quickly ran back to the podium, forced a smile, and shouted loudly:

"Everyone in the audience, the Hogwarts warrior is coming to us now! McTonley! Let us welcome him with the warmest cheers!"

As soon as this statement came out, the cheers on the field became more enthusiastic. The volume was so loud that even the surface of the Black Lake was shaken and rippled.

Mike waved to everyone, and was surrounded by people to the Black Lake, where Fleur and Krum were.

Krum was wearing a thin tights made of unknown material, his muscular body stood upright in the cold wind.

His face was a little pale, and he squeezed out an ugly smile at Mike.

Nodding his head to say hello, Mike turned his attention to Fleur again.

At this moment, Fleur looked very bad. She was wearing Krum's fur cloak, but her body was still shaking, and it was unknown whether it was because of nervousness or cold.

She didn't seem to notice Mike's arrival,

Still standing there tremblingly, looking at the black lake worriedly.

It was time for the game to start, but Harry still didn't come.

Karkaroff on the referee's bench couldn't stop laughing. Although Ms. Maxim wasn't as exaggerated as Karkaroff, she couldn't hide the smile on the corner of her mouth.

Harry's current points are second only to Mike, ranking second.

And if he was really disqualified for being late, Fleur and Krum's ranking would automatically be raised by one.

That's a good thing for both Durmstrang and Beauxbatons.

Bagman glanced at the two who were already overjoyed, and stood up holding his wand.

"Our game is about to start, but before that, let me explain the rules again!" Bagman continued after a pause, "Just last night, we took away the most precious treasures from the warriors , and hid them in the Black Lake! After the game starts, the warriors must enter the Black Lake and find their treasures within one hour! If the time limit expires, they will lose their most precious treasures forever. thing!"

Bagman roared excitedly, but the audience didn't really buy it.

They came here to watch the gorgeous and exciting game. Now the main venue of the game is in the Black Lake, and they can't see the specific scene inside at all, which is very boring to them.

But Bagman obviously didn't care about these things. He suppressed the smile on the corner of his mouth, pretended to be sad and said:

"There is one more thing. Our old friend, Mr. Barty Crouch, unfortunately missed this game due to physical reasons. This is really a particularly sad thing. However, in order to make up for Crouch It is a pity that Mr. is absent, we specially invited a more important guest! That is our beloved Minister of Magic! Minister Fudge!"

The cheers sounded again, and Fudge stood up from the referee's seat, waved his hands in response to the enthusiasm of the crowd, raised his wand to his neck, and cast the Loud Voice Curse to start his speech.

The content of the speech was very unnutritious. As the speech continued, boos finally sounded from the audience.

But Fudge completely ignored these insignificant voices, and continued to preach those nonsense in a voice full of emotion.

Karkaroff's face on the referee's bench was so gloomy that water dripped out, and Fudge was obviously delaying for time to wait for Harry.

But even though he was very angry, he still didn't have the guts to interrupt his speech in front of the Minister of Magic.

After an unknown amount of time, Harry finally arrived late.

"Thank God! You're finally here!" Professor McGonagall shouted anxiously, clutching his chest, "Hurry up! Everyone is already waiting for you!"

Harry didn't seem to wake up, and was pushed and pulled by Professor McGonagall to Mike's side with a dazed expression.

At this time, Fudge on the podium finally stopped his speech, blinked at Mike and Harry, and said with a smile:

"Okay, now I announce that the competition is officially started..."

"Wait a moment!"

All eyes turned to the source of the voice, and everyone wanted to know who had the guts to interrupt Mr. Minister's speech.

"Mr. Minister, I'm sorry to interrupt your speech, but there is one thing I have to bring up." Karkaroff blushed and stood up tremblingly and said, "Now the time before the scheduled start of the game Ten minutes have passed, and player Harry is undoubtedly late, so I suggest disqualifying him!"

As soon as this remark came out, Harry, who was still in a daze, immediately woke up.

His face turned pale, and despite the cold weather, beads of sweat still appeared on his forehead.

Harry was extremely nervous at the moment, and it was hard for him to imagine what would happen to him if Professor McGonagall and his classmates knew that he was disqualified because he overslept.

Fudge narrowed his eyes and looked at Karkaroff with an unfriendly expression.

He really didn't expect that Novkakarov, who betrayed all his companions back then, would have the guts to say such a thing.

'It seems that the lessons taught to him at the beginning were not enough. '

Thinking of this, Fudge put on a warm smile on his face and said:

"Personally, I am willing to give Porter a chance. Since we have different opinions, let's vote."

Karkaroff nodded his head with difficulty, he knew that this was already a pretty good result.

"Okay, referees, please raise your hand if you are willing to give Harry a chance."

Fudge raised his hand as he spoke, and Bagman beside him even raised his hand before Fudge finished speaking.

All eyes fell on Dumbledore. There were only five referees. If he raised his hand again, Harry could continue the game.

Both Karkaroff and Maxim clenched their fists.

In the past, they all despised Dumbledore's rigid and absolutely fair character.

But now they hope that Dumbledore can continue to be rigid.

‘Don’t raise your hand! Dumbledore! You have to remember! You are the fairest person in the world! '

Karkaroff roared deep in his heart, but Dumbledore looked at Harry in the audience.

Harry was looking at Dumbledore expectantly at the moment.

The eyes of the two met in mid-air, and Dumbledore seemed to understand the meaning in Harry's eyes.

He nodded slightly, and then slowly raised his hand.

"Oh! Great!"

"Long live Dumbledore!"

...

The crowd was sensational, everyone was chanting Dumbledore's name and praising his wise decision.

Harry let out a deep breath, and he felt drenched in sweat all over his body.

Amidst the cheers, Karkaroff collapsed on the referee chair with a pale face.

"Hahaha!" Seeing this, Fudge laughed loudly, "If that's the case, then I announce that the competition has officially begun!"

As soon as this remark came out, Krum moved first.

I saw that he had already taken off his shoes and socks at some point, and was running towards the black lake at a high speed.

While running, he was still waving his magic wand, casting unknown magic.

Immediately afterwards, an astonishing scene happened. With the waving of the wand, Krum's upper body began to deform. His handsome face and bronze-colored strong muscles disappeared, replaced by rough and tough skin and a ferocious shark head!

"Merlin! Human Transfiguration! Contestant Krum is actually using Human Transfiguration! This is really too dangerous. You must know that Human Transfiguration can cause irreversible damage. The last guy who used Human Transfiguration in front of me is here! It hasn't recovered yet!"

Bagman explained excitedly, but Cedric, who was watching on the sidelines, turned dark when he heard this.

"No! Contestant Krum's body transformation technique made a mistake! Only his upper body turned into a shark, and his lower body remained the same!" Bagman said regretfully, "It's too late to fix it. Contestant Krum has already reached the lakeside. , he jumped! Oh! Well, let's wish him luck."

Many of the onlookers laughed out loud. The way Krum ran desperately with his legs against the body of a thick shark and finally dived into the water was so funny.

The other three people on the field couldn't laugh.

Fleur and Harry were pulling on their shoes and socks desperately. Harry seemed to be too impatient to take off his socks.

But after such a short delay, Furong on the side took off her fur cloak and shoes and socks, put on a tights that revealed her devilish figure, put a bubble head curse on herself, and jumped into the black lake.

Seeing this, Harry became even more anxious. He tore at the damned socks desperately, but it still didn't help.

Harry now hated the socks that Dobby the house-elf had given him as a Christmas present, and he could have sworn Dobby hadn't studied the difference between human feet and house-elf feet when he made them.

At this moment, Harry found that the pair of colorful socks on his feet had suddenly turned into a pair of frogman flippers. He looked at the pair of flippers puzzledly, but Mike's voice came from behind him in good time.

"What are you still doing, run away!"

Turning his head numbly, Harry saw Mike in a frogman outfit yelling at him.

"Oh! Oh! Thank you, Mike!"

Instinctively thanked, Harry hurried towards the Black Lake.

The presence of flippers made his posture look very funny, and there was another burst of laughter from the crowd, and Malfoy even fell to the ground laughing.

But Harry couldn't care about anything else at the moment, he came to the lake, stuffed a ball of green stuff into his mouth, and then plunged into the black lake.

"What did I see? Player Mike gave up the opportunity to enter the Black Lake first, and chose to use the Transfiguration Charm to help Player Harry solve the pair of socks that couldn't be removed! This is really too noble!"

Bagman explained passionately, while Mike on the field didn't walk slowly towards the Black Lake until he watched Harry enter the Black Lake. While walking, he even put a foam head on himself curse.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Mike finally entered the Black Lake slowly.