Hogwarts Homecoming

After experiencing a cruel battle, now only Viktor Krum is left in Durmstrang, and Fleur Delacour is left in Beauxbatons.

The two teams at Hogwarts are well established.

However, after experiencing a fierce battle with the Slytherin team, all three of Cedric were exhausted.

Although their physical strength has recovered, the magic power needs a deep rest before it can recover from its depleted state. What's more, the three of them are still burdened with pain.

If we have to compete directly with students from the other three colleges, it can be said that Cedric's team will no longer be of much use.

Hermione and the other three were in the best condition, but this was also relative.

If they engage in a duel or other competition, they will also be crushed.

"let's go."

Watching the other three teams enter their respective doors, Hermione took a deep breath, suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, exchanged encouraging glances with Harry and Ron, and also walked into the stone door.

Darkness met as expected.

Hermione and the three of them all thought that Professor Blaine was going to do his same trick again, and they had to fumble blindly in the darkness for a long time before they could get out. But what surprised them was that when they walked into the space behind the door and took just one step, the light returned again. Advent.

call--

The breeze blowing in front of them caused Hermione and the three of them to subconsciously close their eyes. When they opened their eyes again, what they saw in front of them made them fall into unparalleled shock and astonishment!

They appeared on a platform with a wooden floor and almost thirty feet in length and width.

The platform was suspended in the air, and above their heads was the magnificent galaxy with the endless black screen as the background.

In the gorgeous galaxy, two meteors fall from time to time. The meteor streaked across the lonely and vast space, and finally disappeared into the surging darkness beneath their feet.

Not only were the three of them on the platform, but a group of Cedric, who had just 'parted ways' with them, Fleur and Viktor also appeared on this fairly spacious platform, looking around with the same confused eyes.

"it's dark?"

Ron had a funny dull expression, his lips were slightly opened, and he said something ridiculous.

"It's obviously magic, Ron but-"

Hermione looked at the majestic stars above her head in confusion, unable to identify which star field this was.

"hiss--"

Harry gasped suddenly and stepped back from the edge of the platform.

"What's wrong, Harry?"

Hermione asked immediately.

"We'd better be careful, Hermione, Ron. I have a feeling that if we fall down there, we'll be totally screwed."

Harry said pale.

And his reminder immediately aroused the curiosity of Hermione and Ron. The two held each other's arms, and like Harry, cautiously stuck out half of their heads to look down. At first glance, their scalps suddenly went numb.

It didn't matter that there was an unfathomable dark abyss below. When the first game started, they also stayed in complete darkness for a long time.

But now the darkness under them is not as static as the dark space before.

The darkness below the platform is flowing in a mysterious way, just like the raging waves and chilling whirlpools in the angry sea in violent weather!

Although they knew that everything around them was magic, just like the ceiling of the castle hall, Harry and others were still deeply in awe of everything around them.

"But what should we do?"

Harry circled around and saw three other teams occupying one side of the platform. They cautiously cast their gaze towards the abyss below and asked in confusion,

"Are Fred and George just hiding around and preparing to push us off the stage?"

"If they dare to do this, I will never forgive them in my life!"

Ron's face tightened and his voice was sharp.

"I think you guys should come over and check this out!"

Suddenly, Furong's clear and beautiful voice lingered in the empty space, attracting their attention.

After the three Harrys looked at each other, they rushed over immediately.

"Oh, that's-"

Neville squinted his eyes and looked at the space outside the platform occupied by Fleur. Against the cosmic background, an indistinct shape was radiating flowing white light.

Harry also saw the luminous thing. However, without the reference object, he could not judge the distance of the luminous thing at all.

"I think you should pay more attention to this."

Everyone's eyes were attracted to the glowing thing, so Fleur reminded her again. She raised her hand and stretched out an index finger, pointing under the edge of the platform.

About three or four feet below the edge of the platform, there are two pieces of transparent glass side by side, about two feet wide. The glass can only accommodate one person standing. Against the dark background, it is almost invisible. If it were not for the glass surface It reflected the light of the meteors streaking across the sky, making them impossible to spot.

Then, the two pieces of glass floating on the sea of ​​darkness did not exist alone. In front, separated by a gap of about one foot, there were also two pieces of glass side by side. Further away, they could not see clearly.

The contestants squatting on the edge of the platform and looking at each other looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

"Anyone want to comment?"

Ron looked at the glass plate above the abyss for a while, and then looked at the luminous objects in the distance, and asked with an ugly smile.

"obviously--"

Hermione exchanged glances with Cedric, Viktor and Fleur,

"We need to get that glowing thing through the glass walkway below."

"It doesn't sound too difficult, does it?"

Neville's tone was quite relaxed. He looked at the glass plate.

"This level seems to be a test of courage, but we all know that even if we fall from the glass plate without standing firm, we will not fall to death. As long as we know this, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"It seems so."

Furong frowned slightly, staring at the darkness around her.

"But if, like the last round of tests, your classmates hide nearby and attack us while we are walking on the glass bridge, we will have no power to fight back."

You will definitely not die if you plunge under the glass bridge into the dark ocean, but you will definitely be out of the game.

"What do you think, Hermione?"

Harry looked at Hermione.

"Oh, it's almost the same as Fleur."

Hermione pursed her lips and looked at the glass plate worriedly.

"If you just get the shiny thing through the glass walkway, it's a bit too simple, isn't it? You just need to overcome the fear in your heart, so--"

Hermione looked around warily,

"Maybe they are hiding nearby in some way, and they will attack us once we get on the plank road."

"Then we have no chance of winning?"

Ron said,

"It's too easy to drive someone off this plank road. I mean, if we go up, we can only move forward or backward."

What Ron questioned was indeed very reasonable.

On this kind of passage, they must walk carefully and cannot be as agile as on flat ground. In this case, it is easy for the professionally trained physical education classmates to drive them down.

A group of people fell silent, thinking about how they would respond if they encountered the situation they imagined.

Viktor and Fleur looked at each other. The two teams were left alone. They had no cost of trial and error and could only count on the two Hogwarts teams to find a feasible way first.

"If we go together, use the Iron Armor Curse."

Harry said thoughtfully, but then he shook his head.

When they become targets, the Iron Armor Curse can only help them survive for a few seconds.

As time passed, some contestants sat cross-legged on the platform with sad faces, squinting and staring into the darkness under the gorgeous stars, as if they could find the hidden enemies in this way.

Hermione and Cedric kept whispering. They both knew that Fleur and Viktor would not lead the charge. They were the only ones to charge first.

But after discussing for a while, neither of them had a reliable way to block a classmate from a certain college in such an unfavorable situation.

Neville was bored, counting the meteors streaking across the sky, and generally listening to Hermione and Cedric's discussion.

Suddenly, Neville stood up from sitting cross-legged, passed by Luna, and stood at the edge of the platform,

"I'm going to give it a try."

Looking at the two small glass plates on the raging sea, Neville said with a smile.

Cedric was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up, and Harry and others also stood up one after another.

"The situation is unclear, Neville, and it would be unwise to try blindly."

Cedric frowned.

"But if you don't try, things will remain unclear, won't they?"

What Neville said with a meaningless smile left everyone speechless. (End of chapter)