The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

"Four male warriors, one female warrior... you can place bets before the end of the game. Do you want to see it, my dear little Ronnie?"

In the stands on the shore of the Black Lake, the Weasley brothers, who had been busy all morning, were selling gambling to their younger brother. They knew that Ron still had a small amount of pocket money on him.

"Furong pays ten for one..."

"Harry loses eight to one!"

Ron's expression was cold and unmoved, and he even yawned: "Don't think I don't know, as long as I make a bet, you will steal my money, and then threaten me by writing a letter to my parents..."

"Oh, little Ron has become smarter." George and Fred looked surprised.

Ron hummed proudly, raised his chin, and left here with long strides.

Harry got up early in the morning to prepare for the game, and the other roommates also got up one after another to prepare for the game. Only his mind was in a mess last night, as if dozens of Peeves were yelling in his ears, causing him to keep his eyes open until the early morning before he lost consciousness. , so I got up late.

Harry's treasure turned out to be Ginny, which was really infuriating. A few days ago, they both despised anyone who was in love, but they didn't expect that his best friend would be in love with his sister in the blink of an eye!

And Ginny, this competition is obviously his time to shine...

Ron looked around, planning to find someone to denounce these two people.

The tower-like stand was set up on the water and was divided into several levels. Loren and Hermione were sitting in the corner, staring down at the water and whispering something, probably observing the movements under the water.

Neville was in the front row, while Seamus and Dean sat further away, taking Creevey and his brother with them, taking pictures of the dark gray water.

Another Harry fan.

Ron thought for a moment and decided to go and denounce Harry to Loren.

…

Because the little witch's legs were numbed, Loren was forced to return to a normal sitting position, holding an empty bag of potato chips and watching blankly as the fish ate the potato chips that fell into the water.

He poked the little witch's thigh and complained: "It's all your fault, couldn't you have said it properly when you asked me to come down? If you had to do it, I would spill all my potato chips!"

"You have to feed the fish anyway."

"Can I feed them all?" Loren poked with a sullen face, "I don't even have to eat now."

"I'll make it up to you." Hermione took out a brand new, unopened bag of potato chips from the pendant and handed it over.

"feed me!"

A look of helplessness appeared on Hermione's face, but she still tore open the bag, silently picked up the potato chips and fed them to her.

Ron, who was about to approach, was stunned for a moment when he saw this.

Damn it, another couple is in love!

He turned away in disgust, his good friend Neville was still reliable.

Suddenly there was a girl next to Neville, it was Hufflepuff's Hannah Abbott. The two were very close to each other when they were talking, with an intimate smile on their faces.

"..."

Ron couldn't help but remain silent.

What's there to talk about in love? Why can't you study hard?

At this moment, Creevey, who was in charge of taking pictures, suddenly screamed: "Look! Someone is coming out!"

…

"[Strength is loosened and strength is released]"

Harry's wand was aimed at Grindylow, who was clutching his legs tightly. Instead of spraying sparks, it seemed to shoot them with a boiling water column. Wherever they were hit by the water column, their green skin suddenly turned green. The red, ugly and ferocious water monster immediately floated towards the bottom of the water.

Harry freed his feet from Grindylow's entanglement. Now his feet were completely different from normal human feet. The toes had become longer and connected with webs in the middle, as if his feet had become duck webs.

I thought swimming was the most difficult thing underwater, but I didn’t expect it was these water monsters that were the most difficult thing to deal with.

Fortunately, the gillyweed had played its role. Harry waved his flippers and swam forward with all his strength, far behind Grindylow, and from time to time he released some hot water jets behind him.

Occasionally, Grindylow would grab his foot again, kicking it away with force when the number was small, or using magic spells when the number was large.

He didn't know how many Grindylows were scattered. Finally, he felt that his feet touched a horned head. When he lowered his head and looked, there were more than a dozen Grindylows floating around who had been kicked unconscious. Their eyes were straight and they were floating along the water. , the few awake Grindylows waved their fists at Harry and disappeared into the water plants.

A smile appeared on Harry's face, and he swung his flippers and swam in the direction pointed by Myrtle.

All the way to the mermaid village and the somewhat familiar statue square, Harry saw the bass mermaid again.

"Your project is to rescue your own friends..." the bass mermaid said in a deep voice. He seemed to be the "kidnapper leader". Behind him stood dozens of eyeing mermaids, with harpoons in their hands and a fierce look in their eyes.

Harry looked past the group of mermaids and towards the tail of the mermaid statue, where the five warrior treasures were tightly bound.

Ginny was chained between Cho Chang and Gabrielle, along with Boot from Ilvermorny, the tall girl from Durmstrang. All five of them seemed to be sleeping deeply, their heads hanging limply on their shoulders, and a string of thin blisters popping out of their mouths.

Just as he was taking stock of the situation, the mermaids around him suddenly started talking excitedly and looked above his head.

Cedric swam toward them. There was a huge bubble around his head. The refraction at the contact surface between water and air made his facial features look elongated and widened, which looked very funny.

When he saw Harry's gills, a smile appeared on his face, and he mouthed: "The shape is good."

Harry looked at his distorted features and smiled too.

While speaking, Cedric took out the knife from his pocket, cut the rope, put one of Qiu Zhang's hands on his shoulder, and put his right hand on Qiu Zhang's waist.

Harry's smile faded. Although he was no longer obsessed with Cho Chang, he just wasn't happy.

"Don't be dazed, Graves and Krum are coming soon." Cedric hugged Qiu Zhang and went upstream, and soon disappeared.

Graves and Krum... why not Fleur?

A trace of doubt flashed in Harry's mind, and out of some concern, he did not take Ginny away immediately, but stayed next to the hostage and swam slowly.

Five minutes later, the mermaid suddenly screamed with joy. Harry turned around and saw a huge creature swimming towards them. Below it was a human body, wearing swimming trunks, and above it was a shark's head.

Harry looked at him silently, wondering whether he had designed this shape specially, or whether the transformation was not successful and was only half completed.

Krum, the half-human shark, swam directly towards the big girl, biting and pulling at the rope around her body. The problem was that his new teeth had a weird structure. All small things got stuck between his teeth, and he couldn't even bite for a long time. use.

It certainly looked like a shark brain... Harry cast a cutting spell and cut his rope.

Krum glanced at him, turned around, grabbed the girl and swam up, taking her quickly to the water.

Following closely behind him was Graves of Ilvermorny. He had no bubbles on his head, and no fish fins or webs on his body. His lips were tightly pressed together, and he swam like an ordinary human. come over.

His skin was red, his limbs were trembling, and he looked very cold.

Graves glanced at Harry, who was guarding the hostage. His expression seemed a little suspicious, and he said nothing. He tremblingly issued a cutting curse to break the rope, held But on his shoulders and floated some distance away, then turned back and asked:

"Why don't you leave? What are you waiting for?"

A string of large silver bubbles emerged from between his lips. The accent and intonation were very strange, and Harry knew immediately that he had something in his mouth. It was very similar to the way he spoke when he had a mandrake in his mouth.

"Have you seen Fleur?"

Graves pointed at the water, bubbling in his mouth: "Her head-bubbly spell broke and she has gone ashore."

"What about Gabrielle?"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen!"

Harry didn't answer, and looked at the only two hostages left. Gabrielle's head was resting on Ginny's shoulder, her silver hair falling with the water, and her face was blue.

Although he didn't think anything would happen, looking at the little girl's lifeless face, Harry silently clenched the wand in his hand.

He didn't dare to gamble.

Graves was hanging above, looking at the youngest and smallest warrior with doubts.

"[Split into pieces]"

A spell accurately cut the two ropes, and Harry grabbed the back collar of one person's clothes with one hand and vigorously swung his flippers upwards.

Harry swam several times, but he never felt the resistance of the water, and the surrounding scenery did not change much. He lowered his head and saw the water plants wrapped around his ankles below, and couldn't help but fall silent.

Was his action just now particularly stupid?

Graves grinned and spit out a string of bubbles. If he could hear his doubts, he would definitely nod vigorously.

"Your project is to rescue your own friends, don't worry about others." The bass mermaid said expressionlessly.

"She's my friend too!" Harry shouted, pointing at Gabrielle.

The bass mermaid pointed the harpoon at him: "Your referee Crouch specifically reminded that each warrior can only take away one hostage. This is the rule!"

The mermaids around them all stopped smiling and stared at Harry with their yellow eyes.

Hermione's voice came to Harry's mind. After returning from the underwater trip, she read a lot of mermaid information and talked about it every day when doing homework. He also listened to some useful information, such as - most of them Mermaids know nothing about magic.

Harry picked up Ginny, holding onto Gabrielle's collar with his fingers, and pointed his wand at the mermaid with one hand free.

A string of bubbles came out of his mouth: "I count to three!"

Before he could start counting, the mermaids suddenly dispersed and swarmed up.

The mermaid was breaking his fingers, pulling the hostage and wand in his hand, the mermaid was dragging him down, and the mermaid was covering his mouth...

He struggled to paddle his webbed feet, but was unable to push his body up. Ginny and Gabrielle were like two sacks full of potatoes, dragging him down... Harry swam with all his strength. , until both legs were stiff and the shoulders ached terribly from the drag of Ginny and Gabrielle.

Swimming really slowly.

Harry looked up at the sky and knew that he must still be under very deep water. The surface of the water was still dark.

"A rigid British gentleman..."

Graves rolled his eyes, took Butt's hand and turned around, aiming his wand at the surging mermaids below.

"[Relaxation of strength]"

…

On the referee's bench, Principal Albert Fontana stared at the water with a solemn expression. The one-hour deadline is approaching, and their Ilvermorny warriors haven't come out yet.

Madame Maxime's face was even more ugly. Fleur Delacour was the first to come out, but that was because the bubble spell broke and the competition failed. Beauxbatons was destined to be at the bottom in this round.

Bagman, the commentator and referee, glanced at Karkarov quietly and raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Durmstrang's warriors were the second to complete their mission and emerge from the water. In the past, Karkaroff would have been making fun of other schools in a sinister manner.

It's actually quite quiet today!

"The same is true for the Bubble Charm. Cedric Diggory of Hogwarts is very skilled. In comparison, Miss Fleur Delacour has not yet fully mastered it. Principal Dumbledore is very successful in teaching." Crow Qi said in a slow tone.

Ms. Maxim's expression became even uglier: "Don't forget, there is a warrior down there in Hogwarts. He might have drowned because he was trying too hard!"

Dumbledore remained unmoved, his smile still gentle: "I believe Harry."

"..."

Fontana sat in the middle and felt that he should say something to break the stiff atmosphere: "Mr. Crouch, tell us about the underwater situation. You and Mr. Bagman have done a long test, it should be very learn."

Bagman's expression condensed, and he looked at Crouch next to him with resentment.

"I just followed the process in the plan to prevent accidents." Crouch said unhurriedly, "Speaking of underwater, I would also like to ask Principal Fontana, Ilvermorny's How do warriors breathe underwater? Your method seems to be different from others?"

"Well..." Fontana laughed, "It's a strange magical plant leaf, a specialty of Ilvermorny, so I won't introduce it in detail."

Crouch's eyes flickered.

"Come out, come out!"

Suddenly cheers rang out from the stands, and the little wizards stood up one after another.

Under the support of magic, Harry, Graves, Butt, Ginny and Gabrielle broke through the water at the same time and fell on the shore.

The three hostages opened their eyes one after another. They were unconscious underwater and had no idea what was happening. Their expressions were frightened and confused.

Graves spat out the chewed rotten leaves and swallowed the fresh and wonderful air: "You have done me a disservice, you brainless British gentleman."

"You too, the warm-hearted American wizard."

Harry panted heavily but smiled happily. His gills and webs retracted into the flesh and disappeared, leaving only a faint red mark.

He saw many green-haired heads emerging from the water, and the bass mermaid smiled kindly at him.

Outside the crowd, Loren shook the chip bag at him and Hermione stood nearby.

Madam Pomfrey draped a thick blanket over them, and Ron nervously dried Ginny's hair with a towel, muttering something about him wasting his time.

In the midst of the commotion, Ginny let Ron hold her head and rock it, looking at Harry happily and without blinking.

Suddenly, she saw someone running over quickly, rubbing his lips against Harry's cheek again and again, it was so shameless!

Fleur thanked her excitedly: "You saved her, even though that was not your responsibility! Thank you!"

Ginny lowered her head silently, feeling her fist harden.