Old Blood at Hogwarts

Aaron and Harry spent the morning walking happily around the sun-drenched grounds with Bill and Mrs. Weasley.They showed them Beauxbatons' carriage and Durmstrang's ship.Mrs. Weasley is very interested in the Whomping Willow, which was planted after she left school.She ended up recalling Hagrid's former gamekeeper, Ogg.

"How's Percy?" Harry asked as they visited the greenhouse.

"Not great," Bill said.

"He's very annoyed." Mrs. Weasley looked around and said in a low voice, "The ministry didn't want to publicize Mr. Crouch's disappearance, but they took Percy away and questioned him about Mr. Crouch's disappearance. They seemed to think that these instructions might not have been written by Crouch. Percy was under great pressure. They did not let him replace Mr. Crouch as the No. 5 referee, but instead let Cornelius Fudge be the referee. "

The four of them returned to the castle for lunch.

"Mum! Bill!" Ron was shocked as he sat at the Gryffindor table, "What are you doing here?"

"Come to watch Aaron and Harry's final!" Mrs. Weasley said cheerfully. "I must say, it's a good break from having to cook. How did you do in the exam?"

"Oh... not bad." Ron said while eating the meatloaf. "I couldn't remember the names of all the rebel goblins, so I made up a few. It's okay."

Mrs. Weasley said with a straight face: "They all have names like Lala, the sloppy devil with a long beard. It's not difficult to make it up."

Fred, George and Ginny sat over too, and half way through lunch Hermione arrived.

"Hello, Hermione." Mrs. Weasley's attitude was much stiffer than usual.

"Hello." Looking at Mrs. Weasley's cold expression, Hermione smiled a little embarrassed.

Harry looked at them and said, "Mrs. Weasley, you wouldn't believe Rita Skeeter's rubbish article in Wizarding Weekly, would you? Because Hermione is not my girlfriend."

"Oh!" said Mrs. Weasley, "No... of course I don't believe it!"

But then she acted much more enthusiastic towards Hermione.

Aaron, Harry, Bill and Mrs. Weasley spent the afternoon walking around the castle, then returned to the Great Hall for dinner.Ludo Bagman and Cornelius Fudge sat at the staff table.Bagman seemed quite happy, but Cornelius Fudge, who was sitting next to Mrs. Maxim, had a sullen face and said nothing.Madame Maxime was immersed in eating, and Aaron felt that her eyes seemed a little red.Hagrid kept looking over at her from across the table.

The dinner was richer than usual, and when the enchanted ceiling turned from blue to dark purple dusk, Dumbledore stood up at the staff table and everyone fell silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in five minutes I'm going to invite you all to the Quidditch pitch for the last event of the Triwizard Tournament. Now, brave men and Mr. Bagman, to the stadium."

Aaron and Harry stood up, the Gryffindors applauded, and the Weasleys and Hermione wished them good luck.They walked out of the Great Hall along with Fleur and Viktor.

They entered the Quidditch pitch, which had become completely unrecognizable.A twenty-foot hedge bordered the edge of the field.There is a gap in front of them, and that is the entrance to this great labyrinth.The passage inside is dark and a bit scary.

Five minutes later, people began to enter the stands.Hundreds of students filed into their seats, and the air was filled with excited voices and chaotic footsteps.The sky is now a clear dark blue and stars are beginning to appear.Hagrid, Professor Moody, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Flitwick walked into the stadium, walking towards Bagman and the warriors.They all had big red stars shining on their hats, except Hagrid, whose red star was on the back of his terry vest.

"We will patrol outside the maze," Professor McGonagall said to the warriors. "If you encounter difficulties and want to be rescued, just shoot red sparks into the sky, and we will have someone to help you, understand?"

The warriors nodded together.

"Okay, let's go!" Bagman said happily to the four patrol members.

The four people walked away in different directions and distributed around the maze.At this time, Bagman pointed his wand at his throat and recited "loud voice", and his magically amplified voice echoed in the stands.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the last competition of the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin! Let me report the current score. Aaron Elf - 89 points, No. 1, Hogwarts School! "

Applause and cheers frightened the birds of the Forbidden Forest into the darkening night sky.

"Harry Potter - 86 points, No.2, Hogwarts school!"

Applause broke out again.

"Victor Krum - 80 points, No.3, Durmstrang College!"

Another round of applause.

"Fleur Delacour - 63 points, No.4, Beauxbaton College!"

The audience in the stands also applauded her politely.

"Now...Aaron, listen to my whistle!" Bagman said, "Three...two...one..."

With a short whistle, Harry hurried into the maze.

The tall hedges cast dark shadows on the path. Whether it was because the hedges were high and dense, or because of magic, once he entered the maze, the voices of the audience were inaudible.Aaron almost felt like he was underwater again.He pulled out his wand and said, "Lumos."

After walking about 50 meters, he came to a fork in the road.After a little discernment, he took the road to the left.

Aaron heard Bagman's whistle blow again, and Harry entered the maze.Aaron quickened his pace.There seemed to be nothing on the road he had chosen.He quickened his pace again.Turning the corner, he saw a Dementor walking slowly towards him, twelve feet tall, with a hood covering its face, and its rotten and scabbed hands stretched straight out.It approached step by step, touching him based on feeling.Harry could hear the gurgling gasp in its throat.A cold, slimy feeling washed over him, but he knew what to do.

Trying to think of the most pleasant things, he raised his wand and shouted, "Calling the Guardian!"

A silver unicorn popped out of Aaron's wand and ran towards the Dementor.The Dementor took two steps back, tripping over its robes.

Aaron had never seen a Dementor stumble before.He immediately realized that this was not a dementor, but a boggart.

So he quickly shouted: "You are funny!"

There was an explosion and a plume of smoke exploded.The unicorn also disappeared.Aaron continued to move forward, walking as fast as possible without making any noise, still holding his wand high, listening vigilantly to what was going on around him.

Bagman's third whistle sounded in the distance, and Krum also entered the maze.

Harry kept looking behind him.He seemed to feel that someone was watching him secretly.The maze was getting darker every minute, and the sky above turned dark blue.

When the last whistle sounded and Fleur began to enter the maze, Aaron came to the second fork in the road.

Turn left... right... turn left again... Twice he found himself in a dead end.He cast the Orientation Charm again and found that he had gone too far east.He turned back, turned to the right, and saw a strange golden mist floating in front of him.

Aaron stepped forward carefully and pointed his wand at it.It seemed to be a kind of magic, but he didn't recognize this kind of magic.

Faced with this kind of magic that he didn't recognize, Aaron had only one way to deal with it.

"The curse will stop!" Aaron pointed at the golden mist with his wand and shouted.

The golden mist dissipated instantly, and another fork in the road appeared ahead.

Just as Aaron hesitated to take that path, a scream pierced the silence around him.

"Fleur?" Aaron shouted.

There was silence all around.

Aaron wasn't sure which fork in the road Fleur's voice came from.He was sure it was her voice just now.

What happened to her?how is it now?Does the lack of red sparks mean she's out of trouble, or is she in too much trouble to even get her wand out?

With growing uneasiness, Aaron took the fork on the right.

For ten minutes he encountered nothing and kept running into dead ends.Finally he found a new path and started jogging along it.The wand's glow flickered, and his transformed shadow flickered across the hedge.He turned another corner and came face to face with a blast-ended skrewt.

The squid was ten feet long and looked like a giant scorpion.Its long sting curled across its back, its thick armor gleaming in the fluorescent light of Aaron's wand.

Aaron pointed his wand at it: "Fainted."

The spell hit the Blast-Ended Skrewt's armor and bounced back. Fortunately, Harry dodged quickly, but he smelled the smell of burnt hair, and the spell burned the top of his head.The Blast-Ended Skrewt spewed a stream of flames from its tail and flew towards him.

"Obstacles!" Aaron yelled.

The spell bounced off the snail's armor again, and Aaron staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground.

"There are many obstacles!"

The Blast-Ended Skrewt stopped just inches from him.He struck its belly, which was not protected by armor.

Aaron gasped and got up, running as fast as he could in the opposite direction.The effect of the obstacle spell will not last long, and the snail's legs and feet may move at any time.

He took a road to the left, which was a dead end, and a road to the right, which was a dead end again.He had no choice but to stop, his heart pounding.He used the directional spell again and went back to choose a path heading northwest.

After walking a few steps, Aaron suddenly heard movement behind him.He turned around and saw Krum standing behind him, pointing his wand at him.

Aaron's mind raced, and he immediately realized that Krum wanted to sneak attack him, so he hurriedly shouted: "Armor protection!" An invisible stance immediately protected Aaron's whole body.

At the same time, Krum also shouted: "Heart-breaking!"

Although Krum acted quickly, he was still a step too late, and his Cruciatus Curse was eventually deflected by Aaron's Iron Armor Curse.

Aaron took the opportunity to shout again: "Fainted!"

The spell struck Krum.He stopped suddenly, threw himself forward, and lay face down on the grass, motionless.

Aaron looked at Krum on the ground, raised his wand, and fired a string of red sparks into the air.Sparks surrounded Krum, marking his location.Aaron then walked silently down the dark path.