Unseal at Hogwarts

Almost the entire Hogwarts was immersed in a sea of ​​joy, and Dumbledore watched the children jumping for joy almost lovingly. After everyone's high emotions cooled down a little, Dumbledore was about to give his closing remarks, and the flames in the Goblet of Fire turned red again.

The auditorium fell silent instantly, and everyone stared at the Goblet of Fire in amazement.

Tom didn't know why, but he suddenly remembered Moody's cold smile just now. He frowned, with an ominous premonition in his heart.

But Rubelos quietly nudged to Tom's feet, squatted aside silently, and also looked at the Goblet of Fire.

"Whoosh-"

The flames in the Goblet of Fire quickly shot up, and the strange red light shone on everyone's face, half-bright and half-ambiguous, looking particularly ominous.

"Huh", there was a soft sound, and the Goblet of Fire spat out a blackened note again.

Dumbledore tensed his face and reached out to catch the note.

The entire auditorium held their breath and stared at Dumbledore as he unfolded the note.

Dumbledore looked at the contents of the note, and his frowning gray eyebrows relaxed and tightened. He grabbed the note and read it for a long time, and finally said the name on the note in a hoarse voice: "Tom Cooper."

Tom was so shocked that he was completely speechless. He felt as if the blood all over his body had been frozen all of a sudden, and he sat there in a daze, eyes wide open.

Harry took a deep breath, reached out and grabbed Tom's arm, trembling and murmuring: "This must be a mistake, how come there is an extra warrior?"

Everyone in the auditorium seemed to turn to look at the Slytherin table, and a buzzing discussion gradually began.

Tom suddenly remembered the cold smile Moody had given him before. He immediately concluded in his mind that all this was caused by Moody.

Tom turned to look at Moody. What he didn't expect was that Moody, who he imagined would be smiling triumphantly at him after the plot was successful, was staring at the note in Dumbledore's hand in surprise.

Perhaps he was too surprised, the muscles on Moody's face kept twitching, and the magic eye that had been spinning was looking in the direction of Dumbledore, as if he wanted to see through Dumbledore's tightly grasped eyes. Palm, as if to confirm the name on the note.

Isn't it Moody?

Tom's eyes didn't blink, trying to find some flaw in Moody's face.

Dumbledore clenched the hand holding the note, and the charred note was held in his palm.

"Mr. Cooper, please come to the room now." Dumbledore said with a serious expression in the direction of Tom.

Tom turned his head stiffly and nodded blankly.

He stood up from his seat, and the buzzing around him became louder.

Harry let go of Tom's hand in a daze, with worry on his face.

Tom walked to the room next to the auditorium, but Rubelos followed closely behind him.

In the auditorium, Natalia Bova looked after Tom with excited eyes.

At the Gryffindor table, Mia Campbell looked thoughtful.

"What do you think is going on?" Malfoy frowned and asked coldly.

The Slytherins were silent, thoughts racing in their minds.

"It probably wasn't Cooper himself." A boy with chestnut hair leisurely picked up the water glass on the table and said calmly, "Did you see his expression at that time?"

As he said that, the boy smiled slightly, stood up and walked to the Slytherin lounge without looking at Malfoy's eyes.

At the staff table, Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Flitwick all looked at Tom's back expressionlessly.

Tom came into the small room.

The fire in the room was burning brightly. Viktor Krum, Cedric Diggory and Fleur Delacour were all gathered around the fire. In the slightly dark room, the fire stretched the figures of the three of them.

The three of them turned around when they heard the sound of Tom walking in.

Viktor Krum just stared at Kerubelos next to Tom and said nothing.

Cedric Diggory gave Tom a friendly smile - although under the tension, the smile was not very handsome, and even a little dull.

"What's the matter?" Fleur Delacour shook her long silver hair like a waterfall and asked, "Do you want us to do something?"

Tom opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Fleur Delacour tilted her head and looked at Tom suspiciously.

Suddenly there was the sound of chaotic footsteps outside the small room.

Ludo Bagman came in, grabbed Tom's arm, and pulled Tom forward.

"It's incredible!" cried Ludo Bagman, clutching Tom's hand harder and harder.

He pulled Tom to stand in front of the three people in front of the fire: "Two gentlemen, and madam, please allow me to introduce to you. This is the fourth warrior of the Triwizard Tournament! Tom Cooper!"

Viktor Krum's expression did not change. He just glanced at Tom and nodded slightly to him.

Cedric Diggory's eyes widened in surprise.

Fleur Delacour gently brushed back the loose silver hair on one side of her face and smiled brightly at Ludo Bagman: "I think you are kidding us, Mr. Bagman?"

Tom didn't know what he should do or say at this time. He could only lower his hand nervously and touch Kerubelos' head to relieve his uneasiness.

"No, no, no, this is no joke." Ludo Bagman looked at Tom with a smile, "No matter what the reason is, Mr. Cooper's name did come out of the Goblet of Fire. The name of the Triwizard Tournament The rules are clear and Mr. Cooper must try his best to participate in this competition..."

Before Ludo Bagman finished speaking, a large number of people rushed into the room.

Tom noticed that Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall also came in with Dumbledore and the others.

Tom looked at Professor Snape for help.

Although Professor Snape usually didn't treat him special, Tom believed that at least he was a Slytherin student, and now he was inexplicably forced to participate in this dangerous-sounding competition. As the head of Slytherin, Snape Professor Knapp should be able to help himself by putting in a good word.

But to Tom's disappointment, Professor Snape just squinted his dark eyes and glanced at Tom flatly.

"Ms. Maxim!" Fleur Delacour walked quickly to her principal and asked loudly, "What's going on? Mr. Bagman said that this little boy also wants to participate in the competition!"

Tom was feeling sad about his situation in his heart, and couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard Fleur Delacour's words.

little boy? Compared with the other three warriors, am I just a little boy? Although he usually regarded himself as a person of the same age as Harry, the current situation did not allow him to deceive himself any longer.