Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 86 Christmas Dance ([-])

Even though Winters got a shockingly low score on the first project, he still managed to pass. Unlike Harry, he didn't worry about how to solve the clues hidden in the golden egg, because his golden egg was The poisonous flame dragon stepped on it and turned it into an irregular sheet made of high-purity gold.The sheet was lying quietly in the principal's office.

At 11 o'clock in the morning on November 28, while Winters was reading in the library, Professor McGonagall's voice came out:

"All fourth grade students please assemble in the auditorium"

When Winters arrived at the auditorium, he found that it had disappeared and the benches had been arranged in a circle.Professor McGonagall stood in the center of the circle.

When the students were quiet, Professor McGonagall spoke:

"I think you all must already know that your first Christmas ball will be held on December 12th, and -" Mag suddenly raised his voice

"And this year's Christmas dance will be a little special because of the Triwizard Tournament. So I don't want any of you to embarrass Hogwarts." Professor McGonagall looked at the excited students seriously.

"I will now tell you the most basic things to note. At the beginning of the dance, if a girl invites a boy, the boy cannot refuse, but the girl can refuse the boy's invitation.

When a boy invites a girl, he should bow at 60 degrees and at the same time slowly extend your right hand with the palm facing up.Come on, Ron, come up and give me a demonstration," Professor McGonagall said suddenly. Ron's face was full of embarrassment, but he still walked to Professor McGonagall.

"As I said, bow at 60 degrees, extend your right hand, palm facing up." Professor McGonagall was telling everyone what they need to pay attention to.Ron followed Professor McGonagall's instructions somewhat mechanically, and laughter could be heard from time to time.

Winters found that Hermione was talking to Lavender and Marissa, and Lavender Brown was laughing from time to time.

"Boys, please pay attention. When you see a girl you want to dance with, don't run over to her. That's very rude - OK, Ron, you go down first." Professor McGonagall added to Ron En immediately ran back to Zuo. His expression looked like he had just had a fight with a tiger.

"And girls, it's the same. I know what you are thinking now. You all want to dance with the famous figures on campus. This is not surprising. I am also from your age. But I have a piece of advice -" Mag did A hair trimming action.

"Love and romance are not the same thing. Now, let's get ready. The warriors selected by the Goblet of Fire will go to my office first, and I will be there soon," Professor McGonagall said.

"Are we going to be in trouble?" Winters said uneasily.

"What could be worse than fighting a dragon?" Harry was already fearless.

After Winters and Harry arrived at McGonagall's office, they found that several other school warriors were already waiting for McGonagall.

"I'm glad that there is no duel in the Triwizard Tournament," Krum, the warrior of Durmstrang, looked at Winters and said.

"Winters Rynor's parents severely wounded You-Know-Who, I think you should remember" Beauxbatons' warrior Fleur looked at Winters and then at Harry.

"Of course I remember, it was a period of time that was completely filled with sadness and joy of victory." Krum's eyes were full of memories.

Just when Winters and Harry didn't know what to do, Cedric's voice and McGonagall's voice came from the corridor.

"You are all busy people, so I will make a long story short. The tradition of the Goblet of Fire is that the warrior selected by the Goblet of Fire has to dance the first dance, so when the dance begins, the five of you will be the focus of everyone's attention.

Less than a month has passed, which can be said to be very stressful.You'd better put aside those things that have nothing to do with the dance, because there will be a dance floor much larger than the auditorium. There will only be the five of you and your dance partners, and there will also be reporters." Professor McGonagall said seriously Look at them.

"Okay, you start preparing today. Also, if you really can't find a dance partner, please contact your principal immediately. I don't want someone to fail to find a dance partner." Professor McGonagall looked at her sternly Winters and Harry.As a result, the more Professor McGonagall talked about Winters, the more she thought she could not find a dance partner.

Professor McGonagall obviously noticed that after Cedric, Krum, and Fleur all left, Professor McGonagall was not surprised that Harry and Winters were still stunned in place.

After everyone else left, Winters asked carefully:

"What should I do if I really can't find a dance partner?"

Obviously Harry was worried about the same thing as Winters. He didn't think that any girl would be willing to dance with him.

Professor McGonagall said with a straight face: "Did you look for it? Why do you think you can't find a dance partner if you haven't? Of the two of you, one has fought the most powerful dragon, and the other has found the golden egg in the shortest time. , I don’t quite believe you can’t find a dance partner.”

"I mean, if...if we really can't find it—" Professor McGonagall interrupted Winters seriously.

"Do you want to hurry up and prepare for the second project, and then you won't be able to attend the dance?" Professor McGonagall asked sternly.

"I... Okay... I do..." Winters found that he couldn't pretend anymore.

"I think you'd better find a dance partner from now on. If you really can't find one, then I have no choice but to deduct 10 points from you according to the rules, and then you will be the first person in history to have a negative score in the Goblet of Fire. "People, I don't think you want to appear in the history books in this way." Professor McGonagall said with a straight face.

Winters thanked Professor McGonagall and left, leaving Harry looking like he was in for some disaster.

"One month... Are you kidding? The second project is in March, and I also have to solve the clues to the golden egg," Harry said sadly.

"Well... it's not a big deal to lose points. As long as you can pass the Triwizard Tournament, Cedric is also a student at Hogwarts. It's no problem for him to be in charge of the dance," Winters suggested.

"Have you forgotten that Hermione said that the score is too low and there will be additional projects?" Harry said uneasily.

"Additional items - oh... damn" Winters suddenly remembered that Hermione had indeed said that the additional items were personally selected by the Goblet of Fire, and they were almost 100% unbeatable.

"There's no need to worry too much... Our popularity isn't that bad." Harry shrugged.

Although he was worried, the delicious food in the auditorium made Winters temporarily forget about these painful things.The topics the students talked about that were related to their homework disappeared temporarily.Instead there was a dance party.

Ron was different from the boys who were bragging or talking.He sat on his seat like a leaf beaten by frost, as if he were ill.

"Ron? Ron! What happened to him? Did he take a love potion by mistake?" Harry was frightened when he saw Ron's appearance.

"No... Lavender... Lavender Brown actually invited me," Ron said as if he was sleepwalking.

"I was right next to him, and my younger brother promised Lavender that he would run to the bathroom and rinse his head with cold water," Fred said with a smile.

"Let me tell you, Lavender is indeed a very talented girl. She can turn two-dimensional pictures into three-dimensional entities - Ron, how did you get such an outstanding girl to notice you?" George seemed a little jealous. .

"How do I know?" Ron lowered his head and ate his sandwich.

"What about you two? The dance requires the warriors selected by the Goblet of Fire to dance." Aurora walked over with a stack of books in her arms, and Les was following Aurora.

"I don't know, it depends on luck, maybe negative points - Professor McGonagall said I will be deducted 10 points if I don't have a dance partner," Winters said depressedly.

"I don't remember Hogwarts' Goblet of Fire Warriors being negative... If you decide not to dance, you'll be the first." Hermione looked at Winters in surprise.

"I don't want to either, but who can I invite?" Winters asked helplessly.

"Well... I think... Elena would agree," Aurora said slowly.

"Elena? Are you kidding? She has already agreed to the Slytherin boy's invitation." Winters glared at Aurora. He felt that his sister was not in her right mind.Apparently Aurora doesn't agree with Winters:

"What's the reason? You always have to have a reason? Have you asked her?"

"I didn't ask, but she is the most popular person in Slytherin. Do you need any other reason? You all heard Professor McGonagall said that the most popular person always gets the most attention." Winters shook his head, but he always He didn't dare to look into Aurora's eyes.

"In short, these reasons are untenable. You are afraid of embarrassment. That's fine. Now you have two choices. The first is to embarrass Hogwarts, and the second is to embarrass yourself. Choose one of the two, When can you pick a more reliable reason?" Aurora said with a smile, and then her expression suddenly changed.

"What about you? Who is your dance partner?" Winters tried his best to change the subject, not even noticing that Slyer was looking at him with an expression of imminent disaster.

"You will know when the time comes. Unlike you, I don't even dare to ask." Aurora's eyes drifted behind Winters.

"Because there is no need to ask, have you forgotten what Professor McGonagall said? The influential figures in the school always attract the most attention," Winters said, imitating McGonagall's tone.

"Let me take a guess, is one of us going to be in bad luck?" Harry looked diagonally behind Winters.Ron, Hermione, and Lavender were winking at Winters.

"What-" Winters turned around suddenly and found Elena standing behind him, her face full of cold anger.

Winters was stunned for a moment, and then he disappeared in the blink of an eye. Elena's face turned pale with anger.

"He... I have never seen this kind of person... He is the most stupid person I have ever seen, a popular figure in the school... Is this all he remembers?" Elena looked at Winters. Disappeared place said angrily.

"But one thing is certain. Winters would rather lose points than dance. He would rather get a decent score in the second event." Harry understood Winters. Three points was really a bit too much. Low.

"Dumbledore stood up when he saw the poisonous flame dragon shooting dark magic fireballs from the sky to the ground, and my mother's face was as white as printer paper. What's the problem even if he scored 0 points? Three points is already He performed beyond his level," Elena said angrily.

"Winters prefers to challenge himself. He sometimes forgets to drink water and rest in order to solve a math problem or logical reasoning question. The longest record is from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m." Aurora said helplessly explain.

"I think he has borrowed a few books and gone to the Gryffindor common room." Harry knew Winters relatively well.

"He thought quite comprehensively. I went to have lunch. Aurora, I hope you can tell Winters that as long as he sincerely apologizes to me, I will not pursue his mistakes." Elena said seriously Look at Aurora.

"You really don't want to read the confession he wrote, do you? He will definitely write the words "I'm sorry" 300 times. Do you really want to read it?" Aurora burst into laughter.

"Look, why don't you look? Didn't he say that I am a man of the hour? I don't mind-" Elena adjusted her hair.

"——I don't mind being more eye-catching," Elena said reluctantly.

"Okay, okay, I'm impressed with you" Aurora laughed.

(End of this chapter)