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Ever since the term banquet, Fred and George have had their hearts set on competing in the Triwizard Tournament.

"If you win, you will get a bonus of one thousand galleons!" Fred said while sitting next to Danica, dancing and dancing. "Not only that, but it is also an honor! I must participate!"

Danica is busy working on a new research paper, "But Professor Dumbledore said that there is an age limit for this year's competitors. Only those who are 17 years old - that is, 17 years old. Only students over the age of 17 are allowed to sign up. Cedric should be able to sign up, he just celebrated his 17th birthday." She looked up at Fred, "If I remember correctly, you are not [-] years old, are you?"

"Yes, I'm going to be 17 next April." Fred tried to convince her, he said earnestly, "This is my chance, Danica, help me, not because I'm only a few months away. Turning 17 is a missed opportunity."

Danica sighed, "It's not that I don't want to help you. Dumbledore will definitely take some measures to prevent underage students from signing up. I can't deal with these." Fred looked at her helplessly. Nika's heart softened all of a sudden, "Oh well, maybe—maybe you can try the aging agent."

Fred hugged her tightly and kissed her hard on both cheeks.Behind Danica's invisible back, he gestured an OK sign to George in the distance.

"Then I'll look for the formula for aging potion." Fred ran away and waved to her, "I'll see you in class later."

Stacy, who was sitting across from Danica, kept watching them, and asked Danica after Fred left, "Aren't you tired?" She tried her best to express her feelings, "It's you and After he was together, wouldn't there be a sudden moment when he felt particularly boring?"

Danica smiled and said, "No, because there are enough likes now. Maybe one day the passion fades away, and we will get tired of seeing each other, but I know at least not now, because I like him and he likes him too." I."

Stacy trembled twice, "Huh—————"

"So you've never really liked anyone else, Stacy." Roger looked at her with complicated eyes.

Stacy waved her hands indifferently, "No, I really liked them at the time, but this liking quickly dissipated."

Danica put away the parchment and quill, stood up with the book in her arms, "Let's go, the lunch break is coming to an end, let's go and see the skills of the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." After that, the afternoon of the first day was Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

When the class bell was about to ring, the three of them hurried to the classroom. Fred and George were already sitting in the classroom. Unsurprisingly, the seats at the back of the classroom were occupied by them.

Only the few seats at the front of the classroom were vacant, so they had no choice but to sit in those seats.Danica took out "Dark Power: A Guide to Self-Defense" and flipped through it casually. After a while, she heard Professor Moody's characteristic thumping footsteps coming from the corridor, getting closer.

He appeared at the door of the classroom, still looking weird and scary.Students can also see his clawed wooden leg poking out from under his robes.

"Put these things away," he said gruffly, walking to the podium with a cane. "You don't need these textbooks."

Danica was looking forward to it. After all, Professor Lupine didn't use textbooks and advocated practical teaching.

Moody took out the roster, shook his head, brushed his long gray hair away from his twisted, scarred face, and began to roll the roll.His normal eye moved down the list, while his big magic eye kept turning around, staring at every student who answered.

When the last student was counted, he put away the roster, "Well, Lupine wrote me a letter, and I have a general understanding of what you have learned. I think you are lacking in how to deal with spells. He rolled his eyes, and suddenly smiled, "But it's okay, I have a year to teach you how to deal with black magic, and understand the spells cast among wizards—"

His smile made the scarred face look even more weird. "To defend against the dark arts, you first need to know what the illegal black magic spells look like. You are all students in the sixth grade, and I think you can deal with these. So... do any of you know which spells will be affected by it?" What about the harshest punishment in wizarding law?"

Several hands were raised tremblingly, but Danica, Stacy, and Roger did not raise their hands.But Moody didn't seem to see it, he turned around and pointed at Roger, "Davis, I know your father, he is the director of the Department of Legal Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic, you must know all the Unforgivable Curses, right?"

"Uh, well," Roger said helplessly, he didn't really want those curses to come out of his mouth, "there are three Unforgivable Curses, the Imperius Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, and one is... His mouth moved silently a few times before finally whispering, "Avada Kedavra."

Moody patted him on the shoulder, smiled, and said, "Good, good." He opened a desk drawer and pulled out a glass jar.Three big black spiders kept crawling inside, and Stacy couldn't help shivering.

He reached into the bottle, grabbed a spider, and held it on his outstretched palm for all to see.Then he pointed his wand at it and murmured, "Out of body!"

The spider jumped away from Moody's palm, dangling by a thin string, and began to swing back and forth, as if sitting on a high swing.It straightened its legs stiffly again, turned somersault, and the thin thread was snapped.It hit the table and started somersaulting in circles.Moody laughed and flicked his wand, and it got back on its hind legs and tap danced.

Everyone laughed along, except for Danica, who was frowning at the spider without a smile on her face.

Moody's smile snapped back, and he snapped, "Would you still be able to laugh if I did this to you?"

Everyone was so frightened that their laughter stopped suddenly.

"It's all under my control," Moody whispered—as the spider scrambled up and started rolling around on the table, "I can make it jump out the window, or drown itself, or jump into your place." In the throat of a classmate..."

He saw with satisfaction that some of the students began to tremble, and he went on, "Many years ago, many wizards were under the Imperius Curse, and it really took the Ministry very busy. They have to distinguish who is forced to do things and who is." Do what you want."

"The Imperius Curse can be resisted, and I will give you the method. But it requires strong willpower, and not everyone can resist it. You'd better avoid being hit by it as much as possible!" Moody suddenly shouted Get up, startling everyone.

"Anyone want to try it?" No one raised their hands, and Moody grabbed the list and flipped through it quickly. "Okay, I'll take the roll, and it's up to you, Miss Wilson." He waved his wand, and the spider It fell in front of Danica.

"Get out your wand," Moody said encouragingly.

Danica slowly pulled out her wand, took a deep breath, and said the spell clearly, "Out of body!" The spider's frantic pace stopped suddenly, all legs stretched stiffly. straight.

"Very well, let him jump twice now." Moody urged.

Danica had to flick her wand, causing the spider to jump twice, and she immediately withdrew the spell.

"Brilliant, Wilson made it." Moody applauded her, but Danica was not at all pleased. "Now, let's move on to the next one, the Cruciatus Curse."

"People who are hit by the Cruciatus Curse will feel piercing pain all over the body. The piercing pain will make the caster feel miserable. If the spell continues, the caster will be tortured to the point of madness, or even die." He turned his back to The whole class took out the second spider from the glass jar and put it on the podium.

"You need to zoom in a bit so you can see it clearly." He muttered, pointing at the spider with his wand, "Get bigger!" The spider swelled up and became as big as a palm.

Moody raised his wand again, pointed at the spider, and said softly, "Crucio!"

Immediately, the spider's legs all retracted, clinging to the body.It turned over while its body twitched violently, shaking from side to side.It made a faint but piercing sound, and Moody didn't take his wand away, and the spider began to tremble and twitch more—

"Stop it!" screamed a Gryffindor girl, "Don't you see how painful it is already?!"

Moody lowered his wand slowly, and the spider's legs slacked, but it was still twitching. "Who is it? Let me see...Miss Buffett, then you can demonstrate this spell." He walked up to the girl and put her wand into her hand, "Hurry up."

Buffett's wand hand trembled violently, and her mouth wriggled for the incantation, but the spider didn't respond.

Moody shook his head in disappointment, "Forget it. Let's talk about the last spell."

"This is the most powerful spell, Avada Kedavra... a death curse." The corners of his mouth twitched again, showing a slight smile, and he took the trembling spider to the center of the table, "Avada Kill me!"

A green light hit the spider, and it flipped over, lying on its back on the table, and stopped shaking.Moody sighed, "Death, there is no pain, no pain. There is no way to break the death curse, and there is no way to resist it. Only one person escaped the spell, as you all know."

"Now I'm going to try it on someone, don't worry, the Ministry of Magic won't hold you tight to Azkaban," he said briskly, "it's just a spider, just a class exercise."

He took out the last spider and put it in front of Stacy, "Miss Fawcett, you can try it."

Stacy moved back in horror, and Moody kept holding the spider in front of her, "Don't be afraid, Avada Kedavra needs a very strong magical power as its foundation, you may only be able to let it flow a little Blood. But it doesn't matter, I'm here to teach you how to chant spells."

Stacy has already retreated to the edge of the table of the classmates behind her, and she has no choice but to retreat, and her tears are about to fall from fear.Danica blocked Stacy, and she said with a sinking face, "Professor Moody, can I try?"

"Oh, sure." Moody said nicely as he moved the spider to Danica's desk.

Danica stared at the panicking spider for a while, then slowly raised her wand and pointed at it, "Avada Kedavra!"

A green light hit the spider and it died.

Moody looked at her in surprise. He tucked his cane under his arm and clapped his hands. "You are outstanding! You have great magical powers, Miss Wilson." He stopped and shouted at the students ," Any one of these three Unforgivable Curses used on humans is enough for you to spend a lifetime in prison in Azkaban. This is what you have to resist. You have to be prepared, and you have to be on guard. But Most importantly, you need to be vigilant at all times and never let up. Get out your quills... and write this down..."

The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and as soon as the students left the classroom, all kinds of discussions suddenly surged like a flood that burst a bank.Most of the students talked about the spells with awe - "He killed the spider in one fell swoop, easy as that!"

Danica walked quickly with a sullen face, and she said angrily, "This is not a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, but a Dark Arts learning class!"

Roger held Stacy in his arms, and her legs were still a little weak, "I'm too afraid of spiders, and he told me to cast a death curse, I was really terrified."

Fred and George rushed from the classroom excitedly. "Moody, he's so cool!" Fred pushed Roger away.

George echoed, "Cool! We've never seen the Unforgivable Curse!"

Danica waved away Fred's approaching hand. "It's not a very cool thing," she said seriously. "It's even terrible. We're learning the dark arts—" She looked Moody, who was walking in front, stopped speaking suddenly.

Fred raised his hand in surrender, curled his lips and followed Danica to the auditorium, "Ah, what will we have for dinner..."

They walked into the foyer, which was full of people waiting to eat.Now it was a mess inside, and there was a sound of arguing.

"A picture of your parents, standing in front of your house—you call it a house!" Malfoy shook the newspaper on his hand, "If your mother can lose a little weight, she will look okay, yes Bar?"

Dani called Fred, who wanted to rush to hit someone, although she was also very angry.Then a white light hit Malfoy, and with a loud bang, he turned into a snow-white ferret, shivering on the flagstone floor.

"Oh, no, boy!" Moody pushed his way through the crowd, looking at Harry. "Did he hurt you?"

"No," said Harry, "no hit."

Moody limped towards the ferret. "I don't believe in that!" he roared, pointing his wand again at the ferret - who suddenly rose ten feet into the air and fell with a thud. On the ground, it suddenly rose up again.

"I don't like people who attack people in the back," said Moody gruffly, as the ferret rose higher and higher, screaming in pain, "I saw you just pointed your wand out behind your back." Look at Potter, you vile and shameless wretch..."

The ferret leaped into the air, its legs and tail flailing hopelessly.The students were all petrified, and the scene was silent.

"Don't—don't—do—do—" every time the ferret fell on the flagstone floor and rose up again, a word came out of his mouth.

"That's enough, Professor Moody." Danica couldn't help but stop him. She took out her wand and waved it. With a loud crack, Malfoy recovered. "Lessons are enough."

Professor McGonagall came by at this moment, screaming, "Moody, we never use Transfiguration as punishment! Surely Dumbledore told you?"

"He probably mentioned it," said Moody, scratching his chin absently, "but I think it's time to scare hard—"

"We can put you in confinement! Or report to the dean of the college where the person is located..."

Danica didn't want to pay attention to what happened later, she walked to Ravenclaw's long table and sat down first.It was a while before Stacy and Roger sat down.

"He's like a bomb that could explode at any time!" Stacy said angrily, "A restless and dangerous person, how could Dumbledore hire such a dangerous teacher?"

Roger forked the steak on the plate wearily, "He is considered a relatively powerful Auror... But this behavior is really worthy of his title of Mad-Eye..."

After Danica finished eating hastily, she got up and left with the book in her arms, "I'm leaving first, I have to go to the library to check things, you go back first."

While Danica was busy writing the monthly research report to be submitted to the Alchemist Guild, September passed quickly.

After entering October, their Defense Against the Dark Arts class became more and more difficult.Moody also tried to cast the Imperius Curse on each student to test whether they could stop it.

"He's a lunatic!" Danica said viciously. She had just been tested by him five times in class before resisting the Imperius Curse for the last time.

Fred patted her on the back and comforted her, "But you can be regarded as his most proud student. Each of us is controlled, and only you can successfully resist." He put her arms around her In the foyer, a large group of students huddled around a large bulletin board.

Stacy, her hair messily pushed out of it, said cheerfully, "Representatives from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving at 10pm on Friday, October 30th. Afternoon classes will end half an hour earlier." .This is simply fantastic! "We will gather in front of the castle to welcome our guests! There will be a welcome banquet!"

Danica was also a little happier.This announcement had a huge impact on those in the castle.For the next week, all the students were eagerly discussing about the Triwizard Tournament, asking around who would sign up for the competition.The castle was cleaned and looked brand new, and the faculty and staff were also nervous. Professor McGonagall reminded them more than once in class.

"Lee Jordan, please do me a favor and don't pull out your wand in front of Durmstrang's people, and let them see that you can't even cast the simplest conversion spell."

In this anxious waiting, October 10 came.

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