HP Starlight

Back in the common room, Esther couldn't wait to find Orion to confirm his conjecture.

"You're right," Orion leaned close to Est's ear and said, "Karkaroff was once imprisoned in Azkaban, and was later released because he was a tainted witness. He betrayed a lot of Death Eaters It is only in exchange for their own freedom."

"Why can a Death Eater still be the principal!" Esther asked in surprise.

"Keep your voice down. Durmstrang is not against the Dark Arts, just like us Slytherins. To them, Death Eaters are not a synonym for evil, but a symbol of power. You think anyone who wants to can be Are Death Eaters branded by You-Know-Who? He doesn't want crappy wizards. Even pure blood has to be strong. I don't want to admit it, but my dad is a really good wizard, my mom said he used spells when he was in school The level is better than both of me.”

"Your mother really told you everything." Esther said with emotion.

"She wanted me to see clearly the path I chose. You know, if I choose to be with Leona, it means that I have betrayed my bloodline. Once the mysterious man makes a comeback..." Orion pouted.

Esther patted him on the shoulder, not knowing what to comfort him, and his situation was not much better.

"It's time to go on inspection, let's go." Est stood up and prepared to leave the common room.

"Wait, let's write the name and put it in." Orion took out the parchment and quill.

"You really want to sign up?" Esther didn't understand.

"Yes." Orion said.

"Listen, Leona may not be selected, and even if she is selected, she is not a glass vial, you should believe her." Est said.

"No, I've changed my mind, I want to be a warrior and fight for Slytherin's honor," Orion said.

"It's not because of Krum, is it?" Esther was surprised by Orion's jealousy. Although she also saw Leona's fiery eyes, she felt that it was just worship of stars, and there was no love in it.

Orion's ears were blushing, and he pushed the parchment in front of Este and said, "Whether you want to sign up or not, just write quickly if you want to sign up. I don't believe you don't care about this honor."

Esther shrugged and wrote her name.

There was no one in the hall, and Orion threw his name into the Goblet of Fire, and red flames burst out from it.

Esther also crossed the age line and was about to throw in, when he was suddenly startled by a faint voice behind him.

"I think you have heard what Professor Dumbledore said. Once you are selected, there is no way out. You are not in good shape recently, so it is best not to sign up." Professor Snape said.

Esther looked at Professor Snape, but felt a sense of rebellion.She let go slowly and let the parchment with the name on it float into the Goblet of Fire, emitting a burst of red light.Seeing his stunned expression, Esther felt a sense of revenge.

"I think you should mind yourself, Snape." Professor Moody stepped out of the shadows, startling everyone.He stared at Professor Snape with both eyes, "Otherwise I'd think you were up to something."

Snape tried hard to restrain his anger, looked at Professor Moody, then at Esther, and said nothing.

Orion also felt the embarrassment of the atmosphere, greeted the professors, and pulled Este away.

"You're in trouble now, I'm afraid Professor Snape won't let you go." After walking two floors, Orion slowed down and said to Esther worriedly.

"Whatever, it's not much better now." Esther said stiffly, but she was worried in her heart.And she hated Professor Moody's attitude towards Professor Snape.

At the end of the dinner the next day, everyone was discussing nervously and excitedly, hoping to know the result of the Warriors election as soon as possible.

"Okay, the Goblet of Fire is about to make a decision," Dumbledore began to speak, and the auditorium became silent. "I hope that the chosen warrior can enter the next room," he pointed to the teacher behind the desk. That door, "where they'll get initial guidance."

Dumbledore took out his wand, waved it sharply, and the brightness in the auditorium was cut in half.The blue and white flames in the Goblet of Fire flickered, dimming and flickering the front of the auditorium.Suddenly the flames turned red, crackling sparks flying everywhere.Then a flame burst into the air, and a piece of charred parchment emerged from the flames and slowly fell.The Goblet of Fire was blue and white again.

"Ah, it's Durmstrang's warrior," Dumbledore held up the parchment for a serious look, and said in a clear and forceful tone, "Victor Krum."

There was a burst of applause and cheers in the auditorium.Krum got up from beside Malfoy and walked towards the room indicated by Dumbledore.

Then the second parchment was also sent out of the goblet by the flames.

"The champion of Beauxbatons," said Dumbledore, "Fleur Delacour."

A beautiful fair-skinned girl walked lightly to the room behind the teaching staff desk with her shiny silver hair.Esther couldn't help but admire her beautiful appearance.

It was finally time for the Hogwarts warriors, and everyone shouted the names of the candidates they supported.

"Angelina!"

"Warrington!"

"Cedric Diggory!"

"Roger Davis!"

The sound continued, until the Goblet of Fire turned red again, and a third parchment was thrown into the air.

"Heroes of Hogwarts," said Dumbledore loudly, "Esther Collins!"

Esther looked at Orion blankly, but the cheering crowd around her blocked her view.Leona waved to her excitedly, and Harry gave her a congratulatory look.Esther stood up and kept smiling, walked around the staff table, and saw Professor Snape's sullen face.She hastened her pace and burrowed into the room behind the desk.

The fire was burning brightly in the room, and Krum and Delacour were looking at the portraits on the two walls.Seeing Est come in, the portraits applauded.

"Esther Collins, just call me Esther." Esther shook hands with the two previous warriors.

"Fleur." Beauxbaton's warrior replied coldly, with a delicate face.

"Victor, thank you for your hospitality." Krum's nasal voice was a bit heavy.

Everyone is now an opponent, and no one wants to talk too much.Esther stared at the fire in a daze, thinking about the moment when the flames spurted out her name.She seems to be only now getting excited.

Suddenly the door opened again, and Harry who came in looked at Esther in bewilderment.A bad premonition rose in Esther's heart.

"What's wrong? Do you want us to go back to the auditorium?" Furong asked.

Harry didn't speak.Esther was about to walk over and ask him what happened.There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and the principals of the three schools, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, Professor Moody, and two officials from the Ministry of Magic walked into the room one by one.The room seemed a little crowded.

"It's surreal," said Ludo Bagman of the Ministry of Magic, pulling Harry over to the fire. "Ladies and gentlemen, it's absolutely surreal. Allow me to introduce—as implausible as it may seem— This is the fourth warrior of the Triwizard Tournament!"

Esther looked at Harry in surprise, asking him with his eyes if it was true.Harry looked back at her blankly, obviously not understanding what was going on.

"It's not fair! Hogwarts cannot have two warriors!" Mrs. Maxim made the first move.

"Could it be that the host school has the privilege?" Karkaroff said smooth and sweet, with a cold chill in his eyes.

Dumbledore ignored the questioning of the two headmasters. He walked up to Harry, asked him to look him in the eyes, and asked calmly, "Did you put your name into the Goblet of Fire, Harry?"

"No." Harry said firmly.Esther saw Professor Snape's unfathomable expression from the corner of his eye.

"Have you asked your older classmates to help you put your name into the Goblet of Fire?" Dumbledore continued to ask, and glanced at Esther innocently.

"No." Harry still denied.

"Dumbledore, we shouldn't let Harry compete, since it's not his own will..." Professor McGonagall said worriedly to Dumbledore.The other two principals snorted dissatisfiedly.

"Mr. Crouch?" Dumbledore softly asked Barty Crouch who had been silent.

"We must abide by the regulations. The regulations clearly stipulate that anyone who is sprayed out of the Goblet of Fire must participate." Crouch said rigidly.

"Then we have to add another quota, two students from each school, otherwise I will take my students and leave now!" Karkaroff was furious.

"Bluff, Karkaroff!" Professor Moody roared at the door, "They have to compete, which is bound by a magical contract, even if it is extremely dangerous," Professor Moody walked up to Karkaroff, threateningly Staring at him, "Isn't this in your favor? Use this match and let Potter die!"

"Alastor!" Dumbledore warned.Karkaroff's face was flushed, and Esther realized that Professor Moody should have hinted at everyone that Karkaroff used means to force Porter to compete.As a Death Eater, it makes sense to want to kill Harry.Fortunately, Professor Moody is not accusing Professor Snape, Esther subconsciously glanced in Snape's direction.He was frowning and didn't know what he was thinking.

"It seems that we can only do this. Four contestants will participate. If anyone has a better idea..." Dumbledore asked for everyone's opinions with his eyes.

"Let's move on, then. It's time to coach the Warriors, right, Batty?" Bagman was the only one who expressed excitement.Esther couldn't help suspecting that he was the one who killed Harry.

"Okay, guide." Crouch walked to the side of the four warriors, "The first project is to test your courage. We are not going to tell you what it is, it is very important to dare to face unknown challenges.

The first event will take place on November 24th in front of other students and referees.

Warriors may not solicit or accept any assistance from other teachers in completing a competition project.The only weapon the warrior has in his first challenge is his wand.They will not learn about the second project until the first project is over.Because the competition is so demanding and lasts so long, the Warriors don't take the school year exams. "

Esther felt that was the only reason she was happy to enter.Esther walked out of the room with Harry, ready to walk Harry upstairs.

"I can go back by myself," said Harry.

"So if you become rivals, you can't go together?" Esther joked.

Harry relaxed a little. "You believe I didn't sign up myself, do you?" he asked cautiously.

"Of course, you know how sensitive I am to liars." Esther raised his eyebrows, "Have you discovered anything recently? Do you know who hurt you?"

"Voldemort," said Harry, "I've been having a dream these days. In the dream he and Wormtail were talking about killing me, and when I woke up the scar hurt so much. I took it as a warning."

Esther looked at his scar, it had been a long time since Harry said his scar hurt.

"Be prepared, let Leona tell me if you have any difficulties. Be careful yourself." Esther said to Harry before parting.

Esther entered the stairs leading to the ground alone, with complicated thoughts.Hogwarts seems to have increased the chances of winning with the two warriors, but she knows that she has not been strong recently, and Harry is just in the fourth grade, so no matter how you look at it, there is no advantage.And the first project did not say what it was, and there was no direction for preparation.She walked into the passage silently, thinking about what courage is needed.Would it be hasty to deal with a boggart, or a duel?

But her thoughts were interrupted when she entered the stone door of the common room, and the Slytherins put aside their usual reserve and welcomed her with the greatest enthusiasm.It's nice to be a warrior, Esther thought.

Slytherin and Gryffindor have always been at odds with each other. This time, the two warriors came from these two colleges respectively, which made the tension between the colleges even stronger than during the Quidditch final last semester.Fortunately, there were foreign guests living in Hogwarts, so there were only some small-scale conflicts between the two colleges.

In order to support their house and belittle their opponents, I don't know which Slytherin has studied a badge, one side is supporting Esther Collins, the real warrior of Hogwarts; after touching it, the other side will appear Potter's stinky shit.

Esther did not support them at first, and even confiscated a batch of badges.This made the Slytherins very unhappy.

"You can't stop them from supporting the warriors of their academy." Orion persuaded Este not to care about this matter.

"But Harry was killed, and this is not what he wanted. As a Hogwarts warrior, at least he can't be insulted." Est complained to Orion dissatisfied.

"Only you believe that he is innocent, and even the students of their academy think he used ulterior means. Otherwise, why do you think people from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are also ordering this kind of badge? It's a good thing for us, it's been a long time since I saw other colleges supporting Slytherin, let go of your personal feelings and put the overall situation first, okay?" Orion said impatiently.

"When you were alone, did you also want me to ignore your feelings and stay away from you like everyone else?" Esther said angrily, throwing her schoolbag on her back and going to the library.

Esther looked up the historical materials of the three schools in the library, and wanted to see what items had appeared in the Triwizard Tournament, so that he could easily speculate on the challenges they were about to face.

There is not much relevant information, but from a few words, it can be seen that most of the challenges come from dangerous creatures, such as chicken snakes, manticores, horned camels and so on.Each of these creatures had a different coping strategy, but she knew most of them before.Esther took notes one by one of the content he could find, and prepared to look for some books such as guides for dealing with dangerous creatures later.

When Esther was writing quickly, Orion walked into the library with a straight face and sat down opposite Esther.

"Notify all warriors to check their wands in the classroom on the second floor." Orion conveyed the message in a businesslike manner.

"Thank you for your notice, Mr. Student President." Esther got up and returned the book without even looking at him.

Esther didn't want to talk to Orion, and didn't ask which classroom it was.She was also worried that she couldn't find it.But as soon as I left the library, I saw an open classroom. Mr. Bagman was sitting behind a long desk made of three desks covered with velvet, and a witch who was dressed exquisitely and wore glasses studded with jewels. chat.Esther knocked on the door and walked in.

"Please wait in the room for a while, and the ceremony will start when the referee and the warriors arrive." Bagman said to Este first.

Esther saw that Krum had arrived, standing in the corner with a sullen face.She walked over to greet him, "Victor, is your cold better?"

"It's okay." Krum was still reluctant to speak.

"Are you uncomfortable here?" Esther said in Bulgarian.

"You speak Bulgarian?" Krum said in surprise.

"I only know a little bit. I learned it when I was very young, but I almost forgot it." Esther said with a smile.

Using the familiar language made Krum relax a bit, and he gradually talked more.Esther took the opportunity to invite him to play Quidditch with Slytherin on the weekend to relax. Krum hesitated, but agreed.

Soon Fleur and Harry came too.Bagman immediately became excited, "The fourth warrior is here too, that's great, don't be nervous, it's just a wand testing ceremony. Then take a few photos. This is Rita Skeeter," he pointed to and his Talking Witch, "She's writing a little article about The Contest for the Daily Prophet..."

"Maybe it's not that small, Ludo," said Rita Skeeter, keeping her eyes on Harry. "Before we start, can I have a word with the youngest warrior, you know . . . The color added to the article."

Perhaps it would be good to clarify in the newspaper, and there might be more people who believe in Harry, Esther thought to himself.

After a while Dumbledore came with the other referees, and Mr. Ollivander, the owner of the wand shop.

"Isn't Harry here yet?" Dumbledore asked, looking at the people in the room.

"He went for an interview, and Rita said she wanted to add color to the news," Mr. Bagman said cheerfully.

Dumbledore immediately turned and went out, and took Harry back to the classroom after a while.Esther wanted to ask how he was doing with his eyes, but saw him staring angrily at Rita Skeeter who was sitting in the corner.It seems that the interview was not very pleasant.

Professor Dumbledore introduced Mr. Ollivander to everyone. He came to test the wand for everyone to ensure that the wand was in good condition before the game.

"Miss Delacour, can you come first?" Mr. Ollivander said, walking to the center of the room.

Fleur walked lightly over and handed him her wand.

"Oh..." He swung his wand lightly in a circle, and the wand shot out many pink and gold sparks.He held the wand up to his eyes again and looked at it carefully. "Yes, nine and a half inches... very flexible... maplewood, and it contains... oh, my God..."

"Contains a veela hair, my grandmother's." Fu Rong said.

No wonder she is so beautiful, Esther has never seen a Veela, but she has seen it in a book.Veela is very beautiful and very attractive to men.Fleur is so beautiful just because of her veela blood, how beautiful a real veela would be, Esther thought.

"Yes," said Mr. Ollivander, "yes, of course, I have never used Veela hair myself, and Veela wands are too capricious... But everyone has their preferences, Since he is right for you..."

Mr. Ollivander ran his fingers over the wand, checking for scrapes and bruises, and whispered, "Orchids in bloom!" A bouquet of flowers bloomed on the wand tip.

"Very well, very well," said Mr. Ollivander as he gathered the flowers and handed them to Fleur, along with her wand. "Miss Collins, you'll be next, okay?" He turned to Esther again.

Esther handed over the wand generously.

"Ah, isn't my product?" said Mr. Ollivander excitedly. "I remember you wrote me that there was a little problem with it. Why didn't you go to the store to check it?"

"It was my problem at the time, but now I have cooperated with it very well, and it even saved my life." Esther replied with a smile.

"Then congratulations, it seems that it has fully recognized you. It was really not easy to get this phoenix tail feather. It is very difficult for an untamed phoenix to get close. I waited for three days and three nights to get it from its lair. This tail feather. Twelve and one-half inches...hawthorn...hard. In excellent condition...do you tend to it regularly?"

"Yes, sir," Esther replied.

Mr. Ollivander waved his wand, and the tip of the wand shot out a ribbon of golden and silver beams that floated across the room.He nodded and returned the wand to Esther, and said, "Mr. Krum, it's your turn."

Krum and Esther brushed past each other, thrusting the wand into Mr. Ollivander's hand.

"Well," said Mr. Ollivander, "if I'm not mistaken, it's Gregorovitch's product. He's an excellent wandmaker, though I don't quite know his style...but ..."

He checked carefully, "Hornbeam, dragon's heartstrings, isn't it?" He looked at Krum and nodded, then said, "It's much thicker than people usually see... very rigid... ten and a quarter An inch...flocks of birds!"

There was a loud bang from the wand, and a flock of birds flew out of the wand head.

"Very well, and one last... Mr. Potter," said Mr. Ollivander, returning his wand to Krum.

"Ah, yes," Mr. Ollivander's eyes suddenly sparkled with excitement, "yes, yes, yes, I remember it clearly. The magic wand of Phoenix Tail Feather is quite rare. I didn't expect to see it here today. to two... holly, eleven inches long... very pliable..." He looked at it for a long time, longer than Esther's.Finally he tapped his wand lightly, and a puff of wine came out of the tip. "Fine, very good," he said, handing Harry his wand back.

"Thank you all," said Dumbledore, rising from the referee's table, "you can go back to your lessons now - maybe it's more convenient to just go straight to dinner - they'll be over soon anyway -"

"Dumbledore, take a picture!" Mr. Bagman shouted excitedly.

It took a long time to take pictures, and after the group photo, it was a single photo.Esther really wanted to stay and talk to Harry alone, but Harry couldn't come out for a long time.She had to leave alone.