hp Ouroboros

When Harry heard the screams and cheers from the stands again in his water-filled ears, he realized that he had successfully surfaced before being suffocated to death!

He spat out the water in his mouth, coughed hard, tried to cough out the lake water he had choked in, and gulped down the wonderful, fresh, cool air, and now Harry only hoped that he would never use that thing again in his life Oxygen filter...

Even if that kind of potion allows him to breathe underwater, but pulling two unconscious people to swim, especially one of them is an adult man, it seems that the function of a bottle of oxygen filter is not so powerful, he almost He was about to suffocate in the water, and while panting with lingering fear, Harry dragged Sirius and the silver-haired little girl to swim slowly towards the shore.

Before swimming far, Sirius and the little girl opened their eyes almost at the same time.Frightened and confused, the girl popped out a few words that Harry couldn't understand at all. Sirius spat out a mouthful of lake water, first blinked at Harry and showed a big smile, and then turned to the girl to talk to her Spoken a few words in the same language.

The familiar language made the young girl calm down very quickly, especially after she heard the screams of the drenched Furong on the shore not far away, the girl finally seemed relieved and smiled at that, He even raised his hand and waved.

"That's great, Harry! That's great!" Sirius laughed, but then lowered his voice a bit puzzled and asked, "Why did you bring her up?"

"Fleur didn't show up, and I couldn't leave her out," answered Harry, panting.

"Ah, yes, a heroic act, Harry! But you should always trust Professor Dumbledore, he won't let any of us drown."

Harry's eyes widened, and before he had time to figure out whether he was stupid or just subconsciously not trusting Headmaster Dumbledore that much, they reached the shore.The referees stood and watched, and twenty mermen accompanied them like a guard of honor, screaming and singing terrible songs that could not be heard on land.

Madam Pomfrey squeezed away the referees gathered on the shore, took about five or six blankets and covered Harry's head who had just stepped on land, kept talking about how dangerous this activity was, while giving the little Sirius and the little girl also covered themselves with thick blankets, and took out a large handful of potions of different colors from her white apron, and kept stern eyes on them until each of them had swallowed three potions. Tube.

"Gabriel! Gabriel!" Fleur was completely hysterical. She struggled desperately to break free from Madam Maxim's obstruction, and rushed to Harry's side and hugged her sister, "It's Slytherin, it's Slater Miss Lin... Gabriel, I thought..."

"Harry, good job! You made it!" Hermione, who was also wrapped in a blanket and hadn't drunk the refreshing potion for a long time, rushed forward with occasional white smoke coming out of her ears, in order to suppress the excited students in the stands Hermione had to yell at Harry at the top of her lungs, "But can you tell me what the hell just happened? Why do I keep hearing everyone say 'Miss Slytherin' or something? , These voices are all in the stands, it's too loud, I can't hear it at all! What happened to Sister Sylvia? Why isn't she here?"

"Actually, Sylvia-senpai is the first..."

"There's a beetle in your hair, Her-mi-en," Krum said suddenly, and Harry felt he was trying to get Hermione's attention, but Hermione was staring at him for an explanation, and it didn't matter. Ignoring Krum, I just scratched my hair impatiently, and the startled beetle flew away.

"Uh, I think we'll go back and talk! It's a bit...complicated, it's too noisy in here!" Harry said aloud with the last of his strength.

Maybe it's because it doesn't take much effort to sleep at the bottom of the lake. Although Hermione nodded, she thought of something after a few seconds, "But, Harry, you're over time..."

But at this moment, Ludo Bagman's magically amplified voice suddenly sounded in their ears, which startled them and made the audience in the stands so noisy that they couldn't speak properly. .

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally made a decision. Mercus, the leader of the mermaids, told us everything that happened under the lake. We have decided to rate the warriors as follows based on the full score of [-] points... .”

"Cough, first of all, although Fleur Delacour showed an excellent use of the bubble head spell, because she fired a red light for help in the early stage of the game, we judged her to lose the points of this competition."

There was a burst of applause from the stands, and apart from Madam Maxim who looked aggrieved, even Fleur herself was not dissatisfied.

"Next, Miss Sylvia Slytherin... her situation is more, uh, special... Although she showed us superb magic and powerful magic, she finally failed to complete the hostage Bringing it back to shore' for that purpose, so we gave her 25 points."

As soon as Bagman's voice fell, there was a burst of dissatisfied boos from the stands. Hermione still didn't know what happened, so she could only glared at Harry again in the midst of the noise, and made a mouth shape for him , let him tell her what happened as soon as he returned to the castle.

It didn't do much to appease the audience, and Bagman had to raise the volume again to silence all dissatisfied voices, "Viktor Krum, using Transfiguration, incomplete, but still effective, although more than The stipulated one hour, but the first one who successfully brought the hostage back to the shore, we will give him 40 points!" Probably because Bagman was right, the audience applauded, and Karkaroff shot very vigorously, A smug look.

"Harry Potter, using the advanced potion oxygen filter, has achieved amazing results." Bagman continued, "He was the last to return, far exceeding the one-hour time limit. However, the mermaid leader told We, he didn't return in time because he wanted to make sure all the hostages returned safely, not just his own hostages."

Sirius patted him on the back encouragingly, seemed proud of his choice, and Harry was finally relieved.

"Most of the referees," said Bagman, glanced at Karkaroff very dissatisfiedly, "think that this fully reflects the noble morality. Mr. Porter's score is 40 points!"

Same score!He actually had a tie with the famous Krum!Sirius and Hermione were surprised for a while, then applauded vigorously with other audience members and laughed happily.

It's over, Harry thought vaguely, escorted by Madam Pomfrey, the warriors and their hostages headed back to the castle, it's over, he passed...he has nothing to worry about until June On the 6th, the third item was compared...

"Okay, you can talk now, what's the matter with Sylvia and Camille?" Hermione left Krum, followed Harry with strides, and asked urgently.

Oh yes, he had other worries, and even he probably couldn't be of much help.

Harry told Hermione as briefly as possible about Sylvia's outburst after hearing that Camille was actually the so-called 'baby who will disappear in an hour' in the mermaid song. During the process, Hermione kept saying There was a gasp, and even Sirius, who was walking on the other side of Harry, kept frowning, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"I finally arrived at the Mermaid Village. It was a little far away. I didn't see it clearly, but Senior Sister Camille must be awake, because I saw that Senior Sylvia hadn't moved yet, and she broke free by herself." Back After going to Gryffindor Tower to change clothes, Harry continued to describe the last situation he saw vividly, "Later, I just remember seeing Sister Sylvia walking back, and then fainted , the road she opened began to return to its original state."

After looking at the nostalgic Gryffindor Tower lounge, Sirius just sat quietly by the sofa in the lounge as Harry narrated. It was really embarrassing for a 17-year-old adult witch to carve a way through the black lake to the middle of the lake.

"And then? How did the seniors get out?" Hermione was quite acceptable. As she recently started to study something with Sylvia, she fully understood Sylvia's ability.

"In the end, Senior Camille turned into a Thunderbird and flew out with Senior Sylvia. It was very thrilling, and she was almost submerged in the lake." Finally, Harry was able to find time to drink Two sips of water, take a break.

But just as his back was leaning on the sofa, he remembered that he also wanted to ask a question!Harry jumped up, ran to Sirius and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Oh, Professor Dumbledore asked me to be a hostage, and I agreed." Sirius said lightly, and soon, as if thinking of something, he said in a tone of disapproval, "I arrived at Professor Dumbledore's In the office, Camille happened to be called too. She refused to be spelled by Professor Dumbledore and fell asleep, and insisted on staying awake and entering the water. Let me tell you, what can go wrong with Professor Dumbledore's magic? But that girl is very Persistence, originally the committee disagreed and thought about inviting the old couple Cassandra who had raised Slytherin to come over, but Professor Dumbledore felt that they were too old, and finally agreed to Camille to go into the water soberly after a long discussion. "

Hermione vaguely felt that Camille was indeed doing the right thing. She was called over at that time, and after hearing the assurances from Professor McGonagall and Headmaster Dumbledore, she agreed without thinking too much, but when she thought about it carefully, she felt that her scalp was numb and black. She doesn't know what's in the lake, even if there are some mermaids protecting them, so what?From the book, it seems that mermaids don't know how to use magic, and their actual ability is definitely far inferior to that of the giant squid in the black lake. She has no idea what other threats there are.

Not wanting to think about anything else, Hermione changed the subject and asked, "That's right! You said Senior Sylvia passed out? But we just passed the medical wing and didn't see the two seniors there! Where did they go?" ?”

Harry scratched his face in embarrassment, remembering that he seemed to see Sylvia from a distance at the end as if she was about to slap Senior Camille in the face, and she probably didn't really slap her in the end, but even with his Seeker His eyesight really couldn't tell what the faces of the seniors were like in the end, so he could only say: "Uh...I think the seniors might have had a fight..."

"Arguing? But Senior Camille isn't in the dormitory either! And Senior Sylvia?" Hermione couldn't sit still, opened the door of the lounge and rushed out. Harry and the others had to follow behind.

"Senior Sylvia must have fainted from excessive use of magic power. I don't know what happened, but why is she no longer in the medical wing!" Hermione mumbled as she walked towards the fifth floor, apparently intending to Go to the empty classroom on the fifth floor.

But there was no one in their usual empty classroom, and Hermione was even more anxious now, running quickly down the corridor, almost bumping into Dumbledore head-on on the way to the medical wing.

"Oh! Sorry, Mr. Principal..." Hermione took two steps back and apologized quickly, but she immediately asked, "Mr. Principal, do you know..."

"Miss Slytherin's business, isn't it?" Dumbledore was still smiling, not minding the fact that he was almost bumped into by the reckless students.

"Miss Slytherin just consumed too much magic power, fainted briefly, and woke up soon after drinking a little medicine," Dumbledore said, raising his hand slightly, stopping Hermione's next question, "They all I went back to Miss Slytherin's manor temporarily, don't worry, they can handle it, we have to give them some time, right?"

After finally calming down, Hermione and Harry prepared to go back to the Gryffindor Tower for a certain celebration, while Dumbledore called Sirius away.

But none of them noticed that under the shadow of the torch, there was a beetle with a special pattern, which quietly flew out of the castle after they were all gone, and flew towards the Slytherin Manor on the hill opposite Hogwarts Castle .