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The first match of the Triwizard Tournament is to fight different breeds of fire dragons to win the golden egg. All the contestants passed the first hurdle and received the golden eggs – although they all suffered bruises of varying severity.

Harry reconciled with Ron, and the Gryffindor boys. After watching his first brave and witty performance, the antipathy and resentment that filled Hogwarts seemed to be overnight disappeared.

It seems that it was only at this point that everyone realized how much this unexpected episode had benefited them - Hogwarts now has two Warriors represented, and they both performed well in the first match! This means that Hogwarts has a better chance of winning the final trophy than the other two schools! Hufflepuff and Gryffindor can now enjoy the special glory and experience that Triwizard Tournament has brought to them in their common room- Oh, except for the unbearably shrill scream of the uncooperative golden egg as soon as it opens a crack, everything is beautiful!

What made things look even better was this year's Christmas Ball.

The professors announced that the ball would be held in the auditorium at 8 p.m. and end at 12 a.m. on Christmas Day, that everyone must wear a gown and robe, and that a dance partner would be invited to attend.

Everyone seemed happy, except for Hermione, who had gone to the Warriors' tent to find Harry before the first game and had the misfortune of being photographed by Rita Skeeter hugging Harry, and the next day a gossip article full of gibberish prejudice and fabricated gossip appeared in the newspaper, which portrayed her as a lowly but scheming, ambitious, sinister girl.

Harry and Ron weren't too pleasant either. None of them invited a pleasant dance partner, and finally had to invite the pair of sisters from India. It's hard to say which of the two was more depressed than their partner's displeasure - Harry was depressed that the warriors had to do the opening dance in full view, and Ron was depressed because Mrs. Weasley had sent him a gown made from her old dress and sewn all over her body with outdated and yellowed lace.

This frustration came to a head when Professor McGonagall held a ballroom dance training for the entire Gryffindor House students who were going to the Ballball.

On that day, Willow Spring was also invited by Professor McGonagall to serve as a trainer "as a former member of Gryffindor".

After Professor McGonagall grabbed Ron Weasley, who was talking cool at the bottom, and asked him to be his dance partner to demonstrate how to dance ballroom dance, the girls first put aside their shyness and stepped off the stage. But on the other side, the boys all sat up straight, as if they had all been under a petrification spell.

Professor McGonagall frowned, looking as if she was about to say "Are these children all a bunch of misbehaving baboons now?!" and other harsh words.

Willow Spring hurriedly remedied the awkward situation before Professor McGonagall did.

She glanced at the hesitant group of boys, then chose a target.

She walked briskly through the wide hall to a dark-haired boy with a slightly large and protruding front teeth, and held out a hand to him.

"Mr. Longbottom, would you like to join me?"

Neville seemed frightened for a moment. But Willow Springs' eyes flashed with longing and anticipation as Professor McGonagall called on the boys to stand up and dance.

Sure enough, he looked left and right at the boys around him, who were also stunned by Professor Lily Evans' invitation, and mustered up the courage to stand up, and as Professor McGonagall had just demonstrated, he very gentlemanly held her by the waist and followed her to the middle of the hall.

Liu Quan smiled and bent his eyes.

"Mr. Longbottom, practice well. At the end of the song, she said to the nervous and nervous teenager in front of her.

"Enjoy this incredible ball. ”

Neville blushed, trying to squeeze a smile out of her.

After that day, Liu Quan noticed that the boy was often practicing dance in corners or somewhere that others could not see.

Neville is one of her favorite characters in the original book, who possesses the qualities of silence, seriousness, focus, loyalty, tolerance, kindness, tenacity, and bravery. Although he seemed clumsy and couldn't do anything, she wanted him to try to make her as happy as possible.

It's very close to Christmas.

On this day, as she passed through the cellar, which had actually just come out of Professor Sprout's office, she had just finished a Potions lesson from the Gryffindor lion cubs. A group of students in golden red ties giggled out of the Potions classroom.

Willow Springs was submerged in this group of lions cubs in an instant. With a smile on her lips, she stood quietly by the door, waiting for the group of chattering children who had long since lost the heart to study.

Suddenly, several boys appeared at the door. When they saw her, they all smiled happily.

Willow Springs' recognition was Harry, Ron, Seamus, Neville, and the Weasley twins. So she smiled at them kindly, which was a greeting.

But today, to her surprise, the group of boys did not leave immediately, but came to her with a grin.

"Professor Evans, do professors have to bring dance partners too?" The first to speak was one of the Weasley twins—Willow Quan carefully identified it for a few seconds before he was sure it was probably Fred.

Liu Quan felt that the question of this group of boys was very strange, and a shallow smile appeared on the corner of her lips, and she replied, "Oh, it shouldn't be a hard and fast rule - of course, you can bring a dance partner if you want to, and if you don't bring it, you won't be fined for labor service or deducted from your salary." She winked slyly at them, causing a burst of laughter from the group of lions.

"That's right," Ron laughed loudest, and he finally held back a wave of laughter, and said breathlessly, "If you have to punish labor service, old bat...... Professor Snape would obviously be the first to be punished. Oh, Filch is busy. ”

The little lions all giggled again. The cellar was filled with cheerful air.

Maybe it was because the Christmas Ball was just around the corner, and Willow Quan was really looking forward to it, she relaxed, and in a rare way, she didn't scold Ron for being rude to the professor in person, but shrugged her shoulders and skillfully diverted the topic.

"I'm sure Siris won't be punished. She blinked, turning to Harry to the side, "I've heard that there are a lot of pretty and lovely girls who have offered to ask him out—but he hasn't made up his mind about which one to accept." ”

Harry's green eyes sparkled with excitement. "Oh, is that true? Professor Evans, thank you for telling me! Cialis has been refusing to tell me about his progress......

Liu Quan smiled and sighed.

She carefully gave a small butterfly without alarming the so-called "inertia of the plot" - although Peter Pedirus finally escaped from prison using the Animagus transformation method from Azkaban, and is now searching the world for the traces of Voldemort's main soul, Siris Black was quickly cleared of his charge of being a fugitive from Azkaban and betraying his best friend, and was able to return to the wizarding world in a dignified manner. Now that he's back to his old job as an Auror, and doesn't know what he and Dumbledore did with the Ministry, he was assigned to Hogwarts a few weeks ago as an Auror in charge of Hogwarts security during the Triwizard Tournament.

Since the news of the Ball, even Willow Springs had witnessed in several different locations the flattering young ladies from Hogwarts and Beauxbatons resisting shyness to invite Mr. Cialis Black, who was still personable and more mature male, to be their dance partner. Once or twice when she had met Cialis or had afternoon tea with him, she had made fun of him. However, I heard that he had not yet made up his mind which lucky girl to choose as his dance partner. Since the group of little lions brought up this topic today, Liu Quan also took the boat to reveal this little gossip to Harry, who was very concerned about the godfather.

Willow Springs, too, had heard that he and Ron had had chosen to invite the sisters from India to dance with them, and knew that the two boys would not have a good day at the prom - Ron would be angry and jealous that Hermione had accepted Krum's invitation, and Harry would be depressed alone as she watched Zhang Qiu and Cedric Diggory dance—but there was nothing she could do to help them. She could only smile softly, and deliberately asked the others, "Neville, I heard you invited Ginny? She's such a lovely girl, it's great that she's coming to the ball...... Seamus, what about you? You managed to invite Lavender ?......."

"Oh, Professor Evans," said another of the Weasley twins, abruptly interjecting/in, in a tone similar to that of reciting Shakespeare's sonnets, "I know it's abrupt—but I must have the courage to ask you: Do you have a dance partner?

Liu Quan never imagined that one day he would be asked such a question by one of the lions cubs. The expression on her face went blank for a moment because it was too shocking, and then she quickly reacted, and immediately put on a regretful expression and looked at him gently.

"Oh, I'm afraid I had something else to do that night...... I don't have a dance partner, but I'm not sure if Professor Dumbledore will let me do something on the spot...... It's rude to leave your partner at a ball, Mr. George Weasley, I'm afraid I can't let you fall into such an embarrassing situation. She smiled gracefully and said, "But I'm honored to have you invited. It is such an honor to know that an uninteresting man like me should be favored by an interesting gentleman like you—"

George didn't look disappointed, he spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders, and said with a grin, "Oh, I was rejected by the most beautiful professor in the whole school—Freddy," he turned to his brother to the side, and stroked his chest exaggeratedly, "What a serious consequence of losing a bet with you." You're trying to break my heart – and that's something I can't accept. ”