The next day was Saturday, and in general, students went to breakfast late.

Especially now that the weather in the UK is starting to get cold.

Today, however, is the exception.

When Astoria ran downstairs with Harry like a grinding leprechaun, there was already a large crowd of people in the auditorium, a few of them still munching on bread, all of them carefully examining the Goblet of Fire.

The cup was placed in the center of the foyer, on the same stool used to hold the Sorting Hat.

Two thin gold wires were drawn around the floor and the cup was enclosed in the middle.

One for age, one for magic.

As long as you can meet any of these conditions, you can apply.

The people around him, many of them under the age of seventeen, looked at the Goblet of Fire with longing and worry.

Ron Weasley squeezed to the edge of the circle and asked the others, "Has anyone already put a name in?"

Someone said, "Yes, all the students at Durmstrang have just finished casting, and no one has signed up at Hogwarts yet." ”

Ron clenched his fists, looked at the Goblet of Fire at hand, and thought: If I could participate in the Goblet of Fire, if I won the Triwizard Cup, in that glorious spectacle, dazzling, Fleur Delacour would definitely fall in love with me......

Ron's heart was pounding, and the huge temptation made him can't help but get closer inside.

"Hahahaha......" Several people laughed and walked over, Ron was awakened, only to see Fred, George and Lee Jordan hurrying down the stairs, all three of them looking extremely excited.

Fred proudly said to the others: "We just took the age booster, it doesn't take much, just let us be a few months older, we will be seventeen years old." ”

These words attracted a look of envy.

George was patiently excited: "Are you ready? Let's go in together." ”

He felt that the more people who entered at once, the more likely it seemed that something could go wrong.

All three pulled out a piece of parchment from their pockets, each with their names written on it. They walked straight to the edge of the age line and stood there, swaying on tiptoe, like skydivers preparing to jump from a height of 3,000 meters.

Then, under the gaze of every pair of eyes in the hallway, they took a deep breath and crossed the line.

"Oh yes, it worked. ”

George looked back at the golden thread behind him and cheered.

Ron gasped excitedly, "I'm going to drink age boosters too" and was about to blurt out.

Change has emerged.

Golden lightning suddenly appeared on the three of them, crackling, and they rolled their eyes.

Then, "bang".

It was as if he had been kicked by an elephant, flew out of the circle, and fell on the cold floor.

"Oh, my elbow. ”

"Eh, my waist plate. ”

"Oh, my Ripple Gail. ”

In addition to physical pain, there are other places of torture.

"Giggles......" A crisp and pleasant laugh came.

Astoria smiled and narrowed his eyes into a line: "Brother, look, the three of them have suddenly become white-bearded old men." ”

The people in the foyer burst into laughter.

George, Fred, and Jordan glanced at each other, didn't they, they all had the same long white beards on their chins, and they were all about to catch up with Dumbledore.

The three of them couldn't help but laugh awkwardly.

"Pedal, pedal, pedal. ”

Professor McGonagall is walking out of the auditorium.

When she saw the appearance of the three of them, she seemed to want to laugh, but she straightened her face and said, "I have long advised you not to make up your minds. ”

"The white beard conjured up by your spell will not be cut completely, and it will only disappear automatically after two days. Professor McGonagall said.

The three of them wailed in their hearts, and at the same time made up their minds that they had been hiding in the Gryffindor dormitory for the past two days and would never come out again.

Astoria said beside Harry, "Brother, aren't you going to participate in this competition, I think it's fun." ”

Harry shook his head.

Astoria was a little disappointed.

Seeing so many people in high spirits and rushing to participate, she wanted to make her brother shine.

In the morning, the decoration of the auditorium changed again.

Because it's Halloween, a swarm of live bats fly around the enchanted ceiling, while hundreds of tiny pumpkin figures bounce around every corner.

Harry looked up, staring blankly at the live bats flying around.

Hermione asked, "Harry, what are you looking at?"

Harry said, "I'm worried that someone is going to eat these bats. ”

Hermione said, "No one would do such a thing, not even a mud monster would eat bats." ”

......

The Goblet of Fire has touched everyone's heart, and everyone is talking about the seventeen-year-old Hogwarts students who might be competing in the tournament.

Dean was talking to someone else, "Did you hear that, that Slytherin sloth-looking Warrington got up early in the morning and threw his name in, did he think the game was about who was bigger?"

Seamus said in disgust, "I don't want the Slytherin people to represent our school. ”

"Who's to say it's not, the other three colleges, any one of them is good. ”

Ron said contemptuously, "The Hufflepuff classmates are talking about Diggory, they are pinning their hopes on him, have they all forgotten the scandal that Diggory had had?"

As he spoke, cheers rang from the hall outside the auditorium.

Everyone turned around in their seats to see which one of the brave ones had signed up again.

Angelina Johnson, the Gryffindor Quidditch chaser, walked into the auditorium and grinned a little embarrassedly in front of the eyes of so many people.

She was a tall, dark-skinned girl, and as soon as she sat back in her place, she said, "I didn't think I could do it!

Her classmates were surprised and said, "Are you kidding? Aren't we only in sixth grade? How did you do that?"

Angelina Johnson said: "I was just last week, just after my 17th birthday. ”

"You're in luck. Her friend said enviously.

Someone laughed: "Then George, Fred, Jordan they are really unlucky, if they knew that Angelina succeeded, they would have to cry red eyes." ”

"Haha, yes. ”

George, who was hiding in the Gryffindor dormitory, learned from the mouth of the people who came back that their classmate Angelina had successfully signed up, and they couldn't help but rush their chests and cry.

"Oh my God, why didn't our mother give birth to us a year earlier......

......

Hermione was happy to see that Gryffindor was the first to sign up, Angelina, and she was happy, "What about those boys at this time? It's better to let Angelina win the first place and win glory for us girls, huh. ”

Harry: "......"

Hermione suddenly looked at the front door: "No, that ordinary woman is here." ”

Beauxbatons students were coming in through the front door from the field, and among them was the silver-haired Fleur.

Those gathered around the Goblet of Fire stepped back and let them through, watching them eagerly.

Madame Maxim followed her students into the foyer and ordered them to line up.

One by one, the Beauxbatons students crossed the age-checking line and threw their parchment slips into a blue-and-white flame.

Each note was thrown into the fire, and the flames quickly turned red and burst out with sparks.

......