Chapter 192
After Albert saw that everyone was no longer putting their papers inside the blue flame, he, in turn, advanced towards it, looking at it with intense curiosity!
Harry, Ron, and Hermione saw Albert approaching the blue flame, and this, in turn, suggested that he would put his paper inside the blue flame.
Ron spoke eagerly, saying, "Harry!! Come on, let's see if Albert can really put the paper inside the flame!!"
Students began to flock to form a large circle, slightly away from Albert!!
But Dumbledore did not react. He, in turn, stopped in front of the Entrance Hall door, watching what was happening right there!!
Albert was surprised by the number of people who came to see him put the paper inside the flame! He had been guessing for a while about what happened last night.
After Dumbledore announced the start of the Triwizard Tournament last night, Albert spent almost the night here guarding the blue flame so that the fake Moody would not put Harry's paper inside the flame!!
But what surprised him more was that Cedric, from last night until now, had not put his paper inside the blue flame, which means that something wrong had happened that caused Cedric Diggory not to put his paper, and it was different from what happened in the original story!!
Albert approached the blue flame, with the distance between him and the flame remaining only two meters!!
Albert pointed his magic wand towards the blue flame and uttered a charm in a voice that was not very loud, "Solomnus!!" Afterward, a thin blue line emerged from the tip of Albert's wand and headed towards the pedestal on which the blue flame was, and it began to penetrate that wide circular line which was white!!
Albert's first attempt did not succeed, and the students began to feel disappointed, but as soon as Albert performed the charm again in the second attempt, it succeeded, and the blue charm passed inside the circular line that Dumbledore had placed on the pedestal!!
Everyone, including Harry and Ron, began to cheer and clap loudly for what Albert had done!!
Albert advanced significantly to finally enter the circular line, and that circular line no longer contained him as it had a moment ago. Albert finally succeeded in placing the parchment that bore his name and the name of his school inside the blue flame, and the applause and cheers began among his friends and the rest of the students!!
A few students from Durmstrang began to look at Albert with a look that suggested Albert posed a severe threat to them in the Tournament!!
After Dumbledore saw the result, which he did not expect to happen at all, he left the spot, stroking his white beard in bewilderment, and he and a few students left.
Albert turned to see Cedric, who was a little far away, nervous and biting his nails, which suggested that he was very stressed and scared of something!!
Albert knew that Cedric was in a very bad state from his features, so he wanted to go towards him and ask him, but as soon as Albert took the first step towards him, Albert saw Cedric putting his hands over his ears, and panic began to appear on his face, and he ran out of the place!!
Albert left the others in the Great Hall to follow Cedric, who seemed to be hiding something very big!!
Hermione felt a strange feeling after Albert put his paper inside the flame. After she thought that the Tournament would be very dangerous and might lead to the death of participants, she began to feel the danger surrounding Albert more!! Her heart was pounding strongly!!
And in the Great Hall, they found that the decorations had changed and were replaced by Halloween decorations, and pumpkins were spread in every corner, and Harry found both Dean and Seamus discussing the Hogwarts students who might be chosen for the Tournament. Dean said to Harry, "There's a rumor that Warrington woke up early and put his name in. That giant from Slytherin students!"
Harry remembered Warrington, whom he faced in one of the Quidditch matches, and said in disgust, "Will our champion be from Slytherin?!"
Then Seamus said, "No, impossible. Since Albert was able to put his paper inside the flame, I'm sure he will be chosen!"
Harry thought about the matter, although the probability of Albert's name being chosen was not high!
Then Seamus said, "And all the Hufflepuff students are talking about Diggory, but I don't think he would risk his handsomeness!!"
Harry spoke, saying, "Yes, I saw him running out of here quickly a little while ago. I don't know if he put his name inside the flame or not."
Suddenly, Hermione said, "Listen!!"
And they saw someone shouting from the Entrance Hall, and when they turned around, they found Angelina Johnson entering the Hall, smiling shyly. She was tall, dark-skinned, and played Chaser on the Gryffindor team, like Albert's position, and as soon as she approached them, she said, "Well, I just did it and put my name in the Cup."
Ron said in amazement, "You're joking!"
Harry asked, "Are you seventeen?!"
Ron said, "Certainly... I don't see a beard on her face, do I?"
Angelina said, "It was my birthday last week!"
Hermione said, "I'm happy that a Gryffindor student was able to participate, and I hope you will be chosen, Angelina."
Angelina smiled at her, saying, "Thank you, Hermione."
And when they finished their breakfast, Ron asked, "What shall we do today?" Harry said, "We haven't visited Hagrid."
Ron said, "Well, as long as he asks us to approach those hungry white creatures."
And after they turned around, they saw the Beauxbatons students at the Hall door, with that beautiful girl, and they were all gathered around the Goblet of Fire, and Madame Maxime entered the place after her students and organized them into a single line, and they began to advance towards the age line one after the other and drop the parchments bearing their names into the Goblet of Fire amidst the white and blue flames that turned red when the parchment was thrown in, then returned to what they were.
Ron asked, watching that beautiful girl put her parchment in the Cup, "What will those who are not chosen do? Will they return to their school or stay here to watch the Tournament?"
Harry replied, "I don't know, but I think they will stay, as Madame Maxime will remain here for judging... won't she?!"
And when all the Beauxbatons students put their names in, Madame Maxime led them to the school courtyard again!!
Ron asked, following them with his gaze, "Where do they sleep?!"
But a voice coming from behind him and Harry made them turn to find Hermione, who had returned with her badge box, and Ron said, "Great... let's go... hurry up!!"
Then he darted across the Hall and out, following that beautiful girl who had reached the middle of the courtyard with her classmates and Madame Maxime.
And when they approached Hagrid's hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, they found the solution to the mystery of where the Beauxbatons students slept. The carriage was there, and the Beauxbatons students were going in and out of it, so they looked towards them before heading towards Hagrid's hut and knocking on the door. Hagrid opened it for them, saying, "I thought you had forgotten where my house is."
Hermione tried to justify the matter, saying, "We were very busy, Hagrid, and..."
And when she looked at Hagrid, words escaped her, and she couldn't find anything to say!
On the other side, in the office room of the fake Professor Alastor Moody
The fake Moody was holding his wooden wand and walking right and left in his room, his features suggesting that he was very nervous about something.
Moody began to mutter something, saying, "Damn it!! Damn my luck!! I was almost discovered!! Peter was not joking, truly!! This boy Albert is like a thorn in my throat!! He almost exposed me last night!!"
Last night, after everyone was in their rooms to sleep in their place!!
Alastor Moody had entered the Great Hall to put the parchment containing Albert Black's name and the name of his school!!
But he was surprised to find Albert inside the Hall, as he was sitting on one of the chairs, watching the pedestal on which the Goblet of Fire and the blue flame were!!
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Present Time!!
After Albert followed Cedric's quick footsteps!!
Albert heard Cedric saying in a loud voice, "Be quiet!! Be quiet, for hell's sake!!"
Cedric put his hands over both of his ears, screaming and running towards the boys' bathroom!!
After Cedric entered!! Albert followed him too, but he heard Cedric speaking as if he was talking to someone there.
Cedric put his hands over his face, saying, "Are you relieved?! Because of you, I didn't put my name on the blue flame!!"
A faint voice appeared, the voice of a boy almost the same age as Albert, saying, "Well done, Cedric!! This way, you will have saved yourself from death!! Trust me, you will die if you put your name inside the Goblet of Fire!!"
A different voice spoke, and it was also the voice of a young boy the same age as Albert, addressing Cedric and saying, "Yes... We have seen your infamous future, so trust us!"
Albert could not stand all those riddles that he did not understand anything about, so he broke down the bathroom door, and he, in turn, was surprised to see only one person in the bathroom, and it was Cedric alone!!
Albert spoke in astonishment, saying, "Where are they, Cedric?!"
Cedric removed his hands from his ears in astonishment after seeing Albert enter upon him unexpectedly, saying, "Which people are you talking about, Albert?!"
Albert looked right and left to search for those people who had just spoken to Cedric. He was very certain that he had heard voices other than Cedric's!!
After Albert searched the place well, an idea occurred to him. He took out his magic wand and cast a Disillusionment Charm and cast it on both sides of Cedric!!
But what appeared to Albert made him tremble and step back a few steps, as he could not speak fluently!!
Albert: "No... impossible.. it's impossible for this to be logical..!!
Scorpius Malfoy and... and... Severus Potter?!"
To be continued....