Races, school, rests, and that's how the days go.There was a competition at the end of almost every month, and Harry was getting to have something else to do with his hair.Finally, six months later, in the second semester of his fourth year, in the sweltering heat of the summer, Harry faced the biggest difficulty of his life to date.That is, with the help of his mother, he actually made it to the final of the Top 10 Tournament!
The final event is a labyrinth with a silent stretching spell, and the final 'Wilson Cup' of the Final Ten Tournament is placed somewhere in the maze, and if you reach for it, you will be the winner.The maze is a contest of strength, luck, and imagination in addition to Harry and Hermione, with eight other schools participating.The former Quidditch pitch had become completely unrecognizable, with a twenty-foot-high hedge enclosing the edge of the field, and there was a gap in front of the warriors, the entrance to the great labyrinth.The passage inside is dark and a little scary.The outside audience was still only able to see a limited number of places through the surveillance probe, but that didn't stop the enthusiasm for anticipating the final winner, and the stands began to be crowded with people, thousands of students in their seats, and many more adult wizards to watch.The air was filled with excited words and a jumble of footsteps, their hats adorned with glittering red stars, and their eyes looking at the little wizards at the entrance of the labyrinth.The sky was now a clear deep blue, the stars began to appear, and Hagrid, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Flitwick walked into the playing field and walked towards Bagman and several warriors who were presiding over the game."
We'll patrol the outside of the labyrinth," Professor McGonagall said to the warriors, "and if you're in trouble and want to be rescued, shoot red sparks into the sky, and we'll have someone to help you, understand?"
”The warriors nodded together.Harry was a little nervous, especially with Hermione's back in front of him, and the order of entering the maze was based on the scores in the previous events, and it was his turn a minute after the girl entered the maze.The labyrinth is a tall hedge made of magical plants, which not only obscures everyone's view, but is also one of the traps.In her dreams, her mother told herself that there were devil's nets lurking in the hedges in some places, and that she should try not to touch the walls of the labyrinth, and that if she got entangled, she would immediately use the spell of fire or bright light.Harry wasn't sure how much he had heard Professor McGonagall, or if he really remembered the way to the trophy, but he had promised his mother in his dream that he would be the first to win the trophy in order not to disappoint her.Dumbledore was also sitting in the audience tonight, and the person in charge of the game was the English 'famous' Bagman, whom Harry had seen at the Quidditch World Cup, with a funny face and a big red nose.Before Hermione left, the man approached Harry in a friendly way, "Are you ready?"
Lad?
”Harry only felt a stomachache, and he was about to vomit after eating dinner, but he nodded forcefully.The other man was holding his pocket watch and watching the time, and Harry could notice the moonlight on the beautiful hands, and then he felt the large hand on his shoulder pat him."
Let's go!"
He subconsciously rushed into the labyrinth, and as soon as he turned at the first fork in the road, he disappeared from the audience's field of vision.The tall hedges cast a dark shadow over the narrow path, and it was unknown whether it was because of the height of the hedges or because they were enchanted, and as soon as Harry entered the labyrinth, the audience could not be heard.He almost felt as if he was sinking to the bottom of the water in a black lake, the air sticking to his body, he drew his wand and said, "Fluorescent flickering." ”His gaze returned, and he gradually calmed down, except for the damp and cold aura of the labyrinth, he had not encountered any danger.It's just that he completely forgot the road map that his mother told him beforehand.It doesn't matter, in fact, for Harry, to be able to get this far, to reach the final, he has surpassed his past self, he is already content.After about fifty meters, he came to a fork in the road, he chose to take the right, there seemed to be nothing on this road, he held his wand in one hand, trying to see as far as possible, but his vision was still limited.Harry kept looking behind him, and he felt like someone was watching him secretly, but maybe the camera was catching him, right?
The labyrinth darkened by the minute, the sky above him turned teal, and he came to the second fork in the road."
Show me the way."
He pinned his wand to the palm of his hand and whispered to it.The wand spun and designated the dense hedge to his right, which was the north, and he knew that he had to go deep into the central area of the labyrinth first, so he had to go northwest first.So he turned left, the road ahead was still empty, and he made a quick move until he made a right turn, and Harry turned in, still without obstacles.Harry didn't know why this was happening, he was a little panicked by the fact that he should have encountered some monsters now, and Hag secretly told him that the professors had dropped hundreds of horrible creatures into the labyrinth.The labyrinth seemed to tempt him with a pretense of safety, at least it had been almost ten minutes since he entered, and he still hadn't seen anything that could be called dangerous, at most just a few cauldrons of the tree.He shook his head to avoid being suspicious, the professor of physical education once said that when a person is in the wilderness, one must not doubt oneself, once you stay in place or have doubts, then you are not far from death.Labyrinths are not dangerous wildernesses, but they still apply.He quickened his pace again, and in a turn, he finally saw the enemy he should have encountered a long time ago.A Dementor walked slowly towards him, twelve-foot-tall, hooded over his face, and his rotten and crusted hands stretched out.It approached, feeling it towards him.Harry could hear the gurgling gasps in his throat.An icy, sticky feeling hit him, but he knew what to do.He tried to think of the most pleasant things, and while recalling the spell his mother had taught him in his dreams, he raised his wand and shouted, "Protect the gods!"
”A silver hind leapt out of Harry's wand and headed for the Dementors.Harry gasped violently as he watched the glittering silver animals drive away the Dementors, he knew there was something difficult in the labyrinth, but he didn't expect to be so unlucky that he would encounter the guards of Azkaban.He looked down at his wand, and his guardian was a hind like Lily and Professor Snape, as evidenced by the family.Although he had heard his mother say that love and a strong personal will could change the image of a person's Patronus, Harry didn't feel that the Doe Patronus was not good enough, and he wished that he was the same as his parents.With a bang, the silver deer that had defeated the Dementors in the distance exploded into the first floor of green smoke and disappeared.Harry wished it could stay, be a companion for himself, and shine a light or something.But he kept going, walking as fast and silent as he could, still holding his wand aloof, and listening vigilantly to the movements around him.