In a corner of the labyrinth.
The thin mist floating in the air had turned red at some point. Nico Lemour raised his head to look at the blood moon in the sky. His expression was very serious. He took off his black top hat and turned his head to call out, "Wormtail."
No one answered.
He called out again, "Wormtail?"
Still, no one answered.
Above the mist, dark clouds gathered at a speed visible to the naked eye. Thunder rumbled and the bushes in the labyrinth rustled, making people anxious.
"Wormtail!"
He shouted at the top of his voice.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak …"
There was a rustling sound in the labyrinth. A gray-furred rat darted out from the corner. As it ran, its body expanded and turned into a dirty short man in a jacket. He rubbed his hands nervously. "I'm coming. What's the matter, Mr. Lemay …"
"Let's begin. Prepare to summon your master."
Lemay said expressionlessly.
"Now …?"
Pettigrew looked at his watch in confusion. "It's not the agreed time yet. The mother body and the Holy Relic might not be ready yet …"
"It's too late," Nicole Lemay said.
"What happened, Mr. Lemay?"
"For God's sake!"
Nicole Lemay was furious. He grabbed a stone and hit Pettigrew's head. "Why do you have so many questions? I called you for so long and you didn't respond."
"I'm preparing the crucible!"
Pettigrew screamed as he was hit in the head.
"Can't you get your damned master to come here with Mirage?" Nicole Lemay scolded. "Isn't he the greatest Dark Wizard in history? Can't he do something like this?"
"Master is too weak! He can't withstand the pressure of the Dimensional Tear … Mr. Lemay, besides … didn't you promise Mr. Grindelwald to use that method … "
"Shut up!"
Nicole Lemay pulled out her wand like a cat whose tail was stepped on, she pointed it at the short man.
Peter Pettigrew covered his mouth in fear and took a few steps back. His frightened eyes rolled around like a mouse being stared at by a cat.
Nicole Lemay panted heavily, and it took him a while to calm down. He put away his wand and said with an ashen face, "Go, find that damned beast. Go now, don't waste a second!"
His face was tense, and Peter dared not refute. He rushed into the depths of the labyrinth as if he had been granted amnesty.
Nicole Lemay kicked the grass furiously after Peter Pettigrew left. He looked up at the blood moon outside the mist and cursed, "Damn it, all of you deserve to die! All of you deserve to die!! "
He was trapped in the labyrinth, and because of something that had yet to happen, he was so angry that he tore off half of his hair.
Ten minutes later.
Only when the sound of horse hooves came from the depths of the maze did he calm down from his rage. His face was cold and gloomy.
Da da da!
A tall and majestic unicorn ran out from the depths of the labyrinth.
The unicorn swung its neck angrily, trying to get rid of the rope around its neck. Peter Pettigrew was flung around on the ground in a sorry state. He wanted to pull the tall beast back, but he couldn't do so at all.
Seeing Peter Pettigrew's sorry state, Nicole Lemay pulled out her wand and strode forward. With a swing of her wand, a few forked lightning bolts shot out from her wand. Like a horse's rope, the lightning bolts wrapped around the unicorn's neck.
The violent magic caused the unicorn to resist even more fiercely. It struggled wildly and threw Peter Pettigrew into the air. Nicole Lemay's face was as cold as steel. He took out a glass orb from his wizard robe and threw it at the unicorn.
The glass orb hit the unicorn's neck and shattered into pieces. A cloud of pink and sparkling smoke seeped out from the glass orb and enveloped the unicorn's head.
After inhaling the smoke, the huge unicorn seemed to be drunk. It wobbled on the ground. It snorted and shook its head, trying to get out of the pink smoke. However, it fell to the ground, causing the ground to shake twice.
Nicole Lemay pulled out her wand and took a step forward.
"Don't hurt him!"
A shrill voice came from afar.
A young girl ran from afar and rushed to Nicole Lemay's side. She shook his shoulder with all her might. "Hey, let him go. What did he do wrong? "
The dark clouds in the sky covered the moonlight. A flash of lightning tore through the darkness and illuminated the three people and the unicorn. The majestic unicorn was frightened. It tried to stand up, but it couldn't.
"Hey, did you hear that? Let him go!"
Hibiscus shook Lemay's arm with all her might. Peter Pettigrew crawled out from beside the unicorn and rushed to the girl's side. He grabbed her arm without any explanation and pulled her away from Nicole Lemay.
Nicole Lemay looked at the girl who was being held by Wormtail. His lips were pale and he didn't say a word.
"Mr. Lemay …?" Peter Pettigrew reminded him. "Let's start the ritual."
Nicole Lemay gritted his teeth. Sweat dripped down his forehead. He looked away and groaned. "Damn it, Grindelwald, Liddell, you are really demons …"
"Mr. Lemay!"
Peter Pettigrew couldn't help but step forward and remind him. "When do we start?"
Nicole Lemay looked at Peter Pettigrew's short and dirty nails pinching the girl's delicate arm. He frowned in disgust. "I know what to do. Let her go first."
Peter Pettigrew let go of Hibiscus, but he still pointed his wand at her and slowly stepped back.
Nicole Lemay squatted down and asked Hibiscus Dracul, "You like this unicorn a lot?"
"Of course, who wouldn't like it?"
Hibiscus was paralyzed on the ground. She stared at the handsome unicorn in a daze. "It's so beautiful."
"Do you want to ride it?"
Nicole Lemay asked. His voice was flat, but his hands were trembling behind his back.
"You want me to ride it?"
She asked curiously. "Won't it be angry?"
"Well, if we use a little trick, it shouldn't be too offended."
As Nicole Lemay spoke, sweat poured down his forehead like a waterfall. His facial muscles twitched. His smile was unnatural as if he had been electrocuted.
"Okay then …"
Nicole Lemay turned around and gave Peter Pettigrew a look. Peter Pettigrew understood and took out a bottle from his pocket. He opened the bottle and poured the green juice on the grass.
Countless vines quickly grew from the grass. The vines intertwined like a skeleton. They grew to resemble a chest and spine. Finally, the vines formed a creature's skeleton.
Then, Nico Lemour waved her magic wand, and even more tiny vines grew out of the vines. They were densely packed and constantly differentiated, covering the thick vines that had previously formed the skeleton like muscle fibers. As they covered the vines, green leaves even grew out of the vines.
Finally, a female unicorn that was three meters tall and completely made of plants stood on the grass in the maze.
Nicole Lemay looked at the fake unicorn made of plants. She turned around alone and did not want to look at it anymore.
Peter Pettigrew stood below the plant unicorn. He touched the soil with the last drop of green juice on his fingertip.
Then, the plants on the ground grew again. This time, they intertwined with each other and grew into an exquisite flower ladder. The flower ladder went from the ground to the female unicorn's chest. There was a hole the size of a person there.
After doing all this, he could not help but smile evilly. "Go up."
"What is this?"
Hibiscus looked curiously at the female unicorn made of plants in front of her.
"A holy object." Peter Pettigrew shrugged indifferently. "If you want it to accept you, you have to become an existence like it."
"Hurting unicorns is a heinous crime. They are the pets of God. In the end, they have to be returned to God," Hibiscus said with a serious face.
"God …?"
Wormtail laughed and shook his head. "If that's the case, God should not have created them."
After saying that, Peter Pettigrew rubbed his hands and bowed deeply like a professional hotel waiter. "Please."
Hibiscus looked at the ladder in front of her. Her eyes were filled with confusion. She touched the ladder and retracted her hand as if she had been electrocuted. She was like a child playing with a cobra.
However, Wormtail was impatient. He grabbed Hibiscus' skirt and pressed her back against the vine ladder.
The ladder came to life and wrapped around Hibiscus like a snake. It wrapped around her without any hesitation and rolled her into the fake unicorn's chest. She did not even make a sound.
After she entered the fake unicorn's body from the chest, countless white and flawless flowers bloomed on the green fake unicorn made of plants. It looked beautiful, just like a real unicorn.
On the other side, the male unicorn that was dispirited due to inhaling pink smoke stood up in surprise after seeing the fake unicorn full of white flowers. It snorted like a law student.
Another bolt of lightning flashed and Insect Tail laughed happily.
Nicole Lemay covered her mouth when she heard the noise behind her.
.....
.....
On the other side, in the audience.
"What are the warriors doing?"
"Why can't we see what's inside the maze!?"
Someone shouted angrily. "Let us see the contestants' competition!"
"Liar, big liar!"
"What a waste of our time."
"Let us see the contestants quickly."
"That's right. Why can't we see anything inside even though the competition has been going on for almost half an hour? What are the organizers doing?"
"Everyone, quiet down. Calm down. The sky is a little dark and the wind is a little strong. The trees in the maze seem to be more … lush … lush than I imagined …"
The host, Ludo Bargman, stuttered. He tried his best to calm the audience's doubts but did not have much confidence because he could not see anything either. The entire competition venue had become a complete black box since half an hour ago.
Obviously, the audience did not buy it. It was fine if they did not speak, but once they spoke, they all pointed their spears at the host, Ludo Bargman.
"We came all the way here just to sit here and watch the trees?"
"Who came up with this idea? Why use a maze? "
"That's right. The resistance is so weak. It's not exciting at all."
They waved their hats and smashed their drinks. The crowd was in an uproar. Faced with so many doubts from the audience, he did not know what to do for a moment. He was so submissive that he even moved the microphone from his mouth to his chest.
Keenly aware of the chaos in the audience, Grindelwald, who was sitting at the highest point, could not help but grin. "The show is about to begin."
He clapped his hands. On the branches of every tree in the maze, there were densely packed fruits of various sizes.
But those fruits were all eyes.
"Oh!!"
In the stands outside the maze, thousands of audience members exclaimed in Zizi's voice. Their eyes were like a TV screen, automatically showing the broadcast in the maze.
"I saw it, we saw it!"
"Yeah!"
Ludo Bargman breathed a sigh of relief. The passion flowing in his body finally found an outlet. He excitedly raised the microphone to his mouth again. "Look, who did we see? That's Harry Potter. What is he doing?"
.....
.....
Deep in the maze.
A teenager with messy black hair was running wildly. He had messy black hair, glasses on his eyes, and a scar on his forehead. It was Harry Potter.
A hundred meters away from his line of sight, there was a high platform. On the high platform, a golden trophy shone seductively in the night lightning.
The championship of the top three was close at hand. Anyone could not help but be excited. He was so excited that he did not even notice the small fruits growing in the bushes around him.
Suddenly, a black shadow rushed to the road in front of him.
It was a handsome teenager, Cedric Diggory. He was sprinting at full speed toward the trophy.
Harry knew that he could not catch up. Cedric was much taller than him, and his legs were longer than his. But he did not want to give up. He immediately quickened his pace.
Just when the two were fifty meters away from the trophy, Harry saw a huge thing outside the hedge on the left. It was moving quickly on a cross road. Cedric was about to hit it, but he was so focused on the trophy that he did not see it at all.
"Cedric! Watch out on the left! "
Harry Potter shouted.
Cedric Diggory turned his head and saw it. He hurriedly dodged to avoid colliding with the thing, but his movement was too fast, and he fell.
Harry saw Cedric's wand fly out. A huge spider crawled over and leaned over to press down on Cedric.
"Stun!"
Harry shouted. The spell hit the huge, black, hairy body of the spider, but it was like throwing a stone at it. The spider twitched and quickly turned to rush toward Harry.
"Stun! Obstacles! Stun! "
It was no use. Maybe the spider was too big, or its magic power was too strong. The spell did not work on it, and it angered it even more. Harry saw eight shining black eyes and sharp pincers in horror. The spider had already jumped on him.
The spider lifted him up in the air with its front legs. He struggled desperately. He tried to kick it with his foot, but his leg touched its pincers, and immediately there was a sharp pain. He heard Cedric cry out, "Faint!" in his own voice. But his spell did not work. The spider opened its pincers again. Harry raised his wand and shouted, "Disarm!"
The Disarm spell made the spider let go of him, but it meant that Harry fell from a height of three meters. His injured leg could not bear the weight of his body, and he collapsed to the ground. Without thinking, he pointed his wand at the spider's lower abdomen and shouted, "Stun!"
Cedric shouted the same incantation.
The two spells together had the effect that one spell could not: the spider fell to one side, crushing a hedge, and its hairy legs spread out on the ground.
"Harry!" he heard Cedric shout. "Are you all right? It didn't fall on you, did it? "
The voice was getting closer. His classmate rushed out of the darkness and picked him up from the ground.
"No," Harry shouted, panting. He looked down at his leg, which was bleeding profusely. There was some sticky substance on his torn robe, which was secreted by the spider's pincers.
He tried to stand up, but his legs were shaking so badly that they could not support his weight. So Cedric Diggory supported him, and the two of them leaned against the hedge a foot away from the Triple-A Trophy. The trophy shone seductively behind them.
For a moment, they were speechless.
"This damned weather …"
Cedric Diggory was the first to break the silence. He muttered, "I'm afraid it's going to rain soon."
"Yes, it thunders in early spring." Harry echoed him, although he didn't know why he wanted to pick up the topic.
"Did you see them on the way, Fleur and Krum?" Cedric continued to ask.
Harry said, "No."
Cedric said, "That's strange. I didn't see them either. They seemed to have disappeared …"
"Take it."
Harry suddenly interrupted Cedric. He closed his eyes and breathed. "You're here."
Cedric did not move. He stood there looking at Harry, and then back at the trophy. Under the lightning in the sky, Harry could see the longing on Cedric's face. But after a while, Cedric looked back at him and took a deep breath.
"Take it. You should have won. You've saved my life twice. "
"That's not how the rules work," Harry said. He was annoyed. His leg hurt badly, and his whole body hurt from trying to get rid of the spider. "Whoever gets there first gets the points. You got there first. I mean it. I can't run with this leg. "
Cedric took a few steps toward the fainted spider, away from the trophy. He shook his head. "No."
"Don't be so stylish." Harry pushed him away impatiently. "Go, take it so we can get out. The storm is coming. "
Cedric saw Harry holding on to the hedge to steady himself.
"You told me there was a fire dragon," Cedric said. "If you hadn't warned me, I would have been eliminated in the first event."
"I got help first," Harry said impatiently. "You told me the secret of the golden egg. We're even."
"Someone helped me first," Cedric said.
"We're even." Harry carefully tested his injured leg. As soon as he put his weight on it, it began to shake violently. He had sprained his ankle when the spider threw him down.
"You should have scored better in the second event," Cedric said stubbornly. "You stayed behind and saved all the hostages. I should have done the same. "
"Only I was stupid enough to take that song seriously!" Harry said angrily. "Come on and get the trophy!" It's going to rain. There might be an accident if you don't take it. "
"No," Cedric said.
He went back to Harry. Harry stared at him. Cedric was serious. He was giving up the honor that had eluded Hufflepuff for hundreds of years.
"You go," Cedric said. It seemed that it took all his willpower to say that. But his face was resolute. He crossed his arms. It seemed that he had made up his mind.
Harry's eyes moved to the trophy. The lightning in the sky showed his face on the trophy. For a moment he was in a trance. He saw himself walking out of the maze with the trophy. He raised the Trifecta high, and the crowd cheered in his ears. He saw the admiration on Autumn's face. It was clearer than ever. If he won the Trifecta, everyone would look at him with new eyes.
But the illusion was gone. He saw Cedric's stubborn face in the dim light.
"Both of us," Harry said.
"What?"
"Both of us. The Hogwarts still win. We're tied for the championship. "
Cedric glared at Harry and loosened his grip on his arm.
"You … really want to do that?"
"Of course," Harry said. "Of course … we helped each other overcome difficulties, didn't we? We came here together. Let's go get it together. "
For a moment Cedric couldn't believe his ears. Then he smiled.
"I'll listen to you. Come on."
He grabbed Harry's arm and helped Harry limp toward the trophy. When they got there, each of them raised their hands above a shiny handle.
"Count to three, okay?"
Harry said, "One … two … three …"
Boom!
It was accompanied by a blinding flash of lightning.
A giant Thunderbird fell from the sky. The wind it created blew Harry and Cedric ten meters away.
The creature was ten meters long, with six wings that covered the sky. Its huge eagle beak shone in the night sky like a Sparkle. Every muscle on its body exuded a battle-hardened aura. Every feather was as beautiful and slender as silk.
Harry and Cedric looked up, and Kiki exclaimed, "What!!??"
Then.
Crack!
The never-before-seen creature stretched out its claws that were as sharp and heavy as a crane's claws and stomped the glittering trophy into pieces.
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