Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 446 A Sudden Prophecy
Krum was very depressed because his best topic of conversation was Quidditch, but Charles was not interested in it. Fortunately, he could chat with the other Weasleys.

Dishes from various countries appeared on the table. Charles took a quick look and picked out a few that Fleur liked but were not available at the Ravenclaw table and sent them over.

When he came back, he brought a plate of black pudding, which vampires often eat, and placed it in front of Erica.

"No!" Erica pouted deliberately, "You know what I want to eat."

Charles was very upset and whispered, "You came here for me, right?"

Erica chuckled twice, picked up a roasted pork elbow from the plate and placed it in front of Charles.

Charles's face darkened.

Fleur understood Charles' expression and was a little worried.

But others only saw Charles whispering with a pretty girl and helping to pick up food. The other person was not Hermione and her expression was not very good.

Pansy said to Daphne, "What should we do? That silver-haired woman might be Charles' girlfriend."

“Never heard of it before?”

Daphne remained silent.

On the other side of Pansy, next to Malfoy sat Helen, an older sister from Durmstrang, who was talking to Malfoy non-stop.

Helen asked Malfoy: "I heard you are very rich?"

Malfoy became interested when he heard this, and pretended to be indifferent and said, "Of course. Not long ago, Charles Smith, oh, the owner of the Dancing Grass Restaurant, gave me 10,000 Galleons."

"I told him that I was just doing him a small favor and that I wasn't helping him just for the money to buy snacks, so forget it."

"But he forced it on me, and I couldn't refuse, so I had to accept it."

Helen pretended to be surprised, took a piece of beef pie, and was about to put it in front of Malfoy when she suddenly felt the extremely unfriendly gazes of the other two Durmstrang students opposite her.

She immediately placed the pie on the plate in front of her.

Malfoy also noticed the hostility of the two people opposite him and smiled politely.

Helen said to him: "She is my sister Helena and Helena's fiancé Bonham Carter."

Malfoy greeted Helena and Carter, but was only given a stern glare.

Helen explained: "They are very introverted and a little shy."

Malfoy just smiled politely, muttering in his heart that this was not because he was shy, but it looked like he had some deep hatred against him.

He thought carefully and realized that he had never offended anyone from Durmstrang.
Malfoy just thought about it and then didn't care. He just didn't want to contact them. If they had the guts, they would kill him in Hogwarts.

The dinner ended with laughter.

Dumbledore began to make announcements about the Triwizard Tournament, as Ludo Bagman, Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports, and Edward Scott, the new Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, took their places in the professors' chairs.

Next, Dumbledore introduced the members of the referee panel and asked Filch to bring the Goblet of Fire.

A blue-white flame flickered on the rough wooden goblet.

It attracted countless people's attention. Several short first-year students stood on their chairs, and ghosts such as Nearly Headless Nick and Peeves also came out through the wall to watch the fun.

Some of the ghosts had seen the Goblet of Fire before, and were talking endlessly about the tournament that took place many, many years ago.

The Goblet of Fire will be placed in the castle foyer starting tomorrow. Students who want to register must throw a piece of paper with their own and their school's name into the Goblet of Fire before 10:30 pm on October 5.

As Dumbledore finished explaining the rules, something strange happened.

Peeves hovered beneath the starry ceiling, singing in an eerie but very attractive voice:
"The flames rise and the warriors march out,
This is a game of bravery, there is no doubt that the stars will always shine,

Beware of the venomous snake that walks alone,

Thunder and lightning,

Cicada and cricket soup

Return from the Abyss,

The soul dissipates,

He has nothing.
Only the tears of the beloved are left..."

The atmosphere in the cafeteria suddenly became solemn. Everyone and the ghosts looked at Peeves in silence. There was still silence until he finished singing.

Dumbledore said in a low, angry voice: "Peeves, now is not the time to cause trouble."

Peeves flew in front of him, saluted and said, "Head Professor, this is a prophecy that someone asked me to pass on."

Dumbledore asked again: "Who is it?"

Peeves didn't answer, but just laughed and flew away through the ceiling.

Erica grabbed Charles' arm tightly and asked nervously, "Charles, did he say that someone will die in this competition?"

The Triwizard Tournament was cancelled in the past because too many people died. At this moment, many people had the same idea as her.

Charles didn't answer, but just watched Peeves leave.

The noise in the cafeteria gradually grew louder, and soon the magic ceiling was distorted by the sound waves.

Charles took the opportunity to observe several people. Snape and Karkaroff had gloomy faces, Moody looked calm with his magic eyes looking at the ceiling, the professors of Hogwarts were talking among themselves, and Madame Maxime looked like she was watching a show.

Dumbledore's frown relaxed and he had some guess in his mind.

His relaxed yet helpless voice rang in everyone's ears, telling everyone that Peeves was making trouble again.

It doesn’t matter whether the students and guests believe it or not, as long as Dumbledore believes it, his prestige is there, and others will follow his example.

After the dinner, Professor Snape and Professor Delacour took the students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons to rest respectively.

There are many empty rooms behind the paintings in the castle, so it would be no problem to set aside some for the guests to stay in.

After Charles returned to the common room, he went straight to his bedroom and leaned on the bed thinking about Peeves' song.

If this is a prophecy, then it roughly matches my own "memory".

But there are two problems.

The main question is, who told Peeves this prophecy and made him sing it at this time?
The first person Charles thought of was the old man. After all, he had done something similar before. Last time, he wrote on the door of the Chamber of Secrets that Snape would kill Dumbledore.

But this is not in line with the old man's character. He is not so ostentatious in doing things, and he should not let Peeves talk about this in public.

The second problem is that Moody’s situation is obviously different from what he has in his “memory”, which is a variable with a huge impact.

But now Dumbledore didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Moody, and Charles couldn't produce evidence to prove that there was a problem for the time being, so the matter had to be put on hold.

Now the schedule of the Triwizard Tournament has changed dramatically again, and Charles is unsure how much use the prophecy and "memory" will still have.

At this time, a purple-covered notebook on the bedside made a "ding-dong" sound and flashed.

(End of this chapter)