Chapter 75 – The First Task
The fact that two young students were selected from Hogwarts was a great surprise not just for the guests but for our own side, too. I could feel it in the air and see it in their eyes. Turning towards the other 'champions,' they were also eyeing us, probably filled with questions to the brim of their heads. Why us? Why so young? Are we special? What the hell? Probably.
"This way!" The Headmaster said, leading us through a door, entering a side of the Great Hall I had never visited before, right beside the teachers' podium.
The inside was reminiscent of a private dining room with its own fireplace, a couch to sit down to have some tea... probably a place where teachers could come to relax a little. I was looking around leisurely and almost asked a question before Quincy pulled on my robes, whispering to me.
"Stop it!"
"Stop what?" I asked back and saw her getting a bit embarrassed.
"You are taking this too lightly!"
"Am I? Well... maybe. I can not truly worry about it now, can I? It is long past that! Especially after last year's events... I... I mean, we have already been chosen!"
"Right." A third voice agreed, and turning towards him, it was Krum who looked at me, trying to read into my thoughts and ideas. "You brave, which is rare."
"Excuse me?" I asked, shaking myself as I couldn't determine if he was provoking me or not.
"There is rumor, Hogwarts elit big voice but small men, unable to live up to predecessors." He added, taking it seriously, and even though he had a deep accent and a bit of broken English, I couldn't help but feel he wasn't provoking me... simply telling me how he thought about us. Huh... I couldn't feel mad about it; I was admiring his bravery just the same.
"Now, now!" Came the voice of Karkaroff, who just entered the room then, followed by Nicholas Flamel and a few ministers I didn't recognize. "Don't antagonize our kind hosts; keep your energies for the tasks!"