Homecoming from Hogwarts

Boom!

The strong wind blew Malfoy and Pansy away.

Long-term training experience enabled the two men to perform perfect force-relieving movements. They somersaulted on the soft ground, and then each hid behind two sturdy spruce trees.

Draco's head popped out from behind the spruce trees and he quickly glanced at the situation. As soon as he saw it, anger suddenly surged into his mind, causing his gray eyes to turn slightly red!
In just one encounter, his team lost three people including Daphne. Now, besides him, they only have Blaise, Nott and young Astoria left!
call out!
A beam of blue light rapidly enlarged in Draco's sight, and he quickly retracted his head. The spell light that brushed past his bangs burned a few strands of his hair and hit the ground, then ignited a ball of fire!
Before he could express his gratitude, he heard an urgent shout in his ear!
"The team that isn't a warrior is from Slytherin. There are five of them. Get Astoria out first!"

Then, sharp whistling sounds continued to sound!

"Longbottom!"

Draco was almost overwhelmed by anger. He and Pansy, who was cursing viciously, immediately rushed out from behind the spruce. The scene they saw made Draco's surging anger even stronger!

Longbottom seemed to know that he was not easy to deal with. He rushed towards Blaise and Nott, waving the gleaming silver sword. His rapid speed and erratic movements frightened even Draco!
But it doesn't matter.

What made him extremely angry was that Cedric, the warrior, and the crazy girl from Ravenclaw were pouring fire on Astoria!

"Dirty Gryffindor!"

Draco roared and rushed forward with Pansy.

The moment Daphne fell into the trap, Astoria reacted and immediately stuck her head out to look into the pit.

Daphne did not pass out, she fell into a pile of soft plants.

But the strange purple pods of these plants began to explode with crackling sounds the moment they were touched, and the splashing juice caused pustules to grow on Daphne's face and skin exposed to the air, which looked very scary!
Daphne screamed in pain as she shielded her face with her arms.

With just one glance, Astoria determined that her sister was 'hopeless'.

After a few milliseconds of mental struggle, Astoria decided to give up saving her sister. She turned around immediately, and an unusual determination and anger appeared on her fair, tender face.

Fortunately, Cedric's team did not consider her as a major threat, and she was not among their first round of targets.

This allowed her to remain in trance for a moment without being hurt on the battlefield where life and death could depend on a second.

She heard Neville Longbottom shout, and when she turned around, she saw Cedric and Lovegood raising their wands towards her.

Cedric's attack was standard, a very fast petrification spell.

Lovegood used her specialty magic, and her wand shot out a bunch of strange colorful note-like things. She had seen this magic many times during physical education training. Those notes would explode when they touched something, and after they were shot out, Lovegood still had a certain degree of control over them.

Astoria was surprised that she could remain so calm and not panic at all in such a critical moment.

Astoria also used her best magic to deal with it.

The moment she raised her wand, the strong wind blew her soft golden hair, and determination flashed in her blue eyes.

Beside where she was squatting, the fallen leaves on the ground were lifted up by the magic, cutting through the air with a sharp whistling sound!
The fallen leaves turned into flying birds the size of sparrows in the air. This extremely wonderful transformation made Professor McGonagall's eyes shine with surprise! Many flying birds spun around to form a horizontal tornado, blocking Astoria.

Cedric's petrification spell arrived first, erasing a corner of the tornado like an eraser, and colorful notes followed and began to attack the flock of birds!

Ding, ding, ding!

The sound of the birds colliding with the musical notes is like the sound of fingers tapping on the finest wine glass, crisp and pleasant!
In the half second that Luna's silver eyes and Astoria's blue eyes met, the two girls' respective summons were consumed in the fierce confrontation!
But in terms of results, Astoria is better.

She fended off the dangerous first round of attacks from Cedric and Luna!
This immediately changed the situation between the two sides!
Neville Longbottom went alone with a silver sword to stop Blaise and Nott, while Draco and Pansy were already at the battlefield!
Draco glared hatefully at Longbottom who was blocking the path of Blaise and Nott. He had to admit that this cowardly idiot was really a little different now. He wanted to rush up and kill Longbottom first, but his judgment of the situation made Draco control this impulse. He had to help Astoria escape the predicament of being targeted first!
The first round of attack and defense between Astoria, Cedric and Luna ended, and both sides immediately showed different strategic intentions.

Astoria caught a glimpse of Draco and Pansy approaching, and immediately changed her position, narrowly dodging Cedric's predicted disarming spell, while rolling to her right front, intending to form an attack angle with Draco and Pansy who came to support her!

And her action fell upon Cedric and Luna's harsh eyes, and they immediately saw through her intentions.

"I'll hold Malfoy and Parkinson back and deal with Greengrass as soon as possible!"

Cedric's face changed, but he immediately showed his courage as a warrior, waving his wand to disperse a beam of curse light. He quickly moved away from Luna and took a few steps forward, forcing Draco and Pansy to stop.

Cedric knew very well that it would be unwise for them to take action against Malfoy and his men after keeping a low profile until now.

They didn't expect that Malfoy would be the first to run into their encirclement. Their original plan was to snipe the warriors.

But the moment Daphne Greengrass fell into their trap by mistake, they had no choice!
The moment their eyes met, Cedric and Draco both saw the determination in each other's eyes.

Neville versus Blaise and Nott, Cedric versus Draco and Pansy, Luna versus Astoria, there is no room for retreat, the most intense showdown has begun!

As the two youngest players on the field, Luna and Astoria are like two elegant "summoners".

They were both using their best magic to fight against each other.

Under Luna's cheerful elf-like movements, colorful and unconventional notes streaked across the space like gorgeous meteors, pressing Astoria from all directions. Deadly danger was hidden in the dreamy colors!
However, Astoria's performance was no quicker than Luna's. She kept waving her wand like a symphony conductor, with grey 'water streams' flowing around her body. From time to time, she would separate a 'water stream' to attack Luna. The determination in her eyes was moving!

Cedric's confrontation with Derek and Pansy is not as entertaining as the two little girls, but it is undoubtedly the most dangerous!
Cedric swung his wand very quickly, and balls of intense flames kept exploding in front of him. Those were all magic that he had dispersed or used in the magic barrier stage.

Suddenly, in the chaotic "curse rain", Pansy's eyes flashed with malice and a spell obviously deviated from the direction. Judging from the trajectory, it could not hit Cedric.
Cedric looked stern. He suddenly raised his wand and cast a disarming spell to counter Pansy's magic.

Pansy was furious as her plan to attack Luna in order to support Astoria was thwarted. She increased her attack speed and the fire that exploded in front of Cedric became more brilliant, blinding his vision. Draco, with a ferocious look on his face, shook his wrist and a small, black venomous snake scurried into the dead leaves and quickly circled Cedric along an arc.

boom!
Cedric dodged several spells by suddenly rolling sideways without any warning. Before he could stand up, an explosive spell turned Draco's venomous snake into a wisp of smoke!
"Digory!"

The support was thwarted again, Draco's face turned pale and he roared.

Facing Draco's fury, Cedric stood up again with a smile on his sweaty face. He used Hufflepuff's perseverance to build an indestructible wall to protect Luna firmly!

(End of this chapter)