Two weeks passed, and most students no longer had the perseverance to get up early every morning and make the first thing on their minds going to the Bulletin Board to see whether any new announcement had appeared.
At most, after waking up, they would glance in the direction of the Bulletin Board, and then...
They discovered that a piece of parchment had been posted on the Bulletin Board.
"The selection announcement for the Five Champions Tournament is out!"
The same shout rang through the Common Rooms of all four houses.
The students awakened by the shouting first muttered a curse, then struggled to react.
Quite a few students did not even bother changing into their robes. They jumped out of bed in their pajamas and rushed to the Bulletin Board in a flurry.
By the time the students who were a little slower to react arrived in the Common Room, they found that the area around the Bulletin Board was already packed so tightly that not a drop of water could get through.
"Every student at Hogwarts..." a student near the Bulletin Board read the announcement aloud, "may display the qualities needed to become a Champion..."
"We are offering an opportunity to take part in a Selection Examination..." He raised his voice. "The Selection Examination will begin at noon on September nineteenth..."
"September nineteenth... that means it starts at noon today! If only it started in the morning! How am I supposed to sit through class now? I won't be able to focus at all."
A student beside him laughed and said, "If you've got Potions Class, then you'll be able to focus."
"I feel like Care of Magical Creatures class would work too..." another student said. "If you're not focused enough, a Blast-Ended Skrewt might blow you unconscious!"