Countless eyes across the world were focused on this competition. Faced with the same challenge, people came up with countless ideas.
The heated arguments, gasps of amazement, celebrations, and every other emotion it inspired were all so intense.
This was absolutely the best time to wield Gray Magic.
Anton had no intention of performing this Ritual Magic in front of everyone.
In fact, he hoped to keep Dumbledore and Grindelwald from paying it too much attention.
Besides using this magic to separate Barty Crouch Jr. from Sirius, he also hoped to completely split Voldemort away from Harry Potter.
Yes, even Dumbledore thought that the fragment of Voldemort's soul had vanished completely from Harry Potter.
It was plain to see. Harry might not have known, but Dumbledore and Anton had both noticed.
The blood-protection magic on Harry had vanished!
The fragment of Voldemort's soul inside Harry had vanished, too!
But everything left a trace. Just as Anton had explained how a Boggart born from the mind left traces behind when it perished, a mother's love and Voldemort's blood had both left deep marks in the depths of Harry's soul.
In terms most Wizards could understand, Harry now had a talent for both Love Magic and Dark Magic.
But talent was only talent. Turning it into real strength required not only dedicated training but also the right opportunity and a bit of fate.
Practice brought small gains; great achievements depended on opportunity.
The prophecy of Fate surrounding Harry—that the Chosen One would kill the Dark Lord—had vanished as well.
He had lost his cheat, but broken free of his restraints. No one could say where Harry Potter would go from here. It was all up to him.
Dumbledore certainly didn't think Tom had died. He just assumed Tom had other Horcruxes and