Birds of Prey Fight Fire Dragons

Barty Crouch Sr. came to the judges' stand and handed out the freshly prepared parchments. "These are the dragons the Champions will be facing. The basic information is all here..."

The headmasters took the parchments and looked over the listed matchups, their expressions a picture of mixed joy and sorrow.

"Thank you..." Dumbledore took the parchment in one hand while pointing his wand toward the arena with the other.

He raised his wand, and magical fluctuations surged forth as an invisible field of magical energy rapidly took shape.

Naturally, the commentary for the first task fell to Ludo Bagman. He raised his wand to his throat and cast an Amplifying Charm. "Sonorus!"

Despite the roar of voices from the circular stands, Ludo Bagman's voice came through clearly. "Ladies! Gentlemen! Welcome!"

"Allow me to introduce today's challenge... The Champions must face dangerous creatures rated XXXXX, and take the golden eggs they are guarding!"

The entire circular stand erupted in commotion. Many students caught the keyword Ludo Bagman had mentioned: "They?"

Ludo Bagman continued, "I imagine everyone is quite curious—just who exactly are 'they'?"

At that moment, a group of wizards carrying wands led two dragons into the broad arena;

At the edge of the arena, another dozen or so wizards escorted a cage toward the other side;

Perhaps because the dragons were such massive targets, only a few people noticed the cage.

Luna was sitting with her dormmates. When Emika Miller saw the two dragons appear, she grabbed Luna's hand and shook it. "Why did they bring up two dragons?!"

She noticed that Luna was looking somewhere else, so she followed her gaze and spotted the cage as well. "Luna, what's that?"

"I think..." Luna narrowed her eyes slightly and stroked the crest feathers of the little Thunderbird. "It should be