"P-Professor Snape..." A very weak voice suddenly came from the doorway. If Snape's class had not been so quiet, no one would have heard it.
Everyone looked over, then immediately turned their heads back. Some stared at their textbooks, while others occasionally stirred their otherwise motionless cauldrons.
"I hope whatever you have to say is urgent enough." Snape did not care which student had come; he held nothing but malice toward anyone who disrupted his class.
The visitor was Colin, a Gryffindor a year below Harry and the others, who looked like a porcelain doll.
Under Snape's snake-like stare, Colin nearly burst into tears.
"I... I need to take Harry Potter... upstairs, and..."
Snape did not react in the slightest, like some gloomy statue. Then his eyes gleamed with malice once more. "I think Mr Potter needs another hour of magic lessons."
Colin immediately panicked. He had been instructed to bring both Harry and Eli out.
"N-No, Professor, Professor Bagman sent me. Ludo Bagman... all the Champions have to go."
Snape's eyes filled with intense disgust, as though a plump green-headed fly had landed on his favorite food.
"Very well. Mr Potter, leave your things here. I will inspect your potion later. Mr. Hall may leave first."
"Professor, Mr. Bagman said to bring all our things..."
"Excellent. Then, Mr Potter, hurry up and pack before Longbottom's potion explodes!"
Eli and Harry left the classroom with Colin.
The moment the classroom door shut with a bang, Colin and Harry instantly looked as free as fish returned to water.
"This is incredible, Harry Potter! You became a Champion! And you too, Senior Hall!"
Eli had long heard that little Colin was Harry Potter's number-one obsessive fan. Now, it seemed the rumors were well deserved.
Eli grinned at Harry. Harry had been feeling