The Goblet of Fire's selection for the Triwizard Tournament had left more than the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students feeling cheated. Some Hogwarts students were unhappy too, especially those in Ravenclaw. Why did the other three houses get champions while theirs had none?
Slytherin and Gryffindor were the worst of it. Neither Jerry Green nor Harry Potter was old enough to enter, yet both had made it into the tournament? Wasn't that a slap in the face to everyone who had followed the rules?
Harry had naively thought that, given time, everyone would accept him as a champion and things would settle down. Reality soon dealt that hope a crushing blow.
Once classes resumed, Harry found he could no longer escape his classmates' strange looks.
Like the Gryffindors, students from the other houses seemed convinced Harry had put his own name into the Goblet of Fire. But unlike the Gryffindors, they did not think his becoming a champion was anything to celebrate.
Even the Hufflepuffs, who usually got along well with Gryffindor, had suddenly turned cold toward Harry.
Jerry had it much easier. He had no idea what the other three houses thought, but most Slytherins believed he had not entered his own name. Their reasoning was simple: Jerry Green did not need the Goblet of Fire to prove how strong he was.
As for honor, what was the point of lecturing someone about it when he could stand with the opposing side in an inter-house Quidditch match? It would only sound ridiculous.
A few even came up with a conspiracy theory: Harry had put both his own name and Jerry's into the Goblet of Fire. Somehow, Harry had been saddled with the blame for that too.
Harry could not help remembering the dark days of his second year, when everyone