There was no ban on students under seventeen!
Tris was surprised. Although his butterfly wings had already changed plenty of things, he still could not imagine how he could have affected an event involving dozens of countries across Europe and three major wizarding schools.
But things had changed all the same.
Nobody mentioned the rule that had originally barred students under seventeen from entering for safety reasons. Any student who wanted to could sign up.
"Tris, have you entered yet?" On Halloween morning, almost all the younger and middle-year Slytherin students waited at the entrance to Hogwarts Castle, blocking Tris as he returned from his morning run.
"No," Tris answered honestly. "Isn't the deadline seven this evening? What's the rush?"
At first, he had only been mildly interested in the Triwizard Tournament.
But that had changed after Dumbledore came to see him that day. Judging by what had happened, Dumbledore had already begun preparing to deal with Voldemort personally.
What did he have left to worry about, then? If the sky fell, someone taller would hold it up.
In that case, he might as well have some fun in the Triwizard Tournament. Especially since Pheobe had openly challenged him yesterday, saying she hoped they could compete against each other in the tournament.
The Slytherin students around them had all heard her.
Tris did not like causing trouble... All right, when had he ever disliked causing trouble? At most, he was less fond of it than Fred and George. Given the chance to stir things up, he never refused.
Now that someone had challenged him in front of everyone, backing down would be the same as letting someone grind his face into the dirt, wouldn't it?
And a girl, at that.
Tris could not let that slide.
But there really was