Harry's control over his magic suddenly improved by leaps and bounds.
Tris racked his brains but still couldn't figure out why. Wasn't a large part of Harry's magical talent, including his gifts for Parseltongue and Dark Magic, supposedly due to the fragment of Voldemort's soul in his head?
Why did Harry seem even more gifted now that the soul fragment was gone?
If he couldn't figure it out, he wouldn't bother.
Tris wasn't the sort to wear himself out overthinking things. As for Voldemort's resurrection, he wasn't too worried about that either. If the sky fell, someone taller would hold it up. And in Britain's Wizarding World, Dumbledore was naturally the tallest of them all.
Besides, Dumbledore had asked him to destroy the soul fragment in Harry's head. Perhaps he was planning to finish Voldemort off himself.
Harry seemed to think much the same way as Tris. After telling Ron and Hermione about Voldemort's resurrection, he turned his attention to the upcoming second task.
Because Tris and Harry were both champions, and because Voldemort had returned-although that still wasn't widely acknowledged-the Weasley children all stayed at Hogwarts for the Christmas holidays this year, for once.
Over the holidays, everyone studied the golden eggs.
After the first task, the Organizing Committee had said that the golden eggs contained the clue. Harry had tried opening his, but the moment he did, it let out a piercing screech, a sound no human could bear.
Tris knew they had to listen to the egg underwater, but he needed to find a suitable opportunity.
Well, an opportunity like that wouldn't be hard to find.
"Swimming? Now?" Harry and Ron stared at Tris in disbelief.
"Yeah. I keep seeing Krum go swimming every few days, even in winter, so I thought we could give it