Zhang Xiao sensed something approaching rapidly.
It was a strange intuition, so he raised his head and opened his Dharma Eye. A barely visible black speck suddenly became clear in the crisp night sky.
Hmm-was Beauxbatons arriving first?
Zhang Xiao narrowed his eyes, watching the carriage pulled by enormous winged horses.
That made sense, though. France was the closest...
"Ah! Unless I am mistaken, the representatives from Beauxbatons have arrived!"
Dumbledore's delighted voice rang out, and the young witches and wizards immediately looked around for them.
This infuriated Professor McGonagall, who was responsible for maintaining order. She had to produce a loud bang with her wand.
"Silence! Maintain your composure and your formation. Stop looking around!"
Even so, the students could not contain their excitement and continued sneaking glances upward.
"There!" a sixth-year suddenly cried, pointing above the Forbidden Forest and completely forgetting McGonagall's instructions.
An enormous shape was sweeping rapidly across the deep blue sky toward the castle, growing larger and larger.
As it drew closer, its outline became increasingly distinct, and the young witches and wizards gasped in unison.
It was an immense powder-blue carriage, easily the size of a house, pulled through the air by twelve winged horses.
Their long silver manes streamed in the wind, and they were enormous-almost as big as elephants!
The students tilted their heads back, letting out a chorus of exclamations.
With a teeth-jarring crash, the carriage thundered down onto the ground.
When its door opened, the students' eyes nearly popped out of their heads.
They craned their necks to look at a woman nearly three meters tall, their gazes roaming between her delicately featured olive face and her enormous body.
Ron swallowed and whispered, "Harry... look at her shoes."
Harry lowered his gaze slightly. Her gleaming black high heels were almost