As long as it was not raining or snowing, Hogwarts was not particularly cold, even in December.
When the task began, Harry and Ron needed only a sweater with a cloak over it. The Durmstrang champions and the other students wore even less.
At the end of lunch, Professor McGonagall came over to find Harry and Ron. Several headmasters or professors from the other schools were doing much the same thing.
They were evidently leading the champions away to prepare for the First Task.
Harry stole a look around. He could not see the other tables, but the two champions from Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who were also sitting at the Gryffindor table, did not look happy.
A little farther away, the two students from Nanyang Magic Academy seemed fairly composed. But Harry was not sure whether they were pretending, were genuinely prepared, or simply did not yet know what the First Task involved.
Although Harry had told Cedric earlier that the First Task involved dragons, he could not be entirely certain whether Cedric had told Yi Qianqian, as he had expected.
Even though Harry had already hinted that he could tell her...
Professor McGonagall showed a rare trace of unease. "How are you feeling, Potter, Weasley? Are you both all right?"
Clearly, Professor McGonagall also knew what the First Task involved. But she had probably only just found out, so she did not know that Harry and Ron had already discussed it with Professor Lupin and Professor Moody and arrived at a reasonably workable approach.
This did fit the image Harry and the others had of Professor McGonagall, and it was why they had not tried asking her for help in the first place:
For one thing, Professor McGonagall had not shown any particular expertise in this