Happy, carefree days always passed especially quickly. Just like Muggles' summer and winter holidays, their May Day breaks, and so on.
Young wizards did not feel this quite so keenly, though, because they could not use magic during the holidays. As for adult wizards, most of them spent their time coasting through life, taking it ridiculously easy, so they did not feel much either.
That made the way Harry, Ron, and the other Champions felt at the moment rather unusual in the wizard world.
Their days had been happy ones. With no homework to fret over and no exams to worry about, they had felt calm and at peace.
However, they had enjoyed such an easy life because they were Champions. And Champions had to face the tasks of the Triwizard Tournament.
Yes, the Triwizard Tournament's Fifth Task-the Champions' Fourth Task-had arrived.
By now, Harry and the others could finally be certain that there were no clues at all for the Fourth Task. The day before it began, Bagman even made a special trip to tell the Champions:
"The fourth task"-among the Ministry of Magic officials, only Bagman called it the fourth-"is about to begin. Although the Third Task didn't give you any clues, the Fourth Task still follows on from the earlier ones in some ways. Your points will still come in handy."
When it came to points, the Champions really did have mixed feelings.
Ron was certainly pleased, since he was currently in first place. Carlos Blanco was certainly not pleased, because he was at the bottom. The others all felt differently, too.
Harry was in a fairly good mood, since his ranking was relatively high. Still, he hoped to learn something about the Fourth Task.
After the Champions dispersed, he and Ron quietly sought out Bagman.
Before