"Congratulations to our Hogwarts champion, Harry Potter, the first to complete the... sixth task!" Bagman announced loudly and happily. Judging by his expression, Harry reckoned he had placed quite a few bets this round, too.
He looked even happier than Harry himself.
After discovering he was trapped in an illusion, Harry had broken free with ease. With illusions, as long as you discovered and confirmed that you were trapped in one, breaking free-at least temporarily-was very easy.
That was true for any reasonably proficient wizard, let alone people as well prepared as Harry and Ron.
Although their proficiency in Occlumency had given both of them confidence in this task from the outset, that did not mean they had made no other preparations.
They had still visited Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall to ask about spells in this area.
Although neither professor specialized in illusion magic, they still had some ways of dealing with it. In the end, however, the professor who helped them most was someone else.
Professor Lupin.
Harry and Ron had actually wanted to find Lupin first, but they had gone over on the weekend, and Lupin happened to be away.
They had asked Professor Moody, who was in the office at the time. Moody said a young woman had come to see Lupin, and then Lupin had gone out with her.
At first, Harry and the others had not known whom Lupin had gone out with.
That evening, however, Sirius had sent Harry and the others a letter telling them that Lupin had gone on a date with Tonks that day. Well, Sirius knew because Lupin and Tonks had gone to Diagon Alley.
As it happened, Sirius and Professor Babbling had gone shopping there, too.
Of course, Harry and the others had only wheedled out the fact