The Great Hall was full of students chatting as they enjoyed their dinner. Suddenly a loud noise erupted from the front of the room, and heads turned to find the source of the noise
"Attention! I have news for everyone." Dumbledore announced, fingering his half-moon spectacles. "There's going to be a competition next month on the 18th, between the four houses- Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. Each house will chose one person to compete in it. The rules are simple: Each competitor will have to face some kind of creature, and you have to defeat it - single-handedly- in order to move on to the next challenge. The only spells allowed are the ones in your books, or ones your professors taught you-no other spells are allowed. Also, other students may not help the competitor in any way. All competitors that defeat the creature may move on to the second round."
Dumbledore paused to observe the students' reactions to the news. Most students seemed extremely excited, but others seemed plain bored.
"The objectives of the second round will be given after the completion of the first. There are three rounds in all, and the winner will receive 150 points for their house and 180 Sickles. Ballots are being passed around right now, and everybody will vote for somebody in their house as their house's representative. The results will be announced tomorrow morning. That is all for tonight." Dumbledore returned to his seat beside McGonagall while the teachers passed out ballots to each student.
"Who are you going to chose? I'm choosing Erin Clark-She's really smart, pretty, and popular."
"Yeah I think that I'll choose her too. If Erin gets voted, Ravenclaw will surely win! Besides，she's really rich and there's nothing she can't get."
The students cast their ballots and then returned to their dormitories. It was going to be a long night for everybody-nobody could wait until morning when the results would be posted.
"I think that you'll win, Erin! I heard that everybody was going to vote for you since you're so smart." Naomi giggled once they got to the Ravenclaw girls' dorm.
"Naomi, you're my best friend so of course you think that I'll win. You're exaggerating about the "smart" thing—I'm no genius and you know it. Plus, we're only in second year," Erin replied.
"No, I'm serious, Erin. Everybody really likes you. Didn't you know?"
"Well, we'll see, Naomi. I hope you're right—I'd love to compete in the competition. You know me: I'm up for any challenge."
And with that, the two girls fell asleep, both with dreams that Erin would get elected.