Harry was having nightmares again, this time he was in a graveyard, but he didn't know where. Then he was walking towards an house that looked abandoned. He walked through the doors, and went up the stairs to see why there was light in the room. He crept next to the door, which was cracked open a bit, and he saw a chair turned towards a fire, and a man he didn't know. Then a great, big snake slithered by him on the floor, and went on the chair. "It seems we have a guest," said the figure in the chair "turn me around so I can give him a proper greeting." said the cold voice. The man on the ground stood up, and turned around the chair, and the figure that didn't even look remotely human muttered something, and the last thing he saw a green light.
Harry woke with a start, sweat pouring all over him, as he was breathing rather hardly. He looked over at Ron, who was still asleep, then looked at his clock. It was half past 5 o'clock in the morning, then he got out of bed, and got ready for the day ahead. He waited in the Common Room for waited for an hour and a half for everyone else to wake up, which felt like forever after he had that nightmare. It was five minutes past 7 when Hermione and Ron came out of the dormitories, and saw Harry sitting on the couch by the fire.
"Harry, I was wondering why you weren't in bed when I woke up. Why are you down here?" Ron asked. Harry explained to them about the nightmare on their way down to breakfast, and by the time they had food on their plates, they reacted worse than Harry did. "You don't think You-Know-Who is becoming powerful again, do you?" Ron asked nervously. "Dumbledore told me back in first year, that Voldemort was going to come back, just when he's strong enough to." Harry replied. He barely ate his food, and Ron and Hermione did the same.
Ten minutes to eight, they went to their first class of the day, which happened to be Herbology in greenhouse 3. They went to the greenhouse, and Professor Sprout told everyone to put on protective robes, goggles, and gloves as they would be trying to collect bubotuber pus. Seamus raised his hand "excuse me, ma'am. What is bubotuber pus?" Professor Sprout replied "let's have one of your fellow students answer. Ms. Granger, how about you?" Hermione's face lit up as she said to the entire class "It's pus from the bubotuber plant, and it could be used as a cure for severe acne." Harry heard Malfoy mutter something that sounded close to "Mudblood know-it-all." Professor Sprout said "excellent explanation Ms. Granger. Ten points to Gryffindor."
The class spent half an hour collecting bubotuber pus, and by the time they left, they managed to collect 4 ounces of it. They went to their next class of the day which was Care of Magical Creatures, and they wondered what Hagrid had planned. As they got closer to Hagrid's Hut, they saw that Hagrid had a huge crate. "Hagrid, what's in the crate?" Hermione asked nervously. "I'll 'plain when 'he others 'et 'ere." said Hagrid. After the last of the students came, Hagrid started speaking to them. "Wha' we 'ave 'ere are Blast-Ende' Skrewts, and you'll be raisin' 'em."
Each person went to the crate, and grabbed one. Pansy said "ouch, this one burned me." then Dean said "this one stung me." Hagrid said "I thin' it's 'he females tha' 'ave the stingers."
The class then spent the rest of the class, trying to figure out what the Blast-Ended Skrewts ate. When they went up to the Great Hall, Ron was complaining about the Skrewts "what's Hagrid thinking having us raise those things? I've already got several burns on my hands from those things!" They ate their lunch, then went to Double Divination, where they were given dream diaries by Professor Trelawney. The only thing that got Harry and Ron through class was the fact that the Triwizard Champions were being announced at dinner.
When Dinner came, the group went from the Gryffindor Common Room to the Great Hall. After they ate, Professor Dumbledore stood up, and turned down all of the lights. "Tonight is the night that we have all been waiting for. The night we find out who the three champions will be. The Goblet of Fire will spit out three names, when I call your name, step forward and go through the door behind the staff table." The blue fire in the Goblet of Fire turned red as it shot out a piece of paper, Dumbledore caught the paper and said "The champion for Durmstrang...is Viktor Krum!" Krum got up and walked to the door with thunderous applause. The Goblet of Fire once again turned red as it shot out another name. "The champion for Beauxbatons...is Fleur Delacour!" She too went towards the door to thunderous applause. The Goblet of Fire once again turned red, as it shot out the paper with the name of the final champion. "And the champion for Hogwarts…is Cedric Diggory!" If it was possible Cedric had more applause than Fleur and Krum as he went to the door.
Everybody was starting to leave as the choosing of the champions was over, but before they could, the Goblet of Fire once again turned red. Everyone looked at it in shock, especially Dumbledore. He caught the piece of paper in his hand, and looked at the name on the paper. His eyes grew wide as he read the name, and muttered "Harry Potter." Nobody heard him say the name so he yelled out "HARRY POTTER!" Harry went into a cold sweat, as he saw and felt everybody turn and stare at him, and Ron looked at him with a feeling of disbelief. He walked up to Professor Dumbledore, and grabbed the piece of paper and saw his name on it. He looked up at Professor Dumbledore and shook his head, but Dumbledore pushed him to the door. As he walked, he met eyes with every single teacher at the staff table. He walked through the door, knowing that he was in for the fight for his life.