Harry walked into the trophy room to meet the other champions. Fleur, Krum and Cedric were surprised to see him. "Harry, what are you doing down here?" Cedric asked. Harry lost the ability to speak, as he showed them the piece of paper with his name on it.
All of a sudden, Professor Dumbledore, Madame Maxim, Professor Karkaroff, Mr. Crouch, and Mad-Eye Moody ran into the room. Professor Dumbledore ran to Harry, and grabbed his shoulders as he asked "Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?" Harry replied "No, sir." "Did you ask one of the older students to do it for you?" Harry again replied "No, sir." "You're absolutely sure?" Harry replied "Yes, sir." Madame Maxime said "well of course he is lying." Moody interjected "no he's not. The Goblet of Fire is an exceptionally powerful magical object, and only an exceptionally powerful Confundus charm can work on it. Well beyond the talents of a fourth-year." Karkaroff said "You've seem to have given this a fair bit of thought, Mad-Eye." Moody shot back "It was once my job to think like Dark Wizards do, as you well know Karkaroff."
Professor Dumbledore turned to Mr. Crouch, and said "the choice is up to you Barty." Mr. Crouch turned around and said "the rules are absolute. The Goblet of Fire constitutes a magical binding contract. Mr. Potter is from this day, a Triwizard champion. Harry didn't know how or when he got back to the Gryffindor Common Room, but when he got in, Hermione and a slightly peeved off Ron, were waiting for him by the fire. "Harry, what happened?" Hermione asked, then Harry told them about how he had no choice but to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. Ron jealously asked "how'd you do it?"
Harry looked over at his best friend in utter disbelief, and asked him "you think I put my name in the Goblet of Fire? How dense are you? I was with you the whole time, you would've saw me do that." Ron yelled back "You could've used your Invisibility Cloak at any time, but I guess it doesn't matter anyway. I assumed you would've at least told your best friend how!" Harry stood on his feet and yelled back "quit being so stupid! Dumbledore explained to all of us how dangerous these tasks are. Why would I sign up for that?!" Ron once again yelled back "that's me, Ron Weasley, Harry Potter's stupid friend! You know what?! PISS OFF!" Ron then stomped up the stairs the Boys' Dormitory to go to sleep.
Harry was so mad at how his friend was acting. Hermione had a look of horror on her face, after she witnessed her two best friends get into a row. Harry was staring at the fire, when Hermione spoke up "Harry, you have to understand, it looks like you did put your name in the Goblet of Fire. We know you didn't, but you know that Ron can get a little pig-headed." Harry was angry with her for agreeing with Ron, but deep down, he knew she was right "I'm going to bed, Hermione see you later." then he walked up the stairs to the Boys' Dormitory, where he quickly changed into his pajamas, and went to sleep.
The next day, Harry and Ron went down to the Common Room, and Hermione thought they had made up. It was in fact the complete opposite, they were not even talking to each other. "Hello Hermione, let's go to breakfast." Harry said completely ignoring Ron's presence. Ron did the same, and said "yeah Hermione, let's go get something to eat." To Hermione, it was the most uncomfortable walk to the Great Hall ever, with Harry and Ron ignoring each other completely. After they had eaten breakfast, the three friends went to their first lesson of the day: History of Magic. In Binns' classroom, everyone was falling asleep, as the ghost teacher spoke in his continuous, monotone voice explaining about Giant wars. After waking up when it was time to leave, they headed to their next and final class of the day, which was Potions.
As soon as they stepped into the classroom, Harry and Ron sat away from each other. "Today," said Snape's cold voice, as he shut the door "we will be making poison antidotes. If brewed correctly, it will cure you of whatever you've been poisoned with. That's why I'm going to test one of your antidotes, by poisoning one of you. The instructions are on the board, begin."
He waved his wand at the board, and instructions magically appeared on the board. Instead of the light blue his potion was supposed to be, Harry's potion was bright red, just like his feelings towards Ron. Snape walked up to Harry's table, and said "Potter can you read correctly?" Harry replied "yes, sir." Snape smiled and said "well if you can read, tell me what the fourth line of instructions say." Harry read aloud "stir counterclockwise five time, then let the brew settle on low heat for ten minutes." Harry realized he didn't let the potion settle.
"You can't turn this in Potter." Snape pointed his wand at Harry's cauldron and said "Evanesco." Harry's potion disappeared, and the bell rang releasing them from class. "Your homework is to write me an essay on three types of poison antidotes, and to describe them in detail. Two feet of parchment, due on Friday." The class left grumbling, and they went to lunch. Fred, George, and Lee Thomas walked up to them and Fred said "have you been in Moody's class yet?" Harry, Ron, and Hermione shook their head no. "He knows what it's like to be out there. That was the most interesting lesson ever." George said. Ron dove for his schedule "we don't have him until Thursday!" he said. Fred, George, and Lee walked away, while Harry and Ron stared daggers at each other.
Neville ran up to them, and gave Harry a note. "Here you go Harry." he said breathlessly. "Who's it from Neville?" Harry asked. Neville sat at the table, and said "Hagrid." Harry opened the note and read:
Dear Harry,
Hope you're doing alright, but I need to show you something. Come by me hut at eight-thirty, and bring your Invisibility Cloak with you. Don't let anyone else see this note, by the way.
From,
Hagrid.
Harry went to the Common Room by himself, and grabbed his Invisibility Cloak from the dormitory. At just ten minutes to eight-thirty, he put on the cloak, and made his way to Hagrid's Hut.