The sky gradually darkened. All the teachers and students were waiting outside the castle eagerly, but they could only wait with the cold wind blowing on them. They passed the time by guessing what means of transportation the two magic schools would take.
But as time went by, the little wizards began to become impatient.
Just as there was about to be some commotion in the team, Dumbledore, who was standing in the back row with other professors, shouted, "Ah! If I'm not mistaken, the representative of Beauxbatons has arrived!"
Before Dumbledore finished speaking, everyone followed his gaze and looked into the distance.
Above the Forbidden Forest, a huge creature was seen rapidly flying across the deep blue sky, heading towards the Hogwarts Castle, rapidly enlarging in everyone's field of vision.
Looking at the huge creature in the sky, a freshman screamed and guessed, "It's a fire dragon!"
"Don't be silly...that's a house flying!" retorted Dennis Creevey of Gryffindor.
In fact, Dennis's guess was closer to the answer than that of the freshman.
As the dark mass flew over the treetops of the Forbidden Forest, illuminated by the lights from the castle windows, they saw a huge powder blue coach flying towards them.
This pale blue carriage was as big as a house, and it was pulled into the air by twelve winged horses, all of which had silver manes and each of which was about the size of an elephant.
At this time, the pink and blue carriage flew even lower. It was descending at an incredibly fast speed. With a loud bang that shook the earth, the horse hooves fell to the ground with a "bang". Each one was as big as a dinner plate.
In the blink of an eye, the pink and blue carriage also landed on the ground, shaking on its huge wheels, while the golden horses shook their huge heads and their big red eyes rolled around.
There is a badge printed on the door of this pink carriage. On the badge is engraved two golden crossed wands, and three stars emerge from each wand. Obviously, the pattern on the badge is the emblem of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Not long after, the door was opened and a young wizard in a light blue robe jumped out of the carriage. He bent down, fumbled for something on the floor of the carriage, and opened a golden spiral staircase.
He jumped back respectfully and made a "please" gesture, and a woman with a figure comparable to Hagrid walked out of the carriage.
In the crowd, Lynn's expression moved slightly. He naturally knew this tall woman. She was Madame Maxime, the principal of Beauxbatons. As early as the summer vacation of his first grade, his teacher Green took him to visit his alma mater, and he also met Madame Maxime at that time.
Seeing Madame Maxime appear, Dumbledore immediately applauded, and the little wizards below also clapped their hands. Many people stood on tiptoe, trying to see Madame Maxime more clearly.
Madam Maxime walked up to Dumbledore, her face relaxed, she smiled elegantly, and stretched out a sparkling hand. Dumbledore kissed her hand lightly as a courtesy.
"Dear Madame Maxime," Dumbledore said with a smile, "Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"
Madame Maxime responded: "Dumbledore, I hope all is well with you."
"Excellent, thank you," said Dumbledore.
"My student," Madame Maxime introduced, raising her hand and waving casually behind her.
Behind Madame Maxime, about twelve or thirteen young wizards, both men and women, had gotten off the carriage. Judging from their appearance, they were probably around eighteen or nineteen years old, and they were all trembling slightly.
This was not surprising. Although France was not too far from Britain, there were still some differences in the climate between the two places. At this time, the robes of these little wizards seemed to be made of exquisite silk, and no one wore a cloak. Some little witches were so cold that they wrapped their heads with scarves or turbans.
After the two sides met, Dumbledore asked Madame Maxime to take the young wizards of Beauxbatons into the castle's hall to rest. Before going to the castle, Madame Maxime also reminded Dumbledore that her magic horse only drank single malt whiskey.
Shortly after the Beauxbatons delegation entered the castle, the Durmstrang delegation also arrived.
A loud, odd sound came toward them out of the darkness, a muffled rumbling and sucking sound, like a giant vacuum cleaner moving along a riverbed.
"In the Black Lake!" Lee Jordan shouted, pointing at the lake. "Look at the lake!"
Everyone stood on the gentle slope of the lawn overlooking the entire venue. They could clearly see that the originally calm surface of the Black Lake suddenly became no longer calm.
There was a slight commotion underwater in the center of the Black Lake, huge splashes appeared on the surface of the lake, and surging waves hit the wet shore. Then, right in the center of the lake, a large whirlpool appeared, as if a huge plug had been suddenly pulled out from the bottom of the lake.
I saw a long black pole-like object slowly rising from the center of the vortex, followed by the rigging of a sail, which looked like a mast.
The big ship gradually rose out of the water, glittering in the moonlight.
The ship looked strange, and its shape resembled a skeleton, as if it was the remains of a shipwreck that had just been salvaged. The portholes of the ship flickered with dim, foggy lights, looking like ghost eyes.
Finally, with a loud splash, the huge ship emerged completely, bumping on the choppy water and began to move towards the lakeshore.
A moment later, with a "splash" sound, an anchor was thrown into the shallow water, and then with another "pop", a piece of wood was placed on the shore of the lake.
When the wizards on the ship walked ashore and walked along the lawn into the light cast by the hall, everyone could see their appearance clearly.
They were all tall and wore fur cloaks with tangled fur.
However, the fur worn by the adult wizard who led them to the castle was a different kind, silvery-white and soft and silky, just like his hair.
"Dumbledore!" the adult wizard came up to Dumbledore and called out enthusiastically, "My dear old fellow, how are you?"
Dumbledore smiled and replied: "Excellent, thank you, Professor Karkaroff."
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