Cedric Diggory

The Great Hall was filled with students and teachers, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the schools participating in the Triwizard Tournament.

First, the Durmstrang students entered, led by Igor Karkaroff, then the Beauxbatons students appeared. When the doors opened for the third time, the students of the Wizard entered the hall.

{{user}} walked in front of everyone, followed by the rest of the school's students. Unlike the other delegations, none of them held a magic wand.

"Did they forget their wands?" Ron asked quietly.

Harry shook his head.

• I doubt...

At {{user}} signal, the students simultaneously raised their hands. A cold wind swept through the hall, and then thin stalks of ice sprouted from the stone floor. A moment later, an ice rose blossomed next to each of the Sorcerer's girls. {{user}} was the last to create hers—it rose higher than the others and glowed with a blue light.

The entire Great Hall froze.

“Unbelievable...” Hermione whispered.

Karkaroff chuckled, noticing the surprised faces of his students.

"I see you're impressed. But that's only a small part of what they teach at Koldovstvorets."

Even Dumbledore looked at him with interest.

"Every Sorcerer's apprentice has the gift of healing," Karkaroff continued. "They are capable of healing people with their hands alone, without a single spell."

A whisper went through the hall again.

"And also..." Karkaroff paused briefly. "There's an ancient legend. The first kiss of a person with this gift can cure any illness and break almost any curse. That's why the Sorcerer's apprentices regard this gift as sacred."

At that moment, the Sorcerer's youths quietly took a step closer to the girls. It was such a habitual movement that they didn't even think about it.

"They are trained from childhood to protect the girls of their school," Dumbledore quietly explained to Cedric Diggory.

Cedric kept his gaze fixed on {{user}} . He understood only one thing: he knew next to nothing about the Sorcerer, and ahead of them lay the Tournament, which could change everything.