I am watching The Goblet of Fire for the 7th time in the last year. It is Harry Potter weekend on abc family and I'm having a predictably difficult time ignoring the allures Harry sets before me.
It is the scene where Harry is "up to bat" in the first challenge. He is paired with a Hungarian Horn Tail Dragon and must retrieve the golden egg in the center of the fairground while simultaneously eluding its fiery grasp. Harry is doing a pitiful job and is completely oblivious to the fact that he is a wizard, for goodness sakes, until Hermione yells it out a him.
After getting that dimwitted look of "Eureka!" on his face, Harry calls "Acchio Firebolt" and moments later his broom comes zooming in his direction.
Harry proceeds to fly around the stadium and is just feet away from the egg when the dragon blocks his path with a pillar of fire. Harry quickly dodges the blaze and up, up, and away he goes over the stadium boundary. The Horn Tail bolts right up after him with incredibly velocity and snaps the chain that contains it in the field.
Here is the instance that puzzles me and is the purpose of this possibly fruitless rant. I can't seem to justify to myself why any of the teachers at this point did not intercede in the occurring events.I imagine the thoughts of Dumbledore at this moment were as follows:
" Wow that's one nasty dragon."
*Ponders for a moment*
"Am i glad that I'm not entered in this tournament. That's one bloody animal i wouldn't want to meddle with."
*Scratches his beard thoughtfully.*
"Hmm maybe someone should wrangle that dragon before he kills the only person in the world who can defeat Voldemort."
*Pause*
"Oh look at that, the sky's getting muddy. It'll rain soon, I better poof myself up an umbrella hat"
Poor Harry, good thing he is a resourceful young lad.
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