Chapter 863 Quidditch Selection

In fact, after finalizing the plan for Hogsmeade, Hermione even temporarily put aside the plans for the House-Elf Rights Promotion Association. Although this has never been favored by others, those hats made by Hermione...

The fact that house elves accept clothes, which is almost impossible, means dismissal for them.

Fan Lin had been to the Hogwarts kitchen many times with Hermione, but only Dobby happily accepted the new gift. Now Winky completely regarded Hermione as his mistress. When Hermione handed Winky the hat The elf almost collapsed.

It is hard to imagine that a house elf was fired twice in a short period of time. For a house elf, this is simply life-threatening.

"I must change their minds." Hermione said slightly tiredly, and then gently leaned her head on Fan Lin's shoulder.

"Okay." Fan Lin said softly, holding Hermione in one arm.

Fanlin naturally supports Hermione's wish. Although this is almost a subversion of today's wizarding world, it is not something that cannot be achieved.

Maybe Hermione's future work will be in the Ministry of Magic. If Hermione is willing, it doesn't seem to be difficult to become the Minister of Magic in the future.

But now Fanlin still has to worry about the Ministry of Magic.

Of course, this has nothing to do with that woman Umbridge.

The matter regarding the black quill has been resolved, but there has been no chance to do anything, which makes Fan Lin very disappointed.

Umbridge has also restrained herself since she failed in Professor McGonagall's class.

So far, Umbridge has done well enough at Hogwarts. In less than a week, the school is in a state of chaos.

For the Ministry of Magic, this is undoubtedly a success, but for Umbridge, this woman, this is definitely a big enough discrepancy.

But Umbridge is now focused on evaluating the professors, and has no time to pay attention to Fanlin and Harry.

A week was enough for her to figure out the general situation. What made her a little disappointed was that, except for the castle administrator Filch, no professor had taken the initiative to join her or express support for her reforms. .

The entire Hogwarts faculty was monolithic, all supportive of Dumbledore, and they seemed dismissive of her assessment and the majesty of the Ministry.

This made Umbridge determined to get rid of a professor as soon as possible. Only in this way can she establish her own prestige. This is not very different from Fanlin's idea. If you think about it, Professor Trauni is a good candidate.

However, in Fanlin's view, Umbridge hopes to get Professor McGonagall out. So far, Umbridge's biggest obstacle should be Professor McGonagall.

And she also has a new plan. Fanlin learned from her letters that Lucius Malfoy and some pure-blood wizard families had contacted her earlier. They were very interested in her status as a senior investigator. Interested, I hope she can do something to get rid of Dumbledore as soon as possible...

In Hogwarts, there are always more people who are willing to believe Dumbledore than in the wizarding world. Perhaps Slytherin is very suitable for Umbridge's idea, but even in Slytherin, there are many people who are willing to believe Dumbledore. Less, more Slytherins have a show-watching attitude.

The return of the Dark Lord will not have much impact on the Slytherins, or is Dumbledore lying?

This is even more insignificant to them.

Although she has no supporters in this castle, the strength behind her is not comparable to that of this magic school.

The pure-blood wizard family, the Ministry of Magic, these are all her help, and even include Death Eaters.

Umbridge's actions were very much in line with the interests of the Death Eaters. Isolating Dumbledore was simply what the Death Eaters dreamed of.

The final Quidditch trial on the second day brought everyone a rare opportunity to relax.

However, the unlucky Harry was still left in confinement. Of course, this was not Umbridge's confinement, but Professor Snape's. During a Potions class, Harry got distracted and forgot to put in the neutralizer. , and as a result, the entire crucible exploded. If Fan Lin hadn't been right next to him, there would be no doubt that everyone would have suffered.

Potions containing saltpeter, the power of explosions...

Harry had to buy a new crucible, but Snape had no intention of letting him go. On the morning of the weekend, when the trials were going on, Harry was also confined in the dungeon to process the potion materials. It's time.

"I hope Harry can do it quickly enough." Hermione said with a smile, her eyes narrowed and she leaned next to Fan Lin.

"He is really unlucky. Maybe he should let Neville tie his memory to Harry, so that he can always remind Harry what he has forgotten."

"But Angelina seems to have given up completely. For her, it is simply impossible to expect Harry to conduct the selection. However, Ron..." Hermione glanced at Ron worriedly.

Among all the people participating in the selection, Ron was probably the most nervous. His face was slightly pale, and he didn't know whether it was because of the cold or something.

The more people around, the louder the cheers, and the more nervous he looked.

On the contrary, Ginny was not nervous at all. Her fiery red hair was gently swaying in the air, looking very comfortable.

Fred and George gave Ginny enough training, and Ginny's flying skills were no worse than Harry three years ago. However, Ginny did not participate in the selection of the goalkeeper. After thinking about it again, she still felt that the goalkeeper It's not suitable for her at all, but Angelina adopted Fanlin's opinion and recruited Ginny as a substitute. There is no shortage of regular members of the Gryffindor team. As a substitute, Ginny can choose from several positions. For For Ginny, it wasn't too difficult.

Speaking of which, Angelina is so eager to select players because she is considering the future of the Gryffindor team. It is different from when Wood was here. Wait until next year, after she, Aria, Fred, and George graduate, all of a sudden , the Gryffindor team has left five main players, which means that, except for Harry, the Gryffindor team has nothing to offer. The team will face reorganization. If the players are not trained early, It is very likely that it will never recover from this.

Naturally, Fanlin took over from Harry and made some suggestions for the team. The limitations of selection must be lifted. Wasn't Harry the Chaser in his first year?

Therefore, this time, the students in the lower grades will be the focus of the assessment. Even if they are just a little bit different, it doesn't matter. These substitutes can usually train with the team, and if possible, they can also play games to gain experience.

At the beginning, Angelina asked all the students participating in the selection to fly around the field to see their basic skills.

Some people flew pretty well, but some people were obviously just trying to make up for the numbers and fell into a ball halfway through the flight. Worst of all, there were many Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students mixed in, but Angelina found out and drove them away angrily.

Among them, Ron's performance was quite satisfactory. At least he could sit steadily on the broom.

However, this does not explain anything. In fact, Fan Lin can fly well and has overcome his fear of heights, but flying well does not mean that he can play Quidditch, not to mention that Ron is only average.

Then came the actual selection. Angelina had all the players on the field and gathered around the three tall goalposts. She was still unhappy that Harry couldn't come to participate in the selection of players. She hoped that the players would be selected. A goalie that everyone is happy with. Moreover, Harry is the next captain of Gryffindor, so it is almost intolerable that such an important trial should be wasted on confinement.

The goalkeepers who passed the preliminary test not long ago came forward one by one. Angelina, Alia, and Katie formed a triangle, each responsible for an area, and began to throw balls into the goal. Fred and George hit the Quaffle to interfere. Simulate the game scene.

The first person to come on the field was... a student who seemed to be a third-year or second-year student. His performance was terrible. He only knocked down one ball out of ten and was hit several times by the Quaffle. In the end, he was directly hit by the Quaffle. He was knocked off the broom and his nose was bleeding. If there weren't so many people around to look after him, the poor little wizard would inevitably break his leg.

Next came a little boy who was the only first grade student to make it to the final selection. This boy looked frail and very thin, but he could fly well, reacted quickly, and seemed to be able to withstand blows from Fred and George with ease.

However, he does not seem suitable to be a goalkeeper, but is more suitable as a pursuer. Whenever a ball passes, his first reaction is to dodge, and the goalkeeper needs to block the ball.

Overcoming conditioned reflexes was not an easy task, and in the end the boy in this grade only caught two balls.

This is already amazing, and, except for these two balls, all the balls did not come into contact with his body.

There is no doubt that he is a qualified chaser, but Angelina is happy to include him in the team.

Similar to him is a third-grade girl, Phipster Aigol. Her reactions are also very fast and her movements are agile, but she never dares to use her body to save the ball. Angelina also recruited her as a substitute. .

There is also a guy who is as strong as Slytherin's stupid guy.

He knocked down nine out of ten balls, and was hit twice by the Quaffle, but it seemed like nothing happened. This result was already outstanding, if he hadn't been complaining about trivial matters such as the weather, the field, and the broom. It'll be great if it affects his performance. Angelina was so annoyed by him that she finally reluctantly let him stay.

However, this guy actually said that he was not willing to be a substitute and he did not want to waste time.

He wanted to join the team as an official member. There was no doubt that this was too much of a challenge to Angelina's patience, and he was immediately kicked away by an angry Angelina.

The performance of the next few students was not very bright either.

The best performer was Vicky Frobisher, Colin's roommate, who flew really well. The old-fashioned comet almost burst out at the speed of a light wheel under his control. Amid the cheers of the crowd, he perfectly dodged all the Quaffles and blocked all ten pitches.

This performance is simply impeccable, even Wood will not perform better than him here.

There is no doubt that this is Ron's biggest competitor. In fact, the guy from before is also the same. If it weren't for his brain problems, this trial could have ended at Wiki.

Angelina was very happy to announce the goalkeeper, but unexpectedly, the matter also went south.

However, I don’t know if these Gryffindor students were poisoned or something else. Anyway, everyone has a little bit of suicidal intention.

I briefly learned about Wikipedia through Colin. He has too many social activities. He has the names of all the girls in the school. He knows almost all of them. He goes on dates with different girls every day and introduces them to other people in the dormitory. girlfriend……

For someone who is loyal to the flowers, if there is a time conflict, he will definitely put Quidditch on the back burner and refuse to give in at all.

This is something Angelina simply cannot accept. What's the use of players who can't participate in team training, no matter how good they perform?

This is a team game. Is it difficult to say that any tactics are not important?

This is almost unacceptable.

Moreover, Colin also told Fanlin that Wiki also wanted to find out about Hermione through Ginny...

This is completely unacceptable. But this is also due to the girl's transformation. Her stunning performance last semester left a deep impression on everyone.

In fact, so did his sister Winnie Frobisher. She is a third-grade girl with short hair. She is very cute and has perfect flying skills, but her mind is not on Quidditch at all, but on all kinds of messy social activities.

There is no doubt that this definitely comes from her brother's words and deeds.

I heard Colin tell me that although Winnie has not found a boyfriend, she does not seem to have a lot of resources in reserve, and many boys are very willing. However, as far as she is concerned, sex and courtship are two completely different things. the concept of.

Okay, that's a bit of a stretch, but there's no doubt that Vinnie and her brother Vicki were passed over by Angelina.

And compared to Wiki and other candidates. Ron's performance was much worse.

He was so nervous that Fanlin felt the panic coming from Ron down below. He only hit six of the ten balls, which was considered a passing result, but Ron was not hit by the Quaffle, but Fanlin was not sure whether this was because Fred and George were merciful.

Such results made Angelina hesitate for a long time before announcing that Ron would be the team's goalkeeper.

In Angelina's words, Ron's performance was not the best, but after some training, there should be no problem.

Especially since he is the younger brother of Fred and George and a good friend of Harry, this is something that has to be considered...

If it weren't for the previous attempts to commit suicide, there is no doubt that the position of Gryffindor goalkeeper would have been impossible for Ron. For Angelina, the meaning of these words, the meaning of self-comfort, is very obvious. (To be continued)