Chapter 767: The Wind Blows Up
In fact, as the new captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, Harry felt no less heavy than Ron at this time. This was his first match since he became the captain. In the Mungo Magic Injury Hospital, Dumbledore said that she would stay there for at least three months, which meant that the Gryffindor Quidditch team lacked an experienced main chaser. It will take time for Dean Thomas to reach Katie's level and get in touch with his teammates.
Dean Thomas is a laid-back wizard whose electives are decided with a random touch of his wand -- but his sophisticated way of doing things is not bad for the team. In the fifth grade, he had maintained his friendship with Seamus many times, and appeased Harry who was angry because he was not trusted. He also participated in the DA organized by Harry, so at least when other players chose him I am very happy to be Katie's substitute.
Ron, who started to enjoy breakfast in front of him, also reassured Harry a lot. As a new batsman, although he did not perform as well as he did in the goalkeeper position during training-Ron was doing goalkeeper training, as long as he did not The technique shown by too many people watching, without external interference, and without pressure is actually very good, but once someone interferes with him...
But from the current point of view, Ron’s mental state before the game is indeed much more relaxed than before. There are two batsmen in a team. They cooperate with each other to play, and the pressure is lighter than the goalkeeper. After all As a goalkeeper, it is very obvious who is responsible for not keeping the ball.
"It's almost time." Harry stood up, and walked towards the pitch with the Gryffindor players. When they passed the foyer, they happened to meet the Slytherin team.
Harry thought about the opal necklace, and couldn't help turning his gaze secretly at Pansy Parkinson. This gaze was caught by Emily keenly, and she whispered something to Pansy in front of her.
Harry's accusation against Pansy in the school infirmary that day was somehow spread out, coupled with the dispute between the two on the Hogwarts Express, these new and old enmities made Pansy immediately turn his head and look coldly, Folding his arms on his chest, with one corner of his mouth upturned, he stretched out a finger and pointed at Harry: "Be careful, Potter, I'm going to hit your glasses with Bludgers so that they need to be pulled out of your ears." come out."
"Then try it, Pansy Parkinson, and see who ends up on the broom." Ron stepped past Harry and stood in front of Harry, glaring at Pansy.
The little lions and little snakes refused to give in to each other, and began to stride towards the arena. Because of the force, the frosty grass stepped on their feet and made a crunching sound.
On the crowded stadium, one side of the stands was a sea of red and golden people, and the other side was a sea of green and silver. Amidst the screams and applause, the two teams flew into the field. The referee Ms. Huo Qi stood in the middle of the field, holding her boiling broom and said: "The captains of both sides shook hands."
Harry and Draco just looked at each other coldly, neither willing to shake hands.
"The captains of the two sides shook hands." Ms. Huo Qi emphasized again that the two shook hands reluctantly, and at the same time they exerted force at the same time, as if they wanted to crush each other's hands—this made people who had never taken the enhancement attribute Harry of the potion suffered a dark loss. Fortunately, Draco still had some scruples and didn't use all his strength to directly break Harry's bones.
"Peeping Tom Potter, I will teach you a lesson for Pansy." Draco gritted his teeth in a low voice and said harshly. Now that he is so far away from the stands, Allen can't hear the words here, and the trash talk itself is also used as a competition Proper means, besides, this matter itself was provoked by Potter first, and Dracola thought that this time he could take the opportunity without worrying about Alan's feelings - that's what he convinced himself.
Harry, who was baring his teeth because of the pain, refused to admit defeat. He squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "Go to Whomping Willow and eat shit, stinky ferret... Ouch!"
"alright,
Let go and get on the broom. Mrs. Rolanda Hooch shook her head. In the past, the captains of the two sides competed with each other when shaking hands, but such a completely one-sided state is really rare.
"Mr. Malfoy, please let go of Mr. Potter!" Mrs. Hooch stretched out her hand and separated their hands. Draco snorted coldly at the same time, turned over and rode on his broomstick, because the other party just increased his strength And Harry, whose legs were beginning to bend and almost couldn't help kneeling on the ground, quickly got on the broom, and put his trembling hands behind his back, not to be outdone.
"Listen to my whistle... three... two... one..."
At the sound of the whistle, they kicked hard off the frozen ground and rose into the air.
"Both teams have now taken to the skies, and the Quaffle is currently in the hands of Ginny Weasley of Gryffindor, the girlfriend of Gryffindor Captain Potter, and it is hoped that her The skills were as good as her looks. Her brother Ron Weasley, who had been hit and miss as goalkeeper, had been repurposed as a batsman and had a personal relationship with the captain, which no doubt helped him. Gryffindor's Katie Bell is currently at St Mungo's Magic Injury Hospital with an injury and Dean Thomas has replaced her as the Chaser, and hopefully he can help Porter's patchwork squad this term... "Zacharias Smith was standing on the commentary platform pushing the microphone and chattering, which made Harry, who was flying in the sky, hate him even more than when he disobeyed his instructions in the D.A training. Let the sneers and cheers of the Slytherins keep ringing.
"The commentator has ball-losing syndrome." Luna lightly introduced to Helena beside her, holding her chin.
"What is ball-losing syndrome?" Qiu Zhang turned his head and looked up after asking, only to realize that the person sitting behind him was a crazy girl.
"Loss of the ball can make him obviously malfunction in the game and lose the game." Luna lowered her head and explained, "Most of the games last semester, the Quaffle would not stay in Zacharias' hands for more than a minute .”
In fact, Qiu Zhang regretted why she asked the question without seeing who it was before her best friend Marietta Aikemo secretly pulled her sleeve. Luna saw that she did not respond, and leaned her head down to Qiu Zhang: "If you want to be a professional player, you have to be careful. This disease is very contagious."
And above their heads, Seekers Emily and Harry were circling the perimeter of the pitch, looking for the Snitch, while keeping an eye out for batters and Bludgers they hit.
On the other side, Urquhart, a Slytherin, flew across the pitch, knocked down the Gryffindor Chaser, caught the Quaffle, and slammed it towards the goal. But the ball was knocked out of the goal by Cormac McLaggen, and Cormac waved his arm fiercely towards the stands, and a regretful sigh sounded from the Slytherin stands.
"Gryffindor's defenders this year are not as bad as last year's. Last year's Ron Weasley could almost ignore him when he was on the field." Zacharias Smith's commentary made Gryffindor who had just cheered Fendor cursed, although they wanted to refute Zacharias' sarcasm against Gryffindor, but thinking of Ron's poor performance last year, they could only blame the commentator for Gryffindor.
In the commentary desk, Professor McGonagall was secretly taking back the magic wand that she habitually stretched out just now. The professor of transfiguration class tightened his lips at this time, a little regretful that her partner this year is no longer Li Li, who has been poked by her for many years. Jordan, the Gryffindor-born narrator graduated last semester. Thinking of this, McGonagall sighed heavily and warned in a serious tone: "Zacharias, please pay attention to your words .”
Cormac tossed the Quaffle to his team again, and the Gryffindors formed a T-shape towards the Slytherin goal.
Ignoring the Lions' attack and handing over the task of stopping them to Goyle, Pansy swung the bat and hit the Bludger fiercely at Harry again. It was Harry Potter. Although Pansy was competing for the first time, the fierceness brought by her nature made her unscrupulous and persistent to hit the Bludger hard at the opponent time and time again.
The reason why she did this was not only to vent her anger, but also to entangle the Gryffindor Seeker, create more opportunities for Slytherin Seeker Emily, and prove that she is a more talented Seeker than Harry. Baller, so Emily can catch the Snitch as fast as possible.
Pansy did create a lot of obstacles for Harry, but in fact Emily could fly very well. With her small body and enhanced physical fitness by taking potions, she was more flexible and responsive than Harry—just When the Gryffindor batsmen Ron Weasley and Andrew Kirk discovered Pansy's intentions, they couldn't help but target Emily with the Bludgers. With the Bludger, Emily, who was inexperienced and afraid of pain, seemed a little flustered.
Allen, who was sitting in the Ravenclaw stands, took all of this under his eyes, and got up after watching the game for a while: "I'm going to the toilet, and I'll buy some snacks by the way."
"The Quaffle is in Draco Malfoy's hands now, the Slytherins are attacking the goal, and they're in a hawk formation. Cormac McLaggen is yelling for Gryffindor to come back, But his current task should be to defend the goal rather than command." Zacharias sneered, "Probably because Porter, the captain, does not have enough prestige. Didn't Gryffindor make tactical arrangements beforehand?"
The Slytherins flew quickly across the field, forming an arrow formation, and flew together towards the goalposts. Dean Thomas ran straight over, trying to snatch the Quaffle, but Draco Malfoy didn't dodge, but went straight to Dean, and Dean was hit so that he rolled half a circle in the air, and Draco Malfoy Branch is still moving fast. Ron aimed the Bludger at Draco, who missed, but landed on the back of Gregory Goyle not far from Draco, sending the hard-haired hunk of batsman The sticks are out of hand.
Lavender Brown jumped from her seat in the Gryffindor stands and almost fell her roommate Parvati Patil, but she didn't notice at all and just jumped on the spot and applauded: "Ron, you It's great, it's great, and it's so accurate." But then she stopped cheering, and the clapping movement also stopped, and then she held it in front of her, and the Quaffle shot by Draco hit Grid The circle of Ryffindor flew away quickly.
With a bang, the Quaffle hit by Draco hit the ring, and Cormac waved his arm triumphantly, but he didn't want Draco to wait in the direction where the ball bounced, and took advantage of it. Hit the Quaffle into another ring. Draco made a disdainful gesture at Cormac, riding his broom up.
"Slytherin's new Chaser, Draco Malfoy, scored first," Zacharias yelled, and the entire Slytherin stands erupted, chanting Draco's name.
"It's windy?" The cool breeze blew some of Ginny's messy hair against her cheeks. Ginny, who stopped helping her, raised her hand and pulled her blown hair behind her ears. She had to move quickly Quickly pull back a goal to prove yourself and give your teammates confidence.
"I didn't expect Malfoy to be very good at playing the Chaser, but after all, Harry has faced the man who can't even mention his name. Parkinson's attack can't do anything to him in a short time." When Alan hugged a bunch of snacks and started Squeezing to his seat, the small talk between Cho Chang and her Marietta got into his ears.
After Allen allowed himself to sit back in his seat, he gave Luna a few packs of pepper urchins and popcorn, and then moved his fingers secretly so that other audience around him could not hear the conversation in a certain range around him: "Luna, Tom Riddle put a forbidden spell on the name Voldemort. Once someone speaks this name, the magic barrier will be broken, and the disturbance will make it easier for the Death Eaters to track. However, in addition to locking the position, if it is you, you Can you know what is going on in the mind of the person who pronounces the name?"
"A good idea, but you have to use the statue in combination." Luna, whose mouth and nose were emitting smoke and flames because of the magical special effects of the candy, opened her protruding eyes and stared at Alan, "Why do you change the weather? I Came out without gloves."
"I don't like sugar quills." Allen patted his pocket.