Chapter 491 Selection (Modified, Sincere Thanks to Alliance Leader You Mingzhi Yu)
Chapter 485 Selection (modified, sincere thanks to alliance leader You Mingzhi Yu)
Unlike Alan, who was popular among freshmen, the Gryffindor common room was a different scene at this time.
Seeing the new students and even Ron following Hermione timidly, Harry was sure that he certainly did not look so immature when he first came to Hogwarts.
The new students looked petrified as Harry grinned at them.
A boy with blond hair next to Euan Abercrombie nudged Euan with his elbow and said something into his ear. Euan Abercrombie also looked very frightened, secretly looking at Harry with horrified eyes, and Harry felt the smile on his face disappear like stinky juice.
Inexplicably, Harry pushed open the door of his dormitory. Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan had already arrived at the dormitory first and were pasting posters and photos on the wall next to their bed. They were talking as Harry pushed the door open, but stopped short when he saw him. Harry first suspected that they had just been talking about him, and then suspected that he was a little paranoid himself.
Harry soon knew that this was not his illusion and had been going on for many days. Every time he made his way to class, he tried not to notice the stares, the whispers and the pointing. During the summer, the "Daily Prophet" kept posting him and Dumbledore, promoting them like crazy people. It seemed that no one was willing to admit the fact that the mysterious man had returned.
What makes Harry even more sad is that even a large part of Gryffindor does not believe him. In fact, I don't know if it's because he has more opportunities to interact with classmates in his own house than in the other three houses, or it's just the same - Harry even feels that among the four houses, Gryffindor has the largest number of people who don't believe him. of.
For example, Seamus Finnigan, who he had a good relationship with and lived in the same dormitory with, broke out with him about the authenticity of the report. After Ron stood up to help him and the argument involved Seamus' mother, he Since then, I have been making noises about changing dormitories. However, one thing that made Harry happy was that although Umbridge, the observer sent by the Ministry of Magic, followed him every day with a notebook and kept recording, in the end he did not take any special actions and basically did nothing. It affects the normal classes of professors.
Hermione saw all this in her eyes, and she was very conflicted in her heart. She had already learned the truth from Allen, and she promised Allen that she would keep the secret, otherwise it would destroy his plan. But seeing Harry and Dumbledore being misunderstood by people, seeing her friends being isolated and gloomy day by day, Hermione, who had been treated in a similar way in Gryffindor since the first grade, still felt the same way. I can't help but feel sorry for Harry - Gryffindor is the house that has the worst tolerance for "others".
It seems that all the warmth was used up in the hot August during the summer vacation. The weather in September is extremely cold, the sky is always gray and it rains constantly. But this did not stop everyone's enthusiasm for Quidditch. Angelina, the newly appointed captain of Gryffindor, was impatient to wait for the weather to clear up and decided to conduct a goalkeeper selection on Friday. Their original captain Wood was an excellent goalkeeper. , but has graduated.
And Ravenclaw's behavior is even more worrying. Unlike other colleges, they have not trained on the court or held selections at all. It was only during breakfast that they discovered that Ravenclaw's new captain, Allen, seemed to write more letters than There are usually a lot more. Someone secretly pretended to be passing by and glanced at the envelope, and found that the name of the sender on it was Geraldine - Allen was the same person who led England to win the Quidditch World Cup in last year's World Cup. Coach Communications!
What is even more shocking is the news coming from Ravenclaw. As the captain, Allen is not going to play directly in the Quidditch match this semester. Instead, he will help the team formulate training plans and games as a coach. Tactical arrangements!
It has to be said that the Gryffindors on Friday felt very lucky. They did not have to face the best Seeker in the world this year. In addition, it was raining heavily the day before, but today the sun was shining brightly.
But Harry's good mood lasted until they left the locker room and came to the sunny stadium outside.
As soon as they came out, they heard a burst of screams and jeers. It was the anti-Harry alliance formed by the members of the Slytherin Quidditch team and some young wizards who had listened to the "Daily Prophet". They gathered in the empty hall. In the center of the stands, taunts continued.
This selection was a nightmare, except for the harsh ridicule. During the selection, Ron was so excited when sending the Quaffle that he hit Katie's face directly. What was even more unfortunate was Katie's nosebleed. Can't stop it. This made the Slytherins on the field stamp their feet and laugh.
They even wrote a ditty called "Weasley is Our King" to mock the saving ability of Ron Weasley, the Gryffindor team's goalkeeper tryout, and whenever a Slytherin student By singing this song, Ron, who is mentally ill, will be so ridiculed and humiliated that he loses confidence, loses the ball and allows the opponent to score.
But in the end, Ron got his wish and became the goalkeeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, despite the objections of Harry, the team's seeker. As the Gryffindors returned to the locker room dejectedly, someone suddenly mentioned Ravenclaw.
"Actually, we don't have to worry about Slytherin at all. The opponent we are more worried about is Ravenclaw. Although this is the first time I have heard that Quidditch at the level of Hogwarts will need the position of coach... A few days ago The news coming is that Alan has decided not to go out to participate in the game, so in theory, they are without the best seeker in the world, and Gryffindor has Harry Potter, our chances of winning are very good. Big. But I heard that Ravenclaw has booked the court for next Wednesday. It seems that the selection and training are finally going to start. Maybe we can go and see the situation. I mean, that is Allen after all. Is he Are there any other arrangements?" George watched Fred take out a purple quick-acting nasal blood sugar pill from his pocket, and then he was stunned for a second, and suddenly turned back to look at Katie, who was still bleeding. Clearly frightened.
George suddenly became nervous and stopped talking. He remembered that yesterday he and Fred wanted to test the effect of quick-acting nasal blood sugar on Katie and tricked her into taking one. They didn't find any effect at the time. They were still studying to improve it. Unexpectedly, the effect was The attack was actually postponed until this time today.
Angelina felt that George was right. In order to understand the situation, she requested that all Gryffindor players attend the Ravenclaw selection and training next Wednesday.
Interestingly enough, after the Gryffindor trials, the weather returned to a cloudy and rainy state. It was not until the Ravenclaw trials that it was a sunny and pleasant day again.
Most of the students at Hogwarts came to the Quidditch field to enjoy perhaps the last bit of sunshine this year.
Sure enough, as rumored, Alan Harris did not change into his jersey, but flew next to the team to arrange team training and the selection of new players.
What attracted the attention of these little wizards the most was not the Ravenclaw Quidditch players flying in the sky, but the machines set up at various angles in the stands.
"Camera, this is a special camera for wizard TV. The ability to play anything on wizard TV depends entirely on this thing. It was modified by my father." George watched excitedly as the camera's boom stretched out. To capture the silhouette of the team members flying into the distance.
"Look, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net isn't that Colin Creevey from our college?" George pushed Fred in confusion.
"Why is he behind the Ravenclaw camera?" Fred was also surprised.
"I heard Hermione say a few days ago that it seemed that Ellen couldn't find so many young wizards with camera talents in school, so she asked her to help invite Colin." Harry heard what George and Fred said 's dialogue explains.
Hermione and Luna were also sitting on the edge of the stands at this time, watching Allen direct the team members to train. In fact, Hermione's flying ability has been greatly improved after taking the attribute potion. However, because she did not excel in flying class like other subjects in the first grade, she developed aversion to this class. , although it can't be said that she disliked Quidditch because of it, it was enough to stop her from thinking about participating in the game in person.
But there was one thing that was a little strange to her. She tilted her head, looked at Luna and asked: "Luna, you don't usually like to watch Quidditch. Why don't you participate in the selection of Ravenclaw Quidditch players?" Woolen cloth?"
"I like watching Quidditch, but I don't like flying broomsticks." Luna replied in a chanting voice.