Chapter 34: Rocket Propulsion
As it turned out, Slytherin's discipline did exceed the expectations of the Gryffindors, not only destroying Harry with tools, but even launching a physical attack. Of course, the Gryffindor lion cubs were also not to be outdone, so the battle loss rate between the two sides increased dramatically. At least as far as Andrew encountered, there were several. The duel between the little snake and the little lion in the hallway undoubtedly added a lot of work to Madam Pomfrey. For example, she has been busy taking care of a Slytherin 4th year and a Gryffindor 6th year student in recent days, and both of them are constantly getting leeks out of their ears, and they are finished and growing.
Harry was the real center of the storm, with Slytherin people looking at him with bad intentions everywhere he went. Crabbe and Goyle must have been assigned by Malfoy to spend at least twelve hours a day within ten feet of him. As soon as he saw Harry surrounded by other Gryffindor students, he would walk away disappointed. This also caught Wood's attention.
"We have to be vigilant, especially Harry, he needs someone to protect him!" he was very adamant.
"I don't have a problem, Wood, don't pay too much attention to me. Harry weakly protested, but was firmly rejected by the majority.
"Don't worry, Oliver, Harry's safety is in our hands. The Weasley brothers patted their chests and promised. Predictably, the Slytherin students who dare to hang around will be greeted by dung bombs, fanged frisbees, and so on.
In fact, the Slytherin students had a lot of bad luck over the next few days. From time to time, various types of dung bombs will appear on their tables, a section of fireworks will be silently pulled out of the potion cauldron, fangs will fly by and eat their hair when walking in the hallway, and they will trip and fall directly down the stairs by the "automatic tripping rope". After a few days, the Slytherins were yellow-skinned, lacking in spirit, and frightened.
Mischief between wizards is especially difficult to guard against, and combined with the twins' genius for mischief, the entire Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is almost turned upside down. During this time, Feige and Mrs. Loris couldn't be quiet for a moment.
"Brother Andrew, you want to help us get revenge!" Astoria Greengrass saw Andrew in the library and ran over to hold his arm. For this little sister who is one year younger, Andrew has been extremely cared for since she was a child. But this time, apparently she wasn't in good shape.
The Greengrass family is also a long-established family among wizarding families, but unfortunately this family has been sparsely populated in the past hundred years, and the family's power has also weakened. But the family is still very influential.
Andrew Lee, as the successor of the Lee family, is also considered a family friend because of the relationship between the Lee family and the Greengrass family. However, compared to the childhood sweetheart relationship between Luna and Andrew, Astoria, the little princess, is slightly more distant. Luna entered Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry a year early due to Andrew's connections, while Astoria is one year younger than Andrew although she is the same age as Luna.
Astoria is now a Slytherin beauty with attractive blonde hair. Andrew has always been insensitive to the division of the colleges. He doesn't worship Gryffindor and doesn't hate Slytherin. If he had to distinguish between them, he could only say that he was a student of Ravenclaw.
Since the competition for the House Cup has reached a fever pitch, the competition between students has reached a fever pitch, and even innocent first-year students like Astoria have been implicated.
Astoria's long, smooth blonde hair was unkempt, which was probably the work of the fangs Frisbee, and a few stains on her robes had not been removed, exuding a disgusting smell, which was the mark of a dung bomb, but fortunately she was not injured by the effort to pull out the fireworks, otherwise the Weasley brothers would have gone to buy personal insurance in advance.
"Fred and George are just too much!" Hermione couldn't stand it anymore, "how can they do this! Astoria is innocent!"
"It's really too much!" Qiu also agreed, she knew Astoria in the summer vacation spent at the manor, and she had long taken care of this beautiful schoolgirl as a little sister, "This time, they must be punished!"
"Don't worry, Astoria," Andrew took out his wand and helped her sort out, "Tomorrow you can watch carefully, they will receive a big gift!"
The corners of his mouth tugged at a cold arc. The game was just around the second day, and the atmosphere was getting tense. On several occasions, Harry encountered Slytherin students hiding around the bend of the hallway and trying to attack him, but fortunately other students volunteered to lead and follow him.
The Wood and Weasley brothers also planned an attack on the Slytherins, but to no avail, and even two of the students were so angry that Andrew was sent to the infirmary because they included Astoria in the attack when they tried to attack Malfoy. It is said that there are not two weeks that you will not be able to get out.
On the eve of the game, all the activities in the Gryffindor common room stopped, and the atmosphere was solemn and heavy, and even Hermione couldn't concentrate.
"No, I can't calm down. She put down the book and shook her head vigorously, as if trying to shake the heaviness out of it with this movement.
She wasn't the only one who felt heavy, almost everyone was venting their stress in their own way. George and Weasley sarcastically mocked Slytherin in more exaggerated tones than usual, Angelina, Arya, and Katie laughed hysterically at everything they could laugh at, and Wood crouched in the corner, directing the players in a Quidditch model to form various tactical formations with his wand. But Hermione saw that the red-clad party had knocked the green-clad side off the broomstick dozens of times.
"You're going to win, Harry," Ron sat in the corner, calming Harry's agitation, in fact, himself, "You've got a firebolt." β
"But last time I lost to Ravenclaw!" Harry muttered a little frustrated.
"That's all Andrew's fault! I'm sure he asked Malfoy to dress them up as Dementors, or you'd have been the one who caught the Golden Snitch!" Ron roared, startling Harry.
"Actually, Qiu Fei is no worse than me. He scratched his head and explained.
"She's not a good thing, like her boyfriend!" Ron amplified his voice further and glanced at Hermione with contempt.
"Andrew is a hundred times better than you, Weasley!" Hermione tossed her bag over her shoulder, "Good luck, Harry!" and she walked straight back to her bedroom.
Compared to Gryffindor's common room, Ravenclaw's lounge atmosphere is a hundred times better. Anyway, the team has won the championship ahead of schedule, and there is no pressure on everyone. Everyone is busy dealing with the homework in front of them, trying to cope with the final exams... The students have worked hard to achieve a satisfactory result.
Andrew and Cho hid in a corner, whispering. With their academic performance, the final exam really can't be a challenge. What they care about now is the arrangements for tomorrow's game.
"Andrew, are you sure there is no problem?" Qiusu handtea, a phoenix nodded, with an elegant posture, and poured a cup of Tieguanyin for Andrew. Ever since Autumn had brewed Tieguanyin for him once, Andrew had given up his preference for coffee and enjoyed Autumn's tea ceremony every night.
"I've made sure it's all right. Andrew took a small sip and closed his eyes for a long time, "Qiu, your tea-making skills are really getting better and better." β
"In that case, won't something happen? Tomorrow Deng Liduo will be there too!" Qiu also poured herself a glass, but if she looked closely, she would find that her hands trembled slightly, and even the water in the cup rippled in circles.
"I added a self-destruct program to it, so don't worry. Andrew noticed Qiu's nervousness and leaned over and patted her hand, "Don't worry, everything will be fine." β
"Hmm. Cho shifted and leaned herself into Andrew's arms, and suddenly she felt that everything was settled down and that there was nothing left for her to worry about.
The next day, it was a nice day, the sun was bright but not harsh, a little windy, and it was a good day for Quidditch.
Andrew pulled Hermione and Cho to sit in the stands, because it was the junction of the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor stands, so their two blue and red combinations were not very conspicuous, which made Andrew very satisfied. He saw from a distance that Harry seemed to be throwing a glance at him, and he nodded, subconsciously clenching Autumn's hand.
"This guy, can't he have a crooked mind about Autumn?" Andrew noticed some of Harry's unusual performances recently, and was even more determined to make him suffer today.
"Team Gryffindor is here!" Lee Jordan shouted, as he usually acted as a commentator. "Porter, Bale, Johnson, Snapinte, the Weasley brothers and Wood. It's been considered the best team at Hogwarts in yearsβ"
It was clear that his assertion was not universally recognized, and there was a chorus of boos not only in the Slytherin stands, but also in Ravenclaw.
"Defeat and dare to call yourself the best?" Andrew heard Stuart Ackley in the front row muttering indignantly, patting Hermione on the arm, and Hermione smiled softly at him. To Hermione, Quidditch really had nothing to do with her.
"Alright, get on the broomsticks, one-two-three-" Mrs. Hooch signaled the start of the game, and fifteen broomsticks circled above the field. A huge wave of sound immediately shook the entire Hogwarts sky, and the red and green crowds rose and fell, cheering for the teams of their respective houses.
"Who do you think will win, Autumn?" asked Hermione, curious. She didn't know anything about Quidditch, but she was one of the top Hogwarts players.
"Gryffindor can't win, Andrew is here. Qiu smiled faintly and gave a helpless look. The two of them already knew about Andrew's plan this time, and they also knew the fate that Gryffindor would face.
Andrew didn't participate in their discussion, and after about ten minutes of the game, he was ready to launch a pre-curtled backhand -
A broomstick he gave Harry!
In the air, Harry was completing a dive towards the Golden Snitch, but was destroyed by Malfoy. Regretfully, he pulled up his broomstick and prepared to fly higher and search for the snitch again. But just then, his broom suddenly jumped uncontrollably, reminding him of what Quirrell had done to him in first grade.
For ordinary wizards, of course, the first time to think about the side of evil spells, but for Hermione, who has a certain amount of Muggle common sense, and has seen the wizard of the Muggle world propelled by rockets, the cyan flames that suddenly erupted from Harry's broomstick immediately understood what Andrew actually did on Harry's broom.
Harry was struggling to control the broomstick, he couldn't look back, and if he saw the long tail flame that resembled a rocket ignition, he would understand that he couldn't stop the modified miniature rocket thruster from pushing him to the ground with no spell.
"Oh!" exclaimed Harry. Apparently, the audience below also noticed that he was abnormal, and the professors sought out the person who cast the curse or prepared to catch him with the levitation charm. But the attack was clearly well-prepared, fast, and powerful, and before everyone could react, the firebolts began to accelerate on their own, and crashed into the Weasley brothers who were leaning over to pull Harry onto their broomsticks, and the force of the impact caused all three to fall at the same time.
Although Harry had tried to use the levitation spell on his broomstick, the thrust of the rocket was too great, and Andrew used some small tricks to transform the ordinary rocket, allowing a combination of technology and magic, but he also knew that Harry Potter could not be in danger of his life. That would only plunge the wizarding world into complete chaos. Albus Dumbledore would never allow it.
Several levitation spells shot at them, but the fire bolts seemed to hit the three of them again very consciously, instantly speeding up their fall and avoiding the effects of the levitation spells. The next moment, they fell heavily to the ground, and the pain of the fracture made them faint in an instant.
"Ah......h It's just that in his heart, there is the joy of a smooth plan.
"Astoria, I promised you that I would take revenge on the Weasley brothers!, Harry, I'm sorry, after all, you were our best choice in the plan. β