Chapter 405: Selection
"Aren't you going to try?" Hermione asked Darren, and both Harry and Ron looked at her words, one full of hope, while the other was a little nervous. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"No," Darren shook his head, "Quidditch training takes too much time, I can't have that much to spare." ”
"There's no time to ......," Harry looked helpless, "Do you think Quidditch is that boring?"
"Well," Darren thought for a moment, "I just got bored until its rules were changed. ”
"Change the rules?" Ron asked curiously, "How do you think it should be changed?"
"At least," Darren glanced at Harry, "can't let the contestants' broomsticks be too far apart. ”
“……”
Since he didn't plan to participate in the trials, Darren and Hermione went through the cold, foggy drizzle to find a seat in the stands, fortunately Darren was prepared to protect himself from the rain, keep warm, well, and snacks, otherwise it would be really uncomfortable, because the tryouts went on for almost a morning, and it seemed that half of the students from the first to the seventh grade came.
One of the first-year students nervously clutched a few tattered old brooms from the school warehouse, while the seventh-year students looked tall and imposing, and to be honest, Darren wondered why Harry didn't just get rid of the first-year students, because according to Hogwarts rules, they were not allowed to participate in the Quidditch team, could it be because he had enjoyed special treatment and forgot about it?
One of the big seventh-graders, with thick and stiff hair, had a few more words with Harry, and then Harry gestured to Darren's place and sat down next to them.
"Hello, my name is Cowmike McLagan," he said to Hermione, reaching out to shake her hand as if he hadn't seen Darren.
Hermione frowned and shook his hand, "Hello, your name is Granger, right, I remember when the Triwizard Tournament held the Christmas Ball the year before, you were very beautiful, can we talk about it together......"
"I'm sorry," Darren interrupted, "we're watching the auditions together." “
"You?" McLagan glanced at him, "who are you, if you think it's noisy, you can go over there......" and then the guy went to lie down in the stands......
"Do you know who my uncle is!"
"I don't know, I don't think you know who I am. “
"I'll know! “
"Then wait until you get up. “
Seeing Darren use magic to directly press McLagan to the ground, Hermione was a little worried, "This, this is against the school rules, you ......"
She didn't continue, as Darren grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms, "It's warmer this way, and the wind won't blow." Hermione's face flushed, but she didn't break away and leaned in gently......
In the field, the selection had already begun, and Harry had a basic test first, he told all the people who applied to join the team to divide into groups of ten and fly around the court, only one boy in the first group of ten people stayed in the air for a few seconds and hit the goal post, because they were all first-year freshmen, which was a waste of time.
The second group was no better, it was ten girls, and as soon as Harry blew the whistle, they were giggling and hugging each other, only to leave happily when Harry told them off the pitch, and then sat in the stands and blamed each other.
The third group fell into a pile when they flew halfway around the court, most of the people in the fourth group came without broomsticks, and the fifth group was even more funny, Hermione recognized that it was all Hufflepuff students, and I wondered if Professor McGonagall was more crazy or Professor Sprout was more depressed if Harry had chosen them.
"Who else is not from Gryffindor House, please leave immediately!" Harry shouted, and the two students ran out of the court laughing, hearing from the people next to them that they were from Ravenclaw......
After two hours, Harry finally picked three chasers for himself: Katie Bell, who did well and returned to the team, a rookie named Demirza Robbins, who was particularly quick at dodging Bludgers, and Ginny Weasley, who flew faster than all the players and hit seventeen balls.
As for the batters, none of the candidates were as good as Fred and George, but they were satisfactory: Jimmy Perks, who was a batsman last year and knocked Darren down, is still this year, and this year, he hit a Bludger so hard that it knocked the back of Harry's head into a bulge the size of an egg, and Richie Gut, who looked thin but aimed well.
The selected players sat in the stands and watched as Harry picked their last player, the goalkeeper.
The crowd erupted in the same cheers and laughter as each of the goalkeepers who participated in the selection flew towards the goal, with the first five players all saving a maximum of two balls until Ron came on, riding last year's newly acquired sweep 11.
"Good luck!" a voice in the stands shouted, and Darren turned his head to see that it was Lavender who was making the sound, and when he turned his head, he noticed that Ron had also looked over, but in his direction.
It was Ron's turn, he missed the first one, but then saved four free throws in a row, Harry looked at the sidelines, and no one was standing there, so the Gryffindor Quidditch goalkeeper was sure.
After Harry announced that the auditions were over, Darren withdrew the magic that had pressed McLagan to the ground, and he jumped up with a flushed face, "You ......" but didn't continue because he saw a wand pointed at his nose.
"If you hadn't fainted, you should have seen that I wasn't using my wand," Darren looked at him, "Perhaps, you're going to try? I promise it doesn't hurt." “
"You!" McLagan said through gritted teeth, a vein in his temple pounding, "you wait!" he turned and ran towards Harry, looking like he was going to tryout.
"Darren, you shouldn't be like this," Hermione said softly.
"I told him we were together," Darren didn't care, "and wanted me to get out of the way, huh, let's go down too," he patted Hermione on the shoulder, "and we're going to Hagrid, really, it took so long." ”
"yes, you never like this before," Hermione said as she got up from her stool, "I've been busy every day, and I've never seen you outside the castle for half a day." “
"That's because my work is different now, and I can do it without me," Darren stretched his body, "I don't have to do everything by myself, and I have a lot of organizational planning skills."