Chapter 11: The Quidditch Match
"It's over so easy?"
Xana felt that her previous actions were a bit silly, and the guy who could be solved with a levitation spell was planning to use artillery bombardment and blocking. It's actually something that can be knocked down with a stick! But Xana always felt a little strange, but such a disgusting creature, it was better to forget what to study.
"It'...... Dead? ”
Ron stood there, staring at what he was doing, his wand still held high in his hand.
"I don't think so," said Harry, "it was probably just knocked unconscious. ”
Harry scrambled and panted as he scrambled and pulled his wand from the troll's nose, which was stained with a large mass of gray gelatinous substance.
It's disgusting! Xana decided to go back and ask Ron to soak Harry in the Kling potion pot to clean up.
Suddenly, there was a violent knock on the door and loud footsteps, and several people in the room raised their heads, and it was impossible for no one to hear such a loud movement just now. Moments later, Professor McGonagall burst into the room, followed closely by Snape and Quirrell at the end. Quirrell glanced at the troll before letting out a feeble sob, sitting on a toilet bowl and clutching his chest.
Snape stooped down to look at the troll, and Professor McGonagall was furious.
"What the hell are you guys up to?" Professor McGonagall said, with a cold anger in her voice. "You're lucky not to have been killed by it. Why don't you stay in the dorm honestly? ”
I'd also like to ask the school why there are trolls roaming the school! Xana was about to speak, when a low voice came from behind her.
"Please don't do that, Professor McGonagall...... They're looking for me. ”
"Miss Granger!"
Hermione finally struggled to her feet.
"I'm looking for trolls because I... I thought I could deal with it on my own...... You know, because I've read about them in books and know them well. ”
Hermione actually lied to her teacher! This caused all three, including Xana, to open their mouths wide, and Harry and Ron tried to make sure their facial expressions weren't too strange to be exposed by the teacher.
After that day, several people became true friends, and the Cold War ended.
It's November after Halloween, and the most important thing of the month is that Quidditch season begins. Harry needed to devote more time to training because he had become a Seeker due to the previous incident in flying lessons, and even Hermione was so excited that she even lent him a copy of Quidditch Tracing the Origins.
Xana didn't care much about the sport that all wizards loved, and several people wanted to make Shana a Quidditch enthusiast, but unfortunately she couldn't be interested in this level of aerial play, which had been through countless aerial battles in her previous life (Shana had never been knocked down).
Aside from checking Harry's homework with Hermione, Xana had more important things to do, spending almost all of her spare time researching potions.
Snape is one of the leading potions masters of his time, and he quickly finds his imperfections after being slapped in the face by Xana. After a snarky rebuttal, Xana finally got the weekend labor that was scheduled for the end of the semester, spending at least half a day each weekend helping Snape with potions materials.
I heard the twins say that this kind of labor service used to be only occasionally obtained by Slydrin students, and that within Slydrin it was not even seen as punishment but as a small stove, and under normal circumstances it was sent to clean up Filch.
Xana acknowledges Snape's knowledge, but doesn't mean she's grateful for the cynicism of "after-school tutoring." Each time Snape found a flaw in Xana's system, Xana would try to devote more energy to alchemy and potions, and return the favor to Snape at the next time she labored.
After a few fights, Xana's potion level increased rapidly, and a certain old bee was happy to watch, but Xana and Snape were not very comfortable, and every time they worked and served like two black-eyed chickens pinching each other, they wanted to slap their faces academically.
"Snape confiscated your book, and when you went to come back, you saw that he had been bitten?"
One night, Xana, returning from a potion, heard Harry recount what he had just seen. In the afternoon, a limping Snape rudely confiscated the book Hermione had lent Harry in the yard, and then Harry tried to come back, only to see something he shouldn't have seen, and Filch was bandaging Snape's leg.
"What does that mean?"
Snape could have been injured? Xana thinks this is a bit interesting, although Snape is very annoying, but his strength is very good in the school, and it is necessary to investigate Snape's injury and not recover for several days.
"I heard, Filch said 'three heads,' which was the big dog with three heads. He's looking for the big dog guarding the thing! I'll bet with my broomstick that he let the troll in to distract people! ”
Hermione's eyes widened at Harry's words.
"No—he won't," she said, "I know he's not good, but he's not going to steal something that Dumbledore keeps in his collection." ”
"Honestly, Hermione, you always think that all teachers are saints." Ron said unceremoniously, "I agree with Harry. I think Snape can do everything. But what was he looking for? What is that big dog guarding? ”
"I think you should rest instead of thinking about this. Tomorrow is the day of the competition, and although I am not interested in this kind of naïve air combat, I will still cheer you on. Good night. ”
The next morning, the weather was clear and cold. The enticing smell of grilled sausages fills the room, and everyone is looking forward to a good Quidditch match and chatting happily.
"You have to have a few bites of breakfast."
"I don't want to eat anything."
"Let's have some toast."
Hermione coaxed.
"I'm not hungry."
"Harry, you need to keep your body vigorous." "Seekers are always the ones the opponent is focused on. ”
"Thank you, Seamus."
Harry said, watching helplessly as Seamus smeared a thick layer of ketchup on his sausage.
"Here's for you."
Xana handed a bottle to Harry.
"I'm sorry, I just can't eat."
"That's why I'm giving you this. Hurry up and drink this bottle of anti-food potion before you get to the infirmary for eating too much. ”
"Uh......"
By eleven o'clock, it seemed that all the teachers and students had arrived in the stands around the Quidditch pitch. Many students also brought binoculars. The seats were literally lifted into the air, but it was still difficult to see the game at times.
"It's not bad to watch the game once in a while, although the confrontation is a little lower."
Xana followed Hermione to the top row, which had the best view. Ron and Hermione, they also made a "Potter Must Win!" out of the sheets. The big banner went up.
The race is on.
The Quaffle was immediately snatched by Gryffindor's Angelina Johnson...... What a great chaser that girl is, and she's still very charming......"
"Jordan!"
"I'm sorry, Professor."
Lee Jordan is a friend of the Weasley twins, and he is working as a game commentator under the watchful eye of Professor McGonagall.
In the sky, the two sides chase each other, and when one team scores, it causes a burst of cheers, mixed with the roar and curse of the other team.
"Borrow light, borrow light, let one."
"Hagrid!"
Everyone squeezed each other to make room for Hagrid to sit in. Xana said hello to the big man who had taken her shopping, and everyone returned to the arena.
"I just watched it in my cabin," Hagrid said, patting the big binoculars he hung around his neck, "but it wasn't the same as watching the game in the crowd." The Snitch isn't there, is it?"
"No," Ron said, "there's not much for Harry to do. ”
"As long as you don't get in trouble, you're lucky." Hagrid said, holding up his binoculars and struggling to look at a small spot in the sky—it was Harry.
"The Golden Snitch at Harry's seven o'clock."
Xana interjected suddenly. Several people hurriedly looked in the direction that Xana had said, but unfortunately there was nothing but a suspected hallucination.
"Xana, can you really see it? Flying around in the sky is easy to hallucinate. ”
Ron and Hermione couldn't believe that Xana had actually seen it.
"Of course. Something so slow and big can't escape my radar. ”
Although the truth is told, many times the truth is not believed by anyone. Hearing this answer, Ron and Hermione would most likely say the word "middle two" if they were familiar with Japanese culture.
"Look, Harry is swooping."
As he spoke, Harry and the Slydrin Seekers went into a dive almost at the same time, and it seemed that they had spotted the Snitch, and the two of them chased after me, and- boom!
Slydrin's captain, Marcus Flint, deliberately rammed Harry, and Harry's broomstick jerked off course, but Harry grabbed it.
"Foul!"
The Gryffindors shouted.
Mrs. Hodge angrily rebuked Flint and then ordered Gryffindor to take a free-kick at the post. But it was pointless, Flint's goal had been achieved, and the Golden Snitch was nowhere to be found.
As the game continues, the Gryffindors continue to curse at Slydlin's meanness, Dean even shouts for a red card like football, and Lee, who is in charge of the commentary, is warned by Professor McGonagall for frequently making aggressive remarks.
Just as Harry dodged another whirling Bludger that flew past his scalp. His broomstick suddenly shook in fright, and then began to shake violently in the sky. The broomstick twitched and writhed wildly, slowly, higher and higher, to keep Harry out of the ring.
"Something happened to Harry."
Xana immediately noticed that something was wrong, all the people and balls were under the radar surveillance, and Harry was obviously abnormal.
"Impossible!"
"Look!"
The people in the stands also noticed that something was wrong, and they all pointed up at Harry. His broomstick began to roll incessantly, and Harry could barely hold on to it. Suddenly, the broomstick writhed wildly again, and Harry was thrown off by it. He now grabs the broomstick handle with only one hand, hanging in the air.
"Did there be a problem with the broomstick when Flint ran into him just now?" Seamus whispered.
"No way," Hagrid said, his voice trembling slightly, "nothing but great black magic can interfere with a broomstick—it's impossible for a child to cast that magic on Halo 2000." ”
Hearing this, Hermione grabbed Hagrid's binoculars, and instead of looking up at Harry, she began to look anxiously at the crowd.
"What are you doing?"
Ron said, his face ashen.
"I guessed a long time ago," Hermione gasped, "it's Snape—look." ”
Ron grabbed the binoculars. Snape stood in the middle of the stands across from them, his eyes fixed on Harry, his mouth silently muttering.
"He's doing evil—chanting a curse on the broomstick." Hermione said.
"There's another one where Quirrell is also chanting a spell. What are they doing? ”
Xana discovers something more, Snape and Quirrell are chanting spells, are both professors going to kill Harry?
"What are we going to do?"
"There's no time to tell. As long as you kill Harry, you'll be fine. ”
Xana said something dangerous.
"You guys are here watching Harry, I'll take care of it."
After saying that, Xana ran to the teacher's desk. Ron and Hermione re-pointed their binoculars at Harry, praying soon.
Arriving at an unobtrusive spot on the outside of the arena, Xana began to cast her magic. Although it is said that the two of them will be killed, if they only attack the two of them, it is likely that the other party will find out that their behavior has been exposed, so Xana decided to simply cover the entire teacher stand indiscriminately, anyway, as long as the power is controlled, these teachers will not die.
“Blizzard”
A less familiar magic, the blizzard in WOW. Xia Na especially controlled the power, aimed at the grandstand area and began to channel the magic, hoping that those teachers would not be too vegetable.
"Merlin, what's that in the sky!"
"Snowflakes like?"
"No, they're coming."
“Impedimenta”
“Protegos”
A sudden hail rain caused panic in the teachers' stands, and the teachers began to use obstacle charms or iron armor charms to try to block the magic ice bombs. But this is not an ordinary hailstone, but an ice-type magic projectile, which exploded one after another after hitting the magic barrier, and the entire grandstand was shrouded in a white mist.
"Kill them all."
Shana made a V-sound, and she saw that Quirrell had been hit directly in the forehead by a magic bullet, and Snape was constantly using spells to resist the magic bullets, and she had no time to continue chanting spells on the broomstick.
That's enough. High in the air, Harry was suddenly able to climb back onto the broomstick. By the time Xana sneaked back into the stands, Harry was already holding the Snitch and cheering victory, and the Gryffindors won 170 to 60.
After the game, Hagrid invited everyone to his hut, and while he was making tea, a dog ran outside the door.
"Tooth tooth."
Harry shouted, but Toothtooth just glanced into the room and ran away with his tail between his legs, and even ran even harder after a fall.
"What's wrong with it?"
A couple of kids couldn't figure out what was going on with the dog. No one saw the smile on the corner of Xia Na's mouth, and the Qiē Wang Xing people were all objects that needed to be cleaned up, and the breath of the Demon Dragon King helped to put the dog in its position.
Running away was not a hot topic, and the discussion quickly focused on the game, especially the conspiracy theories about Harry.
"Snape did it." Ron was explaining to everyone, "We all saw that he was chanting a spell on your broomstick, muttering and his eyes fixed on you. ”
"And Quirrell, and I saw Quirrell doing something similar at the same time. Harry's broom returned to normal after a blizzard covered the teachers' stands, suggesting that at least one of them was cursing the broom. ”
Xana could only know that the curse came from the teacher's stand, and couldn't determine if Snape had done it, Quirrell, or if the two of them had done it together.
"Nonsense," said Hagrid, who knew nothing about what was happening around him in the stands, "why would professors do such things?" ”
Harry decided to tell the truth, and he sued Hagrid about Snape trying to steal from the three-headed dog and was bitten.
Hagrid didn't believe any of this, saying that Snape was a teacher at Hogwarts and that he would never do anything like that. However, Hagrid said that the problem of leaking his mouth still did not change, and finally missed the sentence "Forget that big dog, forget what it is guarding, this is the ...... between Professor Dumbledore and Nicol Lemay"
This is already an obvious clue.
On the way back to the castle, several people continued to discuss the matter. Xana says she'll investigate the suspect in the curse, and Hermione is going to the library to find Nicol Lemay, who is also interested in Xana's magic.
"Xana! Your magic awesome can produce such a wide range of snowfall. Can you teach me? ”
Hermione's eyes were full of curiosity.
"It's ice magic from Azeroth, and if you want to learn it, I can give you some basics to read first. But to be honest, I'm not very good at this, and today's magic is just a showcase. ”
"Great!"