Chapter 21: The Memory Ball

Flying lessons are one of the most anticipated courses for Ayr. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 InfoEver since his first day at Hogwarts, Al has been looking forward to when flying lessons will come.

When the notice was posted, it seemed that for a moment, everyone's conversation was only about flying lessons, and the students around Al talked about flying almost all day long.

Malfoy told many lengthy and boastful stories of flights, always ending with his narrowly dodging a Muggle helicopter, and complaining loudly that first-year students were not eligible to join the House Quidditch team, otherwise he would have joined the Quidditch team to lead Slytherin to continue to dominate Hogwarts.

You must know that the Slytherin Quidditch team is the most powerful of the four teams at Hogwarts, and almost every year the Quidditch final is won by them.

Malfoy wasn't the only one who said that, though, and if anyone wanted to listen, he would tell him about a time when he was riding his brother's broken broomstick and nearly crashed into a hang glider.

Al also saw with his own eyes that Ron had already had a big fight with Dean Thomas from the same house because of a football game, and it seemed that he didn't understand what was so exciting about this kind of game when there was only one ball in the whole game and no one was allowed to fly.

Everyone in the wizarding family chattered about Quidditch, and in fact even Al was no exception, and whenever he had the chance, he often told Hermione that he had spent most of his childhood riding a broomstick over vast fields and blue seas.

Neville hadn't ridden a broomstick until now, as his grandmother never let him get close to it. Al felt that his grandmother was doing the right thing, because Neville could still cause all sorts of accidents even if he had two feet on the ground.

Hermione was almost as nervous as Neville about flying on a broomstick, as it wasn't something she could learn directly from books, she had to experience it herself.

When Thursday morning came, Hermione's nervousness grew stronger.

As Al and Hermione had breakfast at the table in the morning, Hermione kept muttering to Al about some of the flight guides she had seen from a book called Quidditch Tracing the Origins.

It annoyed Ron enough, and Neville listened intently to every word Hermione said, eager to hear something useful that would help him sit firmly on his broomstick.

Al couldn't take it anymore, he interrupted Hermione and said to her, "Hermione, you don't have to be so nervous, in fact, riding a broomstick is a very simple thing, not as difficult as you think. ”

Hermione wanted to say something, but the mail arrived again, and countless owls flew into the dining room.

Al's owl brought him two newspapers as usual, and Harry's owl, named Hedwig, brought Harry his first mail, a note.

The note was written by Hagrid, who knew that Harry would not have a class tomorrow afternoon, so invited Harry to his place for tea.

Harry borrowed a pen from Al and wrote back to Hagrid, asking Hedwig to bring it with him.

Al remembered the night he arrived at Hogwarts, when he had just gotten off the train and was far away when he saw a tall giant, and that man was Hagrid.

Al was intrigued by Hagrid, and he said to Harry, "Can I go with you to Hagrid?"

Harry gave a look of surprise, but nodded anyway.

"Absolutely. ”

An owl brought him a small package from Neville's grandmother, who excitedly opened it and showed everyone a fist-sized glass ball that seemed to be filled with white smoke.

"It's a memory orb!" Neville said to the group, holding the orb, "My grandmother knows I'm always having no memory - this orb will tell me if something I've forgotten to do. ”

"Look, I hold it tightly in my hand, like this, if it turns red...... Oh......" Neville's face stretched as the memory ball suddenly glowed red, and he swallowed a mouthful of spit, then continued, "...... You just forgot something......"

Neville grimaced a bitter melon face, and he said to the crowd, "But the point is, I forgot what I forgot. ”

Neville struggled to remember what he had forgotten, and just then, Malfoy passed by the Gryffindor House table and snatched the orb of memory from Neville's hand.

Al, Harry, and Ron snapped to their feet, glaring at Malfoy.

Al exclaimed, "Malfoy, what do you want to do?"

Harry and Ron were both eager to take the plunge, and they seemed to have wanted to fight Malfoy for a long time. However, Professor McGonagall was always more keenly aware of the chaos than any other teacher, and she showed up in the blink of an eye.

"What's going on?"

"Malfoy snatched my memory ball, Professor. ”

Malfoy grimaced defiantly at the crowd and quickly tossed the orb back onto the table.

"We'll see. Malfoy hurried away, followed by his two henchmen, Crabbe and Goyle.

Professor McGonagall stared at Al and the others, and she said, "You'd better get into less trouble. ”

When Professor McGonagall was gone, everyone sat down in a huff.

Al looked at Professor McGonagall's back, and he said dissatisfiedly, "Why does Professor McGonagall never favor the students of her own house, you must know that she is the head of Gryffindor House!"

In the last lesson of the morning, the first Gryffindor students such as Al, Hermione, and Harry hurried down the steps to the grass in front of Hogwarts Castle to prepare for their first flying lesson.

It was a clear, slightly breezy day, and the gentle grass rippled slightly beneath their feet as they walked briskly down the slope of the grass toward a flat lawn across the field.

On the other side of the lawn was the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, where the trees swayed in the wind, as if many ghosts were beckoning to them.

The Slytherin students were already there, and there were more than thirty broomsticks neatly laid out on the ground.

The broomsticks in Hogwarts are as old and tattered as the ones that El used to have in his house.

These broomsticks were eliminated from the Hogwarts Quidditch team, and some of them shivered, while others always tilted slightly to the left, which always gave you a little extra trouble when using them.