Chapter 28 Flying Lessons

Although after that, Maple didn't go to the Forbidden Forest for a while, Hermione still ignored him. Alas, this tsundere little witch obviously wants to talk to Maple, but she just can't let go of her own mouth first, and it seems that she still has to suffer a little loss before she can learn to be obedient.

Things get back to the main story, and Maple soon discovers that Harry's eyes have been cured, and he's been without them for days. Looking at Harry, who was very different from the original plane, Maple couldn't help but feel a sense of confusion in time and space.

This Snape, it's really quick and straightforward, and I'm really convinced!

Although there was no unpleasant scene on the train due to Maple's interference, the hostile stance of Gryffindor and Slytherin quickly brought Harry and Malfoy into a pinch.

It was also the first time that Harry had found out that he knew a boy who he hated more than Dudley, and he had only believed it after meeting Draco Malfoy.

And Snape undoubtedly played a role in adding fuel to the vinegar, although taking off the glasses made Snape more obsessed with Harry's eyes, but the proportion of eyes on the face was still too small, without the barrier of glasses, James's face that Snape remembered as soon as he hit the punching bag was more clearly presented in front of his eyes. This made Snape still look for Harry's stubble from time to time and deduct Gryffindor's points.

The dislike of Snape undoubtedly aggravated Malfoy's hatred in Harry's heart, and Potions class became Harry's most tormenting lesson.

Because of the unpleasantness with Slytherin, Harry wasn't very happy when he saw flying lessons in the Gryffindor common room, as they were going to be with the Slytherin students.

It is precisely because of the obsession and desire to fly into the blue sky that people tirelessly studied the mysteries of flight, and finally invented the airplane.

In the wizarding world, flying directly with magic spells is not something that can be easily done, so the wizarding world is also obsessed with flying, as can be seen from their invention of Quidditch.

Muggle-born wizards are afraid to show off in front of their classmates, so instead of having normal enthusiasm for flying, they are faintly resistant. Wizards from the wizarding world are different, they don't have this worry, and there are many people who have watched Quidditch matches and want to shine in the crowd like Quidditch athletes and become the one who is in the limelight, so they show an unusual enthusiasm for flying.

Malfoy spends his days talking about flying, complaining loudly that first-year students are not eligible to play on the House Quidditch team. Maple wanted to record that and sit back and wait for Harry to be the youngest Seeker.

Not only Malfoy, but even the little ones in Gryffindor's first year who came from wizarding families, like Ron Seamo, kept bragging about how awesome they were at flying.

Before he was about to take flying lessons, Hermione's performance caused him to discover another problem with the little witch. If you are overly nervous about the knowledge you can't master, you won't be able to, what's the big deal, why bother yourself.

This is probably because her current knowledge and ability all come from books, and she has a personality that does not admit defeat in her heart, which makes her overly nervous and sensitive to the affairs of the outside world. Books are written by men, and it is better to believe in books than to have no books at all. If you really have to experience your own knowledge, you can't completely transform your knowledge into your own ability if you rely too much on books and are out of touch with reality.

Therefore, Hermione showed a nervousness that was seriously inconsistent with her profound knowledge and status as a scholar when it came to flying, something that could not be learned from the shallow words of a book. Then she nervously flipped through all the books on flight in the library, and then read to her classmates what she had read from a copy of Quidditch Origins over breakfast. Rather than giving flight instruction to her classmates, she wanted to relieve the tension and discomfort in her heart.

She is then interrupted by the owl's arrival, and on this occasion, Neville Longbottom receives a memory ball from her grandmother. Hold the memory ball tightly, if it turns red, then the person holding the memory ball has forgotten something.

Neville glows red when he finds the memory ball in his hands, and then desperately remembers what he had forgotten. Just then, Draco Malfoy passed by the Gryffindor dining table and snatched the memory ball out of his hand.

Harry and Ron leapt to their feet. For some reason, they were somewhat hopeful of having a fight with Malfoy.

Really, you are wizards, why do you always want to use your fists and feet like a reckless man!

"Memory balls flying!" Maple directly used the Flying Charm he had recently learned from Professor Flitwick, and after mastering the Levitation Charm, it wasn't too difficult to learn. However, the difficulty of casting this spell will change depending on the distance between the wizard and the object, as well as the gravity and size of the object.

However, there is also a lazy way to use this spell, which is to put your own special mark on your own items to make it easier for your magic to interact with them, which can make it less difficult to cast the spell.

"Want to do something to me, Malfoy?" Maple laughed playfully.

"Humph!" Before Professor McGonagall could come to the rescue, Malfoy left with a gloomy face. Coming from a wizarding family, his father had reminded him of it, so Malfoy knew that he couldn't be provoked by a wizard who controlled the silence.

Ding, get a little Xueba value.

"Keep your belongings, Neville!" After handing the Memory Ball back to Neville, Maple smiled.

"Thank you, Maple!" Neville said with a grateful face.

By half-past three in the afternoon, Maple and the other Gryffindor students hurried down the steps to the field in front of the door to prepare for their first flying lesson.

It was a clear, breezy day, and the grass waved slightly under their feet as they walked briskly down the sloping grass toward a flat lawn across the field. On the other side of the lawn is the forest, and in the distance the black trees sway in the wind.

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

Their teacher, Mrs. Hodge, came. She has short gray hair and two yellow eyes, like the eyes of an eagle.

"Okay, what are you all waiting for?" She snapped, "Everybody stands next to a broomstick. Hurry, hurry, hurry. ”

Maple looked down at the broomstick at his feet, and looked disgusted, such a thing really should be put in the museum. Hogwarts shouldn't be short of this money, or is it specially prepared for new students to resist falling?

"Stretch out your right hand and put it over the broomstick," called Mrs. Hooch in front, "and say, 'Get up!.'"

"Get up!" Everyone shouted.

Harry's broomsticks jumped into his hands at once, but there were only a handful of such obedient brooms. Hermione. Granger's broom just rolled on the ground, and Neville's broom didn't move at all.

Maple's broom was also completely motionless at first, as if he felt Maple's disgust so he shook his face.

Heh, you're still losing your temper with me, okay, you've got the ability!

Maple drew his wand, and the broomstick, which seemed to be frightened, immediately flew into Maple's hand. But to others, it was as if he had summoned the broom with a spell. Only a few students next to Maple took a look, and then subconsciously stayed away from Maple.

Mrs. Hodge then showed them how to mount a broomstick without slipping off their heads. She walked up and down the line, correcting their hand grips. Harry and Ron heard her criticize Malfoy for not doing things right. I couldn't help but be secretly happy.

"All right, as soon as I whistle, you kick your legs off the ground and kick hard." Mrs. Hodge said, "Hold the broom steady, rise a few feet, and then lean forward slightly and fall vertically back to the ground." Listen to my whistle - three-two-"

However, Neville was too nervous to be left on the ground, so he kicked hard and flew up without waiting for the whistle to touch Mrs. Hooch's lips.

"Come back, kid!" Mrs. Hodge shouted, but Neville went straight up like a cork spewing out of a bottle—twelve—twenty feet. Harry saw his frightened, pale face looking at the ground flying away below, saw him panting with his mouth wide open, sliding off the side of the broomstick, and—

"Hang the Admiralty upside down!" As Neville was about to hit the ground, Maple waved his wand, and Neville was lifted upside down and flew into the air.

"Admiralty has landed!" The spell was lifted, and Neville fell to the ground again.

Ding, get a little Xueba value.

Although Neville landed safely under Maple's spell, he was curled up on the ground, visibly frightened.

"Mrs. Hooch, I think Neville should be frightened, why don't I take him to the school hospital for Madam Pomfrey to get checked?" Maple walked over, picked up a trembling Neville, and said to Mrs. Hooch.

"Okay, excuse me, dear. I think if you get back soon, you can practice flying for a while. Mrs. Hodge said.

"Yes, Mrs. Hodge." Maple picked up a limp Neville and walked towards the school hospital.

"Alright, let's move on to class." Mrs. Hodge said sternly, "Obey my orders, and if any of you change the flight route without permission, then don't come to my class again." ”

Then, at the command of Mrs. Hodge, all the students took off together. Not everyone flies very steadily, and some shake back and forth, after all, there is only a broom handle, which is not easy to control the direction, which is like many people touching a bicycle for the first time.

But fortunately, with Neville's criminal record, many people who are not confident do not feel that they fly too high, and some people who are afraid of flying at a height of less than one meter, not exceeding Mrs. Hodge's height, but she is not to blame at all. For her, as a teacher, the safety of these children is paramount.

Once they get used to the feeling of being in the air, these will slowly overcome.

Harry and Malfoy were among the best flyers, and the highest. Malfoy deliberately flew past Harry and shook a glass ball in front of his eyes.

"Malfoy, give Neville's orb back!" Harry shouted.

"Ah, I accidentally dropped it, do you think it will break!" Malfoy threw the memory ball aside and laughed.

Seeing that Neville's orb of memory was about to fall to the ground, Harry didn't know if the magic item would break, but the moment Malfoy threw the orb away, he had only one idea, and that was to protect the orb for Neville.

For a while, Harry didn't care that Mrs. Hodge was next to him, and the little lion impulsive was all this sex. He leaned forward and pointed his broomstick downward.

In the blink of an eye, he swooped down at an accelerated pace, chasing the glass ball. The wind whistled in his ears, mingling with the screams of the spectators below, and he reached out and caught the orb a foot above the ground. He straightened the broomstick in time, and then he fell lightly to the grass, holding the memory ball firmly in his palm.

"Potter, what are you doing?" Madam Hodge was embarrassed to find that Harry had already completed the whole process as soon as she finished shouting this sentence without seeing Harry's actions for the first time.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Hooch, I just wanted to save Neville's orb of memory!" It wasn't until the incident was over that Harry remembered Lady Hooch and said with some nervousness on his face.

"Good boy, you can't be so impulsive next time, you'll break your neck if you're not careful." After Mrs. Hooch said this, she couldn't help but ask, "Harry, is this your first time riding a broomstick?" ”

"Yes, Mrs. Hodge." Harry said.

"It's unbelievable, you're such a flying genius, Harry!" After saying that, Mrs. Hodge asked Harry to go back to the group, but after class, Mrs. Hodge told Professor McGonagall about it.

Although only a few feet tall this time, it wasn't as thrilling as the original plane, but Harry still showed off his flying talent beautifully. Professor McGonagall, who was crazy about finding Seekers, still chose to make Harry the youngest Seeker at Hogwarts.

Although things took a major turn because of Maple's intervention, it turned around and turned back to the original trajectory.