Chapter 18 The Dementor's Counterattack
"Jack, Jack, it's so troublesome now." Michael Conner rushed over from the door of the common room.
"What happened? Michael, why are you so excited?" Silver looked at Michael with some confusion. "Just say something slowly."
"It was a tragedy for the entire Ravenclaw Academy - Harry Potter got the firebolt back from Professor McGonagall," Michael said. Everyone around Silver gasped.
"What's the point of fuss about this?" Silver pulled out his wand and casually drew a villain flying around on a broom in the air. "The fire crossbow was originally given to Porter by someone else, and Professor McGonagall took it away and only did the necessary inspection. Can we still expect Professor McGonagall to keep holding the fire crossbow?"
"But at least don't let us Ravenclaw team be the first to compete with Gryffindor with firebolts!"
Silver shook his head. "You think of the flying broom as a big deal. The fire crossbow is of course the best broom in the world, but Potter, who has the fire crossbow, may not be the best ball seeker in the world."
"We all know that Qiu Zhang is also a very good ball seeker, but Qiu Zhang's Comet 260 is too far from the Fire Crossbow. No matter how powerful ant is, it is not the opponent of the weakest elephant. Silver, your strange saying is "Is it useless to keep up with the basic hardware, no matter how high the realm is, it's useless?"
Silver shook his wand, and the little man flying on a broom in the air turned into a ball of light and flashed. "This is not a problem. Someone sent a Porter fireboat, so I can naturally let us Ravenclaw's golfer Qiu Zhang get the same thing."
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The next morning, Harry and other classmates in the dormitory went downstairs to have breakfast together. Everyone seemed to think that the Firebolt should receive some kind of honor. When Harry walked into the hall, everyone looked at the Firebolt, and many people whispered excitedly. Harry was extremely satisfied to see that the Slytherin seemed to be struck by lightning.
"See his face?" Ron said happily, looking back at Malfoy. "He couldn't believe it! This is great!"
Wood was also proud of the glory reflected by the firebolt.
"Put it here, Harry," he said, putting the broom in the middle of the table and carefully turning its sign out. Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students were soon surrounded and saw it. Cedric Diggory came over to congratulate Harry on getting such a good broom to replace the 2000 light wheel. Percy's girlfriend Penelo in Ravenclaw asked her if she could actually get a firebolt.
"Okay, OK, Penelo, don't ruin it!" Percy said half-jokingly.
"Percy, I just want to see how another rocket will be different," Penelo said.
"Okay, wait, you said-" Percy's eyes widened. "Other firebolt?"
"Yes, I forgot to tell you that our team's ball seeker, Qiu Zhang also received a firebolt yesterday."
The smiles on the Gryffindors' faces disappeared immediately.
Harry and Ron immediately looked at Ravenclaw's dining table. Qiu Zhang was surrounded by a group of Ravenclaw's classmates and watched a fire crossbow.
"Oh my God - another fire crossbow." Wood rubbed his hair. "Are you wrong? Qiu Zhang doesn't look like someone who has the courage to sell fire crossbows-or else she wouldn't have used a comet 260 for so many years."
"You can definitely deal with that broom, Potter?" said a cold, dragging voice.
Draco Malfoy came over to see more carefully, with Crabbe and Gole right behind him.
"Yes, probably." Harry said inadvertently.
"There are many special features, this broom?" Malfoy said, his eyes flashing with a malicious light. "It's a pity that it didn't carry a parachute-in case you're too close to the dementor."
Crab and Gole snickered.
"It's a pity that you can't have one more arm, Malfoy," said Harry, "or else it can catch the golden thief for you."
The Gryffindor laughed loudly. Malfoy's pale eyes narrowed and he slowly walked away. They watched him walk back to the rest of the Slytherin team, who put their heads together, must be asking Malfoy if Harry's broom was a firebolt.
Malfoy suddenly spoke loudly. "So what if Porter has a firebolt? Ravenclaw also has a firebolt. I think Porter is probably not an opponent when he faces the experienced Qiu Zhang."
Wood had his eyebrows tightly, obviously with concerns. "Qiu Zhang is a very powerful ball seeker. Harry may not have much advantage in skills. I used to think that with the Firebolt, you would be sure to win, but now this kind of grasp is gone. Harry, you must withstand the pressure and catch the thief in advance. I will let the Weasley brothers create opportunities for you as much as possible."
Harry nodded.
At 10:30, the Gryffindor set out to the locker room. The weather was very different from when they played against Hufflepuff. It was a cool and clear day with very little winds. There should be no visibility issues this time, and Harry, despite his nervousness, began to feel the excitement that only Quidditch game could bring. They could hear the sound of others from the school coming to the stands around the court. Harry took off the school's black robe, pulled out the wand from his pocket, and stuffed it into the T-shirt he was going to wear under Quidditch's robe. I hoped that this wand would not be needed. He suddenly thought that Professor Lupin was not sure if he was in the crowd or not, was watching the game. "You know what we have to do," Wood said,
They were about to leave the locker room, "If we fail this game, we have no hope of winning. As long as - as we did when we practice yesterday, that's fine!" They walked to the court and greeted them with thunderous applause. The Ravenclaw team was wearing blue jerseys and was already standing in the middle of the court. Their seeker Qiu Zhang was the only girl in their team. She was about a shorter head than Harry, and Harry couldn't help but notice that she was extremely cute despite her nervousness. When the two teams stood behind their respective captains face to face, she smiled at Harry, and Harry's heart beat, and he thought it had nothing to do with nerves. "Wood, Davis, shake hands." Mrs. Hoqi said briskly, and Wood shook hands with Ravenclaw's captain.
"Go on the broom and listen to my whistle, three, two, one!" Harry got into the air, and the firebolt rose sharply, faster and higher than all other brooms, of course, except Qiu Zhang. Because she also had a firebolt. He flew high above the stands and began to look at where the golden thief was, while listening to the comments. The commentator was Lee Jordan, a friend of the Weasley twin brothers. "They started, and the exciting part of this game was the firebolts that Harry of Gryffindor and Qiu Zhang, a Ravenclaw, rode. According to the book
In other words, the Firepost will be the first choice for the national team participating in this year's World Cup-" "Jordan, can you tell us how the game is going?" Professor McGonagall interjected in and said. "Come right away, the Professor - it's just to provide a little background. By the way, the Firepost has a built-in automatic braking device and -" "Jordan!" "Okay, okay, the ball is here at the Gryffindor team, and Katie Bale of the Gryffindor team rushed towards the goal." Harry flashed quickly across the opposite side of Katie, looking for the golden flash around, and noticing Qiu.
Zhang was chasing him closely. She was undoubtedly a good pilot - she kept passing through him and forcing him to change direction.
Harry urged the Fireboats to speed up, and at this time they were surrounding the goal of Ravenclaw, and Qiu was behind. Katie got the first point in the game, and the stadium where the Gryffindor Academy was located was boiling. At this moment, Harry saw the golden snitch approaching the ground and quickly passed by a baffle.
Harry rushed down, Qiu followed closely behind. Harry accelerated, and was full of excitement: the downswing was his specialty. He was only ten feet away from there - a roaming ball was hit by Ravenclaw's batsman and suddenly appeared. Harry changed direction and almost hit it. In these critical seconds, the golden snitch disappeared.
Gryffindor supporters made a disappointed "Oh--" sound, but the Ravenclaws were on the court cheering for their batsmen. George Weasley hit the second roaming ball at the opponent's attacking batsmen, who were forced to roll in mid-air for a week to avoid.
"The speed of the two fire crossbows is amazing! We can hardly grasp their course of action! In this long game, the fire crossbows have excellent precise balance ability-"
"Jordan! Did the Firebolt spend money to make you advertise? Keep commenting!"
Ravenclaw was regaining the score. They have scored three goals now. Gryffindor is only fifty ahead now. If Qiu caught the golden snitch before Harry, Ravenclaw would win. Harry lowered a little and almost hit one of Ravenclaw's chasers. Harry's eyes swept wildly at the court. A golden light flashed, and his tiny wings flapping - the golden snitch was spinning around Gryffindor's goal. Harry increased his speed and stared at the golden thing in front of him. But Qiu immediately appeared from the air and blocked his way. "Harry, this is not a gentleman!" Wood shouted, because Harry avoided it, so as not to collided. "If it is inevitable, you knock her off the broom!"
Harry adjusts his direction, and he rises rapidly again like a bullet, and then sees the Golden Snitch for the third time: it shines in the air far away from the Ravenclaw grounds. He accelerates, and many feet below him, Qiu is accelerating. He is about to win, he races against time, and is about to catch the Golden Snitch-and--
Suddenly, another scream from a man and a woman came from Harry's ears.
"Go away! I'll stop him."
"No! James!"
"Please, please don't hurt him, he is still a baby!"
Harry looked down dizzyly.
A dozen black figures with hoods looked up and stared at him...
Chapter completed!