Snakes at Hogwarts

"He also targeted you, but aren't you a Slytherin student?"

In the library, Hermione was talking to Andros, their voices were very soft because Mrs. Pince was patrolling the library.

This thin, old witch has a pair of sharp hawk-like eyes and looks like a malnourished vulture.

She has a very bad temper, and if she finds someone who is too loud or doesn't take care of the books, she will definitely kick the little wizards out with a feather duster.

"Who knows?" Andros spread his hands helplessly.

"I really don't know why Principal Dumbledore would hire such a person as a professor." Hermione frowned. She now had a very bad impression of Snape.

Hermione felt disgust from the bottom of her heart for this bad guy who answered the questions correctly but didn't give herself any points.

"Maybe it's for the sake of unity and stability in several other houses." Andros told Hermione about the friendship he established with a Gryffindor yesterday.

This caused the little girl to keep covering her mouth to prevent Mrs. Pince from hearing her giggles as she passed by.

"Ander, I'm really mine for you."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Anyway, there is only one Potions class per week. Let's pass by. What are you reading?"

"The Magical Quidditch. This book mainly tells the origin and evolution of Quidditch." Hermione closed the book gently and showed Andros the cover.

Sensing the confusion in the boy's eyes, the girl continued to explain.

"Flying lessons will be held next week, and I want to learn about the history of Quidditch in advance. Can you believe it, Quidditch has been developed for 1000 years?"

"What does it say?" Hearing Hermione say this, Andros also became interested.

“Quidditch is the first and so far the only broom sport that is loved by wizards almost all over the world.

Of course, it's not the first broom movement.All ancient broom sports were only popular in a certain area and did not have as big an appeal as Quidditch today.

Since the emergence of the sport of Quidditch, it has been developing continuously for nearly 1000 years. "

"Can you tell me about those ancient broom sports?"

"Well, from what I've read there's bollard play, a game that originated in Germany. A wizard acts as a guard or goalkeeper, trying to protect an inflated dragon's bladder.

The remaining athletes would take turns flying toward the bladder, trying to pierce it with the sharpened broom handle.The first person to puncture their bladder is the winner. "

"Wow, dragon bladder, I didn't expect that thing to have such an effect."

Don't tell me, sometimes it's interesting to look at the history of wizards.

At least Andros didn't know that dragon bladder could be used in this way.

Hopefully they've drained that bit out of Dragon's bladder before the game.

But I feel it's unlikely.

"There are even more weird ones." Seeing Andros listening to her story attentively, Hermione also became interested, and she continued talking about the weird ball games played by wizards.

To be honest, apart from Andros, the girl has no one to talk to about this.

“Fire Barrels on Stilts, this Irish game requires contestants to carry Dom, one by one, through a series of flaming barrels suspended high in the air on stilts.

The player who manages to get Dom through all the barrels the fastest, without catching fire along the way, is the winner. "

"What is that, Dom, a magical creature?"

"No, it's a ball made from goat's gallbladder." Hermione explained.

"There's also the overhead cauldron, which is an extremely violent and extremely dangerous game that originated in Scotland. Each player wears a cauldron on a leash tied to their head.

At the sound of trumpets or drums, enchanted rocks of up to 100 dollars, large and small, which had been suspended a hundred feet above the ground, began to fall to the ground.

At this time, the players were rising and falling, catching the falling stones with the cauldron above their heads.The person who catches the most stones is the winner. "

No, you can still play like this

"These wizards really know how to play," he commented.

"Can you believe it, Ender, wizards once popularized such a dangerous ball game, and it almost became popular all over the world?"

"It's just that Quidditch appeared later, and this sport was too dangerous, so it was slowly replaced by Quidditch."

"Thanks Quidditch, otherwise you and I would have gone to flying lessons with cauldrons on our heads."

Andros crossed himself without sincerity, and this ridiculous look made Hermione laugh.

"No loud noises in the library"

Perhaps they were making too much noise, as Mrs. Pince's dissatisfied scolding came from not far away.

The two people quickly lowered their heads and pretended to study seriously. After Mrs. Pingsi looked away from them, they continued to murmur in a low voice.

The two of them sat very close to each other, and the girl's hot breath hit Andros's earlobe, making him feel distracted.

Calm down, she's only 11 years old

"Quidditch takes its name from Quidditch Moor, the place where it originated.

A witch named Gerty Kidder who lived near the swamp in the 11th century recorded in her diary what she saw and heard in her daily life.

She wrote in her diary for several days describing the development of Quidditch at its inception, noting how various elements were introduced into the game.

Gertie initially complained of her troubles when a group of men riding broomsticks played a ball over the swamp and the ball fell into her vegetable patch.

She confiscated the ball and cast a poison spell on the person who asked her for it, but the next day, the players did not give up and made a new ball.They also started throwing the ball into the woods at one end of the swamp to score.This is the earliest prototype of the Quaffle and the Scoring Circle.

On the third day, the players got two stones flying in the sky and tried to knock them off their brooms. This was the predecessor of the Bludger. "

"As for the Golden Snitch, that happened later. There was no Golden Snitch in the early Quidditch games. Its appearance mainly originated from a magical creature, the Golden Snitch."

"Golden Snitch" Andros raised his eyebrows slightly.

"A bird from the magical world. I guess it's similar to the hummingbird from the Muggle world. Did you know?"

"Well, a very small bird that feeds on nectar."

"Yes, it's probably the smallest bird in the world, of course, as Muggles would recognize it, you know what I mean."

After seeing Andros nod, Hermione continued.

"The Golden Snitch is like this. It is about the same size as today's Golden Snitch, and it flies very fast. It can also move instantly within a certain range. It is a very difficult creature to catch, which makes this creature highly collectible. value.

In 1269, the then Speaker of the Wizarding Council, Barberu Bregg, came to watch the game.Since Snidget hunting was so popular at the time, Bragg brought one to the game.

He told the players on the field that whoever caught the Golden Snidget during the game would receive 150 Galleons, which was a considerable amount of money at the time. "

"Later, this custom was established. In every subsequent game, a Golden Snidget was released, and each team had a player, who was initially called a "hunter" and later became a "hunter." golfer,” whose job it is to catch it.

If any hunter can catch and kill Golden Snidget, his team will win 150 points. "

“As for the Golden Snitch, that’s a matter further in the future. Due to the dwindling number of Snitches, the wizards had to choose a new way to replace the Snitch.

Two centuries later, an alchemist living in Godric's Hollow invented a golden ball and put it into the Quidditch game as a fake flying knight who inherited the flying method of the Golden Snidget.

And this is today’s Golden Snitch. "