[HP] This Evil

The opening ceremony was similar to last year, the freshmen were sorted, Dumbledore gave a speech, and introduced the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher—it was Gilderoy Lockhart, a sumptuous opening dinner, the difference was probably that Harry and Ron did not appear In the Great Hall, it was heard that they drove an enchanted Muggle car, flew through the sky for a long time, at least seven Muggles saw it, and they also hit the Whomping Willow, breaking many branches.Not only the students of Slytherin, but many students of other colleges thought that Harry would be expelled this time, after all, he almost exposed his magic to the Muggle society, but early the next morning, Harry and Ron sat comfortably Sponge cake at the Gryffindor table, the Slytherins, and Draco to be exact, disappointed.

In the history of magic class, Professor Binns asked everyone to write a paper on the goblin rebellion in class. Everyone took a quill and rustled on the parchment. Catherine couldn't help but asked Professor Binns about it halfway through the writing. Question: "Professor, I don't understand why the Potters may be expelled if they are seen by Muggles. I mean, why can't we use magic in the Muggle world? Why can't we let them know our existence? "

Professor Binns' ears are not very good, and he struggled to hear what Catherine was saying, then he shook his head and sat behind the desk and said, "Because it's safer, and it's safer for us and Muggles." Be safe." He said it seriously, but Catherine felt he was putting her off.She was interrupted by Draco before she had time to continue asking, "Because Muggles are stinky and stupid." Although her sister emphasized not to get too close to Malfoy, she didn't listen, one of her biggest shortcomings One is that he likes to go his own way.

"We're going to run for the Quidditch team after class." Draco said, he was so excited, he wrote the paper quickly, as if he could leave get out of class early after finishing the paper. "Are you sure you still want to be a batsman? Flint he welcomes girls to come into the team, but not as a batsman, he prepares very difficult tests, you have to complete them to enter the team, and they this year There is only one seeker and one goalkeeper, if you want to be a batsman, you need to change positions with a current batsman." He said a lot of words in one breath, causing the people around him to look at him dissatisfied To him, because he bothers people too much to write papers.

Facing the unfriendly gazes around her, Catherine whispered, "Okay, don't talk about Draco, let's write the paper first, and I'll go to the Quidditch pitch with you after class."

Only then did Draco calm down, and speed up writing the paper again.

As soon as the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Draco rushed to the court, and they were there in 10 minutes at most.

"Hey, Malfoy, thanks for the broom your father donated to us," said Flint, holding a Nimbus 2001 in each hand - seven in total, all donated by Mr. Malfoy the Great.Flint is a black-haired, tall, fifth-grade boy with a row of buck teeth. After greeting Draco, he looked at Catherine aside, "Hello, Miss Ferrara. I'm very happy that Slater There are girls in Lin who are so interested in Quidditch."

"When do we start?" Draco asked, impatient.

"You can do it now," said Flint, handing Draco the broomstick in his left hand. "Be careful, if you behave too badly, you won't even have your father's Nimbus 2001."

"Of course I'll be good." Draco took the broom, not happy with Flint's distrust.

They used apples instead of snitches, and Draco did a really good job of grabbing the apples accurately and quickly.

"Yes, I think you'd be better off with more professional training," said Flint, "and now it's your turn, Miss Ferrara, I saw you fly last term, and it was pretty good—you insist on trying Try the batsman position? In fact, we still lack a goalkeeper. Of course, this is not a position suitable for girls, but as long as you are good enough, we can switch your position and let you be a chaser. Difficult."

"I still want to try out the batter," Catherine said.

"All right, all right," said Flint reluctantly. "Duke, I'll leave it to you." Catherine knew Duke, he was the new prefect of boys, and he was in fifth grade this year.

"I'm going to throw it out in a minute, and you hit it sideways with the bat, understand?" Duke said, holding a black ball that looked like a Bludger.

"Okay, I see." Catherine stepped on the broom, held the bat in her right hand, and lifted her feet into the air with a light kick on the ground.

"Attention." Duke said loudly, and then he used a levitation spell to make the ball fly, and then swung his wand forward sharply, and the black ball flew away immediately.

With a "bang", the ball was knocked into the air, Draco and the other team members looked into the air, Catherine was still sitting firmly on the broom, holding the bat in her right hand.

"That's right, much better than I thought." Duke said, "Maybe, she'll be the only female batsman at Hogwarts, and I can be a keeper, I've done it before anyway." He walked to Flynn special side.

"Have to double practice, if she really wants to be a hitter, the girl's strength is too different from the boy's, and she has to rely on other methods to make up for this deficiency and strengthen the arm exercise." Flint said, "now Get on your broomsticks, all, and take to the air."

"Are you serious about being a batsman?" Duke asked Catherine as the players put down their brooms. I just deliberately threw the ball far away from you, so as to ensure that you will not be hurt by it, but I didn't expect you to catch it with a bat. The position of the batter is dangerous and not suitable for girls."

"I think hitters are the safest because they have the bat in their hands and they can hit the Bludger," Catherine said. "They chase the Bludger instead of being chased by the Bludger .”

"That's an interesting statement." Duke smiled. He was so tall that Catherine had to look up to see his eyes. "By the way, thank you, Duke, for giving me the position of the batter. I'm Said that many people do not believe that girls can also be a good batsman, thank you for believing in me and giving me your position."

"It's nothing. Actually, I don't like Quidditch as much as you guys. I only joined the team because there were not enough people in the team, and they said I was a good flyer. I've been wanting to quit the team for a few years, but Flint doesn't want to." Jean," said Duke, and he took Catherine's armor gentlemanly and put them in the box between the brooms.

"Let's go, Cathy, let's go have lunch." Draco squeezed over. He suddenly called Cathy, which made Catherine a little unaccustomed. Her family rarely called each other nicknames, even with Cecilia, The sisters only call each other by name directly.Duke slightly raised his eyebrows, sneered and left.

Quidditch training is indeed very hard. Even though Catherine has not really joined the team yet, there is still a lot of training, especially since she took the initiative to choose the position of batsman. As a girl, she must pay more.Her palms and fingers were blistered and her arms ached from holding the bat in her right hand all the time and hitting the Quaffle away.Her hands were shaking so much when she was stirring the cauldron in Potions class that she almost broke the glass rod, and Draco helped her squeeze out the juice from the beetle that made the mixing potion, and he wasn't much better, either. He's complained a lot lately that he's being dazzled by chasing apples, but they haven't missed a single training session.Catherine now understands the plight of Harry's Potions class after training last semester, but the relationship between Slytherin and Gryffindor did not ease because of the "communication", but changed because of the Quidditch Cup. It got worse.