Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Although money does not determine everything in sports competitions, and extraordinary talent can sometimes even beat these opponents, in the end, sports competitions are not a competition that forces all contestants to start on the same 'starting line'.The only starting line that players can enjoy is the one on the track.

This is the fairness of sports competitions, and it has always been this way.

What's more... the Quidditch game is not a fair game to begin with. To put it harshly, even many Quidditch players themselves admit that there is only one absolute protagonist on the field, and that is the Seeker. With a massive score of 150 points and the power to decide when the game ends, the Seeker is destined to be the best in the game.

As for the so-called "you can win if you get more than 150 points first"...

Taking out all the large-scale formal Quidditch events so far and arranging them, the number of such games may not even account for half, not even one-third, one-fifth or even one-tenth.

The game itself is more interesting than fair, let alone these things.

However, these are just some insignificant things, and he has no intention of saying anything more to others - no matter what he thinks, if he can find some pressure and be willing to train harder, it might not be a bad thing. .

In this way, amid the entanglement and hesitation of the Hufflepuff Quidditch players, Saturday gradually arrived.

Since breakfast in the morning, the sky outside has become cloudy, and from time to time there will be one or two deafening thunders that hit the hearts of the little wizards.

All the Gryffindor Quidditch players were extremely nervous. Oliver's face was tense, and he didn't relax even when he was eating, as if he had rented that expression with money; Angelique Na and Aaliya whispered to each other to ease each other's worries. As a result, they didn't know what topic they talked about. Neither of them's situation got better, but their expressions became more solemn.

Fred and George were still joking, and they were trying to use this method to give Harry a little sense of mental relaxation. But as the two jokes continued, Harry laughed as if he was crying, but Neville opposite him was so stupid. Got happy.

Ron glared at his two brothers speechlessly, and quickly rushed them aside. At the same time, he patted Harry on the back hard, "Hey, brother, don't be like this. Isn't it just a heavy rain? You used to do it too." Training in the rain, right? What's more, you ended Slytherin's winning streak last year, so you will definitely have no problem this year."

If the person on the stage today was Ron, he would be swinging his legs wildly right now, and he might not even be able to speak fluently.But he was an outsider after all, so he could better give Harry some comfort.

At critical moments, one has to be more reliable with one's good friends - Harry now deeply understood this sentence. Ron's comfort really helped him a lot and made him feel much better.

As a result, Ron then added, "Of course, there are so many Nimbus 2001... To be on the safe side, how about I go sneak attack Malfoy later. What do you think?"

"..." Harry was speechless for a moment.

There was not much time left for them to prepare. In the last few minutes, even Fred and George stopped talking (actually they were scolded by Oliver because they failed to make everyone feel better. , but it kept making everyone more nervous).

On the other hand, looking at the Slytherin table——

Well, the situation on the Slytherin long table is not good either. The Slytherin house team members did not happily go around joking, celebrating, and popping champagne at halftime. Instead, they looked solemn and solemn, as if they were about to rush to It's not a stadium, but a battlefield or execution ground.If there was any advantage over Gryffindor, it was that they looked less nervous.

The only exception was Draco Malfoy, who was holding his Nimbus 2001 while loudly showing off and boasting to Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy and others beside him.

Although Harry was sitting at the Gryffindor table and couldn't hear what Malfoy was saying, even just from the provocative eyes he glanced at from time to time, Harry could conclude that Malfoy's words were Definitely mostly related to him.

And most of them are not good words.

Just like that, a few minutes passed quickly, and the little wizards filed out of the great hall and rushed towards the Quidditch pitch.

"Moon, are you really not going?" Yaerlin confirmed the question one last time - although he had asked this question twice in a row, and this was already the third time.

"It's not that I won't go, Ya'erlin." Munn pointed at the books on the table. "I just want to go to the library first and return the books."

"Okay..." Yaerlin scratched his head, "Then let's leave first?"

"Well, you go ahead." Moon turned another page of the book. There were only two pages left of the book, and he could finish it completely.

Therefore, the few friends said nothing more and quickly left the auditorium together - after everyone left, only Munn was left here.As if he didn't notice it at all, he still sat there and flipped through the book leisurely. It wasn't until 10 minutes later that he had finished reading the entire book. Then he put the book into his bag, stood up, and walked step by step. outside the door.

…………

As Ron hurriedly said "Come on" and left the Gryffindor Academy team's locker room, the Gryffindor players finally ushered in the last step before going on the field - receiving Oliver's pre-game tickets. Chicken blood.

"I know that today's weather is very unfavorable to us; I also know that the Slytherin team's brooms are better than ours. But - think about our hard training for the past two months, those are not in vain! Today's We must win this game! We must win! Especially you, Harry, let that little scoundrel Malfoy realize that a rich dad alone cannot win the game, or you must catch him before he does. Live the Golden Snitch! Or die on the field!"

Harry shuddered immediately after hearing this. Looking at Oliver's excited and determined expression, he felt that if he failed to catch the Golden Snitch...

Maybe Oliver will hang him in the goal.

"Don't be too stressed, Harry." As he ran to the court, Fred bumped Harry's shoulder and winked at him. "Even if we lose, Wood will not hang you on the goal."

Harry nodded numbly, and the pressure in his heart almost doubled in an instant - he couldn't help but think, either Fred could read minds and knew what he was thinking, or...

Could it be that Oliver has actually put someone in goal before?

The rain outside had begun to fall, and in just 2 minutes it started to turn into a downpour.When Harry and the others came on stage, the overwhelming rain had made it difficult for them to see things too far away, and the howling wind made their clothes rustle.

Feeling the biting cold rain, Harry finally regained his consciousness. He remembered the spell that Sirius told him last night, and quickly took out his wand and tapped on his glasses, which were almost stained by water splashes and could no longer see anything. Knock “Impervius (waterproof and moisture-proof)!”

Just when he was about to remind Oliver, he saw Oliver scolding "damn shit rain", then took out several goggles from his arms and handed them to everyone except him - because the team He was the only one wearing glasses at the moment.

"They are all charmed goggles. Bert and Nash reminded me. Harry, you gave me your glasses too - huh? Have you cast the charm yourself?"

Harry nodded, suddenly feeling a little more confident for no reason.

"it is good--"

Oliver wanted to say something else, but Mrs. Hooch's sharp whistle had already sounded throughout the audience - this was a reminder to them to hurry up and gather for a handshake.

It also reminds them that the real test moment has arrived.

Chapter 48 Dobby Happy Ball

"Rumble--Rumble--!!"

The ferocious thunder made a series of violent noises in the sky. Even the heavy rain could not completely cover up the movement. It could only let it fly by, shocking everyone who heard it.

Also unable to be completely blocked by the sound of rain was Lee Jordan's exaggerated and passionate narration - he wore the same goggles on his nose as the Gryffindor and Slytherin players, and for convenience He explained that Professor McGonagall had just added a function similar to sight zoom to his pair of goggles, so as to avoid the embarrassing situation of not being able to find the Golden Snitch in the middle of the explanation.

"It's a pity! The situation in Gryffindor is not optimistic!" Li frowned, as if to annotate his commentary, "The performance of Nimbus 2001 is great! The heavy rain brought far less obstacles to them than The Gryffindor players felt it! Angelina used a beautiful return fake move. She wanted to use this method to bypass Slytherin's defense - she succeeded! This girl's performance today is still as good as ever So cool! Angelina successfully passed the ball to Aaliyah Spinnett!"

"Damn it! But there's something wrong with Aaliyah's acceleration! Her broom started to wobble-"

"The ball was snatched away by the current captain of the Slytherin team, Adrian Pusey again! I wonder if Oliver Wood can withstand this goal in a fateful duel!"

Under the nervous gazes of the audience, Adrian Pusey rushed left and right holding the Quaffle. Even the Bludgers that Fred and George struggled to hit couldn't hinder him.Just by relying on a fast spiral, the Bludger had already fallen into the air.

Some people were sighing, while others were raising their arms and shouting. Two completely different sounds came from the rain one after another. Derian gritted his teeth, looked firm, and rushed through Granville with his last extremely fast change of direction. Fendo's last line of defense suddenly poured the Quaffle in his hand into the goal.

Oliver, who was successfully deceived by Adrian, turned pale and waved his hands angrily, regretting his mistake - at this rate, even if Harry caught the Golden Snitch, they might not be able to win this game.

In just a short period of time since the start of the game, the score between Gryffindor and Slytherin has been stretched to 30:80.

"Wood! Come on!" Harry, who was floating in a higher position, also waved his arms. He was not sure whether his cheers could be heard by Wood, but he still wanted to shout twice.

The Golden Snitch hadn't shown up yet, so he could only keep switching positions at high places to look for the Golden Snitch.But higher means lower temperatures - even many players below have turned blue from the cold, not to mention his small body of only 12 years old?Just shouting a few words like this can help him gain courage and warm up his body.

If there is any advantage to flying high, it is probably that "I can't hear Draco Malfoy's mouth".That guy probably couldn't stand the indifference of this altitude, so he could only patrol and search in a much lower place.

Thinking of this, Harry quickly glanced at Malfoy again, only to find that Malfoy was also looking at him, with a provocative smile on his lips.

'This expression really deserves a beating, even the rain can't stop it. '

Harry thought this, and quickly looked away in disgust, taking a few breaths of hot breath into his palms, rubbing his hands while looking for the figure of the Golden Snitch.

At this moment, he felt like he heard something - it was Angelina, she was shouting something.

Uh, it seems to be your own name?Harry Potter?

Harry was curious to look down when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

The sound didn't sound like a shout, but more like... a scream?

His eyes suddenly widened, and he quickly drove the broom forward - the next moment, an exaggerated whistling sound came from behind him, and the strong wind that passed by even shook the hem of his jersey jacket. It was lifted up.

It's a Bludger! ! !

Harry, who had just made a circle from the "life and death situation", was filled with emotion, but when he glanced back, he happened to see the Bludger unexpectedly and relentlessly hitting him again.

Harry was completely confused. What did this mean?Draco Malfoy also bought a Nimbus 2001 for this Bludger?

"Ah! Gryffindor's Seeker Harry Potter is suddenly in crisis! It seems that he has encountered a very difficult Bludger! The little thing is chasing it with all his strength Harry, it seems like I have to knock him off the field!"

Following Lee Jordan's explanation, many young wizards in the audience quickly focused their attention on Harry, who was standing high above. Ginny, who was standing next to Ron, was frightened and turned pale. If it weren't for Ron, With her roommates still around, Ginny was probably going to have to scream again by now.

Hagrid, who was also standing nearby, had an equally ugly look on his face. He stared at the Bludger and kept muttering, "Merlin's socks, this is going to be a big trouble. If this happens, Harry won't be able to go again." Looking for the Golden Snitch!"

On the other side of the Hufflepuff stands, Violet frowned and asked Cedric in confusion: "Cedric, will the Bludger really stare at one person and chase after it? ?”

She always felt that something was not right about this.

Cedric's brows were also tangled together. He looked even more confused than Violet. "There is indeed such a situation... We call this situation a 'killer ball', which means that the bludger looks like a Like a persevering killer, he bites a person and won't let go. But this Bludger... I don't think it's that simple. If you look carefully, Harry has made several extremely large changes in direction. Normally, even if When encountering the 'Killer Ball', the Bludger should also rush out to another direction, and then turn back to continue the pursuit."

"But this Bludger - its deflection angle is too exaggerated, unlike a normal Bludger."

"Also, the 'killer ball' usually occurs when there is only this Bludger and one player that can be targeted within a certain range. However, there have been several times where the Bludger was clearly far away from other players. Closer.”

Violet thought about Cedric's words, suddenly remembered something, and quickly looked behind her.

Nothing was found, just as she had guessed.

The person she was looking for was not in the audience at this time, but was on the edge of the bottom floor of the stadium, quietly listening to Lee Jordan's explanation.

"The fourth time! It's fatal! This Bludger is like magic - of course, we all know this is impossible, because every ball will be tested by Mrs. Hooch before the game! All I can say is that Harry’s luck is really bad!”

Moon rubbed the wand in his hand and began to quickly detect the breath of life around him.

Life Awareness.

At this time, there will be few house elves near the Quidditch field to watch - most house elves are not very interested in wizarding sports such as Quidditch, even if there are a few who are interested. , will only get together to watch the game.

And the house elf standing alone 40 meters away was undoubtedly Dobby.

After confirming the target, he stopped wasting time. Harry seemed to be able to do it with ease now, but after a while, he wouldn't be sure.

"Whoosh-!!"

As Moon thought, Harry was indeed quite relaxed now.

With his extraordinary talent and excellent flying broomstick, even in such heavy rain weather, he was still able to perfectly dodge every attack of this Bludger - but Harry could feel that under such high pressure, Under the intense pursuit, his physical strength was being consumed rapidly.Not to mention how to deal with the Bludger later when he starts to get tired; just say that when the Golden Snitch shows up later, if the Bludger is still biting his butt. , I’m afraid it will be difficult for him to win this game again.

So he was very anxious, even though he knew very well that in this situation, being anxious was of no use.

Malfoy's loud taunts and ridicules were still faintly heard from time to time. Harry noticed that Fred and George wanted to come over to support him, but were blocked by the crazy attacks of the Slytherin players.There is no doubt that the trouble he has is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Slytherin players.

However, it was the Slytherin team's crazy attack that made a practical plan suddenly pop up in his mind.

Harry's eyes lit up, and at the risk of being hit by the Bludger, he suddenly stopped and turned around on his broom, pressed himself down and rushed towards Malfoy, who was still laughing loudly.

laugh!You laugh again!

The dump truck is coming!

Visible to the naked eye, Malfoy's expression suddenly changed from exaggerated laughter to extreme horror in just a moment.

The roaring Harry Potter was followed by a roaring Bludger. For a moment, Malfoy couldn't tell which one wanted to knock him away more.

Maybe... both?

Malfoy swallowed, not daring to laugh anymore, and immediately turned his broom and rushed out.

"Aha! This life-and-death chase on the court has welcomed a new member! Draco Malfoy was also pulled into the attack range of the Bludger by Harry Potter! The current situation suddenly became Harry chased Malfoy, and the Bludgers chased Harry! It seems that Harry finally found a good way to deal with it! But to be honest! The current form is still not good for Gryffindor! The score difference between the two teams It’s already gained another twenty points! The rain is still getting heavier and heavier. If this continues, Gryffindor’s chance of winning will be infinitely reduced!”

The battle situation on the court was getting more and more anxious. Off the court, Moon had quietly rushed behind Dobby with the help of Shadow Step.

"PetrificusTotalus!"

The wand was waved, and Dobby was alert and just about to get out of the way, when he was completely frozen in place by the sudden blow and could no longer move.

Without Dobby's control, the Bludger suddenly convulsed and swung rapidly to both sides on the court a few times, then immediately turned around and rushed into the sky.

This sudden change made many people stunned. Malfoy immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to look back for Harry, he found that his mortal enemy had also inexplicably rushed upward.

Just as he was about to laugh at what he was talking about, he suddenly thought of something and quickly chased after him on his broomstick.

Sure enough, Lee Jordan shouted loudly: "Harry seems to have discovered something! He rushed upward! He is still accelerating! It's the Golden Snitch!"

"Slytherin! Must win! Slytherin! Must win!"

"Gryffindor! Gryffindor! Come on! Gryffindor!"

The young wizards from the two colleges began to make a new wave of noise to cheer for the teams of their colleges.The fierce offensive battle between the players below became more and more intense, and Harry and Malfoy above them also lived up to expectations and launched a crucial battle.

On the other side, Dobby was also taken by Moon to a small pavilion not far outside the stadium.

"Dobby, the house elf of the Malfoy family, right? What were you doing just now? Murdering Harry Potter?" Moon said straight to the point, and pointed his wand directly at Dobby, who was already tied up. On his forehead, "Hmm-well, don't even think about escaping. I can guarantee that as long as you let me feel the slightest clue, your head will be blown off by me. Just the kind of behavior you just did, I already have Reason to kill you."

"Dobby didn't!" Dobby struggled hard, with fear on his face. "Dobby would never hurt the great Harry Potter! Dobby just wanted to help him!"

Moon looked deeply into Dobby's eyes. It wasn't until Dobby finished speaking that he raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "Help him? Control a Bludger and smash his head?"

"You don't understand! This is not a safe place for Harry Potter!" Dobby shouted sharply. "Dobby must-"

"It's not safe? Why? That basilisk in the secret room?" Moon pointed the wand forward again, even making a slight dent on Dobby's skin. "No, you can't know this kind of thing. , you are just a house elf, Lucius Malfoy will not let you know about this. What other plans does he have? Be honest!"

When Moon mentioned "Lucius Malfoy's plan", Dobby almost suffocated. He didn't know how the little wizard in front of him knew these things. His heart seemed to be about to beat out of his chest - it He even began to wonder if the person in front of him might be the child of a Death Eater.

He just doesn't look like a good person anyway.

Dobby gritted his teeth and didn't know if he should speak for a moment. To be honest, he felt that there would be problems no matter what he said now.In other words, it felt that it was probably dead.Originally, it was sneaking over to save Harry Potter behind its owner's back, but it was caught by the little Death Eater in front of it. Its fate was already obvious.