Eight hundred and sixtieth IX scattered is full of stars
"Since you are here with your broomstick," Professor Flitwick urged as he saw the selection queue for the freshman team gradually shortening, "go and give it a try, at least fly in the sky."
"But... I'm not a first-year student. I will definitely be laughed at and discussed for a long time, right?"
Qiu Zhang tightly held the Comet 260 that she had just nursed in the morning, and whispered in a distracted voice.
Filius Flitwick did not intend to refute this. He had been the headmaster of Hogwarts for decades. He was the professor who knew the children in his house best. In the Ravenclaw lounge
Among them, rumors and gossip are always the most common.
"Fly if you want," he said, "and don't have any regrets about your Hogwarts experience."
"But no one from the team came to the stadium before," Qiu Zhang said softly, "Is this considered... betrayal?"
"Oh, that's too bad," said Flitwick. "After all, judging from the current situation, at least half of the freshman team are first-year Ravenclaws. I thought that after a year's rest,
, the academy team can come back next year.”
Professor Flitwick had long been aware of the abnormal atmosphere in the college, but he had never thought it would be so serious.
The noise of the crowd is what Elena Kaslana said about Ravenclaw today.
Follow the crowd, lack the spirit of independence, lack of independent opinions, and easily replace rational thinking with perceptual emotions in daily life. Even a certain degree of rationality is often influenced by perceptual emotions...arrogant mentality, terrible sensitivity, and extreme irresponsibility
, this kind of group under the guise of freedom and majority is not what Ravenclaw House should present.
"If I go, Marietta will definitely break off our relationship with me." Qiu Zhang struggled a little.
"Qiu, there are many ways to maintain and restore friendship." Professor Flitwick raised his finger and replied seriously, "Don't try to be irresponsible together or make mistakes together. Even if you succeed for a while, you may not
It will leave a bitter taste in your friendship, not to mention that if Ravenclaw wants to return next year, it still needs a captain."
His voice echoed in the empty Quidditch stands, which belonged to the Ravenclaw students.
"There is still a long road ahead," the short half-elf professor said softly. "Doubts and setbacks are inevitable, but these are not your responsibility. Whether you continue to fly and enjoy the game is what you should consider now.
"
Qiu Zhang glanced longingly at the flying figures on the field, pursed her lips tightly.
She finally joined the college's Quidditch team last year. Over the years, she has been looking forward to flying freely in the sky and winning exciting games like her favorite Tornados players.
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This kind of expectation cannot be easily defeated by a heavier Bludger.
…
As Elena said before, the freshman selection competition lasted almost all morning.
Almost all the first-year students from the four colleges came. They nervously grasped the batch of old brooms that were about to be eliminated from the school warehouse, and excitedly and excitedly submitted their applications to Irina and Hermione.
Apply.
A whole week is enough for the freshmen to find out what happened on the Quidditch pitch last year.
With the power of role models that they can follow, most of the freshmen's self-confidence has greatly increased.
Maybe they can't be the "killing king" like Elena Kaslana, but if they take other members of last year's Hogwarts freshman team as targets, it doesn't seem completely unattainable? At least among the freshmen
That's what it looks like.
Obviously, this has undoubtedly greatly increased the workload of Hermione and Irina.
Some of the first-year students who submitted applications had never even flown before. Apart from last week's flying lesson, this might be their second experience with flying broomsticks. At the beginning of the selection process, the scene was extremely chaotic.
Especially when there were a group of senior students watching the excitement around, the chatter almost made the two of them go berserk.
However, after the two people sorted out a screening mechanism, the process quickly became simple and efficient.
"Phew, it's finally almost over..."
Hermione breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at the last remaining group of applicants.
The easiest position to determine is the Seeker. Luna Lovegood's talent in this area is like cheating. She is catching the Golden Snitch, predicting the Golden Snitch's deflection trajectory, and avoiding the Bludger... She is so outstanding in these assessments.
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On the other hand, her personality is also very suitable for a position like a seeker, which is located around the team.
As for the batters, they were two boys from Ravenclaw:
Hoffa Bach is a somewhat reserved little wizard, but he is surprisingly powerful and tricky when hitting the ball; the other is called Verne Kemond, a man with a resolute face and a strong body that looks like he stepped out of an oil painting.
The knight's squire boy.
In order to drive away the Bludgers, Batters usually need a lot of physical strength, so compared with other positions on the Quidditch pitch, the Batter position is more likely to be played by male wizards than female wizards. And because Batter
Players sometimes need to let go of the broom with both hands at the same time during the game. In addition to arm strength, leg strength and balance are also required.
It has to be said that as a college that has always been known for its ups and downs, Ravenclaw finally broke the curse this year.
The proportion of boys among the freshmen has reached an unprecedented level of more than one-third. It is no wonder that Professor Flitwick is confident about the future Quidditch competition. Judging from past experience, males are obviously more dominant in the Quidditch project.
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"Well, Qirabi Carol... in your position."
Irina frowned in distress and looked at Hermione standing next to her with searching eyes.
Standing in front of them was a small, shy-looking girl, and what didn't match her appearance was the content that the girl had filled out on the application form for the Hogwarts freshman varsity team.
"Are you sure you want to be a goalkeeper? Well, you fly so well, you might consider becoming a chaser."
Hermione's eyes stayed on Qilabi's petite body for a moment, and she considered her words carefully.
It was not that there had never been a similar "little keeper" in her mind, but compared to a certain witch who played Quidditch as a knockdown game, this shy first-year Ravenclaw was nothing like
He is a dangerous person with this possibility.
"The goalkeeper's movement range is the smallest. I have studied the rules carefully."
Qilabi Carroll said timidly but at the same time extremely seriously.
"Even those broomsticks used for teaching at Hogwarts can take into account three knockers in terms of instantaneous speed increase, so as long as the path of the quaffle is judged correctly, there is not much difference between an arm that is one foot longer or one foot shorter."
"...It sounds like there is a lot of feasibility."
Hermione nodded noncommittally, drew a circle on the cardboard in her hand, and pointed behind her.
"Okay then, there is an extra part to the goalkeeper test. In the chaser assessment later, you and several other little wizards will defend for ten minutes each. We will make a judgment based on the final comprehensive situation.
…”
In regular professional Quidditch games, the goalkeeper is usually a tall wizard.
However, strictly speaking, most of the young wizards at Hogwarts are not qualified. Putting aside this condition that most people cannot meet, flexibility and brains are indeed more important than body.
"Well... ok, then we are just short of the last two people..."
Irina lowered her head and looked at the form, and then at the little wizards who were still on the field.
In a Quidditch match, each team can only play seven players.
Except for the seeker, goalkeeper, and two batters, most of the hot spots and contentions in a Quidditch match actually occur during the high-frequency transition between offense and defense between the three chasers of both teams.
"Well, Irina, you occupy a chaser position by default, so we only have two spots left."
Hermione nodded and glanced at the excited little wizards standing in front of her.
If she remembers correctly, judging from the flying qualification test just now, Ron's sister is obviously much better at flying than the other little wizards. If nothing else, Miss Ginny Weasley is probably the best at flying.
Also locked in advance.
Unfortunately, except for Ginny, the performance of the other little wizards was much worse.
The reason why they put the chaser trials to the end is because they hope to watch a few more rounds of the little wizards' performances. If they can't choose a suitable candidate from among them, they can only resign themselves to fate and randomly pick one to make up the number.
"Excuse me...can I come and give it a try?"
At this moment, a witch flew over from the stands not far away.
Before Hermione and Irina could react, the witch turned the broom head lightly and hovered at the edge of the field. She looked carefully at the two junior students standing behind the review desk and mustered up the courage to ask.
road.
"I heard, well, I saw the announcement in the auditorium said that you are not only recruiting first-year students..."
"Uh, are you kidding?"
Hermione said with some surprise, frowning and looking at the senior girl in front of her.
As she aspired to become an excellent Quidditch coach at Hogwarts, she naturally recognized the witch wearing Ravenclaw robes at first sight. She was the ball seeker of last year's Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
Shou Qiu·Zhang.
"No, no, you see I have already filled out the form."
Qiu Zhang, who had made up his mind, shook his head quickly, took out a form from his arms, and said seriously.
"Due to not being able to gather seven players, the Ravenclaw Academy team withdrew this year, so I am a free agent now. As for the position, there is no need to worry, I can play in every position... It is not necessarily limited to finding a position.
Golfer."
"But" Hermione pondered for a few seconds, looking at Qiu Zhang thoughtfully.
"If you obey the command and are willing to participate in the trial, then I don't think there is any problem!"
Irina stretched out her hand and took the completed application form for joining the team from Qiu Zhang. She looked at the old but well-maintained flying broom behind her and paused for a moment, calmly.
He pointed behind him.
"By the way, let me explain in advance, even if you pass the selection, our team is not yet qualified to participate. After all the Quidditch selections are over this afternoon, we still have to play an instructional match with the returning graduates.
.If the performance is too bad, then we may have to cheer in the stands this year, so I hope”
Irina did not continue to finish the rest.
Coming from a wizarding family, she could tell that this senior girl loved Quidditch. Moreover, although everyone was used to calling them the "Hogwarts Freshman Team", in fact this team was not called "Hogwarts Freshman Team".
this name.
Irina lowered her head and glanced at the silver-white wing mark on her chest.
"Hogwarts Moonlight Team... what a simple name."
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Two hours later, the Quidditch trials for the remaining three houses began one after another.
Compared with the "freshmen teams" formed from scratch, the lineups of most colleges are relatively fixed. Rather than being an open selection for all, it is more like a special recruitment ceremony for certain "star players".
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As last year's batch of "Moonlight Demon Familiar" entered the second grade, the new Quidditch era finally kicked off.
"Gregory Gower, Vincent Crabbe, the batting combination that played for the Moonlights last year..."
In the stands, Hermione introduced seriously to the team members behind her.
There was no suspense in the final selection result in the morning. Qiu Zhang and Ginny Weasley had an absolute advantage and became the team's chasers together with Irina Ivanovich. At this time, what was going on in the field was
Selection at Leitlin College.
Unlike other academies, the intensity and practicality of their batters' confrontations are much more ruthless.
Goyle and Crabbe hovered in the sky, dodging the flying Bludgers while swinging their bats vigorously, trying to knock down two other current batters from the Slytherin House team. The winner joined this year's ball.
The loser will be transferred to the second team to serve as a daily training partner.
"It is worth noting that both of them knocked down other players last year, and assisted the main attacker Elena to complete nearly 50 knockdown attacks... Compared to the Weasley brothers of Gryffindor, their offensive
Much more sexual.”
boom!
Accompanied by a muffled sound.
Gower and Crabbe skillfully completed an alley-oop and shot down Derek who was trying to counterattack.
Immediately after taking advantage of the advantage of playing more and less, Bol's movement space was blocked, and directly through a one-for-one exchange, it was announced that the replacement of the new and old batsmen positions of the Slytherin Quidditch team was completed.
"Draco Malfoy, the final data is 0/0/5, this is his knockdown assist. But compared to this somewhat bleak data, as the main chaser of the Moonlight team, he is responsible for most of the offensive ends.
The house has caused a lot of pressure. And when he becomes the Seeker of Slytherin House, his danger may be even greater..."
Hermione glanced at Draco Malfoy who was warming up, frowned and continued the introduction.
Compared to when he first started school last year, Draco has tempered his sharpness now. He is like a poisonous snake hiding in the darkness waiting to attack at any time. Even Hermione does not know the true strength of this little wizard now.
However, judging from his performance in class, he is at least among the top five in his grade.
…
Half an hour later.
At the tryouts for the Gryffindor House team.
"Ron Weasley served as Gryffindor's goalkeeper last year, but he should only be the substitute goalkeeper this year."
Compared to the other little wizards, Ron is undoubtedly the most depressed and unlucky one.
After all, the current Gryffindor captain, Oliver Wood, is the keeper, and the beater is his twin brother. The three chasers are all female lions, and one of them seems to have a high probability of being the next captain.
"Harry Potter, who was Chaser last year, was Seeker once in the last game."
Hermione looked at the data she copied from Mrs. Hooch while recalling the games she had watched.
"In the team before, Harry was mainly the setter for Malfoy and Hannah. The third setter was pretty good. He killed the Golden Snitch in the finals and helped the Moonlight team complete a double kill. Hmm.
...It seems that this semester is also a seeker..."
I have to say that Harry was indeed a bit of a gangster in last year's competition.
Of course, this can't be completely blamed on him. After all, Elena's previous way of ending the game relied on the seeker. Compared with the other little wizards, Harry doesn't have that much desire to attack or "killing intention".
Heavy.
…
boom
"Hannah Abbott, Hufflepuff's new Chaser...be careful..."