The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 205: Drizzt

The weather outside is very good today, just like Ada's mood. The sky is clear and the air has the smell of summer.

But even in such good weather, the Gryffindors in the stands couldn't muster up any energy, because everyone knew that Harry wouldn't be able to play in this match.

Although he was only a first-year, Harry was already the best Seeker among the four houses. In a match that would decide the Quidditch Cup, the team's ace was unable to play, a situation that made the Gryffindor students feel that the game was over.

The team's substitute seeker is Ada, who has just returned to school. She will replace Harry in the game, but this news cannot cheer up the depressed Gryffindor.

I learned from people in the same grade as Ada that her flying ability was terrible. She couldn't even summon a flying broom in her hands in the first grade.

How can such a level of performance that is unbearable to watch replace Harry's role in the team and help the team win?
Many little lions think that since they are going to lose anyway, they may as well take part.

No one wants to see their team lose, but reality forces them to bow their heads. Gryffindor can only pray that the team does not lose too badly and become as pitiful as the ruby ​​in their hourglass.

There is another group of people in Gryffindor, the "anti-Gryffindor faction" headed by Kenneth Toller. They also don't want Gryffindor to lose, but they have found an excuse for the team's loss. Look at Drizzt's appearance and height, isn't he very suitable to take the blame?

If the team loses less, it's because Drizzt didn't catch the Golden Snitch; if the team loses more, it's still because Drizzt didn't catch the Golden Snitch; in short, it's all Drizzt's fault!

As someone who once admired Ada, Kenneth Toller thought he knew Ada's abilities very well. He had witnessed the flying lesson with his own eyes, and he was also a participant in the gang fight. He didn't believe that Ada could transform from a wild chicken into a phoenix and complete such a gorgeous transformation in more than two years.

Unlike the demoralized Gryffindor, the Slytherins were full of fighting spirit, especially after knowing that Harry could not play, they felt that they had a sure win.

When it comes to fighting, Drizzt may be good, but when it comes to Quidditch, Drizzt is just a younger brother, and a younger brother among younger brothers.

Cody Avery, the first man in the school to be murdered by Ada, has kept a low profile ever since. At this moment, the corners of his mouth curled up wildly in the stands. Although the game has not started yet, he can already see the scene of Slytherin holding the trophy, and the scene of that despicable mudblood falling off the flying broom, it would be best if his neck was broken.

Avery couldn't suppress his inner joy. Although he couldn't take revenge himself, it was also a happy thing to be able to watch her make a fool of herself.

In the Gryffindor locker room, the team captain Oliver Wood was boosting everyone's morale. He patiently talked about the key points of the game and how to win, but he was unsure of himself.

Just now, Ada had been flying over the Forbidden Forest on the Sweeping Seven Stars, and her performance was beyond Wood's expectations. To be honest, with Ada's current level, you can't believe that in the first grade, Ada couldn't even hold a flying broom.

However, flying well is good, but it is still different from competing. One is to fly as you please, and the other is to fly after the Golden Snitch, and avoid the attacks of the Bludgers and the interference of the opponent's players. Oliver Wood was still worried for Ada, hoping that she could really calm down the Slytherins and give the team more opportunities to attack!
"Okay, guys..."

Wood finally ended his passionate pre-war mobilization, but his closing remarks aroused Angelina's dissatisfaction. Angelina said: "And the girls!"

The three chasers on the team are all girls: Angelina Johnson, Alia Spinnet, and Katie Bell. Together with Esmeralda Drizzt who came on as a substitute, four of the seven players are women, which is a clear majority of women.

"Well, and girls," Wood continued, "it's time to show everyone who is the best. We have to bring the long-lost Quidditch Cup back to Gryffindor!"

"come on!"

The door to the player tunnel had not yet been opened. Because she was a seeker, Ida stood a little behind the captain Wood. Wood said to Ida, "It's your first appearance. Are you nervous?"

"A little bit." Ada said, she still prefers the feeling of being down to earth. "It's okay, I was also nervous the first time, and I was hit by a bludger two minutes after I came on stage. It took me a week to wake up in the school clinic." Wood said, "So, just do your best, just do your best, and leave the rest to miracles."

Listening to Wood's words, which might be meant to comfort her, Ada said tactfully: "Oliver, if you don't know how to comfort people, you can find someone else to do this job next time. Really, you are not suitable..."

Fred said from behind: "It would be the greatest victory for Oliver to finish a game."

George followed his brother and added, "Especially the match against Slytherin, that's the one where you get hit by the Bludgers the most."

"They were the ones who committed the foul first..." Oliver Wood argued weakly. He didn't want to do this, but the other party never let him go.

The door of the passage opened, and the Gryffindor players got on their brooms and flew over the stadium one by one in order.

Ida followed Wood and performed warm-up exercises by flying around the field. Of course, she could also do some stunts to win more enthusiastic applause, provided that she did not fall down.

In the stands, the Gryffindor students were surprised to find that Drizzt, whom they had looked down upon, was unexpectedly a good flyer. She followed Wood steadily, and whether she was suddenly accelerating or circling around the stands, she did a great job.

This game was about the ownership of the Quidditch Cup, so there were many spectators in the stands. Even Professor Bathsheda Babbling, who lived a stay-at-home life, appeared in the stands, as did Headmaster Dumbledore.

In the stands, Professor McGonagall's eyes were always following Ada, and all her applause at this moment was for Ada alone.

When the Slytherin players finished their rounds, the players from both teams gathered in the center of the field. Madam Hooch held a flying broom and said to the players from both teams, "Listen, I hope everyone will participate in the game fairly and honestly..."

Controlling the flying broom to hover above the stadium, Ada exhaled slowly. She did not like the rootless feeling of flying in the sky, but she no longer had an instinctive fear of the sky. She finally realized how happy it was to soar in the sky.

Ida didn't listen to Madam Hooch's remarks about fair play. She looked at the Slytherin players one by one with contempt, and even mouthed to Slytherin's captain Marcus Flint: "I heard that you've been jumping around a lot lately!"

The Slytherin team members naturally noticed Drizzt's arrogant behavior, and Flint was so angry that his teeth were itching. He wanted to teach this ignorant little girl a lesson. This was the Quidditch field, not a place where Drizzt could act wildly.

Looking at the gorilla-like Marcus Flint, Ada smiled disdainfully. She knew exactly what Flint was thinking, and she was looking forward to how Flint wanted to take revenge on her.

Madam Hooch threw the Quaffle into the air and blew her silver whistle loudly, and the match between Gryffindor and Slytherin officially began!
As soon as the Quaffle fell, it was grabbed by Angelina who was in the lead. Her physical condition was indeed not comparable to the strong man of Slytherin on the opposite side, but she could always get the Quaffle in the first time and create scoring opportunities for her team.

Lee Jordan's praises followed, saying: "Angelina Got the Quaffle. She's such a great chaser and she's so attractive. I once wanted to date her but was ruthlessly rejected..."

It must be that Angelina has a strong mind, otherwise she would have fallen off her broomstick.

Angelina ran all the way to avoid Slytherin's defense, and when the opponent's attention was attracted by her, she made a wonderful pass to Alia who came to respond.

Aliya, who had the ball, did not choose to pass it back or break through with the ball. Instead, she passed the ball to Katie Bell from a distance. Katie cleverly dodged the opponent who came to defend and scored the ball into the goal guarded by Miles Blackie. Gryffindor scored first!
Ada, who held a VIP ticket for Quidditch, clenched her fist to celebrate this wonderful cooperation. She floated above the court, as if she had forgotten her identity as a seeker, and it seemed more like she was watching the game on a flying broomstick.

Just as she celebrated the team's first goal, Slytherin's revenge arrived, and Beaters Derek and Boll both hit the bludgers at the unsuspecting Ada.

(End of this chapter)