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"what again?"Oliver asked puzzled
Sitting right in front of Dumbledore might confuse any man but the news that he announced to Oliver confused him more, they were not playing quidditch this season.
"foot-ball"Dumbledore repeated slowly as if talking to a mental person.
"and what would that be again?"
"well, it's a sport invented by muggles in which they hit a ball with their feet trying to score a ..."Dumbledore explained but stopped to look at his memo once again "goal"
"but , but that doesn't make any sense, we have brooms and bludgers, and quaffles and the snitch"Oliver said not understanding what seemed like a blasphemy to him , no quidditch? they had to be kidding.
"yes, but it's an exercise for Muggle Studies"Dumbledore said
but who cares about Muggle Studies?! Mrs. Lane always falls asleep during class, in seven years all I've learned about muggles is that they can't see us performing spells or flying!ยดOliver thought
"we want you to get closer to the muggle culture"Dumbledore said
"cool! no more boring classes of Muggle Studies"Alicia said
"not like we actually attend Muggle Studies"Angelina mumbled from behind Oliver and smirked.
"I'm afraid not, the trainings will take place instead of quidditch practice"Dumbledore clarified
"what?!"Oliver yelled almost having a seizure and breathing hard
"relax, Oliver"Katie said worriedly
"well,it's the only way, you're already behind in Muggle Studies and this exercise will help your grade, but don't worry the rest of your classes you'll have them there"
"but professor Dumbledore quidditch is very important too! what about the Cup? and the International League?!Oliver said talking really fast "you can't just take it all away just so we'll learn how to follow a ball with little stars on it!"
"they're actually pentagons and hexagons"Angelina said
"I knew that!"Oliver exclaimed out of his nerves
"Mr. Wood please get a hold of yourself"Dumbledore asked as Katie used a book as a fan trying to help Oliver breath. "We think this is a good opportunity for you to share with muggles, all quidditch teams are attending"
"oh! even Oliver's BFF ...Flint?"Fred asked in his usual tone
"of course"Dumbledore replied and Oliver felt his jaw tighten, thinking of all those previous matches
"Flint"he whispered
"and so is Cedric Diggory"Alicia beamed and George looked at her suspiciously
"Professor, who is we?"Oliver asked even more concerned
"I'm sorry?"
"who helped you make this decision?"he asked again
"well, the committee, usually composed of teachers, like Professor Flitwick, Professor Trelawney and me"
"Flitwick"Oliver muttered "I always knew he hated quidditch, he can't play it with that height of his"
Alicia and Angelina grinned madly, Harry kept himself and Oliver spoke again
"but shouldn't they be completely unaware of our existence? muggles I mean"
"oh I'm pretty sure they know about yours!"Fred said and Oliver gave him a confused look
"yeah, with all the Warning signs"George said "Beware: Oliver Wood, obsessed captain who polishes his broom" he finished
Oliver rolled his eyes as the girls grinned again "ha,ha!"
"Frederick, George, please. Well, Mr. Wood, that's another point I wanted to speak to you about, they can't know you're wizards, so that means..."
"no magic?"Harry asked worriedly
"exactly"
"oh man!"the boys complained
"not even turning their ears in little bells?"Fred asked
"no pun intended Katie"George clarified and Fred nodded "we loooove Bells"
"yeah"Fred said "especially if they play with us like you"
Katie smiled "stop it or I might start crying here"
"no magic in any level"Dumbledore insisted
"great! now I feel like we're the Justice League hiding our secret identities"Angelina complained
"what's the Justice League?"Harry asked
"a Muggle thing, I'll explain it later"
"it will only be for a couple of weeks"Dumbledore tried unsuccessfully to cheer them up
"so you want us to learn this so called sport in two weeks?"Oliver asked visibly pissed
"yes Mr. Wood, I do, and that's because I trust in your abilities"
The students sighed
"where will it be?"Katie asked curious
"in a school in Los Angeles, California"Dumbledore replied "your classes along with all your things will be transferred there"
"and when will we get there?"Oliver asked starting to face the situation
"tomorrow morning, so say your farewells to your friends tonight because the flight is early"
"flight?"Oliver asked "but I thought you said-"
"in a plane, Oliver"Dumbledore answered kindly
"in a what?"
"easy Wood, we know about your thing with birds, but a plane isn't a bird, it just looks dangerously like one"Alicia said and smirked
"ha,ha , that was one big poo!"Angelina remembered next to a very , very red Oliver Wood
Dumbledore laughed quietly "so, can I count on you?"
"fine"Oliver said
"yeah, ok"Katie said
"sure"Angelina said
"I guess"Alicia said
Fred and George grinned and looked at eachother before replying "this is gonna be so good!"
"of course!"
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AN2:oh and by the way I don't know if Los Angeles is really known for playing this sport and I'm only using it because it looks good for the story
AN3: Please tell me what you think about this "prologue", that would be very much appreciated