"I have been informed that you are lending your Firebolt broom to Harry." Dumbledore asked with a hint of curiosity in his voice.

"Yes sir, I have. He is quite fond of it, sir." I assured him, trying to sound proper.

"He flies well on it?"

"Oh, yes. Absolutely! It's very fast."

"This is good. A slow Seeker is never adequate."

I nodded. "We wouldn't want that sir." I said, smiling.

Dumbledore had a secretive gleam in his eye, like he knew something I didn't.

Leaning closer, Dumbledore said in a hushed voice: "I'm thinking about getting him one. If it works well, I could get them for the whole team. I'd like to see Gryffindor win the Quidditch Cup this year."

"My lips are sealed."

Smiling, Dumbledore bowed me out of the room. How would I ever keep this a secret?

That night, I fell asleep beaming with gladness and woke up still grinning. I decided that since it was Saturday and I had nothing to do, I'd go try out my FIREBOLT. I'd never ridden it, just the older brooms they lent us for class with Madam Hooch.

When I got to the Quidditch field, it turned out I had it all to myself. The grass was covered in glittering dewdrops and the sun was just rising. I laid the broom on the dew-coated grass and stuck out my left hand. "Up!" The broom flew into my hand. Mounting it, I kicked off and instantly soared 20 feet in the air. I zipped around, as if looking for the Golden Snitch. Doing loop-the-loops and backflips and all sorts of dangerous (but super fun) things. When I finally decided to touch ground, I was exhausted. All of a sudden, I heard slow, rhythmic clapping from an empty stand. I flew up to where it was coming from. "Harry, take it off." I said, sounding joking but annoyed.

"How'd you know it was me?"

"Honestly, who else could it be? You're the only student with an invisibility cloak."

Harry removed the cloak. But I was surprised to see two people under the cloak.

"Oliver Wood," said a burly-looking fifth year, "Quidditch Team Captain and Keeper for Gryffindor."

"I see." I said, trying to sound unimpressed.

"We'd like to put you in the team."