Chapter 7: Flying and Duels
During the rest of the weekend things had changed a little for Harry. Many of the Slytherins started avoiding, while many of the girls started winking and smiling at him.
However as it turns out he missed a posting that Monday was going to be flying lessons for first years in all houses, but it was optional. However most of the students wanted to take it.
During breakfast Draco was bragging how he once out flew a Muggle helicopter.
"He out flew a helicopter…" muttered Harry.
"You honestly believe that story?" asked Haruna.
"But…" Said Harry.
"It's all hot air, don't listen to him." Said Robin.
"I bet he hasn't even a Muggle Helicopter… that gives me an idea." Said Haruna.
She took out a sketchbook and pencil and began to draw various airplanes.
"Watch and learn Harry how to annoy Malfoy." Said Haruna with a wink.
"This is going to be fun." Said Robin.
"Hi Malfoy!" said Haruna.
"What do you want Brocklehurst?" asked Draco.
"I heard you bragging about how you out flew a helicopter. I just wanted to prove your claims." Said Haruna showing him the pictures she drew, "Point to which one's the helicopter."
IT should now be pointed out that none of them were a helicopter.
"This one." Said Draco pointing to a biplane.
"Wrong!" said Haruna, "It was a trick question!"
"What?" asked Draco.
"That was a biplane, they don't even fly them any more…" said Haruna.
"I knew that I was just trying to trick you!" yelled Malfoy.
"Yeah right." Said Haruna walking away.
Many of the students that knew what a helicopter was began to laugh at this which made Malfoy blush.
That was when letters from home arrived.
Neville got a package from his grandmother. It was a small glass ball filled with grey smoke.
Harry saw it, "What is that?"
"It's a remembrall." Explained Neville, "When the smoke turns red I forgot something."
Of course as he held it, the smoke turned red.
"The problem is I forgot what it was." Said Neville.
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll remember." Said Mami.
And so that afternoon was flying class. There were many broomsticks lined up. Madame Hooch, the flying teacher flew in on a broomstick and gave the instructions, which was for the students to walk over to the brooms.
"Now with a clear commanding voice say "Up"!" intrastate Madame Hooch.
The students did so, both Harry and Erza managed to get them up on the first try. The other broomsticks either rolled around, half hovered on the ground or did nothing. After a few minutes those that didn't get their broomsticks up by this point were allowed to pick them up.
The next step was getting their handling right. Of course it was entreating for some when this happened…
"Mr. Malfoy, hold the broom like this." Corrected Madame Hooch.
"But I've always held it like this." Said Draco.
"Then you've been doing it wrong." Said Madame Hooch.
Once everyone had the correct Stance Madame Hooch gave more instructions.
"Now I want you all to hover a few feet off the ground then land." She instructed.
Unfortunately Neville began to fly high. He began to freak out and soon enough he fell. Erza got her broom and managed to catch Neville.
Madame Hooch was impressed.
"10 Points to Gryffindor, however I'm going to have to take both of you to Madame Pomfrey." Explained Madame Hooch.
She looked at the other students, "Now none of you in the air, or you will be expelled faster than you can say Quidditch."
She lead the two away and as soon as she was out of sight, Draco picked up something that was on the ground.
"Look what Longbottom dropped." Said Draco holding the remembrall.
"Draco grabbed his broom.
"How do you think he'll like if it's stuck up a tree." Said Draco.
"Give that back Malfoy!" said Harry.
"Oh what are you going to Potter?" asked Draco.
Draco decided to fly into the air. Harry grabbed his own brook, however Hermione stopped him.
"Don't follow him Harry." Said Hermione walked over to Harry's right, "You'll get expelled."
"Follow him Harry!" said Haruna walked over to his left, "The teacher's not around, she'll never know!"
"But he'll get in trouble." Said Hermione.
"So what…" said Haruna, "As long as no one sees you it will be fine…"
"She has a point." Said Harry following Draco into the air.
They watched as Draco decided to toss the Remembrall. Harry dived to not only managing to catch it before it hit the ground, but also managing to fly back up.
Of course every student that wasn't in Slytherin (besides Shampoo) cheered at the catch.
However… ro. McGonagall saw everything.
"Mr. Potter… in all my years…" said Pro. McGonagall.
"Pro. McGonagall dragged Harry away.
"Oh man this is bad! Really bad!" said Haruna, "She's worse than Erza!"
"Don't you mean Madame Hooch." Said Hermione.
"No she means Erza." Said Ino.
"If Erza was here she would have stopped Malfoy from even doing it…" said Shampoo.
Hermione sighed, "This is all your fault you know…"
Momo, Mami, Shampoo, Robin and Ino all stared at Haruna who realized what it meant.
"Oh man I screwed up big time!" said Haruna.
"Yeah you did!" yelled Ino.
"If he hasn't been expelled you have to apologize to him." said Mami.
"I will!" said Haruna realizing what Erza might do to her.
Sometime after class, Haruna found Harry who was talking to Ron.
Turns out Pro. McGonagall wasn't mad at him in fact she dragged him to meet Oliver Wood, the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, Harry was now a member of that team was the youngest to play Seeker in a century
"I'm so, so, sorry!" said Haruna, "I shouldn't have prodded you!"
"I wasn't punished." Said Harry.
"Really?" said Haruna, "Why?"
"Well…" said Harry.
"Don't tell her she's a tortious gossip." Whispered Ron, "Plus she isn't in our house."
"Oh come on you can tell me what happened… I won't tell anyone…" said Haruna with a smirk that gave away that she was going to tell.
"Sorry, I can't." said Harry, "But you'll know soon!"
"Fine… but I'll pry it out of you one way or another." Said Haruna, "By the way what's your type of girl?"
"What?" asked Harry.
"That's enough of that…" said Erza showing up.
"Erza!" said Haruna.
"I asked Pro. McGonagall about what happened and she told me." Said Erza, "I would say you got lucky but Robin's aunt told me a story about her so in the end I shouldn't be surprised she did this…"
"So you know what happened?" asked Haruna.
"She asked me to keep it a secret." Said Erza glaring at Haruna.
"Okay! Never mind!" said Haruna.
"And if a cute girl you've never seen before suddenly asks you what happened don't tell her." Said Erza.
"What?" asked Harry.
Erza began to drag Haruna away.
"Those girls are weird." Said Ron.
Harry just laughed nervously.
Unfortunately for Harry during dinner, Draco came to tease him, one thing lead to another and Draco challenged him to a Wizarding Duel. That night at Midnight.
Hermione heard everything and remembering how they reacted earlier decided to tell the one who might be able to stop it, so she told that person in the first year girl's dorm.
"What do you mean Harry is going to duel Malfoy?" asked Erza.
"Malfoy challenged Harry to the duel." Said Hermione, "Though Ron was the one who did most of the talking…"
Erza sighed.
"What are we going to do?" asked Hermione.
"We'll stop them before they can leave." Said Erza.
At the same time, in the Slytherin Common Room, Draco was telling other students about the prank he just pulled.
"So I told Filch and now Potter's going to be caught past curfew." Laughed Draco.
The Slytherin Outcasts heard this brag.
"So he's tricked Potter?" asked Terence, "And he called Filch."
Filch was the castle's caretaker, he was a very unpleasant man who despised students for some reason, he was always in the company of an equally unpleasant cat named Mrs. Norris.
"Great…" muttered Adrian.
"Should we warn him or find a way to punish Draco?" asked Titus.
"I have an idea! I kidnap Malfoy and whoever his second is and then bring them to the meeting place!" said Sylvia.
"Kidnapping?" asked Titus, "That's your answer for everything."
"Correction, that my answer when 1st first years are involved…" teased Sylvia.
"I'll tell Harry." Said Shampoo, "I have a way to find him undecided."
"really?" asked Sylvia, "What is it?"
"It's a secret." Said Shampoo.
"Somehow I don't believe that you have such a skill…" muttered Terrence.
Shampoo glared at him.
Later that night, Harry and Ron decided to leave the common.
However…
"Where do you think you're going?" asked Erza approaching them behind.
"How did you find out?" asked Ron.
"I told her." Said Hermione.
"Do you really think you'll be able to through with this duel?" asked Erza giving off a glare that has an unsaid promise of violence.
"Look Malfoy will say Harry is a coward if he doesn't show up." Said Ron.
"But this isn't like earlier." Said Erza, "Pro. McGonagall's vow to crush the Slytherin Quidditch team isn't going to save you this time."
"You have to tell that story later…" said Ron.
"Don't change the subject." Said Erza.
""We're going and that's final." Said Ron.
Harry sighed and followed Ron out of the common room. When they got outside they found Neville sitting outside.
"Forgot the password again?" sighed Erza as she and Hermione followed the two boys out.
"Yeah…" sighed Neville.
Before they could give him the password the painting closed and they found the fat lady was gone.
There was only one thing to do, follow them to the Trophy Room where the supposed duel was going to take place.
"He's not here yet." Said Erza.
"He'll come." Said Ron.
That was when Shampoo suddenly appeared from the shadows of the room, "It was a trick, he's not coming."
"What?" asked Ron.
"Erza?" asked Shampoo.
"Tried to stop them but ended up getting locked out of the common room." Sighed Erza.
Shampoo tried not tor laugh so she instead focused on the message, "Malfoy has no intention of coming."
"What?" asked Ron, "That git!"
"He told Filch, so you better get out of here." Said Shampoo.
"What about you?" asked Hermione.
"She can take care of herself." Said Erza, "We have to hurry back to our house before anything happened."
Neville sighed, of all nights he had to be stuck outside.
They all left the trophy room and quickly split off. Harry was going to quickly wish Shampoo good luck but found she was already gone. He could have sworn that he saw a small cat running away though.
However they soon almost ran into Filch.
"This way!" said Harry finding a door.
However it was locked so Hermione used a spell to open the lock and all five of them went in.
On the other side they heard the caretaker say "There's no student would be here… not if they want to die."
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Ron.
That was when something came from above them…
"Uh…" said Neville.
They turned to see a gigantic three headed dog glaring at them.
"This is the 3rd floor corridor!" said Hermione.
"Everyone get back, I'll handle this." Said Erza.
She sighed and thought, "I would have thought that I would have to use my powers in a more drastic situation…"
However she noticed the other four were already gone.
"Hey!" she yelled.
She managed to catch up to them and get to the Gryffindor Tower without any problem.
All five of them had to catch their breaths.
"Why is that dog even there!" yelled Ron.
"It was guarding something… didn't you see the trap door it was standing on?" asked Hermione.
"I wasn't paying attention to what it was standing on." Said Ron.
"I think it's perhaps best if just forget what we saw tonight." Said Erza.
"You just don't want word to get out that you were with us." Said Ron.
Erza glared at him.
"I hope you're all pleased with yourselves." Said Hermione, "We could have gotten ourselves killed or worse expelled."
Hermione went to the girl's dorm.
"She has to get her priorities strait." Said Ron.
Erza sighed when he said that.
"What's wrong?" asked Neville.
"Nothing, I'm going to bed." Said Erza.
"Do you think Tracey managed to get away from Filch?" asked Harry.
"She has special skills that very few wizards can clam." Said Erza, she then headed off to bed.
Harry shrugged and headed to bed himself but he couldn't stop thinking about the trap door that the three headed dog was standing on.
Next Time: Things seem to settle down for Harry and his friends. However when Halloween rolls by something happens that puts Hermione in danger, when Harry and Ron go to rescue her, they become the ones needing rescuing... Thankfully Harry has super powered body guards to help... will Harry learn about their powers or not? Find out next time!
