Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters. I do, however, own the random species of reptiles that I create, as well as Parseltongue name translations.
AN - Gem: Sorry about the long wait, I've been a little stumped, and working on other things.
Chapter 11: Quidditch
They had somehow managed to avoid the other houses learning about the new first-year players. Draco had no idea how, but he was grateful. He couldn't wait to see the looks on the Gryffindors' faces when they found out.
"I told my father, and he bought the whole team Nimbus 2000's," Draco said on their way to breakfast. "They should arrive right before the game."
"Wicked." Theo replied.
"Like I keep saying, I'm not too fond of the brooms."Solaris said.
"Is it the height?" Blaise asked.
"No, I'm fine with the height. The brooms just feel kind of restricting."
"What would you rather use?" Theo asked.
"I don't know. I'm not supposed to talk about what I'd rather use." There were a few moments of silence as they entered the Great Hall and sat down. "I want you guys to know, if I jump off my broom for any reason, grab me," he continued.
"I don't see the likeliness of that happening," Blaise said, "but sure."
After a brief pep talk from Flint, they walked out onto the field. As soon as the Gryffindors' saw them, they started laughing. People even heard the Weasley twins say, "No fair!"
Madam Hooch told them, "I want a nice, clean game from all of you," glancing at the Slytherin team, before releasing the quaffle.
The first notable part of the game was when the Gryffindors accidentally created a new move. One of the chasers was cornered by the Slytherin team and panicked. He threw the quaffle at the first person he saw wearing his team's colors.
That person turned out to be Fred. Fred saw the quaffle headed at him and panicked, hitting it towards another Gryffindor player. It turned out to be George, who also panicked. George hit the quaffle, and it went through the first goal hoop, bounced off the stands, went backwards through the third goal, hit the keeper in the back of the head, and went through the second goal hoop.
Everyone would later refer to it as the Weasley Shuffle.
After about five more minutes of playing, Solaris's broom started jerking around uncontrollably. As he was getting jerked around, he felt a small object whizz by, and leaped after it. He kept track of it as he heard Draco shout, "Come on!" before Solaris felt him grabbing his arm.
"Down," he told him. Draco was hesitant, but did it anyway. Solaris let go of Draco, but held onto the broom, hanging from the front. "Left." Draco saw what he saw, and followed his instructions.
They were almost to the snitch when Draco's broom started jerking. Solaris swung and let go, caught the snitch in the middle of a flip, and caught onto Blaise's broom. Then the whistle sounded the end of the game.
Apparently, that became a move called the Ballistic Missile, although the four of them couldn't figure out why.
"Professor Flitwick?"
The Charms teacher looked up from grading homework to see who had stayed after class to talk to him. "What can I help you with, Solaris?"
"Do you know of any books where I could learn about the charms on brooms?"
"Absolutely!" The dwarf always liked being asked questions. "I would suggest Enchantments in Magical Sports by Aerin DeFace."
"Thank you, professor."
"What are you doing?" Blaise asked, because his classmate was never known to study.
"Researching broom charms."
"Why?" Draco asked.
"So I don't have to use a broom."
"How would that work?" Theo joined in.
"I'll get a teacher or an older student to help me put the enchantments on some clothes."
"You really don't like brooms that much?" Draco was amused.
Solaris finally looked up at them. "It's not that. With the clothes instead of a broom, I'll be able to fly more naturally."
"By naturally, you mean…"Blaise trailed off.
"It'll be more graceful, and feel more natural for me."
"Okay."
AN - Gem: Tell me if you get the pun in the author's name.
AN - Gem: If Solaris/Harry seems to be able to see at times, he's just that good. He also lifted up his blindfold briefly to read, making sure no one saw it.
AN - Gem: To those of you wondering where Svils the snake went, he'll be reappearing in the next chapter. We forget about him sometimes.
an - scp: hey, it's me. um, here's a riddle for you "ravenclaws": the more there is, the less you see. what could i be? answer in a reply. i will reveal the answer in my author's note for chapter 16.