That Saturday, Harry, and the rest of the Quidditch team gathered on the
Quidditch pitch. Ron had come down with him and Harry watched as people
came walking towards them, each with a broom over their shoulder.
"There are a lot of people coming aren't there?", Harry asked.
"Oh yeah, I suppose we'd better get going", Fred said walking up to the crowd.
"Ok, listen up, we're going to put you through some exercises and pick the last five. Those five we are going to train with a bit and we will choose the best on Monday", Fred said.
"Everyone on their brooms", George shouted jumping on his broom and flying up and hovering twenty feet above the ground. Twenty brooms shot up and hovered beside Fred and George. Harry jumped on his broom and flew up beside Fred.
"Ok each team member will take three people and we will do standard exercises", Angelina Johnson shouted out.
Harry sped up to Ron, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan and called out to them, "I didn't know, you all were trying out for keeper".
"I just want to play Quidditch", Seamus said.
"I always wanted to be a keeper", Dean piped in.
"Well looks like I'll be judging you then. Ok, I think I should throw some Quaffles at you and you stop them from going into the hoops", Harry said pointing to the hoops.
Harry had each person have a few tries at stopping Harry from scoring. It wasn't his style in Quidditch, to actually score points but he had to admit it was a refreshing start. Dean, Seamus and Ron obviously had been practicising, as they were a lot better than Harry had expected. Seamus had let in three goals, Dean was better and only let in one, while Ron, though Harry wasn't surprised considering his elder brothers, hadn't let in a single goal. After about half an hour, Katie Bell called everyone down onto the ground, and announced that try-outs were over and that the Quidditch team should stay behind to decide on the last five people. When everyone had walked back to the castle, Fred and George called everyone over. They were extremely seroious about the whole situation, which surprised Harry a lot.
"Ok, have you any ideas who the last five people should be?", Fred asked.
"All of mines we're really bad", Angelina complained. "The least amount of goals let in were five".
"I have a really good seventh year, who not only stopped all the goals but I think she's a bit old", Katie Bell said.
They continued on discussing right until it was dark, and only stopped when Harry pointed out how dark it was.
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The next morning, Harry was rudely awoken, by Seamus prodding him in the back.
"Harry, wake up they chose the last five people for the keeper position", Seamus said excited.
Harry got up and slowly walked down to the common room. A huge crowd had formed around the notice board, and Harry had to squeeze his way through to Ron, who was jumping up and down yelling in delight.
"I made it Harry", Ron shouted.
"But now you got to try even harder", Harry said pleased Ron had made it.
"Whoohoo", Dean Thomas shouted jumping up and down in the crowd.
"What's with him?", Ron asked.
"He made it too", Harry said grinning.
"There are a lot of people coming aren't there?", Harry asked.
"Oh yeah, I suppose we'd better get going", Fred said walking up to the crowd.
"Ok, listen up, we're going to put you through some exercises and pick the last five. Those five we are going to train with a bit and we will choose the best on Monday", Fred said.
"Everyone on their brooms", George shouted jumping on his broom and flying up and hovering twenty feet above the ground. Twenty brooms shot up and hovered beside Fred and George. Harry jumped on his broom and flew up beside Fred.
"Ok each team member will take three people and we will do standard exercises", Angelina Johnson shouted out.
Harry sped up to Ron, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan and called out to them, "I didn't know, you all were trying out for keeper".
"I just want to play Quidditch", Seamus said.
"I always wanted to be a keeper", Dean piped in.
"Well looks like I'll be judging you then. Ok, I think I should throw some Quaffles at you and you stop them from going into the hoops", Harry said pointing to the hoops.
Harry had each person have a few tries at stopping Harry from scoring. It wasn't his style in Quidditch, to actually score points but he had to admit it was a refreshing start. Dean, Seamus and Ron obviously had been practicising, as they were a lot better than Harry had expected. Seamus had let in three goals, Dean was better and only let in one, while Ron, though Harry wasn't surprised considering his elder brothers, hadn't let in a single goal. After about half an hour, Katie Bell called everyone down onto the ground, and announced that try-outs were over and that the Quidditch team should stay behind to decide on the last five people. When everyone had walked back to the castle, Fred and George called everyone over. They were extremely seroious about the whole situation, which surprised Harry a lot.
"Ok, have you any ideas who the last five people should be?", Fred asked.
"All of mines we're really bad", Angelina complained. "The least amount of goals let in were five".
"I have a really good seventh year, who not only stopped all the goals but I think she's a bit old", Katie Bell said.
They continued on discussing right until it was dark, and only stopped when Harry pointed out how dark it was.
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The next morning, Harry was rudely awoken, by Seamus prodding him in the back.
"Harry, wake up they chose the last five people for the keeper position", Seamus said excited.
Harry got up and slowly walked down to the common room. A huge crowd had formed around the notice board, and Harry had to squeeze his way through to Ron, who was jumping up and down yelling in delight.
"I made it Harry", Ron shouted.
"But now you got to try even harder", Harry said pleased Ron had made it.
"Whoohoo", Dean Thomas shouted jumping up and down in the crowd.
"What's with him?", Ron asked.
"He made it too", Harry said grinning.