Harry Potter and The Broom of instant Reversal
Harry finally made it out to the quidditch field. Feeling a bit nervous, because he hadn't flew all summer he mounted his broom and kicked off. Immediately his broom sank into the mud of the field. "what is going on!" Harry thought, Angelina was looking at him odd, and Ginny Weasley who had made the team as a chaser looked like she was going to burst out laughing. Harry shook his head and remounted his broom, and tried to kick off again, this time the broom flew into the air about ten feet then reversed so when he landed this time, he slid off his broom and landed on his posterior in the mud. "Oi, Harry! What are you playing at? Get on your broom and get up here at once, I've got a practice to run!" Angelina yelled down in frustration. Harry flushed red because now the entire field was looking at him, so he mounted his broom, for hopefully the last time this practice and pushed off again. This time he was about 50 feet in the air and leveled off when his broom shot towards the opposite end of the field. Immediately trying to get his broom to go forward he realized he was now over the forbidden forest and going about 30 miles an hour. Terrified he was going to end up on the other side of the forest and be seen by a muggle Harry started talking to his broom trying to get it to go forward "Come on now, you don't want to get seen, you'll get turned into firewood. Really now, this isn't necessary!!!" To his surprise (but I bet not to yours) the broom started to speak back to Harry. " Well lets see how you like eh? Trapped in a bleeding closet all summer. You used to take me out and at least clean me, but no not now! The big man on campus weren't you? To big to humble yourself by cleaning me, your good friend, who has won you many a quidditch match." Harry was flabbergasted, he'd heard of many enchanted pieces of furniture and even items of clothing, but none of them had a mind of its own. Harry decided to try to reason with it. "No that wasn't it at all, I was just not as you know, bored this summer, Dudley had gone to summer camp and I had the house to myself, and then I was at Ron's but we never had time for quidditch. I'm sorry. Really I am." "Well," mumbled the broom, "if you really are sorry. I suppose I can stop reversing, but it's a good trick you know, not many broom can reverse." Harry smiled, and laughed softly "Well I don't suppose you could return me to the school, I do have quidditch practice." So the broom and his boy flew all the way back to hogwarts and had many a happy quidditch game together. Now is that the end of the story you wonder..Well of course not! Harry will have more adventures!! Look for him next week in Harry Potter and the Flaming Caldron of Almost but not quite Death!!
Harry finally made it out to the quidditch field. Feeling a bit nervous, because he hadn't flew all summer he mounted his broom and kicked off. Immediately his broom sank into the mud of the field. "what is going on!" Harry thought, Angelina was looking at him odd, and Ginny Weasley who had made the team as a chaser looked like she was going to burst out laughing. Harry shook his head and remounted his broom, and tried to kick off again, this time the broom flew into the air about ten feet then reversed so when he landed this time, he slid off his broom and landed on his posterior in the mud. "Oi, Harry! What are you playing at? Get on your broom and get up here at once, I've got a practice to run!" Angelina yelled down in frustration. Harry flushed red because now the entire field was looking at him, so he mounted his broom, for hopefully the last time this practice and pushed off again. This time he was about 50 feet in the air and leveled off when his broom shot towards the opposite end of the field. Immediately trying to get his broom to go forward he realized he was now over the forbidden forest and going about 30 miles an hour. Terrified he was going to end up on the other side of the forest and be seen by a muggle Harry started talking to his broom trying to get it to go forward "Come on now, you don't want to get seen, you'll get turned into firewood. Really now, this isn't necessary!!!" To his surprise (but I bet not to yours) the broom started to speak back to Harry. " Well lets see how you like eh? Trapped in a bleeding closet all summer. You used to take me out and at least clean me, but no not now! The big man on campus weren't you? To big to humble yourself by cleaning me, your good friend, who has won you many a quidditch match." Harry was flabbergasted, he'd heard of many enchanted pieces of furniture and even items of clothing, but none of them had a mind of its own. Harry decided to try to reason with it. "No that wasn't it at all, I was just not as you know, bored this summer, Dudley had gone to summer camp and I had the house to myself, and then I was at Ron's but we never had time for quidditch. I'm sorry. Really I am." "Well," mumbled the broom, "if you really are sorry. I suppose I can stop reversing, but it's a good trick you know, not many broom can reverse." Harry smiled, and laughed softly "Well I don't suppose you could return me to the school, I do have quidditch practice." So the broom and his boy flew all the way back to hogwarts and had many a happy quidditch game together. Now is that the end of the story you wonder..Well of course not! Harry will have more adventures!! Look for him next week in Harry Potter and the Flaming Caldron of Almost but not quite Death!!