Harriet met Oliver early in the morning to go over how Quidditch works and how to play. If she was going to play for Gryffindor, she needed to know-how. She met Oliver Wood in the field near the Quidditch Pitch.
"Hey, Oliver!" She said as she rucksacks on the ground.
"Hello, Potter ." Oliver said carrying a big brown chest that seemed to weigh at least a million pounds."So, let's start with this." Oliver said as he set it down."In Quidditch, each team has seven players. Three Chasers, like me, Two Beaters, One Keeper, And One Seeker." Oliver said."There are 3 types of balls. This one is the Quaffle." Oliver said opening the chest to unlock a weird shaped dirty bronze ball.
" a Chaser have to handle the Quaffle and put it in one of those three hoops," Oliver said pointing to the hoops seen on the field. He put the Quaffle back down."The Beaters, like Fred and George, have a club and they keep the Bludger away from their team and try to aim it at the opposing team." Oliver said and once he said that, Harriet went wide-eyed.
" I didn't think it could be that violent. " She said.
Oliver said smiling at the girl."Wait..how do those balls act?" She asked.
"Here, you take these," Oliver said handing the batons to the confused child. He let the Bludger out and it flew off into the air. It suddenly turned as it was coming back."Careful now, it's coming back." Oliver said with no fear detected in his voice. Like it was an instinct, Harriet hit the ball with the baton sending it away.
Oliver said "uh-oh" and he started to wrestle the ball but ended up putting it back in the chest.
"Well, that's brutal." she said
" Yeah, nasty little buggers. But, the only ball I want you to worry about Harriet is this... The Golden Snitch." Oliver said holding a gold-winged ball.
"I like this ball." Harriet said giggling."Oh, you like it now, but just you wait. It's wicked fast, and damn near impossible to see." Oliver stated. She let the ball go and it flew away in less than a millisecond.
"What do I have to do with the Snitch?" she asked with high levels of curiosity.
"If you catches it, before the other team's Seeker does. If she does, we win." Oliver said as he started to pick up the chest assuming the lesson was over.
Harriet was in Professor Flitwick's class with a bunch of other students. To be honest, Harriet and Hermione were quite enjoying this class while Ron was bored out of his mind.
After the class.
"It's Levi-o-sa, not levio-sar! She's a nightmare honestly. No wonder she has not got any friends!"Ron yelled and all the boys laughed. Harriet looked at an upset Hermione, who started speed-walking towards the bathroom and she was going to go after her after giving a look at the boys.
"Parvati Patil said that Hermione refused to come out of the Girl's Bathroom. And, Harriet stayed in there with her. Hermione has been crying." Neville explained, eating his food.
"Hey, what's up? " Harriet said as she just came back.
"Where's Hermione?" Parvati asked.
" Still crying. I came to take some food" Harriet sat beside Ron still giving him nasty looks.
"Troll in the Dungeon! Troll in the Dungeon! Thought you ought to know..." Quirrell came in the Great Hall screaming but then he fainted. Then, everyone screamed and panic.
"Everyone should please not panic! Now, Prefects will lead their houses back to their dormitories. Teachers will follow me to the Dungeons." Dumbledore said as he got out of his chair.
"But wait," Harriet's voice echoed in the Great Hall, "Professor how will the Slytherin go back if the troll is in the Dungeons?"
She had a point to which no one payed attention.
"Oh right," Dumbledore said, "Slytherin Perfect led them to the library. Now off you go" and he headed towards the Dungeons like the other teachers.
"Gryffindors! Follow me! Stay Alert!" Percy kept saying, ushering the children back to the Gryffindor dormitories.
"How did a troll get in? That's odd." Ron asked as we were being pushed and shoved in a line.
"Hermione doesn't know about the Troll," Harriet said.
They bolted towards the Dungeons until they saw a massive shadow cast on the wall. They all stopped. It was the Troll walking into the Girl's Bathroom.
"I think it left the Dungeon..." Ron said with a hint of fear.
"It's going into the Girl's Bathroom.," Harriet said.
They knocked down the troll and saved Hermione. Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, and Quirrell showed up at the entryway.
"What are you kids doing here? This is unacceptable." Professor McGonagall shouted. Hermione lied and told her they saved her.
"Well, Miss Granger, I am most disappointed in you. Five points from Gryffindor for lack of judgment. As for you two 5 points each. For sheer dumb luck." McGonagall said as all the teachers left. Harriet saw a wound on Professor Snap's leg. As Snape was staring at Harriet, she felt a sudden pain in the wrist.
Harriet was nervous because tomorrow was the first Quidditch match of the season.
'Just like her father' Severus thought.