"Hahaha! Did you see Weasley's face when he saw our new brooms?" Flint laughed.
"Yeah!" Montague said stupidly. He turned to face the Weasley twins. "You Weasleys could only hope to have brooms as good as these!"
Fred took a step forward. "You're laughing now, you stupid gits, but one day you'll be jealous of us because we have real talent and real friends, not some slimy snakes who sneak behind each other's backs."
Montague stepped up to glare at Fred eye to eye. Fred would have loved to hex the stupid idiot until he was blue in the face. Surprisingly, however, Flint, who liked a fight probably more than the average person, stepped in.
"Come on. We've got to practice and get Malfoy trained up for the match coming up." Flint turned to Oliver Wood. "Next time we see you, you'll be getting your butts kicked on the pitch."
The rest of the Slytherin team laughed as they strode away.
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Despite his internal anger, Oliver managed to hold himself in check. He was angry for three reasons: the Slytherins had insulted two of his best friends' family, they actually thought they could beat Gryffindor in a Quidditcb match, and they had screwed up his carefully planned out training schedule!
.x.X.x.
"Stupid bludger!" Oliver growled as the Gryffindor trudged up to the castle. "It wouldn't leave Harry alone. And then the bloody thing breaks his arm. And now he has to regrow all of the bones!"
"Actually, it's Lockhart's fault that Harry has to regrow his bones. If he had just let Harry go see Madam Pomfrey, Harry would be here with us." George pointed out.
"He was only trying to help..." Alicia said dreamily. Angelina nodded and smiled before bowing heads together with Alicia. Katie just rolled her eyes as mutterings of "Lockhart this" and "Lockhart that" began to drift past their ears. Katie seemed to be the only girl not swept up in the "Lockhart Craze".
"You know what..."
"What?" Fred turned to George.
"I bet you the Slytherins did it."
Katie just sighed as the three boys spun crazy stories about how the Slytherins could have done it. "Ugh, boys."