A/N: Happy Thanksgiving weekend! Or if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, happy weekend! I forgot to put a disclaimer on the beginning of the story and while this isn't the full disclaimer (that's on my profile), I felt I should tell everyone I don't own almost all the characters in this story. I only claim Bella and Delilah as my own characters while Jared Recoff is JermiaSmith's character, Dustin Fidelius is my other brother's character, and Davidella Jones is Kbinnz's character. I hope you all enjoy these two chapter and please review!
Chapter 10: Flying Class
The next three days of classes were about the same as the first. The next time they had potions, only half the class managed to turn in their essays. Professor Snape assigned an extra essay for anyone that didn't hand in an essay that met the length requirement or none at all.
Bella found that she did not enjoy Charms or History of Magic like she enjoyed her other classes. Transfiguration became one of her favorite classes, mostly due to her having it after Charms both of the days she had it and after History of Magic as well on one of those days.
Thursday was the first day that everyone in Bella's year had flying. Madame Hooch started the class by having everyone step up to the left side of a broom. Then she instructed the class to will the brooms to them by placing their right hands over the brooms and saying up.
Harry was the first one to gain his broom. Two ups later, Malfoy also had his broom in hand. Hermione and Neville were the last two to get their brooms up, while Jared and Dustin got them at the same time right after Malfoy. Bella was in the middle, along with Ron, but Ron would have had his sooner if it had not smacked him in the face instead of going to his hand the first time.
Soon everyone was kicking off from the ground, albeit unsteadily for most of them. Malfoy and Harry were easily the best flyers with Dustin and Jared right behind them. But soon tragedy struck: Neville fell from his broom and broke his wrist when he made contact with the ground.
Everyone was instructed to land and stay on the ground while Madame Hooch took Neville to the Hospital Wing.
"Hey, look what the fat lump dropped!" Draco called to all the remaining students. He was holding up a clear ball that was filled with white smoke. "Maybe next time it'll help him remember to fall on his big, fat arse." Everyone in Slytherin snickered at his comment except Bella.
"Give it here Malfoy!" Harry demanded as he stepped towards Draco menacingly. All Draco did in retaliation was hop on his broom and ascend into the sky. Harry immediately followed after him even though Hermione told him it was a stupid idea.
Bella watched, along with the rest of the class, as Draco and Harry argued in the air and then suddenly Harry was flying away from Draco and towards the side of the castle as fast as the school broom could carry him. At the last minute, Harry turned around and began waving his arm around triumphantly as he glided back to his classmates.
When Harry reached the ground, everyone could see that he was holding Neville's rememberall, unshattered and completely intact. All the Slytherins except Bella refused to congratulate Harry. But his praises from everyone else quickly died away as Professor McGonagall came and took Harry away. No one saw him until dinner that night, during which Harry told everyone he was now the new seeker for Gryffindor's Quidditch team.
"I honestly thought I would have loads of detention," Harry told his table along with Jared and Dustin at the Ravenclaw table next to the Gryffindor table.
"It was still stupid and dangerous," Hermione commented as she focused on her dinner.
Everyone ignored Hermione's comment and continued talking excitedly with Harry about the upcoming match between Gryffindor and Slytherin after Halloween. Twenty minutes later, while everyone was still talking about Quidditch, a lone first year Slytherin girl walked over to the Gryffindor table as she headed out of the hall.
"Congrats Harry," Bella told him with a smile. "Um, I thought this might help you out," Bella added shyly as she handed him her copy of Quidditch Through the Ages.
"Oh, thanks Bell. See you in class?" Harry asked as Bella began nervously edging away from Harry.
"Um, yah, see you later," she answered as she all but fled from the great hall.
"What's up with her?" Harry asked Ron. Ron shrugged his shoulders while Hermione just shook her head.
"Honestly Harry, you're so clueless," she stated as she left the table and headed to the library to do her History of Magic Essay.