"Hi Draco, sorry I'm late. Harry delayed me."
"What did he want this time?"
"He wanted to know about what I actually felt for him while we were in school. I told him the truth."
"Okay. Shall we get started Hermione?"
"Yes lets."
Out on the Quidditch pitch Ron was teaching Hermione's class how to do a Wronski Feint, badly. He couldn't do it himself so he couldn't show them how it was done.
Luckily he noticed Harry sitting in the stands. He flew over to his friend and asked what he was doing here.
"I just wanted to see how you teach. You know how much I love flying."
"Yes I do. Would you mind helping me with this class? I'm having trouble teaching them the Wonky Faint as Hermione used to call it."
"Oh yes I remember. Ok I'll help. Let me get my broom." He summoned his broom and mounted it.
"Class, Professor Potter is going to demonstrate this move for us. Watch him closely."
"Before I do it we must have the proper safety precautions." Harry said and with a wave of his wand the pitch was covered in crash mats. "So many things can go wrong with this move. The smallest miscalculation could have you in St Mungo's for life. I'm not trying to scare you, but it took me about a month to learn how to do."
"That's such a lie Harry, as soon as you saw Krum doing it you tried it once and could do it."
"We'll discuss this later."
Harry performed the move and then they asked the class to try it. Only one person could. He was a small Gryffindor student.
"Impressive. Professor Weasley may I borrow this student? I would like to try him out for the Gryffindor team."
"Of course you may Harry. We might practice it a few more times and then watch you if we may?"
"If he doesn't mind, then yes you can." Harry drew the boy into a corner of the pitch. "What's your name?"
"Fillius Boardman. I'm sorry, sir, but I'm only in second year. I'm too young to be in the team."
"Nonsense! I was in the first term of my first year when I was put into the team. If you have talent then I will have no choice but to put you into the team."
"But I'm too small to play Quidditch."
"Stop that, right now! The position I am going to put you in is Seeker. They are normally the smallest and lightest member of the team. Now the Wronski Feint, we use this to trick the opposing Seeker, not to catch the Snitch. A normal dive will suffice for catching the Snitch. Have you ever seen a match being played?"
"No, sir."
"Okay. You are the Seeker and they have the most important job of all. But I won't bore you with the rules of Quidditch. Tonight we have a training session and I'll tell you everything you need to know then."
"Do you coach the Quidditch team yourself then?"
"Oh yes. Just as Professor Malfoy coaches the Slytherin team. Neither of us want lose this year. I'm pleased to say that Gryffindor have won it several times since I've been on the team."
"When was the first time you won it, sir?"
"Third year. Wood's last year. We had to win it, for his sake. He was one of the best captains we've ever had. Now, are we going to see what you can do or not?"
They flew around for a bit and then Harry summoned some golf balls and started throwing them in all directions for Fillius to catch. He did fairly well and Harry said he might be a credit to the team in time.
"Harry, can you show us a few of your tricks from your illustrious Quidditch career?"
"Don't start on that note Ronald because I shall ask you in turn to demonstrate your remarkable save during one of our matches. Remember that one, Ron, you hung upside down off your broom and kicked the Quaffle all the way to the other end of the pitch, indeed through the left goal hoop! If you insist on my showing some of my moves then I shall insist on seeing that one again."
"You know perfectly well that I can't very well repeat that one as it was an accident! I was a terrible Keeper as you well know!"
"Stop it! Class, the most important thing you can have while you are flying, is confidence. Professor Weasley here didn't have much. His older brother Charlie was the Quidditch captain and he felt that he couldn't compete with him. That knocked his confidence a bit, as a result he flew rather badly."
"I didn't fly that badly."
"No, it's true that once you acknowledged that you could do it then you never missed a hoop."
"Yes and while you were stuck in detention I saved the cup for Gryffindor."
"You're awfully proud of that aren't you Ron."
"Yes I am! It was my one moment of glory over you."
"You had plenty! Ah! There's the bell. Off you go class. Ron how could you? You mustn't say things like that, especially in front of the class."
Draco appeared at the entrance to the stadium.
"Hi, guys. Headmistress wants to see you both. A matter of some urgency."
