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"Typical," said Harry darkly as we sat eating breakfast at the Gryffindor table on Thursday. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpl6bkX1qz
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"Just what I always wanted. To make a fool of myself on a broomstick in front of Malfoy." we had been looking forward to learning to fly more than anything else and neither of us liked the idea of having to share the experience with the Slytherines. While Malfoy and his cronies usually left me alone, I didn't like the way they treated my friends.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QcWULUv3E
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"You don't know that you'll make a fool of yourself," said Ron reasonably. "Anyway, I know Malfoy's always going on about how good he is at Quidditch, but I bet that's all talk." 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTbbF9GpbL
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"Yeah, Ron's right, Harry. Don't focus on Malfoy. We shouldn't let him ruin our good mood!" I said eating my way through a plate of scrambled eggs.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQII2djxPAy
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"You're always in a good mood, but I suppose you're right," Harry said chuckling as he hugged me. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjLyEcXObd
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We all looked up as owls soared into the hall. A barn owl brought Neville a small package from his grandmother. He opened it excitedly and showed us a glass ball the size of a large marble, which seemed to be full of white smoke. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSGdf1cjxe
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"It's a Remembrall!" he explained. "Gran knows I forget things - this tells you if there's something you've forgotten to do. Look, you hold it tight like this and if it turns red - oh..." His face fell, because the Remembrall had suddenly glowed scarlet,"You've forgotten something..." 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMT6mYXOze
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Neville was trying to remember what he'd forgotten when Draco Malfoy,who was passing the Gryffindor table, snatched the Remembrall out of his hand. Harry, Ron, and I jumped to our feet but Professor McGonagall, who could spot trouble quicker than any teacher in the school, was there in a flash. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdQFdAlwmg
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"What's going on?" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmDMzTRO4m
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"Malfoy's got my Remembrall, Professor."Scowling, Malfoy quickly dropped the Remembrall back on the table. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gEsPBmRHF
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"Just looking," he said, and he sloped away with Crabbe and Goyle behind him. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZv0ZUfQooq
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At three-thirty that afternoon, Harry and I, along with the other Gryffindors, hurried down the front steps onto the grounds for our first flying lesson. It was a clear, breezy day, and the grass rippled under our feet as we marched down the sloping lawns toward a smooth, flat lawn on the opposite side of the grounds to the forbidden forest, whose trees were swaying darkly in the distance. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gJsF2Non8
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The Slytherins were already there, and so were twenty broomsticks lying in neat lines on the ground. The teacher, Madam Hooch, arrived as we approached the brooms. She had short, gray hair, and yellow eyes like a hawk. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuamoTdlpB
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"Well, what are you all waiting for?" she barked. "Everyone stand by a broomstick. Come on, hurry up." I glanced down at my broom. It was old and some of the twigs stuck out at odd angles."Stick out your right hand over your broom," called Madam Hooch at the front, "and say 'Up!"' 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBM0G7aMXG
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"UP" everyone shouted. My broom jumped into my hand at once, but it was one of the few that did. Hermione's had simply rolled over on the ground, and Neville's hadn't moved at all. I Laughed as Ron's smacked him in the face. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDFTvFnYku
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Madam Hooch then showed us how to mount the brooms without sliding off the end, and walked up and down the rows correcting our grips. I giggled in delight when she told Malfoy he'd been doing it wrong for years. The pompous git! He'd been boasting all week about how great he was at flying. It was nice to see his ego knocked down a few sizes.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIQiQQspio
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"Now, when I blow my whistle, kick off from the ground, hard," said Madam Hooch. "Keep your brooms steady, rise a few feet, and then come straight back down by leaning forward slightly. On my whistle - three - two -" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQ3mLx68HI
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But Neville, nervous and jumpy and frightened of being left on the ground, pushed off hard before the whistle had touched Madam Hooch'slips. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRoJPi5Ub4
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"Come back, boy!" she shouted, but Neville was rising straight up like a cork shot out of a bottle - twelve feet - twenty feet...till suddenly he slipped sideways off the broom and -WHAM - a thud and a nasty crack and Neville lay face down on the grass in a heap. His broomstick was still rising higher and higher, and started to drift lazily toward the forbidden forest and out of sight. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhyTjfCc4H
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Madam Hooch was bending over Neville, her face as white as his."Broken wrist," I heard her mutter. "Come on, boy - it's all right, up you get." She turned to the rest of the class."None of you is to move while I take this boy to the hospital wing! Youleave those brooms where they are or you'll be out of Hogwarts before you can say 'Quidditch.' Come on, dear."Neville, his face tear-streaked, clutching his wrist, hobbled off with Madam Hooch, who had her arm around him. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2KC8h56iv
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No sooner were they out of earshot than Malfoy burst into laughter."Did you see his face, the great lump?"The other Slytherins joined in. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6nJFcYskE
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"Shut up, Malfoy," I snapped angrily. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOcvkNtOYg
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"Ooh, sticking up for Longbottom?" said Pansy Parkinson, a hard-faced Slytherin girl. "Never thought you'd like fat little crybabies, Katrina." I felt arms wrap around me as I was about to go over and punch her. I glared back at Harry.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4ODcwZPKu
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"Look!" said Malfoy, darting forward and snatching something out of the grass. "It's that stupid thing Longbottom's gran sent him."The Remembrall glittered in the sun as he held it up. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjJSCPRLFh
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"Give that here, Malfoy," said Harry quietly as he continued to hold me back. Everyone stopped talking to watch. Malfoy smiled nastily. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOaXCHd2Z1
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"I think I'll leave it somewhere for Longbottom to find - how about -up a tree?" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4UwaPcyXe
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"Give it here!" I yelled, but Malfoy had leapt onto his broomstick and taken off. He hadn't been lying, he could fly well. Hovering level with the topmost branches of an oak he called, "Come and get it, you two!" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE5jYqD1d5
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"No!" shouted Hermione. "Madam Hooch told us not to move -you'll get us all into trouble." We ignored her. Blood was pounding in my ears and I wanted nothing more than to knock Malfoy off his broom. I kicked hard against the ground and up, up, up I soared; air rushed through my hair, and my robes whipped out behind me...361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iyUKbuMMi
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In a rush of fierce joy I realized that this was easier than I'd thought it would be. It was wonderful. I pulled the broomstick up a little to take it even higher, and heard screams and gasps of the students back on the ground and an admiring whoop from Ron. Harry and I turned our broomsticks sharply to face Malfoy in midair. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYdtVunz3T
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Malfoy looked stunned. "Give it here," We called together, "or we'll knock you off that broom!" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUMg9qWiAu
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"Oh, yeah?" said Malfoy, trying to sneer, but looking worried. I leaned forward and grasped the broom tightly in both hands, and it shot toward Malfoy like a javelin. Malfoy only just got out of the way in time; and I made a sharp about-face and held the broom steady. A few people below were clapping. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsxHtVGq8K
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"No Crabbe and Goyle up here to save your neck, Malfoy," I heard Harry shout. The same thought seemed to have struck Malfoy. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWhbDotmqb
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"Catch it if you can, then!" he shouted, and he threw the glass ball high into the air. I dashed after it and caught it, enjoying the wide look of shock on his face. The next thing I knew, he was coming straight at me and I tore off in the opposite direction. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhUwnk4HRc
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"Harry, catch!" I shouted as I tossed the ball in his direction and avoided Malfoy. He gave up and streaked back towards the ground as I saw Harry's hand reach out and grasp the tiny ball a foot from the ground. I pointed my own broom downwards and enjoyed the rush, waiting till the last moment to pull my broom straight, toppling gently onto the grass.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNjrYJ8VQi
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"HARRY POTTER! KATRINA!" My heart sank faster than I'd just dived. Professor McGonagall was running toward us. Harry extended a helpful arm as we got to our feet, trembling. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgnrdNM4Xn
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"Never - in all my time at Hogwarts..." Professor McGonagall was almost speechless with shock, and her glasses flashed furiously, "...how dare you - might have broken your neck..." 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2H83uPw76n
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"It wasn't his fault, Professor -" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQGTqZfo3A
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"Be quiet, Miss Patil"361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aN4LzyZsZ
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"But Malfoy -" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkqpT32N16
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"That's enough, Mr. Weasley. Potter, Katrina, follow me, now." I caught sight of Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle's triumphant faces as we left, walking numbly in Professor McGonagall's wake as she strode towardthe castle. We were going to be expelled, I just knew it. I wanted to say something to defend ourselves, but I couldn't force the words out. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWknoj7F0F
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Professor McGonagall was sweeping along without even looking at us; we had to jog to keep up. Now I'd done it. I hadn't even lasted two weeks. I'd be packing my bags in ten minutes. What would the they say at the Orphanage when I turned up months early? 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnIq63RFm9
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Up the front steps, up the marble staircase inside, and still Professor McGonagall didn't say a word. She wrenched open doors and marched along corridors with the two of us trotting miserably behind her. Maybe she was taking us to Dumbledore. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0G0aQe9TD
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Professor McGonagall stopped outside a classroom. She opened the door and poked her head inside. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWO9YcOVE4
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"Excuse me, Professor Flitwick, could I borrow Wood for a moment?"Wood? I thought, bewildered; was Wood a cane she was going to use on us?But Wood turned out to be a person, a burly fifth-year boy who came out of Flitwick's class looking confused. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxM3t0NM3R
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"Follow me, you three," said Professor McGonagall, and we marched on up the corridor, Wood looking curiously at Harry and I. "In here."Professor McGonagall ushered us into a classroom that was empty except for Peeves, who was busy writing rude words on the blackboard."Out, Peeves!" she barked. Peeves threw the chalk into a bin, which clanged loudly, and he swooped out cursing. Professor McGonagall slammed the door behind him and turned to face the three of us.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJJsQYbGW9
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"Potter, Katrina, this is Oliver Wood. Wood - I've found you a Seeker and a Chaser."Wood's expression changed from puzzlement to delight. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsm8bxku7nJ
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"Are you serious, Professor?"361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV4zDUrNu4
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"Absolutely," said Professor McGonagall crisply. "The're naturals. I've never seen anything like it. Was that your first time on a broomstick, Potter, Katrina?" We both nodded silently. Neither of us had a clue what was going on, but we didn't seem to be getting expelled.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1V0CfREdE
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"She made a pass with incredible accuracy while traveling at high speed and he caught that thing in his hand after a fifty-foot dive," Professor McGonagall told Wood. "Didn't even scratch himself. Charlie Weasley couldn't have done it."Wood was now looking as though all his dreams had come true at once. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tYaHG3Mh1
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"Ever seen a game of Quidditch, you two?" he asked excitedly. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1BJJTySRE
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"Wood's captain of the Gryffindor team," Professor McGonagall explained. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JTnJQ8YYO
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"He's just the build for a Seeker, too," said Wood, now walking around Harry and staring at him. "Light - speedy - we'll have to get them decent brooms, Professor - a Nimbus Two Thousand or a Cleansweep Seven,I'd say." 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeAqGxUncs
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"Wait, but...am I even allowed on the team...I mean I'd love to! But, I'm not exactly a Gryffindor..." I said sadly as I hung my head in shame. I wished so badly that I was.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOc0YF4vXP
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"I shall speak to Professor Dumbledore and see if we can't bend the first-year rule and whether you can be allowed to play Katrina. Heaven knows, we need a better team than last year.Flattened in that last match by Slytherin, I couldn't look Severus Snape in the face for weeks...." 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0z8LiLszB
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Professor McGonagall peered sternly over her glasses at Harry and I."I want to hear you're training hard, or I may change my mind about punishing you two."Then she suddenly smiled."Your parents would have been proud," she said. "Your father, Potter was an excellent Quidditch player himself and so was your mother, Katrina." 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0R8EwIYa9l
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"Y-y-you knew my mother?" I stammered in surprise.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eA1VktQDO
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"Yes...yes I did...." But she didn't say anything else and I could tell I wasn't going to get much more of an answer. With that, Minnie swept off leaving the three of us alone. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnDIMk2jEp
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"You're joking." 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnXkHrBehK
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It was dinnertime. Harry had just finished telling Ron what had happened when we'd left the grounds with Professor McGonagall. Ron had a piece of steak and kidney pie halfway to his mouth, but he'd forgotten all about it. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FLmYGM9v5
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"Seeker? Chaser?" he said. "But first years never - you two must be the youngest house players..."361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6CznCnxN3
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"... in about a century," said Harry, shoveling pie into his mouth. "Wood told us. and they said there was no rule banning Katrina from playing so she's allowed on the team!" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbtOcqSQG4
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Ron was so amazed, so impressed, he just sat and gaped at us. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkAUZJzx0B
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"We start training next week," said Harry. "Only don't tell anyone, Wood wants to keep it a secret." 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYLxfBSLo7
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Fred and George Weasley now came into the hall, spotted Harry and I, and hurried over."Well done," said George in a low voice. "Wood told us. We're on the team too - Beaters." George explained at my questioning look. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrJhEavj7s
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"I tell you, we're going to win that Quidditch cup for sure this year,"said Fred. "We haven't won since Charlie left, but this year's team is going to be brilliant. You two must be good, Wood was almost skipping when he told us. Anyway, we've got to go, Lee Jordan reckons he's found a new secret passageway out of the school."361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaikHgk3QJ
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"Bet it's that one behind the statue of Gregory the Smarmy that we found in our first week. See you." Fred and George had hardly disappeared when someone far less welcome turned up: Malfoy, flanked by Crabbe and Goyle. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOQY7eAatf
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"Having a last meal, Potter, Katrina? When are you getting the train back to the Muggles?" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P8vZa91j6
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"You're a lot braver now that you're back on the ground and you've got your little friends with you," said Harry coolly. There was of course nothing at all little about Crabbe and Goyle, but as the High Table was full of teachers, neither of them could do more than crack their knuckles and scowl. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9OyzWCrW9
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"I'd take you on anytime on my own, Potter" said Malfoy. "Tonight, if you want.Wizard's duel. Wands only - no contact. What's the matter? Never heard of a wizard's duel before, I suppose?" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsfMQaZY8N
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"Of course he has," said Ron, wheeling around. "I'm his second, who's yours?" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXZGZRS84A
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Malfoy looked at Crabbe and Goyle, sizing them up."Crabbe," he said. "Midnight all right? We'll meet you in the trophy room; that's always unlocked."When Malfoy had gone, we all looked at each other.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0as4By7tD
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"What is a wizard's duel?" said Harry and I at the same time. I elbowed him and whispered, "Jinx" and he gave me a quick grin before returning to look at Ron. "And what do you mean, you're my second?" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEdtQc8H34
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"Well, a second's there to take over if you die," said Ron casually,getting started at last on his cold pie. Catching the look on our faces, he added quickly, "But people only die in proper duels, you know,with real wizards. The most you and Malfoy'll be able to do is send sparks at each other. Neither of you knows enough magic to do any real damage. I bet he expected you to refuse, anyway." 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUluHABSW6T
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"And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdOIV9IMfr
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"Throw it away and punch him on the nose," Ron suggested. I giggled at the mental image.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0rnzfjDoL
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"Excuse me." We all looked up. It was Hermione. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJJ2hMgiMj
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"Can't a person eat in peace in this place?" said Ron. I kicked him under the table. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJcWrx7Srv
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"Ron, don't be rude!" Hermione ignored him, smiled in appreciation to me, and spoke to Harry. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTGuQ8WjPt
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"I couldn't help overhearing what you and Malfoy were saying -" 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjeE7Qwfqv
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"Bet you could," Ron muttered and I kicked him again. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaT9aE19AjD
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"-and you mustn't go wandering around the school at night, think of the points you'll lose Gryffindor if you're caught, and you're bound to be.It's really very selfish of you." 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7fYEMfxvl
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"And it's really none of your business," said Harry. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlONMa64tCu
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"Good-bye," said Ron. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckw2d89wA9
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Hermione stormed off as I turned to look at Harry and Ron. "That was really mean, you two. She was just trying to look out for you, besides...she does have a point. It's really risky..." I said.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCIl3pBGXV
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"Oh, not you too, Katrina." Ron groaned as he rolled his eyes.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHt49hcu7T
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"We'll be fine, Kat, don't worry." Harry said trying to reassure me but I wasn't quite convinced. 361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rICFIxhmt
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"Well, I'm going to go check up on Neville and see if he's ok." I said as I stood up. "See you too later...be careful!" I added as an afterthought.
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