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"Awww...Georgy, look at how cute they are!"304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL75YbkKFbz
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"Should we wake them up or let em sleep?"304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyg7aCl9Ju
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"Wake them up of course! But first..."304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UxXl1yaFE
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I shifted around as I slowly woke up. Before I could open my eyes, however, I heard a loud click and a bright flash of light hit my closed eyelids. I groaned as I sat up and blinked my eyes groggily.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWivaBthVW
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"Mornin, sunshine!" I looked up to see Fred and George grinning merrily down at me.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIPtpVfBo8
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"What-what's up g-guys?" I said yawning widely. They laughed at me.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlq7BASYCa0
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"Not much, just thought we'd wake the sleeping princess before she was late to class." I blushed at the nickname and rubbed my eyes. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoWrbWSpFC
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"What time is it?"304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4osenp2vC
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"I'd say about 8:30ish," Fred replied. I squealed in shock.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFV4FFTvt3
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"Oh my gawd, I can't believe I slept in so late!" I cried. Something shifted behind me.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57y4D5Mto1
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"Huh? I'm up, what's going on? What's wrong?" I heard Harry shout as he struggled to sit up next to me.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnRpbwATGv
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I looked at the twins and we all burst out laughing at the expression on Harry's sleepy face. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qVDKpfMbO
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"Nothin, mate. The princess was just having a tantrum is all." I grabbed one of the couch cushions and whacked George in the face.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcvJ4lkWX2
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"George Weasley, I was NOT having a tantrum!' I shouted as I felt my face redden. There was a pause as we all realized what I'd done. Then we all burst out laughing again this time with Harry joining in.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EMziK9dL2
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"C'mon Harry! We're gonna be late if we don't hurry up and get ready!" I shouted as I yanked him from the couch and shoved him to the stairs to the boys dormitories. "I'll see you at breakfast!" I cried as I pushed open the portrait of the Fat Lady and clambered out. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlukHdPLE2B
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"oohhh...look at Malfoy's face!"I giggled as Harry, Ron, and I walked into the great hall for breakfast. Malfoy's jaw had dropped as he saw that we were still here.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA850Bc40L
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"ya know, it was almost worth getting eaten by a giant three-headed dog, just to see that ole' git's face" Ron chuckled as we sat down and began to eat. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjxPxtVL2H
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As the owls flooded into the Great Hall as usual, our attention was caught at once by two long, thin packages carried by twelve large screech owls. I was just as amazed as Harry when the owls soared down and dropped the parcels in front of us, knocking my bacon to the floor. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEey5z9fcu
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Luckily, Harry and I ripped open the letters first because it said:DO NOT OPEN THE PARCEL AT THE TABLE. It contains your new Nimbus Two Thousand, but I don't want everybody knowing you've got a broomstick or they'll all want one. Oliver Wood will meet you tonight on the Quidditch field at seven o'clock for your first training session. Professor McGonagall 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3bX6C1MsZ
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I bounced up and down in my seat barely containing my glee. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGx5os7yfU
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"Nimbus Two Thousands!" Ron moaned enviously. "I've never even touched one." We left the hall quickly, wanting to unwrap the broomsticks in private before our first class, but halfway across the entrance hall I found the way upstairs barred by Crabbe and Goyle. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWRU5DWn34
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Malfoy seized the package from my hands and felt it. "That's a broomstick," he said, throwing it back to me with a mixture of jealousy and spite on his face. "You'll be in for it this time, Potter, Katrina. First years aren't allowed them." Ron couldn't resist it. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGYX0eF3ex
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"They're not just any old broomsticks," he said, "those are Nimbus Two Thousands. What did you say you've got at home, Malfoy, a Comet Two Sixty?" Ron grinned at us. "Comets look flashy, but they're not in the same league as the Nimbus."304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAKuVauEur
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"What would you know about it, Weasley, you couldn't afford half the handle," Malfoy snapped back. "I suppose you and your brothers have to save up twig by twig." Before Ron could answer or I could punch Malfoy, Professor Flitwick appeared at Malfoy's elbow. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkdAWIfj4z
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"Not arguing, I hope, boys....and girl?" he squeaked. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtM5wcmfD8R
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"Potter and Katrina have been sent broomsticks, Professor," said Malfoy quickly. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7d4LZsM5T
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"Yes, yes, that's right," said Professor Flitwick, beaming at Harry and I. "Professor McGonagall told me all about the special circumstances. And what model is it?" 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqjTUJ5G32
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"A Nimbus Two Thousand, sir," said Harry, as I was fighting not to laugh at the look of horror on Malfoy's face. "And it's really thanks to Malfoy here that we've got them," he added. We headed upstairs and got ready for class, smothering our laughter at Malfoy's obvious rage and confusion. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBzoJOK7ls
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As seven o'clock drew nearer, Harry and I left the castle and set off in the dusk toward the Quidditch field. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSv8fqmkXB
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"I'm so excited, Harry!" I squealed as we made our way to the stadium. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6kwGCnaL0
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My jaw dropped as we stepped onto the field. I had never been inside the stadium before. Hundreds of seats were raised in stands around the field so that the spectators were high enough to see what was going on. At either end of the field were three golden poles with hoops on the end. They reminded me of the little plastic sticks Muggle children blew bubbles through, except that they were fifty feet high. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qksHpWzEJ
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"Are you really? I had no idea!" Said Harry, rolling his eyes but smiling over at me. He has such a cute smile, I thought to myself before realizing what I was thinking. I blushed and ran over to where Oliver stood beside a giant chest that contained several oddly shaped balls. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJz3N9aa4T
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"Hey, Oliver!" I cried out as I reached where he stood.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstR3LV2I3S
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"Hey, Katrina, Harry. You guys ready?" We both nodded our heads furiously in agreement. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF7d4BVf9g
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After Oliver explained the rules to us he released the little golden ball he called the snitch and ordered Harry to fly around trying to catch it. As for me and him, he had us fly over to one set of the golden goal posts and threw a red ball to me that he said was a quaffle. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EQJ0YhuPB
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"Now, Katrina. I want you to throw the ball as hard as you can and try and get it through one of these three hoops!"304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1smQvT4tb9
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"Are you crazy!" I shouted back. "What if I hit you?" 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkZwRO2qNZ
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"Don't worry about that! Just do as I say!" He argued.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iSHEs3roJ
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"Fine!" I yelled as I tossed the quaffle as hard as I could towards one of the open posts. I blinked in surprise as I watched it soar through Oliver's hands.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDX54fAgSW
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"Katrina! Great job. McGonagall was right, you're amazing!" I blushed as Oliver passed the ball to me again. Oliver was so handsome! Every girl in our year thought so, but he was a (fourth?) year so there was no way he'd want anything to do with a first year like me. Besides, I was still trying to sort out my feelings for Harry!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5lAxLTg5p
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We continued to run shooting drills while Harry chased after the snitch until Oliver was satisfied that we had the basics down.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIPfkJYEXC
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After half an hour, night had really fallen and we couldn't carry on. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKtpP2m0BM
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"That Quidditch cup'll have our name on it this year," said Oliver happily as we trudged back up to the castle. "I wouldn't be surprised if you turn out better than Charlie Weasley, Harry! and he could have played for England if he hadn't gone off chasing dragons." 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6788E1nDxy
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We reached the entrance to my room and I said goodnight to the two of them, promising to see Harry at breakfast the following morning. I shucked of my robes, hopped in the shower, quickly finished the last of my homework for the week (yes I'm an overachiever) and then crashed on my bed from exhaustion.
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