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"Typical," said Harry darkly as we sat eating breakfast at the Gryffindor table on Thursday. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidHCqunY2r
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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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYt2hViMZ7
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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." 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hPEZTSchr
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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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXLs8eU2WS
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"You're always in a good mood, but I suppose you're right," Harry said chuckling as he hugged me. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjH1X2af6I
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmahgbkeCDg
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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..." 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ax1PKU5GJ
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESLxpjozd4
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"What's going on?" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTueOJiYke5
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"Malfoy's got my Remembrall, Professor."Scowling, Malfoy quickly dropped the Remembrall back on the table. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3GnpTRUFL
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"Just looking," he said, and he sloped away with Crabbe and Goyle behind him. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxbqxDgvhs
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWj2CDKnLEP
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapqVUEwAk3
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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!"' 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5LbwiVnE6
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPtj8vZ2V2
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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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zEEMoSBtR
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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 -" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMItto3J4pV
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dUbU4CAEz
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZ4IjIaGBl
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgNCRlNAuc
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2LmNm60Kl
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"Shut up, Malfoy," I snapped angrily. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQ5nzphbkg
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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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbJpS2J9wo
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLsbGURi6c
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMaWfmHhyA
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"I think I'll leave it somewhere for Longbottom to find - how about -up a tree?" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTKfwi96Fk
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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!" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj319wCerr0
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Harry and I grabbed our brooms.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yjwDnXV5L
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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...362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwbQuc2XPL
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhX8Hq6weP
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Malfoy looked stunned. "Give it here," We called together, "or we'll knock you off that broom!" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9O1BBOm8b5
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRMfSUltMj
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkveYFfaVv8
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDRAQKAHQl
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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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYMar0O0vv
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhk9oFvRQgr
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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..." 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPW5LnaOHlc
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"It wasn't his fault, Professor -" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewVSnI9CnQ
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"Be quiet, Miss Patil"362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDRcMjaoat
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"But Malfoy -" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vGvXTRYjJ
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFS91O5C52
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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? 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mTfcWYVVg
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3R86dMQAt
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Professor McGonagall stopped outside a classroom. She opened the door and poked her head inside. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmmb94h1TM
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0h8tq9ldr
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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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFJB82LvhO
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMyfXtSNaY
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"Are you serious, Professor?"362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHk1XOnm7d
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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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRapT9wOgI
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDSRAFMn4a
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"Ever seen a game of Quidditch, you two?" he asked excitedly. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsxq5TCvLi
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"Wood's captain of the Gryffindor team," Professor McGonagall explained. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkebbaQQWQ
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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." 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBGg2cAyNR
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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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBw1EskO8bB
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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...." 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7pusjOZLU
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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." 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2B5JvHwbA
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"Y-y-you knew my mother?" I stammered in surprise.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rZ4yguCLx
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOHrfQv6kj
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"You're joking." 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsw1F7Kb1VQ
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsBZzgIx4f
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"Seeker? Chaser?" he said. "But first years never - you two must be the youngest house players..."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroy9BtkfMN
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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!" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNL4JAja1ol
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Ron was so amazed, so impressed, he just sat and gaped at us. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXaLWmxyTk
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"We start training next week," said Harry. "Only don't tell anyone, Wood wants to keep it a secret." 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgnKT7l7R3
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sgJQL3wpv
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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."362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxTQ1remUJ
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzoFFzqILO
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"Having a last meal, Potter, Katrina? When are you getting the train back to the Muggles?" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvQ6hEXZwG
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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. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqhoLixQ1H
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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?" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lFcKRXiaw
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"Of course he has," said Ron, wheeling around. "I'm his second, who's yours?" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQt6Eejgh2
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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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXVhIiXlBU
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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?" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOsitUVc1a
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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." 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOw2GPLxH7
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"And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdSD4Oh3HS
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"Throw it away and punch him on the nose," Ron suggested. I giggled at the mental image.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRjq348Z0c
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"Excuse me." We all looked up. It was Hermione. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbVwcsdJHd
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"Can't a person eat in peace in this place?" said Ron. I kicked him under the table. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKlzwYt5tk
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"Ron, don't be rude!" Hermione ignored him, smiled in appreciation to me, and spoke to Harry. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqAUk33up8
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"I couldn't help overhearing what you and Malfoy were saying -" 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuFb3THGXd
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"Bet you could," Ron muttered and I kicked him again. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNYvBSYwQn
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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." 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxsgDoI8y7
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"And it's really none of your business," said Harry. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJx02e067G
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"Good-bye," said Ron. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNBv3c4O6b
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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.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrVAFIXJSh
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"Oh, not you too, Katrina." Ron groaned as he rolled his eyes.362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUgUsLOck0
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"We'll be fine, Kat, don't worry." Harry said trying to reassure me but I wasn't quite convinced. 362Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSv7fBAgxTz
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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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