195 Gryffindor Tower and Broomsticks (3000 words)

195 Gryffindor Tower and Broomsticks (3000 words)

In a girls' dormitory in Gryffindor Tower.

"Wake up, girls."

Early in the morning, Lily, who was neatly dressed, opened the curtains and let in full sunlight. There was a burst of murmurs and wailing in the dormitory.

"This is the first day of school, and I don't want to be late for the first class."

Lily said with her hands on her hips, her fiery red hair becoming more dazzling in the sun.

Ma Lin mumbled and pulled the quilt over her head, saying something like "sleep for another five minutes."

Mary turned over in bed in a daze, then weakly raised a small hand to cover the remaining sunlight that had not been avoided.

Barian behaved more calmly than they did. It simply got into Lily's quilt, and after a while, a slight cry came from inside.

Lily puffed up her cheeks angrily, her green eyes getting wider and wider.

After noticing that the atmosphere was getting worse, Ma Lin hesitantly revealed her big eyes and looked at Lily cautiously.

It happened that at this moment, Lily turned her eyes over, her expression looking a little stern.

"Hmph." Ma Lin let out a helpless huff, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "I know, first in grade."

Apparently, Karan's nickname for Lily was not only known to him, but also to Lily's roommates occasionally.

"Don't imitate Karan's words!"

Lily said angrily, she reached out and forcibly pulled Mary up who was still curled up in the quilt.

The sleepy-eyed Mary's body was soft. She rested her head on Lily's shoulder. Her small nose was itched by the thick hair. Her tone was waxy and she retorted vaguely: " But Sangster is so handsome..."

There was silence in the dormitory for a few seconds, and even the air seemed to be stagnant.

"Hee hee." Ma Lin snickered, and she immediately became energetic. She walked out of the bed flexibly, approached Mary, whose face suddenly turned red, and asked with a smile: "Hey, you are so sleepy. La, why did you suddenly say what was on your mind?"

Mary's round little face suddenly turned even redder, and she buried her head deeply in Lily's shoulder in shame. For a moment, she couldn't tell which one was redder, her face or Lily's hair.

"I...I mean, Lily smells so good...you all heard it wrong..."

She panicked and told lies that could be easily exposed.

"Okay, stop messing around."

Lily glared at Marin, who was still trying to make fun of her, and her expression became more severe.

"Remember, don't get close to Karan, you all!"

After saying this, the two of them immediately stared at her. Lily also realized that this sentence seemed inappropriate. She quickly added: "Karan is not a good person. Remember to stay away from him."

Her words were crisp and direct.

After all, there was Petunia's example before, and Lily didn't want her two friends to have the same experience.

Marin stared at Lily with an incomprehensible look.

"Are you sure?" she asked, "I mean, I thought you were friends?"

Mary nodded slightly and expressed her agreement in a low voice: "That's right, that's right."

Lily blinked, looking angrier for some reason.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Lin hurriedly went to the bathroom, taking away the confused Mary.

"What happened to her?" Mary asked vaguely with a toothbrush stuffed in her mouth.

"I don't know either," Marlene said, "but I don't want to make her angry on the first day."

"correct."

She suddenly asked with a playful smile: "You haven't said who is your favorite person yet? Sangster or Black?"

Mary's face turned red all of a sudden, and she knocked down the dental cup in a panic, spilling water on the floor, which made Marin laugh happily.

After washing, the three of them walked to the Gryffindor common room, and happened to meet James and others there.

James was standing in the middle of the crowd, bragging loudly about the new broom to the people around him.Sirius stood beside him with a faint smile on his face, which attracted the attention of many female students passing by.

Peter looked at them with reverence, but Remus looked a little helpless. He kept looking at the clock hanging on the wall, as if he wanted to urge them to go to the auditorium for breakfast.

"Hey!"

James noticed the disdainful expression on Lily's face, and he shouted loudly: "I said, no matter what, I am helping Gryffindor win more honors. You don't have to look at me like this." Me?"

The expression on Lily's face became even more disdainful.

"Childish." She said coldly.

James opened his mouth and turned to look at Sirius.

Sirius made a helpless expression.

When passing by the pale Remus, Lily looked at him suspiciously.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

She asked: "Isn't it those people who bullied you? I remember that during the last semester, your face never looked very good."

Remus's expression froze, and he subconsciously lowered his head to avoid the question, but he couldn't do such an action anyway.

His heart was filled with panic, but he was also vaguely moved.

This was the first time that other students asked about their status.

"Us? Bullying him?"

James looked back and forth a few times, as if he had discovered something extremely ridiculous.

But Lily ignored him. After seeing that Remus didn't look like he was really being bullied, she pulled her roommates and left directly.

James watched them climb out of the portrait hole, and his mood suddenly became terrible.

At this time, a big hand patted his shoulder.

It was Edgar Bones, now captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

"Hello, Edgar."

James' mood gradually improved. He seemed to have guessed why Edgar was here, so he said boldly: "I know this is your last year at Hogwarts. Don't worry. I will definitely help you win the Quidditch trophy this year. But, let me tell you, you are still too impatient now, and you have to wait until I finish participating in the selection."

"I know you're going to make the team, everyone saw that last semester," Edgar said.

Despite this, James still heard something was wrong with Edgar's tone.

"I happened to be here just for this matter." Edgar continued, staring at James intently: "But, you really didn't buy all seven Nimbus 1001s, right?"

"What's wrong?" James and Sirius looked at each other silently, and he asked, "I told this in front of everyone in the auditorium last semester..."

"I know." Edgar interrupted James: "But you should have read the "Daily Prophet" during the holidays, right? Malfoy bought seven tickets for the Slytherin team last semester. Put Nimbus 1001."

James seemed to find Edgar's words unreasonable.

"But my house doesn't have a basement full of dark magic items?" He said with wide eyes, "What does the two things have to do with each other?"

"Maybe it doesn't matter." Edgar patted James on the shoulder again: "But I know that you are much better than Malfoy. There is no need to damage your reputation just because of a few brooms, especially in the selection process. It hasn’t started yet.”

"I know what you're going to say."

He stopped James' attempt to refute: "But what the team needs most is not an expensive broom."

"What we need most is you, James, an excellent..."

"Chaser!" James shouted quickly. This was also the position he desired most.

"Are you sure you're not the Seeker? That was Wlonsky's fake move."

Edgar confirmed it again and again. After seeing the expression on James' face, he smiled nonchalantly and said, "Okay, okay, Chaser, there will be a place for you."

"Are you sure?" James couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Those are seven light wheels 1001."

"Of course!"

Edgar said without hesitation: "Because, this is my last year at Hogwarts."

In just one sentence, he seemed to have stated all his reasons.

After Edgar left, James only felt confused for a while.

"I really don't know whether I should feel happy or something else..."

Finally, he had to look at Sirius.

"What do you think, man?" he asked.

"I think I should be more happy." Sirius said casually: "Malfoy's incident gave Edgar a warning. In any case, you have a captain who cares about you very much. He even thinks that Seven Nimbus 1001 is not as important as you, which is certainly something to be happy about."

"Ok."

James spread his hands helplessly.

"Then what do you do?" He asked immediately: "I just need to write a letter home. My dad will definitely be happy to hear the news, because my mom won't find out that he secretly spent money on me again. .”

"But where are your two broomsticks? Otherwise, you can just go to the selection with me."

"Forget it, man." Sirius shook his head and said, "Quidditch isn't for me."

"Of those two brooms, one can be used directly by you. Although Edgar rejected seven Nimbus 1001, it would definitely be easier for him to accept it if he only had one."

"As for the other one..."

Sirius was silent for a moment.

"It seems that we are about to witness the first-year students possessing the latest flying broomsticks. This is something that even you have not been able to do."

James nodded, understanding what Sirius meant.

The other broomstick seems to be given to Regulus.

But James didn't say much about this, after all, this broom was originally bought with Regulus' help.

"Thank you, man." He gave Sirius a gentle hammer on the shoulder, thanking him for the broomstick.

"Look forward to your Christmas gift this year, it will definitely give you a surprise." James said mysteriously, and he was already prepared to bleed heavily for it.

Sirius didn't refuse, he never cared about trivial matters related to money.

"It's not easy, man."

The two were laughing and joking, and Remus finally came to his senses. He urged helplessly: "Okay, hurry up and have breakfast."

"I don't want to be late for my first class."