Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

"Bourne, what are you doing?"

Harry and Ron greeted Bourne, who showed up belatedly, on a grassy field next to the castle. This was the venue where they were about to take flying lessons.

There are already many young wizards gathered here. Just like the Potions class, Gryffindor will take this class with Slytherin.

The Lion Court and the Snake Court came together and inevitably began to compete. Due to local conditions, the topics of their comparison naturally revolved around broomsticks and Quidditch.

"Bourne, have you brought the 'Triple Speed'? Take it out and open the eyes of those Slytherins!" Ron said a little excitedly. The "little excitement" here means that he basically made everyone present hear his voice clearly at once.

And his purpose is also very pure, that is: just to let "some people" hear it.

Because before Bourne came, a young wizard from a pure-blood noble family—well, yes, it was Malfoy—had been talking a lot about things related to flying.

Moreover, the story Draco told rarely did not have the element of "my dad", but ended with "I passed by a Muggle helicopter in a thrilling way, just a tiny bit away from becoming a Gryffindor." Headless Nick” ends.

Not to be outdone, Ron told the story of how when he was a child, he stole a broken broom that was replaced by his second brother Charlie, the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and almost hit a Muggle hang glider.

With the two of them at the beginning, some young wizards born in wizard families also joined in and shared their stories vividly.

Seamus Finnegan said that his mother was excited to give birth to his big boy while watching a group match of the Quidditch World Cup because the German team she was supporting was knocked out. Then she packed him up and rode Returning home on a broomstick.

"I have been inseparable from broomsticks and Quidditch since I was born," he proudly announced to everyone.

Coincidentally, Zabini from Slytherin also told a similar story. According to him, his biological father and his mother, Mrs. Zabini, also met while watching the same Quidditch match. Her mother's husband at the time was still participating in the game, but during that game, the man was unfortunately knocked off his broomstick by a Bludger and broke his neck...

Although this group of people obviously misunderstood the difference between "story" and "accident", seeing the way they swore so confidently, many young wizards from Muggle families began to believe it.

Some are happy, some are worried.

Those who are happy are because they will soon learn how to ride a broomstick, so they find it very interesting.

Some young wizards who are worried, such as Hermione, are mostly worried about whether they can learn to fly, and whether their grades in this course will be far behind those of their classmates who were born in wizarding families.

She borrowed a copy of "The Origins of Quidditch" from the library for this purpose, and she still took it with her when she came to take flying lessons. She kept talking about some Quidditch terms she learned from this book, as if Only in this way can she feel at ease.

Of course, there are some exceptions.

Although he was born into a pure-blood wizard family, Neville, an honest child, said more honestly: "I have never ridden a broomstick in my life. My grandma never let me get close to them."

Therefore, when Hermione was reciting those Quidditch terms, he was the only one who listened carefully and seemed to want to learn something in this way. However, the white smoke inside the glass ball he held in his hand - a memory ball sent to him by his grandmother yesterday, which can remind the holder if he has forgotten something - gradually turned red.

But after thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't think about what he forgot to bring in this class?

"Bern, while there is no class, hurry up..."

Just when Ron was about to say something, Harry quickly pulled his arm. Their flying teacher, Mrs. Huo Qi, is here.

The teacher had gray hair like the spikes of a hedgehog and yellow eyes like a falcon. Around her neck hung a whistle hung by a belt, and a pair of aviator goggles. She also used her wand to cast a levitating spell, pulling more than twenty broomsticks behind her.

Mrs. Huo Qi is a consistent person, with a very straightforward personality. She walked up to the little wizards and waved her magic wand without saying anything, causing the broomsticks to land accurately at the feet of each little wizard.

"Now, what are you waiting for?" Mrs. Huo Qi said loudly: "Stretch out your dominant hand, put the palm of your hand on the broom handle, and then say the first command to it-'get up'. "

"Get up!" The little wizard present immediately obeyed.

Harry's broom immediately responded to him and accurately jumped into his hand; Ron next to him also received a response, but the broom bounced up too fast and he failed to catch it, and the broom handle made a "bang" sound. Hit him in the head.

"Ouch!" Ron let out a cry of pain. The little Slytherin wizards standing opposite them all chuckled. Draco, on the other hand, was holding the broom steadily and looking at the Harrow duo with a proud look on his face.

Hermione's broom wasn't very obedient. She shouted "get up" several times in a cadence, but the broom just kept rolling on the lawn as if it had turned into a lazy dog.

Compared with these two situations, there are some little wizards whose brooms are like dead pigs that are not afraid of boiling water, and they will not move no matter how much they are shouted.

For example, the honest boy Neville, and... Bourne. Of course, their situations are slightly different.

Neville continued to shout after failing to do so, and there were some beads of sweat on his forehead. But Bourne failed, so he simply picked the broom with his toes and took it into his hand.

When Mrs. Hooch saw this scene, she originally wanted to criticize Bourne, but in the next second, Bourne put the broomstick back on the lawn. Then, he gave the command again, and the broomstick jumped into his hand very obediently.

"Bourne, how did you do it?" Neville asked quickly. He wanted to know the secret to Bourne's second success.

Bourne is not a person who likes to hide his secrets, not to mention Neville is an honest person, so he directly shared his secret.

"It's very simple, I just said to the broom, 'You look very disloyal.' When threatened, it became much more obedient.

These flying broomsticks are a bit too old - rather than flying tools, it might be more appropriate to define them as antiques - the remaining magical activity of the materials used to make them varies, and our two broomsticks should be among the dullest. of that batch.

Therefore, you have to give it a little push and motivation so that they can have the motivation to continue working for you. "

"Thank you," Neville said with a grateful expression on his face as he thanked Bourne seriously.

Then, the child squatted down and whispered to his broomstick: "You have to be good. If you don't, I will take you to the Potions classroom. Professor Snape may burn you like firewood." Dropped."

how to say……

It really lives up to the saying: Lies won’t hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife. The truth told by honest people is often the most deadly.

After being violently provoked, the broomstick immediately became well-behaved, and just like Bourne, it immediately jumped into Neville's hand with just a greeting.

One spreads to ten, ten spreads to hundreds, person to person spreads. Bourne's little trick helped the little wizards who encountered the same problem as him quickly get out of trouble.

"very good!"

Seeing that all the little wizards successfully summoned their broomsticks, she took out a pocket watch from her pocket and checked the time. Mrs. Huo Qi found that the time it took for these students to complete this step hit a record low.

So, she once again showed her straightforward character and gave Bourne five more academy points in public.

One point is for his ability to calmly analyze and find a solution to the problem of the broomstick being difficult to call; the other four points are for his willingness to share the method with his classmates, showing the excellent quality of unity.

"...Remember, everyone thinking in one place and working hard is the most important secret to winning for a Quidditch team!"

Then, Mrs. Hooch began to instruct the little wizards on how to sit on the broomstick correctly and sit firmly.

This is actually very critical.

At the beginning, the flying speed of a broomstick is usually not too fast. To make some emergency movements in the air, you can actually complete it just by clamping the broom handle with your legs.

However, with each generation of version updates, more and more high-speed broomsticks appeared. The wizards gradually discovered a very troublesome thing. If they are not careful while flying, they may always whisper a "stick education" with a full pain value. If not, they may even get beaten.

It was not until 1820 that Elio invented a spell called the "Cushion Curse" that solved this problem.

The addition of the cushion curse, coupled with the metal pedals invented at the same time, not only greatly enhanced the riding comfort, but also allowed those broom craftsmen or companies to boldly start broomstick racing competitions.

The only problem is that the cushion formed by the Cushion Charm is invisible, and the user of the broomstick must find its position in advance.

"First look, second touch, third sense," Mrs. Hooch told the little wizards how to find the invisible cushion. She also explained to them why Quidditch players should have their own exclusive broomsticks. "In the fierce Quidditch game, In the Diqi game, players may have to make two or three maneuvers in a few seconds. Sometimes they have to operate with one hand, or even let go of both hands and just rely on their legs to control the broom flight, so they must be familiar with their own skills. Flying broomstick, in case you get hit by your own broom and have to leave the game.”

The little wizards listened attentively.

But at this moment, Harry suddenly felt another stinging pain on his forehead, and he let out a slight ouch involuntarily.