It’s not uncommon for student players to make professional-level moves in an intramural competition, such as Hogwarts’ Magical Seeker and Harry’s father James Potter, and Durmstrang’s Victor Krum, an outstanding student and current Seeker of the Bulgarian national team.
Another example is the "point-scoring madman" Maka McClain, who has no nostalgia for the Quidditch field, but his name is still passed down among the four houses of Hogwarts.
However, at least during this season of the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup, no one expected that such players would appear on the field. Even Harry Potter, whose technical level is always above average, no one thinks he is the kind of Quidditch rookie who can be compared with professional players.
However, as the captain and veteran of Ravenclaw, Chaser Bradley Davis, who was about to graduate, broke out in such a final that was stuck in a tug of war for no reason!
At this moment, with Davis's consecutive breakthroughs and forced speed increase, the situation in front of the Gryffindor team has reached the most critical moment. The rookie goalkeeper Ginny, who played well, blocked her right goal knocker in time, and 2 feet in front of her was the rushing Davis. Throwing and saving had almost become the order of the attack and defense.
But at such an urgent opportunity, Davis, like a real eagle, suddenly picked up the broomstick and spun around, somersaulting and flying backwards, drawing a short streak towards the middle door. arc.
You know, including the previous change of direction from the middle door to the right knocker, this is already his second turning action. Changing directions twice in a row under high-speed sprinting is a great test for the player's body and skills, as well as the performance and material of the broom.
"It's the Carrot double fold! Central!"
Commentator Li was the first to react. He roared very quickly, showing his professional potential as a game commentator.
Even though Ginny was paying enough attention and her sense of the game was good enough, Davis' surprise attack really caught her off guard. When she suddenly realized that her eyes were empty, Davis had already turned over and over her head, flying backwards to the left front and into the sky.
She immediately noticed that Davis had completely lost the angle of the right goal knocker - he once again changed his scoring target to a high center goal!
Being aware of it does not mean that it can be handled. Davis's first change of direction caused Ginny to rush to the lower right at the moment. If she wanted to learn Davis's second change of direction, the angle she needed to change would be Bigger than Davis's!
In high-speed Quidditch, turning speed is measured by the angle of the flight arc, and at the moment, Davis has clearly taken the lead.
"Is it too late to turn around and defend the center line now?"
In such an urgent situation, thinking itself has become a waste of time. It may sound like a waste of words, but in fact it only takes the blink of an eye. Ginny only had time to have a thought flash through her mind. Her body, which she had exercised repeatedly during training, moved in the next moment!
Yes, during breakfast in the auditorium this morning, she mentioned to Harry that she had "expended a lot of effort to prepare" for her debut on the court. But even she herself didn't expect that in this actual battle that suddenly became intense, a certain "trick" she originally planned to use deliberately would end up being used subconsciously.
At that second, in front of everyone's eyes, Ginny fell down as if she was about to fall off the broom, hanging in the air with only the strength of her legs and grip. And then, when she used her own weight to force the Nimbus 2000 to pull back and make a 180-degree turn in an arc smaller than Davis, she actually rushed back to the center first. Next to the door knocker.
In the eyes of the audience, the scene in front of the door knocker at this moment is quite interesting - Davis is hanging upside down on his broom, the Quaffle is flying straight towards the middle door knocker; and Ginny is swooping towards the door. Half hanging in the air, he stretched his body and narrowly sealed the door knocker with one hand.
"She caught it!" As Ginny's gloved hand grasped the Quaffle, the narrator Lee jumped up. "She caught it! Ginny Weasley! She used a miracle to He swerved to catch up with Davis’ shot! The ball didn’t go in!”
Davis from Ravenclaw flew past Ginny. When he passed by Ginny, he took a deep look at Ginny, with an extremely shocked look in his eyes.
In the second half of the Gryffindor team, the two battering brothers Fred and George looked at each other, and they both saw the smile in each other's eyes.
"Maka's steering skills—" George shrugged.
"—became Ginny's craft!" Fred answered tacitly.
After that, the two of them laughed and high-fived, as if they were proud of the ball they had guarded.
As for Harry, who was still struggling with Qiu at low altitude, he naturally saw that wonderful moment. Although his duties did not allow him to fly over to congratulate Ginny, he still waved his arms at her excitedly.
"Congratulations on adding an outstanding player to your team." Qiu smiled and congratulated.
"Oh, yes!" Harry nodded repeatedly, "I really didn't expect Ginny to be able to use this skill in the competition. After all, it is very difficult - really difficult!"
Over at the staff table, Maka chuckled and clapped along with everyone else. Yes, this was exactly the move he taught Ginny himself in the orchard behind the Weasley house. Thinking that Ginny could make this turning skill appear in official competitions so quickly, he was of course very happy for Ginny.
"It's really good," he said while clapping his hands. "Being able to use it almost subconsciously proves that she has practiced it many times."
However, just as Maka was enjoying the rare fresh experience of "education paying off," a small murmur mixed in with the cheers and applause slipped into his ear by chance.
"That young lady is very powerful, but what does this have to do with you? Why do you make it sound like it's all your fault..."
Maka tilted her head amusingly and glanced at the other side of the fat young master's huge body that occupied two seats. But he saw little Sarah holding her small satchel and looking at the court intently, as if she was not the one who just made the remarks.
"Miss Hohenheim, was it you who spoke just now?" Maka raised her eyebrows and asked pretentiously.
On the other side, Sarah completely ignored his meaning and pursed her lips without even moving her neck. But when Maka smiled at the fat young master who looked quite embarrassed and leaned back on the chair, the crisp voice sounded again.
"Some people just like to be sentimental. Maybe they are talking about others?"
Ever since the last sneak attack on Maka failed and instead left her in a stalemate, the genius girl from the Hohenheim family has become even colder towards Maka. However, to say that this was the first time that someone was trying to push him away like today, which was almost awkward.
Girls' thoughts are always difficult to predict, and for a talented girl like little Sarah, it is even more confusing. Although Maka didn't care about her messing around, he couldn't help but be a little curious as to why she suddenly did this.
Of course, no matter how talented a child is, he is still a child after all. Maybe the little girl was too depressed by him, and it was just her natural instinct that broke out and she wanted to regain some ground
Only this time, Maka guessed wrong.
Sarah saw that Maka didn't take her words seriously. When the surroundings calmed down a little and the Quidditch players on the field started running back and forth again, she blinked thoughtfully. .
"Brother Noah," she thought for a while, then suddenly tugged on the fat man's sleeve, seemingly casually, "after lunch, why don't you go for a walk with Sarah to the lake, okay?"
The fat young master immediately nodded as if out of conditioned reflex.
"A walk, oh! Dear sister, of course it's okay..."
Not to mention these small actions in the stands, the game is still going on in the stadium.
Ginny's extraordinary performance blocked an almost certain goal for Gryffindor, but it was not enough to have a big impact on the outcome of the final. But her outstanding skills directly dispelled her teammates' concerns about her ability.
The unfettered Gryffindor team is undoubtedly excellent. In terms of overall strength, Ravenclaw is indeed a few points behind them. When the three chasers, headed by captain Angelina, put aside their previous blocking strategy and started to attack more actively, Ravenclaw's defensive shortcomings in the backcourt gradually became apparent.
Unlike Hufflepuff, who is more adept at defense, the Eagles are no worse offensively than Gryffindor and Slytherin, but being blindly aggressive will inevitably lead to emptiness in the defense.
After several exchanges of offense and defense, Ginny defended the knocker twice more, but Ravenclaw had already scored three goals by Angelina and the others.
The score began to gradually expand.
"... Oh! Wait, what happened there?" Just as Angelina organized a new round of attack, the commentator Li's exclamation drew the attention of the little wizards, "It's Bo Special! He made a climbing action again, this time he did not use a swing tactic, it was a straight line - has he already found the Golden Snitch?"
Just as Li said, Harry, who was flying about half his body before the autumn watch, suddenly raised his body, left the low-altitude area, and began to climb high-altitude at high speed. The excellent acceleration of the Firebolt allowed him to throw Qiu away once again, but no one had yet discovered the golden light that represented the snitch.
Everyone in the stands looked at Harry's back expectantly or hesitantly, except for Maka who frowned slightly.