Chapter 995: The Game Begins

At the same time, Snape's bias is clear. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

He always pre-leased pitches for Slytherin, making it difficult for Gryffindor to find a place to train.

He also turned a deaf ear to reports of Slytherin students attempting to trap Gryffindor players with magic in the hallways. When Arya Spinnett's eyebrows obscured her eyes and mouth and she was admitted to the school hospital, Snape insisted that she had used the hair growth charm herself, and refused to listen to the testimony of the fourteen witnesses.

They had seen Slytherin goalkeeper Miles Bledge spell her from behind in the library.

So much so that the first external activity of the Dumbledore Army was to protect the members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

Gryffindor's form is getting better and better, and they haven't lost to Slytherin since Harry joined.

They are confident that they will definitely win this upcoming match.

The only change and weakness this semester is probably Ron, but he's also improved a lot from before. In one memorable training session, he dangled one-handed from a broomstick and kicked the Quaffle away from the post, sending it all the way to the other end of the pitch and through the ring in the middle of the opponent's goal.

Everyone who saw this scene thought that this save was comparable to the goal of Irish world-class goalkeeper Barry Ryan against Poland's best chaser Radis Lozamowski not long ago, it was simply a world-class level, the most wonderful save at Hogwarts in recent years, a classic dream move.

Even Fred said that Ron might still make him and George proud, and that they were seriously considering admitting to being related to him.

He told Ron that they had wanted to deny it for the past decade or so.

But Ron has a problem, which is that he is too nervous and cares too much about what other people around him think.

His biggest weakness is that he loses confidence when he makes mistakes, and if he doesn't keep a ball, he gets upset and concedes more goals as a result.

The Slytherins soon discovered this, and as soon as they could no longer attack the Gryffindor players at will, they changed their tactics and attacked with words, which in fact did not work at all for the veteran players.

Harry, for example, was certainly used to hearing them blow cowhides for over four years. So words like, "Hey, Potter, I heard Warrington swear to knock you off the broom on Saturday" didn't scare him at all, they just made him laugh.

And, he'd reply, "Warrington's head is so bad, I'd be a little more worried if he was going to hit the guy next to me." ”

And, laughing loudly back, to make the person who intimidated him feel bored.

But Ron had not withstood this relentless offensive of insults, ridicule, and intimidation, when some seventh-year Slytherin students whispered to him in the hallway, "Have you booked a bed at the school hospital, Weasley?"

He didn't smile, but his face turned a little green.

And when Malfoy and the others imitated Ron's poor performance when he missed the Quaffle and hit the ground and the first few times, Ron's ears were red, his hands were shaking, and everything he was holding in his hands would fall.

All in all, the busy October ended in a raging storm and November arrived.

The weather was as cold as frozen iron, and every morning was a layer of frost, and the icy wind cut the hands and cheeks.

The sky and the ceiling of the Great Hall turned a pale blue-gray, and the mountains around Hogwarts wore snowcaps.

The temperature in the castle had dropped so much, and many of the students wore thick dragonskin gloves when resting in the hallways between classes.

It was a sunny and cold morning on the day of the race, and Ron was in his most tense phase.

That morning, Ron had been sitting in his bed, his eyes glazed over, his face pale and sweaty, as if he had been accidentally struck by his own slug spell a long time ago, except that he hadn't actually spit out slugs.

In the face of the encouragement of Aven, Harry, Hermione, and the others, he just kept nodding his head.

"Ron, are you alright?"

Ron nodded, but didn't speak.

"Don't be too nervous, you just show what you did in training. ”

Ron nodded again, staring at the asterisk in his hand.

"You need to have some breakfast!"

Ron nodded, stiffened his body, and followed them out.

A few people looked at each other, this state is not good, I can only hope that he will perform better after he plays.

When they entered the auditorium, it was quickly filled, louder than usual, and the atmosphere was more lively.

As they walked past the Slytherin table, they heard a commotion.

There, almost everyone wore a silver badge in the shape of a crown over a silver and green scarf and hat.

"What's on those badges?" asked Harry, confused.

"I don't know, I can't see clearly, probably imitating what we did before. Hurry up, don't stand here. Hermione said.

The year before, when Gryffindor played Slytherin, Aven, Hermione, and Sirius had made nearly a thousand badges and slogans for free and distributed to Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw students, as well as those hot air balloons and promotional posters floating outside the arena, making the entire stadium the home of the Gryffindor team, which made a deep impression.

In terms of momentum, the Slytherins had already lost at that time.

They were warmly welcomed at the Gryffindor table, where each was dressed in gold and red scarves and hats.

Angelina told them to place the firebolts and the star picker in the center of the long table, and everyone could see the three broomsticks clearly.

This undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Slytherin, but it didn't cheer Ron up, but seemed to suck the last bit of his morale out.

He sat down on the nearest stool, as if his severed head was in front of him.

"I'm going to be crazy to do this!" he whispered in a hoarse voice, "crazy!"

"Don't talk nonsense. Harry said sternly, handing him some cereal, "You're fine, it's normal to be nervous." ”

"No, I'm a piece of shit!" Ron said, "I'm useless, I can't play at all." What did I think?"

"Don't be discouraged," said Harry firmly, "the ball you saved with your foot that day, even Fred and George said it was wonderful. ”

Ron looked at Harry in anguish, then turned his gaze to the cheering crowd.

"It was an accident!" he whispered pitifully, speaking his heart and his actual situation. "It hit it on its own, I slipped off the broomstick, you didn't see it, and I was trying to climb up when I happened to kick the Quaffle. ”

"Oh!" Harry quickly recovered from the disappointing accident, "a few more accidents like this, and we'll win, won't we?"

"yes, Ron, you can do it, you have no problem with the technology!"

Aven, Hermione, and Ginny sat across from them, wearing gold and red scarves and gloves.

Hermione and Ginny's clothes had roseks on them.