After a while, everyone on the team arrived on the field, including the substitutes. They were ready to start their first training session.
"How do you feel, Ron?" George asked, winking at him.
"Not bad," Ron said, lowering the broom. "The Startaker reacted well!"
"Of course, it's a great broom. You should have seen Ginny's performance yesterday morning."
"Are you going to show us what you've got, little prefect?" Fred said with a smirk on his face.
"Shut up," Ron said with a straight face.
"Alright, everyone!" Angelina said, waving her hand. "Hurry up and get changed. We have to hurry. Aria, Fred, please help everyone move the ball boxes. Oh, and the substitutes have to participate in the training session too. "
There were three substitutes on the Gryffindor team: Ginny, third-year Demirza Robbins, and first-year Richie Gutt.
Each of them was smaller than the other, and all of them looked like they could not even withstand a gust of wind.
Richie, in particular, blushed when he talked to others.
It was conceivable that after Angelina and the others graduated next year, the Gryffindor team's style would be completely agile and skillful. Since they could not face them head-on, tactics were particularly important. This had always been the strength of the Ravenclaw team.
From a rational point of view, Elwyn had to admit that the future of the Gryffindor team was bleak …
Especially when Elwyn saw the Slytherin Quidditch team and their assorted followers arriving at the field, he felt the stark contrast. Their team was tall and strong, and they could beat the Gryffindor team in terms of size.
They saw Elwyn sitting alone at the edge of the empty stands. They pointed at him and said a few words, but did not come over.
Although they did not like him, provoking a boy, the president of the student union, was a very irrational behavior.
Elwyn ignored them. He smiled and waved at Astoria in the crowd.
The girl smiled at him and nodded slightly, but she quickly turned away. Elwyn was now Slytherin's number one enemy. At least on the surface, all the students of Slytherin tried to avoid him as much as possible …
After a while, the Hufflepuff team also arrived on the field, and they all came over to greet Elwyn.
The team was known for their steadiness and teamwork. They would carry on to the last second of the game, and they were very good at protracted battles. They once had the strength to win the Quidditch Cup, but to be honest, after the departure of their captain, Cedric, they suffered a heavy blow and were in low spirits. Even now, they had not recovered. Even they themselves thought that they had no chance this year.
This year, the Hufflepuff team recruited a new ball-seeker and ball-chaser. They were Yanot Rossek, a fourth-year student, and Alicia Astor, a first-year student. She was the first student to officially join the Quidditch team in her first year, after Harry.
Alicia was a girl with long blonde hair. Her parents were both Muggle players. Before coming to Hogwarts, she had never come into contact with flying broomsticks or Quidditch. However, Elwyn remembered that she had ridden the Star Taker for a test flight in the morning, and she had flown very well.
She was very talented in this field, just like Harry back then. Her performance was amazing, and Professor Sprout specially approved her to join the team.
Of course, she was almost as shy as the other first-year students, and did not dare to talk to Elwyn.
The Hufflepuff team found her a broomstick. It was an old-fashioned broomstick from three years ago, and it was very slow. However, it was also the average level of the Hufflepuff team. For an ordinary student, it was almost the limit!
After about five minutes, the Gryffindor team members came out after changing their clothes.
It was the first time that Ron had worn his own team robe. The robe was quite suitable for him. One must know that this was Oliver's previous robe. Wood's shoulders were much wider than his, and he seemed a little surprised to see the Slytherin and Hufflepuff teams at the edge of the field.
There was a burst of screams and mocking laughter from the Slytherin team. They did not seem to be in a hurry to start their own training. Instead, they were commenting on the Gryffindor team. Their attention was mainly focused on Ron, and their voices echoed loudly around the field.
Their goal was obvious. They wanted to see the performance of the Startaker.
The reputation of the new broomstick made by Elwyn had almost spread throughout the Hogwarts. The people from the other academies were very worried. A crossbow bolt was already deadly enough, and now there was a Startaker that was as good as a crossbow bolt …
Not to mention the technique, the flying broomstick itself was enough to crush the Gryffindor team.
"These guys are so annoying!" Ginny said. After Ron used the Startaker, she used Elwyn's Nimbus today.
"Ignore them!" Harry said. "We'll see who's laughing after the game!"
"That's the attitude I want, Harry. Our goal this year is to be the champion!" Angelina said approvingly. She held a ghost ball under her arm and flew around them. Then, she slowed down and stopped in front of her team in the air. "Everyone, let's warm up by passing a few balls. Attention everyone, spread out and let the guys down there see how we're doing!"
The training began. Angelina lifted the ghost ball with one hand and threw it at Fred with all her might. Fred passed it to George, George passed it to Ginny, Ginny threw it to Harry, Harry passed it to Ron, but Ron did not catch it …
The Slytherin team laughed again. Ron controlled the Startaker and rushed to the ground to catch the ghost ball before it hit the ground. However, the speed of the broomstick was too fast. He seemed to have not expected it and used too much force. With a loud bang, he hit the ground hard …
The Gryffindor team members were stunned. The Slytherin team laughed so hard that they almost fainted. Malfoy, Crabbe, Gore, and Pansy Parkinson laughed loudly and screamed. The Hufflepuff team also stopped their training and turned to look at Ron.
Elwyn covered his forehead helplessly. He never thought this would happen. Ron had not gotten used to the Startaker. Activating the second acceleration in such a short distance caused the speed of the broomstick to become too fast. It was so fast that he did not even have time to react before he hit the ground.
Fortunately, the thick and large Startaker was different from other broomsticks. It had built-in protection spells, so Ron did not get hurt.
Even so, his face was so red that it looked like blood was going to drip out. His ears were also red.
He did not say anything. With an awkward expression, he rose to pass the ball again.
Harry wanted to comfort Ron, but he did not know what to say. Hitting the ground was not a common mistake.
He saw Fred and George exchange glances, but for the first time, neither of them said anything. Harry felt a little relieved.
"Keep passing, Ron," said Angelina, pretending that nothing had happened.
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