12 'Flying class part 1'
Today is the day, for Gryffindors and Slytherins first-year students first flying class. Edward, harry and ron did their routine, before going out of the dorm.
As they just went outside the boy's dorm, they saw hermione waiting for them. She was, as usual, looking quite cute in Edward's eyes.
"Yesterday evening ron boasts to me, that he and Harry are learning some kind of martial arts. Why didn't you teach me any of those martial arts? Are they not suitable for me?"
Asked hermione with some certainty, she knew that edward is the type that won't show any bias towards his friends.
"Yes, you are correct!! What we are practicing is only suitable for only men. As I have been busy for the last two weeks, I didn't think much about it. Even though what we are practicing is not suitable for you, I have another method which is more suitable for you or to say, women, i.e. called yoga."
In his previous world, yoga is a type of practice used by the cultivators in Ancient India. Yoga is a practice that made one's body tends more towards flexibility than the strength gained by external martial arts.
"Martial arts we are practicing will help us gain a lot of strength and good flexibility, even though we have good flexibility, our arts still tend more towards strength. While yoga, I am going to teach you will let you gain a lot of flexibility and good strength, even though it will gain good strength, it will not comparable to our strength. At the same time, our flexibility will never be comparable to yoga. It's your decision, whether you want to learn yoga or not. As for the martial arts for women, I do have some! but I still prefer you to yoga, as it will suit you well."
Edward explained clearly about both uses and losses to not only hermione but also harry and ron.
"Nothing to decide, I will go with yoga. It looks quite interesting and if my flexibility is more I can dodge spells better."
Hearing this harry and ron nodded their heads agreeing with Hermione's words. But edward was dumbfounded by the dumb trio.
"Have they understood what I said? Even though the strength of a yoga practitioner is less, that is only when compared to a martial artist. Still, they can fight toe to toe with a martial artist of the same level using their flexibility. These dumb fellows thinking of using it to dodge spells...."
Shaking his head, he looked at the three of them. He has the urge to spank all three of them until they swell, but controlled himself as they have to sit on the broomstick in today's class.
He didn't waste any more time and simply strode towards the dining hall. As they were eating, Harry got a mail from Hagrid inviting harry to his house.
Dear Harry,
I know you get Friday afternoons off, so would you like to come and have a cup of tea with me around three?
I want to hear all about your first two weeks. Send us an answer back with Hedwig.
Hagrid
Harry borrowed Ron's quill, scribbled Yes, please, see you later on the back of the note, and sent Hedwig off again.
After that, he looked at edward, ron, and hermione with a look that's asking them whether they are going to join him.
All three of them nodded at the same time, indicating their answer.
"Edward!! Today is going to be a bit excited. We are having a flying class with a Slytherin house, I want to see Malfoy's reaction when he met you. That's definitely going to be ironical....." Ron said with much enthusiasm.
Since the last incident happened on the train, Malfoy is actually avoiding him as though he was a plague. But today, he will need to confront Edward, as there is only flying class is present on Friday's.
"Don't be so mean ron, what did they do to you. For you to have so much hatred for them."
Asked hermione with uncertainty.
"Don't say that hermione? you don't know much about Malfoys. They are the first ones to join our side, by simply betraying the dark side. They simply claimed that they are under control of the dark lord, but a lot of people knew that it was Malfoy's father who reached towards you-know-who." Looking at hermione ron said with a sneer on his face, as though she asked the dumbest question.
"I too first thought Voldemort has put a spell on them to control, but I heard from hagrid...." As Harry was saying, he was stopped by ron.
"You can't say him any name....its like taboo to other people, if some professors were to heard what you say, they will punish you." Said ron trying to convince Harry to not say those words again.
"VOLDEMORT!! I don't fear him, why can't I say it loudly."
Barked harry like a dog that got beaten on its head. Hearing this loud shout, ron and hermione jumped from their seats with fright.
Seeing that they are behaving like this just because of the name of dumbshit, who made him like this harry got angry and was about to say something more.
"Petrificus Totalous"
Hearing the trademark spell of edward to stop someone from talking, harry understood that he went overboard with his actions. He simply waited for the time that releases him from the binds.
"I-i am sorry guys, I am ashamed of myself for this behavior." Saying that Harry looked at edward, hermione, and ron.
Edward simply nodded his head, hermione smiled indicating that she accepted his apology.
"You got me freaked harry, don't ever shout like that man. Hermione whenever I heard that spell, I don't know why I am getting shiver all over my body. Now, you and harry got victims of that spell. Making me the only one who is yet to taste that spell in our group huh?"
Hearing this all four of them started laughing, letting the tension developed in the table to disappear.
Finally, after completing their breakfast, they went to the quidditch common ground where the classes for first years on flying conducted.
Malfoy certainly did talk about flying a lot. He complained loudly about first years never getting on the house Quidditch teams and told long, boastful stories that always seemed to end with him narrowly escaping Muggles in helicopters. He wasn't the only one, though: the way Seamus Finnigan told it, he'd spent most of his childhood zooming around the countryside on his broomstick.
Even Ron would tell anyone who'd listen about the time he'd almost hit a hang glider on Charlie's old broom. Everyone from wizarding families talked about Quidditch constantly. Ron had already had a big argument with Dean Thomas, who shared their dormitory, about soccer. Ron couldn't see what was exciting about a game with only one ball where no one was allowed to fly. Harry had caught Ron prodding Dean's poster of the West Ham soccer team, trying to make the players move.
Neville had never been on a broomstick in his life because his grandmother had never let him near one.
Hermione Granger was almost as nervous about flying as Neville was. This was something you couldn't learn by heart out of a book -- not that she hadn't tried. At breakfast, on Thursday she bored them all stupid with flying tips she'd gotten out of a library book called Quidditch Through the Ages. Neville was hanging on to her every word, desperate for anything that might help him hang on to his broomstick later, but everybody else was very pleased when Hermione's lecture was interrupted by the arrival of the mail.
A barn owl brought Neville a small package from his grandmother. He opened it excitedly and showed them a glass ball the size of a large marble, which seemed to be full of white smoke.
"It's a Remembrall!" he explained. "Gran knows I forget things -- this tells you if there's something you've forgotten to do. Look, you hold it tight like this and if it turns red -- oh. . . " His face fell because the Remembrall had suddenly glowed scarlet, ". . . you've forgotten something. . . "
Neville was trying to remember what he'd forgotten when Draco Malfoy, who was passing the Gryffindor table, snatched the Remembrall out of his hand.
Until that point, edward was watching the scenes play out in front of him. But seeing the remembrance, that took by Malfoy, edward got quite interested. He wants to try his new spells on living targets and this gave him a perfect chance to practice.
Edward got excited and started moving towards Malfoy. Malfoy also observed edward coming to his way and know that edward is trying to pick a fight. He gritted his teeth and left Neville before giving his remembrall back, a lot of people hissed at Malfoy's submission.
Edward also surprised by this and disappointed by the result. (Hey! my test subject, why are you going away-----mc)
As this is happening, Their teacher, Madam Hooch, arrived. She had short, gray hair, and yellow eyes like a hawk.
"Well, what are you all waiting for?" she barked. "Everyone stand by a broomstick. Come on, hurry up. "
"Stick out your right hand over your broom," called Madam Hooch at the front, "and say 'Up!'"
"UP" everyone shouted.
Harry's broom jumped into his hand at once, but it was one of the few that did. Hermione Granger had simply rolled over on the ground, and Neville's hadn't moved at all. Perhaps brooms, like horses, could tell when you were afraid, thought Harry; there was a quaver in Neville's voice that said only too clearly that he wanted to keep his feet on the ground.
While Edwards wand started hovering in the air at a range of his Knee. Looking at this spectacle, all the people surprised and some people gasped.
"What a precise control he has over his core!!!! He can control his wand without touching by simply using his magical energy. I have never seen anyone that can do in my entire life, but I do hear a lot of theories about it."
Madam Hooch was the most surprised one of all. Edward was not surprised by this at all, as he is a practitioner of wandless magic. He has precise control of using magic directly, instead of formations.
"Gryffindor house 40 points"
Madam hooch bellowed as though she found a rare gem in an auction and wants to get it no matter what.
Madam Hooch then showed them how to mount their brooms without sliding off the end, and walked up and down the rows correcting their grips.
Now, when I blow my whistle, you kick off from the ground, hard," said Madam Hooch. "Keep your brooms steady, rise a few feet, and then come straight back down by leaning forward slightly. On my whistle -- three -- two--"
After saying that, all of them want to start to fly, and all of them mounted on their brooms except edward.
He simply lifted his feet and gracefully stood on the already hovering broomstick. Seeing this scene, all the students got dumbstruck and madam hooch was also dazed by this scene.
Only ron, hermione and harry didn't show much surprise, but hey have happiness showering in their eyes. As they all mesmerized by edward, the unspeakable scene that edward has been waiting already happened.
