Chapter 18: Broom Race

During the broom flying lessons everyone tried their best not to fall and to learn the correct handling, William was no exception to this.

Hermione was not very good at broom flying, even when she tried her best she was not good enough, she lost her balance and her control over the broom was mediocre. Draco Malfoy on the other hand could handle the broom to perfection, presumably he was instructed a long time ago, after all he belongs to a family of pure-blooded wizards.

Ron Weasley on the other hand was deplorable but he was the one who put the most effort into it, his dream was to be a professional quidditch player, the dream of many wizards in their childhood, the equivalent of the football dream of Muggle children. Harry Potter still had to participate in the classes but he was dedicated to help his friend and practice his own control after all he was the seeker of the Gryffindor team.

William on the other hand stayed away from the group and flew slowly, everyone thought it was because he was bad with the broom and didn't want to show it but the truth was different, he was lying on the broom face up reading his book while flying, thanks to his mind's eye it was impossible for him to crash. He was increasing his ability to control the broom at the same time he was studying about the care of the taps.

"Rosier" called a shrill voice gaining William's attention, there was Madam Hooch blowing her whistle "Hurry, we will have a race to measure control over the broom."

William's gaze went to his classmates who were all getting organized, many seemed excited about the subject of the race among these Ron, Harry, Draco and the latter's followers. William gave a long sigh as he ordered his broom to move with a steady speed towards the racing line.

"All ready!" exclaimed Madam Hooch looking at her students who were getting ready for the race that included William who put down his book "Ready" another sigh from William and Madam Hooch finally signaled the start of the race with her whistle.

William's broom was moving to the front with great speed but not overtaking the front runners, he wasn't racing he was simply following the teacher's instructions, he didn't care about the children's race after all they were children.

"Move you blood traitor!" exclaimed Malfoy out of nowhere taking a swipe with his broom towards William forcing William to dodge it in surprise. The race was going badly, Draco was behind Harry and Ron, that made Malfoy angry and he took it out on William but this was the worst choice he could have made. William was never a competitive person but he wasn't one to be intimidated either, he wouldn't allow a person like Draco to intimidate him.

William frowned, took possession on his broom and squeezed the mast hard, having ridden motorcycles during his previous life he had quite a bit of experience driving and that would be demonstrated in front of everyone. William's broom suddenly accelerated as if he had pushed the throttle to full throttle but this was mostly the fact that William injected his hand inside the broom.

Draco was still concentrating on his run and didn't notice when William was next to him with an expression full of evil "Move it pureblood, ruin the view" William's broom quickly overtook Draco's and Ron's and went head to head with Harry.

Harry looked to his side in surprise, he never expected it would be William who would catch up, he expected the race to be decided between him and Draco, there was no time for words that was right as he himself was the Gryffindor seeker he couldn't lose in a race. William's broom accelerated again slowly overtaking Harry Potter, it was there when they reached the finish line.

The difference between Harry's broom William's broom was not noticeable but they both knew who won, they all made it to the finish line, Draco was the most frustrated as he only came in third, he was able to overtake Ron but didn't stand a chance against Harry and William.

"That was a good race boys, I haven't seen such fast runners among the first years in a long time, not only Mr. Potter but also Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Rosier, they are all excellent at riding the broom" madam Hootch was delighted with the students' performance "you are dismissed"

William got off the broom and left it in place, he was the first to disappear and not specifically to go to lunch but to go directly to the common room to study the state of the egg, he didn't want to miss a single detail about the birth of his Griffin, besides William had everything written down in a notebook.

As it was lunch time there were no people in the common room and even less in the dormitories so it was the perfect time for William to study his Griffin egg, he followed all the instructions in the books so there should be no problems and Hagrid always advised him about it, most of the day there were no problems or that was what William thought until that moment, he could never expect that the peace he had would end out of nowhere.