Chapter 57 Quidditch and the Coming of Christmas

Time turned to November, the weather gradually turned cold, and Andy also received new clothes from home, it was told that the little girl Isabel had personally picked them out for Andy.

She has a conscience!

Andy decided to wait until Christmas to go home and be sure to properly take care of Isabel.

He wondered if that little lass had got out of touch with himself after not seeing him for a few months.

At the beginning of November, the first Quidditch match at Hogwarts was about to start. According to the fixture schedule, the first match this year would be Gryffindor versus Slytherin.

A meeting of arch-enemies!

The match hadn't even started yet, but sparks were already flying between the two houses.

Gryffindor and Slytherin were originally at odds with each other, not to mention the rumours that Harry and Ron had attacked Malfoy with dark magic, which led to even more tension between the two houses.

Just yesterday, the two houses almost broke out into a house war in the Great Hall.

If it wasn't for the timely appearance of Professors McGonagall and Snape, Gryffindor and Slytherin could have really fought.

The young first-year wizards were nervous, but the upperclassmen seniors were not surprised.

After all, this sort of thing happened a few times a year.

"Is Quidditch really that much fun?" Hermione casually flipped through a book about Quidditch, but couldn't muster up any interest.

"You'll see."

Andy spoke up, "I'm not much of a fan, I'm okay with playing a few times now and then, but I'm not as fanatical as those guys."

In fact, wizards like Andy who didn't like Quidditch were the heretics in the wizarding world. There were very few entertainment options for wizards, and the wizarding world didn't even have a television.

Let alone game consoles and computers.

"Let's go!"

Andy got up and said, "The match is about to start, let's go over and have a look!"

"Um!" Hermione nodded.

When they arrived at the Quidditch Stadium, it had already become a sea of fun.

The match hadn't even started yet, but the young wizards were already excited, and banners were pulled up all over the place supporting their house.

Andy and Hermione made their way over to the Ravenclaw side and found a spot with a good view to wait for the match to begin.

The match started soon after as both players entered.

At only eleven years old, Harry Potter looked a little frail amongst the crowd of upperclassmen, but he flew really well, at least a little better than Andy.

Watching the game in the stadium was a completely different thing than reading the news of the game in the newspaper. Being in such a lively environment, Andy also gradually realized the fun of the game.

The little witch was also watching with great interest, clapping and cheering along whenever both sides scored a goal.

"Here, Hermione, want a snack?" Andy handed the snack to Hermione.

"When did you buy this?"

Hermione had a suspicious look on her face, "You wouldn't have sneaked off to Hogsmeade, would you?"

Pa!

Andy flicked Hermione's forehead unhurriedly, "I bought it with an owl. Who still goes out to buy things, it's too tiring!"

To be reasonable, online shopping in the wizarding world was a bit stronger than the muggle world in this era.

After all, owls were wizards' best friends.

"Oh!" Hermione covered her forehead in aggravation, not even snacks could comfort her short-circuited brain.

The match gradually heated up.

The overall strength of the Gryffindor team was stronger than Slytherin's, and within twenty minutes of the match starting, Gryffindor had already taken the lead by several goals.

However, Slytherin had already utilized the word "unscrupulous" to its fullest extent.

When Gryffindor's Angelina Johnson received the ball, two Slytherin Chasers flew straight over to encircle her, forcing Angelina to crash headfirst into the stands at the perimeter of the pitch.

"Foul! Slytherin once again has resorted to a despicable tactic, it's a foul!" Lee Jordan, who was responsible for the commentary, yelled agitatedly, uncertain whether that was a tactic or a foul.  

As the game continued, Gryffindor's Keeper, Oliver Wood, was also knocked unconscious by a Bludger.

Without a Keeper, Slytherin's score quickly overtook Gryffindor's.

Andy swept his gaze over Harry.

Harry's flying broom was the newest model, the Nimbus 2000, and there was supposed to be some protective magic on the broom.

The original Quirrell, however, could silently interfere with Harry's broom without anyone noticing.

Apparently, Quirrell wasn't as incompetent as he appeared to be, either.

Luckily, Quirrell had been kicked out of Hogwarts, so there were no problems with Harry's flying broom, thus he quickly caught the Golden Snitch and ended the match.

"Looks like Gryffindor won the match."

Andy looked at Hermione and smiled, "Well? Did you find the Quidditch match interesting?"

"I think it's pretty interesting."

Hermione was obviously still a little excited, "The game was intense, and I've never seen a game played like this flying through the air."

"The next match is us Ravenclaw versus Hufflepuff, let's watch it then!" Andy said.

"Yeah!" Hermione happily responded.

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For the next few weeks, things went back to normal for Andy.

The three routes of class, library, and practising magic.

Occasionally, when it was late at night, Andy would wander into the restricted section and sneak in a few books.

But Dumbledore didn't show up again, and he didn't know if he let Andy off the hook for this behaviour.

Of course, Andy hadn't used the Great Summoning Technique again either.

After all, jumping across the room repeatedly would look a bit silly.

Although Andy was eager to discuss the matter of Obscurus with Dumbledore, that question was actually not urgent.

Even if Dumbledore did say something, it would be difficult to conduct research with Andy's current abilities.

In addition to occasionally mulling over the future path of magic, Andy more often enriched his current self. Learning more magic knowledge and mastering more spell-casting techniques.

Time turned to December, and the weather got chillier and colder.

There was also a snowfall a few days ago, so Andy also added a jumper inside his wizard robe.

"Time passes so quickly!"

Sitting by the fireplace in the common room and enjoying the fire, Hermione said with an emotional face, "Andy, how do you wizards spend Christmas?"

"Probably about the same as you muggles!"

Tomorrow will be a holiday, and Andy didn't know whether he wanted to go home more, or couldn't bear to part with the library at Hogwarts more.

But when he thought of his dad and mom at home, and his little sister, Andy's heart was still full of anticipation.

"Don't forget to write to me on holiday!"

Hermione instructed, then asked, "By the way, do you want to read some muggle books?"

"Forget about that one!" Andy shook his head in a hurry.

This time when he returned, Andy wanted to ask Kyle and Helen to teach him some magic that Hogwarts didn't teach, so how would he have time to read muggle books?

He had read enough of those kinds of books in his previous life.

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