Martial Arts and Strategy

"Alright so then if you have the chance then you go for between the legs." Harry said as he was instructing Astoria on what to do if she ever got in a fight. "However don't make it obvious, only go for that part if you think you can get away with it." Harry added, Astoria was paying close attention while the others sat off to the side. Luna leaned against a tree, staring dreamily into space while Astoria's two friends, Scott and Jean, were paying close attention to what Harry was saying. Tracy looked amused while Daphne looked irritated.

"Potter, must you insist on corrupting my sister?" Daphne asked with a small glare. Harry paused his teaching and looked to Daphne with an offended expression, a fake one but still an offended one.

"Excuse me, I am not corrupting your sister, I am molding her into the toughest girl of her year thank you very much." Harry replied.

"That does not explain why you are teaching her muggle fighting."

"I am actually glad you asked, there are a few reasons for it. One, she could lose her wand, she does not want to be helpless if she losses her wand. Astoria, do you want to be helpless if you lose you wand?"

"Nope." Astoria said as she shook her head.

"The second reason is rather simple, she is a pureblood girl so nobody would expect it and it will catch her enemies off guard."

"She doesn't have enemies." Daphne pointed out.

"It is never too early to start, I have had enemies since before I could even speak English. Now who in a fight to the death would you expect to be more likely to throw a punch? Harry Potter or first year Ravenclaw Astoria Greengrass? Hint, there is a right answer. Third reason, I am bored."

"What do you know about muggle fighting anyway?" Tracy asked.

"Well there is my natural skill in it plus all that I have learnt over the years." Harry replied, while he was in no way a master at martial arts or any form of physical combat he did know a bit about fighting.

Years of being a punching bag for Dudley, Vernon, and Dudley's friends had taught Harry quite a lot about punching. Years of abuse from Vernon let Harry know where to strike for the most pain and gave him a sort of creativity as it had taught Harry to always see the potential of pain from getting attacked by something like a belt or even something as innocent looking as a book. In the chamber of secrets Harry had also discovered some books from Godric Gryffindor himself who happened to be rather adept at physical and magical combat if the books were any indication.

Harry suspected that any decently skilled and experienced martial artist would more than likely challenge if not beat him but thankfully he was fighting wizards, most of whom thought that hand to hand combat was beneath them and something for filthy muggles.

"Do you think I can beat anyone up now?" Astoria asked.

"Astoria," Daphne sighed. "you will not go out and beat people up."

"She's right," Harry nodded, Daphne looked pleased until Harry continued. "you need to let them be aggressive and make the first move or at least look like it so you don't get in trouble."

"Potter?"

"Yeah...ow!"

"That's what you deserve, now pass my book back."

Harry arrived at the quidditch pitch, Angelina was now the new Gryffindor quidditch captain, technically she was the captain last year as well but they didn't really have quidditch last year due to the bloody tournament. While Harry did not really have to be here he did come if for no other reason than supporting the team and making things easier for them. After all Angelina and the chasers had done for him he was not about to skip out on an opportunity to help repay them. Say what you want about Harry but he is appreciative of his friends.

"What's up guys?" Harry asked as he walked up to the three girls. "Where are the twins?" Harry asked when he noticed that the two red headed pranksters were not here.

"They will be here soon," Katie said before she frowned. "did you say something to them?" She asked with Angelina and Alicia looking interested in his answer.

"I have said several stuff to them, can you perhaps be specific?" Harry raised an eyebrow.

"They have been more...subdued than before." Angelina answered. "They're still their usual selves but more...I want to say mature but...just less showy and flashy."

"They are just different, I don't think we would have noticed if we didn't know them so well." Alicia added.

"Ah well, during the summer I had a conversation with the twins." Harry admitted. "I may or may not..."

"May or may not?" Katie interrupted.

"Fine," Harry rolled his eyes. "I may...I did call them out on their behaviour during the tournament and their behaviour in general. Like how their pranking could be viewed as bullying and how they want to be taken seriously but do not act serious at all. I don't really feel bad about saying it, if they grow up they grow up and if they don't then they don't." Harry shrugged.

"Oh they're coming." Alicia said as the twins walked up to them.

"Hey, sorry we're late." Fred said.

"Yeah, McGonagall wanted to ask us about something that happened to some fourth year girls, they got pranked and she thought we did it." George added.

"Yeah, took us a while to convince her that it wasn't actually us." Fred added.

"Hmm." Harry said, not willing to point out that he was the one responsible, in his defence he did it for Luna. He could not quite work out why anyone would be willing to bully the girl, strange yes but not harmful, in fact she was surprisingly innocent and genuinely nice. Though he supposed that it was simply idiots lashing out against those they could not understand.

"Alright," Angelina said as they saw people arriving for the try outs. "time to get to work." She said to the team as the quidditch hopefuls, including Ron and Ginny, lined up. "Everyone gather around, quiet down. I said quiet." Angelina paused and waited until everyone was silent. "That's good, now listen up, for those who don't know, I am Angelina Johnson, quidditch captain and chaser.

With me are fellow chasers Katie Bell and Alicia Spinnet, then we also have beaters Fred and George Weasley plus none other than Harry Potter as our own seeker." Angelina said, pointing to each person as she mentioned their names. "The only position we definitely need right now is keeper, however that doesn't mean that reserve positions are not available as sometimes some of us might not be able to make practises or matches so if you are going for a chaser, seeker or beater position then you won't make the main team but could make the reserve team. Any questions so far?" Angelina asked.

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