Harry Potter Promise NR.9
Date: 1/13/2016,
Categories:
Fiction
Fan fiction,
Author: zimbi
... position. Chasers, go group by Katie; beaters, form a group next to the chasers; keepers to Ron; and seekers, to me." He waited for a coupe of minutes as the flurry of movement died down, before he spoke again. "OK, chaser group, two laps around the Pitch. Go." The group immediately took off, and Harry watched them carefully. He had decided this year that everyone would need to try out again. He didn't expect anyone other than Katie and Ron to win their chaser and keeper spots back, but it would be best to give everyone a fair shot. When the group of chaser hopefuls returned, Harry politely dismissed three of them, all first and second years who clearly didn't possess the skill set to handle the position, and sent the beaters up in the air next. After two laps around the Pitch, Harry dismissed four beaters, leaving seven hopefuls left. Of the seven keeper candidates, none of them were horrible on a broom, so after their two laps, Harry called the chasers back, and had each of them take five shots against each keeper hopeful. Harry dismissed three chasers and two keepers in the first round, before he called the beaters back up. He let the bludgers loose, and paired up beaters, having them try to hit the chaser hopefuls as they each went up against the keepers one more time. He eliminated four more chasers who couldn't get past the bludgers to make more than one of their five shots, and three more keepers, leaving him with six chasers and two keepers. He was pleased to see ...
... that third year Evan was one of the keeper candidates, along with Ron. He had suspected the year before that the kid would be good in that position, and he was glad that he was going for it. Of the beaters, he excused three of them who had worse aim than the others, leaving him with four. Sending all his remaining candidates back to the ground, he called the seekers up next. He released two snitches, and told the three students โ Dennis and two second years โ that the first two to catch the snitches would advance. He had been a little surprised to see that Sheila had joined the chaser group that year, though he was happy that she was still in the running, having some talent at aiming, and a strong arm that really did not match her tiny frame. He wasn't surprised when nearly twenty minutes later, Dennis found the first elusive gold ball, just like the year before. Five minutes later, one of the second years โ a short girl with a near uncontrollable mane of hair named Elisa โ found the second snitch. Now that he had two full teams, Harry had them all go back up for a mock scrimmage. In the last couple of hours, the stands had filled up a bit with Gryffindor students, coming down to watch after a leisurely breakfast. They were joined by all those who had been cut already, as fourteen brooms rose into the air. Harry re-released the two bludgers and a snitch, threw up the quaffle, and then joined them. He watched the scrimmage carefully, keeping an eye on all the players. The game ...