In fact, a notice announcing the flight lesson on Thursday had already been posted in the Gryffindor common room a few days earlier.
Flying has undoubtedly become a hot topic among this year's freshmen. Since the announcement was posted, words like "flying" and "broom" have been heard every day.
However, this incident did not cause much of a stir among the new Gryffindor students.
After all, everyone knows that Fred, George, and Angelina are the team's reserves, training with the regular players and preparing to participate in the selection process for the regular players next year.
Albert and Lee Jordan occasionally participate in training, and both of them are quite good at flying. As for Arya, this witch from a wizarding family, she has naturally been exposed to flying brooms since childhood and is not as enthusiastic about flying as the others.
So much so that when the flight course announcement was posted, no one had any special reaction, and they even talked about flying much less than other colleges.
There was only one exception: Shanna, born into a Muggle family, had never been in contact with a flying broomstick before, and she was definitely the most nervous of the new Gryffindor students.
To this end, she also borrowed a copy of "Quidditch Origins" from the library, hoping to learn some flying skills from the book.
Unfortunately, Shanna doesn't have a skill panel, so she can't directly add points to level up, and the book can't directly help her learn the skill of riding a flying broom.
"Don't worry, riding a flying broom isn't as difficult as you think. Have you ever ridden a bicycle?" Albert actually understood why Shanna was nervous. Just like people are nervous when they fly on an airplane for the first time, they will naturally be nervous when they ride a broom for the first time, and they will be very nervous.
Most importantly, she lacked self-confidence. Honestly, confidence is a really important thing.
Albert's confidence stemmed from his own experience panel. He knew he absolutely wouldn't fail, so he was willing to try boldly, figuring he could always compensate by allocating points through the panel. After all, he still had a considerable amount of experience in his stored experience pool, which was the source of his confidence.
"I rode it," Shanna replied, taking a deep breath.
"Riding a flying broom is like riding a bicycle," Albert reassured him. "At first, someone will teach you, and if you try a few times, you'll definitely learn."
"Really?" Shanna asked suspiciously.
"Really," Albert nodded. "You should have some confidence in yourself."
Lee Jordan, standing nearby, was speechless. Although he himself had never ridden a bicycle, Lee Jordan was confident that Albert was just fooling people again.
You may be very capable, but Shanna is not you!
In the afternoon, a few minutes before flight class.
Albert and the Gryffindor students hurried to the classroom, where the Gryffindors' flying lesson was held together with the Slytherin students'.
"Why don't we have our flying lessons on the Quidditch pitch?" Fred asked again, puzzled. Their flying lessons were being held on a flat lawn outside the castle.
"Who knows?" Lee Jordan said dismissively, since it didn't matter where it was.
"Hurry up, don't be late," Angelina urged, seemingly eager to take her first flight lesson.
"Don't worry, you have five minutes. That's plenty of time for you to get there." Albert wasn't in a hurry at all, and looked up at the lawn in front of him.
The Slytherin students were already there, helping Madam Hooch set up her flying brooms.
Mrs. Hodge was a short-haired woman with a hooked nose and sharp, eagle-like eyes. When she rode on her broom, she gave off a strange illusion, as if she were an eagle that might swoop down and seize its prey at any moment.
The flight lessons were almost identical to what Charlie taught them.
First, they tried to get the broom to jump onto their hands. Most of the Gryffindor students succeeded after a few attempts, but Shanna was an exception. Her broom wouldn't budge. Finally, Shanna simply bent down and picked up the broom, which caused a burst of laughter.
Upon witnessing this scene, Madam Huo Qi shook her head almost imperceptibly.
"Don't rush, only a few can do it easily." Angelina gestured for Shanna, whose face was flushed, to look at the Slytherin students opposite her. Their situation was not much better than hers; those who had just been laughing at her were still struggling with their brooms.
Next came how to ride a flying broomstick and the correct way to hold it. Mrs. Hooch walked among the students, correcting everyone's incorrect grip. She was amazed by the high level of the Gryffindor students and even gave them five extra points, which made the Slytherin students who were being criticized very unhappy.
Then, the next step is to practice taking off and landing.
Shanna's situation was even worse; the broom she was riding was trembling slightly, and it was unclear whether it was the broom or Shanna herself that was trembling.
After the simple tutorial, Mrs. Hodge let the best broomstick riders practice freely. With her keen eye, she could tell that Albert and the others had already mastered the skills of using flying broomsticks.
Fred watched with amusement as the Slytherin students, still receiving instruction, lifted off the ground on their broomsticks after George and began to fly around the sky in a clownish manner.
Albert shook his head repeatedly, knowing full well that Fred was doing this to provoke the Slytherin students opposite him.
After all, the freshmen on the other side are far less talented in flying than Gryffindor.
Unfortunately, apart from Shanna, who was left behind by Madam Hooch due to her poor flying skills, most of the Gryffindors were already flying in the sky.
"In fact, none of us need to take flight lessons at all," George said to Fred, as the two were performing a cross-rotation, drawing applause.
"Not bad," said Lee Jordan, who went to the Quidditch pitch far less often than the Weasley twins. Even when he went with Albert, it was just to enjoy flying on a broomstick or playing ball with everyone else.
"However, the Slytherin students are no good!" Lee Jordan said as he landed in front of the Slytherin students, instantly drawing a wave of hatred and attracting the glares of a group of snakes.
"Am I wrong?"
"I can only say that we are far superior to them in this respect," Albert said nonchalantly, adding insult to injury for the Slytherin student.
"Go Warrington, overtake Weasley!"
In the sky, a Slytherin student who was good at flying was following behind George and Fred. With the encouragement of their teammates below, it turned into a race of circles.
Let's see who can fly faster and more steadily.
Compared to the twins who frequently practice flying around the field, Slytherin's Warrington was just one quarter behind and ultimately suffered a crushing defeat.
Afterwards, all three were scolded by Mrs. Hooch, but it was clear to everyone that Fred and George didn't care; they were more concerned about Warrington, who had beaten Slytherin.
"We won," Fred announced happily.
"Isn't this normal?" Albert looked at the two of them speechlessly. From the very beginning, they had no chance of losing.
However, when these words reached the ears of the Slytherin students, they sounded so jarring for some reason. What did they mean by "normal"?
Is it really normal for us Slytherin to lose?
I'm so angry, I really want to punch him.