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Flight of the Fat Lady
ThereweresevenpeopleonaQuidditchteam:threeChasers,whosejobitwastoscoregoalsbyputtingtheQuaffle(ared,soccer-sizedball)throughoneofthefifty-foot-highhoopsateachendofthefield;twoBeaters,whowereequippedwithheavybatstorepeltheBludgers(twoheavyblackballsthatzoomedaroundtryingtoattacktheplayers);aKeeper,whodefendedthegoalposts,andtheSeeker,whohadthehardestjobofall,thatofcatchingtheGoldenSnitch,atiny,winged,walnut-sizedball,whosecaptureendedthegameandearnedtheSeeker’steamanextraonehundredandfiftypoints.
OliverWoodwasaburlyseventeen-year-old,nowinhisseventhandfinalyearatHogwarts.TherewasaquietsortofdesperationinhisvoiceasheaddressedhissixfellowteammembersinthechillylockerroomsontheedgeofthedarkeningQuidditchfield.
"Thisisourlastchance—mylastchance—towintheQuidditchCup,"hetoldthem,stridingupanddowninfrontofthem."I’llbeleavingattheendofthisyear.I’llnevergetanothershotatit."
"Gryffindorhasn’twonforsevenyearsnow.Okay,sowe’vehadtheworstluckintheworld—injuries—thenthetournamentgettingcalledofflastyear."Woodswallowed,asthoughthememorystillbroughtalumptohisthroat."Butwealsoknowwe’vegotthebest—ruddy—team—in—the—school,"hesaid,punchingafistintohisotherhand,theoldmanicglintbackinhiseye."We’vegotthreesuperbChasers."
WoodpointedatAliciaSpinner,AngelinaJohnson,andKatieBell.
