"Luke, it was just great that you flew and actually managed to make a Lansky fake! Why don't they let you play ball finder though? Did you notice that the Golden Flyer is much faster than Autumn Chang just because she's pretty?!" Fellow student Michael Kona followed Luke's training indignantly, but just after complaining, the also handsome male voice's tone weakened, "She does look pretty though ......"
"Actually, we don't even use that technique in our intramurals, that Transylvanian Fakeout that everyone can learn that pretends to hit people is a bit more practical..." said Luke, not feeling sorry for himself, he preferred flying balls with ghosts and scoring points on a constant attack than searching the skies for golden flyers.
The Wronski Fake-Out, also known as the WronskiDefensiveFeint, is a Quidditch game tactic. When using this tactic, the seeker pretends to see the golden flyer far below, rushes towards the ground, and hopes that the opposing seeker will emulate him or her. The faking player stops his dive when he is about to hit the ground, and the opponent's finder, if he is not a top flyer, usually hits the ground too late to react, which is classified as a "dangerous finder's feint" when viewed through a panoramic telescope. The Lansky feint was invented by Polish ball finder Józef Lansky.
In a professional club or World Cup level match, this trick would only work if the opponent's ball finder was also at a professional level, whereas in a student intramural match, it was clear that the average student would not have the strength and guts to follow such a trajectory.
"Luke, so you'll be riding that Sweeper in the tournament? I heard Harry Potter got a Lightwheel 2000," Edward on the other side of the room looked a little worried, although unlike the half-blood Michael, the muggle-born didn't know too much about Quidditch matches, he had learnt in the grand scheme of things that equipment was very important for this kind of match.
"Of course not, in fact Professor Flivvy privately offered to sponsor me with a Lightwheel 2000, but I declined. There's no impervious wall in the world, and I'm afraid everyone else would want it if they knew about it. What's more, I have a Neptune."
"A Neptune?" Michael Korner was surprised, "Isn't that a conceptual broom?"
One look at Edward and Luke knew he was imagining things, he smiled and patted Kona on the shoulder, "Michael, what are you thinking na? I just got lucky, didn't you read the Daily Prophet before you started school? I even got published in the paper for it..."
Luke then spoke briefly about obtaining Neptune, and Edward was envious.
"What a rare opportunity, that's great! This makes the probability of our house being able to get the Quidditch Cup much higher, and with the fact that our house's scores have always been way ahead, maybe Slytherin's monopoly on the House Cup for so many years will be broken by our Ravenclaw." The more Michael thought about it, the more excited he became.
Luke also couldn't help but wonder in his heart, his own momentum of adding points in class is very strong, but at the end of the term Dumbledore will add a large amount of points to Gryffindor, if he can't lead the scores to a level that is enough to make Dumbledore too embarrassed to cheat to exceed it, then the chances of a Ravenclaw victory are still too small, I wonder if he will get extra points if he participates in the break-in at the end as well?
As a slightly obsessive-compulsive wizard, Luke actually had the intention to compete for the Academy Cup, after all, Slytherin had won the Academy Cup for six consecutive years, if he could not break this record with the advantages that so many other young wizards did not have, and gave up in the case that he could obviously compete for it, he really felt a little bit sorry for himself - - After all, after graduation, if he could not break the record, he would be too embarrassed to cheat over it. -After all, after graduation, it would be more or less helpful to have this kind of honour on his CV, provided, of course, that he could get enough O's (Outstanding) in the O.W.Ls (Ordinary Wizarding Level Exams) and N.E.W.T (Final Wizarding Level Exams).
In addition, Luke found it ironic in this year's school year that Dumbledore, who, as the school's administration, had given the order forbidding all the young wizards from approaching the break-in room, would end up giving Harry and the others extra points for their substantial and sort of violation of this school rule, while costing the other three houses that actually obeyed the rules the chance to compete for the House Cup because of their law-abiding behaviour, and even in the name of fairness, Minerva -Professor McGonagall had absolutely nothing to say about it either.
Talking and laughing, they made their way to the Magical Spells classroom.
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"I heard from Suzanne that the professor will be teaching levitation spells in this class. She was in a bad mood yesterday when her toad died, and Professor Freeway invited her to his office, and true to the rumour, he used his magic to command the delicious pocket cupcakes to dance on the table, and also divulged with her what he was going to teach today as a consolation." Edward looked envious and wistful.
"The professor will also comfort you if you're in a bad mood. For example, he knows you were criticised by Professor McGonagall for copying my homework." Luke snickered, "I've been entertained like that by Professor Flivvy too, I don't know how long those cakes have been sitting in the drawer, but they do taste a little better than the ones we serve in the dining hall."
Professor Filius Flivvy was so learned, mild-tempered, fair and just, and caring to his students that he had earned the respect and love of the younger Ravenclaw wizards, and was said to have been a Dueling Champion in his youth - a few Slytherins had sarcastically said earlier that it was because the Hawk House Dean was not easy to aim at due to his diminutive stature, but they then were given a hard time by the Ravenclaws who adored their own Dean.
Sure enough, as Suzanne had revealed, Professor Freeway announced in class that he thought they could start making objects fly. After explaining the most standard casting motions and magical arcana of the levitation spell, Professor Freeway divided the class into groups of two to begin training.
After repeating the precautions one last time, Professor Freeway gave a wave of his wand, and dozens of feathers floated up and automatically flew to the table of each group of young wizards - this hand of the professor of the magic spells class made the young wizards' motivation immediately mobilised. But soon they learnt that even making a feather fly was not an easy task.
Luke was also in awe of Professor Freeway's hand, which required not only majestic magical power to back it up, but also precise manoeuvrability - but apparently the spell was not a problem at all for Luke, who had practiced it many times.
Luke drew his wand and pointed at the feather, "Feather Gaddim Leviosa!" As soon as the words were spoken, the feather they had rose from the table and floated suspended four feet above their heads."
"Oh Luke, you're doing great!" Professor Freeway cried as he pinched his hands together, "but a feather is no longer considered difficult for you who have already lifted Miss Liza Dupin."
At that moment someone in the pile of witches said something to Liza Dupin that made the girl instantly turn red.
"Oh Luke, I haven't figured out how to get it yet, teach me." When Edward was in the Muggle world, he was a top student, and he couldn't help but think, "How is it that once he got to the wizarding world, his grades were so average?"
Luke lifted the spell and the feather fluttered back down onto the table.
"You have to pay attention to the motion of one wave and one shake, pay attention to the pronunciation of the spell, it's Feather Plus a Dimlevi-O-Sa, that 'plus' has to be said long and clear, don't rush or tug on your wand... relax your wrist a bit or it will interfere with your shaking motion... " Luke explained clearly and Edward got the hang of it in a few practice runs, the feather hovering above the table once more.
"Well organised teaching, you can't get any extra points for the levitation spell just now, but now for helping your classmates, five extra points for Ravenclaw." Professor Freeway pointedly shouted his praise.
"Obviously I'm the one who successfully cast the spell, why is it you that the professor is praising?" Edward cried and laughed, the professor simply favoured Luke too much.
"Well, don't ever forget that subtle wrist movement we've been training! " Professor Freeway pointedly re-emphasised as usual as he stood over his pile of books, "One swing and one shake, remember, one swing and one shake. It is also very important to pronounce the incantation correctly - never forget the Barufeo wizard, who said 'f' for 't' and found himself lying on the floor with a summoned bison standing on his chest."
Bit by bit, the clever Ravenclaws gradually got the hang of it, more and more feathers were suspended from the table, and the smile on Professor Freeway's face grew wider and wider. This Ravenclaw Dean privately felt that the Ravenclaw students were the best of the four houses, at least in the magic spells class - Gryffindor was only able to successfully cast a spell when the class was going on at this point in time with that already little known Miss Know-It-All, Miss Hermione Granger, and the others that couldn't produce a movement were still doing fine, but the lions One of the new students in the house had managed to make a feather explode with a levitation spell!
The lesson ended with relief and happiness written on every Ravenclaw's face. Since most of the class had managed to cast the spell successfully, Professor Freeway had decided to cut out the written work for the lesson and just practice casting the spell more intensively, which was a pleasant surprise given the increasingly heavy workload in other subjects.
Quickly heading downstairs to the dining hall, everyone was hungry after an afternoon of classes, especially with the sweet smell of pumpkin still wafting around the corridors.
Walking into the dining hall, everyone was pleasantly surprised to find the dining hall rendered spooky and brilliant with colourful Halloween decorations. A thousand bats fluttered about the walls and ceiling, and another thousand, like a low, dark cloud, hovered and fluttered above the tables, causing the candle flames in the bellies of the pumpkins to flutter with a flutter. Delicious food suddenly appeared on golden plates, just as it had at that feast at the beginning of the school year.
Luke and Edward looked around while eating the beef patties on their plates, which smelled so good!