Olive Wood and the Cup of Potions

Quidditch

The past month has been going well for Olive. Everyone stopped teasing her about Harry and she even found herself two favorite classes. 

Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Charms!

''Finally! Potions homework complete!'' sighed Ginny. Professor Snape was being incredibly hard on the first-year students. Mainly Olive's class for that matter. Already done with her homework, Olive set out to find something to do. 

''Olive! Ginny! Come down here!'' Jessica called from the Common Room.  Olive glanced at Ginny who nodded for her to go down. 

''I'll come behind.'' She said. 

''What?'' Olive asked coming down the girl's dormitory and into the red common room. 

''We have our first flying class!!'' Flora yelled. 

''Flying? Like on a broomstick?'' Ginny asked. 

'Yeah! And it starts in 20 minutes!!'' Jessica yelled. 

''20 minutes?!'' Olive yelled. ''We better hurry then.'' Ginny said. 

The girls ran down the stairs and through the Portrait Hole. Too bad for them, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were just coming back from their Charms study session!

''What the-?'' Ron managed to say before falling to the ground at how fast the girls were running. 

''Sorry, Ron!'' Ginny said helping her brother up. Olive caught a look at Ron's homework and he left out one question. 

'What is the jinx that causes the person to freeze in the spot?' it read. 

''You don't know that answer? It's easy! Immobulus!'' Olive said. 

Guess Charms was her top subject. 

''It's Immobulus?'' Ron repeated. Olive nodded quickly. 

''If you don't know the answer check page 27 of your Charms textbook 4th paragraph! Now if you'll excuse us...'' Olive said running past Hermione who had a shocked look on her face. 

''How'd she know the answer to that?'' Harry asked. 

''Yeah, she's only in the first year,'' Hermione added. 

''Maybe she's just good at Charms,'' Ron suggested. 

''Maybe. But how'd she know that the answer was on Page 27, 4th paragraph of the second-year textbook?'' Hermione asked. 

''Probably read Oliver's textbook or something,'' Harry said. 

''Probably. Dungbombs.'' Hermione said before adding the Common Room password. 

The Fat Lady swung open and they crawled into the hole. 

''COME ON!!'' Olive yelled. ''We don't want to be late for our first ever flying class!!'' Olive said. 

They ran down the corridors even faster and were soon at the training grounds. 

''Welcome, first years to your first flying class. Now before you mount your broom or take off, you need to know that the chances of death by falling off a broom are very high.'' Madam Hooch said. 

''Death?'' Jessica whispered. 

''Now, off to your care stations!'' She commanded. #

Olive put some wax on her broom after brushing its bristles. 

''Excellent, Miss Wood. Say, do you have  a broom back at home?'' Madam Hooch asked. 

Olive was quiet for a moment.  She practically forgot about Accreton Drive.