Brave [Harry Potter OC]

Chapter 4

A Clever Idea

Alice was definitely not prepared for the embarrassment she was going to face at flying class today.

The day started as normal, waking up early, going to breakfast with Hermione, and heading over to their first flying class. In the cool breeze of the morning, Alice felt a rush of excitement to fly. She had never done so before or even seen someone on a broomstick. Madam Hooch made the children line up across from each other with their broomsticks beside them on the grass.

"Welcome to your first flying lesson. Well, what are you waiting for? Everyone to the left side of their broomstick. Come on now hurry up. Stick your right hand next to the broomstick and say 'up'" she instructs.

"Up." To her surprise, the broomstick shot up into her hand. Her eyes widen as the contact sort of hurt. The broomstick is vibrating in her hand like it's ready to go. She looks around as the only other person with a broomstick in their hand is Harry. Though, his broomstick seems perfectly still unlike her buzzing one. Students continuously repeat the word. Ron's broom flies up and hits him in the face. Harry and Alice laugh at his attempt.

"Shut up guys," Ron mutters.

"Now, once you've got hold of your broom I want you to mount it. Hold on tight you don't want to slide to the end. When I blow my whistle I want you to kick up from the ground hard. Keep your brooms steady, hover for a moment. Then lean forward slightly and touch back down. Ready?" she whistled and immediately Neville took off.

"Mr. Longbottom! M-Mr. Longbottom!" Hooch yells.

"Help... help... help!" He shouts.

The class sees the rememberal drop from his pocket. Alice mounts her broom, still buzzing. And the second she slightly moves her foot, the broom takes off. As Madam Hooch is distracted by Neville, only the class notices as Alice shoots through the air. Malfoy laughs at her while the rest of the class watches her fly off in shock.

Alice can barely even see as everything passes by in a blur. She can't even cry out as wind fills her mouth when she opens it.

"Madam Hooch!" Hermione calls. Hooch looks back to see Alice is so far away she looks like a small dot.

"Goodness!" She looks back and forth between Alice and Neville. Neville goes under a loop and back over, getting his sweater caught on a light and then falling to the ground with a thud.

"Ok. Miss Patil, please take Longbottom to the Hospital wing. I'm going to get Miss Scamander," she says. "Everyone is to keep their feet on the ground while I'm gone. If I see a single broom in the air, the one riding it will find themselves out of Hogwarts before they can say Quidditch."

Alice is very far from the students now as she continues to zoom past Hogwarts. Suddenly someone thuds into her, grabbing her off her broom. The broom falls down to the rocky shores surrounding Hogwarts. She looks up to see the person holding her. He is an older boy, unfamiliar to her. "Are you alright?" He asks her.