Era of Potter (HARRY POTTER FanFiction)

Chapter Thirty-Eight-Trouble at Hogwarts

As the week went by Harry was still pleased about what he was able to accomplish over the weekend, even if he only had little time to think about this because of his classes. Not to mention, now that she didn't have to spend her free time on the map, Hermione started getting on Ron and Harry to work extra hard on their Transfiguration. After one week of this Ron, grumble about the extra amount of work that they had to do.

"You know Harry, if I knew that being you're friend meant that I would have to spend twenty hours a week in the library I might have reconsidered."

"Sorry mate," Harry chuckled at this. "But at least at the end of all this hard work we'll be able to do something beyond awesome..."

"Yeah," Ron smiled dreamily and then sighed, "I just wish we didn't have to wait so long."

"Well, at least Transfiguration classes have become a lot easier after all the work we've been doing," Harry said.

"Yeah, it was especially nice to see everyone's incredulous faces when McGonagall announced that we didn't have to do any homework because of our work yesterday in class," Ron smiled smugly. "Now if only Hermione wouldn't give us so much homework I would be happy."

"I'll try to remember that in the future," Hermione said suddenly appearing behind them, causing Ron to jump and Harry to chuckle.

"Blimey Hermione, do not sneak up on a person like that!" Ron glared at her.

"I thought you two were going to the Quidditch pitch for practices," Hermione said, ignoring Ron's comment as usual.

"We're just heading there now," Harry said, heading for the front doors, when he got outside it was raining.

"Are you really going to practice in this weather?" Hermione frowned.

"Do you really think that Wood would let us not practices?" Ron sighed. "I know this is making me a lot better player, but Wood is seriously mental sometimes. Waking us at the creak of dawn one time and then making us practice in weather like this..."

"He just wants to win," Harry said, who was not so pleased about the weather either, but truly wanted to win the cup this year. "We have to practices extra hard now that the Slytherin have those brooms."

"Yeah," Ron nodded his head.

"Well see you later, I think I'll head to the library," Hermione said as the boys head out into the rain.

"That's a shocker," Ron said when Hermione was too faraway for her to hear him. "Honestly I think she'd prefer it if she could live there."

"Finally you've come!" Wood exclaimed when they walked into the locket room doors, the rest of the team was already there. Harry looked down at his watch and noticed that they still had a few minutes before they were supposed to be there.

"Wood..." he started to say.

"I was just telling the other how important it is that we take this practices seriously," Wood said. "As you've known I've been working on a solution to the broom issue..."

"Have you come up with anything better than practicing harder than we already have been?" Fred asked.

Wood blushed, "I've come up some more moves we can work on..."

"So that a no," George sighed.

"Hey, I know they're..." Wood started to say.

"You know I was thinking that it might help if Harry played like a chaser for a little while..." Ron said thoughtfully. "I know the Nimbus 2000 isn't as fast as the 2001, but I'm sure Harry could still fly faster and better than any of the Slytherin could on their faster brooms. It might make it so you can see what the new brooms will allow the Slytherins be capable of."