Chapter 11
Dan had always been fond of flying brooms and Quidditch.
Of course he was.
Being on a Quidditch team and playing Quidditch have always been a dream of his.
Ever since he was younger, he had always enjoyed watching his favorite teams play at the Quidditch World Cup and even learning to ride a broom himself. (With the help of his father, of course)
And today was the first day he could learn from someone else, other than his father.
Though he loved his father, he was always a bit too paranoid and over protective when it had come to stuff like this, as well as (and most importantly) Dans safety.
So Dan was always careful.
But now he could show off to everyone what he already knows and maybe even impress the teacher.
Maybe then he could get a place on the Slytherin Quidditch team next year when he's allowed to!
Though the idea of that is exciting and it is a very fun class. (Easily one of his favorites) It's pretty disappointing that he doesn't have any friends in the class with him.
It is a Slytherin and Gryffindor class and since Chris hadn't been placed in Gryffindor he was alone.
Well, not alone, he could easily talk with Jack and Finn if he'd like or anyone in the Slytherin house.
Or even in the Gryffindor house.
He doesn't mind.
He's not biased.
He'd even heard that Harry Potter, the boy who lived, is in Gryffindor as well.
Which is incredibly cool in Dan's opinion and he probably should introduce himself to him at some point.
He'd heard a lot about him, growing up, and now knows that they even share something in common.
Him and Draco are on bad terms too.
Really, it's annoying.
How dare Draco think he can just choose who a person could be friends with and not friends with?!
No matter that his entire family is like that and even the generations before them since not every wizarding family is lucky.
Dan's still mad at him.
Phil, Chris, and Pj are his best friends and he's going to defend them against stuck up pricks like Draco.
Though he's been ignoring Draco for a while since the last time they had spoken and Draco was trying to get him to stop being friends with the other three.
Which will never happen.
And only now, as Dan looks at the teacher making her way to the group of first years does he realize she had been late to class and he had been stuck in thought.
She had greeted the class and quickly they started towards calling up their brooms.
And since this wasn't Dan's first time with a broom, he got it on the first try.
As did another boy.
He'd heard the name 'Harry' being called out in praise, so he assumed it was Harry Potter.
Add that to the list of things they have in common.
Mostly everyone else was having a bit of difficulty, and Dan just laughed it off.
It was quite funny.
One boy even got hit in the face by it. (Not the first time Dans seen that though. It'd even happened to him once too)
Seems like he's one of Harry Potter's friends and if Dan remembers correctly, from Draco's constant groaning of, and Dan quotes, 'why'd he choose a Mudblood and a Blood traitor Weasley over me?' when they used to talk.
(Horrid language too, may he add)
Weasley must be his last name though.
And Dan's heard of the Weasley family before.
They're like Chris's family with a long line of Gryffindors.
And by long line, it's really a long line.
Not that Dan's one to judge, no.
He's just-
Loud exclamations suddenly erupted from who Dan assumed were his fellow students and as he returned his attention back to the class he was greeted with the blur of a black robe, as well as a student being rushed away.
Dan moved a bit to the right side to where the Harries brothers stood, "I don't pay attention for a few minutes and I miss, um, what'd I miss?"
Jack, most likely, turned to him and responded with a "a student accidentally started too early, fell off his broom, and sprained his wrist"
Which would leave Finn to say, "so Madame Hooch went to take him to Madame Pomfrey's"
"Oh" was all Dan could say, feeling bad for the kid, though he didn't even know who it was.
So he was going to ask, but got cut off by a voice saying, "Give it here Malfoy"
'Oh no, not him again' Dan thought with a sigh.
"No. I think I'll leave it somewhere for Longbottom to find." His voice.
And only moments later brooms are in the air.