[HP] Riddle's Spirit Behind

A few days later, the Slytherin Quidditch team suddenly had to select new players.

Eleanor enthusiastically submitted an application for joining the team, and then was notified that she would go to the Quidditch field for a tryout on this Saturday morning, and she had to bring her own broom.

Eleanor selected a passable-looking broom from the school storehouse.Its twigs were nearly bare, and the seat was frayed to reveal the cotton inside.

She told Tom about it, but Tom said he didn't have time to watch her selection.

"You haven't even held a broom handle," said Tom without looking up. "Give it up, they can't pick you."

Eleanor turned around angrily and left, thinking that she must pass the selection and become a Quidditch player, which surprised Tom.

Both Avery and Abraxas said they could accompany her to the selection, which made her somewhat more balanced.

"You've never ridden a broomstick—you haven't, have you?" Avery said to her, frowning.Recently they were finally able to chat as naturally as before.

"That's okay." Eleanor eagerly looked at the sky above the field and said that several Quidditch players in green uniforms were practicing hitting the ball.

Standing beside them are Eleanor's competitors.

Eleanor was a little skeptical that almost everyone who was eligible for the selection had signed up, since almost a third of the academy was here.

A boy next to her has been chattering with his companions about Quidditch skills and tactics.Eleanor couldn't understand a word, which made her even more nervous.

After a while, the captain asked all the current team members to assemble, and Lestrange suddenly appeared among those team members.

Eleanor suddenly remembered that Lestrange was also a Quidditch player, and he was a batter.Eleanor began to secretly regret how she had forgotten such an important thing.

After confirming the list of applicants and driving away a dozen freshmen who were not eligible to participate in the selection, team captain Payne asked all of them to take their own brooms and follow him to the center of the field.

"Everyone get on your broomsticks and fly with me," he said. "I'm going to speed up suddenly on the way, so watch my movements."

Eleanor swallowed nervously.She rode on the broom, and then imitated the others and kicked the ground with both feet.

After flying, she found that she was not so nervous.

It feels so good to be in the air.The oncoming wind blew her hair out, but she didn't care.She followed Payne closely, and waved in the direction of Avery and Abu on the ground.

Payne suddenly accelerated when flying to the third lap.Many students were caught off guard and collided with the people in front of them.Eleanor narrowly dodged a girl who was flying staggeringly, and then flew tightly behind Payne.

In the end, she passed the selection smoothly.

She hugged Avery and Abraxas excitedly, "I just said I'm going to make it!"

Lestrange, who was standing not far away, kept looking at him with a malicious sneer, and Eleanor made a victory gesture to him.

To Eleanor's surprise, they asked her to be the Seeker instead of the Chaser she had previously signed up for.

"You fly fast and move lightly, and a Seeker would be more suitable for you," Payne said as he jotted down in his notebook.

Eleanor was very surprised, "But—"

Payne raised his head sharply, "Of course, the decision is up to you. If you don't want to, I still have a lot of candidates who are eager to join the team."

Eleanor wanted to be more of a Chaser.Hitting the Quaffle into the opposing team's circle sounds like a lot more fun than looking for a little golden ball all over the field.

But she quickly agreed, she didn't want to miss the precious opportunity.

Payne then told her that she had to come to the field every Saturday evening to practice before she would play in the next match against Hufflepuff.

"Don't worry, we beat the crap out of Hufflepuff last time. Their Seeker is a scumbag." Payne said in a calm and monotonous tone, and then stretched out his finger to a pricked man not far away. The girl with ponytail, "She is the current Seeker, but she will graduate next year. If you have any questions, you can ask her."

After leaving the Quidditch pitch, Eleanor invited Avery and the others to go to Hogsmeade village tomorrow to celebrate her successful entry into the Quidditch team.

Of course she wanted Tom to go too.So she went directly to Tom's bedroom excitedly and told him about it.But Tom just said coldly, "Really? Congratulations."

"It's that simple?" Eleanor said disappointedly. "God, you have no idea how much I want to be on the Quidditch team!"

"Trust me, of course I know." Tom was still scribbling something in his notebook, speaking in a perfunctory tone.

Eleanor reached out and closed his notebook, "Hey, are you listening to me?"

Tom pursed his lips, with an irritable expression on his face, and said with a sneer, "Then what do you want me to do? You know I'm not interested in Quidditch at all."

"Well, then don't blame me for not inviting you to tomorrow's celebration." Eleanor said a little unhappy.She suddenly felt something slipping past her feet, she lowered her head and found that it turned out to be a patterned snake.

"Oh, hell! You're keeping snakes in your dorm again?" she cried, turning quickly and running away.

Tom sighed, put down the quill in his hand, then lowered his head, and stroked the snake's head lightly with his fingers.He chuckled, and whispered in a Parseltongue, "It seems she doesn't remember you anymore."

"What happened? I just saw Alford running out in a panic." Lestrange said standing at the door.His eyes were fixed on the snake, and there was a hint of fear in his expression.

"Nothing," said Tom, caressing the snake carelessly.

"So, the two of you really have that kind of relationship as rumored?" Lestrange narrowed his eyes and asked tentatively.

Tom bent down and whispered something to the snake.The snake quickly slipped into the bedroom vent and disappeared into the darkness.

"You haven't answered my question yet." Lestrange couldn't help but say.

"This has nothing to do with you, mind your own business, Zachary." Tom said coldly.

Lestrange heard the hostility in Tom's tone, so he shut his mouth angrily.

The next day, Eleanor and the others still went to the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade, and they couldn't think of any other way to celebrate.

They each ordered a large glass of mixed fruit soda with ice, and chatted happily while discussing the topic of Quidditch.

When the soda was about to run out, Eleanor stood up and planned to go to the toilet.

"I'll go too." Abraxas muttered and stood up.

Just as Eleanor came out of the women's room, she suddenly heard Abraxas' voice coming from the men's room: "Who the hell are you?"

She stopped in her tracks, but heard no other voices.

"Abraxas?" she called, but no one answered her.

She suddenly noticed that the door of the men's restroom had been hung with a "under maintenance" sign.She suddenly had an ominous premonition, so she walked over and carefully pushed open a crack in the door.

"Abu, are you in there?" she said.She couldn't see what was going on in the toilet cubicle through the crack in the door.

Still no answer.

Eleanor quietly drew out her wand, and then slowly pushed open the door of the men's room.

There was no one outside the compartment, only the door of one compartment was closed.

Eleanor went to that door and knocked, "Is anyone there?"

At this moment, she suddenly heard a low voice from a strange man behind her, "fainted."

Eleanor immediately lost consciousness, and the wand in her hand fell to the ground.

"...What the hell are you thinking?" A man's voice came into Eleanor's ears vaguely.

Eleanor opened her eyes in a daze, and found that she was lying on the cold ground, her body was tightly bound.The surrounding light was very dim, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of decay.

She tried to open her eyes wide, and saw Abraxas lying not far from her.He didn't appear to be hurt, just tied up like her.

"That's the Malfoy boy, don't tell me you didn't recognize him. He looks like he was cut out of his father. He caught me dealing with the German, so I can't let him go Let's go." Another deep and hoarse voice said.His voice was so rough that it sounded like he was sawing wood, and his tone was so grim and cold that one couldn't help but feel disgusted.

"Yes, of course I know who he is." The other man stammered, his tone was obviously nervous.

"So don't ask stupid questions like that," said the hoarse man. "You should know who got us to where we are, and don't tell me you don't hate Malfoy."

"Of course I hate it. But what did you bring that girl here for?" Another voice said eagerly.

The man sneered, "That's because she meddled in her own business and appeared where she shouldn't be."

Eleanor has been listening to their conversation stiffly, constantly guessing their identities.One thing she can be sure of is that the two of them are definitely not good people.

"What, what shall we do next?" said the stuttering man.

At this moment, Abraxas suddenly let out an indistinct groan, and then slowly opened his eyes.

"It looks like our young master is awake." The hoarse voice said coldly.

Immediately, Eleanor saw a pair of dirty leather boots appear in her sight, and then blocked between herself and Abraxas.

"Who are you guys?" Abraxas' voice trembled a little.

The boot kicked Abraxas hard in the stomach.Abraxas immediately groaned in pain.

"Hey, stop!" Eleanor couldn't help shouting.

The author has something to say: the update is a bit late~~╭(╯3╰)╮