Hermione looked at Emily's kitten-like eyes and sighed. "All right, I'll join."
Luna was dragged up by Penelope too. She mumbled, "But Penelope, my wish is not to join..."
"I want to be on Allen's team," Emily cried slyly.
Penelope, still dragging Luna along, immediately followed up. "I'm on Allen's team too."
"But Allen said that if he lost, he'd grant the winner a wish. If you're on Allen's team..." Hermione's words left Emily speechless for a moment. Then she turned to the Quidditch star. "Allen, are you saying you want all of us to go against you alone?"
"Hmm... I was just thinking I've never been Keeper before. This time, let me guard the goal. If you can score, then you win." To avoid any conflict over teams, Allen explained it that way. "Play for thirty minutes. If you can score even once, it counts as your win... That way I'll have played every position too."
"Right! Allen's a professional, and we're only amateurs, and some of us don't even know how to play. Allen, you can be a team by yourself." Daisy nodded in agreement. "Come on, let's fly up first!"
Once the way they would play had been decided, the girls followed Daisy's example and changed their skirts into trousers, mounted their Flying Broomsticks, and in the blink of an eye flew into the air.
Emily was the fastest. Her Flying Broomstick shot straight upward, climbing faster and higher than everyone else's—she wanted to cheat and score one directly before Allen could guard the tree. But Allen had clearly guessed his little sister's thoughts long ago and blocked the ball.
After being stopped, Emily not only felt no embarrassment, but even looked a little aggrieved. "Allen, you heard you were getting two new little sisters, so now