Christmas ended, and a new term of the school year began. The professors had already arranged an intensive course schedule. Along with that came the Quidditch matches.
Gryffindor had won both of its matches in the first term, each by a large margin, leaving all the members of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team rather full of themselves.
This term, however, they would face the rising Hufflepuff team in two consecutive, back-to-back matches.
Oliver had taken notice of Hufflepuff's new Seeker, Cedric, very early on. Now that Cedric had officially become Hufflepuff's Seeker, he could be considered the most competitive Seeker on any of the school's four House teams apart from Harry.
Cedric's flying skills were on par with Harry's, perhaps even slightly better, but his broomstick was considerably worse than Harry's.
Although the latest news was that his father had bought him a new broomstick over Christmas, apparently a Nimbus 2000 and One, there was still a clear gap between it and Harry's Firebolt.
As a result, everyone in Gryffindor was very confident about the match.
If Gryffindor won both matches, they would gain a huge advantage in the New Academic Year’s Quidditch House Cup. Even with one win and one loss, they could still lead the standings as long as they were ahead on points.
As for losing both matches, nobody in Gryffindor had even considered the possibility.
However, neither Oliver nor Angelina and the others would slack off in training just because they had Harry as their guarantee. In fact, after returning from the holidays, the entire Gryffindor Quidditch team had thrown themselves into frantic practice.
This was a year when Gryffindor had a very good chance of winning the Quidditch House Cup, and everyone on the team desperately wanted it.
So much so that Harry and Ron had