Chapter 22: saving Neville from falling and stopping Harry from becoming the youngest seeker
Madam Hooch leads the class, gently sending the new fliers off the ground. Jack knows that his time has come to make his move and gain his first friend from the Gryffindor. Even though it was 2 weeks into the school Jack did not gain even a single proper friend from Gryffindor.
Even though there is Hermione that speaks to him it was just nominal and did not get too deep. After the previous experience sharing in the transfiguration class the students would speak to him from time to time.
But none of them has formed friendship with him. Today the situation is different. He is going to save Neville and gain the popularity in both Gryffindor and Slytherin. Right at that time madam hooch told all the students to get on the brooms but not to fly.
Jack got on the broom. At the same time his wand is ready to cast the levitation charm to stop Neville from falling. Right then Neville's broom started to run amok. It did all kinds of feats in the sky as if it was professionally trained broomstick.
"Ding
Host, make your choice,
Option1: do not save Neville; host would not be able to make any friends for another 2 weeks
Option 2: save Neville from falling; host gains another 10 house points for Gryffindor and the reputation of the host increases by 10 percent.
Option 3: save Neville and stop the Rememberall crystal ball of Neville falling into the hands of Draco. The show off and face slapping plot for the protagonist would be gone, Protagonist Harry potter would not be selected into the Quidditch team in the first year.
Host gains basic level flying skill along with 10 house points for Gryffindor and 10 percent increase in the reputation of host.
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Jack wanted to laugh at the situation, but he held back because this time he is here to make a good name instead of having negative impression. The negative impression is not from laughing at others or laughing out loud.
It is because he laughs different from others. He laughs like the villain from some old cartoons except that there is no lightning sound or some special effects. Because of this reason he tries his best to not to laugh out loud when he was in the group.
He immediately chose the third option and it was more valuable to him than other things. After making the choice Jack started to wait for the opportunity. The opportunity is the right timing to act.
During one of those feats the broom went over a guardian statue near the hall and Neville's robe got stuck to those swords of the stone guardian. Jack took the opportunity to take out the wand that looked like the freshly broken stem of a plant.
Right when Neville was about to fall Jack waved his wand and everyone heard his incantation of the levitation spell.
"Wingardium Leviosa"
Neville that should fall on the ground started to float and Jack slowly let him fall on the ground without a strong impact. But still Neville was dizzy and the Rememberall crystal ball on his hand fell down.
Jack once again cast the levitation spell to get his hands on the Rememberall crystal ball that Draco wanted to snatch when it is rolling on the ground. Draco looked at Jack with sinister eyes wanting to attack Jack.
But he stopped because of the number of people present. On the other hand madam hooch came to Neville taking care of his situation. Fortunately he was not injured and he was only dizzy. Madam hooch looked at Jack with much appreciation and said.
"Gryffindor would get 10 points for Jack's act of saving Neville in critical situation. The class would be stopped here. No one causes any trouble next. Stay where you are and wait for me to come back.
Also, there is no flying with the brooms when I am not around. Anyone that violates the rules would be banned from my class and Quidditch selections."
Then she wanted to take Neville to the infirmary to check the situation properly. It is so that there is no hidden injury or danger. Right then Jack called her.
"Madam Hooch, wait a minute…."
Jack said this and wanted to walk towards her with the Rememberall crystal ball. But Harry and Ron the impulsive duo stepped forward and said.
"That is the Rememberall crystal ball of Neville, give it here and we will give it back to him when he returns."
Harry said with an angry face with hatred clearly written on it. Jack did not even bother to answer to Harry and Ron and walked toward madam hooch. Then Jack gave the Rememberall crystal ball to her and asked her to give it back to Neville when he wakes up.
She looked at him appreciating. Her prejudice towards Jack has already diminished more than half. After that he returned back to the crowd without any emotional fluctuations. It is as if he has not done something to be proud about but a normal thing to do as usual.
The surrounding students from both Gryffindor and Slytherin came to him and started to tell him how impressed they are. At the same time some of them started to form friends with Jack. Well not thick friends but superficial friends.
Even pansy and her gang of bully girls also came to speak to Jack with a positive opinion. With the two times of getting popularity bonus Jack is perfectly on the positive side 20 percent popularity bonus.
When it reaches 100 percent no one would believe even if he did something bad unless they saw it with their own eyes or proved it with evidence. The starting is easy but the more he moves forward the slower the pace of improvement is.
100 percent popularity and trust is his goal that is needed for many of his future plans to work. So Jack is working hard for this…
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