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It is [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|the school's]] second week of classes, and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]] is dismayed that flying lessons are also shared with [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Slytherin House|Slytherin House]]. Because he has not yet learned to fly, Harry knows he will be ridiculed by [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Draco Malfoy|Draco Malfoy]], who is as well-loved by Harry as [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Dudley Dursley|cousin Dudley]].
[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Neville Longbottom|Neville's]] grandmother has sent him a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Remembrall|Remembrall]]. Draco attempts to steal it during breakfast, but he is interrupted by [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall's]] arrival. At the flying lesson, Neville falls off his [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Brooms|broom]], and injuresinjuring himself. The instructor, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rolanda Hooch|Madam Hooch]], takes him to the hospital wing, ordering everyone else to remain on the ground. Draco spots Neville's dropped Remembrall, and, grabbing it, takes off on his broom to place it in a tree for Neville to fetch later. Harry flies after him, discovering that flying on a broomstick is something he is naturally talented at. Draco changes his mind andinstead hurls the Remembrall away, but Harry dives after it and catches it mid-air, just inches above the ground. He is immediately accosted by Professor McGonagall, who has been watching from her office. She drags him away from the lesson, apparently in disgrace, but to his surprise introduces him to the Gryffindor [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Quidditch|Quidditch]] team captain, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Oliver Wood|Oliver Wood]], saying Harry is the new Seeker.
SurprisedLater, tosurprised findthat Harry athas dinneravoided thatbeing eveningexpelled, Draco challenges him to a Wizard's Duel in the trophy room at midnight. Harry accepts, and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ron Weasley|Ron]] volunteers to be Harry'shis second. As Harry and Ron leavesneak the common roomout later that night, circumstance adds Neville and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Hermione Granger|Hermione]] to the party, though both Harry and Ron are unhappy that they are tagging along. Hermione, particularly, is unwelcome, as she has been nagging at themattempted to try and prevent the duel. Reaching the trophy room, they hear [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Argus Filch|Filch]] approaching. Evidently Draco never intended to show up, but simplyinstead sentinformed Filch tothat getstudents Harrywould inbe trouble.there Whenafter hours. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Peeves|Peeves]], encounteringsees the four students sneaking away, and yells that students are out of bed,. Harry'sThe groupstudents runsrun off, diving into the forbidden third-floor corridor to hide. They evade Filch, but are dismayed thatfind their hiding place is occupied by a huge, ferocious three-headed dog. They escape and returnback to the common room, where Hermione points outmentions that the dog was standing onatop a trap door and, apparently guarding something. Harry concludes the dog ismust be guarding the same package [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]] retrieved from [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Gringotts|Gringotts Bank]].
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