Chapter Seven

                                    

                                          

Matthew's POV
We went inside the Forbidden forest after Christine put us in disguised. Josiah and for some reason Paul was standing beside a tree. Jaidyn was sitting down with her sketchbook in hand, and Ivan talking to Paul. Grace was having a conversation to Josiah too.  There was broomsticks on the floor, they looked like it was used for the quidditch team. We walked up to them. 
"Hey why are we using theses for?" I asked. 
"I heard you're now part of the broomstick race, I thought you would need some practice," Josiah said and threw a broomstick at me. 
"Paul why are you here?" I asked.
"Because I know one of you guys are going to hurt yourself, so I'm a look out" Paul replied. 
Christine giggled to herself and grabbed a broomstick on the floor. She started to pass them out to anyone before gave herself one. 
"Alright, we are using these since it's faster than walking. I'll teach you newbies how to use one," Josiah instructed. 
Josiah placed his broomstick between his legs, and kicked his feet forward off the ground. He got himself off the floor, and turned himself to us. The returners got themselves off the floor with their broomstick. He looked down on us. Christine, Paul, and Ivan did the same. 
"It's easy, place your broomsticks between your legs and push. Let the magic do the rest!" Christine encouraged. 
I did the same, and suddenly I was on the air. I started to wobble on the my stick, but luckily Christine grabbed my shoulder to stabilize myself.
"You'll get the use of these quickly," said Paul. 
"Alright to turn, use your body weight to turn in the direction you desire. Your steering wheel is your body weight. If you want to turn left, lean left. If you want to turn right, lean right. When you want to come back down, you shift your body towards. Want to go higher, lean backwards. Sounds simple right?" Christine instructed us. 
We nodded our heads, and they blasted off. They scream at us to follow them, so we can't be lost.  We flew behind them, and got ourselves above the clouds. I've never realized how bright and blue the sky was. The trio was laughing, indicating that they are having a good time. 
"You guys like the view?" Christine exclaimed. 
I was too nervous to say anything. I turned to Ashley and see herself about to cry. I turned myself so I can be closer to Ashley. While I had my hand on my broomsticks, I put my arm around her to reassure herself. 
"Thanks Matt," Ashley complimented. 
"You're welcome," I replied. 
I turned my head left to right to see if anyone is struggling too. Grace was focused on her flying, and Jaidyn was flying next to Ivan. Christine and Josiah where in the front leading us in the direction of Hogsmeade. I looked around and realized. Dante was not here! 
"Hey where's Dante!" I announced. 
"He's fine, He's with The Weeknd again. He will meet us there!" Christine said, "Not going to lie though, Dante and Weeknd are being kind of suspicious. He's always hanging around him," 
That's actually pretty suspicious. He's not the type to hang out with new people and only talk to them. He doesn't like going with huge groups, but he only hangs out with people he knew for such a long time. 
"How are they going to get in?" I asked. 
"Dante's with Weeknd dude. He can basically do anything without getting caught." Christine had a sound of sarcasm saying what she said.