Kapitel 16: The Firebolt, launch day!

Anthony went to the kitchen and asked for some beef and a cup from the Elves. Then he went to the Chamber of The Secrets entrance at the sink of the Girl's bathroom.

sss"Open" sss hissed Anthony towards the sink and the entrance has opened.

sss"Stairs?" sss hissed Anthony and some stairs have revealed.

'Oh, there are stairs! For god's sake!' said Anthony and went down to the underground facility and entered the Chamber of the Secrets.

sss'Open'sss

There were pilled skeletons of few people and many rats.

'So the serpent survived by eating rats for so many years? That is disgusting!' thought Anthony. But thinking that serpents are the natural enemy of the rats and it is usually its prey. Anthony suppressed his urge to vomit and opened the main door of the Chamber of Secrets.

The Chamber of Secrets that has the statue of Salazar Slytherin as well as snake's statues could be seen.

sss'Salazar Slytherin Speak to me!'sss said Anthony and the Basilisk came out from the mouth of the statue.

sss" I have brought some food for you!"sss said, Anthony.

sss'Serpent boy! You came?'sss the Basilisk closed his eyes and came.

Anthony asked for some venom in exchange for bringing food and filled his cup with basilisk venom. After filling the cup he closed the cup by Transfiguring it as a ball.

The basilisk ate the beef with delight. It was many years since Salazar Slytherin brought him decent meat!

Soon after, the dawn of morning is nearing. Therefore he rushed to his room and found that there was a wrapped broom inside his room with a letter.

"Dear Anthony,

I have pleasant news. Department of Magical Games and Sports has registered our Firebolt as the fastest flying broom in Magical Britain. The National Team of England, National team of Ireland, Bulgaria, France, North America, and Japan have expressed their interest in our flying broom! We have already got 6 nation's Quidditch team's orders!

And tomorrow, or on the day you receive the letter, we would have the Grand opening of our Firebolt at Quality Quidditch Supplies at Diagon Alley! We will have a showroom that's only designed for our Firebolt!

Each of our Firebolt can be produced by 300 Galleons and be sold by 900 Galleons.

I have attached your initial dividend, 10,000 galleons in a space enlarged purse next to the broom inside the wrappings!

And thank you! Anthony! My dear friend and business partner, without you I believe I would have been roaming the Diagon Alley streets as like as a beggar.

Sincerely,

Randolph Spudmore.

After reading his letter, Anthony opened the wrappings on the broom and got the purse with 10,000 galleons.

He looked at the final product Firebolt and saw a registration number 0001. This is the first and foremost Firebolt and has the highest value. Feeling excited, he touched his Firebolt and fell asleep.

The 23rd of September, 1991, Sunday.

The sunset was magnificent, and it shined on the Hogwarts castle beautifully.

"Anthony, Anthony! Wake up!" said Harry with an excited tone. Harry Potter shook Anthony and he woke up.

"What happened Harry? It's still 7 am in the morning!" said Anthony looking at the clock.

Since Anthony came to Hogwarts he trained in his Wandless magic and Occlumency nonstop in the Room of Requirements or he would register the items in the room until 3 am. Also, he went to the Chamber of Secrets But for every Sunday, Anthony would take off a day and sleep until 9 am.

"Anthony, today our Slytherin team has a Quidditch practice, you must come with me and see!" said Harry Potter.

"Uh, yeah, of course, let me change my clothes," said Anthony.

Then Harry got a glimpse about the Broom that is laying on Anthony's desk. While Anthony was changing his clothes, he got curious and saw the elegant broom.

Firebolt, registration number 0001. Unlike the other brooms, this broom had a foot resting stirrup. The design and elegance have reached another level than Nimbus 2000 that he has seen in Diagon Alley.

"Um, Anthony, isn't first-year students prohibited to have their own brooms at Hogwarts?" asked Harry Potter being confused as to why Anthony has brought this magnificent broom.

When Anthony changed his clothes, he looked at Harry Potter and had an idea. "Harry, actually, I own half of the shares of the company that produces Firebolt. This is our first finished broom and my business partner has sent it to me. Since I am not a Quidditch team, You can lend this broom from me and ride it during the Quidditch practice and games." said Anthony.

'The boy who lived rides the Firebolt! It is the best marketing strategy to engage a famous person when advertising a luxurious product. Also since Harry is my friend, why not lending my Firebolt to him?' thought Anthony.

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9:00 Am in the morning.

The Quidditch practice ground

Marcus Flint stood in front of six Slytherin students that wore Slytherin Quidditch team clothes.

There were some Quidditch fans of various years including the first years Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Daphne Greengrass, Tracey Davis, and of course Anthony Lefrancois Dumbledore to spectate the practice.

"Last year, we flattened the Gryffindor in Hogwarts house cup! This year, however, we have a slight adjustment in our team composition. Our new seeker Harry Potter! Two beaters are Graham Montague and Terrence Higgs, three chasers are Adrian Pucey, Cassius Warrington, and me. But this doesn't mean that we can flatten the Gryffindor this year. The Gryffindor seeker is vacant so they must have a new seeker. The Hufflepuff has Cedric Diggory as a seeker and I heard that the Ravenclaw has a new seeker too!" said Marcus flint.

The Slytherin Quidditch team members hold their broom in their hands in a vertical position. While Marcus was speaking, he subconsciously saw Harry Potter's new broom and wanted to ask what broom it is, but restraint himself.

Soon, the Quidditch practice officially started, and the team practiced various mock Quidditch techniques:

Blatching: Flying with the intent to collide. (All players)

Blurting: Locking broom handles with the intent to steer an opponent off course. (All players)

Bumphing: Hitting Bludgers towards spectators. (Beaters only)

Haversacking: Hand still on the Quaffle as it goes through the goal hoop – the Quaffle must be thrown through the goal. (Chasers only)

Quaffle-pocking: Tampering with the Quaffle – e.g. puncturing it so that it falls more quickly or zig-zags. (Chasers only)

Stooging: More than one Chaser entering the scoring area. (Chasers only)

Daphne introduced Tracey Davis a first-year Slytherin student to Anthony. "Anthony, this is Tracey Davis, our fathers are friends, and we know each other since childhood," said Daphne.

Anthony saw the Dark brown-haired Slytherin student and greeted her politely.

"Anthony, do you know what broom Harry is riding, it is super fast!" Daphne Greengrass exclaimed.

"Yes, even though Marcus is riding a Comet 260, Harry's broom is faster, on a huge margin!" said Tracey Davis.

Anthony explained that it is a new concept model broom that would be commercially available today.

Anthony and the girls chit-chatted a lot meanwhile watching the practice of Slytherin team Quidditch players.

At this moment, Oliver Woods, the captain of the Gryffindor team was spectating the Slytherin team practice with binoculars from the clock tower far away.

'That Harry Potter's broom is fast as lightning!' Oliver Woods exclaimed. He assumed that Harry Potter got the new Nimbus 2000 broom.

Soon the Slytherin Quidditch team got a 5-minute break, Harry came to Anthony and Daphne.

"Anthony, Fire.. the Firebolt! It's is extremely fast!" said Harry with excitement. For the first time in ever, Harry had this kind of marvelous feeling to race. It is like having wings. Especially the soft-cushioning charm, non-slipping charm, unbreakable charm, and aerodynamics of the broom made him feel like he is riding a racing car instead of a hard wooden broom.

"Here drink this," said Anthony and opened a bottle of Lightning drink, and gave it to Harry. Daphne and Tracey also got one bottle of Lightning drink and got refreshed.

Anthony also gave one bottle each to the Slytherin Quidditch team members and introduced the Lightning drink.

"In the future, 2 sickles each for the lightning drink!" said Anthony, promoting his beverage.

At the same time, in the Quality Quidditch Supplies shop, many wizards and witches gathered. The Firebolt showroom attracted many young children's attention and they would put their face on the glass of the showroom becoming amazed seeing the Firebolt.

Daily Prophet, the Quibbler, some newspapers from North America and France came to Quality Quidditch Supplies getting an interview from Randolph Spudmore.

Occasionally photographers would take a photo and the flash of light would brighten the store.

Amidst answering many questions Randolph was doing great answering the questions as if like a rich businessman.

Soon there was a question that would involve Anthony, and boost his reputation in the Wizarding world. But to no avail, Anthony didn't know that he become famous in the wizarding world as the co-owner of Firebolt company at this particular moment.

"Mr. Spudmore, is firebolt entirely your invention, what was your motivation on inventing the fastest broom in the world?" asked a young female journalist from Daily Prophet.

Hearing the question Randolph thought for a while and answered.

"Good question here. The firebolt, is not entirely my invention, the Firebolt Company has two founders, as you know I am the director. But I only hold half of the shares of Firebolt Company. My business partner, Anthony Lefrancois Dumbledore, is the other owner of the Firebolt Company and contributed splendid ideas during the designing of the Firebolt!" answered Randolph.

"You have mentioned Anthony Lefrancois Dumbledore, is he related to Albus Dumbledore?" said a journalist from French Wizarding News.

"He is a Hogwarts student at this particular moment and Grandnephew of Albus Dumbledore. For his detailed information, I cannot leak anything more so you need to interview him personally," said Randolph.