SPOILER!!: Young Alec
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Originally Posted by
hermionesclone 
Alec still didn't like this broom. It felt weird and just that little bit uncomfortable, even with that purple cushion there. He was secretly glad that it wasn't a pink cushion he was sitting on. Purple was still a nice colour. And this cushion was still nice, as far as cushions go.
But back to the flying.
The Hufflepuff tried his hardest to continue going to the right and then to the left and so on. But, no matter how hard he tried to steer, his broom always seemed to be slightly late in reacting to him. AND! To top things off, it only went at twelve miles an hour. Great. They were probably going to be going at the same speed as passing butterflies. Great.
Giving up on the turnings, for now, Alec tried to descend! Because, when you're flying a broom, you need to know how to descend, right? Right. And he, Alec Summers, was going to be better at descending than at the turning, even if his broom was likely to cause him to crash. He leant down, his broom handle facing the ground, and started to descend. Vindictus said that there weren't any Braking Charms on these brooms right?
... Great.
This, he thought, was meant to be easier than the turnings. But now that he was actually descending, he found it to be harder and a lot less controlled than he would have liked. And it looked like he was going to crash! WHERE WAS SUPERMAN WHEN YOU NEEDED HIM?!
RUN... RUN... RUN... JOG... JOG... JOG... And TRIP... And FALL OVER.
"Owwww..." he mumbled, rubbing his side as he stood up. He glared down at the broom and started patting the cushion that had, somehow managed to stay attached to the broom. Why was this harder than normal flying?!
Alyssa was headed back over to join the Professor when she saw someone fall head over heels over his broom. Alyssa looked closely and was shocked to see that it was Alec Summers, her friend. She quickly turned her broom...or as fast as it would go...and flew over to him.
As she hovered near him, she asked.
"
Alec you okay there? Guess you forgot to straighten out your broom, huh. Just remember this broom doesn't respond as fast as the Firebolt." she reminded him