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Chapter One
"I'm going to miss you so much, Ree," my mom said, teary eyed. She had been doing this every time I left for Hogwarts for the past 3 years. I finally pried myself from her suffocating embrace, and saw the face of my mother, whose looks I obviously got. We had the same emerald green eyes and dirty-blonde hair and the same body build, which was perfect for being a Quidditch chaser.
"Okay, mom. I got to go." I murmured, struggling to escape her arms. "I've got to find a seat."
She let go after a few seconds and I managed to step a few feet back in order to keep the crazy lady from all the hugging. "Good luck this year! I love you!"
"Love you, too. See you at Christmas!"
I pushed my cart that held my blue and bronze trunk, as most Ravenclaws, such as myself, had, my beautiful owl, Moe (named after an old imaginary friend), and, of course, my broomstick, struggling through the crowds of teary mothers and scared first years. As I was loading my belongings onto the train, I heard a very familiar voice.
"Need help there, Hayes?"
It took me half a second to recognize that voice. My mouth curved into a grin. "Jason!" I exclaimed, pulling him into a hug. Jason Samuels was one of my best friends and a beater on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. We had been friends since our first year. We met on the train and immediately clicked with our mutual love for Quidditch. In our second year, we both made the Ravenclaw team and have been a great asset to our house ever since.
"Hey there, Reeree," he said quietly as we stood on the platform, hugging each other.
"Hey," I stepped back and looked at him. He had changed over the summer. Jason's once short black hair had grown out. Not too shaggy but different than his usual. I realized just how much I'd missed him over the summer, how I really needed my friend.
"Here. Let's get these on." Referring to my things, he glided past me and easily lifted my trunk into the train. Jason was always pretty strong, well, stronger than me, if that means anything.
He picked up my broomstick , admiringly staring at the shiny handle and unbroken twigs at the tail. Jason gasped as he read the golden lettering near the top of the broom.
"Cleansweep 7! Not even Flint himself has that!"
"I've been saving up for ages now and got it a few weeks ago."
"We're in for a great season, I think." The light in his eyes could reflect his happiness. "With you as our captain and more practice times, we'll be unstoppable."
I hadn't really thought of this. Ravenclaw hasn't been very successful for a year or two. This might be it and this was only our 4th year so we had 4 seasons to try and get that cup.
"Let's find a compartment before everything's full."
I nodded and we hopped on the train and set off onward to find some other Ravenclaws.
We quickly walked through the Slytherin and Gryffindor section of the train. They didn't exactly like us due to the Quidditch rivalry.
But even at our fast pace, we couldn't avoid Marcus Flint, the Slytherin Quidditch captain.
"Back again?" Flint taunted. "Back again to lose the Quidditch cup to us?"
"No. We're going to kick your butts this year. Just you see," Jason shot back, hatred in his chocolate brown eyes.
"And how are you Ravenclaws going to do that?"
Jason was unsure for a few moments then, suddenly, he spoke in a little louder voice so that everyone near this section could hear this great announcement. "Ree's got one of the best brooms on the market." I didn't expect him to say that. "A Cleansweep 7."
All the Slytherins gasped at this. There was some worry on Flint's face.
"Cleansweep 7," he mangaged. "You're going to need more than a broom to beat us Hayes."
"Well, we'll see. Won't we?" And with that we left the Slytherin compartment.
Jason and I walked through the train, which had just departed from King's Cross, in hopes to quickly find the rest of our friends, however, with our luck, we found them in the very back of the train, chattering and laughing. I opened the sliding door and sat down on the comfortable seat next to Morgan Matthews, a girl in the year ahead of me.
We all talked, had fun, and ate some wizard sweets. However, the trip ended more quickly than what we had thought and soon the five of us, Jeremy Stretton, Randolph Burrow, Grant Page, Jason, Morgan, and I were on the carriages traveling to the castle that we all knew so well.
I could already tell that this year was going to be fun, with my friends, with my team, and maybe even with classes.
A:N Hey! Hoped you liked this first chapter! This is my first time ever writing fanfiction so I hope it's not too horrible. Byee!
