A/N- Hello, everyone! Don't you just get tired of Harry Potter and his friends? Well, I sorta do! Who cares about Gryffindors! They get all the popularity… what about us Ravenclaws? We're the smart ones! Now, wouldn't it be nice if we had a story about RAVENCLAWS for once? (You know you want to say yes…. SAY YES!!!) Ahem… right… anyway, this fic is but a small piece of the story of two fourth year Ravenclaw girls named Anna Rackens and Arran MacFelt. This takes place during the second Harry Potter book back in November when nothing was happening. Since I am giving you a chapter in their saga and you don't know what's going on… I'll explain.
Anna Marie Rackens- Ravenclaw fourth year; is tall, has short blonde hair and brown eyes; she is a chaser for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team; is also a registered Animagus; (became an Animagus at a young age because dad was and auror fighting You-Know-Who and the Rackens were on his black list… very bad…) can change into a sparrow…: is a descendant of Rowina Ravenclaw (her mum's maiden name was Ravenclaw); s a "rule-bender" as she likes to call herself, but is a perfect teacher's pet at the same time (despite the fact that she gets detention every week…)
Arranniniane MacFelt- Ravenclaw fourth year; Scottish girl; medium height, has long dark brown hair and blue eyes; wants desparatly to become a beater for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team; she is temporary replacement Beater for this game; is an un-registered, illegal Animagus (but becomes registered later….) who can change into a Clydesdale horse; is a "rule-bender" also but gets caught most of the time (especially by Professor Flitwick…); she is a perfect student and is a favorite of Professor Snape (can you believe it? A Ravenclaw too!)
Charlie Hawk- Ravenclaw fourth year; tall, has brown hair and bright blue eyes; likes Anna very much… but won't tell her (-_-); chaser on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team
Stephen McIngraham- Ravenclaw fourth year; tall, has dark blonde hair and green eyes; Scottish boy; plays beater on the Quidditch team; is put out of commission at practice by a rogue Bludger and can't play in the game; likes Arran (and Arran likes him back…) but is too shy to tell her (-_-)
Here's the Roster for the other players on the team:
Chaser: Steele, Montgomery "Monty"…….……5th
Beater: Justinson, Derek…….………………. .6th
Keeper: Davies, Roger…………………………5th
Seeker: Windle, Jeffery "Jeff"……………….. ..7th
Manager: Underwood, Sean………………….....4th
Well, that about covers it… drop me a line if you are confused in any shape, way, or form. Flamers are not appreciated. I'm going to try and keep this as close to the book as I possible can. No, Anna and Arran are not best friends with Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, or Hermione Granger. (But Anna's little sister, Kathleen is a second year Gryffindor… but she is not good friends with Hermione… and Anna and Arran ARE good friends with the Weasley twins…) Now, isn't that refreshing? Okay, on with the story!
P.S- I OWN HARRY POTTER!!! MWUHAHAHAHA!!! I KEEP J.K. ROWLING LOCKED UP IN MY BASEMENT AND MAKE HER WRITE FOR ME!!! (wait… I don't have a basement… oh, well… I still own Harry Potter and there ain't nuthin' AOL-TimeWarner can do about it!)
The Quidditch Game: Part One (er… I guess you could call it a chapter…)
"Anna! Throw it here!" Charlie Hawke shouted to a blue blur skimming the ground.
"Alright! Catch!" the blur said stopping suddenly just inches away from Charlie. She lightly tossed the Quaffle to him.
"You know that's not what I meant…" Charlie said catching the ball.
"I know. I just feel cheeky today that's all!" Anna smiled and sailed toward the goal posts.
"Rackens! Hawke! Stop messing around! We need to practice our backwards pass!" Roger Davies shouted from the ground.
Charlie sighed and flew to the middle of the field to take his place beside Anna and Montgomery Steele, a fifth year. They flew together, as one, toward the goal posts. Anna had the Quaffle. Then she threw the ball to Montgomery and he passed it to Charlie who sped full speed to the goal posts in which Davies was guarding. He stopped for a split second, turned to the left and darted at the left hoop. The red ball went straight through the hoop with Davies just barely missing it.
"Alright! Go Charlie!" Anna and Montgomery said together.
"Good job, Hawke. If you do just that at the Hufflepuff game, we'll be sure to have the Cup!"
Charlie nodded and circled the field.
"Alright everyone! Off your brooms. Down here." Davies said as he touched ground near the Ravenclaw stands, "Now, all of you know we play Hufflepuff tomorrow. We are doing great but we need a little work on our Hawkshead Attacking Formation. Rackens, you need to ease up and not rush it."
"Mm." Anna said.
"And Monty, you need to not enter the scoring area."
"Right! But it's hard to control this ancient broom…" Monty said looking at his rough, warn, old Shooting Star.
"It's all right, Monty," Anna said reassuringly, "You'll get a new broom soon. I'll let you borrow my Service Kit to fix it up a bit!"
"Yeah, and I'll lend you my new and improved Cushioning Spell!" Derek Justinson, a sixth year, said.
"Uhh… thanks, but no thanks, Derek. Last time you made up a spell, I was in the Infirmary for a week just to get the spots off!"
Everyone laughed.
"Well, it's the thought that counts, Monty." Jeffery Windle, the seventh year seeker, said quietly.
"Your absolutely right Jeff! But can we please get on with it… I have Snape's homework to do." Anna said.
"Quite right. So practice is tomorrow and don't be late… Underwood…" Davies said looking at Sean Underwood.
"What?… Huh?…" Sean, a fifth year, said looking around confused.
"Roger says don't be late, Sean." Charlie said.
"Oh… yeah… about that…"
"You've been off to see Rachel? Hm?" Anna said making girly eyes at him. (Rachel Sermons was Anna's roommate and Sean's girlfriend.)
"Hey, so what if I have? It's none of your business anyway." Sean said sulking.
"It's all a bit of fun. Just don't be late anymore. Got it?" Davies said.
"Alright." Sean said.
"Now. Go get showered and be back here tomorrow at six o'clock in the morning." Davies said.
"Six? Why, none of us will even be up by then!" Anna said.
"Yes, but tomorrow you will."
"Great. Now we'll have to play in the dark." Anna said pouting.
"Nope! With my new and improved Lumos spell…"
"NO MORE SPELLS, DEREK!!!" the whole Ravenclaw team yelled.
"Right… just a suggestion…"
Anna walked up to Charlie.
"Great score today, Charlie." Anna said smiling.
"Thanks." Charlie said seeming far away.
"What's wrong? Is something the matter?"
"No. I'm just tired that's all."
"Oh. Well you seem a little sad today. Do you want to talk about it?"
"No. Honestly, I'm fine."
"Okay. Well I'll see you in the Common Room."
"Mm."
Anna walked toward a girl with brown hair standing near the gate.
"Hello, Anna. How was practice?"
"Good. But I'm troubled, Arran."
"Why? What for?"
"Its Charlie."
"Oh. About the 'death cup'." (Charlie is in Arran's Divination class and she read his teacup and it said death in it… an omen… ooohh…. Spooky….)
"Yeah."
"I'm sure its nothing."
"It's bothering me, okay! I don't like for the guy I have a crush on to be all sad!"
"Hm… his is acting a bit odd… but maybe he's just tired… could be more than just the 'death' thing. Where's Davies? I need to talk to him about tomorrow… plus we're going to practice." Arran said smiling.
"Did you see Stephen?" Anna said wiping the sweat off her brow with her robe sleeve.
"He's awake and he'll be at the game tomorrow."
"Did you tell him why I couldn't make it?"
"Yes. He said it was perfectly alright… he understood."
"Good. I wanted to come but, practice and stuff."
"Yeah."
"Well, I have to go… I'm dead tired and I need a shower. You can use my broom. I think I'll fly…"
"No! Anna! Don't! You know the---" Arran started to say but Anna had already transfigured into a sparrow.
"Oh Anna! You love to break rules!"
The sparrow just pecked at her ear and flew off toward Ravenclaw Tower.
* * * *
Anna flew straight to an open window in the middle of Ravenclaw tower. She zipped threw and transfigured back into her human form. She walked over to her trunk and picked up her wand.
"Open!" She said waving her wand at the trunk.
The trunk creaked open.
"Time for a shower."
She got a change of clothes and walked out of the room. She got to the outside landing and turned left into a door that suddenly opened in the wall. She went in and came out ten minutes later. She went back to the dorm and came back out. She hopped on the spiral railing. She started to go down but someone grabbed her shoulder. It was Charlie.
"Anna. Be careful! You don't need to get hurt…uh… I mean for the game… we need all our players if we are going to beat Hufflepuff." Charlie said turning pinkish.
Anna got down off the rail and faced Charlie.
"Charlie. I appreciate the warning but please, I can take care of myself."
"Anna… just… just be careful, that's all" Charlie said and quickly ran down the stairs.
"What was that about I wonder?" Anna said to herself.
She hopped onto the banister once more and slid down to the Common Room to do her homework.
* * * *
Anna opened the door. She crossed the room and climbed up to her bed and flopped down. She lay their thinking about what Charlie said for a while until someone entering the room disturbed the silence.
"Anna? Are you in here? Where were you?" Arran said.
"I'm in here…" Anna said. She told Arran what Charlie had said and they talked for a while then their three other roommates entered: Rachel Sermons, Pauline Urto, and Wilita Nandene. Then they went to bed; Arran dreaming about her new temporary position as Beater and Anna about Charlie.
* * * *
The morning dawned clear and bright. Early November is usually a very good month for Quidditch; cold but clear. Anna awoke suddenly and checked her watch.
"Ah! Arran, Arran! Wake up! We've got to get to practice!" Anna yelled as she jumped out of bed and ran to the bed next to her. She yanked back the heavy blue curtains and shook Arran awake.
"What… is it! Leave me alone! Can't I get some sleep around here?" Arran said as she flailed her arms trying to get Anna away.
"Nope. Sorry. We've got to get to Practice or Davies will have our heads!"
"Oh, yeah! Let's hurry!" Arran said leaping out of bed.
They hurriedly got dressed in their Quidditch robes and bounded down the staircase and out the portrait door. They raced down the hallways and finally made it to the Quidditch field. The sun was just starting to come up when they reached it. No one was there.
"Oh, no. Don't tell me… no one is up yet…" Anna said disbelievingly.
"They better be up! It's the crack of dawn and we're up!" Arran said.
" 'Be here at six in the morning' Davies said. Well, were is he!" Anna said annoyed.
Just then, Derek Justinson came up behind them.
"What are you doing here? We meet in the Great Hall. Davies sent me to find you. Everyone is here except you two." He said half laughing.
"That's the last time I vouch for a morning game…" Anna said.
Derek led them to the Great Hall where the team was all standing around looking like they hadn't woken up yet. Anna walked over to Roger Davies.
"Davies. Next time you schedule a six o'clock in the morning practice… please inform everyone of where we are going to meet."
"I thought you knew…"
"No, we didn't. Post it up next time!" Anna said storming off.
She walked over to Charlie and sat down beside him.
"You feeling alright today?" Anna asked.
"Yeah. I'm still tired… rough week." Charlie said yawning.
"Alright everyone! Let's get going! We have two whole hours to practice and I'm going to make good use of 'em!" Davies said as everyone started to get up.
The Ravenclaw Quidditch team proceeded down toward the field. When they got there, they all were shocked to see seven green-robed players already there. The Slytherin Quidditch team.
"Uh, excuse me? We booked the field, can't you read the sheet?" said Davies angrily.
"Heh heh… well, I'm sorry but we need to practice for out game too. And train our new seeker." Said Marcus Flint, Slytherin captain stepping back and showing a small greasy-haired boy with a sneering face.
"Meet our newest seeker, Draco Malfoy." Flint said proudly.
"Isn't he a second year? Since when does the great Slytherin Quidditch team have a second year seeker? Oh, wait. I forgot. You don't have anyone better! Ha ha ha!" Anna said, jeering.
"Oh, you think its funny? Well, wait 'till my father hears about you. You'll be expelled for that remark." Said Malfoy.
"Oh no! The little second year is going to cry to his daddy and get me expelled. Oh what shall I do?" Anna said with mock fear.
The Ravenclaw team all laughed.
"And we're all going to be drowned by his how much pig grease he puts in his hair! Oh, no!" Arran said.
"You'll pay for that one, witch!" Malfoy said as he pulled out his wand, "Incendio!"
A fizzle of green fire spat from Malfoy's wand.
"Ha! The little second year can't even do a simple Incendio spell!" Anna laughed, "This is how you do it! INCENDIO!"
Green fire erupted from the tip of Anna's wand and shot straight at Malfoy. It caught his robes on fire and he began dancing around trying to get away from it.
"Ahhhh! Get it off! Help! Ahhhh!" Malfoy screamed.
The whole Ravenclaw team burst out laughing hysterically.
"Why, you!" Flint said roughly grabbing Anna by the robes and thrusting her to the ground.
Anna fell with a loud thud and Arran ran to her side.
"Leave her alone!" Charlie said as he jumped up and punched Flint in the face. Flint was so shocked that he stood there dumbfounded, as did both the teams.
"Charlie! No! Don't fight! He's not worth anything!" Jeffery Windle said holding Charlie back from punching again.
"Heh heh… sticking up fer his girlfriend… how sweet." Flint said rubbing his red jaw and wiping the blood away from his nose.
"Enough! Flint, go away! We booked the field!" Davies said angrily.
Flint motioned to a boy who looked like his brother and the boy gave Davies a slip of paper.
Davies took one look and ripped the paper in half.
"Now, leave. LEAVE I SAY!!!" Davies yelled.
The Slytherin team looked at him angrily but they eventually turned to go. Malfoy was still whimpering. Anna sat up slowly.
"Hey, second year. Want some more? Incend-- " she started to say.
But Malfoy gave out a terrified cry and ran away as fast as he could. The Ravenclaw team all laughed and congratulated Anna on her ingenuity. She stood up and dusted off her robes.
"Well, now that that's settled… are we going to practice or what?" she said.
"Right!" the team responded.
They continued to the field. Anna walked beside Charlie.
"Thanks for… well, sticking up for me… you didn't have to do that…" Anna said timidly.
"Uh… well… your welcome. I couldn't sit there and watch you get pushed around. I had to do something to him…"
"Well, I appreciate it." Anna smiled.
Charlie gave a small smile and speeded up to Montgomery.
The Ravenclaw team's morale was high thanks to the beating Anna gave to the Slytherins. They had a good practice.