Chapter
1-The Weasley Championship
Most of the Weasley family, (plus a few honorary members) were engaged in the
'First Annual Weasley Championship Challenge.' This was when the family split
up into two teams to play a game of quidditch-one consisted of Ron, Harry,
Percy, Bill and they had even got Mr. Weasley to play. The other team was made
up of Ginny, Fred and George, Lee Jordan, and Charlie. Each team even had a
'cheerleader'. Mrs. Weasley and Hermione were cheering and clapping in between
their conversations and tea. At the moment, the 'Wease' team was ahead
(Ginny's) to the 'Ley' team (Harry's).
Harry was circling around looking for the 'snitch,' which was nothing more than
an enchanted yellow apple. He was watching the game below, where Ginny had the
'quaffle' (a ball from Mr. Weasley's collection of muggle things-this one was
called a rugby ball) and was trying to dodge Percy. Just as she got past him,
Mr. Weasley caught her off guard and stole the quaffle from her.
"Go Arthur!" Mrs.
Weasley yelled from the ground. Mr. Weasley sped as fast as she could towards
the goal, but was intercepted from underneath by the twins. They got the
ball and headed towards the hoops. They took a shot on Ron, who managed to save
it, and passed it to Bill, who flew by Ginny, so close her hair blew away from
her face. Just as Lee caught up to him, he passed it to Percy, who took a shot
at the goal, and scored.
If Harry caught the
'snitch,' his team could win. Harry searched even harder. This version of the
snitch was a lot harder to find than a regular one, because it wouldn't glimmer
as much as a regular snitch. Charlie was the seeker for the 'Wease' team, and
had been looking too. Harry saw a yellow apple, but couldn't decide if it was
the one. He decided to go towards it casually and cautiously, in case it
wasn't.
'Wouldn't that be
embarrassing' Harry thought to himself. 'I find the snitch and it's nothing more
than a wormy apple-that would be just great.' Harry was getting closer to
the apple when Charlie sped past him, but going the opposite direction. Harry
whipped around; squinting to see what Charlie was speeding towards. Low and
behold, right under Ron's broom was a floating apple. Harry kicked his
broom into gear, knowing he could take Charlie's old Shooting Star with his
Firebolt. He sped under the twins, and then over Mr. Weasley. He was just
catching up with Charlie when Ginny took a shot at the goal, and Ron knocked
the apple away when he went down to try and block the quaffle. Harry screeched
to a halt, knowing he didn't have to rush anymore.
Now he had to wait for his
team to score again before he could get the snitch, as Ginny had scored on an
amazing shot.
Ron was taking the quaffle
down now, and he had just pulled a fake on both Fred and George, and was
speeding towards the goal. He could have easily taken a shot, but passed it off
to Percy, who, catching Lee off guard, scored.
When Bill got the quaffle
next, Fred and George 'accidentally' blocked his path, sending him careening
towards the ground. Things were getting rough on their version of a pitch.
Harry decided he better find that snitch before things (besides most of the players'
hair) got too fired up. He looked around desperately. Then a beautiful thing
happened. Right behind Charlie, the snitch was floating, almost to tease him.
Harry had to get over there before Charlie noticed. He tried to not be
noticeable as he crept up behind Charlie (if that is possible on a broom). When
he got about 10 feet away, the suspense was killing him-so he just sped as fast
as his broom could go, arm outstretched. He was so close! And then he felt his
hand close around the apple. Charlie turned just as Harry got the apple a
surprised look on his face.
"I got it! I got it!" Harry
yelled. Ron pretty much collided with him, and was very happy. He acted like
Harry had just won the quidditch cup for him. All the members of the 'Wease'
team had a glum look on their face as they realized the 'Ley' team had won.
They walked back across the clearing to the Burrow. Their glum faces were
lessened when they saw the meal that Mrs. Weasley had prepared for all of them.
As they ate the dinner
cooked by Mrs. Weasley, the boys were going back over the previous match in a
play-by-play recap manner.
"Did you see the way Harry got the snitch?! If Charlie had only turned around-"
at this Charlie looked down at his plate "-then they would have won!" Ron
exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah we know! You've
only gone over it about a thousand times!" Ginny said, her face reddened in
frustration.
"Okay, okay, sorry," Ron
said through his food.
All grudges were forgotten
when they saw the dessert that Mrs. Weasley had made. Crème Brule with powdered
sugar on top.
When
dinner was through, everyone retired to bed.
"That was really fun," Harry
said as he put on his pajamas.
"I know…now this is
definitely a family tradition. Generations and generations of Weasleys will
play."
Harry chuckled. "For sure."
With that, Harry took off his glasses, and Ron blew out the candles. They were
both out almost instantly. Downstairs, however, Hermione couldn't sleep. She
decided to go downstairs and get a glass of water.
So…sorry about the cliffhanger
*coughYEAHRIGHTcough*. This is quite possibly the shortest first chapter ever.
Then again, this story is pretty short. Too bad…keep reading!