Quidditch: Gryffindor Vs. Hufflepuff
By Frantic Jumping Bean
Summary: Harry's first Quidditch game – in the Marauders Era. Fem!Harry. Time Travel. MWPP Era.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter universe. J. K. Rowling does. I just like to play pretend with her characters and write about it. I promise to return them safely…maybe.
Authors Note: So I've decided to skip the part where Ria goes for the Try-outs and blows everyone's mind-off with her skills and where a victory dancing James Potter picks her as Seeker. Cause we know she'll be awesome.
Fast-forward to the morning of the match aaand here we are!
BECAUSE QUIDDITCH!
PS: This fic. is not Beta-read, so consider yourselves warned. If you find any mistakes, feel free to inform me and I'll fix it.
Chapter 1 – Breakfast
In which Ria insists she's not hungry.
"You've got to eat something!" Lily exclaimed for the third time. To Ria's right, Alice nodded her agreement and brought a piece of chicken sandwich to Ria's mouth, which she quickly batted away.
"Ria!" Lily huffed, exasperated.
"Superglue."
"Huh?" Alice looked confused at the term while Lily just blinked at the non-sequitur.
"What about 'Superglue'," Lily asked, suspiciously.
"Do you have Superglue?" Ria clarified. Lily's eyebrows rose.
"Uh… no I don't sorry; but I think Barnes from Ravenclaw does," Lily said unsurely, before glaring at Ria. "And don't try to change the subject. Eat and I'll ask Barnes if he has Superglue for you to use."
Ria sighed. The two would pause whenever someone would come over to wish her luck and when they would leave, Lily and Alice would immediately go back to bugging her to eat her breakfast.
James and Sirius, both in Quidditch uniforms like hers, dropped on the seat opposite to her, followed by Remus and Wor- Peter.
"Potter...!" Lily began irritated, but James cut her off.
"Hey Lily! Just here to check on my Seeker. You won't mind if I have my breakfast here while I encourage her, would you?" he asked her innocently.
Ria chuckled mentally, 'smooth one Dad!'
Lily, on the other hand, just grumbled, "If you're so concerned about Ria then get her to eat some food."
All four pairs of eyes turned to her and she resisted the urge to bash her head to the table like Dobby.
"Um, Ria, serious advice here; you should eat something if you want to keep your strength and get the Snitch at the same time. Otherwise, you'll end up pummelled to the ground," Sirius said which was followed by the sound of a rather loud smack to his head, courtesy of Remus.
"Is that so?" Ria asked coolly, arching her eyebrows. She was still upset with Sirius and terribly exasperated with Lily and Alice's demands to eat.
She had never felt like eating before a match because she was always felt too excited and energised and wound-up; even 'Mione understood that and hello, she played Quidditch for four years! She knew what she could handle.
"What he meant was that, Seekers are generally the ones to be targeted the most by the other team. So, if they starve themselves before a match, they would probably be too tired from dodging, to actually catch the Snitch."
Surprisingly, that came from Frank, who saw their stares and shrugged. He looked at Ria and scowled darkly before turning back to talk with his friend Dylan.
Ria didn't mind it that much. It was just how he showed his 'gratitude' to her ever since she convinced him to room with the Marauders again. He had already been pranked a total of 16 times in one week. He had managed to avoid one for the first time today; and that would be the only one for a while, of that Ria was sure.
Surprisingly, his scowl made her feel better. Hey, she is the daughter of a prankster, after all.
TBC
Yay! My first multi-chap ficlet is up!
Also, in this as well as in my first story I've called Harry as Ria. I'm sure everyone's already guessed it short for Harriah and yes it is. I figured, she'd prefer going as Ria Robins – it rhymes, too – than being called Harry again as the latter would have too many memories attached.
That or someone might have chosen to call her Ria just to be contrary and it stuck…
Review and tell me if you like… pretty please…