This story is done by my best friend Shadow Darkness so hope you like it.
Chapter One: Morning before the match
Ireland vs. Bulgaria
Tara's pov:
I heard the alarm go off; I groaned rolling over and hitting the snooze button, its four o'clock in the morning, I felt like turning over and shutting the whole world off and going back to bed.
But today's the day of the 113th Quidditch match, it's Ireland vs. Bulgaria, I was so nervous, I wish my friends were here to wish me luck but I didn't know how to break it to them, I didn't know how to tell them that I'm the new Ireland chaser.
Their never knew I was good at quidditch or never bothered to ask if I'd played or be shown how to play quidditch and what if they get mad or change towards me because of all the quidditch limelight, my fears and nerves swelled around in my head as a constant problem, I sighed wearily pulling myself out of bed.
I began to get interested during the holidays and I hardly had any contact with my friends and as always my father wasn't here so joined a girl quidditch team called the screaming vixens, though the name annoyed me I enjoyed playing and found out I was really good at playing a chaser. At one of the games a quidditch scout came up to me and asked if I would play for the Irish team, I was thrilled and shocked at the same time and agreed eagerly.
I went and had a quick shower to wake myself up and get me freshened up for today, after my shower I went into my room to clean up and got changed into my newly pressed Irish uniform, the colours made my eyes stand out and suited me perfectly when I was done I headed downstairs.
I had an apple and a cup of coffee for the fear of making myself feel sicker as I already felt sick from my nerves , after my breakfast I wrote a letter to Ron saying I will met them there as I would be running late, I sighed I hate lying to my best friends but really what choice do I have, just as if perfectly timed my pet black owl Samillar came flying through the kitchen room, he must of went hunting for some rats and by his look he caught some as he whirled around my head before landing with a thump on the counter , I gave the letter to him promising a special treat for delivering it which he began to ruffle his feathers hooting loudly as I tried to calm him down before whispering to him,
"Go to the burrow, oh and now remember after you deliver my letter to Ron I will be at the quidditch match, the tent with the green stars on it and I will give you your treat",
with a hoot he flew back out the window.
Then I realized I was singing first before the match, shit I grabbed my wand and magically changed into my glittering green dress that was very sexy after changing I wrote a note reminding my very forgetful father about my first quidditch match with that done, I grabbed my new firebolt 01which was a present from my team-mates after our first trial practice quickly grabbing the bag with my protection gear, near the front door and headed out into the front yard where a pitchfork was leaning against the tattered looking fence.
The memories of that horrible feeling almost stopped me from grabbing hold of the pitchfork that was the portkey I needed to get to quidditch field, I only traveled once with a portkey and never wanted to feel that feeling again, I sucked in my breath and touched the pitchfork, oh no I thought as the wheeling and twirling feeling came upon me, once I felt the sickening feeling ebb away, I heard the noise of the carnival slowly grow loudly in my ears as I slowly opened my eyes.
I was standing in the middle of the carnival with fans and people running and screaming about me, I smiled as I felt the happiness through the air, with a sigh of relief I saw the Ireland main tent which was heavily guarded by Aurours, I ran to my own tent before going to the player's main tent.
Hermione's pov:
"Mr. Weasley are you sure she's going to be alright"
I said loudly over the noise at the Weasley's table, Mr. Weasley looked up strain on his face,
"Hermione she will be fine, you saw it she said she will meet us at the match, she's running a bit late that's all"
Ron said stuffing his face with pancakes.
"Argh Ron"
Growled Ginny wiping crumbs off her arm,
"oq worry"
I think he meant oh sorry as he spluttered spraying pancakes and bits on both Fred and George,
"geez Ron stop spitting food on all of us"
Growled the twins Fred and George.
"She'll be fine Hermione; Tara knows how to look after herself"
Harry said with a tired yet reassuring smile as he put his arm around Ginny who smiled at him with devotation in her eyes.
When we were ready we headed out the front door towards the match, as Ginny and Harry tagged on behind holding hands, they are a couple but have to keep their relationship a secret at school as Harry fears she will be targeted by Voldermort, I shivered as his name came through my mind then sighed aloud when will the heartache stop I asked myself.
"What's the matter miney",
Ron asked concern and worry in his face, I shook my head
irtated he used such a baby name for a nickname for me as I said,
"Nothing... Ron there's nothing wrong",
Of cause there is something always wrong with me or my friends we never get a good year without something bad happening to Harry, I love him like a brother but he is always in so much danger its hard not to look at him and cry sometimes, I zoned out while I was thinking but now I could hear Ron talking non-stop about quidditch, I smiled finally just putting my fears at the back of my mind for now at least I thought.
Along the way to the quidditch match we met a man by the name of Amos Diggory, I smiled at the man politely when all of a sudden a boy jumped from the tree scaring the daylights out of me, of cause how could I have forgetton the last name its Cedric Diggory father, Ginny came up behind me whispering isn't he so good looking much to Harry's distress.
Cedric is in the Ravensclaw house, he plays quidditch at school like Harry and is very good-looking and most of the girls want to go out with him, but personally his not my type and is a bit of a show off, I was getting tired of walking and was about to ask Mr. Weasley if we were there yet when he said aloud so everyone heard
"Thank heavens, we finally found it at last, the port key"
I looked at the old worn out boot doubtfully, expecting it to be one of Mr. Weasley's not so funny pranks yet no one laughed as Harry asked kinda shocked
"That's the key"
"Well I aint gonna be wearing it"
Mr. Weasley said chuckling at his own joke.
"Yeah Harry it is the portkey"
whispered Ginny as all of us grabbed hold of the boot, I only read about portkeys but its said they can be anything that can well kinda teleport or magically take you to a destination, I also read that a muggle accidentally picked up a brush that was a portkey and magically taken to the Simpson desert, and had to be rescued and have a memory spell put on them.
I felt this weird sickening feeling fall over me as if a combination of motion sickness and you eat to much sickness as my finger touched the boot, when will this end I though making sure my mouth was closed all this whirling and twirling wasn't helping much either, when it seemed like a lifetime had passed before Mr. Weasley's voice screamed over the whooshing sound
"Let go",
I looked at him blankly then I let go.
I was falling I thought in horror as I let out a scream but it didn't get heard as the next thing I felt was the wind getting knocked out of me as I collied into the ground,
"I think I broke something"
I moaned,
"Yeah me"
Came the muffled voice of Ron underneath me.
"That will knock the senses into you"
chuckled Mr. Weasley as he and Mr. Diggory walked passed us smiling like a pair of wolves closing in on its prey, I huffed in annoyance, I slowly and painfully pushed myself up from the ground and stiffly began to followed when I caught sight of Ron getting up, he came up next to me and I whacked him in the back of the head with a echoing thunk!,
"Hey what was that for"
Ron howled out in pain as he began to rub the back of his head shooting daggers my way but I ignored his comments and mutterings and followed Mr. Weasley as Mr. Diggory and Cedric say their goodbyes and parted away into another direction.
Dear reviewers,
I hope you like this chapter as it's the beginning of my new story, I would love any inputs towards this story and sorry for any spelling errors in this chapter, pardon the long wait as my computer crashed and it needed to be fixed. If you have any questions please go on and ask.
From: Shadow Darkness