Katie Bell was finally on her seventh year at Hogwarts. She sat at the Gryffindor table with her friends waiting for the sorting ceremony to get done with. The summer didn't go well for anyone, especially not her. Cedrics' death was still on peoples mind and fear of what Voldemort was now up to had most of the wizardry world in a knot. She was sitting near to the Weasley twins who were talking with their brother about Quidditch. They were two players short that year and needed to find replacements. Ron was having a hay day cause they already picked a new keeper.

"Dean! Dean! Why him eh? Why not me?"

"Cause Ron," George said irritated, "Dean makes a good keeper. He told us last year before he tried out that he used to play a goalie in the muggle sport football (a.k.a. soccer) and says the two are similar."

"Besides," Fred cut in finishing his brothers sentence, " You're a better Chaser and sense Spinnet left last year we're gonna need one to replace her, un less you don't wanna try out for the part." Ron perked right up,

"Of course I do. I have to be mad to not want to!" the two twins just smiled at their brothers' change of heart along with Harry, Ron's best friend. Harry spoke up curious,

"So how dose one pick someone to be on the team? I mean, who's gonna replace you two, the best beaters Hogwarts ever had?" Fred pretended to blush as George spoke,

"Oh Harry stop, you're embarrassing us!" Fred cut in,

"We talked to McGonagall about it and she seemed to agree with us. We fell the best way for beaters to be are to be close to each other. So close that they can predict what the other is gonna do." Fred said.

"Take us for instance. We know each other's moves like clockwork. So right now we're looking at the Crevey brothers. I hear the younger one has a mean arm and you know how well those two work together," George finished sniggering. Harry just grumbled a weak "yeah". Hermione, like normal, was nosed in a book but looked up and asked,

"What about Captain? Who's going to replace our beloved Wood? We never got around to it sense the lunatic left over a year ago." Katie all of a sudden felt ill. The last time she had to think about him was the summer before last year. He had sent her a letter about making a spot as a reserve on the team Puddlemere United. Fred smirked,

"Well whoever it is, I'm sure we're gonna get more sleep this year." Everyone at the table laughed. Katie, wanting to get her mind off the subject, looked up at the head table. The Sorting ceremony just ended and she was now looking at the teachers. Like normal the Defense against the Dark Arts teacher spot was empty but another spot was missing as well. Katie leaned over to the Weasley twins' best friend Lee Jordan, who was sitting next to her,

"Hey Lee, where's Madame Hooch?" puzzled Lee looked up to also see the spot missing.

"No clue," he answered back then turned to hear a joke from George. At that moment Professor Dumbledore stood up to give his usual start of term speech. The whole room went quiet as he spoke,

"Welcome to yet another school year," he said with a twitch in his voice, " the new is upon us yet the old is still in our hearts," he went silent to give a moment of time in respect to what happened last year then continued on, " I hope you all faired well this past summer and manage to empty your brains like normal but I'm afraid it's time to fill them up again. There are a few notices and announcements before we all stuff our face with food."

"First off for first years, and I can never stop telling older students this too," he said not only looking at the twins but at Harry and Ron as well, " that the Forbidden Forest is off limits. Hogsmeade visits for third years and up have been extended to every other weekend beginning the week of Halloween and I'm pleased to announce that the Quidditch House Cup is starting up again," a roar of applause came from all students who missed the event, "yes, yes, and also the house teams need to have there roster filled out by the end of September in order to play. We have a new teacher, Professor Maylerey, and I hope you'll treat her like any other teacher," his eye's twinkled.

" 'Bout time we get a girl," Katie's best friend Angelina whispered to her as the new teacher came up to sit with the others. Dumbledore finished his speech,

"Lastly, I'm sorry to say that Madame Hooch has caught the Grindylow Flu and will be gone for a few months so an old student has offered to fill in for her. I insist that you treat him just as if he was a teacher, may be better than a teacher." Dumbledore finished and the student walked out. He was a few inches taller than when he left and his brown hair was a tinge longer, a bit lighter and more scruffy than usual. His build was somewhat the same except for the fact he put on a few needed pounds and his eyes were the same as they always been,

"Gorgeous," Katie sighed to her self then realized who it was as Gorge yelled to the figure,

"Oi' Wood! Come back to haunt us have you?" Oliver yelled back,

"Only for a little bit Weasley! Don't worry though. I won't wake you up at five in the morning. I'll leave that to your new captain," the Gryffindor table roared with laughter while Angelina had to catch a stunned Katie. Food started to appear but Katie wasn't the least bit hungry at the moment. She whispered to Angelina shrieking,

"Bloody hell! Now what?" Katie had like Wood ever sense she joined the team and that was in her second year. The only person who knew this was Angelina and for the past year they both thought Katie was finally getting over him. Katie groaned as she realized her attraction to the Quidditch freak was still strong as ever. Angelina, however, did not see this and gave her friend a puzzled look.

"Not only is he back and still hot as ever but I just realized I still like the sexy git," Angelina chocked on her pumpkin juice as Katie said this, " to make matters worse he's a teacher now. The last thing I need is for rumors of me saying I'm in love with a Hogwarts teacher," Angelina just squealed,

"You still liked him! O mi gosh!"

"Not helping! And he's not helping either by being here. The last time I saw him was," Katie was cut off by Angelina's amused voice,

" Right when we got to the train station in London at the end of his last year," she had a huge grin on her face, "and you were still in the compartment cause your trunk popped open," Katie buried her face knowing her friend wanted to relive the memory for her, " what happened again? Oh yeah, he came in to say goodbye, helped you re-close your trunk then out of nowhere kissed you. Leaving you breathless and confused as he left with no word," Katie glared at Angelina for having relived that awful memory. When Wood sent her that letter later on in the summer she was hoping he would explain why he kissed and ran but he said nothing. Just said he hoped she was having a good summer and was keeping up on her skills. She scowled at her friend,

"Still not helping!"

"Come off it Katie. He's only gonna be here a few months. Besides, he's not really a teacher just filling in for one. So by chance if you happened to find yourself making out with him I'm sure you wont get into trouble," Katie turned red and decided to ignore Angelina for the rest of the feast. She looked over to the head table to see Oliver looking at her. Her face turned redder as he mouthed to her,

"How's the right hook?" he had an evil grin on his face.

"Fine but the left hook is deadly," she mouthed back matching the grin.

"Figures he'd say something to me about my Quidditch skills," she mumbled to her self then turned her attention to the food ignoring the pounding thoughts in her brain.