Disclaimer: All of J.K. Rowling's characters belong to her, not me! I do not take credit for them. But my characters are mine, all the made up ones, and Samantha Noggle belongs to my friend Emma, that's her character, I'm just borrowing her for this fanfic.
Field Day (Part 1)
by Graymalkin
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"What team are we on, Hermione?" Ron asked impatiently from behind a mass amount of heads in his way. As he said this, Hermione emerged with effort from the group and straightened herself up.
"We aren't on a team. Ron, you and I are on the blue team. Harry, you're on the red."
"What?? They separated us?" Ron exclaimed angrily.
"Seems to be that way. I bet you anything Snape was in charge of the teams," Hermione replied.
"Who else is on the red team?" asked Harry, looking rather upset.
"I didn't really have a chance to see, I was being a bit jostled," she replied as she fixed her hair, which had partially come out of its ponytail.
The reason for all the scramble and excitement was that the teachers had organized the first ever Field Day at Hogwarts. They had divided the students into two teams, Muggle style, regardless of house, and had picked sports and activities for the teams to play. It was thought of as a way to unify the students into a competative yet fun day of no classes. The activities were a complete surprise, and the students had no idea what was in store for them the next day.
Harry bolted up in bed in fright at the loud sound coming from outside. He, and the other boys in his dormitory walked to the window and saw outside something they couldn't have imagined. The grounds were completely transformed. There was a huge pool in one corner, behind the Quidditch fields, and a track in the center of the grounds. Tables were everywhere with red and blue tableclothes on them, and red and blue streamers were everywhere. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and there were all the professors on the ground, wearing black pants and black t-shirts instead of their usual robes, and Professor Dumbledore held up a megaphone.
"All students are to put on their team uniform and report to the track in twenty minutes!!!" he belted out.
Harry turned back to his bed to find red warm-up pants, red swimming trunks, and a red t-shirt. The t-shirt said Field Day 2000 on the front and Potter on the back. He also noticed Ron, Dean, and Neville had blue uniforms on their beds, while Seamus had a red one.
"One more thing!" came the sound of Dumbledore's voice from outside. "Leave your wands inside!"
"Well. . .I guess we better get dressed," said Seamus, stating the obvious. The boys walked into their washroom and got dressed, then walked out into the common room. It was a sea of red and blue. Harry and Ron found Hermione talking to Lavender, who was also wearing blue.
"I wonder why we can't bring our wands!" exclaimed Lavender.
"I have no idea but we better start heading down to the grounds, it's already been ten minutes," responded Hermione.
The four of them quickly found their way through the castle and walked out through the massive front door. Hagrid was waiting for them, looking extremely uncomfortable in black pants and a black t-shirt. He seemed to find it necessary to wear a black shirt underneath his t-shirt. Now that Harry thought about it, he had never seen Hagrid's arms. . .
"Red team," he said pointing to Harry. "Ye' need to git ye'self on the right side of the track. Blue team meets on the left."
The four students walked quickly across the grass towards their designated spots. Harry noticed there were only two people clad in red so far, sitting in the grass. He recognized one as a Ravenclaw fourth year (same year as him) named Samantha Noggle, and the other as a Ravenclaw fifth year named Cho Chang. They were talking excitedly about a house party they were throwing after Field Day that night.
"Hey," Harry said as he approached them.
"Hi! Harry, right?" asked Cho.
"Yeah," he replied rather sheepishly.
"Cool, you're on our team! The red team rules!" shouted Samantha rather loudly. "I'm Samantha, you can call me Sam, and this is Cho."
At that moment a huge group of red team members came over and Harry felt rather small and lost without his friends with him, until he heard an "Oy! Harry!" from behind him and found George Weasley shaking him by his shoulders.
"Hey George," Harry managed to say through the jostling. "Where's Fred?"
"Man, they separated us! I'm sure Snape was in charge of the teams. He split up you three!"
"Yeah, I know, and of course left me without the two of them."
"Well, I'll see you around, there's this smashing Hufflepuff seventh year on the red team and I wanna get to know her better," George said, nudging Harry playfully.
Harry waved goodbye and went in search of Seamus. At that moment, the loud voice of Dumbledore filled the grounds.
"Attention all students! We'd like you all to sit down exactly where you are. Field Day 2000 will begin right now. Hopefully you all still don't have any idea what you'll be doing today. Good, that's the way we want it. The first half of the day will be devoted to more strenuous activities, including track and field events and swimming events. First the teachers will come around and assign you to your events. You'll have to remember when you're running and what you're running. We'll have relays, dashes, and distance running. Then when we've finished the track events, we'll have our swimming events, which will include relays and regular races. I hope you all know how to swim!"
Harry saw that a look of horror came over Neville's face from the other side of the track. He had a feeling Neville wouldn't be having much fun today.
"Then we will have a break for lunch and drying off. For lunch we have quite the muggle treat. If you're from Muggle families, you'll know what these are. If not, you're in for a treat. Hot dogs!! Professor Snape and Professor Flitwick will be barbecuing hot dogs over by the lake and there will be other side dishes, mostly American food like potato salad, coleslaw, and potato chips. Also, a special treat, cola! Then after lunch, we'll return to the track for the more fun events, which will be surprises, then we will all go to the Quidditch field for a red vs. blue game! Does everyone understand?" People nodded. "Good, let the games begin!!"