The Next Quidditch world cup
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
Chapter 1
They had one more day of lessons, then they would be going home. Teddy Lupin and Duncan McCullough were sat on the grass in the Hogwarts Grounds, relaxing in the sun, but in the shade of a tree. Duncan was resting his back against the tree, and Ted was lying on the grass, his hands behind his head and sleeves rolled up, looking up at the leaves. His hair was its usual; electric blue.
"It's the Quidditch world cup this summer!" exclaimed Duncan excitedly, barely able to hold his delight.
Teddy groaned "you sound like Harry. He has been talking about this world cup for ages."
"I know." said Duncan, laughing "remember that letter?"
Teddy groaned again and closed his eyes as he recalled a random letter from his godfather, reminding him that there was only a couple of weeks left until they were going to the world cup.
Duncan shifted position slightly on the tree.
"How is your shoulder?" Teddy asked
"Feels loads better now"
Duncan was a beater on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, and at the last Quidditch match against Slytherin, a bludger had been aimed for his back. It hit him on the back of his left shoulder instead, breaking the bone. It was still a bit stiff.
"I am so glad that Harry invited me to come along with you to watch the world cup. Who's going with us again?"
"Me, Harry, George, Angelina, Ron, Hermione, Fred, Roxanne, Victoire, James and you"
"Talking about me are you?"
Startled, Teddy opened his eyes and looked up. Victoire was stood right over him. He smiled.
"I might be."
"Well as long as you're not saying anything rude about me, I don't care" she said "Samson just delivered this note to me by mistake." She handed him a note and went back over to join her friends.
Samson was Harry's owl. He wouldn't have had one, after the loss of his first owl, Hedwig, but he needed one for work in case the floo network went down, and had fallen in love with Samson the second they stepped into the Magical Menagerie at Diagon Alley
He looked down at the note "if its another note saying how many days left until the world cup then I am going die" he opened it to find his godfathers handwriting.
Dear Teddy
Only 16 more days to go!
Teddy groaned
Just to tell you, you are going to Grandma's for a couple of days before you come to mine so that you can drop off your Hogwarts things and pack the stuff you will need. Then you will come to Grimmauld Place.
Gran will pick you up from platform 9 ¾ and we will pick Duncan up after the first week of the holidays, that is if that's ok with him, of course.
See you soon
Harry
"I'm sure that will be fine" Duncan said.
"Its gonna be so much fun" said Teddy "what are you going to do for the first week of the holidays?"
A frown appeared on Duncans face " I dunno. Might go see some relatives. Yay" he said sarcastically.
It was well known to Teddy that Duncan didn't get on with his family. He had been to his house once. You can't even sneeze in there without his mother knowing about it. They were nice enough, just strict.
"Well, at least I'm staying with your family until the match is over. They don't know how long the match will go on for. The record is something like 5 days"
Teddy smiled. Once the subject got onto Quidditch, Duncan could talk for England.
"Come on," said Teddy, sitting up "lets go get something to eat, I'm starving"
"Alright then"
They got up and headed towards the castle for dinner, Duncan still talking about Quidditch. Teddy learned that if he nodded occasionally, Duncan never noticed he wasn't listening
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During History of Magic (easily the most boring lesson) Teddy was leaning back on his chair and looking out of the window, not bothering to take notes, while Duncan was sat with his head between his hands, staring at the blackboard, the end of his quill in his mouth.
Suddenly, the Bell rang to signal the end of the day, startling him. He let go of the table and Teddy fell on the floor as his chair slipped from beneath him and he fell backwards off the chair. He grabbed Duncans arm as he fell, nearly taking him down as well.
Laughing, Duncan helped him to his feet. " you must have done that a thousand times by now"
"Thanks" said Ted
"No Problem."
They walked out of the classroom and started to head to lunch.
"Hey! This time tomorrow, we will be heading off home!"
"This time tomorrow, it will be 14 days 'til the world cup!"
Teddy laughed at his friend, then looked at him. "You're bleeding!"
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A/N: oooohhh! cliff hanger! tell me what you think of it! i need to know if people like it. Have a look at my other fic as well, Escape from Azkaban. chapter 2 will be coming up shortly for that.