A/N: Written for the Setting Boot Camp for setting: the Quidditch Pitch and prompt: 003 – petite.
The Quidditch Pitch
Drabble 1: The Youngest Seeker in the Air
The Seeker was always a tiny little thing, but Oliver Wood had to say that Harry Potter was probably the puniest yet. It was no insult to his skills, but one could not deny that Harry was not only a first-year in a team of upperclassmen, but he was small as far as the typical first-year went.
On the large Quidditch pitch during that first year, that was nothing but a blessing in disguise. People underestimated him, the celebrity with the classiest broom on the market but too young and inexperienced to have any real talent. Couple that with the popular presumption that fame earned him special treatment, and Harry was factored in as the least-threatening aspect of the game –
– except for the cursed broom of course. Although the faux finish, involving him almost swallowing the Snitch while attempting to land, caused Hufflepuff's Captain to focus more on the Gryffindor Beaters than the little golden ball. So only Gryffindor, who knew of Harry's true talent at the game, were unsurprised when less than five minutes in, the youngest Seeker to play for a House Team in a century snatched the Snitch hovering about Snape's ear.
But in practise, when the pitch was booked and only the Gryffindor team flew in their glory of red and gold, he was like a little Snitch himself, dancing with the Chasers who had to react on an instant when he came tearing past, dodging the Bludgers fired at him by the Weasley twins and catching every golden or white ball tossed into the starry night by their Captain.
He may have been younger, smaller, and more inexperienced, but Gryffindor at least was wise enough not to think that age and size meant everything. And their battles in the air proved it.