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'Scorp… What if I make an idiot of myself?'

'No, you won't, for the simple reason, that you already are one…'

Scorpius rolled his eyes and lay down on the grass, full of irritation. He liked Albus very much, but when he talked like this, he wanted to hit him on the head with a book.

'Thanks Scorp, it's good to know that you have a faith in me.', replied Albus, with a small laugh.

'Al… Seriously… Your dad is a legend. Has only James inherited all of your parents' self-confidence?'

Albus chuckled.

'Looks like it… But that's the point Scorp! My dad is a legend, my brother is a star, so what if it turns out that I'm useless?'

'Merlin's beard, Al…', Scorpius lifted himself on his elbows, and pierced the dark-haired boy with a glance of his silvery eyes, 'You got into the team, right? You were the one they chose, right? You really think that they would have chosen you if you were useless?'

'Um… No…'

'Exactly.', Scorpius' put on a more gentle expression, 'It will be okay Al, you'll see.'

He smiled at his friend. Albus looked at him with gratitude in his eyes, and smiled back. After a while they heard someone calling them: 'Al! Scorp!'

Rose was heading towards the tree which they were sitting under, walking very fast. Scorpius smiled, remembering how last year, she wouldn't had even spoken to him. Luckily, thanks to Albus constantly trying to get her to be around Scorpius as much as possible, she had finally given up and had started looking at him much more favourably.

'What's up Rosie?', asked Albus

'I've got a letter from mum! She says, that everyone's going to come here tomorrow, isn't it wonderful?'

Rose was in raptures, whereas Albus suddenly got paler than Scorpius has ever seen.

'What… What do you mean everyone?', he managed to say.

'Our parents! Hugo and Lily are staying with grandma Molly, because mum reckons that they should not see Hogwarts for the first time now, but wait until next year'

If Albus had been pale before, Scorpius didn't know the shade of white, which could describe the colour of his face at that moment. His eyes opened widely and he was silent with fear.

'Al? Aal!', Rose waved her hand in front of his eyes, 'Al, are you alright?'

Al looked as if he'd been petrified, and couldn't say a word.

'I think it's just because of the joy he felt when thinking about seeing his parents again…', said Scorpius with a smile, 'Al?', he shook him a little.

'I resign.', mumbled Al, 'I resign, dad cannot see this, and especially… Mum…

Rose's face flashed an expression of understanding. In a split second she became serious.

'Albus Severus Potter', she said firmly, 'You must stop saying such things right now. You will not resign out of anything and tomorrow your parents and James will see what you can do'

His brother's name, worked on Albus as a catalyst. His nerves receded, and a sudden flash appeared in his eyes.

'Yeah…', he stood up suddenly, 'Yes, you're right. They will. Thanks Rose, Scorp… Uh, what would I do without you?…'

'Oh stop it, or I'll burst into tears…', teased Rose, but she tousled his dark hair with tenderness.

Scorpius just smiled, shyly. On the way back to the castle, he was strangely worried. He wanted Albus to win very much, though he had never really cared about the Quidditch at all. He couldn't resist a feeling, that the score of tomorrows match, would have a strong impact on something.

On the day of the match, Albus was stressed more that he'd been in his entire life, although no one would know. He barely remembered what had happened until they came out on the pitch. The Captains of Slytherin and Hufflepuff shook hands.

The sound of a whistle rang out.

The moment Albus soared from the ground, was the moment when all of his fears disappeared. He made a few laps over the pitch, and then flew a bit higher than the rest of the team, and hung in the air. The Quaffle went up. The game was on.

For a long time Albus was circulating above the rest of the players, in search of a golden ball.

Soon, Slytherins scored.

The Snitch was still out of sight. Al was also trying to see a pale blonde head in the crowd below. When he thought he saw it, he calmed down a bit more.

He reminded himself about the parents. He hadn't known what they had been saying to him before the match, all he had felt, was patting on the back.

The sound of another score pierced the air. Hufflepuffs equalised.

Suddenly Al saw a small, golden fleck near Hufflepuff's left loop. He started to fly towards it, but a Bludger swished in front of his eyes. When he looked again, the ball was gone.

Angry, he started to circle around the pitch once again.

Hufflepuffs scored twenty more points.

After a while, Slytherins scored.

And then, the Snitch appeared for the second time. Very low, near the earth. Albus didn't take much time to think. He dived, flying fast like a sparrowhawk after its pray . The only thing he was thinking about was to make it as quickly as possible. He didn't know where the other seeker was, his thoughts were wrapped around this little ball, fluttering it's wings, waiting for him to catch it.

He felt his palm, clasping around the Snitch. He pulled his broom up.

And suddenly, without a warning, he felt a blinding and paralysing pain in his back.

He heard the referee's whistle and darkness surrounded him.

The first thing he noticed, when he woke up, was Scorpius' worried face. He felt better at the sight of his friend. Then, he saw his parents and James, and his aunt and uncle with Rose. Everyone seemed to be a bit scared, but they cheered up when they saw his eyes open.

'What…?'

'Bludger', said Scorp weakly, 'Smith had beaten it towards you, just before you caught the Snitch…'

Albus lay down on the pillows, embarrassed. To his greatest surprise, he heard his father's laugh.

'Son, don't you remember that on my first match, I almost swallowed the Snitch? Swallowed…'

Al looked at him with a shadow of a smile.

'Besides, that diving you performed… Amazing feat.', mum cut in, 'You might be the youngest player ever who has succeeded to dive so fast, and so low, and straighten up his broom after. Bravo.'

'Yes!', said Rose suddenly, 'That's what Mrs Hooch said. The youngest player… Everyone is very impressed Al!'

Albus relaxed a little.

'Yeah, all perfect little bro, but watch out the Bludgers next time, because I don't want to win easily…', said James

'I categorically state that we'll win even if get hit by the Bludger in the first minute of the match…', answered Al with a smile.

Corners of James' mouth raised a little, 'Challenge accepted'.

After a while Mrs Pomfrey, chased them away. She stayed firm, even when dad tried to butter her up, by thanking her for taking care of him, when he'd been at Hogwarts.

Albus lay down on his pillows, needing to sleep. He couldn't wait to talk about the match with Scorpius.