Quidditch
I woke to find seven faces looking at me. I jumped up and banged heads with Ron. "What time is it?" I exclaimed. Ginny said, "It's 6:50. You weren't downstairs so we were worried about you!" "Oh. Thanks for waking me up." I said, "Hold on! You guys aren't supposed to be in here! Get out quick before someone tells on you!" Harry laughed and said, "Don't worry! You are the only person left who hasn't let yet." I sighed, "Oh okay. Could someone hand me my robe?" Fred handed me my robe. I put it on and grabbed some clothed to change into. I rushed to the bathroom and threw on my clothes. Then I threw my hair into the usual ponytail. I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and put on make up and hurried out. I put all my stuff and said, "All ready! Let's go before there isn't any food left!" We walked out of the common room and down the spiral staircase. As we walked to the Great Hall we were talking about who would take Oliver Wood's place on the team. Harry said, "Today I'm going to announce on the podium I need a new Quidditch player. I think I'll have tryouts tonight. Any of you guys are going to try out?" Ginny said while furiously blushing, "I might if I can find a decent broomstick." Harry said, "Don't worry. Professor McGonnalghall already informed me that we will be getting new team brooms that are the latest model." We entered the Great Hall and sat down at the Gryffindor table except for Harry who walked over to the teacher's table and asked Professor Dumbledore something. I filled my plate with everything and extra of my favorite food which is gooey butter cake. Everyone ate furiously to get to their next classes in time but stopped when they heard Harry on the loudspeaker say, "Hullo mates! As you know Oliver Wood has graduated from Hogwarts and left us with an open spot on the Quidditch team. The Position is Blocker. I will hold try outs tonight on the Quidditch field at 7:00 P.M. Remember this is for the Gryffindor team only. Thank You!" Draco Malfoy stand up and shriek in a girly voice, "WE LOVE YOU HARRY POTTER!" "What a loser!" I said and everyone agreed. Harry sat down and said, "How did I do guys?" Ginny answered a will nicer than normal, "How could you ever do anything but perfect!" Then she realized what she said and blushed the color of a beet. I looked over to the teacher's table to see how Percy was doing. Well, Percy seemed to be having a deep chat about something with Professor Flitwick. I glanced at Snape who was glaring at Percy. I thought to myself, "If you do anything to Percy I'll kill you!" As if Snape had heard me he looked at me and sneered. He mouthed, "Well, I know who will get and A+ in Defense Against the Dark Arts." I shook my head and kept eating my food. Ginny was about to say something when the owls came in. A big package fell into my lap along with my schedule. Everyone got their schedules too. We looked at each other's schedules and were amazed and happy that we all had the same classes together. That was odd because the same year usually have the same classes together. Everyone was staring at me to see what was in my package. It was small and soft. I opened it and was relieved to see that it was my swimsuit that I had left at home. Pinned to it was a note that said, "Julie you forgot your swimming suit! Here ya go! And in a little sack I enclosed ten knuts! Shhhhh! Love, Mom!" I said, "Mom sent me my swimming suit because I left it at home." Ginny must have seen the other sack and asked, "What's in there?" I lied, "Oh it's just some stuff I left at home." We finished our breakfast and hurried to our first hour, which was coincidentally Defense Against the Dark Arts. We walked out of the Great Hall and met Percy in the hall. George yelled, "umm, Mr. Weasley, will we be needing a spiral notebook for your class." He said it in his snootiest tone possible. Percy replied, "Nope just your books for this week. You are going to learn about Boggarts. Oh and Penelope says 'Hi!'" Ginny whined, "I don't want to learn about Boggarts! Tell Penelope we all said hi too. How is she doing?" Percy blushed and said, "Well, we are going to have a child in 8 months and 3 weeks! I haven't told Mum yet so don't say anything! Were going to move out of Hogwarts too so our child can grow up normally without being with other students that are too busy to care. Besides, Hogwarts doesn't allow extra children too live here. Were going to renovate the Shrieking Shack and turn it into a home!" Ginny burst out crying. She sobbed, "I'm so happy for you!" She gave Percy a hug and at that moment Snape walked around the corner and said, "Ginny Weasley! Sucking up to the teachers! Ten points from Gryffindor!" As he walked away he gave me a smile to kill. Percy whispered, "Don't worry. I'll give ya ten to make up for it!" He smiled and said, "You better get to my class or you will be tardy!" He smiled and walked away. Fred said, "Man! Penelope sure has changed him a lot! He seems like a whole different person! I kind of like it!" We walked to Defense Against the DARK Arts class while Harry comforted Ginny. I could tell she wasn't red from crying but from blushing! "Poor kid!" I thought. "She can't be anywhere without blushing!" We walked to class and took our seats. I sat with George, Harry sat with Ginny who looked like a beet, Ron sat with Hermione, and Fred sat with Lee. Percy started his lesson by saying, "Hello! My name is Mr. Weasley! You can probably remember me from last year because I was Head Boy at Hogwarts. I would like to assure that I don't play favorites." Malfoy said, "Oh Yeah! Like we'll believe hat!" Percy frowned and said, "Ten points from Slytherin for talking out of turn." He smiled again and said, "We are going to start off the year by learning about Boggarts. Don't groan. I already know that Professor Lupin taught you about them last year but I'm just reviewing. Can anyone tell me about Boggarts." Hermione's hand shot up. Percy called on her. Hermione gave him what seemed like an Encyclopedia definition. When she was done she sat down and smiled with satisfaction. Percy looked impressed and said, "Wow Hermione! Ten points to Gryffindor for that excellent definition! Well she pretty much told you everything you need to know about Boggarts. I made you a worksheet for you to do. Hermione you may pass them out." Hermione looked as proud as she has ever been and the Slytherins looked ready to kill. When she got to Draco he tripped her and luckily Percy saw it happen. He yelled, "fifty points from Slytherin. Mr. Malfoy I saw that! March yourself to Professor Dumbledore's office and tell him what you did!" He returned to his smile and calm voice and said, "Would anyone like to accompany him?" Ron quickly volunteered and led Draco out of the room. The rest of the class was okay except for the menacing glares from the Slytherins. After class we went to Herbology. Then Potions which Snape made horrible, and other classes. When it was 5:00 we met in the Great Hall for dinner. The Slytherins looked as if they had sat on a cactus. We all smiled and agreed that out job was done for today. We ate out food which was Fired Chicken, Chinese Food, Seafood, and my favorite Italian food. I helped myself to Tortellini and for dessert I had a popsicle. See the air-conditioning was broke and it was especially hot. Harry stood up and walked over to Professor Dumbledore again. Then he walked to the podium and said, "Can I please have you attention again? I would like to remind all Gryffindors that there is a tryout for a spot on our Quidditch tonight! Please come if you're interested. Thank You!" As Harry walked back from the podium Draco Malfoy yelled, "WE LOVE YOU HARRY!" and then he giggled like a little girl who was starstruck by Harry. Harry just shook his head and smiled. He had gotten pretty used to this by now and was gracefully dealing with it. He sat down in his seat which was next to Ginny. Ginny blushed nervously and started choking on her food. Her face turned really blue and she looked as if she was going to pass out. Before that could happen though, Harry had already pulled her up and did the Heimlich maneuver. When she had coughed up whatever she was choking on her sat her on the floor and asked her if she was okay. She took a deep breath and gave him a goofy grin. Then she said, "You really are a hero and then passed out because he had helped her. Well by then teachers had gathered around her and I was crying my eyes out and Fred kept sushhing me to calm down. Harry carried Ginny to Madame Pomfrey's hospital wing. I calmed down and followed them. Madame Pomfrey didn't try to revive Ginny she just gave her and Ivy and pumped liquid chocolate into her. In about 5 minutes Ginny was ready to go back to dinner. She thanked Madame Pomfrey and really thanked Harry. He gave her a hug and led the way back to the Great Hall. Well, when we were done with dinner we walked up to the Common room to get our books. By then it was time for Quidditch tryouts. I grabbed my portable CD player, some CDs, and my homework. Can you believe that our teachers gave us homework on the very first day?!?!?!? Well, we all trudged onto the Quidditch field. I walked up into the stands while dodging Gryffindors ready to get the new place for Blocker. I was suprised to see that Ginny had joined the group. Ron had decided not to try out so he sat with me and Hermione while we watched. I didn't feel like doing Homework so I popped in my soundtrack about a little orphan girl who was looking for her real parents. Her voice was so good! I had always aspired to sing just like her but I never tried to sing. I watched kids do okay trying out. Then it was Ginny's turn. Harry was talking to her and she was so red that I could tell from all the way up here in the stands. She hopped onto one of the brooms and began soaring. Harry only let one ball out into the air so she would only have one target. She was amazing! She zoomed in and out of invisible obstacles and she caught the bludger about a half a dozen times. She landed and handed the Bludger. He was so amazed he just stared at her with his mouth gaping open. That made her blush even redder. Then he regained himself and held a megaphone to his mouth and said, "Attention Gryffindors! We have our new Blocker! Thank You for giving up your time to try out for his wonderful opportunity! Our new Blocker will be Ginny Weasley! You are dismissed! Thank You!" He then turned to Ginny and said, "Where the hell did you learn to fly like that?" Ginny smiled and said, "That's the first time I've ever ridden a broom except for class in my first year. When does practice start?" Harry said, "Every Thursday night! Hey team com over here!" When everyone gathered around, including me, he said, "Hey team! Meet out new Blocker! Ginny Weasley!" There was a lot of, "Way to go! Hi I'm Katie! We are going to be such good friends!" Then Harry said, "Professor McGonnaghall gave us money to buy everyone a Nimbus Two-Thousand and One! Practices start Thursday night! Let's go inside and do our homework." There was a series of groan but I could tell that they were all fake. On the way back I gave Ginny a piggyback ride. She When we got inside we all finished our homework. When Ginny, Hermione, and I were done we headed up to bed because we wanted Ginny to fall asleep before she died of happiness. When we got up there she said, "The first thing I do tomorrow is write to Mum and Dad and tell them the good news! I can't believe that Harry chose me! He must really have a crush on me! Ahhh. OH well! Good Night!" We closed Ginny's drapes so that she could fall asleep. Me and Hermione French braided each other's hair and then went to bed also. This had definitely been an extremely cool day!