Important note about the story: I've decided to switch Fleur out with Gabrielle. I've also gone back and re-edited the first two chapters.
I still don't own Harry Potter
Chapter 3- Tryouts and trolls
"Alright everyone listen up!" yelled Marcus Flint to the gathered members of Slytherin who were trying out for the quidditch team. Among them were Ginny and Morgana. "Now we've got two slots open on the starting team for seeker and chaser. Chaser tryouts go over to Bletchley and Pucey. Seeker tryouts with me." Morgana followed Flint and about a half dozen other hopefuls, among them Draco Malfoy.
"Alright Here's what we're going to do." Flint said as they reached the other end of the pitch. "I'm going to release the snitch, first one to bring it back gets the starting spot." The seven hopefuls mounted their broom waiting for the snitch to be released. "Go!" Flint said as he let go of the snitch.
Morgana had been at disadvantage since she was the only one who was borrowing one of the old rickety school brooms. She found herself hovering by the goal posts when she saw a flash of gold around midfield. Unfortunately some of the others saw it as well and soon all seven were in pursuit of the snitch. Morgana saw that a third year was about to grab it when all of a sudden he was knocked off of his broom. Marcus had let the bludgers loose in order to increase the challenge for the seekers. The remaining seekers broke off of the chase when they realized the same thing. Morgana kept following after the snitch after performing a barrel roll to dodge an incoming bludger. The snitch then dove straight down with Morgana on its tail. Malfoy and one other had been following her and dove alongside her. The snitch continued it descent, looking as if it was going to plow into the ground. Malfoy and the other seeker hopeful backed off but Morgana kept going and wrapped her hand around the snitch seconds before she pulled up causing the tips of her shoes to brush against the pitch.
"Bloody hell that was amazing. I didn't think that a first year could pull off a Wronski Feint on a school broom." Flint said as Morgana handed him the snitch. He then turned to Malfoy. "Malfoy you got the reserve spot. If Potter keeps pulling stunts like that we might need you."
While seeker tryouts were going on at one end of the pitch, chaser tryouts were happening at the other.
"Each of you have two minutes to score as many goals as you can." Pucey said as he led them over to a pile of quaffles. Each chaser would go against Bletchley one on one. When all was done Ginny had scored the most with ten goals, almost twice as many as second place.
"I admit when I heard the princess Longbottom had the rules changed for first years, I didn't think I'd be adding two to my starting lineup." Flint said as he walked up to the castle with Ginny and Morgana. "But hopefully the other teams will underestimate us. Well I'll see you girls later."
"I'm going to have Hedwig bring my broom back from home." Morgana said. "Dou you want her to get yours as well?"
"Sure." Ginny said.
The next day, the entire castle was abuzz with the news that Neville had been named the starting seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, making him the youngest seeker in a century, or he would be if Flint hadn't told the rest of Slytherin to keep quiet about Morgana and Ginny making the team. There were also rumors that Neville had only made the team because he had his grandmother purchase Nimbus 2000s for the entire team.
"Today class we will be practicing the levitation charm." Professor Flitwick said to the class consisting of Gryffindors and Slytherins. "Can anybody tell me what the proper incantation is? Miss Li?"
"It's Wingardium Levisoa." Su said.
"Excellent, 5 points to Slytherin. Now you'll all be attempting to levitate those feathers in front of you."
Since the girls had known this spell since they were 5 years old, it wasn't difficult for them. Although they each took a few tries on purpose since five first years successfully casting the same spell on each of their first tries would certainly be suspicious. After them, the only other student to cast it correctly was Hermione Granger.
"Excellent, 5 points to the six of you." Professor Flitwick said excitedly.
"She really is insufferable It's no surprise why she doesn't have any friends." Ron said loudly to Neville as they crossed one of the castle's courtyards.
"She must have cheated, there's no way a muggle born could've beat me." Neville said. Both of them were unaware that Hermione had heard every word that they had said. She brushed past the two boys on the verge of breaking out into tears. The unshed tears in her eyes caused her to bump into Pansy, Daphne, and Ginny who had been standing near the doorway.
"S-Sorry" Hermione said as she left them.
"What's wrong with her?" Daphne asked.
"I'm not sure but I wouldn't be surprised if my blockhead brother was responsible for it." Ginny said. The three girls made their way back to the Slytherin common room and their bedroom where Su and Morgana were waiting for them.
By the time the girls made it to the Halloween Feast, most of the students were packed into the Great Hall. Ginny's mood had improved somewhat during the day, but when she overheard a couple of Ravenclaw girls mention that Hermione was still in the girl's bathroom near the dungeons and that Ron and Neville were responsible for her being there, she had to resist the urge to hex Ron and Neville.
"Relax Ginny." Pansy said. "If she's still there after the feast we'll go talk to her. Ok?"
"Fine." Ginny replied. "But I'm not letting those two off the hook for this."
"I didn't think you would. Maybe Mr. Potter could help us with some ideas."
Suddenly Professor Quirrell burst through the doors.
"Troll! Troll in the dungeons!" He shouted before fainting, causing the Great Hall to panic.
"QUIET!" boomed Dumbledore's voice amplified by a sonorous charm. "Prefects, lead all of your housemates back to your common rooms calmly."
"What about Granger?" Pansy asked. "I think she's still in the bathroom."
The five easily slipped away from the Great Hall and made their way to the bathroom near the dungeons.
"Su, Pansy keep an eye out for that troll." Morgana said as they approached the bathroom. "Ginny, Daphne with me." When they entered, Hermione was exiting one of the stalls.
"What are you doing here?" Hermione asked.
"We've come to get you out of here. There's a troll on the loose in the castle." Daphne said. Hermione's eyes widened at the news but she agreed to go with the Slytherin girls. As they left Morgana was knocked to the floor as she collided with someone.
"What the hell are you doing here Potter?" Neville demanded angrily.
"I could ask you the same thing." Morgana said. She noticed Ron standing behind Neville. "Unless you two are here to fix your earlier mistake then we haveā¦" She didn't finish before Pansy signaled to them to be quiet. The troll lumbered past the end of the hallway as if it wasn't there thanks to Su casting a mirage spell on the hallway entrance.
"Just take Hermione and go back to your common room." Morgana said. Neville looked like he wanted to argue but instead left with Ron and Hermione close behind. The five made it back to their common room a few minutes later. Most of the house had been waiting for Professor Snape. Before they could reach their dorm
"This just feel wrong." James said as he followed the rest of the Potters as they made their way up into the quidditch stands. "How can you honestly expect me to root against Gryffindor?"
"You're rooting for your daughter." Lily said as she led Andrew, Rose and Holly to their seats. The students were just beginning to file into the stands. The Potters were sitting in the stands with the professors.
"James." Snape said.
"Serverus." James said as they took their seats. After the war, Snape reconciled with Lily. While He and James were cordial to each other, they wouldn't call each other friends. A few minutes later, the stands were filled with students.
"Welcome to the opening match of this year's quidditch cup!" came the voice of Lee Jordan. "Our match today is between Slytherin and Gryffindor. Introducing first, GRYFFINDOR! Johnson, Spinnet, Bell, Weasley, Weasley, Wood, and Longbottom." The crowd erupted into cheers as the Gryffindor team flew out onto the pitch. "And now their opponent, Slytherin! Flint, Weasley, Pucey, Higgs, Bole, Bletchley, and Potter!" The crowd was a fifty-fifty mix of cheers and boos.
"Remember, we're here to win, not to make friends." Flint said as the Slytherin team gathered around him. "Potter, I don't care about running up the score today. I want you to find the snitch as fast as you can." The team broke apart and the two captains greeted each other.
"How do expect to keep up on that?" Neville asked eyeing Morgana's old Comet 240 broom. Morgana simply ignored him as Madam Hooch released the snitch. Slytherin got out to an early lead of 50-10 with Ginny scoring three times. As Wood yelled at the twins, telling them to do something about Ginny, Morgana noticed a small flash of gold near one of the Gryffindor goalposts. She flew towards it with Neville right on her tail. Despite her skill on a broom, Morgana knew that Neville brand new Nimbus could outrun her, Just as he was about to overtake her, his broom lurched backwards. Morgana looked behind her to see Neville hanging on to his broom for dear life. It appeared as if his broom was trying to throw him off of it. Unfortunately, looking backwards caused Morgana to lose sight of the snitch. At this point in the match the score was tied 100-100. She caught sight of the snitch hovering a few inches over the center of the pitch and flew straight at it. Neville had regained control of his broom and chased after her. However the distance between the two of them was too great for his Nimbus to overcome and he watch as Morgana plucked the snitch out of the air. Slytherin had won the game with a score of 250-110.
That night as Morgana slept she dreamed of a castle and a mysterious blonde girl. The girl looked to be around her age and she had a feeling like the castle in the dream was somewhat familiar. As the dream faded away, she woke up. Casting a tempus charm she saw that she still had a few more hours until she had to get up.
