A.N. Chapter Four by HermioneJeanGranger-101! ;) Enjoy!

Chapter 4

Fly like an Eagle

"I want to fly like an eagle, To the sea, Fly like an eagle, Let my spirit carry me."

Breakfast in the Great Hall was very chaotic and bustling with students. Rose and Mia sat together at the Gryffindor table talking and laughing about the tryouts that were going to happen that day.

" I can't believe you're the beater!" laughed Rose. "Your horrible at the game baseball."

" Yeah that might be true, but I think I'm the best flyer on the team." said Mia.

" Okay that might be true."

" Rose, do you have chaser practice today?" asked Mia.

"Yeah, but after we're going to Hogsmead for butter beer." said Rose. " Gosh I love Saturdays."

The sound of hard laughter entered the hall and Mia turned to see Luke and his gang of cronies (including Phoebe) laughing at a fallen Gryffindor first year picking up his books. Mia's head pounded with anger as she stood up and helped the first year pick up his books and then pull him up by the hand.

" That was not funny Luke!" growled Mia angrily.

" Ooooo, I'm soooo scared." said Luke, laughing even harder.

" Shut up you idiot!" said Mia turning her back.

For such a good looking person he was so mean, even worse than that Albus. Mia walked away ignoring the laughter and taunts.

" Bloody hell, Luke is such an jerk!" said Izzy to Anabel as Mia passed. " Hey Luke might want to go pick on James, I heard he just found a new injury spell!" laughed Izzy.

" Damn Gryffindors don't know anything!" yelled Luke staring at Izzy angrily.

" Aww go away Luke!" shouted Izzy back.

Luke turned his back and walked to the Slytherin table.

Rose was waiting for Mia while eating some of her toast and eggs. Mia sat down to her plate of pancakes, hash browns, and fruit.

" Why is he like that?" asked Rose.

" We've both had hardships at the orphanage, but he's had the worst. He actually didn't know his family, but he could've loved them. And I've never known mine either ." said Mia, realizing, for the first time that he had it worse than her.

" Wow I never realized how sad your life actually was." said Rose looking a little downward.

" Hey Mia!" said a voice over Mia's shoulder. Mia turned it was Luke.

" Oh Bloody Hell, Rose I have to go. See you on the pitch in a bit." said Mia getting up and walking quickly out of the Great Hall.

" Mia, please wait!" yelled Luke, as Mia now ran down the hall and into an abandoned classroom.

Mia stood by the window of classroom gasping, and looking for a place to hide, as the footsteps outside the room got louder.

" Mia?" called Luke.

" What do you want?" demanded Mia from the classroom.

The hallway went silent with only the sound of footsteps right outside the door. Soon Luke walked into the room.

" Mia I was wondering, If you'd like to go to the Three Broomsticks with me after your practice?" Luke asked cooly.

" Um… Yeah sure." said Mia without thinking.

" Okay, thats great, I will meet you in the courtyard then later." said Luke then walking out of the room.

" Oh, My, Gosh, I am going on a date with Luke! Why did I say yes?" asked Mia out loud.

" Where were you?" asked Phoebe.

" Just asked out the hottest girl in the school!" said Luke sitting down.

His pitch black hair fell across his forehead his gray eyes sparkling, Phoebe smiled, thinking that this was herself.

" But you haven't asked me out." said Phoebe in a daze.

" Right, I asked out Mia Hieronymus, were going to the three broomsticks this afternoon." said Luke smiling.

" You what?!" asked Phoebe frantically.

" Yep, Mia said yes." said Luke.

Phoebe searched for words that wouldn't upset him to much.

" You realize that you just asked out the prissy golden girl Gryffindor?" said Phoebe smirking.

"Phoebe, she's pure blood which makes her different." said Luke. " Also she is crafty and swears a lot so she's fine, give 'er a break Phoebe, she's not always as bad as you think."

" Rose where'd she go, she'll be late for practice!" yelled Izzy.

" Jeez relax, Mia was running from Luke, but she will be back soon, I promise." said Rose calmly.

" You can't promise notin'." said Izzy.

" Please, its not my fault, I don't know where she went."

" Well you should, she's your best friend, you have to keep and eye on her." said Izzy crossing her arms angrily.

" Just because you keep and eye on James, doesn't mean I have to watch Mia all the time, its not like she's a little kid or anything like that of the sort."

" What did you just say about James?" asked Izzy her voice rising.

" Nothing that I'd like to repeat cause otherwise I think I'm going to be sick." said Rose turning away from Izzy.

" You damn b-" started Izzy.

" Hi guys!" said Mia walking in to sit next to Rose. " Sorry Rose but a three o'clock I have plans with another student, so we can only go from one to three. Izzy, why do you look like your going to blow up." Mia chuckled.

" Come on Mia, time for practice" growled Izzy tugging Mia out the door.

" See ya later Rose!" said Mia wondering why there was so much tension in between both of them.

Mia and Rose stood next to each other on the slightly crowded field. Quidditch field. Rose trembled slightly in the cold and then looked up into the stands at her part friend Anabel. James Potter the quidditch captain and keeper of the team looked at Izzy staring at her face waiting for her to look at him. Mia walked around in circles holding her FireBolt that had taken her so long to earn, four years worth of working. Mia's head pounded with the loud talking but she knew she had to concentrate, focus on the bludger, swerve from the chasers, and aim to hit the keeper of the other team. Mia told herself. James blew his whistle and the tryouts started.

" Chasers I want throwing practice, Beaters aim, and Keeper stay with me. Now go to your places!"

All of the students walked, ran, and stumbled to there places. Mia walked to the back of the field with Walter, her shoulders slumped and staring at the ground. In the distance she heard the shouts of James telling the chasers to get into the air. The breeze brushed the back of Mia's hair which got into her eyes making a disturbance.

" Hey, Mia, look up?" yelled someone far above her.

Mia looked up to see her buddy Rose staring down at her.

" You okay up there?" asked Mia now smiling.

" I'm fine, but you'd better worry about yourself because you're missing something." said Rose. Mia looked around suddenly realizing she didn't have her club.

"Come on Weasley!" Izzy yelled.

" Oh whatever, you better get back to your lovely James." Rose said his name strongly and shouting over her shouler.

" Oh shut up!" said Izzy as she zoomed off on her broom. Rose tossed Mia's club down from above.

"Just fooling with you!" she grinned and followed Izzy.

Mia hit targets for a while until she got bored and sat down staring at the clouds. James's whistle blew countless times, and the sound reverberated from the castle to the forest. She could here the sound of brooms swishing in the wind, and sometimes a yell from one the students. Just then Izzy flew back over head with a triumphant look on her face.

" I did it!" she shouted. "I made the backwards left cross shot! Rose did too, but whatever."

" Great job." Replied Mia who stood up and grabbed her broom and watched Rose walk out of the stadium holding her Nimbus 2000.

" I think you'd better practice. I heard the Ravenclaw beaters are two 7th years."

" Aw, relax Izzy I'll be fine!" groaned Mia as she headed toward James, who were calling together the beaters.

" All right, line up and mount your brooms, I will do some flying drills and hitting drills, quickly." yelled James over the students voices.

Mia mounted her broom and stood toward the middle of the 7 player team. James blew his whistle and everyone took into the air.

Mia loved quidditch, it made her forget about the orphanage, and every bad thing that happened in her life. Mia's broom swayed a little to the right and she leaned to counteract this movement. James blew his whistle and the beaters lined up in the air.

" You people will have to race around the stadium five times, the person who wins will get first dibs when we do target practice." Yelled James. " Now, on your mark, get set, GO!"

The team flew into the air, and hurtled around the track. Mia was behind Izzy and Walter, but she was taking it kind of slow waiting for a good place to pass. Walter sneezed and zig- zagged farther to the right away from the pack. Mia took this chance to pass and go forward toward the top, all had Firebolts, except Izzy who was pushing her Cleansweep as hard as she could. Now it was time for skill, it was down to the last two out of five rotations. Mia sped toward Izzy. Izzy went into a downward swoop to pass Rose (not Rose Weasley), a sixth year. Izzy brought the nose of her broom to a ninety degree angle and then pulled up speeding ahead of Rose. Mia turned to the side and then went up over Rose, who had almost zoned out of the race. Izzy was a good couple rods ahead, and it was down to the last run. Mia held her breath and sped as fast as she could after Izzy, she was already going as fast as he could, but she was not a very agile flyer.

" Go Mia!" yelled a voice from the stands, it was Albus.

Mia sped ahead right up on Izzy's tail. It was less than half the stadium left and Izzy was still ahead. Mia heart was pumping hard, and she dove, nose down under Izzy and stayed on that level and raced for the finish. She looked up to see that she was dead even with Izzy. She closed her eyes and stayed in the direct corse of the finish line. The wind whistled in her ears and her hair blew in her face. At the last second she opened her eyes to find she was already way past the finish line.

" NICE JOB MIA!" shouted Albus clapping.

Mia flew to the ground dazed.

" Did I win?" she asked.

" Yep, you did, now go line up for hitting practice, your first."

"I can't believe you won!" grumbled Izzy in the Gryffindor Common Room

" I know, I am so surprised!" said Mia.

" Well at least Edward wasn't there. Edward was seriously pissed that he didn't get that position. I am really surprised that he is not a Slytherin."

" Yeah, he should have been." said Mia unwrapping a lollypop. " All Slytherins are bad."

" Well I seem to think Albus has feelings for you." Said Izzy grinning

" No he doesn't!" Mia almost yelled. " I'm mean, no, he doesn't. Plus Luke and I are going to Hogsmead together either later today or next week."

" You know Phoebe is not a bad person." said Izzy leaning against the wall ignoring what Mia had just said.

" She hangs out with Roxanne and Scorpious. I don't like her." Said Mia angrily.

" Fine kid, back off, I'm not sayin' that you have to be friends with her." said Izzy holding her hands in front of her in and innocent position.

" Okay, but I'm heading up to bed, see you in the morning."

" Night Mia" said Izzy.