Chapter 4

"Annabelle, Annabelle!" Lily called for Annabelle's attention.

"What?" Annabelle spaced out sitting in the library.

"I said, are you feeling okay about the game tomorrow?" Lily smiled.

"Yeah, kind of." Said Annabelle, she starts doodling on her notebook again.

"That sounds confident." Severus sarcastically stated.

"Have you seen your hitters? They are like giant baboons." Annabelle rolled her eyes.

"You got that right." Lily laughed.

"Anyways, good luck, Selwyn." Severus snapped his book shut and left.

-"Welcome to this year's first Quidditch game!" Joe Hanson, from Gryffindor, enthusiastically yelled.

"It's Gryffindor vs. Slytherin! Now, it's important to point out that with the fresh blood James Potter, Sirius Black, and Annabelle Selwyn added in to the Gryffindor's team just last year have helped their team all the way to the finals till they were defeated by the Hufflepuffs. This is partially due to Selwyn's shoulder injury from her previous matches, the Hufflepuffs used that well and targeted her specifically, and we've got to admit that the strategy did throw the Gryffindors off. Let's hope the Gryffindor team come back fresh this year!"

Annabelle flew up in the air, above all the other players, circling around the arena to find the golden snitch. The Slytherin seeker Carter Greengrass stared at Annabelle and narrowed his eyes at her. Annabelle shook the discomfort from his stares away, andflew more away from Carter.

"Let the game begin!" Madam Hooch blows the whistle.

Carter followed Annabelle's every single move, staying right behind her. Annabelle tried to accelerate, but she still can't get rid of Carter.

"James Potter passed to Luke Mason—they are without a doubt very fast—No! Mason got hit by the Bludger—now Slytherin has the Quaffle—Paul dashes to Gryffindor's gate—Hall saved it! Amazing! Hall successfully saved this, and now the Quaffle is back with the Gryffindors—Kohl is crossing the field as fast as lightening—he passed it to Potter—Austin hits the Bludger to Potter—but Black hit it away—Potter still has the Quaffle—then—Score! This is Gryffindor's first score this season, and it's made by James Potter!" The Gryffindor's cheer echoes around the arena.

Annabelle smiled, and can't help but notice that James has got some fan girls going. "Aw!" Annabelle was hit on the side by Carter, "Too little to be messing with brooms, aye?" Carter smirked at her.

"I can't believe it, Greengrass tried to knock Selwyn down her broom!" Joe Hanson spotted the incident, the Gryffindors booed loudly countering the Slytherin cheers.

Annabelle dived straight from the top of the sky, trying to get rid of Carter. It worked, but she can't keep doing that if she wants to find the golden snitch. As the game goes on, the Slytherins have revealed their true colors, winning no matter the cost. They wounded Hall's nose, and scored twice, now it's 10:20. Annabelle started to change directions rapidly so Carter wouldn't follow her that close, but to her dismay, Carter is quite a good flyer that he kept up well. What is worse is that Annabelle felt the Slytherin Hitters are after her, they kept hitting the Bludger to her, since the score is so close, they can't risk her catching the golden snitch.

"Are you alright, Selwyn?" Sirius hit the Bludger away from Annabelle.

"I'm fine! Get rid of Greengrass okay?" Annabelle yelled at Sirius.

"Will do!" Sirius flew away.

Then, Annabelle sees a golden sparkle in the middle of the air, at first she thought it is from Dumbledore's golden watch, but it is the golden snitch for sure. She flew straight to the golden snitch, Carter right behind her, but she knew that she is going to get to it first.

There! Annabelle caught the snitch with her finger tips. The Gryffindors yelled excitedly.

-"Good Job Annabelle!" Someone from across the common shouted to Annabelle.

"You're really popular now." Lily smiled at Annabelle.

"Says you, everybody loves you." Annabelle didn't like the idea of being popular, honestly, she would rather be alone. It is girls like Lily that wants everyone to like her.

"Annabelle!" Alice caught up to Annabelle.

"Where were you? I haven't seen you since…" Annabelle looked at Alice with suspicion, "since before the game even started?"

"Just, studying, you know." Alice looked away.

"Right, studying, with Longbottom?" Annabelle smirked at Alice.

"No…" Alice denied, but when she saw Annabelle's suspicious look at her, she sighed, "yes, I was with him."

"Alice! He is a fifth grader, what are you hanging with him for?" Annabelle rolled her eyes.

"He is only two years older than us!" Alice protested.

"It's a lot when we're in school! When we still don't know what to do with our lives, he is already thinking of his career path!" Annabelle can't believe Alice is still in to Frank Longbottom, she had a crush on him since she first saw him in the library.

"Well, he wants to be an Auror, and I want to be one too, someday." Alice explained.

"Now you're following his career path?" Annabelle raised her eyebrows.

"What about you and Remus Lupin? You seem to be quite in to him?" Alice fought back.

"It's not like that! We just study together about charms and Ancient Runes." Annabelle felt her face burning hot.

"Whatever you say, Ann." Alice laughed.