A Wizards War
Chapter 4
Quidditch
August 22, 2017
September seemed to fly right through with all of their classes teaching the very basics and getting their students ready to start on some more complex magic. But right now all the students heads were turned towards the first Quidditch game of the year. Tryouts had been a few weeks ago now it was time for Gryffindor vs. Slytherin in the first game.
"It's a shame first years never get on the team I'd love to be playing instead of watching..." James said and sighed as they ate breakfast the morning of the first game.
"There is always a next year James." Sirius said as he glanced over at James.
"Actually it's acknowledged that first years aren't that skilled on brooms but there have been exceptions and first years have been on house teams." Marie said brightly enjoying breakfast. "I'm curious to see how Gryffindor team does against Slytherin today." she added after taking a drink.
"Oh we should mop the floor with them." James said as pushed his plate away. "I'd love to play. The game is at 10 today."
"Fantastic you guys coming down to watch?" Marie asked curiously looking between James, Remus and Sirius.
"We won't get any piece if we don't go down. James'll drive me crazy." Sirius said as he glanced over at James again.
"Oh he'll be alright once he see's them playing. I for one would rather watch." Remus said as he glanced over at James as well.
"Yeah I'll be fine." he said and smirked as a guy tripped behind Marie who yelped once the guy had grabbed her to try and stop his fall.
Sirius had burst out laughing so loud the entire Great Hall had turned to see what had happened.
"You cluts get off." Marie yelled as she shoved the guy off of her since he had drug her off the bench she had been sitting on at the Gryffindor table.
"What happened?" Remus asked he had stood up immediately leaned over the table to try and help Marie back up and noticed the guy's shoes were tied together. "Really James..." Remus sighed quietly to himself pulling out his wand and untying the guys shoes.
The entire hall was laughing now except Marie, Remus, and the poor Hufflepuff boy that had tripped. He had turned a bright red as he was profusely apologizing to Marie for knocking her over in his attempt to catch himself.
"It's alright. Go on..." Marie kept saying as she glared over at James who was still laughing but visibly trying to stop because of her look. "You could have hurt that boy and me." she said once the Hufflepuff boy left the Gryffindor table.
"Oh come on Marie it was funny." Sirius said still laughing.
"It wasn't!" Marie said irritably as she threw her napkin down on the table angrily. "I'll see you lot later!" she said stiffly as she turned and stormed off rubbing the elbow she had fell on trying to catch herself from falling off the bench onto the stone floor.
"James I think that hurt her." Remus said quietly as he motioned towards her showing them that she was rubbing her arm.
"I'll apologize to her later." James said still trying to stifle his laughter.
"James Potter that was cruel." Lily said as she stopped behind him for a moment then continued on her way she was intent on seeing if her friend Marie was alight.
"Come on James, Remus we better get down to the Quidditch Pitch if we want good seats." Sirius said as he stood up then waited for the other two.
All of the student population was down at the Quidditch Pitch waiting patiently for the two teams to come out of their changing rooms. The Gryffindor team came out first greated by ¾ of the students cheering for them and waving scarlet and gold banners that said "Go Gryffindor". The team had on their normal scarlet with the trim, their names, and numbers in gold on the back. Then out came the Slytherin team dressed in them emerald uniforms with their trim, names, and numbers in silver. Most of the school booed them naturally with the only ones cheering for them being their own house mates.
"Team Captains shake hands." a young Madam Hooch said as she stood between them ready to start the game. She watched the two captains shank hands noticing they they were extremely aggressive towards each other. She sighed, 'Another eventful games is a head.' she thought as she watched then finally let go of each other.
"Mount your brooms." Madam Hooch said. She looked over at the Gryffindor team to see if they were ready then over to the Slytherin team to see if they were ready. "Take off." she said then blew her whistle.
Both teams took off up into the air and took up their starting positions. then waited for her to release the balls into play. Once everyone was in the air she opened the box released the snitch and picked up the quaffel. She threw that up into the air then quickly released the bludgers and took off on her own broom letting a couple of boys clear the field of the storage box.
"And they're off Gryffindor has the quaffel Angela is easily weaving through the Slytherin's. She's made it down the field in no time a all. She shoots... saved by Johnson the Slytherin Keeper." the announcer called out.
James, Sirius, and Remus stood up top of the stands and groaned as the Slytherin chaser took the quaffel and started down the field dodging bludgers and rival chasers.
"And the Gryffindor Seeker George just zoomed right in front of the Slytherin chaser blocking him and throwing him off balance giving Angela the break she needed to get the quaffle back. And she's back down the field she shoots... Scores! Gryffindor 10, Slytherin 0." The announcer called out again barely able to be heard with all the cheering that was going on.
"Oooh... that had to hurt folks... Gryffindor chaser and team captain Samuel is down hit by a bludger by the one of the Slytherin team's beaters." the announcer said as he watched the school nurse run out onto the field to check on him.
"That had to of been painful." Lily said over to Marie as they watched the game progress with Gryffindor being down their captain they seemed to be struggling a little.
"Yeah I hope he's all right." Marie said watching the Gryffindor seeker George taking over giving orders to his fellow team members trying to reorganize the team so they could still win.
"After a couple a save and a couple of scores by Slytherin it seems that Gryffindor Seeker George has the team reorganized and ready to go again. The score is Gryffindor 10, Slytherin 30." The announcer said as he watched the game curiously being a Gryffindor he was very partial to winning this game vs loosing it.
"I don't understand Marie. Why are there so many balls?" Lily asked curiously being muggle born she had no idea what to expect when they had came down to watch the game.
"You see those two there with the sticks?" Marie asked and glanced at Lily to see her nodding and looking at the two Gryffindor beaters. "Those are beaters they use the bludgers to attack the other team to keep them from scoring or catching the snitch." she said as she watched the two remaining chasers being protected viciously by their beaters.
"Snitch?" Lily asked curiously looking over to Marie.
"I'm getting to that. The quaffel is that big red ball that the three chasers on either team have been scoring with. They have to get it through one of the hoops guarded by the keepers." Marie said pointing out the chasers, keepers, and hoops. "Now the snitch fits in the palm of your hand and is as fast as the dickens. Only those special few can see the snitch even if it's right in front of your face." she said holding out her hand palm up and using her other hand to show how big the snitch would be.
"But if you use the quaffel to score what's the point of the snitch?" Lily asked curiously as she heard the score announced again. Gryffindor 50 to Slytherin 30.
"The games not over until the snitch is caught it's worth 150 points. So unless the other team is ahead 160 points the seeker who catches the snitch wins the game for his team. Most teams end up going after the seeker with the bludgers cause it's nearly bloody impossible to win with out them." Marie said as she continued to watch noticing any time the Slytherin's got a bludger it was sent at George their teams seeker.
"And another score for Gryffindor 60, Slytherin 30." the announcer said as he watched the Gryffindor seeker dive towards the stadium floor. "Looks like it may be over folks Gryffindor Seeker George seems to have gotten a bead on the snitch."
George for his part pulled out of the dive just in time for a Slytherin Beater to flash by him with his club barely missing in head. "Cheaters." he muttered to himself as he took off across the floor of the stadium going after the snitch. He reached for it climbing up into the air again following the snitch. caught it just before being rammed by the other seeker and being thrown from his broom into the Gryffindor stands and he lay there unconscious with the snitch in his hand.
"Oh my gosh!" Lily yelled as she made her way over to the poor boy curiously with Marie right behind her. She saw James, Sirius, and Remus making their way down to George too.
"Out of the way! Out of the way!" Madam Pomfrey said as she made students get out of her way.
"Gryffindor's move back!" the stern voice of McGonagall was heard clearly over the crowd.
"Thank you Minerva." Madam Pomfrey said once McGonagall reached their side.
"Of course Poppy, anything you need." McGonagall said as she looked down at her young seeker worried.
"I think he'll be alright Minerva. He'll be spending a few day's with me and Mr. Samuel up in the hospital wing I do believe though." Madam Pomfrey said as she looked up with a small smile at McGonagall who simply nodded then started ushering the Gryffindor's out of the stands and back to the castle.
The rest of the Gryffindor team was floating in air a few feet away staring worried down at their seeker George wondering if he was alright. "He's fine you lot. You can visit them both in the hospital wing later please go change and return to the castle." McGonagall said up to her team with a small smile she rarely ever showed anyone.
"You're sure they are fine Professor?" The young Angela asked curiously as she stared down at George with the most worried look a teenager could produce.
"I promise you Angela they are fine. Just need some rest is all." Madam Pomfrey said with a smile before she lifted George up with magic so she could take him up to the castle.
~*~*~*~ Up at the School ~*~*~*~
"Well that was eventful." James said as he made his way over to a set of chairs in the corner of Gryffindor tower. It seemed to be their little spot.
"That seemed painful. Two team members in one game." Remus said as he sat down on one of the ottomans like usual with Sirius taking the other chair.
"That's Quidditch for you!" Sirius said excited as he leaned back in the chair they all had home work to do but he had no intention on doing it today he'd do it tomorrow. Like they always did.
"That's a brutal sport. How can they allow that in a school environment?" Lily asked as she followed Marie over to the fireplace with her book back ready to do their homework.
"That's just part of the game Evens. Do they not have sports in muggle schools?" James asked as he leaned up curious to hear her response.
"Of course muggles have games. But their not 30-40 feet in the air playing. We've got football, and rugby and things like that." Lily said as she looked over at James like he was a nutter.
"What's fun about it if your not up in the air?" James asked genuinely curious.
"James Potter if your making fun of Muggles you're a jerk." Lily said as she slammed down her standard book of spells grade 1 onto the small table in front of her.
"Evans I'm not making fun I just asked what made it fun." James said as he held up his hands in front of him defensively.
"Humph." Lilly said as she picked up her parchment, quill, and ink out of her bag and got started on her homework.
"What did I do?" James asked confused as he leaned back into his chair again looking at Remus who just shrugged then over to Sirius.
"Don't know mate." Sirius said as he shrugged and shook his head slightly. They all looked over at Lily curiously. "You sure know how to pick 'em though James." he said as he glanced back over to James.
"Lily I think he was truly only asking what made it fun. I do think he was being mean." Marie whispered over to Lily wondering if she would listen to her.
"It's hard to tell with him. He seems to think he's god's gift to the world." Lily said as she glared over at James who had returned to talking quietly with Sirius and Remus.
"Actually I think you make him out to be worse than he really is. Don't get me wrong he can be a jerk some times but there are times when he's being genuine and you attack him." Marie said as she went back to her homework.
"Do you think so?" Lily asked curiously as she returned to her homework. "He just gets under my skin. He never gives poor Severus a break." she said as she scribbled a few answers down.
"Severus isn't exactly innocent Lily. I've seen him hex James when you're not around and James has his back to him unaware he was around." Marie said softly as she looked up at her friend.
"So are you saying Severus get's what he deserves?" Lily asked irritated as she looked up at her friend.
"Now Lily you're doing it to me. I didn't say that. I'm just telling you there are times where Severus instigates the fights they get into." Marie said after she put her quill down.
"I'm sorry he's my friend it's hard for me to watch him be tortured like that. Besides those guy's don't just hex Severus they do it to other people too." Lily said as she smiled over at her friend.
"I understand he's your friend. They do get out of hand some times, but most people find them funny. They don't do things to hurt people it's just practical jokes and fun to them." Marie said with a small smile to be honest some of the things the guys did was extremely funny to her but she wasn't going to tell Lily that.
"Oh look they have a new friend." Lily said nodding over to the boys to seen a small plump boy sitting with them laughing.
"Pretty sure his name is Peter he's a first year too." Marie said as she looked over at the guys. 'Maybe they'll lighten up if they get more friends.' she thought as she returned to her homework.
"I can't believe we are already in October. Halloween is in like 4 weeks I hear they have a huge feast for Halloween." James said as he looked around at his friends and laughed.
"I think it's about time for dinner." Remus said as he stood up and began moving towards the prorate.
"Oy wait up Remus." Sirius said as he and James jumped up to follow him. Peter was slower on the uptake and chased after Sirius and James.
Marie looked up at the clock curiously. "I guess he's right Lily. Lets finish this after dinner." She said happily putting her quill down and putting the stopper back in her ink bottle.
"Full moon's in a couple of day's we'll get a great view of it being up here in the tower." Lily said lightly as she stood up and looked out the window at the rising moon.
"Yeah it'll be great to see it up here." Marie said as they both began to make their way down to dinner in the Great Hall.