(A/N: Later in the year than my last, Jay fourth year, Alex second and Lil first. This is the quidditch match between Jay and Alex… and I guess Gryffindor and Slytherin. Strange ending though and some Slytherin bashing, (Insert Disclaimer here))
"Aren't you nervous about facing your brother?" Lydie asked Jay as they did their homework.
"Of course not, especially since our positions mean we probably won't even see each other during the match." Jay replied.
"What if Slytherin wins?" Darnell asked, Darnell had never been particularly interested in quidditch, but Lydie wanted to be Keeper and the current one was a seventh year.
Jay snorted, "Slytherin hasn't won a game in years, the only reason they won the last match was because my brother caught the snitch, and they only won by twenty points."
"True, they have really weak Chasers and their Keeper sucks." Lydie said, "You just have to hope your brother doesn't catch the snitch before you can get enough points that it doesn't matter."
"Pretty much," Jay said as he saw a certain girl enter the common room, "Hey Lil, can I ask you something?"
"You already did, but go on." Lil said as she walked over.
"Which of us are you going to be cheering for at the game Saturday?"
"Only one of you three plays quidditch, so I don't think I can answer that."
"You know I mean me and Alex, you are going to be cheering for your favorite older brother, right?"
She stared at him blankly, "Frankly, you both annoy the crap out of me, so I don't have a favorite brother. I will be cheering for the Potters, meaning both of you."
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"Let us get up by fifty before catching the snitch, got it Potter. Don't pull anything like you did last time." Captain Arnie Crutch told Alex, who glared.
"I 'pulled something' last time because we were losing and would have lost if I didn't. I know Slytherins are supposed to consider themselves better than everyone else but if the team can't pull it together, meaning the Chasers and the Keeper, we will lose to Gryffindor." Alex snapped at him.
"Are you insulting us?" Crutch demanded as one of the Chasers.
"Insult you, no, your teamwork abilities, yes. This is a team sport, learn to work together."
"So you're saying there's no 'I' in quidditch?" Crutch asked scowling.
"But there's two 'i's." Said the beater Casey Milch, who was the nicest person on the team in Alex's opinion, except for the other Beater, Matt.
"Essentially, yes." Alex said, the team as tiring of the two of them fighting, which happened nearly every practice and once had elevated to violence that the rest of the team had to break up.
"Okay, how about this. We do the match my way, if we lose, we'll take your advice and make some adjustments to the team." Crutch offered.
"Deal." The two Slytherins shook hands.
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"Well, this is going to be an interesting match." Harry said taking his place in the stands next to Severus Snape.
Snape glared, "You're only saying that because both of your kids are playing."
"No, it's the fact that they're on opposite teams that will make it interesting," Harry corrected, "You should know y now that they've got a healthy sibling rivalry going."
"True." Was the response.
"Okay everyone, welcome to today's match, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin and Potter vs. Potter!" Cicilia Adams, the MC, announced, "First we have the Gryffindors with Keeper Tom Vasher, Chasers Mary Corner, David Loosener and Jay Potter, Beaters Greg Hall and Laurie Denn, and Seeker Vincent Mabb." As she spoke the seven players marched to the center of the field.
"Now for the Sytherins," She continued, "Keeper Andy Nort, Chasers Arnie Crutch, Damion Parkinson and Frank Batil, Beaters Casey Milch and Matt Malfoy, and Seeker Alex Potter." Down on the field Tom Vasher and Arnie Crutch shook hands, Jay looked over to his brother who was glaring at his team captain disapprovingly. Jay finally caught his brother's eye, Alex shook his head as if his team had already lost.
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"Not yet Potter." He heard Crutch yell at him again, personally Alex just wanted the game to be over. In order to try to give his team a chance to win he had done everything in his power to stop the more experienced Mabb from getting the snitch, which had meant at one point he had had to cause them both to fall off they're brooms from about thirty feet. He had better be happy. Alex thought as he turned at the end of the pitch still aching from the fall to come face to face with a bludger that was close to him.
"Potter!" He heard Matt yell and turned in time to see Matt throwing his beater's bat at him, and he easily caught it and aimed carefully before hitting the offending bludger. Matt had now gotten to Alex to retrieve his bat as they both heard a wonderful announcement by Cicilia.
"And Gryffindor's top Chaser, Potter, has just been knocked off his broom by a bludger from… Potter? I guess Alex can also double as a Beater…"
Alex smiled, then he saw the score and was frowning again. He flew up to the Slytherin goal posts and crossed his arms in a 't' and waited for his captain to call a timeout. The seven of them all gathered at the feet of the goal posts, generally looking unhappy, the most of which being Alex. Arnie talked first, "It's not as bad as it seems, we can catch up."
"Catch up? Are you kidding me?" Alex almost yelled, "We're down two hundred and thirty to… twenty-five? How did you get five points? I didn't even know that was possible."
"They're pity points, but we don't know why the other team gave them to us." Frank Batil said.
"We got them because they pity us. You're all pathetic, now I'm going to end this before we disgrace ourselves any further, got it?" Alex growled.
The rest of the team just nodded and the game was resumed. Alex flew straight up until he was far above the rest, though he noticed Mabb was staying close. He saw the snitch quickly, it was on the side of the field Mabb was closest to so he sped down to the side of the pitch opposite of them with Mabb in pursuit. When he was ready he did something lose to a back flip to change direction quickly and found the snitch again. He stretched out his hand as he got closer and-
"Alex Potter has caught the snitch, but Slytherin is still behind, so GRIFFINDOR WINS!" Cicilia yelled over the crowd. Alex silently landed and gave the snitch to Madam Hooch and stalked off to the locker rooms to get changed. Just as he finished and was about to leave the rest of the team came in.
"Hey Alex, we need to tell you something." Arnie said as the team perched around him as he finished tying his shoe, "We just had a short team meeting on the pitch about what's going wrong and how to fix it. We have a proposition."
"And though some of us aren't exactly fond of it," Damion said, who wasn't quiet about his dislike for the Rebels.
"And it doesn't exactly conform to school rules." Casey offered.
"And though we can't tell any of the teachers." Andy continued.
"We want you to be the Captain." Arnie finished.
Alex blinked and looked from one face to another, all were completely serious, "You want me to be the Slytherin Team Captain? Are you serious?"
"No, I'm Matt, Sirius is your dad's godfather." Matt said smirking.
"That is a lousy and over used joke. You're a disgrace to your father."
"My father's a disgrace without my help."
"So, do you accept our offer?" Arnie asked trying to get the discussion back on topic.
Alex thought a moment and answered, "No one can know, right?"
"Unless we want to forfeit our last game to Hufflepuff, no." Casey said causing the team to shudder at the thought.
"You want me as Captain because you think I can get us to win, right?" Alex asked and was met with nods, "Then I'm in. Truthfully, I like the sound of secretly being the Quidditch Captain."
"To make it more interesting, no one will know until the final match, you can shake the Hufflepuff Captain's hand." Arnie suggested.
"That will throw their team off a bit, but remember, for this to work all practice scheduling will go through Arnie, just get as many as you can."
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Two months later Harry sat down to watch the Slytherin vs. Hufflepuff, but when it came to the Captains shaking hands Arnie Crutch stood to the side and motioned for someone else to move forward. To everyone's surprise Alex was the one to step forward and offer his hand, though he was half surprised the Hufflepuff shook it. Madam Hooch walked over to Crutch and did voice magnifying charms because everyone would want to know what just happened.
"What's going on Crutch?" She asked.
"It's the Captains that shake hands, right?" Crutch answered calmly.
"Yes."
"Then I was letting him."
"Since when has Potter been the Captain?"
"Ten minutes after our last game."
Slytherin went on to win the game by a large enough margin to tie with Gryffindor, which resulted in a sudden death match, Seeker vs. Seeker that Alex won easily, having inherited the quick reflexes of a Seeker from both his maternal and paternal side. Snape attempted to brag about the win for a week, but Harry would just remind him that his son had won, which would annoy Snape so he would stalk off in a bad mood.
As for Jay, he sulked for a month.
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(A/N: This is a scene that takes place during the Summer between Jay's fourth and fifth year that's too short to be on it's own)
"This has certainly been an interesting year." Ginny mused as she and Harry sat on the bench that was about a mile away from the Stump. Jay was off meeting his girlfriend's family, Lil was off with Hugo and Alex was visiting the Malfoy Manor.
"Yeah, I just have a few questions. We know where Jay got his attitude and knack for troublemaking, right?" Harry asked.
"From me, you and growing up near the Marauders."
"And we know where Alex got his Quidditch skills."
"Pretty much the same answer."
"Then where the bloody hell did Lil get her brains, she aced all of her final exams."
Ginny stared at him, "She WHAT?"
"Straight 'E's."
"I agree, she didn't get it from me."
"Or me."
"And definitely not the Marauders," They said in unison. They then decided it wasn't worth worrying about.
(A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews, I wait for about seven for each chapter before I update, that and I find it's better to update when a chapter is finished. While I'm contemplating this and being my brother's pathetic excuse to hang out with his girlfriend and her mom, please review!)