Heyy! This is a kinda fast-paced chapter, so I hope you still enjoy it. Read and review!

Iron Man.

Harry felt excited when the team was ready. He stepped out onto the pitch, hand in hand with Ginny. The stadium roared to life, seeing it for the first time was amazing, but seeing it with a large crowd cheering and waving was something else entirely. The stadium was by no means full, but you could still sense the atmosphere inside. Everyone wanted a good game to open the season.

"Give them a good show." Harry whispered to Ginny. She nodded.

"Captains, shake hands." Harry hadn't seen Madame Hooch in so long, but he didn't have time for a catch up. Ginny shook hands with the Hufflepuff Captain, and everyone took to the air. Harry waited for the release of the Quaffle, his heart thumping in his chest, when suddenly, he heard a familiar voice from the commentary box.

"Here we are, the first game in the Severus Snape Memorial Stadium!" Lee Jordan's voice boomed out across the stands. "Keep your eyes on the new Gryffindor Captain, Ginny Weasley! I know I will, she has grown up nicely." This earned Lee a few cheers, and a furious glare from Harry. This didn't stop Lee though, "and she's riding a Firebolt! Maybe if I dated Harry..."

Harry let the crowd laugh and waited for the Quaffle to be tossed. The second it left Madame Hooch's fingers, Harry yelled to Coote. With terrifying accuracy, Coote sent a Bludger thundering towards the commentary box. Lee managed to roll out of the way with only seconds to spare. Flustered, Lee recovered and decided not to throw anymore jibes Harry's way.

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The game started out badly for Gryffindor. Coote's hit towards Lee Jordan resulted in Hufflepuff earning a penalty with only 4 seconds played. They immediately went 10-0 up, and Gryffindor couldn't make a decent play afterwards. With 20 minutes played, there was no sign of the Snitch, and Hufflepuff were leading 120-70. Harry searched frantically for the little golden ball that would save him the embarrassment of losing the opening match.

Ginny flew up beside him when they were down 170-70. "This can't go on, anymore goals from them and soon a Snitch grab won't save us. I need you to stop circling overhead, and start taking the Quaffle."

"But Ginny-"

"I know!" She cut him off, "but obviously whatever they were doing in training while we were busy scouting the Slytherin Keeper, has paid off. Im running out of options Harry, the Snitch isn't here and we need the points. Get down there and start playing Chaser."

Harry did what he was told. For the remainder of the game, Ginny wasn't his girlfriend, she was his Captain. He did whatever she asked of him. He started off uneasily, and wasn't helped by Lee Jordan. "It seems Potter has given up all hope of catching the Snitch and- hang on, whats he doing with the Quaffle?"

Determined not to let Lee Jordan win, Harry intercepted a cross from Hufflepuff and made his way towards the left hoop, faked a shot, and crossed to Demelza Robins who fired a rocket through the middle hoop. This gained them 10 points but they were still too far behind Huffflepuff. This time Harry grabbed the Quaffle and dived towards the pitch. Then he weaved through each post, to confuse the Hufflepuff Chasers tailing him, and lobbed a high ball to Ginny, who threw it easily through the right hoop.

This good play didn't last long though. The Hufflepuff Beater Harry had scouted for the Hogwarts team, hit a Bludger which knocked Demelza Robins off her broom, taking away the advantage of having Harry playing Chaser. It got worse still, the same Beater took out another Gryffindor Chaser, leaving just Harry and Ginny playing at the hoops. Hufflepuff were up 240-90, a Snitch grab would end the game in a tie, which seemed the best result Gryffindor could hope for.

Then astonishingly, Peakes made the best play of the match. He hit a Bludger with a huge amount of power, which collided mid-air with the Quaffle and sent it spiralling into the left hoop. This was short-lived however, Coote committed a foul, giving Hufflepuff a penalty. Gryffindor could only stand and watch, if their keeper missed they would lose their only real chance of winning.

The stadium was silent, until Lee Jordan spoke. "The Hufflepuff Captain has come forward to take the penalty, Gryffindor must be feeling very tense right now." Then Harry spotted it. The Golden Snitch was lazily circling the pitch below. "You can feel the anticipation as Madame Hooch hands over the Quaffle, a goal here would surely end Gryffindor."

"Ginny you need to score!" Harry hissed. She could obviously hear the urgency, mixed with excitement, in his voice for she suddenly looked sharp, and awake. The Hufflepuff Captain made his way to the hoops agonisingly slowly, he faked left and threw right. Harry didn't wait to see the result, he could here a loud roar as he dived towards the Snitch. No doubt Hufflepuff were celebrating.

Lee Jordan's voice rang out again, "Ginny Weasley with the Quaffle now, she makes it past the Hufflepuff Chaser's, now she has a Bludger to contend with, she speeds past it! That Firebolt surely helped out there!" Harry could almost grab the Snitch, but he needed Ginny to score, and the Snitch was speeding up now. "Weasley is coming up on the hoops fast, with Hufflepuff hot on her tail. Coote takes out a Hufflepuff Chaser with a missile from the other side of the pitch!" Lee was getting incredibly excited with this passage of play.

"Weasley scores for Gryffindor!" Cheers rang out across the stadium, and Harry put the hammer down to catch up with the Snitch. "Hufflepuff are frantic now, look at them charging forward! Potter has seen the Snitch, the Hufflepuff Seeker is too far away! Hufflepuff desperate for a goal now, here they come! They've just the Keeper to beat!" Harry's heart was pounding, he needed to get the Snitch. He had his hand outstretched, inches from the little golden ball. "Saved! Gryffindor could win it now! Harry Potter, inches from glory," Harry was in a dive, the ground coming up fast, he had his hand nearly around the ball, "He's done it! Harry Potter has caught the Snitch!"

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The Gryffindor fans went insane. Harry pulled out his dive and turned around, to almost collide with Ginny. Before they could talk though, a high pitched squeal emitted from the commentary box. "would you believe it!? Down by 140 points, Gryffindor win 260-240!" So the Keeper had saved the penalty after all, the cheers had been from Gryffindor. "What a heroic performance, possibly the best comeback I've ever witnessed, and definitely the biggest upset Hogwarts has ever seen! Gryffindor save the penalty, Ginny Weasley scores with an assistance from Coote, Harry Potter grabs the Snitch, and who can forget Jimmy Peakes's amazing goal with the Bludger that made it all possible!"

"We gave them a show Harry." Ginny whispered in his ear, not able to find any words to reply with, wolf whistles escaped the crowd as Harry leaned over and kissed her. "Well, we definitely have now!" She exclaimed, turning a little red as she looked at the crowd.

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"Harry Potter!" A voice exclaimed behind him as he left the locker room. "Wonderful match young man, wonderful! That dive for the Snitch took my breath away." He turned to Ginny, "you must be the Captain that led Gryffindor to glory, excellent tactic you employed, having Harry act as Chaser. It's not often you see that type of creativity."

"Eh, thank you," Ginny replied, "who might you be? If you don't mind me asking."

"Not at all," the man replied enthusiastically, "Gregory Rookwood, Manager of the Chudley Cannons." Ginny flinched at the name but made no comment. "I have come to speak to you, because I want to offer you both a place on the Chudley Cannons starting team."

"You want us to play for the Cannons?" Harry was only mildly intrigued, he had heard stories about how bad a team the Cannons were.

"Yes," the man replied, "many of our players will likely retire soon, and no big star wants to sign for the Cannons. Its difficult you see, the owners want big changes, they want to win the league. But I can't win the league with the current team, and the Holyhead Harpies are signing all the best players. We need something to re-energise the team, and to stop more sponsors from abandoning us. I think the two of you are the fast, creative players we need. You work well together, have brilliant strategies and aren't afraid of a challenge."

He was really trying to win them over. Harry felt sympathy towards the man, he had a team that was failing to win games, and he couldn't find anyone willing to sign for them. Harry had never considered trying to become a professional Quidditch player, he had always planned to become an Auror. It was an appealing career choice, although Harry wasn't sure the Cannons would be his first pick of teams to play for. He was also certain Ginny would rather play for the Holyhead Harpies, he wished Ron had been given the offer, then an idea hit him. "Can we take a few days to think it over?" Harry asked, "it will affect our lives quite a bit, and we have school too."

"Absolutely," the man replied, though Harry sensed he had lost hope. "You can get back to me once you have made your decision. We won't actually have you play till you've finished school, but if you choose to join us, we can schedule a meeting to negotiate your contracts, payment etc."

"I know someone who would join you in a heartbeat," Harry quickly put in. The man raised an eyebrow, "his name's Ronald Weasley, young lad, great Keeper, huge fan of the Cannons. The only problem is, he's currently in Australia, he could be there a while. Send him an owl though, he'd be delighted to try out for you when he gets back."

"Thank you Harry, I shall look into it." Gregory Rookwood gave them a smile and left, leaving Harry and Ginny to ponder a shocking move to sign for the Cannons.