A/N I will take this time to remind you that Harry Potter and the characters in it are all owned by J.K Rowling. Any ocs are all mine though. I hope you like this chapter ^_^.
Chapter seven
The Slytherin Prince
Colin got out of the Hospital Wing and started trying to follow Lily everywhere she went. She went to go research for her charms homework in the library and he would be there. Lily was starting to try and find any excuse to get away from him. It got so bad that she couldn't even go to practice without him watching from the stands before Gwen made him leave because he could have been spying for Gryffindor House.
Lily's first practice had gone fairly well. A few of her fellow teammates didn't seem to thrilled at the thought of having a first year on the team before Gwen explained to them about the circumstances of why Lily was their third chaser. A lot of them already know Rose and were happy with their captain's choice after seeing her protect a few goals.
Lily got along well with the rest of the team even though they were all older than her. None of them treated her differently because of her father's fame and welcomed her into their group. Amanda Smith a brunet in her fourth year and Charles Boot a boy in his fifth who just went by his Sir name Boot, were the other two chasers for the team.
Gwen was the seeker, and the two beaters names were Rolf Swenson and Bill Roberts, Eric's Brother. Rolf and Bill were both in Albus' year. Bill was the spitting image of Eric except older and much more muscular. Rolf had the same body tip as Bill and had hair that closely resembled hay.
Gwen turned out to be a demanding captain. She had them practicing four times a week. Any practice time she could get were spent out on the quidditch pitch. Finally after two months, including Halloween day, on the pitch they got a brake.
"Today we're going to be talking about strategy." Gwen explained when all the team was accounted for in the stands.
"Oh thank God!" Amanda exclaimed with a sigh.
"It's about time!" Rolf commented rolling his eyes at their captain.
Gwen ignored the comments and kept talking as if no one had interrupted her. "As you all know this is my first year as your captain and I want to actually win the house cup for once." she looked around at the nods and mumbled yes'. "So I have been holding off on this meeting to get you all ready for our first game. Now the houses have all got their spots filled, and the list of team members have been given to the captains." she looked in her bag and pulled out seven sheets of parchment and past them around.
Gryffindor Team
Captain & Seeker
James Potter
Chasers
Lucy Weasley
Molly Weasley
Daniel Wood
Beaters
Fred Weasley
Thomas Finnegan
Keeper
Dominique Weasley
Ravenclaw Team
Captain & Seeker
Gwen Izanagi
Chasers
Amanda Smith
Charles Boot
Lily Potter
Beaters
Bill Roberts
Rolf Swenson
Keeper
Rose Weasley
Hufflepuff Team
Captain & Chaser
Conrad Diggory
Other Chasers
Emily Beach
Cassandra Page
Beaters
Jacob Perks
Anthony Bones
Keeper
Terry Finch-Fletchley
Seeker
Lisa Moon
Slytherin Team
Captain & Keeper
Catherin Zambini
Chasers
Marcus Nott
Albus Potter
Tom Flint
Beaters
Justin Goyle
Dean Wilson
Seeker
Scorpius Malfoy
"It's no surprise that Potter's got almost his entire family on his team. No offence." Lily skimmed the paper in her hands and really wasn't that shocked to find that mostly all the Gryffindor team was related to her.
"None taken." Rose replied with a simple shrug.
"Are whole family is used to flying with each other. That's probably why James did that. We have a lot of good quidditch players in are family. James already knows all their strengths, and weaknesses." It felt strange for Lily not to defend her brother, but she knew what this was quidditch. She had to talk about strategy and to beet Gryffindor she would have to think like a Gryffindor. Putting most of the families Gryffindors on the team for his own benefit seemed like something her brother would do.
"I am quite interested to see how your brother does Lily. He is the youngest quidditch player I think to ever captain a team at Hogwarts." Gwen seemed to be talking more to herself then to Lily. "Do you think the Gryffindor team is a threat to us Rose?"
Rose and Lily exchanged glances before she answered their captain. "Well considering Gryffindor's victories in the last few years since James joined the team and my personal experience with most of the players abilities, I'd say yes. The Gryffindors are a threat."
Gwen seemed to still be thinking to herself, and Lily took this opportunity to ask Amanda if she did this often. "Oh yeah. She's always like this when finals come around. She stares off into space for hours thinking about everything we've learned that year." They were talking in low voices, but Gwen seemed to have heard their conversation and was brought back to the present.
"Sorry," she said to all of them with a small smile. "lets not think about the Gryffindors right now. Are first game is against Hufflepuff, so we'll deal with that problem when we get to it. Now, Diggory, has had three years of experience captaining his team, and he's graduating this year, so he'll want to go out with a bang. Last year they almost beat us. So what do we need to do to make sure we don't lose are first match?" She looked around at them all. "Anyone, anyone at all?"
Lily slowly raised her hand not knowing if she was right or not. Gwen seemed to be happy at least one of her players thought they could answer her. "Ah Lily, Please explain to your teammates what is the most logical way to proceed with the Hufflepuff problem."
Lily felt like she was in a classroom. "Well wouldn't the most logical thing to do be to think about what we already know about them? Considering I'm a first year I don't really know anything, but I'm sure all of you do."
"That was the perfect answer Lily. So what do we know about the players guys?" She seemed extremely chipper after that. The team went over all the players strengths and weaknesses and Gwen told them to keep thinking of how to use them to their advantage in the game. The Slytherins were going to practice for the first game against Gryffindor so they went into the locker room to change.
When Lily exited the locker room a few minutes later Slytherins were starting to enter the pitch holding their brooms. Lily noticed that Stephanie was with them, and it looked like she was talking to a tall boy with glasses that barred a striking resemblance to the slender blond girl. According to their body language they appeared to be arguing. Stephanie had her hand on her hips, while the boy kept on folding and unfolding his arms across his chest.
"Hey, ah Lily, you okay?" Rose asked walking up to her from behind. Lily looked over with a confused expression before she realized she had been staring at the pare of apparent relatives.
"Oh, yeah." Lily gave her cousin a reassuring smile. "Do you know who that blond boy is?"
"Which one?"
"The one with the glasses talking to Stephanie Wilson. She's a first year in Slytherin." Lily explained.
Lily and Rose were now staring at the two as they talked. Surprisingly they were so enveloped in their argument they didn't notice any eyes on them. "That's Dean Wilson, he's a year ahead of me. I don't know anything else about him though," Rose brought her attention back to Lily. "and I'm guessing this Stephanie character is the Slytherin Hugo was talking about in McGonagall's office a few weeks ago?" Rose didn't seem to have her brother's ignorant views, so she nodded.
"Any luck so far?" She sounded truly concerned with Lily's problems. That's when Lily finally realized. Rose was best friends with two Slytherins, one of which was her cousin. She had probably had her fair share of house rivalry issues.
"No. I've decided to just do it her way. Not do anything, and see what happens. She apparently doesn't want to talk to me, so I'll not bother her anymore." Rose seemed to be contemplating this for a few seconds.
"Good choice Lil. If she wants to be your friend she'll eventually talk to you, and if she doesn't you'll always have me." The cousins shared a brief hug and started to leave the pitch. Keeping a wide berth from the Slytherins. Stephanie was in the stands across from them when Dean called Lily's name.
"Hey Potter, I need to talk to you." The two girls turned around as the boy started walking in their direction. Stephanie had gotten out of her seat, and was now making her way out of the incredibly high stands.
"Yes." It was clear that he was furious, and it seemed to be pointed at Lily. The boy was now only a few feet away from them.
"I don't want you messing with my sister anymore! You got it?" Lily truly thought that was Stephanie's decision not his, but Rose's ears had turned pink and were slowly changing to red. Lily knew that if Rose was going to blow up and there was nothing she could do to stop it.
"Don't you dare talk to my cousin like that you git!" Rose yelled pointing a demanding finger in the boys face.
"It's okay Rose I understand. My brothers would do the same thing in this situation." She had to at least try to calm her down.
"You're damn right I would." A voice from behind her said. Albus was standing with his arms crossed and a small scowl on his face pointed in Dean's direction.
"Oh Al, I didn't see you there." said the now frightened boy as he tried to act characteristically calm. Lily knew that Al could see past it. A complete dunderhead could, and Al was no dunderhead.
"So Wilson, what do you think gives you the right to threaten my baby sister?" Albus asked calmly, to calmly. His voice was even and his face didn't have a single trace of malignancy to the untrained eye. Lily could see a little flicker in his eyes that shone his true feelings on the matter though. That little loathing spark told her of his protective nature. Albus always seemed to worry and care more about Lily then James did.
Stephanie had finally made it down from the stands and was now catching her breath as the two brothers' conversation seemed to be coming to a close. Dean was mumbling apologies to Al as if he were a god instead of a third year Slytherin that just happened to have the last name Potter. "It's not me you should be apologizing to Wilson. Are sisters' problems are our sisters', and we should not get involved in the situation unless one of them asks for are help." Albus' voice was gentle and polite before his face returned to a sneer. "I know for a fact that your little sister did not ask you to speak to Lily, and I also know that you two had a very loud disagreement in the dungeons about it. Now before you say anything else to me apologize to both of them."
The command was surprisingly effective. The boy turned to his sister and asked for her forgiveness. "You're no longer going to boss me around, or threaten Lily?" Stephanie asked with an eyebrow raised as if she didn't truly believe him.
"No. It's your decision to make, and I won't influence or enforce my opinions on you." It was obvious he had to hold back his anger when Stephanie's face turned into a smug expression.
"Alright then, I forgive you. Now Lily." Stephanie gestured.
Dean gave a tiny sigh before addressing Lily. "I won't interfere with the friendship, or lack there of, between you and my sister." He didn't sound that censer, but Lily actually believed him.
"And." Stephanie prompted. Dean rolled his eyes dramatically at her before continuing.
"And I'm sorry for the way I treated you earlier. I'm just a protective brother when it comes to my only sister."
"Um. Apology accepted I suppose." Lily didn't know what else to say to this bloke who had barely met her, and told her off for trying to befriend his sister before apologizing for it. Albus seemed satisfied though.
"Now, Wilson, I do believe we have a game against the little Gryffindors soon, so ladies we'll see you around." Al was back to his pleasant self and was now walking away in the direction of his team with Dean.
A/N Wow. I finally got a chapter up again. My writers block just vanished this morning. I didn't get all day to write though so I stayed up writing. I wanted this chap to go up tonight so I could start on the seventh. The main plot is coming, just hold on for like a day if I think it's suitable to post. Which reminds me of how late it is. I'm beginning to not be able to type correctly, and my spelling sucks when I'm fully awake. I'm beginning to ramble. I'm sorry. Long story short, I'm probably going to kick myself for posting this tomorrow, but I will fix it if it sucks. I am too tired to focus right now.
2/24/14
A/N I have fixed it. Yes I think I have attempted to fix it before, but my whole story needed a re-do. I haven't changed hardly any of the wording, but I have fixed the spelling mistakes. :)
