DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER.
CHAPTER 7: Sheer Dumb Luck
It was a sunny day in Hogwarts and you could hear the loud noises coming from the crowd in the Quidditch pitch. They were cheering for their respective houses' teams as the players of the two houses were flying scattered in the pitch and trying to outplay their rival house.
"Ten points to Slytherin! Nice pass by Goldsmith!" announced by the speaker on the megaphone.
"Time out of fifteen minutes - called by the Gryffindor team," the speaker announced.
The Slytherin team was ahead of ninety points over the Gryffindor team. There were mix chorus of boos and cheers from the crowd. Wide grins could be seen among the faces of Slytherins as compared to the anxious expressions wore by the Gryffindors.
No matter what ploys the Gryffindor team executed they were often beaten by the Slytherins courtesy of Selina Goldsmith the new Slytherin team Chaser.
"You don't seem enthusiastic today Sirius. Are you under the weather?" teased by Selina as they were on their brooms waiting for Mr. Brokenwing, the Hogwarts Quidditch Referee, to throw the quaffle in the air.
"Wait for James to catch the Golden Snitch, Selina" he answered – of course with his charismatic smile, as always.
"We'll see then." replied by Selina.
Mr. Brokenwing had blown the whistle as the signal for the game to resume.
Quaffle had thrown in the air and was grabbed by a Gryffindor Chaser.
Quaffle was passed to Sirius.
Sirius flew towards the goal post.
Bludger was beaten to his direction by a Slytherin Beater.
Sirius effortlessly avoided the bludger.
Selina on his right side trying to steal the quaffle.
Sirius passed the quaffle over his shoulder to his fellow Chaser flying behind him.
As the Gryffindor Chaser raised the quaffle to throw it to the goal post, Selina who had seen the plan from the moment Sirius passed the quaffle, though the actions of the Gryffindor team was fast, she stopped and turned her direction instead towards the Gryffindor Chaser and snatched the quaffle in the air on time as the opposing team's Chaser threw the quaffle to the goal post.
The loud cheer of Slytherins became much louder as Selina flew to the opposite goal with incredible speed and dashed in a zigzag motion to avoid the attacks of the Gryffindor Chasers at the same time.
Selina maneuvered her broom to flip over splendidly to avoid the bludger.
She made a motion to throw the quaffle to the middle goal.
Gryffindor Keeper saw her move and positioned himself immediately to the middle goal to block the quaffle but Selina faked it and turned fast to the right pole instead as she threw the quaffle.
"Ten points to Slytherin! Nice trick by Selina again!" announced by the speaker.
The Slytherins as well as some students from the other three houses were cheering on her. If there would be a "Star of the Game" award, it would be awarded to her. This was her first game to play Quidditch as a Chaser but she already gained a lot of fans from the four houses.
As the Gryffindor Keeper threw the quaffle to Sirius the voice of the speaker was heard again.
"ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR!"
"JAMES POTTER CAUGHT THE GOLDEN SNITCH!"
"GRYFFINDOR WINS!" announced by the speaker.
"What the...?" Selina stopped and saw James Potter waving the Golden Snitch in his hand. Gryffindors' mood skyrocketed. They were all yelling and cheering for their team's victory while Slytherins' high expectations plunged down. The whole Slytherin house was glaring at James and at the Gryffindor crowd with hatred and repulsion.
"Bloody Potter!" she murmered as she shook her head smiling.
"I told you." teased by Sirius shrugging.
"Because of sheer dumb luck, Sirius. Tell James till we play again." she said and left the pitch together with her team
My first title for this chapter was "BLOODY POTTER!" but I changed it for I thought it would give you idea how the game had ended. I wanted the title to be discreet so as not to give you hint which house won. Did you happen to like the outcome? Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Thank you for reading.
