A Word from the Author: Hello everyone, this is jediclonecowgirl, with a new chapter of "Legacy of Windy II". This time it goes to Quidditch tryouts and stuff, that follows up. I will put up much to delay the big reveal of Remus secret. It will not happen, until the end. Now…let's get started.
Remus returned a few days afterwards, apologized for the stuff he had said about the others and they all went back to being friends. This weekend the big day came: Quidditch tryouts. Lily had been looking foreward to this and she had put her name and the ones of Sirius and James down at the first opportunity she had had. Still…nothing could stop them from beig nervous…even at breakfast.
"C'mon guys, you gotta eat something, or you will fall of your broom, when only a slight breeze comes.", Remus tried to encourage them.
Remus was only trying to be nice and Lily knew that, but that didn't change anything. Her stomach was knotted like a tight rope and the certainly did not know, how she was supposed to get the big bowl of porridge down. Remus tried all kinds of begging and threatening, while Peter was caught up having breakfast of his own.
"I don't think I will be able to keep anything down. I will more likely vomit on Brick Jordan's Quidditch boots.", Lily sighed miserably.
"Morning sickness eh? Ugh…I am the right one talking.", Sirius mumbled.
Regulus passed the Gryffindor table, as he entered the hall with Lovegood, then stopped and turned to Sirius.
"Good luck Sirius. I know you will make it.", he almost rasped.
"Will you two come?", Sirius asked, turning his head to Regulus and Lovegood.
"C'mon…I'm sure you won't come down with anything, when we go and see the Gryffindor tryouts.", Regulus said to Lovegood.
"Okay…but take this.", Lovegood said in an airly voice, reaching into his robe pocket.
He revealed something, that looked like a bracelet. The tags at it suspiciously looked like snake teeth. He put it on Regulus's wrist.
"Keep it. I have another one. It will keep you save from Limbies…heared they are allover the Quidditch pitch.", Lovegood said.
As he had said this, Lily knew, that this Lovegood guy was the oddest person, she had ever met. Lily knew quite a lot about magical creatures, she had been playing with the thought to learn more about them, since there was a subject for it at Hogwarts, but she had never heared of those "Limbies" before. She looking questioningly in Regulus's direction. He returned it with a look, that obviously said "Better don't ask.".
"Think we'll go now.", Lovegood said and skipped off.
"What are Limbies?", Sirius asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No idea…", Regulus whispered and then went off after Lovegood.
"Odd guy…", James murmured.
They weren't that nervous anymore and managed to get their breakfast down their throats now. Afterwards they went off to the Quidditch pitch. Remus was obviously glad, that he had managed to get Lily, Sirius and James to eat, so they would not have to try out with growling stomachs. Soon they arrived at the pitch. Remus and Peter disappeared off to the stands and Lily could see Regulus and Lovegood on the Ravenclaw stands. Lily could see the endlessness of the pitch. The sky so wide and blue, as if everything, that was good and right wanted to give them the perfect tryout conditions.
"Wow…", Lily murmured.
"Marvellous, isn't it?", James smiled.
Almost everyone from every year had come. They were the only second years. Except for them there were everyone from the years above them. From third years, who stared up in the sky with racing brooms of all kinds in their hands and mixed expressions on their faces to seventh years, who attemted to make everyone nervous with their superior flying skills. Even though…Lily did not want to give those seventh years the satisfaction. Then Brick Jordan came onto the pitch. He all wished them good morning and then ordered them to split up in groups of ten to fly around the pitch. Now there was one thing important for Lily: to stand out from the crowd. The first group was mostly made of third years, who didn't seem, like they had ever flown before. They were steering their brooms so shakingly, that they looked like they would fall off any minute. Brick Jordan aborted the show, as one girl bumped into one of the goalposts. The second group was full of girls, who obviously couldn't keep their adoring eyes off Brick Jordan.
"WATCH OUT YOU'RE FLYING INTO THE STANDS!", Brick Jordan yelled then, as one readheaded girl almost crashed into the Ravenclaw stands, where Regulus and Lovegood were sitting.
The redhead could break, before something horrible happened, but Brick shooed them all off the pitch. It was just like in these American girl movies Petunia loved so much. The sports captain had half the girls entire school swooning over him. The girls disappeared off to the stands. The third group had a mass crash halfway around the pitch and the fourth group was made from Ravenclaws. Brick Jordan already seemed annoyed.
"If ANYONE ELSE is here, who's NOT from Gryffindor, leave now please!", he yelled.
Lily had no idea, what the reason of those Ravenclaws had been to go to the Quidditch tryouts of another house, but they dashed off the pitch laughing.
"Black, Evans, Potter, Tabber, Vice.", Brick Jordan ordered then, along with five others.
Lily grasped her Nimbus broom tighter in her hand and got a confident wink from James, as she mounted it. Soon she was up in the air again. It was even better, then on their Quidditch glade at Godric's Hollow. Lily, James and Sirius let their brooms twirl, as they flew and giggled through it. Lily smiled, as they landed again. It was the rush of adrenaline, that Lily loved so much, when it came to flying and Quidditch, but that was not the only reason, she wanted to make the team. Then there were the real tryouts. Brick Jordan was testing them on the positions, they wanted to play. Sirius was not the only one trying out for beater, but he flew everyone into the shadows, as it came to choosing the beaters. Even the seventh years. Brick Jordan had no other choice. He gave him the post. James was the only one trying out for seeker, but he caught the flying golden ball in a matter of seconds.
"The seeker post goes to James Potter!", Brick yelled over the entire pitch, but then he had to sort out an argument, with the denied beaters.
"It is my final decision and, if you do not get outta the way for the keepers right now, I'll hex you!", he warned them, after a few minutes.
Keepers. The post Lily was carving. Only one other person, who wanted to try out. A fifth year. A mousy brown headed boy. When it came to size and shape, he reminded Lily a bit of Remus…only without the scars and the dark bags under his eyes…and the tierd look in them. She smacked herself on the back of the head slightly, so she could focus again. She did not want thoughts about Remus to catch her off-guard. Not today. Not now.
"One went past him. Four for Tabber. Okay Evans you turn!", Brick Jordan yelled.
Like last year at the Sorting, Lily in- and exhaled sharply. Then she mounted her broom and flew up to the goalposts. The first chaser Mary MacDonald, a fourth year with blond hair, came flying with the Quaffle under her arm. She aimed, but Lily managed to block the Quaffle, with her head. It had become kind of a speciality of hers. The next one, Alice Ginger, a third year girl with brown hair, came and tried, but Lily managed to kick the Quaffle away. It went that way, until she had blocked the fourth shot. Frank Longbottom, the only male chaser on the Gryffindor team, came speeding towards Lily, like a canonball. Frank Longbottom really knew his tricks…and he was good. Really good. Lily braced herself and then went into blocking position. She managed to grasp the Quaffle into her hands, but fell off her broom in the process. She heared someone bellow a spell and then landed softly in the sand near the posts. The next thing she saw was Brick Jordan standing over her, with a drawn wand. It was quite obvious, that he had done the spell, that had made her land so softly. She was still grasping the Quaffle into her hands.
"I'll take you in, but promise, that you do not ever do this again. Clear Evans?", Jordan asked.
"Clear. Thanks.", Lily whispered, before Brick Jordan helped her to her feet.
"The keeper post goes to Lily Evans!", Brick bellowed allover the pitch.
James and Sirius made their way towards Lily and Remus and Peter were along with them too. James and Sirius both hugged Lily fiercely. Partly, because they had all made the team and partly, because Lily was alright. Then she went around and gave Peter and Remus a hug too. They walked back to the castle arm in arm. They talked, joked and giggled about the most senseless stuff. Lily disappeared off into the library to do homework, as soon as she had gotten her stuff at Gryffindor tower, promising the boys, that they would go out to celebrate tonight, but as soon as she had sat down at the library, Mary and Alice sat down with her.
"Hey keeper girl.", Alice said.
"Hey.", Mary greeted.
"Hello…", Lily sighed.
"What do you want?", she added quickly.
"Hey…can't we congradulate our new keeper for making it? Nice stunt you pulled on the pitch.", Alice complimented.
"Wasn't really purposely. Good that the captain was there.", Lily murmured and smiled slightly.
"I think Brick has got a soft spot for you…", Mary suddenly said.
"Yeah…me too, if you know what I mean…", Alice added and grinned slightly.
"Shut it…", Lily growled.
"Hey…", Alice shot back, pretending to be hurt.
"Yeah…it's really cool, if you are sitting and the library, wanting to study, while three stupid girls of the Gryffindor Quidditch team sit one meter away from you, gushing about boys.", an annoyed voice, then Jacky Moon left the library.
"As if you weren't gushing about Remus, with your friends…oh…that reminds me…you got no friends!", Lily almost yelled, earning herself an angry look from Madam Pince, the libririan of Hogwarts.
"Is this girl your dormmate or something?", Alice asked and Lily nodded sadly.
"My sympathies…", Alice whispered.
"She always runs after my friend Remus, like she is a puppy!", Lily whispered.
"R-really?", Mary stammered.
"Yeah…but she doesn't seem to care, that he is not interested in her!", Lily said chuckling.
Later this day Lily had gotten done her homework for Herbology and was writing home.
Dear Mum and Dad.
I made it! I'm in! I'M KEEPER! It was a really close call and, if it hadn't been for the captain of our team, I maybe would've winded up in hospital wing. James and Sirius are in too. James is seeker and Sirius is beater. James is now Gryffindor's most important player. The older ones will probably make a fuss over him. It's always like this, when the seeker is young and doesn't captain the team. Long deal…Regulus was there to watch tryouts. I think I never told you properly about him. Well…Regulus is Sirius's younger brother and he is also going against the ways of the Blacks, but in his own way. Not really cut out for Slytherin or Gryffindor. He's a Ravenclaw. I like him, even though he is still a bit insecure around all of us, except Sirius…well would be a bit weird around his elder brother. First game is soon, but well…we haven't even joined team practise yet. The others on the team are older then us, but quite okay. The two female chasers Mary and Alice are quite nice…I think we could be good friends. Gonna end now. The boys are expecting me. I miss you guys a lot and I don't really know, if I will be over for Christmas yet. Still gotta concider. Story's quite long…many weird events.
Lily
This night the boys and Lily were sitting on the Astronomy tower. It was their favourite place, when they weren't there for class, since you could talk there good and have a good view onto the nighttime sky around Hogwarts. They were all drawing at the map of Hogwarts, they had started in their first year. They had already gotten done, with the first floor, a few secret passageways and the ground floor, but this was basically all they had for now. There were still so many passageways, that still needed discovering.
"Guys…why couldn't we have just stayed in the boys dorm. We also wouldn't have been disturbed there. Why did we have to go up here, when we have to get up at the butt-crack of dawn tomorrow?", Remus asked.
"He's actually right boys…it's cold up here.", Lily mumbled.
Peter, Sirius and James agreed, since they were freezing too. It hadn't been a good idea to go out today. The end of October was approaching at Hogwarts and the five friends were making prank plans for Halloween. Still…the cold was crawling over the grounds and entering the castle and another kind of cold would show itself soon enough.
Ending Word: Well…this was the tenth chapter. This time you will also see all the Quidditch matches, since they play in them. HAHA…I hope you'll leave some reviews behind, before you try out for Quidditch again and a big thank you to all of you, who already have left reviews. Now all I have left to say is bye, bye and mischief managed.
