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Two weeks after the big talk in the library, it was time for the first Quidditch game of the year.
As I was raised in the Muggle world, I had no idea what Quidditch was. I heard Danus and Marius obsessing over the fact that the first game was in a few days and asked them what it was. That earned me a look from them that made me fear that they would kill me. So they sat me down and explained everything to me.
It was a game played on broomsticks. There were seven players on each team. Three of those were the Chasers, two were the Beaters, one was the Keeper and the last one was the Seeker. The Chasers threw a red ball called the Quaffle to each other and tried to put it in a hoop, which earned its team ten points. The Keeper's job was to keep the Quaffle from entering the hoops. The Beaters hit two black balls, the Bludgers, with bats, trying to make them miss the players from their team and knock the others off their brooms. Last but not least, the Seeker searched for a flying a gold ball known as the Snitch. The one who caught it ended the game and gave his team 150 points.
I had to admit that it sounded really cool. The boys adored it and said that they would surely try out for the team next year, because first years weren't allowed. Zaria was also a huge fan, but Janet wouldn't be seen on a broomstick by anyone any time soon.
We had had flying lessons not too long ago. She most certainly didn't want to ride the broom and almost fell off. I, on the other hand, found it very entertaining. I loved the feeling of soaring through the air and flying around. Madam Hooch said that I was an excellent flyer. I decided that maybe I would give the team a shot next year too.
Even Mel loved Quidditch. Turns out that all of those years at the orphanage she had been trying to play it without all the flying and that had been strange game she played with all those balls.
Our friendship was coming back ever since the day at the library. I guess I was beginning to forgive her, and spending that time with her had definitely helped. I was happy, I finally realised that I had missed her all this time. Sure, Janet and everyone else were awesome, but I had known Mel my whole life. I was starting to be more like me now that we were on good terms again.
Neither of our Houses were playing today though. The game was between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. We did however know someone from the Hufflepuff team. Teddy played Seeker. This was his first match. Mel wanted to sit with me, so that we could cheer him up. But my other friends also wanted me to sit with them.
"So, who are you supporting?" I asked at the breakfast table.
"Ravenclaw, of course," Dominic answered "There's no way I'm supporting Hufflepuff."
"Me too," Zaria agreed. And then everyone else said the same. I felt kind of bad, because I was actually supporting Hufflepuff. But I told them that I agreed, so we wouldn't have complications.
"They have a new Seeker this year," Marius said.
Janet snorted. "I know," she said "The Lupin boy. Honestly, I don't know who in their senses would pick him."
"But then again, their Captain is Sarah Grace," Dominic told her "She's a Mudblood. She isn't in her senses."
Danus almost choked on his pumpkin juice in laughter. We laughed softly. I felt bad at first, thinking that maybe I was laughing at Teddy, but then I realised that I was laughing at Sarah Grace. The Great Hall was beginning to empty, as students went to the match. "Will you escort me to the game, my lady?" Danus asked Zaria as he got up, offering her his hand.
"Why of course," she answered and took it. Danus kissed her hand and then they linked arms. We laughed at them.
We were about to leave when Mel came. Her hair was yellow with black streaks in it, the Hufflepuff colours. This wasn't going to go well, I could tell. "Danny, are you coming?" she asked me.
"You're going to the match with Andrews?" Janet asked me.
"Yeah," I answered, a bit anxious "I though why not?"
The blond girl looked at me in disbelief. Everyone else looked as shocked. I thought that maybe I hadn't used the right words or had said something wrong. But suddenly, I didn't mind that Mel was my friend. It didn't matter that my other friends didn't like her, she has been my best friend for years, and I couldn't forget about that because they don't like her. I looked at her, and she seemed quite surprised herself, almost as if she didn't expect me to say what I had said.
We left, leaving the Slytherins behind. Mel looked so happy. She kept talking to me about everything that had happened to her ever since we got to Hogwarts. She must be glad to have me back too. She led me to some seats. Next to us sat a boy and a girl. The boy had light brown hair and green eyes, and the girl had shoulder length dirty blond hair and light brown eyes. I recognised them as too of Teddy's friends from Hufflepuff.
Mel introduced them as Liam and Charlotte. They were nice. They talked to me, even though I was a Slytherin and I thought that maybe my friends had been overreacting when they talked so badly about Hufflepuff, because Teddy, Liam and Charlotte were all very nice. Charlotte said that there was a fourth person in the group, Rey, but she was playing in the team as Keeper.
"Hello everyone and welcome to this year's first Quidditch match," a boy's voice said. It was the one who narrated the game. I looked up and saw him with a microphone sitting with the teachers. Professor McGonagall seemed to be watching him wearily, afraid he might say something he shouldn't say. I recognised him as Ed Boyd, the Gryffindor third year I had ran into in the bathroom last month.
"Today's match, Ravenclaw versus Hufflepuff," Ed said into the microphone "Let's give them a round of applaud." We all clapped as they flew into the court. Mel pointed out Teddy, who was dressed in yellow robes, like the rest of his team. Then, Liam found Rey.
"Both teams have seven players," Ed said as the players flew around "For the Hufflepuff team, we have Captain Sarah Grace, Chasers Kate Velca, Timothy Wesby and Hamish Tresh, Beaters are Sarah Grace and Dahlia Isha, Keeper Rey White and Seeker Teddy Lupin." The Hufflepuffs and everyone who supported Hufflepuff clapped loudly. "Go Teddy!" Mel, Liam and I shouted, Charlotte doing the same, before shouting for Rey too.
"Now, the Ravenclaw team," said Ed "Captain Tarazet Cobsworth, Chasers Bella Middlestone, Sophia Redger and Emily Swan, Beaters…" The Gryffindor announced the names of the Ravenclaw team exactly as he had the ones of the Hufflepuff team. When he was done, the two teams landed and the two Captains, Sarah and Tarazet, shook hands. Madam Hooch told them that they should play nice and fair and then they flew up again. They were hovering a little above the ground. Madam Hooch opened a box and released the two Bludgers, which started flying into the air. She then let out a tiny golden ball, the Snitch, which fluttered away and I lost sight of it. Lastly, she threw the Quaffle into the air and the game began.
"Wesby has the Quaffle," Ed said "He passes it to Velca. She is moving towards the Ravenclaw side. Middlestone has caught up with her. Velca passes the Quaffle back to Wesby. Middlestone almost caught it. Wesby is now close to the hoops. Oh, that was close. He just dodged a Bludger thrown by Ferbail. Nice mark Ferbail. Wesby throws the Quaffle to Tresh, but Swan leaps up and catches it."
Hamish Tresh looked disappointed he didn't catch the ball. The other Chasers flew towards where Swan was to try and reclaim the Quaffle. Sarah Grace shot a Bludger at her to slow her down, but missed. Swan was searching for her co players, to pass them the Quaffle, seeing that she was surrounded. Redger was catching up, but Velca was faster. She flew right into Swan and managed to get her to drop the Quaffle. Tresh caught it and started flying back towards the Ravenclaw hoops. He gave it to the other Chasers who kept passing it to each other until Wesby was in front of the hoops and threw it. It went through the hoop. We clapped.
All of this time, Teddy and the Ravenclaw seeker, Charles Butler, were hovering above the ground and everyone else. They must be looking for the Snitch. I was wondering how they were going to find it, it was pretty invisible.
When I looked back down at the match, Ravenclaw had the Quaffle and were zooming towards Rey. She was in a defensive position, prepared to block the enemies. Middlestone was in possession of the Quaffle. When she thought she was close enough, she threw it at Rey. But Rey flew right in front of the ball and grabbed it. We started clapping and Charlotte screamed "Rey you're awesome!" I swear I saw Teddy looking down and giving her a thumbs up.
"Keeper White now has the Quaffle," Ed said "She throws it to Velca. Velca catches it. She is moving towards Cobsworth and now she passes it to Tresh. But Tresh is being hunted by Redger. She leans towards him. Wow, great manoeuvre from Tresh who succeeded in avoiding the enemy. But Redger isn't giving up. She's getting closer again. She'd getting closer. She's almost there. She's only millimetres away from him. And… ow! Redger was just hit by a Bludger fired by Dahlia Isha. That girl's got style. I'm gonna marry you Dahlia." Dahlia turned to Ed and rolled her eyes at him as McGonagall appeared to be scolding him.
"Sorry, Professor," Ed continued "Apparently proposing isn't allowed. So what did I miss? Alright. Ravenclaw has the Quaffle now. Professor Kettleburry says that Swan stole it again, but this time from Wesby. Swan's good at stealing things. Is that why she stole Bryan Yester's heart?"
I suppose that Ed just mentioned her boyfriend. Swan was quite older than me. She must be a sixth year. I had to admit though that she was kind of pretty. She has short ginger hair, as long as mine, and hazel eyes. She seemed to blush at the comment, without losing concentration from what she was doing. If my eyes didn't deceive me, a boy from the Ravenclaw stands was also blushing. Possibly Bryan Yester.
Swan took the Quaffle all the way to Rey. She was being pursued, but the Beaters from her team were successfully aiming Bludgers at them. Luckily they all dodged them. Redger still looked like shit. I could see her with Madam Pomfrey. Swan aimed for the right, so Rey leaned towards the right. But then Swan threw the Quaffle to the left and Rey didn't have enough time to change where she was. The Quaffle went right through the hoop. The Ravenclaws started clapping madly. Rey looked a bit defeated. "It's okay!" Liam shouted to her. That gave her a small smile.
"The score is 10-10," Ed said "Both teams are tied."
During the next ten minutes, Velca scored another three points for Hufflepuff and Wesby scored another two. Tresh looked quite anxious. He was a new member of the team, even though he was a fourth year, according to Liam. Ravenclaw had scored another three points. It was now obvious that Hufflepuff had the lead, and I hoped Teddy would be the one to catch the Snitch.
And then something happened. Just as Sarah Grace threw a Bludger at Middlestone, Teddy dived. Charles Butler followed him. Suddenly, the whole audience was watching them. I soon saw it, a small golden speck just visible fluttering near the ground. Butler looked like he was going to get there first, but then the Snitch flew away.
This time Charlotte saw it and pointed it out to us. It was hovering just by Ed's microphone. 'Well,' I thought 'This ought to be funny!' Ed and the professors had no idea and hadn't noticed. Ed was now talking about the point Middlestone scored and the Bludger that had just hit Dahlia Isha, too busy to notice the small golden ball that was fluttering beside him.
Butler was still looking for the Snitch, but Teddy beat him to it. In a matter of seconds, he was zooming through the air towards the stand. It took Butler a moment to realise that the Hufflepuff Seeker was after the Snitch, but he finally did. He was flying on his broomstick, trying to reach Teddy, but just wasn't fast enough.
Teddy reached the stand and Ed screamed. The crowd burst out laughing but then quieted down when Teddy held up his hand, a golden ball, still fluttering, grasped in it.
Madam Hooch blew her whistle. "The game is over," she announced "Hufflepuff wins!"
Me, Mel, Liam and Charlotte got up from our seats clapping. The rest of the Hufflepuffs and many others did the same, calling out to the players. Said players landed and hugged each other happily. Timothy Wesby and Hamish Tresh lifted Teddy onto their shoulders. I laughed a bit at the look of horror on his face when they almost dropped him.
We met him and Rey as soon as they were out of the changing rooms. We congratulated them on their victory and they thanked us. Rey is really nice too. She said that they were going to have a party in the Hufflepuff common room to celebrate and invited me and Mel as well. I didn't know what to say. Mel spoke for me, saying that we would definitely go.
My friends confronted me when I went to my common room before going to the party. They demanded why I had been with Andrews and the Hufflepuffs, so I told them the truth. It strangely felt good. I told them that Mel and I have been friends for years, leaving out the orphanage part, and that we had had an argument before coming to Hogwarts and now it was sorted out. They looked pretty stunned. "Well, you seem crazy when it comes to friendship," Janet told me and then smiled "But then you must be crazy for befriending me too."
"Yeah, me too," Dominic agreed, chuckling. This day was going so great. I watched my first ever Quidditch match and I loved it, I met Teddy's awesome friends, I hung out with Mel, I hung out with my other friends, my friends accepted my friendship with Mel and then I went to my first wizarding party.
So at the party, some sixth years, including Chaser Timothy Wesby, brought something called butterbeer. Mel and Liam advised me to stay away from it for the time being. I met Sarah Grace and she was really sweet and so nice. I forgot she was a Mudblood and just talked to her. Sure, at first she was a bit weird, because I was a Slytherin, but everyone was and they ended up talking to me. All in all it was great.
As I talked to Sarah though, I wondered why my friends would tell me that we are better than Mudbloods if Sarah and some other ones I met there were so nice.
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