The first Quiddich match of the season took place on the following Saturday after Hallowe'en and Gryffindor faced off against the Ravenclaw side whose team was rumoured to be the best the House had ever produced.
"Welcome to the first match of the season" boomed an excited Hufflepuff speaker "I'm your commentator Caratacus Kyde and here come the teams.
At this Hugo and his friends watched excitedly as the Gryffindor team swept out into the middle of the pitch
"Weasley, Thomas, Potter, Devlin, Waters, Potter and O'Riordan"
The crowd cheered franticslly waving their flags and scarves into the air their breath appearing like dragon smoke in the chilly morning. Hugo cheered eyeing his sister riding on her Cleansweep, beside him Bilius waved a flag with UP GRYFFINDOR scrawled in gold writing against a red backdrop, Martin's face had red and gold paint smeared over it like an Apache warrior and Gary was screaming Gryffindor at the top of his lungs while waving his scarf in the air.
The Ravenclaw team flew over next and joined the Gryffindors in the middle of the pitch
"Boot, Gilliam, Duggan, Conroy, MacDougal, Kershaw and Oakey".
The Ravenclaw crowd roared their cheers rivaling the sound of the Gryffindors.
"Here comes Proffessor Wood with the balls...the Snitch is away...and there's the Quaffle.
There was a flurry of red and blue as the two teams fought over the Quaffle until Devlin a Gryffindor Chaser emerged and tore towards the Ravenclaw Keeper.
Devlin passes to Thomas who narrowly avoids a Bludger hit by Beater Kershaw and throws it to Albus Potter" roared Kyde "Good score he roared ten points to Gryffindor".
The crowd gave a mighty cheer when the Quaffle soared passed Boot and flew straight through the middle hoop.
The Quaffle is back in play, good dodge by Duggan who passes to Gilliam...ouch that must have hurt" winced Kyde when James smashed a Bludger straight into the Ravenclaw Chaser's side.
"It's back to Potter, who passes to Thomas who scores another ten points or Gryffindor with a cracking shot into the right hoop.
"Boot hits the Quaffle out straight to Conroy who is darting through the Gryffindors..watch your head," Kyde cried as a Bludger skimmed past the top of Conroy's head
"Gilliam has the Quaffle he takes a shot...and what a brilliant save by Weasley".
Hugo cheered louder than ever when he saw his sister kick the Quaffle away from the centre hoop but couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy that he wasn't allowed play Quiddich until next year,
"Next year I'll get on the team" he vowed to himself.
Hugo turned his attention back to the game and heard Kyde roar "Great save by Boot" as one of Albus' shots was easily blocked.
A tiny flutter of gold flew past Hugo's head and he heard Bilius exclaim next to him
"There's the Snitch".
The Gryffindor Seeker O'Riordan spotted the Snitch too as he took off after it and about ten seconds later Ravenclaw Seeker Oakey was hot on his heels.
"The Seekers have spotted the Golden Snitch" boomed Kyde his voice more excited than it normally was.
Gryffindor scored twice more and Ravenclaw once more by the time that the Snitch had been caught.
It was only about four feet above the ground at the time and since Oakey was so hot on O'Riordan's tail they crashed and in the confusion O'Riordan manged to catch the Snitch.
Professor Wood blew the whistle and Kyde screamed "Kevin O'Riordan has caught the Golden Snitch, Gryffindor win, Final score 190-10".
"I thought they were supposed to be a challenge" teased Martin as they exited the Quiddich grounds, however by the time they had reached the outside Rose, James and Albus were waiting there for him with Lily.
"I'll catch up with you guys later" he said tearing towards his cousins.
"Where were you Lily" he asked immediately even before congratulating his sister and cousins which was not lost on James at all "Not even a you did great" he scowled before a wide grin burst onto his face.
"I was with mum and dad" Lily answered "They came to see Albus play his first game" and no sooner had the words escaped her lips did his Aunt Ginny and Uncle Harry emerge from the pitch behind him.
"Congratulations Albus" his mother beamed giving him a big hug "You did great" , his father smiled fromear to ear and started congratulating him on his scoring.
"Not even a you did great" James repeated this time with a note of bitteness in his voice.
After having a short conversation with his Aunt and Uncle about how he was finding Hogwarts and Quiddich Hugo returned to his friends who were sitting in the Great Hall drinking from goblets of pumpkin juice.
"I heard the game was good" Fiona greeted Hugo and Lily when they sat down either side of her, "These two" she continued pointing at Bilius and Martin won't shut up about it the mouthy gits".
Gary just giggled at this and pumpkin juice came out his nose.
Hugo saw the Quiddich teams file into the room and take their seats at their House tables, Rose however wasn't among the Gryffindor team and five minutes later she finally arrived arguing with Scorpis Malfoy like she always was. As they passed Hugo could hear Malfoy trying to get a rise out of his sister
"..it wasn't that great of a save, I could have done better and I'm a Beater" he laughed.
"Joined at the hip they are, I'm surprised they aren't married by now"came a voice next to Hugo which sartled him.
Whipping around to see who it was he met his cousin James sitting next to him on the bench still in his Quiddich robes and eyeing Rose and Malfoy as they walked away.
"Honestly though they are way too close, they may not be going out but..." James trailed off his displeasure of Malfoy evident.
"I doubt she'd go out with him" Hugo tried to reassure him "Our dad would hit the roof and not come down 'til Christmas".
When the atmosphere became to uncomfortable to bear Hugo left the Great Hall with Fiona who also looked uncomfortable since all the talk was about how great Gryffindor were.
"Are you okay" she asked concerned "I thought you'd be over the moon today".
Hugo scrunched up his face and tried not to sound like an ass when he explained that he felt uncomfortable when his cousin got really moody.
"What do we do now?" Fiona shrugged clearly not wanting to listen to the merits of being a Gryffindor any longer,
"How about you teach me how to play that Muggle sport, we never got around to it last time", Hugo suggested.
"Brilliant I'll just get my Hurley and Sliotar and I'll teach you everything I know...I'll see you later" she waved and Hugo stood alone in the Entrance Hall, waiting.
AN-Hi everybody I hope I was able to portray Quiddich decently, I scanned the way it was done in the books for help but I don't think I'll be a great sport commentator anytime soon but thanks for reading and I hope to have the next chapter out tomorrow.