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The Gryffindor versus Slytherin quidditch match was to be held today. Excited murmurs and whispers could be heard throughout the Great Hall.
"Nervous ?" Hadrian asked his brother and Sirius as they had breakfast,
James shook his head, eating his sausages.
Frank Longbottom laughed. "Who wouldn't be. This is against Slytherin, I think the whole of Gryffindor has been dying to wipe the smirks of their ugly faces since they keep bragging about how they are going to win both the House and Qudditch cup this year."
It was true. Slytherin had been boasting about coming in top for Quidditch this year for the past week.
Frank Longbottom was a fourth year Gryffindor who was a good friend of James and his friends. He was a warm person, who had kind brown eyes and black hair. He was clumsy too. Rather like Neville, Hadrian thought fondly.
"Besides," Frank continued. "Besides betting on who will win, there have even been betting pools on how many times Slytherin will play dirty for this match, just to bash Gryffindor."
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Hadrian sat beside Sarah, and with the other first years on the stands on the Quidditch pitch. There were Gryffindor flags and banners being waved in the air, while opposite of them, was the Slytherin stands, where a sea of green and silver could be seen.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Gryffindor quidditch team! Chasers,James Potter,
Carmen Phoenix, Dawn Abney, Keeper, Curtis Mclaggen, Beaters, Sirius Black, Timothy Justin, Captain and Seeker, Alexander Robbins." Remus was commentating for the match.
Cheers could be heard from the Gryffindor stands. Some could be heard from the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw stands too while there were loud boos from the Slytherins.
The Gryffindor Quidditch team flew out and around the stands, before they landed on the middle of the pitch.
"And now, I present to you, the Slytherin team!" Remus exclaimed before he listed out the names and the Slytherin team came flying out. Cheers erupted from the green and silver stands while some boos could be heard from other places.
After the Slytherin team had landed on the pitch opposite of the Gryffindor team, Madam Mills, their current flying instructor made the team captains shake hands, though it seemed as if each captain was trying to pull the hand off the other party's shoulder.
Madam Mills muttered a few words as she opened a chest and freed all the Quidditch balls except for the Quaffle, which she held in her hand. A few moments later, she threw it high up, and both teams took off.
"And they are off!" Remus spoke into the megaphone. "Nice catch by Abney, who takes possession of the Quaffle, Bole sends a Bludger her way, Abney ducks, nice swerve! the Quaffle gets past Slytherin keeper, GRYFFINDOR SCORE!"
Defeaning cheers and screams erupted, followed by boos from the Slytherins. Hadrian waved his hands wildly in the air and Sarah cheered. Lewis gave Hadrian a five.
"Rosier takes the Quaffle, passes to Mulciber. Mulciber drops the Quaffle as Black sends a Bludger his way, Potter catches the Quaffle, dodges Slytherin chasers, Slytherin keeper almost blocks Quaffle, GRYFFINDOR SCORES AGAIN. 20 to 0!"
There were cheers and screams again. Ten minutes later and the score was thirty to zero for Gryffindor to Slytherin. Another fifteen minutes and it was forty to zero.
To spoil Gryffindor's early lead, the Slytherins started to play dirty. Carmen Phoenix was sent flying off course and dropped the Quaffle as Bole's beater's bat headed her way. Bole claimed that it was a 'slip of hand'. Rosier "accidentally" pushed Abney out of the way and she almost fell off her broom as he snatched the Quaffle from her . A furious Madam Mills gave Gryffindor two penalties, though Gryffindor only scored once. Hadrian heard James swear so badly that he was sure that by the look on Mcgonagall's face, she was itching to scourgify his mouth.
"After that idiotic and blockhead Rosier's foul-" "Remus!" Mcgonagall exclaimed. "Sorry Professor, after that moron's foul-" Remus said. Hadrian had to laugh, he never expected that Remus would actually do something like Lee Jordan.
Slytherin started catching up, soon making the score fifty to fourty. Another twenty minutes and after James had scored twice and the Slytherin Chaser had scored once, it was seventy to fifty
"Black hits bludger towards Slytherin Chaser, has the seekers spotted the snitch?"
Excited murmurs could be heard from the crowd as Hadrian's eyes followed the direction Robbins was flying in, with the Slytherin seeker not far behind him. Being a seeker himself in his past life, Hadrian quickly spotted the fleck of gold which Robbins was gaining on.
Afraid that Robbins would catch the snitch, the Slytherin beaters both found the bludger said and sent them in his direction.
"Both Slytherin beaters send bludgers to Gryffindor seeker's way. Black manages to hit one towards another direction while Robbins has to slow down as he dodges other bludger. Slytherin seeker catches up. Both seekers are neck to neck as they gain on the snitch."
Everyone watched with bated breath.
"Robbins catches the snitch! GRYFFINDOR WINS!" Hadrian smiled as he stood up with the other Gryffindors and cheered wildly with them. The Gryffindor team flew wildly around the pitch as they pumped their fists into the air. Groans and moans could be heard from the Slytherin stands.
"Come on people!" Frank shouted from near the top of the stands, "Party in the common room!"
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The celebratory party that night was a blast.
Music blasted around the common room as everyone danced. Butterbeers and pumpkin juice filled the tables, along with pastries and sweets. James had told Hadrian that they had gotten it from the kitchens, and had at the same time told him that all he had to do was tickle the pear to get in. Hadrian smiled to himself. He knew that already, but it was nice that his brother would tell him.
"Awesome! First match and we made Slytherin lose so badly!" James said. Sirius nodded as he passed the butter beer around. "Wonder what the look on Malfoy's face is like now. Must look pretty ugly since he's usually sneering, but he can't do so now since his house just lost to us."
Hadrian shook his head at the both of them as he went off to find his fellow dormates.
"Hadrian!" Lewis grinned. "Butterbeer tastes great! I can't wait to go to Hogsmeade in third year! Have some chocolate frogs by the way." He put two into Hadrian's hand. "Quidditch is great!" Bryson Hopkirk added. "I want to try out next year!"
They chatted for awhile about Quidditch before Hadrian excused himself and went to grab a treacle tart. He waved at Sarah who was talking with some other friends. Sarsh smiled back before she came over.
"Enjoying the party?" Hadrian asked as he passed her a treacle tart. She took it and nodded her head. "It's brilliant. And wow, butter beer is great! Where do you get it from?"
"The kitchens. But we get it mostly from Hogsmeade, we have to wait until third year though." Hadrian said. "Third years and above are allowed to visit Hogsmeade on the weekends."
"The kitchens?" Sarah's blue eyes went wide.
Hadrian nodded. "That's where all the food comes from. Only a few students know how to get in. They serve all kinds of pastries. I'll take you there sometime."
Sarah's eyes held a spark of excitement in them.
"Great!' She said.
Sirius and his friends came up to them and Peter went to get a cauldron cake from the table.
"Hello guys." Sirius said. "Too bad we couldn't get bottles of fire whiskey on the menu. Mcgonagall would have a fit if she saw ten bottles of fire whiskey on the table. Then she stopped the party immediately." He pouted, before grinning. "But she wouldn't be able to see one bottle." He said as he took a small bottle of firewhiskey that had been shrunk from under his robes, before making it return to its normal size,
"Sirius!" Remus looked scandalized. "We are too young for fire whiskey."
"Who says?" Sirius said. "Fire whiskey is just right for us."
"Hadrian and Sarah are only eleven. And we are only thirteen!"
"Johnathan from fifth year tried fire whiskey in the kitchens when he was thirteen!"
"And ran headfirst into the suits of armour!"
Sirius grinned. "Come on, a little fire whiskey won't hurt."
"Leave us out of this Sirius. We are too young to be drinking that, and so are you." Hadrian said as Sarha nodded.
Sirius pouted, but nodded. "Fine."
"Give that here mate, I'll pop it open. Who knows if you'll spray us all with whats inside the moment you open it." James said as he took the bottle from Sirius.
However, before James could open the bottle, it was levitated out of his hands by Lily Evans, who had come up to them.
"Ahh, Evans." James said pleasantly. "Come join us for a celebratory drink."
Lily narrowed her green eyes. "What were you thinking James Potter? Firewhiskey?"
"A little bit of it." James grinned at her.
"You could have gotten drunk."
"So you care about me! I knew it!" James said happily.
Lily rolled her eyes and made an exasperated sound. "No! Gryffindor tower couldn't stand a drunk toerag like you! And it definitely can't stand a drunk Black too! Who knows, maybe you two will parade around and try getting into the girls dormitory!"
"Evans! Come on. We are all in the mood for celebrating,"
Lily ignored him, and waved her wand, clearing the bottle of its contents.
Sirius groaned, and James smacked his forehead. "That's a good bottle of firewhiskey gone to waste."
"It's better than two drunk idiots in Gryffindor tower." Hadrian muttered under his breath.
James and Sirius glared at him.
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A/N hoped you liked it :)