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CHAPTER 12 – QUIDDITCH AND JOKES

All too soon it was time to start the next half of the school year. The best thing about it is that there will be a lot of Quidditch matches, now that the trials were over. Albus and Rose loved the sport, and succeeded in the tryouts and were on the Ravenclaw team. James was the seeker for Ravenclaw, and Rose was one of the keepers. Albus and Scorpius were chasers, and Justin Diggory was one of the beaters. Other students from fourth year and above in Ravenclaw filled up the team, and they had the best Ravenclaw side in centuries. The captain was a fifth year, well respected female, and the team loved her. Katie Bell and her girlfriend, Alicia Spinnet, the Gryffindor coaches, were stunned at the Ravenclaw side, whose coach was none other than the brilliant Cho Chang-Diggory. What amazed the two girls is that the Potters and Weasley girl, and a Malfoy were in Ravenclaw and not their usual houses. The girls were sure that they were going to have Potters and Weasleys on their side, but were stunned that the sorting hat had other ideas. They wondered about Lily and Hugo, and young Katie, whether they will be in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. The thing is when Harry Potter was at school and seeker for Gryffindor, Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup in all of the five years. The side boasted some of the best players in many years – Harry Potter, the Weasley brothers, Wood, and of-course, the trio girls of Katie, Alicia and Angelina. The sixth and seventh years were marked by the return of Voldemort and the war, so the tournaments were cancelled. The next few years after the war, Quidditch was back on and the Cup had different winners each year – Slytherin won the first after the war, but the team gradually dropped. Hufflepuff was a surprise team, winning back-to-back years, Gryffindor won another six years, and Ravenclaw won plenty of Cups, so the best teams during those 19 years were Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. The Cup finals were mostly between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, however, in between those years, Hufflepuff won twice and Slytherin made a few finals, won one and lost the rest. However, no hard feelings arose, as Slytherin also proved that they wanted to change from their dark past and get along with everyone.

Back to the present, Ravenclaw was by far the best team at Hogwarts, and represented Hogwarts in a four-way championship tournament against other continents in the wizarding world. Ravenclaw won two world tournaments. So it is now the second half of the Quidditch Cup and Ravenclaw kept to their winning ways. All too soon, the team was unbeaten, but had to fight Gryffindor in some close encounters. It seems that the teams that have Potters always win. Thankfully, there were no serious casualties, especially when Slytherin was involved. The Slytherin team had some strong players as well, notably, young Flint, and the two girls, Greengrass and Davis (Daphne and Tracey's daughters), and also Zabini's son and daughter. They were not cruel like their parents, and looked for the safety of others during the matches.

The final was due on the last day of school, and Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione decided to take their kids and see the final between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. Draco and Pansy also went to support their son, who was the first Malfoy in the history of Hogwarts to play for Ravenclaw, let alone to be sorted in Ravenclaw house. Even Lucius and Narcissa went to see the game, and they were both welcomed.

Harry made his way to see Katie and Alicia, and they hugged him. Katie said, "Hi Harry, hope all is well. We were shocked that the hat put your children in Ravenclaw, but we are over it. Remember the great times we shared when we won the Cups? Ah those were the days."

They started laughing and George and his wife Angelina also went to see the final. Katie and Alicia jumped and ran to Angelina, hugged and kissed her on the mouth, and they too kissed George on the mouth. George just had his mouth wide open, but Angelina was ok with that. Young Katie was stunned and asked Angelina innocently, "Mummy, do you still love Auntie Katie and Alicia?"

Angelina laughed and said, "Honey, mummy loves Auntie Katie and Auntie Alicia very much. We make love sometimes because we were girlfriends at school before I started to love daddy. He is fine with the fact that Auntie Katie and Auntie Alicia are still close to each other and see each other at times. Those two are so dear to me, and that's why you are named Katie Alicia Weasley."

The adult Katie and Alicia hugged the young girl and kissed her and said, "We are so proud of you sweetie, that your mother named you after us. We really hope you make Gryffindor, but honestly, no pressure love." The kids took a seat next to each other in the area where the professors sat, and the adults also sat next to the professors. McGonagall sat next to Harry and his daughter Lily. She was so fond of young Lily and loved her like a mother. She could not wait to see Lily in her class. Sirius Black sat next to Lupin and Neville Longbottom with Luna. Cho and Cedric sat near Ginny and had small talk, and soon it was a full house. Even Daphne and Blaise sat and interacted with Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, even George and Angelina were surprised to see a very nice change. Needless to say, Quidditch was loved far above a Premier League match, or a cricket game. Young Lily, Hugo and Katie were amazed to see such a live match. They had a muggle television at home and saw a few Premier League games, but this was far more interesting.

Madam Hooch started the game, and a roar was heard among the stands. The houses were mixing with each other, and everyone loved to watch the best players take the air and go at each other, in a nice way. Everyone relaxed and both Ravenclaw and Gryffindor freely scored and replied to each other. At half time it was tied 50-50. Albus and Scorpius scored and assisted for Ravenclaw, while Wood's kids scored for Gryffindor. They players were easily able to dodge bludgers that came their way. The second half started like the first, and the two teams still scored and replied to each other. It would go down to whoever caught the Golden Snitch, the team will win the Cup. You cannot tell which crowd was cheering for which team, the noise was deafening. James Potter was the first to see the Golden Snitch and went after it like a wild animal. The Gryffindor seeker caught on to the reaction but was a little slow. The seeker was a female, but she was a brilliant player and seeker, and won many games and Cups for Gryffindor. They both had small interaction, and James spoke up, "Hey there, we meet again."

The female looked at James and said, "Yes, you are the best, Mr Potter, but I'm getting the snitch this time."

James laughed lightly and replied, "You are very good and quick, but not this time dear." But this was going to be Ravenclaw's match and championship, and after some pressure and trials, James Potter finally caught the snitch and landed on his back with a firm grip, not letting the snitch go. The commentator, Lee, said, "JAMES POTTER HAS CAUGHT THE SNITCH! RAVENCLAW WINS THE MATCH 300-150 AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP CUP! WELL DONE JAMES AND RAVENCLAW!" Everyone cheered, and Sirius Black also cheered James, as James was also named after him. All the professors and honoured guests clapped for the Ravenclaw team as they made a lap in the air. The Gryffindor team was also cheered, as the defeated players bowed to the professors, guests and students from all the houses. There were wild celebrations as the Ravenclaw captain held the Cup for the second time in a row, and the party continued in the common room on the last night of the year.

The final day arrived, and the students had the chance to go to Hogsmead and Honeydukes. They visited George's shop. Katie and Alicia went to see George and Angelina and give them a helping hand. Katie said, "Wow that's a great shop you got there George. I always knew that you and Fred would pull off a stunt during Umbitch's lessons all those years ago, well done." They all had a good laugh and comforted George with the loss of Fred during the war. When George was promoting his new products, it was always he and Fred speaking together and finishing off sentences from each other. He really missed that, but found a soul replacement in his beautiful wife Angelina. She was not as good in joking, but supported George all the way. George was also happy for her to share loving times with Katie and Alicia, and she was happy that at times the four of them would get together and have fun times.

Young Katie was with Hugo and Lily during these times, but they too joked about how mummy and Katie and Alicia love each other. One day, young Katie said to Lily and Hugo, "You know mummy named me after her two best friends and girlfriends?"

Lily laughed and said, "Yeah we know, but do you think they had more than love between them?"

Katie said, "I'm sure of that. Mum is very open, and dad is ok with that. At least it's not with other icky guys, ewww!" They all laughed hard until they wiped away tears from their eyes. Topics like this one was not discussed often because they had great respect for each other. Lily and Hugo said their goodbyes to Uncle George and Auntie Angelina, while young Katie remained with her parents until all the students left and made their way to the Hogwarts Express back to London. Lily and Hugo were thinking about Rose and Albus, and how they were an item together. This did not spread around the school, but was known only among very good and trusted friends. Lily and Hugo could not wait to start school next year, thinking about what they will encounter and learn. They heard great stories from their cousins and were so excited and couldn't wait to go. Lily already had a favourite teacher who she was named after – professor McGonagall. She knew that Minerva is the headmistress, but will the headmistress have a favourite student?