Chapter 12: Ravenclaw vs. Gryffindor

"Harry!Over there!No- Over there, you IDIOT! To the right! Y-yeah! NOOO! Oh come on its was so close to you!"cried Ron. He was acting as a fake commentator (a horrible one at that.) It was another match divided into two. Harry, Ginny, and Sirius as the Scarheads. James, Remus, and Nick as the Greatones. Nick decided to join because Ron wanted to commentate for the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor match, and wanted to practice.

Harry, the seeker, was getting distracted by Ron's biased commentating and was getting annoyed by it too.So he screamed,

"Ron! You're not supposed to help!"screamed Harry as he saw the snitch at the Slytherin bleachers.Ron blanched and continued commentating.

"Ginny has the bludger, SMACK!Ohh-that was close.Remus turned right, and he hits the quaffle!Perfect, 10 points to Greatones! James and Nick highfive. Sirius looks angry...Calm down!Oh no! Sirius whacks his beater's stick at Remus.Good dive! It looks like Harry found the snitch! Yes!Hes got it! SCAREHEAD WINS!"

The watching crowd, who where probably wondering where the noise was coming from, laughed at this.Hermione and Lily were doing their potion again so they werent playing.

"Good game, Potter."said Nick as they all landed below.

"Yeah.."said Harry who was lying on the grass now.

Harry most definitley missed playing Quidditch and couldnt help but accept when James started gathering players. The match was getting nearer and nearer. James and the other team were always getting back at the common room later than anyone else. James was also the last to wake, expecially on weekends when practice is 5 hours.Tommorow was the match and everyone was nervous.

The whole month of September was quite stressful too.They were being piled with so much homework that it was hard not to cry when they have four tests a day, and had to excerize control not to run away or "do a Weasley".

Harry and the others decided to come up the tower now, they all made their way.Nick moved to his friends. James was with Remus and Sirius. Harry and Ron walked together.

"Good commentating, Ron."said Harry, trying not to sound sarcastic and laugh.

"Yeah it was."said Ron smiling at the clouds.

"Its hard not to miss Quidditch."said Harry mostly to himself.

"Harry, do you think...Hermione is-"started Ron.

"Avoiding you?"finished Harry.

"Do you?"asked Ron, apprehensive.Harry stared.

"I guess...I mean, you two dont seem to hang out anymore."said Harry.Ron nodded then gripped his hair.

"I miss her...I miss being with her.But we seem to be parting away."said Ron, and when he did let go of his hair it was messy like a haystack.

"I know what you mean."said Harry, thinking of Ginny and seeing her retreating back going to her friends.

"At least you and Ginny are okay now..We are-"said Ron, watching Harry closely.

"- were just parting away." he repeated. Harry looked at him seriously.

"You cant say that.You know shes been busy with the potion...and homework."said Harry, and realized hes been acting the same to Ginny for the past few months.He shrugged the thought off.

"Yes well...I want her to be busy with me."said Ron, and started to grow red for admitting it.

"Mate, your acting too dramatic."said Harry and put his broom in the broom shed.

"Dont tell me."muttered Ron.

They got to the common room 5 minutes later both of them silent trapped in their thoughts.When they got in, Harry decided to turn in for bed.

"Coming?"asked Harry halfheartedly.

"Nahh...Im going to wait."said Ron staring at the crackling fireplace.

"For what?"

"Hermione."

"Okay."

Harry went inside the dorm room, while giving the portrait the password.He saw that James, Remus and Sirus were all bundled on the floor staring at what looked like a map.

"What are you three doing?"asked Harry.

The three jumped.

"Nothing."said James quickly, hiding the map.

"It looks like something to me."said Harry."Why do you have the Marauder's map out?"

"Funny, I forgot he knew about that."said Sirius, grinning.

"Yes well thats all fine and great."said Remus who seemed bored.

"Okay we will tell you our plan...Because you know about the map...and since your Prongs jr."added Sirius.James beamed.

"Plan?What do you three plan to do now?"asked Harry getting too excited.

"Pranks."said Remus matter-of-factly.

"Obviously."

"We are planning in advance."said James."You see...tommorow is the match right?"

"Yeah."said Harry slowly.

"If we win against Ravenclaw we become lead."said Sirius.

"So what?"asked Harry.

"Slytherin then wins against Hufflepuff, obviously."said James.

"Yeah."

"That means, Gryffindor and Slytherin battle for the cup again."said Sirius.

"The usual."added Remus, bored still.

"What does that got to do with pranks?"asked Harry, not knowing where its going.

"When its Gryffindor versus Slytherin, everyone would be at the field.EVEN the teachers."said Sirius wagging his eyebrows.

"Oh no.You wouldnt-"said Harry, realizing instantly.

"Yes we would."said James laughing.

"We are going inside the Slytherin common room and going to turn EVERYTHING pink or magenta, which is more er- pretty."said Sirius, bursting into hysterics as he pretended to flip his hair.

"Nothing new in our time of course.But here its new."said James.

"How're you going to do it?"said Harry excitedly.

"You see, we found out some girl in Slytherin has a crush on Sirius.So on our next Hogsmead trip (which I heard was a week before the match, by the way.), he asks her out.Then gets the password out of her..."said James proudly.

"Sealed with a kiss."added Sirius.They all laughed so hard their stomaches hurt.

"Slytherins hate pink you see."said Remus when they calmed down.

"Pansy Parkinson does like pink."said Harry remembering her lurid pink gown at the Yule Ball that looked horrible with her hair, not to mention her whole face.

"Who?"they all said.

"Never mind."said Harry quickly.

"Well, our plan is in motion..."said Sirius with a wave of his hand like a baton.

"MISCHIEF MANAGED."said James with a flourish.

Harry woke up with someone or something frantically scrammbling and seemed to be making a lot of noise.And it seemed to he was not the only one who got woken up all of a sudden.He didnt want to open his eyes.But then he heared Hermione shout,

"James! Nick is calling you! He said assembly in uhmm...5 minutes!"

Then he heared Sirius moving too.Harry opened his eyes.James was still in his pajamas looking slightly hysterical.

"Nobody woke me...I cant find the brooms!"he said.

"You idiot.Its in the broom sheds."muttered Remus who looked as if he just woken up too, because his eyes were red.

"Oh yeah!"then he dashed out of the room half-dressed, without a shirt and his top half of the quidditch uniform dangling on his neck.

When he disappeared out of the room, Sirius yawned.

"Should I even ask?"said Hermione and Lily at the same tme.

"No, dont."

When they were all dressed they went down for breakfast to find it only half-full than the normal.They guessed that most probably, they were all at the Quiddicth pitch already.As they say down, surprisingly news arrived faster than it did too.

"You wouldnt believe this."said Ginny, who looked angry at the piece of paper in her hands.Harry took it, and obviously she tore it from the Gryffindor notice board.

The notice read this:

ATTENTION STUDENTS.

Due to the circumstances that happened last year, exams are postponed.We are hopping that current students will make way to the 7th years (from last years, current graduates.), so thay they would achieve their N.E.W.Ts on April-May.They will be staying in their quarters.

Signed:

Minerva Mcgonagall Professor Kingsley Shacklebot
Headmistress Deputy Headmaster

Harry stared on the page, shocked for quite some time.Then Ron snatched it, read it in top speed and looked over the Slytherin table, Harry knew they were thinking on the same lines.

"Whats wrong?"asked Lily.

"Draco Malfoy, thats whats wrong."said Harry tonelessly.

"Well, we have five months to kill."said Sirius.

"What are you talking about?We hate him."said Ron, his ears red.

"I mean, you idiot, five months to prepare for him.And make a plot...Im just kidding."added Sirius when he saw Lily and Hermione glaring at him.

"I dont belive it though, I cant wait to see Parvati and Lavander again."said Hermione.

"No Lavanders for me."muttered Ron, Hermione giggled.

"Dean and Seamus, and Neville too!I cant wait."said Hermione happily.

Harry, who still looked angry sniffed.

"I know Malfoy is going to be there, but he will probably be more decent because you saved his life..."said Hermione.

Harry snorted.

"Sure he will."

An awkward silence followed, punctured by the clacking of knives and forks.Then,

"Lets get going."said Remus.

They went out to the Quiddicth pitch, and as soon as they got there, the air of the stadium drained away the sadness almost instantly.The players were in uniforms, on the grass, Harry spotted Nick checking the air.Then James, who waved at them.They waved back.

As they sat down, Harry realized he was never on the stands in a Gryffindor game, and it was unusual for him to be sitting there, not in his uniform or clutching his firebolt everyone's eyes on him and his hands trembling, his heart beating faster than the usual.

But there he was, doing something he never done his whole life.There he was, watching a Gryffindor game, cheering them on.Ron saw Harry's face and realized instantly.

"I know, its probably weird for you.But remember you once watched a game."reminded Ron.

Of course, thought Harry.but I never exactly finished it did I?

Harry once watched a match, because he was banned from playing Quidditch on his 5th year.But he was pulled away by Hagrid, and he never done it ever again.

Then the first whistle sounded.Madam Hootch was standing in the middle of the field her Silver hair shining in the sun.Her left boot was atop a huge brown box.That was the Quiddicth items.It contained the Quaffle, the Bludger, the Beater sticks, and the golden snitch.

The players mounted the brooms, and the crowd roared.Gryffindor was in Gold and Red.Ravenclaw, Blue and Silver.

"Why arent you commentating again?"asked Sirius, who looked happy with the decision.

"Luna is commentating."

Then a dreamy voice started to say,

"On the Gryffindor side, thats Bell, captain.Coote, Peakes, Robins, Creevey, and Weasley...Hi GINNY!and err- Potter! Not Harry, mind you."

Mcgonagall shook her head and sighed.Then she started saying the Ravenclaw players, saying something to them each name.Harry laughed, it was so like Luna Lovegood.

Madame Hootch's eyes lingered for a few minutes at James, then without further ado, she blew her whistle and the players touched down on the ground, circling the stadium and measuring the opposing team.

"Now, I want a nice, clean game all of you."she said.Harry saw Bell wring his hands at Ravenclaw captain Bradley, succesor of Davies.

Then another whistle, this time louder and Harry's face numbed because of the cold.He could hear Luna commentating,

"So, Im betting you guys remember the Loser's Lurgy?-"

After hearing Luna's words, Harry knew it was useless to listen, so he craned his head at the players.It was like watching a pingpong match with the quaffle.

Ginny was pretty good at aiming at the hoops.Nick was being as fierce as usual and kept on yelling orders at Coote and Peakes to hit their beater's sticks at the Ravenclaw beaters.

Then Harry spotted James, being tailed by a Ravenclaw seeker, who looked unfamiliar to Harry.But he was particularly cleaver mainly because he was riding the usual Comet Two Sixty.

James' cleansweep zoomed at the Slytherin stands followed by the jeers and catcalls of the Slytherin team.

Then Harry saw what James couldn't see.With his expert Quiddicth lensed eyes, he could see the Snitch, floating, 5 inches from the ground.Harry nudged Ron who was laughing at something Luna said.

"What?"said Ron sligthly annoyed.

"Cant you see it?"asked Harry impatiently.

"What?"repeated Ron, getting excited.

"THE GOLDEN SNITCH!"cried Harry pointing at the snitch still hanging about the ground.

Heads turned to Harry's direction.Then all eyes followed Harry's hands.Luna, who was about 4 bleachers away from Harry seemed to have heared and started saying,

"What is that golden thing floating at the ground?It seems ex-seeker of Gryffindor, Harry Potter has found something both seekers havent."

More staring.Harry wanted to disappear, and saw James' head turn a fleeting second at Harry then sped to the ground searching rapidly.

Karter, who was the Ravenclaw seeker, followed and tailed James, but it was no use.New determination made James speedier.

Harry looked at the others and saw them gape at James.When he looked back,James was sprawled eagle-like on his broom and a second later, the snitch was in his hand with a triumphant grin.

"and…Gryffindor WINS!"cried Luna's voice.

Next thing they knew they were jumping of the bleachers and hugging and shaking James.Nick was grinning and was lying on the ground breathing smiling as Mcgonagall glared at him.

"So…Party at the Gryffindor common room!"said a voice. They turned around and saw Kingsley winking at them.

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