So yeah. I felt bad for leaving you guys saying I had all those chapters ready, but I'm just gonna have a massive upload right now =) seriously, it'll be around eight chapters...so hold on to your heels, cause this is only the start!

Cody's POV

Noah and Courtney were lucky Filch was in a good mood. They were punished on Monday cleaning all the school tropheys. What a perplexing punishment...

Right then, everyone thought of something else: the Quidditch match. We were playing against Slytherin. Whoever won would go to the final against Gryffindor or Hufflepuff (oh, what the heck, everyone assumed it would be Gryffindor). Still, we were quite afraid of that match. Slytherins were bad, sneaky, jerks and unfair. In one word: EVIL. And, to my good sake, Slytherin's seeker was none other than Duncan.

There were also two other third graders in the team: Eva as a beater (no wonder...) and Geoff as a chaser.

We were all glad Filch hadn't thought of punishing Noah and Courtney without playing today's match. Truth be told, they did most of the chasing work. Oscar was fairly good, but not as half as good as them.

And, let's go back to me. I was quite wobbly. Well, actually, I was quite wobbly. My legs felt like jelly. What would I do against a guy like Duncan? He was strong and had muscles. I was skinny and my only good quality was agility, and probably I was fast. Duh, I was probably not passing this match with all my bones in their right places. I felt Gwen pat my back.

"It's okay, Cody," she said "You'll do it fine. Remember, seeking is not about strength, but agility."

I smiled at her weakly. Great. Now the girl I was crushing on needed to cheer me up. I was so doomed.

We stepped into the pitch where I was bound to carry my team to loserville. And therefore, all the Ravenclaws would hate me until sixth grade.

I hate pressure.

Miss Hooch blew her whistle, so everyone else flew up to their positions. Duncan and I stood in the floor.

"Prepare to loose," Duncan scoffed.

I just glared at him and dashed away with my Tinderblast.

Our team was pretty good. It'd been half an hour of the match and we were winning 120 - 60. However, Geoff and the other two Slytherin chasers were pretty good too, and the keeper, a boy taking his NEWTs that year, was, truth be told, awesome. But not as good as Michael.

I looked through the stadium, seeking for the golden tiny ball. Nope. Nowhere to be seen. I glanced at Duncan, who watched the others play absently. He was probably expecting me to do all the work.

I knew I could do something. It had nothing to do with the game, but I thought I'd enjoy doing it. Besides, I could possibly find the Snitch on my way there.

I stormed to the Slytherin tower. Immediatly, Duncan started following me. When I was inches away from the tower, I abruptly maneuvered and changed direction. Too bad Duncan didn't notice and crashed into the tower. Then, to pretend I hadn't meant it, I flew away, pretending to squint the stadium, although I had to try my best not to burst out in laughter.

Duncan was temporarily off the game. The new seeker, a boy called Zach Brant, wasn't as half as good as him. I smiled: that idea had pretty much made my day.

Gwen's POV

I reckon Cody's idea was pretty good. As a beater, I had to be looking at all my six teammates at once. Luckily, Helen Ibbotson offered to take care about the other guys so I could defend my friends. Which statically means I saved Noah's life 12 times and 14 Courtney's. Cody however, hadn't been attacked by the bludger yet. But it would be to come, I tell you.

But if the ball came to me, I was sure he'd be there to throw it away, even if it meant getting himself on the deadly ball's way. I didn't understand why he was so protective. It was really sweet from him, but I couldn't see him as half as protective to Courtney. It was kinda cute. And the way he'd fought against Trent...it couldn't be a regular dude problem. It had to be something else. Cody wasn't this type of boy who goes around punching at everyone. He must have had a very, very good reason to act like he did. I mean, punch and hook Trent, then cast a Desmaius on him...that couldn't have a childish reasoning. Sometimes Cody seemed too childish, but he was mature enough to think stuff before doing it. And he was so peaceful, sweet, nice, smart...I could list dozens of good qualities Cody had.

I shook my head. I'd let my brain drift away, and I'd almost missed a bludger to Courtney. When it was just about to hit her broom, I gave it a shot with my bat, which sent it flying out of the stadium.

"You're not focused!" I heard Courtney yell.

I sighed. That was true. What was happening? I tried to focus on the match as much as I could.

I squinted the sky. I knew Cody would be far above us, lost between the fog. Had he seen the snitch? Was he just wasting time to make Zach dizzy with his flighting? I didn't know. I was relieved to see him ripping the air with his Tinderblast. He'd found the snitch! Now we could do nothing but wait for him to catch it. I seriously didn't think Zach would, mainly because he was still wandering around, only a couple of yards away from me. I crossed my fingers for Cody to find the snitch.

I saw the bludger flying up. It would hit Cody! I flew up quickly and squinted to see Cody's brown hair or his dark blue clothes. I finally saw him, only around a foot away from the snitch. The bludger was approaching him, and if I didn't stop it, it would hit him and he would never get the snitch, so I grabbed my bat and hit the crazy ball as hard as I could.

Cody turned to look at me, just after he grabbed the snitch. No one had seen him, though. It was so cloudy we couldn't be seen by our schoolmates.

"Gwen?" he asked, squinting in the fog.

"Yeah," I said "I just saved your butt, possibly. And Ravenclaw's too."

I found this situation a bit awkward. We were both alone in the middle of a fog, riding our brooms, without no one knowing we'd won the match already. I thought of telling him to fly down, but something inside me prevented me from doing so.

"So, um..." I stammered "Good job."

Cody rubbed the back of his head, holding his broom with his other hand.

"Yeah...thanks, by the way. If it hadn't been for you...we'd lost."

"Hey, you always save me, so I thought of giving it back."

Even in the fog, I could see Cody's cheeks turn red.

"Do I...really protect you that much?" he asked shyly.

"Well, yeah," I said, but quickly added, "but it's okay with me. You know, I like having someone around me. It makes me feel safe."

Cody shrugged his shoulders, attempting to seem cool, "So, yeah. Well, we're... friends after all."

I nodded. That was pretty weird. Having a conversation in the middle of a fog.

"I've been wondering," I started "Why did you hit Trent? I think you said something, but I couldn't hear it."

I saw him gaze down, and I could also see his now fevery red cheeks.

"It was...nothing," he lied "he just acted a bit too cool."

"I know," I agreed "he's such a jerk. But I can't blame him for not liking me."

"Neither could I," Cody mused.

I eyed him suspiciously. Until then, I hadn't noticed we'd been there for over ten minutes now.

"Hey, I think you should go back," I said "You know, so everyone sees the snitch and all. Party, you know."

"Oh...yeah," Cody seemed to snap off a trance "Sure. I'll go down and show everyone the snitch."

He started flying down, and I followed him. When everyone saw him showing off the snitch, Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws started roaring and cheering, while Slytherins just glared at him and Zach angrily, who just shrug his shoulders.

"You did it Cody!" Courtney cheered, now in the ground.

"It was all Gwen's job," Cody said modestly "if it hadn't been for her, I'd be shattered into tiny bones in the ground right now."

I laughed, "It was nothing. You're the best seeker."

"And that's why we're gonna win the Quidditch Tournament this year!" Michael cried happily.