Chapter 14
The 1st Game of the Season
Our first game of the season was on 0ctober 14th vs. Hufflepuff. At 10:00 we headed to the pitch for a last one hour practice then at 2:00 we headed back to begin the game.
"Now, remember everything we've talked about," Cho said to us, "your practices were good, and I think everyone will do great," We nodded.
"Okay, now good luck to you all," she said smiling, "Now: let's go kick some ass!" We grinned and nodded and headed out to the pitch. All of the sudden, I started getting butterflies in my stomach. What if we lost?? What if I got hit in the head by a bludger? People got broken jaws in this game. Once I heard from Fred that someone had died in this game. What if I got a concussion or something bad like that? Or worse, died? What would George do without me? These were the thoughts running through my head. Cheryl sensed my nervousness.
"Nervous for your first game?" she asked. I nodded. She grinned.
"You'll do great," she said reassuringly, "Cho wouldn't have chosen you if she thought you couldn't handle it," I smiled weakly. Somehow, that still didn't make me confident. I was scared that I would get majorly hurt. We mounted our brooms and headed out to the pitch. Madam Hooch was in the middle with the box of balls. She let the bludgers out and then the golden snitch. Then, Madam Hooch raised the Quaffle in the air and the game finally began.
Sean took possession of the Quaffle then passed to Cheryl which got intercepted by Heidi Macovoy. I tackled her and got it back, passing to Cheryl and then back to Sean. He rode up to the goal posts and shot but missed and Hufflepuff had the Quaffle. Heidi sped past on her broom and I went right after her. She passed to Ursula Brenning and then Cheryl intercepted.
"Rina!" she called, passing. I sped to the goal hoops and shot at the top net.
"Ravenclaw scores!" Cormac Mclaggen, the commentator announced, "Lead 10 nothing!"
"Wahoo Rina!" Giovanna called from her keeper's post. I smiled and then kept playing. Sean scored again for us and then Heidi got one in for Hufflepuff. That was the bad part. From there on, Hufflepuff kept scoring again and again. They were winning and that strongly pissed me off.
After half an hour, the score was 40 30, 30 being Ravenclaw. We had to win this game! If we wanted a shot at the cup, we had to! I grabbed the Quaffle from Loraine Mugherns, the other Hufflepuff chaser and passed to Sean who passed to Cheryl and then me. Cheryl got ahead of me so I passed to her while ducking a bludger. She passed back to Sean and then he rode up to the goal hoops and shot. He missed and the keeper caught it. But luckily, I was there and intercepted the keeper's pass to Ursula and then shot at the net.
"Another 10 points for Ravenclaw, scored by the only person in the last 10 years to skip a year; Karina Rookworth, who is very good-looking as-,"
"MCLAGGEN!" McGonagall shouted.
"Sorry Professor,"
"Honestly, I thought that we finally got rid of Jordan," There was an eruption of laughs from the crowd. Lee Jordan had been the commentator for Quidditch last year and spent the whole time saying how nice the girl players were. McGonagall was so annoyed with him.
"She's seen the snitch!" Someone called all of the sudden. I looked around and I saw Cho chasing a small golden ball around the stadium. The Hufflepuff Seeker, Jared Fletcher, went after her and they seemed to body slam each other. I turned back to the pitch to see the Quaffle flying towards me. I caught and flew to the end of the stadium to the goal hoops. I was just about to shoot when a Hufflepuff player shot a bludger at me. I ducked, but then it re-bounded against the goal hoop. I felt myself being whisked off my broomstick and falling down to the ground. Everything went black.