Bianca sat in the stands of the quiditch pitch, watching in amazment as the Chasers tried out.
"Hugo decided not to come?" Lily asked Lorcan, who shook his head.
"No, he said its not like he was trying out, that he needed to study, and he already knew that almost your entire family would be on the team."
"How does he know that?" Thalia asked, taking the seat next to Bianca.
"Every year the quiditch team is made up almost entirely of my family," Lily exlained. "Last year the team was Al, Rose, Scorp, Jamie, Freddy, Roxxy and Molly. Louis had been injured, so he couldn't try out. My guess is that the team will be the same, except that Lou will take James' place. He decided to be commenter this year, because he nearly died of boredom listening to it last year." Thalia just nodded, watching as Roxxane, Fred and a few others swung at the Bludgers.
"Look, it's time for Chaser try-outs. Lou's first." Lysander said. Unlike with the Beater try-outs, where they had made the Beaters swing Bludgers at each other, the Chaser try-outs were individual.
"Why are the Cheeser-"
"Chaser" Lorcan corrected.
"Whatever. Why are the Chaser try-outs individual." Thalia asked.
"Since Roxxy and Freddy are co-captians, probably just to confuse everyone." Lily informed her. Louis sat down next to Thalia.
"You made the team," Lysander told him. Louis grinned.
"I know."
"Dom's not trying out?" Lily asked her cousin. Louis shook his head.
"Nope. She only plays quiditch at home. She dosn't want her hair to get ruined in public." he said, switching to a high-pitched girls voice. Lily frowned.
"But Dom's hair always looks perfect."
"Try telling her that." Louis turned to Thalia. "Can you tell me how you were turned into a tree now?" Lily and Bianca nodded eagerly.
"Remember when Al asked about the Titans and I told him about the new myths? About how one of them was about a girl who sacrificed herself? Your looking at her. And in the first Divination lesson, about the girl with the cursed knife and the boy who died? I was the daughter of Zeus in that story. The boys name was Luke. The girls Annabeth. There was a satyr named Grover, too. We had been so close to Camp Half-Blood when the monsters caught up to us. What Hazel said before, about the Furries failing to kill me, thats when I was turned into the tree. I made them go without me. I was dying, my dad turned me into a tree, and my soul protected the borders of Camp." she explained, turning suddenly. "Anyone else hear that?" They all shook her head.
"They actually left you to die?" Lily asked, wantin to get back to the story. Thalia shook her head.
"Annabeth was seven years old and exhausted. She couldn't really argue. Grover didn't want to leave but knew that either he could get Annabeth and Luke safely up that hill, or we could all die. Luke, the idiot, was impossible. I practically had to zap him up the stupid hill."
"Luke was the guy who died, wasnt he?"
"Yeah. He messed up big time. The part that really stinks is that I can't go to the Underworld and Nico won't slap him for me." Thalia shook her head sadly. Nico appeared next to them.
"Please tell me you didn't tell them anything else about you-know-what." Thalia frowned.
"Why? Something else you forgot to tell me?"
"No. I told you." Everyone frowned.
"Crap," Lily suddenly said. Bianca followed her gaze.
"Double crap," she repeated, watching as the black mist retreated. When it was far enough away she said "Someone had the Invisibility Cloak." Lily scanned the crowd.
"It's not James. I can see Roxxy and Fred. You might want to avoid that side of the pitch. Uncle George needs to stop sending them dungbombs. Rosies in the air. I can see Scorpius." Lily and Bianca watched as the black mist wondered over to the pale boy and they saw Scorpius jump as Al removed the Cloak."It's Al. He's telling Scorpius and they'll tell Rose later- or right now." she corrected hersef as try-outs ended and Rose flew over to the boys.
"Meeting in the Room of Requirment. Now," Nico told them, before dissapearing into the shadows, no doubt heading to the Room.
"Cheater." Thalia muttered, leaping down the stairs and jogging towards the castle, Louis, Lily, Lorcan, Lysander and Bianca behind her.