Ravenclaw vs Gryffindor

The group headed towards the Quidditch pitch where Hannah and Susan gave Harry a kiss for good luck and Luna did the same for Neville. The pair went into the changing rooms and Harry saw a large box on the floor, of which he knew the contents.

"Right, this is going to be a tough match" Harry said as he began his pre-match speech. "Their keepers a bit tough to beat, so chasers lets be a little bit more trying" and Dean, Neville and Seamus nodded. "Their chasers are almost as good as us, so a little bit of a concentrated effort please from the beaters in disrupting their attacks, but please keep it clean. I don't want anybody being sent off" and Rafael and Parvatti nodded in agreement. "Any questions?" Harry asked, and Dean raised his hand. "Yeah?" he asked.

"What is in the box?" he asked.

"Oh I nearly forgot" Harry said dramatically. He crossed over to the box and kicked it open but the team could see what was inside just yet. "You won't need those brooms of yours" he said.

"And how we are going to play?" asked Seamus.

"By using these instead" Harry said, and with a wave of his hand Harry sent five long and thin packages towards his team members. Lavender, Parvatti, Rafael, Dean and Seamus put down the brooms they held and unwrapped each package and they stared down at the gold plated Firebolts.

"How did you get these?" stammered Dean, as he looked at his broom in amazement. Each broom had a little shield on the tip of the handle showing a little picture that was relevant to each player. Parvatti had a little picture of the goddess Shiva, Seamus had a Lepricorn on his, Lavender had a picture of lavenders on hers, Rafael had a Mexican flag on his while Dean had a small shield baring the logo of West Ham Football Club – the team he supported.

"Well I am the richest person in the magical world" Harry said. "It was really no trouble at all" he explained.

"How much did they cost?" asked Parvatti.

"Actually nothing at all" Harry said. "All I have to do is endorse the new Firebolt range for a few years and they agreed to everything I asked for free of change. They even added the gold plating and the little shields for nothing" Harry sighed mockingly. "It pays to be me sometimes" he said, and everybody muttered their thanks to Harry who dismissed it with a wave of his hand.

"Harry?" began Seamus. "Why isn't yours gold?" he asked.

"I'm rather attached to this one" he said. Harry had had the Firebolt since his third year, after the incident where his faithful Nimbus 2000 had been destroyed by the Whomping Willow, well after he had got the Firebolt back from Flitwick. Hermione had insisted it had been sent by Sirius Black (she was right of course). He still had the pieces and often wondered if he could find a spell to repair it, though he knew it would be slower then most of the other brooms out on the pitch.

The doors leading to the pitch opened up, and the team mounted their brooms and zoomed out of the doors and into the air and the Quidditch pitch. The Ravenclaws had already taken their places and their faces dropped when they saw the Gryffindors appear on identical brooms, and they knew that they had no chance of winning the match. The fastest broom they had amongst the team was a Cleansweep Nine, the others being Nimbus 2005's and a Nimbus 2004. It was like having a race between a broomstick user and a walking person – the Firebolt had yet to be beaten by anybody in a Quidditch match.

"Good Morning one and all, to the Ravenclaw vs Gryffindor Quidditch match" Lupin was doing the commentary once again. "The Gryffindors make no changes since their dramatic win over Slytherin and appear to have upgraded their brooms" and he let that bit of news run around the stadium like wildfire. "Ravenclaw have also made no changes to their line up so it looks a lively match for all of us. Now Madam Hooch comes onto the pitch to begin the game" and the flying teacher walked onto the pitch and opened the trunk that contained the Quaffle, the two bludgers and the snitch.

"I want a nice clean game, from all of you" Hooch said looking at both of the teams. She unstrapped the snitch and the bludgers which flew into the air.

"The bludgers are released……… followed by the snitch" Lupin's voice said, and Hooch threw the Quaffle into the air. "The Quaffle is released and the game begins" Lupin said.

With the Firebolts it wasn't a very hard match and in just ten minutes the score was 20 – 0 in Gryffindor's favour. Harry was having a good time doing some aerobatics to keep the crowd happy and at one point did a series of spins and high speed turns. One or two times he had seen the snitch but it had evaded his reach. He was wondering if the snitch was getting some kind of payback for the occasions he had caught it. Harry wouldn't be surprised with anything that happened in the magical world anymore. A tremendous roar made him look down to the celebrations of the crowd, and he heard Lupin's voice as he announced yet another Gryffindor goal.

"And Thomas scores yet another goal for Gryffindor with a beautiful pass from Longbottom" and Harry could see Dean doing barrel rolls and then zoom off in pursuit of the Quaffle, and Harry was happy to see his friend enjoying himself so much.

As he surveyed the grandstands, he noticed a distinct lack of Gryffindor students and Harry wondered what was going on with his house. Surely they didn't think he caused the Battle of the Ministry? Harry knew that Ginny could have stirred up trouble for him, but Dean, Seamus or any of the others would have told him if that had happened. Harry actually couldn't see anybody who was in the stands, so he made a lazy dive downwards towards the Gryffindor stand and was amazed to see that only a few first years sat in the House stands. He could see Hermione sitting with Hannah, Susan and Luna watching Harry from the Hufflepuff stands, and he made a note to talk to Luna after the match. He made his stately way around the stands avoiding the balls of parchment thrown half heartedly from the Ravenclaws. This earned them all a 1 point deduction as it was impossible to prove who had thrown the parchment. Harry spiralled upwards and back into the game which Gryffindor was now winning 100 – 0. He was tempted to have Lavender let the Ravenclaws get one or two goals in, when he saw a flash of gold and he set off in pursuit of the snitch while followed by the Ravenclaw seeker – Cho Chang. Harry was desperate to win the game but it meant cutting across Cho's patch, and Harry was too much of a gentleman to do that and so urged his broom forward and it outstripped Cho and Harry spun lazily to his right and leaned over the top of his broom to get hold of the snitch, and that was that.

"Harry Potter takes hold of the snitch, and scores a hundred and fifty points and wins the game in favour of Gryffindor" Lupin was announcing the score to the students. "The final score is thus: Gryffindor 190 – Ravenclaw 10" and Lupin sound privately pleased that Gryffindor had won.

"Well that has to be the shortest game I have played in" Harry said turning to shake hands with Cho, but she seemed Disappointed and Harry instantly knew the reason. It was Cho's final year at Hogwarts and she wanted to leave after winning the Quidditch trophy. Harry flew alongside her, and tried to apologise but she simply said it was not her fault.

"That was bloody brilliant" exclaimed Seamus the moment he got close to Harry.

"It was like zooming through space" Dean confirmed, and everybody else said the same thing. Harry acknowledged them with only half his mind on them. The other half was looking at McGonagall as she came running as fast as she could – and this was the fastest he had ever seen her run – brushing student out of the way.

"What is the matter Professor?" he asked she raced up to them.

"Where is Neville?" she asked panting.

"Here" Neville said moving closer to the out of breath teacher. "Whats wrong?" he asked.

"It's your parents" she forced out.

"What about them?" Neville said, full of dread.

"I got a message from St Mungos" McGonagall wheezed. "They would like to see you" and she watched as Harry caught a freshly fainted Neville.

A/N:

A Little bit short, but that's just me.

So Harry has gone and re-equipped the Gryffindor team with Firebolts, but the best bit is Neville learning his parents want to see him (when he comes round of course).

Trivia notes

Several bits of trivia here include:

Harry's Nimbus 2000 and its destruction by the Whomping Willow.

Dean's supporting of West Ham football club.

Hermione insisting the Firebolt had been sent by Sirius (and being right again)

Oh and there went my break……….

Regards;

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