Quidditch season had come around and taken over the Hogwarts.
Rose woke up the next morning with Bellamy and Bridget to a fully decorated Hufflepuff Common Room. The plants that draped the windows seemed to be a little greener and the yellow tapestries along the walls seemed to hang a little brighter.
A bunch of Hufflepuffs had gathered around Cedric Diggory- the team seeker.
Roberta Stone was standing right next to him who also played on the team as a Keeper.
"WHOSE GOING TO BEAT RAVENCLAW?!" She chanted in the Hufflepuff Common Room.
"CEDRIC DIGGORY!" Everyone shouted back. Rose and Bellamy laughed light heartedly as they watched Bridget join intensely in on the chanting.
Another chant came along:
"WHOSE GOING TO BEAT RAVENCLAW?!" Roberta Stone chanted with a resounding reply:
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
The whole common erupted with spirit and cheered on lifting Cedric Diggory into the air.
"That has to be a little awkward though," Bellamy whispered to Rose.
"What do you mean?" Rose asked.
"He has to play against Cho Chang today," Bellamy pointed out. Rose shrugged but watched on as a smiling Cedric was being lifted into the air on people's shoulders.
The rest of the days classes had been a breeze. Charms was covering a rather easy topic, Divination went well, as well as Lupin's class on Boggarts (despite the fact that Rose had nearly fainted at the sight of a clown).
The game was starting at 4:00 and Bellamy, Bridget, Hannah, and Rose had all agreed to arrive at the game together. She was surprised to find Fred and George there as well.
"What?" George teased, "We have no problems supporting the Hufflepuff Quidditch team."
Fred nodded but said, "Don't worry though- of course we still think Gryffindor's better!"
Rose rolled her eyes.
"Whatever!" Bridget shouted at Fred, "As long as you hope we beat the Ravenclaws!"
"Diggory versus Chang," Fred said as if contemplating who had the greater chance of winning, "Diggory's good but he better not let his emotions get the best of him!"
"We know," Bridget muttered to Rose clearly not wanting to admit that she agreed with Fred.
Lee Jordan was the commentator of this game and the crowd quieted down as he began to kick things off:
"And this game is Ravenclaw versus Hufflepuff! With Cedric Diggory as the Seeker for Hufflepuff and Cho Chang as the Seeker for Ravenclaw!"
"Why do they always say Ravenclaw first and not Hufflepuff?" Hannah moaned to the group. Fred and George didn't bother hiding their chuckles. Rose pushed George in his side and then he quickly stopped laughing but eyed Fred who was still showing a cheeky grin.
"Alright let's kick things off on the sound of three!" Lee's voice rang throughout the stadium on a clear Spring day, "1, 2, and 3!"
The horn had sounded. The snitch had been released. The game had begun.
Bridget quickly moved up in front of Hannah to the front of the stand wanting to catch a better view of the game where as Rose lingered back with Fred and George.
Rose was keeping an eye on her good friend Cedric who seemed to be chasing after Cho Chang. Rose shook her head- 'he should be focusing on going after the snitch and not just trailing Cho'- she thought to herself.
Rose heard a bell ding and Lee shouted: "One point for Ravenclaw!"
Rose turned to George "What did I miss?"
"Roberta wasn't paying attention," George explained, "Davies scored a point as Chaser."
Rose sighed. "Aren't you paying attention to the game?" George asked Rose.
"I've been watching Cedric," Rose admitted, "He seems distracted."
George followed her gaze and they watched as Cedric continued to trail Cho Chang.
Suddenly, Rose felt a cold shiver- almost like a gust of wind- brush up her back. She didn't pay attention to it and moved in closer to George.
"Rose!" She heard Fred call out from behind and Rose turned around gasping in horror-
A Dementor had descended upon the Quidditch game and had found it's way directly to Rose. She flinched and everything went black-
just as it had with her first encounter with a Dementor on the Hogwarts Express.
