Chapter 9: Quidditch
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It was the day before Harry's first Quidditch match and while he should be nervous, he had something else on his mind.
Walking down the hall with Ron, Hermione and Sam, Harry was telling them about his theory.
"Guys I think whatever that dog is guarding Snape is after it." Harry said shocking Sam.
"What? That's crazy." Sam said.
"I agree with Sam, Prof. Snape is a teacher at this school." Hermione said.
"He was limping earlier, that means on Halloween he went to the corridor but the dog bit him. I bet my broomstick he's also the one who let the troll in as a diversion." Harry said.
"Harry that's impossible. Sure, he's not the nicest person in the school but he's a teacher at this school." Hermione said.
"Honestly Hermione you think all teachers are saints." Ron said.
"I'm with Hermione, no way Snape would steal. He's coolest guy in this entire castle." Sam said.
"Sam you clearly need a new role model." Ron said.
"Snape is innocent Ron and if I have to help you guys figure out what that dog is guarding to prove you wrong, I will do it." Sam vows before walking away.
"Well I guess that's one way to motivate someone." Harry said.
"I think it's very noble." Hermione said.
"Guess Sam didn't have many role models growing up." Ron said.
The next morning, Sam was making his way to the Quidditch stands to see Harry's first game.
As he was walking by, he bumped into someone.
"Whoa sorry." Sam said looking to see the figure was a member of the Slytherin Quidditch team, he had light skin, brown hair and brown eyes. This was Orion Amari.
"No, my fault, it's the first game of the year so I'm a little on edge." Orion said helping him up. "Hey I know you, you're that Snape kid the other Slytherins are talking about. Uh Sam, right?"
"Yeah that's me, are you on the team?" He nods.
"Orion Amari, Chaser." He smiles. "You know anything about Quidditch?"
"My friend just became a Seeker for his house this year." Sam said.
"Oh man that's the most important role on the team." Orion said as they walked through the castle as Orion explained the rules for him. "Now I'm in charge of making sure we score points with the Quaffle with two other Chasers help me out while Beaters try to keep the Bludgers away from me and the rest of our team, our Keeper makes sure the other team doesn't score goals and the Seeker is in charge of getting the Snitch. Catch that and it's almost an instant win."
"Whoa, I gotta get me a broom next year." Sam said liking the sound of this.
"Orion!" Looking to the side they saw Slytherin Quidditch Team Captain Marcus Flint calling out to him. "The game is about to start get over here!"
"Whoops. Enjoy the game." Orion said running to meet the team and they entered the arena.
"I better go meet the others." Sam ran to the stands and looked to see Hermione waving at him. "Hey guys thanks for saving me a seat."
"You made it just in time." Ron said as Harry flew out onto the field with the Gryffindor team while Orion and the Slytherin team flew in.
"Go Harry!" Sam cheers as Madam Hooch walked in as the ref.
"Now I want a nice fair game from all of you." She said looking right at Marcus Flint.
Up in the stands, Lee Jordan a Gryffindor was the commentator.
"Alright folks time for the first Quidditch match of the season which features Slytherin vs Gryffindor!" Lee said as the Bludgers and Snitch were released before Hooch threw the Quaffle in the air. "The Quaffle is released and the match begins!"
Flying in first, Orion tried to catch the quaffle but Gryffindor Chaser Angelina Johnson intercepts it and races towards the goals. Dodging and weaving she scores the first goal with ease.
"And that's 10 points to Gryffindor!" Lee said as the Gryffindors cheer.
"Whoa, that was quick." Sam said impressed as Marcus Flint caught the quaffle and raced towards the Gryffindor goals but when he tries to score Gryffindor captain and Keeper Oliver Wood blocks it before throwing it to his chasers.
Angelina throws it to Katie Bell and Alicia Spinnet who throw it back and forth before throwing it through the hoops scoring.
"Another 10 points to Gryffindor!" Lee declares.
This time Orion caught the Quaffle and raced towards the goal and threw but like with Flint, Wood blocked it with ease.
Growling in anger at how annoying he was, Flint yanks a bat out of the Beater's hand and whacks a Bludger at Wood knocking him off his broom and onto the ground.
"Dirty trick." Sam growls while Harry didn't like that much either.
Using this opening Flint took the Quaffle and threw it through an unguarded hoop.
"And Slytherin Scores 10 Points!" Lee said as everyone started to boo Slytherin.
Angelina caught the quaffle and raced in when Orion started racing towards her. Jumping up Orion was surfing on his broom surprising Angelina as he swiped it out of her hands and raced to the goals before throwing it in.
"Amazing broom work by Slytherin Chaser Orion Amari!" Lee said as Sam pumped his fist.
"Whoo! Go Orion!" Sam cheers when Harry spotted the Snitch, but when he tried to chase after it his broom started going out of control.
"Hey what's going on with Harry's broomstick?" Hagrid asks as Hermione looks through her binoculars and gasps.
"It's Snape! He's jinxing the broom!" Hermione accuses.
"What?" Sam said shocked.
"What do we do?" Ron asks as Hermione hands Sam the binoculars and ran.
Taking them Sam looked to the teacher's box and saw Snape muttering something but behind him Sam saw Quirrell looking right at Harry muttering something. 'Wait a minute…is Quirrell?'
Before Sam could come to any conclusions Snape's robes caught fire by Hermione's spell causing Quirrell to fall over and almost instantly Harry got control of his broom again.
As Harry spotted the Snitch, he and Slytherin Seeker Terrence Higgs raced each other gaining on the little gold ball before they dove towards the ground.
Getting closer and closer, Terence pulls back as Harry narrowly avoids the ground as he reached out before tumbling forward falling to the ground.
"Ooh that had to hurt." Sam said when Harry got down on all fours making gagging noise.
"What is wrong with him?" Hagrid as Harry ended up spitting out the Snitch.
"He caught the Snitch! 150 points to Gryffindor! Gryffindor Wins 170-20!" Lee declares causing everyone to cheer while the Slytherins were pissed about their loss.
Outside the arena, Harry was with Sam, Hermione, Ron and Hagrid as he asked what happened and Hermione explained what she saw.
"Nonsense, why would Snape put a curse on Harry's broom?" Hagrid asks.
"Who knows. Why was he trying to get past that 3-headed dog on Halloween?" Harry asks.
"Who told you about Fluffy?" Hagrid asks.
"Fluffy?" Sam raises an eyebrow not sure that name matched. "More Bitey."
"That thing has a name?" Hermione asks.
"Of course, he does he's mine. Bought him from a Greek Chappie I met in a pub and lent him to Dumbledore to guard the—" Hagrid said.
"Yes?" Harry asks eagerly.
"Don't ask me anymore that's top secret." Hagrid said.
"Look I agree with Hagrid, Snape is not a killer." Sam said.
"I know what a Jinx is, you cannot break eye contact and Snape was looking right at Harry." Hermione said.
"Guys it I don't Prof. Snape was trying to kill Harry I noticed Prof. Quirrell was looking at Harry too." Sam said.
"Quirrell? Come on Sam if you're gonna makeup something at least make it believable." Ron said.
"Now listen all four of you need to stop meddling in this! Forget about everything. What that dog is guarding is between Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel." Hagrid said.
"Nicholas Flamel?" Harry and Sam ask.
"I really shouldn't have told you that." Hagrid said walking away.
"There's a clue right there." Harry said.
"We find more about this Flamel guy we can stop Snape before he tries anything." Ron said.
"Enough! Stop calling him the villain when you have no proof." Sam said.
"Sam do you honestly think Prof. Quirrell could hurt a fly?" Hermione said.
"I know what I saw." Sam said.
"If you say so." Harry said as he, Ron and Hermione walked back leaving him alone.
Sighing Sam walks into the Quidditch arena and looked up to see all the empty stands.
"Must be pretty cool to fly around this place." Sam was about to turn when he noticed a broomstick resting by the Slytherin entrance. Looking around he saw no one was coming.
Walking to the stands from the castle, Orion was looking around for his broom.
"Now where did I put my broom?" He asks when he noticed Sam climbing onto the broom and flying up in the air.
As Sam flew through the air he imagined he was racing like Harry did after the Snitch racing and zooming around the arena.
Diving down Sam pulls up before hitting the ground. Remebering that move Orion did Sam climbed up onto the broom and rode it like a surfboard surprising Orion as Sam pretended to grab the Snitch before landing on the ground.
"And Sam has caught the Snitch! Slytherin Wins and the crowd goes wild!" Sam said mimicking crowd cheers when he suddenly heard clapping causing him to jump.
"Whoa, it took me a year to perfect that move. Those were Seeker level moves right there." Orion said.
"O-Orion what are you doing here?" Sam asks.
"Getting my broom." Orion points to the broom in Sam's hands.
"Oh man, I am so sorry. I wasn't stealing it I swear. I-I just felt like flying after seeing today's match. You were pretty cool out there. I noticed you were the only member of our team who didn't play dirty." Sam said handing it back to him.
"Because I prefer to rely on skill not cheating. You have some decent skills too. You should think about trying out for the team next year." Orion offers.
"You think I could be a member?" Sam asks.
"Oh yeah, Slytherin needs more decent wizards. I hear what you've been saying how we can more than just bad guys and cheaters. I hear people talking about you, some say you're crazy, some say you're a goody two shoes, or that you're just stupid." Orion said causing Sam to sigh. "But I think you got some guts."
"Seriously?" Sam asks.
"It takes a lot of ambition to want to fix something as messed up as our house and that's exactly was Slytherin House represents, but ambition can easily be interrupted as bad because too much can lead to bad things." Orion explains.
"I don't want to spend the next 7 years in this school labeled as a bully. I believe Slytherins are capable of good, but since they refuse to listen maybe I can convince them by showing them instead." Sam explains.
"I can respect that. Heck I bet if you used your skills to be Seeker you could face that Potter kid and show you don't need tricks to get the job done." Orion suggests.
"You know what, I think I will try out, but I'm gonna need some help learning the rules." Sam said.
"I can teach you, but in return you gotta vote for me to be Quidditch Captain if you make the team." Orion offers.
"Deal." Sam smiles as the two of them shook hands.
With the desire to prove Snape's innocence and to make the Quidditch team, Sam is more inspired than ever.
