12 Grimmuald place, London, England
Ginny Weasley woke up on the 16th of September to a cup of tea and her Harpies bag in the chair at the edge of her bed. Her little notebook was on top. Hermione hated having a house elf, but damn, Kreacher was good at his job. She sipped her tea and checked the time. It was almost 8 am. She had her first day with the Harpies in an hour. She got out of bed and looked for a decent-looking outfit from her closet; it was her first day, after all. She needed to make a good impression. She picked out a cream and black crop top, distressed denim shorts, the locket Harry had given her for her birthday, and high tops. She pulled her long red hair into a ponytail and headed downstairs to breakfast. She bumped into Harry on her way downstairs.
"Morning, Gin!" He gave her a signature lopsided grin.
"Morning. Harry."
"You look good today," he said, examining her outfit. She laughed.
"And you don't?"
Harry was wearing his auror uniform. His red jacket was hanging off his arm.
"You do look very beautiful Ginny" he slipped his arms around her waist.
"And incredibly sexy?" She asked, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"And incredibly sexy," he repeated. She pulled him close and kissed him.
"Ugh!" Ron loudly interrupted, "That's not what I need to see first thing in the morning!"
Ginny spun around and faced her brother.
"Shut it, Ron!" Ginny hissed.
"C'mon. Let's go down, we don't want to be late," Harry said, trying to diffuse the tension between the two. Ron was about to respond, but simply shook his head and headed downstairs.
"Stupid Ron, ruining our snog" Ginny grumbled before heading downstairs. Hermione, Luna and Neville were already sitting at the kitchen island, while Ron was still getting his food. Ginny looked at the breakfast spread Kreacher had made for them. She grabbed some toast, covered with marmalade, and took a bowl of porridge with blueberries. She sat down next to Hermione, who was looking at her own porridge in annoyance.
"We really don't need a house elf" Hermione mumbled
"I've already tried to free him, Hermione, but he won't have it. I was barely able to get him to take a galleon a week" Harry responded, sitting down in between Neville and Luna.
"Still," Hermione sighed
"Ron was grumbling about seeing something disgusting this morning. I think we should deal with it so the rest of us won't have a problem" Luna announced. "We are living togeth-"
"What is your problem Ron!" Ginny was ready to punch Ron
"Wait, so what did Ron see?" Neville asked
"Me and Ginny well-, snoging" Harry had turned bright red while saying this
"Just because Ron just can't handle seeing people snogging while being such a hypocrite-"
"You and Harry were snoging in the middle of the hallway! How is that hypocritical?!"
"Oh please, the number of times I've walked in on you and Hermione-"
"Ok enough," Hermione cut Ginny off before she could say anything else "how about a new house rule? No snogging without being behind closed doors?"
"Fine by me" Ginny said
"Fine" Ron grumbled
"What if one of us breaks that rule?" asked Neville
"Planning to be snogging someone Neville?" asked Ginny
'Neville's right. How about whoever is caught snogging has to clean the entire house without magic?" suggested Luna
"That sounds fair, anyone disagree?" Hermione said. No one disagreed "good, now we all have to go before we are all late." Everyone brought their dishes over to the sink and headed over to the large fireplace. Ginny would be the first to go.
"See you guys after work" She said with a smile, before shouting Harpies stadium and disappearing into a plume of green fire
Holyhead Stadium Holyhead, Wales
Ginny appeared in the large player's lounge of Holyhead stadium. There were only 5 other people in the lounge but with at least a couple more on the way. Ginny looked around the room as a shorter black woman (although she was still taller than Ginny) walked up to greet her. She smiled as Gwenog Jones walked up to the harpies newest starting chaser. Gwenog, along with Morgan, the Harpies coach, had been the ones to recruit Ginny the previous year.
"Good to see you again Ginny, let me introduce you to the team, well who's here on time anyway"
"Cool" Ginny said with a smile
"You already know Gwendolyn Morgan, our coach" Gwenog, pointed over too Morgan "the tall girl sitting in the corner is Nichole Gordan, our starting keeper" Nichole walked over to greet her
"Nice to meet ya" she wasn't just tall. She towered over Ginny. She was probably almost as tall as Ron and even lankier than he was. She had to be at least 6'1 or 6'2. She had thick jet black hair pulled back into two braids and had warm brown skin
"That girl over there is Lei-Hua Tsai, our seeker but everyone calls her Lei"
"You were hufflepuff's seeker!" Ginny yelped
The other people in the room looked up at her
"We played against each other," Lei explained. Lei had dark black monolid eyes and dip dyed black and purple hair. She was as short as Nichole was tall, barely reaching 5 feet, if not less
"And the girl in the back is Vasilina Sofka, one of our chasers" Vasilina was taller than Ginny but not by much. She had to be closer to 5'4 or 5'5. She had pale skin, bright blue eyes and brown hair.
"Nice outfit" she said with a slight accent
"You too" her hair was pulled back into a similar style to Ginny's and was wearing a wrap top with a zip up skirt and leather jacket. The fireplace blazed in the background and two more girls stepped out of the fireplace. One of them had a short bob haircut and was wearing an overall dress. The other girl had bright rainbow hair.
"And the girl with the rainbow hair is Gilat Kanfo and the one in overall is Sonya Ramirez" Gwenong said "Sonya, Gilat, this is Ginny Weasley our newest recruit"
"Cool," Gilat said. "I'm Gilat and this is my girlfriend Sonya"
"Pleasure to meet you guys," Ginny said. The fire blazed again and an 8th and final girl stepped out of the fireplace. She had long blonde hair and icy blue eyes.
"And now everyone, meet Myra West, our other rookie this season." Gwenog said to the group. Myra took turns introducing herself to each of the players before reaching Ginny
"You're Ginny Weasley right?" She asked
"Yeah I am," Ginny said.
"So you're the chosen one's, chosen one, Huh?" She asked with a smirk plastered on her face
"If you're asking if I'm dating Harry then yeah, I am" Ginny glared back. Myra was taller than her so she had to look up to glare at her. She hated that stupid nickname that the press had given her.
"Ok enough chit chat" Morgan yelled "the season starts today and we need to get moving ladies"
"Wait we're missing Valmai" Gilat said, looking around the room
"Valmai was traded to Tutshill." Gwenog said. The rest of the Harpies voiced their disapproval. Ginny and Myra just stood and watched. Neither of them knew Valmai Morgan personally.
"So who's our new starting chaser?" asked Nicole. Myra puffed out her chest and smirked again at Ginny.
"Ginny Weasley, and Myra West is our new sub" Morgan answered. Myra tried to keep her smirk and glare at Ginny at the same time. Ginny watched the other harpies' reaction. There was a mix of surprise and concern.
"Once you see her fly you'll understand why we chose her" Gwenog said
"Also helps that's she famous" Myra muttered
"Excuse me?" Ginny said. Her face was almost as red as her hair.
"Well it's very good publicity for the club to have a war vet on the team, not to mention your are Harry Potter's girlfriend as you prefer to be called" she said in a sickeningly sweet voice
"Enough!" Morgan yelled "now go change" Morgan grabbed Ginny's arm before she could go "Prove her wrong on the field" Morgan whispered
"Don't worry, I will" Ginny glared at the back of her sleek blonde hair.
Ginny stepped on to the harpies field. The rest of the team was already in the air. "Ready to fly, Weasley?" Vasilina yelled
"Of course I am," she said with a smile. She grabbed the last broom from the rack. It was a classic firebolt, the same type that Harry had flown throughout his Hogwarts years. The broom was perfect for her height and had her name and the number 6 carved into it. She quickly mounted her broom and took off towards the rest of the team. Everyone else was in the air, including Myra. She had the same broom as the others but her's lacked a number.
"All right ladies, We're starting with shooting" Morgan yelled "Jones, Sofka, Weasley and West, get in a line. Gordon, get in front of the hoops" Ginny flew up into the line with the others.
"Good luck Ginny" Myra said with her annoying smirk
"Don't worry, I won't need it"
"Ok, you each have 3 shots" Morgan yelled. Gwenog threw the first shot. It was pretty good but Nicole managed to block it. Vaslina went next and shot a perfect throw to the center hoop, only to have Nicole kick it out of the way. Myra went next, throwing a shot at the side short hoop, the hardest hoop to defend. Nicole wasn't able to make it in time. "Good Myra, Nicole, you should have blocked that"
"Sorry coach!" Nichole yelled. Ginny went last. She looked at Nicole, she was tall enough to be able to block a shot to either of the first 2 hoops which was why Myra probably went for the 3rd hoop. It was the easiest. But if growing up with 6 brothers and then fighting a war taught Ginny anything, it was that the right way was hardly the easiest. Ginny judged her shot. She needed to prove herself to her teammates. She took the quaffle from Myra and began her approach. She winded up her arm and threw it as hard as she could. Her aim was perfect. It went right over Nicole, before landing in the tallest hoop.
"Damn, Weasley" Gilat yelled
"Good shot Ginny!" Gwenog yelled
"More like a lucky shot" Myra mumbled to herself. Good thing Ginny couldn't hear her. The rest of the warm ups went smoothly from there. Gwenog, Vasilina and Myra got 1 to 2 good shots but Ginny got all 3 in. Her first shot was definitely not just luck
"Good work ladies, especially Weasley" Morgan yelled. Due to their late start it was almost noon "take a lunch break. The rest of the subs will be here after lunch for a scrimmage. Weasley, Jones, Tsui and Gordon on team one, West, Sofka, Kanfo and Ramirez on the other." After landing Vasilina grabbed Ginny's arm.
"We're heading to the local pub for lunch, want to come?"
"That depends, who is going to be there?" asked Ginny
"All of us" Ginny grimaced "don't worry you won't have to sit next to Myra" Vasilina smiled
"Good" Ginny grumbled "She acts like I can't play because I'm famous. It's total BS"
"She was kinda right at first" Ginny spun around angrily, similar to when she yelled at Ron that morning
"You are famous and bring good press for the club. But you are also an incredible chaser." After changing into civilian clothes, The two girls left the stadium and headed to a cafe, where the rest of the team was seated. Ginny noticed that there were two seats available left. Ginny took the chair next to Gwenog and Vasilina took the chair next to her. Nicole was standing and holding a spoon up to Gilat's face like a microphone
"So Gilat, what is it like to be dating the Harpie's star beater Sonya?" Nicole asked
"Well it is certainly better than my ex" Gilat asked
"Any more detail you want to give?" Nicole asked
"How about No?" Gilat said
"Oo you are no fun!" Nicole said "Fine, Sonya, who's the most attractive beater on the team?" She shoved the spoon in her face
"Gilat, obviously" she said
"Ah yes the classic 'not pisssing of the girlfriend' answer. Will I be able to get any more info out of you?"
"No"
"Ugh, Fine. What about you Gwenog, still single?" Gwenog moved the spoon away from her face.
"Yeah"
"And ready to mingle"
"Absolutely not"
"Any crushes?"
"No comment"
"You guys are totally ruining this" Nichole grumbled "What about you, Leí?"
"I've gone on a couple of dates but nothing serious"
"What about George Weasley? He was in your year?" Leí nearly spit out her water
"Oh god no" Leí said "er, no offense Ginny"
"None taken. My brothers are all daft idiots" Ginny laughed
"What about you Vasilina?"
"Like Leí, a couple of dates but nothing serious"
"Any crushes?"
Vasilina look up, thinking before saying "No, I don't think so"
"Well now that we know all of the oldies relationships status time to pick on the new recruits"
"Wait a sec, Nic. We still haven't heard about your love live" Gilat said
"How are things dating across teams?" Asked Gwenog
"Hey! you guys are ganging up on me! But for the record, I would no longer know"
"You and Eric broke up?" Sonya said
"Great, now I can't hit bludgers at him to annoy you" Gilat said
"I hate you" Nicole said
"I hate you too"
"Anyway back to our newbies," Nicole shoved the spoon into Ginny's face "Well Ginny, we all know you're dating Harry Potter himself, so what can you tell us about the boy who lives"
"Well, Harry's sweet, a bit of a noble git, and as observant as a brick," Ginny responded. Nicole laughed
"Relationship problems Ginny?" asked Myra. Ginny dropped her joking face for a second to roll her eyes at Myra
"How would your sweetheart feel about you saying that behind his back?" asked Nicole
"Oh please, I'm so much worse to his face" Ginny smiled
"Well she certainly fits in with me and Gilat" Gwenog said
"So much drama, now, as our final newbie, Myra are you seeing anyone?"
"There's not really anyone for me to date right now"
"Really? Your a pretty girl and your a harpie after all" Nicole said
"What can I say, I have type"
"Ooh really? So has any bloke caught your eye?"
"No not yet,"
"So what is your type?"
"Tall, dark hair, and brave"
"So pretty similar to Ginny's type?" Nicole asked. Myra stared at Ginny with contempt
"Oh F off" Ginny couldn't help but smile, her team was better than she could have imagined, well except Myra that is.