Chapter 7:
Harry recovered from Ron's near murderous beating, and he and Ginny were able to come out into the open as a couple without being afraid of Ron. The first Quidditch game of the season was on the same day as the Halloween dance. Harry was the new captain of the Gryffindor team and he was in the changing room giving his team a pep talk right before their game against Slytherin.
"Okay guys, this our first match and as usual its against Slytherin. We all know how dirty they play, but we've got 2 new chasers who are fantastic and we've got 2 new excellent beaters and we've got a lot of new moves. We'll be fine, just do what we do at practice and don't get distracted. Ready? Good let's go." Harry finished and he walked out of the changing room last behind his team.
"Captains, please shake hands." Madam Hooch yelled both teams stepped onto the field. Malfoy and Harry shook hands and glared at each other.
"Alright then," Madam Hooch began, "On my whistle, three, two," then came the sound of Madam Hooch's whistle and both teams were off into the air.
Oh, the air felt amazing to Harry as he flew around the pitch on his firebolt looking for the snitch.
"Weasly with the quaffle, oh! She nearly gets hit with a bludger but dodges it just in time and passes the quaffle to Gibbs." Came Collin Creevey as the new commentator over the roar of the crowd. "These new additions to the Gryffindor team seem to be working really well. They lost half of their team this year but it looks like they were able to replace them without any doubt." Gibbs with the quaffle takes a bludger in the stomach and drops the quaffle but its caught by Weasly who flies down the pitch toward the Slytherin goal posts she fakes left and goes right and scores! 10 to 0 Gryffindor.
'Wow, Ginny is really a good chaser,' Harry thought, 'Man she looks so hot even when she's flying and the wind is blowing through her beautiful scarlet hair. Whoa! That was close, that bludger nearly hit me, now where is that snitch? Ah, there you are.' And Harry flied toward the Gryffindor end. The snitch was fluttering around the bottom of the middle goal post. He was almost there, it was in his reach, no one was around, and yes he had it! He got the snitch! And Madam Hooch's whistle sounded and the game was over. Gryffindor had won.
Harry recovered from Ron's near murderous beating, and he and Ginny were able to come out into the open as a couple without being afraid of Ron. The first Quidditch game of the season was on the same day as the Halloween dance. Harry was the new captain of the Gryffindor team and he was in the changing room giving his team a pep talk right before their game against Slytherin.
"Okay guys, this our first match and as usual its against Slytherin. We all know how dirty they play, but we've got 2 new chasers who are fantastic and we've got 2 new excellent beaters and we've got a lot of new moves. We'll be fine, just do what we do at practice and don't get distracted. Ready? Good let's go." Harry finished and he walked out of the changing room last behind his team.
"Captains, please shake hands." Madam Hooch yelled both teams stepped onto the field. Malfoy and Harry shook hands and glared at each other.
"Alright then," Madam Hooch began, "On my whistle, three, two," then came the sound of Madam Hooch's whistle and both teams were off into the air.
Oh, the air felt amazing to Harry as he flew around the pitch on his firebolt looking for the snitch.
"Weasly with the quaffle, oh! She nearly gets hit with a bludger but dodges it just in time and passes the quaffle to Gibbs." Came Collin Creevey as the new commentator over the roar of the crowd. "These new additions to the Gryffindor team seem to be working really well. They lost half of their team this year but it looks like they were able to replace them without any doubt." Gibbs with the quaffle takes a bludger in the stomach and drops the quaffle but its caught by Weasly who flies down the pitch toward the Slytherin goal posts she fakes left and goes right and scores! 10 to 0 Gryffindor.
'Wow, Ginny is really a good chaser,' Harry thought, 'Man she looks so hot even when she's flying and the wind is blowing through her beautiful scarlet hair. Whoa! That was close, that bludger nearly hit me, now where is that snitch? Ah, there you are.' And Harry flied toward the Gryffindor end. The snitch was fluttering around the bottom of the middle goal post. He was almost there, it was in his reach, no one was around, and yes he had it! He got the snitch! And Madam Hooch's whistle sounded and the game was over. Gryffindor had won.