"Who are we missing?" Harry asked nervously the morning before the 2nd Quidditch Match against Ravenclaw. Amelia shrugged along with several others.
"Ginny's gone." Said a new second year on the team, Devin. "She said she was really sorry, but she was feeling more than a little sick."
Harry cursed under his breath. Ginny was pretty good and the team was a lot more organized and confident when she was around.
"Well? What do we do?" Amelia asked. "Forfeit the game?"
"Are you mad?" Harry snapped at her. "Forfeit against Slytherin?"
"And you're suggestions are...?"
"Devin? I want you to go into the stands and get one of my friends."
"Which one?" The younger boy asked, looking confused and tickled to have a special assignment.
"Any of them except Hermione...she's useless on a broom." Harry sighed. "Don't tell her I said that."
"Sure...." Devin hurried out of the room.
"What's the plan Coach?" Amelia nudged him with her elbow.
"Well some of my friends sit in on our practice sessions! They might have to stand in for Gin-"
"Hey!" Lupin had entered the room. "Harry, what's going on? You guys are taking forever!"
"Sorry Professor but we have to find an alternate. Ginny's sick!"
"Oh I see. Damn!" Harry laughed as Lupin blushed and said quickly, "You never heard that. I wanted Ravenclaw to go down so much too…"
"Don't we all?" Amelia sighed.
"Devin's coming." Harry said. "Wait...is that-? Katherine!"
"Hey Harry. Heard you needed a replacement." Katherine sauntered in the locker room and sat down next to Harry.
"Not me personally." He said and draped an arm around her shoulder.
"I surmised as much. Ginny isn't here?"
"No. She's sick. I didn't know you played."
"All my life!"
"Um..." Lupin cleared his throat.
"Sorry." Harry stood up again, a little nervous now that his girlfriend was watching him. "Well you all know the plans. Remember when we go into the v formation I need you guys to-"
"Not to curve the point because we aren't making a u." They all chorused.
Harry blushed slightly. "Don't forget! We need this match to get into the cup!"
"We know." Amelia said. "God knows how many times you've told us."
"You're turning into a regular Oliver Wood." Seamus teased.
"Okay, ready?" Harry asked and everybody nodded. The team put their hands together shouted 'GRYFFINDOR' and walked confidently out of the locker rooms.
Cheers arose in the stands when they walked out from the hundreds of Gryffindor students. Ravenclaw had a formidable team this year and even some of the Slytherins were cheering the Gryffindors today. The Ravenclaws had a secret weapon against Harry this year: Cho.
"Captains shake hands." Lupin commanded. Harry and Cho walked to each other and braced their hands together in a less than friendly way.
"You're going down Potter." Cho mumbled, barely moving her lips.
"You would think that wouldn't you?" Harry sneered.
"You're cute when you're angry."
"Wish I could say the same for you."
Cho looked disgusted and dropped his hand. Harry, feeling he had won the argument jogged back to his team.
"Mount your brooms...three...two...one...GO!" Lupin set off a crack like a whip with his wand and broomsticks shot up into the air to the tremulous applause and cheers.
Cho was behind Harry as soon as she could manage. "Harry?" She yelled behind him.
He whipped his broom around to see who it was.
"What?" He focused back on the game.
"How are you?"
"Fine." He zoomed off to the other side of the field, looking for the golden glint that would lead him to the Snitch.
"Do you think I'm pretty?" Cho cooed, trying to catch up to him. Harry halted.
"Cho?"
"Yes?"
"DO THE WORDS: GO F*CK UP A TREE MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?"
"No, but good idea."
"GRYFFINDOR SCORES!" Dean bellowed through the megaphone below them. "Captain and seeker Harry Potter of Gryffindor and Captain and seeker of Ravenclaw Cho Chang have a bitch fight up above us and Gryffindor has taken the ball from David Redmond, Ravenclaw chaser who was stupid enough to look at Potter and Chang who are still fighting…"
Laughter and cheers flew up at Harry and Cho.
"Get away from me." Harry said red as a beet and sped away as fast as his Firebolt could take him. Cho couldn't catch up to him.
"Aww...Ravenclaw scores and the quaffle is taken immediately by replacement chaser Katherine Stuart of Ravenclaw. She passes to Amelia back again and then back again and then-"
"THROW IT IN THE HOOP!" Harry flew fifteen feet above them and yelled.
"What? Oh-" Katherine dunked it.
"GRYFFINDOR SCORES! Thanks to the excellent bit of help by their captain, Harry Potter Gryffindor pulls ahead forty to 20!"
"Kiss my ass Cho!" Harry yelled as Cho zoomed past him.
"Gladly!"
"HARRY POTTER!" Katherine had rounded on him. "Are you flirting with her?"
"No. I'm rubbing it in her face." Harry pointed to Cho (who was watching Harry like a hawk) and kissed his hand and lightly smacked his butt. Katherine half smiled and flew away.
"Are you dating her?" Cho wondered.
"What tipped you off?"
And then Harry saw the Snitch. It was flying in lazy circles around Dean's head in the commentary box. Dean didn't seem to notice, or if he did he didn't move.
"Harry?" Cho asked, but all she saw was a blur of black hair and scarlet robes.
"HARRY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Dean was yelling from the box. "If you run into me I swear I'll kill you! I'm going to duck now…"
"NO! Don't move a muscle!" Harry said loudly as he approached him. He turned backwards on his broom to stop it and grabbed the snitch in his left hand, grinning madly. Cho approached the scene seconds later, scowling.
"And Gryffindor wins ONE HUNDRED AND NINTEY TO A WHOPING TWENTY POINTS!" Cheers erupted from the stadiums. Harry released the Snitch to flat above the crowds.
"That isn't fair." Cho whined to Lupin. "Harry SAW the Snitch before me! He's got a better broom! It just isn't fair…!"
"Oh get over yourself Cho." Katherine snapped. "Harry's just better than you!"
"Thank you Katherine!" Harry said and put an arm around her waist.
"What a perfect couple. Two orphans both so pathetic and weak that they deserve each other." Cho sneered.
"I hardly consider that good sportsmanship." Lupin said calmly.
"Just as I hardly consider you a good teacher." She snapped back.
"Forty points from Ravenclaw, and see if I don't report that." Lupin said venomously. Cho huffed and walked away. "You dated HER?"
"A crush?" Harry winced and shrugged. "Oh you know- boy meets girl, boy dates girl, boy dumps girl, boy dies and then he has a jealous ex?"
"Oh yes, the classic story..." Katherine said and rolled her eyes. "You dumped her?"
"Yes, and I'll explain it to you later."
"Ah. Okay."
"You did good today." Harry commented later that night. "Really good. I'll offer you a spot on the team next year if you want."
"Thank you!" Kat squealed and ignoring Sirius's bark kissed him.
"Oh you're most certainly welcome!" Harry kissed her back.
"I have this really weird feeling in my gut." Katherine commented lightly and submitted to Sirius pulling her away from Harry with his teeth.
"Like something's about to happen?" Harry asked. She nodded. "Me too."
"I thought you might."
"Just don't make me throw up okay? I have no intention of loosing my teeth at an early age because of stomach acid dissolving them."
Katherine threw a pillow at him. "I'm being serious."
"So am I. But seriously now- what do you think it could be?"
~* I think you're in danger, Harry ~*
~* Tell me something else new. Katherine, I think we're both in danger this time. ~*
~* How do you mean? Have you had a vision? ~*
~* Not lately, but I had a dream, a true dream that was about Voldemort and he said something like, 'if you can beat 'em make 'em join you.' ~*
~* That's really weird. What do you think it means? ~*
~* Have no idea. ~* Harry sighed. ~* I just was thinking about it the other day and I realized I cant remember anything about four weeks ago when I stormed out of the common room. Nothing. I can't remember a single thing that happened for at least two hours of a day! ~*
~* Maybe there's nothing to remember? ~* Katherine thought nervously.
~* I usually remember pointless things though. ~*
~* Well now that you mention it...I can't remember anything at all about my family's funerals, not a single snippet. I mean, I was gone for a week and all I remember is flying back from it. ~*
"Strange." Harry said. "Very strange."
They went to their separate rooms after a while. At about two in the morning, Katherine crept into Harry's room.
"I'm scared, Harry. Help me."
Harry wrapped her in his arms and rocked her back and forth.
"I'm scared too. At least we can be scared together."
A/N : Please, feel free to murder me in flames with my overly short chapter. Actually, don't but please tell me if you want longer chapters. This chapter is dedicated to Jakie, who told me I should have more Quidditch in the stories! Thank you much!!!! Please be nice and review and I love you all anyways!
~Tadariada~
"Ginny's gone." Said a new second year on the team, Devin. "She said she was really sorry, but she was feeling more than a little sick."
Harry cursed under his breath. Ginny was pretty good and the team was a lot more organized and confident when she was around.
"Well? What do we do?" Amelia asked. "Forfeit the game?"
"Are you mad?" Harry snapped at her. "Forfeit against Slytherin?"
"And you're suggestions are...?"
"Devin? I want you to go into the stands and get one of my friends."
"Which one?" The younger boy asked, looking confused and tickled to have a special assignment.
"Any of them except Hermione...she's useless on a broom." Harry sighed. "Don't tell her I said that."
"Sure...." Devin hurried out of the room.
"What's the plan Coach?" Amelia nudged him with her elbow.
"Well some of my friends sit in on our practice sessions! They might have to stand in for Gin-"
"Hey!" Lupin had entered the room. "Harry, what's going on? You guys are taking forever!"
"Sorry Professor but we have to find an alternate. Ginny's sick!"
"Oh I see. Damn!" Harry laughed as Lupin blushed and said quickly, "You never heard that. I wanted Ravenclaw to go down so much too…"
"Don't we all?" Amelia sighed.
"Devin's coming." Harry said. "Wait...is that-? Katherine!"
"Hey Harry. Heard you needed a replacement." Katherine sauntered in the locker room and sat down next to Harry.
"Not me personally." He said and draped an arm around her shoulder.
"I surmised as much. Ginny isn't here?"
"No. She's sick. I didn't know you played."
"All my life!"
"Um..." Lupin cleared his throat.
"Sorry." Harry stood up again, a little nervous now that his girlfriend was watching him. "Well you all know the plans. Remember when we go into the v formation I need you guys to-"
"Not to curve the point because we aren't making a u." They all chorused.
Harry blushed slightly. "Don't forget! We need this match to get into the cup!"
"We know." Amelia said. "God knows how many times you've told us."
"You're turning into a regular Oliver Wood." Seamus teased.
"Okay, ready?" Harry asked and everybody nodded. The team put their hands together shouted 'GRYFFINDOR' and walked confidently out of the locker rooms.
Cheers arose in the stands when they walked out from the hundreds of Gryffindor students. Ravenclaw had a formidable team this year and even some of the Slytherins were cheering the Gryffindors today. The Ravenclaws had a secret weapon against Harry this year: Cho.
"Captains shake hands." Lupin commanded. Harry and Cho walked to each other and braced their hands together in a less than friendly way.
"You're going down Potter." Cho mumbled, barely moving her lips.
"You would think that wouldn't you?" Harry sneered.
"You're cute when you're angry."
"Wish I could say the same for you."
Cho looked disgusted and dropped his hand. Harry, feeling he had won the argument jogged back to his team.
"Mount your brooms...three...two...one...GO!" Lupin set off a crack like a whip with his wand and broomsticks shot up into the air to the tremulous applause and cheers.
Cho was behind Harry as soon as she could manage. "Harry?" She yelled behind him.
He whipped his broom around to see who it was.
"What?" He focused back on the game.
"How are you?"
"Fine." He zoomed off to the other side of the field, looking for the golden glint that would lead him to the Snitch.
"Do you think I'm pretty?" Cho cooed, trying to catch up to him. Harry halted.
"Cho?"
"Yes?"
"DO THE WORDS: GO F*CK UP A TREE MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?"
"No, but good idea."
"GRYFFINDOR SCORES!" Dean bellowed through the megaphone below them. "Captain and seeker Harry Potter of Gryffindor and Captain and seeker of Ravenclaw Cho Chang have a bitch fight up above us and Gryffindor has taken the ball from David Redmond, Ravenclaw chaser who was stupid enough to look at Potter and Chang who are still fighting…"
Laughter and cheers flew up at Harry and Cho.
"Get away from me." Harry said red as a beet and sped away as fast as his Firebolt could take him. Cho couldn't catch up to him.
"Aww...Ravenclaw scores and the quaffle is taken immediately by replacement chaser Katherine Stuart of Ravenclaw. She passes to Amelia back again and then back again and then-"
"THROW IT IN THE HOOP!" Harry flew fifteen feet above them and yelled.
"What? Oh-" Katherine dunked it.
"GRYFFINDOR SCORES! Thanks to the excellent bit of help by their captain, Harry Potter Gryffindor pulls ahead forty to 20!"
"Kiss my ass Cho!" Harry yelled as Cho zoomed past him.
"Gladly!"
"HARRY POTTER!" Katherine had rounded on him. "Are you flirting with her?"
"No. I'm rubbing it in her face." Harry pointed to Cho (who was watching Harry like a hawk) and kissed his hand and lightly smacked his butt. Katherine half smiled and flew away.
"Are you dating her?" Cho wondered.
"What tipped you off?"
And then Harry saw the Snitch. It was flying in lazy circles around Dean's head in the commentary box. Dean didn't seem to notice, or if he did he didn't move.
"Harry?" Cho asked, but all she saw was a blur of black hair and scarlet robes.
"HARRY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Dean was yelling from the box. "If you run into me I swear I'll kill you! I'm going to duck now…"
"NO! Don't move a muscle!" Harry said loudly as he approached him. He turned backwards on his broom to stop it and grabbed the snitch in his left hand, grinning madly. Cho approached the scene seconds later, scowling.
"And Gryffindor wins ONE HUNDRED AND NINTEY TO A WHOPING TWENTY POINTS!" Cheers erupted from the stadiums. Harry released the Snitch to flat above the crowds.
"That isn't fair." Cho whined to Lupin. "Harry SAW the Snitch before me! He's got a better broom! It just isn't fair…!"
"Oh get over yourself Cho." Katherine snapped. "Harry's just better than you!"
"Thank you Katherine!" Harry said and put an arm around her waist.
"What a perfect couple. Two orphans both so pathetic and weak that they deserve each other." Cho sneered.
"I hardly consider that good sportsmanship." Lupin said calmly.
"Just as I hardly consider you a good teacher." She snapped back.
"Forty points from Ravenclaw, and see if I don't report that." Lupin said venomously. Cho huffed and walked away. "You dated HER?"
"A crush?" Harry winced and shrugged. "Oh you know- boy meets girl, boy dates girl, boy dumps girl, boy dies and then he has a jealous ex?"
"Oh yes, the classic story..." Katherine said and rolled her eyes. "You dumped her?"
"Yes, and I'll explain it to you later."
"Ah. Okay."
"You did good today." Harry commented later that night. "Really good. I'll offer you a spot on the team next year if you want."
"Thank you!" Kat squealed and ignoring Sirius's bark kissed him.
"Oh you're most certainly welcome!" Harry kissed her back.
"I have this really weird feeling in my gut." Katherine commented lightly and submitted to Sirius pulling her away from Harry with his teeth.
"Like something's about to happen?" Harry asked. She nodded. "Me too."
"I thought you might."
"Just don't make me throw up okay? I have no intention of loosing my teeth at an early age because of stomach acid dissolving them."
Katherine threw a pillow at him. "I'm being serious."
"So am I. But seriously now- what do you think it could be?"
~* I think you're in danger, Harry ~*
~* Tell me something else new. Katherine, I think we're both in danger this time. ~*
~* How do you mean? Have you had a vision? ~*
~* Not lately, but I had a dream, a true dream that was about Voldemort and he said something like, 'if you can beat 'em make 'em join you.' ~*
~* That's really weird. What do you think it means? ~*
~* Have no idea. ~* Harry sighed. ~* I just was thinking about it the other day and I realized I cant remember anything about four weeks ago when I stormed out of the common room. Nothing. I can't remember a single thing that happened for at least two hours of a day! ~*
~* Maybe there's nothing to remember? ~* Katherine thought nervously.
~* I usually remember pointless things though. ~*
~* Well now that you mention it...I can't remember anything at all about my family's funerals, not a single snippet. I mean, I was gone for a week and all I remember is flying back from it. ~*
"Strange." Harry said. "Very strange."
They went to their separate rooms after a while. At about two in the morning, Katherine crept into Harry's room.
"I'm scared, Harry. Help me."
Harry wrapped her in his arms and rocked her back and forth.
"I'm scared too. At least we can be scared together."
A/N : Please, feel free to murder me in flames with my overly short chapter. Actually, don't but please tell me if you want longer chapters. This chapter is dedicated to Jakie, who told me I should have more Quidditch in the stories! Thank you much!!!! Please be nice and review and I love you all anyways!
~Tadariada~
