Chapter IX: Quidditch
Harry was amazingly tense for his first Quidditch game as Captain, and he had since gotten word that Draco Malfoy was Slytherin Captain. Harry had taken the team to the Gryffindor planning room for an Oliver Wood-style pep talk, and training session two hours before the game. The Creevey brothers were the most nervous of the entire team, being the Team Muggle-borns. The grandstands were slowly filling up in the run-up for the game; the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff house stands were also filling with students with Gryffindor banners, the only ones who seemed to be supporting Slytherin were the Slytherins themselves, although this was usually the case.
Harry and the team went back into the room, and waited for Madam Hooch to signal the team back onto the field. The new commentator, Jay Jordan (Lee's brother) said over the crowd 'Coming onto the field, the Reigning Champions, featuring six debut players, Gryffindor Team: Patil, Brown, Finnigan, Creevey, Creevey, Weasley and Potter!' the entire crowd, except the Slytherins, roared and the team started flying around the pitch. And then, Jay yelled 'and now, the Reigning runner-ups, The Slytherin team: Lynch, Parkinson, Bulstrode, Flint, Flint, Goyle and Malfoy!' Only the Slytherins themselves were cheering.
Madam Hooch called to the players, 'Mount your brooms!' and then she blew her whistle and the balls were all let out.
'Finnigan starts with the quaffle and passes to Patil, is attacked by a bludger sent by one of the Flint twins… Lynch steals the quaffle, but a bludger is sent by Colin Creevey, Gryffindor's new Beater on a Thunderflash,'
'Jordan! You're just as bad as your brother is!'
'Sorry, Professor, Okay, Lavender Brown regains the quaffle and sprints over to the goal, and throws the ball to the goal, and SHE SCORES! A lousy shot by Brown, but Goyle is too slow anyway.' Malfoy seemed really annoyed and was mouthing off at Goyle, and the crowd burst into cheers. 'And now, Potter starts blasting toward the ground, HE'S SEEN THE SNITCH!' And just as Harry reached out to the golden ball, he was knocked off his broom and the Slytherin team burst into applause. 'Slytherin win.'
Madam Hooch headed toward Harry and said 'Deliberate damage to Gryffindor Seeker in opportunity to gain snitch! Slytherin Forfeit match, and any more sabotage from Draco Malfoy and Slytherin will be permanently disqualify!'
Jordan yelled over the crowd 'In an unexpected revelation, Gryffindor Win by one hundred and sixty points to nil!'
Harry and the team flew back to the room, and was greeted by the team and locked up his Firebolt and headed back to Gryffindor Tower.
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'Excellent Win, Harry!'
'That would have been your best catch yet!'
'Go, Harry!' These were some of the lines that Harry was greeted by. Hermione and Dean had gotten a huge spread from the kitchens, and Neville had (yet again) fallen for one of Fred and George Weasley's sweets (Birdie Bake). However, Harry wasn't in the mood for a party, and went straight to bed. He wondered exactly how he managed to not catch the Snitch, and also what kind of reception Malfoy would have gotten at the Slytherin's Dungeon.
Next morning, Harry felt much more refreshed, and headed straight up to Potions with Dumbledore. 'Today, we will learn exactly how to brew a Bullweed Brew. This potion will block the effects of the Crustacius Curse, for three hours. For this we will need Gillyweed, the stem of a Mandrake, Flobberworm Mucus and of course, Bullweed.' The rest of the lesson went through without a hitch, until another letter from Snape revealed U. R. Number two to the end. This would have to be Snape's weirdest name yet, as there was no one currently in Hogwarts with those initials for one hundred and thirty years. His name was Uberty Ravenclaw, who was a direct descendent of Rowena Ravenclaw, so this was the most unlikely one yet!
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A/N: Uberty Ravenclaw? When will Snape deliver the name of the next Death Eater? Will he? Will Slytherin get disqualified? I certainly hope so!
This will probably be the last chapter for a while.