~*Harry Potter and Practical Magic*~
Chapter 3 – Making New Friends
The next few day's passed with great ease. Since classes started on Wedesday, and Harry, Hermione, and Ron didn't have Potions till Monday, everything was going smoothly in their books.
On Saturday moring, Harry rolled out of bed at 6:00am for the try-outs for the Gryiffindor Quiddtch team since George, Fred, Angelia, Katie, and Alicia all graduated last year.
After Harry got out of the shower, he threw on his Captian Quidditch year, grabbed his CometBlaster (the newest and latest model…from Sirius), and raced down to the Quiddtch Field to do some flying before everyone who was trying out got there.
At around 7:30, Ron, Ginny, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Parvati Patil , Katrina Crane, Landon Crawford, Emma Radcliffe (A/N: hehe), and Daniel Watson (A/N: Double hehe) showed up. Harry flew down to greet them all.
"Hey. We'll wait a few more minutes to see if anyone is going to show up, then we'll begin the try-outs." He said, he then landed on the ground next to Ron and Ginny.
"I'm glad you guys are trying out." He said, wipping some persperation off his forehead.
Meanwhile in the Gryiffindor House…
After Hermione got out of the shower, she put on her undergarments, a long black skirt, a white dress shirt, a black tie, and a grey vest, and her black shoes with black stain lace. She put a straighting charm on her hair, white and black eyeliner, black mascara, and a lite clear gloss. She then walked out the door, and started walking down the stairs. When she reached the bottom she saw Samantha over on the couch in front of the fireplace. Curiousity got the best of her, so she walked over to see what she was doing.
"Hello, Samantha." Hermione said, with a smile and sitting down next to her. Samantha looked up from the book she was reading and smiled back.
"Hi…Hermione is it?" she asked. Hermione nodded.
"Yes, but you have to say it like 'Her-my-own-knee'." she paused, seeing the quizical look Samantha's face, who began laughing.
"How about I just call you Herm?" she asked. Hermione laughed too.
"Only if I can call you Sam." She said, holding out her hand. Samantha took it, and shook it.
"You've got a deal." She replied, then continued to read her book. Hermione looked over at the cover which said "SYBIL" in yellow words, and there were a bunch small idential faces, just different colors.
"What's that your reading?" She asked. Samantha looked up again.
"It's a true story about a woman who had 16 different personalities." Samantha replied. Hermione's eyes went wide.
"16?! Wow, that's a lot." She said. Samantha nodded.
"Yeah, there's this one part when she says that she 'woke up' and she was 2 years older. That would freak me out so bad." She said, Hermione nodded.
"Tell me about it. Hey…um…do you think I could read it when your done?" she asked. Samantha nodded.
"Of course," She said, then set down the book. "Hey, I'm starving. Lets go get some breakfast." She said, grabbing Hermione's hand.
"Alright." Hermione said with a smile, and they left the common room for the Great Hall.
Back on the Quidditch Field…
Harry walked in front of the few who arrived. He cleared his voice, and everyone looked at him.
"Arlight then. I guess this is everyone who is-"
"Sorry! I'm here, I'm here!"
Harry turned around and saw Isabella running towards him, decked out in a pair of black running pants, a white tank-top, and a dark blue un-zipped sweatshirt. Her hair was tide back into a ponytail.
"Hello, Isabella. Are you trying out?" Harry asked, Isabella nodded.
"Yep." She said with a smile. Harry then noticed she was missing something.
"Where's you broom?" He asked. She bit her lip.
"I don't have one. It got lost when we moved here." Harry nodded.
"I'll go get-"
"You can use mine, when I'm done with my try-out!" Ron exclaimed, with a wide smile. Isabella grinned back at him.
"Thank-you so much!" She said, then walked up beside him. Harry laughed to himself when he saw Ron's love sick expression on his face. 'God…I hope I don't look that way when I'm around Hermione…' Harry thought to himself.
"Okay, lets get started," Harry began. "Basically, I'll ask you to mount your brooms, and ask you which position you'd like to try out for. The position's avalible are for 1 Keeper, 2 Beaters, and 3 Chasers. Okay, first up is…" he trailed off, looking at his clipboard. "Ginny Weasly."
Ginny gulped, and looked up to Ron, who patted her on the back, and gave her a reasurring smile. She then walked up in front of the group.
"Mount your broom, Ginny." Harry said. Ginny did as she was told.
"What poition are you trying out for Ginny?" he asked.
"Ch-Ch-Chaser, Captain Potter." Ginny said, nervously. Harry laughed.
"Ginny, loosen up. I'm your friend, and we've known each other for how long?"
"S-Six years." She said, blushing.
"Then call me Harry." He said, flashing a smile. Ginny smiled back.
"Okay, Harry." She said. Harry then wipped out his wand, and shouted…
"Accio Quaffle!"
Withen seconds, the reddish brown looking ball came flying towards Harry, who caught it.
"On my word, I'm going throw this into the air, and you have to catch it, then fly as fast as you can, and toss it into the hoop. Alright?" Harry said. Ginny nodded, and kicked off the ground, hovering for a moment.
"1…2…3…Now!" Harry said, tossing the bludger up.
Ginny, with amazing speed, took off after it. She caught it, and fled towards the hoop, making it in. Everyone clapped, and congradulated her. She then flew down to the ground and picked up the ball, then flew back towards everyone, she tossed the ball to Harry.
"Nicely done, Gin. Okay, next will have…Daniel Watson."
In the Great Hall…
Hermione and Samantha sat down at the Gryiffindor table, their plates soon filled uo with eggs, sausage, and toast. Their cups with milk.
"So how do you like school so far, Samantha?" Hermione asked.
"It's different then the American school, but different is nice." She said. Hermione nodded in agreement.
"Yes. When I was in school in London, I would go home every eveing. I think this is rather nicer, especially since I love it here so much." She said.
"You know, Hermione, your probably the only person I know who loves school as much as me." Samantha said.
"You say that like it's a good thing…" A voice said from behind them. They both turned around and found themseleves starring up at Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle.
"Oh Draco, why must you always sneak up like that?" Hermione asked.
"Because you know you like it." He said, with a smirk. Hermione was about to say something, when Samantha spoke up.
"No, I think your wrong there." Draco, for the first time looked over at Samantha, and a feeling, like a bolt of lighting ran through his body as her very big light brown eyes burned into his gray blue ones. He all of a sudden forgot what was going on, and felt like he was floating. He then quickly found his words.
"Really?" He said "Enlighten me." Samantha nodded.
"Well, why would anyone like a snake that sneaks up behind you?" she asked. Draco glared at her.
"I would shut your mouth if I were-"
"Or what? You'll tell you're father on me. Don't think I haven't heard about you…Draco, is it? You seem to forget that my mother holds more power in her little pinky then your father does in his whole body. And if you wanna play the 'when my father here's about this' game, well your in for a real show if he's going against my mother." She said.
Draco just stood there, not knowing what to say. 'Say something you git! You just can't let her talk to you like that!' part of him thought. 'No, let her talk all she wants. As long as I get to look at her some more' Samantha then laughed.
"That's what I thought. Now, if you don't mind, me and Hermione would like to finish our breakfast." She said, turning around, and putting salt onto her eggs.
"Come on." Draco said, and walked away with Crabbe and Goyle behind him. Hermione turned to Samantha.
"That was fansastic! Did you see his face?!" she said. Samantha nodded, and smiled.
"Not a bad face, either." She said. Hermione's mouth dropped open.
"Are you sweet on Draco?" She asked. Samantha raised an eyebrow.
"What?" she asked. Hermione shook her head.
"It means to do like him." She explained. Samantha nodded.
"OH! You mean am I crunching on him. Yeah, I guess I am." She said.
"Crunching? And you think my words sound different." She said. Samantha laughed, and countinued eating her eggs.
Back on the Field…
"Very nice, Ron! You've improved since last summer!" Harry shouted to his friend, who wanted to be a Beater.
Ron smiled, and flew back towards them with the ball, and a beater. He then handed his broom over to Isabella.
"Good luck, Isabella." Ron said. Isabella smiled.
"Thanks Ron." She said.
"And last, but not least. Isabella Owens, mount your broom." Harry said, and Isabella did so.
"What position are you trying out for?" He asked.
"Keeper." She said. Harry nodded, then mouted his own broom. The 2 then flew off towards the hoops. Harry stopped about 500 feet away from Isabella who was In front of the hoop.
"Ready!" he shouted to her.
"As I'll ever be!" She shouted back. Harry nodded, then he threw the ball with amazing speed. He did it harder then he did on Dean, who missed all the same.
Isabella didn't move, and everyone thought "she's going to miss it'. But to their surprise, when it was just a few feet away, she spun her broom, and with a great amount of force, whacked it so hard, it flew over Harry's head. And everyone stared at her in disbelieft.
"Dean…you don't have a chance." Ron said, putting a hand on his shoulder. Dean nodded, still looking at Isabella.
Isabella and Harry then flew back towards the group of people, and landed. Isabella handed Ron his broom back.
"Thanks again, Ron. You have an amazing piece of wood there." She said. Ron's ears turned pink, and he nodded.
Harry picked up his clipboard and cleared his voice again.
"Okay, now for the hardest part. I just want to let everyone know, all your skills were very great, but unforuntuatly, we don't have room for all of you. When I call your name, you have made the team. Landon Crawford, Seamus Finnigin, Isabella Owens, Parvati Patil, Ginny Weasly, and Ron Weasly, congradulations, you've made the team. To the rest of you, I'm sorry once again." He said.
Everyone who didn't make the team congradulated everyone who did, and the ones who did make the team, gave there thanks.
"Now, lets go eat!" Harry shouted, and they all ran off to the Great Hall.
Just as Harry, Ron, Isabella were walking into the Great Hall, Hermione and Samantha were walking out.
"Hiya guys! How was try-outs?" Hermione asked.
"These two made the team." Harry said, feeling the same butterfly's return whenever Hermione was present.
"Really sis?" Samantha asked. Isabella nodded.
"Well, were on our way to Hogesmeade. You guys eat, and we'll meet up with you at Three Broomsticks at noon, alright then?" Hermione asked. The three of them nodded.
"See you later then, and congradulations you guys!" Hermione shouted back at them, as her and Samantha walked away. Harry just stared back at Hermione as she laughed about something with Samantha.
"Ello, Harry?" Ron said, waving a hand in front of his face. Harry blinked a few times, then looked at him.
"Yeah, what?" he said.
"Mate, you got it bad if you didn't even notice that me and Isabella have already eaten and it's already 11:30!" Ron exclaimed. Harry's eyes went wide with shock.
"WHAT!!" He exlcaimed. Ron and Isabella burst into laughter.
"You should have seen your face, Harry!" Isabella choked out between her laughs.
"Ha ha ha." Harry laughed, scarcastically. Ron shook his head.
"Come on, lets go eat." He said, and swung a arm around Isabella, who didn't seem to mind. Harry suddenly became envious of Ron. 'If only things were that easy with Hermione…' And the three of them walked into the Great Hall.
Another long chapter (to me anyways!), and I'm very proud of myself. Hehe. Well, you know tha routine…Read and Review!
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Hyperwhich…I love the movie too! I just recently got it on DVD and I can't stop watching it! I saw it in theaters back in…98? Wow, that was a long time ago. But anyways, Ron and Isabella are defentaly going to get hooked up. And I agree, NO ONE TOUCH'S HARRY' MIONE! Hehe.
FawkesnFlame…Yah! I did, hehe. I was sad when Crystal Rose ended also, but I'm working on a sequel, so don't disppare! I hope you liked this chapter.
Emili Potter…Your welcome, and thanks to you too! And it's okay, I babble too, hehe.
Ryoko Blue…I know this is going to be good! Haha. I don't even know how I got to thinking about putting Harry Potter and Practical Magic together…weird. And yes, Ron is going to fall for the red. (Like father like son, eh?) And look who's talking! Miss "I take FOREVER to get my chapters out!", hehe, I'm just playing.
Springy…Thank-you so much! Hey, how is your story coming?
Hikari47…Thanks. And I fixed Garry Hallets name. Well, this story is foucusing around Gillian's girls, but, I'll try and see if I can put what happened to them into the story.
Hermione Potter…I plan on keeping it up! Hehe. Hey, are you the Hermione Potter who wrote "Blast from the Past"? if you are, are you going to update it soon? I'm dying to read more!!
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