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Chapter 11: Quidditch
When Harry arrived back at Hogwarts, he didn't have much time to contemplate Voldemort and tragedy. The first quidditch game of the season was coming up and Angelina was working her team hard. They had practice five times a week, but it was paying off. The team looked better than ever, helped largely by the performance of Ginny Weasley as keeper.
The morning of their first match against Ravenclaw, Harry felt the familiar butterflies that only a quidditch game could bring. He sat down to breakfast with the team. This time it was Angelina making sure everyone ate something
In the locker rooms, Harry put his equipment on quickly as he listened to Angelina's pep talk. "Now team, we have been practicing hard since school began. We have a new addition to our team who is better than we could have ever hoped." At these words, she beamed proudly at Ginny. "I know we can beat this team if we concentrate and give it our all! Whaddya say?" She grinned at the team.
"We'll get em' Angelina! Don't worry!" George shouted enthusiastically.
"Win one for the ol' captain." Fred said, grinning.
Harry headed onto the pitch with the rest of the team feeling a little less nervous. He took his position on the field and watched as Angelina shook hands with Roger Davies. Suddenly, the balls were released. The game had begun! Harry swooped down near the goalposts, looking for the snitch. He listened to Lee Jordan's commentary as he continued the search. "Captain of the Gryffindor team, Angelina Johnson with the quaffle! She passes it to Alicia Spinnet who races towards the goal posts. She throws it and-? Yes! Ten points for Gryffindor. Roger Davies with the quaffle. There's a shot! Goal? No! Ginny Weasley makes an easy save. The rookie keeper is holding her own out there." Harry smiled at Lee's comment. Ginny was rather good.
Harry raised a hand to block the sunlight from his view. So far, he hadn't spotted the small golden ball, but he kept checking to make sure Cho Chang had not gotten to it either. Harry definitely felt different about Cho this year than the last. He was no longer getting a queasy feeling at the sight of her and he felt there was no way that they could get together. He had a feeling that Cedric's death had lent a helping hand in that.
Harry turned his ears back on, straining to hear Lee's commentary over the noise of the stands. "And Angelina Johnson scores again! She's having a great game out there! That makes the score 80-10 Gryffindor." Harry let out a yelp and pumped his fist in the air to show his enthusiasm for his team's excellent performance thus far. "Here comes Roger Davies towards the goalposts! A nice shot, but Ginny Weasley comes up with the save! Nice play by the youngest Weasley! Alicia Spinnet, racing towards the goal! A neat pass back to Katie Bell and SCORE! What a great play by the Gryffindor team! Captain Angelina Johnson has some tricks up her sleeve." Harry again put his full concentration in searching for the snitch, ignoring the commentary, though he couldn't help letting out a cheer every time one of their chasers scored which was pretty often. Wait! There it was! Harry raced towards his own end of the field. Ginny had one eye on him and one on the quaffle, which was zipping between Alicia and Katie. Harry reached out his hand, hoping to enclose it around the snitch. CRACK! Harry was whipped around, doing a 180 on his broomstick as a bludger hit the tail of his broom. The Ravenclaws cheered excitedly for the awesome performance of their beater.
By the time, Harry regained control of his broom; the snitch had once again raced out of his sights. He chanced a look at the scoreboard and was surprised to see the Gryffindor team leading by a sizeable amount. "210-30" Harry whispered to himself. Angelina's tactics sure were working. Harry wouldn't even have to catch the snitch if his chasers kept this up. Harry smiled to himself wryly. As if he would ever just give up on finding it. Harry let out another yell as Katie Bell scored again for the Gryffindor team. The chasers were on fire! Harry couldn't help, but feel that Ginny was playing awesomely as well. After all the Ravenclaws had only a measly 30 points. He grinned at Ginny and for a moment they caught eyes.
Harry was glad that some of the tension they had been feeling the last couple of weeks seemed to be melting away. Quidditch was a good way to take your mind off of things. Harry scanned the skies for the snitch again, watching as George sent a bludger straight towards Cho Chang, who was looking helpless in the middle of the sky. Harry snickered a bit as Cho was forced to hang upside down as the bludger sped past her, barely missing her broom.
He continued his search for the snitch, this time letting the commentary interrupt his concentration. "Wow! What a game those Gryffindors are playing! Angelina Johnson scores again making the score 260-30! Suddenly Harry got a choked up feeling in his throat as Cho Chang headed into a dive. He wasn't sure what she was doing. After all, if she caught the snitch then Ravenclaw would lose. He raced after her, thinking that she must be doing what Krum did at the World Cup. Ending it on her terms.
Harry pushed his broom faster and faster trying to catch up to Cho, but he had barely come up to her ankles when she closed her fist around the tiny gold ball. Harry sighed, feeling defeated even though they had won the game. Lee Jordan was happily announcing the final score. "260-180, Gryffindor! Awesome playing by the Gryffindor team, but a nice grab by Cho Chang as well!"
Harry walked with the other Gryffindors, shoulders sagged. He grinned for the sake of his team, even though he had felt like he had let them down. "Great game guys. Angelina your tactics were amazing and Ginny you made some awesome stops. Sorry about the snitch."
Ginny grinned at him. "That's why were a team Harry. If you miss the snitch once, the rest of us can pick the team up. You don't have to win it for us all the time."
Harry smiled. He supposed she was right. As the team headed back to Gryffindor tower, Harry looked for a sign of Ron or Hermione. He finally found them in the common room, chatting.
When Ron saw them come in, he abruptly stopped talking and came over with his congratulations and compliments. Hermione, too, joined them. The victory party started and Harry was enjoying himself for the first time since Halloween. As he made his way up to the boys' dorms rooms with Ron, well past midnight, Ron shared some interesting information with him.
"Me and Hermione were er.taking a walk." He blushed here and turned his face away from Harry. Harry was pretty sure he knew what Ron was on about and thought maybe he should tell Ron he might try taking Ginny for the same kind of "walk" tomorrow evening. Harry thought about it for a minute and decided against it. "Anyways, we saw Filch and Dumbledore in an empty classroom. We heard a little of what they were saying. It was weird though, we couldn't really understand what they were talking about." Ron said looking puzzled. "Well, what did you hear?" Harry asked curiously. Too many strange things had been going on lately to take any event lightly.
"Dumbledore pointed at something on his desk and said 'we have to raise them hear and hear. These are the weak points.' Then Filch answered with 'yes headmaster.' They stopped talking after that so we just continued our...walk. Harry frowned. He, too, did not understand Dumbledore's words. What was going on?
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Chapter 11: Quidditch
When Harry arrived back at Hogwarts, he didn't have much time to contemplate Voldemort and tragedy. The first quidditch game of the season was coming up and Angelina was working her team hard. They had practice five times a week, but it was paying off. The team looked better than ever, helped largely by the performance of Ginny Weasley as keeper.
The morning of their first match against Ravenclaw, Harry felt the familiar butterflies that only a quidditch game could bring. He sat down to breakfast with the team. This time it was Angelina making sure everyone ate something
In the locker rooms, Harry put his equipment on quickly as he listened to Angelina's pep talk. "Now team, we have been practicing hard since school began. We have a new addition to our team who is better than we could have ever hoped." At these words, she beamed proudly at Ginny. "I know we can beat this team if we concentrate and give it our all! Whaddya say?" She grinned at the team.
"We'll get em' Angelina! Don't worry!" George shouted enthusiastically.
"Win one for the ol' captain." Fred said, grinning.
Harry headed onto the pitch with the rest of the team feeling a little less nervous. He took his position on the field and watched as Angelina shook hands with Roger Davies. Suddenly, the balls were released. The game had begun! Harry swooped down near the goalposts, looking for the snitch. He listened to Lee Jordan's commentary as he continued the search. "Captain of the Gryffindor team, Angelina Johnson with the quaffle! She passes it to Alicia Spinnet who races towards the goal posts. She throws it and-? Yes! Ten points for Gryffindor. Roger Davies with the quaffle. There's a shot! Goal? No! Ginny Weasley makes an easy save. The rookie keeper is holding her own out there." Harry smiled at Lee's comment. Ginny was rather good.
Harry raised a hand to block the sunlight from his view. So far, he hadn't spotted the small golden ball, but he kept checking to make sure Cho Chang had not gotten to it either. Harry definitely felt different about Cho this year than the last. He was no longer getting a queasy feeling at the sight of her and he felt there was no way that they could get together. He had a feeling that Cedric's death had lent a helping hand in that.
Harry turned his ears back on, straining to hear Lee's commentary over the noise of the stands. "And Angelina Johnson scores again! She's having a great game out there! That makes the score 80-10 Gryffindor." Harry let out a yelp and pumped his fist in the air to show his enthusiasm for his team's excellent performance thus far. "Here comes Roger Davies towards the goalposts! A nice shot, but Ginny Weasley comes up with the save! Nice play by the youngest Weasley! Alicia Spinnet, racing towards the goal! A neat pass back to Katie Bell and SCORE! What a great play by the Gryffindor team! Captain Angelina Johnson has some tricks up her sleeve." Harry again put his full concentration in searching for the snitch, ignoring the commentary, though he couldn't help letting out a cheer every time one of their chasers scored which was pretty often. Wait! There it was! Harry raced towards his own end of the field. Ginny had one eye on him and one on the quaffle, which was zipping between Alicia and Katie. Harry reached out his hand, hoping to enclose it around the snitch. CRACK! Harry was whipped around, doing a 180 on his broomstick as a bludger hit the tail of his broom. The Ravenclaws cheered excitedly for the awesome performance of their beater.
By the time, Harry regained control of his broom; the snitch had once again raced out of his sights. He chanced a look at the scoreboard and was surprised to see the Gryffindor team leading by a sizeable amount. "210-30" Harry whispered to himself. Angelina's tactics sure were working. Harry wouldn't even have to catch the snitch if his chasers kept this up. Harry smiled to himself wryly. As if he would ever just give up on finding it. Harry let out another yell as Katie Bell scored again for the Gryffindor team. The chasers were on fire! Harry couldn't help, but feel that Ginny was playing awesomely as well. After all the Ravenclaws had only a measly 30 points. He grinned at Ginny and for a moment they caught eyes.
Harry was glad that some of the tension they had been feeling the last couple of weeks seemed to be melting away. Quidditch was a good way to take your mind off of things. Harry scanned the skies for the snitch again, watching as George sent a bludger straight towards Cho Chang, who was looking helpless in the middle of the sky. Harry snickered a bit as Cho was forced to hang upside down as the bludger sped past her, barely missing her broom.
He continued his search for the snitch, this time letting the commentary interrupt his concentration. "Wow! What a game those Gryffindors are playing! Angelina Johnson scores again making the score 260-30! Suddenly Harry got a choked up feeling in his throat as Cho Chang headed into a dive. He wasn't sure what she was doing. After all, if she caught the snitch then Ravenclaw would lose. He raced after her, thinking that she must be doing what Krum did at the World Cup. Ending it on her terms.
Harry pushed his broom faster and faster trying to catch up to Cho, but he had barely come up to her ankles when she closed her fist around the tiny gold ball. Harry sighed, feeling defeated even though they had won the game. Lee Jordan was happily announcing the final score. "260-180, Gryffindor! Awesome playing by the Gryffindor team, but a nice grab by Cho Chang as well!"
Harry walked with the other Gryffindors, shoulders sagged. He grinned for the sake of his team, even though he had felt like he had let them down. "Great game guys. Angelina your tactics were amazing and Ginny you made some awesome stops. Sorry about the snitch."
Ginny grinned at him. "That's why were a team Harry. If you miss the snitch once, the rest of us can pick the team up. You don't have to win it for us all the time."
Harry smiled. He supposed she was right. As the team headed back to Gryffindor tower, Harry looked for a sign of Ron or Hermione. He finally found them in the common room, chatting.
When Ron saw them come in, he abruptly stopped talking and came over with his congratulations and compliments. Hermione, too, joined them. The victory party started and Harry was enjoying himself for the first time since Halloween. As he made his way up to the boys' dorms rooms with Ron, well past midnight, Ron shared some interesting information with him.
"Me and Hermione were er.taking a walk." He blushed here and turned his face away from Harry. Harry was pretty sure he knew what Ron was on about and thought maybe he should tell Ron he might try taking Ginny for the same kind of "walk" tomorrow evening. Harry thought about it for a minute and decided against it. "Anyways, we saw Filch and Dumbledore in an empty classroom. We heard a little of what they were saying. It was weird though, we couldn't really understand what they were talking about." Ron said looking puzzled. "Well, what did you hear?" Harry asked curiously. Too many strange things had been going on lately to take any event lightly.
"Dumbledore pointed at something on his desk and said 'we have to raise them hear and hear. These are the weak points.' Then Filch answered with 'yes headmaster.' They stopped talking after that so we just continued our...walk. Harry frowned. He, too, did not understand Dumbledore's words. What was going on?
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