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The rest of the afternoon went by very quickly and Harry Ron and Hermione easily finished their essay for Professor Binns. Before the Trio knew it it was time for dinner. They dropped off their essays up in Gryffindor Tower and made their way down to the Great Hall for dinner. As Harry was tucking into a steak and kidney pie Hermione asked a question "Harry what are your plans for tonight."
Harry lowered his voice so only Ron and Hermione could hear him "I'm going to spend some time with my father, so I won't be around."
"All right Harry, I was just curious." Hermione responded
The trio ate the rest of their meal in silence and just as they were finishing up dessert Fred and George came up to Harry and Fred said "Hey Harry, quick quidditch meeting with Professor McGonagall right after dinner to pick a new captain and arrange tryouts to fill the open positions."
"Okay you guys, if you're done eating we might as well go to McGonagall now and get this overwith, I've got some stuff to do tonight."
Harry stood up and said to Ron and Hermione "Well I'll see you guys later on back in the Tower." Ron nodded and said "All right Harry, see you around."
"See you guys around." With that said he left with the twins.
Harry Fred and George walked into Professor McGonagall's office and saw Katie Bell and Alicia Spinnett already standing there. Katie smiled as she saw the twins and Harry enter. "So you guys finally decided to grace us ladies with your presences?"
George promptly put on his most charming smile and said with a mock bow "But of course my dear! We wouldn't dream of making you wait any longer."
Professor McGonagall was standing behind her desk watching this whole display without saying a word. Finally she'd had enough and cleared her throat to signify the start of the meeting.
"Now as I'm sure you have plenty of other things which you'd rather be doing, like your homework. I suggest we get this meeting started."
Seeing that she finally had the remaining Gryffindor Quidditch Team's attention she began.
"Now I think that the first order of business is to select a new captain since Oliver has long since left the school. Now, we're going to select the captain through a random vote. Each of you will write whomever you want to be captain on a slip of parchmant, fold it twice and then put it into this bowl and then I will read out each vote after all of the votes have been submitted. All right?"
Everybody nodded and headed up to their Head of House's desk and took a slip or parchment and then spread themselves out of the room. Five minutes later all of the votes had been submitted. Harry had voted for the twins.
Professor McGonagall picked up the first piece of paper and read out "Harry." as was the case with the next three sheets when the professor got to Harry's sheet and read out "Fred and George."
Professor McGonagall set down the last sheet and said "Well I do believe that the majority has spoken. Congratulations Mister Potter."
By this point Harry was beaming and said "Thanks professor, thanks guys. I won't let you down."
Fred spoke up next "Well we know that Harry, why do you think all of us voted for you!"
With that done Professor McGonagall spoke again "Now that we have a captain, you all need to figure out when you will be holding tryouts to fill the open positions."
Harry looked around questioningly at his teammates and said "How about next friday at seven o'clock?"
The rest of the team nodded in consent and mumbled agreeingly Professor McGonagall looked around at all of the teams faces and said
"All right, now that that's settled you all are free to go. Oh and Potter, be sure to put up an announcement sheet about the tryouts in your common room."
"I will Professor, good night."
With that the team left and Harry made his excuses to his teammates and separated from them in the Entrance Hall and made his way down to the dungeons to his father's private quarters. He knocked on the door to his father's rooms and after hearing a 'come in' he entered the quarters.
Snape was sitting on the couch reading a rather thick tome and looked up and said "How was your day today?"
"I had all of my boring classes today but we just had a quidditch meeting to pick the new captain and agree on a date for tryouts since we've got a couple of open positions now."
"I see, and who is the new captain?" A small grin spread across Harry's face as he looked down at the floor and said "Me"
Harry didn't hear his father get up and walk over to him. In fact he wasn't even aware of his father's presence until he was pulled into a hug and heard his father say
"I'm very proud of you Harry, I'm sure you'll do a very good job. Though I am getting sick and tired of watching Gryffindor beating Slytherin every time they play one another."
"Well as long as Malfoy is seeker, they won't be beating me anytime soon." Harry said with a mischevious glint in his eyes.
"Too true. I don't know what I was thinking when I supported that boy buying his way onto the team, but we did desperately need the brooms." Snape added as a slight afterthought.
Harry snorted at his father's last comment.and only then did Severus relinquish his grip on Harry. The two walked over towards the lush couches and sat down and Harry said
"So what kind of potion are you going to subject to my class this week?"
"I don't know if I should tell you, that might not be fair. But then again when have I ever been known to be fair towards Gryffindors, especially you?"
"Never." Harry promptly responded
"All right. This next time you'll be making a de-aging potion. Though I don't know if any of you can quite handle it, it might be too difficult."
"I'm sure at least Hermione can handle it."
Severus cracked a smirk and said "Yes, I suppose she can."
The two sat and talked about everything and nothing until it was fifteen minutes before curfew when Snape looked at his watch and said "It's almost time for curfew Harry, you'd best get back to Gryffindor Tower."
Harry reluctantly got up off of the couch, stretched and said, "I suppose you're right. I guess I'll be seeing you in class tomorrow."
"I suppose so. Good night son." Severu said pulling Harry into a hug
"Night Dad, see you in the morning." With that Harry was gone and Severus himself got ready for bed.
Harry appeared back up at Gryffindor Tower taking a couple of the secret passages that he knew about to make the trip shorter and quietly slipped into the common room and found Ron and Hermione curled up on the couch holding hands. He cracked a smile and poked the both of them and they woke up with a start and Hermione spoke first "Oh hey Harry, when did you get back?" "Just now. Looks like you two were having an interesting and productive evening." Harry said with a sly grin and mischevious glint in his eyes. Hermione blushed and looked down at her lap while Ron finally found his voice "Yeah well, we......uh, oh forget it. We just started going out."
"Oh so you finally decided to stop being a prat and realized your feelings right?"
"I guess so mate. So did you find out what kind of torture Snape's going to be inflicting on us in class tomorrow?" "Yes I did but I'm not telling. Now I'm really tired you guys and I've got a quidditch flyer to make so I'm heading to my room. Night you two, I don't want to hear any snogging out here!" Hermione just kept on blushing and Ron said "Okay, good night mate. Oh and congratulations. Fred and George told me when they got back from the meeting." "Thanks Ron, night you two."
"Night Harry." They both responded and Harry disappeared into his room.
A/N: I hope that was a little longer and better than the last one. I couldn't resist in putting in Harry getting captain or any of that stuff so I hope you all enjoyed it now click that little button down there in the left hand corner to leave a review!!!!!!!!!
The rest of the afternoon went by very quickly and Harry Ron and Hermione easily finished their essay for Professor Binns. Before the Trio knew it it was time for dinner. They dropped off their essays up in Gryffindor Tower and made their way down to the Great Hall for dinner. As Harry was tucking into a steak and kidney pie Hermione asked a question "Harry what are your plans for tonight."
Harry lowered his voice so only Ron and Hermione could hear him "I'm going to spend some time with my father, so I won't be around."
"All right Harry, I was just curious." Hermione responded
The trio ate the rest of their meal in silence and just as they were finishing up dessert Fred and George came up to Harry and Fred said "Hey Harry, quick quidditch meeting with Professor McGonagall right after dinner to pick a new captain and arrange tryouts to fill the open positions."
"Okay you guys, if you're done eating we might as well go to McGonagall now and get this overwith, I've got some stuff to do tonight."
Harry stood up and said to Ron and Hermione "Well I'll see you guys later on back in the Tower." Ron nodded and said "All right Harry, see you around."
"See you guys around." With that said he left with the twins.
Harry Fred and George walked into Professor McGonagall's office and saw Katie Bell and Alicia Spinnett already standing there. Katie smiled as she saw the twins and Harry enter. "So you guys finally decided to grace us ladies with your presences?"
George promptly put on his most charming smile and said with a mock bow "But of course my dear! We wouldn't dream of making you wait any longer."
Professor McGonagall was standing behind her desk watching this whole display without saying a word. Finally she'd had enough and cleared her throat to signify the start of the meeting.
"Now as I'm sure you have plenty of other things which you'd rather be doing, like your homework. I suggest we get this meeting started."
Seeing that she finally had the remaining Gryffindor Quidditch Team's attention she began.
"Now I think that the first order of business is to select a new captain since Oliver has long since left the school. Now, we're going to select the captain through a random vote. Each of you will write whomever you want to be captain on a slip of parchmant, fold it twice and then put it into this bowl and then I will read out each vote after all of the votes have been submitted. All right?"
Everybody nodded and headed up to their Head of House's desk and took a slip or parchment and then spread themselves out of the room. Five minutes later all of the votes had been submitted. Harry had voted for the twins.
Professor McGonagall picked up the first piece of paper and read out "Harry." as was the case with the next three sheets when the professor got to Harry's sheet and read out "Fred and George."
Professor McGonagall set down the last sheet and said "Well I do believe that the majority has spoken. Congratulations Mister Potter."
By this point Harry was beaming and said "Thanks professor, thanks guys. I won't let you down."
Fred spoke up next "Well we know that Harry, why do you think all of us voted for you!"
With that done Professor McGonagall spoke again "Now that we have a captain, you all need to figure out when you will be holding tryouts to fill the open positions."
Harry looked around questioningly at his teammates and said "How about next friday at seven o'clock?"
The rest of the team nodded in consent and mumbled agreeingly Professor McGonagall looked around at all of the teams faces and said
"All right, now that that's settled you all are free to go. Oh and Potter, be sure to put up an announcement sheet about the tryouts in your common room."
"I will Professor, good night."
With that the team left and Harry made his excuses to his teammates and separated from them in the Entrance Hall and made his way down to the dungeons to his father's private quarters. He knocked on the door to his father's rooms and after hearing a 'come in' he entered the quarters.
Snape was sitting on the couch reading a rather thick tome and looked up and said "How was your day today?"
"I had all of my boring classes today but we just had a quidditch meeting to pick the new captain and agree on a date for tryouts since we've got a couple of open positions now."
"I see, and who is the new captain?" A small grin spread across Harry's face as he looked down at the floor and said "Me"
Harry didn't hear his father get up and walk over to him. In fact he wasn't even aware of his father's presence until he was pulled into a hug and heard his father say
"I'm very proud of you Harry, I'm sure you'll do a very good job. Though I am getting sick and tired of watching Gryffindor beating Slytherin every time they play one another."
"Well as long as Malfoy is seeker, they won't be beating me anytime soon." Harry said with a mischevious glint in his eyes.
"Too true. I don't know what I was thinking when I supported that boy buying his way onto the team, but we did desperately need the brooms." Snape added as a slight afterthought.
Harry snorted at his father's last comment.and only then did Severus relinquish his grip on Harry. The two walked over towards the lush couches and sat down and Harry said
"So what kind of potion are you going to subject to my class this week?"
"I don't know if I should tell you, that might not be fair. But then again when have I ever been known to be fair towards Gryffindors, especially you?"
"Never." Harry promptly responded
"All right. This next time you'll be making a de-aging potion. Though I don't know if any of you can quite handle it, it might be too difficult."
"I'm sure at least Hermione can handle it."
Severus cracked a smirk and said "Yes, I suppose she can."
The two sat and talked about everything and nothing until it was fifteen minutes before curfew when Snape looked at his watch and said "It's almost time for curfew Harry, you'd best get back to Gryffindor Tower."
Harry reluctantly got up off of the couch, stretched and said, "I suppose you're right. I guess I'll be seeing you in class tomorrow."
"I suppose so. Good night son." Severu said pulling Harry into a hug
"Night Dad, see you in the morning." With that Harry was gone and Severus himself got ready for bed.
Harry appeared back up at Gryffindor Tower taking a couple of the secret passages that he knew about to make the trip shorter and quietly slipped into the common room and found Ron and Hermione curled up on the couch holding hands. He cracked a smile and poked the both of them and they woke up with a start and Hermione spoke first "Oh hey Harry, when did you get back?" "Just now. Looks like you two were having an interesting and productive evening." Harry said with a sly grin and mischevious glint in his eyes. Hermione blushed and looked down at her lap while Ron finally found his voice "Yeah well, we......uh, oh forget it. We just started going out."
"Oh so you finally decided to stop being a prat and realized your feelings right?"
"I guess so mate. So did you find out what kind of torture Snape's going to be inflicting on us in class tomorrow?" "Yes I did but I'm not telling. Now I'm really tired you guys and I've got a quidditch flyer to make so I'm heading to my room. Night you two, I don't want to hear any snogging out here!" Hermione just kept on blushing and Ron said "Okay, good night mate. Oh and congratulations. Fred and George told me when they got back from the meeting." "Thanks Ron, night you two."
"Night Harry." They both responded and Harry disappeared into his room.
A/N: I hope that was a little longer and better than the last one. I couldn't resist in putting in Harry getting captain or any of that stuff so I hope you all enjoyed it now click that little button down there in the left hand corner to leave a review!!!!!!!!!