Harry stepped out side the portrait hole following Professor
Mcgonagall.
"Potter I think we ought to go to my office." She said over her shoulder.
Harry was starting to get worried now. Was he in trouble? He couldn't think of anything he did wrong... Unless he was 'acting up' in Divination. No that couldn't be it, he thought. Ron and Anna would be in trouble as well.
Only when they had reached her office did he stop wondering. As he sat down in a chair in front of her desk he took a deep breath and waited for the lecture.
"Mr. Potter. I am very pleased....." She began. Harry's hopes immediately began to lift when he heard the word 'pleased'. ".....To inform you that you have been selected to replace Mr. Wood as captain of the Gryffindor House Qudditch Team."
Harry couldn't believe it. "You're joking!" he said.
"No Mr. Potter I am not." She paused looking at Harry who had just fallen back into his chair with disbelief. She continued, "Now, part of the responsibility that comes with being captain is scheduling practices. You need to make times and reservations for the field. Check with me once you have thought of the times. I'll do the reserving. Of course you'll need to let all your teammates know the schedule. And on the field you call the time outs. And of course you need to watch out for the well being of the team. Now one more thing, you're going to be in charge of tryouts. I have already reserved the field for Wednesday, tomorrow, during the evacuation drill for a practice without a new keeper and for the tryouts themselves on Saturday at three. You as well as the rest of your team are all going to have a say in whom to pick. And I want absolutely no favorism!"
"Yes maim." He breathed being overwhelmed by all this.
"Alright. I guess that's it then. We'll go back to the tower and inform the house." She said with a rare smile.
As they climbed back through the portrait hole Hermione, Anna, and Ron rushed forward to see what was up but Professor Mcgonagall held up a hand to stop them.
"Attention! Attention please! Can I have your attention? PLEASE?" Everyone quieted. "I am extremely pleased to introduce our new qudditch captain, Harry Potter!"
As everyone cheered, a huge grin spread over Harry's face and everyone in the common room rushed over to congratulate him and slap him on the back.
As Professor Mcgonagall left the room, Fred and George Weasly, Ron's twin older brothers who were also on the team got up. "I think this calls for a party!" Fred announced. "We'll be off to the kitchens then!" George called. Everyone cheered again.
"They'll take any excuse for a party." Ron told Anna.
When the twins came back their arms were loaded with several cakes, pumpkin juice, chips (or crisps as they're called there), and all sorts of the most delicious (and sugary) junk food you can imagine. The party lasted until eleven at night when Mcgonagall came up and asked if anyone had gotten any homework done. Even Hermione hadn't raised her hand. After that Harry went to bed extremely satisfied and still smiling.
***
When yesterday became today and today became tomorrow Harry woke up, it was still dark out. He tried to remember what woke him, but couldn't. He thought he had a dream but could not remember any of it. While still breathing hard he glanced out the window and a comet flew past. But was it a comet? It was bright enough but it wasn't big enough. Then suddenly Harry had a flash of de shah vu. That so-called comet was in his dream, or at least he thought it was. He simply shook his head, decided to try to forget about it, and fell back to sleep.
Harry awoke again six hours later. He got dressed, stuffed his wand into his pocket and turned to wake Ron up.
"Rise and shine!" he said pulling open the curtains.
Ron groaned as the morning sun rolled over his eyes.
"Come on, we've got transfiguration." He said on a more serious tone.
"All right, all right." Ron said throwing off the covers.
Harry went down to the common room; there he found Hermione and Anna already sitting on a couch reading. A few moments later they were joined by Ron and made their way to transfiguration.
Transfiguration passed by quickly with nothing of importance happening and the class was soon let out. Professor Mcgonagall apparently could not resist reminding Harry that he was to run the first practice this afternoon at four o'clock. They made their way to potions after that and nothing unusual happened there either. Snape was completely normal (which included harassing all the Gryffindors). And the class did not go by very quickly at all but was over never the less.
The next hour and a half was spent trying to finish up homework in the common room. At fifteen minutes of four Harry went upstairs to change into his Quidditch robes and grab his firebolt. He was now getting quite nervous. How was he supposed to run a Quidditch practice? He didn't even know half the drills that Oliver did. As he made his way back down to the landing Hermione, Ron, and Anna were waiting for him at the bottom. They were going to be at the evacuation drill while he was holding practice.
When they all reached the entry hall there was a crown there and the stairs were blocked.
"What's going on?" Hermione asked a sixth year Ravenclaw who was standing in front of them.
"The teachers are passing out the new school brooms at the door. Once you get one then you're supposed to go out to the grounds." She explained.
"Harry, if you don't get up there quick you'll be late." Anna said.
"Yeah, the lines not moving that fast." Ron pointed out.
"All right, see you later." Harry waved and then started to push through the mass of students. Occasionally saying 'excuse me' he was at the oak doors within ten minutes.
"There you are Mr. Potter." Professor Mcgonagall greeted him. "Go on out to the field. Most of the team is already out there."
Harry didn't want to waste any more time by walking out to the pitch so he decided to fly. He flew right into the pitch and began making circles of the stadium with Fred, George, and Angelina. Harry presumed that Katie and Alicia were still stuck in the traffic.
Harry and the rest of the team landed when they saw Alicia and Katie hurrying towards them.
"Alright guys....." Harry started when they had all gathered in front of him. He definitely did not know what to say. "Well, how about we start with a...er.... drill.
"Ok." They chorused.
"Yes, but what drill Harry?" George said grinning.
"Well, um....how about....we...uh..." He stammered. After a moments pause he came to his senses. "Ok Angelina, Alicia, and Katie can work on some formations fro shooting. And Fred and George, We'll unleash the bludgers and you can try and knock me off my broom. Ok?"
"Yes sir, Captain Harry!" Fred said while saluting Harry.
From what Harry could see the chasers were doing quite well they hadn't missed many shots at all but of course they still didn't have a keeper. Fred and George had come very close to hitting Harry but hadn't managed to touch him. The firebolt was just too fast. But then suddenly without warning:
"LOOKOUT!!!" Katie yelled.
Harry turned around, he thought Katie's yell was directed toward him but he was mistaken. It was directed toward the group of fifth years who were closest to the field; they were practicing the evacuation drill, led by Professor Lupin.
Before Harry had time to wonder what was going on the tree chasers were speeding out of the field. Harry noticed a red blur rushing toward the group. Straight toward...
"HERMIONE!" Harry yelled and sped off after them, closely followed by Fred and George.
When Katie, Angelina, and Alicia were about twenty yards away the quaffle was maybe two. And only one person in the crowd had seemed to know what was going on. That person was a few feet to side of Hermione, and (on a broom) rushed in front of her, and grabbed the Quaffle which was about to hit the back of Hermione's head, possibly knocking her out.
There was a wave of commotion amongst the onlookers as Anna turned around and flew back toward them, holding the Quaffle. It seemed that they had just realized what had happened.
"That was AMAZING!" shouted George flying over to Anna.
Harry had to agree, that was some flying.
"Harry, I think we've found one candidate for the new keeper." Alicia said with a smile.
"Really?" Anna asked seeming very pleased.
"Of course! That was fantastic!" Fred said giving her a pat on the back.
"Wow, Anna, thanks." Hermione said, now coming over.
Professor Lupin came over now seeing all the commotion. "Alright, I think that's enough. You all are dismissed."
Harry also decided to end the practice there. On the way back to the castle Harry explained the role of the keeper to Anna. All Hermione could do was thank Anna from keeping the Quaffle from knocking her out. But Ron however, did not say anything.
"Potter I think we ought to go to my office." She said over her shoulder.
Harry was starting to get worried now. Was he in trouble? He couldn't think of anything he did wrong... Unless he was 'acting up' in Divination. No that couldn't be it, he thought. Ron and Anna would be in trouble as well.
Only when they had reached her office did he stop wondering. As he sat down in a chair in front of her desk he took a deep breath and waited for the lecture.
"Mr. Potter. I am very pleased....." She began. Harry's hopes immediately began to lift when he heard the word 'pleased'. ".....To inform you that you have been selected to replace Mr. Wood as captain of the Gryffindor House Qudditch Team."
Harry couldn't believe it. "You're joking!" he said.
"No Mr. Potter I am not." She paused looking at Harry who had just fallen back into his chair with disbelief. She continued, "Now, part of the responsibility that comes with being captain is scheduling practices. You need to make times and reservations for the field. Check with me once you have thought of the times. I'll do the reserving. Of course you'll need to let all your teammates know the schedule. And on the field you call the time outs. And of course you need to watch out for the well being of the team. Now one more thing, you're going to be in charge of tryouts. I have already reserved the field for Wednesday, tomorrow, during the evacuation drill for a practice without a new keeper and for the tryouts themselves on Saturday at three. You as well as the rest of your team are all going to have a say in whom to pick. And I want absolutely no favorism!"
"Yes maim." He breathed being overwhelmed by all this.
"Alright. I guess that's it then. We'll go back to the tower and inform the house." She said with a rare smile.
As they climbed back through the portrait hole Hermione, Anna, and Ron rushed forward to see what was up but Professor Mcgonagall held up a hand to stop them.
"Attention! Attention please! Can I have your attention? PLEASE?" Everyone quieted. "I am extremely pleased to introduce our new qudditch captain, Harry Potter!"
As everyone cheered, a huge grin spread over Harry's face and everyone in the common room rushed over to congratulate him and slap him on the back.
As Professor Mcgonagall left the room, Fred and George Weasly, Ron's twin older brothers who were also on the team got up. "I think this calls for a party!" Fred announced. "We'll be off to the kitchens then!" George called. Everyone cheered again.
"They'll take any excuse for a party." Ron told Anna.
When the twins came back their arms were loaded with several cakes, pumpkin juice, chips (or crisps as they're called there), and all sorts of the most delicious (and sugary) junk food you can imagine. The party lasted until eleven at night when Mcgonagall came up and asked if anyone had gotten any homework done. Even Hermione hadn't raised her hand. After that Harry went to bed extremely satisfied and still smiling.
***
When yesterday became today and today became tomorrow Harry woke up, it was still dark out. He tried to remember what woke him, but couldn't. He thought he had a dream but could not remember any of it. While still breathing hard he glanced out the window and a comet flew past. But was it a comet? It was bright enough but it wasn't big enough. Then suddenly Harry had a flash of de shah vu. That so-called comet was in his dream, or at least he thought it was. He simply shook his head, decided to try to forget about it, and fell back to sleep.
Harry awoke again six hours later. He got dressed, stuffed his wand into his pocket and turned to wake Ron up.
"Rise and shine!" he said pulling open the curtains.
Ron groaned as the morning sun rolled over his eyes.
"Come on, we've got transfiguration." He said on a more serious tone.
"All right, all right." Ron said throwing off the covers.
Harry went down to the common room; there he found Hermione and Anna already sitting on a couch reading. A few moments later they were joined by Ron and made their way to transfiguration.
Transfiguration passed by quickly with nothing of importance happening and the class was soon let out. Professor Mcgonagall apparently could not resist reminding Harry that he was to run the first practice this afternoon at four o'clock. They made their way to potions after that and nothing unusual happened there either. Snape was completely normal (which included harassing all the Gryffindors). And the class did not go by very quickly at all but was over never the less.
The next hour and a half was spent trying to finish up homework in the common room. At fifteen minutes of four Harry went upstairs to change into his Quidditch robes and grab his firebolt. He was now getting quite nervous. How was he supposed to run a Quidditch practice? He didn't even know half the drills that Oliver did. As he made his way back down to the landing Hermione, Ron, and Anna were waiting for him at the bottom. They were going to be at the evacuation drill while he was holding practice.
When they all reached the entry hall there was a crown there and the stairs were blocked.
"What's going on?" Hermione asked a sixth year Ravenclaw who was standing in front of them.
"The teachers are passing out the new school brooms at the door. Once you get one then you're supposed to go out to the grounds." She explained.
"Harry, if you don't get up there quick you'll be late." Anna said.
"Yeah, the lines not moving that fast." Ron pointed out.
"All right, see you later." Harry waved and then started to push through the mass of students. Occasionally saying 'excuse me' he was at the oak doors within ten minutes.
"There you are Mr. Potter." Professor Mcgonagall greeted him. "Go on out to the field. Most of the team is already out there."
Harry didn't want to waste any more time by walking out to the pitch so he decided to fly. He flew right into the pitch and began making circles of the stadium with Fred, George, and Angelina. Harry presumed that Katie and Alicia were still stuck in the traffic.
Harry and the rest of the team landed when they saw Alicia and Katie hurrying towards them.
"Alright guys....." Harry started when they had all gathered in front of him. He definitely did not know what to say. "Well, how about we start with a...er.... drill.
"Ok." They chorused.
"Yes, but what drill Harry?" George said grinning.
"Well, um....how about....we...uh..." He stammered. After a moments pause he came to his senses. "Ok Angelina, Alicia, and Katie can work on some formations fro shooting. And Fred and George, We'll unleash the bludgers and you can try and knock me off my broom. Ok?"
"Yes sir, Captain Harry!" Fred said while saluting Harry.
From what Harry could see the chasers were doing quite well they hadn't missed many shots at all but of course they still didn't have a keeper. Fred and George had come very close to hitting Harry but hadn't managed to touch him. The firebolt was just too fast. But then suddenly without warning:
"LOOKOUT!!!" Katie yelled.
Harry turned around, he thought Katie's yell was directed toward him but he was mistaken. It was directed toward the group of fifth years who were closest to the field; they were practicing the evacuation drill, led by Professor Lupin.
Before Harry had time to wonder what was going on the tree chasers were speeding out of the field. Harry noticed a red blur rushing toward the group. Straight toward...
"HERMIONE!" Harry yelled and sped off after them, closely followed by Fred and George.
When Katie, Angelina, and Alicia were about twenty yards away the quaffle was maybe two. And only one person in the crowd had seemed to know what was going on. That person was a few feet to side of Hermione, and (on a broom) rushed in front of her, and grabbed the Quaffle which was about to hit the back of Hermione's head, possibly knocking her out.
There was a wave of commotion amongst the onlookers as Anna turned around and flew back toward them, holding the Quaffle. It seemed that they had just realized what had happened.
"That was AMAZING!" shouted George flying over to Anna.
Harry had to agree, that was some flying.
"Harry, I think we've found one candidate for the new keeper." Alicia said with a smile.
"Really?" Anna asked seeming very pleased.
"Of course! That was fantastic!" Fred said giving her a pat on the back.
"Wow, Anna, thanks." Hermione said, now coming over.
Professor Lupin came over now seeing all the commotion. "Alright, I think that's enough. You all are dismissed."
Harry also decided to end the practice there. On the way back to the castle Harry explained the role of the keeper to Anna. All Hermione could do was thank Anna from keeping the Quaffle from knocking her out. But Ron however, did not say anything.