The Continuing Scar

Chapter Four

Quiditch

            Harry and Daisy walked back to the common room later that night. Some how from going to the great hall, to almost to Hagrid's, going through the courtyard, down by the dungeons and up to the Owlrey…they had lost Seamus. "I don't understand where he could have gone to." Daisy said looking over her shoulder.

"Probably saw a teacher that he needed to talk to or something." Harry said. They walked into the common and Fred and George stood their waiting for them.

"All right you two what's up?" Fred asked.

"How do we stay out of each other's minds?" Harry whispered.

"All right first of all think of your own mind as a room with many doors to other places. To keep the other out simply close the door." George said, glancing at Daisy who nodded in understanding.

"Sound's easy enough." Fred and George smirked. As Daisy and Harry soon found out, the concept was easy enough, but it was making it happen that proved to be the challenging part. After about an hour of trying they gave up.

"I'm too tired to keep going." Harry whispered sitting down on the sofa.

"Me too." Daisy said sitting next to him. They had visited the Owlrey earlier and dropped off their letters to Hoot, who was Daisy's owl and sent Harry's letters off with Hedwig. The two sat on the sofa about to dose off when Hermione and Ron came running in.

"Guys guess what?!" Ron yelled shaking the two awake.

"What? What is it?" Daisy yelled glaring at him.

"There are going to be Quiditch try-outs this year." Hermione said.

Harry glared, "So? I'm already on the team." Hermione shook her head.

"There are three positions open, one keeper and two chasers."

"And I'm going to try out Harry." Ron said, "Can you just see the two of us up there." Harry smiled,

"It would defiantly be wicked."

Hermione shook her head, "That's not what I was thinking, Ron." She turned to Daisy, "Daisy you should try out. If you get the Chaser's position it would be like having two seekers up there." Harry and Ron realized what she was saying now.

"Because if Daisy saw it…" Ron began.

"Then she could tell him where." Daisy glared at them all,

"You guys I'm not a very good chaser, in fact I'm not very good at all."

"I know but it couldn't hurt to just try out could it?" Daisy looked at all three of them.

"If you don't agree now you know Professor McGonagall is going to HIGHLY suggest that you try out for the team." Daisy sighed,

"Fine I'll try out."

"Excellent."

The next day after transfiguration was over Professor McGonagall pulled Daisy aside.

"Hello Daisy, are you beginning to feel at home here?" she asked with an unusual amount of kindness in her voice.

"Um yes I am Professor." She said and smiled uncomfortably at her teacher. McGonagall smiled at her,

"Of course you are dear…I expect to see you at the Quiditch tryouts this afternoon."

"No worries Professor, I'll be there." McGonagall patted her head and sent her on her way. As soon as Daisy left the classroom, Hermione, Ron and Harry jumped at her.

"What is it?" they all asked at once.

Daisy looked at them stunned, "You all know each other too well," she smiled, "Hermione was right…McGonagall said that she expected to see me at Quiditch tryouts tonight."

"And?" Ron asked eagerly.

"I told her I would be there."

"Excellent!" Ron and Harry yelled.

"Now you can't back out." Ron said. The four started walking towards the great hall for dinner.

"Are you sure you want to do this Daisy?" asked Hermione, "I know I was right and everything but that still doesn't mean that you have to try out." Daisy sighed,

"I know but the boys would get mad at me if I didn't anyway…I might as well tryout…there isn't any harm in that anyway." Hermione nodded,

"Um Daisy there is something you should know though." Hermione said stopping in the hall. Ron and Harry continued down the hall and into the great hall without noticing.

"What?" Daisy asked.

"Malfoy,"

"Yes?"

"He's the Seeker for Slytherin."

Daisy sat in the stands as the Gryffindor students tried out for their house team. She saw Ron soaring up there. She smiled at him as he flew past her.

'He's defiantly going to make it.' She thought.

"I know." She turned and saw Harry walking towards her. He sat down next to her. "How are they doing?"

"Pretty well." She said watching them some more. Harry had just come up from the locker room, where they had elected their new team captain, Angelina Johnson who was currently standing with Professor McGonagall and watching the hopeful students that were trying out.

"Black!" Daisy looked down and saw Professor McGonagall wave to her, "Get in the air…lets see what you've got."

"Yea come on Daisy." Angelina called to her, "Lets see what skills you have." Hermione came and sat down next to Harry.

"Go on Daisy…Harry and I will be rooting for you." She smiled at them both.

"Daisy you're going to do fine." Harry said taking her hand and squeezing it. Daisy took a deep breath and headed out onto the field.

Ron touched down on the field as she came out. "Hey Daisy I'll race you across the field." Daisy sighed and nodded,

"I suppose." She climbed upon her own Nimbus 2000, a birthday present from two summer's ago from an unknown. She lifted up into the air. She nodded to Ron and he took off. She gave him a three seconds head start before crouching down and heading after him. Within seconds she was right next to him. "Hey Ron see you on the turn around." She lopped the ring polls on her side twice and went through the highest one before heading out towards the other side of the field. When she was almost there she made a mad dive towards the ground and right before she hit it she swung back up and went straight up the poll on her side and through it. She stopped to catch her breath at the top. She had forgotten what the thrill of speed did to her. Ron slowly approached her,

"Daisy that was…" he looked at loss at what to say, "AMAZING!"

"What was?"

"That whole," Ron tried to demonstrate it with his hands, "thing, it was amazing." Daisy suddenly became very aware of all the people watching her and how high off the ground she was. She smiled at Ron and slowly let her broom stick trail down to the ground. She landed turned and ran from the field.