Chapter 23- Tryouts



It was a week into the year. Quiddich tryouts would be on the weekend. James and Tara had to fight for a quill to sign the sign up.

The night before the tryouts, Tara couldn't sleep. She was going through all the things her dad had taught her. Oh how she loved him for that. It was one of the only things that she loved about her dad. She hated how he hated the Potters. They were the best family anyone could meet. Tara finally drifted into an uneasy sleep.

"No! Master no! They didn't do anything." Said a blonde man. The man he was talking to resembled a snake, an ugly snake that is.

"They're not one of us, they must die! You will help. [I]Imperio[/I]!"

(A/N: sorry if its spelled wrong)"[I] Aveda Kedavra[/I]"

Tara woke up in a cold sweat, breathing heavily.

"Ohmigosh, ohmigosh. Tara. Calm down. Calm…calm, calm." She sat up in her bed for a few minutes recovering from her nightmare.

She couldn't handle the night. She went downstairs to sit near the fire.

"You had another nightmare didn't you?" asked a voice coming from the chair adjacent to her. She hadn't realized there was someone there.

"How'd you know?" she asked.

"You shouldn't answer a question with a question. That's rude. But you answered my questions, as for yours, I knew you were coming down here all scared like you had a nightmare. I haven't been able to sleep for the past few nights myself, personal reasons." Said James walking over to Tara. "What was it about?"

"Well, I saw my dad…and…eh, the Dark Lord. They were killing muggles. My dad was trying to convince the Dark lord not to kill them but he put the Imperius Curse on my father and my dad k-k-kill the muggles."

"The best thing to do is to think of some happy. Something that would get your mind off things."

"Why the hell have you turned all therapist like? You're scaring me!"

"Have I ever told you that you have beautiful eyes?" asked James coming close to her face.

"Have I ever told you, you have bad breath."

"Thaaaaanks." He said still right in her face.

"Ok, Shnookums, I'm serious! Go brush your teeth." Said Tara pushing James, who was almost lying on her, off of her.

James went and brushed his teeth and came back smiling.

"Is that better?"

"Much. Thanks."

"Now, where were we."

"You were asking if you have ever told me beautiful my eyes are."

"Really."

"Yes, you were."

"Have I ever told you, you have beautiful eyes."

"Yes James, you did."

Tara and James both fell asleep on separate chair. They woke up to a laughing Amber.

"Yoohoo, lovebirds, wake up." She sung.

"Mommy, I want off the pony, OFF THE PONY!" yelled James, which made Amber laugh even harder.

In Tara's chair, people could here giggling. "Very nice Shnookums."

"Huh? What? What's going on?" asked James

"I'm waking you lovebirds up for Quiddich tryouts." Said Amber

"What time is it?" asked Tara.

"8:20am you have 10 minutes to get out there and you two are still in your pajamas."

Tara and James ran to their separate dorms and got changed and ran to the Quiddich field. They made it with 3 minutes to spare.

"Hello everyone who wants to try out. Some of you won't make it, but some of you will. I am going to get everyone to try the vacant positions. There's a Beater position, 2 chaser positions and the seeker." Said the captain Katie Kanterson. "Will everyone please line up in single file. The first thing we are going to do is Beater exercises. Will everyone please get a broomstick and a bat."

Everyone did as they were told.

"Alright, all I want to see is how well you can knock the bludger out of its path. Ok?"

Everyone nodded.

"Ok, P-P? I can't read the writing." Said Katie blushing.

"Eh, let me see." Said James. "Yea, that would be me…Tara and I were fighting for the pen."

"I see. Well you next."

Katie let a bludger out of the trunk. It zoomed towards James and he hit it, not very hard, but enough to get it away from him.

"Malfoy, you next."

Tara walked forward with the bat in hand. Katie opened the trunk and let one of the bludgers go once again. It came speeding towards Tara. She hit it, but it came straight back towards her.

They went through all the exercises for beater and chasers. Next it was seeker exercises. This is what Tara and James were waiting for.

"All you have to do, is catch the snitch in the fastest time. I will not tell you how fast you were because I want it to be a surprise. Potter, lets see what your dad taught you."

James mounted his broom and raced after the snitch. Minutes later…

"Malfoy, you next."

Tara got on her broom and went after the snitch as James had done.

After the tryouts, the tired Gryffindors went back to the tower.

A week later the results of the tryouts were posted on the board in the common room.

[I]Gryffindor Quiddich Team

Keeper-Katie-year 5

Beater-Toby-year 5

Beater-Hayden-year 6

Chaser-Mark-Year 4

Chaser-Kerri-year 4

Chaser-Tara-Year 2

Seeker-James-Year 2[/I]

Tara and James ran to the list and started jumping up and down like maniacs.

"We made it!! We made it!!" they sang together.

"But I'm not a seeker." Pouted Tara.

"But you're on the team at least."

"True."

"Shall we celebrate making the team?" asked James.

"Err…"

"Yes! You should. What are you talking about?" asked Chester joining the other two.

"I was asking Tara if we should celebrate." Said James.

"Celebrate what."

"Making the Quiddich team dude, don't you pay attention?"

"Errr…"

"I didn't think so."

"No pensé tan" said Chester mockingly. (A/N: he said "I didn't think so", he was mocking James.)

"What?" asked James.

"Jeez, don't you pay attention." Said Chester and walked away.

"What's he on?" James asked Tara.

"Nothing, I swear…I think he overdosed on his vitamins this morning." Said Tara.

Tara and James made their way over to the couch Malcolm and Amber were sitting on. They were playing a vicious game of chess. They wrestled each other when they screwed up the other persons next move.

"And I think they did it too."

"Did what?" asked Amber, with Malcolm in a headlock.

"How much sugar have you had…this morning?" asked Tara

"Errr…"

"Ummm…"

"I've had about…1lb. That's about it…" said Amber with her hands on her chin thinking.

"Malcolm?"

"Me pienso he tenido casi igual."

"What's up with these people today!" exclaimed James.

"I think its just us…the common room seems to have gone Spanish…well, Amber seems almost normal…" said Tara looking around the common room. Everyone seemed to be wearing sombreros.

"¿Normal? Nunca oyó hablar de la palabra." Said Amber coming over to her riding a donkey.

"Where did the donkeys come from!" said James in amazment.

"I hope the other houses are getting this too! I don't want us to be the only house suffering." Said Tara.

"The house wouldn't be suffering, WE would be suffering."

The other houses WERE strange as well. Ravenclaw turned French…Règles de Yay Ravenclaw, maintenant et pour toujours! Hufflepuff turned German…Yay Hufflepuff Richtlinien, jetzt und für immer! Slytherin turned Italian…Lungamente vivono le arti scure.