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Chapter 6 Quidditch

Harry went down to dinner that night, where he of course told Ron and Hermione everything that Professor Figg had said. They were just starting to eat dessert when Fred and George came over to Harry.

"Meeting tonight in the common room Harry, at 8:00" said Fred

"Why?" asked Harry

"Quidditch, we need a new captain, two seekers, and a keeper. Were going to vote on captain, and then decide when try-outs are, see you later" said George, and they left.





At 8:00 that night, Harry joined Fred and George Weasley, the two beaters and Katie Bell, the only chaser.

"So seeing as how there are an even number of us, lets make a rule not to vote for ourselves, and well keep it anonymous, alright" said Katie, looking between Fred and George.

"Alright" they all agreed.

"Well, lets vote then," said George, who took out some parchment, tore it into 4 pieces and handed one to each of them. They all wrote down a name, and gave them to George. He read aloud:

"Ok, one vote for Fred!"

"Thank you, Thank you!" said Fred.

"One, vote for.ME!" said George. "Thank you" he said bowing to the three of them.

".And another vote for Fred.and another vote for me, I guess that makes us co-captains.oh this will be fun"

"Wait," said Katie, "I didn't vote for either one of you"

"Neither did I" added Harry. "Let us see those," he said pointing at the paper in George's hand, he reluctantly gave it to Harry and he read:

"Katie, Katie, Katie, and Me!?!" said Harry looking puzzled. He never thought he would get a vote. "Well," said Harry, "I guess its Katie"

Katie beamed at all of them, "Thanks guys," she said. "So our first order of business is to set a date for try-outs, I suggest we do it as soon as possible, this Saturday" she suggested.

"That sounds good" said Fred, "Is that all?"

"Yes, I think so" she said, "I'll put up a note on the notice board, so if anyone wants to try out they know when try-outs are. I guess they should be at 9:00, so we have enough time. That's all, meeting adjourned."

Everyone got up and started to leave when Katie asked Harry to stay for a minute.

"I just wanted to tell you that, I was the one who voted for you, you would be a great captain, Harry." And she left, leaving Harry smiling.





The next day, Harry woke up to find some people gathered around the notice board. Dean and Ron were both looking interestedly at the notice about the Quidditch try-outs, as were many other Gryffindors.

"Reckon we should try-out, Harry?" asked Dean, as Harry approached.

"Yeah, sure, ever played Quidditch?" he asked

"Yeah, but only until recently, but I'm going to try"

"Great, how about you Ron?" asked Harry.

"I dunno.." said Ron

"You should defiantly try"

"Maybe" said Ron

"Dean can I talk to you for a minute?" asked Harry, and he and Dean walked away a little ways to talk, and they came back a minute later.

"Where's Hermione?" Ron asked, looking around the common room the second they returned. No sooner had he asked than Hermione came down from her Dormitory.

"Ready for breakfast?" she asked eagerly.

"Yeah, lets go," said Harry.

"What are you so happy about?" asked Ron as they reached the entrance hall.

"Arithmancy" she said simply.

"Oh, well that's certainly a good reason," He said sarcastically and sending Harry a look that made him laugh. Hermione just rolled her eyes.





After Lunch that afternoon, Hermione went to Arithmancy, while Harry and Ron headed to North Tower and Divination. They reached the top of the tower where a silver ladder led to the classroom. Ron followed Harry up it and to a small table in the back.

Professor Trelawney emerged from the shadows, as usual. Lavender and Pavarti trembled with anticipation, but both Harry and Ron didn't find it nearly as exciting or impressive, as it had been 2 years earlier.

"Good Afternoon, my dears, I'm so glad to have you all back again this year." She said in her misty far-off voice.

Professor Trelawney didn't waist any time. The class was reading cards today, and not to Harry or Rons surprise did they predict that Harry would soon be dead. The class went on like that, Professor Trelawney was just as sure about his death as ever, or maybe even more so.





After Divination they met Hermione at the Gryffindor table, she was positively beaming.

"Have a good time?" asked Ron, noticing her smile.

"Oh yes, it was wonderful. You two should really get out of Divination and take Arithmancy, it's so much better." She said matter-of-factly.





The rest of the week went by very fast and before Harry, Ron, or Hermione knew it, it was the weekend and time for Quidditch. Ron and Dean made a deal; Ron would try out if Dean did. Because of the vast popularity of Quidditch, lots of people showed up for try outs on Saturday. Most people Harry didn't know but a few people he did-Ron and Dean of course, but also Colin Creevey. Harry was very surprised to see Colin there. Not one first year was there, but there were 3 second years, 4 third years, 6 fourth years, 2 fifth years-Ron and Dean, 5 sixth years, and 1 seventh year.

One by one they would practice plays. People trying out for keeper would take turns trying to block the quaffel thrown by Katie, Fred, George, or Harry. People trying out for chaser were put in groups and also played against the four Gryffindors already on the team.

Ron was very successful as a chaser, and Harry was very glad, he knew Ron wanted to make the team, and it would be fun for Harry if Ron was at practices with him. Dean on the other hand didn't seem to really care if he was any good or not.







"May I have your attention, please" George yelled into the crowd packed in the Gryffindor common room. "There you go, captain" said George bowing to Katie, who stood on top of one of the tables in the center of the room.

The whole house was there that night after the try-outs, every one was anxious to see who had made the team. Ron and Hermione sat in the corner. Ron was extremely worried, and he didn't want to seem too anxious by sitting close to everyone. Not just the prospective team members were nervous, but so was everyone else, about an hour ago everyone who tried out came into the common room, and a few minutes later Harry, Katie, Fred and George came in and sat down and discussed the who they should choose. The deliberations seemed to take forever. Hermione too was particularly nervous, you would think she'd tried out. She was so worried about Ron, and she didn't know why. He was her friend, but why was she this nervous, so much more than normal, and she couldn't explain it.

"Well, I wont keep you waiting I know those of you who tried out are very nervous. So I'm pleased to announce that the new keeper is Holly Andrews."

At Katie's words, a third year girl jumped out of her seat, along with three of her friends. They were screaming, and Holly, who had shoulder length light brown hair and hazel eyes almost started crying, and the whole common room started clapping and cheering.

"Alright, the first new chaser is Matthew Greene," shouted Harry over the crowd.

Matthew a second year, also started cheering and everyone applauded him too. He was very tall, had dark brown hair, and brown eyes.

"And last but not least the second chaser, we decided to save this one for last" said Fred

"Because we wanted to torture him," added George.

"True, anyway, we take great pride in announcing the second chaser, who is someone we have known for 15 years," said Fred

"We've watched our little brother grow up to be the great Quidditch player he is today with the help from his wise," George continued

"Talented," Fred added

"And rater hansom, older twin brothers who taught him EVERYTHING he knows today" said George.

"Why I remember the first time Ronniekins ever rode a broom," Fred said wistfully. "But as much as we'd like to embarrass him, we are very proud to announce the other new chaser is our little brother Ron Weasley"

Ron, who had slowly changed to bright red stared open mouthed around the common room, everyone started cheering, but Ron didn't join in. He could not believe it. Harry, Dean, Seamus, and Neville walked over to Ron and Hermione. Ron was still in shock, and Hermione was trying to snap him out of it.

"Congratulations" said the four Gryffindor boys together, when they reached him.

"Isn't it wonderful, oh I'm so happy for you Ron" squealed Hermione. "Sorry you didn't make it, Dean" she added.

"Oh, that's alright," said Dean. "I only tried out, because Harry wanted me to get Ron to, so I made a deal with him, he would try out and so would I."

Ron was still sitting, staring into space open-mouthed. He sat there for a very long time not joining the party for almost half an hour "I don't believe it," is all he said.





The next day they had a meeting with all the new team members. Ron was still in shock; Holly and Matthew turned out to be very nice, and enthusiastic about making the team.

"Now, next weekend there is a Hogsmead visit and I'm sure you all want to go. Our first game is in October, the Saturday before Halloween, against Hufflepuff. We will have our first practice on Sunday, to learn new plays and to start getting ready. I'll see you all Sunday" said Katie to the team in the common room.





The next day classes started again. The news of the new Gryffindor Quidditch team spread like wildfire through the school. Everyone was happy for Holly, Matthew, and Ron. Well almost everyone, Draco Malfoy thought that there must be something wrong with that. 'How could Weasley make the team?' he would say loudly in the halls. 'I'm sure he has no talent, and he can't afford to buy his way on.' Sometimes it would take Harry, Seamus, and Dean to pull Ron away from Malfoy.





Wednesday they had Care of Magical Creatures. When they reached Hagrid's cabin, the class was waiting for them.

"Good Morning, class" said Hagrid

"Morning" said the class

"Well today class we will be studying a new magical creature. Follow me."

The class followed Hagrid over to the edge of the forest.

"Look up in the trees"

They did and at first they couldn't see anything but as they looked harder they saw creatures that looked like a cross between monkeys and frogs. They were hairless and motted green. Their hands and feet were webbed.

"These are called Clabberts. They live in trees, and use their hands and feet to sting between trees. Can anyone tell me any thing about Clabberts?" asked Hagrid.

Hermione's hand shot up in the air. "The clabbert is originally from the southern states of America. They eat mostly small birds and lizards. Their most distinctive feature is a large pustule in the center of its forehead, which will turns scarlet and flashes when it senses danger."

"Very good" boomed Hagrid beaming at Hermione. "Ten points for Gryffindor"

The class went on like that. Hagrid talked about the clabberts the whole time, Hermione received 5 more points for Gryffindor by the time class was over.







The week didn't go very good for Ron, Malfoy was spreading rumors about how Ron could have possibly gotten on the Quidditch team, but eventually people weren't listening to him any more. Most everybody thought that Ron must be good otherwise he wouldn't have been chosen. The only people who would in fact listen to Draco anymore were Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy Parkinson. Malfoy soon got tired of not being the center of attention, so he went back to Harry's other best friend, Hermione.

Not a Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, or Transfiguration lesson went by without Malfoy saying 'Mudblood' in Hermione's direction. It didn't bother Hermione as much as it had the first hundred times; Harry was surprised that even though nobody listened to him he still did it. The only person really bothered by it was Ron. It was worst when Malfoy was making fun of him, Ron couldn't handle it, and Harry was afraid that the day when Ron finally let Malfoy have it was coming, soon.





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