The Marauder and the Prefect By: super fox Chapter 5 The next morning, Lily got up right away and said, "QUIDDITCH GAME!" "Huh?" said Emma, tired. "Since when are you so interested in Quidditch?" "Oh, um, no reason..." said Lily, blushing slightly. Emma and Katie grinned at each other. They knew why Lily suddenly got all excited about Quidditch, but they also knew that she would never admit it, so they kept quiet. "Anyway," Lily continued, "did any of you see Rebecca? She's not here..." "Oh, she probably went down for breakfast early." said Katie, but a little bit of disbelief crept into her voice. "Um... Sure, yeah..." said Lily, who noticed the bit of doubt in Katie's voice. "Anyway, what do you say we all show a little Gryffindor spirit and dress up a little for the game?" "Great idea Lily!" said Emma, excited. "I've got this really nice red sweater, I'll wear that!" "I'll wear my red skirt then!" said Katie. "Oh, and some gold earrings too!" "Hmm..." said Lily. "All I have is a red and gold scarf, but I guess that'll be good." While the three girls were busy dressing themselves in red and gold, a messy black haired boy was feeling awfully nervous...

"Hey James, why are you so quiet?" asked Remus, a little concerned. "Yeah James, it's only going to be another victorious win against those slime balls!" said Sirius, full of spirit. "And anyway, Malfoy is probably still so worried about that 'ghost' that he won't be able to see the snitch if it came dancing on his nose singing jingle bells!" The four Marauders howled with laughter, remembering the sight of Malfoy getting dung bombs thrown at him out of nowhere, and went down for breakfast, still laughing a little. "Good luck James!" said Lily from across the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall. James felt like his stomach did a little (wait, did I say little? I meant BIG) back flip. "Yeah, better catch the snitch for Lily-OW!" said Sirius, while Remus gave Sirius an elbow in his ribs. * * * * * * * * * * James and Sirius sat inside the dressing room, waiting for the others to get dressed. James came early because he was the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and he insisted, as always, that Sirius would come with him. After everyone finished getting dressed, Sirius nudged James and told him, "Aren't you gonna give us an encouraging speech or something? You're the captain after all." "Oh, yeah, right..." said James vaguely. He had no idea why he was so nervous. After all, this wasn't his first game as a seeker or a captain, and he was never so nervous about a game, even if it was the final one of the school year. "OK everyone..." said James, who was now standing in front of his team mates. "This is our last Quidditch game for the school year, and this is probably going to be our fourth victory in a row. We are well prepared, we learned many new moves, we had LOTS of practice time, and last but definitely not least, we have a good idea of how the Slytherins are going to play. So I say, LETS GET OUT THERE AND WIN!" "YEAH!" the rest of the people cheered, and got ready to go out to the Quidditch field. "Hello, fellow students and professors," said the announcer, "and welcome to THE FINAL QUIDDITCH GAME OF THE SCHOOL YEAR! And here they are, on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, Wood, Bell, Smith, Black, McCormick, Anderson, and... Potter!" There were cheers from every single stand except the Slytherin one. "And here they are, on the Slytherin Quidditch team, Montague, Stevens, Richards, Fichly, Crabb, Black (A/N: I mean Bellatrix Black, Sirius's cousin, and MAN I'D KILL HER IF I COULD!) and... Malfoy!" Cheers came from the Slytherin stands, while catcalls came from the others. "And they are OFF! Bell has the quaffle, passes it to Black, Black heads for the Slytherin hoops, dodges a bludger (A/N: did I spell that right?) from his cousin, who seems pretty mad about it (A/N: Ha! Take that, murderer of one of my favorite characters!), shoots for the middle hoop, will Montague save this? NO! HE SCORES! And it's ten to zero for GRYFFINDOR!" James stopped his search for the snitch to take a look at Sirius, who was now circling the field with his broom, and spotted a redhead with a red and gold scarf in the stands, cheering for Gryffindor. He smiled, took one last glance at everyone, and went back to searching for the snitch. As the game went on, it became more and more unpredictable. For one second, Gryffindor was in the lead and then, just a few moments later, Slytherin had more goals. Finally, when things started looking really bad for Gryffindor, James decided that it's time to use the Wronski defensive feint. Suddenly, without a warning, James started speeding towards the ground. Malfoy, who spotted this immediately, came speeding down after him. Soon, everyone was watching James and Malfoy, and no one really noticed that the Gryffindor chasers were already heading for the unguarded hoops. Finally, James and Malfoy were speeding so close to the ground that Katie screamed, "THEY'RE GOING TO CRASH!" but she was only half right; James flew away at the very last moment, leaving Malfoy stuck in the ground. After Malfoy was cured and back in the game, the Gryffindors were already way in the lead, thanks to the chasers, who took advantage of Montague's lack of concentration to the hoops. The Gryffindors kept scoring, the Slytherins kept getting mad (and violent) and the game went on. James was just about to sneak a peak at the other players when suddenly, he saw it: the golden snitch, right beside Sirius's ear. Without hesitating further more, James sped towards Sirius's ear (with Malfoy way behind him), and, almost knocking Sirius off the broom, caught the- "SNITCH! HE CAUGHT THE SNITCH!" said the announcer in delight (he happened to be a Gryffindor). "JAMES POTTER, THE GRYFFINDOR SEEKER, CAUGHT THE SNITCH, AND GRYFFINDOR WINS THE HOUSE CHAMPIONSHIP!" "Good job, mate!" said Sirius happily. "But next time, watch the ear..." James started laughing uncontrollably, but he shut up and kicked Sirius when he said, "Better go and meet your girlfriend, Evans, you two will probably want to make out in honor of the fourth victory in a row..." * * * * * * * * * * After the big win, James and Sirius snuck some food out of the kitchen and partied with the others at the Gryffindor common room. When Lily saw him there, she came to him, gave him a kiss and said, "Great job at the game! Loved the Wronski defensive feint, seeing Malfoy crash like that was a real laugh..." James mumbled a "thanks", went a little red, and kicked Sirius again when he said quietly, so only James could hear, "Hey, aren't you going to go snogg Evans?" Meanwhile, although no one really noticed, Rebecca wasn't taking part in the celebrations; she was up at the girls dormitories, alone, feeling really miserable... End of Chapter 5 A/N: Wow! Look at all the reviews! 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