Well…that was a cool visit from Oliver. It was unexpected by Alex, but it came out cool in the end. Now, it's time for the try-outs! Damn! The competition's killing me! Do you have a feeling who will make keeper? I have a feeling you do. Well, let's see who does! Enjoy!

The New Keeper

        When everyone woke up this morning, they all were prepared and ready to judge those who were to try-out. Alex started using the Prefect Bathroom, and it was pretty cool. The bubble bath and everything, but at one point she almost killed the mermaid. After breakfast, they all went to the Quidditch Field. They had a table set and a few chairs. The chasers had to bring their brooms because they would be playing the keepers.

        "Is everyone here?" Angelina asked Fred.

        "Um, Kris and Harry are not here." Suddenly Kris and Harry came rushing in the field. "Okay they're here now."

        "Do I call the attendance now?" George asked. Alex nodded. "Hey everybody listen up!" He called out. All the students looked at George, holding their brooms by their sides. "I'll be calling your attendance! Andrews, Wallace?"

        "Here."

        "Arshford, Kenny?"

        "Here."

        "Esteva, Vincent?"

        "Here."

        "Ford, Evin?"

        "Here."

        "James, Zachary?"

        "Here."

        "Polvids, Ethan?"

        "Here."

        "Pulshevik, Sedrina?"

        "Here."

        "And Travingston, Reenavuer?"

        "Here."

        "Okay, everyone's here." Said George.

        "Everyone, you will all go one at a time. Basically, your skills will be tested." Said Angelina.

        "All you have to do is defend the goal the best you can. Us chasers will score against you. It doesn't matter if you can block all the posts; it's a matter of you having it all. Effort, skill, and attitude." Said Alex.

        "Of course, you can't have the best Keeper in the world and they don't even want to try. So we'll start alphabetically." Angelina said. Angelina, Alex, and Kris flew up in the air with the quaffle and just throwing it around.

        "First, Wallace Andrews." George called out. A blonde boy came up holding a broom. "What kind of broom you got?"

        "Um, a Comet Two-Seventy." He replied.

        "Alright, just go to those goal posts where Alex, Angelina, and Kris are at. You're not scared to take them on are you?" Fred asked.

        He shook his head and he flew up to meet the chasers. "Hey Alex! Out of 10?!" George yelled out.

        "It's out of 15!" she yelled back.

        "15 Harry, keep track of the missed and made." Fred told him.

        "Wallace is it?" Angelina asked. He nodded. "It's out of 15, make the best of it!"

        They started passing the quaffle around and going towards the goal posts. Kris had the quaffle and made a goal. "Come on! You want to be keeper?" said Kris.

        They went another round. This time, Alex made the goal. "You want to make it right?" she said. When it was Angelina's turn, she miss threw it and it was blocked.

        "That's a booboo but you got to block not only those." Angelina said. After his session, Harry said the total.

        "Wallace Andrews, 9 out of 15." Harry said. Wallace was mad at himself for missing the goals. After Kenny Arshford, it was Vince's turn.

        "Vincent Esteva." Fred called out giving him a weird look. "What kind of broom you got there?"

        "Nimbus Two Thousand and Two." Vince replied. He flew up in the air to the goal posts. Kris looked at him in the same way Fred did. Alex looked much serious than usual. For Angelina, she concentrated big time.

        "Out of 15 Vince." Alex said as Angelina and Kris nodded with her. They passed the quaffle passed it faster and faster. Then Alex tried to make the goal. Vince caught it and threw it back at her. Some of the other students gasped.

        "No one ever blocked Alex's shot!" Harry said as he marked the first try "made".

        They passed the quaffle again. This time, they made it a little easy. They looped a few times and passed it to Angelina. She tried to score but Vince caught the quaffle.

        "Come on Kris, make a score." Harry said. This time they passed it to Kris. Hoping she would score, she didn't. Vince caught it again.

       
        "He's got skill." Said George. Suddenly, Melanie and Cristen came to watch.

        "Is that Vince?" Cristen asked.

        "Yeah that is him." Melanie said.

        "He's not bad as I thought." Said Fred.

        Alex was thinking. He can't do this to us. He can't be this good could he? And…he can't replace Oliver… This time, they tried something else. First, Angelina passed the quaffle to Kris, then to Alex, back to Kris and then to Angelina. Angelina flew forward with full speed. Vince watched closely. Kris flew from the side and then Angelina threw the quaffle up and Alex flew out of nowhere and finally scored on the left post.

        "That's our chasers!" George cheered. Harry marked missed on the 4th try. The chasers all let out a smile as they continued. After Vince's session ended, he went back to sit with the other students.

        "I guess he's one of the choices." Angelina said. Alex nodded.

        "Vincent Esteva, 12 out of 15." Harry said. After Vince went, no one did as good as he did. When they got to the last person, they wanted to get over with it fast.

        "Reenavuer Travingston." George called out. "What kind of broom do you have?"

        Reenavuer was another 6th year. She had long black hair tied up and she had brown eyes. "A Nimbus Two Thousand and Three." She flew up to the Goal Posts. At first she missed 2 of the scores, but later…she caught the rest.

        "Whoa." Melanie said.

        "She missed only two." Cristen said.

        "But she does have a faster broom." Melanie added.

        "Reenavuer Travingston, 13 out of 15." Harry said for the last time. Then, Fred got the scores and announced it to the students.

        "Okay everyone, good job. Here are the statistics. Wallace Andrews 9, Kenny Arshford, 10, Vincent Esteva, 12, Evin Ford, 10, Zachary James, 8, Ethan Polvids, 9, Sedrina Pulshevik, 10, and Reenavuer Travingston, 13. The new Keeper will be announced tomorrow morning before lunch. Thanks everyone." Said Fred.

        "Finally, it's all over." Kris drank some water.

        "That was pretty fun." Angelina said.

        "Yeah I guess so." Alex agreed.

        "So when are we going to discuss about this?" Harry asked.

        "After lunch in Alex's dormitory. That way no one listens to our discussion." George said.

        While going up the Gryffindor Tower, Harry, Kris, and Alex met up with Reenavuer.

        "Oh it's you. You two did an okay job as chasers. I knew you couldn't sweep me out. Anyways, I hope you make the good decision and pick me. Got to run along now, goodbye." Reenavuer said as she went down the tower.

        "Dude, she got an attitude problem." Kris said.

        "Yeah, what a bitch." Alex said as they went to the common room.

        After lunch, they all went to Alex's dormitory. The dormitory was empty again, which was good. They had to chase off some students who kept asking who was the new Keeper. Alex almost punched a kid who said, "Who's going to finally replace Oliver?"

        "So, obviously we know who are the top keepers." Angelina said.

        "Yeah, Vince and Reenavuer." Kris said.

        "Reenavuer got higher by one point right?" Fred asked.

        "Yeah she did. But her broom was a lot faster than Vince's." Harry replied.

        "So that makes them pretty equal at skill." Alex said.

        "But Reenavuer has an attitude problem." Kris said. Alex nodded.

        "What about Vince? He's okay right?" Angelina asked.

        "Yeah he's pretty cool." George agreed.

        "But what if he brings us down?" Fred asked.

        "Hmmm…what matters most? The Cup or a complete team?" Alex asked. The discussion was left silent for a while. Then they started talking again. After the decision was done, they all split up. Then Alex decided to call Oliver. Then his face appeared in front of her.

        "Hey…" Alex smiled.

        "Oh hi. Are the try-outs done?" Oliver asked.

        "Yeah…it was very tiring." Alex said.

        "You look like you need some rest." Oliver thought.

        "Yeah I'll take a nap later. So how's everything there?" she asked.

        "Everything's okay. It's cool. Hey, who's the new Keeper?" Oliver asked.

        "Oh, we've made a decision but we could change it anytime. I'll tell you once it's truly confirmed." She replied.

        "Oh okay. Anyways, I might be able to go back home for Christmas instead of staying here. Grace is going home for Christmas so I might as well too."

        "Oh yeah which reminds me, how's Grace?" she asked.

        "She's okay. She's probably out in town buying some stuff." Oliver said.

        "Alex! Something's happening in the common room!" Hermione came in.

        "Uh oh. Oliver I got to go now. Call me tomorrow night okay?" Alex told him.

        "Yeah sure. Love you. Bye." Oliver said.

        "Love you too." His face disappeared.

        Alex rushed down to the common room. Everyone was talking and someone was insulting another.

        "Obviously you're not going to make it. Hmph, you don't have any skill at all." A voice said. Alex drew closer to what was happening. Reenavuer was insulting Vince as he was talking to his friends. "Did you even hear me?" she tapped him.

        "Shut up." He said trying not to cause any trouble.

        "Hmph. See, you can't even do anything." Reenavuer continued.

        "Reenavuer would you just stop!" Angelina told her.

        "I could say anything I want. Why don't you say anything huh? You're boring me." She complained.

        "If you're so bored then leave me alone." Vince said. Everyone was watching Reenavuer.

        "Come on Reena, give it up! Just leave him alone!" Melanie said.

        "Oh shut up. I'll say what I want to say." Reenavuer demanded. "Anyways, no wonder why you're not known. You're just a loser. With your loser friends in your loser world. And I'll tell you why you're a loser."

        "Reenavuer…stop it." Alex tried to say it calmly.

        "I told everyone already, I'll say what I want to say! Just because you're a prefect doesn't mean you can control me. Anyways, oh yeah. You're a loser because…you better listen carefully!" Reenavuer chuckled.

        "Shut up." Vince tried to ignore her again.

        "Because you are BLACK!!!!!" Reenavuer shouted. Vince got up and was about to punch her but Alex got in the way.

        "Why don't you just fuckin shut up!!!" Vince yelled at her. Reenavuer acted innocent.

        "You are so fuckin racist." Angelina said.

        "You blacks are so idiotic. You are all slaves!!!" Reenavuer kept on going.

        "SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU BITCH!!!" Vince yelled out.

        "At least I'm not black." She laughed.

        "Reenavuer shut the fuck up already! Professor McGonagall should be coming by now to kill your ass!" Alex said backing Vince off.

        "I'm not the one cussing. You see Alex, blacks never have control and discipline." Reenavuer pointed at Vince.

        "SHUT UP YOU WHITE SHIT!!!!" Vince shouted at her.

        Reenavuer finally fell silent. She was staring at him with a surprised look.

        "That's right, you shut up." Vince told her.

        "Stop Vince, it's done." Alex told him. Suddenly Professor McGonagall came.

        "What is the meaning of all this shouting?!" She scolded. Everyone started whispering and looking at Reenavuer. "Well? Miss Granger? I'm sure you know what was going on."

        "Well Professor, Reenavuer here was insulting Vince. We all said for her to stop but she kept going until she pushed Vince too far. Alex even tried to make her stop, but she kept going." Hermione said.

        "Insults?" she asked.

        "They both tried out for Keeper and well, they both have the highest scores. Reenavuer insulted him about not getting past her. Then, she said he was like that, because, because she said he was Black and that they are slaves." Hermione continued.

        "But he insulted me! How dare he!" Reenavuer complained.

        "He did because you pushed him too far! We told you already! Now you know how it feels!!" Alex said as she was backing Vince off as he was about to fight back.

        "Miss Travingston! How could you be so blind! Shame on you! Hogwarts is a school known for never rejecting a child because of their race! And for you to be judgmental against him, is just so shameful to this school and all students! 30 points from Gryffindor. You will have detention with Mr. Filch tomorrow night. I don't want you discriminating or even insulting other students again!" Professor McGonagall scolded as she left the common room. Reenavuer ran up to her dormitory and shut the door.

        Alex sighed and turned to talk to Vince. "Hey, just ignore her. Everything she says, it's just trash."

        "Yeah I know. Hey, thanks for stopping there. If you didn't stop me, I would've gotten in trouble too." Vince said.

        "I'm just doing what I was told. Anyways, gotta go. See you around." Alex smiled.

        "Yeah. See you." Vince continued to talk to his friends.

        The next day, everyone was eager to know who was their new keeper. Before lunch, the common room was filled with students. Everyone was waiting for someone to say who made it.

        "Angelina! You have to say it now!" George said.

        "No!! Alex, you do it! They listen to you!" Angelina said.

        "Pshh, fine. You owe me one. Hey! Everyone! I'm about to announce the new keeper to shut up!!!" Alex yelled and everyone kept quiet. Vince and his friends just came in the common room. "Okay, our new Gryffindor Keeper is… Vincent Esteva!" Everyone applauded and screamed for Vince as Vince tried to push away everyone who kept crowding up at him.