Looks like the season will be a little different huh? Now your used-to-be younger players are the team's faith now. So what do you think? Oh yeah, a conflict rises here. This could deal big damage. So read carefully. Anyways, Gryffindor and Slytherin will be going to Wales! Obviously Alex is excited, hell everyone is! Enjoy!

The Bet

        On Tuesday night, Alex called up Oliver. She wanted it to be a surprise so she didn't want to tell him that she was going to Wales for a seminar.

        "Hey how are you doing?" Oliver asked.

        "Oh everything's fine. This season will be a little different." Alex said.

        "Oh yeah, the old captains are gone right?" Oliver asked.

        "Yeah. You, Flint, Robinson, and Cedric's not here anymore." Alex said.

        "Yeah. Oh yeah, Cedric. How's Angelina taking it?"

        "She still loves him even if he's not there with her. But she says she can feel him always with her. So she still has her good spirit in her." Alex replied.

        "Oh yeah, before I forget, are any of the Quidditch teams in Hogwarts going to a seminar here?" Oliver asked.

        "A seminar? Hmmm, I don't think so. If there was I'd be eager to go." Alex smiled. Of course she knew she lied to surprise him once she gets there.

        "Oh. But you are coming for Christmas right?" Oliver asked.

        "Of course I am. I wouldn't miss it." Alex said. "So what's new?"

        "Oh, I'm just getting used to things now. But that doesn't mean I miss you any less." Oliver said.

        "I know. I was just wondering how you were doing." Alex said.

        "So is everyone okay?" Oliver asked.

        "Oh yeah. The twins are doing fine. Harry and Kris are still together. Ron and Hermione hardly talk to each other. And Angelina is okay as I said. Oh yeah, I just remembered, Winnie." Alex sighed.

        "Why what's wrong with Winnie?" Oliver asked.

        "You see, we're in Dueling Club and they have assigned dueling partners. She came late so she ended up with a Slytherin. You remember Eyaudra?" Alex asked.

        "Yeah. But she's not bad." Oliver wondered.

        "Yeah she's not. But her younger brother has a little bit of the true Slytherin in him you know. Eyaudra said he could be troubling, but he's nice like her. But I guess Winnie doesn't want to be his partner because he's in Slytherin." Alex sighed.

        "Did you tell her that not all Slytherins are bad?" Oliver asked.

        "Yeah. But she only thought Eyaudra was nice, not her brother Zyan." Alex said.

        "She's got to understand." Oliver said.

        "I know. So like when…er when I'm not around or something, I let Draco watch over her so Zyan doesn't cause any trouble." Alex said nodding her head.

        "You asked Draco?" Oliver's jaw dropped.

        "Um, yeah. Don't worry he's good. He knows Zyan more than I do." Alex said.

        "O…kay then. Anyways Alex, you better get some sleep. I don't want to keep you up all night." Oliver smiled.

        "Thanks. So I'll call you when I have time?" Alex asked.

        "Sure. Anytime you have time…at night of course." Oliver smiled.

        "Yeah. Okay then, good night. I love you." Alex threw a blow kiss.

        "I love you too. Sleep well." Oliver smiled and waved at her then her face disappeared in front of him. Afterwards, Alex went to sleep.

        The next day at lunch, everyone was anxious to leave for Wales.

        "Why can't this day go any faster?" Fred complained.

        "Hey stop complaining. At least you get to go to Wales." Ron said.

        "Ron, there's nothing wrong about Hogwarts." Hermione said as she was reading a book for Arithmancy.

        "Look, you can keep going to Potions if you want. If I had a chance to get out of here, I would." Ron said.

        "We have to start packing tonight." Alex said.

        "Oh yeah, I need to find by luggage." Kris remembered.

        "How long does it take to get to Wales?" Harry asked.

        "I think it takes an hour and a half, not to sure though." Angelina replied.

        "Hey does Oliver know we're going there?" Fred asked.

        "No. I want to surprise him just like what he did to me!" Alex said.

        "This is going to be so cool!" Kris said. Suddenly, Madam Hooch came by.

        "Hello students. I trust you will be packing soon?" she asked.

        "Yes Madam." Harry said.

        "Good. Oh and yes, there will be a welcoming dinner on Thursday night. I was informed that two more schools would be joining us. Rodfurgh Witchcraft Academy from Scotland, and Bershan School from North Ireland. All of you will dress in formal clothes." Madam Hooch was stopped.

        "Formal clothes?! But we haven't any!" George said.

        "Don't worry Weasley, I will provide you with clothes. You needn't to buy. Just bring something that will fix your hair. We will be going to Hogsmeade tomorrow morning and our train leaves at 7:30 in the morning. We will be arriving at Wales around 8:30 to 8:45. Make sure you're waiting in the entrance hall by 6:50. See you tomorrow morning." Madam Hooch said as she walked back to her table.

        "Guess we have to wake up early." Harry said.

        Later after dinner, everyone was packing.

        "Alex have you seen my orange shirt?" Kris asked.

        "The one with the flower?" she asked.

        "No. The one with the arrow on it." She said as she was scavenging her trunk.

        "Oh. I don't know. Sorry." Alex said. Suddenly they heard a knock on the door.

        "Hey you have extra hair ties?" Angelina asked.

        "Yeah." Alex threw a purple hair tie.

        "Thanks." Angelina closed the door.

        "I can't wait to surprise Oliver once we get there." Alex said.

        "Yeah. Can't wait to see the look on both your faces once you see each other.

        "Hey you two need any help?" Cristen and Melanie walked in.

        "Dude Cris you didn't even knock." Melanie said.

        "Fine!" Cristen went outside again, knocked, and came in. "Need help?" Kris was trying to close her luggage by sitting on it. "Here, let me do it." Cristen closed it completely while Kris sat on it.

        "Thanks. I was having trouble closing it." Kris said. Alex was done packing her luggage and her broom.

        "Finally, I'm done packing. Hey, what are you two going to do while Fred and George are gone?" Alex asked.

        "Oh, we'll probably just complete all our homework and besides, we have Dueling Club." Melanie said.

        "Oh yeah, dueling club." Kris said.

        Meanwhile at Wales, Oliver was having trouble sleeping.

        "Fuck it. I'm going outside." Oliver went outside his room and noticed some people were still awake. He went down to the Quad and sat down to read a book. He then felt someone behind him.

        "What kind of book you reading?" the voice asked. It was Vira. She sat next to him.

        "A Quidditch book." Oliver muttered without looking at her.

        "Why are you so quiet?" she asked.

        "Because I'm busy reading." Oliver didn't look at her.

        "You know, you're cute." Riva smiled hoping he would look at her.

        "That's nice to know." Oliver said.

        "You know, you need someone to show you how it is here in Puddlemere Wales. Puddlemere England doesn't have much as we do here." Vira said.

        "That's great." Oliver continued reading. Vira took the book in front of his face. Oliver gave her a bad look.

        "You've got to pay attention to me a lot more you know." Vira said.

        "I would like my book back please." Oliver said.

        "Whatever. You know, what you need is someone to cool you off." Vira said as she sat closer to him.

        "I'm not interested." He said.

        "Okay then. But you should have a girlfriend." Vira smiled trying to get to him.

        "I already have one." Oliver said.

        "Oh, you know, I'm always here for you. So you can talk to me whenever you want. Anyways, good night." Vira kissed him on the cheek softly but Oliver pushed her away.

        "I'm not interested in you, period." Oliver went back to his room. On his way, he met some guy. He was a tall, blonde, and blue-eyed guy.

        "Hey, you Wood?" he stopped him.

        "Yeah. Why?" Oliver asked.

        "Hey guys, it's the new kid!" He called out two of his other friends. "Oh where are my manners, I'm Brad Staunbre. This is Derek Richardson and Jeffrey Duebins."

        "Hey you from Hogwarts?" Derek, a brown haired guy asked.

        "Yeah. Are you one of the chasers in Hufflepuff two years ago?" Oliver asked.

        "Yeah! You're Alex's guy right?" Derek asked.

        "Yeah." Oliver replied.

        "Okay guys let's cut the memories talk. Let's get to business." Brad was rubbing his hands. Oliver looked at Derek and he looked like he didn't like this.

        "Business?" Oliver asked.

        "Yeah. Well, let's say, this is our Puddlemere Wales tradition." Brad chuckled.

        "Hehe, tradition." Jeffrey said.

        "What tradition?" Oliver asked.

        "Yeah. Whenever new guys come here to Wales, we give them the tradition. We bet on something, and if successful, you get cash. For sure you deserve to be here if you do." Brad said.

        "A bet?" Oliver asked.

        "Yeah. You know Riva Smith?" Jeffrey asked. Oliver nodded. "Well, everyone knows she's got a bad reputation. Her sister Raven was the good girl."

        "What's in it for me?" Oliver asked.

        "Hehe. Well, you'll have to spend 2 days being nice to her, make her like you, get a kiss, and dump her after the 2 days are over." Brad smirked.

        "And the thing is, she's too stupid to think that this always happens to her every other time a new kid comes." Jeffrey added.

        "What do I do if I don't want to do it?" Oliver asked.

        "Well…if you don't do it, we'll break into your room. And if you think we can't, oh we can." Brad chuckled. "For 150 galleons, you in or out?"

        Oliver thought hard. He didn't want to do it in the first place but just thinking about his room being trashed, cash stolen, his memories of Alex destroyed. He didn't want that to happen, but at the same time, didn't want anything to do with Vira. Vira was the person Oliver hated. He knew that her looks can't fool him, and it didn't fool him. But to act like he liked her, was like the thought of breaking up with Alex. He didn't want to do it.

        "Hey, don't be a coward." Jeffrey smirked.

        "Room trashed and everything else, or get 150 galleons?" Brad asked.

        Oliver thought hard. He didn't want to forget Alex. And he also thought, it wouldn't hurt to be one of the guys that embarrassed her. "Err…um, okay. I'll do it. Just 2 days!" Oliver said.

        "Yeah 2 days. Starting tomorrow until Friday night. You dump her Friday night. And of course, there's a kind of Welcoming Dinner tomorrow night, so you could manipulate her. Then by Friday night, you dump her." Brad said.

        "Fine. But, why do you guys do this to her anyway?" Oliver asked. "But it's not like I'm defending her though."

        "She screwed us up." Derek said.

        "She made us look like fools." Jeffrey added.

        "She fucked up everyone's lives. The friends she hangs with have no idea what she is." Brad said. "You know my friend Grace?"

        "Yeah. Vira stole Joeru from her right?" Oliver asked.

        "Yeah, you got that right. She messed up everyone's life. That's why we're doing this to her. Everyone was hurt by her. And we want her to feel the pain we went through." Brad said. "Don't worry, you'll get your cash right after you dump her."