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LILY: *staring blankly at her review page as her mate walks up to her curiously, then looks over his shoulder.*
MIRAI CLONE: *looking at his mate* Lily, what is it? What's wrong?
LILY: *looking straight ahead still* Mirai, he....he apologized to me.....Jamjar Fairy......I just, am stunned I suppose. After all, I didn't really expect he would.
MIRAI CLONE: Forget about it. Don't you want to get going on your next chapter, Lils?
LILY: *shaking her head slowly* Sure, sure, then I guess I'd better start the disclaimer, I don't own the characters of Harry Potter. I still own my clones, my own mate Mirai Trunks *points to her mate who just sweatdrops but doesn't say anything*, Mystic Gohan, Gambit from X-men Evolution, Neil from the Final Fantasy Movie, Kou Leifoh from the Bouncer for the PS2 game, and my newest clone, Inuyasha, my Demi-Demon Doggie! *gives Inuyasha Clone a bonecushing hug* They're all mine, except for Gohan, he's my best friend's mate. So now on with the story.
LILY: And one more thing, I have *special* plans for the arrival of Anna, don't worry. But.....I was wondering if you could tell me if Remus should meet up with a girl from his past? And what her name should be? I already have everything down about Anna, including a *special* something that will be shown at that time and *ALSO* something to do with Lily. I know you'll all love it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
OUT OF THE ASHES
Chapter 9
Later that day, as he walked quietly to the Quittich field, his Firebolt in his hand, he thought about the conversation his father and the rest of the Marauders had had earlier that morning. Anna? Who was Anna? And why did Sirius never speak about her? On second though, maybe it had been too painful. But then, wouldn't Remus had made a mention of her to Harry at one point? Ah well, no use in thinking about it now. He had a practice to attend.
"I can't believe I let you talk me into this, Harry."Ron said as he hung his head in defeat as Harry smiled at his best friend.
"Ah come on Ron. You'll do fine. Relax, will you?" Harry said as he spotted Fred and George heading their way and smiled as he waved back at the twins.
"Easy for you to say, Harry. You've been doing this for four years. You're a bloody pro by now." Ron said as Harry shook his head.
"Come on, listen just try your best. If youi don't make Keeper, don't worry about it, ok?" Harry said as Ron sighed.
"Whatever you say, Harry. I still can't believe you talked me into this." Ron said again as Fred and George finally joined the rest of the team in the center of the field. Fred and George clamped their little brother on his back and grinned at Harry.
"Ah, don't tell me Ron's getting nervous, now is he, Harry?" Fred asked as Ron shrugged his brother's away from his.
"Ah, leave me alone, would ya?" Ron asked.
"Ok, Gryffindors, it's time to pick our new Keeper. Once we've done that, the team is gonna vote for the new team Captain. But first thing first, everyone is to mount their brooms and we're going to hold the tryout and a sort of practice at the same time. We're going to split the team up and play a match. I see we have four new faces here so I take it you're trying out for the Keeper position? Good, very good. We'll divide you four up and you'll play the Keeper for your side. Of course we'll rotate you with the other Keeper on your side to give you all a fair shot." Angelina said, resting against her broomstick.
"First things first, I suppose. We all know Harry is the best Seeker this team has ever seen, let alone the best Seeker we have had at Hogwarts in the last few years. But we still need someone else to play a Seeker opposite from him. Any volunteers?" Alicia added.
"Well, there are ten of us here, right? So.....we'll just have to make the team numbers a bit smaller, right? Five on each team. So what if there are only two Chasers and one beater per team? And the opposite Chaser could rotate between the Keeper?" Harry suggested timidly.
"That's a great idea Harry. A wonderful idea indeed. An idea worthy of a team Captain even." Fred said with a wink as Harry blushed.
"It was nothing. There are ten of us here, five on each side. That's all." Harry said.
"Ok, Harry right. So, we'll have Harry, Fred, Alicia one one side, and me, Katie and George on the other. I'll play the Seeker on our side, and you four can take turns playing the Keeper position and the spare chaser position, alright?" Angelina said, looking at Ron and the other three Gryffindors.
"Ok, Ron and Seamus will be on Harry's side, and Dean and Lavander will be on our side. Alright?" Katie asked, looking over at Angelina who nodded at her.
"Ok then, everyone mount up!" Angelina said, swinging her leg over her broom, and kicking off the ground in a clean even sweep upward. The rest of the team soon followed, Ron and the other three Gryffindors trying out a little less steady then the rest of the Gryffindor team.
"Ok, Seamus, you'll play the Keeper this time, and Ron, you'll play the Chaser position. Lavander, you can be the Keeper this time, and Dean, you're a Chaser. Everyone set?" Angelina asked, holding the Quaffle under her arm. She looked over at the Marauders who were starting to make their way to the stands.
"Sorry, Professors. We've got a practice." Angelina began as James shook his head.
"Don't worry about it, Miss Johnson. We're just here to watch." James said as Angelina nodded, before pointing to the chest on the side of the stands.
"In that case, would you mind letting out the bludgers and the Golden Snitch, Professor?" Angelina asked as Sirius leapt to his feet.
"Allow me!" Sirius said, walking over to the chest, and flipping the lid over as he smiled down at the twin black bludgers fratically strugging to break their chains. He looked up to make sure the rest of the team was ready, and set the bludgers free, smirking as the two wizzed past his ears upwards, and the practice began. After a moment, he released the Golden Snitch, before going back over to sit with Remus and James to watch the first practice of the Gryffindor House team.
"Oy. That sure was a close one, wasn't it?" Remus winced as he watched one of the bludgers barely miss Alicia, before getting smacked by Fred over towards the opposide 'team'. The next couple of minutes passed by without too much excitement as the Seamus and Dean did a pretty good job of keeping the opposite side's chasers from scoring, but not without a lot of misses of course. After several more minutes, and Katie being knocked in the arm with a bludger, the two sides paused for a break.
"You alright, Katie?" Angelina asked as the girl examined her left arm and nodded at Angelina.
"Yeah, it just grazed it, that's all." Katie said, sending a glare over at George.
"Don't be looking at me like that! You were way too far away from me for me to block that bludger! I'm only one beater on this side, remember? It's harder trying to protect the whole team, you know! Especially by myself!" George cried.
"Knock it off, both of you." Harry said.
"Harry's right. Alright, Dean, Seamus, you both did well. We're gonna switch positions now. Ron, you in the Keeper's goal, Lavander, you over on the other side. Dean, Seamus, you two will be Chasers now. And the rest of you, be careful with those Bludgers? We're all Gryffindors here, no need to pelt them around. We're not playing Slytherins you know, Fred, George." Alicia said.
"Must you remind us? We have more *fun* with them anyway, don't we George?" Fred asked with a wink as George palmed his beater bat and nodded.
"And it's more satisfying when they get whallupped by the bludgers too, no offense Katie." George said as Katie sighed deeply, smack the back of George's head and sent hit rocking on his broom.
"Hey! Watch it! I almost fell off!" George cried.
"What's the problem? After all, you would have landed on your head." Ron said with a grin.
"Funny, *Ronald!*" George said as Ron made a face at his older brother.
"Don't call me Ronald!" Ron said as Harry chuckled and looked over at Angelina.
"I'm ready whenever you are, Angelina." Harry said as she nodded at him.
"Ok, everyone one else ready? Good. Let's get this over with. The sooner we're done, the sooner, we can pick a Keeper and get ready for our match against Slytherin next week." Angelina said.
"You know, it would end faster if you or Harry caught the Golden Snitch already." Alicia teased as Angelina scowled at her.
"Excuse me, but this is pretty new to me, Ali. After all, wasn't *I* the only one who even offered to play the part of Seeker?" Angelina asked as Alicia smiled.
"I was kidding! You're bloody miserable today aren't you? You miss old Wood, don't you?" Alicia teased as Angelina turned bright red.
"Um.....as fascinating at all this is, you do plan on finishing this *before* dark, right?" Sirius called from the stands as Angelina glared at Alicia, before laughing and throwing the Quaffle at her.
"Your turn first. Get a move on." Angelina said, kicking off the ground and flying upwards with the rest of her team behind her.
The rest of the game progressed pretty nicely, Harry noticing for the first time how modest Ron actually was about his Keeper talent. He was just as good as Wood, the only difference being he didn't have the same level of self-confidence that Wood had often showed. Out of the sixteen times the opposite time tried to score against Ron, he blocked twelve of the shots, exceptionally well. Harry smiled to himself, confident that his best friend may just make the team after all, when he suddenly spotted a glimmer of gold out of the corner of his eye.
Harry looked slightly to his left, making sure not to draw too much attention to himself, in case Angelina should notice and spot the Snitch too. He smiled to himself as he kept his eyes glued to the Snitch, but hesitated whether or not to go after it immediately, and allow Ron to improve his chances further.
"Damn it." Harry muttered when he suddenly noticed Angelina catch his eye, and also spot the Snitch. Well, at least Ron had done well so far, maybe it was more than enough.
Harry pulled his Firebolt out of the circling of the field that he had been doing, and immediately shot headlong for the winged golden ball, Angelina on his heel. He heard a soft cry from the Marauder's below, and knew they were watching him now, but drove the thought to the back of his head. He had to concentrate on catching the Snitch.
Harry and Angelina rode side by side, weaving in and out around the multicolored stands, banners, and flags of the four houses in pursuit of the elusive winged ball. The ball shot straight ahead, and as the two rode closer and closer to the Gryffindor column, the Snitch never swayed from its course. Angelina suddenly pulled to the side to avoid the column as Harry felt his fingers tighten around the small ball, and pulled his broom into the same flip maneuver that he had first performed when he had caught Neville's Rememberall after Malfoy had hurled it away from the group. It was the same move that had stopped him from slamming headon into the stone wall, he recalled with a smile.
"Well I'll be. Look at that. I suppose Harry has just won it for his side, I dare say. And what incredible agility on that broom too." Remus said.
"Wow. I don't think even James was *that* good!" Sirius said with a chuckle as James elbowed his best friend in the rib.
"Where do you think he could have gotten it from then, 'ol Padfoot?" James asked as Sirius thought for a moment, before looking at James, a serious look on his face.
"No idea. You don't suppose Lily was a Quidditch player and just never told you, do you?" Sirius teased as James hit his best friend.
"You're a bigger oaf then I could have ever guessed, Sirius! Come on, they're gonna announce who'll play the new team Keeper as well as who will be the Captain." James said.
"I hope Ron gets the position. He was certainly an excellent Keeper. The best I've seen in a while." Remus said.
"Yeah, but then again, the team could still use a few pointers, don't you think, Sirius? I mean, after all, I was the greatest Chaser to ever come out of Hogwarts. And you were a pretty good Beater, I guess." James teased as Sirius raised an eyebrow at him.
"Pretty good? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't *I* the one who saved your ass when that bludger was barely four inches away from you're nose, Prongs?" Sirius asked as James thought for a moment, then pretended to look at his best friend in shock.
"You mean that was *you?!*" James said as Sirius smacked him again and the three headed out into the center of the field to congratulate Harry on that spectacular move and to find out who would be the new Keeper and Captain.
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LILY: *staring blankly at her review page as her mate walks up to her curiously, then looks over his shoulder.*
MIRAI CLONE: *looking at his mate* Lily, what is it? What's wrong?
LILY: *looking straight ahead still* Mirai, he....he apologized to me.....Jamjar Fairy......I just, am stunned I suppose. After all, I didn't really expect he would.
MIRAI CLONE: Forget about it. Don't you want to get going on your next chapter, Lils?
LILY: *shaking her head slowly* Sure, sure, then I guess I'd better start the disclaimer, I don't own the characters of Harry Potter. I still own my clones, my own mate Mirai Trunks *points to her mate who just sweatdrops but doesn't say anything*, Mystic Gohan, Gambit from X-men Evolution, Neil from the Final Fantasy Movie, Kou Leifoh from the Bouncer for the PS2 game, and my newest clone, Inuyasha, my Demi-Demon Doggie! *gives Inuyasha Clone a bonecushing hug* They're all mine, except for Gohan, he's my best friend's mate. So now on with the story.
LILY: And one more thing, I have *special* plans for the arrival of Anna, don't worry. But.....I was wondering if you could tell me if Remus should meet up with a girl from his past? And what her name should be? I already have everything down about Anna, including a *special* something that will be shown at that time and *ALSO* something to do with Lily. I know you'll all love it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
OUT OF THE ASHES
Chapter 9
Later that day, as he walked quietly to the Quittich field, his Firebolt in his hand, he thought about the conversation his father and the rest of the Marauders had had earlier that morning. Anna? Who was Anna? And why did Sirius never speak about her? On second though, maybe it had been too painful. But then, wouldn't Remus had made a mention of her to Harry at one point? Ah well, no use in thinking about it now. He had a practice to attend.
"I can't believe I let you talk me into this, Harry."Ron said as he hung his head in defeat as Harry smiled at his best friend.
"Ah come on Ron. You'll do fine. Relax, will you?" Harry said as he spotted Fred and George heading their way and smiled as he waved back at the twins.
"Easy for you to say, Harry. You've been doing this for four years. You're a bloody pro by now." Ron said as Harry shook his head.
"Come on, listen just try your best. If youi don't make Keeper, don't worry about it, ok?" Harry said as Ron sighed.
"Whatever you say, Harry. I still can't believe you talked me into this." Ron said again as Fred and George finally joined the rest of the team in the center of the field. Fred and George clamped their little brother on his back and grinned at Harry.
"Ah, don't tell me Ron's getting nervous, now is he, Harry?" Fred asked as Ron shrugged his brother's away from his.
"Ah, leave me alone, would ya?" Ron asked.
"Ok, Gryffindors, it's time to pick our new Keeper. Once we've done that, the team is gonna vote for the new team Captain. But first thing first, everyone is to mount their brooms and we're going to hold the tryout and a sort of practice at the same time. We're going to split the team up and play a match. I see we have four new faces here so I take it you're trying out for the Keeper position? Good, very good. We'll divide you four up and you'll play the Keeper for your side. Of course we'll rotate you with the other Keeper on your side to give you all a fair shot." Angelina said, resting against her broomstick.
"First things first, I suppose. We all know Harry is the best Seeker this team has ever seen, let alone the best Seeker we have had at Hogwarts in the last few years. But we still need someone else to play a Seeker opposite from him. Any volunteers?" Alicia added.
"Well, there are ten of us here, right? So.....we'll just have to make the team numbers a bit smaller, right? Five on each team. So what if there are only two Chasers and one beater per team? And the opposite Chaser could rotate between the Keeper?" Harry suggested timidly.
"That's a great idea Harry. A wonderful idea indeed. An idea worthy of a team Captain even." Fred said with a wink as Harry blushed.
"It was nothing. There are ten of us here, five on each side. That's all." Harry said.
"Ok, Harry right. So, we'll have Harry, Fred, Alicia one one side, and me, Katie and George on the other. I'll play the Seeker on our side, and you four can take turns playing the Keeper position and the spare chaser position, alright?" Angelina said, looking at Ron and the other three Gryffindors.
"Ok, Ron and Seamus will be on Harry's side, and Dean and Lavander will be on our side. Alright?" Katie asked, looking over at Angelina who nodded at her.
"Ok then, everyone mount up!" Angelina said, swinging her leg over her broom, and kicking off the ground in a clean even sweep upward. The rest of the team soon followed, Ron and the other three Gryffindors trying out a little less steady then the rest of the Gryffindor team.
"Ok, Seamus, you'll play the Keeper this time, and Ron, you'll play the Chaser position. Lavander, you can be the Keeper this time, and Dean, you're a Chaser. Everyone set?" Angelina asked, holding the Quaffle under her arm. She looked over at the Marauders who were starting to make their way to the stands.
"Sorry, Professors. We've got a practice." Angelina began as James shook his head.
"Don't worry about it, Miss Johnson. We're just here to watch." James said as Angelina nodded, before pointing to the chest on the side of the stands.
"In that case, would you mind letting out the bludgers and the Golden Snitch, Professor?" Angelina asked as Sirius leapt to his feet.
"Allow me!" Sirius said, walking over to the chest, and flipping the lid over as he smiled down at the twin black bludgers fratically strugging to break their chains. He looked up to make sure the rest of the team was ready, and set the bludgers free, smirking as the two wizzed past his ears upwards, and the practice began. After a moment, he released the Golden Snitch, before going back over to sit with Remus and James to watch the first practice of the Gryffindor House team.
"Oy. That sure was a close one, wasn't it?" Remus winced as he watched one of the bludgers barely miss Alicia, before getting smacked by Fred over towards the opposide 'team'. The next couple of minutes passed by without too much excitement as the Seamus and Dean did a pretty good job of keeping the opposite side's chasers from scoring, but not without a lot of misses of course. After several more minutes, and Katie being knocked in the arm with a bludger, the two sides paused for a break.
"You alright, Katie?" Angelina asked as the girl examined her left arm and nodded at Angelina.
"Yeah, it just grazed it, that's all." Katie said, sending a glare over at George.
"Don't be looking at me like that! You were way too far away from me for me to block that bludger! I'm only one beater on this side, remember? It's harder trying to protect the whole team, you know! Especially by myself!" George cried.
"Knock it off, both of you." Harry said.
"Harry's right. Alright, Dean, Seamus, you both did well. We're gonna switch positions now. Ron, you in the Keeper's goal, Lavander, you over on the other side. Dean, Seamus, you two will be Chasers now. And the rest of you, be careful with those Bludgers? We're all Gryffindors here, no need to pelt them around. We're not playing Slytherins you know, Fred, George." Alicia said.
"Must you remind us? We have more *fun* with them anyway, don't we George?" Fred asked with a wink as George palmed his beater bat and nodded.
"And it's more satisfying when they get whallupped by the bludgers too, no offense Katie." George said as Katie sighed deeply, smack the back of George's head and sent hit rocking on his broom.
"Hey! Watch it! I almost fell off!" George cried.
"What's the problem? After all, you would have landed on your head." Ron said with a grin.
"Funny, *Ronald!*" George said as Ron made a face at his older brother.
"Don't call me Ronald!" Ron said as Harry chuckled and looked over at Angelina.
"I'm ready whenever you are, Angelina." Harry said as she nodded at him.
"Ok, everyone one else ready? Good. Let's get this over with. The sooner we're done, the sooner, we can pick a Keeper and get ready for our match against Slytherin next week." Angelina said.
"You know, it would end faster if you or Harry caught the Golden Snitch already." Alicia teased as Angelina scowled at her.
"Excuse me, but this is pretty new to me, Ali. After all, wasn't *I* the only one who even offered to play the part of Seeker?" Angelina asked as Alicia smiled.
"I was kidding! You're bloody miserable today aren't you? You miss old Wood, don't you?" Alicia teased as Angelina turned bright red.
"Um.....as fascinating at all this is, you do plan on finishing this *before* dark, right?" Sirius called from the stands as Angelina glared at Alicia, before laughing and throwing the Quaffle at her.
"Your turn first. Get a move on." Angelina said, kicking off the ground and flying upwards with the rest of her team behind her.
The rest of the game progressed pretty nicely, Harry noticing for the first time how modest Ron actually was about his Keeper talent. He was just as good as Wood, the only difference being he didn't have the same level of self-confidence that Wood had often showed. Out of the sixteen times the opposite time tried to score against Ron, he blocked twelve of the shots, exceptionally well. Harry smiled to himself, confident that his best friend may just make the team after all, when he suddenly spotted a glimmer of gold out of the corner of his eye.
Harry looked slightly to his left, making sure not to draw too much attention to himself, in case Angelina should notice and spot the Snitch too. He smiled to himself as he kept his eyes glued to the Snitch, but hesitated whether or not to go after it immediately, and allow Ron to improve his chances further.
"Damn it." Harry muttered when he suddenly noticed Angelina catch his eye, and also spot the Snitch. Well, at least Ron had done well so far, maybe it was more than enough.
Harry pulled his Firebolt out of the circling of the field that he had been doing, and immediately shot headlong for the winged golden ball, Angelina on his heel. He heard a soft cry from the Marauder's below, and knew they were watching him now, but drove the thought to the back of his head. He had to concentrate on catching the Snitch.
Harry and Angelina rode side by side, weaving in and out around the multicolored stands, banners, and flags of the four houses in pursuit of the elusive winged ball. The ball shot straight ahead, and as the two rode closer and closer to the Gryffindor column, the Snitch never swayed from its course. Angelina suddenly pulled to the side to avoid the column as Harry felt his fingers tighten around the small ball, and pulled his broom into the same flip maneuver that he had first performed when he had caught Neville's Rememberall after Malfoy had hurled it away from the group. It was the same move that had stopped him from slamming headon into the stone wall, he recalled with a smile.
"Well I'll be. Look at that. I suppose Harry has just won it for his side, I dare say. And what incredible agility on that broom too." Remus said.
"Wow. I don't think even James was *that* good!" Sirius said with a chuckle as James elbowed his best friend in the rib.
"Where do you think he could have gotten it from then, 'ol Padfoot?" James asked as Sirius thought for a moment, before looking at James, a serious look on his face.
"No idea. You don't suppose Lily was a Quidditch player and just never told you, do you?" Sirius teased as James hit his best friend.
"You're a bigger oaf then I could have ever guessed, Sirius! Come on, they're gonna announce who'll play the new team Keeper as well as who will be the Captain." James said.
"I hope Ron gets the position. He was certainly an excellent Keeper. The best I've seen in a while." Remus said.
"Yeah, but then again, the team could still use a few pointers, don't you think, Sirius? I mean, after all, I was the greatest Chaser to ever come out of Hogwarts. And you were a pretty good Beater, I guess." James teased as Sirius raised an eyebrow at him.
"Pretty good? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't *I* the one who saved your ass when that bludger was barely four inches away from you're nose, Prongs?" Sirius asked as James thought for a moment, then pretended to look at his best friend in shock.
"You mean that was *you?!*" James said as Sirius smacked him again and the three headed out into the center of the field to congratulate Harry on that spectacular move and to find out who would be the new Keeper and Captain.
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