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Mystical Obsession- I'm sorry that Petunia's b-day is same as yours...
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Lily walked up the stands with Remus. It was the first game of the IQC and Hogwarts was playing Xangho. Lily was wearing a hat, mittens, and a scarf, all gold and scarlet. She sat down by Remus, who found Sirius and sat down by him.
"Where's Minnie?" Remus asked.
"She said she's going to sit with her friends from her old school." Lily explained.
"So much for school pride…" Remus muttered. The game was to begin soon and people were still sitting down.
"Do you mind if we sit here?"
Lily looked up and her eyes met a tall skinny boy's hazel green eyes. He continued to stare at her green eyes. 'This is getting really uncomfortable…" Lily thought as she broke her gaze. Behind him were two boys, about his age.
"No, I don't mind." She said, scooting closer to Remus.
"Thank you. What's your name?" He asked, sitting down.
"Lily Evans." Lily said.
"I'm Rocco Castagno. I go to Tinhorn. I can see you go to Hogwarts." He said, his eyes flickering away from her eyes for a moment. Lily studied his face. He had a thin face with messy golden curls piled on his head which was flattened by a Muggle baseball cap. "Hey, aren't you one of those prefects?"
Lily nodded. Just then, Haylee Vance's magnified voice rang throughout the field. Haylee Vance was a Ravenclaw Keeper.
"Welcome to the first game of the IQC! Whooo!" She said excitedly. There was a wild cheer from the crowds and soon everyone quieted down.
"Our referee, Mr. Parson has graciously flown from Norway to make sure our matches are fair. Let's give him a hand!" Everyone cheered wildly once again as the tall lanky man with wild blonde hair flew in. He flew around field and settled in the center.
"Now, presenting the Xangho Quidditch Team! The captain Beater Wanghi Zemin!" She continued to announce the player's names, even though she had quite a difficulty. One by one, the players flew in, wearing their red and black uniforms. "—and J-Jyangu Hu, Seeker!" She stuttered, peering at the list of the player's name.
"Now, what we've, I mean, most of us have been waiting for… The Hogwarts Quidditch Team!" A wild roar rose from the stands. "James Potter, Captain, chaser!" James flew in. Sirius whooped and whipped his robes off. Inside, he had no shirts, but his chest and his arms were painted in scarlet and there was a gold lion, moving and roaring in the center.
"Yeah!" He roared. James almost fell off his broom laughing but the rest of the school screamed with him. The scream was unnaturally high as most of the female population screamed loudest. Lily wasn't one of them because she was laughing at Sirius with Remus and Peter. Some people from the other schools were looking strangely around.
"Sirius, sit down! McGonagall is coming!" Peter said. But it was too late, she had already reached over.
"Mr. Black!" She screamed shrilly. "That is outrageously appalling! How dare you!"
"What? You don't think I'm hot?" He said, trying not to burst out laughing "I know, these packs can be mistaken for flubs from far away. I'm trying to get them even."
This detonated her rage. Professor McGonagall's face burned with rage and a blue vein was popping out on her forehead. "Sirius Black. Put your robe on right this instant or I will send you packing home."
Sirius decided not press her anymore and he quietly put his robes on.
"Follow me." She said her lips into a thin line. They left into the school.
"Well, that was interesting!" Haylee said. "Anyways, where were we… Yes. Quint Trombley, Chaser! Trevor Cooper, Chaser! Shayla Fintley, Beater! Riley Garhart, Beater! Conner Banks, Keeper! And Anson King, Seeker!" The rest of the Quidditch team flew on to the field. They flew a lap around the field and got in their circle. The captains shook their hands and waited for the game to begin. The balls were brought out. The starting whistle blew as the game began.
"And it starts! Potter has possession of the Quaffle. Passed to Cooper who fakes left and passes to Trombley. Trombley scores! Hogwarts 10-0!" The next shot, and about three after that was all blocked by the Xangho keeper. Hogwarts finally managed to get one in. The game went on for another 50 minutes. It was 70-30. The Xangho team was doing badly. But if it wasn't for the keeper, the score would probably have been about 200-30.
"They really suck." Peter commented.
"Don't say that. At least they're fair." Lily said.
"Yeah…" He shrugged.
"Oh! Oh! King is going for the snitch! He's racing! Jyangu is far behind!" Haylee said excitedly. Everyone's eyes turned to the long-haired boy after a twinkling light. It was short before he caught it and the school erupted with applauding and shouting. The teams flew down and shook hands. Strangely, the Xangho team looked still cheerful even they lost by 200 points.
"That was a good game, huh?" Rocco, the boy who had been sitting next to Lily, said.
"Yeah." She half yelled, talking over the uproar from the stands. Soon everyone went down from the stands to congratulate the team. She made her way through the crowd to see Shay and James. She didn't see Shay but she saw James so she shoved herself through.
"James!" Lily yelled laughing.
"Lily!" James came over and hugged her. Lily was a bit surprised first, but returned the hug. 'It feels good.' She thought. "We won! We won!"
Lily laughed. "You played really well." She said.
"Thanks!" James said, hugging her tighter. He finally let go of her. Wanghi, the captain of the Xangho team, walked over and congratulated James.
"Your team is very good. It was amazing. Such an honor to be here and playing here." He said, pronouncing each letter very carefully and slowly. James laughed and gave a friendly pat on the back of Wanghi.
"Your keeper was great!" He said. Wanghi smiled and walked to his own team. "I'll meet you in the Great Hall. I think all the Hogwarts students are supposed to meet there. I have to change and give my 'don't-get-your-hopes-high-but-still-good-job' pep talk." James said.
"All right." Lily said.
"Lily!" Minnie yelled jogging over. She had 'Go Hogwarts!' written on her cheek. 'Remus should see her right now.' Lily thought, remembering that Remus had said Minnie wasn't showing school pride because she was sitting with her friends from Soojin.
"Hey Minnie!" Lily said. They walked to the Great Hall. They heard Gringley's sneering voice behind them.
"So you're hanging out with the Asian bitch now, mudblood."
Minnie froze in her tracks but Lily told her to ignore them and keep going. But she whipped around and slapped Gringley's cheek as hard as she could. The slap echoed through the hall. Lily couldn't tell whether Gringley or Minnie looked madder. Gringley was narrowing his eyes and his lips were curled into a sneer. The finger marks were turning into pink streaks. Minnie was fuming, her eyes opened wide, and she was panting. Gringley growled. The Soojin Quidditch Team walked by that moment. They talked to Minnie. 'Probably asking what's going on.' Lily thought. Minnie talked to them in rapid Korean. One of the girls lunged at Gringley, but the guys held her back. She shouted in fluent English.
"You insult us one more time, and you wish you were never born, you narcissistic bastard!" The team dragged her to their room and Minnie and Lily walked away from the three astounded Slytherins and into the already crowded Great Hall.
"That was… great!" Lily said.
"Thanks. I still can't believe that jerk. How can you just walk away from them? You need to stand up to them Lily. They're all talk. They don't do half of the things they say they do." Minnie said, still furious.
"All right. I'll try to remember that." Lily said, smiling. They sat in the front by Remus and Sirius. "Hi Sirius. What happened to you during the game?"
"McGonagall is making me do detention for the next three days during the games." He said, slumping.
"Oh. That sucks. I would videotape them for you. But you know, electricity doesn't work here." Lily said.
"Videotape… videotape… Oh yeah! I heard about those in Muggle Studies class. Those sound kind of cool." He said, brightening.
"Do you sometimes wish that you were back in the Muggle world? With all the electricucity and stuff?" Remus said, who obviously didn't take Muggle Studies.
"Never." Lily answered flatly, not even thinking about the answer.
"You know, my parents are divorced and my mom's a Muggle. She lives here. So I had a Muggle-ish summer this year. It wasn't too bad. A lot of fascinating stuff." Minnie said.
"Hey!" Shay and Riley chimed running in. Shay hugged Lily.
"You were great out there Shay!" Lily said. "You too, Riley."
"Thanks!" Riley said beaming.
"We won! We won!" Shay chanted, skipping in circles.
"And James almost ruined our mood. Don't get your hopes too high… We beat them by 200!" Riley muttered. They sat down in front of Lily and Minnie.
"Where's James?" Sirius said, noticing the whole Quidditch Team was there, except the captain.
"He'll be here." Shay said absent-mindedly, still chatting about how great the game was. Lily and everyone waited for a few minutes for James to arrive. Everyone was chatting happily. Then James walked in. Everyone cheered wildly for him. He smiled and sat down by Sirius.
"Where were you?" Sirius said.
"I was just chatting with the ref." James said.
"Trying to get on his good side?" Peter noted, nudging him.
"No!" James responded, furrowing his eyebrow, surprised at the idea.
"Just kidding." Peter said disappointedly.
Professor Dumbledore clinked his fork against his goblet for silence. "Now. Now. Settle down." He waited until it was silent.
"I know you, students and staff members, are very happy about our first game. I am happy too, don't get that wrong. But I just wanted to warn not to rub it in the Wangho Quidditch Team. But I have to admit, everyone did a splendid job! James Potter, specifically, scoring 60 points!" He said, clapping. The whole school clapped with him. James turned into a slight shade of pink, but still smiled. "As you all know, today and tomorrow is Hogsmeade weekend. Today, we'll have a special exception to the second year and lower. You may go, since the other schools will be going also, as long as a group of five or less buddy up with a seventh year." An unusually high cheering sounded as the young first and second years cheered. Some seventh years, though, groaned and rolled their eyes. "Also, please note that there will be only one other Hogsmeade weekend after this until the Mistletoe Ball, after the Quidditch Championship is over. There will still be lunch served today. Dinner will be served at the usual 7." He finished, walking down from the podium.
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THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR READING!
**I'm looking for a beta reader for this ficcy... If you're interested, email me at sun_kissed60@hotmail.com!**
Caz- You like my chapter names? Yes! I'm so happy. I work so hard on them. They're so hard tho1
Mystical Obsession- I'm sorry that Petunia's b-day is same as yours...
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Lily walked up the stands with Remus. It was the first game of the IQC and Hogwarts was playing Xangho. Lily was wearing a hat, mittens, and a scarf, all gold and scarlet. She sat down by Remus, who found Sirius and sat down by him.
"Where's Minnie?" Remus asked.
"She said she's going to sit with her friends from her old school." Lily explained.
"So much for school pride…" Remus muttered. The game was to begin soon and people were still sitting down.
"Do you mind if we sit here?"
Lily looked up and her eyes met a tall skinny boy's hazel green eyes. He continued to stare at her green eyes. 'This is getting really uncomfortable…" Lily thought as she broke her gaze. Behind him were two boys, about his age.
"No, I don't mind." She said, scooting closer to Remus.
"Thank you. What's your name?" He asked, sitting down.
"Lily Evans." Lily said.
"I'm Rocco Castagno. I go to Tinhorn. I can see you go to Hogwarts." He said, his eyes flickering away from her eyes for a moment. Lily studied his face. He had a thin face with messy golden curls piled on his head which was flattened by a Muggle baseball cap. "Hey, aren't you one of those prefects?"
Lily nodded. Just then, Haylee Vance's magnified voice rang throughout the field. Haylee Vance was a Ravenclaw Keeper.
"Welcome to the first game of the IQC! Whooo!" She said excitedly. There was a wild cheer from the crowds and soon everyone quieted down.
"Our referee, Mr. Parson has graciously flown from Norway to make sure our matches are fair. Let's give him a hand!" Everyone cheered wildly once again as the tall lanky man with wild blonde hair flew in. He flew around field and settled in the center.
"Now, presenting the Xangho Quidditch Team! The captain Beater Wanghi Zemin!" She continued to announce the player's names, even though she had quite a difficulty. One by one, the players flew in, wearing their red and black uniforms. "—and J-Jyangu Hu, Seeker!" She stuttered, peering at the list of the player's name.
"Now, what we've, I mean, most of us have been waiting for… The Hogwarts Quidditch Team!" A wild roar rose from the stands. "James Potter, Captain, chaser!" James flew in. Sirius whooped and whipped his robes off. Inside, he had no shirts, but his chest and his arms were painted in scarlet and there was a gold lion, moving and roaring in the center.
"Yeah!" He roared. James almost fell off his broom laughing but the rest of the school screamed with him. The scream was unnaturally high as most of the female population screamed loudest. Lily wasn't one of them because she was laughing at Sirius with Remus and Peter. Some people from the other schools were looking strangely around.
"Sirius, sit down! McGonagall is coming!" Peter said. But it was too late, she had already reached over.
"Mr. Black!" She screamed shrilly. "That is outrageously appalling! How dare you!"
"What? You don't think I'm hot?" He said, trying not to burst out laughing "I know, these packs can be mistaken for flubs from far away. I'm trying to get them even."
This detonated her rage. Professor McGonagall's face burned with rage and a blue vein was popping out on her forehead. "Sirius Black. Put your robe on right this instant or I will send you packing home."
Sirius decided not press her anymore and he quietly put his robes on.
"Follow me." She said her lips into a thin line. They left into the school.
"Well, that was interesting!" Haylee said. "Anyways, where were we… Yes. Quint Trombley, Chaser! Trevor Cooper, Chaser! Shayla Fintley, Beater! Riley Garhart, Beater! Conner Banks, Keeper! And Anson King, Seeker!" The rest of the Quidditch team flew on to the field. They flew a lap around the field and got in their circle. The captains shook their hands and waited for the game to begin. The balls were brought out. The starting whistle blew as the game began.
"And it starts! Potter has possession of the Quaffle. Passed to Cooper who fakes left and passes to Trombley. Trombley scores! Hogwarts 10-0!" The next shot, and about three after that was all blocked by the Xangho keeper. Hogwarts finally managed to get one in. The game went on for another 50 minutes. It was 70-30. The Xangho team was doing badly. But if it wasn't for the keeper, the score would probably have been about 200-30.
"They really suck." Peter commented.
"Don't say that. At least they're fair." Lily said.
"Yeah…" He shrugged.
"Oh! Oh! King is going for the snitch! He's racing! Jyangu is far behind!" Haylee said excitedly. Everyone's eyes turned to the long-haired boy after a twinkling light. It was short before he caught it and the school erupted with applauding and shouting. The teams flew down and shook hands. Strangely, the Xangho team looked still cheerful even they lost by 200 points.
"That was a good game, huh?" Rocco, the boy who had been sitting next to Lily, said.
"Yeah." She half yelled, talking over the uproar from the stands. Soon everyone went down from the stands to congratulate the team. She made her way through the crowd to see Shay and James. She didn't see Shay but she saw James so she shoved herself through.
"James!" Lily yelled laughing.
"Lily!" James came over and hugged her. Lily was a bit surprised first, but returned the hug. 'It feels good.' She thought. "We won! We won!"
Lily laughed. "You played really well." She said.
"Thanks!" James said, hugging her tighter. He finally let go of her. Wanghi, the captain of the Xangho team, walked over and congratulated James.
"Your team is very good. It was amazing. Such an honor to be here and playing here." He said, pronouncing each letter very carefully and slowly. James laughed and gave a friendly pat on the back of Wanghi.
"Your keeper was great!" He said. Wanghi smiled and walked to his own team. "I'll meet you in the Great Hall. I think all the Hogwarts students are supposed to meet there. I have to change and give my 'don't-get-your-hopes-high-but-still-good-job' pep talk." James said.
"All right." Lily said.
"Lily!" Minnie yelled jogging over. She had 'Go Hogwarts!' written on her cheek. 'Remus should see her right now.' Lily thought, remembering that Remus had said Minnie wasn't showing school pride because she was sitting with her friends from Soojin.
"Hey Minnie!" Lily said. They walked to the Great Hall. They heard Gringley's sneering voice behind them.
"So you're hanging out with the Asian bitch now, mudblood."
Minnie froze in her tracks but Lily told her to ignore them and keep going. But she whipped around and slapped Gringley's cheek as hard as she could. The slap echoed through the hall. Lily couldn't tell whether Gringley or Minnie looked madder. Gringley was narrowing his eyes and his lips were curled into a sneer. The finger marks were turning into pink streaks. Minnie was fuming, her eyes opened wide, and she was panting. Gringley growled. The Soojin Quidditch Team walked by that moment. They talked to Minnie. 'Probably asking what's going on.' Lily thought. Minnie talked to them in rapid Korean. One of the girls lunged at Gringley, but the guys held her back. She shouted in fluent English.
"You insult us one more time, and you wish you were never born, you narcissistic bastard!" The team dragged her to their room and Minnie and Lily walked away from the three astounded Slytherins and into the already crowded Great Hall.
"That was… great!" Lily said.
"Thanks. I still can't believe that jerk. How can you just walk away from them? You need to stand up to them Lily. They're all talk. They don't do half of the things they say they do." Minnie said, still furious.
"All right. I'll try to remember that." Lily said, smiling. They sat in the front by Remus and Sirius. "Hi Sirius. What happened to you during the game?"
"McGonagall is making me do detention for the next three days during the games." He said, slumping.
"Oh. That sucks. I would videotape them for you. But you know, electricity doesn't work here." Lily said.
"Videotape… videotape… Oh yeah! I heard about those in Muggle Studies class. Those sound kind of cool." He said, brightening.
"Do you sometimes wish that you were back in the Muggle world? With all the electricucity and stuff?" Remus said, who obviously didn't take Muggle Studies.
"Never." Lily answered flatly, not even thinking about the answer.
"You know, my parents are divorced and my mom's a Muggle. She lives here. So I had a Muggle-ish summer this year. It wasn't too bad. A lot of fascinating stuff." Minnie said.
"Hey!" Shay and Riley chimed running in. Shay hugged Lily.
"You were great out there Shay!" Lily said. "You too, Riley."
"Thanks!" Riley said beaming.
"We won! We won!" Shay chanted, skipping in circles.
"And James almost ruined our mood. Don't get your hopes too high… We beat them by 200!" Riley muttered. They sat down in front of Lily and Minnie.
"Where's James?" Sirius said, noticing the whole Quidditch Team was there, except the captain.
"He'll be here." Shay said absent-mindedly, still chatting about how great the game was. Lily and everyone waited for a few minutes for James to arrive. Everyone was chatting happily. Then James walked in. Everyone cheered wildly for him. He smiled and sat down by Sirius.
"Where were you?" Sirius said.
"I was just chatting with the ref." James said.
"Trying to get on his good side?" Peter noted, nudging him.
"No!" James responded, furrowing his eyebrow, surprised at the idea.
"Just kidding." Peter said disappointedly.
Professor Dumbledore clinked his fork against his goblet for silence. "Now. Now. Settle down." He waited until it was silent.
"I know you, students and staff members, are very happy about our first game. I am happy too, don't get that wrong. But I just wanted to warn not to rub it in the Wangho Quidditch Team. But I have to admit, everyone did a splendid job! James Potter, specifically, scoring 60 points!" He said, clapping. The whole school clapped with him. James turned into a slight shade of pink, but still smiled. "As you all know, today and tomorrow is Hogsmeade weekend. Today, we'll have a special exception to the second year and lower. You may go, since the other schools will be going also, as long as a group of five or less buddy up with a seventh year." An unusually high cheering sounded as the young first and second years cheered. Some seventh years, though, groaned and rolled their eyes. "Also, please note that there will be only one other Hogsmeade weekend after this until the Mistletoe Ball, after the Quidditch Championship is over. There will still be lunch served today. Dinner will be served at the usual 7." He finished, walking down from the podium.
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THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR READING!
**I'm looking for a beta reader for this ficcy... If you're interested, email me at sun_kissed60@hotmail.com!**
