"Lils! I saved you a spot!" Remus cried out, patting a hand right next to a seat between him and Melanie.

Peter grabbed his wand and held it up in the air, where it shot sparks out. Fireworks exploded, showing a message. As Lily read it, she laughed. The sign read, "Mess with the best, die like the rest! Gryffindor house for Hogwarts all the way!" This message sent a wave of cheers coming from the Hogwarts students and a round of 'boos' from Durmstrang, Beauxbaton, and the Slytherin students. Peter was pleased and took a bow, until Melanie pulled him down, scolding him.

Remus smiled slightly and Lily clapped on Pettigrew's back with congratulations on pulling yet another stunt. Everyone came to silence after the loudspeaker came on to announce the players in each team. At first, everyone waited with anticipation as the Quidditch teams flew in. Samuel Donovan, the Quidditch announcer, came up on the loudspeaker. "Ladies and gentlemen, students of Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbaton, I present to you the Beauxbaton Quidditch team! At their head is Louisa Delacour, Seeker and…wow! Isn't she absolutely gorgeous?! Better watch out, Potter, don't get distracted now!"

Professor McGonagall could be heard screaming at Sam in the background, and the Gryffindor student gulped. "Er…sorry, Professor, it won't happen again. And here they are! Jamais, Sacherell, Meron, Narbigia, Lombard, and Zerah! Scream for the Beauxbaton Quidditch team everyone!"

People clapped and whistled, especially most of the female population in Hogwarts, who swooned and drooled over the male Quidditch players. Lily chuckled and bent over to talk to Melanie. "You know, this could be a modeling business show as well, with all these good looking people coming out."

"Sirius and James are lucky…" Peter observed. "They get to meet those players in person."

Melanie frowned. "They better not get too physical…"

Remus chuckled. "If they do, you could always hex Sirius' broom."

"What? And make our school lose? Not a chance!"

Sam Donovan continued to announce the second team. "And, here are Hogwarts' grandest Quidditch team! Represented by none other than the house of Gryffindor, and led by Seeker James Potter! Head Boy and Head Seeker! Now look at him go! Isn't he amazing?! Following him is his best friend Sirius Black, and after are Morran, Trent, Tortal, Shiek, and Hoover! Give it up for the Hogwarts Quidditch team everybody!"

The majority of the audience cheered, and Remus was spraying confetti all over the place, forgetting the fact that they haven't won just yet. Lily and Melanie almost jumped out of their seats, waving and clapping at their friends. Sirius waved back and blew a kiss at Melanie, who blushed and clapped even harder. Sarah was waving with both her hands off her broom that it was difficult for her to stay on the broomstick without jerking into different directions. James momentarily looked up and scanned the crowd. He found his friends and smiled, then looked back down, apparently a bit nervous. He turned to his team. "Okay, just as we've practiced before. Sirius, Alisha, stay in between the Chasers as much as you can. It is best if the two of you are on opposite sides, to prevent the Bludger from gaining on any of our Chasers. Sarah, Cameron, and Chris, just rack up those points as usual, alright? Don't worry about me, I'll be up top, looking for the Snitch. And Lief, just block your hardest, don't let them get more than a hundred and fifty points ahead of us."

The young fifth year nodded, a bit pale, "Hey, don't worry, I haven't let you down yet, have I?"

"Hey, don't get distracted up there, Potter," commented Sirius, who grinned, "That Delacour has her eyes set on doing just that."

Sarah shoved Sirius and the Beater had to steady himself on his broom. "Hey, I was only joking! Let's win this, for Hogwarts, and for Gryffindor!"

"LIONS GO!"

And they were up, soaring into the air, as the game began. Samuel screamed the play-by-play over the microphone. "And Morran has the Quaffle…passed on to Tortal, oh no! Zerah has stolen the Quaffle! Now it's being passed to Jamais, a young man most of the females here would be glad to see in action…ah! YES! Overtaken by Sarah Morran! THAT'S THE GIRL! She passes it to Cameron…come on, you can score…AND SHE DID!! TEN POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR…er…I MEAN, HOGWARTS!!"

The game became more hectic, as the Beauxbaton team flew in a more complex formation. After a while, Beauxbaton managed to score three shots and were twenty points ahead of the game. "And Beauxbaton takes the lead! Where is the Hogwarts pride here?! HEY SIRIUS! SHOOT THE BLUDGER AT ZERAH'S HEAD!"

"SAMUEL! I WILL NOT HAVE YOU SCREAMING VIOLENCE IN HERE!" was Professor McGonagall's cry.

"I'm sorry, professor! But I can't help feeling overwhelmed with Hogwarts pride up here! OH YEAH! AND CHRIS HOOVER SCORES! THAT'S IT! TEN MORE POINTS AND WE TIE!"

Up at the top, James soared the air, in search of the one object that would determine the fate of the game. The Seeker noticed that the pretty Delacour girl was trailing him, and he turned to meet her. He smiled. "Hey, I'm James Potter. And you are?"

The blonde girl smiled and tilted her head, "Felicity Delacour. Are you alwayz zis friendly in a Quidditch match?"

"Why not?"

"Well, you could lose points, you know…ze Snitch might be behind you and I'm distracting your focus."

Lily spotted James at the top, having a small conversation, and she hissed angrily, "What in the world is he doing consorting with the enemy?! POTTER, YOU IDIOT!! STAY FOCUSED!"

It seems that Sirius and Sam also noticed this and cried out simultaneously, "JAMES POTTER! FOCUS ON THE SNITCH AND STOP FLIRTING! OR CAN'T YOU SEE?! WE'RE LOSING HERE!!!"

True enough, Beauxbaton was beating them with around 40 points now. Remus was shaking his head. "Ahh…poor Lief…he's having it tough with that team. They're really pounding him now."

"Argh…COME ON! SIRIUS!! JAMES! SARAH!!!!" Melanie cried out desperately, "WIN THIS! DON'T DISAPPOINT MY BROTHERS!!!!"

At the side, James spotted something of miniature size fly by…with a quick tap on his broom, James soared even higher, in search of the Snitch, which apparently was now loose and in the game. Sensing James' awareness, Felicity also flew on about, looking for the golden ball. Peter saw it first, and fumbled for his wand. "Sonorus!"

"POTTER!! THE SNITCH!! BEHIND YOU!! GET THE SNITCH!"

As soon as the Head Boy heard Peter's cry, he maneuvered his broom and zoomed straight towards the Snitch. Felicity was also in hot pursuit. The crowed looked on intently, to see who could reach it first.

"YYYYYYYEAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!! POTTER'S GOT THE SNITCH!! HOGWARTS WINS THE FIRST MATCH!! MY GOD! WHAT A MATCH! DON'T WORRY BEAUXBATON TEAM, YOU WILL GET ANOTHER MATCH AGAINST DURMSTRANG FOR OUR NEXT COMPETITION! WOOHOO!! GIVE IT UP FOR THE GRYFFINDOR TEAM!" was Sam's excited reply to the game's end.

James was on the ground, tired and still clutching the Snitch, while Sirius and Sarah were hugging him in their tight grips. The rest of the Gryffindor team congratulated each other. When James got up, he was flocked by the whole of the team and literally squashed. Alisha, the other Beater, was screaming at the top of her lungs, her hand limp from clutching her bat too tightly and swinging with her might on any Bludger coming against her.

By the time the team got to the Quidditch tent, the Beauxbatons were already refreshed and well showered. Felicity came up to them and held up her hand to James. "Hey, just wanted to tell you zat zere are no hard feelings, oui? Zat was a good match, and next time we meet, it won't be zat eezy to beat me."

Sirius had no strength to tease James after the Beauxbaton Seeker left. He was just too tired. Melanie, Lily, Peter, and Remus managed to find their way into the Quidditch tent and Melanie rushed towards James and hugged him. "Way to go, Potter! I was beginning to think that you've lost it when you started to talk to the other Seeker."

"Yeah, what was all that about?" Lily demanded, frowning down at him, "Trying to get a date during a Quidditch game?!"

Sarah pulled on Lily's sleeve. "You didn't think we'd go down that easily, did you? Didn't we tell you that we practiced the whole day yesterday?"

Remus shook hands with the rest of the Gryffindor team. "Good work, guys, haven't seen an exciting game since two years ago. Keep us proud."

Lief shook his head, "I did pretty badly up there. Those Chasers were well coordinated."

"Did it matter? We won!" shrieked Cameron. "That's all that matters!"

When the rest of the Gryffindor team left, the Mauraders were sprawled in the tent, waiting for Sarah to get out of the showers. Melanie looked around and spotted two of the Beauxbaton Quidditch players. Being the nicest of the group, she went up to Felicity and the young man. "Hello, it was quite an exciting game, was it not?"

Felicity nodded coldly and looked over the raven-haired girl with hawk-like eyes. "Yes, I suppose. Now if you excuse me, I must be heading back. It wouldn't do well if Madame Maxime worried over us. Come on, Tristan."

The student named Tristan kept his gaze on Melanie, which made her nervous. Sirius came to her rescue by wheeling her over to where James was seated. Glancing to where Melanie had been standing, Lily noticed that Tristan was still looking at the dark haired girl. Feeling a shiver, she nudged Sirius, who was having a conversation with Sarah. "Hey, Padfoot, I think Tristan Lombard likes Melanie or something."

This comment got to Sirius. He turned to look at Lombard and sure enough, he was still looking at Melanie. This made Sirius Black frown. "Hm…suspicious, Lil, but I don't know. I'll have to see what he does about it first."

"What are you all so whispery about?" James asked, turning his attention at the two. "Come on, it couldn't be something so important that you would whisper to Sirius, would you, Lil?"

Remus pointed his finger at Lombard, who now looked away. "Oh, it's nothing. Lily just told Padfoot that Lombard over there might have a partiality to Melanie, that's all."

James and Melanie looked at each other, then laughed. Sirius Black's girlfriend told them, "Nonsense. It couldn't be. I only talked to him for two seconds until Padfoot dragged me here again. I mean, come on, Sirius. Don't tell me you're jealous!"

"No, I'm not!" Sirius suddenly cried out, too quickly for everyone to think it true. James smirked and stood up, grabbing his broom. He looked at Lily, "Well, Sarah's taking a mighty long time to get out of the showers, don't you think?"

Everyone laughed, and Peter left. Remus looked around the tent and nodded. "Come on, you guys, this place is empty. We should be going too. I'm sure Sarah will catch up."

The Marauders agreed and walked out, leaving Sirius and James alone, with James pondering on why Sarah was taking forever and Sirius pondering on Tristan Lombard. "Does he really like her?"

"You're kidding me, Padfoot," James chuckled. "You, the dashing wonder that all the females are dying to have, are jealous of Tristan Lombard? How is that even possible?"

"Be quiet, Prongs," Sirius snapped back, glaring at him, "Would you like me to tell Lily that you like her?"

James reddened and scowled. "Hey, lay off. I'm busy here."

Sirius's mood lifted and he laughed, always delighted to impose discomfort on his best friend. James aimed a fist at Sirius's shoulder, but missed, almost hitting Lily, who came back to drag the two outside. Lily's green eyes grew alarmed, then dodged the hit before it even went close to her. As she did this, her hair clip fell away, loosing her red hair from her usual bun. Lily picked up her hair clip and glared at the guys. "Come on, we're all waiting outside. Remus and Peter suggested a small sneaking into Hogsmeade for a little celebration. I don't agree…but I guess…just this once is probably okay. What's the matter? Stop looking at me like that!"

The two guys stared at her, their mouths hanging open. Lily Evans actually looked…stunning. Sarah came in, looking around. "What's wrong with you people? Why are you still standing there? Come on! Let's go!"

"Yeah," Lily said, walking out, fixing her hair.

"Hey, James," Sirius said, nudging his best friend, "Did you see what I saw?"

The Head Boy nodded, "I can't believe my eyes."

Sarah looked at one then the other. "What is wrong with you two today? Is something wrong?"

"Sarah," Sirius said, calmly, "Why haven't you told us that Lily was a natural model?"

At this comment, Sarah burst out laughing, and couldn't answer for a few minutes. At this time, the whole Marauder gang came back in the tent, finally dragging everyone out and going to Hogsmeade.