A/N: Quidditch anyone? That's what this chapter is pretty much about. It's a great sport, if it were real I would be a fan. Anyway, that honestly all I have to say at the moment ^_^
ONWARD TO THE STORY!!!
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Chapter 5:
First of the Season
(SLYTHERIN)
Hollie walked down to the Quidditch field and looked out at it longingly. The first match was coming up tomorrow and she was very excited, not to mention nervous. The Slytherin team had been practicing for weeks and she felt like she was ready…well, somewhat. She was extremely nervous still, but not because of the Quidditch match. The note she had gotten two weeks ago still haunted her memory. She had told Rebeka about it, who then took it to Vinesah, who was researching to see what she could find. Vinesah wasn't talking though, she said she wasn't going to tell them anything until the Starry Night Ball. Hollie didn't know why she would want to wait that long, but to her Vinesah always was a little strange.
Hollie sighed and sat on one of the benches, just staring at the field, debating if she should practice. They were playing Ravenclaw tomorrow, Hollie had never seen them practice but she heard they actually had a chance this year. Of course, according to everyone they all had a chance, the teams were pretty well balanced, and it would be hard to decide who would win just by the first couple of games. Of course, Gryffindor had the lead in debates, since they had won for the last two years, but Slytherin had one the last six before that, as Jason reminded them often. She hoped they could win, or at least she could catch the Snitch more often than not. Jason was impressed with her, but Lee really wasn't. He seemed to hate her.
"What are doing out here?" A voice called to her shrilly, "Don't you have a class or something?"
She looked up to see the cold eyes of Lee Prior, "No, don't you have somewhere else to be?"
"I wanted to watch the Ravenclaw practice," Lee sat a few benches below her, "What's your excuse?"
"I can be wherever I want to," She replied, her heart leaped. She didn't know that Ravenclaw was going to practice, she came at the right time.
"You can be where I'm not." Lee rolled his eyes, "You're lucky you even got on the team."
"I got on the team because of skill," She argued, "You got on the team because your last name is Prior. That sounds more like luck to me."
"Hollie!" A deep voice called excitedly to her, she looked away from Lee. Waving to her was the very tall Jerrad, a Ravenclaw she had Defense Against the Dark Arts with. She waved to him excitedly and he ran up to her, "What are you doing here?"
"What are you doing here?" She asked him, "You're on the Quidditch team?"
"They said they could use a tall guy to be the Keeper," Jerrad smiled, "So they got me!"
"They got him cuz he can cover up most of the goal." A voice behind him laughed. Jack stepped out from behind his friend and sat down next to Hollie, she blushed a little bit, "Better watch out for her though Jerrad, she's the seeker for our side."
"I know, I've heard." Jerrad shrugged, "I guess they didn't care about that whole first years shouldn't play thing."
"Well, that because there are a bunch of talented first years." Jack said, looking directly at Hollie.
"Well, Hollie I guess you get to see the competition. We're fierce man!" Jerrad yelled and went back down to gather with his teammates. The team captain started spouting off something to them and they took off into the air to practice. Hollie noticed Lee watching intensely, like he was taking mental notes.
"You heard about the Starry Night Ball?" Jack suddenly asked her, she pulled her gaze from Lee and stared at him.
"Yeah, I have, why?" She asked in a quiet voice. Was he going to ask her?
"I was just wondering." He replied, she slumped in defeat, "Have you got a date yet?"
Hollie noticed Lee turn his head to hear their conversation, "No, I haven't. It's only two weeks away and no one has asked me."
"That seems hard to believe," Jack began shuffling his feet and looking away from her, "I mean…look at you."
"Oh…thanks." Hollie blushed and looked up toward the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
"What about you Prior?" Jack asked Lee, noticing he was paying attention to their conversation, "Have you got a date yet?"
Lee, who had no problem with Jack, turned and smiled, "I've been too busy trying to get my brother a date. He wants to go with my friend Tifnee."
Tifnee. Her name was Tifnee, not Tiffany, Holly thought. What a strange name.
"Well, how's that coming?" Jack asked, Lee laughed.
"Tony's too nervous to ask anyone, so whenever I get them together he yelps and runs away." He laughed at the prospect, Jack chuckled. And Hollie let out a sigh.
"Know who you want to go with yet?" Jack asked again, Lee shook his head.
"Nah, not really. I'll just have to see who wants to have the honor of going with me." Lee beamed and Hollie scoffed.
"Right, the HONOR. That's what it'll be, a great big honor." Hollie told him sarcastically. Lee just glared at her and turned back to look at the Quidditch practice going on above their heads. Hollie began watching the players and noticed that Jerrad was a really good Keeper, no balls that she saw ever got passed him. He was going to be a hard one for their chasers to get by. She reminded herself to tell Jason that because she was sure that Lee was just watching for his own gain and wouldn't be paying attention to that sort of thing. When the Ravenclaw came down for the last speech from their captain, Hollie decided she had better leave before Lee could throw more insults at her. She stood up and descended the stairs to get to the field.
"Hey Hollie!" Jack yelled from where she once was. She turned around.
"Huh? Did I forget something?" She asked him innocently, he thought it was hilarious and began to laugh, "What is so funny!?"
"No, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the ball with me!?" He yelled to her, she blushed as she noticed everyone turn to look at them. They all remained silent as they waited for her answer, "Come on Hollie, don't embarrass me in front of all these people!"
"I…OKAY!" She yelled back excitedly, "I would love too!"
"Yeah! SHE SAID YES!" Jerrad exclaimed playfully and the Ravenclaw began to clap for them. Hollie blushed an even brighter red but began to bow and curtsy.
"Sweet." She heard Lee mutter under his breath. She glared at him.
"Okay, see you then!!" Jack waved to her and she took off toward the school once again. She was so excited, not only did she have a date, she had a date with the cutest boy in Slytherin. Well, that is next to Jason, she probably would have said yes to him too if he would have asked, but she had never heard him even hint to it. Still, it was pretty exciting to know she had a date. She had to wonder where her sister was so she could tell her. Just as she thought that she saw one of her sister's friends, Beth, turn the corner into the hallway she was walking in. Hollie ran up to her quickly.
"Hi! You don't know me very well, I'm Hollie Skyelar, Rebeka's sister…" She began, Beth shot her a look.
"Yes, you're also the new seeker for Slytherin." Beth's voice remained cold and flat, "What do you want?"
"Um, I was wondering if you knew where my sister was?" Hollie's eyes gleamed with excitement, "I have to tell her something."
"Oh, I saw her walking into the great Hall with Chad." Beth answered, "She should still be there."
"Oh, okay. THANKS!" Hollie ran off and toward the Great Hall, hoping to catch Rebeka before she took off somewhere else. When she got there she noticed her, Chad, Tony, and Cryssy sitting in there, not really doing anything. Hollie ran over and began to catch her breath.
"BECKI!" Hollie yelled so that all of them turned to look at her, Rebeka began to smile widely, "I found you!"
"Hollie! What did you run here?" Rebeka asked, standing up and walking over to her sister.
"All the way from the Quidditch field!" Hollie panted excitedly, "I… got… asked… to… to… the ball!"
"Really!?" Rebeka squealed in delight and directed Hollie over to the table where her friends were sitting, "By who?"
"Jack Grabble, he's this really cute Slytherin, but he doesn't act like a Slytherin." Hollie smiled and sat down, Chad looked over to her.
"Well, that's too bad, I was going to ask you to go with me," He gave her a wink and smiled.
"No you weren't." Rebeka snapped at him, she then looked at Tony, "You weren't either…So how old is this Jack?"
"He's my age." Hollie told her, Rebeka nodded her head slowly. Rebeka was really protective of her; Hollie had gotten used to it by now.
"Do I get to meet him?" Rebeka asked again, Hollie nodded.
"Oh sure, I'll introduce to tomorrow at the Quidditch game." Hollie's answer made Rebeka smile, so Hollie figured that Rebeka would leave it alone, "Who are you going with?"
"Who are you talking too?" Cryssy asked, Holly smiled.
"All of yall." She answered, "Well, except you Tony, I already know who you want to go with."
Tony blushed furiously and looked down at his shoes.
"I'm going with no one." Cryssy said happily, "I'm helping with coordination, so I can't have a date and help set it up. I'm just going to be with the teachers."
"Oh, that sounds…fun." Holly murmured, trying to not sound like Cryssy's idea of a good time was really, really boring, "Bek?"
"I don't have a date yet." Rebeka replied, almost like she was embarrassed, "No one's asked me."
"Nuh-uh! No way!" Hollie exclaimed, "My sister is not going to the ball without a date! I can set you up with a friend of Jack's. His name is Jerrad, he's cool but he's a bit doofy…"
"No, no!" Rebeka said quickly, "There's still two weeks, I'm not desperate to find a date yet! Try me about 3 days before, then I will be panicking."
"You'll have a date soon, I'm sure…you're…not…ugly…" Hollie told her, Rebeka began to laugh.
"Thanks." She rolled her eyes, "I'm glad you had to struggle to say that."
"Well, Chad what about you?" Hollie asked him, "You defiantly have a date don't you?"
"Nope." He replied flatly.
"What? Really?" Hollie exclaimed, shocked.
"That's only because he's turned down all the girl's who have asked him!" Rebeka told her, "He's holding out for Beth."
Hollie looked toward him with a confused expression, "So why don't you ask her?"
"Because…" Chad muttered under his breath.
"Because he's a big chicken wuss and because she's going with her Boyfriend Tom." Rebeka gave him a michevious smile, making him glared at her.
"Then ask somebody." Hollie smiled, "Hey! Take my sister!"
"No, that's okay." Chad smiled, Rebeka rolled her eyes.
"Man, my self esteem is getting such a boost today." She replied and looked down at her watch, "Hey, I have to go to my next class, I'll see you guys later."
Rebeka took off quickly, leaving Hollie alone with all of her friends. Awkwardness began to spread throughout the giant room.
"You know my sister's birthday is coming up." Hollie told them all, "I didn't know if you guys knew, but it's the 25th, she doesn't like to talk about it much, but get her a happy birthday at least."
"She never told us." Cryssy shrugged, "Last year she hid all of her presents under the bed, when I found them she said it was because her parents were impressed that she was doing so well."
"She hates birthday's." Hollie told her and stood up, "To her it's just getting older, and there is nothing to celebrate about that, but she'll feel special if you say something."
"Kay…" Cryssy gave her a quizzical look, "Whatever you say."
"Well, I gotta go, I have a match tomorrow!" Hollie smiled and stood up, she noticed Tony perk up a little bit.
"Good luck!" He yelled to her and gave her a thumbs up, she smiled and took off toward the Slytherin dungeon, maybe she could catch Jason and tell him about Jerrad being such a good Keeper. When she got to the Gargoyle she yelled the password and stepped inside. She didn't have anymore classes so she just decided to sit by the fire and wait for Jason to come in. She had no idea where he would be, but she hoped he would come soon. The fire seemed to warm her chilled bones rather quickly and she looked around to see of she could find someone who she knew. She saw Marigold sitting in the corner watching two boys play Wizard Chess. Wizard Chess was played just like Muggle chess but the pieces were actually "alive" in a way and you told them were to go. It was a hard game to play and Hollie never liked playing it, but it was funny when the Chess pieces argued with the person who was playing. She once saw a chess piece get up and walk out because they player didn't know what he was doing, three 7th years had to chase it down.
"Marigold!" Hollie called over to the gothic looking girl.
Marigold looked over to Hollie, then ran up to her. By the look on her face, no one would know that Marigold was happy, but Hollie was beginning to learn Marigold's slight expressions that showed her current emotion.
"I got asked to the ball!" Marigold proclaimed somewhat flatly. Hollie gave her a sideways glance.
"By who?"
"Timothy Mcgraffy, he's even a fourth year!" She sat down next to Hollie beaming, well beaming for Marigold.
"That guy who always wears the spiked collar?" Hollie asked her, Marigold nodded, "Oh, Cool…Well, I got asked too!"
"Awesome, by who?"
"Jack Grabble." Hollie answered with pride, after all, the guy was really cute.
"Oh, the guy from our defenses class?" Marigold sighed loudly and pointed her eyes toward the ceiling, "He is so cute!"
"I know! He asked me as I was leaving the Quidditch field!" Hollie leaned back into her chair, "I wonder what I'll wear."
"Quidditch!!" Marigold gasped, "I almost forget, the first Quidditch match is tomorrow! Aren't you playing? Slytherin versus Ravenclaw."
"Yeah, don't remind me." Hollie groaned, "I'm worried Lee will try to kill me."
"He might." Marigold joked, making Hollie laugh, "Trust me, he won't hurt you, he wants to win just as much as you, as much as anyone. He won't touch you tomorrow."
"Well, good. Now I'll just have to worry if I suck or not." Hollie groaned and looked up toward the ceiling. Marigold began to laugh like what Hollie said was really dumb.
"Of course you're good!" Marigold argued, making Hollie blush a little bit, "Jason wouldn't have picked you if you weren't. Between you and me, Jason is a little uptight, especially about Quidditch. He wants to go pro, he's known for being really ruthless on the field though."
"How do you know all of this?" Hollie asked her pale friend.
"I know a lot about the Quidditch players, I make sure I stay informed," Marigold shrugged, "I can name off different facts about all of them."
"Okay…Jerrad Tagety."
"Quizzing me eh?" Marigold laughed, "Okay, Jerrad Tagety. First year Ravenclaw Keeper, known for his bigger size, predicted to shoot up to an impressive 6'5". Good hand eye coordination when it comes to the keeper position, but a bit clumsy everywhere else."
"Nice…" Hollie mumbled, "Beth Morgan."
"Third year Gryffindor Seeker, also the captain by the way. Not only the captain, but the youngest captain Gryffindor has had in at least 300 years. Quick and nimble, although a little wavery. One of the best they've had, next to Harry Potter of course." Marigold looked proud as she recited the facts, "The other team members are Rebeka Skyelar, Tony Prior, Griffin Dominic - The Chasers, Dason Zanders, Alana Peabody - The Beaters, and Marlon Avely - the Keeper."
"Okay, okay I get it." Hollie rolled her eyes, "You're the greatest."
"Funny." Marigold stuck out her tongue.
"You know, you should consider commentating with that Cryssy girl," Hollie smiled, "You could spout out stats as she lead us through the game."
"No…I don't think so." Marigold laughed nervously, "Thanks for the offer though."
"No really, you should! Talk to Professor McGonagall, she'll probably agree," Hollie gave Marigold a wide grin, but Marigold continued shaking her head, "At least think about it! Come on, it's dinner time."
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Later that night when everyone was asleep, Hollie dreamed that she fell off of her broom and lost the match for everyone. Lee was there, smiling and yelling how she wasn't good enough to play the game. After she awoke from the nightmare she couldn't go back to sleep. She just kept thinking how she was going to screw everything up and Lee would be there waiting for her to do just that. For the first time she hated the fact that tomorrow was Saturday, she just wanted to crawl under her bed and never come out. Everybody would be there - her sister, Vinesah, Jack…how could she play in front of all of them? She didn't know why Jason trusted her anyway; she was nothing more than a Muggle who found out she had wizard blood…Bad wizard blood by the notes that her and her sister had gotten. That was another thing that worried her, whoever sent them the notes might be there…they might make her screw up.
Hollie sat on her bed and looked out the window until sunrise, she then hurried to get dressed in her Quidditch uniform and took off downstairs to the Great Hall. Honestly, she didn't feel like dealing with Marigold's Quidditch excitement. When she stepped inside there was already students eating and the teachers were quietly talking amongst themselves. One of the students was Jack, her date for the Starry Night Ball. She blushed a little bit but then went over and sat down next to him.
"Hey Hollie, why are you up so early?" He asked as he sipped his drink, "Are you nervous or something?"
"Gee's what was your first clue?" She snapped and poured herself a cup of Pumpkin Juice; Jack just laughed at her.
"Not much of a morning person are you?" He smiled and took a bite of his pancakes. She just rolled her eyes and picked up some food to eat, but she wasn't really that hungry so she just stared at her bacon and eggs. She looked over to the teachers' table and saw Professor Snape leering at her, almost like he was telling her to eat just with a look. Soon, other people began filing in, and they all seemed to be staring at her as they walked by. Deciding to take her mind off of the prying eyes of the students she talked to Jack about anything she could think off. He didn't object though, he just played along and talked back, even though Hollie had a feeling he knew what she was doing.
"When do you need to leave?" He asked her about a half-hour later as she nibbled on her soft bacon. It was the only kind she would eat; she hated the hard stuff.
"Right after breakfast." She answered, "The Quidditch match starts at noon you know. You are coming to watch right?"
"Wouldn't miss it." Jack smiled then looked away from her, "My date for the dance and my best friend duking it out on the Quidditch field. Sounds like an interesting situation."
"Oh yeah, interesting." Hollie sighed, "I should go, Jason is probably waiting for us."
She got up to leave, but before she got anywhere Jack grabbed her arm. She turned around shocked.
"Good luck." He said quietly and gave her a big smile. He then let go of arm and let her walk down to the Quidditch field, practically beaming the whole entire way. All she could think about was how cute Jack was…she didn't even realize she had entered the locker room.
"Hollie!" Jason waving to her and calling out her name made her snap out of her daze. She noticed that the rest of the team was there, they all seemed to be pretty tired. She walked up and gave them a confused look.
"Am I late?" She asked, Jason gave her a firm smile.
"No, we're just all early." He said, everyone looked at her, "Here, we got you your broom."
"Cool." She grabbed it from Jason's hand and looked around, "Where's Lee?"
"Up there." Jason pointed above him, "Hasn't come down, that is what I call dedication."
"I'm here, I'm here." Lee came into the room, making everyone look at him, "Is it time yet?"
The Slytherin team looked more sinister than they ever have, making Hollie a bit nervous around them. The kind and funny Jason had seemingly left the building, replacing him with a more ruthless version. She just shrugged it off and listen to him call out team plays and the weaknesses of the other players. After what seemed like forever, 11:30 rolled around and hundreds of students began to fill the seats around the field. Hollie watched as the Ravenclaw team appeared and as Cryssy took her place in a reserved seat away from the other students. She also noticed a lot of her friends sitting down and getting ready to watch her. Her nervous swept over her again and she sat down on the bench below her.
"Are you okay?" Jason came over to her and sat next to her, "We can't have you freezing up."
"I'm okay…" She lied, but she didn't want Jason yelling at her for being a weakling or anything. She noticed Lee eyeing her and she quickly turned away from him. The last thing she needed was Lee's evil eye right now.
"Welcome Students to the first Quidditch match of the season!" Professor McGonagall stepped out onto the middle of the field, "This year promises to be one of the best seasons we ever had with so many talented players!" - The crowd roared - "Playing the first game are the Ravenclaw, with Captain Vidar Raset returning, and the Slytherin, with new Captain Jason Kreeger. Let's have a good game people!"
The crowd cheered loudly again and McGonagall blew her whistle loudly and the teams entered the middle of the field. Hollie noticed thousands of people screaming loudly above her, she guessed they would be able to see when the teams began to fly themselves. She sighed and looked over at the Ravenclaw team, she recognized some of them from the other day and she saw Jerrad Tagety give her a small wave. She was extremely relieved that she was only a seeker and wouldn't be dealing with the big Keeper.
"Are you ready?" McGonagall asked, the team captains nodded their heads and she blew the whistle. They were off, Hollie was soon flying in the air and, just as Jason had told her, she began zooming around the field as fast as she could.
"Welcome everybody to this glorious match today!" Cryssy's voice was suddenly heard throughout the field, "Looks like the Slytherin team has already taken control of the Quaffle, Chaser November Reese is barreling down the field faster than anyone - wait a Bludger is coming her way! She swerves to avoid it and Willow Jenkins of Ravenclaw now has control, a good move by Ravenclaw…wait some how Jason has taken the Quaffle from Willow and now he is heading toward the end of the field! Good job by Lee Prior and keeping the Bludgers away from Jason. Jason goes in, takes the shot! OH BLOCKED BY JERRAD TAGETY! Quaffle is picked up by Ravenclaw - Analee Manger is one of their best chasers and she is charging down the field…OH! Almost hit by a Bludger, sent her way by Phoenix Calhoun no doubt! She's still charging down the field, she passes it to Tom Alvary, he's going, passes it to Willow…now back to Tom. He's taking the shot now, Jose dives and …misses!… RAVENCLAW SCORES!"
Damnit!" Hollie heard Sonny Avalone, another Slytherin chaser, mutter under his breath. November flew up next to Hollie.
"No sign of the Snitch?" She asked, Hollie shook her head, "Well keep looking and stay out of sight!"
So Hollie did just that as and watched around everyone for something to glitter a golden color, but nothing was around. She noticed Nick Talliwind, the Ravenclaw Seeker watching her, she guessed he was waiting for her to charge at something. Rolling her eyes she went back to watching for the elusive object.
"Sonny Avalone now has control of the Quaffle, he is really close to the goal!" Cryssy's voice once again boomed in her ears, " Oh Imogene Halliwell beats a Bludger in his direction! He's gonna get hit folks…WAIT! Lee Prior hits in out of the way just in the knick of time! Sonny is going for the goal…oh! Blocked again by Jerrad! This guy is like a brick wall! Sonny has control again however and is going to try…SLYTHERIN SCORES!!"
Cheers roared from the Slytherin students and Hollie couldn't help but smile She turned to look at Cryssy…and saw something gold streak past her eyes. THE SNITCH! She perked up a little bit and tried to keep her eyes on where it would be. The game continued and she gradually began to chase it down, as to not lead Nick on, and pretty soon it was Ravenclaw leading 110 to 40. It seemed no one could get passed Jerrad, he was not only big, but he was quick. Hollie noticed Jason getting pretty angry, but her eyes were quickly diverted to the gold streak that went passed them yet again.
"Ravenclaw has the ball, Analee will most likely score unless the Slytherin do something about it soon, there she goes and…FOUL!!!!"
Cryssy's voice was angered in that last word and Hollie looked over to see what happened. Lee had a scowl on his face as Analee went flying in the opposite direction, unable to control her broomstick. Some one had purposefully smacked Analee out of the way. At first she thought it was Lee, with that horrible scowl on his face how could it not be…
"Foul! Unnecessary Roughness on Analee Manger from Jason Kreeger!" McGonagall yelled, "Mr. Kreeger please refrain next time!"
Jason Kreeger? Hollie about choked, what was Jason thinking? At that moment she remembered Marigold telling her that Jason was pretty ruthless of the playing field. This didn't seem like the Jason she knew though. She was about to say something when Sonny flew up next to her.
"That was pretty funny huh?" Sonny asked, "Serves those Ravenclaw right, thinking that they're better than us."
Hollie blinked and watched as Sonny went back to playing the game. Her team was pretty ruthless, but she guessed that they were just wrapped up in the game. Some people just aren't at their best when they are playing a game. They were all probably just angry that they could seem to get the Quaffle passed Jerrad. She shook it off and went back to looking for the Snitch. It was long gone by now; the foul had distracted her. As Analee made her foul shot, Hollie began circling the parameter for any sign of the gold ball. Again she noticed Nick watching her ever so closely and that made Hollie realize something. The Ravenclaw were just as ruthless, they were just hiding it better. Nick was going to watch her and when she found the thing, he was gonna go after it a grab for it first. That had to be a form of cheating, Hollie wondered to herself, it just doesn't seem fair. Well, he wasn't gonna get the snitch, not if she had anything to say about it.
Then, there it was…twinkling about 50 feet away from her near Cryssy's bench. It was bopping up and down without a care in the world; it seemed to like it there because it didn't move. Now she just had to figure out how to get to it without Nick trying for it either. Then Quickly Hollie took off in the general direction of the Snitch but still pretty far away.
"WHOA! Hollie Skyelar seems to have gotten wind of the Snitch! She is moving very quickly in the opposite direction of me!" Cryssy yelled, Hollie's idea was working, "Nick Talliwind must see it too because he is heading in the same direction!"
Hollie looked behind her and saw Nick quickly gaining speed and catching up to her. Soon he was ahead of her, which she had figured would happen because he was more experienced on a broom. Once he was ahead of her completely she did a complete 90-degree angle and headed straight toward Cryssy. Everyone gasped as she zoomed toward the golden snitch.
"Hollie has expertly changed direction and is now heading toward me folks! Nick seems to have lost some control of his broom and is trying to stop to follow Hollie!"
Hollie could see it; it was getting closer and closer. She extended her hand and prepared to grip her fingers around it.
"A BLUDGER IS COMING HOLLIE'S WAY! Vidar Raset has noticed Hollie's little plan and threw a Bludger straight at her! I don't want to watch this one folks!"
She couldn't stop now, it was so close! Just like in practice, Hollie was willing to take the blasted Bludger as long as she got to the snitch in time. She was almost there, but in the corner of her eye she could see the Bludger coming for her, it was going to connect with her pretty soon…then, she saw a sudden blurry figure get in front of her.
"Lee Prior has beaten the Bludger out of Hollie's way! That was a fast move on his part!"
Hollie didn't have time to be shocked, she was now wrapping her fingers around the Snitch. When she was sure she had it she raised it up into the air and showed everyone triumphantly.
"HOLLIE HAS IT!!! HOLLIE HAS IT!! SLYTHERIN WINS 190 To 120!!!" Cryssy actually sounded excited, it was weird, "What a game folks! What a game!"
The whole Slytherin team gathered around Hollie and cheered in victory. She was beaming and couldn't believe she had pulled it off. She looked around and saw bright letters hanging in the air saying "Hollie rules!", she began to laugh as she noticed her sister and Chad waving their wands to make the letters change colors and shapes. McGonagall motioned for them to fly down, so they did and the bleachers began to follow suit.
"Great Job Holl!" Jason smiled at her, "I knew I could count on you!"
"Yeah, that Jerrad guy is nearly impossible to get through!" November sighed, "If you wouldn't of gotten the Snitch, they would have killed us."
"Yeah, but Lee helped." Hollie told them, "He got to the Bludger in time…thanks Lee."
"I didn't do it for you." Lee replied angrily, "I wanted to win."
Nothing Lee could say though could dampen Hollie's feeling of pride. She was glowing, for a few glorious seconds she was the star. She was the reason they had one the game and it made her feel really good and no one could take that away from her, not even the evil Lee.
"Hollie! You did so good!" She heard her sister yelling as she tried to make her way to her.
"Impressive!" Her sister's friend, Chad, yelled too. She could hear Vinesah and some of her friends chanting.
"Hollie! Hollie! Caught the Ball-ee! The small little thing called the snitch! She caught it like it was a synch! GO HOLLIE!"
That just made her smile grow wider although it was already so wide it was hurting her face. She didn't care though, this was her moment. Maybe this Quidditch thing wasn't so bad after all.
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A/N: Okay, so this chapter had little or nothing to do with the main plot. However, I like it because I felt it kept with the flow of JKR's books. Sometimes you just have to have chapters that explain the characters more. This kind of showed Hollie that Slytherin can be a ruthless house, but she does fit inside of it. Honestly, what's with Lee? He's my character and I think he's a little git. *LOL*
Review if you want, thanks for reading!