Authors Note: Hiya people, I know I'm early and everything but I had an epiphany, lol. It's J.K's fault, I've read the book see and it's put my mind at a equal for this story, but I can't post the sequel until I've finished with this one, which coincidently has three chapters and an epilogue left. So REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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SPOILER!!!!! (not in the story, just this little thing I'm gunna write here)

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THIS LITTLE THING WRITTEN HERE WILL SPOIL BOOK 5 IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU SKIP THIS LITTLE SENTENCE

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My story has been ever so slightly messed up since Narcissa is actually related to Sirius and also the fact that I was going to do a sequel but a certain someone is dead so I can't L I'll do a sequel but a completely different one.

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15. Ohh, the Joys of Quidditch! 

            As the Quidditch season drew nearer, everyone was beginning to feel the nerves. The cheerleading squad was practising non-stop, and you were lucky to see the Quidditch team without mud all over their exhausted faces. Everyone was finding it hard to balance out their extra-curricular activities and their homework. But Remus was there like a rock for them. As long as you gave him a large supply of Butterbeer and chocolate frogs, he didn't mind doing their homework for them.

            It was four o'clock in the morning and Serena went down into the common room. There was no way she could sleep any longer. It just wasn't possible. She was so worried about how the routine was going to go, she kept replaying it in her head. It turned out that she wasn't the only one who couldn't sleep.

            "James? What are you doing down here?" Serena asked staring at him as he sat by the fire rubbing his hands together nervously.

            "I couldn't sleep. There is so much pressure on us this year to win. It's our captains last year. He want's to win so badly. I also have to perform to my best. I so want to be Captain of the team!"

            "Of course you'll be made captain of the team. I've never seen anyone better than you in my whole life!" James gave her a sarcastic look as if she was taking the Mick. "No, don't give me that look, I really mean it. AND I've seen some pretty good Quidditch players in my time. I do support Puddlemere United remember, the best team in the league." James smiled at her appreciatively, "Do you fancy coming for a walk?"

            "No thanks Serena," he said, "I think I'll just stay here, see you later!"

            Serena walked through the portrait hole and headed of to the lake but just as she was about to go outside she knocked heads with a certain Slytherin.

            "Oh, I'm really sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going. I wasn't really expecting anyone to be up at this time in the morning," Severus said to Serena.

            "Erm...it's okay," said Serena, slightly confused that a Slytherin was treating her this nicely. "I was only up cause I was nervous...you know, about the cheerleading and all that"

"I was up because of the Quidditch, you know, I'm the team keeper. Were you going to the lake then? If you were, could I join you? It would be nice for some fresh air"

Serena was confused. Wasn't he a Slytherin who hated the ground that the Gryffindors walked on? Serena immediately felt bad for thinking it though, he was being really genuine and she had been taught a thousand times over to never judge a book by its cover.

"Yeah, it would be nice to have some company...so, Severus. How come you're nervous? I didn't think you were the sort of person to get worried about things like Quidditch," Serena said, trying desperately to think of something to talk to him about, as the headed off towards the lake.

"I don't usually, only when we play Gryffindor. You know, the whole rivalry thing. If we don't win we never hear the end of it. Especially from our captain," he said, frowning.

"Well that means you haven't been hearing the end of it since you started the team then. After all, we've won every year to my recollection," said Serena happily.

"Don't remind me. God what I'd do to knock James Potter off his broomstick," he said.

They sat by the lake for what must have been an hour. Serena was really surprised to find that Snape was actually a nice person. Not overly nice, but enough to make Serena enjoy his company. It was strange, but Serena actually thought she'd found a friend in the most unlikely of places.

When Serena was back in the common room it was almost six o'clock, so she sat down and read awhile, waiting for the rest of the house to wake up. Lily was the first person to emerge from the girls' dormitories at seven o'clock, staring at Serena in disbelief.

"What are you doing up so early? I thought I was the early riser!" Lily exclaimed.

"I couldn't sleep, anyway, you fancy going down to breakfast? I've been up since four o'clock and I'm starving," Lily looked at Serena and laughed, whilst heading to the portrait hole to eat.

Breakfast was a very quiet meeting at the Gryffindor table that morning. Everybody was so nervous, all they felt like doing was eating their breakfasts in peace. Narcissa broke the peace though when she headed over to the table at eight o'clock, making a beeline for Serena. She came to a halt, looking down at Serena who was still day dreaming about the events of the upcoming match and hadn't realised who was standing behind her. Narcissa, getting impatient, coughed loudly. Serena turned around.

"Yes?" she said as politely as she could.

"I was just coming over to wish you all good luck for today, after all you might need it. Our girls are the best. Especially with me in charge," she said with a smirk.

"Narcissa, it isn't even a competition, what are you on about. Our team must have only got together about four times. It's only good fun to cheer on our teams. We didn't realise it would be so competitive, did we girls?" Serena looked at the girls for support who all nodded.

"Ohh well, we'll be better than you anyway," Narcissa said before stalking off.

Lily looked at Serena in disbelief, "What do you mean we've only got together four times. More like four times a week!" she said

"If we tell her we are bad she'll get a false sense of security, trust me," Lily laughed unable to fathom how her friend's mind worked.

After they had eaten their breakfast the girls went up to their dormitories to get into their uniforms that James had kindly transfigured for them. They consisted of bright red hot pants and belly tops, if it were down to the girls these would have been slightly less skimpy, but it was James who had made them. Serena's top was special as she was the captain. It had 'Gryffindor' written on it in Gold sequins that sparkled when she moved. After getting dressed the girls headed to the Quidditch pitch with the Quidditch team. When they arrived the girls headed off into the audience and the boys went into the changing room. After about ten minutes the team came out and stood on the edge of the pitch.

"Welcome ladies and Gentlemen to the first Quidditch match of the season!!!!! Slytherin verses Gryffindor!" said Reemi who was commentating. "It's going to be a little different this year, we are going to have the House cheerleading team to start off. So give it up for Slytherin!" a small cheer came from one side the pitch and Narcissa lead her team onto the grass. The music started and the girls began. Serena smiled inside, it seemed that Narcissa was the only person in the whole team who could keep up with the pace, as she was the one who had made up the dance.

"Seems like she didn't spend enough time on the team, only herself," Serena said to Lily who laughed as one of the girls went the wrong way and bumped into Narcissa who's smile had faded because the dance was not going to plan. When the girls had finished the crowd gave a polite applause because they couldn't really do anything else.

It was Serena's turn to lead her team onto the pitch, her stomach was doing flip flops and her heart was louder than a drum. All of the girls got into the starting position and the music started, as soon as it did, the girls felt a new lease of life and the dance went perfectly all of the girls had a large smile plastered on their faces and were enjoying every minute of it. When the dance finished they received a massive applause from the crowd and went off to go and sit in the stands. Remus sat next to Serena and congratulated her.

"Well done, told you you could do it!" he said, "and you didn't even have to practise every night of the week" Serena gave him a look that said 'ha ha very funny' and began to watch the game. Right from the beginning it was obvious who was the better team. James, the star chaser, was running rings around Slytherin and making a mockery of Snape's Keeper skills. The score was 140 – 40 with Gryffindor in the lead before Frank Longbottom put Slytherin out of their misery by catching the snitch for Gryffindor. Immediately Serena walked over to James.

"You were amazing James! If you don't get picked for next years captain it'll be a miracle!" she gave him a hug and then walked over to Snape who was looking like he had just had to eat five spoon fulls of cod liver oil, without the 'spoon full of sugar' to help it go down. She looked back to her Gryffindor friends and then to Severus. Who would care if she went to go and talk to a Slytherin? She had been talking to Severus that day and he seemed perfectly friendly, so she strode confidently over to him.

"Hi!" she said. He lifted his head up, surprised at the fact that she had come to talk to him, "Sorry about the game...well...not really sorry...I mean I wanted us to win of course...oops, I'm not making a good job of this, am I?"

"That's okay," he was now smiling at least, "I will knock James off his broom one day though."

"How's your head?" Serena asked delicately. Sirius had sent a bludger Snape's way and had given him a deep gash in his forehead. Serena could see blood oozing out of the cut even now, twenty minutes after it had happened.

"Hurting actually. Black has a vendetta against me. Not that mine against him isn't just as big. I better go and see Madam Pomfrey, check if I have concussion, see you later Serena, it was nice talking to you." He gave Serena a rare smile and then walked off. It was a shame he didn't smile more often, he was quite good looking really. In a completely different way to most boys though. He had a dark mysterious look about him. Sirius looked mysterious as well, except they looked nothing alike. Sirius had a fairly normal skin tone while Severus had very pale skin. Serena walked over to the others who were waiting for her to come back to the common room.

"What were you talking to him for?" Lily asked suspiciously, "was he bothering you?"

"Oh no, nothing like that. He's really nice actually, you should get to know him," Lily gave Serena a look that blatantly meant that she thought Serena was insane, "Honestly, once you get past his evil exterior he is quite an interesting person. He does want to knock you off your broom though, James." Everybody was looking at her like she was an alien from another planet. Severus Snape, civil? Serena felt very uncomfortable at these stares so she began to laugh, as if to make a joke of it. Alaine, sensing her desperation laughed with her too. Serena then grabbed her arm and made her way to the common room.

"They didn't like that did they. I sort of understand, I mean, I know the rivalry between the houses, but Severus was genuinely nice to me. What was I supposed to do, throw it back in his face?"

"Don't worry Serena. I doubt they'll give you any stick for it. I know that deep down inside they aren't that shallow." Serena would have been more comforted by this, if it wasn't for the look on Alaine's face, it was obvious that even she didn't believe her own words.

"Well I don't care. I can choose my own friends, can't I? They will just have to live with it."

"So...do you like Severus, as you know...more than a friend?" Alaine asked, trying to sound as un-inquisitive as she could.

"Well, he is sort of nice, but in a different way. He certainly isn't as handsome as James, Remus or Sirius, but he does have an intriguing look about him. So...yeah, I think I do sort of like him."

"Well all I can say is good luck, 'cause if you want to pursue this one any further you're in for a rough ride."

WITH MANY THANKS TO-

InvisibleInk, Faries, GreenLeafChic127, Cyanthis, SapphireSkies, Boy Crazy Magician Chic (love the name), Rikki a.k.a Richard, Lope, Taraancaiel and last but not least my darling Faye.

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