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Authors Note: Ok, here's the second part of Quidditch. I didn't mean to make the last installment that long. I don't even know why I put in the bathroom thing and studying in their common room. That wasn't planned. Lily and James were just supposed to make up and go to bed. Sometimes my little muse plays tricks on me!! I hope you liked it anyway.
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James awoke at the crack of dawn the morning of the first Quidditch match, and put on his Quidditch robes. He walked blearily down to the common room and out the portrait hole. He headed down to the Great Hall, but breakfast wasn't ready yet, so he had to sit outside and wait. He sat for a half hour when the rest of teammates arrived. They were all wearing their robes, clutching broomsticks and looking apprehensive.
When the doors were opened, they all sat at the Gryffindor table and picked at their food. Eventually, people began to filter inside to get breakfast. James had revived over a cup of coffee and when Lily entered he spotted her and waved her over. He had saved her a seat. When she sat between James and Sirius, James began to talk.
"Good Moonin, good moonin. I'll tell you what. I've been up since the crack of dawn and I've got to ass you a question!" Everyone started laughing, including Lily. James cracked a grin and nudged Lily. "I really do have to ask you a question, so whenever you have time, let me know."
"Well we have time now, lets go for a walk. It will be a good workout before the match."
"Ok, let's go." Lily and James exited the Great Hall, each of them clutching a stack of toast in their hands. They headed around the lake, walking silently and munching on toast. When they had reached the farthest point from the school, James sat down and motioned for Lily to sit down next to him.
Lily turned to James with a smile on her face. "Is everything okay?"
"What?" James looked flustered. "Oh, yea. I'm fine, I'm just trying to figure out how to word this. Umm, hmm."
"Take your time. I don't mind sitting out here, especially with you."
James turned red at that. "Ok, er." He gulped nervously. "I- will- you." He took a huge breath. "Iloveyou.Willyoubemygirlfriend?"
Lily smiled. "Sorry James. I didn't get that."
James smiled. He took her hand. "I said, 'I love you. Will you be my girlfriend?'"
Lily took a deep breath, then let out a squeal of delight. "Of course I will! As long as you stop picking on the Slytherins."
"Fine, it's a sacrifice, but you're worth it."
Lily let out another squeal and jumped up and gave James a huge hug. "This is wonderful James." She looked at her watch. "We'd better get going. The match is starting in 45 minutes." She grabbed his hands and pulled him off the ground. They entwined hands and walked back to the school.
When they arrived back at the school, they were surprised to see a circle formed. Lily looked concerned. "It looks like some sort of riot. We should stop it."
"Right." James pushed through the people and when he reached the center of the circle, a disturbing sight met his eyes. Jessica Ducharme, the Gryffindor seeker was lying on the ground, apparently unconscious, bleeding from her arm. Sirius was engaged in a shouting match with Robert Flint, the Slytherin Quidditch captain.
"You bloody idiot! You deliberately harmed our seeker! That is low! What happened to good sportsmanship? I should curse you back to next Tuesday." Sirius was shouting as he withdrew his wand.
James broke through the crowd and shouted, "There will be no need for that. Sirius, put your wand away. We'll just wait until the match to destroy this team. As for you Flint, I won't be surprised if you're suspended from the match. Actually, I would rather play against you and win." James turned to Sirius. "Come on, lets get her up to the hospital."
James turned to Lily. "Break the rest of this up. We'll be back in a few minutes." Lily started shouting for people to head to the Quidditch pitch while Sirius and James lifted Jessica's limp form. They trudged up to the hospital wing with the rest of team trailing behind them. When they entered, Madame Pomfrey started yelling.
"She should have been brought straight to me!"
Sirius tried to interject. "But we did bring her straight to you. It was Flint-"
"No excuses Black! She'll need at least one day of bedrest."
"But she has a Quidditch match to play-"
"No, Mr. Potter, she doesn't. I suggest you get down to the match. You can see her afterwards."
The Gryffindor team straggled out of the hospital wing, muttering, and walked down to the Quidditch pitch. In the locker room, James turned to them. "Ok men."
"And women," Alicia Bell piped up.
"And women. I'm going to have to play Seeker today. Megan, you'll have to play chaser. So the lineup will be Sirius Black and Frank Longbottom as Beaters. Michael Wood as Keeper. Alicia Bell, Maraid Spinnett and Megan Johnson as Chasers and me as Seeker. I'll go tell John Jordan of the change. We need to beat Slytherin today, not only to win but to get back at them for what they did to Jessica."
James left the room to tell the commentator of the change and when he came back, everyone was ready. "Ok, we're all set. You ready Megan?" She nodded. "Okay, great. Now we have to win, but don't resort to dirty tricks. Leave that up to Slytherin. Play a fair game and we will win. Lets go win!"
They could hear John Jordan in the background announcing the arrival of the Slytherin team. "Black, Black, Campton, Flint, Lestrange, Montesque and Montold."
They trooped out to the field and were greeted by tumultuous applause. The Slytherins made their boos heard, but the uproar from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff was too great.
"The Gryffindor team makes it's way onto the field. Bell, Black, Johnson, Longbottom, Potter, Spinnett and Wood. Captain Potter just had to do some quick thinking. The seeker, Ducharme, was attacked by the cruddy Slytherin captain, who, might I add, looks like a troll and-."
"Jordan, control yourself!"
"Yes Professor! Anyway, Potter had to step up to the position of Seeker and the reserve chaser, Johnson took his place. This is going to be interesting."
Madame Hooch walked out onto the field with the crate containing the balls under her arm. She looked up at the Slytherin captain, Robert Flint and said, "I want a nice clean game. All of you!"
She kicked open the case. "The Bludgers are up. Same with the Golden Snitch." John Jordan was commentating. "Remember, the Snitch is worth an extra 150 points to the team whose seeker catches it. The whistle sounds, the quaffle is up and the game begins!"
"Bell takes the Quaffle and is heading towards the Slytherin goal. Oh, hit by a Bludger from Bellatrix Black. Sirius Black sends a Bludger towards his cousin in retaliation and oomph, that looks like it hurt! Right in the face. Good work Sirius!"
Sirius flew by John Jordan and gave him a thumbs up sign. "Right, now Roger Montold has the Quaffle. Longbottom beats a Bludger furiously towards him and Montold drops the Quaffle, only to be caught by Johnson. Excellent player that girl is. Quite attractive too."
Professor McGonagall game over the speaker. "Jordan, concentrate on the match!"
"Ok, sorry Professor. Johnson speeds towards the Slytherin goal. Tristan Campton, Slytherin keeper is getting ready. Johnson looks like she's going to shoot to the left, ooh! Look at that! Passed to Spinnett who puts it through the right goal. 10 points to Gryffindor!"
Everyone but the Slytherins burst into applause. James was floating above the match, keeping an eye out for the snitch. The Slytherin seeker, David Montesque was trailing him. James decided to have a little fun. He turned towards the Gryffindor goal and, faking concentration, went into a spurt of speed. Montesque followed him. When James was halfway across the field, he went into a steep dive. James went all the way down to the ground and brushed his hand on the grass before jutting upward. Montesque wasn't so lucky. He couldn't pull out of the dive and crashed into the ground. The Slytherin team called a time out while Montesque was tended to.
James swooped over the Gryffindor stands and blew a kiss to Lily. She waved and blew a kiss back, blushing furiously. James flew upward to look for the Snitch while the Slytherin seeker was occupied. Sirius flew over to him.
"Great feint! One of the best I've seen, even in the international matches! Keep it up, but don't catch the Snitch too fast. I want to have the chance to hit Bella in the face as much as possible and not get in trouble!" Sirius waved and flew away.
Madame Hooch's whistle sounded and the game was back on. John Jordan got back to the commentary. "Great Wronski Feint made by Gryffindor captain James Potter, but the Slytherin seeker is ready to play, so the game resumes. Flint takes the Quaffle and is headed to the Gryffindor goal posts. Longbottom sends a Bludger his way, but misses. Nice try Frank! Flint shoots at the goal- come on Woo- and yes! Spectacular save by Gryffindor keeper Michael Wood."
The crowd erupted into applause as Maraid Spinnett took the Quaffle. "Spinnett as the Quaffle. She passes to Bell, who passes to Johnson who- yes! Another goal for Gryffindor! Gryffindor leads Slytherin 20 to 0!"
James was still circling above the game on the lookout for the Snitch. The Gryffindor chasers scored another 6 goals, while Slytherin wasn't even on the board. The Slytherin team was getting restless. James saw a glint of gold and took off. He had the faster broom, a Cleansweep 3, so he was at an advantage to Montesque who rode a Cleansweep 1. James dove, but realized it was just the reflection of the sun of off Sirius' watch. He was heading back to circling above the game when a Bludger came shooting his way. He turned and realized it was Bellatrix Black who had hit and was speeding towards him with her Beater bat raised menacingly. James turned the other way but found Rudolf Lestrange on his other side. Rudolf hit a Bludger and it hit James square in his left shoulder.
James was in agony. He was sure that his shoulder had shattered. "At least I'm right handed," James thought to himself, "I can still catch the Snitch." James tried to turn his broom in another direction, but he found the captain Roger Flint advancing on him. James turned his broom downward, and by some miracle managed to catch a glimpse of the Snitch. He dove straight down, with Montesque on his tail.
Sirius realized what was going on and started to beat the Bludgers furiously towards Montesque, but it was futile. Bellatrix Black and Rudolf Lestrange took control of the Bludgers and aimed then at James. James was 20 feet away from the snitch, 15 feet, 10 feet when suddenly, a Bludger hit him square in the back. James heard something crack, but he didn't care. All that mattered was getting the Snitch.
James started to wobble uncertainly, but he was only feet away from the snitch. He reached out and made a wild grab. He felt the cool metal in his hand and he knew that they won. He was just about to relax when the second Bludger hit him square in the head.
James tilted to the right, unable to feel anything and fell 30 feet to the ground. He landed in a crumpled heap and did not move.
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Authors Note: Oh, a cliffy!! I love these! I think I should wait a week or two til my next update, what do you think? Ok, now for a few things. I know the James getting the snitch thing was drawn out, it was probably about five seconds really, but I had to explain how he got injured. I love injuries! I love pointless drama! Ok, and I know the Lily/James girlfriend/boyfriend thing seemed rushed, but I don't care! More surprises to come! Read and Review or I won't update for two weeks. Do you think I could get maybe 52 reviews? Please? 52 is such a random number. Please??
Moony2187
Authors Note: Ok, here's the second part of Quidditch. I didn't mean to make the last installment that long. I don't even know why I put in the bathroom thing and studying in their common room. That wasn't planned. Lily and James were just supposed to make up and go to bed. Sometimes my little muse plays tricks on me!! I hope you liked it anyway.
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James awoke at the crack of dawn the morning of the first Quidditch match, and put on his Quidditch robes. He walked blearily down to the common room and out the portrait hole. He headed down to the Great Hall, but breakfast wasn't ready yet, so he had to sit outside and wait. He sat for a half hour when the rest of teammates arrived. They were all wearing their robes, clutching broomsticks and looking apprehensive.
When the doors were opened, they all sat at the Gryffindor table and picked at their food. Eventually, people began to filter inside to get breakfast. James had revived over a cup of coffee and when Lily entered he spotted her and waved her over. He had saved her a seat. When she sat between James and Sirius, James began to talk.
"Good Moonin, good moonin. I'll tell you what. I've been up since the crack of dawn and I've got to ass you a question!" Everyone started laughing, including Lily. James cracked a grin and nudged Lily. "I really do have to ask you a question, so whenever you have time, let me know."
"Well we have time now, lets go for a walk. It will be a good workout before the match."
"Ok, let's go." Lily and James exited the Great Hall, each of them clutching a stack of toast in their hands. They headed around the lake, walking silently and munching on toast. When they had reached the farthest point from the school, James sat down and motioned for Lily to sit down next to him.
Lily turned to James with a smile on her face. "Is everything okay?"
"What?" James looked flustered. "Oh, yea. I'm fine, I'm just trying to figure out how to word this. Umm, hmm."
"Take your time. I don't mind sitting out here, especially with you."
James turned red at that. "Ok, er." He gulped nervously. "I- will- you." He took a huge breath. "Iloveyou.Willyoubemygirlfriend?"
Lily smiled. "Sorry James. I didn't get that."
James smiled. He took her hand. "I said, 'I love you. Will you be my girlfriend?'"
Lily took a deep breath, then let out a squeal of delight. "Of course I will! As long as you stop picking on the Slytherins."
"Fine, it's a sacrifice, but you're worth it."
Lily let out another squeal and jumped up and gave James a huge hug. "This is wonderful James." She looked at her watch. "We'd better get going. The match is starting in 45 minutes." She grabbed his hands and pulled him off the ground. They entwined hands and walked back to the school.
When they arrived back at the school, they were surprised to see a circle formed. Lily looked concerned. "It looks like some sort of riot. We should stop it."
"Right." James pushed through the people and when he reached the center of the circle, a disturbing sight met his eyes. Jessica Ducharme, the Gryffindor seeker was lying on the ground, apparently unconscious, bleeding from her arm. Sirius was engaged in a shouting match with Robert Flint, the Slytherin Quidditch captain.
"You bloody idiot! You deliberately harmed our seeker! That is low! What happened to good sportsmanship? I should curse you back to next Tuesday." Sirius was shouting as he withdrew his wand.
James broke through the crowd and shouted, "There will be no need for that. Sirius, put your wand away. We'll just wait until the match to destroy this team. As for you Flint, I won't be surprised if you're suspended from the match. Actually, I would rather play against you and win." James turned to Sirius. "Come on, lets get her up to the hospital."
James turned to Lily. "Break the rest of this up. We'll be back in a few minutes." Lily started shouting for people to head to the Quidditch pitch while Sirius and James lifted Jessica's limp form. They trudged up to the hospital wing with the rest of team trailing behind them. When they entered, Madame Pomfrey started yelling.
"She should have been brought straight to me!"
Sirius tried to interject. "But we did bring her straight to you. It was Flint-"
"No excuses Black! She'll need at least one day of bedrest."
"But she has a Quidditch match to play-"
"No, Mr. Potter, she doesn't. I suggest you get down to the match. You can see her afterwards."
The Gryffindor team straggled out of the hospital wing, muttering, and walked down to the Quidditch pitch. In the locker room, James turned to them. "Ok men."
"And women," Alicia Bell piped up.
"And women. I'm going to have to play Seeker today. Megan, you'll have to play chaser. So the lineup will be Sirius Black and Frank Longbottom as Beaters. Michael Wood as Keeper. Alicia Bell, Maraid Spinnett and Megan Johnson as Chasers and me as Seeker. I'll go tell John Jordan of the change. We need to beat Slytherin today, not only to win but to get back at them for what they did to Jessica."
James left the room to tell the commentator of the change and when he came back, everyone was ready. "Ok, we're all set. You ready Megan?" She nodded. "Okay, great. Now we have to win, but don't resort to dirty tricks. Leave that up to Slytherin. Play a fair game and we will win. Lets go win!"
They could hear John Jordan in the background announcing the arrival of the Slytherin team. "Black, Black, Campton, Flint, Lestrange, Montesque and Montold."
They trooped out to the field and were greeted by tumultuous applause. The Slytherins made their boos heard, but the uproar from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff was too great.
"The Gryffindor team makes it's way onto the field. Bell, Black, Johnson, Longbottom, Potter, Spinnett and Wood. Captain Potter just had to do some quick thinking. The seeker, Ducharme, was attacked by the cruddy Slytherin captain, who, might I add, looks like a troll and-."
"Jordan, control yourself!"
"Yes Professor! Anyway, Potter had to step up to the position of Seeker and the reserve chaser, Johnson took his place. This is going to be interesting."
Madame Hooch walked out onto the field with the crate containing the balls under her arm. She looked up at the Slytherin captain, Robert Flint and said, "I want a nice clean game. All of you!"
She kicked open the case. "The Bludgers are up. Same with the Golden Snitch." John Jordan was commentating. "Remember, the Snitch is worth an extra 150 points to the team whose seeker catches it. The whistle sounds, the quaffle is up and the game begins!"
"Bell takes the Quaffle and is heading towards the Slytherin goal. Oh, hit by a Bludger from Bellatrix Black. Sirius Black sends a Bludger towards his cousin in retaliation and oomph, that looks like it hurt! Right in the face. Good work Sirius!"
Sirius flew by John Jordan and gave him a thumbs up sign. "Right, now Roger Montold has the Quaffle. Longbottom beats a Bludger furiously towards him and Montold drops the Quaffle, only to be caught by Johnson. Excellent player that girl is. Quite attractive too."
Professor McGonagall game over the speaker. "Jordan, concentrate on the match!"
"Ok, sorry Professor. Johnson speeds towards the Slytherin goal. Tristan Campton, Slytherin keeper is getting ready. Johnson looks like she's going to shoot to the left, ooh! Look at that! Passed to Spinnett who puts it through the right goal. 10 points to Gryffindor!"
Everyone but the Slytherins burst into applause. James was floating above the match, keeping an eye out for the snitch. The Slytherin seeker, David Montesque was trailing him. James decided to have a little fun. He turned towards the Gryffindor goal and, faking concentration, went into a spurt of speed. Montesque followed him. When James was halfway across the field, he went into a steep dive. James went all the way down to the ground and brushed his hand on the grass before jutting upward. Montesque wasn't so lucky. He couldn't pull out of the dive and crashed into the ground. The Slytherin team called a time out while Montesque was tended to.
James swooped over the Gryffindor stands and blew a kiss to Lily. She waved and blew a kiss back, blushing furiously. James flew upward to look for the Snitch while the Slytherin seeker was occupied. Sirius flew over to him.
"Great feint! One of the best I've seen, even in the international matches! Keep it up, but don't catch the Snitch too fast. I want to have the chance to hit Bella in the face as much as possible and not get in trouble!" Sirius waved and flew away.
Madame Hooch's whistle sounded and the game was back on. John Jordan got back to the commentary. "Great Wronski Feint made by Gryffindor captain James Potter, but the Slytherin seeker is ready to play, so the game resumes. Flint takes the Quaffle and is headed to the Gryffindor goal posts. Longbottom sends a Bludger his way, but misses. Nice try Frank! Flint shoots at the goal- come on Woo- and yes! Spectacular save by Gryffindor keeper Michael Wood."
The crowd erupted into applause as Maraid Spinnett took the Quaffle. "Spinnett as the Quaffle. She passes to Bell, who passes to Johnson who- yes! Another goal for Gryffindor! Gryffindor leads Slytherin 20 to 0!"
James was still circling above the game on the lookout for the Snitch. The Gryffindor chasers scored another 6 goals, while Slytherin wasn't even on the board. The Slytherin team was getting restless. James saw a glint of gold and took off. He had the faster broom, a Cleansweep 3, so he was at an advantage to Montesque who rode a Cleansweep 1. James dove, but realized it was just the reflection of the sun of off Sirius' watch. He was heading back to circling above the game when a Bludger came shooting his way. He turned and realized it was Bellatrix Black who had hit and was speeding towards him with her Beater bat raised menacingly. James turned the other way but found Rudolf Lestrange on his other side. Rudolf hit a Bludger and it hit James square in his left shoulder.
James was in agony. He was sure that his shoulder had shattered. "At least I'm right handed," James thought to himself, "I can still catch the Snitch." James tried to turn his broom in another direction, but he found the captain Roger Flint advancing on him. James turned his broom downward, and by some miracle managed to catch a glimpse of the Snitch. He dove straight down, with Montesque on his tail.
Sirius realized what was going on and started to beat the Bludgers furiously towards Montesque, but it was futile. Bellatrix Black and Rudolf Lestrange took control of the Bludgers and aimed then at James. James was 20 feet away from the snitch, 15 feet, 10 feet when suddenly, a Bludger hit him square in the back. James heard something crack, but he didn't care. All that mattered was getting the Snitch.
James started to wobble uncertainly, but he was only feet away from the snitch. He reached out and made a wild grab. He felt the cool metal in his hand and he knew that they won. He was just about to relax when the second Bludger hit him square in the head.
James tilted to the right, unable to feel anything and fell 30 feet to the ground. He landed in a crumpled heap and did not move.
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Authors Note: Oh, a cliffy!! I love these! I think I should wait a week or two til my next update, what do you think? Ok, now for a few things. I know the James getting the snitch thing was drawn out, it was probably about five seconds really, but I had to explain how he got injured. I love injuries! I love pointless drama! Ok, and I know the Lily/James girlfriend/boyfriend thing seemed rushed, but I don't care! More surprises to come! Read and Review or I won't update for two weeks. Do you think I could get maybe 52 reviews? Please? 52 is such a random number. Please??
Moony2187