chapter 4: quidditch tryouts
The news of Katie's little "incident" in Potions was old news the next day. Most students, well actually, the Gryffindors were excited for today were quidditch tryouts for the team. With Angelina Johnson graduating last year, Harry would be the new team captain. The old team consisting Ron and Ginny Weasley, Carol Spinnet (Alicia Spinnet's little sister) , Kendra Bell (Katie Bell's little sister) , and Aden Johnson (Angelina Johnson's little brother) walked out onto the freshly groomed quidditch field. Harry was looking for a couple of chasers to complete the team. It was 6:15, two hours after tryouts had started. The whole team had been in the stands watching. Ron's face was so pale you couldn't tell he had so many freckles spread across his face. Carol and Kendra kept giving eachother nervous looks. Ginny got tired of watching and was flirting with Aden (leave it to Ginny to get the job done). Harry looked sick. The tryouts were in complete chaos! There were four third years trying out that were like magnets and kept crashing into eachother. One fourth year couldn't catch the quaffle to save his life. One second year threw the ball to score and it ended up hitting the pole and bouncing right back knocking him off his broom. Some fifth year girl left early because she broke a nail trying to catch the quaffle, and a few second years couldn't even get off the ground. It was a complete disaster. After ten more minutes of chaos, Harry called it quits and ended the tryouts.
"I'll post the results in a few days." Harry said reluctantly. As he began collecting all of the quaffles and lugging them off the field, two shadowy figures came running onto the field.
"Are.....the.....tryouts.....over?"said Katie panting while trying to regain herself.
"Well I'm afraid we've seen enough for one day." Harry said disappointedly begining to walk off again.
"Please.....give us a chance." Whitney pleeded
"Well I-"
"PLEASE!" Katie begged giving Harry puppy dog eyes he couldn't resist.
"ALRIGHT! I'll give you 5 minutes! 5, that's it!" he said giving up.
"THANK YOU!!!" they said quickly before kicking off the ground on their brooms. They began flying around the field while Harry grabbed a quaffle out of the bag throwing it up in the air to have Whitney catch it and pass it to Katie who did a 360 degree turn in the air and shoot it through the middle hoop. Harry's eyes went wide. Ron and Ginny who had just come down from the stands ran up to Harry in surprise.
"I thought you said tryouts were over?" Ginny asked keeping her eyes transfixed on the two girls flying in the air.
"Quick, no time to explain, get Carol, Kendra, and Aden out here, we might've found our chasers!" he said grabbing his broom and kicking off the ground. Ron and Ginny were gone for two minutes and were sprinting onto the field, brooms in their hands, and Carol, Kendra, and Aden trailing behind. Kendra and Carol grabbed their bats and let go of the bludgers from the chest. Aden and Ginny got into a defense position as Ron protected the goal. Katie and Whitney flew over to eachother did their little handshake and began flying towards the goal. Katie passed the quaffle to Whitney who did a fake pass and flew past Aden, she snaked past Ginny and passed to Katie who aimed for the pole having it bounce back to Whitney who scored in the left hoop. Carol and Kendra looked at Harry who smiled giving them a thumbs up. Ginny and Ron looked at eachother muttering "wicked" under their breaths at the same time. The manuvers and plays continued 'til it was too dark to see a thing. Harry, Katie, and Whitney collected the balls and began walking back towards the castle.
"Where'd you guys learn to play like that? I haven't seen plays like that since Wood was around!" Harry exclaimed.
"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to play quidditch." Katie said sarcastically. Harry laughed remembering what Hermione had said the day in the train.
"Then you should've seen the tryouts earlier today." Harry said laughing to himself.
"Katie and I were chasers at the Acadamey." Whitney mentioned and suddenly realized what she had just said. Katie looked at her sternly.
"You two went to the same school?" Harry asked.
"Uhhhh....ya.....ya we were" Whitney stammerd nervously.
"That's cool, no wonder you two have such great moves, you must've worked together a lot!" Harry complimented finally reaching the portrait door and giving the password.
"We did." Katie said tiredly.
"Well you two were brilliant out there! Keep up the good work, don't be too surprised if you get on the team now." he said quickly and walked up to the boys dorm leaving the girls smiling. They were soooo in.
"That was a close one back there." Whitney sighed.
"Too close, you have to be more careful Whit, we're not exactly in Kansas anymore if ya catch my jist." Katie replied plopping down on a couch and yanking off her shoes. It was 9:26 and the common room was mostly emtpy except for a couple second years chatting away in a corner. The two chatted for a bit before going to bed. As tired as the girls were, they couldn't wait to see their names posted on the bulliten board the next day.
a/n: i'm sooo sry i haven't written in so long, i've been very busy lately and no time to write at all. plz tell me wat u think and review!!!
The news of Katie's little "incident" in Potions was old news the next day. Most students, well actually, the Gryffindors were excited for today were quidditch tryouts for the team. With Angelina Johnson graduating last year, Harry would be the new team captain. The old team consisting Ron and Ginny Weasley, Carol Spinnet (Alicia Spinnet's little sister) , Kendra Bell (Katie Bell's little sister) , and Aden Johnson (Angelina Johnson's little brother) walked out onto the freshly groomed quidditch field. Harry was looking for a couple of chasers to complete the team. It was 6:15, two hours after tryouts had started. The whole team had been in the stands watching. Ron's face was so pale you couldn't tell he had so many freckles spread across his face. Carol and Kendra kept giving eachother nervous looks. Ginny got tired of watching and was flirting with Aden (leave it to Ginny to get the job done). Harry looked sick. The tryouts were in complete chaos! There were four third years trying out that were like magnets and kept crashing into eachother. One fourth year couldn't catch the quaffle to save his life. One second year threw the ball to score and it ended up hitting the pole and bouncing right back knocking him off his broom. Some fifth year girl left early because she broke a nail trying to catch the quaffle, and a few second years couldn't even get off the ground. It was a complete disaster. After ten more minutes of chaos, Harry called it quits and ended the tryouts.
"I'll post the results in a few days." Harry said reluctantly. As he began collecting all of the quaffles and lugging them off the field, two shadowy figures came running onto the field.
"Are.....the.....tryouts.....over?"said Katie panting while trying to regain herself.
"Well I'm afraid we've seen enough for one day." Harry said disappointedly begining to walk off again.
"Please.....give us a chance." Whitney pleeded
"Well I-"
"PLEASE!" Katie begged giving Harry puppy dog eyes he couldn't resist.
"ALRIGHT! I'll give you 5 minutes! 5, that's it!" he said giving up.
"THANK YOU!!!" they said quickly before kicking off the ground on their brooms. They began flying around the field while Harry grabbed a quaffle out of the bag throwing it up in the air to have Whitney catch it and pass it to Katie who did a 360 degree turn in the air and shoot it through the middle hoop. Harry's eyes went wide. Ron and Ginny who had just come down from the stands ran up to Harry in surprise.
"I thought you said tryouts were over?" Ginny asked keeping her eyes transfixed on the two girls flying in the air.
"Quick, no time to explain, get Carol, Kendra, and Aden out here, we might've found our chasers!" he said grabbing his broom and kicking off the ground. Ron and Ginny were gone for two minutes and were sprinting onto the field, brooms in their hands, and Carol, Kendra, and Aden trailing behind. Kendra and Carol grabbed their bats and let go of the bludgers from the chest. Aden and Ginny got into a defense position as Ron protected the goal. Katie and Whitney flew over to eachother did their little handshake and began flying towards the goal. Katie passed the quaffle to Whitney who did a fake pass and flew past Aden, she snaked past Ginny and passed to Katie who aimed for the pole having it bounce back to Whitney who scored in the left hoop. Carol and Kendra looked at Harry who smiled giving them a thumbs up. Ginny and Ron looked at eachother muttering "wicked" under their breaths at the same time. The manuvers and plays continued 'til it was too dark to see a thing. Harry, Katie, and Whitney collected the balls and began walking back towards the castle.
"Where'd you guys learn to play like that? I haven't seen plays like that since Wood was around!" Harry exclaimed.
"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to play quidditch." Katie said sarcastically. Harry laughed remembering what Hermione had said the day in the train.
"Then you should've seen the tryouts earlier today." Harry said laughing to himself.
"Katie and I were chasers at the Acadamey." Whitney mentioned and suddenly realized what she had just said. Katie looked at her sternly.
"You two went to the same school?" Harry asked.
"Uhhhh....ya.....ya we were" Whitney stammerd nervously.
"That's cool, no wonder you two have such great moves, you must've worked together a lot!" Harry complimented finally reaching the portrait door and giving the password.
"We did." Katie said tiredly.
"Well you two were brilliant out there! Keep up the good work, don't be too surprised if you get on the team now." he said quickly and walked up to the boys dorm leaving the girls smiling. They were soooo in.
"That was a close one back there." Whitney sighed.
"Too close, you have to be more careful Whit, we're not exactly in Kansas anymore if ya catch my jist." Katie replied plopping down on a couch and yanking off her shoes. It was 9:26 and the common room was mostly emtpy except for a couple second years chatting away in a corner. The two chatted for a bit before going to bed. As tired as the girls were, they couldn't wait to see their names posted on the bulliten board the next day.
a/n: i'm sooo sry i haven't written in so long, i've been very busy lately and no time to write at all. plz tell me wat u think and review!!!