Hi everybody! This chapter is up WAY sooner then I expected but
anyways.thank you to my reviewers: Biddett da Pigeon Stalker: yes! The plot
does thicken!...actually I think it starts to get a little lighter after
this and then it thickens again.ahwell! I better not give it all away!
Laura: Thank you for pointing out the mistake, I didn't realise it at all! Don't worry you're not being a perfectionist. If I get the time I'll go back and change it! Thanks, I hope you keep reading!
Agloechen: I'm really sorry about the wait up for your reply but my hotmail account won't let me send an email to you for some reason so here is the answer or my own prediction to your question about PotC: You asked me how Will's father Bootstrap Bill died, well i'm pretty sure this is right! It says in the movie that Boostrap died when they tied a cannon to Boostraps boostraps and the last they saw of him he was sinking down to Davie Jones' Locker (took me forever to realize that that was the bottom of the ocean!) but the thing is that even though he had stolen the medallion from the chest all the other pirates had stolen that treasure as well, the curse hadn't begun until they started to trade all of the treasure for money and goods, that's when the curse started (Barbosa explains this to Elizabeth when they first have dinner together on the Black Pearl) So they needed Will's blood because really, Bootstrap Bill started the curse on them. Well I hope that helps, happy reading and I hope you had a great holiday!
~*~Mystical Dreams
Chapter nine: Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff
"You know it's hard to believe that three unregistered animagi and a werewolf have been running around every full moon for almost a year now and no one has even noticed" Lily whispered softly into her bangle to Miria and Andromeda's, who were sitting at opposite ends of the classroom, due to the fact that Professor Sinistra, after much yelling had put them all into seating arrangements.
'Lily, it's been at least three weeks since we found out about them being animagi and you still haven't shut up about it!' Mirias purple writing appeared on her silver bangle.
'I just want to know how they get around all the time without being noticed' Andromeda's red writing spelt.
'Well yeah, good point, I mean, they can't just waltz along the corridors at midnight without being seen by at least one teacher' purple writing came up on her bangle once again.
"There are many things about the dreaded marauders that we will never find out" Lily whispered.
'Lily shut up! Sinistra's looking right at you!' red writing formed.
Lily immediately went back to pretending to read her notes on Jupiter's moons. She usually paid attention in Astronomy, though since she had already learnt this stuff a hundred times over she really couldn't be bothered with revising.
'Why do they always put us in alphabetical order?' purple writing spelt out as the Professor turned her back once more.
Lily could just imagine her friends whining tone.
'I don't know but it really sucks cos I get stuck with Sirius and because he's not sitting with his mates, he feels the urge to annoying me instead!' Andromeda's red writing formed.
'Yeah well I get stuck between Pettigrew and the annoying, giggling Miranda Pine from Hufflepuff, why the hell is my last name Pending? Why?'
Lily stifled her laughter at her friends comment and whispered back.
"Well I'm just glad I'm not near any of them and I have this bangle"
'Lucky' the purple writing formed.
Lily went back to her notes until her bangle warmed on her wrist again.
'It's the first quidditch match of the season next week' Andromeda's red writing spelt.
'Gryffindor verse Hufflepuff isn't it?'
'Yes, James has been working us harder then ever, says we need to start with a good win'
"You'll win, Gryffindor's won the Quidditch cup for five years in a row now" Lily whispered.
'Hope so, the way he's going on about it, it's like it'll be the end of the world if we don't win, and it's only the first match!'
'Guys are very passionate about quidditch, especially Potter' Miria's purple writing formed.
"A bit too passionate if you ask me" Lily whispered just as the bell rang. She gathered her books together and met her friends at the door and they walked together down to lunch.
~*~
"So, what do you think?" Remus asked James as he looked over at him after explaining at full length an idea he had had to up his grades by studying more.
James just stared into space.
Remus waved a hand in front of his face, "Earth to Prongs, James have you upgraded to full on hallucinations?"
James snapped out of his day dreamed, muttering pointlessly.
"What?! Oh yeah, yeah, what Sirius said" he said distractedly and going back to where he was staring.
Remus sighed, there was no hope of catching his attention once he had started, he knew exactly what, or rather, who his friend was staring at and as he followed James' gaze his eyes fell on a laughing chestnut haired Lily Evans.
"I wonder how I can get her Moony" he said, not once breaking his gaze.
"Well I suggest you do soon, otherwise your going to go completely off your rocker trying to" he said standing up, "And I would also strongly suggest that you ask her without persuading, bribing, or threatening" he said pointedly.
James finally broke his gaze and looked up at his friend.
"I can't help persuading, it comes naturally with my looks and charm" he said smiling broadly.
Remus sighed again, James would always be James.
~*~
The blasting winds of winter started to approach as October arrived and the first quidditch match of the season drew even closer. To the whole schools annoyance the marauders had gotten back into full swing of their weekly pranks, surprisingly all different and one hundred percent original from last year. However, James had become once more the most annoying to the Gryffindor team, working them hard almost every night a week and for extra time on weekends. It surprised everyone how he still managed to keep top marks on homework AND play pranks on the Hufflepuffs as before-match ego builders.
Finally the day of the quidditch match dawned and James woke early, so early that even Remus wasn't up yet.
He dressed quickly, and headed down to an early breakfast, expecting the team to already be up, he was right, of course, the whole team all looked rather blotchy eyed and weary, though if it was possible, fully awake at the same time.
He caught sight of most of the Hufflepuff team sitting at their table, all with worried looks on their faces he happily observed.
He walked over and sat next to Andromeda on the end.
Most of his team were either swishing their cereal with their spoons while staring into space or simply staring at an empty plate.
"If you're not going to eat that, I will" James said to her as she played around with her corn flakes.
Andromeda jumped, she hadn't noticed him arrive or sit next to her.
"Er.yeah, whatever". She pushed the bowl to the side.
"You really should eat though, keep your strength up, don't want our new keeper passing out in the middle of the game" James said grinning.
She gave him a nervous smile and decided to go for something solid, hoping she could keep it down, she reached for a plain piece of toast.
"Don't worry Hufflepuff are easy, they're just a warm up" James said, and then he added reassuringly "Aren't they guys?"
Everyone at the table jumped as he raised his voice an octave higher to speak to them.
They all mumbled their agreement and then went back to day dreaming.
James sighed. "That's it! You all need to wake up! Get your brooms and I'll meet you on the field in fifteen minutes for a warm up"
They all groaned but obliged to their Captains order, thinking it really was no use just staring at their breakfast all morning.
James walked onto the quidditch pitch. It was a nice crisp morning, cool air; it was going to be a sunny day, perfect to play quidditch. He then tested the ground, a little soggy but it would dry soon enough.
He watched as his team filed out of the change rooms dressed in their quidditch robes of scarlet and gold, they looked awake, and their faces held determination.
James gave the instructions to go through all of their usual routines, and they all mounted their brooms and flew up into the morning sun.
He suddenly felt very lively, he loved early morning quidditch, it was the only way to get him out of bed early. He soared through the air, his keen eyes searching for the snitch whilst also keeping an eye on his teams' progress.
They kept practicing for a while until the long wave of students started to file into the stands. James signaled his team onto the ground and they went back into the change rooms for his pre-match prep talk.
"So James, which one shall it be?" Mandy asked, "The, 'Ok, we need a good score for this game', or the 'This one matters guys, take it easy, but concentrate' or maybe if you're feeling lucky the whole 'These guys are cinch, but we need to keep focused'"
James just smirked at her.
"No Mandy today will be the whole, 'I know we can win this and if you don't then I'll have all of your behinds!'"
"Ah! Forgot about that one!"
"Yes well, I mean what I say, Hufflepuff are a pushover but we need to start the season with a good score so when we play Ravenclaw they will probably be level with us as well"
They all nodded.
"We've won this cup five years in a row now, we can definitely win it again!" and with that he stood up and walked over to the change rooms doors.
As they all followed suit Jacky lent over to Andromeda and whispered in her ear.
"Wait until it's against Slytherin, you should hear that prep talk, always cracks me up!"
"I heard that!" James yelled over his shoulder.
"Oh and by the way, Sirius is commentating so just ignore him Annie, believe me, it's not worth chucking up a stink, McGonagall will do that for you, just concentrate on the game" Mandy told her.
They mounted their brooms and flew out one by one onto the field as the crowd cheered.
"And here's the Gryffindor team! Five time winners of the inter house cup championships, their Captain and Seeker, James Potter, chasers Jacqueline Spenetty, Amanda Kensington and Warren Broadback, their two beaters, Ian Douglas and Marcus Wedson, and their new keeper Andromeda Black, yes Ladies and Gentlemen, she gets her good looks from me!" Sirius' voice boomed across the stands.
"And the Hufflepuff team also joins the field, Their Catpain Amos Diggory, his fellow beater Thomas Groden, their three chasers, Peter Langly, Frank Curtis and Jonathon Taylor, their keeper Stephanie McGowrie and Seeker Jody Nailin"
Both teams landed in the middle of the field and Madam Hooch signaled for the captains to shake hands.
"The two Captains James Potter and Amos Diggory shake hands, the teams get ready, the quaffle is released and the game begins!"
A loud whistle blew throughout the stadium and the stands erupted into cheers as the game began.
"Jacky Spennetty of Gryffindor takes first possession of the quaffle, brilliant chaser, has been on the team since her second year-a beautiful pass to her fellow chaser, Warren Broadback, James Potter picked him out just last year- Broadback passes to Mandy Kensington, gorgeous girl, think I went out with her once.or maybe twice-" "Black the game!" Professor McGonagalls voice could be heard screeching near the microphone. "Yes Professor, keep your hat on! Kensington is speeding towards the goal, there's no stopping this girl- she then throws a quick pass to Broadback- Broadback back to Spennetty- Spennety dodges a bludger hit by Hufflepuff beater, Thomas Groden and yes! The first goal of the game goes to Gryffindor!" Sirius boomed past the stands and the Gryffindors screamed loudly.
James flew above the quidditch field searching widely for the snitch, but to no prevail could he find it, he looked once more at the Hufflepuff seeker, Jody Nailin, who was currently watching the three Hufflepuff chasers flying towards the Gryffindor goals with the quaffle.
"And Hufflepuff chaser, Peter Langly is in possession of the quaffle- Gryffindor beaters, Ian Douglas and Marcus Wedson both hit the bludgers in his direction and- OWE! That must have hurt, two bludgers to the gut- but that won't let Hufflepuff down- Frank Curtis catches the quaffle and begins the trail towards Gryffindor goals.
James took his eyes from the air for a moment to watch as Curtis took to throw the quaffle. Andromeda swerved around the goals, mimicking Curtis' every move with agile speed. Curtis tried to swerve quickly to get her off course but she was too quick for him and watched him like a hawk.
"And Curtis tries to swerve the new Gryffindor keeper, Andromeda Black but she watches his every move ladies and gentlemen and oh! Curtis passes quickly to Langly- Langly goes to score but no- Andromeda Black saves the quaffle, most spectacular save I've ever seen!"
The Gryffindors whistled and cheered as hard as ever as Andromeda threw the quaffle back to Jacky, beaming radiantly.
James watched from his position above the game amazedly, Andromeda had definitely shown her stuff, but he knew that they needed to get at least fifty points before he could catch the snitch.
The game went on and so did the loud cheers from the crowd of students below, and, to James' amusement, Sirius' non-stop babble of commentating.
"GRYFFINDOR SCORE AGAIN! The points stand at sixty to Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, well lets just say Hufflepuff aren't blossoming today"
There were various infuriated shouts from the Hufflepuff stands that just made Sirius laugh even more.
"Ok, ok I was only joking! Now back to the game"
James was circling the Gryffindor goals, talking to Andromeda when he saw it. A golden ball was fluttering down near the Hufflepuff beater. James quickly searched the pitch until he saw the Hufflepuff seeker, who was still searching blankly above her.
James did some quick tactics and inconspicuously flew down near to where the snitch was fluttering whilst all the time keeping his eyes on the opponent seeker.
He waited as long as he could to see if Gryffindor would score another goal before he caught it and to his luck, Jacky was only seconds away from doing so.
James then speeded off towards the Hufflepuff beater who looked simply petrified, Sirius booming commentary filled his ears as he followed the snitch, ever getting closer.
"And James Potter has found the snitch! Look at the man go! Hufflepuff seeker, Jody Nailin is close at his heals"
Jacky scored the goal as the Hufflepuff keeper took her eyes off of the quaffle to look up at the two seekers.
"And Spinnetty has just scored yet another goal for Gryffindor! If Potter gets the snitch there will be no stopping the Gryffindor team!"
The stands were silent as everyone watched the two seekers in baited breath, but the Gryffindor team kept it active below, willing to get as many points as possible, knowing that if they didn't James was sure to whip their asses.
James accelerated his broom, willing it to go faster and as Nailin dropped behind him he focused all of his attention on the snitch. He reached out his hand and with certain ease he grasped the golden winged ball between his fingers.
"AND GRYFFINDOR SEEKER JAMES POTTER CATCHES THE SNITCH! I HOPE YOU WERE WATCHING LILY!" Sirius yelled over the screams of the Gryffindors.
"SIRIUS BLACK!"
"Professor, honestly, I'm just kidding around!" Sirius said laughing.
"GRYFFINDOR WIN 220 PIONTS TO ZERO!"
Down below Amos Diggory was fuming and as Jody Nailin landed down onto the pitch in defeat he strode up to her and started letting his steam off as he yelled at her ferociously.
"And Captain Amos Diggory of the Hufflepuff team isn't looking too happy, chucking a right old tantrum if you ask me- now hey!" Sirius exclaimed as he heard some of the foul language that he was throwing at the now crying Jody.
"Black give me that now!" McGonagall said snatching at the microphone but Sirius danced out of her reach, happily taking the chance to tell Diggory just what he thought of him.
"Diggory you good for nothing git! You don't talk to her like that you little prick!" Sirius yelled for the whole audience to hear, most of them who were yelling in agreement, and some of the Hufflepuffs were yelling in protest.
Ian and Marcus were still flying above with their bats, and then, to the audiences delight, they both hit the two bludges straight towards Diggory who was not at all disturbed by the crowds percussive yelling's at him. They missed the Hufflepuff captain by inches and finally made him shut up and stomp off the pitch.
"Now that's much better!" Sirius exclaimed, but McGonagall had finally managed to grab the microphone off of him.
"Right then everyone, there's nothing else to see here, all back up to the castle for dinner!" The Professor then gave the microphone unwillingly back to Sirius who beamed at her radiantly.
"Detention, tomorrow night at eight, my office"
Sirius smile suddenly turned into a frown.
"What did I do?"
"I hate that smile"
~*~
Lily, Mira and a very happy Andromeda were all walking back up to the castle after the quidditch match in mid-afternoon. As they approached the entrance hall they met with a large group of Slytherin girls.
"I smell trouble" Miria muttered in both of their ears.
"Oh look, it's Black, Pending and Evans" a blond haired girl called to the others.
"The three stooges"
"What a very touching name" Miria said spitefully.
"We thought you needed a pet name, since you shamelessly spend all of your time with this mudblood trash" the blond known as Kylie said, pointing her well polished finger at Lily.
Lily's blood boiled, she hated it when people called her a mudblood and her friends hated it just as much, Andromeda had heard it in her family too many times and Miria, being half and half sometimes got called it as well.
"At least we stick together, all of you would fly the minute one gets a bad reputation" Andromeda said icily.
"You could have been one of us Black, you could have enjoyed time with us, but no, you went with your pitiful cousin, betrayed your family, or should I say your family disowned you"
"I want nothing to do with my family and I'd rather become friends with a dementor then with you lot"
"You're just as bad as them! You don't deserve to be pure blood!" she screeched.
"If this is what pure blood means then I'd take being half or muggle born any day"
"Stupid cow" Kylie hissed.
"She's half the woman you'll ever be!" Lily said angrily.
"Shut up you filthy mudblood, you don't deserve to walk this planet!"
"If you're trying to break me down you never will" Lily said through gritted teeth, "I'm not like the other poor girls you pick on, I won't cry every time you call me that filthy insult and I'll never stoop as low as you"
The blond haired girl was just about to open her mouth for a retort when professor McGonagall walked in through the large double doors, coming back from the quidditch pitch.
"What's going on here?" she asked sternly.
"Nothing" the blond hissed, turning on her heel and walking rigidly into the hall, her group following her.
"Well hurry up girls" the Professor said looking at Mira, Lily and Andromeda's faces, all overtaken with a look of the deepest loathing.
Lily was used to the common insults she was forced to hold from the Slytherin girls, she always fought back and swore to herself that she would never let them hurt her but little did she know that she would been heading for the very breakdown she swore she would never have very soon. . .
~*~
Da dum! The 9th chapter is finished! I hope you liked it! I don't know how my quidditch went but I hope it was like the matches in the books. I don't know how long it will be until the next chapter but I have my yearly exams for school soon so I'll be studying hard *cough*. Anyways PLEASE review.I'll give you a cookie! Thanx!
~*~Mystical Dreams
Laura: Thank you for pointing out the mistake, I didn't realise it at all! Don't worry you're not being a perfectionist. If I get the time I'll go back and change it! Thanks, I hope you keep reading!
Agloechen: I'm really sorry about the wait up for your reply but my hotmail account won't let me send an email to you for some reason so here is the answer or my own prediction to your question about PotC: You asked me how Will's father Bootstrap Bill died, well i'm pretty sure this is right! It says in the movie that Boostrap died when they tied a cannon to Boostraps boostraps and the last they saw of him he was sinking down to Davie Jones' Locker (took me forever to realize that that was the bottom of the ocean!) but the thing is that even though he had stolen the medallion from the chest all the other pirates had stolen that treasure as well, the curse hadn't begun until they started to trade all of the treasure for money and goods, that's when the curse started (Barbosa explains this to Elizabeth when they first have dinner together on the Black Pearl) So they needed Will's blood because really, Bootstrap Bill started the curse on them. Well I hope that helps, happy reading and I hope you had a great holiday!
~*~Mystical Dreams
Chapter nine: Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff
"You know it's hard to believe that three unregistered animagi and a werewolf have been running around every full moon for almost a year now and no one has even noticed" Lily whispered softly into her bangle to Miria and Andromeda's, who were sitting at opposite ends of the classroom, due to the fact that Professor Sinistra, after much yelling had put them all into seating arrangements.
'Lily, it's been at least three weeks since we found out about them being animagi and you still haven't shut up about it!' Mirias purple writing appeared on her silver bangle.
'I just want to know how they get around all the time without being noticed' Andromeda's red writing spelt.
'Well yeah, good point, I mean, they can't just waltz along the corridors at midnight without being seen by at least one teacher' purple writing came up on her bangle once again.
"There are many things about the dreaded marauders that we will never find out" Lily whispered.
'Lily shut up! Sinistra's looking right at you!' red writing formed.
Lily immediately went back to pretending to read her notes on Jupiter's moons. She usually paid attention in Astronomy, though since she had already learnt this stuff a hundred times over she really couldn't be bothered with revising.
'Why do they always put us in alphabetical order?' purple writing spelt out as the Professor turned her back once more.
Lily could just imagine her friends whining tone.
'I don't know but it really sucks cos I get stuck with Sirius and because he's not sitting with his mates, he feels the urge to annoying me instead!' Andromeda's red writing formed.
'Yeah well I get stuck between Pettigrew and the annoying, giggling Miranda Pine from Hufflepuff, why the hell is my last name Pending? Why?'
Lily stifled her laughter at her friends comment and whispered back.
"Well I'm just glad I'm not near any of them and I have this bangle"
'Lucky' the purple writing formed.
Lily went back to her notes until her bangle warmed on her wrist again.
'It's the first quidditch match of the season next week' Andromeda's red writing spelt.
'Gryffindor verse Hufflepuff isn't it?'
'Yes, James has been working us harder then ever, says we need to start with a good win'
"You'll win, Gryffindor's won the Quidditch cup for five years in a row now" Lily whispered.
'Hope so, the way he's going on about it, it's like it'll be the end of the world if we don't win, and it's only the first match!'
'Guys are very passionate about quidditch, especially Potter' Miria's purple writing formed.
"A bit too passionate if you ask me" Lily whispered just as the bell rang. She gathered her books together and met her friends at the door and they walked together down to lunch.
~*~
"So, what do you think?" Remus asked James as he looked over at him after explaining at full length an idea he had had to up his grades by studying more.
James just stared into space.
Remus waved a hand in front of his face, "Earth to Prongs, James have you upgraded to full on hallucinations?"
James snapped out of his day dreamed, muttering pointlessly.
"What?! Oh yeah, yeah, what Sirius said" he said distractedly and going back to where he was staring.
Remus sighed, there was no hope of catching his attention once he had started, he knew exactly what, or rather, who his friend was staring at and as he followed James' gaze his eyes fell on a laughing chestnut haired Lily Evans.
"I wonder how I can get her Moony" he said, not once breaking his gaze.
"Well I suggest you do soon, otherwise your going to go completely off your rocker trying to" he said standing up, "And I would also strongly suggest that you ask her without persuading, bribing, or threatening" he said pointedly.
James finally broke his gaze and looked up at his friend.
"I can't help persuading, it comes naturally with my looks and charm" he said smiling broadly.
Remus sighed again, James would always be James.
~*~
The blasting winds of winter started to approach as October arrived and the first quidditch match of the season drew even closer. To the whole schools annoyance the marauders had gotten back into full swing of their weekly pranks, surprisingly all different and one hundred percent original from last year. However, James had become once more the most annoying to the Gryffindor team, working them hard almost every night a week and for extra time on weekends. It surprised everyone how he still managed to keep top marks on homework AND play pranks on the Hufflepuffs as before-match ego builders.
Finally the day of the quidditch match dawned and James woke early, so early that even Remus wasn't up yet.
He dressed quickly, and headed down to an early breakfast, expecting the team to already be up, he was right, of course, the whole team all looked rather blotchy eyed and weary, though if it was possible, fully awake at the same time.
He caught sight of most of the Hufflepuff team sitting at their table, all with worried looks on their faces he happily observed.
He walked over and sat next to Andromeda on the end.
Most of his team were either swishing their cereal with their spoons while staring into space or simply staring at an empty plate.
"If you're not going to eat that, I will" James said to her as she played around with her corn flakes.
Andromeda jumped, she hadn't noticed him arrive or sit next to her.
"Er.yeah, whatever". She pushed the bowl to the side.
"You really should eat though, keep your strength up, don't want our new keeper passing out in the middle of the game" James said grinning.
She gave him a nervous smile and decided to go for something solid, hoping she could keep it down, she reached for a plain piece of toast.
"Don't worry Hufflepuff are easy, they're just a warm up" James said, and then he added reassuringly "Aren't they guys?"
Everyone at the table jumped as he raised his voice an octave higher to speak to them.
They all mumbled their agreement and then went back to day dreaming.
James sighed. "That's it! You all need to wake up! Get your brooms and I'll meet you on the field in fifteen minutes for a warm up"
They all groaned but obliged to their Captains order, thinking it really was no use just staring at their breakfast all morning.
James walked onto the quidditch pitch. It was a nice crisp morning, cool air; it was going to be a sunny day, perfect to play quidditch. He then tested the ground, a little soggy but it would dry soon enough.
He watched as his team filed out of the change rooms dressed in their quidditch robes of scarlet and gold, they looked awake, and their faces held determination.
James gave the instructions to go through all of their usual routines, and they all mounted their brooms and flew up into the morning sun.
He suddenly felt very lively, he loved early morning quidditch, it was the only way to get him out of bed early. He soared through the air, his keen eyes searching for the snitch whilst also keeping an eye on his teams' progress.
They kept practicing for a while until the long wave of students started to file into the stands. James signaled his team onto the ground and they went back into the change rooms for his pre-match prep talk.
"So James, which one shall it be?" Mandy asked, "The, 'Ok, we need a good score for this game', or the 'This one matters guys, take it easy, but concentrate' or maybe if you're feeling lucky the whole 'These guys are cinch, but we need to keep focused'"
James just smirked at her.
"No Mandy today will be the whole, 'I know we can win this and if you don't then I'll have all of your behinds!'"
"Ah! Forgot about that one!"
"Yes well, I mean what I say, Hufflepuff are a pushover but we need to start the season with a good score so when we play Ravenclaw they will probably be level with us as well"
They all nodded.
"We've won this cup five years in a row now, we can definitely win it again!" and with that he stood up and walked over to the change rooms doors.
As they all followed suit Jacky lent over to Andromeda and whispered in her ear.
"Wait until it's against Slytherin, you should hear that prep talk, always cracks me up!"
"I heard that!" James yelled over his shoulder.
"Oh and by the way, Sirius is commentating so just ignore him Annie, believe me, it's not worth chucking up a stink, McGonagall will do that for you, just concentrate on the game" Mandy told her.
They mounted their brooms and flew out one by one onto the field as the crowd cheered.
"And here's the Gryffindor team! Five time winners of the inter house cup championships, their Captain and Seeker, James Potter, chasers Jacqueline Spenetty, Amanda Kensington and Warren Broadback, their two beaters, Ian Douglas and Marcus Wedson, and their new keeper Andromeda Black, yes Ladies and Gentlemen, she gets her good looks from me!" Sirius' voice boomed across the stands.
"And the Hufflepuff team also joins the field, Their Catpain Amos Diggory, his fellow beater Thomas Groden, their three chasers, Peter Langly, Frank Curtis and Jonathon Taylor, their keeper Stephanie McGowrie and Seeker Jody Nailin"
Both teams landed in the middle of the field and Madam Hooch signaled for the captains to shake hands.
"The two Captains James Potter and Amos Diggory shake hands, the teams get ready, the quaffle is released and the game begins!"
A loud whistle blew throughout the stadium and the stands erupted into cheers as the game began.
"Jacky Spennetty of Gryffindor takes first possession of the quaffle, brilliant chaser, has been on the team since her second year-a beautiful pass to her fellow chaser, Warren Broadback, James Potter picked him out just last year- Broadback passes to Mandy Kensington, gorgeous girl, think I went out with her once.or maybe twice-" "Black the game!" Professor McGonagalls voice could be heard screeching near the microphone. "Yes Professor, keep your hat on! Kensington is speeding towards the goal, there's no stopping this girl- she then throws a quick pass to Broadback- Broadback back to Spennetty- Spennety dodges a bludger hit by Hufflepuff beater, Thomas Groden and yes! The first goal of the game goes to Gryffindor!" Sirius boomed past the stands and the Gryffindors screamed loudly.
James flew above the quidditch field searching widely for the snitch, but to no prevail could he find it, he looked once more at the Hufflepuff seeker, Jody Nailin, who was currently watching the three Hufflepuff chasers flying towards the Gryffindor goals with the quaffle.
"And Hufflepuff chaser, Peter Langly is in possession of the quaffle- Gryffindor beaters, Ian Douglas and Marcus Wedson both hit the bludgers in his direction and- OWE! That must have hurt, two bludgers to the gut- but that won't let Hufflepuff down- Frank Curtis catches the quaffle and begins the trail towards Gryffindor goals.
James took his eyes from the air for a moment to watch as Curtis took to throw the quaffle. Andromeda swerved around the goals, mimicking Curtis' every move with agile speed. Curtis tried to swerve quickly to get her off course but she was too quick for him and watched him like a hawk.
"And Curtis tries to swerve the new Gryffindor keeper, Andromeda Black but she watches his every move ladies and gentlemen and oh! Curtis passes quickly to Langly- Langly goes to score but no- Andromeda Black saves the quaffle, most spectacular save I've ever seen!"
The Gryffindors whistled and cheered as hard as ever as Andromeda threw the quaffle back to Jacky, beaming radiantly.
James watched from his position above the game amazedly, Andromeda had definitely shown her stuff, but he knew that they needed to get at least fifty points before he could catch the snitch.
The game went on and so did the loud cheers from the crowd of students below, and, to James' amusement, Sirius' non-stop babble of commentating.
"GRYFFINDOR SCORE AGAIN! The points stand at sixty to Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, well lets just say Hufflepuff aren't blossoming today"
There were various infuriated shouts from the Hufflepuff stands that just made Sirius laugh even more.
"Ok, ok I was only joking! Now back to the game"
James was circling the Gryffindor goals, talking to Andromeda when he saw it. A golden ball was fluttering down near the Hufflepuff beater. James quickly searched the pitch until he saw the Hufflepuff seeker, who was still searching blankly above her.
James did some quick tactics and inconspicuously flew down near to where the snitch was fluttering whilst all the time keeping his eyes on the opponent seeker.
He waited as long as he could to see if Gryffindor would score another goal before he caught it and to his luck, Jacky was only seconds away from doing so.
James then speeded off towards the Hufflepuff beater who looked simply petrified, Sirius booming commentary filled his ears as he followed the snitch, ever getting closer.
"And James Potter has found the snitch! Look at the man go! Hufflepuff seeker, Jody Nailin is close at his heals"
Jacky scored the goal as the Hufflepuff keeper took her eyes off of the quaffle to look up at the two seekers.
"And Spinnetty has just scored yet another goal for Gryffindor! If Potter gets the snitch there will be no stopping the Gryffindor team!"
The stands were silent as everyone watched the two seekers in baited breath, but the Gryffindor team kept it active below, willing to get as many points as possible, knowing that if they didn't James was sure to whip their asses.
James accelerated his broom, willing it to go faster and as Nailin dropped behind him he focused all of his attention on the snitch. He reached out his hand and with certain ease he grasped the golden winged ball between his fingers.
"AND GRYFFINDOR SEEKER JAMES POTTER CATCHES THE SNITCH! I HOPE YOU WERE WATCHING LILY!" Sirius yelled over the screams of the Gryffindors.
"SIRIUS BLACK!"
"Professor, honestly, I'm just kidding around!" Sirius said laughing.
"GRYFFINDOR WIN 220 PIONTS TO ZERO!"
Down below Amos Diggory was fuming and as Jody Nailin landed down onto the pitch in defeat he strode up to her and started letting his steam off as he yelled at her ferociously.
"And Captain Amos Diggory of the Hufflepuff team isn't looking too happy, chucking a right old tantrum if you ask me- now hey!" Sirius exclaimed as he heard some of the foul language that he was throwing at the now crying Jody.
"Black give me that now!" McGonagall said snatching at the microphone but Sirius danced out of her reach, happily taking the chance to tell Diggory just what he thought of him.
"Diggory you good for nothing git! You don't talk to her like that you little prick!" Sirius yelled for the whole audience to hear, most of them who were yelling in agreement, and some of the Hufflepuffs were yelling in protest.
Ian and Marcus were still flying above with their bats, and then, to the audiences delight, they both hit the two bludges straight towards Diggory who was not at all disturbed by the crowds percussive yelling's at him. They missed the Hufflepuff captain by inches and finally made him shut up and stomp off the pitch.
"Now that's much better!" Sirius exclaimed, but McGonagall had finally managed to grab the microphone off of him.
"Right then everyone, there's nothing else to see here, all back up to the castle for dinner!" The Professor then gave the microphone unwillingly back to Sirius who beamed at her radiantly.
"Detention, tomorrow night at eight, my office"
Sirius smile suddenly turned into a frown.
"What did I do?"
"I hate that smile"
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Lily, Mira and a very happy Andromeda were all walking back up to the castle after the quidditch match in mid-afternoon. As they approached the entrance hall they met with a large group of Slytherin girls.
"I smell trouble" Miria muttered in both of their ears.
"Oh look, it's Black, Pending and Evans" a blond haired girl called to the others.
"The three stooges"
"What a very touching name" Miria said spitefully.
"We thought you needed a pet name, since you shamelessly spend all of your time with this mudblood trash" the blond known as Kylie said, pointing her well polished finger at Lily.
Lily's blood boiled, she hated it when people called her a mudblood and her friends hated it just as much, Andromeda had heard it in her family too many times and Miria, being half and half sometimes got called it as well.
"At least we stick together, all of you would fly the minute one gets a bad reputation" Andromeda said icily.
"You could have been one of us Black, you could have enjoyed time with us, but no, you went with your pitiful cousin, betrayed your family, or should I say your family disowned you"
"I want nothing to do with my family and I'd rather become friends with a dementor then with you lot"
"You're just as bad as them! You don't deserve to be pure blood!" she screeched.
"If this is what pure blood means then I'd take being half or muggle born any day"
"Stupid cow" Kylie hissed.
"She's half the woman you'll ever be!" Lily said angrily.
"Shut up you filthy mudblood, you don't deserve to walk this planet!"
"If you're trying to break me down you never will" Lily said through gritted teeth, "I'm not like the other poor girls you pick on, I won't cry every time you call me that filthy insult and I'll never stoop as low as you"
The blond haired girl was just about to open her mouth for a retort when professor McGonagall walked in through the large double doors, coming back from the quidditch pitch.
"What's going on here?" she asked sternly.
"Nothing" the blond hissed, turning on her heel and walking rigidly into the hall, her group following her.
"Well hurry up girls" the Professor said looking at Mira, Lily and Andromeda's faces, all overtaken with a look of the deepest loathing.
Lily was used to the common insults she was forced to hold from the Slytherin girls, she always fought back and swore to herself that she would never let them hurt her but little did she know that she would been heading for the very breakdown she swore she would never have very soon. . .
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Da dum! The 9th chapter is finished! I hope you liked it! I don't know how my quidditch went but I hope it was like the matches in the books. I don't know how long it will be until the next chapter but I have my yearly exams for school soon so I'll be studying hard *cough*. Anyways PLEASE review.I'll give you a cookie! Thanx!
~*~Mystical Dreams