Even When There's No Way, There's Always A Will
~* Hi, I'm not really sure whether I should continue this story or not, because I haven't gotten many reviews ( sad face ( actually, about 2 so far ( more sad faces. Be sure to check out my other fan fic that I've started, called Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody. I even have more reviews for that one than this one, and I only just posted the first chapter today!
Chapter 7 ~ She Said What?
At the start of dinner, headmaster Albus Dumbledore stood up, and tapped his extremely large fork (resembling a garden spade) against his silver goblet with red jewels around the outside. A wave of hush fell over the Great Hall.
'Good evening students, I trust that you are quite looking forward to the announcements of who is in the Quidditch teams.' If some people weren't watching and listening, they certainly were now. Dumbledore seemed pleased with the full attention being given to him for a change. 'Maddam Hooch has handed me a list of the two teams, there is Hogwarts Gold, and Hogwarts Silver. Without further adue, I give to you, Hogwarts Gold:
Keeper and Captain - Justin Finch-Fletchley from Hufflepuff.'
A huge roar rose up from the Hufflepuff table, one even larger than when Cedric Diggory had been annouced Hogwarts Champion. Justin made his way over to the teachers table, and Maddam Hooch led him off into a small room. Dumbledore comtinued.
'Chaser - Katie Bell from Gryffindor.'
This time it was Gryffindor's turn to cheer, and cheer they did, as Katie followed the path Justin had made.
'Chaser - Terry Boot from Ravenclaw.'
Ravenclaw burst into cheer and clapping as Prefect Terry Boot made his way past the teachers table.
'Chaser - Marcus Flint from Slytherin.'
Slytherin, who had been silent up until now, raved and ranted at the fact that Marcus had been selected. With one player from each house, everyone got to thinking, who'd be next? Dumbledore read out the next name.
'Beater - Seamus Finnigan from Gryffindor.'
There were massive cheers from the Gryffindor table. Seamus gave a small grin and hurried to join his fellow team mates.
'Beater - Vincent Crabbe from Slytherin.'
Slytherin once again broke into their cheer, sneering at other houses who looked over their way in disgust. Crabbe got up and slouched over to the room that the players were gathering.
'And finally,' Dumbledore said building up suspense.
'Seeker - Cho Chang from Ravenclaw.'
Ravenclaw once again broke into their hefty cheering, some people stood up and stomped their feet. Draco was among the cheering people, but sitting at the Slytherin table, he was the only one cheering at his table. Some Slytherin's looked at him with nasty glares, and Pansy stomped on his foot from under the table. Draco shut his mouth. Maybe because his foot was hurting, and if he'd kept it open he would have yowled in pain.
Once again, silence fell over the Great Hall. Only one team had been read out. Dumbledore cleared his throat, and said;
'It seems that you are all anxious to hear who has made the other Hogwarts team, Hogwarts Silver. Here is the team list for Hogwarts Silver:
'Keeper - Roger Davies from Ravenclaw.'
A mighty cheer rose from the Ravenclaw table, once again, as their Head Boy got up and walked towards the opposite side of the teachers table to where Hogwarts Gold had gone.
'Chaser - Hannah Abbot from Hufflepuff.'
Hufflepuff house cheered, stamped their feet and whistled as 6th year Prefect Hannah walked past the tables and over to where Roger had gone.
'Chaser - Alicia Spinnett from Gryffindor.'
Another cheer rang in the Great Hall, this time from the Gryffindor table.
'I knew she'd be in it!' Harry yelled to Ron over all the noise. Alicia followed the path Roger and Hannah had walked, and she soon dissapeared into the room.
'Chaser - Cora Black from Slytherin.'
The amount of noise Slytherin created could have filled 15 Olympic sized swimming pools. Cora smiled smugly and strutted over to where her team mates had dissapeared to.
'Beater - Gregory Goyle from Slytherin.'
Slytherin house continued to cheer, but the other houses remained silent, with a few acceptions of some polite clapping. After all, they would eventually have to support these players.
'Beater - Micheal Corner from Hufflepuff.'
Hufflepuff house cheered, along with Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. Slytherin remained cold in silence. Micheal headed off to join his team. Dumbledore read the last name on the parchment, and stopped, looking out over his half- moon shaped glasses.
'Finally, the captain and Seeker of Hogwarts Silver team, Harry Potter from Gryffindor.'
Draco was shocked, but then, how would Dumbledore allow his precious Harry Potter not to play in the interschool Quidditch cup? He remained silent along with his fellow Slytherin's, as the other three houses cheered as their school's best Seeker was chosen. Harry Potter rose from his seat, beaming Gryffindor's all around him, and walked out of the Great Hall to join his team.
Pansy turned to Draco.
'I know you're the better Seeker darling, you should have been in the team over Potter anyday.' Pansy stroked his leg. He pushed her hand away.
'They selected Potter, alright? Get over it. I am.' Draco stopped talking to Pansy, and looked over to where Cho had gone. He wished he knew what was going on in there.
~***~
Cho looked back at the way she had came into the room, distinctly ignoring Justin's prep talk about the excitement of the other school's coming. Her mind wandered, and she found herself wondering if Draco had been selected in the other team. Deep down, she knew that there was no way Dumbledore would have let Maddam Hooch put Draco in over Harry.
'. so we might be able to take out Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, assuming that Hogwarts Silver is as good as us.' Justin said. 'Cho.' Justin said, seeing Cho staring into space. 'Am I boring you?'
'Huh? Oh, no, sorry Justin.' Cho said, snapping back into the real world.
'As I was saying, I believe there is a chance for a Hogwarts victory, I mean, now that Krum no longer attends Durmstrang and all, so yeah.' Justin finnished. Just then, Professor McGonagall walked into the room.
'Goodevening students. Congratulations on making your team. I'm sure you will all behave in an appropriate mannor. On a lighter note, there will be another wizarding school competing. Hogwarts, Beaxbatons and Durmstrang are not the only Wizarding school's in the world. There is another, located in Australia. Starkals Academy. We have received an owl from their headmistress Paulette Bishop, informing us that they are to compete in the interschool Quidditch Competition. The school's will be arriving on the 15th of January, giving each team plenty of time to train and get used to playing with eachother. The school's interhouse Quidditch competition will be postponed. That is all.' McGonagall took a look around at the 7 students in their black school robes. 'Good luck to all of you.' She turned and left.
'What does she mean by that?' Seamus asked Justin.
'No idea Seamus, no idea.' Justin replied.
'A new school? How come we never heard of it before? Why wasn't Starkals involved in the Tri Wizard Cup?' Katie mused.
'Um, Katie, maybe that's because it's a TRI Wizard Cup? You know, for three champions!' Terry said, as if Cho was stupid.
'So? That didn't stop Harry Potter from being in it?' Cho said.
'Another school. unbelievable.' Justin said.
~* Okay, there's the Quidditch teams. Since I didn't have any suggestions as to who should be in which team, I did them myself. Please let me know if I'm wasting my time with this story. I don't know if anyone's reading it ( sad face. Oh well. I'll do another few chapters, and if I don't hear some feed back, I'll stop the story. *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
~* Hi, I'm not really sure whether I should continue this story or not, because I haven't gotten many reviews ( sad face ( actually, about 2 so far ( more sad faces. Be sure to check out my other fan fic that I've started, called Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody. I even have more reviews for that one than this one, and I only just posted the first chapter today!
Chapter 7 ~ She Said What?
At the start of dinner, headmaster Albus Dumbledore stood up, and tapped his extremely large fork (resembling a garden spade) against his silver goblet with red jewels around the outside. A wave of hush fell over the Great Hall.
'Good evening students, I trust that you are quite looking forward to the announcements of who is in the Quidditch teams.' If some people weren't watching and listening, they certainly were now. Dumbledore seemed pleased with the full attention being given to him for a change. 'Maddam Hooch has handed me a list of the two teams, there is Hogwarts Gold, and Hogwarts Silver. Without further adue, I give to you, Hogwarts Gold:
Keeper and Captain - Justin Finch-Fletchley from Hufflepuff.'
A huge roar rose up from the Hufflepuff table, one even larger than when Cedric Diggory had been annouced Hogwarts Champion. Justin made his way over to the teachers table, and Maddam Hooch led him off into a small room. Dumbledore comtinued.
'Chaser - Katie Bell from Gryffindor.'
This time it was Gryffindor's turn to cheer, and cheer they did, as Katie followed the path Justin had made.
'Chaser - Terry Boot from Ravenclaw.'
Ravenclaw burst into cheer and clapping as Prefect Terry Boot made his way past the teachers table.
'Chaser - Marcus Flint from Slytherin.'
Slytherin, who had been silent up until now, raved and ranted at the fact that Marcus had been selected. With one player from each house, everyone got to thinking, who'd be next? Dumbledore read out the next name.
'Beater - Seamus Finnigan from Gryffindor.'
There were massive cheers from the Gryffindor table. Seamus gave a small grin and hurried to join his fellow team mates.
'Beater - Vincent Crabbe from Slytherin.'
Slytherin once again broke into their cheer, sneering at other houses who looked over their way in disgust. Crabbe got up and slouched over to the room that the players were gathering.
'And finally,' Dumbledore said building up suspense.
'Seeker - Cho Chang from Ravenclaw.'
Ravenclaw once again broke into their hefty cheering, some people stood up and stomped their feet. Draco was among the cheering people, but sitting at the Slytherin table, he was the only one cheering at his table. Some Slytherin's looked at him with nasty glares, and Pansy stomped on his foot from under the table. Draco shut his mouth. Maybe because his foot was hurting, and if he'd kept it open he would have yowled in pain.
Once again, silence fell over the Great Hall. Only one team had been read out. Dumbledore cleared his throat, and said;
'It seems that you are all anxious to hear who has made the other Hogwarts team, Hogwarts Silver. Here is the team list for Hogwarts Silver:
'Keeper - Roger Davies from Ravenclaw.'
A mighty cheer rose from the Ravenclaw table, once again, as their Head Boy got up and walked towards the opposite side of the teachers table to where Hogwarts Gold had gone.
'Chaser - Hannah Abbot from Hufflepuff.'
Hufflepuff house cheered, stamped their feet and whistled as 6th year Prefect Hannah walked past the tables and over to where Roger had gone.
'Chaser - Alicia Spinnett from Gryffindor.'
Another cheer rang in the Great Hall, this time from the Gryffindor table.
'I knew she'd be in it!' Harry yelled to Ron over all the noise. Alicia followed the path Roger and Hannah had walked, and she soon dissapeared into the room.
'Chaser - Cora Black from Slytherin.'
The amount of noise Slytherin created could have filled 15 Olympic sized swimming pools. Cora smiled smugly and strutted over to where her team mates had dissapeared to.
'Beater - Gregory Goyle from Slytherin.'
Slytherin house continued to cheer, but the other houses remained silent, with a few acceptions of some polite clapping. After all, they would eventually have to support these players.
'Beater - Micheal Corner from Hufflepuff.'
Hufflepuff house cheered, along with Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. Slytherin remained cold in silence. Micheal headed off to join his team. Dumbledore read the last name on the parchment, and stopped, looking out over his half- moon shaped glasses.
'Finally, the captain and Seeker of Hogwarts Silver team, Harry Potter from Gryffindor.'
Draco was shocked, but then, how would Dumbledore allow his precious Harry Potter not to play in the interschool Quidditch cup? He remained silent along with his fellow Slytherin's, as the other three houses cheered as their school's best Seeker was chosen. Harry Potter rose from his seat, beaming Gryffindor's all around him, and walked out of the Great Hall to join his team.
Pansy turned to Draco.
'I know you're the better Seeker darling, you should have been in the team over Potter anyday.' Pansy stroked his leg. He pushed her hand away.
'They selected Potter, alright? Get over it. I am.' Draco stopped talking to Pansy, and looked over to where Cho had gone. He wished he knew what was going on in there.
~***~
Cho looked back at the way she had came into the room, distinctly ignoring Justin's prep talk about the excitement of the other school's coming. Her mind wandered, and she found herself wondering if Draco had been selected in the other team. Deep down, she knew that there was no way Dumbledore would have let Maddam Hooch put Draco in over Harry.
'. so we might be able to take out Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, assuming that Hogwarts Silver is as good as us.' Justin said. 'Cho.' Justin said, seeing Cho staring into space. 'Am I boring you?'
'Huh? Oh, no, sorry Justin.' Cho said, snapping back into the real world.
'As I was saying, I believe there is a chance for a Hogwarts victory, I mean, now that Krum no longer attends Durmstrang and all, so yeah.' Justin finnished. Just then, Professor McGonagall walked into the room.
'Goodevening students. Congratulations on making your team. I'm sure you will all behave in an appropriate mannor. On a lighter note, there will be another wizarding school competing. Hogwarts, Beaxbatons and Durmstrang are not the only Wizarding school's in the world. There is another, located in Australia. Starkals Academy. We have received an owl from their headmistress Paulette Bishop, informing us that they are to compete in the interschool Quidditch Competition. The school's will be arriving on the 15th of January, giving each team plenty of time to train and get used to playing with eachother. The school's interhouse Quidditch competition will be postponed. That is all.' McGonagall took a look around at the 7 students in their black school robes. 'Good luck to all of you.' She turned and left.
'What does she mean by that?' Seamus asked Justin.
'No idea Seamus, no idea.' Justin replied.
'A new school? How come we never heard of it before? Why wasn't Starkals involved in the Tri Wizard Cup?' Katie mused.
'Um, Katie, maybe that's because it's a TRI Wizard Cup? You know, for three champions!' Terry said, as if Cho was stupid.
'So? That didn't stop Harry Potter from being in it?' Cho said.
'Another school. unbelievable.' Justin said.
~* Okay, there's the Quidditch teams. Since I didn't have any suggestions as to who should be in which team, I did them myself. Please let me know if I'm wasting my time with this story. I don't know if anyone's reading it ( sad face. Oh well. I'll do another few chapters, and if I don't hear some feed back, I'll stop the story. *~
~Gryffindor Gal~