Chapter 5: The Match and the Outcome

"Nice hot pants Potter!" catcalls from the Slytherin stand were heard as the Gryffindor Team arrived to the center of the courtyard.

Harry felt his face grow hot in embarrassment. The team huddled together.

"Ok you guys! This is it... good luck and do your best!" Hermione smiled nervously.

"A little bit of advice before we start..." Dean said.

"What?" Harry asked eagerly, anything could help.

"Please Harry... stay away from the shiny red balls" he chuckled.

"WHY YOU LITTLE...

"Teams line up now!" Madame Hooch called. Both teams lined up at the ends of the court.

"On your marks! Get set! GO!" She blew on the whistle and both teams dashed to the center of the court to retrieve the Quaffles.

Hermione arrived first, and then Malfoy from the opposing team, then Ron and Dean, followed by Goyle and Pansy.

Both teams hurried back to their starting point to commence flinging Quaffles at their adversaries.

"Harry watch out!" Ron called as he threw one at Pansy.

Harry jumped and dodged the Quaffle. He quickly picked it up and aimed at Blaise, he ducked.

"Damn it" he muttered angrily.

"All right! Knock out routine number one!" Hermione yelled back ass she flung another Quaffle at Goyle who dodged it. "Target: GOLDEN SNAKE!"

"Huh?" Harry was confused.

"Oh boys!" Hermione giggled at the Slytherin boys, turned sideways and bent over, causing them to drop their Quaffles and stare at her open mouthed. "FIRE!"

Seamus, Dean and Ron threw their Quaffle at an oblivious Draco Malfoy. The first hitting him on the head, second to his abdominal area and the last hitting his knees causing him to fall face first into the cold stone floor.

"YOU BLOODY LITTLE...

"Draco Malfoy OUT!" Hooch blew her whistle and dragged him away. The Gryffindor stands cheered.

"It's not fair!!!" he kicked and screamed as he was dragged away.

"Too bad Malfoy" Hermione winked at him, he growled in disgust.

Pansy scoffed "Two can play this game!"

Hooch blew her whistle signaling Round two.

"Ok! My turn!" Pansy bent over, causing her green shorts to split. There was a collective groan from the crowd.

"ARGH! OUR EYES!" Harry closed his eyes tight and tossed the Quaffle in her general direction. Catching her in the buttocks and knocking her over.

"Pansy Parkinson out!" More cheers from Gryffindor erupted.

Harry opened his eyes "All right!"

The whistle blew again. A Quaffle zoomed past his ear hitting Dean's Face. Another zoomed towards Harry. He jumped sideways landing on Dean, but successfully dodging Crabbe's attempt.

"Dean Thomas OUT!" Slytherins cheered with delight. The whistle blew again.

Blaise Zabini grabbed two balls and threw them at Hermione, who dodged the first one but took a blow on her thigh with the second one.

"Hermione!!!" Ron yelled back at her.

"Hermione Granger OUT!" Slytherins cheered once again while Gryffindors groaned in protest.

Ron growled, "Now it's personal!"

"Ron?" Harry asked "Never mind... I don't think I want to know"

The whistle blew again. Ron raced to get the biggest Quaffle and flung it at Blaise Zabini, who looked frozen, like a deer in headlights as the huge Quaffle approached him. The sheer force of it knocked him backwards.

"BOOYAH!!!" Ron did a little victory dance, which looked oddly like an American football player who'd just made a touchdown.

"Blaise Zabini OUT!" The whistle blew again. Crabbe and Goyle were the only ones left.

One grunt from Goyle, two from Goyle and then they both nodded. They flipped around and mooned the Gryffindor team.

"AAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" They all threw themselves on the floor covering their eyes.

"THE PAIN!!!" Ron screamed.

"THE HORROR!!!!" Seamus followed.

"Argh!!! I THINK I'M GOING TO BE SICK!!!" Harry closed his eyes tight.

Harry heard two blasts, followed by two pained screams, and finally two dull thuds.

"Uh-oh..." Harry got up in terror, his eye still closed "Oh no" he turned around. "No no no no no no no....." He opened his eyes again and saw Hooch dragging his shell-shocked teammates away, a red Quaffle shaped burn on their faces.

The whistle blew hard.

"HARRY! GET THE QUAFFLE THROUGH THE HOOP!!!!" Hermione yelled.

All sound faded, everything was in slow motion. Harry looked desperately around for a Quaffle he spotted one halfway across the court. He dashed this way and that, dodging fierce attacks from Crabbe and Goyle. He picked up the Quaffle and ran back to the end of the court skiving more attacks.

He reached the end of the court, his heart was racing, he needed to make this shot or else Slytherin would win. He leaned back to gain force, he pictured the hoop; he could do it. Harry moved his left leg with his right arm forward. Releasing the Quaffle from his fingertips with all his might.

The crowd stood up slowly in anticipation, Harry watched the scarlet Quaffle rotating through the air with a hopeful smile on his lips. It hit the side of the hoop and watched it circle around the rim, his hopeful smile growing with each lap.

Around and around, it neared the middle of the hoop and hit the opposite side of the rim, going around once more. It started to slow down balancing itself but getting unstable quickly and it fell. It was...

An ear splitting cheer filled the air over a loud groan. The Quaffle had not gone through the hoop. Harry fell to his knees, hopeful smile fading away.

"AAAARRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!! THI SUCKS!!!' he hit the cold hard ground with his fist and let himself collapse with a dull thud.

"Aww nice try Harry!" Seamus extended a hand to help him up.

"Good game" Hermione added. She stretched out "I'm hitting the showers, I am beat!"

"Yeah me too" Ron nodded.

"I need to get out of these itchy hot pants" Dean pulled out a wedgie.

"Wait... I just blew the game... aren't you guys mad?"

"Mmm... no not really" Seamus said.

"We still get good marks, this was an optional assignment"

With this they all marched to the castle laughing. Harry twitched and dropped down on the floor again. Then he started laughing in an insane way.

"Not again Potter..." Madame Promfey sighed. "I'm guessing too much excitement... two male behinds in one day" she grabbed his ankles and started to drag him towards the castle. "Pity... so many girls will be disappointed when they find out..."

THE END!

A/N- I told you guys I'd have this chapter uploaded before I started school! And with seventeen and a half hours to spare! REVIEW PLEASE!!!