Harry stood there, in a corner of the common room, zapped. Quidditch captain for Gryffindor? Harry didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad one.

He had to hold try-outs, which always looked disastrous. He needed to find a pair of beaters and three chasers. Harry sighed. Only he and Ron were still on the team. They had Andrew Kirke and Jack Sloper, but they didn't seem all too keen on playing again. All Ron felt he could do was to pat Harry on the back. Harry felt that his first day couldn't get any worse and hence went straight to bed.

It was only three days later that Harry decided to break the news to Hermione. Hermione was the total opposite of Harry and was practically advising Harry on everything he could do.

School work was increasingly difficult, due to their NEWTs. Professor Snape had begun to teach them to make the Polyjuice Potion and Snape's disgust for Harry did not decrease. Draco Malfoy , a Slytherrin sixth-year, smirked whenever Professor Snape commented on Harry's potion. As usual, Hermione who had done the potion before, had no problem in making it. Neville, however, had lost his hair of Seamus, which he had found in Seamus' pillow earlier that day.

During History of Magic, Professor Binns, the old ghost, had bored everyone's souls out with a monotonous speech about house-elf enslavement. Hermione was furiously copying notes about the speech and Ron was pretty sure he saw the title of the parchment she was writing on. It was entitled, "S.P.E.W." , also known as "The Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare". Ron and Harry looked at each other and exchanged sniggers. Harry thought about he try-outs and both of them began to take out some parchment of their own and began drawing out some plans and diagrams.

Back in the common room that night, Harry decided to do it and get it over with." Attention everyone1 I'm your new Quidditch captain and since we've almost had the whole team pass out last year, we need two beaters and three chasers. Try-outs will be held next Thursday, on the pitch. If you want to try-out for either position, give your name to either me or Ron Weasley. Thanks!" this caused a lot of commotion in the common room. Harry wondered if he could manage begin captain. He only thought about asking Hermione to help them pick out players. Ron sighed and the only thing they could do was to wait. Like Professor Dumbledore had told him some years ago, only with understanding, there can be acceptance and only with acceptance, there can be recovery.