"Ok, I don't think I need to remind all of you that this match will decide whether we win or lose the Quidditch cup." Jenny said to her team. They all stood in front of her dressed in their quidditch robes and clutching their brooms. They were all ready to play against Slytherin. They were all armed with their wands and they had done a lot of training.
"But we've only played two matches." Jack Sloper said.
"Ravenclaw got disqualified after their beater hit Daphne Greengrass." Ginny said sniggering.
"That's not that funny." Emma said.
"It is if you were watching." Ginny said with a grin. Emma shrugged and nodded.
"I suppose." She said smiling. Jenny looked at her team who were standing in front of her almost completely dressed for their quidditch match against Slytherin. She was sitting on a small wooden bench that ran under a rack of hooks that had Jenny's robes hanging from them.
"Oh, we are so going to kick their ass." Ginny said excitedly. Emma grinned and Dean went a bit pale. Unlike the rest of them he had never played in a match against Slytherin before. Well neither had Emma but Emma was looking forwards to it. They all had their wands within easy reach and their pads had been charmed to provide extra protection. Jenny sighed and leaned her head against the lockers. Again all she could think about was Harry. She wanted to know what was wrong with him but how could she when he wouldn't tell her. According to Hermione he was an insensitive pig who didn't care for anyone but himself. Jenny had the slight feeling that Hermione was still very annoyed with him.
"Ok, as Jenny seems to be drifting in her own world, I'll give you the pep talk" Ginny said talking loudly. Jenny snapped awake at this and looked at Ginny, "Ok, I think we all know that if we can just beat Slytherin we will win the quidditch cup. Of course that will be only two games but Ravenclaw were disqualified from the cup tournament after their beater hit Greengrass around the head using his bat. And we all know it was an accident but obviously the powers that be don't see it like that. So, I think we should all just do our best. Jenny's been training us for this and I know we can do it." Ginny said grinning. The team let out a whoop of cheer and all grabbed their brooms enthusiastically. Jenny stood up when Ginny pulled her arm and they walked towards the stadium. Emma linked arms with Ginny and looked around.
"Have you seen Draco?" Emma asked.
"He should be in the head box why?" Ginny asked.
"I just wanted to do something." Emma said uncertainly. She spotted Draco and got on her broom. She shot up to the box that was specifically for the head students and the teachers. Jenny sighed as they walked onto the pitch.
"I don't feel like playing quidditch." Jenny said looking around as the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs cheered for them, as well as the Gryffindors. Ginny rolled her eyes and hugged her friend. As much as she loved Jenny, Ginny was a bit sick of hearing her complain about how she missed Harry.
"Come on, you win this match you'll win the cup and you're the captain." Ginny said encouragingly. Jenny gave a brief forced smile, Ginny sighed giving up as Emma flew back to them at breakneck speed. She had managed to get her mother to send her own broom over and Emma played incredibly well on it.
"Where did you go?" Andrew Kirke asked.
"I needed to talk to Draco." Emma said.
"I can't believe you're related to him." Jack said.
"Not anymore." Emma said with a smirk.
"Welcome to today's quidditch match. Slytherin against Gryffindor. The winner of this game will be the winners of the quidditch cup. All I can say is that this will be an interesting game. Today's referee will be Professor Lucius Malfoy-"
"Bet he loves that title." Ron muttered. Ginny smirked and Dean smiled.
"On the Slytherin team we have Baddock, Greengrass, Nott, Bullstrode, Crabbe, Goyle and captain Blaise Zabini." The Slytherins all cheered but were overpowered by the boos and hisses that came from the other houses.
"Stupid Slytherins" Jack said. Jenny turned to Emma.
"Remember what I told you in your first match?"
"Play like a Malfoy?" Emma asked. Jenny nodded.
"Well I want to elaborate on it." Jenny said. Emma gave Jenny all her attention. "Play like a Malfoy, win like a Potter." Emma grinned and nodded.
"And on the Gryffindor team-" the houses went wild, "Weasley, Thomas, Weasley, Sloper, Kirke, Captain Jenny Marsden and seeker Emma Malf- I mean seeker Emma Potter." The stadium went into some strange silence as the Gryffindor team flew into the air. Ginny and Jenny smiled at Emma as Emma gave them a grin that Harry had once given people in a time when he had been happy. Slowly the noise level of the stadium began to rise and Emma shot high into the air. The Gryffindors screamed with delight, a Potter on their team meant they were definitely going to win.
"Teams ready?" Lucius Malfoy asked. Jenny nodded then Blaise nodded. Lucious Malfoy released the balls. "Go." Dean shot forwards and grabbed the quaffle before anyone else could. He had barely travelled a few feet when Theodore Nott kicked him and snatched the Quaffle back. He zoomed towards the goal with Jenny and Ginny on his trail when Jack hit a Bludger and it hit Nott straight in the stomach, causing him to drop the quaffle right into Ginny's path. She caught it and did a sharp turn at the same time as Jenny.
"Arrow formation!" Jenny shouted. Ginny nodded as Dean went on Ginny's other side and they shot down the pitch with Ginny just in front. She passed to Jenny who promptly passed the quaffle to Dean moments before she collided with Daphne Greengrass.
"Stupid bitch." Daphne shouted at her as Jenny tried to get her bearings back. Dean passed the quaffle to Ginny who threw the quaffle as hard as she could at the centre ring of the Slytherin Goals.
"TEN POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR!" the commentator shouted. Ginny turned and slapped hands with Dean. The match progressed quickly for a few minutes and within five minutes the score was already thirty all.
"Jack!" Ginny screamed as a Bludger headed towards her. She veered upwards as Jack Sloper intercepted the Bludger and pelted it towards Blaise Zabini. Blaise managed to dodge it and Emma had to fly out of the path of the bludger as it changed direction. Jenny sped on the tail of Malcom Baddock as he shot towards the goal. Ron was ready to save the goal and Malcom seemed to be getting a bit nervous about Jenny being behind him. He kept shooting her nervous looks as Jenny's broom sped up slightly. In a few moments where he turned to look at Jenny, Ginny appeared in front of him and she stood on her broom. Jenny grinned and Malcom turned to see why.
"AH!" He shouted as he let go of the quaffle and let Jenny catch it while Ginny jumped off her broom, over Malcom and landed on her broom safely.
"Good one." Jenny said as she sped past Ginny with the quaffle. Ginny grinned and tried to catch up with Jenny. They passed the Quaffle to each other in a series of complicated throws and managed to confuse Millicent Bullstrode, the Slytherin Keeper, enough to get a goal past her and to let Andrew hurl a bludger at her. The Gyrffindors had decided that they weren't going to hold back. They knew this match was going to be vicious and so far they hadn't sustained that much injury. Dean had received a few kicks. Jenny had crashed into Daphne and Ron had narrowly missed two bludgers coming his way. The three houses that were halfway decent if not very good people cheered as Millicent Bullstrode fell off her broom unconscious and laying on the damp grass at the bas of the goal posts. The whistle blew and everyone came to a stop.
"Penalty to Slytherin." Lucius Malfoy shouted.
"What!" Emma shouted. "That's not fair."
"Shut up you or you'll be out of the match." Lucius snapped at Emma.
"Try and stop me." Emma challenged.
"Emma, off the pitch now!" Lucius shouted as he sped after her. The Gryffindors started laughing as Emma did a few barrel rolls and loops with one of the most famous deatheaters on her tail. She grinned at him and got her want out.
"Stupefy!" she shouted as a red light shot out of her wand and hit the referee. Lucius Malfoy fell off his broom and onto the floor, twenty feet below him. Emma came to a stop and smugly put her wand away. "Now lets carry on this match." She shouted with a smile. Several of the teachers were on their feet but the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws were screaming their lungs out. The Gryffindor team grinned and started the match again while most of the Slytherins were still in shock at Emma cursing Lucius Malfoy. Dean snatched the quaffle from a stunned Malcom Baddock and sped down the pitch with it tucked under his arm.
"Engorgio!" Theodore Nott shouted with his wand out. The spell hit Dean and he dropped the quaffle as he began to swell up. Moments before it hit the floor Daphne Greengrass caught it and sped towards Ron with Jenny and Ginny hot on her trail. Jenny turned to Ginny and mouthed something to her. Ginny grinned and nodded. She gained a few meters of altitude and flew above Daphne while Jenny flew under her.
"NOW!" Ginny shouted. Jenny grabbed her broom with both her hands and threw her body upwards. Her feet got contact with the quaffle and she kicked it out of Daphne's hands and up into Ginny.
"AND THE AMAZING DOUBLE STINT BY MARSDEN AND WEASLEY! I LOVE THAT MOVE!" the commentator screamed. Ginny and Jenny did identical turns in the opposite direction and passed the quaffle to each other.
"JENNY!" Emma shouted above her as they flew towards the goals. All three Slytherin Chasers were there and the beaters were tossing the bats in the air ready. Jenny looked up to see Emma ready to help if needed. Jenny flew even faster towards the Slytherin team. As she approached they all flew toward her and Ginny. At the last minute Jenny threw the quaffle up to Emma, who flew over the Slytherin team and scored a goal.
"Yeah!" Ginny screamed as Emma came back with the quaffle and passed it to her. Crabbe held his bat steady as Ginny shot towards the goal and he swung it as a bludger came at him. Ginny's eyes widened in alarm a few moments before the bludger caught her in the chest and she flew off her broom and hurtled towards the floor.
"Ginny!" Jack shouted. Ginny hit the floor with a thud, joining Dean, Millicent Bullstrode and Lucius Malfoy. No one had dared to take them off the pitch for fear that they'd get caught in the dangerous match between the ancient rivalry between the houses. Ron went red as he watch his sister fall to the ground and sped at Crabbe as fast as his broom would let him.
"You bastard!" Ron shouted as he collided with the bouncer like beater. They fought in midair for a moment when Daphne threw a curse at the both of them and hitting Crabbe instead of Ron. Crabbe's head immediately spun around and he was looking backwards. Ron looked slightly amused.
"Thanks!" He shouted to a highly annoyed Daphne Greengrass. Ron shot back towards the goal he had to defend but just a bit too late as Malcom Baddock scored a goal in Ron's absence.
Emma flew high above the quidditch match and watched amused as the teams battered each other with no referee and the teachers unable to do anything.
"Hello Malfoy." Blaise said as he joined her. The snitch was obviously not intending on being caught soon so why force it.
"Potter." Emma corrected, "My name is Emma POTTER."
"You could only wish so much." Blaise sneered, "Everyone knows that Potter is an only child."
"He's not actually, you can ask Draco." Emma said, "I'm Harry's sister. Nice to meet you." Blaise stared in astonishment. "What, don't the eyes give it away?" Blaise just shook his head as if to clear it and he snarled at Emma.
"You are not going to win this match, so you might as well give up now." Blaise warned.
"Oh, you've obviously never paid much attention to me on a broom." Emma said in an artificially sweet voice. "You see, my broom is a Nimbus three thousand, the same as Jenny's down there. And your broom is a Nimbus two thousand. My broom can easily outstrip yours." Blaise looked ready to attack Emma, "Ciao." Emma flew off casually to look for the snitch.
"OH THAT'S A HEAVY BLOW, COME ON JENNY!" the commentator shouted. Emma looked down to see that Jenny was the only Gryffindor chaser. In fact, she was one of the only Gryffindor players. Half the players that had been in the game originally, Slytherin and Gryffindor, lay on the floor injured, in pain or in the case of Dean expanding in size. The only Gryffindors were Andrew, Jenny and Emma while on Slytherin there was Blaise, Daphne and Theodore. Emma knew she had to catch the snitch soon and as if the snitch could hear her thoughts it shot past her face and towards the crowds. Emma grinned and shot after it with her hand outstretched. Blaise saw her and followed her quickly. The Snitch levelled out and started to turn slowly. Emma's eyes followed it like a fox hunting a rabbit. She came ever closer to it and then just as she was about to catch it a Bludger crashed into her wrist, causing the pain to shoot through her arm. Emma let out a shout of pain as Blaise overtook her. Emma tried to take hold of the broom again but her hand wouldn't hold it. She looked at Jenny who watched anxiously. Emma urged the broom forwards holding it with her good hand but she couldn't hold it for long as her other hand began to hurt. Emma slowed down to see Jenny fly past her and towards Blaise in a blur. She had soon caught up with Blaise and had her hand out ready to catch the snitch. She could obviously see it because Emma could see Jenny watching the little gold speck with the utmost concentration. She saw Jenny's hand close around the tiny little golden ball and she came to a stop in midair and held the snitch up. The students of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff erupted into cheers. Emma and Andrew went straight for the grinning Jenny and gave her a tight hug. Emma tried her best to hug Jenny but her arm just kept hurting.
"Oh Merlin, I actually caught a snitch." Jenny said ecstatically. "I CAUGHT THE SNITCH!" She let out an excited scream as Emma and Andrew let out shouts of excitement as well. Teachers and students flooded onto the pitch and began to cart off the injured players back to the castle. When the three Gryffindors returned to the ground they were hastily parted from their brooms and hoisted onto the shoulders of the three kinder houses. All of them alike all cheered and seemed ecstatic.
"I feel a party coming on tonight." Andrew shouted over everyone with a grin.
A/N:-I get that the move that JEnny did was illegal but frankly, i don't really care. I wrote this AGES ago and I'll keep it how it is. I love this quidditch match :D