The first week of school past quickly. It was Sunday night when Ron
asked when Harry was going to call a Quiditch team meeting. Harry'd nearly
forgotten about the team with the amount of work piled on. He was taking a
lot of N.E.W.T. classes.
He posted a notice on the common room board saying that there would be a team meeting the following Saturday. Harry was dreading the meeting.
But Saturday came nonetheless. Harry himself was the team Seeker, and Ron was the Keeper. Ginny was a Chaser. That was about all. They had two Beaters but Harry hoped to find replacements for them. And they still needed two more Chasers.
Harry saw Marcus sitting in the common room off by himself and decided to go over and ask him something that had been on his mind. "Marcus, remember what you said about Slytherins at the start of term feast?"
"Yes."
"Well, what's your sister ambitious about?"
"She's not really ambitious about getting high marks, so you don't have to worry about her cheating on tests. I'd guess I'd say Quiditch and defending anybody who's weaker would be her greatest endeavors."
"Quiditch?"
"Yeah, she really wants Slytherin to win this year."
"And that doesn't bother you?"
"Why should it? It's just friendly competition. So what if a couple of players on the other teams end up injured or with broken brooms?"
"You do realize that that would include Gryffindor too, don't you?"
"So?"
Harry shook his head and muttering went down to the Quiditch field. Soon Ron and Ginny arrived followed by the two Beaters who had replaced Fred and George the year before. Also several people who would be trying out for the Chaser positions and to challenge the Beaters showed up.
"Let's get to work."
The tryouts were exhausting. But by the end of them it had been decided that the Chasers would be Ginny Weasley, Dennis Creevy, and Natalie MacDonald. Emma Dobbs and Derek Elroy became Beaters. Harry and Ron remained the Seeker and Keeper.
Harry was exhausted when he lay down that night but his head was so full of the upcoming Quiditch season that he couldn't sleep.
He posted a notice on the common room board saying that there would be a team meeting the following Saturday. Harry was dreading the meeting.
But Saturday came nonetheless. Harry himself was the team Seeker, and Ron was the Keeper. Ginny was a Chaser. That was about all. They had two Beaters but Harry hoped to find replacements for them. And they still needed two more Chasers.
Harry saw Marcus sitting in the common room off by himself and decided to go over and ask him something that had been on his mind. "Marcus, remember what you said about Slytherins at the start of term feast?"
"Yes."
"Well, what's your sister ambitious about?"
"She's not really ambitious about getting high marks, so you don't have to worry about her cheating on tests. I'd guess I'd say Quiditch and defending anybody who's weaker would be her greatest endeavors."
"Quiditch?"
"Yeah, she really wants Slytherin to win this year."
"And that doesn't bother you?"
"Why should it? It's just friendly competition. So what if a couple of players on the other teams end up injured or with broken brooms?"
"You do realize that that would include Gryffindor too, don't you?"
"So?"
Harry shook his head and muttering went down to the Quiditch field. Soon Ron and Ginny arrived followed by the two Beaters who had replaced Fred and George the year before. Also several people who would be trying out for the Chaser positions and to challenge the Beaters showed up.
"Let's get to work."
The tryouts were exhausting. But by the end of them it had been decided that the Chasers would be Ginny Weasley, Dennis Creevy, and Natalie MacDonald. Emma Dobbs and Derek Elroy became Beaters. Harry and Ron remained the Seeker and Keeper.
Harry was exhausted when he lay down that night but his head was so full of the upcoming Quiditch season that he couldn't sleep.