Chapter 17: Quidditch

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER! If you haven't figured that out you are a lost cause. Seventeen chapters honestly people!

After Harry and Ron had talked to McGonagall a notice was posted up in the common room. Try-outs were to be held next Saturday.

Mary sat down in an armchair with a book in her lap. She was not reading it though. Rose was talking to her about the try-outs. Rose had written home earlier for her broom. Mary had her broom already in the dormitory.

"If you guys want to we can go practice." Harry suggested.

"Sure." Mary and Rose answered and jumped up.

Hermione rolled her eyes.

"Coming Herm?" Ron asked.

"Sure, but I'm not getting on a broom." Hermione answered. Mary ran up to the dormitory and got her broom, while Harry and Ron got their brooms. Rose had to borrow one of the school brooms until hers arrived. Mary promised to let her ride hers since Harry and Ron said that the school brooms were crappy.

Before they left the common room Ron went up to Mary and asked, "Aren't you going to brush your hair." Mary touched her hair which she had been playing with and messing around with for a while.

"No." Mary answered and pulled some of her hair from the back of her head to her face then let it try and fall back into place.

"You look like you are a mad man," Harry observed.

"Mad woman," Mary corrected and walked out of the common room her friends following her.


When the group got a broom for Rose and Mary retrieved her broom, they headed down to the Quidditch field. Hermione went up to the stands to watch them. Ron and Harry mounted their brooms and Mary and Rose did the same.

"First, let's just see how well you can fly on a broom." Harry said. Rose and Mary nodded.

Harry and Ron pushed off from the ground and flew into the air over to a goal post. Mary pushed off from the ground as the broom tried to go off on its own. She got control of it and flew over to where Harry and Ron were floating.

Now it was Rose's turn. She thrusted herself up into the air, hovering for a moment.

"How do I control this damn thing?" Rose whispered to herself. She turned her hands to her right as the broom went to the right as well. Rose went around in a circle then gained control over her broom. She leaned forward and the broom went as directed. She flew up to where the others were waiting.

Mary faked a yawn. "Finally, geez, Rose. Can't you control a broom?"

"Hey!" Rose defended. "It's not as easy as it looks!"

"It's alright, Rose." Ron said. "You'll get the hang of it." Rose blushed and smiled.

"Alright, let's circle around the field and work on making the broom go where you want it to go." Harry suggested. Rose and Mary nodded. Harry and Ron took a lead and went circling around the goal posts and field. Mary flew ahead of Rose.

"Come on, slowpoke!" Mary shouted.

"I'm not a Pokemon!" Rose defended back. Mary rolled her eyes. Harry and Ron stopped flying and exchanged glances.

"It's a weird trading card game and television show where made-up animal things battle against each other. It's the stupidest thing ever made, in my opinion." Rose explained. Harry and Ron laughed.

Rose tried to gain control of the broom.

"This broom is going to be the death of me." Rose whispered to herself.

Just then, the broom started getting out of control. The broom forced her to fly up further into the sky. Then the broom wouldn't fly anymore. Rose tried to make it fly, but she ended up making herself start falling. Rose jumped off of the broom, changed into a cardinal, and left the broom to fall. Rose hovered for a moment then flew down to the field. She changed back to normal and tried to locate the broom in the sky. She couldn't find it. She shrugged and started brushing some dust off of her shoulders.

"You okay Rose?" Harry voice called out. He was flying down Ron and Mary behind him. Hermione was running down onto the field.

"Yeah," Rose answered. "Gave me quite a scare though. Remind me never to ride one of those brooms again." The other four laughed. "Can't wait for my broom to come."

"Mary," Ron said turning to face Mary. "Your hair is messed up even more."

"AWESOME!" Mary yelled and then messed her hair up more making it look like a giant wind had just passed when in reality it was a perfectly clear non windy day. Harry rolled his eyes.


Ok no reviews! People better review to this chapter or I'll get really mad.

Part of this chapter was brought to you by Rose. I could not write and so she took over the story. I only started and finished it.

I would have made this chapter longer but because I got no reviews I didn't. Oh and I am writing another ff that I will post soon if anyone is interested in reading it. It takes place in the MWPP time and is about an orphan who is trying to find out who she truly is after being lied to the first seven years of her life.