"But Gravity Always Wins"
Rating: G
Pairing: Zacharias/Amber
Characters: Zacharias Smith and Amber Matthews
Summary: What does Hufflepuff do when they're last place... again?
Notes: Writing challenge based on lyrics.

Amber wasn't the best Quidditch player, but she and Zacharias Smith, were a couple decent chasers. Even among the Slytherins, they had a bit of respect. They could score enough goals to keep Hufflepuff from totally embarrassing themselves, but in the end, it wasn't quite enough. With the last season they'd ever play behind them, neither Amber nor Zacharias had ever seen anything better than a third place finish. This year? They'd ended up in last again.

"Seven years behind us," He said to the quiet girl. Neither of them had been on the team that long, but they'd both started at Hogwarts together. And in the week before they'd leave the school for good, they were reminiscing. Even if Zacharias really wasn't one for reminiscing, he seemed to be doing a rather good job of it now as the two of them stood out on the Pitch together.

"Last place again," Amber said, not defeated, but amused.

"Hm?" the other Chaser asked.

"Well, fourth. They call it the bottom, right? So we've kinda fallen." She tapped her broom on her shoulder, looking toward the rings farthest away from them. "I was just thinking that when something falls, there's no chance it'll just float, you know? So in a way, gravity always wins."

"We still got last place."

"Well," Amber went on, mounting her broom and taking off. "At least we're grounded."

Zacharias followed with a sigh. It was still last place, but she was right, in a way.