Chapter Eight: LET'S PLAY QUIDDITCH!
(A/N: Hey, I realized this chapter should have been inserted a loooong time ago, but I just remembered that the dance was a Quidditch Dance, quite useless without any mention of a Quidditch match! Forgetful of me! Sorry, people! Forgive me, poor darling me! The one who's not going to finish this fic if you don't forgive me!
Ah…who am I kidding? I'm addicted to the fic… BUT the amount of time I take to finish it is directly proportional to the amount of reviews I get! Come on Einstein!)
Chapter Eight: LET'S PLAY QUIDDITCH!
"LET'S PLAY QUIDDITCH!" Remus' voice boomed out loudly, all across the stands.
"I'm your commentator Remus Lupin, and folks, today is the first game of the year, GRYFFINDOR versus HUFFLEPUFF! Now, we can expect a great match today, although there's no doubt to who's going to win!" A loud stream of 'boos' emitted from the Hufflepuff end of the stands. All right, all right! What do we here from the Hufflepuff there? They're singing something… Oh yes, the regular cheers…North, south, east, west…sorry but GRYFFINDOR is the best! Come on, Gryffindors, let's have a shouting match with those sour little…uh, yes…" Remus noticed Professor McGonagall signaling furiously to him.
A little way behind Remus sat Sirius, Peter and the girls. In response to Remus' comment, Sirius had made Lily put a Sonorous charm on him ("PLEASE! Pretty please? I'll tell James you…" and his voice boomed out as well, contesting the volume of Remus'.
Sirius shouted, "WE WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU! ROCK YOU! WE WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU!"
Professor McGonagall abruptly turned her head to face Sirius who was still faithfully singing entering the verse now.
Remus was also shouting, "SIRIUS, YOU DUMBA, er, CREATURE! I DIDN'T MEAN FOR YOU TO…."
Apparently, another bright spark from Hufflepuff also realized the potential of the Sonorous charm. Her voice came out, "NO WAY, YOU DOUBLE CHEATING IDIOT SIRIUS BLACK! THERE'S NO WAY YOUR STUPID GRYFFINDORKS CAN WIN THIS GAME!"
Professor McGonagall was saying something ("Detentions for a month!" and "Gryffindorks? Did that Hufflepuff just say Gryffindorks?"), but no one could hear her over the drone of the students along with Remus', Sirius' and the Hufflepuff's loud sonorous-ed voices. She shook her head at what she was about to do…but it was the only way…right? Something in her heart was saying no. It believed she just wanted to have some fun.
Instinctively, Minerva McGonagall turned to the headmaster. He smiled at her, a twinkle in his eye and she allowed a small smile back. He knew what she was thinking. Taking out her wand, the Professor pointed it at her throat. "Magnificus Sonorium…" She paused for thought before clearly enunciating the letter X five times.
Her voice erupted through the stands, scaring the assembled students out of any remaining wits, the volume of her voice fifty times that of Sirius and Remus.
"MASTERS LUPIN AND BLACK ALONG WITH MISS ROCHESTER! PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING SONORUS CHARMS OR FOR THAT MATTER ANY SPELLS WHATSOEVER THIS VERY INSTANT! A WEEK'S DETENTION FOR BOTH MASTERS LUPIN AND BLACK AND TWO WEEKS…"
"Uh…and here's the Gryffindor team now! Forester, Kincaid, Thomas, Spier, Jordan, Dahl, aaaaannnddddd Potter! And the Hufflepuff team, Rogers, Fowl, Pease, Candler, Delaney, Luthers aannnddd Hersey! Now, Potter has been training his team at all hours of the day and I should know! Hufflepuff is going to have to play hard if they want to manage a decent loss today! Sorry professor!"
"Alright now, Professor Quatch is releasing his, oops, I mean, the balls."
Remus could make out Professor Quatch's grimace from the stands.
"Hehe, a mistake anyone could make. Sorry…Well, now, everyone better get a last glimpse of the Snitch, at least before James gets a hold of it… Did anyone know that he's actually nick" He stopped short after receiving James' intense glare. The entire student body, especially the staff looked extremely interested.
"Hey! There goes the quaffle."
Behind him, the group was discussing his commentating in ill-disguised whispers.
"He's acting very strange…" Lily remarked.
Kat asked, "It's not like this is his first time commentating is it?"
"No! He's been doing this since… well, since first year, when James became seeker." Lily replied.
"Yeah, and he's never made so many mistakes before… and he's usually extra careful to keep the professors pleased when it's a Gryffindor match." Lara added.
"Maybe it's because of the moon…" Katrina thought out loud.
"Or maybe," added Sirius lightly, "It's because I added a reverto potion into his goblet this morning…"
"SIRIUS!" exclaimed Kat.
Lily and Lara looked at her blankly.
"Basically, he becomes the exact opposite of himself. And you know how quiet, well mannered and trustworthy he is? Think the opposite! AND SIRIUS! You dorkhead!" She hit him on the head. "I have to go help him!" She rushed down to the commentating box, pointing a sonorous charm at herself on the way.
"Hello, everyone!" Katrina's sonorous-ed voice emerged as well. Remus was quite astonished but as Professor McGonagall stood up, he shook his head furiously.
She continued. " Remus here forgot to introduce me. How perfectly typical of a guy."
All the witches laughed and Professor McGonagall sat back down.
"I'm" she went on, " I'm Katrina... And I'll be helping him today. Right Remus?"
"Right, Kat." Replied Remus weakly.
Behind them:
"My god. That girl's got spunk." Lily said.
"No, not spunk…" replied Sirius sagely. "That girl just likes Remus… a lot."
Lara glared at him.
Remus was saying, "Alright, the quaffle is being released…. Hufflepuff is in possession of the quaffle, Forester takes it, passes it to Spier, a bludger heading his way! Move YOU IDIOTIC NITWIT!"
Katrina put a hand over his mouth. "And a near miss in the first few minutes of the game! Alright, the uh, waffle in Gryffindor possession. What's her name Julie uh…. Spier is nearing the goal posts… She shoots! She scores!"
Remus shoved her hand off. "Great job for Julie Spier, what a fine arse that girl has!"
"REMUS!" Kat yelled.
"Well, sorry, Julie, no comparison to Kat here."
"Remus!"
"Now then, 15 to nil, for Gryffindor. And the quaffle is released again. Fowl in possession, passes to Rogers, back to Fowl and passes to Luthers, Dahl makes a grab but misses, Luthers is moving to the Gryffindor goal… He shoots, ooh, a miss, you demonic fire breather! And Thomas makes a fine save. And….James makes a dive, the game could be over in just a few minutes, Hersey right on his tail, Come on James! Come on! Move your bloomin arse! And no, the snitch has disappeared. James, you piece of-" Kat shoved Remus on the floor.
Katrina sat up after a few minutes struggle. "Ahem. James, please try to do better!"
"Hey, Kat! Get off… me! It's my… job to commentate… not YOURS!"
Kat fell down.
"AHEM! Now, where were we? Yes, James you piece of crap, you better catch the damned snitch, otherwise I swear I will tell everyone about the time you and Sirius were in the bathtub together!"
The student body froze. Even the Quidditch players stopped, hovering in midair staring between James and Remus, flashing glances at Sirius in between. The Hufflepuff captain Hersey took the chance to search intensely for the snitch and Rogers scored three or four times without anyone realizing it.
Suddenly, behind James, Hersey dived, putting on an extra burst of speed. James turned. The Snitch. He dove. Remus began commentating again but James couldn't hear anything.
The snitch moved towards the stands, towards the commentating box, towards… Remus; the two seekers chasing behind it.
"AHHHHH!" Remus screamed.
Katrina had finally managed to sit up, but when she saw the snitch, behind it Hersey and behind him, James; She dropped back down again.
James knew that if he didn't stop soon, BooM! His best friend Moony, wouldn't be very happy with him. But he would win the match, wouldn't he?
He didn't stop.
A few minutes later:
"YES!" Katrina yelled. "GRYFFINDOR WINS! 160 to nil! OH MY GOD!"
She looked down. "REMUS IS DEAD!"
Lara, Lily, James, Peter and Sirius rushed over, followed closely by Professor McGonagall.
The Professor bent down. "He's not dead. He's just unconscious because Hersey and Potter both slammed into him."
"Oh." Everyone replied in unison, peering down.
