Author's note: Sorry it took so long for the update but I've been busy. Just a reminder: this story is a Katie/Oliver fanfic comprised of cute fluffy moments that happen between them during their Hogwarts days and how their relationship evolves later. Enjoy!

Where Eagles Fly

Chapter Two
A New Seeker

Katie sat down at the table next to Alicia and Angelina and the rest of the team. She moved there because all of her other friends were talking about how Harry Potter had come to school and she was a little tired of it. It wasn't that she didn't like Harry, he seemed like a nice kid and everything, but when you've heard his name 20 times in one minute, it wears a person out.

The team was discussing tryouts. The only tryouts that needed to be held were for Seeker. The one they had picked up last year was tired of people ridiculing him so he quit. Now they were stuck looking at people who sucked even more than he did.

"Maybe somebody will turn up who can actually play," Alicia said hopefully.

Oliver sighed. "I don't think so. We need a miracle."

"Then let's hope we get one," Katie said. "Who knows, maybe we'll get someone spectacular – who can catch the Snitch a foot from the ground."

"If only," Oliver said laughing. "We can always dream, eh?"

A week later, Oliver informed the team that McGonagall had indeed found someone who could catch the Snitch a foot off the ground . . . after a fifty foot dive.

"Are you serious?" Angelina practically squealed with delight.

"Bloody hell," said George.

"First time on a broomstick?" Fred said in disbelief.

Oliver nodded, seeming to bounce because he was so happy. "Harry Potter."

"What about him?" Katie asked. "I've already seen his scar, thanks very much."

"He's our new Seeker," Oliver said, grinning.

"You're joking," Angelina said.

Alicia looked thoughtful for a moment. "I think his dad was some sort of Quidditch player. Captain, I think. I saw his name in the trophy room once."

"But isn't he a first year?" Angelina asked. "Won't we get in trouble for using him?"

"McGonagall said that she got Dumbledore to bend the rules," Oliver said.

"The 'no first years' rule is only there because some of them don't know how to ride and could hurt themselves, right," Katie asked. "And since it's clear he knows how to handle himself on a broom, it should be all right."

"Yeah," Oliver said, "what she said."

"Well, this merits a celebration," Fred said.

"Maybe we ought to go thank Malfoy. Or perhaps Longbottom," George responded.

Just as Fred and George were going off to thank Neville (if it hadn't been for his remembrall, they wouldn't have a seeker), Oliver stopped them.

"Wait!" Oliver said, "I haven't even told you my plan!"

"Our first match is against Slytherin," Oliver spat the name with anger, "And I intend to beat them. Potter will be our secret weapon. They won't expect us to have a seeker,let alone one this good."

"So we're not telling anyone?" Alicia asked.

"Not telling anyone what?" Nearly-headless Nick asked, poking his head up from the steak and kidney pie that George had just been about to help himself to.

"We've got a new seeker," Oliver informed the ghost. "Harry Potter. But don't tell anyone, we want to keep it a secret."

"I can keep a secret," Sir Nick said. "You can count on me. But just imagine the face on the Gray Lady when I lord it over her head . . . "

"Don't do that!"

"I was merely joking, young lad," Nick said. "I can keep a secret."

Fred and George hurried off to congratulate Harry, and Alicia and Angelina left to do some work in the library. Before Katie went off to join them, she said to Oliver, "I guess we got our miracle."

Oliver smiled at her. "I guess we did. See you later, Katie."

"See ya."

Author's note: See, I told you: FLUFF hehe. So far, I've had a moment from a year before Harry got to Hogwarts, and a moment from the first book. Another moment from the first book coming up!