-DISCLAIMER-Stuff you recognize belongs to JKR, other stuff is mine.
A/N: I just realized I haven't updated this with the rest of the story. So, here it is. Chappys 12-16 are all going to be posted now. Review please!
"Oh, come on!"
"What do you mean, 'come on'?" Draco asked Harry.
"I got a bunch of these earlier this year.. Before we came to Hogwarts. I went to the Weasleys and for a week straight I got a bunch of these letters, in the same writing," said Harry to a very confused Draco.
"Oh."
As Harry tried to throw the letter away, it burst into flame. Harry stared at it, laughed it off, then continued. Later that day, it was time for the Quidditch match of Ravenclaw versus Slytherin.
However, one problem remained.
Lee was not there.
It seemed that he had been "too biased" with his commentating earlier, and so the teachers were not allowing it.
Lee finally convinced the teachers that he would try to be unbiased. They gave in when he gave them the puppy-dog pout.
Just then, Pansy reappeared right next to Draco. "Hey, Draco baby, how's it going?"
"Pansy, I AM NOT YOUR BABY!" Draco screamed and the whole hall stared at him.
"Today the game will be of Ravenclaw, so far third in standings with 170 points, against Slytherin, so far in second for standings with 190 points. The winner will advance, whereas the loser will go against Gryffindor, so far in first with 220 points, tomorrow. The loser of that game is out of the running."
"Today, I will introduce everyone as they fly out for making it to the semi-finals with even distribution of great wishes to everyone." Lee looked disgusted at the prospect of no routing for a team.
"First of all, for Ravenclaw. Here's the first Ravenclaw Chaser, Parvati Patil! She has scored a total of a whopping zero points!"
Parvati glared at him.
"Sorry! I was just telling the facts!"
Parvati rode out into position on the field.
"The second Ravenclaw Chaser, Sally-Anne Perks! She so far has also scored zero points! We expect better of you, Sally-Anne Perks!"
Sally-Anne glared at him, just like Parvati did. However, this time Lee ignored her and continued.
"The final Ravenclaw Chaser, the only one to score the past few days, Ernie MacMillan! He scored twenty points in previous days."
Ernie rode around, very overjoyed. He actually got a good comment from Lee Jordan, a major accomplishment as Jordan favored Gryffindor.
"Now, the Slytherin Chasers! The first one has so far broken a nail and cried when she didn't win the game. She also is obsessed with Dra," Lee said before Professor Black interrupted him.
"YOU ONLY NEED TO GIVE OUT THE NAMES AND POINTS SCORED! NOT WHOM THEY LIKE AND PERSONAL INFORMATION, JORDAN! WE ARE WARNING YOU!"
"Sorry, Professor Black, just telling the facts! Anyway, so far Pansy did not score in the first game against Gryffindor, for she fell, and assisted with a score in the game against Hufflepuff. She has not actually scored yet though."
"Jordan, my man doesn't need to hear that!"
"Oh well."
"Whatever," Pansy said as she rode her Comet Three Hundred around the stadium.
"Our second Slytherin Chaser. Now, he has scored before, unlike our Miss Parkinson," Lee said glaring at her, "He has scored one time, Morag MacDougal!"
Morag flashed everyone a winning smile as he rode around the stadium. He seemed to be enjoying the attention.
"And our third and final Slytherin Chaser. So far, he is the MVP of the Slytherin team. He has scored six times in the past two games. Dean Thomas!"
Dean rode around, with many cheers from Slytherins, both new and old. It
seemed that almost everyone in the stadium was at least clapping for him.
"Now, the Beaters. Ravenclaw has two very good Beaters, I must say. Our first Beater is Ronald Weasley!"
Ron rode around to Lee's location. "Just call me Ron, okay? I don't like my first name."
"Okay. Sorry, folks, that's RON Weasley there."
Ron rode around, smiling a "magnificent" smile for everyone.
"And the other Ravenclaw Beater, Vincent Crabbe!"
Crabbe rode the broom, which looked like it was about to fall apart with his weight upon it.
"Now, the Slytherin Beaters. Slytherin also has two awesome Beaters. They have Gregory Goyle!"
Goyle rode around on the broom, which also looked like it was about to fall apart with his weight.
"And the other Slytherin Beater, Fred Weasley!"
Fred rode around, causing a riot because he rode around everywhere, including in the stands.
"That's Fred alright!" Lee said as he chuckled with everyone else, then continued with his introduction.
"Next, the Keepers. Ravenclaw has an excellent Keeper. So far, he hasn't blocked any goals, but he sure will if they come his way. I present for your enjoyment, Seamus Finnigan!" said Lee.
Seamus rode around, very gleeful.
"And the Slytherin Keeper. Well, he sure is a good one. He has blocked the Quaffle from scoring twice and so far only one hundred and twenty points have been scored against him. Sorry about that, I was just telling the truth, Hagrid! Well, you all know him, Rubeus Hagrid!"
Hagrid sped up to the goal posts He didn't want anyone scoring against him that day.
"Finally, the ones who will end the game, the Seekers. Both teams made excellent choices, I must say. The Ravenclaw Seeker, who is very attractive, ("JORDAN!") Lorena Corena!"
Lorena flew out onto the field, blushing furiously. Lee wasn't cute, though, so she didn't let it get to her head.
"And lastly, the Slytherin Seeker. She too is very attractive, ("JORDAN!") and has done a great job of getting her team here. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Megan Newgana!"
Harry was in the crowd. When Megan looked around and saw him, she grinned and blew him a kiss. All the guys saw this and nearly fainted.
"Our referee for this game, he used to be the Keeper and Captain of the
Gryffindor Quidditch team before he finished his years here. Oliver Wood!"
"Come on Lee, just get this show going!" Oliver said. Lorena's breakup with him was clearly bothering him.
"Okay, Wood! The Bludgers are up, and already are trying to knock people off their brooms, and, oh boy, already they are successful! Slytherin Chaser and pretty boy, no actually pretty girl, Pansy Parkinson, has already been knocked off her broom! She gets back up though and flies back up into position! The Quaffle is now in play. Slytherin Chaser Pansy Parkinson holding it. Where's she going, cause it's definitely not the right way, wait, she's AAH!" Lee said as the Quaffle came hurtling towards him.
"Take that!" Pansy screamed.
"Jordan, YOU CAN'S BE BIASED OR WE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO COMMENTATE ANYMORE!"
"Yes, sir. Slytherin Chaser Dean Thomas with the Quaffle. He passes it to Morag MacDougal, and he shoots. Ravenclaw Keeper Seamus Finnigan blocks it, and passes to the wrong team. Slytherin back in possession. Chaser Pansy Parkinson heading for goal, and she shoots. Block them, Ravenclaw! Oh no. Slytherin scores."
The Slytherin end of the field erupted with cheers.
"Ravenclaw Chaser Parvati Patil with the Quaffle. Slytherin Beater Fred Weasley hits the Bludger at Parvati. Move it Parvati! Don't let the Bludger hit you!" Lee said as the Bludger hit Parvati right in the face. She fell down, and the Slytherins rejoiced as they grabbed the Quaffle and scored two times, Dean Thomas scoring once then Morag MacDougal scoring. Lee cursed so badly that Professor Black almost had to rip the megaphone away from him.
"Oh, by the way everyone! All Quidditch team members and myself are allowed to go to the game tonight of the teachers. Two members of each House Quidditch team will also play. If your group wins, 100 House points will be given to each House. The teams are as follows: Gryffindor and Ravenclaw against Hufflepuff and Slytherin. At dinner we will announce the one, two, or three members of each House team that were chosen to compete in this. For the students, they are being given a great once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Today there will also be Captains of five different Quidditch teams: the Chudley Cannons, Grodzick Goblins, Tutshill Tornados, Vratsa Vultures, and Wimbourne Wasps. All five of these teams need a position filled. If you are a good enough Quidditch player, then one of these teams may pick you for the next World Wide Quidditch season. Good luck to all! Now, back to the match. The score is thirty-zero Slytherin leading. Oh, sorry about that, it's thirty-ten Slytherin winning. Ravenclaw Chaser Ernie MacMillan just scored. Ravenclaw already has the Quaffle back in play. Ravenclaw Chaser Sally-Anne Perks with the Quaffle, heading for goal—she scores! Thirty-twenty to Slytherin, and Slytherin with the Quaffle. Wait—no, Ravenclaw with the Quaffle. Ravenclaw Chaser Parvati Patil heading for the hoops—and she shoots—its in! Thirty-thirty!"
The Ravenclaw end erupted with applause.
"Slytherin Chaser Dean Thomas with the Quaffle. He's heading for the hoops—and gets it past the Ravenclaw Keeper, Seamus Finnigan. Wait—Ravenclaw with the Quaffle and heading for goal, and they get it past Slytherin Keeper, Rubeus Hagrid. Tie Forty-Forty."
Everyone in the stadium was screaming. Both Megan and Lorena had spotted the Snitch.
"It's friend on friend!"
"Come on Megan!"
"Come on Lorena!"
Ravenclaw fans were screaming. Lorena was only one inch away from the Snitch. However, Slytherin/Megan had the better brooms. Megan was catching up….
"Slytherin Chaser Dean Thomas loses the Quaffle to Ravenclaw Chaser Parvati Patil. Parvati is going down—oh it looks like she's going to score! Wait—Slytherin Seeker Megan Newgana has caught the Golden Snitch! Slytherin wins, 190 to 40!" Lee said sadly. He didn't seem to like that Slytherin won.
"Tomorrow, Gryffindor will go against Ravenclaw. The winner will advance, and the loser will be knocked out. Good luck to Gryffin," Lee started before he was interrupted by Professor Black.
"LEE JORDAN! YOU WILL NOT COMMENTATE TOMORROW IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE BIASED!"
"Ok, Professor. Good luck to all," said Lee, looking disgusted. Obviously, being in Gryffindor, he wanted to route for them.
That evening at dinner, Dumbledore rose once more and, as always, everyone became quiet.
"You remember that at the Quidditch Match earlier, Lee Jordan told you all that between one and three people in each House would be allowed to come to the match tonight. A total of four students per house were chosen, depending on the teachers who signed up and the positions they play. First, team one. This is made up of all Gryffindor or Ravenclaw students or teachers. First of all, there are three teachers. The first teacher is Professor Sirius Black, Head of Gryffindor House. He plays Beater."
Sirius stood up and bowed his head while those in either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw clapped for him.
"Secondly, the Head of Ravenclaw House, Fleur Delacour. She plays Chaser," Dumbledore added as Ravenclaws broke out into a whole lot of applause.
"Our final teacher on that team will be Professor McGonagall, who plays Keeper," said Dumbledore.
"Now, our three teachers on the Slytherin and Hufflepuff side. First of all, the Head of Hufflepuff House, Oliver Wood. He plays Keeper."
The Hufflepuff tables erupted with applause—Wood was an excellent Keeper. Gryffindor and Ravenclaw would have a hard time scoring against him! Then, after it died down, Dumbledore continued.
"Secondly, our Head of Slytherin House, Viktor Krum, will be playing Chaser! Yes, I know he was Seeker for Bulgaria two years ago, but he wants to give the position of Chaser a go."
The Slytherin table erupted with applause at this.
"And the third teacher, Professor Snape, will be playing Beater."
Only Slytherins were happy about this. Snape was for sure going to whack them all a whole lot if it would get him popularity.
"Now, the moment you've all been waiting for! The announcement for the students telling them who was chosen. Now, if you weren't chosen, it doesn't mean that you are bad. All it means is that you were not chosen for this activity. Now, first of all, the Chasers will be revealed. So far, we all know about Fleur Delacour on the Ravenclaw/Gryffindor team and Viktor Krum on the Slytherin/Hufflepuff team. The other two Chasers chosen for the Ravenclaw/Gryffindor team both are Gryffindors. The envelope please," Dumbledore said and then everyone laughed.
"Okay, so there's no envelope. Each winner will be announced separately. First of all, Draco Malfoy!"
Draco stood up, dumbfounded. He didn't think that he was going to actually win! Then, he sat down so Dumbledore could continue.
"The other Chaser," Dumbledore started then Cho stood up.
"You love me, you really really love me!"
Everyone stared at her.
"I made it didn't I?"
"Um, actually you were not chosen. The remaining person obviously was the winner. Cristy Filman will also play Chaser for this game tonight."
Cristy stood up, looking like she was on the verge of tears. She was extremely glad that she had been chosen.
"Now, the Chasers for the Slytherin/Hufflepuff team. Two spots remain, who will take them? We're about to find out. One of the winning Chasers is Justin Finch-Fletchley."
Justin stood up, smiled at everyone, and then sat back down.
"The other winning Chaser is Dean Thomas."
While Dean stood up, Pansy screamed at Dumbledore.
"There must be some mistake. I am so much better than Dean over there," she screamed at him. The entire Hall stared at her.
"I am sorry, you must have misunderstood me. DEAN THOMAS is the other winner."
"That is so wrong."
"That's just how it turned out, Miss Parkinson."
Pansy slumped back on her chair before finally letting Dumbledore continue.
"The Beater position remaining on the Gryffindor/Ravenclaw team is filled by Ginny Weasley."
Ginny blushed furiously. Then she looked at her brother, who was actually looking very happy for her. She stood up and looked at Harry, who was giving her the thumbs-up, and saw Megan looking very jealous in the background.
"The remaining Beater position on the Slytherin/Hufflepuff team is filled by Fred Weasley."
"FRED? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE READING THAT PAPER CORRECTLY AND IT DOESN'T SAY THAT ITS SUPPOSED TO BE GEORGE WEASLEY?" George said with obvious jealousy.
"No, on here it says Fred Weasley in very plain letters."
"GRRRRRRRRRRR"
Fred stood up and smiled at everyone. He looked over to George and laughed. He was just pulling another one of his oh-so-famous pranks.
"Now, as both Keeper positions are filled, we will move on to the Seeker position. For the Gryffindor/Ravenclaw team, the Seeker for tonight will be Harry Potter."
Harry stood up, looked to his friends, then smiled and sat back down. Megan crossed her fingers.
"The Seeker for Hufflepuff/Slytherin is Megan Newgana."
Megan screamed. Hermione looked hurt.
"Now, tonight at 8:00 everyone on a Quidditch team this year is allowed to come watch the game. If you were chosen, you will be playing. Bed!" Dumbledore said and everyone left.
That night, everyone went down to the indoor stadium where match was being held. Lee Jordan was there, doing the commentary as usual. Lee welcomed everyone and announced them all separately before the match started.
"Welcome, everyone. Today we have the Captains of five different Quidditch teams from around the world here. They all need at least one position filled. The Chudley Cannons need a new Seeker and two new Chasers. The Grodzick Goblins need a new Keeper and a new Beater. The Tutshill Tornados need a new Seeker and a new Keeper. The Vratsa Vultures need a new Seeker, and the Wimbourne Wasps need a new Beater. Now, I know that we did not pick three Seekers, two Chasers, two Keepers, as well as two Beaters picked. Not all of you will be chosen for one of these teams. In fact, I don't expect even five of you to be picked for one of these teams. Everyone is eligible to be on a team right now, even if you weren't chosen for the match tonight. If you were chosen for the match we will just have a better idea of what you are capable of. If you want to try out for one of these positions but were not picked for a House team, will most likely not be chosen by the Captains to come here. If you want to be a Chaser on one of these teams, go to Section A. If you want to be a Beater, then go to Section B. If you want to be a Keeper on one of these teams, go to Section C. If you want to be a Seeker, then go to Section D. Now, if you were picked for a Chaser on your House team and want to be a Seeker on one of these teams, then go to the section delegated for Seekers. If you want to be a Chaser go to that area now, for those tryouts are first," Dumbledore said. Almost immediately, Draco Malfoy, Cristy Filman, Cho Chang, Tom Felchina, Lisa Turpin, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Parvati Patil, Sally-Anne Perks, Ernie MacMillan, Pansy Parkinson, Dean Thomas, and Morag MacDougal walked to Section A. They all came out a half an hour later with giant grins on their face. In fact, a few of them were styling smirks.
"Now, all wannabe Beaters please go to that location, Section B."
Lavendar Brown, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, George Weasley, Ron Weasley, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, and Fred Weasley walked over. All of the people that wanted to be Beaters were that position on their House team. About a half an hour after that, they came out of their tryouts and many looked extremely pleased with themselves.
"All wannabe Keepers please go to Section C now."
Oliver Wood, Padma Patil, Blaise Zabini, Seamus Finnigan, and Hagrid all went to Section C. Oliver Wood was allowed to try out because he was still only in his first year of teaching and was known to be an excellent Keeper.
About fifteen minutes later, the five trying out for Keeper came out of Section C looking extremely smug.
Lastly, all wannabe Seekers go to Section D now please," Dumbledore said, still smiling from what had happened in the Keeper tryouts. Oliver Wood never had let the Quaffle by him, yet he was not the one looking smug, everyone else was. As confused as everyone was, they watched as Harry, Hermione, Lorena, Draco and Megan all went in for tryouts for the position of Seeker.
Finally, at around nine o'clock, everyone was ready for the game. The team of Gryffindor/Ravenclaw chose their name to be the "Flag of America", and the Slytherin/Hufflepuff team chose their mascot to be the "Colors of Jamaica." On the scoreboard, however, it would just say the first part of the name, meaning that Gryffindor/Ravenclaw was written on the scoreboard as Flag and Slytherin/Hufflepuff was on the board as Colors. As the Quaffle came into play, all of the teachers avoided trying to catch it. The students were confused but they continued their game.
"It's Color Chaser Dean Thomas with the Quaffle. Flag Beater Sirius Black whacks a Bludger at Color Beater Fred Weasley and is successful—Fred Weasley is knocked off course. Flag Chaser Cristy Filman with the Quaffle now, heading for the hoops. She shoots, and—yes, it's in!"
The other members of the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw (and Megan) Quidditch
Teams were applauding, whereas the members of the Slytherin and Hufflepuff (minus Megan) were crying out their "boo's.
"Now its Color Chaser Viktor Krum—no it's Flag Chaser Draco Malfoy with the Quaffle—he's heading for the goal—he shoots, and Oliver Wood sends it right back to him—Draco Malfoy passes the Quaffle to Cristy Filman, she passes it right back, Draco Malfoy shoots for the left hoop, and—yes, it's in! Twenty-zip to Flag."
The Gryffindors were applauding the most, for the Chasers on their team were doing better than the teachers!
"Now it's Color Chaser Justin Finch-Fletchley with the Quaffle, stolen by Cristy Filman, passes it to Fleur Delacour, Head of Ravenclaw House. Fleur passes the Quaffle back to Cristy; she passes to Draco, he shoots, Wood blocks it! Wait—Cristy already has the Quaffle back again, heading for the hoops—she fakes it left and throws right, yes, she scores! Thirty-zip to Flag!"
Lee joined in with the applause at this, because he was not saying it to all it was okay that he was applauding.
"Color Keeper Oliver Wood needs to refresh those skills before being accepted onto a high World-Wide Quidditch team, huh? Anyway, Flag Beater Ginny Weasley hits that Bludger right at her brother! What are you doing, Ginny? Don't hurt your brother!" Wow, I must say though, she is successful. Fred Weasley loses control of the broom, and he's down! Color down one Chaser. Wait—Flag Seeker Harry Potter has gone into a spectacular dive—it looks like he is going to get the Snitch—wait, he's pulled back by Color Seeker Megan Newgana—What are you doing, Megan? You can't hug the other team's Seeker! Especially when he's diving for the Snitch!"
"FLAG PENALTY!" came the voice of Madam Hooch.
Cristy flew forward to take the penalty.
"She gets it past the Keeper! Forty-zero to Gryffindor! Wait—Harry once more has gone into a dive—Megan trailing behind more and more as Harry gains speed, he reaches out, and—yes, he's got it! Flag of our Country plus Yellow wins!"
Everyone was screaming, it depended on what team they were on, but everyone was screaming. This is why no one noticed when Ginny Weasley disappeared.
The following day, it was time for the Match of Gryffindor against Ravenclaw. When Harry was rounding everybody up, he was looking around and only six people were there. This is when he noticed that Ginny was gone.
"Guys, where's Ginny?"
As if it were an answer to his question, she suddenly reappeared, and right next to Harry. He noticed a blinking red button with the words, "Baddy Inc." on it.
"Ginny? Where did you get that button?"
"What button?"
"This red one that says Baddy Inc, where did you get it? Did you buy it? Or did someone just give it to you?"
"Oh my God! That's where I was last night. After the Quidditch game, I suddenly appeared right next to some old guy He told me to wear this thing "or else." I don't think that it's anything really bad though."
"Hold on, Ginny. Let me get Hermione really quick."
"Okay, Harry."
Harry ran up the stairs and saw Hermione talking to Neville. "Hermione, can I talk to you?"
"Sure, Harry. I'll be right back, Neville."
Harry led her around and told her the situation.
"Remember how after the game last night, it seemed that someone was missing?"
"Yea."
"Well, it seems that Ginny was taken captive. Now, I think that she is being traced!"
"Where is she, Harry?"
"Over here."
Harry led her to Ginny's location. When Hermione saw the blinker, she at once knew what it was.
"Ginny, give me that!"
"What?"
"The blinking red thing!"
"Why?"
"You see this number? That's how many more seconds until it blows up!"
"Oh my God! Take it off!"
Five...four...three...two...one...
BOOM!