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Questions raised: I'll update on Saturday, then you won't here from me till Sunday 30th. Sorry I'm taking a well deserved break.

My Uni's- Loved Sussex, Loved Winchester, Loved Chichister, didn't like Portsmouth (no offense to anyone who lives there) I just wouldn't feel safe there. Also didn't like Brighton really I didn't think the course was what I was looking for.

This story will end happily but the sequal (which probably won't be churned out for a few months) goes right up to Lily and James's deaths. Sorry!

Jenny's green pyjamas rock don't they?

Thanks to everyone who sends chocolate! The muses are very happy!

A/N: ZZZzzzz… 'Muses thwack Mei over the head' Wha…? Oh yeah. Sorry I didn't sleep much over the weekend. A sleepy Mei is not a happy one.

Things I've had or have to do today:

Go for UCAS interview (done)

Finish Business Studies presentation (done)

Find biscuits for Business Studies tomorrow (done)

Write 1000 words for Media Studies Critical Evaluation (done)

Update my fanfic (done)

Torture annoying boy in photography class who constantly asks me to go out with him, by, a) Hitting him with HBP. b) Duck taping him to the side of the sixth form centre in the pouring rain. c) Cementing his mouth shut...Okay maybe I won't actually do this one. I'll just tell him to bugger off tomorrow morning.

Now where's my bottle of coke? I'm tired!

Chapter 30

The aftermath of the attack on the twins yielded no response from the teachers. True to their word, Lily and James had gone straight to Dumbledore with the news of the attack. However the headmaster had said that without credible evidence there was nothing that could be done. Seething, both head boy and girl had left with a horrible feeling of defeat hanging over them.

Within a couple of weeks however something else took the place of worry over the Slytherins. With the upcoming Quidditch final most of the Gryffindors animosity was turned on the Ravenclaws all whom seemed to have been whipped into hostile action by Ethan Roberts. As captain and seeker of the team Ethan was spoiling for a fight.

As the day of the match rolled around, breakfast had an eerie air of silence surrounding it which Lily had come to associate with Dementors.

"You could cut the tension in here with an axe," she muttered as the post owls swooped in.

"We can't help it if your ex wants us dead Lily," Jenny said looking remarkably like Remus before a full moon.

"I can't eat a thing," Tash said pushing her bowl away into the path of a speeding owl, which crashed and sprayed her with cornflakes and milk. The Ravenclaw team and a majority of the Slytherin table laughed at her.

"Bloody bird," Tash complained magically drying her robes. The owl gave an offended hoot and took off cuffing her round the head with its wing as it went.

"Who's it for?" Lily asked, as Tash promptly cursed all owls into the next millennium.

"Me," Jenny said picking up the letter and reading it.

"Mum wants to wish us all good luck," she said.

"We'll need more than luck to see us through this," James muttered.

"Don't get any ideas James," Jenny warned. "We can't use Felix Felicis in sports otherwise I would have drowned an entire cauldron of it already!"

"Lily, James." Lily turned around to see Cassie and Olivia beside the table, receiving glares from the rest of their house.

"Alright?" James asked.

"Not really," Cassie said. "We know it's the day of the match and everything but we just got the letters."

To Lily's horror both girls were carrying identical black letters and they didn't need three guesses to know who it was.

"We're sorry," Lily said giving each of them a hug. "Are you going to be okay?"

"We're going to go and speak to Flitwick," Olivia said downcast. "We just though you should know after what happened the other week."

"Thanks for letting us know," Lily said. "Flitwick should be in his office, I haven't seen him come down yet."

"Thanks." Both the twins walked off with their heads hung.

"Poor girls," Jenny said looking sadly at them.

"Wish it was the Slytherins on the pitch," Sirius said. "I'd relish kicking them right about now."

OOO

"And they're off!" Mark shouted to the crowd. Lily immediately followed the Quaffle which went straight into Tash's hands.

"Gryffindor with possession," Mark announced. "Tearing up the pitch…passes over to Ericson. Sally's dodging a Bludger. Flips it back to Marquand. Blocked by Connor Davis of Ravenclaw. That looked painful! Ravenclaw with possession. Nope nice Bludger work there from Black. Clarissa Travis with possession. She's in the scoring zone with Fallow up ahead… she scores! Ten zero to Gryffindor!"

Lily cheered with the rest of the scarlet supporters.

High above, James was keeping his eyes peeled for the Snitch. He didn't like the looks that Ethan was giving him and wanted to end the game before it could get nasty.

"Ravenclaw with possession," Mark continued. "Joel Lennard with the Quaffle flanked by opposing chasers. Ouch! That's going to hurt in the morning! Bludger in the head. Maybe he'll stop spouting rubbish now…joking professor! Gryffindor back in possession… Merlin that was quick! Gryffindor score!

Silently cheering James scanned the pitch again. Nearby Ethan was doing the same. As play continued, James was the first to notice the Bludger hitting Sally.

"Ericson's down!" Mark shouted to the roars of outrage from the Gryffindors. "That was a nasty swing from Norton! Gryffindor's going to have to manage without one chaser. Well they managed fine in the last match… Gryffindor in possession."

Out of the corner of his eye James noticed Jenny smacking a Bludger as hard as she could at the Ravenclaw keeper. He hit the ground and stayed there.

"Mathews is down!" Mark shouted in surprise. "Blimey where are they all going?"

Ethan let out a stream of violent swear words from his post near James. James sniggered in a satisfied manner.

With the keeper now out of the way scoring became easier for Tash and Clarissa despite the fact they were one team mate down. They scored again bringing the score to thirty-ten.

Watching Ethan turn more and more purple by the minute was extremely satisfying for Lily as well.

"Look at his face!" Peter squeaked. "He can't believe it!"

"Fantastic!" Remus grinned.

"James!" Lily shouted. James looked over quickly to see Lily pointing to a spot near the ground. To his surprise Ethan had swooped down to talk to his beaters. There was a nasty grin on his face and James realised that this could mean nothing good.

Sure enough both beaters swooped up to the nearest Bludger and smacked it as hard as they could at Sirius who didn't notice until it was too late.

The Gryffindors screamed as he hit the ground. The Bludger had knocked him clean off his broom.

"Jesus!" Mark swore loudly. "There goes Black! And Marquand is shouting at the Ravenclaw captain! What on earth is going on!"

James knew exactly what was going on. Tash had obviously witnessed Ethans hurried conversation with his beaters.

"You foul cheating little bastard! That was uncalled for!"

Lily screamed another warning too late as the same Bludger slammed directly into Tash's face. There was a sickening crack loud enough for the whole pitch to hear and Tash joined Sirius on the ground.

James signalled for a time out and hurried down to the ground even before the whistle was blown. Sirius was unconscious but appeared unharmed. Tash on the other hand was sporting a very bloody nose and was swearing shamelessly at Ethan.

"Dat fucking biserable cheading son of a bidch!" she spluttered through thick blood.

"Down here," James waved to the rest of the team. Jenny skidded to a halt and began trying to clean Tash up.

"Sally!" James shouted. Sally ran over, the side of her head bandaged from the Bludger attack. "Can you play?" Sally nodded in determination.

"Right. Tash, you and Sirius are out," James said. Tash immediately began shouting.

"I'b find!" she raved sounding as though she had a bad cold.

"No you're not!" James cut her off. "Sally you can cover for her. Jenny, focus the Bludger on Ethan. The sooner we can put him out, the better."

Play continued, with both sides equally hampered by injury. But with just two chasers, one still mildly injured, Sally and Clarissa were having trouble keeping hold of the Quaffle long enough to score. Ravenclaw scored another goal bringing the score to thirty-twenty.

Panicking now James continued his frantic search for the Snitch. Ethan however seemed to be waiting for James to spot it rather than look himself. This also gave Ethan the chance to shout instructions to his team mates.

As Jenny swung her bat at the oncoming Bludger, Ethan shot off suddenly and knocked her flying. There was another angry roar from the crowd and Madame Hooch blew her whistle.

"Bloody hell!" Mark swore, "these players are dropping like flies! And that's two penalties for Gryffindor!"

Five minutes later and two penalties for Gryffindor also meant that Jenny too had been taken off the pitch. Nerves on edge James almost had his own nose broken by another on coming Bludger. The Ravenclaw beaters seemed determined to get rid of all the Gryffindor players.

There was another cheer from the crowd as Ravenclaw scored again bringing the score level. At this same moment, James spotted it at last. The Snitch was hovering by the base of the Gryffindor goal posts.

Shooting off towards the end of the pitch Ethan sped after him. Neck and neck both seekers raced towards the snitch. The crowds had all stopped watching the chasers and were now screaming at their team mates.

Catching his opponents movement, James ducked just as Ethans fist swung at his head. The Ravenclaw overbalanced and fell the few feet to the ground, leaving James's way clear to the Snitch.

The cheer from the crowd was enough to raise the dead. The Gryffindor supporters spilled on to the pitch. James immediately spotted Lily and half pulled her onto his broom in a hug. From the edge of the pitch, all the injured players were returning. Jenny and Sirius were both awake and Tash's nose had been repaired.

"We won the cup!" Jenny squeaked as Lily and James made their way over to them. Everyone around them was seized in a massive hug and for once no one protested.

"We won!" Jen repeated once she had released everyone.

"Established Jen," Lily said happily.

"Cheater!" came a yell from the other end of the Pitch. Ethan was surrounded by his team mates.

"I can't help it if you lost your sense of balance Roberts," James said evenly.

"If you hadn't moved I would never had fallen!" Ethan fumed storming up to the Gryffindors.

"Back off Ethan!" Tash yelled. "You're just jealous that you lost. Not surprising though since they have you as captain."

"Shut your mouth Marquand!" another player snapped.

"Sod you!" Jenny joined in.

"Leave it guys!" Lily said. She didn't want a fight to start especially when they had just won the cup.

"Break it up," Madam Hooch interrupted.

"Come on," Lily pulled James away before he could start anything.

"You haven't heard the last of me Potter!" Ethan shouted as the team walked away.

A/N: Finished! I didn't want to add a party scene cause we've already had two of them. Hope you all liked! I love writing Quidditch. AHA! Found my coke…Zzzz… 'Muses crowd round' Fred: Not fast enough. Bless her little cotton socks.

UPDATE WILL BE ON SATURDAY MORNING! WE LEAVE FOR FRANCE SATURDAY EVENING!

Next Chapter: Exam time! Dun dun duuuunnnnn!

May Stardust fall in your dreams!