For the Love of the game

Soon enough classes were over for the morning and it was lunch time. Lily, Sarah, and Aimee went to the Great Hall and sat down. "Can you believe the homework that McGonagall assigned and on the first day of scho-" Lily stopped mid sentence. James Potter plus 3 had just sat down in front of her. "Hello" James said like this was an usual everyday occurrence. "What are you doing sitting here?" Lily asked or more accurately sneered.

"Well since you asked, I just wanted to say that Quidditch tryouts are tonight" James replied

"Okay so you can leave now"

"Or I could stay and chat, especially about the prank that is going to happen in five minutes"

"What did you four do now?" Sarah had entered the conversation for the first time.

"Wait and see." Sirius jumped in. "I hope you know that I'm going to have to put all four of you in detention. Lily said

"Actually two, Wormtail and Moony are clean. Moony is the one that convinced us to come over here and confess" James interjected

"Okay the two of you"

"Aren't you even going to wait to see what the prank is"

"Will that change my mind"

"Probably not, but I can always hope that you get a sense of humor."

With that the conversation was over and not just because Lily was about to get up and walk away. At that moment the five minutes was up and the prank had begun. The first thing that Lily saw was the confetti. It was rainbow and streaming from everywhere. The ceiling burst into red, white, and blue firecrackers. Suddenly a huge banner appeared out of everywhere that announced Gryffindor tryouts were tonight. Underneath it was a smaller banner that said "Come one, come all and see your great Headgirl tryout" and underneath in smaller letters "Seats: 5 galleons standing room: 5 sickles. Guaranteed to be fun for the whole school. Come and enjoy a good laugh." First the laughs came from the Slytheran table and slowly everyone else joined in. James and Sirius got up and stood on the table. James took a bow and Sirius shouted at the top of his lungs "Guaranteed to be fun" "Lily joined them on the table much to their surprise. "As well as myself trying out I will be joined by Sirius Black. He and James Potter will also report for detention cleaning out of this confetti the Muggle way after tryouts are over" Lily stood down. Sirius's face was a state of shock. He couldn't move. Everyone in the school knew that he was afraid of heights after a prank gone wrong in the second year. That was just after he and James made the Quidditch team. Sirius had to quit leaving James as the youngest member. James however took matters into his own hands at that moment. He quickly vanished everything and made a face at Lily that clearly said what now. Lily quickly brought back the confetti and placed a charm on it so it could not be affected by magic and walked out of the Great Hall. "See you tonight boys" she sweetly called over her shoulder.

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It was 8:00, the moment of truth. About half the school had turned up for tryouts. Only about ten of them were there to tryout. Two second years were there standing on the field looking as if they had never held a broom before. Another two third years had tried to do a lap and were puking into buckets that a seventh year had conjured. The other six looked confidant but that was just appearance. At that moment the team walked out. Sirius and Lily were close behind. "Take two laps" James shouted out. Immediately the old team flew up into the air. The people there for tryouts followed hesitantly. After 2 laps three people had crashed, four had gotten sick, and three more had managed to fall off their brooms and seriously injure themselves. After all of the pandemonium this morning it seemed that only Lily and Sirius were the only ones left in the tryouts.

"Okay I guess this is down to an all out competition" James announced to the anxious crowd. I will release the snitch and whoever is the first one to catch it wins the spot." The crowd looked even more excited, if it was possible. The two underdogs come from behind to compete for the spot. "And the snitch is off, with a five second head start" James shouted "FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO," the crow shouted, and they were off. Lily and Sirius tore through the air. Sirius was competing for pride alone. There was no way that he was going to lose to a girl, particularly a girl who had never flown before, let alone ridden a broomstick.

For Lily this was about the love of the game. She had never ridden a broomstick before, that much was true. But once she had gotten on it was as if she had been doing this her entire life. She loved to fly and she had to win. There was no way a Marauder, except maybe for James, would ever beat her at flying. She wouldn't allow it. There the snitch, she saw it. It was hovering over James's ear. She shot towards it, unfortunately for her Sirius saw it to. She accelerated, 40km/hr, 50, 60 she couldn't go any faster.

Sirius saw the snitch it was hovering over Prongs' ear. He had to win, he had to. He accelerated, he lunged.

James saw two people shooting at him at an incredible speed, he looked up and saw the snitch, he made a desperate dive to avoid being hit.

The crowd was wild with excitement. Everyone was on their feet screaming. They hadn't expected anything like this. They saw the lunges and held their breath. It was the moment of truth.

Author's note

I'm sorry but I love cliffhangers. Lots of school work. Probably won't be able to update for at least three days but I'll try my hardest. Hope you like the suspense. Who do you think should win. Whoever I get the most reviews for will most likely win. Sirius or Lily. Its up to you.