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Chapter 17
Broom Ride
Nia and Lily were lying in bed peacefully when suddenly their alarm clock began to beep. Out of pure habit Nia cast a quick spell to shut it off; she shouldn't have though. To her surprise the spell only made the clock blare louder.
The girls tried everything to ignore it. They covered their heads with their pillows, they threw their pillows at the clock and they even threw a couple miscellaneous objects at it as well. A couple shoes, a brush, a text book or two… but no matter what they did it wouldn't shut off.
"Shut your dame clock off you idiots!" They heard from the room next door.
"Shut it yourself! I'm too lazy!" Nia spat back, though she reluctantly got up to shut it off anyways.
"Lily, if you don't get your arse out of that bed in two seconds I'll hurt you," Nia said to her friend.
"Shut up Nia! I want to sleep," she grumbled back.
"Get up you lazy cow!" Nia growled while throwing several pillows at Lily's head.
"Sod off."
"Fine then," Nia walked over to the end of Lily's bed and grabbed the red-heads legs. Yanking on them hard, the two tumbled to the floor in a tangled mess.
"What was that for!" Lily demanded.
"Quidditch practice you prat," was her response.
Lily only looked at Nia like she was crazy and then began to dress. She did say she would go after all.
The girls walked down in dark wash jeans, waist high shirts and hair down. It was a day for summer comfort, and they were going to take advantage of the +5 weather outside.
As the five walked to the court in tired silence, something clued into Nia. Both James and Sirius had their brooms and Remus did not look pleased at all. Something was going to happen, but she wasn't to sure what.
Nia watched in careful silence now. She was wide awake due to her curiosity and was ready to figure out what the boys were up too. She watched them set up and mount their brooms, but Sirius was not one of them.
That made no sense to Nia considering Sirius had brought his broom. Nia looked around the stands and then around the field. It took her several minutes to spot him next to the team captain, broom in hand, at the side of the pitch. She quickly looked away when she noticed that he too was watching, but he was watching from the side, not full out staring. Sirius leaned over and said something too Dawson. What the hell was going on?
Eventually both Nia and Lily zoned out from boredom. That was when it hit her… or grabbed her at least. Slowly but surely Nia was making her way off the stands and onto the pitch. She was silenced from shock. But not for long.
She looked up to find Sirius was holding her from the back of her t-shirt.
"Nice belly DuBois. Very flat," Sirius mocked. That's when she realized what was really happening. Nia looked down and began to swarm.
As she swung her arms around, she found Sirius own arm and grabbed on, holding tighter then life. "Sirius! Sirius Black you put me down on the ground! NOW!" She shrieked.
"No way Nia. I'm not letting you go until you agree to fly," he replied flatly.
"Sirius!"
"Get real, just hold on tight and stop moving around," he said. "I might drop you."
With unreal annoyance and fear she began to swear furiously at Sirius to put her back where he had found her. She refused to show him exactly how afraid she was. But to sum it up, she could have pissed herself with fear…
"Sirius," she pleaded with puppy dog eyes. That's when someone threw a ball at Sirius; when his grip wavered.
"Help me, help me, help me," she whispered, holding even tighter.
"Stop being such a baby DuBois," someone yelled up. All Nia knew was that she was floating very high with only a boys grip to keep her from falling.
"Sirius, put me the hell down," she was getting mad now.
"Naomi, since when do you swear?" Sirius questioned faintly amused.
"Since when did you loose that fake ass charm!" She spat in return.
"Since now," he smirked only to find Nia was smirking too.
"Heads up Boys!" She screamed. Everyone turned to look at Nia now. She had let go of Sirius' arm and was now holding the broom. She swung quickly, smacking Sirius off the broom. As she sat down quickly, she grabbed Sirius by the wrist, refusing to look down.
"Can someone grab this idiot?" She spat. Someone rushed over and grabbed Sirius.
"Nice swing DuBois," James said.
"Nice reflexes too," Dawson breathed. Without waiting another second, he yelled out a surprising order. "Make her fly for her life boys!"
Just then all of the guys began to throw things at her and chase her around the pitch. Annoyance over took fear and anger over took annoyance. It didn't take long for Nia to deal with her problem…
"You have to play for us! We'll be disqualified!" Dawson insisted.
"I will not get on another broom," Nia responded calmly. "And there's no frickin' way that'll happen in not so near future either."
"Come on, we need you!" James begged.
"NO!"
"Please, for me," Sirius asked.
"Go screw yourself lover boy."
"Nia just do it. Or would you rather we loose to Slytherin?" Nia stopped cold as Lily questioned. Everyone's gaze shifted in between the two in hopeful silence.
Nia sighed deeply and looked at the Gryffindor team in a way that worried them. There was no expression on her face at that very moment.
"Fine, but I'm doing this so that I can kick that Blonde Malfoys' arse and embarrass him till he goes tomato red. Understood, good." It was more of a statement then a question. "Now give me that awful broom of yours before I change my mind," she spat at Sirius, who was absolutely brimming.
"You're a natural! I pure natural!" Dawson breathed.
"It's not my first time on a broom you twit," she responded bluntly.
"Now that wasn't very nice," Sirius pouted.
"Neither was your act of fearlessness on my part! Hanging me who knows how many feet over the ground did not gain any bonus points you egotistical prep," Nia glared in added return.
"You were brave to do that Nia and you're brave to be doing this for the team. For the Gryffindor's, I say thank you," Lily smiled. How could anyone ever stay mad at that smile?
"You're right Lily, no worries though. It's them I'm planning to impale." Nia only continued to glare at the team; they cringed at her complete bluntness.
"I hear you're filling in for a Gryffindor chaser," Lucius walked up.
"Are you sure you want to do that?" Snape smirked.
"'Cause you know that we'd hate to hurt you too," Lestrange stated sarcastically. It seemed the Slytherin team had a bone to pick with Nia.
"It's none of your business what I'm doing," she responded flatly.
"How's a little girl like you going to play with big boys like us? You have a death wish or something?" Crabbe asked.
"Yeah, or maybe she just want to see someone else hurt. There are other ways to get you off the field DuBois. Women are soft hearted, as are all you Gryffindors. So why don't you just try and stay on that broom the whole time; we'll be waiting for chance to knock you off," Lucius stated.
"Now I understand why you're telling me what you're planning for my friends and me. You're all idiots," it was Nia's turn to smirk.
"Watch your mouth you mudblood lover," Lestrange growled.
"Watch yours, potty mouth," she raised an eyebrow.
"How about we make a deal," some girl walked up. She was blonde and had these dark eyes. Nia knew these eyes.
"What kind of deal?" Nia questioned darkly.
"If you don't play in the match then I won't handle a dear cousin of mine," she smiled.
"A twit's lie; you couldn't handle a bug if you wanted too."
"Want to bet," she responded.
"Forget about it Narcissi. Mudblood lovers' don't make deals with people like us," Lucius said. Nia was becoming more annoyed with every word that he had said.
"Mudblood? Who the hell are you calling a Mudblood?" She spat in response.
"Didn't seem to bother you in the first place… then again, Evans is a Mudblood isn't she?"
Without thinking, Nia punched Lucius in the nose as hard as she could.
"Bitch! You broke you my nose!" He spat in rage.
"Bastard, you broke my nail," she smirked, raising her hand and waving it front of his face. She actually did brake a nail. Nia just turned around and began to walk away.
"Oh, Lucius, are you okay?" She heard the girl with dark eyes say. Smirking still, she continued on.
"Where do you think you're going?" Flint said. He's the captain of the Slytherin team and, boy, was he strict.
"You know you should really bring Blondie to the hospital wing before he bleeds out more blood from his nose then he ever has in his life," she suggested mockingly.
All Flint did was glare at her and head toward his seeker.
"You actually did that?" Peter asked.
"No, I just made the whole story up for kicks," Nia responded in annoyance. Peter looked down pathetically while Lily looked at Nia disapprovingly.
"So you actually broke the idiots' nose. To bad I missed that," James looked up dreamily.
"So who is this Narcissi anyway?" Nia questioned.
"Her name's Narcissi Black; she's my cousin." Sirius stated casually.
"Wait, what? Are you saying that she's your cousin? Are you actually telling me that you're related to that blonde? I mean, she can't even do her hair properly! I can just imagine how she dresses…" Nia cringed at the though alone.
"You really do like your clothes, don't you?" Lily asked.
"And my shoes; never forget about shoes!" Nia looked offended. James and Peter looked at her oddly while Remus and Sirius were busy smiling. Naomi DuBois never would change.