A/N: Hey! Sorry it took me awhile to update, school and all! Enjoy!
One note for Drucilla L.: HOW DO YOU ADD A RULER THING ON FANFICTION? I've been trying to figure it out!
Chapter 3: Quiddich problems… How will they manage?
"Hermione, please, PLEASE, tell me you did not say we banished half of the Quiddich teams?" Draco was practically on his knees
"Sorry, Draco, but I did," Draco whimpered,
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Draco grabbed Hermione's arm and started running- well she was kind of being dragged, she couldn't run quite as fast.
"Draco, where are we going? Its just Quiddich! The game can be cancelled-"
"It is Quiddich! And it's the first game of the year! It can't be cancelled! The first Quiddich game of the year has never been cancelled in 349 years! I'm not going to let this game be cancelled! We're going to McGonagall's office! Then head to the Pitch to practice!"
"But – uh whatever!"
"Chocolate Frogs?" Draco tried to find the password,
"Apple pie?"
"Ants in you pants?"
"JEEZ WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS CHANGE THE STUPID PASSWORD! I NEED TO GET IN NOW!" Then the Gargoyle opened, Draco dragged Hermione onto the steps and they rose.
"Professor! We have an emergency!"
"Mr. Malfoy what is it?"
"Quiddich. Missing people. Game can't be cancelled!" Hermione panted
"What she said!"
"Ah, well then, Mr. Malfoy, you may hold some Slytherin temporary tryouts today, and for Gryffindor, Miss Granger, do you know the positions in Quiddich?"
"Yes, I go to every game, but I can't play,"
"Well then, you will hold the temporary try outs for Gryffindor, You both may share the pitch for the tryouts, it's big enough."
"I- ok," said Hermione,
"Come on, Hermione, let's go," They left and went to the Great Hall to make the announcement. Draco put his wand to his neck,
"ATTENTION GRYFFINDOR AND SLYTHERIN HOUSES, WE ARE SHORT OF QUIDDICH PLAYERS, WE WILL NEED OUR QUIDDICH TEAMS, AND THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TRY OUR FOR THE TEAMS TO MEET US IMMEDIATELY AT THE PITCH, WE NEED A SLYTHERIN CHASER AND A KEEPER, AND A GRYFFINDOR SEEKER, CHASER, AND KEEPER, THANK YOU." Draco finished and all the Slytherins and Gryffindors we making a big commotion about it. Hermione and Draco made their way to the pitch.
"Can you ride a broom?" asked Draco
"WHAT? I said I could watch and decide the positions for Gryffindor, no one said I had to fly"
"Not, really, but you should, at least put on Quiddich gear and have a broom handy, you never know when a bludger could zoom by, since you'll be on the pitch and not in the stands."
"Umm, Draco…. I'm afraid of heights…."
"Oh, well, get unafraid of heights! This is an emergency! Where's that brave Gryffindor when I need her!"
"I am a brave Gryffindor – just not on a broom…"
"Oh please I'm starting to think you're a Hufflepuff!"
"No,"
"Ok, that might have been an exaggeration… Please? Don't make me beg!"
"Well, as long as I don't have to fly…"
"Great! Now go get a uniform! Use the Weaselette's- Er, I mean… Hermione what's her name again?"
"Ginny,"
"Yeah, you're about the same size right,"
"I'm a little taller…"
"Just find a uniform!"
"Ok,"
About ten minutes later some students were at the pitch waiting, well they weren't the only ones waiting Draco was waiting for Hermione to finish changing,
Soon Hermione stepped out in the Quiddich uniform,
"Ok," said Draco, "Slytherin tryouts are on this side of the pitch, Gryffindor, Hermione will hold the tryouts on the other end." The others nodded and followed Hermione.
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Pansy had gone to the lake, which she did a lot, she has a hygiene problem, leaving the others to themselves.
"So, what do you think we're missing back at Hogwarts?" asked Ron,
"Good food," said Ginny,
"Warm bed," said Harry,
"Quiddich," said Blaise, they stopped,
"QUIDDICH!"
"No," said Harry
"They banished half of their Quiddich teams! They may have to cancel the first game of the season!" cried Ron
"They can't do that! That would destroy the record! There has never been a cancelled first game of the year in 349 years!" Blaise exclaimed,
"Well," started Ginny, shaking a bit from shock of no Quiddich, " Look on the bright side, we have no classes,"
"True," said Ron,
"If only Quiddich could come with us…" said Harry
"Well, maybe they'll find replacements for us," said Ginny
"Blaise, what position are you? I don't pay too much attention, unless you're a chaser," said Ron,
"I play Keeper, that's probably why,"
"I'm Keeper too!"
"No. Way. Ginny you're a chaser right?"
"Yep,"
"Thought so, I've seen you score, because I'm a keeper, but you know that, you're not bad, "
"Thanks,"
"Does Pansy play?" asked Harry
"She doesn't like to, but she's Chaser, Draco's been confiscating mirrors and lipstick and stuff from her, cause we've lost a couple games when she's hovering on her broom checking her face."
"Speaking of which" said Ron, "Isn't she done yet? I'm thirsty,"
"She never is," said Blaise,
"I don't care I need water,"
"Um I don't suggest you do that – too late…" Ron had already walked over to the lake, with in seconds they could hear fighting.
"PERVERT!"
"Hurry up! Slow poke!"
"Go AWAY!"
"I NEED A DRINK OF WATER!"
"Not while I'm in it!"
"You've been in there two hours! And twenty minutes before that, you were in there another two hours!"
"You had twenty minutes to get your stupid water put you wasted it!"
"I wasn't thirsty then!"
"PERVERTED JERK!"
"WATER HOG!"
"REDHEADED WEASEL!"
"HYGEINE OBSESSED PIG!"
"STOMACH SATISFACTORY OBSESSED THING!"
"NO GOOD SLYTHERIN SLUT!"
"GRYFFINDOR GUT- BRAIN!"
"What the hell? There's no such thing! I'd rather be called something that exists!"
"It does now!" Ron fell into the water,
"YOU PULLED ME IN!"
"I did not! You fell in!"
"ARGH!"
"HERE'S YOUR STUPID DRINK OF WATER!" Pansy dunked Ron's head underwater,
"HERE'S YOUR BATH!" Ron pushed Pansy's head in the water when he got up and started messing up her hair.
The others sighed, they'll never know what really happened – although they might not want to know…
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Hermione was tired, she was glad the try outs were almost over, she was looking for her Seeker, right now a kid named Nicolas Weirdom was the last one trying out for seeker, but he couldn't find the Snitch, Hermione saw gold hovering near her, she hoped the kid would find it, she couldn't give him any help. The kid was looking no where near her direction, she knew the kid wouldn't make the team anyway so she snatched the snitch in the nick of time before it escaped far, far, away. Draco saw that catch – he was done with the tryouts and was picking his replacements.
"Thank you, Nicolas, I'll announce the replacements momentarily," said Hermione, Nicolas nodded and flew off, to refresh himself.
"I saw that catch," said Draco hovering next to her.
"What catch?"
"You caught the snitch,"
"So? The kid wasn't going to make the team so I caught it to save some trouble before the darn thing got lost again!"
"Oh, well do you know who will replace the positions?"
"Ian Sarcasmington for chaser, Keeper, Alex Twitingburg, every one trying out for seeker stunk, well I could give it to Anthony Plourndale…"
"Well, I think you should be the Gryffindor seeker,"
"What! Draco, I told you I'm afraid of heights –"
"You are good, even if you weren't flying, and its just one game!"
"If you think I'm good wouldn't you want me to pick someone terrible so you could have an easy win?"
"Nope, it's not fair and I like a challenge,"
"Somebody kill me, Draco Malfoy, wants to play fair? That's a first, I thought Slytherins like to cheat,"
"Well, they do - I've just changed – Quiddich wise, " Hermione rolled her eyes,
"Look, I said I'd get on a broom, to protect myself, I never said I'd play,"
"Here let me give you a ride,"
"A ride? Please, no, I can – AH! Put me down!" Draco placed Hermione on his broom in front of him, and started to fly,
"Stay close to the ground, please, you're going higher, no this is as high as I'll go. Oh my gosh!" Draco flew her up really high,
"Trick is Hermione, look ahead, not down, it's prettier."
"I think I'm gonna barf,"
"Look ahead,"
"What?" She looked up and she saw a beautiful sight,
"See the difference?"
"Yes, but, don't you have to look down to find the snitch sometimes?"
"Yes, but in a diagonal fashion, if you look straight now you get queasy – even I get a little bit dizzy looking straight down, now-" Draco stopped his broom and they were hovering very, high in the sky. " What do you say? Will you be the Seeker or not?" Hermione thought for a minute,
"Draco, it's really dangerous but nice, and well I haven't played in my life, and I have made my decision,"
"Well,"
"Draco, I…"
A/N: Yes, another cliffy! I'm so evil I know, I'm sorry, it's contagious, Drucilla L. likes to do it a lot and like I said it's contagious. Please review!
Shelb
