stef granger – I think I didn't mention how harry got his wrist fixed so
assume that it was healed by wand. And for the potion part, it is for
curing his potion poisoning!! I'm crazy about the book too, I like the idea
of following the book too!!
Butler - I like ur description of Harry "dirt at the bottom of the ocean under a algae covered rock", it's so cool and funny!!
The one above all / pottyfan / slivercrystal 77– yeah Harry is being a prick but dun misunderstand, he's not really bad. Actually he is letting Ginny have the position because he thinks she deserves it. He didn't want Ginny to give him back the position just because it's his in the first place. Quite confusing but hope u understand it. He didn't want to have the position back because he's harry potter, he respects people and didn't want to be treated differently. He's a bit big headed like his dad, isn't he? But which kid in earth aren't bighead? I like the similarity b/w him and his dad!!
Nymphadora003 / Lourdes – read the AN above!! And guy is actually someone who's like malfoy. He detest harry because he's harry potter. He's full of himself and is only cold towards harry.
Zigzag722 – read the AN above nymphie!!
Jamiebell - I love mark too. I like him young and carefree but also mature in a way. He's full of mischief like the twins but he's a decent fren to harry and ginny. Maybe u'll think it's so weird a 11 yr old boy could be such good frens with 15 and 16 yr olds. But there are such people!! One good example: I'm good fren with a woman 33 yrs old and I'm only 21. we can understand each other well. We can joke and play around like kids in one moment and talk serious matters in the other.
elizabethMM – I'm 21 for ur info but that doesn't mean I have to accept kissing but I just like idea of a simple and innocent love b/w 2 teenager. I like harry and ginny the traditional type of kids, I always think the wizarding kids are very conservative!! I like harry being a gentleman, I like ginny a lady!! In fact I really detest fics that have harry portraited like a lecher, wear streetwears and ginny protraited like a comman slut, wears make up, mini skirt, tube tops!! I go crazy when I read those stuffs!! THE WIZARDING WORLD IS TOTALLY OLD FASHIONED AND CONSERVATIVE!! NO GIRLS WEARING MINI SKIRT AND REVEAL ANYTHING!! NO GUYS WITH METAL CHAINS HANGING FROM BODY!! If u dun like my style u have to accept it, I'm not changing for all the cute guys in the world!! But endure me and love my plot!!
Those I didn't mention doesn't mean I dun care!! I love u people too but if u want me to reply the next time, ask a question and I'll ans u!! there are just too many names to mention all!!
You ppl should appreciate this chap cos it took me days to finish typing it because of some numbing problems of my hands. Don't know what had happened to my hands, they get numb and stiff when I type for too long. I can only type like a few hundreds of words each time. Maybe it's because of the wet weather, but anyway hope u'll like this chap. Most of it is humour, hope u enjoy it!! And hope the Quidditch scene is JKish enough for you!!
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Time passed quickly, they had gone through several Quidditch practices, Walters was still arrogant about his Quidditch skills, and his aiming was improving to a point where it was almost perfect. The harmony between the chasers were united to the point that they knew what each other's next move was going to be. Frank was a nice person to be with and Harry could get along well with him, but he couldn't stand talking to Walters outside the Quidditch pitch.
Ginny's flying skills had improved; the tactics they had devised during the summer were going well. Though scoring goals was much more exciting, Harry couldn't help having a kind of longing whenever he saw Ginny zooming around in the air trying out new stunts and eyes squinting for the golden ball.
Speaking of Ginny, Harry recently realised that she had not been talking to him for a long time, she only talks to him during Quidditch practice, and then, she always call him 'Captain' or 'Senior' instead of Harry and with a tone of irritation in her voice. Clearly she was angry with him for a reason or two, but about what, he had no idea. After all, she is a girl, which bloke ever knew what girls were thinking? Harry wasn't interested in what Ginny's problem was, what he was most concerned about were Quidditch and Voldermort's plans. At the moment, he was only concerned about the Quidditch cup.
The two beaters were not as dangerous as the former, infamous Weasley Twin beaters, but if you see it in the enemies' point of view, it was not too big an advantage. Ron's keeping skills were also improving, he had more confidence but he still needed lots of compliments and encouragement to boast his morale in doing better so as not to give up. On the whole, the team this year was a great one, according to the secretary advisor, Hermione's, calculation. The chance of Gryffindor winning the Quidditch Cup this year was 89.648%, a nice 4.852% higher than the usual 84.796%. Harry thanked his lucky stars that he could manage to get such great players when he was captain, unlike former captains, Oliver and Angelina, who were always on the verge of nervous breakdown during practises and matches.
After all those tedious Quidditch practices under all conditions of weather, everyone was looking forward to the first match of the season, Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff, where they could put all those weeks of hard work and planning into use.
"WELCOME TO THE FIRST QUIDDITCH MATCH OF THE YEAR, GRYFFINDOR VERSUS HUFFLEPUFF!!" There were deafening screams coming from the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff stands while a few Weasley Wizard Wheezes' fireworks were let off in celebration.
"I'M WILL LEO, YOUR NEW COMMENTER, HERE REPLACING LEE JORDAN, FRIEND OF THE INFAMOUS WEASLEY DUO, WHOM WE ALL LOVED" Professor McGonagall who was sitting beside him, had an expression which showed that she did not think likewise.
"OKAY, GIRLS AND GUYS, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN OUT THERE, NO MATTER IF YOU ARE STILL SINGLE OR ALREADY ATTACHED. THOUGH GIRLS AND LADIES ALIKE WHO ARE STILL SINGLE ARE WELCOME TO LOOK ME UP. I'M A FIFTH YEAR GRYFFINDOR, 5 FEET 6 TALL, ROMANTIC AND .........."
"NOT AGAIN!! LEO!!" Professor McGonagall snatched his magic microphone away and screamed at him. Though McGonagall's hands covered the microphone very well, her voice could still be heard loud and clear throughout the stadium.
"SORRY PROFESSOR......... AND LET'S GET BACK TO WHERE I'VE STOPPED. AS I'VE SAID EARLIER, SINGLE GIRLS ARE WELCOME TO LOOK ME UP."
"LEO!! IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP I'LL SHUT YOU UP, DO THE COMMENTARY PROPERLY!!" Professor McGonagall shouted again, she could not believe that Dumbledore had chosen Will Leo, a fifth year Gryffindor, as the new commenter. She had always thought that they could have a decent commenter this time, but things were not going her way. Clearly, Dumbledore thought that having a cheeky commenter was amusing but she did not think likewise and she was sure that Snape was not too glad about it either.
"I'M SO SORRY, GOT DISTRACTED.......... HEHE.............. I PROMISE NOT TO DO IT AGAIN" Will laughed sheepishly.
"WE SAW THAT THE TWO TEAMS ARE READY. LET'S WELCOME THE BEST QUIDDITCH TEAM IN HOGWARTS, GRYFFINDOR!!" Will's voice was covered by the loud boos from the rest of the school except the Gryffindors and he had to get away from his seat for a moment when bits and pieces of food, shoes and hats were hurled at him. He reappeared at the stand several minutes later, tousle- haired and with bits of chips in his light sandy brown hair.
"SORRY FOR THE DISTRUPTION EARLIER. FOR SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE QUIDDITCH TEAM THIS YEAR HAS TWO NEW CHASERS, GUY WALTERS AND FRANK DETOUR, OUR FAMOUS SEEKER HARRY POTTER HAS GIVEN UP HIS POSITION TO GINNY WEASLEY, THIS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHO HELPED US WIN THE CUP LAST YEAR. POTTER HAS TAKEN UP THE DUTIES OF CAPTAIN AND CHASER. LET'S HOPE POTTER CAN PLAY CHASER AS WELL AS HE COULD PLAY SEEKER. LET'S PUT OUR WANDS TOGETHER AND WELCOME POTTER, WEASLEY, WEASLEY, WALTERS, DETOUR, KIRKE AND........... SLOPER!!" Will greeted them enthusiastically while trying to pick stray chips out of his hair.
The stadium was brightened up by red and gold sparks as they flew out into the stadium, Harry flew a few rounds around the stadium and was about to fly to the back of the stadium when it suddenly hit on him that he was no longer playing seeker and he quickly took his position between Walters and Frank where they waited for the Hufflepuffs.
"NOW, THE HUFFLEPUFF TEAM IS COMING. THEY ARE McPERSON, CARTEN, MILLER, D'COTTA, DOMINO, HOUTEN AND............. BRANCH". Will called out the names of the players in an uninterested tone and there was a deafening uproar came from the Hufflepuff stand, blue and yellow fireworks were let off.
"SHOW OFFS!!" Will muttered sourly, but as he had forgotten to turn the microphone away when he making the comment, the whole Hufflepuff team heard him and he was bombarded with more food items and shoes. This time, it was Professor McGonagall's voice that rang through the stadium.
"YOU DO NOT ATTACK THE COMMENTOR!! ONE MORE OFFENSE AND THE WHOLE HUFFLEPUFF TEAM WILL HAVE DETENTION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK!! AND LEO, SEE ME AFTER THE MATCH", the magic microphone was turned away and Will was seen talking animatedly to Professor McGonagall who was pointing a long finger accusingly at him. In the end, Will abandon his conversation with Professor McGonagall and sulked back to the commentary stand.
"HERE GOES THE WHISTLE AND THE GAME STARTS!!" The pair of mad Bludgers were released, then the golden snitch, which Harry saw for a fraction of a second before it disappeared, and finally the red Quaffle. It was caught by Harry with ease who passed it to Frank who threw it to Walters, and before anyone could see properly at whose hands was the Quaffle, a soft ting echoed through the noisy stadium and the whole of Gryffindor stood up to cheer for their first goal.
"TEN POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR!!" Will shouted into the microphone. The game carried on with the same swiftness and in no time, the score was '150' to Gryffindor and '20' to Hufflepuff. Harry scanned through the sky for Ginny and saw her flying aimlessly around, looking for the snitch and he had also noticed that the Hufflepuff seeker wad doing the same, only that the look on his face was more determined and he was flying very closely to Ginny.
During the time when Harry was distracted, Hufflepuff scored another goal. Harry quickly signal to Madam Hooch that he wanted a timeout, he touched down swiftly at one end of the pitch. The rest of the players saw him and flew down to join him.
"Everyone's doing a great job and congratulations, we are '120' points ahead of the Hufflepuffs. But most important thing now is the Snitch; if they got it before us we still lose the game. So the plan now is, the rest of you do your jobs, blocking goals, scoring, knocking the crap out of them and Ginny, you carry on looking for the snitch but try not to stay too close to their seeker. I'll help you look for the snitch and you must get it first no matter what. Keep close tab on my location, once you see me flying at a direction with great speed, it means I've seen the snitch and you must follow me. But before it happens, I'll be flying around the stadium pretending to be waiting for Guy and Frank to pass me the Quaffle, I'll chase the snitch if I saw it but you are the one who'll catch it, you follow me? Overtake me, get the snitch and we win the game in a zap. Everyone understand? Ginny, you?"
They shouted out a chorus of 'yes', did the usual hand cheer and everyone took off. Once on air, Harry gave Ginny a determined nod of the head, which she returned and they both set off in mission to look for the snitch.
Ginny flew around the stadium frantically squinting her eyes as she scanned through the air for any glimpse of a golden flying object. The game continued with gusto, Gryffindor continued to score continuously plus a few stray goals done by the Hufflepuffs. Harry flew around within the area of Ginny's view, his eyes was concentrated in looking for the snitch too. The Hufflepuff seeker was busy searching at the left side of the stadium while Ginny and Harry were at the right.
Harry gave Ginny a hand signal and lowered himself to scan through the lower half of the stadium.
"GRYFFINDOR SCORES AGAIN!!" Will's voice rang again. "HELLO HUFFLEPUFFS!! ARE YOU ALL ASLEEP ON YOUR BROOM?" he gloated and earned a well aimed Tickling Hex sent his way from the Hufflepuffs.
"AH......... HA............ HA.......... STOP........... STOP IT........ I CAN'T COMMENT LIKE............ LIKE THIS..........." Will had disappeared out of view because he was lying on the ground, screaming with mirth. Professor McGonagall stepped over him and was seen shaking a fist at the Hufflepuff's direction before the spell was lifted and Will returned to the stand, his hair plastered to his face.
"GRYFFINDOR SCORES AGAIN, 210 to 50!! COME ON GINNY; GET THE SNITCH AND SPARE US THE AGONY!! I'LL EVEN CONSIDER GOING FOR A DATE WITH YOU TO HOGSMEADE IF YOU GET THE DAMN THING FIRST. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING A CRUSH ON ME FOR AGES........."
"SHUT IT, JORDAN!!.......... NO, LEO!!.......... GET ON THE COMMENTARY!!" Professor McGonagall screamed, clearly she was in a state of confusion that she mistook Leo for Jordan, not that the two of them were different in personality.
Harry rolled his eyes at Will's comment and as his eyes were rolling around it's socket, he caught sight of a golden winged something dash past under the Hufflepuff seeker. Slowly and skilfully, Harry changed his direction casually so as not to attract unwanted attention to himself, but not taking his eyes off the nasty little snitch.
Taking a quick peep at Ginny who was flying at the opposite direction above him, as fast as lightning, Harry chased after the snitch.
"LOOK!! POTTER HAD FOUND THE SNITCH!! GET IT, HARRY!! Will cheered and everyone almost stopped moving to watch Harry zooming zigzag in the air, "NO WAIT!! IT IS AGAINST THE RULES FOR A NON-SEEKER CAUGHT THE SNITCH. OI HARRY, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO CATCH THE SNITCH!! YOU ARE NOT THE SEEKER ANYMORE, HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN!!" Will suddenly shouted.
The Hufflepuff players would have stopped playing to watch Harry if not the game was still going on. Ginny who had seen Harry chasing the snitch before Will had even noticed, was trailing closely behind Harry and at a great distance away was the Hufflepuff seeker, who was also hot over heels behind Ginny. Ginny tried to overtake Harry and take over the job of chasing the snitch from him, but her broomstick which once belonged to Charlie, could not go any faster than the speed she was already going at. Looking behind, she noticed that the Hufflepuff seeker was closing the distance between them very quickly and by the looks of it, he would overtake Ginny in no time.
"HARRY!!" she shouted and as if they had telepathy, Harry immediately flew back to Ginny and with his still fresh seeker reflexes, he plucked her out of her broom and set her side saddled on his broom as fast as lightning. Harry had one hands around Ginny's waist to prevent her from falling off and the other hand on the handle of his Firebolt, steering it towards the snitch, which had not been out of his sight all the while.
Owing to Harry's superb flying skills and his Firebolt's incredible speed, they were getting closer to the golden snitch, throwing the Hufflepuff seeker behind miles away. Ginny had one hand clenching Harry's arm that was holding tightly onto her and the other stretched out at the snitch. When her fist was within reach to the snitch, she jerked forward, closed her fist and had the snitch clamped tightly in her little fist. Harry had wanted to scream out in triumph when something hit the broom at the side and the next thing they knew, they were thrown off the broom from a 10 feet height and landed face down on the grass pitch.
Everyone 'ohhed' and 'ahhed' when they landed hard on the ground but everyone let out sighs of relieve when Ginny lifted up her head, her face full of grass. She gave a toothy grin, looked at Harry who had landed a short distance away from her, stirring from the fall, and pulled her gloved arms out from under her.
"WEASLEY'S GOT THE SNITCH, GRYFFINDOR WINS!!" There was an immediate uproar from the Gryffindor stand and both Ginny and Harry were pulled off the ground by fellow team mates and were thrown into the air several times in triumph, the fluttering golden snitch could seen very clearly among the mass of heads; still beating hopelessly in Ginny's fist.
"POTTER AND WEASLEY ARE A PREFECT PAIR, AREN'T THEY? ACCORDING TO THE LATEST GOSSIPS, IT WAS SAID THAT WEASLEY HAD SPENT A ROMANTIC SUMMER TOGETHER WITH POTTER. OUR RELIABLE GRYFFINDOR SPY HAD WITNESSED THEM HOLDING HANDS AND STROLLING IN THE PARK EVERYDAY IN THE SUNSET. THEY LOOKED SO IN BLISS AND SWEET TOGETHER" Will bellow through the microphone and Mark had the nerves to appear a bit sheepish at this but quickly overcome it (he was an active member of the Gryffindor Gossip Society). "IT SEEMS THAT OUR FAMOUS HEART THROB POTTER AND MESMERISING WEASLEY'S ADMIRER WHICH INCLUDES ME, WOULD BE HEARTBROKEN BY THE NEWS BUT ANYWAY, WELL-WISHERS WERE BEHIND THEM SUPPORTING THEIR RELATIONSHIP."
Will rambled on but Professor McGonagall was too busy, jumping up and down at the teachers' stand, waving her hat to be bothered with him. Snape looked livid as he watched Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore, who had conjured a lion at mid air which was roaring and shaking it's mane proudly.
"WITH PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL'S GREAT LEADERSHIP, IT'S NO WONDER THAT WE WON. ER....... PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL, DO YOU THINK YOU ARE THAT KIND ENOUGH TO EXCUSE ME FROM SEEING YOU AFTER THE MATCH?" said Wills and almost everyone laughed at his exclamation.
"OKAY, BACK TO SOME BACKSTAGE ACKNOWLEDGES. WE, GRYFFINDOR, WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR ADVISOR, HERMIONE GRANGER, THE MOST INTELLIGENT WITCH OF HER YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE GORGEOUS AND KIND GIRL, THE GRYFFINDOR QUIDDITCH TEAM THIS YEAR HAS GOT A 89.648% CHANCE OF WINNING THE QUIDDITCH CUP, A WHOLE 4.852% MORE THAN THE USUSAL 84.796%. SO LET'S KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED AND HOPE GRYFFINDOR WINS THE CUP AGAIN THIS YEAR. I THINK OUR DEAR PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL IS USED TO SEEING THE CUP SITTING ON HER DESK." said Will as he smirk at the Hufflepuff's crestfallen faces.
"ANOTHER PIECE OF JUICY GOSSIP CONTRIBUTED BY OUR GRYFFINDOR EYE SPY. IT IS SAID THAT ANOTHER FELLOW CHASER, GUY WALTERS, IS ALSO INTERESTED IN OUR BEAUTY SEEKER, WEASLEY. SO IT SEEMED LIKE THERE IS A THIRD PARTY IN THE PERFECT 'PEASLEY' (POTTER AND WESALEY) RELATIONSHIP. IF I WERE YOU WEASLEY BROTHER, I'D TRY MY VERY BEST TO MAKE WALTERS GO THE OTHER WAY, AFTER ALL POTTER'S YOUR BEST MATE, ISN'T HE?" Will's commentary was getting more absurd and out of hand but no one's minding his nonsense because the whole Gryffindor Quidditch team had already carried both Harry and Ginny back to the common room on their shoulders, and planning what seemed like a through- night party.
"SINCE WEASLEY'S TAKEN, HEY GRANGER!! WANT TO GO OUT WITH ME? I'M LISTED ON GRYFFINDOR'S TOP 10 MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR'S LIST, JUST A POSITION BEHIND RONALD WEASLEY AT NO. 5. IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN FIND ME AT.............." At where can Hermione find Will, no one knew, for she had cast a silence charm at him, leaving him gapping. Crossing her hands across her chest, Hermione leaned against the gate coolly to admire her masterpiece for a moment before retreating into the cool shades of the castle.
"LEO!!! DETENTION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND NO EXCUSES!!""
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It's quite hilarious if u ask me!! Hope u enjoy this for it took me days to finish typing it!!
Read and review and I've got a poll to carry out:
Do you want more of mark in action or Ginny in action? Do you want Ginny to give her position back to Harry? Do you want more of Guy Walters in action?
I'm having a BLOCK for the next chap and I hope u will give me some suggestion on how the story shall go. Your every word is important!!
Butler - I like ur description of Harry "dirt at the bottom of the ocean under a algae covered rock", it's so cool and funny!!
The one above all / pottyfan / slivercrystal 77– yeah Harry is being a prick but dun misunderstand, he's not really bad. Actually he is letting Ginny have the position because he thinks she deserves it. He didn't want Ginny to give him back the position just because it's his in the first place. Quite confusing but hope u understand it. He didn't want to have the position back because he's harry potter, he respects people and didn't want to be treated differently. He's a bit big headed like his dad, isn't he? But which kid in earth aren't bighead? I like the similarity b/w him and his dad!!
Nymphadora003 / Lourdes – read the AN above!! And guy is actually someone who's like malfoy. He detest harry because he's harry potter. He's full of himself and is only cold towards harry.
Zigzag722 – read the AN above nymphie!!
Jamiebell - I love mark too. I like him young and carefree but also mature in a way. He's full of mischief like the twins but he's a decent fren to harry and ginny. Maybe u'll think it's so weird a 11 yr old boy could be such good frens with 15 and 16 yr olds. But there are such people!! One good example: I'm good fren with a woman 33 yrs old and I'm only 21. we can understand each other well. We can joke and play around like kids in one moment and talk serious matters in the other.
elizabethMM – I'm 21 for ur info but that doesn't mean I have to accept kissing but I just like idea of a simple and innocent love b/w 2 teenager. I like harry and ginny the traditional type of kids, I always think the wizarding kids are very conservative!! I like harry being a gentleman, I like ginny a lady!! In fact I really detest fics that have harry portraited like a lecher, wear streetwears and ginny protraited like a comman slut, wears make up, mini skirt, tube tops!! I go crazy when I read those stuffs!! THE WIZARDING WORLD IS TOTALLY OLD FASHIONED AND CONSERVATIVE!! NO GIRLS WEARING MINI SKIRT AND REVEAL ANYTHING!! NO GUYS WITH METAL CHAINS HANGING FROM BODY!! If u dun like my style u have to accept it, I'm not changing for all the cute guys in the world!! But endure me and love my plot!!
Those I didn't mention doesn't mean I dun care!! I love u people too but if u want me to reply the next time, ask a question and I'll ans u!! there are just too many names to mention all!!
You ppl should appreciate this chap cos it took me days to finish typing it because of some numbing problems of my hands. Don't know what had happened to my hands, they get numb and stiff when I type for too long. I can only type like a few hundreds of words each time. Maybe it's because of the wet weather, but anyway hope u'll like this chap. Most of it is humour, hope u enjoy it!! And hope the Quidditch scene is JKish enough for you!!
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Time passed quickly, they had gone through several Quidditch practices, Walters was still arrogant about his Quidditch skills, and his aiming was improving to a point where it was almost perfect. The harmony between the chasers were united to the point that they knew what each other's next move was going to be. Frank was a nice person to be with and Harry could get along well with him, but he couldn't stand talking to Walters outside the Quidditch pitch.
Ginny's flying skills had improved; the tactics they had devised during the summer were going well. Though scoring goals was much more exciting, Harry couldn't help having a kind of longing whenever he saw Ginny zooming around in the air trying out new stunts and eyes squinting for the golden ball.
Speaking of Ginny, Harry recently realised that she had not been talking to him for a long time, she only talks to him during Quidditch practice, and then, she always call him 'Captain' or 'Senior' instead of Harry and with a tone of irritation in her voice. Clearly she was angry with him for a reason or two, but about what, he had no idea. After all, she is a girl, which bloke ever knew what girls were thinking? Harry wasn't interested in what Ginny's problem was, what he was most concerned about were Quidditch and Voldermort's plans. At the moment, he was only concerned about the Quidditch cup.
The two beaters were not as dangerous as the former, infamous Weasley Twin beaters, but if you see it in the enemies' point of view, it was not too big an advantage. Ron's keeping skills were also improving, he had more confidence but he still needed lots of compliments and encouragement to boast his morale in doing better so as not to give up. On the whole, the team this year was a great one, according to the secretary advisor, Hermione's, calculation. The chance of Gryffindor winning the Quidditch Cup this year was 89.648%, a nice 4.852% higher than the usual 84.796%. Harry thanked his lucky stars that he could manage to get such great players when he was captain, unlike former captains, Oliver and Angelina, who were always on the verge of nervous breakdown during practises and matches.
After all those tedious Quidditch practices under all conditions of weather, everyone was looking forward to the first match of the season, Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff, where they could put all those weeks of hard work and planning into use.
"WELCOME TO THE FIRST QUIDDITCH MATCH OF THE YEAR, GRYFFINDOR VERSUS HUFFLEPUFF!!" There were deafening screams coming from the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff stands while a few Weasley Wizard Wheezes' fireworks were let off in celebration.
"I'M WILL LEO, YOUR NEW COMMENTER, HERE REPLACING LEE JORDAN, FRIEND OF THE INFAMOUS WEASLEY DUO, WHOM WE ALL LOVED" Professor McGonagall who was sitting beside him, had an expression which showed that she did not think likewise.
"OKAY, GIRLS AND GUYS, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN OUT THERE, NO MATTER IF YOU ARE STILL SINGLE OR ALREADY ATTACHED. THOUGH GIRLS AND LADIES ALIKE WHO ARE STILL SINGLE ARE WELCOME TO LOOK ME UP. I'M A FIFTH YEAR GRYFFINDOR, 5 FEET 6 TALL, ROMANTIC AND .........."
"NOT AGAIN!! LEO!!" Professor McGonagall snatched his magic microphone away and screamed at him. Though McGonagall's hands covered the microphone very well, her voice could still be heard loud and clear throughout the stadium.
"SORRY PROFESSOR......... AND LET'S GET BACK TO WHERE I'VE STOPPED. AS I'VE SAID EARLIER, SINGLE GIRLS ARE WELCOME TO LOOK ME UP."
"LEO!! IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP I'LL SHUT YOU UP, DO THE COMMENTARY PROPERLY!!" Professor McGonagall shouted again, she could not believe that Dumbledore had chosen Will Leo, a fifth year Gryffindor, as the new commenter. She had always thought that they could have a decent commenter this time, but things were not going her way. Clearly, Dumbledore thought that having a cheeky commenter was amusing but she did not think likewise and she was sure that Snape was not too glad about it either.
"I'M SO SORRY, GOT DISTRACTED.......... HEHE.............. I PROMISE NOT TO DO IT AGAIN" Will laughed sheepishly.
"WE SAW THAT THE TWO TEAMS ARE READY. LET'S WELCOME THE BEST QUIDDITCH TEAM IN HOGWARTS, GRYFFINDOR!!" Will's voice was covered by the loud boos from the rest of the school except the Gryffindors and he had to get away from his seat for a moment when bits and pieces of food, shoes and hats were hurled at him. He reappeared at the stand several minutes later, tousle- haired and with bits of chips in his light sandy brown hair.
"SORRY FOR THE DISTRUPTION EARLIER. FOR SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE QUIDDITCH TEAM THIS YEAR HAS TWO NEW CHASERS, GUY WALTERS AND FRANK DETOUR, OUR FAMOUS SEEKER HARRY POTTER HAS GIVEN UP HIS POSITION TO GINNY WEASLEY, THIS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHO HELPED US WIN THE CUP LAST YEAR. POTTER HAS TAKEN UP THE DUTIES OF CAPTAIN AND CHASER. LET'S HOPE POTTER CAN PLAY CHASER AS WELL AS HE COULD PLAY SEEKER. LET'S PUT OUR WANDS TOGETHER AND WELCOME POTTER, WEASLEY, WEASLEY, WALTERS, DETOUR, KIRKE AND........... SLOPER!!" Will greeted them enthusiastically while trying to pick stray chips out of his hair.
The stadium was brightened up by red and gold sparks as they flew out into the stadium, Harry flew a few rounds around the stadium and was about to fly to the back of the stadium when it suddenly hit on him that he was no longer playing seeker and he quickly took his position between Walters and Frank where they waited for the Hufflepuffs.
"NOW, THE HUFFLEPUFF TEAM IS COMING. THEY ARE McPERSON, CARTEN, MILLER, D'COTTA, DOMINO, HOUTEN AND............. BRANCH". Will called out the names of the players in an uninterested tone and there was a deafening uproar came from the Hufflepuff stand, blue and yellow fireworks were let off.
"SHOW OFFS!!" Will muttered sourly, but as he had forgotten to turn the microphone away when he making the comment, the whole Hufflepuff team heard him and he was bombarded with more food items and shoes. This time, it was Professor McGonagall's voice that rang through the stadium.
"YOU DO NOT ATTACK THE COMMENTOR!! ONE MORE OFFENSE AND THE WHOLE HUFFLEPUFF TEAM WILL HAVE DETENTION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK!! AND LEO, SEE ME AFTER THE MATCH", the magic microphone was turned away and Will was seen talking animatedly to Professor McGonagall who was pointing a long finger accusingly at him. In the end, Will abandon his conversation with Professor McGonagall and sulked back to the commentary stand.
"HERE GOES THE WHISTLE AND THE GAME STARTS!!" The pair of mad Bludgers were released, then the golden snitch, which Harry saw for a fraction of a second before it disappeared, and finally the red Quaffle. It was caught by Harry with ease who passed it to Frank who threw it to Walters, and before anyone could see properly at whose hands was the Quaffle, a soft ting echoed through the noisy stadium and the whole of Gryffindor stood up to cheer for their first goal.
"TEN POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR!!" Will shouted into the microphone. The game carried on with the same swiftness and in no time, the score was '150' to Gryffindor and '20' to Hufflepuff. Harry scanned through the sky for Ginny and saw her flying aimlessly around, looking for the snitch and he had also noticed that the Hufflepuff seeker wad doing the same, only that the look on his face was more determined and he was flying very closely to Ginny.
During the time when Harry was distracted, Hufflepuff scored another goal. Harry quickly signal to Madam Hooch that he wanted a timeout, he touched down swiftly at one end of the pitch. The rest of the players saw him and flew down to join him.
"Everyone's doing a great job and congratulations, we are '120' points ahead of the Hufflepuffs. But most important thing now is the Snitch; if they got it before us we still lose the game. So the plan now is, the rest of you do your jobs, blocking goals, scoring, knocking the crap out of them and Ginny, you carry on looking for the snitch but try not to stay too close to their seeker. I'll help you look for the snitch and you must get it first no matter what. Keep close tab on my location, once you see me flying at a direction with great speed, it means I've seen the snitch and you must follow me. But before it happens, I'll be flying around the stadium pretending to be waiting for Guy and Frank to pass me the Quaffle, I'll chase the snitch if I saw it but you are the one who'll catch it, you follow me? Overtake me, get the snitch and we win the game in a zap. Everyone understand? Ginny, you?"
They shouted out a chorus of 'yes', did the usual hand cheer and everyone took off. Once on air, Harry gave Ginny a determined nod of the head, which she returned and they both set off in mission to look for the snitch.
Ginny flew around the stadium frantically squinting her eyes as she scanned through the air for any glimpse of a golden flying object. The game continued with gusto, Gryffindor continued to score continuously plus a few stray goals done by the Hufflepuffs. Harry flew around within the area of Ginny's view, his eyes was concentrated in looking for the snitch too. The Hufflepuff seeker was busy searching at the left side of the stadium while Ginny and Harry were at the right.
Harry gave Ginny a hand signal and lowered himself to scan through the lower half of the stadium.
"GRYFFINDOR SCORES AGAIN!!" Will's voice rang again. "HELLO HUFFLEPUFFS!! ARE YOU ALL ASLEEP ON YOUR BROOM?" he gloated and earned a well aimed Tickling Hex sent his way from the Hufflepuffs.
"AH......... HA............ HA.......... STOP........... STOP IT........ I CAN'T COMMENT LIKE............ LIKE THIS..........." Will had disappeared out of view because he was lying on the ground, screaming with mirth. Professor McGonagall stepped over him and was seen shaking a fist at the Hufflepuff's direction before the spell was lifted and Will returned to the stand, his hair plastered to his face.
"GRYFFINDOR SCORES AGAIN, 210 to 50!! COME ON GINNY; GET THE SNITCH AND SPARE US THE AGONY!! I'LL EVEN CONSIDER GOING FOR A DATE WITH YOU TO HOGSMEADE IF YOU GET THE DAMN THING FIRST. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING A CRUSH ON ME FOR AGES........."
"SHUT IT, JORDAN!!.......... NO, LEO!!.......... GET ON THE COMMENTARY!!" Professor McGonagall screamed, clearly she was in a state of confusion that she mistook Leo for Jordan, not that the two of them were different in personality.
Harry rolled his eyes at Will's comment and as his eyes were rolling around it's socket, he caught sight of a golden winged something dash past under the Hufflepuff seeker. Slowly and skilfully, Harry changed his direction casually so as not to attract unwanted attention to himself, but not taking his eyes off the nasty little snitch.
Taking a quick peep at Ginny who was flying at the opposite direction above him, as fast as lightning, Harry chased after the snitch.
"LOOK!! POTTER HAD FOUND THE SNITCH!! GET IT, HARRY!! Will cheered and everyone almost stopped moving to watch Harry zooming zigzag in the air, "NO WAIT!! IT IS AGAINST THE RULES FOR A NON-SEEKER CAUGHT THE SNITCH. OI HARRY, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO CATCH THE SNITCH!! YOU ARE NOT THE SEEKER ANYMORE, HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN!!" Will suddenly shouted.
The Hufflepuff players would have stopped playing to watch Harry if not the game was still going on. Ginny who had seen Harry chasing the snitch before Will had even noticed, was trailing closely behind Harry and at a great distance away was the Hufflepuff seeker, who was also hot over heels behind Ginny. Ginny tried to overtake Harry and take over the job of chasing the snitch from him, but her broomstick which once belonged to Charlie, could not go any faster than the speed she was already going at. Looking behind, she noticed that the Hufflepuff seeker was closing the distance between them very quickly and by the looks of it, he would overtake Ginny in no time.
"HARRY!!" she shouted and as if they had telepathy, Harry immediately flew back to Ginny and with his still fresh seeker reflexes, he plucked her out of her broom and set her side saddled on his broom as fast as lightning. Harry had one hands around Ginny's waist to prevent her from falling off and the other hand on the handle of his Firebolt, steering it towards the snitch, which had not been out of his sight all the while.
Owing to Harry's superb flying skills and his Firebolt's incredible speed, they were getting closer to the golden snitch, throwing the Hufflepuff seeker behind miles away. Ginny had one hand clenching Harry's arm that was holding tightly onto her and the other stretched out at the snitch. When her fist was within reach to the snitch, she jerked forward, closed her fist and had the snitch clamped tightly in her little fist. Harry had wanted to scream out in triumph when something hit the broom at the side and the next thing they knew, they were thrown off the broom from a 10 feet height and landed face down on the grass pitch.
Everyone 'ohhed' and 'ahhed' when they landed hard on the ground but everyone let out sighs of relieve when Ginny lifted up her head, her face full of grass. She gave a toothy grin, looked at Harry who had landed a short distance away from her, stirring from the fall, and pulled her gloved arms out from under her.
"WEASLEY'S GOT THE SNITCH, GRYFFINDOR WINS!!" There was an immediate uproar from the Gryffindor stand and both Ginny and Harry were pulled off the ground by fellow team mates and were thrown into the air several times in triumph, the fluttering golden snitch could seen very clearly among the mass of heads; still beating hopelessly in Ginny's fist.
"POTTER AND WEASLEY ARE A PREFECT PAIR, AREN'T THEY? ACCORDING TO THE LATEST GOSSIPS, IT WAS SAID THAT WEASLEY HAD SPENT A ROMANTIC SUMMER TOGETHER WITH POTTER. OUR RELIABLE GRYFFINDOR SPY HAD WITNESSED THEM HOLDING HANDS AND STROLLING IN THE PARK EVERYDAY IN THE SUNSET. THEY LOOKED SO IN BLISS AND SWEET TOGETHER" Will bellow through the microphone and Mark had the nerves to appear a bit sheepish at this but quickly overcome it (he was an active member of the Gryffindor Gossip Society). "IT SEEMS THAT OUR FAMOUS HEART THROB POTTER AND MESMERISING WEASLEY'S ADMIRER WHICH INCLUDES ME, WOULD BE HEARTBROKEN BY THE NEWS BUT ANYWAY, WELL-WISHERS WERE BEHIND THEM SUPPORTING THEIR RELATIONSHIP."
Will rambled on but Professor McGonagall was too busy, jumping up and down at the teachers' stand, waving her hat to be bothered with him. Snape looked livid as he watched Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore, who had conjured a lion at mid air which was roaring and shaking it's mane proudly.
"WITH PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL'S GREAT LEADERSHIP, IT'S NO WONDER THAT WE WON. ER....... PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL, DO YOU THINK YOU ARE THAT KIND ENOUGH TO EXCUSE ME FROM SEEING YOU AFTER THE MATCH?" said Wills and almost everyone laughed at his exclamation.
"OKAY, BACK TO SOME BACKSTAGE ACKNOWLEDGES. WE, GRYFFINDOR, WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR ADVISOR, HERMIONE GRANGER, THE MOST INTELLIGENT WITCH OF HER YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE GORGEOUS AND KIND GIRL, THE GRYFFINDOR QUIDDITCH TEAM THIS YEAR HAS GOT A 89.648% CHANCE OF WINNING THE QUIDDITCH CUP, A WHOLE 4.852% MORE THAN THE USUSAL 84.796%. SO LET'S KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED AND HOPE GRYFFINDOR WINS THE CUP AGAIN THIS YEAR. I THINK OUR DEAR PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL IS USED TO SEEING THE CUP SITTING ON HER DESK." said Will as he smirk at the Hufflepuff's crestfallen faces.
"ANOTHER PIECE OF JUICY GOSSIP CONTRIBUTED BY OUR GRYFFINDOR EYE SPY. IT IS SAID THAT ANOTHER FELLOW CHASER, GUY WALTERS, IS ALSO INTERESTED IN OUR BEAUTY SEEKER, WEASLEY. SO IT SEEMED LIKE THERE IS A THIRD PARTY IN THE PERFECT 'PEASLEY' (POTTER AND WESALEY) RELATIONSHIP. IF I WERE YOU WEASLEY BROTHER, I'D TRY MY VERY BEST TO MAKE WALTERS GO THE OTHER WAY, AFTER ALL POTTER'S YOUR BEST MATE, ISN'T HE?" Will's commentary was getting more absurd and out of hand but no one's minding his nonsense because the whole Gryffindor Quidditch team had already carried both Harry and Ginny back to the common room on their shoulders, and planning what seemed like a through- night party.
"SINCE WEASLEY'S TAKEN, HEY GRANGER!! WANT TO GO OUT WITH ME? I'M LISTED ON GRYFFINDOR'S TOP 10 MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR'S LIST, JUST A POSITION BEHIND RONALD WEASLEY AT NO. 5. IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN FIND ME AT.............." At where can Hermione find Will, no one knew, for she had cast a silence charm at him, leaving him gapping. Crossing her hands across her chest, Hermione leaned against the gate coolly to admire her masterpiece for a moment before retreating into the cool shades of the castle.
"LEO!!! DETENTION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND NO EXCUSES!!""
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It's quite hilarious if u ask me!! Hope u enjoy this for it took me days to finish typing it!!
Read and review and I've got a poll to carry out:
Do you want more of mark in action or Ginny in action? Do you want Ginny to give her position back to Harry? Do you want more of Guy Walters in action?
I'm having a BLOCK for the next chap and I hope u will give me some suggestion on how the story shall go. Your every word is important!!
