Today wasn't a normal day at Hogwarts. The first Quidditch match of the season was today, and Ezekiel was worried. Ezekiel was the seeker for Gryffindor. It was storming outside, lightning and thunder galore. Ezekiel was eating breakfast in the great hall with his friends Tyler and Harold. Tyler was the keeper for Gryffindor, and Harold was a chaser. As the boys were talking, Zeke felt a presence next to him. "Hey guys" he heard someone say. He recognized who it came from, and felt warm inside. He looked over and saw Bridgette Summers, a Hufflepuff girl, sitting next to him. "Hey Bridgette, are you coming to the game today?" Harold asked her. "Yup! I just hope the weather isn't too bad." she replied. "We're playing Slytherin today." Tyler said. Ezekiel looked over to the Slytherin table, and he saw his opponent Elias Bartlett sitting with his group of friends. Elias was the Slytherin seeker, and a rival of Ezekiel. Elias's friends consisted of Caelen Coyle, the Slytherin Keeper and team captain, Alex McKay, and Logan Armitage (along with other Slytherin students). They were all looking at something on the table at something that Zeke couldn't see.
"Where ever did you get it Elias, I've been looking everywhere and they're all sold out!" a Slytherin student asked. "Lads, give the man some space." Caelen told the students that weren't in their friend group. The other students went away as the friend talked on. "My Father knows people how can hook him up with stuff like this." Elias told his friends. "It's a shame I'll have to beat Zeke's team so badly, I think I'll catch the snitch in 3...minutes tops." he continued. "Don't get cocky Elias." Alex told him. Elias rolled his eyes. Just then, Hufflepuff student Preston Mudd (Known as Pee Mud because of an incident with an award having his initial P. and last name Mudd) walked by. "Look boys. it's Pee Mud!" Caelen shouted, and the entire room roared with laughter. Preston ran out, crying. Just then, the bell at the top of the clocktower rang. "Looks like it's game time boys" Logan said, dabbing up Caelen. "Sure is, root for us in the stands!" Elias called back as he and Caelen walked out to go to the changing rooms. Caelen then froze dead in his tracks. "Elias...did you just say...stand?" "Not this shit again..." Elias sighed. Caelen started going off on how this was a JoJo reference, and how life itself was a reference, much to Elias's annoyment.
The rain had gotten worse, but Quidditch matches were never canceled. As the two teams got ready, all the students and teachers got into their respected stand. "What? A stand?!" Caelen said to me. Hey, get out of here Caelen. Anyways, Ezekiel was nervous. He never played in the rain before, and he was afraid that he would blow off course. Once all of them were done getting into their robes, they mounted their brooms, and flew out onto the field. Coach Pete walked out into the field, about to start the game. "Now, I want a fair game...Slytherin" this caused the entire Slytherin team to smirk. "On my whistle, begin the game, three...two...TWEET". Coach Pete threw the quaffle into the air, starting the game. Slytherin chaser Scott Cropson got the quaffle. He flew towards the Gryffindor hoops before having it take from him by Harold, who passed it to fellow Gryffindor chaser Ryan Turner. Ryan threw the quaffle through the hoop earning Gryffindor ten points. Slytherin chaser Jacques Durant. Jacques managed to throw the quaffle in earning Slytherin ten points. Slytherin chaser Duncan Tarun had the quaffle. He flew to the Gryffindor goals, but when he was about halfway there, he was struck by a bolt of lightning. The crowd made an "Ooo" sound. Scott managed to get the quaffle, scoring Slytherin another ten points. Gryffindor beater Shawn Romero launched a beater at him, but Slytherin beater Lorenzo Graham passed it to his stepbrother, and fellow Slytherin beater Chet Tewksbury, who send it at Gryffindor chaser Brick McArthur, hitting him in the stomach. Shawn hit Chet in the back of his head with his beater club, causing Chet's head to smash into the handle of his broom, making his nose bleed.
Ezekiel was flying around, searching for the snitch, whilst also keeping an eye on Elias, who was also looking for the snitch. Suddenly, there was a flash of gold in the corner of Zeke's eye. He made a quick 180 and saw Elias going for the snitch! And what was even worse was that Elias had gotten a new broomstick, a Nimbus 2001! Zeke did his best to catch up to Elias, but his Nimbus 2000 would never get there in time, so he cut Elias off, delaying him from grabbing the snitch. The snitch went below into the trench connecting the stands. The two seekers were dodging wood, and the rain wasn't helping. Even with the goggles they had on, it was starting to get so bad that he couldn't see with them on. "C'mon Zeke, you gotta be quicker than that if you want a chance to win!" Elias called back. Ezekiel leaned forward, making his broom go faster. Soon enough, the two boys were neck and neck. The snitch had left the trench, and while Zeke was chasing the snitch, he saw the score. It was forty to twenty, Slytherin in the lead. Elias was getting closer to the snitch, until Gryffindor beater Geoff Algolen hit a bludger towards him. It hit him, causing him to fall off his broom. Luckily the ground was soft, and he was able to recover. "Be careful Elias, now go get the snitch!" Slytherin keeper Caelen told him. "Yeah, right." Elias responded. He hopped on his Nimbus 2001 and raced towards Zeke and the snitch.
Tyler was watching all of this, and while he was distracted, Scott managed to score a goal, making the score fifty to twenty. Tyler groaned, and before he had time to get back into position, he was struck by a bolt of lightning. The snitch had gone really high up into the air. The rain made it hard to hold their broom handles even with the gloves on. The higher they went, the colder it got, and it was starting to get hard to breathe. Then, the snitch changed direction, and started going straight down towards the stadium. Zeke was the first of them to notice, so he had gotten a lead. Elias had caught up shortly after though. The two shared a glance, looked down towards the snitch, shared another glance, and then focused on the snitch. The score was seventy to fifty, Slytherin still in the lead. Elias and Ezekiel were going as fast as their brooms would let them. They got closer and closer to the ground, and the snitch showed no signs of stopping. Ezekiel was freaking out, and thought he was going to crash into the earth. But then, just in time the snitch stopped and went straight. Both boys put their legs on their brooms, and pulled up right before hitting the ground. They were standing on their brooms, broom surfing if you will. It was hard, the rain made their robed heavy, and their broom shafts wet. "Well, you don't see that every day" Caelen said, wiping the water off his drenched spectacles. "GO ZEKE!" Bridgette called from the stands. This motivated Ezekiel even more. The two boys pulled out their wands, and began to sword fight with them, almost like a lightsaber duel. The snitch then went a little higher in the air, and both boys jumped onto their brooms normally, and raced after it.
The snitch had left the stadium, flying all around the castle. Ezekiel rammed into Elias, causing him to go off balance for a second. Elias shot a glare at Ezekiel, and rammed back. After a few more shoves, they were full on punching each other, and even kicking. "GET LOST MILLER, YOU KNOW YOU WON'T BEAT ME!" Elias shouted. Ezekiel ignored him, and focused on the snitch. They had gotten back in the stand to find that the game was tied, eighty to eighty. Elias took the lead, and reached his arm out, about the grab the snitch. But then, a bludger came out of nowhere and rammed into Elias's arm. Ezekiel heard a sickening snap, and Elias fell off his broom from about twenty feet. Ezekiel took this opportunity to leap up onto his broom, and try to catch the snitch while surfing, kinda like he did in his first ever Quidditch match, only this time the snitch wouldn't get caught in his braces. The snitch went up into the air again. It was about fifty feet in the air, and Ezekiel ran up the shaft of his broom and jumped. He grabbed the snitch, he had won! But then, it struck him. He was fifty feet in the air, and his broom had fallen back to the ground when he jumped off it to grab the snitch. "Oh poop" he said. He was plummeting down to the ground, and his adrenalin levels were so high, he passed out.
Everyone in the stands, and even the players looked up, and saw Ezekiel plummeting to the earth. There were screams of horror. Bridgette clasped her hands over her mouth. Headmaster McLean stood up from his seat in the stands. "Arresto Momentum!" he shouted. This caused Ezekiel to hover above the wet field. Headmaster McLean ran onto the field, and put him on a magic stretcher which took him to the hospital wing. "EZEKIEL MILLER HAS CAUGHT THE SNITCH, GRYFFINDOR WINS!" Coach Pete announced. There were cheers from the audience, apart from the Slytherin students that is. Elias had also been taken to the hospital wing. Caelen, Alex, and Logan had rushed to his aid when he fell, and they took him to be tended to. This was the most rough Quidditch match of the year by far.
