~The Next Day...
When I woke up the next morning, the sun wasn't out yet.
What am I doing?
Ever since I came to Hogwarts, I've been waking up waaayy too early.
I sighed before leaning up, seeing Devin still asleep in his bed. I opened the door of the balcony and stepped out, feeling the breeze of the too-early morning breeze blow my face. The sky was only slightly tinted red as the stars began to fade out, the clouds slowly turning from dark grey to a blue-ish tint.
I looked around the entire school, taking in every single detail.
Just like I do every single damn morning.
I was taking in the beautiful view, until I noticed the insane amount of Dementors flying into the Forbidden Forest. That's weird...
I mean, there's the occasional Dementor flying about aimlessly above the forest, but a huge amount flying into the forest...?
That's different.
And bad.
"Morning Jamieson," Devin greeted with a groggy voice, startling me.
Slightly.
"Morning Devin," I replied, seeing the Dementors completely disappear. "Have you taken a shower?" He asked, stretching, revealing a tiny bit of his skin.
What I'd do to just rip his shirt off...
"Uh... No. You wanna take a shower together?" I asked wiggling my brows. He rolled his eyes, with slightly pink cheeks he answered, "N-No! Well, n-not with you," He turned around embarrassedly. "Ouch," I faked a heart attack, only to have my pillow thrown at me.
"I'm gonna go first," He stated, leaving me in the room as quick as he could.
~After Classes...
Devin, Rafe, Hazel and I were minding our own businesses, until we ran into an argument between Sebastian Malfoy and Oliver Woods.
Great.
"What is your problem Malfoy?! You think because your dad is the principal you have utmost power above us all?!" Oliver yelled at the top of his lungs while Ceilan cradled a young freshman. I'm assuming Mr. Older Malfoy here caused problems again.
"Oh, you know that's true, Oliver," Sebastian sneered. "Crab, Goyle, take care of this irrelevant minority," He continued. The way the blond douche mocked Oliver boiled my blood.
"Expelliarmus!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, sending blasting Sebastian away and into his crowd of Slytherins. "Why you-" Before Goyle and Crab could fight back, Rafe and Hazel jumped forth, "Stupefy!" They yelled out loud, knocking both of them unconscious.
Devin ran in-front of Oliver, raising his wand up. "You're on their side, brother?" Hissed the older Malfoy as he stood back up. "You bet your ass I am," Devin retaliated, showing absolutely no fear towards his older brother.
"Well well well. Looks like you're overnumbered, Oliver. 7 Gryffindors versus 16 Slytherins, bad choice of siding, Devin." Sebastian mocked, standing confidently. "You underestimate me far too much," Devin growled before raising his wand, "Immobulus!" He yelled at the top of his lungs.
I watched as all 16 of them froze in place, unable to fight back. "I'm far more powerful than you, Sebastian. I just choose to do good with my magic, unlike the rest of our families." He looked dead into Sebastian's eyes.
"I'm warning you now, Sebastian. And the rest of you Slytherins. Do not underestimate us Gryffindors, or Hufflepuffs, or even Ravenclaws. We are no longer afraid of fighting back," I warned Sebastian, who looked straight into my eyes, his pupils burning with fury though his face made no changes in expression.
"You guys are insanely crazy, stupid, but also really good." Oliver grinned widely once we were away from the frozen Slytherins. "Where'd you learn that spell, Devin?" I asked, lifting a brow at him.
"Hazel taught me," He replied, grinning widely.
"Challenging a Slytherin, let alone a Malfoy, is a big mistake. But seeing how this younger Malfoy alone can freeze 16 peoples..." Darren Stephenson, one of the senior members Hufflepuff came up to us. "I think the Slytherin's reign might be over soon," He added, smiling widely.
"Well, that's all awesome but you guys need to watch out. Tell the rest of your members, Darren. And you too, Clarissa. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw need to watch out. Sebastian won't strike Gryffindor head on, he's gonna try to strike fear into other houses," Oliver warned the others.
~Night Time...
"Right. Quidditch, again." I sighed, following Ceilan, who was there to lead me and Devin into the field this time. "For today's practice, we're gonna go up against Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff in a team versus team match. Since the first round for the Quidditch Cup is coming up in a few weeks, you guys need to experience a real match early on," Ceilan explained.
Turns our Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were already in a match. The orbs were already floating and lit, the guys and gals flying around on their brooms and such.
"C'mon, sit down you guys. We're up against Hufflepuff after this, then Ravenclaw." Oliver explained, smiling proudly.
Not really sure what he's proud of.
I felt somewhat nervous while watching Hufflepuff play against Ravenclaw. I've never been in a match before! What if I screw up?! I mean, I know I'm the seeker but what if I get distracted?!
I get distracted really easily. The amount of times Hazel had to hit my head with a book to get me out of my daydream is just... a lot.
"Good luck, Jamieson." Devin smiled before getting onto his broom. "C'mon, seeker!" One of my teammates yelled.
I didn't even notice that our match had already started!
See what I mean?
"Right, snitchy snitch. Where could you possibly be?" I asked myself, looking around the field, then spotted a golden twinkle in the distance.
Then it twinkled again.
It seems my opponent has also spotted the snitch...
Both of us raced towards the snitch, pushing each other and flying in a complicated pattern to slow the other.
My heart was just racing the entire time! I felt so energized, like I could lift 100 elephants... I felt like I ate an entire bag of pure sugar.
I managed to push Hufflepuff's seeker away, before standing on my broom and making a dive towards the snitch, somehow clasping my hand in time and catching it. "The snitch has been caught! The winner of this round is Gryffindor!" Yelled the referee.
"Here's your broom. You definitely have a chance against Slytherin," Hufflepuff's seeker, whose name I haven't caught yet, smiled at me as he handed my broom. "Oh come on, you're pretty good too! I almost fell off my broom," I replied, shaking said seeker's hand.
We continued talking for a short while before Oliver yelled to get our attention, since round 2 was starting.
"Right. You did it earlier, you can do it again, Jamieson." I told myself once the match started. I flew around, looking for that golden twinkle again. I literally flew around aimlessly, dodging everything I could, until I saw Ravenclaw's seeker, flying towards the Golden Snitch.
Only... It wasn't the Golden Snitch.
"Emerus! STOP!" I yelled, flying as fast as I could and eventually ramming into him, knocking us both off of our brooms. Thankfully we weren't flying too high up.
"Jamieson-! What the hell?!" He yelled angrily, pushing me off of him. "That's not the snitch," I warned. Both of us watched as the golden floating ball actually disappear, while not one or two, but 5 Dementors appeared.
"Run!" I yelled, grabbing my broom as fast as I could. Both of us flew as fast as we could towards the crowd of Hufflepuff sitting on the grass. "Dementors!" Emerus yelled, his voice filled with fear and pure panic.
"Expecto Patronum!" Yelled Oliver at the top of his lungs, pointing his wand at the group of Dementors. "Expecto Patronum!" Ceilan followed up, soon, the rest of the seniors surrounded the Dementors, casting a huge barrier of light around the dark creatures.
The rest of the juniors, including me, watched from far as they moved closer and closer to the Dementors. After a short while, the Dementors were reduced to pure dust. Like what I saw back at the Dursleys, except instead of being exposed to sunlight, these Dementors burned when surrounded by a large amount of magic light.
"Dementors. They used to be immune to everything, we had to wait until they died off. Back then, all they could do was suck out your happiness and leave you a shell of nothingness. Now, they can suck out your life force," Oliver explained, panting.
"Fortunately, now, they actually disintegrate. Given that you work together to shine the light of your Patronus at them. Either that or they burn under the sun," Ceilan added as the seniors made a safe landing.
"We'll settle the score between our teams later. Right now, everyone needs to go back to their dorms, in case more Dementors appear," Ravenclaw's leader stated, earning nods of agreement from everyone in the vicinity.
"Ceilan, why don't the professors just put an enchantment around Hogwarts to fend off the Dementors?" I asked as we walked back towards our dorms. "There used to be an enchantment around Hogwarts. Something happened when Salazar came. Now the school is completely vulnerable to evil creatures," Ceilan explained, letting out a sigh afterwards.
"I wish someone would just get rid of him now," He added, furrowing his brows. "Yeah, get rid of Salazar so another Malfoy could take his place. I don't think that's a good idea," Oliver rolled his eyes, earning him a frown from Ceilan.
"I mean, not all Malfoys are evil," I shrugged, getting a curious look from everyone else. "I dunno. Literally everyone in my family wants to take over the entire world," Devin added with a shrug as well.
"Except you, apparently." Oliver said, a smile growing on his otherwise perfect face afterwards.
"G'night Oliver, G'night Ceilan." Devin and I wished a goodnight to Oliver and Ceilan before entering our dorm. "Are you nervous, Jamieson?" Devin asked as I stripped off my Quidditch clothes.
"Nervous...?" I asked, putting on my pajamas.
"For the Quidditch Cup," He replied, I could tell he was frowning.
"I... I am. Who wouldn't be? It's my first time being part of a Sports team!" I smiled, turning around to face Devin, who was looking down at his lap with somewhat sad eyes.
"I... I'm only nervous because..." He trailed off, shutting his eyes.
"Because I might screw up, bad. I could accidentally pass the ball to the wrong person, or ram into someone while flying... God knows misfortune follows me everywhere," He frowned, letting out a sigh filled with sadness.
"Hey-" I walked over to him, lifting his chin so our eyes met. Tears were building up in his eyes.
"You're not gonna screw up, alright? So what if misfortune follows you everywhere? You can't let that push you down! Plus, we're in the same team. I'll be there to help if you need me to," I smiled, seeing his cheeks flush red. "You're an amazing Quidditch player, Dev." I added, blushing once I realized what I had just said.
"Can I... Can I call you Dev?" I asked, the heat on my face increasing every second. He smiled, "Y-yeah, Jamie." He replied, his face flushing even more. I gave him a toothy grin before replying, "I like that. Jamie,"
I sighed before climbing off of his bed and onto mine, "I suppose we should call it a night," I told him, fluffing my pillow. "G'night Dev," I wished him before pulling up the comforter.
"G'night Jamie," He replied, his voice telling me he was smiling.
