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Chapter 8: The Quidditch Teams

I was so nervous, I thought my head would explode. I mean, I had just come back from Quidditch tryouts, I was covered in grease and mud, I was sweaty and exhausted and I had to study for a Transfiguration test.

But I couldn't concentrate because all I knew was that the Quidditch team will be posted tomorrow and the first game (Huff vs Gryff) is in four days!

I was totally freaking. I mean, it didn't help that Al and Scorp kept on bugging me whilst I was trying to study for the test.

"C'mon Maddie! Hogsmeade weekends are coming up and you don't wanna go?" Al whined.

"Maddie, it's the best part of school! Going to the Three Broomsticks for Butterbeer and buying lollies from Zonkos – it's the best!" Scorp said, trying to convince me to go. Hogsmeade weekends start in two weeks.

"Plus, Uncle George and Aunty Angelina opened up a new joke shop! It's supposed to be awesome," Al said.

I just shook my head. "Guys, my parents didn't sign the form! Plus, I don't really want to go," I mumbled. It was so annoying. My stupid parents didn't sign the form saying I was allowed to go so now all my friends are gonna leave me on basically every weekend. They're gonna be having fun and I'll be all alone, having to talk to Moaning Myrtle. Or worse, Cheeseburger and Enrico.

"Well… I could try and forge a signature! I'm pretty damn go-" Scorp wondered until a loud shriek cut him off.

Startled, we looked up to see what was going on. I saw Emma, crying her eyes out whilst Hope and Maria were trying to comfort her.

Murmurs and whispered filled the room.

"What happened?" I whispered to Al and Scorp. We all walked over to her to see what was going on.

"Shhh, its ok, Em," Maria whispered."

"Everything's alright," Hope soothed.

Xavier was holding the Daily Prophet, his face white. I gave him a questioning look. Xavier grabbed my arm and yanked me away.

"What happened?" I asked in a hushed voice. Xavier's normally tanned skin was pale and his eyes were a bit dazed.

"Her mum was murdered. It was another attack on half-breeds – her mum is half elf. She was murdered in her sleep, her throat cut. Her dad awoke to find her dead. She was among 50 half-elves and full-blood elves killed that same night, all across the nation," Xavier whispered.

My gut clenched.

"The Pure's did this?" I asked, my voice hard.

Xavier shrugged. "I've heard of the rumours but it hasn't been confirmed. All I know is they – whoever 'they' is - left a message this time. 'They' vandalised the Ministry of Magic. A message was written in black graffiti. It says 'Giants – you're next'."

"As in full blooded giants or half-giants, like Hagrid and Jonny?" I asked, wringing my (now, since I moved to dreary England) pale hands.

Xavier shrugged again. "Who knows? Maybe both."

Well, now I sure as hell couldn't concentrate.


The night was torture. Emma was a mess. Jo, Rach, Eva and I could hear her crying and sobbing all through the night. The muffled sound of Maria, Hope and Lesley (that shy twin that I haven't even talked too), her roommates, comforting her stopped around 3am.

But the crying didn't.

Now, don't get me wrong. It's not like I'm mad at Emma or anything – I mean, her mother was murdered and I'm not an emotionless sociopath – but, around 4:30am, I was seriously thinking of knocking myself out from all her sobbing. Jo and I even had a delusional, sleep-deprived conversation about if we both punched each other at exactly the same time, was it possible for both of us to get knocked out?

But then I fell asleep around 5am, which meant getting up for school was a bitch.

"Get up," Rach said tiredly, stifling a yawn. I mumbled something on the lines of 'no, I only got two hours of sleep' but it came out as 'I got hours sleep'. Groaning, I sat up and hauled myself out of bed. Getting dressed in this zombie/ Kristen Stuart daze, I slumped down to the common room. Everyone was all a buzzed and excited and chatting nervously and it pissed me off. Why are they so cheerful in the morning? Everything pisses me off in the morning. Especially when I only get like, two hours of sleep!

Xavier, in all his golden glory/ hotness/ annoying cheerfulness practically skipped over to me.

"Are you excited?" he asked me, jumping out of his skin. I looked at him, my expression blank.

"For what?" I mumbled, tiredly. I pushed my matted, messy blonde hair out of my face and rubbed my eyes.

"Uh, I put the Quidditch team on the Hogwarts Notice Board, outside the Dining Hall!" Xavier gushed. My tired eyes flew to his and I squealed. I grabbed his shoulders and shook him in a moment of pure excitement.

I can't believe I forgot about Quidditch! All of the teams will be up today so everyone knows who's on every team. I jumped up and down and ran over to Scorp and Al who were chattering excitedly.

"Quidditch!" I sighed.

Everyone was excited. Even Emma had a small smile on her face.

LINE BREAK

The crowd around the entrance of the dining hall was huge. I mean, it was like the crowd at the Quidditch World Cup. You couldn't even breathe. Everyone was elbowing and hustling and shoving and pushing and-

"EVERYONE! JAMES POTTER COMING THROUGH!" Adam Lester yelled, his hands covering his mouth to make his voice echo. That girl, Ellie Lovegood, the one with the weird twin, was waving her arms around, making a path for Adam and James. James was waving as if the crowd were his adoring fans. They probably were, but still.

He's so insufferable.

"I KNOW HE'S GORGEOUS AND YOU LOVE HIM BUT PEOPLE, MAKE SOME ROOM!" Adam yelled, grinning. James, their red-head friend Rose and the really pretty one, with the dark skin and hair, Miranda, trailed behind Adam.

And, of course, the crowd moved for them, making a pathway. I still hadn't seen the Slytherin Team list but I was so close.

I scowled as the crowd pushed me back.

Scorp, who was beside me, muttered something that sounded like 'insufferable baboon. Of course they move for him.'

I snorted. Baboon. But then I scowled again, for good measure.

James's head moved from side to side, his eyes searching. Wonder who is lady-of-the-week is. His sapphire eyes locked on mine. His face lit up and he grinned from ear to ear.

Scorp nudged me. "Ok, either James has had a change of sexuality and he's checking me out or he doesn't hate you anymore."

I snorted and elbowed Scorp.

"Please. We still hate each other," I reasoned. And I mean, it was true. It's not like one training session of Quidditch suddenly made us best friends.

"Come on! He's ogling you! I mean, good thing your hair looks ok today," Scorp said, playfully.

"And what? It looks less than 'ok' on other days?" I asked, a little incredulous. Scorp laughed as I mock glared and punched him in the shoulder.

I was about to say something else, when a shout across the room startled me.

"Hey, Maddie! Have you seen the Quidditch teams yet?" James's voice echoed through the now silent corridor. Oh great. He's created a scene in front of everyone. Again.

"Ah, no," I yelled back. What the hell was he doing? We aren't friends.

James grinned. "Why don't you come up here with me?" He held his arms wide as if he were irresistible. He grinned cockily.

I shook my head. "Nah, I'm good." Getting involved with anything James Potter does would be bad. I mean, I don't want all of that attention. Which reminded me, I needed to prank him again.

James pouted and held a hand to his chest. "You wound me. Are you sure you don't want the Potter Treatment?"

James always does this thing where he jokes that he gets the 'Potter Treatment' which basically means people treat him better because his dad saved the world and all.

I have made it my mission to never encourage and/ or participate in the 'Potter Treatment'. Ever. Under any circumstances.

I shook my head and gave him a sweet, patronizing smile.

"Really James, there's only room for you and your 'Potter Posse' up there. I'm fine waiting. Like everyone else," I said sweetly. The room laughed at my Potter Posse comment – including the Potter Posse themselves. James just smiled, shook his head and made his way up to the board.

Chatter filled the room again as Scorp and I waited to get to the team list.

I wondered who was going to get everything. Lesley and Frank were really good at everything, Xavier was the best Chaser by far, plus he's the fricking captain so of course he's in! Jo, Maria and Dimitri tried out for Chaser too so I wonder who's gonna get it? Peter, Roy, Frank and I tried out for Beater. I really hope Frank and I get it because I don't really know him that well and I would really like to. Eva tried out just in general and Emma is about as coordinated as a dying fish out of water. And, Scorp is definitely Seeker and Al is obviously Keeper. They're both the best.

Scorp and I were discussing the advantages of a smaller quaffle when James's voice startled me.

"Hey Maddie! Guess who got Seeker for Gryffindor? Me! No surprise! And guess who's Beater for the Slytherin team? You! Would you like some help practising to hit the bludger? I mean, only the strong with good stamina can hit them and well, you're a girl. But, I can think of some ways we could improve your stamina, if you know what I mean!" James yelled as Adam, Ellie, Rose and Miranda cackled. The whole room erupted with laughter.

Did James Potter just suggest-joke that we… that me and him…? And that I wasn't a good beater because I was a girl?

Eh, I just ignored it, only because I was so excited because I GOT BEATER!

I snapped my gaze around the room until it was locked on his. I narrowed my eyes, trying to hide my joy. He shrugged, smiled and swaggered away, the crowd graciously moving out of his way to let him pass.

I looked over at Scorp who was smiling. I grinned and started jumping up and down.

"I got Beater!" I squealed. Scorp laughed as we both pushed through the crowd to the notice board. The teams were all posted.

House Quidditch Teams:

Gryffindor:

Chasers: James Potter, Miranda Weasley and Hugo Weasley

Beaters: Adam Lester and Quinn Poll

Seeker: Alexia McCartney

Keeper: Ellie Lovegood

Backup Players: Rose Weasley and Gary Oldman (did anyone get what I did there with the name?)

Ravenclaw:

Chasers: Wendy Lovegood (maybe if I hit her hard enough with a bludger, she'll die. Just kidding! Ha, not really), Roger Trye and Una Bakersbury

Beaters: Wally Cart and Frey Cart

Seeker: Finn Black

Keeper: Jon Thorne

Backup players: Rachael White and Kelly Tino

Hufflepuff:

Chasers: Andy Longbottom, Yen Chu and Iris Fitzwalger

Beaters: Lachie Walter and Travis Yohanna

Seeker: Rye Bates

Keeper: Sun Lee

Backup players: Leo Walkermann and Freya Quint

Slytherin:

Chasers: Xavier Dale, Jo Evergreen and Maria Whitmore

Beaters: Madison Taylor (THAT'S ME OMIGOSH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT AHHHHH I'M THE ONLY GIRL BEATER AT THE SCHOOL WTF AAAHHHHHH!) and Roy Ramone (I was a little disappointed it wasn't Frank but hey, Roy's ok too)

Seeker: Scorpius Malfoy

Keeper: Albus Potter

Backup players: Oscar Ray and Frank Heroe

I was so happy with the teams! Some people were disappointed but in the end, no one was too upset. It was one of the best days! I was so happy. Xavier, Al, Scorp, Jo and I discussed our best strategies all morning.


I trudged down the hallway, finding the Potions classroom. My excitement from finding out the Quidditch teams wore off when I realised I had Potions with the loony Professor Skye that day. I walked into the classroom, took my seat beside Scorp and Rachel and we talked until Skye came in. She entered in a swirl of colours, robes, hair and singing. I sighed, plonked my head on the table and told Scorp to wake me when she finished her lecturing.

I had the weirdest dream. I was back at home, at the Australian Institute of Magic. I walked down the super-clean hallways with glass walls that looked over the glittering sea. The Institute was in Sydney, which was also where my family lived. I saw a girl of Asian heritage. She had inky black hair that was cut straight across at shoulder length. She was very severe-looking yet very striking. She was walking next to my best friends, Able, Sadie and Max. She was chatting their ears off and I could tell that they didn't like it. The three of them shared looks of annoyance. The other girl I didn't know looked exasperated until my older brother, Jeremy came around the corner. She smiled hugely and waved him over. He sighed and was roped into a conversation with her. My three friends sprinted away, leaving Jeremy alone with the girl. It was obvious the girl liked him which wasn't strange, seeing as how Jeremy was 'quite a catch' according to all my girl friends. They had an animated conversation about god knows what until massive figures came up at the glass walls. They were outside, on the rocks that led to the ocean. They were all hugely built, wearing clothes that were scratched, ripped and torn. Holding up their wands, they all did the same spell and shattered the glass. My brother swung the girl back to shield her from the glass. He grabbed her hand and they both ran down the hall, away from the people that were now climbing into the now broken walls. I could hear screams and shouts. It was terrifying. One of the persons that had broken in pulled out his wand and stalked over to the solid wall, opposite the now shattered glass walls. He lit a fire spell and wrote something on the wall. I couldn't see what he was writing but I knew for certain – somehow - what the word was:

Pure's

I woke with a shriek. Scorp snorted as Rachel jumped in surprise. Skye didn't even notice.

I was dazed. What the hell was that? It had felt so real, like I was watching the events unfold. If that had been real…

But no. I wouldn't think about it. It was just a dream.

Then why did it feel so real?


The rest of the day I was on edge. I was a little off so when I walked into the DA DA classroom, I walked right past the Potter Posse, ignoring the jabs and jaunts that came from them. Jo, looking concerned, came over to me. She opened her mouth, about to say something when Lupin staggered into the classroom. His usually short cropped hair was wild and shoulder-length. His eyes were bloodshot and a little darker than usual. He had a thin layer of dark hair on his chin and stubble around his face. He looked taller and scrawnier plus his clothes looked very ragged and worn. It was so unlike what Lupin usually looked like, everyone in the room stopped and stared.

Lupin shrugged. "I'm not 100% at the moment. Excuse my appearance." He staggered over to his desk and fell into his chair. I was alarmed. What the hell was wrong? This day kept getting weirder. Maybe this was because of that thing I'd overheard between him and James. Where he was a target for the Pure's because he was a metamorphagus plus something else of which he needed a special potion for? Curious, I decided in that moment that I'd find out what was happening to him.

I spent the whole class wondering what he could have that was so bad that made him a target for the Pure's. I decided he must also be a half-breed of some type. I went through a mental list of what he could be, but came up with nothing.

The rest of the day, the same question bugged me: what is Lupin? It killed me. I just couldn't work it out.

I was sitting at the window ledge in my dorm room, waiting for the bathroom to be free. I was staring at the stars and the moon. The moon was pretty that night – luminous, big, round, white, glowing, full-

I shot up. It was a full moon. A full freaking moon. I connected the dots that were now oh so obvious to see.

Lupin was fine almost every day when it's not a full moon. When it's a full moon, he grows his hair out and looks all tired and ragged. It was so obvious.

"Werewolf," I muttered, my eyes wide.

"What was that?" Rachel asked, her head down, looking at her toes that she was painting.

"Nothing," I muttered quietly. I couldn't believe it! Teddy Lupin was a werewolf!

Or, part werewolf, I didn't really know. Maybe one of his parents was one or something or maybe he was bitten. The potion he needed was obviously the one that made you yourself when you turn – if he was running out and if the supply was running dry, what would it mean if he didn't take it? Would he fully turn or half turn or go mad or something? I had no idea. But of course the Pure's would want him dead if it was public knowledge. I decided I'd ask Al about it tomorrow.

I tried to sleep but all I could think was that Teddy Freaking Lupin was a werewolf!

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