"Well. I'll go with it if you want. It would be hypocritical to not believe what you think when I got upset about the tea leaves." I said.
"Black! Another nights detention!" Snape yelled.
"Damnit." I muttered.
"So. Are you ready?" Hermione asks Harry and I a week later at breakfast. I glare at my food and push it around while shrugging.
"Well. I don't think we'll lose…" Harry mutters.
"But if we do lose, we can kiss the quidditch championship trophy goodbye." I mutter.
"Which is why you won't lose!" Hermione chirps. I take a deep breath.
"I sure hope you're right, Mione." I say.
"Alright team! It's time to head down to the field!" Wood calls and I push away from the table.
"Here goes nothing."
Wood pushes the great doors open and holds them for us, and then starts his pep talk on the way down to the pitch.
"We have to beat Ravenclaw. I know we can do it. We could have done it even without the help of two fire bolts! So now there's no way we can lose. Just keep your head in the game. Harry, we're counting on you. You gotta catch that snitch."
"Got it." Harry says and then we dispersed in the changing rooms.
Katie and Angelina chatted while they changed and I finished before them, pulling on my elbow pads as I walked out into the team room.
"Ready, Black?" Wood asked. I smiled.
"You bet!" I called back. I sat on the bench doing last minute cleanings to my broom and Harry came out and sat down kind of next to me.
"Do you think they'll work?" He whispered.
"Of course. It would be pointless to curse something so expensive." I remind him.
"Right."
After that we are called out, and fly around the pitch a couple times before getting into formation. Wood shook the hand of the Ravenclaw captain and then Madam Hooch threw the quaffle up and released the snitch and off we went. I caught Harry making googly eyes at The Chang girl, and flew over to him.
"Oi Potter! Keep your head in the game and tell your hormones to fuck off!" I advised before catching the quaffle and speeding off.
I threw it to Katie and she hit it into the hoop with the end of her broom. Maybe five minutes later Cho screamed and we all looked to the ground where three dementors were gliding out into the pitch. I gasped and almost dropped the quaffle but I saved it and threw it to Angelina. Harry sent something silvery at them and they collapsed to the ground.
Madam Hooch blew her whistle and we all looked to Harry who was holding the snitch up in the air.
"Whoo! Great job Potter!" I yelled as the team flew down to the ground. We carried him back on our shoulders and partied in the common room. Fred and George disappeared for awhile and came back with butterbeers and lots of sweets.
"Wow! Where'd you get all this stuff?" I asked. Fred winked at me and George smirked.
"We'll show you sometime." Fred promised. I nodded.
"I'll hold you to it." I walked off to go talk to Hermione.
"What's up, Love?" I asked.
She wiped her eyes and sniffed.
"Ronald won't stop accusing me because he thinks Crooks ate Scabbers!" She cried.
"Oh. Well, don't listen to the Orange One. He's just jealous of how awesome you are and that you got to get a brand new kneazle cat thing and he got an old scraggly rat who doesn't do anything." I said, trying to cheer her up. I handed her a butterbeer.
"Here. Drink this." I told her and she took it from me and took a sip.
Once we had finished our drinks she said she was going to go up to bed so I went with her. We brushed our teeth and then changed into pajamas. I hummed as I brushed through my long dark hair.
"Goodnight, 'Mione." I yawned and then tucked myself in and fell asleep.
I was sleeping rarely well, until I heard an ear splitting shriek.