Many thanks to Queen-Maggie-pevensie (who also gave me a meeting idea that should be uploaded soon!), Ro-Lee, and my guest reviewer. Happy holidays!
Harry Potter
The first Quidditch match of the year is always Gryffindor versus Slytherin. It's Ember Abernathy's first ever game at Hogwarts, and the first year, decked out in crimson and gold, bounces up and down excitedly in the stands as she waits for the match to begin. Her brother Ashton, a seventh year, is the Gryffindor keeper and team captain this year.
"Careful!" Ash's twin Rain pulls Ember back from where she's hanging over the railing. Rain is a Ravenclaw, but when her House isn't playing, she always sits with the Gryffindors to support Ashton.
Ember wriggles out of Rain's grip and presses against the railing again. At that moment, both teams burst into view, soaring onto the Quidditch pitch. The announcer, some second year named Marvel, makes the introductions. "And here comes the Gryffindor captain, Ashton Abernathy! He's a real keeper, that one." The stadium is divided into groans and laughs at his terrible pun.
"Ash!" Ember waves frantically at her brother and is satisfied when, spotting her, he salutes her from his broomstick. "You better win, Ashton!" She's so busy cheering on her brother that she fails to notice when Rain, noticing the arrival of handsome young Professor Crane, guiltily looks around before slinking away to ask him about a recent assignment.
Marvel has almost gone through the gamut of players. "And finally, last and certainly least—I kid, I kid—we have our newest player and Chaser on the Slytherin team this year, Cato Wolfwood!"
A gust of wind suddenly seizes Ember's scarf. She makes a frantic grab for it as it flies away, leaning far, far, far over the railing—and then she falls. The stadium echoes with gasps and several screams as spectators realize someone has fallen.
Ember's fall is cut short when she slams into a warm body. Instinctively, she wraps her arms around it, desperately clinging for support as she is pulled up onto a broomstick. Her woollen hat has slipped over her eyes, and she adjusts it so she can look at the face of second year Slytherin Chaser Cato Wolfwood.
Her chest is still heaving from her panic at falling, and they're both silent as he flies closer to the stands. A very pale Rain, recently returned, helps lift Ember back onto the right side of the railing.
Before Cato leaves, Ember calls out, "Thank you."
He looks back. "You're welcome." He flies away, and after a moment, the game begins.
Professor Seneca Crane teaches the new, highly popular elective Magical Game Theory.
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