Chapter Fifteen- The Quidditch Final

The Quidditch final was coming up fast. Alice was able to keep her nerves in check. She knew that she wouldn't be able to keep her nerves in check for long. She was going to be playing Slytherin after all. She had decided to forgive Harry for sneaking into Hogsmeade. She made him promise never to do it again. She not only focused on the Quidditch final, but the final exams that are coming up. Ron and Hermione had finally forgiven each other, but he still believed that her cat ate his rat.

Jasper had watched Alice practice with the rest of the team every three nights. He walked her to and from practice each evening. Madam Hooch was still overseeing Gryffindor's practice. Oliver Wood believed that his team was ready to face Slytherin. The night before the match he told his team to get enough rest for tomorrows match. He even ended practice early to show his point. Afterwards the Gryffindor Quidditch team headed back up to Gryffindor tower.

In the Gryffindor common room Hermione was working on her homework once again. Ron was playing chess against Dean Thomas. Dean Thomas was holding his own against Ron, however. It could be either one of them that wins. Alice had a quick flash of the future and she saw that there was going to be an unexpected winner. She knew that it would happen any moment now. "Check mate." Ron Weasley had lost at wizard's chess.

"You knew who was going to win, Ali?"

"Of course, I did once I saw it. I didn't when we first came in though. Now I need to get to bed."

"Goodnight, Ali."

"Goodnight, Jazz. I'll see you in the morning."

Alice slept relatively well even though she was nervous. She was so nervous that Jasper could feel it in the boy's dormitory. When she woke up the next morning she was ready to play. When she entered the common room she saw that Jasper was already there. "Good morning, Ali, did you sleep alright?"

"Yes, I did, Jazz."

"You know I could feel your nerves all the way in to boys' dormitory. You must have been really nervous for today."

"I was Jazz. Now we should go down to the Great Hall for breakfast."

As they headed down to the Great Hall Jasper sent Alice a wave of calm. He knew that she would be nervous again once she left the Great Hall. Once they reached the Great Hall they saw that there were only a few people there. They entered the hall together and headed towards the Gryffindor table, which was the second table from the let wall. They were the first ones at the table though. As soon as they sat down their golden plates filled with breakfast food, and their goblets filled with juice.

Finally the rest of the Gryffindor team arrived in the Great Hall. Oliver Wood led them in. Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, and Katie Bell were right behind him. Fred and George Weasley were lagging behind. The six of them took a seat at the Gryffindor table near to where Alice and Jasper were sitting. Now the whole team was eating away except Alice. Alicia noticed that something was off about her friend. "Alice, are you alright?"

"I'm just scared at what Malfoy is planning on doing to us today."

"What do you think he is planning to do?"

"I'm not positive, but I know that's it is not good."

"Why don't you think it's not good, Alice?" asked Katie Bell.

"Katie, it's never good if it involves the Slytherins."

"No one will touch my seeker if I have to say something about it."

Alice sighed, but smiled. "Oliver, I can handle it because let's just say I have an upper hand."

"What do you mean by you have an upper hand?" Oliver asked.

"Oh no, Oliver, I'm not telling you what I mean by I have an upper hand."

Within ten minutes the Great Hall was beginning to fill up. Almost the entire Gryffindor house was in the Great Hall now. The other tables were filling up as well. Alice knew that Gryffindor would have a lot of supporters toady. She knew that today would be a very important match for her to play. If she catches the snitch first then her house will hold the Quidditch cup for the first time in a long time. The last time that Gryffindor won the Quidditch cup was when Charlie Weasley was here.

Finally, the time to head to locker rooms arrived. The two teams that would be playing in today's match left the Great Hall. Alice said goodbye to Jasper before she left. She headed quickly to the locker rooms to change into her Quidditch robes. She changed with Angelina, Alicia, and Katie. The Gryffindor team came together and Oliver Wood said his usual pre-game prep talk, which everyone chimed in a piece of the speech.

The game began when Madam Hooch threw the Qualffle up in the air. The bludgers and the snitch were already in the air. The match began with Katie Bell grabbing the Qualffle out of the air. She sped towards the three hoops. She shot and she scored Gryffindor's first goal. Three fourths of the crowd below cheered loudly. The game progressed slowly and after a half an hour or so Gryffindor scored four more times giving them a lead of 50-0.

Alice knew that she had to wait just a while longer until she could catch the snitch. She had to wait until Gryffindor was about eighty points up to catch the golden snitch. Not long after the fifth goal the penalties started to come from the Slytherin team. They haven't scored yet, so they were beyond mad. The Gryffindor chasers scored six out of seven penalties. The score was now 110-30 in Gryffindor's favor.

Finally, Alice saw a glint of gold near the Gryffindor end of the pitch. Her small hand grasped around the small snitch. She had won the Quidditch cup for Gryffindor. "We won!" yelled Oliver wood.

Please Review. What do you think? Gryffindor won the Quidditch cup. Wow Dean Thomas was able to defeat Ron at Wizards chess. How do you think that Jasper could feel Alice's nerves all the way from the boy's dormitories? Is it because they are soul mates? Put your guesses in the box below.

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