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Like father NOT like son

Chapter 5: Quidditch

To Scorpius's dismay he could no longer avoid Albus Potter. They had both been given detention every night for a week for something they didn't even do. This meant spending their evenings together writing lines under the watchful eye of Professor Clearwater. As soon as they entered her office their wands were confiscated, it seemed she didn't want any more 'duelling' in detention.

Scorpius had been writing the line 'I will not try to cause harm to another student under any circumstances' for the past hour and a half. It was extremely repetitive and he could feel himself drifting off to sleep. Thankfully Professor Clearwater decided to end the detention there and he made his escape.

Each night was a repeat of the last and Scorpius was looking forward to the time when he would have no more detentions.

By he time he'd served his sixth detention he was utterly exhausted. The next morning he overslept and had only fifteen minutes to get to class. If he skipped breakfast he could possibly make it on time. He noticed that Albus was also still in bed and decided to leave him there. If Albus was late to class then that was his problem not Scorpius's. As he made his way through the common room he rubbed the sleep from his blurry eyes. There was a big sign posted on the notice board which grabbed Scorpius's attention. It was inviting Gryffindors to come to the quidditch pitch at half past six that evening to try out for the house quidditch team. It would be cutting it close to his seven o clock detention but Scorpius thought he could just make it.

He managed to slip into charms just as the Professor started marking the roll. The charms professor, a funny little man by the name of Flitwick gave him a smile and joyfully told him to find a seat. He sat down next to Kyle who had been saving him a seat in the back row. Kyle started talking excitedly.

"Did you hear about-"

"-the quidditch trials?" interrupted Scorpius. Both boys grinned at each other.

"Yea me too" he continued.

"You gonna try out?" they asked at exactly the same time. This caused them to break out into laughter. The Professor made shushing gestures at them so they continued their conversation in whispers.

"I'm going to try for chaser," said Scorpius. "What about you?"

"Well what I really want to be is keeper but that's not up for trial," replied Kyle. Soooo I think I'll try out for both seeker and chaser seeing as they're the only positions available." The boys continued their talk about the quidditch trials while attempting to levitate their feathers in the pauses. Scorpius managed it with ease and earned Gryffindor 15 house points. These caused Rose Weasley to pout and accidentally blow up her feather.

Albus didn't show up to class until it was nearly over and he arrived completely out of breath. The professor scolded him and gave him an assignment on researching the levitation charm. Scorpius tried to ignore the feelings of guilt inside him and instead turned away from Albus.

The rest of the day went by quickly enough with Scorpius doing well in all of his classes. This was not the case for Albus who as the day went on seemed to be making more and more mistakes.

Scorpius and Kyle turned up to the quidditch pitch exactly on time and chose the best school brooms that they could find. Chaser try-outs were being held first, which was a relief for Scorpius. The captain, Gregory Miller, had all the wannabe chasers first fly around the field.

Scorpius had forgotten how great being on a broom made him feel. He felt as if he was part of the broom, flying along with no restrictions. Even the fact that the broom was old and was probably used when his grandfather attended Hogwarts, couldn't stop him. It was only once he'd touched down that he took a look around to see who he'd be competing against for the position of chaser. There were about ten people in total ranging from first to seventh years. The only other first years besides himself and Kyle was Albus Potter.

The potent ional chasers flew about in the air passing two quaffles between each other. It required great concentration because at any one time you could have two quaffles flying towards you and you were expected to catch both. Scorpius showed some great skill, going to any lengths to catch the quaffle. Albus was about average, catching some great passes and dropping some very easy ones.

Next they were to take five shots at goal with the team's keeper defending. Scorpius went first and scored four out of five goals. As he watched the others take their turns he realised that he was the one who scored the highest amount of goals. Albus only got two in and looked like he'd pretty much given up all hope of making the team. Scorpius thought that was wise as Albus really didn't do to good out there.

It was then that he started to think that there was a high chance that he would actually make the team. After all he really had played brilliantly out their today and he knew that no one else had matched him.

Once everyone had had their shots they gathered together on the ground. The captain took a few minutes to talk with some of his team mates, then came back to announce who would be the new chaser.

"Look guys, I know you all tried hard out there today but there was one person who obviously stood out against the rest."

"Could that be me?" thought Scorpius to himself.

"This man played well on a broom he obviously wasn't used to."

"It is me, isn't it," thought Scorpius, getting more and more excited.

"He is certainly living up to the expectations his family have given to quidditch."

"Well I guess father was seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch team," thought Scorpius.

"Therefore I'd like us to all welcome our new chaser...ALBUS POTTER!

"What?" said Scorpius out loud. Kyle nudged him to keep him quiet. Albus got chaser? How was that even possible? It was ridiculous. If Scorpius had lost the position to a much older student he might have understood, but to Albus... The Captain had obviously been watching a different try-out if he honestly thought Albus would make the best chaser.

Scorpius stormed off in anger, heading towards his detention with Professor Clearwater. He was so angry that he forgot to wish Kyle luck with the seeker try-outs. He took a deep breath before entering the Headmistress's office to calm himself down. Once in there he greeted the Headmistress and sat down to write his lines. Not long after, Albus entered the office looking overjoyed. Scorpius felt the anger rise to his chest again. He spent the whole lesson writing his lines but inside he was chanting to himself:

"I HATE Albus Potter, I HATE Albus Potter." The detention seemed to go on for an eternity but like all things it came to an end eventually. Professor Clearwater congratulated them on their good behaviour and told them that there would be no need for any more detentions.

As soon as both boys were out of the office Scorpius felt his anger erupt. He turned to Albus and swung his fist, connecting it with Albus's face. Albus paused for a moment with a look of shock as he slowly raised a hand to his face. Then out of nowhere he swung his fist at Scorpius and broke his nose. Both boys seemed a bit uncertain at what had just gone on. Scorpius turned and stalked off towards the Gryffindor common room with Albus slowly following behind.

The first person who noticed him enter the common room was Victoire Weasley. She gasped when she saw him, then quickly frowned.

"What happened to you?" she exclaimed.

"I tripped," replied Scorpius glumly. At that moment Albus entered the common room and Victoire's frown deepened."

"Let me guess, you tripped too?" directed Victoire sarcastically at Albus.

"No, flying accident actually," he replied.

Dam that Albus Potter. Why did he have to be so dam noble when he could have just dobbed Scorpius in.

"I HATE Albus Potter," Scorpius thought bitterly to himself.