Disclaimer: I do not own "Harry Potter". It is hereby © to J.K. Rowling. I wrote this story when I was 12 years old in the year 2003. So, "Half-Blood Prince" wasn't out yet either. It didn't exist at this point. Again, errors in spelling and grammar have been intentionally left in to preserve my skills as a young writer. This story is complete. This is a repost.

Chapter Eighteen: Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff

The Gryffindor team was being cheered on in the hallways as they walked to breakfast in the Great Hall. They passed a group of Ravenclaws, some of them wearing scarlet badges or scarves, others wearing canary yellow hats or held little flags. Upon reaching the Great Hall the Gryffindor table erupted in cheers. The Hufflepuff team had come into the room from another passage and the Hufflepuff table roared, trying to be louder than the Gryffindors. But no one could outdo the Gryffindor's cheers. The Hufflepuffs were lost in the great sound that poured from the Gryffindors. The hall finally settled down and everyone ate in complete silence, saving their voices for the match. Twenty minutes passed and both teams rose from their house tables, everyone clapping and whistling as the group of fourteen went out the oak front doors and onto the lush, frosty grounds. The teams reached the pitch and the Hufflepuffs went into their locker room, the Gryffindors in theirs.

"Ok, everyone on that team are Hufflepuffs that we all know…Like Susan Bones, Ernie Macmillan, Hannah Abbot, and uh…Diggory's sister, Amanda…" Harry explained. "Plus there three others that we don't even have a clue who they are…so anyway, we're going to play just like we did at the Slytherin match. We'll just use our training skills and strategies and we'll be fine."

"What position does Amanda Diggory play?" Akira asked.

"Chaser." Harry answered.

The team shouldered their brooms and walked out onto the field, the Gryffindor stands screaming. Madam Hooch was waiting for both teams in the center. The Gryffindor team walked over quickly and waited. Two minutes went by…another minute…and another…then finally the Hufflepuffs walked onto the field and Madam Hooch opened the trunk that all the Quidditch balls were in.

"Potter, Diggory shake hands." She said.

A girl with bronzed brown hair and blonde streaks came forward and held out her hand for Harry to shake, which he reluctantly took.

"Mount your brooms." Madam Hooch ordered. "Three, two, one, go!"

Fourteen brooms rose into the air and a crisp wind ruffled everyone's hair.

"Hufflepuff chaser Amanda Diggory takes possession of the quaffle just as Gryffindor chaser, Akira Chang was going for it! Diggory's going for it, she's taking a shot, and, nice save by Weasley who passes it to Granger, who flies through the air and takes a shot. She scores! 10-0!" Lee announced.

Amanda was shouting orders. She was very different from her brother. Harry was scanning the field for the snitch. He had no doubt in his mind that Gryffindor would win. Hermione had the quaffle again and she had scored another goal. Now Akira had the quaffle and she scored a goal as well.

"30-0!"

Cho got the quaffle and shot through the players and scored. Amanda got the quaffle and scored.

"40-10! Hufflepuff might take the lead, watch out!"

Cho had the quaffle again and scored three goals.

"70-10!"

Amanda finally got hold of the scarlet ball and scored. Then she scored four more times.

"70-60! I haven't even seen such a match! The Hufflepuffs are really showing some heart out there! Such a new change!"

Harry hadn't expected this…just then, a bludger came his way. He swerved up and easily avoided it. Akira had the quaffle and tried to score, but the Hufflepuff keeper saved the shot and threw the quaffle at Amanda who scored another four goals, taking Hufflepuff into a thirty point lead.

"70-100! Wow! I don't believe this! It's amazing!"

Cho got the quaffle and scored two times, bringing the score up to ninety. She passed to Hermione. Hermione scored.

"100-100! Nice comeback, Gryffindor!"

Liam hit a bludger in Amanda's direction. She sped away, the quaffle nicely flying into her arms and scored another goal. Alexa hit a bludger right at Amanda. She dodged it, but dropped the quaffle in the process, and flew off course. Akira caught the quaffle and zoomed straight for the goal post and scored. Cho had it now. She scored. Hermione got it. She scored too.

"130-110! This is just astounding! I'm in shock!"

Harry saw a glint of gold speed by his right shoulder. He took off.

"Gryffindor Seeker Harry Potter has seen the snitch! Come on, Gryffindor!"

The winged ball was just inches from his fingertips. He urged his broom faster. Then his hand closed on the tiny struggling ball, and six scarlet blurs bounded on him.

"HARRY POTTER CATCHES THE SNITCH AND WINS THE GAME, 280-110!!!"

Ron, Liam, and Alexa patted him on the back and applauded him. Akira gave him a hug, and Hermione did too. Cho pulled him into her arms and kissed him. Just them, Amanda flew by.

"Good game. You guys play well. My brother would've been proud. And I'm sure that he's happy you've moved on, Cho. Well, see you later…" Amanda said, flying away.

There was a moment of silence and everyone's eyes glanced at Cho.

"Oh honestly! I'm over it already! I can't cry forever…I haven't cried since…the summer of your fourth year. That was the only time I was truly in a state…but now, I'm over it, and I've put it behind me…so I don't care anymore…I'm not going to go crying, alright?" Cho explained, seeing everyone's concerned expressions.

"So anyway…we must look weird up here, just staying still up here…" Ron said notably changing the subject.

"Yeah…let's go…I think I see Tai, Sirius, and Remus down there waiting for us…" Akira agreed.

The seven of them flew down and dismounted their brooms. Tai was grinning at his sisters. Sirius and Remus were smiling broadly at Harry and the rest of the team.

"You played very well…" Remus finally said.

"Thanks…" the team replied.

"And I saw that…" Tai said to Cho.

"What?" Cho asked, confused.

"Right after Harry caught the snitch, and the rest of the team went and pounced on him, I saw you kiss him!!!" Tai answered, teasing.

"Shut up!" Cho said, punching her brother in the arm.

"Do it again." Tai said.

"What?" Cho asked, bewildered.

"Kiss him again…you know, just for the hell of it…" Tai replied.

"Are you crazy?! I will not be ordered to do anything by my brother, unless it's appropriate!" Cho snapped at him.

"Oh come on!" Tai snickered.

Harry walked over, which made Tai grin.

"Huh? What's up?" Harry asked.

"He's daring me to kiss you again…" Cho answered.

"Daring? Well…that's easy…" Harry replied.

"What? Are you cra-?" Cho started to say.

But her words were lost as Harry kissed her.

"There. Dare completed." Harry said to Tai.

Tai was blinking, then he laughed. Harry walked back over to his godfather and Remus and the rest of the team. Sirius smiled at him.

"I saw that…" Sirius said, laughing. "…and don't you get embarrassed about it…" he added seeing his godson's face flush red.

"Yes…I think we all saw that…but just as your godfather said, don't get embarrassed…James would pull stunts like that with Lily…" Remus said, smiling.

Tai was still laughing and walked over to Sirius and Remus.

"Yeah…don't be embarrassed…" Tai said, still laughing.

"You know, you're not helping…" Cho said coldly to him.

"Ooh! Miss Temper! I think I'll go now before she turns into Miss Temper-Kung Fu…" Tai joked.

"Oh shut up!" Cho snapped.

"Anyway, as we were saying, Remus and I…we were saying that James would do that with Lily, so I guess you got some of James's daring side in you…but anyway, it's good to know you're happy…" Sirius said.

"Yes, a very good thing to know…" Remus added.

"Uh right…" Harry said.

"Hey maybe we should go back to the castle…I'll bet that lunch is half-over." Akira suggested.

"Nah…Let's stay here…It's Saturday. We should be having some fun…besides, if you get hungry, we could just whip something up for you." Tai said.

The team shrugged. Tai, Remus, and Sirius walked away towards the grounds and sat under a great oak tree. The seven followed and sat around the three men.

"I'm hungry." Akira complained.

"You're always hungry." Everyone except Liam replied.

"So? Your point is?" Akira asked.

They shrugged and Tai took out his wand and gave it a wave and a cheeseburger was in his hand. He tossed it at Akira.

"Here. Now stop complaining." He said.

Akira started taking a few bites and looked over at Liam.

"Want half, Mez?" She asked him.

"Sure." Liam replied.

Akira took out her wand and divided the burger into a perfect half. She gave the half she hadn't bitten into to Liam. Both started eating again. Everyone watched them eat.

"We're hungry!" The other five members of the Gryffindor team whined.

Tai shook his head and sighed. He pointed to the grass and they were sitting on a picnic blanket and everyone had a cheeseburger and fries sitting in front of them. He flicked his wand and cups of soda were next to everyone's fries.

"Anything else while I'm at it?" Tai asked.

"Yeah, get me my own location of Burger King®." Akira said sarcastically.

Tai and Cho rolled their eyes. Ron, Sirius, and Remus looked confused. Hermione saw their confusion and noticed that Ron was looking at her.

"Burger King® is a fast food restaurant in the Muggle world. Instead of using charms and such to get food, Muggles use cars, their equivalent of our broom, and they go to this restaurant and they get hamburgers and stuff in five minutes. Two minutes if they're using the drive-through window…and a drive through is where they use their car and drive to the side of the building and there's a window where they pay for their food and order and then another window where they pick up the food they ordered. Then after that they drive away to where ever they were going…" Hermione explained.

"Ohhh…" said Ron, Sirius, and Remus.

"Honestly, Ron, you really should consider Muggle Studies." Hermione said.

"Why? After this year, the next one will be our last! And we'd be too busy studying for out NEWTs." Ron replied.

It went on like that for at least ten minutes.

"Gosh, it sounds like both of you are already married! The way you fight!" Akira said.

Hermione and Ron instantly went silent at Akira's remark. Then they ate their food without another word. There was complete silence.

"So…um…it's really too quiet…so can we just start talking again?" Akira suggested.

"Shhh. I hear something…" Cho replied.

"What? What is it?" Akira asked.

"Shut up!" Cho hissed.

Soft, sweet music was filtering from the Forbidden Forest. A gold light was moving along the trees.

"L-Lumé?" Cho wondered.

The music stopped and instantly, Lumé was at Cho's side.

'What is it that you ask, Himé?' Lumé asked without moving her lips.

"Please, don't call me that…I was just wondering, if you knew where the music was coming from…" Cho answered.

'Himé, it was me singing. The Phoenix Song. But I'm that you know, Himé, about what happens when you hear it…Yanagi, you know too, don't you?' Lumé replied.

"Yes. I know…but the rest do not. Cho and I hold the secret. And please, don't call us by our true names. Call us our regular names, Lumé." Tai said.

'As you wish, Tai…Cho, will you be needing anything of me?'

"No…you can go now…thank you…"

Lumé burst into thousands of tiny bits of golden light, and reappeared as a golden phoenix. She flew away into the forest.

"Tell me, what does happen when you hear the Phoenix Song?" Akira, Harry, Sirius, and Remus asked.

"I'm sorry…as much as I would like to tell you, I can't. It's what Dumbledore told me in his office that day." Cho answered.

The music started again. It sounded beautiful…like an angel playing a harp. The rest of the daylight left turned into twilight and the week progressed until it was again the weekend, the weekend of the Valentine's Ball.