A/N: HeYY everyone! Thank you so much for your reviews!! They really encouraged me to write some more and to update as soon as I could!! I thought it would be nice of me to upload a chapter before going away, a sort of, 'me aculpa' for not updating as often as I should!! (PS: I made it a tad longer then the last chappie for you guys ;) hehe)
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Chapter Seven: The Quidditch Game
James, Sirius and Peter were walking back to their dorms after their little outing. They had decided not to trespass the centaurs territory because they had quidditch game the next morning and didn't want to come back to bed, mangled and bleeding half to death.
As James said the password to the fat lady, he remembered that Lily was in the common room when he had left. So the first thing he did while coming in the room, was to look for his favourite redhead. He felt a little bit of disappointment as he noticed she wasn't there. There was an owl sitting on the shelf by the armchair she was in before. Her books were still there.
"Quick, she might come back soon!" Said Sirius as he pushed passed James, probably having noticed the same thing James had.
"Thank god Moony didn't make it hard tonight' Said Peter as he and James stayed back a few seconds after Sirius, noticing they had been back earlier then usual. "You're going to be fine for the game tomorrow Prongs!"
The owl hooted softly, and they remembered that they should follow their friend up the stairs. They then rushed to their dorm to make sure she wouldn't see them and get them in trouble.
Lily, Iza and Alex were walking down the way for the Quidditch pitch the next morning.
"I'm so happy!!' was saying Iza "In six days, it's Christmas break!!" She was skipping next to Lily as she chanted out Christmas carols.
"Yeah, but Lily's going to remind you that you have a report to hand in for Transfiguration, to burst your bubble!"
"I wouldn't do such a thing!" Said Lily in mock outrage. "But I'm honestly not looking forward for when we get back!!"
Both of her friends stared at her with huge eyes. Hearing Lily not excited for school was a shocker.
"No, don't get me wrong! I love it here! I love my classes and stuff... But now the individual part of the project is over and the moment we come back, we have to team up with our partners..." She moaned in despair.
Alex shared a look with Iza and they both sighed and rolled their eyes.
"Oh and by the way... I have to talk to you guys about something..." Lily said, just with the look she had on her face, both of her friends became worried.
"What's the matter??" Iza said as she looked at her friend.
"Did anything happen to you?" Alex said, placing his hands on her shoulders, to turn her towards him.
"Cherie!" Iza said in French (A/N: Honey) "You shouldn't keep things to yourself!" She said softly, as she saw Lily close her eyes.
"I'll tell you tonight, there are just too many people around..." Lily said in a small voice, as she hugged her friends "For the moment, let's just enjoy the game" She added a small smile.
They both gave her encouraging smiles as they hooked arms and continued their walk to the pitch.
"AND NOW WE WELCOME ON THE PITCH THE GRYFFINDOR TEAM!!" The announcer bellowed in the microphone after welcoming the Slytherin team. "KEEPER: LANGDON!! BETERS: PRICE, BLACK!! CHASERS: TORRES, SAADAH!! SEEKER: ANDREWS AAAAAAAND OUR CAPTAIN CHASERRRR..." The crowd was roaring by now "JAMES POTTER!!" When his name was called, he circled the pitch waving his hand to the crowd.
The not so friendly crowd in majority cheered so much more for the red and gold and made it evident that they disliked the other team. The quarter of the crowd left rooted for the silver and green team.
The two teams lined up in the air as the quaffle was set in between both of them. The golden snitch was set off. James, captain of the team, lined up ahead to shake hands roughly with Lucius Malfoy. He was a silver haired seventh year Slytherin who, as rumour had it, had paid his way to the captainship of his team. They snarled at each other before the teacher called a nice clean match. The crowd was roaring with excitement.
Lily was sitting down between her two best friends, looking down at the scene. She obviously rooted for her team, but she really really disliked their captain.
"Iza, can you tell me why he ALWAYS has to look so empowered? Gosh, it disgusts me!!" Lily said as she watched James shake hands with Malfoy and then turning back to his team and nodded curtly. "Jesus, it's a GAME!!" She continued to rant.
Alex bent backwards and nudged Iza on the other side of Lily without her knowing. "She needs to get laid" He mouthed at her. They both burst out in giggles. Lily, realising there was a conversation behind her turned around sharply and glared at them. That gesture made them stop.
"And now the quaffle is thrown in the air! Torres sets off to catch it! OH she just dodged a bluger sent at her!! AND SHE CAUGHT IT! Sprinting out to the holes, Potter in tow!! COME ON GRYFFINDOR!" Mathew said as he commented the game. He was a fifth year Gryffindor and was going out with Kelly Price, fellow beater with Sirius.
Mcgonagall sent him a look but it went unnoticed as he continued on "Torres drops the ball into the waiting hands of Saadah! OH!! WHAT A FEINT! Saddah throws the quaffle to Potter who is waiting by the left hoop!! HE SHOOTS! HE SCOOOOOOOOORES!! 30 NOTHING TO GRYFFINDOR!"
Lily found herself cheering even though it was Potter who had just scored. The crowd was in uproar
"GO GO GRYFFINDOR! GO GO GRYFFINDOR!!" was chanted all around the field. Potter did a round shaking his hands in the air.
Twenty minutes later, the score was 90 to 40 for Gryffindor. The Slytherins were playing dirty and wouldn't let anything go without a fight. Sirius was getting fed up with all of the attacks he had to stop, towards his keeper. He understood what the Slytherins were playing at. They wanted to K.O. the Gryffindor Keeper.
He had to spend his time close to Jessica Langdon to make sure she would be alright. It was only her first year on the quidditch team and she had to face off an angry bunch of Slyherins. He saw one of the Slytherin beaters coming closer to him, eyes locked with his. Feeling something was going to happen, he braced himself, grabbing his bat. Out of nowhere, the second Slytherin beater went behind him and grabbed his bat.
At the same moment, James had just stolen the quaffle and was heading towards the Slytherin hoops. Catching the eye of Price, he gave her a nod and she understood what she had to do. She found one of the blugers and sent it off to the Keeper to distract him. At the same time, Saadah came under Potter and caught the Quaffle and sent it hurling in the middle hoop.
Back at the other end of the field, the Slytherin beater that stole Sirius' bat flew off and the other one smirked and aimed a bluger at Jessica. Sirius, realising what was happening, flew in front of Jessica to stop the bluger from getting at her. The bluger hit him square on the shoulder and made him jolt forward.
The crowd roared with excitement as the quaffle went through the hoop. James turned around and his face fell. He screamed Sirius' name and rushed towards the falling body
Iza was now watching her classmate fall and grabbed Lily's arm as she shrieked. Everyone around her looked at her and turned to where she was looking, including Lily. Keeping her cool, Lily whipped out her wand and yelled "Immobulus!!" while aiming Sirius' falling body.
Everything happened so fast, James saw Sirius stopping his fall and hover not too far from the ground. The crowd was now close to dead silent as they watched what was happening. Before the professor called a stop in the game, the Gryffindor seeker was screaming with his arm above his head. He had just caught the snitch. It didn't take more then a few seconds for the crowd to resume their cheering.
"GO GRYFFINDOR! GO GRYFFINDOR!!"
James was now hovering right next to Sirius and noticed he was unconscious. Taking him in his arms, he flew down to where Madam Pomfrey was waiting for them. He had a constant frown on his face.
While the game was pronounced victory for Gryffindor, James was heading to the infirmary, closely followed by his team mates. Knowing Remus and Peter, they would be here any moment.
Sirius was placed on a bed while the nurse tended to him. The whole team was standing around the bed. The nurse declared him stable, but she still had to mend the bones in his shoulder.
Seconds later, the door burst opened and Remus ran in, closely followed by Peter.
"How is he??" said Remus as he caught sight of James.
"Stable. What the hell happened??" James said, as he turned around, still frowning.
"It was Lily... Lily stopped his fall!" Remus said, wide eyes, still remembering the way she jumped up and whipped her wand, aiming it at his friend.
"... Lily what??" James said incredulous.
Bam! There we are! How was that?? Just to let you know, I'm leaving after tomorrow! I promise I will try to write a chappie when I come back and update ASAP!