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OMG update!. I forgot to update sunday. Actually thats a lie. I couldnt update Sunday, i didnt have enought of a chapter to post.

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heres my latest update.

Chapter 17:

Tuesday morning while everyone was treading through the 10cm of snow that fell the inght before Mike and Jeff were slowly treading at the back talking about how Mike got the black eye. It had surfaced the night before just before dinner and Mike wouldn't explain how he got it.

Of course Jeff knew better. He had heard that Mike got punched by the girl he was fooling around with as Mike had a change of heart. The girl apparently had fallen for the Flint boy and couldn't take the rejection so to make herself feel better she punched him on the eye.

"So why did you break it off?" asked Jeff as the two trudged through the taller compact snow. Mike was looking at Stella who was leading the team in their 10km snow run that morning. She smiled at him and his heart jumped.

"If I'm ever to going to get your sister to ever like me I think I should stop my extra curricular activities" He said to Jeff.

"What she do to you? Try to get you kicked out of the team?" joked Jeff.

Mike mocked laughing and then seriously said, "No…I just realized it. Maybe she hates me for my cockiness…you know. Anyway how are things in the Wood front?" He watched at Jeff blushed a little bit.

"The patriarch is too happy about 'us' that its scaring me. Maggie, well she's the same, just a bit cheerful" Jeff said bashfully. Mike was always amazed at how Jeff could be one of the most confident people in school and yet here he was blushing just as the thought of Maggie Wood.

"Heard you snogged her in the common room" Mike taunted Jeff. Jeff looked embarrassed before asking who told him.

"Errr…..not important. So…Mr. Head Boy how does it feel to be with someone?"

"Nice, content, happy?" Jeff listed out. He didn't know what to feel. He felt content with everything. He felt happy, he felt slightly scared.

Mike smirked and concluded, "Sound like you've fallen for her badly"

"Maybe….we'll see"

The two stopped talking when Coach Wood and Brown lazed on their brooms beside the them saying "Weasley and Flint…..FAASSTER….yallah, andale andale!"

Mike and Jeff stepped it up and caught up with the group where Stella shouted at them for breaking formation.

Winter melted away for early spring to arrive. March rolled in with no problem. Actually that's a lie there were many problems. Marie Weston almost got dropped from the team but got remedial classes because Stella had ordered her to do so. Stella was bent on keeping the team the way it was. No offense to the reserve but she wanted to make sure that there will be no ill politics in the team.

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March 23 rolled in and the second round of the house cup was on.

On the 23 were the Raven vs. Puffs.

On the 25 were the Gryffindor vs. Slytherin.

The Raven won at their game and everyone was now looking forward to a bloody battle between the two arch rivals. The 25th was going to decide who was meeting who during the finals. Gryffindors and Ravens were top choice. Gryffindor having 210 under their belt the last round. Slytherin had 190, Ravens had 320 (second round included) whilst Hufflepuff had 240 (second round included). The odds were that if Slytherin and Gryffindor each get at least150 each they would see each other in the finals 3 weeks from the 25th.

March 25 was suppose to be a warmer day than usual but the wheather was unpredictable and it started to rain. Much to the captains dismay, they had to make sure their teams were not going to get hypothermia in the rain.

Stella clasped the last buckle on her armguard. She stood up and took her Quiddtich robe along with her broom and headed to towards the main locker room of the lockers. She got there and smiled at her cousin who was now Captain of the team. James then bellowed out "GYRFFINDORS", each of the team stumbled out of their respective sides and settled in the main room.

"We have to flatten them by at least 80 points. If we get too low that and the snitch is caught we might as well not try to get into the finals. We have to get 80 points above them before you catch the snitch. Got it?" James said in determination. This was his last year, he wanted the cup to stay in their house. As much as he was friends with Mike, he wanted the cup for himself, his mother always said "It's your Grandfather James talking in you…or maybe your father"

Everyone nodded. "Slytherin might be playing dirty…..as they always do. So keep on your toes. And Weasley, Wood, do not use anything from the Hogwarts team unless provoked…."

The two girls nodded and all huddled and said their prayers and went into the docking bay. They heard Joshua Weasley announce the team and when Gryffindor was called the team launched out of the docking bay and did their round. After which they positioned themselves at their spots. Maggie eased up left offense and watched as Mike and James smirk at each other and shook hands as Madam Hooch told them to.

"Play fair"

"Don't I always Jamie?" smirked Mike.

When the Quaffle was thrown in Stella rammed right into Mike and made the quaffle bounce off of them to Gryffindor side. Maggie zoomed to catch it and the game started. Maggie zoomed past the Slytherin chasers getting in a quaffle. "One down, seven more to go" she said as she chased the ball who was in Claire Pierce possession who had just thieved it from the Mike Flint. She passed it to Stella who passed it to Maggie then back to Claire and almost got the quaffle in if not for the opponents keeper.

30 minutes into the game, Slytherin was 40 to 70 of Gryffindor. One more shot and Anthony Brighton could go after the snitch and stop stalling the Slytherin seeker. Stella had the quaffle in possession and was zooming to the other side when a bludger hit her and she still got the quaffle in. She wheezed around for a bit and found that her surroundings were going fuzzy. She saw the fuzzy figures of the two seekers going head to head and a green figured slammed on the ground whilst the red on didn't.

Maggie started to shout happily as they saw Anthony got the snitch but wondered why Stella was woozy. She saw her friend clutch her temple and saw in slow motion, Stella slip off of her broom falling head first to the ground. Maggie screamed as she hurtled her broom towards Stella who was only 20 feet from the ground now. She tried to push her broom as fast she could but when she found a green speck named Flint catch Stella just 8 feet before the ground she hurried to touch down to see what happened.

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Oliver was sitting at the top box with Emma and Percy. They were chatting along at who was going to win. Many would ask why the two ministry men were often haunting Hogwarts. Percy stopped mid sentence when he heard a scream and recognized it as Maggie. He stood up along with the rest of the top box and watched as many red specs and a zooming green spec head down to the ground as if running after something. His breathe got caught when he saw the long auburn hair of an unconscious girl fall 60 feet from the ground. He couldn't feel his hands; it was just like when he saw his own wife impaled helplessly years ago.

"Its okay, she was caught Perce…." Oliver said forcing out his voice. He too had his past resurfacing. "Daddy will Stella be fine?" Emma asked frantically jumping on her seat trying to get a glimpse of what was happening down at the pitch. With out warning they heard a very angry male voice.

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Mike was furious. He told his beaters to aim near but not hit the chasers of the opposing team and if they were to hit them only in the non vital spots which were the ribs or legs. As he set the bleeding unconscious Stella down on the grass he could feel the anger in him rise. "Stella…." He said flicking his finger in front of her face trying to revive her.

She grunted in pain as Madam Hooch came to them. The whole Gryffindor team was encircling the two along with the Slytherin team who was deciding whether to hide now or later from their angry captain.

"Ms Weasley…..grunt if you can hear" said Madam Hooch. Stella made a small grunt and Madam Hooch told everyone to make way. "Where's the stretcher?"" exclaimed Madam Hooch and one came. Mike took hold of Stella and transferred her on to stretcher and watched as she was hurried off to the hospital wing.

Balling his fists he darted a glare at his beaters and took hold of their collars "WHAT ARE NONE VITAL PARTS?" he screamed at the two cowering beaters. He felt a hand on his shoulder and found Jeff shaking his head in warning. Mike put back both of his beater down on the ground and said "I'll deal with you in the common room". The two beaters scuttled away as Mike stood there watching Madam Hooch levitate Stella towards the castle. He felt his stomach fall, now he truly didn't have a chance anymore.

A few minutes later in the cold Slytherin common room the two beaters were cornered by Flint who looked mean as ever. "What are none vital part children?" Mike said too calmly. The two boys shrunk and choked out "Legs and arms…."

"and?"

"A rib maybe" added one of the beater.

"Good…now what did you hit on Weasley?" Mike asked the two as he picked them up on by their shirts.

"Her head…" wailed one of the younger boys.

"Give me a reason not to beat you two up?" Mike asked testily.

"we…we…." Choked out the two beaters nervously. Mike had a dark look about him that reminded his sister at how their father could be vindictive and mean to people.

"Mike put the two down" stated Professor Lacrue who had walked in on the argument between the two 5th years and their 7th year captain. "Mr. Flint, and Misters, Avery and Meadows are being called to the headmistress office. Misters Avery and Meadows you two will have a week detention with me, and deduct 15 points a piece, then what ever the headmistress gives you. Mr. Flint, you get 3 detentions with me and also 10 points off…..go…."

The three headed to the headmistress office. They got there and Coach Wood and Brown were there. Flint nodded at the two men and stood in the middle of the office along with his two beaters. McGonagall came in to the room huffing.

"Explain yourselves" said McGonagall.

"Ma'am I'll take blame for it. I told them to use the bludgers properly and only hit legs and arms…..it was under my orders. But they didn't mean to hit Stella's head" Mike said which surprised the beaters who looked like they were just about to try and plea their way out of the mess.

"Okay….you two?" McGonagall asked the two younger gaping boys.

"We, we did decide to hit her shoulders to knock the bludger out Ma'am" Said Meadows.

"But wing picked up and we swung wrong…..we're sorry. We'll take the detentions…." Ended Avery.

"I believe your head of house has already given you detentions……I cannot believe that only Mr. Flint is at fault. If this happens again any offender will be banned from playing 2 seasons"

"Yes "Ma'am" said the three boys.

"Dismissed. Flint stay" McGonagall ordered. The two beaters left as they hung their heads low. Oliver then said, "She's going to be down for a week according to Poppy…."

Mike felt his heart tighten, it as his fault. "I'm really sorry Coach, those two never listen"

"Maybe you should get new beaters…Mike…" Coach Brown added. Mike shook his head and said that no one else was better.

"Then discipline them….anyway. No point. You'll be doing 5 more km in the run tomorrow….go to the hospital wing…." Oliver said smiling at Mike who looked every bit guilty for his Beater's mistakes.

"Yes sir" Mike said lowly before dismissing himself out of the head mistress' office. Percy emerged from a enclove and scratched his head. "Jullietta isn't going to be happy about this". His mother in law was the least of his problems, Cal and Hermione could might as well band Stella from playing at all and he knew how much the game was to his eldest daughter.

"Whats wrong with her?" Oliver asked. Percy then explained that a part of her skull got cracked but got mended before it was of any damage. "She's fine now, a little bit wobbly still" Percy ended. He stayed quiet until Oliver broke the silence. "You saw Cal's limp body at the top box didn't you"

"Y-yes" Percy stuttered.

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AN:

Thanks for reading. Updates will be eradict for a bit. Im trying to fit in writing fanfics in between my readings and papers. Can you believe i have to choose an essay topic already for 2 of my archaeology courses? shudders. At least the 3rd arch course doesnt have one till later one. UGH!. as u can guess what my major is. hah. Im not english major so i suck with writing. I can only try.

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