An Unforgettable Shot

The weather outside was wonderful. The sun was out and there was a small breeze rustling through the trees. Once in the stadium, Ginny and Ron headed towards the Gryffindor side of the bleachers and found Hermione sitting there, near the front.

"Hey Hermione!" Ron greeted as he sat next to her.

Hermione turned and smiled at them. "Hey Ron! Hey Ginny! I'm glad to see you out here," she commented.

Ginny blushed. Do I really not get out much? she thought. "Well, I figured I needed to at least see one game while I'm here, right?" Yup, just one game for now.

Hermione chuckled. "Well, hopefully this will be a game to remember, so we'll be able to see more of you out here cheering for Gryffindor," she replied.

"Don't worry, Hermione. I'll be sure to nag her every time there's a match," Ron stated.

"Right Ron," Ginny replied, shaking her head.

Ron and Hermione started to converse amongst themselves, while Ginny looked around to see people trying to find seats. The teams were out on the field already warming up. She could see Harry but didn't try to wave or catch his attention, seeing as he was occupied at the moment.

"Ginny!" she heard someone call from behind. She turned around and saw Colin sitting behind her with his camera.

"Hey! How are you doing," she replied.

"Pretty good. I'm glad the weather is nice, I'll be able to take nice, clear shots with my camera. Want to see?" Colin offered.

Colin has always had an obsession with cameras, considering he always tried to get as many pictures of Harry Potter as he can. As she could see how it could be aggravating for Harry to be bombarded by the Colin-razzi, it was pretty amusing to see Colin's efforts.

"Sure," Ginny replied. She loved to hear what new features his camera has to offer.

"Is there anyone sitting next to you?" Colin asked.

"Nope. You can sit here," she offered, patting the seat next to her.

Colin climbed down and joined her.

"Here you go," Colin said as he handed the camera to her.

"So, what's so interesting about this one?" she asked examining the instrument.

"Well, a picture pops out after I take a picture. It's pretty old and wasn't in good condition when I found it at a pawn shop but I tried to fix it with my two hands," Colin said. He furrowed his eyebrows and continued, "I believe I have fixed it, but only time can tell."

Ginny raised an eyebrow. "And you didn't try to fix this magically?"

"Well, um," Colin started. "Actually I didn't, but I had my uncle help me back home."

"Hopefully it works," she said tossing it back to him.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! GET READY! THE QUIDDITCH GAME BETWEEN SLYTHERIN AND GRYFFINDOR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!" the loudspeaker announced.

"Whoo! Beat those nasty snakes" Ron yelled, as Ginny and everyone else stood up and cheered loudly.

The players mounted their brooms and as Madame Hooch blew her whistle, the balls were released. Gryffindor got a hold of the Quaffle. Katie ducked out of the way as both Bludgers were aimed towards her.

"Wow that was a close one!" Ginny exclaimed turning to Colin. She couldn't believe how much excitement there was in this game, considering it has only been a few minutes.

Colin, however, wasn't watching the game, but messing with his camera.

"What's wrong Colin?" she asked.

He sighed. "It seems like I can't turn my camera on," as he kept pressing the button.

"Want me to try?" Ginny offered, but her voice was masked as everybody cheered as Alicia Spinnett scored a goal for the Gryffindor team.

"What did you say?" Colin yelled back through the noise.

"Give me your camera," she yelled back.

"Okay. Hopefully you can help it," Colin stated as he handed it over to her and started looking towards the field to watch the game.

She sat down to examine the camera. It did look used but it should be in good working condition. She pressed the button but nothing happened. Hmm…maybe I need to press it harder, she pondered as she pushed her finger harder on the button. Loud cheers came from around her as she heard the announcer say that Gryffindor got another goal. She looked up and cheered. She 

saw Harry whiz past them in an effort to find the snitch. She looked back at the camera on her lap and saw that a green light came on next to the button. Well that was easy. I wonder how well the pictures on this thing will turn out.

"Ginny! Did you see that? Vaisey just got knocked down!" Colin exclaimed.

Ginny, now engrossed in the camera stood up and asked, "Hey Colin, I was wondering could I take a picture with this camera?"

Colin looked at her in surprise. "You were able to get it to work?"

"Yeah. You just have to press the button really hard," she explained

"Sure you can, since you were able to fix it."

Ginny looked around to find the perfect picture to take. As she saw Harry flying about, she decided it would probably be good to take a picture of him, since Colin was his biggest fan. She waited for the perfect moment and snapped a picture. A piece of paper came out and she removed it.

"Now we just have to wait for a minute to see how it turns out," Colin explained, as Ginny handed him back his camera.

Ginny stared at the developing picture in front of her. She could see the outlines of Harry already. Weird. It looks as if he was sitting tall on his broom holding something. I thought I took a picture of him flying trying to look for the Snitch, she thought.As the last details of the picture revealed itself, Ginny was looking at a picture of Harry holding the Golden Snitch. What in the…

"Colin look at this!" she exclaimed, tugging on his sleeve.

"What?" he asked, as he turned to face her.

"You should look at," she started but got interrupted.

"WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? HARRY POTTER HAS JUST CAUGHT THE SNITCH!" the loudspeaker stated. The second time that day, cheers around the stadium interrupted her conversation with Colin. Anyway, it wasn't as she could talk to him right then. He was already jumping up and down and yelling. Soon the whole Gryffindor section was chanting "GRYFFINDOR."

As the cheering died down, she tried to get his attention again.

"Remember the picture I took?" Ginny asked, as he was putting his camera away.

Colin saw what she was holding. "Hey, that's a really good shot of Harry holding the Snitch."

"But, I took this picture before he caught the Snitch. Don't you remember?"

"What?" Colin just stared at her. He looked as if he were trying to remember but then just gave her a surprised look. "You did. How odd is that."

"I know. I thought it was pretty crazy. Maybe your camera is magical," Ginny laughed.

Colin smiled. "Maybe."

"Hey Ginny," Ron called. "How did you like the game?"

Ginny turned around and stated, "Hermione is right, I will remember this game."

Ron grinned from ear to ear. "That's awesome!" But little did Ron know that she was talking about her picture perfect discovery.