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Chapter 4

Quidditch

Jade woke up early the that weekend. Tryouts were today. Jade was extremely excited and she could not wait for tryouts, she knew she would make the position she was trying out for, but she just wanted to see her compettion. Jade almost jumped out of bed with excitement. She changed and then headed down to the Great Hall for a bite of breakfast before she left.

Out on the Quidditch pitch it was different, sure she was used to having things different, for at the moment she was the only First Year to have classes with the Second Years. But still she had never been on a real Qudditch pitch before. Jade was extremely smart and her knowledge of most things had earned her a place with the Second Years during her classess.

Fred and George were already here and when they saw Jade they rushed over grinning from ear to ear. Jade found herself smiling too and then she said happily,

"You made the team as Beaters. Congradulations!"

"Is it that obvious?" Fred asked laughing.

"Sure is." Jade said laughing herself.

"Jade!" Jade turned around to face Oliver Wood who was hovering right in front of the goal posts at one end of the field. "Grab a broom and join us, we want to see how you do as a Seeker."

Jade looked over to her left and she saw an old school broom on the ground waiting for her, she sighed. Jade knew the school brooms were terrible but since First Years were not allowed to have their own booms she mounted it without complaint. She kicked off and before she knew it she was in front of Oliver with a grin on her face, she loved to fly.

"Shut your eyes." Jade looked at Oliver curiously. "When your eyes are shut we will release the Snitch, then we will tell you to open your eyes and we will see how long it takes you to find it."

Jade shut her eyes and she hovered in the air waiting for Oliver to say when.

"Release the Snitch!" Oliver shouted "Fred and George let the Snitch loose and within a moment it was gone. "Jade, GO!"

Jade's eyes snapped open, she hovered still for just a second before she went into a spectacular dive, she pulled out of it just inches from the ground with the Snitch clamped tightly in her right hand. Oliver shouted happily, he had never seen the Snitch caught so fast before. Jade landed right in front of Fred and George who happily announced that she had caught the Snitch in less that five seconds.

"I think we have a new Seeker." Oliver said landing next to Jade and patting her on the back.

About two weeks later Griffindor was sceduled to have it's first match against Hufflepuff. The day of the match was a stormy one and it was really nasty day, there was lightning and thunder all morning. Jade was sitting at the Griffindor table, she was unusually pale and she wasn't eating. Fred leaned in to her from across the table,

"Are you alright?" He asked. Jade nodded, not opening her mouth. Finally Oliver stood up and he notioned for the other members of the team to follow.

About half an hour later Jade was in her Quidditch robes and clutching an old broom lent to her from Oliver. She stepped on the pitch, by now Jade was even paler, and she looked like she was ready faint. She mounted her broom, Madam Hooch let the Snitch and the Bludgers then she blew her whistle, Jade kicked off she was in the air and she was already soaking wet.

Twenty minutes into the game Griffindor had a 30 point lead, Jade caught a glimer of gold it was about 150 feet in the air from the ground, Jade quickly aimed her broom up and she bolted toward the Snitch. Everyone stopped to watch her shoot up, she caught the Snitch at 150 feet in the air. Fred let out a whoop of triumph, when Jade slid off of her broom and she fell 150 feet and hit the ground with dull thud that echoed throughout the staidum. Everyone went silent as Fred shot towards Jade who was lying on the ground, she was not moving.