Chapter Fifteen: Food and Quidditch
The next morning they all had breakfast in the Great Hall, and to their great amusement, Dolores was there. However, she was sitting at the staff table dressed in her usual pink, but on her forehead was a bandage that was most likely being held with a Sticking Charm.
Ron then said, 'Blimey she's in a right state, isn't she?'
But then Hermione said, 'I think you mean a write state, Ron, as in W-R-I-T-E!'
Harry and Ginny smirked while Ron beamed at his wife for the clever pun.
For the rest of the week Dolores left Harry and his friends alone and Douglas had gotten permission form James and Lily to renounce Umbridge as a teacher. Neville and Hannah had too.
The next highlight was after a Transfiguration class when Professor McGonagall asked the four of them to stay behind.
'The reason I have asked you to stay behind is that ever since I witnessed your power in London, I want to see what you can really do, you see the Headmaster has a theory that you might be able to break Gamp's Laws of Elemental Transfiguration, the five exceptions, I mean,' said Professor McGonagall.
'Well, we can't make human life out of nothing, but we can conjure food out of nothing, though,' said Harry.
'Really?' asked Professor McGonagall.
'It's one of my specialities,' said Ron, pulling out his wand.
'Would you mind conjuring me a bacon sandwich?' she asked.
'Er, okay, brown or white bread, what are your butter preferences, how do you like your bacon done, do you want it with tomato ketchup or brown sauce?' said Ron.
Professor McGonagall thought for a moment that Ron was making fun of her, but saw the look on his face and answered, 'White bread, any kind of butter will be fine, bacon not to crispy, and brown sauce, of course.'
'You're a woman after my own heart, Professor,' said Ron before he waved his wand and two seconds later, five bacon sandwiches appeared on plates on the table in front of them. Ron then separated each persons preferred bacon sandwich to their respective owners before picking up his own and began to eat.
The Transfiguration Mistress picked up one of her sandwiches and took a bite. It was delicious.
'This is incredible!' she said, 'the best bacon sandwich I've ever had! Fifty points to Gryffindor!' she exclaimed.
Ron said, 'Thanks, Professor.'
'You are welcome, Mr Weasley-Flamel, and I might have you conjure me something to eat every day!' said Professor McGonagall.
'You should, Professor, Ron's Curries are to die for!' said Ginny.
'Is that so? Well, you have a real and unique talent, Ron, hang on to this one, Hermione, he's definitely a keeper!' said Professor McGonagall.
'Oh, I know he is, and in more ways than one,' replied Hermione, as she sent him a message through their Bond, 'tonight, my love, we're going to be fucking each other senseless.'
'You bet that perfect arse of yours, my Goddess,' Ron replied through the Bond.
Once the sandwiches were eaten, the plates were vanished and they left Professor McGonagall to go back to the common room to do their homework.
On Friday evening was when the try-outs for the position of Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team was to occur. Harry approached the new Quidditch Captain, Angelina Johnson, to speak to her, he recognised her by the fact that a; he had watched her play on the team a few years ago, b; Fred Weasley had pointed her out to him, even though it wasn't necessary, and c; the fact she was wearing a badge with a 'Q' upon it that made her stand out from the others.
'Hi, we've never been introduced, but I'm Harry Potter-Black, and I would like to try-out for the position of Seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team,' he said.
'Um, well, I wasn't planning on having a try-out for Seekers, you see your brother's pretty damn good, and I'm going to be busy with the training of a new Keeper,' Angelina replied.
'I understand, but I'm better than my brother, and as for the Keeper position, Ron's the best Keeper you'll ever see,' said Harry.
'Better than Wood?' she questioned, 'I don't think so.'
'Ron is six feet six inches tall, built like a brick privy, rides a Firebolt and can fly like me,' said Harry.
'I've never seen you fly, but I'll tell you what, come to try-outs and I'll let you go one-on-one with your brother, whoever catches the Snitch first gets the position, okay?' said Angelina.
'Thanks; see you on Friday,' said Harry.
When Friday evening finally arrived, Harry, Ron and Douglas went to change for the Quidditch try-outs. As they changed with the other boys who were either already on the team or trying out too, they talked freely.
'So, Dougie, are you ready to be out-flown by yours truly?' said Harry confidently as he removed his shirt to reveal a well-built upper body.
Douglas swallowed and said, 'We'll just have to see, won't we, Harry?'
Ron then took off his shirt to show off his rather muscly upper body and arms.
'Looking damn manly, little brother,' said Fred.
Ron chuckled before turning his back on them to put on his shirt.
'Fucking hell, Ron, what happened to your back?' asked George, 'it's all scratched!'
'Er, that would be the wife's doing, I think,' said Ron calmly.
'Feisty in the sack, is she?' asked Fred.
'I think the word you are looking for is passionate, Fred, and I know what the two of you said about her the night we were reunited, but after we had gone,' said Ron.
'Oh,' said Fred and George together.
'Relax, I don't mind that you think my Hermione is fit as fuck, she is, simple as that, but remember this; she's mine, she chose me, okay?' said Ron.
'Oh, okay, Ron,' said Fred smiling at him.
'And if you want to stay on my good side, don't talk about her like that ever again, got it?' said Ron.
'Yeah, loud and clear,' said the twins together.
Once they were all changed and ready to play, they each grabbed their broomsticks before going out on to the pitch. It was then that Hermione and Ginny appeared in the stands to cheer on Ron and Harry.
Angelina decided to leave the Seeker contest until last and so she began to go through the prospective Keepers. The first few were third years and not very good, only stopping two out of five shots. A girl called Frobisher did well; she could fly well, but told Angelina that Quidditch was not as important as Charms Club. Next to try-out was a sixth year boy who walked with an arrogant swagger and was called Cormac McClaggen. He was tall and well-built, but nowhere near Harry and Ron's league in terms of physique. He saved four penalties out of five, only an exceptionally good penalty by a very determined Katie Bell went passed McClaggen. Harry could not help wonder how much Katie hated him and why to put that much into one penalty.
Finally it was Ron's turn as he mounted his Firebolt.
'Good luck, Ron!' Hermione called out to him.
'Thanks, love!' Ron called back to her before flying up to the hoops.
Harry could see from his vantage point that Ron looked so big in front of the hoops that the Chasers did not have a chance in scoring off of him.
Harry was proven correct as Ron saved all five penalties with ridiculous ease. Angelina could only stare in wonder before sharing a look with Harry, who just nodded to her, and she nodded back at him. Angelina then informed the rest of the team that Ron had won the position of Keeper.
When Ron landed he was met by Hermione who launched herself at him before kissing him deeply. He responded by lifting her off of her feet and she wrapped her legs around his waist as their passionate snog continued.
Angelina then called for everybody's attention by emitting a loud whistle.
'Right, now that I've got your attention, Harry here has challenged his brother to a fly-off. Both Douglas and Harry have agreed on the following. I will release a Snitch, the first one to catch it, wins the position of Seeker for our team!' Angelina told them all.
'Harry, Douglas, mount your broomsticks!' ordered Angelina before Harry and Douglas complied.
Angelina then released a Snitch before shouting, 'READY, GO!'
The two brothers took off at incredible speed as they both were flying on Firebolts. They were both flying by the seat of their pants as they showed off serious skills in the air. Harry decided to attempt a feint, but Douglas didn't buy it.
Douglas then retaliated with a feint of his own but Harry was wise to it, but then Harry saw the Snitch had sped off in its direction but was still closely followed by his brother. The Snitch was flying inconsistently, as it sped up and went from side to side as the two Potters flew side by side in hot pursuit. Again the Snitch juked left and right as it sped away. The flying skills on display were on par with pros as they chased after the tricky and very quick Snitch.
But then Harry pulled off a very clever trick himself as the Snitch changed direction again and caused his brother to make the tiniest of mistakes to leave Harry with the Snitch clutched tightly in hand. Harry had won not only the fly-off, but also the position of Seeker for Gryffindor.
The Potter twins landed on the ground once more and Harry offered his brother his hand and said, 'Nice flying little brother.'
'Thanks, but we'll have to do this again sometime,' replied Douglas shaking hands with Harry.
'That was amazing!' exclaimed Angelina, 'well done both of you, but especially Harry who is now our Seeker!'
The rest of the team took turns to congratulate Harry and then commiserate Douglas before Ginny ran towards Harry and kissed him passionately much like Hermione had done with Ron.
Once they had all changed out of their Quidditch gear, they went back to the common room to celebrate their new team members. Unfortunately, nobody could get near Harry and Ron due the fact their wives had not and would not let go of them for long enough. The celebration went on long into the night as it was Saturday the next day and neither couple climbed into bed together until the small hours.