Chapter 13-
Lars woke up early, as him and James had Quittich practice earlier, Ben had devised a whole new strategy, consisting of different position try outs and game time decisions.
Lars took the field as the seeker, and had a few shots at catching the snitch, which he had done perfectly.
"Well done Pendelton!" Ben yelled to Lars. "You and James earned spots on the team today!" Ben then set up the rest of the team.
Slughorn had let his class out early for the game, telling them not to disappoint him. Lars headed off first, with Remus and James. Sirius had decided to stay back, as to not be tempted to attack the Slytherin's.
The weather had cooled down, since it was now November. That didn't change Montague's attitude, as he ran by, knocking into James.
"Hey!" James yelled from down the corridor. "Come back, jerk!" Montague kept running as James and Lars ran to the Gryffindor dressing room.
Lars was more nervous than probably anyone else on the team. Ben Willow promised them he wouldn't yell at them, only if they won.
Lars and James took their spots, and started the game up. Lars immediately looked for the snitch, as Montague had ordered the Slytherin captain into a similar position.
Slytherin had an early 30-0 lead, it was a new season, and Lars knew that, so Lars immedaitly went after the snitch, the Slytherin seeker far behind. Lars saw James score twice, giving the Gryffindot team the advantage, suddenly it was a tie game. Lars didn't waste any time, the snitch was in his grasp, the game was his. He had caught the snitch. It took only 10 minutes.
Gryffindor went off the pitch in the early game, every Slytherin, including some Gryffindor's sat around, shocked. Lars had almost broken a record, fastest seeker. The record was held of 8 minutes.
"Great job!" James yelled, shaking Lars' hand. "We have the advantage already!" Lars saw Remus shake his hand from the dressing room, the captain, Benn Willow come up to him.
"Congrats!" Yelled Ben, from amongst the many people around Lars. "This will lead to a new captain!" Ben was very excited, first game at captain, Lars seals the deal.
As Lars, and James left, they headed back saying "Roar, roar, Gryffindor!" Montague though stopped them.
"You save the day again, Lars!" Montague laughed. "You attempt to save the day always!" Lars noticed Regulus behind Montague.
"Can you let it go?" Lars asked Montague. "We have to spend time together this holiday!" Lars had realized the holiday was only about a month away, and the signup sheets would be coming back soon.
"I wouldn't count on us spending time!" Montague laughed as James went to raise his wand, with many Professors coming, Lars warned him.
James reluctantly did so, noticing the teachers also, and headed back to the common room. Lars noticed Remus had arrived in before them, and hadn't seen the confrontation.
Sirius was talking to Peter about how Sirius was able to conjure many spells against Regulus and Severus, making James laugh.
"You almost didn't even make it through!" James laughed, and looked back at Lars. "If not for our good friend, you would be gone!" James then spoke of the quick game, and eventually spoke enough where he went to bed.