Chapter 30-
The next day brought the final Quittich game, and as the last Quittich game arrived, so did the nicer weather. April had almost arrived, which also meant more work, and study. Also, James favorite lesson, mammal transformation was coming up.
James had finally let the transformation talk go for a bit, as him and Lars took off for the pitch for their final Quittich game, this one for the cup. Montague was shooting beforehand, as instructed by Lucius Malfoy. Malfoy had gotten closer to Montague, and if Lars heard correctly, even let Montague into his head boy room.
Lars had arrived into the dressing room, where Ben Willow was standing forward, he had decided to name Assistant Captains, but only if Gryffindor won.
"If we don't," Ben said sourly. "Then we continue where we left off this year," James was a bit nervous, being last year. They couldn't afford to have Slytherin win the cup again.
Soon enough, they had to take the field. The pitch had changed a little; somehow the instructors decided Hogwarts make the pitch smaller for this game. Lars was shocked they allowed that.
"We want a quick, easy game," One of the Ministry officials was there, with the minister himself.
Lars probably figured because of the recent school attacks. The Ministry wanted to watch everything.
The Quaffle was dropped, and the game began. Gryffindor was at a disadvantage, because Montague Kane was an excellent scorer. And in a smaller pitch, it's hard to find a snitch. As Lars had thought, the score soon showed.
Slytherin 40- Gryffindor 0. Montague Kane had scored all 40 points and just noticed a 50th, as Lars finally spotted the snitch. The snitch was in his area. As Slytherin took a 80-0 lead, Montague Kane was putting on a show. The Slytherin seeker hadn't shown up this whole game, Lars wondered where he had gone. As suddenly, the backup seeker, a 5th year had filled in for him. Lars suddenly lost track of the snitch, but regained it, as Gryffindor got 20 points, making the score 130-20. Lars was headed right at the snitch, he had gone out of the crowd area, and suddenly the game was called off.
Lars came flying back in, with James yelling at Madam Hootch. They had called off the game, and given the win to Slytherin, 150-20. James kept arguing as Ben Willow separated him. The Minister of Magic walked over to James.
"You didn't know?" The Minister asked James something. "You had no idea?" Suddenly James raised his arms to fight physically. Ben took over the argument.
"You actually meant that if a player went 5 feet of the playing field, the game would be called?" Ben was not furious. The Minister had told him, but Ben had no idea.
Slytherin was handed the cup, and the team took a group picture with Slughorn. Lars had realized, the Slytherin team didn't use their seeker to trick Lars into rushing to catch the snitch.
Lars and James left the pitch first, and ran back to the castle. Slytherin had celebrated, with the star Montague Kane, basically winning them the game.