Entry for the "Flying Lesson" at "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges and Assignments)"

Task: You have to pick one of your pairing (or triad, in Sophie's case) and decide what position they would be. If someone is already a Quidditch player, don't just go by their position on the pitch. Once you've picked a position, focus your story regarding the description. This week is an easier week than most because you can let your mind go wild! Min 600 words.

Beater: Someone who is awfully protective of their friends and family and don't mind getting in trouble to show it. They aren't necessarily violent but people will eventually be scared to anger them.

Prompt: (dialogue) "I'm sorry, for everything that I've done."

Entry for the "February Event: Teamwork Exercise" at "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges and Assignments)"

Prompts:

(object) Bouquet of Flowers

(dialogue) "No matter what has happened. No matter what you've done. No matter what you will do. I will always love you. I swear it." (C.J. Redwine)

Entry for the "Word Prompt Express" at "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges and Assignments)"

Prompt: 141. classroom

(1950 Words)

Warning for adult language!

Her Protector

Katie should have known that Marcus would react extremely sensitive on the news that Oliver Wood, the Gryffindor team captain, was treating her rather badly during the Quidditch training. But still she had not thought that he would act the way he did...

This negative behaviour towards the young chaser had started very shortly after Katie and Marcus had been forced to reveal their relationship to the whole school – as if that alone hadn't been hard enough for them.

Especially Marcus' friends had been angry at him, but they hadn't really dared to do more than express their disagreement. Katie's friends, foremost Alicia and Angelina, had been a lot more nicer, only wanting their best friend to be happy in her relationship, and even the Weasley twins were supportive of Katie, showing her that their friendship to her was important. Overall, she had experienced a lot of loyalty, and Angelina and Alicia had even come to accept that Marcus would sometimes sit with them in the library sometimes. They were friendly towards him and really were trying to get to know Marcus, who was giving his best too, and Katie felt like it was working, even though they surely would need a lot more time to warm up with him. So, everything seemed to be rather okay with all the people Katie and Marcus really cared about...

Therefore, it had been a hurtful surprise to Katie when Oliver had shown her the cold shoulder during the first training session. For the main time, he had acted as if Katie wasn't even present, except for the moments in which she had flown towards his goal rings with the Quaffel. This behaviour Katie could somehow understand, as Oliver and Marcus had been rivals since they both joined the Quidditch team of their respective house, and on that point, she had somehow thought that he just needed some time to cope with everything that had happened recently, just as her other friends.

However, towards the end of the session, Oliver obviously decided that it was time to show her how much he was really disagreeing with the way her heart had choosen. Where he had seemed to look right through her earlier, he was glaring at her now with so much disgust and hate that Katie could feel it stinging in her soul. Also, he started to make nasty remarks – at first, they were hidden, so only Katie would notice, but as the whole team went back to the changing room, Oliver stopped bothering to conceal the negative meaning of his words.

"I am really curious how you will play in our next match against the Slytherins, Bell. Maybe I should consider taking you out of the team for that game and ask Ginny Weasley to play," Oliver remarked loudly as everybody started to change back into their school robes. Upon his words, everybody who had been chattering fell silent, and Katie froze, feeling all eyes fixed on her. Oliver's gaze was challenging, and she gulped, a bad feeling filling her stomach as she asked:"Why are you asking yourself something like that, Oliver?"

"Well, maybe because you lately decided to become Flint's whore?" Oliver hissed in a dangerous tone, and from the corner of her eye, Katie could see who Fred and George balled their fists. "I am pretty sure that you are biased now, as you let this troll fuck you!"

Angelina gasped indignantly, Alicia took a sharp breath in while Harry and Fred were glaring at Wood. Only George didn't seem to have lost his voice, as he stepped forwards and threatened Wood:"Don't you dare to speak like this about Katie!"

"What? I am merely telling you the truth, guys! She became a Slytherin slut! She is sleeping with the enemy, by Merlin!" Wood exclaimed heatedly and Katie felt oddly numb inside as his word hit her, even harder than before. This open hate was burning in her soul and tears started to sting in her brown eyes as she slowly started to walk backwards, nearly stumbling over the hem of her robes as she whipped around and stormed out of the changing room, barely hearing how the whole rest of the team started to argue loudly with Wood. Their angry shouts sounded oddly deaf in her ears, it was as if her head was filled with cotton... She felt shaky and was shivering as she ran up towards the castle, feeling like she was about to faint. Though she had no idea where she was running, as she just wanted to get as far away from Oliver as possible, she somehow ended up in the classroom in which Marcus and she had always met when they still had been hiding from everyone.

It was a small deja-vu to her when she threw the door shut and started to cry so hard that she could barely breathe – she had fled here just in the same way on the day after the whole school had found out that Katie Bell and Marcus Flint were having a relationship. Back then, she had been hurt pretty badly by all the comments people had made in the hallways, but this time, everything just felt worse.

The first time, the comments had come from people about whose opinion she didn't care that much... but Oliver, she had considered him a friend, and it was horrible to hear him saying these disgusting things about her. It was way worse than the insults of a hundred people combined.

Sobs were shaking her body as the whole amount of pain hit her, and all Katie could do was sling her arms around herself and try not to loose her mind. She just felt like her whole world had turned upside down in the last weeks and it just seemed as if fate had decided to punch her once again just as things had seemed to calm down around them.

Only a few minutes later, her deja-vu just continued, though this time, she was rather happy about it – Marcus entered the classroom, as if he had sensed that his girlfriend needed his support. A relieved sob escaped Katie as Marcus hugged her, whispering:"What is going on, beauty?"

It took some time for Katie to calm down enough to be able to speak with a steady voice again as she explained.

"Oliver... he... he said ugly things at practice and threatened to throw me off the team, especially regarding the game against Slytherin... and he called me your whore."

"He did not," Marcus growled and she could hear his jaw crack as his expression hardened. Katie sniffled as she pressed herself against her boyfriend's muscular chest, seeking for protection that he was more than willing to give. His arms were holding her tight, and she could feel his heart beating faster in anger, but still he was her safe fortress in a stormy time.

"Katie, tell me he didn't," Marcus repeated, his voice shaking and displaying how enraged he was, and Katie just whispered:"He did... and he repeated it, even though everybody in the team told him to stop..."

"That was a big fault," Marcus snarled and she could literally see the rage boiling in his body as he let go of her and pressed a kiss to her forehead before suddenly storming out of the classroom as if he had been stung by a bee.

"Marcus, wait, where are you going?" Katie gasped in shock and followed Marcus, who didn't stop as he exclaimed:"I am going to make him pay! I am going to shut his foul mouth! Nobody says things like that to my Katie!"

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Heads were rising in surprise as Marcus and Katie, who was panting hard as Marcus was nearly too fast for her, entered the Great Hall with flying robes.

"Wood!", Marcus barked as he approached the captain who was seated at the Gryffindor table, eating his dinner.

"What do you want, Flint?!" Oliver asked, acting so unimpressed that he didn't even look up from his plate. Marcus balled his fists so that his knuckles cracked and growled:"We need to talk about what you called Katie earlier."

"I have no idea what you mean."

"You insulted her and threatened her to take her off the team," Marcus stated, louder than necessarily, as if he wanted everybody to hear. Katie meanwhile took his hand, praying that Marcus would stay calm – the last thing she wanted was that he got himself into trouble because of her.

However, Marcus didn't seem to share her opinion, as he now grabbed Wood's collar with his free hand, forcing the Gryffindor captain to look at him.

"Maybe I did. But only because she deserved it. I cannot use people on my team who ally with the enemy! And well, yes, in my opinion, she is very cheap, probably the reason why she only took you, and not somebody else," Wood grinned sardonically, and immediately, Marcus snapped. His fist shot forwards and he punched Wood right into the face, breaking his nose in the process. Blood shot out of Oliver's nose and ran down his face while the teachers came running towards them, shouting loudly. Katie therewhile was so overwhelmed by the whole situation that she let go of Marcus' hand and left the scene, shocked by what Marcus had done for her.

"Katie, Marcus is outside, and he told me that he wouldn't leave until you come out," Angelina sighed as she sat down next to Katie in the common room. "He looks pretty desperate, you know, I think he will camp outside if you don't talk to him."

Katie had holed herself up after the incident in the Great Hall, as she felt extremely conflicted about everything. She was confused by the fact that she found it oddly sweet that Marcus had fought like that for her, though she was supposed to dislike that – after all, she hated violence. Everything was just too complicated for her at the moment, it was overwhelming her and she just needed some time to relax...

However, Marcus was getting impatient, and she knew that it was wrong to let him wait any longer. And so, she left the common room immediately, her heart jumping and making her realise how much she had missed him as she saw him standing there in the hallway, holding a huge flower bouquet in his hands.

"Katie, love, I am so sorry, I'm sorry, for everything that I've done! I just... I just got so angry because of these ugly things he said and... I... I just wanted to protect you..."

Katie wanted to scold him, she wanted to tell him how wrong it had been what he had done, and that he deserved the two months of detention he had earned, just as Oliver after everybody had told Professor McGonagall about the incident after the Quidditch training.

But somehow, she couldn't. Instead, she pushed the flowers aside, pulled him closer and kissed him passionately. When they parted for a short moment, Katie caressed his cheek lovingly, looked him deeply into the eyes and whispered:"No matter what has happened. No matter what you've done. No matter what you will do. I will always love you. I swear it. Though I hope that you'll never get into a fight for me again. I don't want to share you with anyone, not even for detention."

Marcus laughed in relief and before he kissed her again, he breathed:"I love you so much, Katie."