A/N: Hey, sorry it has been so long! Since I last posted I have chosen my GCSE's, become a teenager and lots of other fun stuff! Hope you enjoy, and review xx
DISCLAIMER: NO I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT BE SO BROKE THAT BUYING A COFFEE WOULD BANKRUPT ME. PERIOD.
What to wear? So many choices! I tried to think back to what Professor Mcgonagall would wear, but then I remembered that I was my own person. I chose a neat set of lacy underwear for the feel good factor, and a midnight purple dress with a matching cloak. I slipped on some silky black stockings and then wiggled my way into my long black heeled boots. Scraping my hair into a French braid, I began to feel better. I popped on my classic BB cream, slicked on mascara to lengthen my fire fueled lashes and a quick coat of nude lipstick finished the job. I felt ready for action, at least for now.
Harry was already up and ready, waiting at the door for me. He wore a burgundy suit with a corresponding cloak, his hair slicked back and freshly shaved. I inhaled his aftershave and felt at ease once more.
"Morning Gin! Sleep well! Well of course not on that sofa - I bet you are definitely feeling your old ag... Whoops! Didn't mean that, you are gorgeous as alwa.."
"Harry! Slow down! I can tell that you are feeling nervous!" I laughed.
"Sorry." he muttered.
"Let's go down. Ready for a big day love?" I soothed.
"Yeah. It's now or never I suppose." He muttered.
As we walked hand in hand down the steps, I could feel many emotions flowing through the bond. Happiness from him, nervousness from me, love from both of us.
Entering the great hall we were greeted by the the faces of tired children, the odd awake face spotting through the crowd, but otherwise a void of fatigue. We took our seats at the teachers table, waiting for breakfast to begin.
When the clock chimed 7:30, the food magically appeared. Helping myself to some porridge topped with jam and sunflower seeds, I watched the hall, ready to begin my meeting with the new quidditch captains for this season.
At 8:30 precisely the bell rung and classes began. I made my way to the quidditch pitch with my notebook in hand, channeling my previous journalism. Sitting in the gryffindor stands, I waited.
After a few minutes the Ravenclaw captain, Zelena Humphrey, who was a 6th year, came into view. From what the other teachers had told me, she was a very, very intelligent girl, a little serious, but a great leader, so it was no surprise to me that she had been selected, despite being younger than some of last years 7th year players. She played chaser.
A boy came into view, and at closer inspection, I realised he was Daphne (Astoria's sister)'s youngest. He was called Marvin. Playing Keeper, he had the reputation of being extremely competitive, but at heart a team player, however outside of quidditch he was very shy. Being a 7th year, it was his last year to win the cup, and I could tell by the glint in his eye he was determined to do so.
The gryffindor girl came along, a small and stunningly beautiful 7th year girl named Sophie Jones. She was very popular, and was known as intelligent yet competitive. She had curly blonde hair and seemed like a character, and reminded me a little of myself when I was younger. She was known as one of the best seekers there was, and I had heard a little about her through the Harpies.
Turning up 5 minutes late, staying true to character, was David Long. The youngest hufflepuff captain at only age 15, I knew Ernie had taken a risk appointing him, but my gut told me that it was a good one. His big, stocky frame made him adept perfectly to play beater. The meeting was ready to start.
"Hi everyone!" I enthused. Sophie and Dennis smiled enthusiastically up at me, but Marvin and Zelena looked a bit bored, so deciding I was too enthusiastic for a first day at school, I toned it down a notch.
"Right guys. As you all know, I am Madame Potter, quidditch instructor and flying professor. I will be in charge of running the quidditch cup this year. First of all, let's sort out our matches for this year. We haves changed up the system a little, so we can fit more matches in."
They all looked a crazy cocktail mix of terrified, confused, and angry.
"Don't worry though," I urged. "I am talking tiny changes." They all looked as relieved as I secretly was, ecstatic at possibly dodging hate from all four quidditch captains on the first day.
There are eight matches taking place. For the first six, we will pick out of a bag who plays in what order. Then, at the end of those six matches, all your points will be added together. The two lowest teams will then play for 3rd place. Only the scores in the bronze medal match will be added towards your total.
They all nodded in agreement.
However, if you are the top 2 teams, you will play to see who wins the quidditch cup, regardless of the scores of the previous matches.
If you come first, you will gain 200 house points, 2nd 150 points, 3rd 100 points and 4th place will get 50 points towards the end of year house points. Any questions?" I relayed.
They all looked pretty happy by the new rules; me and Harry had taken what we thought was unfair about the previous house point system and changed it.
"Right are you ready to choose who you will be playing against first?" I asked. They all nodded. Summoning a bag, I conjured real life lion's, raven's, snakes' and badger's to the bag. Reaching in, I pulled out the badger.
"David, would you like to reach in and choose who you will be playing against in a few weeks?"
He reached in and tentatively retrieved an angry hissing snake, its tiny body the size of a coin coiling.
"Ok, so you will be playing Slytherin on the 23rd September! That leaves Gryffindor and Ravenclaw to play on the first of November. Zelena, you pick who you will play on the 5th of January."
She reached in, retrieved the badger and looked relieved.
"That means that Gryffindor will play Slytherin on 15th March, then Slytherin and Hufflepuff on 9th May, the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff on 3rd June. On 8th of July will be the bronze medal match, and on the 15th will be the final." I waved my wand at several pieces of paper and all this information appeared. I handed it out to them.
"Now we need to sort out practise times. You may have 2 practises a week. Any preferences on which day?" They all shook there heads, and then Zelena piped up, "Could I have mine quite spaced out please?" I nodded encouragingly. "I'd quite like mine on consecutive days please, so my team remember previous training days." David muttered. "Of course!" I said. "Any preference for you two?" I mused, looking at Sophie and Marvin. "Not really," said Sophie, but Marvin just shook his head.
"Right, so you can have 2 hour practices a session. If we have Ravenclaw on a Monday from 3:30 until 5:30, then Slytherin from 6:00 until 8:00. Tuesday we'll have Gryffindor in the earlier slot and Hufflepuff in the later slot. Wednesday, Gryffindor in the earlier slot and Slytherin in the later slot, and Thursday we will have Hufflepuff in the earlier slot and Ravenclaw in the later. Is that ok? Then you have a free weekend, but if you want to have a few more practices closer to the match days all you have to do is ask ok?!" They we're all nodding, scribbling down all the new information quickly.
"These practise days will start from a week next Monday. The next week you will have quidditch tryouts. As Slytherin and Hufflepuff are playing first, you may have Monday for your tryouts Hufflepuff, and Tuesday for you Slytherin. Gryffindor you take Wednesday, and Ravenclaw you may have Thursday. On Friday I would like you and your team, with your reserves, to meet me and Professor Potter here at 4:00pm, where you will receive your robes. Ok?"
They all nodded.
"Do you have all of the information written down so far?"
They all nodded.
"Ok. Two more things. First, for positions, you will need 6 other players as well as yourselves for the main team, and then a whole reserve team as well. That is 13 places to be filled; 14 robes to be handed out per house. Secondly, this captaincy has been given to you as a privilege; do not abuse it. There are plenty of other people to take your place. Although Marvin, you have been captain for 2 years and Sophie you for three, it could be taken away at any second. Me and Headmaster Potter look forward to seeing you next Friday. You may leave and get back to your classes. Have a good day!"
Well, at least I got that out the way.
A/N: I am loving the character Sophie and am thinking of bringing her into the story much more - comment what you think x