Pretty soon James was perfectly fine. The others were relieved when he came back to classes.
One bright Saturday morning James remembered something important.
He was sitting with the Marauders and the girls were doing their homework at another table.
'Pads! I need to hold tryouts for Quidditch.' he exclaimed. Sirius jumped.
'Prongs! How could you forget?' Sirius asked horrified.
'It couldn't do with the fact that I was dying the Hospital Wing!' James said sarcastically.
Then he started to make a list of the Quidditch players.
Seeker- Cody Lange- sixth year
Chaser- James Potter- seventh year
Chaser- Sean Russels- seventh year
Chaser- open spot
Beater- Sirius Black- seventh year
Beater- open spot
Keeper- Matt Wood- fifth year
His friends watched as he rushed to the bulletin board and put the message up. Then he put the Soronus Charm on his voice.
'THIS IS JAMES POTTER QUIDDITCH CAPTAIN SPEAKING. ALL GRYFFINDORS BESIDES FIRST YEARS PLEASE LISTEN UP! WE ARE GOING TO HAVE QUIDDITCH TRYOUTS TOMORROW. THE CURRENT PLAYERS HAVE TO BE THERE ARE THE SPOTS OPEN ARE CHASER AND BEATER. THANK YOU.'
He took the charm off and went to sit back down with his friends.
Sean was laughing. 'Way to go Prongs! You probably scared half the house out of their wits when you started talking.'
James shrugged. 'Sucks for them. Moony, are you still commentating?'
Remus nodded. 'Of course Prongs! I need a hobby too you know!'
The girls laughed.
'Any of you trying out?' James asked Lily, Ari, Addy, and Meg.
Lily shook her head quickly. 'No way, I'm afraid of heights.'
Meg also repeated Lily's action. 'I'm not much of a flyer.'
Ari and Addy however had open expressions on their faces.
'I am going to try out for chaser.' Ari declared.
The Marauders rolled their eyes. 'Ari, you're a born chaser. Of course you would try out for that.' Sean said. Ari stuck her tongue out at him.
Addy smiled. 'You know, you guys, I always wanted to be a beater. I think I will try out.' she exclaimed.
Sirius grinned. 'I'm telling you Prongs, Ms. Stone here is going to my partner in crime.' he said putting his arm around her shoulder.
Addy wrinkled her nose and wriggled out of his grip. 'That's the only thing stopping me from trying out.' she said sticking her tongue out at him and then running up the stairs.
The other girls followed giggling as well.
The boys shook their heads. Girls, who could ever tell what was going on in their heads.
The next morning James and the rest of the team were on the field bright and early waiting for the Quidditch hopefuls to get onto the pitch.
James was particularly anxious. It was his last chance to win the cup being a Quidditch captain and he really wanted to.
Soon Gryffindors were pouring onto the pitch. Some were there to try out but others were there to simply watch the tryouts and cheer their friends on.
James went through year after year. He knew that they were young but they were terrible. They couldn't catch, dodge, throw, or avoid buldgers let alone hit them. He had already sent five kids to the Hospital Wing with bloody noses.
Finally, Ari went up on her broom. She shot, one, two, three, four, five shots into the hoops and they went in every time. There was no competition. She was by far the best.
Then Addy came up. She had to hit the Buldger that Sirius sent to her back to him. It would tell James if she had aim and reflexes.
Sirius slammed the Buldger towards Addy. James watched with bated breath hoping that Addy would do this correctly.
He wasn't let down. Addy sent to Buldger whipping back to Sirius with very precise aim. She came down beaming.
Sirius went to James. 'That girl has one arm, Prongs. She put a lot of power into it.' he whispered into her ear.
James nodded and went over to all the kids gathered by the sidelines. He saw Remus, Sean, Lily, and Meg standing with Addy and Ari.
'Thank you all for trying out and I just want to say that you all are very good and have talent.'
Turning around and looking over his shoulder he saw Sirius shaking his head.
James continued. 'Unfortunately, there are only two open spots so only two people can make the team. Our new chaser is Ari Potter.'
Ari hugged Lily and Meg and then came over to hug James and Sirius as well.
'Yay! We're on the team together.' she cheered.
James smiled. 'And our new beater is Addy Stone.'
Addy jumped up and down. 'I made it!' she yelled.
The other Gryffindors started to walk away but not before congratulating Ari and Addy.
Soon it was only the team, Remus, Sean, Lily, and Meg left.
'Okay guys, we will have Quidditch tomorrow at seven o'clock sharp.' he said.
The whole team looked at him in disbelief.
Then there was a yell. 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Prongsie! I thought my days of seven o'clock Quidditch practices were over. I HATE LIFE!'