Hey everyone! Yeah, it's snowing where I am (not going to say where), so school's out… again.

Chapter Eleven: My first Quidditch Match

When I woke up the next morning, I had to close my eyes for a few seconds. It was so bright! I wondered why for a few seconds. Then I remembered: troll, Halloween, troll, club, troll, house elf, and troll were just a few things that came to my mind.

What time is it? I asked.

It's 10:00 right now, Harry thought. I'll come visit you during lunch.

Okay.

How do you think the troll got in?

Someone might have let it in as a distraction to get passed the three-headed dog on the third floor.

Is that what's on the third floor?

Yeah. I was wandering around the castle when I opened a door. Inside, there was a giant three-headed dog. It was standing on a trap door. It must be guarding something. Of course, I hadn't been wandering around the school, but I had to tell my twin how I knew it was there.

I think it was Snape, Harry thought. I saw him limping today. I think he got bitten by the dog.

And I say it wasn't Snape. Looks can be deceiving.

At that moment, Madam Pomfrey walked in from her office carrying a tray. She set it on my bedside table. "Now, as long as don't stress something, you may leave tomorrow. Make sure you get to bed early after that."

I picked up the tray and put it on my lap and started eating. After I was done, I picked up the tray and set it back on my bedside table. I then noticed that someone had brought my Astronomy homework while I was sleeping. I started on it right away.

As I wrote the last sentence, I heard the double doors open. I looked up and saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione walking to my bed. Hermione hugged me.

"Danielle, you could have possibly saved my life!" she said. "Thank you for talking to me. It helped a lot."

"Um, you're welcome," I said. She and I started a huge discussion about our favorite subjects and our least favorite. Well, it was as big as it could get when we had Harry and Ron in the same room. Ron cleared his throat, and Hermione and I stopped talking.

"Danielle, I heard you're Seeker for Ravenclaw!"

"SHH!" I said. "Not so loud! Artemis wants me to be a secret. You know how long things stay secret, right? Where did you hear it from?"

"Harry."

"Well, be sure you don't tell anyone. I hate being talked about 24/7.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione left soon after that. Mandy, Abby, and Lisa walked in next, Mandy carrying some books. She set them on my bedside table. "You only missed Herbology, Potions, and Astronomy. Here's your Potions and Herbology stuff."

"Thanks, Mandy," I said. "I'll get started right away."

"Oh, and Draco gave me this." She held something in her hand. I took it from her and opened it. It was a get well soon card with a green and blue pattern. He, Blaise, and Daphne signed it. How sweet! I guess I was actually changing him for the better, I hope.

The day passed without much happening. I read a little out of my Bible since it was All Saints' Day. The next day was Friday, the day I would finally get out. I met up with Abby, Mandy and Lisa.

After lunch, the four of us, plus Harry, Ron, and Hermione, walked down to Hagrid's hut. It was pretty cramped in there with eight of us, so we decided to go outside and sit by the lake.

Harry, Ron, Lisa, and Hagrid got into a talk about Quidditch. Then it turned into a debate between Lisa and Ron on which House would win the Quidditch Cup this year.

This could take a while, I thought. When Lisa gets started up, it takes a while to calm her down.

I heard Harry snort.

November passed quickly. Before I knew it, it was the morning of Harry's first Quidditch game, which was on the third Saturday of the month. It passed exactly like it had in the book except that I convinced the trio that Snape didn't do it.

Soon, it was the first Saturday of December. I woke up early that day, worrying. What if we lost against the Slytherins? So much rested on me. I started getting even more nervous than I was already. What if Quirrel tried to interfere with my broom? What if I fell off?

All of that ran through my head as I sat down at the Ravenclaw table. I picked up my fork and picked at my eggs.

"Come on, Dani," I heard Abby say. "You need to eat something if you're going to play. We don't need you passing out in the middle of the game."

I picked up a piece of toast and took a bite out of it.

When it was 10:30, I walked out and headed through the thick snow to the Quidditch Pitch. I pulled my blue Quidditch robes over my head once I got o the changing rooms.

"Okay team," Artemis said once we were all together. "There is no reason why we shouldn't win. We have a great Keeper, three fantastic Chasers, an incredible Seeker, and two kick-butt Beaters."

I giggled a little at that. We all stood up and put a hand in the center of the circle we formed. "Ravenclaw!" we all shouted.

We walked outside with our brooms over our shoulders. I saw the Slytherin team walking to the middle of the field.

"Captains, shake hands!" Madam Hooch said. Chang and Marcus Flint shook hands, but it looked more like Flint trying to crush Chang's hand. "Now I want a nice, fair game from all of you."

I looked at the Ravenclaw stands and saw a huge blue and silver banner with an eagle on it. Mandy definitely had a hand in making for sure.

"Mount your brooms."

I climbed onto my Nimbus. I heard the sound of a whistle, so I kicked off hard. I felt the familiar sensation of feeling free, like I did the first time I flew in September.

"The Quaffle is taken by Slytherin Chaser Adrian Pucey. Pucey flies to Ravenclaw goal posts and – ouch! – gets hit by a Bludger sent by Ravenclaw Captain Artemis Chang. Jeremy Stretten takes the Quaffle, dodges both Bludgers, dodges Slytherin Captain Marcus Flint, and Slytherin scores!"

I heard boos from ¾'s of the stadium and loud cheers from the Slytherin stands. I started looking around the snowy Quidditch Pitch for any sign of the Snitch. I saw a flash of gold, but it was just Roger Davies's watch. I flew around the pitch in the falling snow, trying to ignore my fear of heights.

"Pucey scores! 20-10 to Slytherin!"

I tried not to worry too much over a ten-point difference. It was only the beginning of the game. I focused again on looking for the Snitch.

I saw a bunch of silver. I focused on it. It was Dumbledore's beard. If Quirrel tried anything in this match, Dumbledore would fix everything.

I started searching for the Snitch again.

"Ravenclaw's going to have to move faster if they want to score some goals. 50-30 Slytherin!"

There it was! The Snitch! I zoomed after it, flattening myself to my broom. Terrence Higgs was right behind me.

"Looks like Danielle Potter has caught sight of the Snitch! Higgs is close behind, but Dani has the advantage here, what with her size and that marvelous Nimbus 2000. Just look at it's handle-"

"JORDAN!"

"Sorry, Professor. Stretten passes to Davies, Boe, back to Davies. Davies shoots and – HE SCORES! 50-40 to Slytherin."

I heard a whistling. I turned and saw a large black ball heading right towards me. I dove a little bit, and it whistled over my head. I could reach the Snitch now. I reached out my left hand. I grabbed the tiny golden ball right out of the sky. I stopped my broom and waved the Snitch over my head.

"RAVENCLAW WINS! 190-50! This is Lee Jordan, signing off."

The other six players flew to me, whooping and yelling. We huddled together as I hugged each of the guys.

We flew back to the ground where all of the Ravenclaws stood cheering. Harry, Lisa, Abby, and Mandy stood at the front of the crowd.

Good job, Dani, Harry thought excitedly. You might probably beat me when we play each other.

No way! I shouted mentally. There is no way you can beat pure skill like this!

We are so going to beat you at the end of the year.

"Nu-uh!"

"Yeah-huh!"

"You're on!"

There was a party that night in Ravenclaw Tower. It was so much fun! The only bad part of it was Cho glaring at me the whole time, even when I offered her the Seeker spot next game! What did Harry ever see in her?

Later, when I was up in bed, I thought about Nicolas Flamel and how soon the adventure with the Sorcerer's Stone was.

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