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Chapter 5: No Quidditch this year.
Rain poured down as the four good friends climbed in the carriage, then as Harry shut the door lighting went across te sky.
"Poor Britney," Teddy frowned, as thunder erupted. "Having to cross the lake in this." He was sitting in the set across from Harry, next to Ginny.
"She'll be fine, Ted," Harry said. "Hagrid's with her, I'm sure he won't let anything happen to her. Teddy nodded still frowning.
"Hope Malfoy gets hit by lighting," Rigel said. Harry snorted.
"Yeah, well, knowing our luck if lighting was to hit anybody, it'll be one of us." Harry said.
"Yeah," Teddy said, "Well, you'd be the one it one, you're the one with the bad luck."
"Yeah," Rigel said. "You're Harry Potter." Ginny rolled her eyes.
"You guys are idiots." She said. "No body is going to get hit by lightning.
They rolled on up the school in silence, lightning lit up the skyl once more, as they pulled up in front of the doors, and more rain poured down.
"Just what I always wanted." Ginny said, as she looked out the open carriage down. "To go to the feast wet."
Harry snorted as he grabbed her arm and helped her out of the carriage, in which Ginny gave him a weird look because he never did that before, but the others didn't notice as they hurried into Hogwarts trying to stay as dry as they could.
"Blimey," Teddy said, growing his spiky blue hair out long, and then shaken it like a dog. "I'm soaked."
"We're all soaked." Rigel said. "Now stop shaken your head, you're getting water all over me." Teddy stopped, and grinned at Rigel, which looked a little creepy with long blue hair hanging in his face.
"HEY!" Rigel suddenly cried looking up, as a large red, water-filled balloon had dropped from the ceiling and landed on Rigel's head. Drenched and cursing Rigel staggered sideways into Harry, to avoid another balloon, which was being thrown by Peeves the Poltergeist. Harry heard a shriek and looked behind him to see that the next balloon had hit Hermione right on the head., who in till then had not been wet, becaues she had been smart enough to conjured an umbrella, before stepping off the carriage in the rain.
"PEEVES!" yelled the angry voice of Professor McGonagall, "Stop that, right now."
"Not doing nothing!" Peeves cackled "Already wet aren't they."
"I wasn't!" Hermione shirked. Cody put his arm around her and led her into the Great Hall, winking at Harry as he passed him. Then Rigel cursed as another balloon almost landed on his head.
"You better be glad you're already dead." He looked up and told Peeves. Who just stuck his tounge out at him and flown down the hall. McGonagall sighed and turned to Harry and his friends.
"Well, move along now, get on inside." She said wavy them through the door. "And sit at your own tables." Harry and Ginny had a habit of sitting with the Gryffindores, which the teachers usually overlooked unless, it was: the begining of the year feast, the Halloween feast or the end of year feast, and then they were made to sit at their own tables.
After saying their See-you-laters, the Gryffinclaws split up, and the two Ravenclaws headed to their table, as the two Gryffindore headed to their's
"Hey, Lulu," Harry greeted Luna as him and Ginny sat across from her.
"Good evening," Luna smiled at them.
"Says who?" Ginny said, turning sideways in her seat and ringing her hair out. "Hope they hurry up with the sorting I'm starving,"
"You're not the only one." Harry said, as a soaken wet Cho Change sat across from Harry, making Ginny scowl.
"Hi, Harry," Cho said, giving her best flirty smile, even though Cho was a year above Harry, she had a crush on him, which for some reason always seem to annoy Ginny, but Harry didn't really like her back, sure she was pretty, but Harry thought she was too giggly, and wore too much make up, after dating Lavender Brown from Gryffindor, for less than a mouth last year, had turned Harry off of, giggly make up wearing type of girls, he liked tough girls, who didn't wear too much make-up, and could hold their own if they get in a fight.
"Cho," was the best she got from him as he turned and looked up at the staff table. "Where's the new DADA teacher?" He asked Ginny, "That seat is empty." Ginny looked up and frowned.
"Maybe they couldn't get anyone." Ginny said. Harry glanced over to the Gryffindore table and saw Rigel and Teddy goofing off, Teddy said something and Rigel pushed him so hard he nearly fell off his seat. Rigel turned caught Harry watching them and winked at him, before reached over and yanking on Teddy hair, on one of the large blue spikes. Teddy yelped and smacked Rigel's hand, Harry turned back to the staff table laughing them both.
"Oh hurry up," Ginny said. "I'm so hungry I could eat a hippogriff."
"Don't look like you go without any meals." Cho remarked, Ginny let go of her hair and glared at Cho.
"You better not be saying what I think you're saying." Ginny snapped.
"Oh, look the first years have arrived." Luna said. Luna was right McGonagall was now leading the first years into the Great Hall, Harry saw Britney Lupin, walking up front next to McGonagall who patted Britney on the back before going up to the stool and placing the hat on it, then she unrolled a long scroll and begin to read off names.
"Ackerly, Stewart!", a trembling blonde haired boy walked froward, picked up the shorting hat with shaky hand and sat down the stood, then put the hat on his head.
"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted and Harry clapped along with his table as the little boy came and sat down a few chairs down from Luna.
"Hello, Stewart," Ginny greeted, she was always friendly to the new Ravenclaws. "I'm Ginny, welcome to Ravenclaw," She smiled as him making him blush, and for some reason Harry sent the little boy a glare.
"Baddock Malcolm!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Of course,' Ginny scowled. As the Slytherin table erupted with cheers, Harry could see Malfoy clapping as Baddock joined the Slytherins.
"Could you imagine having Snape as your head of house." Harry asked. Ginny shuddered.
"Don't even want to think about it." She said.
"Branstone, Eleanor!" McGonagall went on calling out names and Branstone Eleanor made it into Hufflepuff. Harry watched as Ernie McMillan, a boy a year over him that Cody could not stand, patted her on the back when she sat next to him.
"Do you realized next year will be Cody's last year at Hogwarts." Harry said. "Then I'll be the last Potter left in school, bet Snape can't wait for the end of next year.." Harry couldn't imagine how it would be without Cody here or playing Quidditch against each other. Harry will miss him not being here.
"It'll be fine." Ginny said, and laid her hand on his leg and Harry was suddenly aware of just how high on his leg her hand was, and was glad when Ginny took it off and faced front, for his face was red.
"Creevey, Dennis!" Was called next and Harry groaned.
"Not another one." He complained. Ginny laughed
"Maybe he won't be like Colin." Ginny said.
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat called and Harry sighed in relief all he needed was for the newest Creevey to be in Ravenclaw. Harry dazed out as more and more names was called to be shorted and then.
"Lupin, Britney!" Harry sat up straighter to listen to one of his best friend's sister get shorted, a little girl Harry had known since her birth, he glanced over at the Gryffindore table to see Teddy paying close attention as the hat was sat on his sister's head.
"RAVENCLAW!" The hat called.
"We get Britney" Ginny cheered, then made Harry move over so Britney could sit in between them, she glanced up at Harry and he smiled at her, and she immediately put her head down, face red, she hide it with her long light brown hair.
finally after five more names was read off, the food appeared on the table and they all begin to eat, Ginny helped Britney get her food, before stuffing her own face, Harry wondered not for the first time, how Ginny stayed so thin, with as much as she ate.
"What wrong with your face?" Cho asked, Harry looked up to see she was talking to Britney, he narrowed his eyes at her as she pushed her plate away.
"If you know what good for you, Change," Ginny said. "You'll leave her alone." She turned to Britney and pulled her plate back to her. "Eat, ignore Change, she's an idiot."
Cho's reply was cut off by Dumbeldore standing up and calling for silence.
"Welcome, welcome," Dumbledore said. "Back to a new school year, and welcome to those new comers, I'm delighted to see you all, now if I could have your attention for a short bit, I have a few noticed to give." He paused to make sure everyone was quite. "firstly, Mr. Filch, the caretaker, has asked me to tell you that the list of objects forbidden inside the castle has this year been extended to include Screaming Yo-yo, and fanged frisbees. The full list is can be viewed in Mr. Filch's office, if anybody wishes to read it."
"Yeah, they'll be a long line for that." Ginny said. Harry chuckled.
"And secondly I wish to remind you that the Forbidden frost is out-of-bounds to students as is the village of Hogsmeade to below thrid year. It is also my painful duty to inform you that the Inter house Quidditch cup will not take place this year."
"What?" Harry gasped, and Ginny scowled and crossed her arms.
"Figures the moment I get a good enough broom to try out for the team, they don't even have matches." She said. Harry glanced over to the Gryffindore table, Teddy had his mouth hanging open and Rigel was glaring silently at Dumbeldore, both of them was on the Gryffindore team, Teddy was the seeker and like Cody, Rigel was a chaser. When Harry looked at his older brother and his friends, Cody looked as if he might faint and Fred and George was for once lost for words.
"This is due to an event that will be starting in October, and continuing throughout the school year, taking up much of the teachers' time and energy-but I am sure you will all enjoy it immensely. I have great pleasure in announcing that at Hogwarts-"
But at that moment, there was a deafening rumble of thunder and the doors of the Great Hall banged open. A man stood int he doorway, leaning up on a long staff shrouded in a black traveling cloak. A dull clunk echoed through the Hall on his every other step.
"Whats Mad-Eye Moody doing here?" Harry asked, he knew who the man was, he was an ex-auror, worked at the Ministry with his dad, and had once been his dad's boss, but had left the Ministry before Jesse had joined the auror team.
"I don't know." Ginny frowned. "He was in trouble this morning, Amos Diggory had appeared in our fire-place this morning, said something about enchanted dust bins, then mention Moody starting a new -" Ginny's eyes suddenly widen. "No way,"
"What?" Harry demanded.
"May I introduce our new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher?" Dumbledore said. "Professor Moody."
"What?" Harry demanded once again. "Moody as a teacher?" Ginny just shrugged.
"As I was saying," Dumbeldore went on. "We are to have the honor of hosting this is the Tri-Wizard tournament." Mumbles and whispers broke amongst the students.
"Thats the reason there is no Cup this year." Harry heard Cody say. "Well, some of us would rather play Quidditch."
"I understand that, Mr. Potter." Dumbledore said, looking at Cody. "And I am truly sorry, but you always have next year." A few students laughed and Cody grinned at Dumbledore. "Now back to what I was saying, if of course Mr. Potter is through with his complaint." More laughter and Cody gave Dumbeldore a little bow, but Hermione who was sitting next to Cody crossed her arms and glared at him.
"Now those who don't know what the tournament is, I will explain it to you." Dumbledore went on. Since Harry already knew he turned from Dumbeldore and said in a low voice to Ginny.
"I agree with Cody, I rather play Quidditch." He said, and Ginny nodded.
"It's just not fair, the moment I get a good broom, there is no Quidditch." She said, Harry patted her back.
"We can still go out and fly some." Harry said. "You can get use to your broom and maybe next year you'll get on the team." Ginny smiled a little.
"Yeah, thanks, Lightning Blot." Ginny grinned at Harry over Britney's head and grinned back.
"Mr. Potter, Ms. Weasley," McGonagall's voice suddenly echoed through out the hall, and Harry and Ginny jumped. "I understand you already know the rules to the tournament, but could you please not talk and allow Dumbeldore to explain it to those whom may not."
"Sorry," Harry mumbled, as Ginny laid her head on the table her face now as red as her hair, as the Great Hall laughed. Harry looked over toward Cody who was looking back at him with a cock eyebrow, Harry quickly looked away.
"Now as I was saying," Dumbeldore said, eyes twinkling, and a grin on his face. "There has been one changed to the rules this year, No student under the age of Seventeen may enter the tournament" A bunch of complaints went out and Dumbledore had to wait into they were done before he could go on. "Sorry, but this rule is put in place because of your safety and for another reason.." Harry could have swore Dumbledore's eyes flickered toward him. "Now The Heads of Beauxbatons and Drumstrange will be arriving in October with their contenders, and the selection of the three champions will take place at Halloween. An impartial judge will decide which students are most worthy to compete for the Triwizard Cup, the glory of their school, and a thousand Galleons personal prize money. "
Harry turned back away and toned Dumbledore out as he watched Ginny, she had raised her head and had pulled a book out from somewhere and was reading it.
Finally the announcements was over and they were allowed to leave the Great Hall and head up to their common rooms.
"Lightning," Someone called, Harry turned around to she Teddy motioning him to come there.
"Go ahead, Gin." Harry said. "I'll caught what with you when I see what he wants." Ginny nodded and led Britney up the stairs. And Harry headed down to Teddy.
"What do you?" Harry asked.
"I need to ask you a favor." Teddy said, biting his lip, Harry raised his eyebrow in Question. "It's Britney, I had hoped she would get in Gryffindore with me, but at least she will be with you and Ginny. But do you think you can look after her, make sure no one makes fun of her, she's worried about that, she didn't really want to come, but Mum and Dad thought it would be good for her. Anyway, Britney can be forgetful sometimes, and isn't good at keeping up with the full moon, I'll help, but with me in a different house it'll be hard to remind her..."
"Don't worry, Morph." Harry cut crossed Teddy's rambling. "I'll help her, and I know Gin will, she's real good in Astronomy, actually there isn't much Ginny isn't good at." Teddy raised any eyebrow at that, then sighed in relief.
"Thanks, Harry," Teddy said. "I owe you one."
"Don't mention it." Harry said.
"I better get going, see you tomorrow." Teddy said. Then gave Harry a playful shove.
"Night." Harry said, then turned and headed toward Ravenclaw Tower, but when he made it he found Ginny standing outside of Ravenclaw Tower, talking to Seamus Finnigan, a Gryffindore in Cody's year, what he was doing in front of Ravenclaw Tower, Harry didn't know, and he didn't like the way he smiled at Ginny or the way Ginny smiled back.
"Aren't you in at the wrong common room, Finnigan?" Harry demanded, walking up to him.
"Harry," Ginny cried.
"You're one to talk, Potter." Seamus said. "You're always in our common room hanging out." He then turned to Ginny. "I better get going anyway, see around." He pushed past Harry and left.
"See you." Ginny said, then glared at Harry once Seamus was out of earshot. "What the hell was that?" She demanded and put her hands on her hips. "You had no right to be rude to him."
"Why was he even here?" Harry demanded. "He's in Gryffindore."
"He helped me." Ginny said. "While you where fooling around with Morph, Britney and I was stopped by a couple seven-year Slytherins, and Seamus saw and came along and helped, then he walked us up here, Britney had just went inside and I was thanking Seamus when you walked up."
"First off, I wasn't fooling around with Teddy." Harry said. "He was asking if we could help look after Britney and besides I thought you didn't like Finnigan." Ginny rolled her eyes.
"No, that's you and Morph and Trouble." Ginny said. "And the only reason you don't is because he fights with Cody all the time."
"He's a bloody git, and the way he was smiling at you, he's up to something." Harry said. Ginny groaned, then turned around to the Ravenclaw door knocker and answered the riddle and went in, without another word to Harry.
Harry stood there gaping at the door Ginny disappeared through for a good five minutes before finally answering a riddle and going in himself.
A.N. Sorry it's been a while since I updated this story, I got caught up in doing my crossover story, and plus I had to go over and spell check the first few chapters, they were awful. Most my time will be doing my crossover, but I'll try to update this story as much as I can now that I've fix the first few chapters.
And incase you're wondering, yes this will be a Harry/Ginny, but not for a while, they haven't realized they like each other more than friends yet, they are both going to date other people first, no they won't be going to the Yule Ball together, but Harry will realize then that his feelings for her is more than friendship.