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They had been at it for hours now with no ending in sight. It was unbearably hot, most players had discarded their overcoats, some were even playing in only their undershirts, but the heat did not get in the middle of their game.
The pitch was in a flurry of motions. Chasers speeding throughout the air, Beaters slugging Bludgers left and right, Keepers trying their hardest to protect the posts. The only ones not in frenzy were the Seekers. The two scoured the sky for the tiny golden speck. With sweat rolling into his eyes, Scorpius had a hard time seeing in between wiping his forehead.
A loud cry caught his attention; Roxanne had finally managed to score against them. Their strategy was simple, get the quaffle into the post. Ravenclaw's seeker was definitely sharper than he was, so their only chance of winning was racking up as many points as they could before the Snitch was caught. Between Aria and Michael, they were an unstoppable force. The both were lithe little creatures and both were insane to boot.
"Another ten points for Ravenclaw. That puts the score 180 to 40, Slytherin leading." Scorpius listened to Gregory as he announced the match. They were ahead, but he could see that the last six hours had put a toll on everyone. He was tempted to call for a timeout and try to come up with some sort of strategy to win the game, but a flash of gold caught his eye. Without hesitation, he darted after it.
He could hear the screaming and cheering from the stands as he swerved between the towers, Ravenclaw's seeker right behind him. They were both neck and neck as they reached.
"Scorpius look out!" It was too late; the bludger hit the end of this broom, successfully breaking it. As he began to spin to the ground, something grabbed him by the back of his shirt and hauled him onto their broom.
Red hair whipped in his face and he got a better grip on the now shared broom. "You okay?" Aria yelled back to him as she raced towards the posts. Throwing the quaffle through the hoops, she swung around and slowed her broom.
"Are you mad, I could have taken you with me!" His little sister was nothing short of crazy when it came to Quidditch.
"Yeah yeah, lecture me later. We got a game to win." She flew her broom up as the quaffle was passed to her. "Cavanaugh, Michael! Plummet!"
"You better catch that snitch Scor." She laughed as she turned to her side and let go of the broom. As she fell, she tossed the quaffle to Dugan and their beater Cavanaugh swiftly caught her and swung her onto his broom. "I don't believe it! Malfoy just fell off her broomstick, PURPOSFULLY! I think I'm in love!" Gregory swooned at the female Malfoy while Lorcan Scamander took the microphone from him. "Besides that, Slytherin still leads 190 to 40."
Aria smirked at Cavanaugh behind her, "Let's finish this!" The other members of her team all flew in behind her, all in a "v" formation. Scorpius saw the Ravenclaw seeker up above the pitch racing after something.
"Aria!" He took off into the sky, trying to beat the other seeker to the Snitch.
She saw Scorpius flying off and the other flyer way ahead of him. "Oh no!" They all broke formation, Michael tossed her the quaffle and all hell broke lose. Every seeker began battling it out for the ball. They would win if Slytherin managed to score while Ravenclaw caught the Snitch, but if Ravenclaw scored and caught the Snitch, it was game over. Ravenclaw would win the Cup.
Seeing as how Slytherin had won the Quidditch Cup seven years in a row, they were not about to lose now.
"Perry is gaining in on the Snitch, but Scorpius Malfoy is right behind him."
"But look at my girl go! With additional weight on the broom she is still cutting right through the air."
Gregory and Lorcan were going back and worth between the two players. Aria did her best to ignore them, as she got closer to the goal posts. "You're not going to make it Malfoy! He's almost got the snitch!"
"If I die Cavanaugh, I swear I will come back and haunt you for the rest of your days."
"What are you…" Ben did not have a chance to finish his question before Aria steadied her feet on the broom, and with quaffle in hand, she jumped off. With everything she had, she chucked the ball to the lowest goal post.
"DING!"
"Stephan Perry caught the snitch!"
Michael had swooped down when he saw Aria jumped from the broom, as he heard the bell go off, he managed to grab her by the waist and pulled into his lap. "You did it love." He whispered in her ear.
Madam Hooch blew her whistle, signaling the end of the game. Aria held her breathe, as she was the referee, she got the last say on who won the game.
"SLYTHERIN WINS!"
A loud roar erupted from the silver and green banners. Michael and Aria made their descent with the other players. Once they were on the ground, Aria was picked up and placed on the Slytherin beaters shoulders. "Malfoy, Malfoy, Malfoy!"
Aria laughed along with her teammates as Professor McGonagall and Professor Slughorn came down to the pitch. When Aria was put back down on the ground, her brother stood next to her. "That was an impressive display my dear." Slughorn gushed at his houses youngest player.
"Well, I do believe Slytherin house is going to keep its trophy." McGonagall handed the trophy over to Scorpius who took with and shook the Headmistresses hand. When she let go, he turned back to his teammate and held it up for all to see. "What do we have?!"
"Ambition!"
"What are we?!"
"Cunning!"
"WHO ARE WE?!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"I have never in my life thought that you would ever be so reckless! What were you thinking! You could have died!"
Aria slouched down in her seat as her mother paced back and forth, screaming at her. Since the match ended, her mother, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers were all screaming at her for being so reckless during the game.
"She wasn't going to die Mum. No one on that team would have let her
get injured." Aries tried calming his mother down, but nothing worked.
"That is not the point! What if that Michael boy missed? Or that other one."
"Mum, I was perfectly fine. Ben or Michael would let anything happen to me."
"She's practically royalty on the pitch." Scorpius added.
Tori huffed as she sat down next to her husband. "I swear Aria Justine Malfoy, if you ever pull stunts like those again, I will personally see to it that you never play again." Aria tried to start complaining, but her mother held up hand. "I am sure Professor Snape would agree with me."
Giving in, she slumped back down into her chair. Her mother knew what she felt for the ghost professor and how to use him against her. Aria had received an earful from him when he stole her away from her family; he was preaching the same things her family was.
"Also Ginny," her aunt turned towards her, "don't give my daughter tips."
Ginny just smirked as her sons threw her dirty looks. "Seriously Mum! You've been giving her tips!"
"She asked for some advice and I gave them to her."
"I can't believe neither for you have thought of it. I mean, how many other kids at school can say that their parent plays for a professional Quidditch team?" James glared at his younger cousin.
"Well, not all of us knew how to ride a dragon before we knew how to ride a broom."
"Again, you could have asked." Aria stuck her tongue out.
"Alright, enough. I think it's time to eat." Arthur calmed down his family.
Everyone began swarming around the extremely large tables. One table was for all the adults, while the teenagers sat at another and a smaller table for the children to sit at. Since the school year was practically over, they had been given permission to leave Hogwarts early and head home with their families after the game ended. After everyone packed their belongings, they all decided to meet up at Arthur and Molly's house. So now, the Burrow was packed at the seams with Weasley's, Malfoy's, Potter's, Willington's, Gale's, and Lupin's.
It was a celebration for all the graduates. James, Roxanne, and Louis were completely skipping their graduation ceremony since they all had different job opportunities lined up. James and Roxanne had internships at the Ministry, but Louis was taking time off and was going to go backpacking. He didn't specify where, something that had his mother in a complete tizzy.
Aries sat next to his younger cousin who was furiously scribbling down in her notebook. "Seriously Rose. You're already starting on next years homework?"
Looking up from her notebook, Rose cried out a moan. "Yes! Professor Binns actually assigned us homework for next term, and I just know it's going to take me all summer to do it." From down the table Aria laughed. "You got that assignment too?"
"What's the assignment?" Molly looked between her cousins. Rose scratched out a line in her book and stared at her cousin. "We have to draw up our family tree. Dating back at least five generations."
Aria laughed at everyone's faces. "Oh please, yours is a cake walk. Do you know what mine is going to look like? It's going to look like a tree that is growing another tree from a broken stump." Aries laughed at his sister. It was definitely going to be a challenge for her.
"At least you can share notes for most of it." Fred grinned.
"Share notes for what?" Hermione craned her head past her husbands shoulder to look at the children. "Professors Binns paper. We have to do our family tree." Rose told her mom as she scribbled out another line.
"I think I still have mine somewhere." Bill glanced over at the two girls.
"Really Uncle Bill, you would be a godsend." Rose beamed at her uncle while Aria slumped back in her seat. "Goodie for you."
"Come on sis, it won't be that bad." Aries wrapped his arm around his sisters shoulders and gave her cheek a pat.
"No that bad? Aries you do realize that everyone in this room with the except of Aunt Hermione and maybe Memere, are our cousins?"
"No they're not!"
"Actually son, your sister has a point." Draco pointed out to his son. "And Aria, Hermione would still be your cousin through marriage."
"How?!" Aries looked absolutely shocked. "I mean, I know that the Weasley's and Black's share a distant relative, but how are we related to everyone else?"
"Because, and no offense to anyone in this room, the purebloods of Britain are highly inbred." Aria slightly shrunk as she caught the glare her grandfather was giving her. "I'm seriously Gramps. Give me one instance where a Malfoy didn't marry a blood relative, or a Black for that matter? And don't even get me started on the Gales!" Aria pointed at her great grandpa as he attempted to open her mouth. "I mean, Nan and Papa are even related to each other through some odd cousin or uncle." Molly and Arthur smiled at each other as if it didn't bother them.
"Yeah, but Mum…"
"Oh Mum is the worst of them! Sorry." Aria shrugged her shoulders at her mother. "For one, her father and mother-in-law are like third cousins, both her grandfathers are cousins through marriage, her half sister is her cousin through marriage and by blood, and her husband is her fourth or fifth cousin. Which my dear brother, would make her children her fifth or sixth cousins." Aria moved her fingers throughout the air as she connected all the family lines. "And even though, Mum was adopted by Pappy and Memere, they are technically still her cousins because Pappy's dad, Roman, married great Grandpa Abraxas' sister, Aunt Demeter. It's a miracle that we," Aria pointed between herself and her brothers, "came out even normal at all!"
"So does that technically make me and Vicky cousins?" Teddy looked at his wife then to his Aunt. "Technically, yes. Her grandfather is my fourth cousin, I believe." Narcissa told her great nephew.
"My sister-in-law is my cousin also?" Draco raised an eyebrow as he tried to connect the dots.
Ron leaned over to his brother, "Thank goodness we aren't that messed up." Charlie grinned at his younger brother and nodded his head in agreement.
"Actually Dad, Uncle Harry is kinda sorta your cousin." Hugo told his father, who stopped laughing. "How?!" Ron exclaimed.
"Well, Uncle Harry's godfather was Sirius Black, and if he hadn't have been sent to Azkaban, he would have legally been the father of Uncle Harry. And everyone knows that Sirius' grandfather is Gran's uncle." Hugo explained as he pointed at his Nan.
"Wait….So not only is Harry my uncle-in-law, he would also technically be my father?" Teddy looked over at his godfather. "I mean, if we're going the route of dead parents and godparents, Harry is legally my father."
"So, my uncle is also my father-in-law?" Vicky looked at husband in confusion. "Would that make James, Lily and Al my nephews and niece and my cousins?"
"See what I mean!" Aria threw her hands up in the air.
"Hold up!" James put his hand up. "If my dad is legally Teddy's dad, wouldn't that make us brothers? Which would technically make Rommy my nephew and Vicky my sister-in-law."
At that point, everyone fell silent as they tried to attach the lines together.
"I hate to bring it up, but didn't Aunt Celia have a thing with Grandpa Abraxas before he married Grandma Calisto?" Aries looked over at his mothers grandfather.
Tori laughed at Lucius and her grandfathers faces. "Oh the sacred twenty-eight."
"What the hell is the sacred twenty-eight?" Charlie looked over at his niece.
"The sacred twenty-eight is the twenty-eight families that are still 'pureblood'." Rose said as she continued to write down in her notebook.
James put a hand on Aries' shoulder. "Remind me that if I ever get serious about a girl, you'll help me look into her family."
"Only if you help me." The two cousin nodded and did a toast in agreement. Everyone else at the table laughed at the two as they clinked their cups together.
"Since we are on the topic of family." Tim announced over the chatter. "I think it's time to spread the good news."
"Which is?" Frances glanced over at his old school mate.
"We old friend, are going to be grandparents again." He smiled as his daughter put her palm to her forehead.
"Dad!" She yelled at him. "You weren't supposed to say anything."
"I thought we were telling everyone!"
Tori groaned in her seat and looked over at her husband. "Surprise." Draco chuckled and kissed her temple. "I already knew. You were acting very similar to when you were pregnant with the twins, I may or may not have ran a couple tests."
"I only found out two days ago! How long have you known?" Tori stared shocked at her husband. "About a week now." He grinned.
"Seriously Mum, we were wondering when you were going to say something. I knew the second you asked for a pint of mint chocolate chip." Aria teased her mother. "Me and Aries already have a bet going on whether it's a boy or girl."
"That was almost a month ago! I'm barely seven weeks."
"Seriously Tor, even Oogy knew you were pregnant. The way he curled up next to you that week we were in Romania. Not to mention Norberta wouldn't let you out of her sight."
"Did everyone know I was pregnant before me!"
"I didn't Mommy!" Gus looked up at his mother. "What does pregnant mean?" The family laughed and chuckled at the innocent seven year old.
Tori brushed her sons hair back and kissed the top of his head. "It means I'm going to have a baby. You're gonna be a big brother."
"Like Aries and Scor!" His eyes lit up with excitement.
"Like Aries and Scorpius." Draco told his youngest.
Gus happily took a bite out of his dinner, mid chew he paused and looked up at his parents. "Does that mean I have to share my toys now?"
The entire family started laughing and dove into new conversations, happily embracing the newest coming addition to their crazy, huge, connected family.