I was yet again outside in the beech tree, but this time, i was not reading a book, no i was looking at quiddich plays, making sure we knew them all, the match was tomorrow. Sirius and James have been trying to talk to me for ages, but until they apologise they can suck ducks.

'Freya' i heard someone call me, i looked up from my notes and looked at the direction of the castle, Lily was walking closer to me,

'Hey Lily' i shouted to her, i grabbed the tree by my hands and let my feet go and let go of the branch landing on my feet. i walked towards her, the ground seemed to be covered in a thin frost, it was late October, Halloween was soon, and Slughorn's party the night before that.

We met halfway, and she took my arm in hers and lead me towards the lake, it was a steely grey and looked quite miserable, a lone tenticle drifted through the water a few meters from the shore as the giant squid swam gently through the water making a gentle ripple,

'Freya, i asked Potter, you have to ask Black' Lily practically begged

'No Lily i'm not taking him, do you know what he tried to do?' i said to her seriously, she nodded and bit her lip

'I know what he was going to do, but he didn't do it did he?' She said with a sigh

'Look Lily, five years of my life i have spent going after him, it is about time i get a life and i don't think it includes him' i said after a minute, she let out a long breath, i looked from the lake back to the tree i was at and saw the same dog that me and Lissa had seen, i stuck my tongue out at him, and was shocked when it did the same, i masked my shock and looked back at Lily, although i think my eyes were slightly wider than normal.

'Well its up to you, i just feel like this year they have both matured and maybe, just maybe you'd have more of a chance with him' she said slowly

'Thanks Lily, really, but i think it's for the best if i try and forget about him' i said as we began to walk back to the castle, we passed the dog who had his head tilted to the side as we passed him, i tilted my head too and started to walk backwards, we were having a staring contest, and i was going to win,

'Freya' Lily asked sounding puzzled

'Yes Lily' i said my eyes starting to sting

'What are you doing?' she asked

'Having a staring competition with a dog' i replied casually

'Oh ok, what dog' she asked

'The one by the tree' i said pointing to it, the dog blinked and lowered his head his tail between his legs 'Ha, yes i won! take that dog!'

'Kind of a mangy looking thing don't you think?' Lily said, the dog cocked its head

'i dont know, it's rather cute in a scruffy kind of way' i replied, the dogs tail swished back and forth a few times,

'Come on lets go have some lunch' Lily said i skipped into the hall after her, she practically ran from me over to the gryffindor table as i skipped towards Lissa and Jake,

'What's up?' i asked them

'The sky'

'the roof' they answered, i rolled my eyes and sat down with them at the table.

The next day i woke up early, i gulped, today was the day, we were going to beat Hufflepuffs, I put on my quiddich gear, it being a saturday the match was at eleven, so i still had a while i walked out of the room, and looked at my watch, it was six in the morning, i let out a huff, every time, i just get so much adrenaline i can't help but get up early, i walked into the great hall and was surprised to see that breakfast had begun, and that a few students were actually eating. How did i not know this? i grabbed a piece of toast and continued to the quiddich pitch, i grabbed my broom and the snitch i had been given as a birthday present by Lissa two years ago,

i mounted my broom and closed my eyes as the cool wind hit my flesh making me shiver, the rush of adrenaline flew through me and i smiled, being on a broom was more like home to me than anywhere, i was truly at home. i let the snitch go and closed my eyes giving it time to get away, i opened my eyes and jumped as both James and Sirius were sitting on brooms in front of me

'So predictible' James said

'What do you want?' i asked turning my broom around sharply searching for the snitch, i spotted it hovering around a goal post, i lent down on my broom and shot towards the goal, reaching out my hand and clasping it around the little golden ball

'Impressive' Sirius said, my chest swelled, just ignore it, however it makes you feel ignore it, i told myself, i turned upside down and hung to my broom, i like to call it the sloth, i raised my eyebrow at them

'Well?' i asked them

'We came to apologise' James said and Sirius nodded

'Go on then' i replied cooly

'We just did' they said simultaniously

'no you didn't you said you'd come to apologise but you never actually said it' i said crossing my arms making me hang completely upside down, Sirius flinched as if about to catch me, but stopped himself and tried to hide his movement. but i dont care if he tried to hide it, Sirius would have caught me if i fell.

'Ok, ok we're sorry' James said

'For what?' i asked trying not to smile, James rolled his eyes and crossed his arms to, Sirius didn't look to comfortable on a broomstick, he was gripping the handle slightly to tightly, i smiled. and let the snitch go again i looked back at the two boys

'Sorry for almost choking you' James choked out,

'Yeah sorry for planning on locking you away and i'm sorry for planning to knock you out and put you in the forest' Sirus replied, i choked on air and almost fell from my broom, i grabbed onto the handle quickly, just as James was hitting Sirius, i looked at him,

'Put me in the forest?' i said seriously to him, he laughed nervously

'joking?' he questioned, i rolled my eyes,

'Whatever, i suppose i'm going to apologise for locking you in the classroom and throwing my shoe at your face'

'that was your shoe?' he asked bewieldered

'Yeah' i laughed, and then Dived straight down turning the right way up as i neared my approtch

'Pull up, YAPPY PULL UP NOW! PULL UP' james yelled as i neared the ground, i sped up, focused on the little gold ball that was glicening inches above the ground, i turned over so i was upside down yet again and pulled my broom at the last second i grabbed the snitch and sat back on my broom the right way around.

'Blimey' Sirius said landing next to me

'Merlin, Freya what the hell' James said, i just shrugged and jumped off my broom, and walked to the broom shed, and put my broom and the snitch back, i turned to the boys who were putting there brooms away

'Fairwell, i assume you'll watch the match?' they nodded 'Tootle doo, and good-bye to you' i said while waving, they both snorted as i turned the corner, i heard James say to Sirius

'Didn't stutter or fall once'

'Miricle' Sirius said

'agreed' he said sounding puzzled

We were all sitting in the changing rooms, most of the team were as nervous as anything, Lissa looked green, and i had just finished going over the plays we were going to use.

'So when we get one hundred points up or more i will catch the snitch, i will just try and keep the other seeker away from the snitch until then, now Dylan, oi Morris pay attention' he looked up looking slightly pink in the face, i raised my eyebrow at him, he went redder and mumbled a sorry, i rolled my eyes 'Just make sure you save the quaffles like you have been in practice, but if the beaters and chasers do their parts well enough you shouldn't see many quaffles'

i looked at the clock it was ten fifty five, i stood up

'Come on team, it's only Hufflepuff, and when you get up in the air Morton and Harper, you forget about the croud, hit those bludgers well, they nodded. i led them all to the doors of the stadium and walked out as i heard our introduction,

'And here come the Ravenclaws, The wonderful Captain of course being Griffin who won't be so lovely if she doesn't catch the snitch today, and the rest of the team Newton, Morton, Harper, Morris, Branchet and Laurent' the cheers of the crowd filled up the stadium as the wind tousled our hair around, i brushed down my blue quiddich robes and got a stronger grip on my cleansweep 5 the best broom around, Lissa grew greener

'Don't worry Liss, it'll be fine, good luck' she nodded and gulped

'Oi, griffin!' the commentator said loudly, he was a slytherin but wasn't to bad, his name was kenneth, we'd talked a few times. He wasn't to fussed about blood types, but being a pure-blood it didn't effect me anyway.

i looked at where he was sitting, and smiled as professor McGonagall hit him over the head with what looked like a rolled up newspaper

'Don't distract the players, Parkinson, honestly' she hit him once more, with a small smile.

'Ow, professor, really?' he asked her rubbing his head, i laughed along with a few students from around the crowd, 'As i was saying before being rudely hit over the head by some newspap- ow, GRIFFIN WIN THE MATCH I HAVE 10 GALLEONS ON IT, ow, no don't take it, i've finished being biased, sort of' i laughed as he was hit again, i gave him a thumbs up and looked back at madam hooch, the hufflepuff team made their way onto the pitch all looking slightly confused as the comentator didn't introduce them, he was still wrestling for the microphone from professor Mcgonagall.

'Now teams, i want a clean match, captains shake hands' i walked up to the captain and extending my hand, giving him my quiddich smirk, only time i ever show it off. what can i say, i am a real quiddich junkie, i was captain last year aswell, and i've been on the team since second year, as soon as i was allowed to get on my broom, he extended his hand and we shook, slightly harder than a usual one, but what do i care

'Bennet' i said to him slyly

'Griffin' he replied, he was a chaser, and wasn't to bad, but could be better,

'everyone, mount your brooms' Madam hooch said in a loud clear voice, the crowd went silent in anticipation,

we both mounted our brooms as did our teams, i took a glance at the gryffindor stand and saw Sirius sitting at the front of one, i couldnt help but smile, but i looked back at madam hooch she bought her whistle to her mouth and blew, i shot into the air as did the rest of my team and the other team, i looked around and spotted the snitch hanging around the hufflepuff goal, i flew nearer to the ravenclaw's, and as i had expected the other seeker followed, i continued to look around, and watched as Lissa flew towards the goal

'Go Lissa' i shouted

'Newton heading towards the goal- great dodge past thingy- ow, Professor, seriously? i can't remember all of their names, what? thats their name? hunch? seriously? anyway, Newton takes a shot, yes it's in, Ravenclaw score - 10 points to Ravenclaw' i fist pumped the air, thats my Lissa buddy.

The game continued on like this for about ten minutes, we were fifty points up, with hufflepuff having scored, id been circling above the game, the Hufflepuff seeker on my tail, the snitch was now darting around twenty feet above us, and the hufflepuff seeker was looking in its direction, thinking fast i dived.

'and what's this, Griffin is diving, can anyone see the snitch? come on griffin 10 galleons! what's his name, walden, thanks prof, is following' the comentator shouted,

'and i'm diving, towards the ground, im turning upside down, i'm gunna rock this crowd' i sang. i made up songs as i played, it was rather fun. i continued to dive turning upside down

'I've never seen a move like this before, oh and ten points to Ravenclaw

''its called the sloth dive' i yelled at him

'She said something about sloths?' kenneth said, 'oh Merln, she's going to crash, PULL UP GRIFFIN, PULL UP' every one was on the edge of their seats, the ground was twentys feet, ten feet, five feet i leveled out, still upside down, and heard a thud as the other seeker hit the ground, i winced.

'Ten points to Ravenclaw, nice moves by both griffin and newton' he continued i rose into the air once more

'I just beat the other seeker, because i'm a bloody awesome witch, now to get over a hundred points so i can catch the snitch' i sung again

'Go Freya' sirius called, i looked to the ground, the other seeker was mounting his broom again. His nose bloodied up, he looked a mess, I looked to the game happening below me, Sam had the quaffle and was speeding towards the goal, she took a shot but our keeper blocked it, i cheered as Marcus Laurent caught the quaffle and took off towards the ravenclaw hoops, i hung upside down and looked aroung, i spotted the snitch hovering a meter from the ground below the Ravenclaw hoop.

'And Laurent scores thats one hundred and thirty to ten' i looked at the other seeker, he was nearing me, i dived for the snitch, he hesitated, not knowing if i was faking it again, i put on extra speed, still upside down and got closer to the snitch,

'I'm going to catch this snitch, and then Ravenclaws will rule, i really do love quiddich, and i'm the greatest captain of all' i sung and continued to hum the tune, i got closer to it, i extended my arm and closed my fingers on the little gold ball and pulled up, only not quite fast enough, i forgot about the post and flew straight into it and heard a crunch from my shoulder.

'Well this hurts' i said jumping off my broom, the stadium went wild and the trest of the team flew down to me, i just casually tried to walk quickly to the hospital wing pretending i wasn't in any pain atall, the team however

'Ravenclaw wins, Griffin gets the snitch, 10 Galleons to m- hey!' i heard Kenneth say, professor Mcgonagall had taken the microphone from him. the buzz of the crowd rang through my ears, i ran at Lissa and Sam

'Nicely played Sam' i said to her, she grumbled something and walked off to her team i looked back at Lissa 'told you we'd win' i said happily

'you were right as usual dear pal' she said i smiled

'you played brilliantly' i said patting her on the back she hugged me and i winced, she looked at me concerned

'Oh i know, and you flew into the hoop didn't you' she said looking at the offending shoulder

'maybe just a little bit' i shrugged but yelped as i moved my shoulder

'Come on madam pomfrey will fix that in a minute' she said as we walked to the changing rooms. Leaving the loud crowd behind us.

Lissa, Jake and me were sitting by the lake after lunch had finished, my arm was in a sling, it was rather annoying but it was only for the day. i stood up, may aswell leave those two alone, Jake keeps glancing at Lissa, so i made up an excuse

'Right i'm going to go and find another dog to have a staring competition with, see you' i ran off back to the castle. While i was on the fourth floor Kenneth walked up to me.

'Hey Griffin, you played well' he said

'Nice commenting' i said trying to hide a laugh, he laughed too

'Got a bit of a sore head now but oh well' he laughed

'So you got the job permenantly?' i asked him, he nodded

'yeah, so i've been wondering' he rubbed his neck with his hand and looked thoughtful 'Would you like to go into hogsmead with me sometime?'

'That would be nice, or, well, do you want to go to slughorns party with me?' i asked him, sure he was nice, he was rather good looking to, unlike his older brother, now i could swear he looks like a pug.

'Yeah that sounds awesome, well, i'll see you around then Freya' he gave me a half smile and walked off down the stairs, i continued up to the seventh floor and up into the common room, i sat on my bed and read until the door slammed open and Lissa's squeals filled the room

'Ow, Merlin Lissa, some people would rather be able to hear' i said, she stuck her tongue out at me and sat at the end of my bed, she crossed her legs and started to draw circles on them looking at it as if it was the stranest thing in the world

'Ok so what has happened?' i asked fed up of waitin for her to start talking

'I think i may have a small crush on Jake' she said after a minute, i choked on air, Merlin i need to stop, it is a dangerous thing to do.

'You do?' i squeaked out, oh the joys of it all, they are going to get together and look all cute together and i'll be revolted by all their affection and end up hanging from my tree alone,

'So have you told him?'

'no it's a little weird, you know, we've been friends for years and all' i rolled my eyes and pushed her off my bed, maybe they wont be together just yet, honestly i have to sort out everything around here...