A/N: Here's another chapter! Longest one yet! Not sure where i'm going with the rest of the plot as of yet because i'm already planning a sequel of Pyxis' story a few years in the future! thanks for reviewing and let me know what you think about a possible sequel?

Pyxis breathed deeply. She could see the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team chattering away at the other end of the pitch waiting for practice to start. They all seemed very happy and excited, though there were a few worn out looks among the older students, they were probably in their last year and studying hard for their NEWTs. Pyxis was very reluctant to go over. Teddy wasn't there and she could practically predict the hostility she would receive from Olivia Wood, who was talking intensively to a boy with shaggy, sandy- coloured hair. Teddy had taken her out the night before to go through all the rules and regulations of a Quidditch game with her, her head had practically melted when he started talking about team tactics. With that thought someone slapped her on the back.

'Not thinking of backing out on me are you?'

Teddy gave her a knowing grin and walked onto the field.

'Come on! What are you afraid of?' He called back.

With a determined sign and a tight grip on her new Cleansweep 3000 that her father had bought for her, she marched after Teddy but came to an abrupt halt as everyone turned and stared at her.

'What is she doing here?' Of course it had to be Olivia. Pyxis was pretty sure that she was the only one in Gryffindor that could put so much venom into her voice.

'I told you all I had a surprise and this is it. Pyxis is our new seeker.' Announced Teddy.

Immediately there was outburst of whispering and incredulous looks, Olivia looked as if she was about to burst.

'Teddy you can't honestly trust her to be on the team? She's probably only doing this to throw matches so that Slytherin can win the cup!' Olivia was bright red and her nostrils flared. 'This is your last year, your last chance to win the cup! Are you seriously telling me that you think we can win with her?' Olivia chuckled at her own wit.

'Yes.' Teddy said simply. He turned to Pyxis.

'Pyx, do me a favour and fly up with me?' Pyxis complied. They were very high up from the pitch, the rest of the team looked up at them skeptically. 'All right, now I'm gonna throw this ball.' He pulled out a ball from his pocket around the size of an apple. 'And you are gonna show them what your made of, remember that awesome dive you pulled off when we first came out here to fly? Do that.' Pyxis gulped. The first time she did that, it was out of instinct, she didn't know if she could do that with everybody watching.

'Ready?'

Pyxis nodded. Teddy threw the ball straight up in the air. Pyxis watched it soar upwards then watched as it began to plummet back down. She let it pass her then zoomed after it. She didn't know when she should catch the ball. 30 feet from the ground. 20. 10 feet. Just when she thought she was going to plough herself into the ground, she managed to pull up and catch the ball at the same time. She flew over to where Teddy now stood with the rest of the team and dismounted.

'I think that was even better than the first time.' Teddy grinned. 'Any Questions?' Teddy asked with a smug look on his face. Everyone either shook their head of looked like they were still in show. Pyxis felt a rush of pride and smugness wash over her when she saw the dumbfounded look on Olivia Wood's face.

'Right this is Kush Chaudry, one of our beaters..' Teddy pointed at a broadly built boy with square shoulders and big almond coloured eyes, '..you obviously know our other beater.. This is Eoghan Finnigan our keeper..' A tall boy with a freckled face gave her a mischievous look with a hint of a smile on his face. '.. and our other two chasers are Ella Peakes and Jack Ashford.' finished Teddy, indicating a skinny girl with a cautius look on her face and a boy with a wide smile who looked as if he'd won the cup already.

The rest of the practice went fairly well. Pyxis practiced swerving in and out of everyone and Teddy charmed a ball to fly around so that Pyxis could have some practice catching it. By the end of the session, everyone was exhausted. They all traipsed up to the castle and as soon as Pyxis' head touched the pillow, she was asleep.

The next two weeks absolutely flew by for Pyxis, and life in Gryffindor tower has greatly improved. Teddy held three exhausting practices a week and Pyxis began to really enjoy her lessons and her friendship with Dominique continued to blossom. She now sometimes went down and had breakfast with Dom. Members of the Quidditch team (apart from Olivia of course) would often smile and nod as they passed her in the halls. Eoghan Finnigan and Jack Ashford, who happened to be very good friends started taking it in turns to nudge her in the hallway then act like they hadn't noticed, only to have the other grin and wink at her. However, every time she saw James Potter, he would narrow his eyes, as if trying to figure out something, so she glared right back at him.
The morning of the match against Hufflepuff Pyxis was standing in the mirror with her Quidditch uniform on. She tied her hair into a neat French braid and leaned over the sink. It felt like her stomach was tied into a dozen knots, she was sure she was going to throw up at any given moment. She mentally gave herself a push and walked down to the Great hall. She sat at the very end of the table staring at the normally delicious food that was making her stomach turn. She didn't even notice her team mates walk in and sit halfway down the table. Teddy noticed Pyxis sat there staring at the table, he got up and crossed over to her. Pyxis felt a sharp flick in the back of the head.

'Pretty sure that table isn't going to transfigure no matter how hard you try, c'mon.'

Teddy pulled Pyxis down the table and made her sit with the rest of the Quidditch team. Everyone else was happily babbling away and Olivia and Kush were having a deep conversation about beater tactics. Eoghan had filled his cheeks with bacon and was muching away trying to fit scrambled eggs into his mouth.

'yush ud e sube bresaheb' Eoghan's voice came out muffled and he was nodding enthusiastically at Pyxis.

'Huh?' questioned Pyxis, not understanding a word he had just said.

'You should eat some breakfast.' Translated Jack.

Reluctantly, Pyxis shoved some eggs into her mouth before quickly swallowing some pumpkin juice. She raised her eyebrows at Eoghan and he gave a satisfied nod in return. After everyone had finished, they all headed out of the hall and down to the broom shed. As they left the hall, a chant erupted from the left hand side of the room.'GO GO GRYFFINDOR' could be heard from outside the castle. Pyxis passed Ezra on the way out of the hall, who gave a reassuring smile and whispered 'Good luck.' And squeezed her hand briefly. After collecting their brooms, they headed into the changing rooms. Pyxis had already dressed so she sat there in silence whilst everyone else got their Quidditch gear on. They all sat around on small benches whilst Teddy paced up and down in front of them.

'Right team, first Quidditch match of the year. Our year. We've trained harder and longer than any other team. We've got three champion chasers..' the team erupting into cheers. 'Two brilliant beaters!' More cheers. 'One Killer Keeper and One sensational seeker!' Cheers erupted from the team once more and Eoghan gave Pyxis a quick wink. 'Hufflepuff don't stand a chance. Now we play hard on the field today and we can party hard in the common room later! I know that the cup has our name on it's this year. So are we going to let Hufflepuff take it away from us?'

'No!' responded everyone in unison.

'Then let's get out there and show the world that Gryffindor are not to be messed with!' Teddy concluded.
Everyone jumped up and filed out of the room bouncing with energy.

The game was in full swing and Pyxis had not even seen the slightest hint of gold on the pitch. Gryffindor were winning 50- 40. Pyxis flew well away from the bulk of the players and watched from above as a Hufflepuff chaser was flying down the field, nearing the goal with a quaffle in her hand. Kush pelted a bludger at her and knocked her broom, making it spiral to the left, but not before she had thrown the quaffle. It was too late, the quaffle soared through a hoop. Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were tied. Just then, a glint caught her eye. She focused and saw the snitch glittering in the middle of the field. She raced after it as the Hufflepuff seeker quickly caught on and flew after her. She followed the snitch neck and neck with the other seeker as it looped the goals and flew from one end of the pitch to the other. It changed direction again and was heading straight for the Gryffindor spectator stand. The two seekers continued to follow, getting closer and closer to the spectators. They were going to crash straight into the stand soon. Just as they were going to go right into the crowd, the Hufflepuff seeker pulled up. Pyxis held on for a moment longer and her fingers managed to grasp the snitch just as she pulled herself to a sharp stop, only a few inches away from a spectator, none other than James Potter. Pyxis was filled with elation as the commentator announced Gryffindor's victory. She flashed a smug grin at James Potter and flew over to her team mates who were hugging in the centre of the pitch. She looked up at the north stand. Her father was standing clapping hard with a brilliant look of pride and joy on his face. After she had changed, she found her father waiting for her. He hugged and congratulated her, and promised to come and watch the next match.

She walked back up to the Gryffindor common room, where a party was in full swing.
Everyone was laughing and talking so loud that she couldn't even hear herself think. She saw Teddy sat on the sofa with who she assumed was Victoire on his lap, giggling away at something he said. He had left a bottle that said 'Firewhiskey' unattended and Fred was stealthily trying to pour some for himself.
As soon as Teddy saw her, he got up.
'And here's the girl of the hour! Pyxis Malfoy, our wonderful new seeker!' he exlclaimed, slightly slurring his words. Cheers erupted around the room and some people raised their glasses at her. 'What a brilliant catch! And Fred Weasley! You take one sip of that bottle and I'm owling your dad!'
Everyone laughed as Fred blushed and looked disappointed as he slumped back down in his seat. Eoghan came over and passed her a butterbeer. It was the most amazing thing she'd ever tasted. It was sweet and it warmed her entire body up. She chatted with Dominique near the fireplace and was interrupted mid sentence by a cough. She turned and found James Potter staring intensely at her. Pyxis glared right back. Dominique seemed to notice the tension between them and sighed, excusing herself and walking over to a red-headed girl that Eoghan had his arms wrapped around.

'Y'know, you could have seriously injured me, as well as a lot of other people in the stands.' Declared James.

'But I didn't.'

James' gaze softened. He looked down at his feet and bit the inside of his cheek.

'Look, I'm sorry I judged you so quickly. I've heard so many stories about your family from my uncles and my grandfather that I thought you must be the same.' James said to his feet.

Pyxis sighed. 'It's okay, I get it a lot, don't worry about it.' James looked up and stared at her.

'It's not okay. My grandad's best friend came from an all Slytherin family too. And dad says that he was one of the most loyal people he ever met.' He paused. ' And you're actually a pretty good flyer. There's not a lot of people who could have pulled off a stunt like that.'

'Thanks.' They both smiled at each other for the first time. James held out his hand, Pyxis shook it. She had to admit, she kind of liked his stupid smile. It reminded her a lot of Teddy's.

'Butterbeer?' inquired James.

'Sure.'