Chapter 11
On Saturday, September 25, the boys went to the stands to watch the tryouts. Remus saw Lily and Severus sitting in the grass.
"Do you want to watch the tryouts with Peter and I?" Remus asked. Having nothing better to do, they did. Lily being a bit more excited. The four took their seats next to Professor Mcgonagall.
For tryouts, Madam Hooch had the perspective Gryffindor players form a team and play a mock game against Slytherin. But there were only a few spots open on each team.
As Remus watched it begin, it brought back good memories. In his childhood, his father watched professional quidditch matches on the television all the time, so heknew the rules. They watched as a Gryffindor chaser throw a quaffle through the Slytherin's ring.
"Good job! 10 points to Gryffindor!" Remus shouted excitedly.
"Remus, what's going on?" Severus asked perplexed. Lily and Peter also looked confused.
"That guy's a chaser so his job is trying to throw a ball called a quaffle past the Slytherin's Keeper into those rings to score points." Remus explained. They watched as a a Slytherin chaser approached the ring and was about to throw but he was hit with a bludger by a beater. He was hit right in the back and fell a few meters before regaining control of his broom. "Nice one! He is a Beater. He tries to hit the other team with bludgers before they score." Remus added.
The game continued and at halfway through, Slytherin lead Gryffindor with 40 points to 20. "Now they'll release the snitch and seekers." Remus said. They watched as two people trying out for Gryffindor Seeker chase the tiny golden ball against a person trying out for Slytherin. The second year Gryffindor seeker, Kathryn Domer, raced against the 7th year Gryffindor Seeker, Gan Chang, leaving the Slytherin seeker in their wind. Though Gan put up a good fight, she was able to outfly him and catch the Snitch. She approaches the snitch and quickly grabs it. "50 points to Gryffindor. Gryffindor wins!" Remus yelled, and the rest cheered, but Severus didn't as he didn't care for sports. The players stopped and hovered in front of Madam Hooch and Professor McGonagall.
"Excellent game everyone. If you hear your name, you made it on either the Slytherin or Gryffindor teams. Katelyn Domer, year 2, and Henry Grant, year 4, for Gryffindor, and Vabreca Hazel Year 5, for Slytherin. Thank you." Madam Hooch said and she and Professor McGonagall left. The players who didn't make it returned to the changing rooms disappointed. Remus saw Gan Chang especially disappointed, he must have tried out each year.
"You were really awesome out there, Katelyn!" Remus said excitedly.
"Thanks, you're Remus, right?"
"Yes, I'm a first year. Do you want to grab some lunch?" Remus asked.
"Sure, I'd love that! Hop on." Katelyn said as she motioned to her broom. Remus gulped and obeyed her instructions and had to hold on tightly as she accelerated very quickly and flew away. James and Sirius chuckled at seeing this.
"Remus has some game!" Sirius said.
"Man, it's freezing out here!" Lily said as she covered her arms. Instinctively, Severus took his jacket and gently placed it over her.
"Thanks, Severus!" Lily said kindly, James's eye twitched at this sight. Oh, it's almost seven, we should get to the library. Lily and Remus got up and left. Severus had a few books to gather before. When Lily was out of eyesight, James took a quaffle that was sitting on the bench and threw it right at Severus's gut. It landed hard and Severus was winded.
"Oops. My bad, Sneverus." James smiled and walked away. Sirius, uncomfortable in the situation, looked to Severus catching his breath in pity, but ran to catch up with James. Severus gave a sigh and ran to catch up with Lily and Remus, too ashamed to tell them what occurred.