The next few days were rather uneventful.
Yes. People stared at me in awe and adornment as they past me but life was steady. School was steady. Homework was steady. For the first time in forever I felt like I could breath.
Fred George and I had completed several successful pranks and hadn't been caught once. Sure the teachers suspected us but they couldn't prove anything on us. We had also met the school poltergeist Peeves. He was throwing buckets of water on the teachers and we had decided to join him. I was quite fun until we poured a bucket on McGonagall, accidently dropping the bucket on her head afterwards.
The twins had pressed me for information about Snapes detention and I just told them he lectured me about talking out in class. They had given me many pats on the back for my outburst in potions, making insane theories on why he didn't punish me more. I put a memory charm on him, I put him under the imperius curse, McGonagall told him that she would curse him if he put me in detention, Dumbledore threatened to fire him. They were all far from the truth.
Snape and I had a newfound respect for eachother. He had opened up to me so I think he expected me to open up to him. I won't though. The things I went through are between Ben and I and I won't tell anyone everything. It was too much.
Today was the first Quidditch game of the season, Gryffindor against Ravenclaw, and Fred George and I were all in the stands cheering on Charlie. Charlie was seeker and he was suppose to catch the golden snitch. The day before he had explained the game to me so I would understand the match.
Seekers look for the snitch, if they catch it their team gets 150 points, ending the game.
There are three Chasers who use the quaffle to score through three hoops.
The Keeper defends these hoops.
Beaters use club like objects to hit bludgers at other people. This as I've been told, can lead to pretty serious injury.
I watched as the Gryffindor team took the field. Cheering extra loud as Charlie walked out. I looked around as Fred and George greeted another Gryffindor boy.
"Casper this is Lee Jordan, Lee, Casper Potter." George introduced us and I gave the boy a small smile.
"Where are you sitting?" Fred asked and Lee smirked.
"I talked to McGonagall and she said I could be the match commentator." Lee answered and the twins looked at him, mouths open so wide I'm surprised bats didn't come in thinking that it was a cave.
"Thats brilliant how'd you get her to say yes?" Fred further asked, once the look of shock had faded off his face.
"Aww come on guys you know me I can't give away secrets." He answered just as McGonagall beckoned him over the commentators station. I could see it on her face she was already regretting her decision.
Lee left and we saw the captains shake hands. The Gryffindor captain was Charlie and the Ravenclaw captain was a lithe, tall looking girl I didn't know the name of. With the shrill sound of Madam Hooch's whistle the match began and the players flew high into the air.
"And the teams are off Weasley and Casher already looking out for just a glimpse of the golden snitch." Lee commented and I saw the Ravenclaw seeker, a scrawny blonde boy, and Charlie flying around the pitch.
"And its Claver with the Quaffle. Heavens. Claver. Heavens. AND A BRILLIANT SAVE BY THE GRYFFINDOR KEEPER!" The Gryffindor fans went wild at this. "That Wood sure is something, pure talent. Now the Ravenclaw keeper…"
"JORDAN!" McGonagall exclaimed, and the twins and I roared with laughter.
"Sorry Professor just giving some background."
I felt a hand on my shoulder and I jumped, knocking Fred into George who fell off the bench with a thump.
"Gee Casper is jus me." I heard and looked up to see Hagrid.
"Oh.. oh sorry I just… sorry." I muttered and he sat next to me.
"I don't usually come to these. Usually watch from my window see. Jus thought I'd make sure you lot weren't up to something or another." He said giving us a wink.
"Not today dear Hagrid but we assure you we'll make up for it." Fred said and we all laughed as Hagrid's face became almost as pale as Nearly Headless Nick's.
"THATS A GOAL BY DARREL!"
Our heads snapped around as the whole Gryffindor crowd went wild. We cheered with them, although halfheartedly.
"We missed it!" George exclaimed, and we all started paying more attention to the match.
"The Quaffle is taken by Wallaby. To Claver. Yikes and Claver catches a bludger to the head. Well hit by Sanders though. Just brilliant. It looks like hes gonna need a medic." Everyone was looking at the Chaser who was swirling around on his broom with a dazed sort of look on his face.
"And the Ravenclaws call a time out. Can they do that? Well if not they have. Although I don't think anyone would say no to Heavens." As the two teams huddled up McGonagall was having a rather loud talk with Lee.
"JORDAN YOU WILL NOT BE DISRESPECTFUL IF YOU ARE TO COMMENT ON THE GAME! JUST SAY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MATCH AND LEAVE THE SIDE COMMENTS BE!" She yelled, not caring that everyone was listening.
"Just spicing up the match thats all the crowd loves it." Lee replied with a smile and, as if on cue, the audience all cheered. McGonagall sat down rather disheartened and the match started up again.
"Alright it looks like Claver is okay and the match starts back up again. The quaffle is up and thats Wallaby. A pass to Heavens. Heavens is dodging everything gee its just her and Wood now. Can Wood make the save? And Wood is hit by a bludger. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING GALLINGS YOU FILTHY CHEATING-" Lee continued to shoot extremely choice words at the Ravenclaw beater and to my surprise, McGonagall didn't stop him. In fact. She was yelling with him.
"GALLINGS I EXPECT BETTER FROM YOU! THAT WAS A DIRTY TRICK IF I'VE EVER SEEN ONE!"
Madam Hooch blew her whistle and called for a Gryffindor penalty. Everyone held their breath as one of the Gryffindor Chasers flew up to take the shot.
"Can Elvens do it. She has the looks but does she have the skill…" Lee whispered and got a laugh from Elvens. Lee wasn't lying. Elvens was gorgeous. With long, dark brown hair and startling blue eyes she stood out. She was small and skinny with tan skin and a wide smile and I could see just about every guy in the stands drool a bit.
"AND SHE SCORES IT! THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION ABOUT HAIDEN ELVENS SKILL AFTER THAT SHOT!" Elvens had curved the ball perfectly, narrowly missing the side of the left hoop. I looked over at the awestruck twins.
"Hey guys I think you have a little something there." I said pointing to the side of my mouth. They both snapped back into focus, wiping away nothing from their mouths. I laughed and after a second they laughed with me.
"She must be related to a Veela." George commented and Fred laughed at the confused look on my face.
"A Veela is this semi-human sort of creature that has looks that could kill, not literally, and they make men go crazy." Fred said and Hagrid snorted. We looked up at him.
"Yer don wanna go messin round with Veela. Their bad news." He said gravely and I smiled.
"Have you ever talked to a Veela Hagrid?" I asked and laughed as he turned bright red.
"Jus watch." He growled and I turned my attention to the game. Ravenclaw had scored and if Charlie didn't catch the snitch soon Gryffindor could be in trouble.
"It seems that Weasleys seen something that Nelvins hasn't."
It did seem that way. Charlie was going into a full on dive. Everyone in the stands stood up as it seemed Charlie was going to crash. But Charlie pulled up just in time and the Ravenclaw seeker face planted into the ground.
"Has he got it? HES GOT IT! CHARLIE WEASLEY HAS CAUGHT THE GOLDEN SNITCH!" Cheers erupted around the Gryffindor end and I saw the Ravenclaw team crowd around their seeker.
The Gryffindor took a victory lap, Charlie in the front waving the snitch in the air. When he got to McGonagall he kissed the snitch and gave it to her with a wink and her face turned a bright red colour. He came to where we were sitting and grabbed my hand, pulling me up.
"You are not getting me on that thing." I said and in answer he pulled my in front of him, rejoining the victory lap.
"You scared?" He asked laughing and I turned my head to look at him.
"I hate you." I told him and he smiled, ruffling my hair.
"You should be happy I bet half the girls out in the crowd would be dieing to be you." He said and I pushed him. Not enough to knock him off the broom, but close.
"And I'm sure they'd be up here for very different reasons." I retorted and as we started descending.
"Course you're like a my little sis." He said and helped me off the broom. I looked at him blankly when my feet reached the ground. He just laughed and threw my over his shoulder.
"CHARLIE PUT ME DOWN!" I screamed and he laughed as if it was all a practical joke.
"Of course your highness." He said and promptly dropped me on the ground. I laughed with him and got up.
"You better run Weasley." I warned and chased him all the way back to the castle. We met Fred and George at the doors and Charlie informed them how I was their new sister and how they were going to make Mrs. Weasley adopt me. I laughed, knowing that they would never actually do it.
"Well then we must give our dear sister the royal treatment don't you agree Georgy?" Fred asked turning to his twin.
"Of course, Charlie if you will." He answered with a crazy grin and before I knew what was happening I was on Charlie's shoulders. I screamed in surprise then started laughing as we ran all the way around the grounds.
"Mr. Weasley put Miss. Potter down this instant!" McGonagall cried out as she saw us and Charlie stopped, breathing hard. The other teachers, including Dumbledore, congregated behind McGonagall to see what was happening.
"Sorry Professor no can do." Charlie said as if he was actually sorry.
"And why is that?" She asked obviously very annoyed.
"Well you see," Fred started, looking at George, "We fully intend to put Casper down."
"Just not this instant." George ended and Charlie continued running.
"TO THE LAKE!" Charlie yelled and I screamed trying in vain to get down. The teachers started chasing after us. All except Snape who stood there looking rather sullen, and Dumbledore who stood there with an amused sort of expression.
I stopped squirming after a while and laughed at the teachers chasing us and threw my hand in the air, wand in hand. Charlie picked me up off his shoulders with ease and threw me into the lake. I screamed as I made contact with the water and gave a laugh as the teachers made it to the side of the lake.
"Swim back!" McGonagall yelled angrily and I started swimming back. I felt something slimy attach itself to my leg and I tried to pull away.
"My legs caught on something!" I yelled just as I was pulled back under the water. I heard yells and blasts of light but it all seemed far away. The creature that had my leg bite into it hard and I screamed, swallowing water and I could feel my lungs screaming for air.
No no no this wasn't supposed to happen. I thought desperately and fired spell after spell at the creature to no avail. My vision was getting darker and my attempts to escape weaker. I tried one last time to do something, anything, with my wand and I blast of white light flew out at the creature sending me flying out of the water.
My lungs were too full to scream and I landed with a splash on the very most edge of the lake. I felt hands pull me out and someone said a spell forcing all the water out of my mouth. I fell to the ground shivering and coughing and I heard McGonagall's voice, shaking with anger, above me.
"The headmaster's office now."
Authors Note- So I finished my tryouts and didn't make it:( That's okay tho because I have friends that did and I'll keep cheering them on and I've still got next year right? So I had a lot of fun writing up this chapter for you guys and thank you all for your patience as I've been sooooo busy lately. Anyway remember to review. Till next time!