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Tamara's POV
Today is the day for the teams who lost during the past few days to play against each other. They will play for third place. Tomorrow will be the finals. Hopefully I don't get hit in the face with a Bludger. After watching yesterday's game, I think that's unlikely for it not to happen.
Well I get to live for another day. I walk down to the stands and meet Michelle and Keith there.
"Hey." I say.
"Hi." says Michelle.
I sit down and the commentator starts talk.
"Welcome to the Ravenclaw Vs. Hufflepuff game to battle for third place. Here come the players. On the Ravenclaw side, Xiang, Lu, Jenkins, Johnson, Hayes, Yang and Shields. And on the Hufflepuff side Wu, Huang, Palmer, Carpenter, Garrett and Franklin. And the Snitch is released! Hufflepuff has the Quaffle. Oh! Nice save by Lu. Ravenclaw has the Quaffle. "
I watch Natalie get the Quaffle, she zooms past the Beaters on the Hufflepuff team. Natalie dodged the Bludgers coming at her way and scored.
"10-0! The Quaffle is back to Hufflepuff. Goal by Wu! " says the commentator as Jennifer scored for her team.
The game goes on for a long time. After about an hour the score is tied 50-50. The Keepers from both teams, are good. They've hardly let any shots in. This makes me wonder why they didn't do this good when they went up against Slytherin and my team.
"Ravenclaw has the Quaffle. The Quaffle is passed to Xiang. She scores! 60-50. Quaffle back to Hufflepuffs. Passed to Wu. Goal! Tied again. Both houses are working hard, keep up the good work!"
The game keeps going on the Chasers taking turns scoring back and forth. Mostly scored by Natalie and Jennifer. Soon it's 100-100.
"Merlin, this has been a long game. The longest game this year. Both houses don't seem to want to give in." says the commentator.
I notice Zoey just floating above the field just flying in circles. The Hufflepuff Seeker just seems to be following. I catch a glimpse of Gold in front of me. Zoey seems to see it too and starts racing after it.
"Looks like the Seekers have seen the Snitch! They're neck and neck, and...Ravenclaws got it! 250-100! Ravenclaw wins! That was a very close and long game. One of the longest of this season! Congratulations to Ravenclaw and well done to Hufflepuff. See you here tomorrow for the Gryffindor Vs. Slytherin Quidditch Finals."
The three of us go down to meet Natalie and Jennifer. Yes, I mean three, Keith seems to be tagging along a lot lately.
"Congratulations Natalie and good job Jennifer." I say when I see them.
"Thanks." they both say.
"That was a pretty close game." says Michelle.
"Yeah, it was." says Jennifer.
"Hey," says Joey as he walks up. "You coming Natalie?"
"To what?" she asks a bit surprised.
"A little celebration. Just because we got third doesn't mean we shouldn't or can't celebrate." says Joey.
"Oh cool, sure I'm coming, see you later." she replies.
"Okay, see you." says Joey.
"I need to do something for my parents. See you guys later at supper." Michelle declined and started to walk away. "Hey Michelle! Let me come with you!" Keith insisted, looking a bit nervous. "No, you need to get along with them anyway. I want to do this alone." Michelle said, still walking away. "Hey, don't leave us!" Jennifer yelled.
"I'm sorry but I have to! Or I'll get into trouble with my parents." Michelle says quickly running away to the direction of the Slytherin tower.
"I'm going back to my dorm." I say.
"Yeah, same here." says Jennifer.
"Same," says Keith.
"Bye." says Natalie and we all walk off in different directions.
I walk to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Pumpkin juice." I say and the portrait door swings open. I'm greeted by Lilly, my best Gryffindor friend.
"Hey, Tamara." she says.
"Hi." I reply.
"You ready for the Quidditch game tomorrow?" she asks as we both sit down on the couch in the common room.
"Okay.. I guess. Probably might fall a bunch of times though." I say. With Michelle and Keith shooting Bludgers at me I'm not going to get the Snitch, and I have a feeling Michelle is going to knock Lewis off his broom and we'll be short a Beater.
"You'll be fine." she says.
"Hopefully..." I say. I really doubt that I would be fine though... "I'm going upstairs to the dorm to read. See you." I go up and take out my book, 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard'. I know it's a children's book but it's actually quite fascinating. Apparently it helped in the defeat of Voldemort. I don't know how though. I open it up to my spot. 'The Fountain of Fair Fortune'. Sounds interesting. I start to read.
I wake up and put on my Quidditch robes. Time to die...I go down and meet the rest of my teammates. Our Quidditch captain, Zackary Bell, starts to speak.
"This is the final game, we can't lose to the Slytherins. I don't want to be the one to break our winning streak..."
I have a feeling we are...sadly. We walk out and the commentator starts to talk.
"Hello, welcome to the Slytherin Vs. Gryffindor Quidditch Cup Finals. Today's game is going to be intense. Will today be the day the Gryffindor streak breaks? Anyway, on the Gryffindor side, Zhou, Lynn, Lee, Bell, Wells, Cross, and Grey. And on the Slytherin side, Chang, Tan, Manchester, Cooper, Hansworth, Nelson and Reyes. The Snitch is released! Slytherin has the Quaffle! They score! 10-0. The Slytherins looked determined to win this year."
Great, they got 10 points in the first minute. I start to fly around, being careful to avoid Michelle and Keith. If I get near them I'm going to be hit to the ground. Then a Bludger flies straight at me. Luckily I dodge it in time. Where are the Beaters...? Then in front of me I see a Bludger fly straight at Lewis and he's knocked off his broom. I see Michelle smirking. I guess it was her. Great, now we're short a Beater.
"And Gryffindor has lost a Beater by Chang. No, wait, he's flying back up." Lewis is giving Michelle death glares.
"You're gonna pay for that, Chang!" He snarled.
I continue to circle around. The Snitch is nowhere to be seen. While I was circling around, I see that Michelle and Lewis are hitting Bludgers at each other with no mercy. Keith is on his own against the other Gryffindor Beater. It looks pretty intense, but now I just need to focus on finding the Snitch. I need to use this chance while both of Slytherin's Beaters are distracted.
"20-0, with Slytherin in the lead!" says the commentator. From behind me I see a Bludger coming my way. I don't have the time to dodge it and it hits my broom. I lost my grip on the broom and almost fell over. Oh my gosh, I knew I'm going to die today!
"Merlin, Keith are you okay!" I hear Michelle scream. I turn around to see Keith on the ground clutching his rib area, while Michelle was over at his side, checking to see if he's okay. I could also see she is cradling her arm in pain. Keith is groaning in pain. The Slytherin captain calls for a timeout.
I look at Michelle in worry. I hope she's not too injured, same with Keith.
"Guys, we need to pick up the pace. The Slytherins are beating us. I told you guys I don't want to be the one to break our house's winning streak." the captain scolded. We heard a loud yelp of pain, and all of us turn to the Slytherin's. One of the seventh years in Slytherin is touching Michelle's arm.
He seems to examining it, he look grim. "Looks like, she fractured her arm. I don't think she should play anymore. If she does, it's going to get worse. And the other beater is also in bad condition. He has a broken arm. I'm also pretty sure, he bruised his ribs too." The Slytherin captain cursed and said, "If both of our beaters are out, how are we going to win this game?"
"I'll keep playing. No one is going to convince me otherwise." Michelle said stubbornly. "Same here. If Michelle plays, then I play." Keith agrees, looking as stubborn as Michelle. The captain stares at them, I could see the concern in his eyes. Then he looks at us. "What are you looking at, Gryffindor! Mind your own business." He snaps at us.
All of us immediately looks away. "Slytherins think they're all that..." Lewis mutters beside me. I mentally sigh in frustration. He says that, when two people are hurt? Seriously? "What happened to them? All I know was that both of them ended up on the ground." I ask everyone. Zack stares at Lewis and John Wells, our other Beater. "He and John was hitting Bludgers back and forth against those first years. John and Lewis hit both of Bludgers at the same time, and it was headed for that girl over there. Her partner came and cover her. He took most of the impact from the Bludgers and the force knocked the both of them down."
Ouch...that sounds like it hurt. I turn back, looking to see if Michelle looks any better. All I see is the Slytherins looking pissed. One of their Chasers said with contempt, "Let's make them pay." All of them nods their head, including Michelle and Keith. Oh snap, we're really going to die.
"Don't mind them, guys. Who can blame them? We did knock down their youngest players and injured them...and they're the Beaters in their team. We just need to apologize to them at the end of the game, understand?" Zackary said, looking at John and Lewis.
"Timeout is over. Please come back ready to play!" the commenter announced. I'm so nervous...I don't care if we win anymore...All I'm worrying about now, is if I can get out of here without dying. Madame Hooch came into the arena with the Quaffle in hand.
"Alright, I don't want too many people going to the infirmary. Got it?" She asks. All of us nod our heads, although I doubt any of us would follow that. Then Madame Hooch released the Bludgers and Quaffle into the air. The game began once again. In the stands, I see Jennifer holding up her banners. Still makes me wonder where she got them... They say, Go Tamara! Go Michelle! Be careful! Bring Lewis down! Damn him!
Then I felt someone zooming past me. It was one of the Slytherin Chasers. He easily maneuvered past the our Beaters and scored through our goal post, although our Keeper tried his best blocking it.
"30-0, scored once again by Manchester!" Now I look around the arena, trying to find the Snitch. Then I saw a Bludger flying at me with full force. It hit me in the stomach and I went down to the ground, HARD. I groaned in pain. The pain is shooting at me, without mercy.
I see Keith and Michelle zooming over past me to where my team's Chasers are. Where are the freaking Beaters? I try to stand up and get my broom. I barely get to my broom. My stomach is still killing me. I hear a grunt, and I look to where it came from. It is one of the Chasers from my team, Bella Cross. Ok, now I really need to find the Snitch to end our suffering. The Slytherins are clearly pulverising us.
I quickly ride on my broom and fly up. Then I see a Bludger flying straight for my head, I immediately duck down. The Bludger flew past me, and Lewis (now he comes?) hit the Bludger back at Michelle. I can see the rage in Michelle's eyes. She hit it back at him, it apparently came too close to him far too fast, that he had to duck, but Keith suddenly appeared behind him, and hit the Bludger at the unsuspecting Lewis.
Dang, they have some good teamwork...As the Bludger hit him, I heard a very loud crack. Lewis crash landed onto the arena ground. Keith flew by Michelle and the both of them high-five each other with their good arms and have evil smirks on their faces. "That's payback, Zhou!" Michelle said. Now that I look at her closely, it looks like her arm that's banged up is too painful for her to use. Keith, the same thing with his arm, and he was rubbing on his ribs gently to ease the pain.
I catch a small glimpse of gold in the sunlight. After looking more closely, I see it's the Snitch. I look around, the Slytherin Seeker is on the other side of the field. Maybe we can win this thing. I start chasing after it. The Slytherin Seeker see me and starts heading toward me. Keith starts heading toward me getting ready to hit the Bludger at me once he can. I'm doomed. Michelle is at the other side of the arena, covering for their Chaser and also ready to back up Keith if she needs to. Oh snap, I really am dead. Right now, I hear Slytherin scoring endlessly, and mercilessly against us.
"100-40, with Slytherin still in the lead! Currently it looks like Gryffindor is going to lose and break their winning streak. Jacob Manchester is one of the best Chasers I have seen in my years of Hogwarts. He's backed up by the youngest Beaters I have ever seen. But don't underestimate them. They're very aggressive and skillful although they're injured." The commenter said. While being distracted by the commenter, a Bludger hit me in the back very hard, causing me to crash land once again. Now even more pain is overwhelming me, not just the stomach, now it's my back.
Ugh can someone just kill me now?
"120-40!"
We're doing bad...Zack isn't going to like this...I need to end this now. I get back on my broom fly off. I fly around high looking for the Snitch. After the fall I lost it. The Slytherin Seeker seems to have lost it too. Then, I see a flash of light fly before my eyes. I start chasing after it. We can still win this. I hear someone shout "Look out!" but I don't dodge it in time. A Bludger crashes into my arm and I fall to the ground. Not again...
"And Hansworth catches the Snitch! 270-40! The Slytherins have broke the Gryffindor winning streak! Congrats to Slytherin on getting the Quidditch Cup!" People from in the Slytherin stands are cheering like mad. They were waving their banners and signs during the game and now they just throw it up in the air in happiness. All my teammates look at the ground in defeat. I feel disappointed in myself because I wasn't able to catch the Snitch before they did. It was pretty much our only chance in winning the game even if they score a lot through the goalposts.
I try to get up but I can't. I must have broken my arm from the fall or the Bludger that hit my arm. Soon Michelle, Natalie and Jennifer walk up to me and help me up. Together we go to the Hospital Wing. After I get treated by Madame Pomfrey, Michelle immediately came up to me.
"Oh Merlin's beard, I'm so so so so so so so so so-" "Get to the point please." I cut her off, feeling annoyed a bit. "-So sorry. My team is sick of how you guys always win so yeah...I had to do it..." she said, with guilt in her voice. "Anyways, are you okay? Your fall looked like it hurt you a lot." I asked with concern. She avoided my eyes. "Oh it's nothing much..." she trailed off. I raised my eyebrow, doubting her.
"Ms. Chang, I'm ready now, come over here please." Madame Pomfrey asked her. Michelle went over to her. After that I look around the room. I see one of my team's chasers being treated by another nurse. On a bed at the opposite side of the room, Keith was there, looking pretty bad. Lewis isn't much better than him either, he was in a back brace. Then I hear Madame Pomfrey saying something.
"Well Ms. Chang, you have a broken arm. Your ribs are bruised. I must say, it's a good thing you didn't play for too much longer after you got injured. Also that did get most of impact although it got him very injured." says Madam Pomfrey.
We only have a few more days of school and we can't seem to last just a few more days without trouble. I sigh. I have to stay in the hospital wing overnight. So does most of the others. I fall asleep soon hoping that nothing else bad will happen, at least till next year.
I groan as I wake up. My back and stomach are very sore. I knew this would happen. Well, I feel better then yesterday at least. Madam Pomfrey dismisses most of us and we go back to our dorms. It's Saturday so I go and find Jennifer, Michelle and Natalie to study, since we have exams soon.
"Hey, are you guys better now?" asks Jennifer.
"Better." I say.
"Same here." says Michelle.
"Guess we should start studying." says Natalie.
"What first?" I ask.
"DADA?" asks Michelle.
"Why not?" says Jennifer.
"But let's not practise the practical part in the library." says Natalie.
We start to study but then we notice the Gryffindor Quidditch team (not including me) and the Slytherin Quidditch team (not including Michelle) sitting at different tables studying. Well at least that's what they were supposed to be doing but they were just having this intense staring contest. Soon Lewis breaks it.
"You only won because you played dirty!" he yells.
"Well then so were you!" yells Keith.
"Well you knocked over our Seeker 3.5 times!" yells back Lewis.
"I have a name you know." I state.
"Wow...you forgot your own Seekers name. No wonder you lost." says Keith.
"Well, like you could name all the people in your team!" says Lewis.
"Yes, I can Michelle, Caleb, Aubrey..." responds Keith.
Where is Madam Pince? If she heard all this she would have kicked everyone out. Everyone is starting to stare at them. Including us.
"The games over. Can we just get along?" says Michelle.
"Well of course you don't mind ending this. You won." says Lewis.
"Yeah, but majorly injured myself." says Michelle.
"But you also majorly injured most of the other team! And I thought Tamara was your friend." says Lewis. "Did you change your mind Slytherin?"
"I apologized and that's my job! Or have you forgotten how to play Quidditch?" yells Michelle.
"Are you calling me stupid!" yells Lewis
"Yes! Yes I am!" yells Michelle.
"Yeah, right. I bet I'll beat you on every subject on the exams!" yells Lewis.
"Oh, yeah. We'll see then!" yells Michelle. "Come on guys, let's go outside and study."
The three of us follow Michelle as we exit the library.
It's exam day. Great. Hopefully I don't fail every single subject. We have the charms written exam first. I sit down and I'm handed my exam.
1. What is the incantation for the spell to unlock doors?
Well at least that's easy.
The incantation to unlock doors is Alohomora.
2. What is one of the situations that could happen if you mispronounce the incantation Aguamenti?
So we're lucky that Jennifer blew up Collin in a way. Still poor guy though. Everyone's going to ace this question.
If you mispronounce the spell Aguamenti you could cause an explosion that would also knock yourself backwards as well. It is not fatal but could cause major injuries.
Finally I finish the exam and it's time for the DADA practical. They call us one at a time, while the rest of us wait in the Great Hall. Soon my name is called.
"Lynn, Tamara." I go in.
"Hello Ms. Lynn. How are you doing today?" says the examiner.
"Fine, thank you. You?" I say.
"Quite well, thank you. Now I would like you to do the disarming charm."
"Expelliarmus." I say as her wand flies out of her hand. She picks it up.
"Well done. Now I'm going to cast a spell on you and your going to attempt to block it. Ready? Stupefy." says the examiner.
"Protego."
"Good job, Ms. Lynn."
We continue to do a few more spells.
"Thank you Ms. Lynn. You've done very well. Maybe one of the best ones today."
"Thank you." I say as I leave the room. I hope that means I got a good mark.
Soon the week is over and it's time for the end of the year feast. Professor Dumbledore begins to speak.
"We have all gone through an excellent school year. You should all be proud of yourselves. To the seventh-years, we all wish you luck in whichever path you may choose. Now it is time for the House Cup. In fourth place, Gryffindor with 170 points. In third place, Ravenclaw with 200 points. In second place, Slytherin with 250 points. And finally Hufflepuff with 260 points! Congratulations to Hufflepuff for winning the House Cup. Well done to everyone else as well as I know you've all worked very hard."
Cheers erupted through the halls. Most of it came from the Hufflepuff table. I sighed. We lost a lot of points this year because of Lewis...what's up with him and picking a fight with Michelle. Sheesh. We could have at least beaten Ravenclaw if he hadn't fought so much with her. Oh well boys will be boys.
When everyone settles down, Dumbledore cleared his throat and continues to talk.
"Now since it's the end of the year, most of you will be coming back to Hogwarts. Around July, you will receive a letter saying you are invited to come back to Hogwarts. In the letter it will specify what you need for the new school year, and when you need to inform us if you are returning to Hogwarts. That is all, and enjoy the feast!" He smiled and sat back down on his headmaster seat.
I smiled in excitement of seeing my family again and no more homework! But I'm still sad though because we're leaving Hogwarts. But oh well, we'll be back next year. I take my bags down to the carriages and meet up with Natalie, Jennifer and Michelle. We share a carriage.
Soon we get to the train station and we board the Hogwarts Express. We take a compartment to ourselves.
"So school's finally over." I say.
"Yeah, no more homework and we can take a break." says Michelle.
"I don't really want to go back. Here is way better than the orphanage. Away from all my cousins." says Jennifer.
"Couldn't you stay with one of us?" asks Natalie.
"Could I?" Jennifer asked excited.
"I could ask my mom." replies Natalie.
"Same." says Michelle. "She said to invite you guys over anyway."
"Same." says Tamara.
"Then I guess I'll stay at Michelle's since I already can." says Jennifer.
"Yeah, and Natalie and I can come visit." I say.
"We need to go to the orphanage first though. Need to get some things and ask permission but I doubt they would care if I disappeared." says Jennifer. "Oh wait...I can't abandon my brother. As annoying as he is I can't leave him there. I already left him there for most of the school year."
"I think he could come over too, as long as you make sure he doesn't set the house on fir, but that's unlikely right." says Michelle.
"Um..." says Jennifer.
"He set your house on fire?" asks Natalie.
"How did he do that?" I say.
"Long story...the orphanage wasn't very happy. Luckily it wasn't huge. Just a minor fire." says Jennifer.
"Well, I guess we could deal with that. Make sure he doesn't have any thing that can set things on fire." says Michelle.
"I will." says Jennifer. "Thanks for letting me stay at your house."
"That's what friends are for right?' says Michelle.
"Right." says Jennifer.
We play cards for the rest of the ride. Soon we arrive at Platform Nine and Three-quarters.
"Well I guess it time to go." says Natalie.
"Yeah." says Michelle.
"Remember to write or go on MSN." I say. We exchanged emails on the ride.
I go to my parents while Natalie and Michelle and Jennifer go off in different directions.
"How was school?" asks my dad .
"Good. Can't wait for the next school year." I say cheerfully before following my dad through the barrier. Hopefully next year will be as good as this one.
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