The Characters belong to J.K. Rowling, besides one of the main character's, Julia. And the minor characters. The school of Hogwarts and the game of quidditch and much more, belong to J.K. Rowling.
I woke up at the feeling of strong arms lifting me up. I was tired from the night before, and I had fallen asleep in the common room with Sirius. I opened my eyes slightly to see a broad shouldered man, and I could feel that we were moving. Who was this? And what time was it? I turned my head so that I could see the fire place, and I caught a glimpse of the time.
3:17.
"Sirius had woken up just a bit ago, and had came up to the dorm. I came downstairs to check if you made it up stairs to your room, but you were still asleep on the couch." I recognized the voice as James. I looked up, and I saw his face clearly, illuminated by the fire. I thought the fire had already died out. I stayed quiet, and we made it to the foot of the staircase to the girl's dormitory. I tried to warn him about the charm placed on the stairs, but he seemed to already know, and he placed a freezing spell, which actually worked. The stairs didn't change into a slide.
"Thanks James." I sighed. My eyes were threatening to close again, but I tried to fight it. "What were you doing up at three in the morning?" It came out as more of a whisper than an actual sentence.
"Homework." I left it at that. I was too tired to point out that we didn't have class tomorrow. We made it to the room, and he tried to lay me down on my bed, but my arms were tangled around his neck, and I was too lazy to undo them. "Jules, you need to go to sleep. We've got quidditch tomorrow."
"But we don't have class." I didn't want to fall back asleep, because I probably wouldn't wake up in time for practice tomorrow. Once I fall asleep, there is little Lilly and Marlene can do to wake me up.
He reached behind his head and unlaced my arms, then lowered me onto my bed, and pulled the covers over me. He paused, then kissed my cheek, turned off the light, and left the room. As I drifted off to sleep, I heard him remove the freezing spell from the staircase, and his footsteps as he made his way to his own room.
Skip ahead a days and it was the Saturday of our first quidditch match. Marlene was nervous, along with the rest of our team. That is, of course, besides the notorious duo, Sirius and James. Their always cocky before a match, especially when its against Slytherin, just to annoy Regulus and Snape by acting more confident than they actually were. Today, however, we were against Hufflepuff. Normally people would expect a motivating speech before our game, but since James was our captain, that didn't happen.
"Okay, listen up ladies. The Hufflepuff seeker got sick from eating some charmed candy from a joke shop that a Slytherin sent him, so that's good news for us. The bad news is it looks like it's about to rain, but hopefully we can win before the weather acts up. So Jules, catch the snitch as fast as you can please, and Sirius and Davis, try to knock their chaser's off their brooms. Let's move." Sirius patted me on the back, and walked out to the field. There were lots of cheers from the Gryffindor's and about three fourths of the Ravenclaw's, most of which had a major crush on Sirius, but also there were the Hufflepuff's and Slytherin's that were booing. The rest of the team followed, making room for James, who shook the opposing captains hand. The whistle blew, and I kicked off the ground, and soared high above the match.
Foul's were given to each team every once in a while, and the score was 120 to 40, Gryffindor's in the lead. I saw the Snitch twice already, but each time a beater has sent a bludger at me, breaking my concentration. It had started to drizzle, but the storm was holding back for now.
Hufflepuff had just scored their 50th point, when I saw the snitch yet again. I slowly crept toward it, acting as though I was still searching, breaking eye contact every once in a while so that the Hufflepuff seeker who was keeping a close eye on my movements didn't become suspicious. Once I was closer to the snitch, and it was practically impossible for the other seeker to get there first, I dove. As soon as I dove down, I saw movement a bit behind me and to the left. I had to get there first, but a bludger was sent my way. I ducked, again losing sight on the snitch. A glimpse of gold directly below me caught my eye, so I willed my broom to plummet towards the ground, reaching out and grasping the tiny winged ball.
I landed on the ground with a huge smile on my face, almost being tackled by the other seeker who was racing towards the ground and didn't stop in time. With the other seeker in a heap next to me, my team was cheering and crowding in around me. Davis hugged me, and James lifted me onto his shoulders. I looked around for Sirius, and found him kissing Marlene in the middle of it all. My smile fell a little bit, but I quickly fixed it when Joshua pulled me off from behind, and turned me around for a hug. There was cheering Gryffindor's all around me, but for some reason all I could think about was Sirius making out with Marlene. Why did I even care? It's not like Marlene's a bad person. Were they dating now? Or was it a heat of the moment sort of thing and Marlene was just the closest girl to him?
While I was consumed with these stupid thoughts, Joshua dragged me along to the common room, for a celebration party. Lilly ran up to congratulate us, tagging along as we lead the rest of the house to the party. When everyone got there, Butterbeer's were raised in a
toast for a great start to the season, so I let go of the thoughts of Sirius and Marlene, and enjoyed the party.
Sorry that this was posted later in the day than I normally do, or at least for my time zone, but I had written a whole chapter about as long as the previous one, only to realize there was no real point to it and then having to start all over, with no idea of how to get the story rolling along the way I want it to, so I had taken a break and then started all over. I know where I want the story to go, I just don't know how to get to that point lol. If you have any suggestions, as always please leave a review, and thank you to my first follower of the story alleeb4me, and as I checked to see how to spell that username, I realized I had just gained another today, Naty Fofy! So thank you guys very much, I'm very grateful for your support, and those of you who have not followed, stay posted because I try to write a new chapter every day! I'll see you in the next one, adios!