Top Secret
by Shealtiel
Rated: T for sexual references, adult themes, violence and mild coarse language
Summary: "Oak, fourteen inches, unpliant and resilient, excellent for Transfiguration with a knack for Charms. Veela hair core."

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Saturday, November 20th, 1971
5:22pm
Gryffindor Common Room

I just spent a couple hours watching the coolest sport I've ever seen. It's called Quidditch and it's played on broom sticks in the air. It's way better than any Muggle sport, seriously.

There are three parts to the game. Firstly, there are seven players on each team; a Keeper, three Chasers, two Beaters and a Seeker. There are three rings on either side of the field, the middle one taller than the two on either side. Each team aims toward one set of rings. The Quaffle, a mostly round ball, is passed between the Chasers towards the rings. Throwing the Quaffle through a ring scores ten points each. The Keeper's job is to stop the Quaffle from going through the rings. Then there are two balls called Bludgers that are enchanted to fly around like crazy and hit the Chasers and Seekers. It sounds dangerous, but it's not too bad, and they have a bunch of teachers watching and everything. Anyway, the Beaters have bats and they use them to hit the Bludgers at the other team. Lastly, there's the Snitch. It's a little golden ball with fluttering wings and it flies around, trying to evade the Seekers from both teams. When the Snitch is caught, and only then, the game ends. The Seeker who catches the Snitch wins a hundred and fifty points for their team. Apparently there have been professional games known to go on for weeks, and even months!

It was super cool. We won too, against Slytherin. Our team is fantastic. Most everyone thinks we'll win the Quidditch cup. Ravenclaw is our main competition, because their Seeker is really amazing, but if we can beat them, it's likely we can win, and that will help us with the House Cup at the end of the year too. I can't wait till the next game. I wish I could get out there and play too. It looks like so much fun.

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