We turned around, and saw a girl leaning against the doorframe, arms folded and her left leg crossed over her right. She was quite a bit shorter than Amy, but was similarly athletically built. She had the same facial features, but black hair instead of Amy's blonde though, and a fair amount of freckles on her face.
"Oh, hello Sarah" said Amy awkwardly. "Look, you see, you said you'd be out so-"
"I don't care" she snapped. "You know you're not supposed to be in my room"
"Sarah, I was just showing my mates around-"
"Leave!"
We moved out of her way. She walked into the room and slammed the door behind her.
"Well, isn't she polite" I said sarcastically
"I'm sorry" said Amy "she isn't normally like that, she's normally pretty nice, she just hates it when others go in her room"
"Still though, she could at least have greeted Gin and I nicely, it isn't our fault you broke her rule. She shouldn't have just acted like we weren't there" said Demelza
"Forget about her for the moment" said Amy "Let me show you outside"
We went out in to the very wide back garden. Like Demelza's, this also had a set of Quidditch hoops at both ends, but these were larger, more similar to the height you'd get at a professional stadium. There were also several obstacles floating in the air, such as brick walls, water, even a fireball.
"There's the obstacle course. We used that for our family races, and for agility training for Ludo and myself. Sarah tried to participate once but discovered she's quite a slow forward flyer, so that's why she's a keeper. She's happy with that though and doesn't bother to try and increase her speed, cause again, it makes her different from the rest of us" said Amy
There was a wooden noticeboard in one corner.
"That's the leaderboard we used for our races, though we haven't since Mum died"
Amy needn't have said this though, because I could tell the board hadn't been used in years, as it was rotting and the plastic signs with their names on them appeared aged. This is what it read:
BAGMAN FAMILY RACES
LUDO- 39
OTTO- 23
ADELINA- 16
AMY- 12
"Those were the scores going into the race in which Mum lost her life"
There was also an X on the ground in the middle of the course.
"That's where she fell. We hold a memorial for her on this spot on every anniversary of her death. The whole family gets invited usually, and you're welcome to join us next time if you wish"
"Thank you for offering, but that should be a family matter, it's not for us to intrude on" I said
Amy then briefly showed us Ludo's room and her dad's room in the basement, but neither of those were particularly interesting.
"Ludo's donated most of his old kits and equipment etc to the Wasps Museum. We can go there next if you like" she said
"Yes please, no offence but this visit has been pretty depressing so far" said Demelza
"None taken, I don't blame you, I'd think the same if it was me"
Amy asked Sarah if she wanted to join us, and she agreed, thankfully now in a much better mood.
So we flooed to the Wimbourne Stadium, and Demelza and I got our first glimpse of it. It was spectacular to say the least.
"We celebrated our title win by adding in an extra 20,000 seats" explained Amy. "We've had record demand for tickets over the last year, as you can imagine, so the expansion was very much needed"
"We'd love to come and see the Harpies play here one day" said Demelza, and I nodded.
"Would you like to do a stadium tour too?" asked Amy
"Definitely- it'll be fascinating to see all the BTS stuff" I said.
So we paid for admission at the front desk, and soon we were led around the stadium, taking in many of the things that the public wouldn't normally see, such as the changing rooms (where Amy got a picture with the captain Archie Maggotson's replica robes) the press box, the tunnel out to the pitch, and the dugouts.
We then entered the museum, where we examined all of the Wasp's many trophies, displayed behind glass cases. It was at this point that Demelza, Sarah and I decided to have a little fun with Amy.
As we were looking at the Wasp's 1992-93 Premier Quidditch League trophy, I said this:
"Hey, where's the European Cup?"
"Oh yeah I noticed that too, you'd think they'd display it proudly here wouldn't you?" added Demelza
"Certainly. Amy, you should report the missing European Cup to the staff, it's a big security breach" came from Sarah
Amy rolled her eyes
"There isn't a European Cup here because we haven't won it" she said in a deadpan "And i've definitely never heard jokes like that before. Remind me though, where did both your teams finish in the league last season?"
"Last time I checked, Holyhead had won it all though? Isn't that right, D?
"Yep" said Demelza, nodding "Haven't Puddlemere done so too, Sarah?"
"We have indeed, but there is one big club who famously haven't, oh who is it I forget?"
"Oh yeah, Wimbourne" I finished
"You guys are so unfunny" commented Amy "and you have no real right to be saying this stuff with how much better we are than both of you at the moment!"
"Relax mate, it's just banter" said Demelza, patting Amy on the back as we left.
