The Quidditch Final was held on Saturday, April 9th, 1994 at 11 A.M. Hogwarts time.

It was a beautiful 77 degree day and the sky was blue and cloudless and most of Hogwarts had turned out to watch the match.

Notably absent was Ron, who was serving his detention in the Room of Requirement.

Colin, Ginny, and Hermione had found three great seats together in the very top row of the stadium and all of them were wearing wide smiles across their faces.

Colin, Ginny, and Hermione weren't talking, but they could feel their confidence radiating from each other. They were eagerly anticipating what they expected to be a very major triumph for Harry. They knew Gryffindor had to win by more than one hundred and fifty points to win. But somehow, someway, they felt sure Harry would be able to make that happen. They knew Harry would be aware enough not to catch the snitch too soon, clever enough to keep Higgs away from the snitch during that early time, and skilled enough to catch it when he needed to.

The game got off to a very fast start.

The nanosecond the quaffle was released, it zoomed straight into the hands of Katie Bell.

Katie, who was hyped up to play in such a big match, shot the quaffle from mid pitch and it went straight through the rightmost hoop on the north side of the pitch as Slytherin keeper Miles Bletchley had drifted completely towards the leftmost hoop.

"Katie Bell scores!" announced Lee Jordan with gusto. Gryffindor takes an early 10-0 lead."

Colin, Ginny and Hermione exchanged quick high fives after Katie scored.

The game continued and Lee called "Warrington with possession of the quaffle. Warrington passes to Montague. Montague tries to pass to Flint, but it's intercepted by Spinnet. Spinnet zooming to north end faster than a cheetah chasing its prey. Bletchley drifting right. Spinnet nearing the hoops. Spinnet shoots for the leftmost hoop. Alicia Spinnet scores! 20-0 in favor of Gryffindor!"

Colin, Ginny, and Hermione now chest bumped each other upon Alicia's goal. So far so good.

"Flint with the quaffle in his right hand. Knocked out of his hand by Johnson. Bletchley has come too far out. Johnson passes Bletchley. Johnson aims the quaffle towards the middle hoop. Angelina Johnson scores! What a start by the Gryffindor chasers. They've scored the first 30 points of the match." described Lee.

Colin, Ginny, and Hermione all messed up each other's hair once Angelina got on the board.

Lee's commentary went on, "Warrington's got the quaffle. Warrington holding on tight. Warrington seems to have lost trust in Montague and Flint after the interception and the fumble. Warrington plodding his way towards the south hoops. Warrington lets it fly. It has a chance. Wood saves it! What a save! It looked like Warrington was going to score and Wood deflected it away with his right hand at the last nanosecond. Quaffle recovered by Bell of Gryffindor. Bell passes it to Johnson. Spinnet and Bell line up on either side of Johnson. Bell, Spinnet, and Johnson moving together towards the north end of the pitch. Johnson still with the quaffle. Johnson flies a few feet higher. Johnson shoots- no it was a fake. Johnson passes to Bell below. Bletchley went for Johnson's fake and hasn't recovered. He's really far to the right. Bell launches the quaffle at the leftmost hoop. Katie Bell scores! Gryffindor is 4 for 4! and is in control 40-0."

Following Katie's second goal, Colin, Ginny, and Hermione all lifted up each other's shirts and rubbed each other's belly buttons a few times.

Lee's play by play went on, "Flint in possession of the quaffle. A bludger is near. Fred Weasley whacks the bludger with his bat. That was brilliant! Weasley hit the bludger not towards Flint himself but at the quaffle instead and Flint dropped it! Spinnet with the recovery. Spinnet flying backwards towards the north hoops. Spinnet absentmindedly tosses up a backward shot. It goes straight through the right hoop. Alicia Spinnet is a PTPer baby! 50-0 Gryffindor!"

Colin smiled. As he had promised Ginny and Hermione he would once Gryffindor got 50 points, Colin pulled a pack of Starburst out of his left hand pocket. As a pack of Starburst contained three lemon, three orange, three strawberry, and three cherry, there was enough for each of them to have one of each. While Colin was a huge fan of anything lemon flavored, in this case he actually agreed with his female friends that the best flavor of Starburst was strawberry. As none of them were huge Cherry fans, they ate the cherry first, then orange, then lemon, and saved strawberry for last.

Meanwhile. back on the pitch, Lee kept up his announcing, "The quaffle is loose. Who's going to get it. Seized by Johnson of Gryffindor. Johnson passes to Spinnet. Spinnet to Bell. Bell back to Johnson. Johnson zeroing in on the north hoops. Duck, Angelina, that's a bludger. Johnson just ducks away in time. George Weasley closes in and smacks the bludger. The bludger drifts towards the south end. It looks like Bletchley is more focused this time. Johnson closes in-

"BOO!" shouted Angelina.

- "A stunned Bletchley ducks, Angelina with a free path. Angelina throws it underhanded through the middle hoop. There's the lead we need."

At Lee's last words, Colin, Ginny, and Hermione increased their focus on the pitch. They wanted to make sure the didn't miss Harry's big moment.

Lee was speaking with more anticipation now, "Warrington takes a desperation shot from thirty feet out. Wood makes an easy save. Spinnet gains the quaffle, Spinnet is just holding the quaffle. Potter makes a sudden dive. Higgs copies him. Higgs is a beastly copycat. Potter pulls out of the dive at the last nanosecond. Higgs hits the ground hard-

"OH!" cried Harry.

-"Potter has seen the snitch. The snitch is hovering over the middle of the centre circle. Potter urges his Firebolt forward. Potter sticks out his right pinkie. POTTER'S RIGHT PINKIE IS WRAPPED AROUND THE SNITCH! HARRY POTTER HAS CAUGHT THE SNITCH TO GIVE GRYFFINDOR A 210-0 WIN AND THE QUIDDITCH CUP!"

"YES1" screamed Harry, "YES! YES! YES!"

Fred and George landed next to Harry and gave him shoulder thumps.

Angelina, Alicia, and Katie were chanting "We've won the cup! We've won the cup! We've won the cup."

"That's my boy!" piped up Oliver excitedly as he ran up to embrace Harry, "Harry my boy, you've just brought the Quidditch Cup back to Gryffindor and gave me my first cup triumph in my final shot at it."

"It was an awesome catch, " grinned Harry, "But it's not all on me. We did it as a team. Fred and George did some nice beater work. You made some good saves. And what can you say about Angelina, Alicia, and Katie. They scored some truly spectacular goals out there."

Colin, Ginny, and Hermione now ran onto the pitch and each took a turn hugging Harry.

Then, Colin, Ginny, and Hermione teamed up to pick Harry up and run a lap around the pitch with Harry held over their heads as Harry couldn't stop beaming.

After they'd put Harry back down again, Ginny burst into song.

"When you wish upon a star. Makes no difference who you are. Anything your heart desires will come to you. If your heart is in your dream. No request is too extreme. When you wish upon a star as dreamers do. Fate is kind. She brings to those who love, the sweet fulfillment of their secret longing. Like a bolt out of the blue. Fate steps in and sees you through. When you wish upon a star your dreams come true."

Harry smiled at Ginny's beautiful singing. It summed up how Harry was feeling at moment. One of his dreams had come true.

Finally, Professor Lupin came and passed the enormous Quidditch Cup to Oliver Wood, who was overcome with emotion and was sobbing. His team had finally done it.

Wood passed the Quidditch Cup to Harry.

Harry held the Quidditch Cup aloft for a minute and a nanosecond. After passing it to Fred and George, who chose to hold it together. Harry reached into his right hand pocket for his wand. As Harry got his wand into ready position, Fred and George passed the cup on and Katie, Angelina, and Alicia got their turns to hold it.

Harry cried out "Expecto Patronum!" and a huge silver stag came gliding out.

Harry just felt his insides fill with joy and warmth. He had done it.