(A/N): Hey Guys! I go to the Zoo tomorrow, yay! I'm going to avoid the reptile house and the nocturnal house, because I freak out around Snakes and bats. Also, the aviary, because birds fricken hate me!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Leo, Elaine, Shari, Nicholai and Mia.
Leo
The others and I, excluding Sirius and James, made our way outside, towards the Quidditch pitch that had been constructed many years ago by my father's relatives.
"Why do you have a Quidditch pitch, Blue? I thought your father said it was too dangerous?" Remus questioned, and I could hear Shari snicker.
"You know why." Told him darkly, ignoring the fact that Lily and Peter were still with us. I could feel them glanced at each other in confusion.
"So, you can actually play then? I mean, we've seen you fly," Elaine started, blushing at this part as she remembered the first and only time she had seen me fly. "but never actually play." I shrugged.
"I'm a fair player." At this point, Shari burst out laughing, and the others stared at her.
"Fair? It's the only thing he can beat me at!" Shari exclaimed, and they now stared at me. I pretended I had noticed, instead observing Sirius, James and my father, who were now flying above us.
"You couldn't stop dad?" Shari grinned at me before shaking her head.
"It's Quidditch." She said simply, and I nodded, knowing exactly what she had meant. Once my father hears the word, you can't stop him. Hopefully, this time, he would listen.
"It's also really unfair." I noted, and Lily raised an eyebrow.
"I don't think the age difference is going to help him much." I shook my head, knowing she didn't really understand because she didn't know all the facts.
"It's not that." Elaine muttered, and I silently thanked her. Staring up at them, I saw Sirius pass to James, who went to pass back to Sirius, but my father intercepted it, spinning in the air before shooting. From halfway down the pitch, he still managed to score.
James and Sirius's mouths hung open, and I silently glared at my father's airborn figure.
"I hope you didn't get your Quidditch skills from your dad." Lily said weakly, and I smirked slightly, rather pleased.
"Oh, I did." Along with other things that you will never know about.
Seeing us on the ground, my father signalled to the two gaping boys, and they spiralled to land on the grass.
"Want to play?" My father asked the rest of us, who all shook our heads.
Lily hated Quidditch, Remus and Peter were afraid of heights, and Elaine had never learned how. I, however, shook my head, because I wanted to keep my secret, secret.
"Aw, come on son, play with us. You can make the teams fair." James and Sirius's eyes widened at the thought of my father having another player on his team.
"If you do play, one of us will have to be on Mr. Ellwood's team, otherwise you'll just both kick our arses." Dad and I smirked at each other, and I reluctantly nodded to the urges of the small group formed behind me.
"Go Leo!" I heard Lily shout from the makeshift stands (A.K.A: lawn chairs), and I grinned adown at her with a small, jerky wave before refocusing on the game about to start.
I was on Sirius's team, seeing as he had slightly less experience with Quidditch than James, and James was with dad.
"Go!" Shari yelled sharply, throwing the Quaffle into the air. Since there were only four players, two on each team, we each had to play a part. There was no seeker, Sirius and James were both beaters, and keepers, and my father and I were both chasers.
As soon as the moulded ball was launched into the air, I made my decision.
After it.
I sped towards it, as fast as my broom would allow, and caught it with one hand, tucking it to my side as I dodged the bludger James had shot at me. I almost didn't need to; he was that bad at it.
My father tried to intercept me, and take the Quaffle, but I barrel rolled the broom underneath his, only inches apart, me completely upside down for a few seconds, before righting myself as I came clear of my father. I drew back my arm, and shot the Quaffle towards the centre goal. James was in the middle, but perhaps five feet below the actual goal, and it was a lot harder to go up quickly in this game than it was to go sideways.
Elaine, Remus, Lily and Peter cheered as the Quaffle passed through the hoop, leaving my team ten points up.
An hour later, a few risky manoeuvres on my part, and one injury, we stopped playing.
"You hit me in the head with a bat!" James yelled at Sirius, holding a hand to the ice pack now resting on his forehead, and Sirius shrugged, looking sheepish.
"Well, you shouldn't have been flying directly below me." Sirius told him, and I rolled my eyes.
"Maybe you shouldn't have dropped your bat?" Elaine suggested, obviously trying to hold back laughter while Sirius half-glared at her.
"Maybe you should learn to fly." Elaine paled, and Shari smirked at me evilly.
"Yes, maybe you should. Leo will teach you." I glared at her.
"You just love volunteering me for things that could get me killed, don't you?" Elaine looked like she was trying to decide whether to be angry at my comment or not, but she shrugged.
"You know what? If Leo agrees, I'd love to be taught how to fly." I raised an eyebrow at her, but she shrugged as if to say, 'why the hell not?' Shari grinned at me, still somewhat evilly.
"See Leo, she wants to be taught." I rolled my eyes at her before shrugging.
"Fine, Elaine, I'll teach you." She beamed at me and danced around a little bit before seemingly remembering where she was.
"Shut up." She said, glaring at the others, who were now laughing harder than they had when Sirius had hit James.
"We'll start later." I told her, and she paled instantly, her eyes wide and pleading.
"Okay." She said weakly, nodding after swallowing to clear her throat of the fear I could feel burning through her veins.
"Later it is."
(A/N): So, what did you think?
This chapter was also pretty hard to write because I couldn't get into the mood to write.
Also, it's really hot here today. Or, it would only be warm, but it's been freezing lately, so it feels boiling. Or, at least, to me that is. My fingers have swollen up, and my sister hit my on the palm with a colander this morning (don't ask), and I now have a great big red mark where it hit.
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