Sorry this chapter is late, I just didn't have the time that I thought I would.

"Harry! HARRY! GEORGE! NO!" yelled Angelina, but it was far too late already. Malfoy was getting beaten up worse than he ever had before, and honestly, deservedly so!

Madam Hooch soon put a stop to it though, landing her broom and yelling "Impedimenta!"

Harry and George were thrown off Malfoy. Hooch berated them for a moment and then sent them off to the castle. Where exactly, we didn't know, as they were out of earshot. Fred was still being restrained by Angelina and Katie, until Malfoy had been helped back to his feet and escorted away.

"Well, that's killed the mood, hasn't it?" I said, as we started walking out of the stadium.

"The win will mean nothing in terms of the house cup now, the points will be taken away" said Demelza

"Surely not all of them at once though" said Amy

"Mate, they beat him half to death" Hermione said "I wouldn't be shocked at all if we lost those points"

"Avery and Sarah lost 200 points for leaving me minutes from death, but Malfoy was able to walk away, so surely the absolute most Harry and George could therefore lose is 100 combined, if they're being fair and proportional" I reasoned

"If it's McGonagall punishing them, let's hope so" Amy said

"What even made them do it though?" asked Luna "we were too far away to hear what Malfoy was saying. Clearly it must have been horrible though as you were trying to hold them back before we called you over"

"He was insulting my parents" I said "Trust me, I wanted to beat him up myself, but I've already been in enough trouble recently, so I had to resist, and thankfully, you guys made it easier for me by calling me over"

In the common room after dinner, everyone on both teams, apart from Harry, George and Ron, were sitting together, and the former two entered the room, looking completely devastated. It seemed as though they had been avoiding everyone since Hooch had sent them back to the castle.

"What happened?" asked Fred, "and where were you two? Didn't see you at dinner!"

"You're not gonna believe this, or like it" said George

"There's only one way to put it, really" said Harry

"What?!" everyone said, now impatient and exasperated.

"We've been banned for life" George mumbled

"Speak up will you?!" Hermione snapped

"We've been banned!" said Harry loudly "for life, from playing Quidditch!"

There was a long silence, only interrupted by George saying "so... have you... Fred" very quietly

"How did this happen?" Amy asked "McGonagall would never-"

"It wasn't McGonagall" said Harry "It was Umbridge"

"She's got another one of those Educational Decrees" said George, sighing "gives her the power to overrule every other teacher. McGonagall only wanted to give us detention, but Umbridge intervened and banned us and Fred for life from Quidditch"

"Well, what are we going to do now then?" asked Katie

"I think now would be a good time to promote Andrew, Amy and Sloper" said Angelina. "Whenever any team is put at a disadvantage like this, others need to step up to the task"

"Is that completely necessary, I mean I could play seeker if you wanted me to" I said, "then we can have Alicia back at Chaser"

"You're a much better Chaser than Seeker Gin, the first team needs you there" Alicia said "Plus, Sloper deserves the promotion. Thanks for the offer though"

"Yeah, and Alicia's a great captain, it's important we keep her around" added Hermione

Amy, Andrew and Sloper looked at Harry, Fred and George, as if they needed their approval.

"Don't worry guys, I'm sure you'll smash it" Harry said

"Yeah, go win us that cup" added Fred, though there wasn't much enthusiasm in either's voice.

"Well, these were not the circumstances we'd have wanted it to happen in" said Sloper, "but nonetheless we are happy to have this opportunity"

"It'll be interesting to have some new teammates too" Demelza said

"We're gonna need a tryout for new reserve beaters" said Andrew "Jack can come back in at seeker"

"I'll look to hold it as soon as possible" Alicia said "It's just so unfair though. I mean, what about Crabbe and that Bludger he hit after the whistle had been blown? Has Umbridge banned him?"

"No," I said "He just got lines, I heard Montague laughing about it at dinner."

"And banning Fred when he didn't even do anything!" said Alicia furiously, pummeling her knee with her fist.

"It's not my fault I didn't," said Fred, with a very ugly look on his face. "I would've pounded the little scumbag to a pulp if you hadn't been holding me back."

The Snitch Harry had caught earlier was now zooming around and around the common room; people were watching its progress as though hypnotized and Crookshanks was leaping from chair to chair, trying to catch it.

"I'm going to bed," said Angelina, getting slowly to her feet. "Maybe this will all turn out to have been a bad dream. … Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow and find we haven't played yet. …"

She was soon followed by Alicia and Katie. Fred and George sloped off to bed some time later, glowering at everyone they passed, and Demelza, Amy and I went not long after that.