Thantophobia||Fred Weasley

Quidditch

A month has passed since the Defense Against The Dark Arts class with the boggart and I still don't have any comebacks from Professor Lupin. Actually, I feel like he is ignoring me but I understand that. The human is always intrigued by what he don't understands but chose to ignore it so he don't obsess over it. We're in beginning of October and the leaves already starts to fall from the trees. I can see the Whomping Willow from the Gryffindor Common Room window. I don't have my bandage anymore and it's been a week that I get harassed by our friends to try to go on a broom. I'm kind of scared. We're all in the Gryffindor Common Room but I feel clueless again as no one is getting ready to sleep but they are more like dressing up for something.

-Georgie, what's happening?

-Oh, right. Come with us.

He grabs my wrist and the third and fourth years leave the Common Room and sneak into the hallways. We're close to the curfew, I wonder how they wanna get away with sneaking out a whole Common Room out. We meet up with the third and fourth years of the three other houses also. Some of us can't help but to burst out laughing while we hurry up in direction of the main door to go outside. We all run down the hill as it feels like we all feel free for the first time. It's like the only moment since the first day of class that I see every student getting along like we're all part of the same team and that we're not in ganged up against each other all year long. We run down the hill trying not to trip. Some students are doing a competition. We enter the Quidditch field. It's huge from the bottom of it. Hermione grabs my shoulder and tell her to follow her to the tiers. Hufflepuff, Slytherin and most of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw are on the tiers with us while a part of these two houses stayed on the field.

-Hermione, what's going on?

-Every month there is a secret Quidditch game between every houses. The other grades could not come today but they cam last month. Tonight is our night.

-A secret Quidditch, smart but how do you hide the game from the rest of the school?

-Simple.

Hermione stands up and raises her wand towards the sky. She uses the disillusionment spell and the fourteen people left on the Quidditch field raises their wands towards the sky to use the Accio spell too.

-It's that simple?

-Yes, now let me show you the teams. Those dressed in red are the six students of the Gryffindor team but they are supposed to be seven. Oliver Wood, the one with the big box in his hand, is the captain of the team. He might even try to drown himself if he loses one Quidditch game.

-Oh wow.

-Yes, anyways, the seven players in blue is the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. We are supposed to cheer for our own team, of course. Also, Wood is desperate to find a new chaser for the Gryffindor team. The Gryffindor team right now is composed of Wood, Fred, George, Angelina, Harry and Ginny.

-Wouldn't they want a boy to make it as the new chaser to tie it?

-Why would they?

She got a point. The players prepare their brooms. It's the first Quidditch game I'll assist in, forever.

-Why don't you try too, Sky? It's the best occasion isn't it?

-Hermione, I don't even know if I remember how to fly on a broom. As much as I would love to, I might die if I try.

-How come? Didn't you fly on a broom before?

-Yes, I did. My dad is very strict and I used to leave the house at night with my broom. I did it a couple time but one day he decided he was not sleeping on time and he caught me. He confiscated my broom and I never played since but you know, I was not bad. I was also practicing some acrobatics.