Chivalrous || Sirius Black

4 - forfeit

Sirius' POV

"SHE told you to do what?" James asks incredulously when I get back to the common room. 

I fiddle with the edge of my tie, not meeting his eyes. "We need to lose the next Quidditch game."

"Padfoot." James sighs, running his hands through his hair before glaring at me. "You can't be serious. She wants us to forfeit?"

I shake my head. "No, not forfeit. Just don't catch the snitch." I tell my best friend, who also happens to be the Gryffindor seeker and team captain. 

"If we lose this game, then we lose the quidditch cup." Peter says. Him and Remus aren't on the team but they're also my best friends, so it's only right that they're part of this conversation.

"I think that's the point." James tells him tersely. "Fuck."

"You have to intentionally lose Prongs. There's no other option." Remus inputs.

"Isn't there? Seems like a Sirius problem to me." Peter quips. 

"Shut up Peter." James scolds. "It's not just Sirius' problem. Since when have one of us ever done something that breaks rules on our own. If the professors or ministry find out about Sirius being an animagus, they'll do an investigation. It'll lead them to you and I as well."

"Not to mention that they'll also figure out that I'm...." Remus hesitates. "A werewolf." He says quieter even though there's no one but us around. 

"Remus is right." I agree. "We don't really have a choice. We have to let them win. I'm just surprised that's all she asked for."

James rolls his eyes. "We can't be too sure that it's the only thing she'll ask for. She is a snake after all, and we all know how slippery snakes can be."

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Y/N's POV

"GOOD luck Black." I smirk as my team makes their way onto the Quidditch pitch for the final game of the season. He just glares at me. "Although, I don't think you really need the luck, considering we both know how this game is going to end."

"You little fucking snake." James says from beside Sirius, lunging for me. Sirius holds him back. 

I laugh. "See you on the Quidditch pitch." And then I mount my broomstick and fly into the air. 

Sirius and James are quick to follow, and the members of each of our teams take their place. James is at the front of his team, while I'm at the front of mine. Two captains. We shake hands as is always required before the start of a match and then snitch is released and the game begins. 

I take up my place as chaser as one of my team members throws the Quaffle to me. I race down the pitch on my broom tossing the ball back and forth between my teammates until I toss it through the hoop, scoring the first goal of the game. 

I know we'll win. It won't be that hard not to since I told Sirius that James isn't allowed to catch the snitch. Their chasers are shit so I don't have to worry about them scoring any goals. The only reason their team has made it this far is because of James' seeker skills. I hate to admit it, but it's true. Which is why in telling James he can't catch the snitch, I'm basically telling him they have to lose the game. Because that's all it will take. 

Gryffindor steals the Quaffle and races up the quidditch pitch, faster than I've ever seen them fly, scoring a point so we're tied. Then something flutters beside my face. The snitch. If I were the seeker for our team, I could snatch it right now and end this game, winning the quidditch cup for Slytherin house. 

Luckily the Slytherin Seeker spots it next to me, and zooms over, dodging the bludgers fired her way. James is hot on her heels, making it seem like he actually stands a chance of winning this game. But my seeker pulls into a dive, James does the same. As she pulls out of the dive, she lifts her clenched fist in the air, revealing that she's caught the snitch. 

The Slytherin section erupts in cheers.

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A/N: Sorry if this chapter was too short, I'm not the best at writing Quidditch scenes cause I get impatient. But I guess that's something I need to work on if I want to write and Oliver Wood fanfic in the future

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