Blood and Wine (Book 1)

Chapter 13

(Y/N) watched with interest as fifteen brooms rose up into the air, and the two teams started their game, he saw the Red and Gold of Gryffindor against the Green and Silver of his house, Slytherin, and could hear the students cheering for their respective sides, he also heard the crowds of students all cheering loudly.

"And the Quaffle is taken immediately by Angelina Johnson of Gryffindor! What an excellent Chaser that girl is, rather attractive too-" said a young Gryffindor boy named Lee Jordan, he spoke into a Brass tube which was connected to a large cone shaped speaker to project his voice.

"JORDAN!" Professor McGonagall's voice suddenly exclaimed loudly over the speakers.

"Sorry Professor" Jordan apologised to the head of Gryffindor, making (Y/N) smirk at this funny interaction.

(What's a Quaffle?) (Y/N) wondered to himself in confusion as he looked at said girl, seeing her holding an oddly shaped ball under her arm, as she sped around dodging the Slytherin players.

"And she's really belting it along up there, a neat pass to Alicia Spinnet, a good find of Oliver Wood's, last year and only a reserve, back to Johnson and, no, the Slytherins have taken the Quaffle, Slytherin captain Marcus Flint gains the Quaffle and off he goes, Flint, flying like an Eagle up there, he's going to sc-" Jordan said as (Y/N) followed the players with his Honey-Gold eyes, paying attention to the game while glancing down at Abigail and seeing her cheering for the Slytherin Team, he then saw the Captain of his House's team fly toward the three hoops that were set up and threw the Quaffle at the middle ring.

"No, stopped by an excellent move by Gryffindor Keeper Wood and the Gryffindors take the Quaffle, that's Chaser Katie Bell of Gryffindor right there, nice dive around Flint, up off the field and-" (Y/N) saw the Captain of the Gryffindor team smack the ball away from the hoop with the brush end of his broom.

"Hm, he's the Captain and the Keeper?" (Y/N) wondered to himself as he kept watching the game, it seemed odd to have someone filling two roles.

"OUCH, hit in the back of the head by a Bludger, Quaffle taken by the Slytherins, that's Adrian Pucey speeding off towards the goal posts, but he's blocked by a second Bludger, sent his way by Fred or George Weasley, can't tell which" Jordan said into the speaker, (Y/N) saw the impact to the back of the girl's head, and heard the Gryffindor team "ooh" from the impact, he also saw Rose cheering for Fred and George.

"Nice play by the Gryffindor Beater, anyway, and Johnson back in possession of the Quaffle, a clear field ahead and off she goes, she's really flying, dodges a speeding Bludger, the goalposts are ahead, come on now, Angelina, Keeper Bletchley dives, misses, GRYFFINDOR SCORE!" this was met with a big round of cheers from the Gryffindor students, and howls and moans from the Slytherins in the cold air.

"Gryffindor seem to be doing very well" Abigail said to herself as she was watching the game.

"This seems like quite the sport, it's certainly engaging" (Y/N) said to her as he was stood in the back, due to his height, he then noticed two of the players just hovering above the game like Hawks.

"I'm guessing those two must be the Seekers I read about?" (Y/N) asked as he kept his gaze on the older Slytherin boy, and the Gryffindor First Year, Harry Potter.

"Yes, their only job is to find and catch the Golden Snitch, they're also the ones that are usually targeted by the opposing team" Abigail explained to him, as she looked up to him.

"So they just... sit there and do nothing for most of the game? Seems like a waste of another set of hands to me, they could be helping to score more while they wait to find the Snitch, unless it's against the rules?" (Y/N) asked her, he had read enough of the rules to know that catching the Golden Snitch got the catcher one hundred and fifty points, and also ended the game, but didn't know why they just sat back and didn't assist their teams until the time came to get the Snitch.