Iris Potter Watching the Movies {ON HOLD TILL 2027}

Facts and Feathers

[Outside in the courtyard, day time. Oliver and Aries appear, carrying a trunk. They put it down. Iris is seen carrying two beater bats behind them.]

Oliver: Quidditch is easy enough to understand. Each time has seven players, 3 chasers, that's you, Black, 2 beaters, 1 keeper and a seeker. That's you, Potter. There are three kinds of balls. [picks up a red one] This one's called the Quaffle. Now, the chasers handle the Quaffle and try to put it through one of those three hoops. [Points to the hoops in the Quidditch pitch in the distance.] The keeper, that's me, defends the hoops. [throws ball to Aries.] With me so far?

Aries: [throws back]  I think so.

Iris: What are those? [points to two squirming chained down balls.]

Oliver: You better take this. [hands Iris and Aries a beater's bat each. He bends down and releases one ball. With an angry growl, it flies off into the air. The two watch it.] Careful now, it's comin' back. [The balls comes whizzing down, and Iris cracks at it with the bat. The ball soars off through a statue, surprisingly without damaging it, comes back, Aries hits it, then again comes back.]  Eh, not bad, Potter, Black, you'd make a fair beater... Uh-oh. [The ball zooms down, and Oliver grabs it, wriggling to get it back in the box. He succeeds and is out of breath.]

"You'd make fair beaters, pup, star", Sirius compliments them.

Iris: What is that?

Oliver: Bludger. Nasty little buggers. But you are the seeker, and the only thing I want you to worry about is this... the Golden Snitch. [hands Iris a walnut sized golden ball.]

Iris: I like this ball.

"That's what she-"

"Shhhhh!"

Oliver: Ah, you like it now. Just wait. It's wicked fast and damn near impossible to see.

Iris: What do I do with it?

Oliver: You catch it... before the other team's seeker. You catch this, the game is over. You catch this, Potter, and we win.

[The ball flutters out two delicate wings and jumps into the air. Iris and Aries keep an eye on it.]

Iris/Aries: Whoa.

"Why didn't you take the seeker's spot? I would have loved to give Quidditch up", Iris whispered.

"Really?", Aries asked.

"Yeah, I mean, it will give me more time to focus on my studies. You can take the position if you want."

"What about the Chaser's position?"

"Ginny? She always was good at Quidditch."

"Agreed" Aries and Ginny, who had been listening on the conversation, said.

[In Professor Flitwick's class. Filtwick is very short, and is standing on a bunch of books to make up for his stature and to see his class.]

Flitwick: One of a wizard's most rudimentary skills is levitation the ability to make objects fly. Uh, do you all have your feathers? [Hermione raises hers.] Good. Now, uh, don't forget the nice wrist movement we've been practicing, hmm? The swish and flick. Everyone.

All (including Flitwick): The swish and flick.

Flitwick: Good. And enunciate. Wingardium Leviosa. Off you go then.

[The class begin to enunciate and doing the movements on their feathers]

Draco: Wingardium Levio-saaa.

Ron: Wingardrium Leviosar! [he waves his wand really fast numerous times. Hermione stops him.]

Hermione: Stop, stop, stop. You're going to take someone's eye out. Besides, you're saying it wrong. It's Levi-o-sa, not Leviosar.

Ron: You do it then if you're so clever. Go on, go on.

"It's their first year and they're already quarreling like an old married couple.", Hugo snickers.

Rose shushes him.

[Hermione straightens up and swishes her wand.]

Hermione: Wingardium Leviosa. [The feather glows and lifts up.]

Flitwick: Oh, well done! See here, everyone! Ms. Granger's done it! Oh, splendid!

[Ron puts his head on his books dejectedly. Aries snickers at him. Seamus begins swishing at his feather.]

Seamus: Wingard Levosa.

Flitwick: Well done, dear.

[An almighty explosion flashes. Flitwick gasps, as Ron and Hermione turn to the source of the explosion]

Flitwick: Whooaaa! Ooh.

[We see that Seamus is charred again with his feather, now smoldering to ashes.]

By now everyone is laughing (except the obvious ones), Snape and Remus are smiling slightly. Sirius is rolling on the floor while laughing.

Iris/Aries: I think we're going to need another feather over here, Professor.

[Neville, Aries, Ron and Seamus are walking through a courtyard with other students all around.]

Ron: [mimicking Hermione] It's Levioooosa, not Leviosaaaar. [normal voice] She's a nightmare, honestly. No wonder she hasn't got any friends!

"RONALD WEASLEY!"

"He apologized Mrs. Weasley.", Hermione interfered.

[Hermione rushes past Ron, hugging her books and sniffling in tears. Iris, who was beside Hermione, storms up to them.]

Aries: I think she heard you.

Iris: YA THINK?!

[Iris slaps them both over their heads. Hermione disappears into the crowd, deeply hurt by Ron's words. Iris follows her.]

Iris glares at the screen, "Oh thank you for reminding me about that".

While she was thankful they weren't killed by the troll, that didn't change the fact that her best friend- her sister(not in blood)- was being bullied. Of course she would hold a grudge against that.

Aries hung his head down at the reminder of why his mate was mad at him. He shook his head sighed. Surely she wouldn't hold a grudge for that long... right?