Agents at Hogwarts

Chapter 2

Attention, attention everyone," called Dumbledore as he tried to settle down the children in the Great Hall, "welcome back to what we hope to be another great year. I'll be quick, follow your teachers rules, obey your Prefects, and do not go on to the 7th floor unless you wish to die a horrible death. Enjoy your food!"

"Well he sounded awfully cheery about the death part," laughed Skye as she talked to Trip.

"He always does," he laughed back.

"Who's that sitting next to Kara?" Skye asked, pointing to the Slytherin table.

"Grant Ward," said Trip nonchalantly.

Skye's mouth hung open, "he got a lot taller."

"You should close your mouth baby girl, you'll catch flies."

"I mean he was always good looking, but now... wow."

"Skye," Trip waved his hand in front of her face, "he's gonna catch you staring."

Skye snapped out of it, "sorry what?"

"I said he's going to catch you staring."

"Oh right," Skye stared at her food like it was the most interesting thing in the world.

"Who's sitting next to Trip over there?" Ward asked Kara.

"Why?" Kara smirked.

"I'm just curious, I don't remember seeing her around here before."

"It's Skye Coulson."

"What?! That's Skye?"

"Yup," she said, still smirking."

"She seems a lot more mature than the last time I saw her."

"Well I would hope so, considering that the last time you saw her was 4th year, she's in 6th year now."

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*2 weeks later*

"Alright!" yelled Skye, "I need everyone's attention!"

She was trying to get the crowd to settle down.

"We're going to do this the simple way. Last year's team is going to play but we'll replace one of the people on the old team with you playing the position you want. Got it?"

They all nodded.

"Alright, the only position that isn't available is seeker, I'm seeker. First up! Angela Dash, show me what you got."

Tryouts lasted about 2 hours but with pretty good results. The Gryffindor quidditch team now consisted of: Angela Dash, chaser (4th year), Thomas Renner, chaser (7th year), Dean Jones, chaser (6th year), Liam Jones, beater (5th year), Steven Thomas, beater (4th year), Kevin Gray, keeper (5th year), and Skye Coulson, seeker (6th year.)

Skye was pretty confident with this year's team. She turned towards the head of Gryffindor, Minerva McGonagall, "what do you think?"

She smiled, "I think we have a great chance of winning this year, Skye."

"Who are we playing next month?"

"Slytherin."

Skye smiled, "great, can't wait to kick their-" she saw the look McGonagall was giving her, "butts..."

She turned towards her new team, "alright listen up! Our first game is next month against Slytherin! That means practice EVERY morning at 7:30 sharp! You all got that?"

They asked shouted their agreement.

"Good! You're dismissed!"

She took her hair out of her ponytail and let it fall over her shoulders as she walked back to her dorm.

"I am so sorry," she said as she bumped into someone in the hallways, "I wasn't looking where I was going."

"It's fine," said a deep voice, she looked up. Grant Ward.

"Hi, I'm Grant Ward," he said as he helped her get back up to her feet.

"Skye Coulson."

"Nice to meet you Skye," he smiled, which made her get butterflies in her stomach.

"Nice to meet you too."

"I'm running late for potions though, so I'm going to need my hand back." She looked down and saw that she was still holding his hand. She let go and blushed, "sorry."

"No problem, nice running into you," he said as he walked off.

"Very punny."

He shrugged, "I try."

She laughed and walked towards her dorm.

I can't believe I just crashed into him in the hallway and then I didn't let go of his hand! That was embarrassing.

She walked into the Gryffindor common room, "you're talking to yourself again," said Trip as he worked on his homework.

"Sorry."

"What happened?"

"Tryouts went really well but then I crashed into Grant Ward in the halls and embarrassed myself."

He laughed, "I'm sure he couldn't care less."

"Ugh," she groaned as she sat down next to him, "but I care. Weren't you supposed to do that yesterday?"

"Yeah, but I got distracted."

She rolled her eyes, at least he was doing his homework.

"Hey, do you want to go to the Great Hall later and see if we can find any house elves?"

"Sure," he replied distractedly.

"Great! I'm gonna go see if FitzSimmons want to join."

She walked to the Ravenclaw dorm and went up to the portrait, "hi! I'm not Ravenclaw, but can you see if Fitz and Simmons can come out here for a second?"

"One moment dear," said the painting.

The next moment, Fitz and Simmons came out of the dorm.

"Hey Skye, what's up?"

"Do you guys want to come down to the Great Hall with me and Trip later? We're going to hang out and probably try to sneak into the kitchens and talk to the house elves."

"Sure!" said Fitz, "What time?"

"Eight."

"See you then," said Jemma.

"Can I bring Ward too?" said Fitz.

"Sure, I didn't know you guys were friends, Fitz."

"Oh yeah, we've been really good friends since third year."

"Awesome, tell him to meet us at eight."

"Ok, bye."

"Bye!"

Skye skipped back to the Gryffindor common room, but not before running into something firm as she turned the corner, "we've got to stop running into each other," laughed Ward.

Skye laughed, "I'm sorry. You mean I have to stop running into YOU."

"I don't mind."

"Fitz was actually just going to go and see you. We're going down to the Great Hall at eight to see if we can sneak into the kitchens and talk to the house elves."

"Who's we?"

"Me, FitzSimmons, and Trip."

"Sure, I'll see you guys then, bye."

"Bye."