Snitches and Quaffles

Back to Hogwarts

It was a couple of days later, and time to get on the Hogwarts Express. She boarded the train with Joanna and her younger brother Jason, who was a third-year Gryffindor. Jason was a little plump like his sister. He had brown eyes with copper hair while Joanna had shoulder length brunette hair with hazel eyes.

"I should get to the prefect's meeting," Liesl said, putting down her trunk in her usual compartment.

Joanna and Jason nodded. Liesl did as well and walked towards the prefect's compartment.

"Hey, Liesl," Cedric greeted, smiling at her.

She smiled back at him, trying to hide a blush but failing. The Head Girl and Head Boy assigned them to the compartments they were to check. Liesl thanked Merlin that Percy Weasley graduated last year; he could be such a slave driver sometimes. She started her rounds, and just then, she realised that she just happened to be assigned the compartment where Harry Potter was sitting with his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Back in Hermione's first year, she had briefly sat with Liesl and Joanna. Liesl and her had bonded over their love of books. She knew Ron by association with his older brothers.

"Hey, Liesl, how was your summer?" Hermione asked casually.

"It was fine, how was yours?"

"Same."

After that, the girls faintly smiled at each other, then Liesl left the compartment. Then, she suddenly noticed a loose toad. She immediately recognised it as another fourth year Gryffindor's pet, Trevor. She picked him up and went to go find his owner.

"Longbottom," she said, after she found the boy.

The younger boy looked at her, seemingly scared of a scolding.

"Trevor got loose again," she exclaimed, handing him the toad.

The younger boy blushed sheepishly as he took his toad from her. She's had a soft spot for the clumsy Gryffindor boy, ever since his first year. She left his compartment and finished her rounds after that. The ride continued to Hogwarts, and she caught a carriage with Joanna and her other two roommates, Delia and Anja.

Later that day, he quartet sat at the Hufflepuff table. The sorting went well and without a hitch, and, as per usual, they had a new DADA teacher. He kind of gave Liesl the creeps. Then, just before the feast ended, Dumbledore made an announcement that they were hosting the Triwizard Tournament.

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The next morning, Liesl woke up. Per usual she was the first one to wake up. Joanna was snoring loudly in the next bed. She got up and grabbed her clothes to go take a shower. She let the water run down her body and got out. She changed into her uniform and walked out of the bathroom. Joanna was still fast asleep so she hopped on her best friend's bed.

"Ugh, I was having a good dream about Viktor," Joanna complained opening her hazel eyes.

Liesl just smirked and said. "I don't want to know."

Joanna reluctantly got out of bed, followed Liesl's lead and took a shower. Once she finished taking a shower their other two roommates were starting to wake up. The two of them left their dorm and walked out to the common room. Liesl immediately saw Cedric and started to walk over to talk to him but Joanna dragged her away from him. She sighed glancing at him longingly. The two girls walked to the Great Hall and sat at the Hufflepuff table. Their roommates joined them just as McGonagall was passing out the timetables.

"It looks like we have Defence with the Gryffindors first."

Liesl sighed. She didn't know if she could stomach the Gryffindors so early. The four of them continued eating and chatting animatedly. After breakfast, the four of them trudged to Defence. The only good professor they had was last year -- Professor Lupin. Although, she'd be the first one to admit that she had been more than a bit infatuated with him. Her musings were interrupted when they walked into the classroom and sat down. The next group of students to walk in were the Weasley twins and their best friend Lee Jordan.

"Of course, the teacher's pet is already here," Fred said.

"Piss off, Weasley," Liesl snapped at the redhead.

"I happen to like that she's a teacher's pet," Cedric said walking in with his best friend Adam Harris.

The redhead glanced at the brown-haired boy and said. "You two make the perfect pair then, the know-it-all and the dumb seeker."

"Alright, all off you get to your seats," the professor snapped.

The students scuttled to their seats as Cedric sat behind Liesl.

"I appreciate the sentiment, Cedric but I can handle myself."

Cedric nodded and said. "I know that, but it wasn't always like that."

"Yeah, it wasn't."

Back in their first year, Liesl was teased by some older Hufflepuffs most of the year. She learned to stand up for herself with the help of Cedric. That is one of the reasons why she was so hurt that Cedric ditched her after joining the Quidditch team.

"I really do like that you're smart," Cedric said, winking flirtatiously at her.

Liesl blushed and was about to flirt back but Joanna huffed. She'll get some alone time with him when they're on their prefect rounds. The lesson continued. By the end of the lesson, Liesl knew she wanted to drop Defence. The professor still gave her the creeps and that would distract her from the subject. The quartet of Hufflepuffs fell into routine soon enough