Hogwarts (Next generation & New characters) *Year 1*

Chapter 6

I instantly duck below the window and pull Paige down with me. I hear the window break and feel glass shards fall onto my back and all around me. The other girls woke up because of the noise. Without looking back, Paige and I darted out of the dorm, with the other girls following close behind. McGonagall was already hurrying into the common room.

Soon, all of the Gryffindors were in the common room, talking loud and panicky.

"Everyone calm down!" McGonagall shouted and mouths shut, and eyes turned to her. "The death eater that was outside right now, had been captured by the dementors, soon after the incident." Her eyes travel to me.

"Lately there haven't been any signs of the other Death Eaters, so if you see something, report it straight away. For the dementors are leaving. Go back to your dorms and rest. Quidditch try outs are tomorrow."

We all go back up to the dormitories, and McGonagall enters the girls' dorm.

She points her wand to the broken window and says, "Reparo!"

The shards of glass fly back to the frame and mend itself to it, so it looked like nothing had happened at all.

"I suggest you rest instead of letting your curiosity get the best of you," McGonagall tells me, then leaves the room. I crawled underneath my covers, and turn my head away from all the other girls. I wish my bed wasn't so soft. I like firm beds.

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I rub the sleep from my eyes and put my feet to the cold, hardwood floor. After I put my school robes on, I walk down the stairs, into the common room. It was empty. Everyone must be at breakfast. I let myself out of the common room and into the halls of the moving staircases, and talking pictures. Most were whispering about the Death Eaters and Dementors.

When I enter The Great Hall, I receive many stares. The story must have got around. I ignore them and sit in between Albus and Paige. I helped myself to some toast while people crowded me with questions.

"Did you get a good look at the death eater?", "Were there more?", "Did you get in trouble?"

"Girls, girls please!" The boys gave me odd looks, I continued, "If you stop spitting questions at me, I'll tell you what happened."

I told them everything. Paige helped with the part she had witnessed. There was a silence between our group.

"So... you don't know who it was?" Louis asked me after the hesatation.

"Of course not, Death Eaters wear MASKS," Paige tells him.

"Oh, right," Louis scratches the back of his neck. Today was going to be a long day.

My classes went by slowly, as well as boring. In divination, someone put a dung bomb in Professor Markel's desk drawer. Obviously, it was one of the Weaselys, or James. In potions, I wasn't paying attention and dropped a Mink Beetle in my potion. Yeah, then it blew up.... and I got an F.

I started to tap my foot, waiting for Herbology to end. After this was quidditch try outs. The green house is darker than it usually is, because we are learning to deal with Devil's Snare by casting Incendio. A lot of kids are having difficulties. Including me. Today I am just empty headed. Hopefully not during try outs.

The bell rings and Professor Longbottom says, "Those of you who haven't mastered it, it's due tomorrow. I've got the people who got it checked off. You are excused and good luck to those who are going to quidditch try outs."

I rushed down the halls and up staircases. When I got to the common room, I dropped off my stuff and changed into better shoes for quidditch. I snatch my broomstick from underneath my bed and dart down the stairs. My broom is a Nimbus 1700. I know, it's not the nicest one, but we can't afford it.

In the hall, I almost ran into Mr. Rhodd, and apologized quickly. He wished me luck for quidditch, and I bounded outside to the fields. There were a few people waiting already, but Hooch wasn't here yet. I also heard that Mr. Rhodd was going to help out with quidditch this year.

I scanned the crowds of people until I found some Gryffindors. I trotted up to James, Paige, Devin, Fred, and Rose. I don't think Rose was trying out, because she was still wearing her uniform and had no broomstick with her.

"Hey, Hannah, what position are you going for?" Devin asked me as I approached.

I guess I really hadn't thought about that, so I just said, "Beater."

Fred high fived me. I guess he was also going for beater. His father and uncle were beaters when they were in Hogwarts.

In quidditch, there are seven people on a team. Three chasers, two beaters, a keeper, and a seeker. The job of the chasers is to try to get the quaffle into one of the three hoops. If they do, that scores 10 points. The keeper defends the hoops from the other team. The beaters use bats to hit the bludger to either defend their teammates, or to get in the other team's way. The seeker's job is to catch the Golden Snitch.

There are three kinds of balls. The quaffle, the golden snitch, and the bludger. The quaffle ddoesn't ove on its own, it has to be thrown. The bludger can be quite harmful if you don't see it coming. That's what the beaters are for. The golden snitch can appear at any time. If the seeker catches it, they win the game. If no one catches the snitch, the points needed to win are 150.

Mr. Rhodd arrived with a clip board in his hands, and Madam Hooch walking further than him.

"If you are trying out for Gryffindor chasers, you're up first," Madam Hooch called out. Paige left our group, along with other Gryffindors, not far from where we're standing.

"Sorry I'm late! My owl flew into a window and dropped my letter into the womping willow," Louis rushed onto the quidditch grounds, "Did they call for chasers yet?"

"Yes, go!" James hurried him to go follow the others. We all sat on the bleachers and watched the chasers try out. First up was Gryffindor, then, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff. Next was the beaters' turn.

My friends wished me luck and patted me on the back as Fred and I entered the center of the field. There was five other Gryffindors going for beater, none of which I knew. There was a red headed girl with long, pigtails, and lots of freckles. Two short, blonde kids stood at the back, an they looked very much alike. A tall, dark boy stood a few feet in front of me. He had a grim look on his face, and was staring off into space. Another girl, who much looked like Angelina Jolie, stood off to the side.

Each of us had to block the bludger, keep it from causing chaos and breaking things, and hit it away. When it was my turn, I almost got hit, it flew right past my ear. I didn't do as bad as some of them did though. The red head got knocked off her broomstick, one of the blonde boys' brooms got split in half, and the girl who looked like Angelina Jolie got knocked out.

I was tired from try outs, so I didn't stay to watch the keepers and seekers. I wished the others luck and walk back to the school. I got back to the girls' dormitory and took my socks and shoes off. I put my Nimbus 1700 back under my bed and got my homework out. I worked on that until some of my friends started showing up, then we all headed to the Great Hall for dinner.

On the way, we saw Mr. Rhodd mopping the floors, and he told me, "Great job at try outs today!"

"I did my best," I replied back. We arrived at the Great Hall and took some empty seats near the end of the table, by the professors table. My mom waved to me excitedly, and I waved back.

McGonagall got our attention as she stood up from the head mistress's chair, "The results for the quidditch teams are in," she unrolled a piece of parchment and first read Huffle Puff's. I didn't know any of those people.

"Ravenclaw seeker- Autumn Thunehorst. Keeper- Serenity Folkmire..." I didn't know the rest of the people she named, but there were lots of cheers, as well as mine.

"Slytherin seeker- Alexa Goddard. Keeper- Jade Smith. Beaters- the Racleen brothers. Chasers- Ray Gallowen, Tom Kinsle, and Jeffery Midwull." There were a lot of loud cheers from that table and I even saw the Racleens smirking at us.

"Gryffindor seeker- James Potter. Keeper- Devin Marlatt. Chasers- Paige Ripley, Victoire Weasley, and Louis Weasley. Beaters- Fred Weasley, and Hannah Markel."

I made the team.