Raised By A Killer // Harry Potter FanFic //

Quidditch

After last lesson I run up to the common room to meet Fred before changing for my first ever run down of Quidditch. I was excited for the afternoon, as I hadn't had a very good day.

People had been staring at me all day long, and when I caught their eyes, they had all looked away scared. It was like first and second year again, when I had been sorted 'wrong.'

Just as I turn the corner to head towards the portrait hole, I smack into a boy not looking where he's going.

Okay, maybe I hadn't been looking where I was going.

"Watch it, would you," I say as I shake my head.

"Sorry," says a familiar voice which I hadn't heard since the train.

"Oh, Logan! Sorry, that was my fault," I say and look down but am relieved when I hear him laugh.

"It's okay, it's seems you have a habit of knocking into people and falling over," she says and smiles as I look up and roll my eyes.

"Whatever!" I say and playfully push him.

"So why were you in a rush?" He asks.

"Oh I have to meet Fred, he's going to teach me Quidditch," I say bouncing up and down.

"No, I mean on the train the other day," he says and I look away again.

"Oh, that...yeah, I started feeling really weird and sick," I say lying as best I could. Logan seems to buy it.

"Well that's okay," he says and I smile at him. "Hey, guess what?" He says as we start to walk, to slowly for my liking, to my common room. I wanted to learn to play Quidditch.

"What?" I ask.

"I said guess." I roll my eyes.

"You're going to tryout for the Slytherin Quidditch team?" I ask, saying the first thing that pops into my head.

"Well yes, but no that's not it," he says scratching the back of his neck.

"Well then what is it?" I ask after he doesn't say anything for about ten seconds.

"Oh, right, I made a friend!"

I turn to see a happy smile plastered on his face. It was strange that a fifteen year old was so excited about that, but also good.

"That's great!" I say enthusiastically. "Who?" I ask and he laughs before saying a name that makes me want to slap someone again.

"Draco Malfoy."

***

"Ahhhh!" I scream as I hit the bludger towards Fred as hard as I can. Fred had suggested to take my anger out on this instead of him. "Why would he want to be friends with Draco?!" I ask as Fred  hits the bludger back towards me.

"I don't know, he's a git if you ask me," he says and I aim as I take another hit as hard as I can. Fred somehow managed to grab the crazy ball and fly down and lock it back in the trunk.

I dive down towards the ground and jump off my broom.

"It's just annoying, you know," I say watching Fred grab out the small golden snitch.

"I can imagine," he says smiling at me. His smile makes me forget about Logan and Draco for a second.

"Okay, let's do this. How do I catch it so quickly?" I ask and Fred shrugs.

"You just have to catch it," he says and let's it go. It's starts fluttering and zipping away. I mount my broom and take off after it. I get close a few times and after about five minutes manage to catch it before flying back down to Fred.

"Was that okay? Was it quick enough?" I ask slightly out of breath. It was like I had just ran a marathon.

"Blimey Ris, that was fast for a first timer," he says and I can't help but give a smug look.

"And the others said I couldn't do it," I say and laugh. I place the snitch back in its spot in the trunk and raise my eyebrows looking at Fred. "Race you to the broom shed," I say and take off without warning. Within seconds Fred's on my tail and I'm laughing so hardly at him I don't notice that I'm already almost at the shed.

"Ris, look out!" Fred yells and I turn and pull the front of my broom up but I'm a second too late and as I think I've cleared the shed, the back of my broom clips the slide of the shed and I am sent flying forward, off my broom. The next thing I know, I'm waking up in the hospital wing.

***

"Are you okay?" Hermione asks as I sit up slightly and groan from the pain of my ribs.

"Yeah, fine. Ginny can you pass that water please?" I ask in a hoarse voice. Ginny hands me the water and I glup half of it down quickly.

"I knew you playing Quidditch would be a disaster," says Harry as he and Ron sit on the end of my bed.

"Hey!" I say and reach out to hit him but Hermione holds me back. I hold back a cry in pain. "I caught the snitch in five minutes!" I say and Harry looks genuinely proud for a moment before laughing.

"But then you fell off the broom!" He says and him and Ron start laughing. I throw the remainder of my water from my glass onto Harry and Ron. That seems to shut them up.

"You're lucky though," says Ginny hardly containing her laughter from me drenching the boys, "that Fred was able to sort of catch you."

"Catch me?!" I exclaim sitting up but yelp from the pain in my ribs. "It doesn't feel like he caught me! Just let me fall!" I say and laugh a bit but it hurts so I stop.

"He did try, he feels bad he couldn't completely catch you," Hermione says and I look down.

"How long have I been knocked out for?" I ask.

"About half an hour," Ron says getting up and wiping his wet arms with a towel near by.

"We have detention with Umbridge soon Harry!" I say and Harry nods.

"I was kind of hoping you wouldn't wake up so I could say I was here with you and not go," Harry says also drying off. I shake my head.

"How inconvenient of me," I say sarcastically. I look at the clock on the wall. "We better go, we don't want to be late."

"Are you serious?" Ginny asks, "you can't even sit up! You're not going to detention!" She says protectively.

"I have too!" I say and sit up completely and swing my legs over the edge. I stand up and for a second feel a bit faint but it passes and I walk around the bed. I hide the pain that was shooting through my stomach. "See, perfectly fine!"

They all give me a stern look and I pull Harry along with me.

"Where are you going?" Madam Pomfry asks in a flutter when she sees me walking out the door.

"Sorry, I have detention!"

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Authors Note

*Fact #7*

I officially sorted myself on Pottermore a couple of days ago and got Ravenclaw for my Hogwarts house 💙

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Erin x
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