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|Year 2| {6}

"Just to be sure that you all know how to ride a broom, I want you to fly around the pitch three rounds", the quidditch captain of the Slytherin team ordered, standing in front of them with a brad new Nimbus 1000  in her hands. She was a sixth year and just became the new captain since the one before left school and she seemes fairly excited about it, obviously.

Sky and Samantha found it very entertaining to see how some kids flew in circles, some could only fly straight and left the pitch with no return, and some even got on the broom backwards.

"Let's show them what we got", Regulus smirked and almost at the same time, they all got up, pushed themselves off the ground and flew around the pitch. They overtook some students from their own year like George Goyle, but also some that were older than themselves. By the end of the fifth round, the three came in fourth, after three boys , who had greeted Emma Vanity like friends before the tryouts.

Emma, the new captain was a seeker herself, thin and tiny but she could shout very loudly and her eyes made everyone fear or respect her. She walked around now, putting a hand on everyones shoulder who was out, talking to them quietly before. After she was done, there were only twenty students left and Sky, Samantha and Regulus were the youngest of them.

"Good. Chasers right, Beaters middle, keepers left, seekers come to me", Emma ordered and for a short while, chaos occured while everyone walked to the right spot. There were two seekers, five Beaters, nine Chasers and four Keepers, making Samantha's heart drop. How was she supposed to go against nine Chasers? But then again, Regulus wanted to be a seeker and the captain herself was a seeker so he would probably not play a lot, even if he got into the team.

"I am searching for three beaters, four chasers, two keepers and one seeker today, having one person on the bench for each position. I know that it is not allowed to change players during a game, but I will change the starting seven from game to game, judging by your effort and -of course- your skill. Let's see what you got."

They trained for two hours and Emma kept flying over to students, talking to them for some time and some had to leave while others put their fist in their hand and screamed: "For Slytherin!" Samantha guessed that those were the ones that got into the team.

"Samantha? Is that correct?", the captain asked her and Samantha almost fell off her broom. It suddenly felt like she ate a hot soup and it started bubbeling in her stomach.

"Yes, that is correct, captain."  Emma laughed: "You don't have to call me that, but thank you. I saw you play and for a second year, it looks amazing."

"But?", Samantha asked, already knowing that she wouldn't make the team. What was she thinking?

"No but. You are great, you seem to know the winds. I can't explain it, but it looks very graceful when you fly. I want you on the team, but you have to put your fist in the air and scream 'For Slytherin'. I need some team spirit.

Samantha couldn't believe it. The soup had turned into wild butterflies and gushingly, she threw her fist into the air: "For Slytherin", she shouted, scaring some birds, who sat on a tree nearby, away.

"Very nice", Emma laughed and for the first time, Samantha could make out joy in those dark eyes.

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"Let's have a toast. To the new Quidditch team and to winning the cup this year, just like last year", Emma said, raising her glass with butterbeer inside.

"Yeah! Slytherin, Slytherin, Slytherin!", the whole common room shouted and cheered for the new team.

Regulus, Sky and Samantha smiled at each other, happier then ever. Regulus enjoyed all the attention, everyone cheering for him. Even though he was only the second seeker, he made the team and he knew that in two years he would be the real seeker and someday even the captain of the team.

"We made it", Sky shouted, and the others joined in, getting the party in the common room started.

"You have amazing skills, Snape", the guy who was friends with Emma, said. Samantha's heart skipped a beat, Bradley Pucey was a fifth year and had played on the team for two years now.

"Uhm, thank you I guess", she answered, playing with her hair and biting her lip without noticing.

"I am glad we get to train together. I hope you will train your hardest, we wouldn't want to loose a game because of you. Accidents can happn", Bradley said, smiling but making his words sound like a threat at the same time.

Samantha stopped playing with her hair and crossed her arms instead, knowing now that this was not a flirt.

"Don't scare the girl away", Emma stepped in, putting one arm around her new member. "Don't take Brad too seriously, he likes to scare the newbees."

"Hey, Em. Why are you always ruining all my fun?", Bradley complained, walking away to find another target.

"Don't worry about Brad", Emma said when she saw the look on Samantha's face. "He is harmless and behind all the big words he is just a big teddybear. A grumpy one, maybe."

She laughed at her own words, making Samantha loosen up.

"Already friends with the captain, huh? How do you do it?", Regulus asked when he came over, two glasses in his hands.

"It's called being nice to people", Samantha said and Emma nodded her head: " Yes, that is a great tipp, Sam."

Regulus roled his eyes: " I am nice to people!"

"No, you prefer scaring them. Like that poor first year whose cupcake you wanted. You told her that you would put a curse on her and mumbled some nonsence until she was so scared she gave you all her cupcakes. From her mom! On her birthday!"

Emma bursted out laughing: " Wow, that is downright evil! Stealing candy from a girl."

"She was already chubby. I did her a favour", Regulus defendet himself, slowly turning red in emberrasment. He didn't want to look like a fool in front of the captain. Emma laughed even louder and Samantha joined in.

"Quit it!", Regulus hissed, but now they had drawn the attention of everyone in the room.

"I'm sorry that we are laughing", Samantha apologized, but she could see that Reg didn't find it funny at all. He hated being made fun of in front of other people.

"Your joke was just absolutly hilarious", she quickly continued and started making up a joke that, when she finished, nobody laughed at.

"I guess he told it differently", she said and everyone mindet their own business again, but from that day, Samantha was known for telling the worst jokes.

Regulus glared at his best friend, before walking to Sky and giving the drink to her.

"See? Grumpy Teddybear."