Harry Potter Fanfiction

Chapter 26: The House Cup*

"End-of-year feast, I love you," Moon hummed to the food in front of her. Star rolled her eyes at her friend, Moon had just stopped being obsessed with the meals there.

"Moon calm down, you are going to get sick at this rate if you eat that quickly," Star called at Moon who didn't seem to be listening to her.

"No, because I'm going home soon and not to be rude but my mom's cooking sucks. She has magic why can't it fix her ability to cook. She used to be good at it though," Moon said quickly before she took another bite of her food.

The Great Hall was decorated in beautiful green and silver to celebrate Slytherin winning the House Cup. Moon couldn't help but shot Ron dirty glares every once in a while to say she was better than him. Moon then went to admiring the giant Slytherin serpent banner behind the High Table.

"Such creative names, the Great Hall, the High Table, I swear people can't get any better at naming things," Moon stated before going back to her food.

Everyone was silent as Harry Potter walked in. Moon didn't see what it was the big deal about him entering a room. Dumbledore than began to speak. Moon forgot about her food and turned her attention to him.

He said the points of each house. Gryffindor was in last with three hundred and twelve points. Hufflepuff was in second to last with three hundred fifty-two points. Ravenclaw was second with four hundred and twenty-six points. And finally, Slytherin had four hundred and seventy-two points.

The whole Slytherin table erupted in cheering. None of the other houses seemed pleased at all. Hermione had a weak smile at Moon but that was it. The rest of Gryffindor looked about to murder.

"Adem," started Professor Dumbledore, silencing the Slytherins. "I have a few last-minute points to dish out. Let me see. Yes. . ."

"Mr. Ronald Weasley for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years, I award Gryffindor House Fifty points."

Gryffindor began to cheer while the Slytherins booed and hissed at them. Moon held her head high as she glared at their table.

"Second, to Miss Hermione Granger for the use of cool logic in the face of fire, I award Gryffindor House fifty points."

Several Slytherins cursed under their breaths. Moon quickly covered Star's hears and hushed a couple of them. Several of the Slytherins began to plan murder between themselves.

"Third, to Mr. Harry Potter, for pure nerve and outstanding courage, I award Gryffindor sixty points."

This made Star start cheering but Moon elbowed her and apologized to the rest of her house. Moon wasn't in the mood to get killed by a herd of pissed Slytherins. But now they were tied with Gryffindor.

Unfortunately, Dumbledore began to speak once again, "There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. I, therefore, award ten points to Mr. Neville Longbottom."

The school erupted from the tables around Slytherin. Slytherins were pale angry, they shouted out disagreements, one of them was Moon. Star was busy trying not to cheer because she didn't want to get another elbow from Moon, the first on still stung.

"I'm done with this," hissed Moon as she glared down at her food, she no longer was in a mood to eat anymore. "Dumbledor favors that boy and his friends, I know it."

Moon easily joined the rest of her Slytherin classmates as the discussed how much they hated Gryffindor. Star had to walk away from them because of how bad they were speaking about her friends. This was going to start a real war between Gryffindor and Slytherin.