After the War.

Games.

My hand kept moving and my mind racing at what the year could have ahead of it. Dinner had to be a quick one as I ate and then headed to the infirmary for my tablets. My water tasted normal and slowly the tablets were taken before I headed out and got changed. The Quidditch pitch was a fair distance to get to but I was going to be able to do it. My final year was going to be different for me and I wanted it to be.

I had turned up and listened to Amelia as she spoke and then I walked into the stands. I might not have been able to play as I didn't belong to a house but I was in a position to watch and admire it. I loved to play the game but I had only played friends before as even the friendly matches required a house.

The practise went on for quite a while and I got to see how the others played. Even if I couldn't do it for myself I felt happy that others could play and I was able to watch them through the year as they got to be better. Not just individually but as a collective group of people who loved to play.

"Why don't you play?" It was Amelia and I was in shock that she had stepped away, not just away but up into a stand. A lot of the game would have been lost to her but she didn't seem too concentrated on it.

"I don't have a house." She brought breath in and let her eyes move out to the game that we watched with one another. She was watching closely and eyes were on them like she was a hawk.

"I have already picked who is going to play for my team but my third chaser is pretty bad. I am sure that if spoken to Professor McGonagall would let you play for me. I mean, we haven't won in so long that it is only fair because frankly not even magic could be our saviour. I have seen you play before. Never lost, even against Isaac who is team captain." I laughed at her and my giggle made her laugh as well. We talked until the trials were at an end and I sighed out.

"If and only if she agrees with no sorts of hesitation or a deal like me having to pass all my tests I will do it. Ravenclaw needs it." I winked at her and we began to walk down again.

"How come you aren't a prefect or head girl? You are a perfect fit." I bit my lip and sighed again.

"I had to belong to a house. In truth, I think that I was the last person she wanted but that just comes with the job of school idiot." Amelia shoved me slightly and began to recite my grades to me.

"E, all you ever get is E. Don't give me that shit." My eyes met her for a second and then I walked on but I didn't hold out much hope of getting in. I would soon find out if I was in though, the tryout results would be released in a day or two.

"Find me in the dining hall if I get in. I don't want to make others hate me because I got a spot and they didn't." Amelia shook her head at me.

"The hat said that you belonged in every house and so that is something that 98% of us thinks of you as part of our house. Even the Slytherins think like that and they aren't too welcoming. I mean, you are a pureblood so added points." I shoved her away as I walked back into the castle and my mind was full of thoughts about the world around me. Things were a little more positive as the year moved, even if it had only been a week. Me staying quiet was a good thing as teachers didn't seem to notice my attendance as much.

The castle was warmer but slowly I got to my room and shed the outer layers of my clothes and then sat on my bed. Homework had to be done and I found the sheets to be perfect for working. My robes fell to the floor at one point and I found myself growing so engrossed in the book that I didn't even notice night grow over the school until I couldn't read the page and so cast a spell to light up my room. Lumos was a spell I was never going to regret learning.

With the dim light, I changed into pyjamas and got into my bed again. Transfiguration was a class that I loved to be in and I had double the following Monday. As if that wasn't good enough I had double arithmancy after and then a study. I would miss my lessons when I left but I was able to go on learning other similar things. Aurors were good but I didn't feel good enough and so I hoped that another job would be good. A healer even.