Inside My Mind (A Harry Potter Fanfiction)

Chapter LII

Hogwarts, Unplottable Location, Scotland, Great Britain

Saturday the 11th of September 1995

4:00 PM

Bella crossed her arms, her Firebolt in hand. Ron was looking rather queasy, standing with the other Keepers that were trying out. He was gripping his new Cleansweep a little too tightly. Bella was getting rather impatient and she reached into her Quidditch robe and pulled out a Red Vine. She chewed on it absently.

"All right, so we have three candidates for Keeper this year. Andrew Kirke, Jack Sloper, and Ron Weasley. We'll be testing how well you get on with the rest of the team, as well," Angelina Johnson said. She was captain of the Quidditch team this year and Bella thought that it was a pretty good choice to make. They needed a female captain to keep her head and that was obviously Angelina.

"So, are we going to fly or what?" Bella asked, swallowing her Red Vine. Angelina Johnson smiled at Bella and nodded. She obviously believed the girl without even questioning her.

"We are. Let's just explain how the Quidditch team works. Down, girl. You three have to understand that the Keeper's job on this team is a little different from the other teams. The three Chasers typically work in tandem with Bella, the Seeker. She's a skilled Seeker and she sometimes will be going through the hoops. You have to remember not to hit her. She'll also be distracting the other team's Chasers a lot. She's always done that so it'd be best not to get in her way a lot," Angelina explained. Fred and George nodding, slinging their arms across Bella's shoulders. Her face was still blank and Andrew and Jack seemed to be freaking out at that little fact.

"Keepers, also have to protect the Quidditch Princess. A Quaffle once almost hit her when she was flying through a ring. Oliver had to save her from getting knocked off her broom. Brilliant save that one was…" Fred trailed off. Bella smacked his arm and then pinched George when he started to nod in agreement. Both yelped and mock-glared down at her.

"I'm not a Quidditch Princess. I'm not a Princess, period. That's a bad habit that you picked up from Draco, obviously. Anyway, I do my job and I help out the Chasers by clearing a way for them when it needs to be done," Bella said, grinning. George rolled his eyes.

"Bella…you're almost doing other people's job. It's quite amusing to watch," George commented. Bella smiled and hugged both of them.

Recently, besides Charlie, the two Weasleys had been her favorites. She was still only sorta friends with Ron. He hadn't been her best mate for almost more than a year now. Ginny was cool but Gideon was sort of creepy in a sweet way.

"Yes, well, someone needs to do it. Otherwise we wouldn't win all the time. Can we fly now?" Bella begged. Angelina laughed, quietly and nodded. Bella broke away from the twins and took of into a run. She tossed her broom out and jumped on it as it began to fly away. She laughed as she shot straight up into the sky.

She hadn't had the chance to ride her broom for more than a year now and it felt exceedingly good to do so once more. She zoomed upwards before going up side down, her ponytail hanging with her. She went upright once more and did a lap around the Quidditch Pitch before flying towards the rest of the team. Katie Bell was looking at her with wide eyes. Bella gave an awkward laugh.

"I haven't ridden my broom in forever! Not even over the summer. I was too busy," Bella explained. The others looked at her as if it were blasphemous. She grinned and ran her hand over the broom.