Demigods at Hogwarts

Chapter 10

I do not own any of the characters in the story.

Btw, I'm only gonna use time skips if the skip is more than a day.
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Harry's POV

I forgot I was Quidditch Captain, so when Professor Mcgonagall came up to with a list, I was very confused.

"What is this?" I asked her.

"Well, Mr. Potter, these are all the people that want to try out for the Quidditch team. There is still some time for people to sign up, but I don't think anyone else will." She told me.

"Oh, yeah... I'm Quidditch captain." I say stupidly. I realized that there was only one free spot on the team: Chaser. Katie Bell, the only one left from my original Quidditch team last year, is now living her life beyond Hogwarts. I looked down at the list. Bloody hell, the list was humongous.
"I have a feeling that less than half of these names are genuine." Professor Mcgonagall sighed sympathetically. 

"Thanks, professor." I said, trying to keep the edge out of my voice. Just like 6th year. I thought as I made my way to the Great Hall for dinner.

Jason's POV

I walked into the Great Hall with Percy. I immediately saw Ron, Hermione, and Harry all talking. I thought that since we had made up with Ron and Harry that I should sit next to them, so I did; Percy following behind me.

"-tryouts will be terrible. All those people, and only one spot open." Harry was saying.
I plopped down next to Harry and asked "Tryouts for what?"

"Quidditch. I'm the Gryffindor team captain." Harry said, a hint of pride in his voice.
"What's a tiddwitch?" Percy questioned.

Ron's eyes got wide. "How do you not know what Quidditch is?"

Hermione ruled her eyes at Ron. "They could be muggle-born." Then she turned to us. "Is that it?"

Percy and I share a look and I can tell he doesn't have a clue as to what "muggle-born" means.
"What's a muggle-born?" He asks.

Now all three of them are looking at us curiously. 

"Well," Hermione said tentatively. "A muggle-born is a witch or wizard who's parents are muggles-- non-magical folk. Then there's Half-blood, half muggle half witch or wizard, and pure-blood. Pure-bloods are those who come from a long line of witches and wizards."
"Oh, okay." I said. "We're all half-bloods."

"All of you? Including the others upstairs?" Harry asked, obviously surprised. "That's one hell of a coincidence."

I bit my tongue from saying "Actually, we only met each other because of the goddess of marriage." Instead, I just said "Yeah. A coincidence. Anyway, what's Quidditch?"

"It's a game played on broomsticks. There are seven players on a team: Three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper, and a Seeker. The chasers work together to score goals through hoops using the Quaffle, a ball. The Keeper guards the hoops. The Beaters guard their team from Bludgers, a magically enchanted ball that flys at any player. The Beaters also try to make the Bludgers hit the opposing team. The Seeker has the job of finding the golden snitch and catching it. If the Seeker does, the game ends and the Seeker's team gets 150 points." Hermione explained.

"Wait... when you say 'broomsticks' do you mean the kind that fly?" Percy questioned

"Yeah, that's the general idea." Ron said.

A surge of excitement ran through me, but the opposite seemed to happen to Percy. I felt bad for him, but there was nothing I could do to help him.

"I don't wanna make life harder for 'ya, Harry, but could you let me try out?" I asked.

Harry looked confused. "I can... but you didn't know what Quidditch was until like, a minute ago. How do you know that you'll be any good?"

"I'm good with flying." I said impressively.

-Time Skip Brought To You By Kronos-
STILL JASON'S POV

"Alright everybody, listen up!" Harry yelled over the taunts of the Slytherins in the stands and the talkative Gryffindors who were attempting to try out.

Immediately, the Gryffindors shut up. The Slytherins made a few final remarks on how Ginny did her hair before being quiet again.

Despite my lack of much practice, I still thought I had a chance to become Gryffindor's newest Chaser.

"Only one of you will make it on the team this year. If there are any First years, Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs, or Slytherins that are attempting to try out, please leave now before I have to make you leave." Harry shouted. This was apparently the right move because about a third of the audience either left or joined the stands.

"First, you all will have to fly. If you prove descent enough on a broom without interference then you will have to score goals against Ron Weasley, Gryffindor's keeper. If you can score higher than the average amount of goals then we will put you up against Ginny Weasley and Demelza Robins; the present Gryffindor chasers and you will try to score. Please note that the Keeper position is NOT up for grabs no matter how the Keeper does." Harry informed everyone. I figured he added that last part for Ron's benefit. I'd heard stories about what happened when Ron's confidence was down.

It was finally my turn to show off my skills. I mounted my broom took off into the air. I did a few laps around the field and came back to the ground. I could tell everyone on the Gryffindor team was impressed; the Slytherins in the stands were silent too, so they obviously had nothing bad to say.

"Not bad, Grace." Ginny said. Harry grinned and called the next person up.

After the first stage was finished, only around fifteen people remained. I managed to get 4/5 of my shots past Ron in the second stage; the average was 3/5 so I moved on to stage three. Only five people remained now: Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, me, and two other Gryffindors.

Ginny and Demelza were beasts. They crushed Seamus and left the other two Gryffindors in tears. Dean did well considering Ginny's rage.

When it was my turn I took a deep breath and mounted my broom. Harry threw the Quaffle into the air and Demelza caught it. She tried to race past me but I blocked her way. I grabbed the Quaffle and flew towards the goal, Ginny and Demelza at my heals. I stopped my broom on midair, causing Demelza to fly past me. Ginny however stopped too. I soared above her and rocketed towards the goal. I fainted left and Ron fell for the trick. I threw the Quaffle into the hoop and scored. I heard clapping below me and saw all my friends applauding me. 

As I touched down to ground, Harry came up to me and clapped me on the back. "Nice flying." He said as he signaled for the others to come down too.

"Jason Grace is the new Chaser!" Harry told the crowd.

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Yeah, that whole "I'm gonna try to have chapter 10 published by the 12th of June" thing didn't really work out. I'm thinking about taking a break to write some chapters so that this doesn't happen again.

-E, Daughter of Athena.