EPHEMERAL [2]

07; CAPTAIN ELARA

Soon enough, the day of the first match came. The first match Slytherin would play of this season. The first match in which Elara would be the captain.

"Hey Theo?"

"Yes, Lara?" Theodore turned his head to face his girlfriend who had just walked into the great hall, dressed in her quidditch uniform with the silver crest of the captain emblazoned on the back of her shirt.

"I'm going to check something off my list during the match today, and I needed to tell you so you wouldn't worry and try and stop me." She sat down and placed one of her hands atop his.

"What are you going to do?" He asked warily.

"Fall off my broom and then get back on it?"

Theodore dropped his forehead and laid it on their joined hands. "Bloody hell."

"I'm sorry, I love you."

He lifted his head and kissed her. "I love you too, but you're going to cause me a fucking heart attack one day."

"Never." She smiled and kissed his cheek before grabbing a plate of food and digging in before the match in an hour or so.

When she was done, she stood and cleared her throat loudly, gaining the attention of the whole Slytherin table. "Excuse me! Good morning, Slytherin! Can the Quidditch team please stand and follow me to the changing rooms!"

The team stood and the rest of the house clapped and cheered for them. a small group of people at the Gryffindor table clapped too, and when Elara looked over, she saw it was her friends.

The team followed Elara and her co-captain Theodore out of the hall and towards the pitch. they entered the Slytherin changing rooms and all of them headed to their personal lockers and began strapping their arm, leg and chest guards on.

Elara finished and slipped her gloves on before grabbing her bat and slinging it over her shoulder. then, she stood on the bench and addressed her teammates.

"Alright, listen up Slytherins! We're the best damn team Slytherin has had in centuries, and I've got absolute faith that we're going to smash this match. I've also got a warning for you, I plan on doing something a little dangerous this match, so please, if you see me falling off my broom, do not intervene and try to save me. Just this one match. NOW LET'S GO OUT THERE AND FUCKING SMASH IT!" She yelled the last part and the team all raised their fists, yelling and cheering excitedly.

Elara grabbed her broom and stood in the front with Theodore beside her. The rest of the team assembled behind her, Draco first as seeker, then the chasers, and finally the keeper. "And now, we welcome the Slytherin team!" She heard Lee's voice announce and mounted her broom, flying out to the pitch.

"And leading them, in her first match as captain, is none other than Elara Black!" As soon as Lee said that, the stands erupted in applause for the much beloved girl, lots of noise coming specifically from the Slytherin and Gryffindor stands.

Elara grinned and raised her hand in the sky, shaking it and cheering, causing the applause to get only louder. "Now, I want a nice, clean game, alright?" Madame Hooch said sternly to the Slytherin and Ravenclaw teams, who's captains both nodded after shaking hands.

"Let the game begin!" Lee cried out as Hooch tossed the Quaffle into the air and the bludgers and snitch were set free. Elara's hand tightened around her bat as her eyes flickered around, keeping an eye on the bludgers. One of them got close to Draco, and she flew towards it, swinging hard and smacking her bat against it and sending it flying in the other direction, grinning in satisfaction as it hit the Ravenclaw seeker right in the stomach.