Harry Potter's sister ~~~ Fanfiction

Qudditch part 87

Harry and the team were wished luck by their friends and siblings, then made their way to the changing rooms.

"Alright team." Said Wood. "We've trained for this and we have good chances. Chasers, watch their keeper, he leans better to his right so take advantage of his left. Good luck."

The team walked onto the pitch to a tumultuous applause, they mounted their brooms and hovered off the ground. In a mirroring action the Blue and Bronze clad opposition hovered from the ground as well.

The Ravenclaw Seeker was the only member of their team who was a girl, Cho Chang. As she hovered across from him, Harry couldn't help notice how pretty she was. She caught him looking at her and smiled, Harry smiled back.

The Ravenclaw and Gryffindor captains gave each other an amicable handshake under the watchful gaze of Madam Hooch.

"On my whistle." Said the Hogwarts flying instructor. "Three, two, one…" She sounded her whistle and the Quaffle was launched into the air. The game had begun.

Harry found that Cho was making him extremely nervous. She kept flying close by, and whenever he looked at her she smiled at him, when she smiled at him, he felt extremely nervous and found himself worrying that he was going to make a fool of himself in front of her.

"And the highlight of the Quidditch season this year, Harry Potter has gotten one lucky Christmas present, a Firebolt. A product of the renowned German sports broomstick company: Ellerby and Spudmore."

"Jordon, please focus on the rest of the match." Came Professor McGonagall's voice. "Miss Bell is about to score."

"Oh yeah, but is the Ravenclaw Keeper going to stop her? Nope! Gryffindor leads by ten points."

Harry rose higher and higher, and determinably tried not to look Cho in the face. She followed him as he took an over watch position. A quick scan of the pitch did not reveal the Snitch, but he got a distinctly superior view of the match below.

Gryffindor scored an extra two goals bringing their score up to thirty. The Ravenclaw Chasers were good, but Wood, for all his faults as a human being, was an excellent trainer and the girls dominated control of the quaffle. The Ravenclaw Keeper had only managed to keep one goal from entering their hoops.

Harry accelerated to the Ravenclaw side of the pitch and found that Cho was following him, so he pushed the Firebolt to its full throttle in order to lose her. But he stopped again to survey the area, as a result Cho caught up with him and began hovering behind him.

"Another goal for Gryffindor." Shouted Lee. "Gryffindor lead forty to zero."

Harry sighted the snitch at the far end of the pitch, hovering several feet behind Wood. He shot off after it, his ears told him that Cho was following him, meaning she must have also sighted it. Harry's speed was giving him a huge advantage but unfortunately a Ravenclaw aimed Bludger forced him to make some drastic evasive manoeuvres and in the seconds his eyes were off the snitch, it vanished. He held his position. Cho Chang stopped behind him, she had obviously failed to keep track of the snitch either.

"Oh so close, Potter almost had the Snitch." Came Lee's voice. "Chang never had a chance, the Firebolt has over twice the speed and three times the acceleration. We also saw Harry put its manoeuvrability to good use, no other broom can compare with the high speed banking and the Unbreakable breaking charm allows for a nice tight…"