"You, my dear, seem to have a knack at Potions."
Aria's eyes widened at her head of house's statement. Professor Snape stood next to the Herbology professor and Professor McGonagall stood on her other side. Why Aria needed an entire audience for ju...
.Chapter 4 : A Meeting with the Headmaster : Year 1.
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As summer began to approach and the year began to come to an end, exams were slowly approaching, and while everyone seemed to be stressed about them and preparing for them as best as they could, there were still moments that the pupils at Hogwarts saved for fun. And one of those included the final Quidditch match, Hufflepuff against Gryffindor.
Aria had a difficult choice to make. Throughout her first year of Hogwarts, she had come to love the house of Hufflepuff, despite it not having any of the Weasleys. She had made friends and even better, she had grown to call Thomas or Corryn even family. So she should root for Hufflepuff, right? But ... all three of the Weasleys were on the Gryffindor team. George and Fred were beaters and Charlie was the seeker. They were her actual family, so why would she go for Hufflepuff?
In the end, she decided that she should go for Hufflepuff considering that she just loved to compete against George for the winning spot. And that way, she would be able to go to the after party and not be kicked out (which apparently had happened in Gryffindor before). And she would get to sit next to Thomas and Corryn. Not even Thomas was going for Gryffindor though his eldest brother played Chaser on the team (which, of course, meant that Charlie knew him).
The three of them jammed into the cheering crowds. Three houses would be going for Hufflepuff tonight, while the Gryffindors would be the only ones cheering for themselves. Aria felt bad, but decided not to dwell on it. Hufflepuff just had to win. Apparently they had won two years ago against Gryffindor and Gryffindor had one last year so they needed to win this year to break the tie. Though Slytherin always prided themselves for winning the house cup, they were nothing in sports compared to Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.
"Lllladies and Gentlemen!" a voice announced, riling up the crowd. "My name is Lee Jordan, and I am your new announcer! Don't ask what happened to the last one. It wasn't pretty."
The crowd burst out laughing. Aria knew Lee Jordan. He was one of the Weasley twins' closest friends. A funny guy, Aria wasn't surprised that he had become the newest announcer. And she wasn't surprised when Professor McGonagall hit him in the back of the head.
"Anyway, back to the game. Oh, right, it hasn't started."
Another chorus of laughter.
"Introducing ... the Gryffindor Quidditch team! We have ... Johnson! We have Spinnet! We have Zenock! We have Weasley! We have Weasley! We have Wood! And then, ladies and gentlemen, we have the Seeker of Gryffindor ... Weasley! Wow, that is a lot of Weasleys."
The crowd went wild as each of the players flew from their entrance and onto the field. Thomas cheered for his brother and Aria cheered for the Weasleys. They did a ring around the field, and when each of them passed, they gave the three Hufflepuffs high-fives. Aria whistled for them, and all the other Hufflepuffs glared at them for betraying their team, but they didn't care.
