Harry Potter and What Happened After - Sahits

Chapter 31
The next few months flew by, the only truly exciting thing to happen was George and Angelina's
announcement that they too had gotten engaged and were planning to get married over Christmas
break. The students all settled back in to the routine of school, and while there were occasionally
reports of staircases going wild or of trap doors suddenly opening and dropping an unexpecting student
down a few levels, there was still a mood of happiness about the school, and nobody had been seriously
hurt, at least not past the point that a quick visit to Madam Pomfrey couldn't fix.
As Halloween approached Harry had the Quidditch team practicing every other day after classes had
finished. He, Ron and Ginny would constantly stay up late into the night finishing the homework for
their classes.
Finally the weekend of the Quidditch match arrived and Harry found himself standing in the Gryffindor
locker room staring at the other six players on his team. "Alright, Ravenclaw has a pretty good team
this year…"
"We're playing Hufflepuff," said Johnny dead pan.
Harry stopped dead in mid sentence, "you're kidding right, I didn't think I was that out of it."
"Yeah, I'm kidding," said Johnny, "just trying to lighten the mood."
Everybody laughed, even Harry, but then got right back to business. "As I was saying, Ravenclaw has a
pretty good team this year, but we're better. We have better players, better brooms, and more spirit. If
nothing else, we have the determination to win. Oh, one last thing before you head onto the pitch. If we
win the house Quidditch cup this year than you all get tickets to the world cup. If I don't get sent to the
hospital wing this year and we win the house Quidditch cup than I'll do my best to get box seats."
Everybody cheered; there was no doubt in anybodies mind that Harry could acquire the tickets.
"Alright, get out there and play the best damn Quidditch you've ever played."
As the team ran out of the locker room and on to the pitch, a small group of flowing scarlet robes and
excited faces, Ginny hung back a little, her enthusiasm subdued somewhat.
"Gin, what's wrong?" asked Harry, "you're usually the first one on the pitch."
"I'm waiting for you," said Ginny weakly. Harry looked at her, it was obvious that he didn't believe her,
but he wasn't going to say that out loud. "I'm nervous," she finally blurted out. When Harry didn't move
and didn't stop looking at her she continued, "I think Gwen might be out there, scouting me. What if I
do something stupid and fail, what if we loose, what if I get hurt?"
Ginny was practically in tears and Harry quickly went over to his girlfriend and pulled her into his
strong embrace. "Gin, you'll do fine, you're an amazing chaser. Gin, just go out and have fun, if you try
too hard, or think too much you are going to make a mistake. Gin, just go out there and do your best,
that's all anybody can ask."
"I know," said Ginny, her breathing deep and loud, "but I'm nervous,"
"I could go out there and ask her to leave if you want," said Harry jokingly
Ginny chuckled, her breathing starting to come under control, "No, the game is no different than
normal and she's just another spectator."
"That's the Ginny I know and love," said Harry, placing a kiss on his girlfriend's forehead, "now, let's
go show the rest of the crowd exactly what this team is capable of." With that Harry ran out of the
locker room, closely followed by Ginny. Soon they were both out on the field and were bombarded by