Saturday was the first Quidditch match, between Gryffindor and Slytherin. The whole school came out, and everyone was very excited. yuma and Galzria were all decked out in red and gold, waving banners and talking animatedly. Ginny Weasley, who had missed a year of school during the war against Voldemort, was the Gryffindor Quidditch captain and seeker. Voltaire and Eevee were wearing green and silver and some upperclassmen had charmed their House badges to say “Go Slytherin, Boo Gryffindor” every few minutes. All the Slytherins were wearing them, so their section had a cacophony of overlapping cheers. As was traditional, the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs were rooting for Gryffindor, and there was one crazy-looking 7th year Ravenclaw girl with a huge lion’s head hat that roared. “I guess that’s supposed to look like a griffin,” said liopoil to nkirbit. Jimmmmm had tons of questions. This was his first Quidditch match ever. UmbrageOfSnow was trying to explain the rules to him, but ashersky kept interrupting to talk about his favorite team, the Sydney Triple Q’s.
It was a great match, very fast-paced and the score was always close. Ginny Weasley was an amazing seeker, her red hair streaming behind her as she flew like the wind. “OMG!” a third year girl shrieked. “That’s Harry Potter!”. Everyone turned around, and saw Harry sitting with Hagrid and his friends Ron and Hermione. “Ginny’s his girlfriend, you know,” she told anyone who would listen. Harry waved uncomfortably.
Suddenly Ron shouted, “Bloody Brilliant!”, pumping his fist at the players. Everyone turned back around to see what was happening and left them alone, which was the whole point. In the end, Ginny distracted her opponent with a Wronski feint, and then zoomed up to catch the Snitch right behind the Slytherin keeper’s head, winning the game for Gryffindor.
The best part of that day for most of the first year class was that as of 9 p.m. none of them had been hurt by the Death Eater. But there was a small sign posted next to the House points hourglasses that said “Eevee: Ravenclaw”.
Vote Count 3.1
House Votes:
Eevee (1): Ravenclaw
Lynch Votes:
Not voting: yuma, Voltaire, UmbrageOfSnow, nkirbit, liopoil, Jimmmmm, Galzria, Eevee, ashersky
With 9 players alive, it takes 5 to lynch.
Deadline: Saturday, August 24th, 10 pm