Chapter 27 - Youngest Seeker in Hogwarts History

Once all the noise settled down in the Great hall, Dumbledore stood at the staff table and addressed everyone, "Now that the excitement has calmed down from the duel, we can look forward to the rest of the school year. I have a couple announcements I would like to make. First and foremost, I would like to award 40 points to both Ravenclaw and Slytherin for the excellent display of dueling prowess displayed by Mr Malfoy and Ms Rosier. Second, any students who wish to try out for their House quidditch teams, tryouts will be held Tuesday before breakfast. Third, a dear friend of mine Nicolas Flamel will be visiting us next week to give a guest lecture on Alchemy and his greatest creation, The Philosopher's Stone. He will be staying with us until the Christmas break and will give weekly lectures to any students interested. Now, Let's eat!"

Arya was taken aback and thought, 'when he didn't mention the third floor at the opening feast I was curious what would happen, well this does seem much more likely, I mean who in their right mind would tell a bunch of students not to go somewhere and not expect them all to do exactly that. It baffled me that nobody died in the first book and only the golden trio went there in first year, that is just a massive plot hole.This should make things much more interesting this year. Well I will just wait and see how things unfold before I decide how to handle this.'

The students finished their meal and made their way to their way to their next class. Arya realized that Gryffindor and Slytherin would share the class like in canon. 'Yet with Draco being a decent human being and Ron in Slytherin I have no idea how things will go' thought Arya. After sitting in a depressing class of a History of Magic with the daft ghost Binns, Arya made her way towards the common room when she was accosted by an excited Theo.

Theo - "Come with me Arya, you have no idea what just happened but it is mind boggling. We were at Flying class when Neville Longbottom fell off his broom and broke his wrist. Madam Hooch took him to the Hospital wing, when Ron picked up his Remembrall and started mocking him. Harry didn't take kindly to this and told him to shove off and return Neville's Remembrall. Ron sneered and taunted him as he got on a broom, Harry followed him in the air and when Ron realized he couldn't outfly Harry he decided to throw it as hard as possible. Harry took off and caught it as he did a barrel roll in front of the castle. As he returned with a massive smile on his face, Professor McGonagall arrived and called to him to follow her. Anyway we are here I will let him finish the story."

Arya already knowing what to expect smirked at Harry and said "Go on Potter, finish this "godly tale" that Theo has been nattering on about". Harry looked at her before hitting a strange looking Superhero pose and said "You Lady Rosier, are looking at the official Youngest Seeker in Hogwarts history" Waiting to see her awestruck expression it felt like he took an arrow to the heart when Arya looked at him with dead eyes and said "You mean the youngest Seeker in Hogwarts history because no first year has ever been allowed to try out and your Head of House showed favoritism and abuse of power giving you the position, not only as a first year but without an actual try out?" It was a critical hit as Harry clutched his chest and fell to the ground with crocodile tears drawing circles on the floor saying "You all have kickass titles, can you not even give me this small moment before crushing my ego until i am a mere shell of myself"

Arya smirked at him and punched him in the shoulder "congrats Harry seriously, all joking aside you must be talented for McGonagall to do such a thing" she said. Harry warmly smiled back and said "Sirius thought me how to fly and I fell in love with it so I have spent countless hours on a broom ever since". Daphne smirked at Harry and said "Your lucky Arya has no interest in joining a Quidditch team Potter, or you would be competing for the best seeker in Hogwarts. Her dad tried everything he could to change her mind. He was a Quidditch freak and taught Arya how to fly so that they could bond over something they shared. Combined with her ridiculous amount of physical training shes a natural on a broom and would always end the match when we all got together with our families to play Quidditch at the start of the Summer every year". Harry was left completely baffled as he looked at Arya who had a red face due to embarrassment from Daphnes praise.

He asked in an unsteady voice "Is she telling the truth Arya?" Arya merely nodded her head and replied "Dad is always busy with work so he wanted something we could share together and I wanted to make him happy so I practiced really hard. Unfortunately, I am way more interested in Transfiguration and Dueling and Quidditch is too time consuming so I only play when our families get together." Harry took a deep breath before getting on his knees and bowing his head "Thank you for leaving me something I can be the best at, if you ever feel the itch to get on a broom just let me know and I will join you" he said. Arya happily smiled at him as they all sat down and started playing Gobstones and relaxed after the hectic day.

Arya woke up and performed her usual morning ritual before washing up and heading to breakfast. Arya was buzzing with excitement because today she had Transfiguration and Professor McGonagall had promised to have a lesson plan for their private lessons ready. Hermione smiled at Arya seeing her excitement for Transfiguration as they talked between themselves before heading to class. Class went as usual with Arya excelling and helping those around her earning an approving look from Professor McGonagall. Once class ended Professor McGonagall told her to stay back. Arya waved on her friends and followed Professor McGonagall to her office where she sat in front of her.

Professor McGonagall - "Ive watched your progress and your duel and honestly Ms Rosier your potential astounds me. I have discussed with Professor Flitwick and we have worked out a suitable schedule for the rest of the year. He will talk you after Charms about his "Surprise" for you and Mr Malfoy. Before we begin I need to see your Transfiguration skills at the highest levels you possess so that I can decide where to start with you."

Arya tilted her head at the mention of Professor Flitwicks surprise but nodded her head and decided what to show Professor McGonagall.