Triumph of the Ravens

In the Ravenclaw stands Sirius and Remus Lupin were sitting next to Professor Flitwick.

"You are in for a real treat, gentlemen. My little Ravens are exceptionally good this year. I think Minerva is more than sad to not have got Mr Potter in her house." Flitwick chuckled.

"I'm hoping for a good match. The letter I got from Harry about the match against Slytherin made me really want to see him play." Sirius said.

Harry had sent Sirius a long letter after the win against Slytherin and happily described how he had tricked their keeper and their chasers during the match. It was the most cheerful letter he had got from Harry so far.

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"And they're off." Came the commentary from Lee Jordan. "Bell in quaffle position. Dodges Pollianore and passes to Spinnet. Spinnet off towards the Ravenclaw hoops. Spinnet dodges a bludger from Gellan and continues towards the Ravenclaw side. No passes played, perhaps better with Potter lurking ready to intercept them. This will be a hard game. Spinnet feints a shot at the left hoop and throws to the right, but Selwyn manages to knock the quaffle off course. Quaffle taken by Davies. Quick turnaround of the Ravenclaw chasers. Long pass to Pollianore. Bludger from one of the Weasley twins forces her to evade and lose the quaffle. But Potter was under her, taking up the quaffle and racing towards Wood, who is alone on the Gryffindor side. But of course Wood is a superb keeper." Lee commentated.

"Potter shoots and Wood is ready to stop the quaffle. Perfectly positioned. What? I don't believe it, the quaffle turned sideways and instead of the middle hoop it went through the right hoop. 10:0 Ravenclaw." Lee shouted.

What followed was a fast paced exchange of both teams. Ravenclaw was slightly better. While the Gryffindor team with their tactics mostly managed to keep Roger and Quentana shut down and kept them from scoring like they did against Slytherin, they didn't really find a good way to stop Harry. While only six out of ten shots from him got past Wood, Wood obviously didn't like how the first year Ravenclaw showed him up. After one and a half hours the match was 150:130 in favour of Ravenclaw.

"And the seekers are off. Barkaim already made Higgins fall for two of his feints and failed to do so with two others. But now this seems to be it. They are neck to neck. There the snitch changes directions. Come on Higgins get the snitch." Lee shouted.

"Jordan." Professor McGonagall tried to keep the announcer objective, but she was pretty excited herself.

"Bludger from Remmons at Higgins, which he manages to dodge, but Barkaim now has the lead. Potter scores again, making the current score 160:130. Johnson in quaffle possession. Experience from past matches tells us it never is a good idea to let yourself be distracted by the chase for the snitch. This time it seems to hold true as well. Gryffindor trying to score again. Johnson passes to Bell, but no, intercepted again by Potter. Is that boy everywhere? Potter off towards the Gryffindor side".

"Barkaim rising still chasing the snitch, Higgins now on a better angle. But what is that? Potter passes backwards to Davies and hits Higgins in the head with the quaffle momentarily distracting him from the snitch. Barkaim got the snitch. The game is over. Ravenclaw wins their third match with 310:130. A pity, but the better team won. At least the lions can say they were the ones closest to beating this strong Ravenclaw team." Lee exclaimed disappointed.

The Ravenclaw stands cheered loudly and many students could be seen jumping up and down happily. Sirius smiled brightly and waved at Harry when he saw his godson looking over to the stands. He was currently hugged by his fellow chaser Quentana in the air which was a bit careless, but he could understand it. Harry's unconventional tactic of hitting the opposing seeker with the quaffle had bought their seeker the time to catch the snitch.

Both teams landed and the Ravenclaws were walking up to the teachers' stands where Professor Dumbledore was waiting with the Quidditch Cup. Even the Gryffindor players were applauding the winning team. They had known that it was nearly impossible to take the cup from Ravenclaw.

If they had won their first match against Slytherin things would have been different, but with Ravenclaw having won two games already and Hufflepuff winning against Slytherin in the last game through a fast catch of the snitch even while winning wouldn't have given the Gryffindor team the cup except they had won by more than 730 points.

Wood was frowning but still applauding. Ravenclaw had dominated this season, but next year things would be different, he would make sure of it. Just now Captain Daniel Barkaim lifted the Quidditch cup over his head and the Ravenclaw stands went wild. When it was finally Harry's turn, Sirius and Remus could see the honest happiness on his face.

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