Getting to the pitch early I looked at the pink sky before glancing around, nobody else there as I kicked off.
"Amelia!" Looking down awhile later I spotted Flint and everyone else walking into the pitch as I flew to the ground and walked over to them, stopping in my tracks as I stared at them
"No. Absolutely not"
"Amelia-"
"Him?" I asked ludicrously as I stared at Draco who stood in Slytherin quidditch robes with a smug look on his face as I gripped tightly at my broom
"Tell me you're joking. Somebody please tell me you're joking"
"No. None of us are joking"
"I'm on the team, Black. You might want to get used to it- here" holding his hand out he held a broom out to me as I stared between him and it, just blinking
"A nimbus 2001, better than the make you already have. Take it"
"No"
"There's one for everyone on the team"
"I don't care. I'm not taking it" I told him with raised eyebrows as he stared at me for a moment before bringing it back towards him as he gave a small nod to himself
"It'll be in the changing room"
"Don't expect me to use it. I'm sticking with my own make" I told him as I looked to Flint
"I refuse"
"Don't be like that Amelia-"
"Adrian! Are you kidding me?! I'm not going to work with someone who bought their way onto the team! Everybody here worked to get onto this team, he didn't!"
"Amelia, he's on the team"
"Yes well you better hold tryouts then, huh?"
"Why? We're-"
"You're in need of a new chaser" I cut across Flint as he stared at me and I moved between them and started walking away
"Amelia?! What do you mean?!"
"I mean I quit!" I shouted back to him without turning as I loosened the ties before slipping my robes off as I threw them to the ground and walked away from them and across the pitch with my broom over my shoulder
"Amelia, wait"
"Absolutely not"
"Amelia!"
"What?" I asked Miles loudly as I turned around to him at the entrance of the pitch as I looked at him as Adrian stood beside him with my robes in hand
"Don't... Don't do it"
"Why not?"
"Because you can't quit, you just can't"
"Yes I can Adrian. This team hasn't got me signed down with a contract, I can leave if I want to"
"But this team needs you-"
"It's the fact that he didn't even tryout! So what if he gifts everyone on the team with the latest model of broom? That isn't the point. Why can't this team actually play quidditch for the sake of it, build a team that we can rely on, play the game for fun and not cheat? Why have you all resorted to accepting a bribe?"
"She's got a point"
"Thank you Miles-"
"But we're not here to agree with points being made"
"Well good luck doing anything else" I mumbled as I turned back around and left the pitch, feeling a hand on my shoulder only a matter of moments later as I turned back around with my arms crossed
"Please don't quit Amelia. Remember, it was you who helped us win last year, it was you who broke the quidditch scoring record in their first year. Nobody else. You. If you quit you're going to let all of that go, all of the other chances you could possibly have. Now I agree, we don't how he plays quidditch, whether he be amazing, alright or downright incapable... we still need a seeker. And Flint didn't want to hold tryouts because one, he didn't want to waste any time in practising this year and two, he's going with his gut. If he thinks it would be worth it, then he thinks that it will be worth it. He's the captain at the end of the day and we can't change that, just please don't quit" both of them said, carrying on from one another and adding parts in at points as I bit at my tongue, staring between them, annoyed at the fact that they were right
"Well?"
"... when's the next practice?"
"Oh thank Merli-"
"I'm not promising anything"
"Friday night, right after dinner"
"If I'm not there then I've quit, if I am... then you're all one lucky son of a bitch" I told the two of them with a pointed look as they both grinned, Adrian passing me my robes back as I pointed at them
"Any bullshit from him and I'm gone, got it?"
"Got it"
"Good. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm heading back up to the castle" I said to them both as they nodded and I turned on my heel and left the pitch, finally making it to the dorm as I dropped face first onto my bed
"That was quick. Is everything- oh something happened"
"Too damn right something happened" I mumbled to Pansy as she laid down next to me and I turned my head to look at her
"Come on, spill. I want to hear"
"Guess who's on the team"
"....Draco?"
"Unfortunately"
"Oh god Lia I'm sorry- is that how you're back so early?"
"I told them I quit-"
"No! Absolutely not!"
"I've heard that so many times today already-"
"You can't quit!"
"I'll have of decided by Friday. I've just got to think about it-"
"If you quit then I'm going to kick you from here to the next century"
"If you kick me I'll kick you right back"
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Storms Ahead
Fanfiction**trigger warning: this story will contain scenes of a violent relationship, self harm, attempted suicide, depression and anxiety** (I understand that this may be personal and emotional towards readers and that's why I'll leave it up to you to decid...
