Eleanor Lupin: Chapter Five: Continuation of Chapter Four

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"But Professor, I'm too young." I say. "Yes, Miss Lupin. But I make exceptions for some kids." Professor McGonagall says. I nod. She lets Oliver and I leave. "Well, Eleanor, come to the Quidditch field this evening. I need to give you your first Quidditch practice." Oliver says. I nod again. I reach the Great Hall, where my friends are waiting for me to tell them what happened. "Guys, you'll never believe what happened. I'm going to be a chaser on the Quidditch team!" I exclaim. "But we're only in your first year. First years can't join." Meadow says. "Professor said that sometimes they can." I reply. We didn't have any other classes except for Astronomy, then we were done for the week. I walk up to Gyffindor Tower and I bump into a girl. Her books fall down and she bends down to collect them. I bend down as well. After we pick up the books, she says "Thanks! What's your name?". "Eleanor Lupin, Gryffindor. What about you?" I respond. "Skylar Night, Slytherin." she says. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Skylar." I say. "Same here. Where're you going?" Skylar asks. "Gyffindor Tower, but now I decided to go to the library instead." I say. "I need the library too. It's so noisy in the Slytherin Common Room." says Skylar. We head over to the library and sit at a table with three pairs of History of Magic homework lying there. Skylar takes out her Herbology homework and I take out my Charms assignment. "Hey Eleanor, can you help me with this?" Skylar asks. "Sure." I say. I start explaining the homework to her when I hear footsteps. "Won't you two ever take notes? If you want to learn, take some notes and study." a voice says. "Why do we have to take notes, Hermione? We have you to tell us. Besides, we're not like you, we can't remember everything that the professors say." another voice says. Three second year students come around the corner and head to the table that Skylar and I are sitting at. I recognize one of the three, but not the other two. "That's Harry Potter." Skylar whispers to me. "I know." I whisper back. The three of them sit at the table. "Um...not to be rude or anything, but who are you two?" I say. " I'm Hermione Granger." the girl says. "And he is Ronald Weasley." Hermione adds, jerking her head towards the second boy. "What's your names?" Harry asks us. "I'm Skylar Night." says Skylar. "I'm Eleanor Lupin." I say. "You're the new Chaser for Gryffindor right?" Harry asks. "Yeah." I reply. "I'm Seeker. What's your broom?" Says Harry. "Not sure." I respond. "Hermione, let me see your homework." Ron says. Hermione's smile disappears and she yanks her paper away from Ron. "No. If you can't take notes, it's not my fault." she says. I check my watch and see that it's 3:00. "Hermione, Ron, we need to head to Hagrid's house." Harry says. "Oh, right. Do you two want to come with us?" Ron asks. "I can't, Oliver told me to come to the field." I say. They leave and I head to the Quidditch field, where I meet Oliver. "First you have the Bludgers. Beaters need to use a club to knock them away from their team." he says. Oliver unleashes a Bludger and as it's close to him, he hits it into the crate. "Next is the Quaffle. Chasers and Keepers both use it. You'll be using this one. I think you know what it's used for." he says. "Last is the Golden Snitch. Seekers use it, and it scores 150 points for the seeker's team. The match ends once the Snitch is caught. You'll be our backup Seeker as well. That's all you need to know. Time for some practice." says Oliver. Oliver flies up to the goals and I follow him on a school broom. After 30 minutes, I walk to the Astronomy tower. "Ah, Miss Lupin, right on time." Professor Sinistra says. I stand by a telescope and look up at the night sky. I spot Venus, Mars, and Jupiter by the time class ends. Back in my dorm, I change into my nightdress with rhinestones. Macy enters the room and says "Eleanor, your owl's waiting for you.". I exit the room and find John stoking Winter. "Hey Ella." John says. I walk to them and find out that Winter had a package for me. There was a note as well. "This contains your new Nimbus 2001. Open it in your dorm room!" it read. I show John the note. "A Nimbus 2001?!" he gasps. "Yeah." I say. "Well, we better get to bed. And Ella?" he says. "Yeah John?" I reply. He opens his mouth, then closes it. "Never mind." he says, walking into his dorm. I leave as well, and head into my dorm. I flop down on my bed and sigh. "Why is it so hard to understand boys?" I think to myself. I get under the blanket and roll over. With my mind still on John, I fall asleep.