Today was the opening Quidditch match between Slytherin and Gryffindor, even though Harry felt more than ready to meet up the challenge he still felt with a small hole in his heart, it was going to be his first sports event on Hogwarts and he kinda expected for his family to assist, they always went to everyone's events, Dick's gymnastics, Stephanie's art expositions, Cass' martial arts tournaments, Tim's debate events, but since most of them were muggles it would be impossible for them to assist.
The whole school was divided in two colors green and red, many Hufflepuff were supporting the Lions while many Ravenclaw supported Slytherin, although Neville, Draco and Susan supported Slytherin for Harry's sake. Harry was having his breakfast with Vincent, Gregory and Tracey and he could see the nervousness on his friends faces.
"If you're that nervous don't eat too much or you'll end up throwing up on the field" Terrence said to his youngest recruits.
"Can you give us an advice?" Gregory asked
"Yeah, don't get hit, the Bludger will move faster than in training and can change directions just as easily, be aware of your surroundings, the grass is enchanted but the hit is still strong enough to gain a concussion or a broken bone" Terrence warned them before he walked to the other teammates.
"Well that wasn't a motivational speech" Rachel said as she, Millie, Padma, Daphne and Hermione arrived at the table.
"Hey girls, want some breakfast?" Harry asked them pointing at the nutritious breakfast they had in front of them.
"Sure, I could eat some" Millie said, she was still following Harry's diet and knew well to eat a good portion instead of stuffing her plate
"Nervous?" Hermione asked the Slytherin players
"A little, not because of the game but because I need to prove that Slytherin Girls are as good if not better than the boys" Tracey said with a proud smile.
"I wish I could be that confident, my stomach is driving me crazy" Gregory said completely nervous as he hadn't touched his breakfast.
"I'm sure you'll do fine, it's nothing you haven't played or practiced before" Padma told him while holding his hand in a gentle grip
"One think is playing and practice and another thing is an official game" Gregory replied looking down.
"Well then" Padma kissed his cheek "For good luck" She said to him and the boy beamed up with a new found confidence.
"Looks like he is ready to take over the world" Harry whispered to Rachel and Hermione who were seated next to him.
The group continue to eat together when the Weasley Twins arrived
"Hello Harry and fellow Slytherins
"And Ravenclaws in this table
"We come to tell you if you want to
"Enter the betting pool on today's game, only five galleons fee" Harry hated when they talked like that, it gave him headaches, why those twins couldn't be like Padma and Parvati?
"What's the bet about?" Harry asked
"Who wins today?
"What's the final score?
"Who's going to crash and burn?
"Who's going to get a concussion?
"So… want to place a bet?" Finally the twins stopped talking in synchrony which Harry was thankful for.
"I want to place a bet" Rachel spoke making everyone surprised.
"That's the spirit Miss Roth"
"In what category would you like to place a bet?" The twins said
"In that Harry gets the Golden Snitch in the ten minutes he plays" She replied
"Oh I like that bet,
"Especially since Harry is not the main seeker" The twins grinned as they took the five galleons Rachel took from her purse.
"Rach are you sure?" Harry asked her
"Yes, I'm confident in your abilities" She dryly replied.
"Excellent, then you have a bet Miss Roth"
"Odd are 20 to 1 since many don't think Harry will even play today" The Twins finished the transaction and left the group alone so they could continue expanding the betting pool to other students.
"What don't I know?" Harry asked her but she simply smirked and drank from her carrot juice.
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Harry was on the changing rooms, his teammates getting ready themselves, this morning nervousness had already subside, so he tied his shoes and grabbed his Speeding Bullet as he stepped out towards the Quidditch field. He was focused on the game until he heard a voice.
"Where do you think are going young man?" A deep voice took him out of his focus and he turned around to see his father, his two adoptive mothers, an unknown gorgeous woman and all of his siblings with Helena running to hug her brother.
"Helena!" He yelled as he hugged his sister who rushed as well to hug him and latter was embraced by the entire entourage of people.
"How are you all here?" Harry asked
Then everyone showed their wrists with a strange copper bracelet.
"You have to thank your aunt Narcissa for allowing us to see all of this" Selina said as she combed Harry's slightly longer hair.
"That's right, she developed a 24 hour magical bracelet for Muggle parents to attend their children's events or speak with the professors" Bruce added.
"You look nice in green young man" Talia said admiring Harry's equipment.
"Nice broom, are you going to sweep the floor with the competence?" Dick asked with a big grin.
"Leave him alone Grayson!" Damian said as he approached his brother.
"How you been Harry?" Damian asked
"I'm fine, Rachel is fine as well which I knew you were going to ask me about" Harry smiled smugly at his brother who blushed at the mention of the purple eyed girl.
"Don't tease him, he misses his girlfriend" Helena said showing her tongue at Damian who blushed even further.
"Speaking of girlfriends dad told us that you're a playboy" Cassandra added
"What? Of course not!" Harry defended himself
"Who knows Harry, according to your letters you spent too much time surrounded by girls, some of them sent dad a proposal for your hand, who knows maybe you'll end up with a harem at the end of the year" Stephanie said teasing her younger brother
"Girls leave him alone, he is eleven, he hasn't reached puberty, and how did you knew about the letters?" Tim interjected
"I'm on an internship on Wayne Enterprises, you wouldn't know because you never answer my texts" Stephanie replied angry
"I have homework" Tim defended himself
"Yeah studying Bernie or Jubi's anatomy" Cass snickered which made Tim red with fury
They were going to get into an argument until Bruce separated them and spoke.
"We will be watching alongside the Slytherin group, good luck Harry" Bruce said.
"Good luck Harry" Selina said kissing the boy's hair in a motherly way.
Everyone wished him good luck and Dick showed off his shirt that said "TEAM HARRY" in a green and silver diamond shape shield, Harry laughed at that.
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The game began and Harry, alongside Gregory and Vincent watched from the replacements seats how the brooms fly high above their heads. Harry kept an eye out completely focused on Tracey who definitely proved that she had been the best choice for keeper, since almost all of the shots the Gryffindor team were deflected, only two had entered leaving the scores 30 – 20 in Slytherin's favor.
Harry noted that it was true that under Terrence guidance the Slytherins were playing better than the horror histories he heard about from the elder teammates and how Marcus chose violence in all of their tactics.
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Meanwhile in the Slytherin seats…
The Waynes had been greeted by Harry's friends in the Slytherin House with Tim, Cass and Stephanie talking nicely to Nymphadora who had brought Draco along from the Hufflepuff house, the blonde boy talked with the youngest Waynes while the parents watch the game.
Sirius had also come to watch the game with his wife the head of DMLE Amelia Bones and their five children who were very excited to attend a Quidditch game in Hogwarts. Helena was talking with the Twins Reggie and Jimmy while waving banners with HW written on it.
"I couldn't stay away from watching my godson play his first game" Sirius confessed to Bruce as they sat next to each other.
"Is it because of the game or the fact that he reminds you of someone else?" Bruce asked him.
"Ok, that reason as well but you have to say that it's an incredible coincidence that he plays in the exact same position as you know who" Sirius said
"I'm not surprised at all, he is still his son, we'll see if he has that skill If he plays in this game, I don't understand this game very much but the guy playing on Harry's place looks pretty good" Bruce said pointing at Terrence who moved occasionally all over the field area.
"Still let's hope the kid plays" Sirius said.
Meanwhile Hermione approached the unknown woman of the group, a tall tan skinned woman with deep hazel eyes and a kind smile.
"I'm sorry but you seem so familiar, have I seen you before?" Hermione asked
"Well I'm the curator of the Louvre Museum, Diana Prince at your service" Diana extended her hand to the girl whose eyes grew bigger
"I knew I recognized you! My parents and I went to the Louvre last year, your work is admirable" Hermione said "Would it be fine if I hug you?" She asked the woman who responded kindly as she extended her arms open and the bushy haired brunette hugged her.
"Looks like they made quick friends" Amelia said to Bruce
"I'm not surprised, Diana has that ability of making friends wherever she goes" Bruce added
"Still she's quite a wonderful catch am I right Bruce?" Sirius grinned before receiving a glare from Bruce's part.
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The game was going fantastic the scores now being 50 – 50 and Harry couldn't be more excited, he could see his teammates moving fast and coordinated and he could see that the captain and keeper of Gryffindor, Oliver Wood, was a strong opponent. Then the breaking of a broom was heard followed by a crash. Harry and everyone in the field saw how Slytherin's captain Terrence Higgs laid on the ground.
"And Terrence Higgs crashes on the ground after a bludger broke his broom, madam Hooch stops the game and Madam Pomfrey runs towards the fallen seeker as well as beater George or is it Fred Weasley who was the one who knocked the bludger on Higgs direction" –Lee Jordan of Gryffindor narrated the game, Harry could see that Terrence was with his eyes closed and his forehead was bleeding. Madam Pomfrey conjured a stretcher and levitated Terrence's unconscious body into it.
Madam Hooch was arguing and hand gesturing while Madam Pomfrey argued back. "Looks like Slytherin's captain will be undisposed for the rest of the game, it falls on second in command Gendell Yaxley if Slytherin forfeits the game or will they use their replacement seeker, first year muggleborn Harry Wayne"
Gendell Yaxley was walking furiously towards Harry, the fifth year old boy was a pureblood just like Marcus and Terrence with the same attitude like the former so Harry wasn't surprised when the teen yelled. "Wayne, you'll enter in Terrence's place!" He then grabbed the boy's uniform and growled at him "If you make us lose this game you'll be expelled from the team, you wanted a shot? This is it!" Gendell said before tossing him towards his broom.
Harry was nervous the game was literally in his hands, if he failed at catching the snitch not only he would be expelled from the team he would also be seen as a failure by all of the Slytherin house. He rode into the air and took a look around and saw his family on sitting together and waving banners at him, they were supporting him, a big smile crept on his face and he knew he had nothing to fear.
Madam Hooch re-started the game and quickly the players flew around as fast as they could with Harry looking for the Golden snitch, he saw a redhead fly towards him.
"Harry I wanted to apologize, it wasn't my intention to hurt Terrence, I didn't saw him" Fred, or was it George, apologized to Harry
"It should be Terrence who should be receiving the apology, not me" Harry said with his eyes still on the sky.
"I know, but you're the only Slytherin who would hear my apology, I'll check on Terrence after the game" The redhead beater said as he flew away, Harry was glad that it had been an accident, he didn't want to think badly about the Gryffindor team.
As Harry searched the skies he could see that his teammates, under Yaxley's influence and orders were "playing" too rough on the Gryffindors. In one moment Yaxley and another chaser made that one of the Gryffindor Chasers crashed on the ground stopping the game for Madam Pomfrey to take the injured girl to the hospital wing as well.
"That was dirty!" Harry yelled at Yaxley
"We win by making the necessary sacrifices" The older teen replied which Harry glared at him, a glare that Bruce knew very well.
When the game was re-started once again Harry finally saw it, he knew exactly that golden glint he rode fast and saw that Dean Thomas, Gryffindor Seeker had saw it as well. So Harry rode his Speeding bullet as fast as he could, he was on pursuit of the elusive snitch, he could feel that Dean Thomas was closing in on him, Harry needed to catch the snitch so that Slytherin won, he hated that his teammates were playing dirty, especially since the other team seemed nice enough.
Harry wanted, no, he needed to catch that snitch, he had to prove that he wasn't a replacement, he was the seeker, he was the team's seeker, he respected Terrence but he would graduate from Hogwarts in a few years and Harry needed to prove he was a great choice, he closed his eyes and began to stretch his fingertips as far as he could, the air was the only thing that stopped him, so he pressed firmly on the broom who accelerated even more, at that moment nothing existed, it was only him, his broom and the snitch who was almost in his grip and then just like that he snatched it from the air. Harry couldn't believe it, he slowed down and showed his hand open.
"Harry Wayne has caught the snitch, Slytherin WINS!" Lee Jordan exclaimed as Madam Hooch whistle, Harry was excited, the emerald green side was rousing in applauses, Harry saw a small group in Hufflepuff and Gryffindor clapping at his victory but he stopped when he saw a bushy haired girl clapping and cheering at him in the green stands next to his family and friends, he flew his Speeding bullet towards her.
He remembered the many games of baseball and football he saw with his family, almost every time someone made a touchdown or catch a ball that could've made a homerun the players often gave the ball to someone in the stands. So Harry didn't doubt who should get the winning snitch. He remained motionless in the middle of the air in front of her, their eyes meeting, he smirked and she returned the smile at him, then he kissed the snitch and gently throw it to her, Hermione catch it with her hands and blushed many shades of crimson.
Rachel, Cass and Stephanie began giggling beside Hermione who was still dumbstruck while Helena began to sing an annoying song about her brother and Hermione sitting under a tree. He didn't realized that three Slytherin girls next to her looked deflated by that action.
Harry's teammates applauded him while he held his hand in celebration, he had made it, he had proven himself.
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The Waynes sat on the Slytherin table, they ate in celebration for Harry's winning catch alongside the Ravenclaw's girls who were joined by Draco, Neville, Susan, Su, Padma, Cho, Cedric, Hannah and the other Slytherins.
Their meal was interrupted by the Weasley Twins who approached smugly at Rachel.
"The game is over and
"You have a bet to pay"
"What bet?" Damian asked Rachel who was sitting at his left and had been catching up with him during the meal.
"A bet I made that Harry would catch the snitch at his tenth minute play" Rachel said
"Yes, and he didn't catch it
"It was minute twelve, so you have to pay" The Twins said with an amused grin.
"You are the ones who have to pay since in reality Harry did catched the Snitch as he played his tenth minute on the field" Rachel said with a smirk
"No, as we just said
"It was minute twelve" The Twins said.
"He played eight minutes and then the clock was stopped then when the game was resumed he instantly saw the snitch and pursue it, he caught it after a minute and forty seven seconds, that in total is 9 minutes with 47 seconds" Rachel replied making the Twins' grins fall from their faces.
"Fine, here's your five galleons" One of the twins said
"Actually, the odds were 20 to 1 against Harry so Rachel should be paid off 100 galleons" Hermione said
"Can you believe it Fred?
"We just lost the game and a fortune George" The Twins paid with tears but then they cheer up saying
"Let's go, there's more people who owe us money
"Have a nice night" They cheerfully said as they left.
They continued their meal and Professor Dumbledore went to speak with Sirius.
"Sirius, I wish we could speak in my office if you please" The headmaster said with a grandfatherly tone
"I'm sorry Headmaster but once we finish the meal we must depart, if you want to talk we can arrange an appointment, that way I wouldn't leave my family alone" Sirius said, it had been ten years since he was almost unjust imprisoned for something he didn't commit and he was still mad at the Headmaster so he wasn't going to give the man the satisfaction to interrupt his dinner with his family just to hear his ramblings.
"Very well Sirius, I'll send you an owl later, Mr. Wayne, nice to meet you" The headmaster then spoke to the Wayne patriarch
"Headmaster Dumbledore, nice to meet you" Bruce said as he stood up and shook the elder man's hand, he wasn't as angry as Sirius but he was still a little disappointed that the man didn't tried to help Sirius even though he met Black for almost all of his life.
"I wanted to congratulate you on raising such a fine young man, he is one of the best students I've ever seen" Dumbledore said
"Oh thank you very much for your compliments, but Harry wasn't entirely raised by myself, I have to thank Selina and Talia who had been close friends to me and mother roles for Harry and the rest of my children" Bruce said praising the two women.
"Still you have made a wonderful job at it, I expect that Harry will have a bright future ahead of him" The headmaster said
"Yes, I'm pretty sure of that" Bruce added, the headmaster nodded and left.
As the dinner was drawing to a close and the curfew was going to be placed the Waynes lead all of the children towards the dormitories were they said their respective goodbyes.
"We're going to take Grandma Minnie's floo chimney to return to London" Selina said as she once again tried to comb Harry's hair.
"Where is she by the way? I didn't saw her at the game nor at dinner" Harry asked
"She went with Alfred on a date in London, she was going to comeback later" Talia said while giving the boy a kiss on the hair "Please call more often, Hedwig gets too tired from flying across the ocean" She added.
"I will mom, I love you guys so much and can't wait for Christmas to arrive to see you more often" Harry said with some tears in his eyes.
"It's ok little buddy, we'll see each other soon" Dick said
"And don't forget to make your costume for Halloween" Jason added remembering how much Harry and Helena enjoyed going trick or treating on the back of his bike.
"Of course I won't, this year I'll be… SUPERMAN!" He said as he puffed his chest and placed his hands on his hips looking solemn at the infinite.
Bruce rolled his eyes while Cass, Tim and Stephanie chuckled at his back.
They left the boy enter his common room and the family was escorted by one of the prefects to the office of Professor McGonagall for them to use the Floo chimney.
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Harry entered his dorm room where Blaise, Vincent and Gregory were waiting for him
"Dude that was so wicked!" Blaise said as he moved his hands in the way Harry's broom moved
"Yeah, we didn't played but it was still awesome seeing Tracey and you being out there giving it all" Vincent said
"Yeah, don't know if I could have handle it if it weren't for Padma's kiss" Gregory said smiling proudly
"Yeah I'm so jealous of you Gregory you already have a cute girlfriend" Blaise said
"She's not my girlfriend, she just kissed me" Gregory defended himself
"But you liked that she did that" Harry teased his friend
"I can smell a betrothal coming up" Vincent added
"You guys are the worst, I'll go to sleep" Gregory said as he threw them a pillow and laid on his bed to sleep, but if the boy was honest with himself he did enjoyed being kissed by the exotic twin, he slept that night with a big grin on his lips.