Leah Riddle (Book 1)

Chapter Eight

"There's a hierarchy?" I asked innocently.

"Yes," Draco glared.

"That's so interesting. Regardless, I have no interest in overthrowing anything," I shrugged.

The table grew silent and I looked up to see Potter hovering behind Draco and Blaise.

"Hey, Harry," I smiled.

"Hi, Leah. I was...well, I was wondering if you'd be watching the game," he said.

"Do you want me to?" I smiled coyly.

"Fuck off, Potter," Draco snapped.

"Shut up," I snapped at him and he glared, but clamped his jaw shut.

"I will be," I smiled warmly.

"Great! Perfect. I'll see you there!"

"Are you playing?"

"Yeah, I'll be Seeker. Got a few Hufflepuff's on our team. They're pretty good."

"What's your team's name? So I know who to cheer for," I twirled a piece of hair around my finger.

"We're the Red Badgers," he chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Perfect. Good luck," I said and he grinned.

"Thanks!" he said and then headed back over to Gryffindor.

"The Red Badgers," I scoffed and the table laughed.

"You two playing?" I asked, looking at Draco and Blaise.

"Draco is," Blaise nodded.

"What position?" I asked.

"Seeker. Our team consists of Slytherin's and Ravenclaw's," he said.

"What's your team name, the Silver Ravens?" I grinned and he scoffed.

"Dear Merlin, no. We're the Serpents."

"The Ravenclaw's let you name the team after Slytherin?"

"We tend to get along with Ravenclaw, for the most part. We get the name, they get to plan our strategies and the one guy gets to be Captain," Blaise said.

"Who's the captain, then?"

"That would be me," a dark haired boy sat next to Blaise and they nodded to each other.

"Alex Carrow," he smiled at me.

"Our cousin," Hestia rolled her eyes.

"He's a fifth year," Flora added.

"Alex this is Leah, Leah this is Alex," Pansy introduced.

"Nice to meet you. I hope you aren't actually going to be cheering for the fucking Red Badgers," he laughed.

"Not a fucking chance," I rolled my eyes. Our fairly large group left the table and headed down to the Quidditch Pitch, laughing and talking along the way.

"So, Leah, how do you like Hogwarts?" Alex asked as we fell behind in the group. Draco and Pansy's argument was the current spectacle being taken care of.

"It's quite nice. I wanted to go to Durmstrang or Beauxbaton, but I like the people here. For the most part," I said.

"But what are you doing here? With power like yours..."

"Why is everyone always talking about that?" I frowned.

"It's adorable that you can't sense it. We can all feel your magic. But aside from that, word has gotten around that you can successfully cast the Cruciatus Curse. I would be horrified if I could stop myself from being intrigued and a bit jealous," he chuckled.