Quick a/n: I only just realised that this chapter has the same title as the one from the books but I can't think of another title so whoops.

y/n pulled her arm back and swung the bat with all the strength she had, sending one of the Bludgers directly in the path of one of the Gryffindor chasers handling the Quaffle. She slowed down a bit giving Marcus Flint the opportunity to knock it out of her arms and hand it over to another Slytherin Chaser, who then proceeded to score. The Slytherin team was nothing more than seven green blurs flying through the sky thanks to their new brooms. y/n had given her old one to Oliver Wood whom she was sure would eventually compete on a national level one day, the passion that boy had was unmatched. His reaction was priceless when she offered it to him. At first, he was confused as to why a rival team member was talking to him in the first place. But once she told him that he could have her old broom, he picked her up and swung her around in a massive hug in the middle of the Great Hall. The two now had a newfound respect for one another, after Wood realised that she wasn't as brutal in real life as she was on the pitch.

But even with two Nimbus 2000's on their team, Gryffindor was still far behind Slytherin with the scores now standing as 90 to 30, Lee Jordan announced over the loudspeaker, as he had been doing the whole game. He was funny, but y/n found herself getting frustrated at his constant accusations of the Slytherin team, only half of which were true. Luckily Professor McGonagall was there to keep him from saying too much.

The Slytherin team rounded up and did a victory lap of the stands, cheering and jeering as they went. y/n spotted Harry looking very frustrated at his team's performance. He needs to lighten up, she thought. And so, y/n swung over on her broom to hang upside down and flashed a cheeky grin at Harry as she passed over his head. His expression was that of annoyance, but y/n saw a smile cracking through as he caught sight of her goofy antics.

The play soon resumed and y/n returned to her search for the bludgers. She quickly chased after Marcus who had a bludger heading straight for him, courtesy of George Weasley and hit it away before the Slytherin captain was hit. She heard him call quick thanks as he sped off and y/n had spotted where she had sent the bludger.

Harry and Draco were hovering high above the pitch arguing about something and y/n had sent the bludger straight for the unsuspecting Gryffindor, Harry turned at the last minute and ducked his head, saving it from being knocked clean off. y/n signed in relief, she had hit the bludger with a lot of force.

y/n saw Oliver Wood zoom up and yell something at Harry, being the captain and all. Harry yelled something back but it was too late. The bludger had gone flying into Wood's broom and knock the front end clean off, sending him hurtling off-balance and to the ground. The bludger then proceeded to chase after Harry again, suspiciously persistently.

Harry was pulling all kinds of moves trying to shake the bludger off his tail, but nothing could get rid of it. Harry went darting in between stands, sending the bludger right through some of the scaffolding. But Harry was smart enough to come up with a semi-decent plan. He went soaring straight for one of the stands but pulled up at the last minute, sending the bludger straight through and out of sight.

y/n was about to continue with the game when she saw Draco, once again, tormenting Harry. "He needs to pay attention to the game and find the Snitch!" y/n thought, chastising the new Seeker. That's when Harry went off at 100 mph in one direction, he had seen the Snitch. Draco promptly followed and soon the two Seekers were on the chase. y/n went to go follow the boys as part of their game plan. One of the beaters would prioritise protecting the Seeker if they had seen the Snitch, whilst the other would pay attention to the rest of the game.

y/n was right on the boy's tail as they were bumping each other in the contest for the Snitch. Draco pushed ahead on his superior broom and was only a few feet away from the golden treasure. The Snitch dropped down and sent the clan flying through the pitch's catacombs, dodging posts of wood and frantically trying to overtake one another. From behind her, y/n heard the unmistakable gurgles of the bludger that was dead set on Harry coming up behind her. She was sure it would take her out, but instead, it passed the Slytherin beater and continued its chase of Harry.

The bludger smashed through post after post, sending splinters into y/n's path (and some into her mouth and eyes). The boys continued their pursuit of the bludger though, neither willing to let the other claim victory. "You'll never catch me, Potter!" Draco called behind him, still at the front of the group and closest to the Snitch. This gave Harry enough fuel to push ahead and take the lead in the chase. y/n was trying her hardest to catch up to the rogue Bludger which was still chasing after Harry, but they were all going at breakneck speeds, it was difficult to go any faster. Draco pushed up again and was now right next to Harry, shoulder to shoulder, both trying to knock the one another off course.

Their path head up a bit and they were now at pitch level once again. Harry and Draco zoomed past a young Gryffindor boy holding a camera, he must have gotten a good shot, who almost lost his head if hadn't ducked out of the way of the manic bludger. y/n zoomed over his head and dived back into the trench following Harry, Draco, the Snitch and the Bludger. The two Seekers were still side by side, hands reaching out for the Snitch. The Bludger came surging forward, hitting a post and ricocheting off other posts and then finally out through a Ravenclaw tapestry. y/n knew it would come back and kept her wits about her.

"Draco! Pull out!" She shouted to her teammate, "The Snitch will pull up too and the Bludger will be back soon!" But Draco ignored her, his ego too big and his pride too strong to give up. It was commendable but very arrogant. No sooner than a few seconds after y/n tried to stop Draco, did the rogue Bludger burst through the tapestries lining the pitch and straight into Draco's path. In an effort to dodge the Bludger, he lost control of his broom. The end of the stick hit a post sending him over the front of the broom and flying out onto the grass of the pitch. Gasps were heard throughout the stadium when his body hit the ground hard. Draco tried to sit up, but the impact had winded him and he fell onto his back on the grass, unconscious.With their Seeker out of the game, y/n took it upon herself to spend the remaining part of the game protecting Harry, (cause the twins were doing a lousy job of it) this Bludger had been jinxed to target Harry, there was no way it would b fair to let it relentlessly attack him. And so, with one hand clutching her Beater Bat and the other hanging onto her broom, y/n surged forward gaining on Harry now back on the pitch, soaring through the air. She glanced around the stadium, looking frantically for the Bludger when she did spot it though, it was too late. The crazed ball came out of nowhere and hit Harry's outstretched arm, breaking the guard on his forearm in two.

But Harry wasn't going to let that stop him. With his good arm, Harry reached out once more and with one final lunge, he grabbed the Snitch out of the air, falling off his broom in the process. "Harry Potter has caught the Snitch!" Jordan announced sending the stands into an uproar of cheers. But y/n no time to celebrate, once the Bludger had seen that Harry had finished the game, it stopped in its tracks and started flying straight at y/n. In any normal circumstance, y/n would have hit it away with her bat, but the Bludger went flying straight through it, breaking it into splinters, and right into her chest.

y/n was knocked off her broom and fell down to the ground a few metres below. Once she landed, she heard a loud crack in her chest and all the air in her lungs were blown out, leaving her breathless and spluttering on the grass. One thing that y/n did manage to do though was catch the Bludger once it hit her and still held it, writhing and wriggling in her arms. The spectators rushed down onto the pitch along with a few Professors. Hermione came running over to her friend's sides. "y/n let go of it!" She demanded.

"Are you mad?" y/n called back weakly, still regaining her breath.

"Just do it!" She huffed taking out her wand. y/n reluctantly set the Bludger free before it met its fiery doom at the hands of Hermione's wand, "Finite Incantatum!" She yelled, sending the smouldering pieces across the pitch.

y/n pulled herself up, clutching her ribs which she was sure were broken, at least several she would say. It was excruciatingly painful and it didn't help that she was trying to get her breath back. The deep heaves of air she brought into her lungs, disrupted the ribs, even more, sending sharp spikes of pain through her middle. Peregrinn rushed over, supporting the younger Beater by having her lean in him. "Can you walk?" He asked, worry laced in his voice.

"Maybe?" y/n said unsure of the answer until she took her first step. if it wasn't for Peregrinn holding her up, she would have fallen to the ground. The older Slytherin picked her up bridal style, easily carrying her off the pitch. y/n winced when her body shifted, disturbing her ribs even more. she kept her eyes closed tightly and clutched Peregrinn's Quidditch Robes in her hands to try and distract herself from the pain. As they got off the Pitch and y/n was handed over to Madam Pomfrey who was in standby, y/n heard gross exclamations from where the rest of the spectators were, huddled around Harry.

y/n was laid down on a floating stretcher with the Slytherin team following her and Madam Pomfrey up to the Hospital Wing. "Nice hit of that Bludger, by the way, y/n!" Marcus exclaimed.

"What do you mean?" y/n managed to say in her crippled state.

"After you hit that Bludger at Potter, it wouldn't leave him alone! Next time you should try and hit him though," Flint said proudly, but you could hear the bitterness in his voice due to another loss against their rivals. But y/n wasn't proud of hitting the Bludger at Harry. Everyone who saw the game must think that y/n had bewitched the Bludger to target Harry! If y/n didn't have rumours circulating about her before, she sure as hell did now.

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