Second Year,

Best Advantage

Both Fred and Rhea agreed not to tell George how they got to Quidditch Stadium that way they wouldn't have to explain what happened. Rhea didn't manage an ounce of sleep, staring up at the ceiling, she turned over smiling as Alicia's hair looked like she had been dragged through the brushes.

As she tried to get comfortable she ended up kicking her covers off, when the clock read 6:30 am. 'No use trying to sleep now' she took a shower, trying to be as quiet as she could. Just because she couldn't sleep didn't mean she had to wake the girls up too.

She sat in her common room until 7:15 then she head for her breakfast. Ethan's eyes widened as she walked through the Great Hall, she glanced across the hall to Phoebe and Laura who also looked at her, like she had been possessed, when she sat down all three of them came to sit with her.

"What?" she asked

"It's not every day you're up this early even at school," Ethan questioned she turned away rolling her eyes as she dug into her breakfast.

"Especially on the weekend, you're normally rushing your breakfast, are you sleeping alright?" Laura asked

"Yes, just nervous, I might not have got on Quidditch Team," she lied. "You alright Pheebs, Laura told me you had to see Dumbledore?"

"Oh yeah, I just saw something truly horrible,"

"Have you told mum?" she asked

"Not yet, I can't really explain it through a letter, and I wanted to tell her in person anyways," she told them.

"If you're nervous about the Quidditch stuff, I could let you in on it," Ethan said, smiling at her she turned to him waiting for him to continue, "you, Johnson and Spinnet, made Chasers" she hugged him tightly, pulling away from him eyeing him cautiously.

"But you're also Chaser-

"I told Oliver, I'll be a sub Chaser, you girls need a chance to shine,"

"No fair, I wanted to play against you," Laura said, hitting his shoulder,

"I'll not play that game," Rhea said, smiling at her, "it would be an interesting game wouldn't it, Burke versus Burke,"

***

Rhea had an agreement with George and Fred, each week they would switch the map, giving everyone a chance to use it. This weekend Rhea had the map, she wanted to try and sneak into Hogsmeade the boys had already done it, and she was determined to figure out the route they may have taken.

She figured that they must have gone through the forest, the forbidden forest. Forbidden to all students, she had read about the creatures in the forest, Centaurs, giant spiders and Thestrals there were even rumours of Werewolves in the forest.

The more dangerous creatures deterred her from going into the forest. There were more friendly creatures in the forest too, Unicorns, foxes and deers. Though they'd probably become prey for the others, she sighed when she saw Alicia, Angelina, Fred, George, Ethan and Oliver on the map going towards the Quidditch Stadium.

"Damn it, I thought I had time," she hurried to Quidditch grounds hoping to slip in before anyone noticed her,

"Black, you're late," Oliver said, she sat with Alicia and Angelina.

"I know I just lost track of time," Ethan smiled at her,

"As I was saying, our first game is against Slytherin, now they've beaten us in every game, and I have realised that our team aside from Burke and myself, is entirely made up of second years, which could put us at a disadvantage,"

"Or it could be our best advantage, they won't be expecting them to be good," Ethan interrupted,

"You have a point, you'll be playing seeker since no one tried out for seeker," Oliver proceeded to show them his plan for the game, it was the quietest she had ever seen Fred or George.

"We all set," everyone nodded, "right, let's practise,"

"Kiss for good luck," Rhea said, kissing Ethan's cheek, he smiled at her, as she kissed Alicia and Angelina's cheeks.

"I'm good thanks," Oliver said, showing himself out,

"We're ours," George smirked, she rolled her eyes, leaning up to kiss his cheek, Fred moved away from her.

"I don't need luck," she rolled her eyes at him, as they mounted their brooms flying into position.

She couldn't understand why Fred moved away, he had let her kiss his cheek before. She thought that in front of others might have put him off. 'Why should it, it doesn't mean anything?' there was no need to be awkward with her.

They excelled in their practice, proving to Wood, that a team of second years is still a strong team. He seemed concerned that Ethan wasn't doing his best, 'it was his fault he's a chaser, not a seeker.' She couldn't wait for her first Quidditch game.

She discovered that she, Alicia and Angelina worked really well together, managing to get the Quaffle easily to the other side of the Quidditch pitch, without losing the Quaffle or being tackled. Fred and George proved to be very strong Beaters for the team.

"Well, I stand correct Burke, they are strong, is it going to be enough though to finally beat Slytherin," she heard Oliver tell her cousin.

"Have you thought that Slytherins are cheating, aggressive players, we have a team almost entirely made up of second years," Ethan said, his voice filled with deep concern.

"Point being?"

"There's a good chance they'll get seriously hurt,"

Rhea didn't like the idea of getting hurt in her first game, she knew that Slytherins were cheaters. Her dad had told her many times that she cheated in their games, despite the arguments it would cause between Aimee and Regulus who denied such allegations of cheating.

She was going to find out for herself.