| Notes - Like to say a big thanks to Venus *Hugs Venus* for reading this for me and giving me great feedback and freeing me from my writers block! ^_^ Thanks, I owe you one V! Chapter Six �Flying lessons start next Friday!� Duo cheered. �Really?� Trowa pushed pass Duo to check. �Hay I never lie mate! When I say there are flying lessons I mean there are flying lessons!� Duo hissed. Trowa read the notice. �We have it with the Slytherins.� �Whoopy do dar!� Duo glared at the notice as if it had done something wrong. Trowa raised an eyebrow. �It isn�t that bad.� �Just what I need. I�ll make a fool out of myself on a broomstick in front of everyone!� Duo grumbled and headed off to throw himself on to his bed and sleep. �Hay that you Maxwell?� �Yeah. What is it Wu-man?� Duo sat up and looked at the Chinese wizard. �It�s WuFei! You do know how Winner feels don�t you?� �What?� Wufei stood and walked over to Duo. �Quatre really cares about you Duo. I think he thinks he loves you.� �Good for him.� �Bad for you.� Duo blinked dazed at Wufei. �I don�t understand Wu.� �I think what Quatre has is just a crush but he doesn�t realise that. He might act of those feelings. He and Heero already seem to hate each other because of it.� �Hn.� �Maxwell!?� �I�m sorry Wufei but right now I�m depressed and whither what Quatre thinks he feels is true or not I don�t really care. In time Quatre will work out his own feelings.� Wufei nodded. �I was just trying to help.� �Thanks� but no thanks.� *** That Friday found the G-Boys walking down to the Quidditch Stadium. The Slytherins were already there waiting by the 20 broomsticks along the grass. Malfoy sent Duo a smirk and Duo stuck his fingers up at her. �That�s enough!� The teacher, Madam Noin glared at Duo as she arrived. �Hurry up and get behind a broomstick!� Duo set himself between Heero and Trowa and looked around the class. Quatre was looking very pale his hand clutching his Family�s chest that he kept in his pocket. Wufei was looking a bit green but determined to prove himself. The few that were pure bloods all look calm and very relaxed, the half bloods were looking a bit uncomfortable but ready to try flying while people like Quatre were obviously nervous. Duo could feel the muscles in his stomach contracting as he stared at the clear blue sky. �Don�t worry Duo. You�ll be a natural.� Duo couldn�t help but glow inside at Heero�s words and he flashed Heero a dazzling smile. �I�ll be fine.� Heero nodded once. �Now class hold out your writing hand and yell UP!� All at once 20 students yelled. �UP!� Duo was surprised to see his broom leapt into his hand. Heero�s had done the same. Trowa�s had also come up into the air but the surprise had caught him off guard and had dropped it back to the ground earning himself a glare from Noin. Quatre�s hadn�t moved at all and Wufei�s was like Quatre�s, it just laid there. Noin showed them all how to sit on a broomstick properly and showed them the way to grip a broomstick. �Now when I blow my whistle you will kick off the ground a little and then point the nose of the broom down to land. Ok?� The class nodded. �One� Two� Three�� Noin raised the whistle and was just about to blow it when Quatre kicked off. The small blond was far too jumpy and he couldn�t remember what Noin had just told him. �Shit.� Noin swore. �Come down here boy! Come on.� Quatre had turned from pale to white and he kept on rising. �QUATRE! Point the broomstick DOWN!� Duo yelled, the whole class watched as Quatre tried to do what Duo asked him but instead of the broom coming down. Quatre came down. He landed with a bone crunching snap. Noin hurried to Quatre with the Gryffindors just a few steps behind. �Come now, I�ll get you to the Nurse. NO ONE is to Touch Their Broomstick Until I get back!!!� As she walked away Wufei turned to Duo. �See what I mean now? He listened to you.� �Yeah and looked what happen.� Duo growled curling his hands in to fists. �That would of happened any way.� Wufei reassured Duo. �My fault. I told him what to do and that�s why he fell off.� �Don�t beat yourself Duo.� Hilde said walking over. �He�ll be ok.� �Hay look at this! It�s the boy�s stupid family crest.� Duo and the rest of the Gryffindors turned to face Malfoy who had just picked something off the ground. �Give it here.� Duo growled he stalked forward and held out his hand. �I should leave it for him.� �I warning you, Give It Here!� Malfoy smirked. �Want it? Come and get it!� Before Duo could grab it he had jumped onto his broom and kicked off. �What�s wrong Maxwell? Scared of heights?!� Duo grabbed his own broom. �Duo!� �No!� Duo ignored them and kicked off into the air. Wind rushed around him and a fire suddenly started to burn inside of him. He felt freer than he had before and he was basking in the joy of flying without being taught. He face Malfoy in the air. �I repeat, Give It Here.� Malfoy just laughed. �Fine.� Duo leaned low and shot forward. Malfoy quickly shot upwards but not before Duo had grabbed his arm. His hold on Malfoy stopped his movements. �Give it here!� He hissed. �Catch it.� He spat throwing it in the air. Duo watched in slowly motion as the small crest spun in the air before beginning to drop. He let go of Malfoy and began a nosedive towards it. The whole class gasped as Duo went plummeting to the Earth in a very sharp nosedive. His hand left the handle and clutched round the small gold crest just as he reached the ground. Duo rolled on to the grass and smirked at the faces that looked over him. "DUO MAXWELL!!!" Duo sat up and looked round at Lady Une. "Shoot." "Never have I ever..." "It wasn't his fault Professor." "Please be quiet Miss Peacecraft." "But Malfoy..." "That's enough Yuy!" She turned and pointed at Duo. "Come with me." Heero watched as Duo followed Une away and into the castle. "Too easy!" Malfoy laughed. Heero turned and glared at him. "You're weak!" Wufei hissed. "You hide behind those stronger than you!" "So?" Malfoy drawled. "Leave it Wufei. He isn't worthy the trouble." Relena placed a hand on Wufei's arm and lead him away. "Come on guys, lets get back to the common room." The other Gryffindor's followed slowly. *** Duo followed Une up to the castle, every step was a step closer to doom in Duo�s eyes. He didn�t have a clue what Une was going to do to him. He didn�t really want to know. There was silence as they walked through the many corridors of Sanq. Duo tried to ask Une what�s was going to happen to him but the muscles in his throat seemed to had stopped functioning. Une stopped by a classroom and fixed Duo with a cold gaze telling him silently to wait there as she entered. �Professor Barton, sorry to interrupted your lesson but please may I borrow Otto?� Otto was a 5th year Gryffindor with curly brown hair. �Follow me!� Une snapped and walked off again. Duo could feel Otto�s eyes upon him as they walked down towards Une�s office. �IN!� Duo went in first with Otto on his heels. As soon as Une closed the door she turned to Otto. �Otto this is Duo Maxwell, he will be the New Seeker.� Duo blinked. Otto blinked. Une smirked. �Show me that crest Maxwell.� Still unable to make a sound Duo simply held out Quatre�s Family Crest to Lady Une who took it from him and showed Otto. �Maxwell caught this from a 50 foot dive. Not a single scratch on him. I doubt Charlie Yuy could of done it.� Otto suddenly smiled and his eyes twinkled. He began to circle Duo, studying him with his eyes. �Ever seen a game of Quidditch before Maxwell?� He asked. �Otto is the Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.� Une explained almost beaming at Duo. �I�ll have a word with Professor Khushrenada and see if we can bend that rule.� She fixed Duo with her hard eyes. �I want to here that you are training hard or I will change my mind about punishing you!� Then she smiled. �Your father would have been so proud. He was an excellence Quidditch player himself.� Duo didn�t have a clue what to say. *** �You�re joking right?!� �You can�t be serious Maxwell, you? Playing on the quidditch team? Give me a break.� Duo glared at Wufei. �Why don�t you guys believe me?� �First years never get on the team Duo.� �Maybe not, but I am.� Heero and Wufei suddenly looked up from their homework to stared at the braided boy who was calmly changing for dinner. �I�m getting a Deathscythe as well.� �Do you know how *good* a broom a Deathscythe is?� Wufei asked. �Otto said it was one of the best!� �It *is* the best!� Heero croaked adverting his gaze as Duo pulled off his shorts and pulled on a pair of smug fitting black jeans, what? You think that after he got all that money from the bank he wouldn�t buy some clothes that actually fitted him? �You must be the youngest player ever!� Duo smirked and opened his mouth but before he could say anything Heero�s brothers raced in. �Blimey Duo. Well done. We just heard from Otto you�re on the team.� �What did I say?� Duo asked his two friends. �You must be bloody excellency for Une to change the rules about first years being on the team.� Duo blushed. �I�m not that good.� �We�re on the team too. Beaters!� �Beaters?� �Don�t worry Otto will explain everything to you after you gotten a broomstick.� Fred reassured Duo. �Yeah the Deathscythe Broom.� Heero muttered, a bit pissed off at his brother�s appearance. �A Deathscythe? Holy Cow! Slytherin aren�t going to stand a chance against us!� Duo couldn�t help but smile along with the others. *** �Having your last meal Maxwell?� Duo looked up from his steak and kidney pudding to see Malfoy smirking at him. �When you heading back to the muggles?� �I wanted to see you actually.� Duo said. �Huh?� �I wanted to say Thank You. If it weren�t for you I wouldn�t be where I am today. Lady Une was very impressed with my flying skills.� Duo smirked as Malfoy�s face turned into stone. �She didn�t punish you?� �Not even detention. Like I said thanks.� Duo sat down and began to eat again. �Listen Maxwell, I don�t know what you�re playing at.� �You�re more confident on the ground, you got your little pals to stand up for you.� Heero suddenly spun round and glared at Malfoy. �I swear you get thicker every day Malfoy.� Heero hissed. �Keep hiding and let others fight.� �I�ll take you on any day Yuy. Tonight. Wizard�s duel.� �Mission accepted.� �The Trophy Room. Midnight.� �We�ll be there.� Malfoy turned on his heel and walked off, his sidekicks following. Duo turned to Heero. �Wizard Duel?� �Yeah, we�ll fight each other with our wands. We can�t do any real damage but he just wants to prove he�s not�� �Excuse me!� Duo and Heero looked at Relena. �What?� �You can�t do that!� �Why not?� Duo asked. �Wondering round at night. I wont let you.� �Listen �Lena. We�re not going to get caught.� Duo tried to reassure her. �You�ll get into trouble.� Duo bit his lip, breaking two rules in one day was pushing it. �Only if we get caught.� Duo laughed. �I�m not going to let you do this!� She shrieked. �Try and stop us.� *** As the clock turned 11:30 Duo regretted his words. Together him and Heero crept down the staircase to the Common Room and came face to face with Relena dressed in a pink nightgown. �What do you want?� Duo hissed. �I told you, I�m not letting you do this.� She stood her ground in front of Heero and Duo. �Relena please stand aside!� Duo begged. "NO!" She snapped. Heero growled and pushed Relena aside. She gave a small cry but Heero ignored her and hurried pass. "Sorry." Duo apologized and he quickly followed Heero out of the common room. "MATTE!" Heero froze but Duo not being that good on his Japanese didn't understand and walked straight into Heero causing Heero to fall forward on to something large, soft and warm. "AHHHHHHH!" "I think we've just woken the whole castle up." Duo muttered as the 'thing' under Heero began to squirm. "Get Off Me!" "Quatre? Relena? GREAT!" Duo yelled as loud as he could while still speaking in a whisper. Heero stood up and let Quatre get up. "What's going on? Why are you three wondering round the castle at this time of night?" Quatre asked. "I'm not wondering, I'm trying to stop them going to fight Malfoy." Relena hissed. "Why are you out here Q?" Duo asked. "Madam Hooch fixed me up but the password to the common room had changed and no one told me what it was so I couldn't get it." "It's Pigsnort." Heero told him. "Now you two get to bed!" "We should be telling *you* that!" "Relena listen this is *really* important to us." "Yeah Relena, let Duo go." Quatre placed a hand on Relena's arm and tugged her towards the Fat Lady painting that hung over the entrance into the common room. Duo and Heero smiled at each other before hurrying quickly away. They had barely gotten five steps when Relena and Quatre caught up with them. "What now?" "She's gone. We can't get it." "Well stay until she comes back!" Duo said pointing back towards the painting. "We're coming with you." Quatre told them. "Oh no you're not." Heero shook his head. "You're not my mother." "I'm glad you still aren't coming!" Heero tried to push Quatre and Relena back but they weren't having it. "We're coming with you whether you like it or not!" Duo gave a sigh. "Fine." And he walked away hoping Malfoy would wait. *** The four of them entered the Trophy room in complete silence. The moon shone through the window lighting up an empty room. Duo glared and tighten his grip on his wand under his top just incase Malfoy was waiting in the corner and was about to jump out at him. "He isn't going to show up." Heero hissed though clenched teeth. "Hear that?" "Sniff for them my pretty. I know they here some where." "Finch!" The boys panicked and grabbed Relena pulling her along with them away from the caretaker. "Oh man." Duo moaned. "I should of know Malfoy would of pulled a stunt like this." "He's a snake. Cunning and powerful. You haven't got a chance boys." Relena smirked. "So much for supporting Gryffindor." Duo would of glared at her if they hadn't been running away from danger. "In here." Relena pulled them into a corridor and they stopped. Duo leaned against the wall. Heero was bent double. Quatre was sitting on the floor and Relena was glaring at Duo. "Well done both of you! We almost got cau..." "I'm sure they came down here." "SHIT!" Once again they started running but this time ran straight into a locked door. Duo rattled the door handle. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck." "Come here." Quatre pulled out his wand whispered a charm at the door, opened it and they raced inside slamming the door shut quietly. Duo breathed deeply wondering what the low rumbling sound was. "DOUBLE FUCK!" He swore as he spotted the one making the noise. The others turned to see what Duo had. 3 heads, one body, very sharp nails and teeth. Duo grabbed the door handle again. "Between death and Finch I take Finch!" He pulled himself through it and the others gave chase, shutting the door behind them and they didn't stop running until they reached the Fat Lady and the safety of the common room. "There *is* a god!" Duo laughed. "What do they think they are doing keeping an animal like that caged up? That poor dog needs food." Quatre said. "Yeah and we were it's dinner." "Well I've had enough excitement for one day. Good night." Quatre headed up. "I hope you are proud. Not only did we nearly die, we nearly got expelled!" Relena stormed upstairs. "She's messed up... Heero?" Heero turned to Duo, his eyes narrow. "Duo." "What's wrong mate?" "There is something I want to tell you." "You can tell me any thing, you know that." "I... I..." Heero couldn't seem to find the right words. "I think� that I..." He took a deep breath. "I'm going to be sick." And he hurried to the bathroom. Duo pulled a face as he watched Heero go. "I don't understand you Heero. Not one bit." TBC... |