Investigation and Duels 4

Ravenclaw Common Room

"Harry, what's the late, let's celebrate!" The whole Ravenclaw cheered as Harry walked into the Common Room.

"Guys, let me eat. I should complete my breakfast," Harry said and was about to go to the Great Hall. Padma pointed towards a neatly filled plate and sent him to eat it.

Not having much choice, Harry went to eat while the calm and silent Ravenclaw common room turned into the noisy and chaotic Gryffindor common room.

"We have a whole day to celebrate. Headmaster declared today as a holiday," yelled Penelope as she tried to control her fellow bookworms.

"What should we do?"

"Quiz?"

"Spelling games?"

"Stop it, guys. I want to show you a fun muggle game," Harry said, completed with his breakfast. This got everyone's attention. Except for 5th and 7th-year students who are preparing for their OWLS and NEWTS, all years are in the Ravenclaw common room.

"Let's play hide and seek!" Harry proclaimed and got many confused faces.

"Huh, what is it?" Everyone asked as they didn't know anything about muggle games. He proceeded to explain the game and how it is played.

"One will find while others will hide. Whoever remains unfound for the whole game will be the winner," Harry explained simply.

"So we can hide under anything?" A curious first year asked.

"No. We can lay down some rules and those hiding there will be disqualified. Who is interested to play?" Harry asked and many of the first 4 years showed interest.

"The sixth years can be your helpers as they are older than us," Harry suggested and the sixth years are happy to guide the younger years.

"So let's play like this. One student from each year will be a seeker, that way everyone knows their classmates and will be easy to identify," suggested Terry and everyone nodded.

"That's good. Now let's decide all the rules. No going out of Ravenclaw common room," said Harry.

"No hiding in your dorms," suggested Penelope and everyone nodded.

"No using advanced magic. Basic usage like Levitation charm is ok. Anything advanced will cost disqualification," suggested another.

They continued laying rules and Harry was happy to see magical children playing a muggle game and that too interestedly playing and continued listening to their suggestions.

"Lastly, whoever wins will get a chance to have a Duel with Harry today," suggested a familiar voice and all of them turned to see their Head of House standing between them, unnoticed.

"Professor, I-"

"It's okay, Harry. It's good to play a game once in a while," Flitwick nodded in approval and all the common room cheered.

"Let's get started. How should we choose who will be the seeker?" Asked a curious Goldstein.

"I can offer a random pick for you. Write your names and put them in this Hat," said Flitwick and everyone wrote their names.

"Since Harry is the one the winner is going to Duel, Harry can't hide and he is the Seeker of Ravenclaw Quidditch team, he is going to be the default seeker from 3rd year," Flitwick said with a smile.

"Is that acceptable, Mr Potter?" Flitwick asked happy smile and Harry had no option but to agree so he nodded.

"Wonderful. Now put your names here," Flitwick offered the hat and everyone except the third year put their names. All the 3rd years couldn't stop laughing. This is too real to be true for them.

"Ok. Let's pick," said Flitwick and while he picked, Harry took the papers he picked and after all 3 years were picked, Flitwick kept the hat aside.

"Let's see. From the first year, the seeker is going to be… Nicola Tampere," read Flitwick and a petite first year stepped forward shily.

Nicola is a petite young girl with fair skin and dark eyes. Though she is in her Hogwarts robes, they barely fit her as they look a size too large for her petite body. She had a shy expression and was staring at the ground.

"Oh, this is interesting. Second-year seeker is, Luna Lovegood," called Flitwick and the dreamy blonde walked forward with a lost expression staring at the ceiling.

"Harry Potter," said Flitwick, winking at Harry and taking the last name. "Ms Chang," he read with a happy smile.

"These are going to be your seekers. You can choose any one of the 6th years to be your helpers," said Flitwick, stopping himself.

"I know a better idea. All sixth years are going to disperse to key points in the tower and act as judges. They will assist the younger students to hide and keep an eye on you," Flitwick said with a broad smile.

"Come on, Professor. You are being unfair to us," Harry protested.

"Now, now, Mr Potter. You know more about this game and I don't doubt you might be tempted to cheat. That's why I'm taking additional steps to keep this fair," Flitwick explained himself and Harry had to agree.

"Ok, how to start?" Marietta, a very close friend of Cho, asked curiously. This is the first time Harry seeing her closely. She had curly, reddish-blonde hair, and tan skin. She wore casuals in blue and bronze.

"We will count from 100 to 0 and you should hide before then. We will be facing the wall as well, so there will be no scope for cheating," Harry explained and everyone nodded.

"Remember all the rules, students. Let's get started. Seekers, turn around and start counting." Flitwick ordered. While everyone was hiding, he stood there, making sure Harry's group was counting every number.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Professor, can we start now?" Harry, being the de facto leader of the group, asked.

"Yes, Mr Potter. You can start seeking them now. All the best. I'll be here till the game is over and send everyone you find here with the sixth year." Flitwick said and Harry nodded.

"Ok, girls. Let's get started. We should find all of them." Harry said and started his seeking. He didn't think his Quidditch seeking skills would help as they are in different situations.