Between angels and insects

Later that day, Malfoy joined Seena in the common room. He looked very excited and joyful.

“Guess what? I talked with the guys of the team, if you want it, you can be our new Seeker. And I’ll be Keeper then. My father will send us an extra Nimbus 2001 for you.”

“I-” Seena stopped. At first she wanted to refuse, but Quidditch seemed to be a very cool sport and suddenly she had an idea.

“Okay, I accept, but you can tell your father it’s alright, I’ll take care of the broomstick.”

“That’s great! In two days we’ve training with the team, you’ll be able to prove us you’re a good Seeker! And on Wednesday, we play against fucking Gryffindors!” Seena nodded.

“I’m gonna make this damn broomstick. You wanna come with me?” The brunette asked, and Draco couldn’t help but follow her.

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It was Wednesday, finally. Seena had been waiting for that day to come. The Slytherin Quidditch team had immediately seen the potential in her and had accepted her to be the new Seeker. Malfoy was very proud an excited about it, even if Seena was taking his place in the team. But being a Keeper wasn’t that bad to him.

“So, you’re all ready? We’re gonna beat up those Gryffindogs until they plead us to stop!” Flint, the Slytherin Captain declared, getting cheers from his team. Seena wasn’t really paying attention as she was carving white letters in the handle of her broom by magic.

“What you’re writing?” Draco asked while sitting next to her.

“Between angels and insects” Seena replied, and indeed the words were deeply carved in the black handle. Noticing the blond boy’s puzzled look, she added “One of my fav’ songs.”

“Guys, it’s time to go!” Flint yelled and they all followed him. They entered the pitch under a thunderous applause from the supporters. Madam Hooch ordered them to mount their broomsticks and Seena could read disgust on the teacher’s face when she stepped on her own black broom. That’s when she heard Lee Jordan who was making the commentary of the match.

“I have never seen this before! Slytherin’s new Seeker Seena Tariyo is standing on her broomstick! But what’s that? It looks like foot bindings! Come on girl, it’s Quidditch, not surf!”

Seena ignored the comment and glanced to Malfoy who was shrugging. The match began and Gryffindor scored in a sec.

“Oh Malfoy couldn’t block Spinnet’s shot!” Lee Jordan smirked in the megaphone. “He should have remained Seeker!”

“Jordan!” Professor McGonagall exclaimed.

Several meters above, Seena was looking for the Snitch. She closed her eyes and when they opened they were black. Her sight was thrice better. Fifteen minutes later, she caught a glimpse of light coming from the ground.

‘The Golden Snitch!’ she thought and flew toward it at full speed. When she reached it, she realized it was just a piece of metal reflecting the sun light.

“Fuck!” she shouted.

“Looks like Tariyo doesn’t know what a Snitch is!” Lee Jordan was saying. Then Seena heard her teammates screaming at her. She turned her head. A Bludger sent by one of the Weasleys twins was rushing towards her. The supporters were frozen. Seena armed her fist and hit violently the Bludger when it came to her. The brunette directed the hit towards the ground where the Bludger buried deep. It tried to move but was unable to dislodge itself from the ground. Seena looked at it and then jumped off a little when she heard the crowd screaming with joy and applauding, even students from different houses. That’s when she realized Potter was rushing toward the Snitch. The girl quickly flew towards them and soon was side by side with Harry Potter. The little golden ball was flying towards the bottom of one of the high terraces. They were now a few meters before the collision. Harry decided to let go and just managed to dodge the high terrace before crashing on it. The supporters held their breath and watched with surprise Seena catching the Snitch with one hand and swinging her broom round. The scene was like in slow motion. At one moment, the girl was in a horizontal position as the broom was grazing the terrace. After executing this amazing trick, she flew away, standing proudly on her broom, holding up the Snitch. A chorus of hurrays exploded around her. To her teammates’ surprise, Seena flew towards Potter.

“Hey, you okay?” she asked through the screams of joy. The boy looked at her weirdly before replying.

“Yeah, I’m fine! That was a really nice trick you performed.” He smiled, fair-play.

“Thanks. You weren’t that bad yourself!” Seena smiled back before flying to her fellow Slytherins.

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The party in Slytherin's common room was huge. Everyone was drinking to Seena, who not only had made their team won the match, but even made appear alcohol in each student’s glass. She was smoking quietly in one corner of the room when Malfoy came to sit next to her.

“Hey!”

“Hey back...” she replied calmly.

“Why aren’t you enjoying the party?” The blond boy frowned.

“Just thinking about a few things.” The brunette declared before standing up. “I need some fresh air, catch you later.” She went out of the room, leaving a dumbfounded Draco beside her. Seena was walking slowly in a corridor when she heard voices coming from the corner of it.

“She’s not a witch, nor even human! I made research at the library, and I found this out! Read!” a girl’s voice said with excitement. Seena stopped dead in her tracks and glanced from the corner at the three students. Granger, Weasley and Potter.

“Yeah, that’s weird, but still I don’t think there’s something to worry about!” Harry Potter stated. “ I mean, she acted quite nice to me, that’s unusual for a Slytherin!”

“Yeah, but that doesn’t mean that-” the messy-haired girl was cut by a redhead guy, Ron Weasley.

“Hermione, why don’t we just go to sleep?”

Granger looked upset.

“Right, go to bed, I have to look for a few things first. See ya tomorrow guys.” She turned on her tracks straight towards Seena. The brunette heard the boys saying goodbye and turned away. She waited for Hermione to appear at the corner of the corridor and hid behind a statue. When the young girl walked just next to her, Seena caught her from behind, put her hand over Hermione’s mouth and dragged her into the closest classroom. The Gryffindor girl was trying to scream but didn’t manage to. Seena let her go and locked the door behind her. She stared at the girl several seconds, then Hermione held up her wand towards Seena.

“Do you really think you can hurt me?” the brunette said calmly.

“Stupefy!” Hermione screamed, but nothing happened. Seena came closer and a look of fear appeared on the younger girl’s face.

“What do you know about me?” Seena asked in a more threatening tone.

“Reducto!” Hermione tried again, waving violently her wand. Seena sighed and stretched her hand towards the wand. The little wood stick flew away and stuck itself on the ceiling.

“If I wanted to cause you any harm, you’d be in a coma right now. Now tell me!”

“I-I don’t know anything!” Hermione stammered with fear.

“Come on, I heard you speak to your lil’ friends!” Granger didn’t reply. “Spit it out or I could get seriously angry”

“I know you’re the Nemesis!” Hermione almost yelled. Seena leant against a table and lit a cigarette, under the brown-haired girl’s incredulous look.

“Go on...” She puffed.

“You were created by magic in the aim to be a balance between the two forces of the universe: Good and Evil. Each time a big battle is ragging between those forces, you have to intervene to make equal their powers. That’s why you have yourself a lot of deadly powers...That’s all I know I swear!” Hermione was crying nervously. Seena simply nodded and came closer to the girl. Their faces were now inches apart.

“Why are you afraid of me?” The Nemesis asked quietly. Hermione could feel the warmth of her breath against her cheeks. “What have I done to you so that you hate me?”

“I am not afraid and I don’t hate you.” The short girl whispered. Seena chuckled and without warning, she leant in and kissed Hermione. At first, the Gryffindor girl was taken aback, and then she found herself like numb when she felt her own lips kissing back. It was intense, Hermione couldn’t feel anything, nor think about anything but Seena’s hot lips on hers. Soon, Seena’s hands came to her hair, pulling her closer. Hermione couldn’t help but pulling her own hands around the Nemesis. She heard herself moaning and didn’t manage to restrain it. When Seena finally pulled apart, Hermione’s eyes were still closed. The brunette observed her with an amused look on her face.

“That was nice.” She said. Hermione opened her eyes and Seena vanished slowly in front of her, like a memory fading away.

“Damn!” was all she could whisper when she finally came back to reality.

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