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It had been on the calendar for weeks and now that the day had come the whole house was vibrating with excitement. Today was the Great Britain vs Ireland quidditch match - taking place in the town over later today.
Your brothers were very excited about this as they loved quidditch and your Daddies seemed to be very enthusiastic as well. You felt a bit nervous yourself but you tried to hide that as your Daddy sat in front of you and started feeding you the yummy pancakes after your Papa had cut them up for you.
It was too soon (in your mind) for the time to start heading over to where the match would take place. Your heart seemed to thunder loudly in your ears as you held onto your Daddy’s robes which was another reason why you hated going out. You much preferred your Daddy’s in their cozy sweaters and jeans than these itchy black robes that still sightly scared you.
Your Daddy whispered a reassurance in your ear before he turned on the spot and everything became black and your head felt very very fuzzy and dizzy until suddenly you were standing in a wide patch of grass with lots and lots of noise and a roaring crowd. Your eyes watered from the suddeness of this as your Papa appeared close to you with your brothers - having apparated in shortly after you and your Daddy did. He seemed to have caught sight of your watering eyes as he came over to kiss your forehead gently and then announced that it would be a good time to go get seated before the match began.
Lucius led the way to your seats in a special top box section and sat down on one end of the seat row while Draco and Harry clambered into their seats next to Lucius eager for the game to start. To your surprise; Severus put you in your own seat next to Harry before sitting down next to you. You whined at this but before you could do anything else he distracted you by buying a cupcake for you from a passing pastry cart and Lucius let Draco and Harry pick out triple fudge brownies to eat.
The cupcake was a chocolate cupcake with butter beer icing and a golden snitch truffle on top; your mouth watered just looking at it and you quickly pick off the truffle shoving the whole thing in your mouth and enjoying the richness of it. It was a rare occurrence for you to be able to feed yourself and that reason became clear as you dug your fingers into the thick icing easily getting it all over your hands and face. By the time you had finished your cupcake; there were chocolate crumbs everywhere and you giggled as Severus did a cleaning spell over you while Lucius was able to get Harry and Draco clean from eating their treat with a simple wipe of a napkin.
Harry and Draco started discussing their favorite quidditch games and moves - eagerly animating them out for a very amused Lucius while you hummed and kicked your feet enjoying the sensation of being able to swing them back and forth as Severus fondly watched you.
A loud bang and sparks moments later startled you though causing you to burst in tears and your Daddy to scoop you up so you could bury your face in his chest. Severus was glad that he had the foresight to pack some noise canceling earmuffs and he slipped them on over your head to help muffle the noises and shouts from the people as the quidditch game began.
After a few minutes in which you had soothed yourself a bit by breathing in your Daddy’s scent and resting in his arms - you turned your head to look at what was happening - seeing bright flashes of red and green as Quidditch players from both sides flew up and down the playing field trying to score points for their own team and block the other team from scoring.
You watched the game play out as the beaters hit the bludger back and forth at opposing team mates - even gasping with the rest of the crowd when a player took a nasty hit from a bludger and having to have a replacement sent in for them as they left the playing field limping and clutching their bleeding head.. You swore you even thought you saw the small flickering golden snitch at one point and shifted forward on your Daddy’s lap to try and get a closer look feeling his arm wrap around you to pull you back in a bit.
As the minutes in the game turned into hours with the points in the game being neck and neck - you started to rub your eyes feeling a bit sleepy until a roar broke into the crowd that was so loud you could hear it even while wearing the ear muffs. You struggled a bit against your Daddy’s grip until it loosened, and you ran up with your brothers to the front of the seat sections to get a better look at the pitch - it seemed like Great Britain’s seeker had caught the snitch and the game was done!
The roaring got louder and louder as fans started to stomp their feet and cheer as Great Britain was announced the winner of the game with the score being 570 points to 480. As the ruckus from the fans grew - you felt yourself being scooped up and you turned to see your Daddy’s kind face as Lucius grabbed Harry and Draco’s hands so they could all leave the stadium seats before the mad rush of all the other fans wanting to leave for celebrations and parties.
You hid your face in Severus neck a little frightened once again of all the loud noises and people as Lucius made quick work of navigating back down the winding steps of the stadium and the last thing you saw before Severus started to apparate himself and you back home was your Papa holding onto your brothers hands amongst a scene of fireworks and loud and joyful celebrations.
Your head then felt fuzzy and dizzy once again as everything temporarily went black as your Daddy apparted you both back home and you clung to your Daddy letting his warmth ground you until you were suddenly back on solid ground blinking in the sunlight as the gate to your house stood before you. There was a slight whoosh sound like a gust of air and your Papa and brothers were suddenly beside you too - your brothers chattered excitedly about the match and quickly slipped off their shoes and coats so they could run upstairs to the toy quidditch set in their bedroom to play out the match play by play.
You remained quiet sucking slightly on your finger as Severus helped you out of your coat and shoes before setting you down to go play. Stairs were forbidden for you without a grown ups help so you toddled off into the living room where a roaring fire had been set up.
You inched closer to the warmth - intrigued by the licking glowing flames until all of a sudden you were pulled away from it and a grate was set in front of the fire by a set of unknown hands that soon became known to you as your papas. “Fire is a big no no”, he scolded you gently before picking you up and carrying you into the kitchen where he set you in your chair and set a coloring book before you and popped a pacifier in your mouth after he took out your fingers that you were sucking on.
You hummed as you focused on dragging your crayons across the paper adding color to it - the distant sounds of your brothers playing echoing in the background - feeling happy and content after yet another exciting new day of adventure.