The Quidditch season had finally come to an end, and Gryffindor House's Quidditch Team had won the championship with a perfect record, just as everyone had expected.
But there were still plenty of rumors going around the school!
A lot of people thought the Gryffindor Quidditch Team wasn't all that skilled and was practically the worst team in the school. They said the only reason Gryffindor had won was because Annie had turned the tide all by herself.
That might have been true, and there was some logic to it, but the Gryffindor students didn't care.
After all, Annie was a Gryffindor student. No one could deny that. And there was nothing shameful about winning thanks to the skills of someone from their own House.
So what if everyone thought Gryffindor had only won because Annie had turned the tide single-handedly? So what if they thought Annie deserved most of the credit?
Gryffindor had won this year, and that was all that mattered!
And not just this year. It was easy to predict that Gryffindor would win next year, the year after that, and for the next six years as well!
After all, Annie was the best and youngest Quidditch player in Hogwarts history—and perhaps in the entire wizarding world. There was no one else like her!
The Daily Prophet had even reported that a team in the Quidditch World Cup had its eye on Annie. They were just waiting until she was old enough to offer her a place on the team.
But the students didn't know the details yet, and Annie herself didn't care.
The day after the Quidditch final, Neville came back. He brought Annie a whole pile of snacks and a letter that seemed to be from the Longbottom family, thanking her.
Annie didn't have much