Chapter 1: Terrifying Scream
"Higher mama, higher!" Three-year-old Gabriella said to her mother as she pushed her on the swing.
"Higher?" Ginny said with a laugh. "Oh, Gabby, I don't think mama has it in her!" she said as she tried her hardest to push Gabby on the tire swing that was put up by Harry.
"Please, mama?" That please. The way she said it. Ginny could never say no to the way she said please. No wonder the poor girl was so spoiled. Every time little Gabby had used the word please and with a puppy dog face. She knew that face all too well.
When little Gabriella was just two years old, Ginny and Harry had taken her out and they walked by a animal shop. Gabriella spotted a Cocker Spaniel and she begged her parents to get it. Ginny and Harry refused, but with the sadness of the eyes and the puppy dog face, they just couldn't say no. Of course, Gabriella was so ecstatic, that she named the dog right away. Coca.
Ginny grabbed each end of the tire and told Gabby to hang on, because then she was about to run underneath her as she pushed. As Ginny ducked so she wouldn't get hit by the swing, she heard Harry holler from the house.
"Ginny, it's almost time for your Quidditch match!"
Ginny turned to Gabriella and asked as she tried to stop the swing, "Wanna go watch mommy play Quidditch?"
"Yay, Quiddy!" Gabriella said excitedly as she jumped off the swing and started walking towards the house, Coca trailing behind them.
"I'll race you, mama!" Gabriella told Ginny as she looked up at her and they both started running towards the house.
Little Gabriella Potter loved to run. You hardly ever saw her walking at all. Harry noticed Ginny and Gabriella running and Harry knelt down and held out his arms for Gabriella as he said, "Come on Gabby. Come on baby, you can beat mommy!" as he laughed and Gabriella pumped her arms as hard as she could and quickly sped up and before she knew it, she was in her fathers arms as he spun her. Gabriella giggled as her father spun and Ginny came up not to far behind.
"You sure are a fast little devil aren't you?" Ginny laughed as she tried to catch her breath as Gabriella giggled and Harry handed Ginny her broom and Quidditch bag.
"Okay, honey. Hang on tight!" Harry told Gabriella as Ginny had appariated to the Quidditch pitch and Gabriella hung onto her father for dear life, for she knew they would be doing the same thing, but they would be side apparating.
Once at the Quidditch pitch, Harry carried Gabriella to the front gate to give them their tickets. The line was long, for this was the Quidditch World Cup: the Twinkling Stars against the Stinging Hornets; Ginny of course, was Seeker for the Twinkling Stars. They had waited in line for half an hour before reaching the front and a man both Gabriella and Harry recognized from previous Quidditch matches greeted them.
"Why hello, Harry. And little Gabriella as well." he said as he raised his hand to pretend like he was grabbing her nose. She giggled.
Harry and Gabriella went to find their seats in the Minister's Box as usual and waited for Shackelbolt to announce the start of the game. Gabriella took in the excitement of the crowd and before she knew it, the Minister of Magic began to speak.
"Good evening. I'd like to welcome each and everyone of you to the four-hundred and twenty-eight Quidditch World Cup. Let the games, begin." Shackelbolt finished and the Stinging Hornets came flying in and did their performance, soon followed by the Twinkling Stars.
Gabriella started looking for Ginny. For such a young girl, she had a very good set of eyes. She tried picking her mother out of the seven blue and silver dressed players and sure enough, she spotted the only one with red hair, just like hers and shouted, "Mama!" as she waved her flag, in support of the team.
Harry laughed. "She's not going to hear you, sweetie. There's too many people cheering."
"Cheering for mama?" Gabriella asked.
"Yes, hun. Cheering for mama." Harry laughed.
The game went on for about two hours - Twinkling Stars leading by one-hundred and fifty - when suddenly out of no where, a Bludger started flying towards Ginny and hit her head on. Gabriella was watching the Bludger hit her mother and all of a sudden, she let out a terrifying scream, "MAMA!"
Harry was watching the chasers when Gabriella screamed and he spotted Ginny falling to the ground as she landed, hard. He motioned to Shackelbolt to pause the game and he did just that. He carried Gabriella and followed Shackelbolt down to the field where Ginny was. Harry put Gabriella down and right away, she yelled for Ginny.
"Mama!" she hollered as she ran towards Ginny who lay unconscious.
"Ginny? Ginny? Can you hear me?" Harry said as he knelt down beside her. But Ginny didn't move or say anything. Shackelbolt stood up and put his wand to his head, said "Sonorus" and announced, "The game has been postponed."
A loud amount of murmur began to arise from the crowd and they all started to leave the stands. Shackelbolt told Harry that they were going to take Ginny to St. Mungo's and see what they could do from there.
"What's wrong with mama, Pap?" Gabriella looked up at her father with a tear trickling down her face.
"Mama's not feeling very well. We're going to take her to the hospital so she can get better." he said as he wiped the single tear from her face. Shackelbolt put a hand on Ginny and apparated them both to St. Mungo's, Harry followed.