Hi guys! SO sorry it took so long but I had the worst case of writers block in the history of the world! Well here you go hope you enjoy!
Harry offered a hand to Ginny but the look on Ron's face made him quickly cover his gesture. Ginny laughed inwardly and got up, shaking hair from her face. Lei walked over, smiling, and asked if everyone was ready.
"Ready as we're gonna be. The question is: are you ready?"
"Same answer. Let's go."
Fred, George, Ron, Ginny, Harry, Lei, and Hermione walked from the Great Hall together, joined by several other Gryffindors on their way to the Quidditch field. Everyone had their brooms except for Hermione, who was just going to watch. Harry touched Ginny's arm and turned to Lei.
"Are you ready for another flying lesson?"
Lei paled a bit, "Uh, sure Harry. But, uh, now?"
"No time like the present. Ginny," Harry leaned toward the redhead and whispered in her ear. She smiled and nodded enthusiastically. She then took her broom and mounted it. Lei did the same and Ginny shot straight up into the sky, soon becoming just a speck.
Her voice drifted down to earth: "Come on scardy-cat, how will you ever learn to fly if you won't leave the ground?!"
Lei gulped and pushed off, shooting up towards Ginny. Then the specks intertwined and Ron gave Harry such a look as to kill a basilisk. He just shrugged innocently and continued on, leading the crowd of shocked Gryffindors.
At the field, they found Ginny and Lei standing in the center of the field, laughing together, though Lei's legs were shaky. Apparently, Ginny had cast a charm on Lei's broom as soon as she'd gotten up there, making it fly faster than ever would have been possible. Lei agreed that it had been a good lesson; her fear of heights was now completely gone. Little did any of them realize, Albus Dumbledore had been watching from his office with grave intensity, secretly worrying for Lei's safety. For you see, Lei was actually Dumbledore's daughter, though she didn't know it. Harry knew, Snape knew, and her adopted parents knew; that was all that was needed at the present time.
The match between the team and the substitutes began with each shaking hands with their opponents. Then each took their broom and flew up into the air. Hermione released the snitch and bludgers and threw the quaffle up into the air. She then ran to the sidelines to watch, not really rooting for either team for obvious reasons: they were all of the same house after all. Ginny took the quaffle and, in a fantastic execution, threw it straight through the center of the highest hoop while flying, much to Ron's annoyance. Lei chuckled slightly but was quickly silenced as the quaffle made its way to her own goal posts. She, of course, saved it, but not without sending her broom into a spinning frenzy. Harry saw it but was too high up to do anything. Ginny, however, heard her screams even before she realized she'd sent them and flew over to the rescue. After a quick charm, the crisis was resolved. As the match continued, Fred and George kept the bludgers away from the team for the most part and sent them flying in the other direction. Harry, high up, watched all this with fascination. However, his muse was broken when a flick of gold caught his eye. The snitch, too, seemed to be watching the match. Harry flew in a downward dip to catch it, drawing the other seeker's attention. The two went down, down, down, until they were within spitting distance of the snitch. But the golden ball had a sense of humor and darted away, forcing the two to pull up before they were impaled by the ground. Harry, however, flew around close to the ground, while the other went back up. Then he saw the snitch, hovering in the distance, and made a go for it. Ginny made a goal, a bludger got past the twins and impaled Lei, and Harry caught the Golden Snitch, ending the match.
Lei didn't cry out; she didn't make a sound. She just went limp and slid off her broom, blood pouring from her nose and cheek where the bludger had made her teeth bite through. Ginny was flying down to Harry, the twins were staring in horror, and Harry held the snitch up above his head. Ron, who was on the other side of the field, flew across and caught Lei as she fell. He then gently swooped down to earth and laid her out. Everyone rushed over to see how she was. Harry franticly pointed his wand at her and mumbled something.
"She's alive. She's just conked out."
A sigh of relief flowed through the crowd as Fred summoned Lei's broom. They all went back to the castle, taking Lei to the hospital wing with all due haste. What they met there was Madam Pomfrey's disapproving lecture on being more careful as she healed her.
"You should really take better care of your fellow students, especially when they're on your side. You," she pointed at Harry, "should know this best of all. She's lucky not to have had an attack with all that happened!"
A collective mumble of inward questioning began. Clearly, Lei had not told anyone about her asthma.
"I'm not sure she wanted everyone to know about that, ma'am. And I told her Quidditch was dangerous when I taught her to play this summer."
This seemed to satisfy the head nurse, for she went on silently mending Lei's wounds then left. In what seemed like hours, Lei opened her eyes and smiled at everyone.
"Alright, Lei?"
"That's such a dumb question."
"Shut-up!"
"Guys! I'm fine, thank-you. I guess I gave you guys quite the scare, huh?"
"Um…Lei?"
"Yes?"
Harry bent over so only she could hear. "You never told them about your asthma did you?"
"Why? Did you?"
"No, Madam Pomfrey did."
Lei's face paled. "Oh. I had hoped to keep it from being a school-wide issue. Oh well; it was bound to come out some time I suppose."
"Yeah."
Gradually everyone left and Lei went back to sleep. Madam Pomfrey wouldn't allow her to go back to her own room until she was sure she was alright.
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