What If?
A.N. So here's the usual I don't own yes? Belongs to JK and whoever else.
Chapter Ten - Well at least the Dragons gone.
With Norbert and James gone everything seemed back to normal, well as normal as you could get for Harry. The exams were only weeks away and Hermione was fretting over where Harry was going almost every night and that he wasn't getting enough revision done, even with him insisting that he was, she wouldn't back down. She had taken to following him everywhere he went and checking on him constantly to see what he was doing. He ended up having to use the invisiblity cloak given to him as a gift from his dad before the start of term, to evade her.
" Okay Harry, your with me today." came Rowena.
" Right, what are we doing? Earth, Wind or Water?" he asked
" Water." she said simply. " Now you see that pool at the back of the room?"
He turned to see behind him was a pool at least the size of his dormitory back in the tower. He faced her again and nodded.
" Okay go up to it and try to form a whirlpool for me using your hands, now dont forget to concentrate."
Walking up to the pool he raised his hands in front of him and tried to guide the water round until it started to swirl, after half a hour he had managed to make the small whirlpool but only a few times.
" It's fine Harry," Rowena comforted " Your doing really well your way above where you should be for your first lesson. Why don't you take a break for a while?"
His shoulders sagged in relief, he knew he was tired but didn't want to stop he loved his new powers and wanted to learn new stuff, fast. Harry fell back onto the couch that was infront of the mantlepiece.
" Hey! Where's Sal?" Harry asked staring at the blank portrait.
" He's off looking into something about his house, apparently there's something going on in that house of his." replied Godric.
" Oh well, Rowena can we start again I think I can do it this time."
Walking back over to the pool he put his hands out infront of him and guided the water until it again started to swirl infront of him, he found the more the concentrated on the thing he was meant to be making the better he got at doing it. After what seemed like hours of just guiding the water round its finally started to go somewhere the water moved faster and faster until in the middle of the water was a massive whirlpool the width of the swimming pool.
" Well done Harry!" Clapped the portraits bringing him out of concentration and the whirlpool beginning to die down. He sagged down onto the couch again.
" Harry?" asked Helga concerned " You alright?"
" Yeah i'm fine. Just tired" He mumbled.
" Why didn't you tell us! " She cried.
Harry just shrugged.
" Right! Bed now!"
Helga had always been the motherly one of the founders,breaking up any arguements between the four of them and if a student was hurt in anyway she would go looking for them to see if they were alright , though not speaking to them directly,Rowena was the wise one making the decisions before the others did something drastic. Godric and Salazar were the two pranksters, like a older Fred and George but less - though not by much - dangerous.
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Last night getting back to the common room was far easier than usual, no one was in the corridors on patrol, Harry had passed no one on his way up to the portrait, well unless you count a few ghosts but not a single living person was about. He got to the portrait said the password and walked into the common room. No one was there either, it was completly empty.
That morning Hermione had screamed well no screeched at him asking him of his wereabouts last night and did he have any idea what time it was when he decided to show his face again. She then proceeded to smack him over the head and storm out of the common room.
" So mate, do you know what time you got in this morning?" asked Ron.
" Err, no it couldn't have been that late though I was only away a couple of hours wasn't I?" questioned Harry.
" A few? Try more like six."
" Six! Are you actually taking the pure mick out of my life?" said an exasperated Harry.
" Er..." Ron was interupted by a growl coming from his stomach.
" God Ron can you not control your stomach?" laughed Harry.
" Yeah.. Well i'm hungry!" he cried.
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Quidditch practice that night went great they were all flying so much better than they had in previous practices, but no one knew why. Maybe they were all just getting better the more they practiced? Oliver called them to the changing rooms.
" Okay guys, Snape isn't refereeing for our match on Saturday, but neither is Madame Hooch. To be honest I dont know whose refereeing, so we'll just have play a clean game. Thats means you too Fred and George." He said sternly.
" Who?"
" Us?"
" Never!" The twins finished together with a look on their faces that told the team otherwise.
" Well, whatever just play a clean game yes?" The team cheered " Right good, I have no doubt that we're going to win, this is on of the best teams Hogwarts has in years. We've got the best seeker in the whole school, three amazing chaser, a damn good keeper and well Fred and George." They started cheering again, stopped, got changed and all left one by one, all going their seperate ways. Harry sat in the changing rooms not moving since Oliver had started his speech, his mind was racing
'Snapes not refereeing, Madam Hooch isn't refereeing, then who the hell is? At least someone didn't try to kill me when Snape was ref maybe it's cause he was the one trying to kill me and he couldn't try this time cause he had to keep his eye on the game or maybe it's cause he knew who was trying to kill me and they stopped cause they didn't want to try anything funny.' Thoughts were racing through his head each as probable as the next. He stood up slowly got changed and walked away to find Ron and Hermione.
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The final match of the season was that day and Harry hadn't felt this bad since his sisters last bout of accidental magic. A story which he never wanted to retell in his life. Sitting at the Gryffindor table in the Great hall his hands were shaking so bad he couldn't keep his knife and fork still, beside him Hermione was trying to get him to eat, but if he dared to open his mouth he was scared the little bit of breakfast he had, had would come back up.
" Come on team, changing rooms now!" shouted Oliver from the other end of the table.
Finally pulling his boots on Harry looked up and saw a familiar face looking up at him.
" Dad!" he cried.
" Hey kiddo, hows it goin'?
" Erm.. i'm nervous and confused." he frowned
" Well obviously your nervous, I was whenever I was playing a game but when I was up in the sky I felt great. Now your confused as to why i'm here right?"
" Yeah. Why are you here?"
" I'm referee."
" Err what now?"
" I'm referee." James repeated again.
" I kinda got that. But why?"
" 'Cause I wanted to." James said plainly.
Just then Oliver came bounding up to Harry completly unaware of who was standing right infront of him.
" Harry you best hurry up, games about to start."
" Yeah i'm coming, I was just talking to my dad." Harry replied gesturing to his father who was grinning at the shocked look on Olivers face.
" Y-y-your James Potter!" He managed to splutter out.
" Yerp last times I checked." James laughed.
" C-c-c-could I maybe have your autograph, you were like the best chaser the Tornadoes had!"
" Aw jeez," James blushed " It's been years since I had to sign one of these." Harry just laughed.
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" Okay captains, shake hands." said James " Mount your brooms, three, two" and sharp blast from his whistle and the players were off. Lee Jordan, a friend of the twins was commentating as usual and being watched like hawk from Mcgonnagal who was sitting beside him with one eye on the game and the other on him.
" Todays final match Hufflepuff verses Gryffindor " Called Lee to a mass of boos and cheers from either side of the stadium " Refereeing todays match is James Potter former Tudsill Tornadoes chaser and father of Gryffindors very own seeker Harry Potter!" Then came a large amount of boos from the Slytherins and mass of cheering which near about drowned it out by the other three houses.
" Chaser Katie Bell with the quaffle, heading towards the Hufflepuff first shot on goal for keeper Liam Judd can he save it? Ahh no! Ten points to Gryffindor. Hufflepuff back in posession, chaser Courtney Peary with the quaffle. Ouch! Hit in the back of the head by a bludger sent by George Weasley. Gryffindor in possession, their shooting down the field, the quaffles passed, once, twice and a third time back to Angelina Johnson. I've said it once i'll say it again, that girl is quite a chaser and rather good looking too."
" Jordan." Mcgonnagal growled.
" Jokes professor, And Gryffindor score again! Twenty - Nil to Gryffindor."
Up in the sky Harry was hovering above the game, scanning the field for any signs of the snitch so far nothing, apart from seeing his mother, sister and Ginny in the Gryffindor part of the stands he'd seen nothing. The Hufflepuff seeker seemed to be doing the same, gliding around the pitch scanning the air for any signs of that little gold ball. Suddenly there was a flash of gold by one of the Weasley twins' foot, Harry and saw it and dived the Hufflepuff seeker not far behind, Harry gaining the lead from the speed of his broom, the snitch suddenly flew up again he pulled up sharply following it. The Hufflepuff seeker was not so lucky he ploughed into the ground before he had time to pull up. Harry was now inches away from the little winged ball his hand out stretched one last push and the cold ball was in his hand and then all was black.
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A.N. Was that good? Bad? Totally shit and you don't even know why i'm writing this anymore? Sorry I havn't updated in like forever I just didn't feel like writing and i've had my birthday and loads of homework damn GCSE's cause more stress than there worth i'm telling you. About the whole James acting like a kid, thats how i've always thought of him but he knows when to stop and become the caring parent as you'll find out in later chapters if you decide to read on . And for the whole pure mick out of my life thing, I actually say that and wanted it in somewhere and that seemed appropriate soo yea. Next two chapters The stone but will Harry go on his own or with Ron and Hermione? I actually havn't decided yet let me know what you think and I might put in some Harry and Ginny fluff in the summer.
But don't shoot me yeah and review. Thank you.