Ch.25

After fae class far from the classroom in a empty hallway,Key and Makai were shocked by the message Alden told them because everybody else were silent, shocked by what happened.

Key instead of betty, stops her friends and asks with a sound of positive instead of worry, "How come everybody is so down,there's nothing specific about what will happen to faes,and besides I need hap-py".

Key froze in the middle of the hallway along with Makai,feeling weak, and is on her knees.

Key's friends impression on their face changed,showing concern,and try to help Key and Makai to their feet.

Keni acting fast,she tells betty to try to find a teacher,Devin to lift Key and Makai, Ally reaches into her bag and gives her pale looking friends some calming tea.

This tea helped bring Key and Makai strength,strong enough to be able to kinda walk.

Betty finds instead of a teacher, she found two people talking revealing Abigail and professor Dumbledore enjoying tea.

Abigail noticed Betty,sensing something wrong,Betty tells them about Key and Makai.

Abigail and Dumbledore head to Makai and Key, who were still very weak,so the headmaster and Abigail take them to an office.

This office,everybody recognized even though they hadn't been in it that often,it's Dumbledore.

"Can you recall what happened?" Dumbledore asks Key and Makai, with a calming, yet serious tone of voice.

"Not really,Professor, it happened fast. I heard my friend: Rai's voice,then my body was in lots of pain,and I couldn't move", Makai told Dumbledore.

Key nodded at Makai's description of what happened in the hallway.

"What did she say?" asked Betty,breaking the silence.

"Everything will end with Key's death", answered Makai.

Abigail gasped.

Dumbledore tells to send Key's friends to their houses.

"Makai,Key, I must tell for your own safety. Abigail has to keep your gemstones, and you have to stay together for now until we find the perfect charm to protect you from dark magic , since you're not fully developed faes", Dumbledore decided.

Makai and Key give gemstones getting it from around their necks.

"Also, Abigail. I hope we can continue our conversation with some cup of tea", said Dumbledore, before Abigail closed the door.

"Of course, headmaster", Abigail smiled.

Abigail leads Key and Makai to the Gryffindor tower, Key tells Abigail there is nothing to worry about,and she kisses her on the cheek.

Once they enter the common room,Syria,Li, Harry,Ron, and Hermione with a warm welcome.

"Key,Makai, we heard the explanation. Is it true? What happened? What did Dumbledore say?" asked Hermione, with concern in her eyes.

Before she answered the question, Key asks "Can we talk about that later? I need a deep breath".

They gave Key some space, wondering what Key was thinking about looking at the fire.

Harry knew the expression on his cousin's face, and sits by her.

"Keeping this to yourself won't help. Besides we're family, friends, I can handle it. I'll help you, support you, tell me what's wrong", Harry insisted.

"I saw my parents alive well,in the Leaky Cauldron looking in a newspaper revealing us going to Hogwarts. I saw this vision when we went into Makai's old hang out", Key told Harry.

Harry along with everybody else is shocked by Key's news.

"I thought it was an illusion, a trick, so I tried to hide this. But, now i'm kind of convinced it's true because I see dream visions of my small moments with my mom and dad, and stuff my parents did, while in hiding. In places,that are super protected", Key continued explaining.

This news stuck with everybody,so much that Harry forgot his worries about Quidditch for a while.

The Quidditch game come, Dumbledore insisted Key could join Harry this time.

Wood gave the team a pep talk.

In the locker room, Wood had taken Harry aside.

"Don't want to pressure you, Potter, but if we ever need an early capture of the Snitch it's now. Finish the game before Snape can favor Hufflepuff too much",

"The whole school's out there!" Fred Weasley, peering out of the door. "Even - blimey -Dumbledore's come to watch!"

Harry's heart did a somersault, Key follow Harry.

"Dumbledore?" harry said, dashing to the door to make sure.

Fred was right. There was no mistaking that silver beard. Harry could have laughed out loud with relief He was safe.

There was simply no way that Snape woulddare to try to hurt him if Dumbledore was watching.

Key tells Harry,she's right by her side.

Harry picked up his NimbusTwo Thousand.

Key spread her wings, getting to see Makai sitting with Ron and Hermione next to Neville.

Ron and Hermione have their wands,looking grim and worried.

Little did Harry know that Ron and Hermione had been secretly practicing the Leg-Locker Curse. They'd gotten the idea from Malfoy using it on Neville, and were ready to use it on Snape if he showed any sign of wanting tohurt Harry.

"Now, don't forget, it's Locomotor Mortis", Hermione muttered as Ron slipped his wand up his sleeve.

"I know, " Ron snapped. "Don't nag".

Perhaps that was why Snape was looking so angry as the teams marched onto the field, something that Ron noticed, too.

"I've never seen Snape look so mean, " Ron told Hermione. "Look -they're off Ouch!"Someone had poked Ron in the back of the head. It was Malfoy.

"Oh, sorry, Weasley, didn't see you there", Malfoy grinned broadly at Crabbe and Goyle.

"Wonder how long Potter's going to stay on his broom this time? Anyone want a bet? What about you, Weasley?"Ron didn't answer;

Snape had just awarded Hufflepuff a penalty because George Weasley had hit a Bludger at him.

Hermione, who had all her fingers crossed in her lap, was squinting fixedly at Harry, who was circling the game like a hawk, looking for the Snitch.

"You know how I think they choose people for the Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minuteslater, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for no reason at all.

"It's people they feel sorry for. See, there's Potter, who's got no parents, then there's the Weasleys, who've got no money - you should be on the team, Longbottom, you've got no brains", Malfoy continued.

Neville went bright red but turned in his seat to face Malfoy.

Makai was about to attack Malfoy,but Li stopped her.

"I'm worth twelve of you, Malfoy, " Harry stammered.

Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle howled with laughter, but Ron, still not daring to take his eyes from the game, said, "You tell him, Neville. "

"Longbottom, if brains were gold you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something", Malfoy insulted them.

Ron's nerves were already stretched to the breaking point with anxiety about Harry.

"I'm warning you, Malfoy - one more word

"Ron!" said Hermione suddenly, "Harry - - "

"What? Where?" asked Ron, in curiousity.

Harry had suddenly gone into a spectacular dive, which drew gasps and cheers from the crowd.

Hermione stood up, her crossed fingers in her mouth, as Harry streaked toward the ground like a bullet.

"You're in luck, Weasley, Potter's obviously spotted some money on the ground!" said Malfoy.

Ron snapped. Before Malfoy knew what was happening, Ron was on top of him, wrestling him to theground. Neville hesitated, then clambered over the back of his seat to help.
Makai and Li at first hesitated, but eventually stopped them from fight

"Come on, Harry!" Hermione screamed, leaping onto her seat to watch as Harry sped straight at Snape -she didn't even notice what was happening between Malfoy and Ron.

Up in the air, Snape turned on his broomstick just in time to see something scarlet shoot past him, missing him by inches - the next second, Harry had pulled out of the dive, his arm raised in triumph, the Snitch clasped in his hand.

The stands erupted; it had to be a record, no one could ever remember the Snitch being caught so quickly.

"The game's over! Harry's won! We've won! Gryffindor is in the lead!"shrieked Hermione, dancing up and down on her seat and hugging Parvati Patil in the row in front.

Harry jumped off his broom, a foot from the ground. He couldn't believe it. He'd done it - the game was over; it had barely lasted five minutes.

Key unknowingly hugged Harry, while flying.

As Gryffindors came spilling onto the field, Harry saw Snape land nearby, white-faced and tight-lipped - then Harry felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up into Dumbledore's smiling face.

"Well done", said Dumbledore quietly, so that only Harry could hear. "Nice to see you haven't been brooding about that mirror... Been keeping busy... Excellent... ".

Snape spat bitterly on the ground.

Harry left the locker room alone some time later, to take his Nimbus Two Thousand back to the broom shed. He couldn't ever remember feeling happier with her cousin by his side.

"I told you Harry, you could do it, and you aced it", Key cheered.

As Harry and Key walk in the grass,Harry is lifted onto the Gryffindors shoulders;Ron and Hermione in the distance, jumping up and down, Ron cheering through a heavy nosebleed.

After dinner,Key and Makai are joining Harry, who's getting his Nimbus Two Thousand.

But, when Harry jumped on his Nimbus Two Thousand,and the broom took off.

Seeing this Key and Makai spread their wings follow Harry through the forest,this spell was stronger than the last one, Key had broken.

Harry flew in circles, lower and lower, brushing the top branches of trees along with Key and Makai trying to stop the brooms until they heard voices.

They flew toward them and landed noiselessly in a towering beech tree.

Harry climbed carefully along one of the branches, holding tight to his broomstick, trying to see through the leaves.

Key and Makai make their wings disappear,and sat by Harry, and listen to the voices.

The voices are revealed to be Quirrell and Snape, this shocked Key,and Harry, but Makai didn't show any sign of emotion.

"... D-don't know why you wanted t-t-to meet here of all p-places, Severus... ", stammered Quirrell.

"Oh, I thought we'd keep this private, " said Snape, his voice icy. "Students aren't supposed to know aboutthe Sorcerer's Stone, after all.

This makes Harry and Key lean forward.

was mumbling something.

Snape interrupted him,"Have you found out how to get past that beast of Hagrid's yet?"

"B-b-but Severus, I - - " Quirrell replied.

"You don't want me as your enemy, Quirrell", said Snape, taking a step toward him.

"I-I don't know what you"

"You know perfectly well what I mean", Snape insisted.

An owl hooted loudly, and Harry nearly fell out of the tree. Key and Makai were unfazed.

Harry steadied himself in time to hear Snape say, "- your little bit of hocus-pocus. I'm waiting. "

"B-but I d-d-don't - - " Quirrell repeated.

"Very well, " Snape cut in. "We'll have another little chat soon, when you've had time to think things overand decided where your loyalties lie. "

Snape threw his cloak over his head and strode out of the clearing. It was almost dark now, but Harry could see Quirrell, standing quite still as though he was petrified.

"Harry, where have you been?" Hermione squeaked.

"We won! You won! We won!" shouted Ron, thumping Harry on the back. "And I gave Malfoy a black eye, and Neville tried to take on Crabbe and Goyle single-handed! He's still out cold but Madam Pomftey sayshe'll be all right - talk about showing Slytherin! Everyone's waiting for you in the common room, we're having a party, Fred and George stole some cakes and stuff from the kitchens. "

"Never mind that now", said Key, breathlessly.

"Let's find an empty room, you wait 'til you hear this... ", Harry told them.

Harry and Key made sure Peeves wasn't inside before shutting the door behind them, then they told them what happened.

"So we were right, it is the Sorcerer's Stone, and Snape's trying to force Quirrell to help him get it. Heasked if he knew how to get past Fluffy - and he said something about Quirrell's 'hocus pocuss - I reckon there are other things guarding the stone apart from Fluffy, loads of enchantments, probably, and Quirrell would have done some anti-Dark Arts spell that Snape needs to break through - - " Harry explained.

"So you mean the Stone's only safe as long as Quirrell stands up to Sna-Snape?" asked Hermione in alarm.

"It'll be gone by next Tuesday", said Ron.