Chapter Twenty-Eight: Rogue Bludger!
After class Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco (and their animals since they were told to bring them to class with them for practice) all met together out in the hall. "Do you really think there is a Chamber of Secrets?" Ron wondered.
"Of course there is can't you tell? McGonagall's worried, all of the teachers are." Hermione replied.
"Not only that but CJ and Mrs. Norris weren't the only ones petrified. I just found Nearly Headless Nick, April, and Justin." Harry began. "The only question is, who is it?" He wondered as Ron automatically turned to look at Draco.
"What are you looking at Weasley!" He snapped while making a face.
"Ron Draco that's enough the both of you." Hermione told them.
"Yeah, this isn't getting us anywhere so maybe instead of arguing we can try working together." Harry suggested.
"Good idea." Hermione agreed. "Draco, do you know anybody who might be behind this?" She asked him.
"No, but I know some people who might have some information about it. I'll go ahead and ask them about it and maybe you guys can even come with me so you can talk to them yourselves." Draco suggested with a grin.
"Well how can we do that when we're Gryffindors?" Harry wondered.
"There might be a way, but we'll probably be breaking about fifty school rules and it'll be dangerous. Very dangerous." Hermione told him.
"What is it?" Draco asked her while giving her a look of concern.
"We could make a Polyjuice potion, but it looks extremely difficult to make." Hermione began. "I've never seen a more complicated potion." She finished.
"Well, how long would it take to make?" Harry asked her.
"A month." She replied.
"A month?" Harry repeated hoping that he hadn't heard her correctly. "But Hermione half of the muggleborns in the school could be petrified by then." He whispered.
"I know, but it's the only power we've got." She told him.
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"Good luck today Snape." Draco began to Harry once both teams had changed into their Qudditch robes and they met each other on the Qudditch field.
"Thanks, same to you." Harry replied as everybody mounted their broomsticks. Meanwhile as they started setting up for the game, the rest of Harry's family arrived. Lily greeted her husband with a quick peck on the lips while Sarah quickly hurried up into the bleachers and sat down by Ginny.
"Hey Sarah." Ginny began with a grin.
"Who is that boy out on the field in front of Harry?" She wondered before Ginny made a face of disgust.
"Oh him? That's Draco Malfoy." She replied.
"What's wrong? I think he's very handsome." She said as Ginny rolled her eyes. Sarah gave a rather wide grin since she knew that she would be coming to Hogwarts next year for her first year and now she was even more excited. Once everybody was in their seats Madam Hooch stepped out onto the field and the game begun.
After a few people on both teams scored some points that's when Sarah noticed that something was wrong. "Hey Mum, why is that bludger continuing to chase Harry?" She wondered as she pointed up at the sky and Ginny gulped nervously as she met her gaze and Hermione had a sinking sickish feeling inside of the pit of her stomach and placed both hands upon her cheeks.
"Looks like Harry's got himself a real bludger! That's been tampered with that has!" Hagrid shouted and that's when suddenly Severus let out a rather small gasp.
"Harry." He whispered softly in sudden fear for his son's life.
"I'll stop it." Ron said as he withdrew his wand and pointed it at the bludger but Hermione quickly pushed his arm down.
"No don't! Even with a proper wand it's too risky! You could hit Harry!" She cried.
"Well then what are we going to do we can't just leave him like this!" Ginny exclaimed. However, that's when suddenly Harry had managed to grab the Snitch even though the bludger had managed to knock him to the ground.
"Harry Snape has caught the Snitch! Gryffindor wins!" Lee Jordan shouted and that's when Hermione assumed that it was alright to destroy it so she pointed her wand at it just like she had seen Harry's father do.
"Finite Incantatem!" She cried out and everybody watched as the bludger exploded into a million billion pieces. That's when all of his friends and family started running towards him.
"Harry, are you alright darling?" His mother questioned him anxiously.
"Can you move anything, is anything broken?" His father wondered.
"I can't move my right arm." Harry replied before his father scooped him up inside his arms.
"I'll be right back, I'm going to go take him to the hospital wing." He said as he started heading back towards the castle with Harry still inside his arms.
"Perhaps I can help." Gilderoy Lockheart suggested.
"Just because I'm old doesn't mean I'm senile." He replied with a shake of his head.
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In the middle of the night that night Harry woke up to Dobby standing over his bedside. "Hullo." He said as Harry's eyes suddenly grew as wide as Dobby's and he let out a shriek.
"Dobby!? What in the world are you doing here!?" He exclaimed in a whisper.
"Dobby apologizes Sir, Doddy just wanted to see that Harry Snape was alright. Dobby hoped that after he sealed the barrier between platform nine and that Harry Snape would see_" He began.
"It was you! You stopped Ron and I from getting on the train and nearly got us both expelled!" Harry snapped in hushed tones.
"Dobby apologizes Sir, he never thought this bludger_" he began.
"Your bludger? You mean you're the one who made that bludger chase after me!?" He cried this time not in a whisper.
"Dobby feels much aggrieved Sir, Dobby had to iron his hands." He told him before he showed him his hands and bandages.
"You better clear off Dobby before my bones heal or I'll strangle you if my father doesn't beat me to it that is!" He whispered threateningly.
"Alas, Dobby is used to death threats Sir, Dobby gets them five times a day at home." He said before blowing his nose upon his tea towel uniform.
"Why do you wear that thing Dobby?" Harry wondered.
"Dobby's uniform Sir? It is a mark of house elves enslavement. Dobby can only be freed if his master presents him with clothes." He said when suddenly the door opened, and Dobby disappeared and Harry rolled back over onto his side and pretended to be asleep so that he could hear what was going on as Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall were bringing in another student that appeared to be petrified.