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(A/N: Crap. I think that FF.Net being down for the Hardware replacements made me lose most of the readers & REVIEWERS. Crap. )
Harry Potter and the Ring of Fire – Chapter 5 – The Black Dragon
The whole crowd screamed in horror. The game suddenly came to a stop. The frightened players flew back to the castle on their brooms. Students ran towards the castle for shelter too, but only two players remained in the air.
"Harry! Come on! Are you deaf? A dragon is coming! Let's get out of here!" Ron yelled from the ground.
"You go ahead! I'll catch up to you later."
"Do what as Ron tells you to, Harry," someone said.
Harry turned his broom around. It was Cho riding on another broomstick.
"Go now, Harry. Its dangerous up here." Cho said with a serious look in her eyes.
"But what about you?" Harry asked as Ron was still shouting at him below.
"I'll be alright." Cho replied.
Harry nodded his head and zoomed away to the ground, where he picked up Ron and flew to the castle. Another great gust of wind blew in, knocking Harry and Ron off the broom to the grass.
"You alright, Ron? Come on, let's get inside." Harry yelled as he helped Ron up quickly, who was being trampled by rushing students. Ron got up and both friends started to run. But Harry stopped when he heard a loud roar. Harry turned around, the dragon was moving in closer.
It was black with green emerald eyes. There were many spikes on its tail and back and its wings were large as the Great Hall. Harry could still see Cho and Draco on their brooms in the air, not moving. The fierce dragon spotted both of them, and made a dive for it. Both seekers looked at each other and turned around, speeding towards the castle too. The dragon huffed and red flames shot out from its mouth towards the two students on the brooms, both of them split up in different directions, dodging from the streak of hot flame. The dragon screeched and followed Cho, puffing fire out with every turn Cho made. The dragon was catching up to her.
The professors gathered in a circle beside the castle and waited for the dragon to past them. Once Cho whooshed by in the air, the professors jumped out and a streak of white light flew out of their wands, hitting the dragon in the stomach with their spell. The dragon screeched and fell to the ground with great impact, shaking the ground. All the students were safely inside the castle, but Ron and Harry remained to see what happened. Harry saw that Cho and Draco finally landed beside the dragon at the corner of his eye.
"Severus, go and send an urgent owl to Dumbledore saying that there is an emergency here at Hogwarts." McGonagall directed.
Snape nodded and turned around, his cloak spun around following him.
"Harry! Ron! Are you all right?!" Someone yelled from behind them. It was Hermione. She was running out of the castle, passing Snape who was running in the other direction.
The boys replied with a nod.
The three students jogged over to McGonagall, where Harry heard Malfoy talking.
"And what about the Quidditch match?" Malfoy asked.
"What about it, Mr. Malfoy?" McGonagall challenged.
"Will there be a rematch? I think there…"
"We will see." McGonagall cut off. "I want everyone back in the castle now. Ms. Chang, you can go to the hospital wing if you like, and you too, Malfoy."
Cho nodded and head for the castle, Malfoy following behind with his broom in his hand.
The Great Hall was filled with chatter about the interruption in the Quidditch Game earlier today.
"I have some very good news and some bad news." Angelina said as she sat down at the table. Before anyone asked what there were she started. "The bad news is that we won't be having a rematch."
Harry groaned and buried his face into his palms. His hopes of winning the Quidditch Cup again vanished with a snap. He heard his teammates complaining.
"Wait! Let me finish!" Angelina hushed the team. "The good…no…very good news is that the teachers decided to let Gryffindor win since we we're leading when the dragon appeared. We're going against Ravenclaw!"
Katie Bell squealed. Fred and George got to their feet and whooped like whooping crane. Harry took his face out of his hands and jumped up also. Everyone was looking at Harry, Fred and George but they didn't care. The Slytherin team was looking at them like they were about to ambush and kill them when they went to the bathroom. Harry spotted that Malfoy was not at the table, neither was Cho at the Ravenclaws'.
Alicia Spinnet interrupted Harry's thoughts about Malfoy and Cho and the team's celebration: "But that's a bit unfair, don't you think?" I mean Slytherin could have the chance of winning if that dragon hadn't shown up."
The Gryffindor team stopped and sat back down, looking at Alicia with suspicious eyes.
"Are you sure you're Alicia Spinnet of the Gryffindors?" George asked, inspecting Alicia from head to toe.
"Yes," Alicia rolled her eyes and replied, "I was just asking why did the teachers let us win."
"Yes, why do you think the teachers let us win?" Katie asked Angelina.
"McGonagall is afraid that another dragon or monster will show up at Hogwarts if they have a rematch." Hermione cut in and closed the textbook she was reading.
"That's right!" Ron began to get the point. "Didn't you hear what McGonagall told Snape to do? She told him to 'Send an urgent owl to Dumbledore'. Dumbledore isn't here at Hogwarts."
"And Dumbledore is the reason why Hogwarts is so safe." Harry said.
"Oh Harry, you better be careful," Hermione said with a worried look, "it's dangerous here without Dumbledore."
"But why don't the teachers wait until Dumbledore gets back then hold the rematch?" Harry asked.
Hermione didn't say a word but her eyes told Harry and Ron to leave the table to talk in private. They gave her a little nod and got up without saying a word to the team or the each other.
All three of them did not make one peep until they've gotten to the Fat Lady portrait.
"Peppermint Beetle Cake" Hermione said to the Fat Lady in the portrait. The portrait swung opened and the gang stepped inside. Ron immediately collapsed on the couch. Harry collapsed on the armchair next to it. The fireplace lit up immediately, which meant that no one was in the room.
"What were we talking about again?" Ron asked and rolled over on his side with his back facing the bright fireplace. Ron wanted to fall asleep.
"The rematch." Harry responded and took off his shoes with his feet; he too wanted to go to bed.
"Do you boys want to fall asleep or know how dangerous Harry's life is becoming?" Hermione raised her voice.
"Do we have to?" Ron groaned and turned to face the bright fireplace.
Hermione gave him a stern look.
"The reason why they won't let Harry have another rematch is because of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Its too risky." Hermione said and sat down on the armchair across from Harry.
"What does Voldemort have to do with Quidditch or even the dragon? I mean, the dragon could just have flew into Hogwarts grounds by accident."
"Hey! Would it kill you to say You-Know-Who?" Ron protested.
Hermione shook her head. "That's where you're wrong. Hogwarts is protected by many enchantments. No ordinary dragon can fly into Hogwarts. Someone with great power must have let the dragon in. I think that someone is You-Know-Who. After all, Dumbledore left Hogwarts, it was a perfect time to try and kill Harry."
Harry gulped.
"Oh please, Harry faced a Hungarian Horntail lasted year and survived, of course he can survive another dragon." Ron said and buried his face in a pillow on the couch, "Anyway, if it's about revenge, You-Know-Who would want to kill Harry with his own two hands, not let some sissy little dragon kill him. It's just the rule of revenge."
"Ron does have a point." Harry said. "Vol…You-Know-Who would rather kill me with his own hands than let a dragon do the job."
A group of first and second years entered the room. Harry and the gang shushed up immediately.
"We'll talk later." Hermione got up and whispered to them.
Harry noticed Ron fell asleep. He decided to leave him alone on the couch. Harry got up from the armchair and head for his room. He collapsed on the bed without changing into his pajamas and fell asleep right away.
(A/N: Ok, can you believe that I wrote 3 quarters of this in one day?! Anyhoo…Review Dammit! *Watches few readers leave because of the fowl language* Ok….REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! Please!! I'm on my knees! And did I also tell you that 'Printed in Black and White' (a H/D/C) was Re-Written?! Read and Review that also, Dammit! *Watches as more readers leave* Oh God…I'll be going to work on the next chapter now… *leaves*….)