CHAPTER FOUR
Quidditch time again
Harry had been working hard on a new game plan when it hit him that he'd already been in school for two months. He had been so wrapped up in making game plans, training Ron, and doing all his homework. All this was enough to make any person forget what time of year it was, it was for Hermione and Elizabeth Harry didn't know how he'd be able to get all his work done in time. Harry's life seemed to be pretty normal, well for wizard's standards. Everything except for Harry's dreams that is.
Harry kept having the same dream over and over again. That night he hoped that he wouldn't have it again, but it was of no use. The dream came flooding back to the sleeping Harry.
He was running down into a wing of the school in which he'd never been before. He stopped at a wall and tapped two bricks opposite each other, about five feet up from the ground. This opened an archway in the wall. There was one window in the corridor. The corridor seemed to be somewhere above the Forbidden Forest. Harry was now running and screaming Hermione's name. Opening doors to his left and to his right, he closed them all very quickly without so much as glancing to see what was behind them. Then at the door at the end of the corridor he stopped. The doorway seemed to be illuminated. He looked down and saw that there was blood leaking out from beneath the door. There was a loud painful scream and then the light turned to dark.
Harry sat bolt upright in his bed, breathing hard. His tears had mixed in with his sweat. It took him a few minutes to realize that he was safe in his own bed, at Hogwarts.
At breakfast Ron remarked on Harry's appearance, " Harry you've got to stop staying up so late at night planning our game. You need some sleep. You have circles under your eyes that are so dark it looks like some one gave you two black eyes." " Yeah you're right" was all Harry said in reply. Harry hadn't told Ron or anyone else about his dream yet. He didn't plan on telling them any time soon either, not until he figured out what it meant.
"Let's go visit Hagrid" Hermione suggested. " Yes, lets! It's been over two weeks sense we last saw him and with the Halloween feast coming up we might not get to for another two." Ron said through a mouthful of toast. " OK, sounds like a plan," said Harry. " Um, you guys go. I can't." said Liz. " Why not?" asked a confused Ron. " Snape's turned me into his own personal assistant." Liz explained " I swear that man's making me do every potion known to wizard kind. It's not my fault I'm better at potions than he'll ever be" at that every moment Snape chose to walk by Gryffindor table. " stupid old git" Ron mumbled when he was out of earshot.
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they walked up to the front door of Hagrid's cabin only to find a sign saying , "I'm in the garden." Hermione , for one, was a bit startled because it was almost as if Hagrid knew that they would be coming.
When they got to the garden all they found was a few giant pumpkins and one of them appeared to be singing. Fang jumped out from behind the Giant singing pumpkin, Hargid fallowed Fang. Harry was pretty sure that it was Hagrid and not the pumpkin that had been singing, although you never could be to sure. "wow!" Ron said in an amazed voice, looking up at the pumpkin, which was at least five times taller than him. " 'ello you three, how are ya and where's Elizabeth?' Hagrid said with a smile. " she's with Snape again, making more potions" Ron said with a frown. " workin' 'er hard eh? Bit jealous I s'poose" Hargid said while leading them into his one roomed cabin.
"how bout some tea?" he asked motioning them to sit. "Need any Help?" Hermione asked." Nah I'm alright" he replied.
Harry wanted to talk to Hagrid about his dream, but not with Ron and Hermione there. He figured that he would sneak back to Hagrid's after dinner, he just hadn't though of an excuse for leaving Ron and Hermione behind yet. Harry hoped that it would come to him soon. " I've got to go into the Forest today" Hagrid told the three " yeh best get back to the school" Harry Ron and Hermione said good-bye to Hagrid. And walked away from the hut/Cabin with there pockets waited down with the rock cakes and treacle fudge that they had been too polite to refuse.
Once in the common room they emptied the contents of their pockets into a wastebasket near one of the tables. They had just only sat down when a disgruntled Elizabeth came in calling Snape a bunch of names that made Hermione say " ELIZABETH!" " well he is " was all Elizabeth said in return.
At dinner Malfoy pleasantly reminded Harry of tomorrow's game against Slytherin. " is little Potter scared?" he said in a taunting voice " shut up Malfoy!" Hermione said throwing daggers at him with her eyes. " they could beat you blind folded" said a small voice behind Harry. " you tell him Ginny!" these reassuring word came from Fred or was it George. " I think it's time you left Malfoy" Harry said through gritted teeth. " oh yeah, Well whose gonna make me?" Draco said with an evil smile. Ron jumped out of his seat and was all ready to fight when Snape came over," staring a fight Weasley?" he said in his greasy voice. " a point from Gryffinor!" and with that he walked away Malfoy, Crabe, and Goyle trailing behind him. " leave it to Snape to blame Ron and not Malfoy" said Hermione.
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Harry was unable to get away that evening because Collin Creavy insisted that Harry explain the game plan to him. By the time Harry was done explaining to was already 10:30 and time for the team to go to bed. He called across the common room " team, Bed! You'll need your energy for the game tomorrow!" and with that he went to sleep. That night he had the same dream again.
Harry awoke at five o'clock in the morning he looked over at the clock on the wall it read " you're early get back to bed". Harry tried hard to fall back asleep. He tossed and turned in bed for about an hour than finally gave up and got dressed. The fire in the fireplace of the common room had gone out hours before. Harry walked through the common room , past the portrait of the Fat Lady and into the great hall. On the way to the great hall he stopped at one of the windows to check out the weather. Perfect Quidditch conditions as far as Harry could tell. The sky was a bit overcast, no rain, and by the looks of it very little wind.
Harry hadn't sat in the great hall long before people started to come in. a few Huffenpuffs, Annette and Sebastian Crown from Ravenclaw, and a couple of mean looking Slytherins. Ron got there at about 7:45 he was fallowed by Hermione and Elizabeth. Harry urged the team to eat but hardily touched anything himself. Ron looked as if he hadn't slept much last night. " What if I'm no good?" he kept asking himself, he like Harry, hadn't eaten much. " Ron are you going to eat something or am I going to have to spoon feed you?" Elizabeth scolded. Harry and Ron both hastily ate a few bacon strips and left for the locker room. They where the first ones there. Everyone else got there soon after.
Harry tried a few times to say something, but gave up and just stuck to pacing around the room. A few moments before they walked out onto the field Harry managed to say, " good luck everyone, remember the plan and play hard"
The Weasley twin's friend Lee Jordan was doing commentary. " Here comes the Gryffindor team. Spinnet, Johnson, Weasley, Weasley, Potter, Bell, and Weasley. Ron Weasley is the new keeper for the team, replacing former keeper Oliver Wood. My this has turned into a family game, hasn't it?" " captains shake hands" Madame Hooch could be heard screaming over the noise that the crowd made. Harry shook hands with a tall sixth year Slytherin, Tybalt " somebody", Harry couldn't remember his last name. While Harry and Tybalt where giving each other the death grip instead of a handshake Madame Hooch's whistle blew, and they where off. 14 blobs of green and red where zooming around in the sky. Harry was flying around above the game looking for the snitch and trying to listen to the commentary at the some time. " Katie has the Quaffle, Tybalt try's to get it, Katie passes to Alicia, she shoots SHE SCORES!" Lee yelled over the microphone, "talented and beautiful" " Jordan stick to the game plan!" McGonagall yelled.
Malfoy was tailing Harry, copying his every move. A bludger flew by missing Harry's face by half and inch at most, George Weasley raced after it. Harry looked over at Malfoy who seemed to be staring over at someone in the stands. Harry turned to see who it was, " Hermione?" he said in disbelief. He wasn't giving Hermione his usual evil look either, instead he was looking at her the way Ron looked at Elizabeth. Harry felt a sudden urge to hit him, hard. His thoughts where interrupted by Lee Jordan yelling " excellent save by new Gryffindor keeper Ron Weasley. Ron's riding on a Nimbus 2000, not as good as a Firebolt but still an excellent broom" " Jordan!" McGonagall screamed " sorry Professor won't happen again" was the last thing Harry heard before he saw it, the golden snitch. It was flying about a foot away from Tybalt. Would Malfoy notice it? Harry wondered. Gryffindor was in the lead 60-50, it was a very close game. Harry couldn't wait any longer; he had to take the chance of Malfoy noticing. In a mater of moments the snitch would disappear again.
He dove after it, Malfoy was right behind him. The wind was wiping Harry's hair out of his face. Harry and Malfoy where neck in neck, the snitch almost in Harry's grasp. Harry was just about to put on more speed when Malfoy kicked him. Harry fell to the ground, hard. He felt something fluttering around inside his robes; he reached inside his robed and grabbed it. He looked at his hand and saw little winds sticking out from the sides. He'd gotten the snitch! " THAT DIRTY CHEATING BA-----!" Lee Jordan was yelling into the microphone about Malfoy. McGonagall stormed out onto the field giving Malfoy a look that instantly made him regret kicking Harry. Once Lee had realized that Harry had caught the snitch he started shouting " Gryffindor wins! They win!" The crowd rushed onto the field, Harry, Ron, and the rest of the team was carried off the field.
That night there was a big party going on in the Gryffindor common room. About thirty minutes into the party Fred and George walked towards the portrait hole, winked at Harry and left. Harry couldn't figure out why they'd winked until they returned, fifteen minutes later, carrying two bags of butterbeer. All in all it couldn't have been a better day for both Harry and Ron. Malfoy got a detention and lost 20 points for Slytherin, they won the match, and Ron only missed five shots. Everyone kept telling Ron what a great keeper he was. Ron was grinning from ear to ear and then when Elizabeth kissed him his grin got even wider. " Nice commentary" Harry yelled to Lee who was standing on the other side of the room. The party lasted until one thirty in the morning when McGonagall came in and told every one to go to bed.
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Harry awoke to the next morning to the smell of a delicious backed something. He rolled over onto his side and propped himself up on one shoulder to see Ron better. Ron was already awake. " Happy Halloween" said Ron. " What? Oh yeah it's Halloween" said Harry, he'd totally forgotten about Halloween with the excitement of the game and all. The door flew open and in came Hermione and Elizabeth, still in their dressing gowns. " Morning " said a cheerful Hermione who sat down on the end of Harry's bed. Elizabeth sat down across from her on Ron's bed. " Now I know it's not customary to give presents on Halloween…" Elizabeth started, " but we decided to give you something anyways" Hermione finished for her. Hermione handed Harry a picture frame with a wizard photo of him, Ron, Elizabeth, and Hermione in it. Harry noticed that the photo Harry had put his arm around the photo Hermione; he didn't feel like saying anything about that just then. Elizabeth handed Ron a box of every flavor beans and a package of chocolate frogs.
Hermione and Elizabeth left to go get dressed. Harry thought that this was going to be a very good Halloween indeed. Hopefully it would be peaceful and noting bad would happen, as it so often does. Unfortunately Harry wasn't so lucky. He had no idea what the evening had in store for him.
*Authors note*
Don't you just love cliffhangers I guess you'll just have to wait and see what happens J lots more action in the next few chapters I promise. Now go to my message board and tell me what you thought of this chapter and the chapters before. No flames please just creative criticism.