Thanks to the one and only Ms. Prongs. The only person who reviewed my last chapter. *sighs looking sadly at everyone*
DISCLAIMER: I, Wyltk, don't own Harry Potter. Why do you insist on making me relive that terrible news! *sobs* Er... yea. No suing.
Harry Potter and the Unexpected Answers
Chapter 3: 101 Ways to Kill Harry Potter... Er and Quidditch.
By Wyltk
"WAIT!" Harry ran after her. He had to catch her! He was dead bored and she looked sad. Maybe they could talk if she would just slow down!
She turned a corner and by the time he got there she was gone. It shouldn't have surprised him really there were tons of classrooms in this hallway. It would take him forever to check everywhere and by then she would be gone.
Sighing heavily he turned around and caught a flash of gold on the ground. `Her necklace!' he silently reached for it and examined it closely. It WAS pretty. A small box chain hanging from it was a small circle pendant about a centimeter across. In the middle was a small diamond. Turning the circle around he frowned at the small inscribed words there.
"Ennoilid daonnan, jishig.' what on earth was that! Was she foreign? Maybe she couldn't understand him. Maybe that's why she ran. One thing was certain though, she knew Hogwarts well.
"Harry!" he started stuffing the necklace in his pocket. "There you are! I've been looking everywhere for you. I almost called Vanessa to help me look!"
McGonagall did indeed look very upset. Her usually tight bun was loose and half her hair was hanging down her back. She put it in place with a tap of her wand and smoothed her robes.
"Come on Harry. We have to head down to Hogsmead to get your list." She was waving a book list around wildly as she talked. He reached for it and grabbed it out of her fingers.
Reading it over, he frowned. "Lots of books this year."
"Well, of course, O.W.L.s, remember?" she then proceeded to walked towards the Front doors. "Now don't dawdle I have to be back here in an hour. If it wouldn't have taken so long to find you." she trailed off her lips in a thin line to show her displeasure.
As she trailed off Harry finally saw his chance to bring up the girl. "What about the girl my age that's here? Doesn't she need to get her books?"
McGonagall turned sharply towards him. "She already has her books." she said sharply, her lips thinner then he had ever seen them. It was the same look he had seen on his aunt's face when he asked about his mother. She wasn't going to tell him anything else that was for sure.
Sighing he walked with her through the school gates and down into Hogsmead. "Um sorry to bother you professor but... what about money?" he asked curious as to how he would get money to Hogsmead from London.
To his surprise she smiled and kept walking. "Have you only gone to the regulars for students? I thought you would know Hogsmead up and down by now." She then opened a shops door and stepped in. Harry stepped in behind her and saw a goblin, like Gringotts goblins, behind the desk in the other wise empty shop.
"What can I do for you?" he asked gruffly.
"We came to make a withdrawal." She said and then nudged Harry to give him his key.
He did and the goblin nodded and stuck the key into one of the small boxes next to him. The box was just big enough for his hand. "How much do you want?"
McGonagall said an amount and the goblin nodded and put his hand in the box pulling out gold. Harry's eyes widened and he slipped to an angle to see just how the goblin was doing it. In side the little box was a direct copy of his parent's vault in Diagon Alley.
"It's connected to Diagon Alley." the goblin said and then gave Harry a hard stare, which he returned until the goblin turned away. He handed the money and key to McGonagall and they both left. McGonagall handed him back his key.
"Alright Harry. I'm sure your robes are a bit too small now, so you go and get measured and I can get your other things agreed?" Harry nodded and was soon dropped off at a robes shop.
McGonagall finish around thirty minutes later. Harry, after being pinned and cursed at, finally finished getting fitted by the very old witch.
"We'll send them up by tomorrow morning." said the witch and McGonagall nodded.
"Right then, come along Harry." She said making his bags float behind her.
He followed her up to the castle and she made his bags drop in front of the door, and then handed him the bag of money that was left. "The house elfs will bring them up. I dare say Dobby will visit you when he does. I have to go see you Harry." She started to walk away and then paused and turned back towards him.
"Stay away from that girl, Harry." said McGonagall giving him a hard look. "She..." McGonagall trailed off. "Just leave her alone, Harry." She then walked away, disappearing into a tapestry.
`Now why did McGonagall want me to leave her alone?' Harry thought curiously. He wanted to know her. She interested him, and anyways he had something to return to her. His hands slipped into his robes and clutched the necklace.
`Sorry McGonagall. I can't listen to you this time.' He thought stubbornly.
~*~
"Harry! You'll never believe it! Mom found the twins working on Weasley's Wizard Wheezes again. She took away their allowance. And do you know what? They told her they didn't need it!" Harry grinned at Ron, chuckling as the twins winked at him.
They looked at each other and got this silly little smirk. Harry looked at them suspiciously knowing they were up to something. Shrugging it off he turned back to Ron and Hermione.
They had both changed over the summer. Ron's freckles had gotten lighter and some of his awkwardness was wearing off. His voice was also changing and squeaked slightly. Hermione herself had grown an inch taller still not as tall as Ron or him. Her hair had also changed, going from just below her shoulders to flowing down to mid back in large curls.
`They sure grew up over the summer.' Harry thought grinning, `Wonder what they think about me.'
"How was your summer?" asked Hermione brightly.
"Pretty good. You would have loved the lessons I got, Herm. I'll have to tell you about Snape's though. Nasty as ever but his lessons were practical." Harry said grinning.
"Had to be pretty good for you to say that. That git's humor is about as well defined as his hair is clean." Ron said smirking as both Harry and Herm laughed.
"Shh. Here comes the first years." whispered Hermione watching the hat intently.
As soon as the students were sorted and Dumbledore finished his speech, the food appeared on their plates leaving no room for talking. Digging in to the food they didn't notice the twins grin and start to count down underneath their breath.
When the twins got to one, a loud popping noise came from the head table. Everyone looked forward at what used to be their teachers which were now different animals. Dumbledore into a parrot, Snape into a bat, and McGonagall was turned into an ostrich followed shortly by the other teachers. As everyone finally realized just what they were seeing they turned to the twins and started laughing.
Second later the teachers turned back giving the room piercing stares. Then when they all waited for the punishment to come, Dumbledore broke into laughter.
~*~
After they were done with their food, and were safely tucked into their common room, the Gryffindor students broke into even louder laughter congratulating the twins, who hadn't even been punished. Smiling wildly they yelled out across the common room "For sale! Three Sickle for each box! "Animal" Crackers. They change you into the animal you eat for one minute!"
Harry chuckled as he headed into an empty corner to talk to Ron and Hermione. It seemed weird everybody talking in the Common Room when just yesterday the Common Room had been totally empty. He tuned back into his friends as they talked about their summers.
While giving him a headache from all the mingled voices it did take his mind off things. The thing he desperately wanted to achieve. His eyes dulled slightly at why he wanted to achieve that.
"Have either of you seen Crookshanks? I haven't seen him since we got here." asked Hermione looking around the Common Room. Harry and Ron shook their heads and Hermione shrugged. "Maybe he'll show up tonight."
Getting up two hours later he got up grinning at his friends. "I'm going to bed." He pointed towards the bulletin board. "Quidditch meeting tomorrow." With that he smiled and walked up to his dorm.
He walked over to the window and knelt down in front of it. His hand pushed against the stone directly underneath and it moved up under his hand. He had found this small space last year. And had used it ever since.
It had a letter from everyone who had ever used it and also a picture of them. The letters dated back till the founders, Gryffindor himself had written a note explaining he had made the space for anyone who ever needed it. The pictures from back then were drawn in black and white pencil or chalk. The newest one dated back to 20 years. They all moved though even the drawn ones.
The last one he was curious about. The boy would have been in school around the same time as his parents. His name was Bobby Lestrange. Harry had the feeling he would know go under the name of Robert.
Sighing he grabbed out the potion for a dreamless sleep that he had made while the students were still on vacation. Gulping it down he put the bottle back and slid the opening closed. He then stumbled over to his bed and laid down falling asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow.
~*~
The next morning Harry woke up early and went down to breakfast before wandering the castle. Then he, having nothing to do, went to McGonagall's office at 8:37. The message on the board had told him to come down to her office at 9:00 but hopeful she wouldn't mind him being early. He walked up to her door knocking softly. "Come in." he heard and he poked his head in nervously. "Potter your early." she said in a surprised tone. "Well sit down we'll wait for the others." she said nodding towards a seat and going back to her work.
As soon the whole team was assembled in her office, all of them grinning at her, she looked up and smiled slightly. "As you know we need a new captain and Keeper since Wood left two years ago." A piece of paper appeared floating in front of McGonagall. And she murmured "Perfect timing."
"Our new Keeper will be... Ron Weasley!" said McGonagall as the team let out a loud whoop. Harry slapped Ron on the back as he came out of the side room. The Weasley twins were hooting wildly.
"Now for the captain I would like Bell to go into the next room." She nodded getting up. A few minutes later she came out and shook her head. Johnson was next and she also came out shaking her head and grinning. Harry was next and he slipped in the room to see the Sorting Hat lying on the three legged stool.
"Well put me on." the hat said after a few minutes of Harry looking around. Harry jumped before finally shrugging and pulling the hat on.
"Ah. So you don't want to be captain?" Harry shook his head. "Why not?"
"I have too much to do as it is. I don't want to be captain, maybe next year."
"You still feel guilty. You're afraid that if you do you would remember Cedric." Harry clenched his jaw. "Well alright then. You're not the captain. See you later then Harry."
Harry walked out still thinking about what the hat had said. "No. Not me."
"Spinnet. Your next." She went in and then Ron and still no captain. Then Fred walked in. He stayed in longer then any of them and a few seconds later stuck his head out of the door.
"George can you come here?" he asked then seeing McGonagall begin too protest, he quickly added "Sorting Hat's orders, Professor."
Soon after George walked in a loud shout was heard and the twins came dancing through the doorway. "We're going to be co-captains! We're going to be co-captains! Co-captains! The captains! We are the captains!" they sang happily pulling the other members up in their strange dance.
McGonagall had gotten the hat and put it on her head. She took it off muttering something that sounded suspiciously like "I should have known that hat would flip its lip one day."
The next day Harry was up early as he always was now a days. He grabbed his schedule off the table and bit into an apple while looking it over. He groaned his head hitting the table. Not that class! Not on Monday! Not first!
"That's not very smart Harry. You'll hurt yourself." said Hermione amused. She picked up her own schedule and grinned. "Arithmancy is first! Wonderful I haven't had a chance to talk to Professor Vector yet!" she said pleased.
Harry groaned again followed shortly by Ron. "It should be against wizard law to have this class on a Monday morning." He grumbled as he grabbed a piece of toast.
"Well come on Harry. We better start out for her class." Ron grumbled and turned to Hermione. "See you later Herm. If you need us we'll be in One Hundred and One Ways to Kill Harry Potter."
As they left George turned to Fred. "Do you think You-know-who took that class?" Hermione who had been right next to them choked on her juice.
~*~
Harry sighed already feeling the strain of extra homework and Quidditch practice. The O.W.L.s weren't even coming until spring and four weeks into the year and they were working hard. Then there was Fred and George who were working the team into shambles.
They had become maniacs, talking nonstop about their two favorite topics, Quidditch and Pranks, even more so when Hufflepuff had to move their match up to today. Their captain wasn't going to be here for the next two weekends and there was no possible way for them to do it any later so it was moved up.
So here he was on the Quidditch Stadium on a clear day with the slightest hint of a breeze, though still chilly. The Hufflepuff team finally walked out of their locker rooms and got into position opposite of each other.
He looked at the girl seeker in front of him as Fred and George shook hands with the Hufflepuff captain.
`IT'S HER! The girl! The girl that screamed! It's her! She is right there in front of me!' thought Harry wildly. She was standing slightly behind the group, looking lost. Harry looked at her, then at Fred and George who was glaring at her and the new captain evilly.
The teams mounted their brooms and Ms. Hooch let out a shrill blast with her whistle. Harry kept looking for the Hufflepuff seeker. He couldn't find her anywhere near him. That was odd because he was almost always trailed closely by someone.
But this girl wasn't even near him. He spotted her below him in the thick of things down there. It seemed the Weasley twins were using her as target practice to.
The girl did a barrel roll to avoid one of the Bludgers. She then smiled and landed right in the middle of two Bludgers. Just before they would hit her she spun her broom so she was hanging on upside down. The two Bludgers flew towards the Weasley twins. They just managed to defuse the blows to someone else.
Harry raised his eyebrow. The Weasley twins had stopped using her as their only target but they looked as if they were planning on coping that move sometime in the future. `Joy.' Harry thought before he focused his full attention on finding the snitch.
The Gryffindors were racking up the points though Hufflepuff would have been quite even with them if Ron hadn't been such a good keeper. Already it was getting late and every time Harry was dashing towards the Snitch the girl would rush past him full speed making him stop midair so he didn't crash.
His captains were looking like Christmas had come early. The moves the Hufflepuff's were doing could have knocked any other team to pieces. The twins themselves were memorizing every move they made. Harry had the funny feeling they would never leave the next Quidditch practice.
The Snitch! Harry dove towards it hoping to not catch the other seekers attention. But at the last second she flew past him in a flurry making him jerk his broom up quickly. She had only been an inch away from crazing into his broom!
"And Potter was blocked by that Hufflepuff brat! Bloody Cheater!" Lee Jordan said angrily.
"JORDAN!" yelled McGonagall glaring at him.
"Sorry, professor. Oh WAIT! Hufflepuff has the Quaffle! Chaser Berry throws it! OH! I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MOVE LIKE THAT! RON WEASLEY JUST MADE A TERRIFIC SAVE! TAKE THAT HUFFLEPUFF!"
"JORDAN!" Lee danced out of McGonagall's reach.
There was the Snitch! Harry was about to start to dive when the girl flew straight at him making him swerve and loose the Snitch again.
"Oh and another dirty move by Hufflepuff! The score is 180 Gryffindor and 30 Hufflepuff! There is no way for them to catch up without the snitch. And that is highly unlikely with Potter as Gryffindor's seeker. And with a broom like the Firebolt. Still the best in the market though the new Nimbus 2002 is a much more reliable br..."
"JORDAN! YOU ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO ADVERTISE FOR BROOMS!"
"What are you talking about Professor? I'm being paid for those advertisements."
McGonagall made a strange strangled sound. "Just kidding, Professor."
"Wait! Something's going on. The Hufflepuff seeker is acting strange. Maybe this is her comeuppance for doing that to Potter! (JORDAN) Wait! She's... She's... HEADING STRAIGHT FOR ME!"
Indeed she was barreling passed everyone flying at top speed straight at Lee. Lee scrambled up watching the game and her. "Gryffindor SCORES! AHHHHH!!! HELP!!! THE SEEKERS HAVE GONE NUTS! NOW POTTERS AFTER ME!"
The Hufflepuff seeker was by this time about ten feet from him and Potter was right behind. The seeker stopped suddenly only an inch from Lee Jordan's face. Lee's eyes crossed and jaw dropped as he looked at the broom that was pointed right between his eyes.
AN: HA! How's that for a cliff? Wait till you get to chapter 6. That is a cliff hanger! *giggles evilly* Well that's it. Remember to review, please. And if you don't I guess that's okay. I still have Ms. Prongs to write reviews. *grins at her friend* Lets see if you get first shall we girl?
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DISCLAIMER: I, Wyltk, don't own Harry Potter. Why do you insist on making me relive that terrible news! *sobs* Er... yea. No suing.
Harry Potter and the Unexpected Answers
Chapter 3: 101 Ways to Kill Harry Potter... Er and Quidditch.
By Wyltk
"WAIT!" Harry ran after her. He had to catch her! He was dead bored and she looked sad. Maybe they could talk if she would just slow down!
She turned a corner and by the time he got there she was gone. It shouldn't have surprised him really there were tons of classrooms in this hallway. It would take him forever to check everywhere and by then she would be gone.
Sighing heavily he turned around and caught a flash of gold on the ground. `Her necklace!' he silently reached for it and examined it closely. It WAS pretty. A small box chain hanging from it was a small circle pendant about a centimeter across. In the middle was a small diamond. Turning the circle around he frowned at the small inscribed words there.
"Ennoilid daonnan, jishig.' what on earth was that! Was she foreign? Maybe she couldn't understand him. Maybe that's why she ran. One thing was certain though, she knew Hogwarts well.
"Harry!" he started stuffing the necklace in his pocket. "There you are! I've been looking everywhere for you. I almost called Vanessa to help me look!"
McGonagall did indeed look very upset. Her usually tight bun was loose and half her hair was hanging down her back. She put it in place with a tap of her wand and smoothed her robes.
"Come on Harry. We have to head down to Hogsmead to get your list." She was waving a book list around wildly as she talked. He reached for it and grabbed it out of her fingers.
Reading it over, he frowned. "Lots of books this year."
"Well, of course, O.W.L.s, remember?" she then proceeded to walked towards the Front doors. "Now don't dawdle I have to be back here in an hour. If it wouldn't have taken so long to find you." she trailed off her lips in a thin line to show her displeasure.
As she trailed off Harry finally saw his chance to bring up the girl. "What about the girl my age that's here? Doesn't she need to get her books?"
McGonagall turned sharply towards him. "She already has her books." she said sharply, her lips thinner then he had ever seen them. It was the same look he had seen on his aunt's face when he asked about his mother. She wasn't going to tell him anything else that was for sure.
Sighing he walked with her through the school gates and down into Hogsmead. "Um sorry to bother you professor but... what about money?" he asked curious as to how he would get money to Hogsmead from London.
To his surprise she smiled and kept walking. "Have you only gone to the regulars for students? I thought you would know Hogsmead up and down by now." She then opened a shops door and stepped in. Harry stepped in behind her and saw a goblin, like Gringotts goblins, behind the desk in the other wise empty shop.
"What can I do for you?" he asked gruffly.
"We came to make a withdrawal." She said and then nudged Harry to give him his key.
He did and the goblin nodded and stuck the key into one of the small boxes next to him. The box was just big enough for his hand. "How much do you want?"
McGonagall said an amount and the goblin nodded and put his hand in the box pulling out gold. Harry's eyes widened and he slipped to an angle to see just how the goblin was doing it. In side the little box was a direct copy of his parent's vault in Diagon Alley.
"It's connected to Diagon Alley." the goblin said and then gave Harry a hard stare, which he returned until the goblin turned away. He handed the money and key to McGonagall and they both left. McGonagall handed him back his key.
"Alright Harry. I'm sure your robes are a bit too small now, so you go and get measured and I can get your other things agreed?" Harry nodded and was soon dropped off at a robes shop.
McGonagall finish around thirty minutes later. Harry, after being pinned and cursed at, finally finished getting fitted by the very old witch.
"We'll send them up by tomorrow morning." said the witch and McGonagall nodded.
"Right then, come along Harry." She said making his bags float behind her.
He followed her up to the castle and she made his bags drop in front of the door, and then handed him the bag of money that was left. "The house elfs will bring them up. I dare say Dobby will visit you when he does. I have to go see you Harry." She started to walk away and then paused and turned back towards him.
"Stay away from that girl, Harry." said McGonagall giving him a hard look. "She..." McGonagall trailed off. "Just leave her alone, Harry." She then walked away, disappearing into a tapestry.
`Now why did McGonagall want me to leave her alone?' Harry thought curiously. He wanted to know her. She interested him, and anyways he had something to return to her. His hands slipped into his robes and clutched the necklace.
`Sorry McGonagall. I can't listen to you this time.' He thought stubbornly.
~*~
"Harry! You'll never believe it! Mom found the twins working on Weasley's Wizard Wheezes again. She took away their allowance. And do you know what? They told her they didn't need it!" Harry grinned at Ron, chuckling as the twins winked at him.
They looked at each other and got this silly little smirk. Harry looked at them suspiciously knowing they were up to something. Shrugging it off he turned back to Ron and Hermione.
They had both changed over the summer. Ron's freckles had gotten lighter and some of his awkwardness was wearing off. His voice was also changing and squeaked slightly. Hermione herself had grown an inch taller still not as tall as Ron or him. Her hair had also changed, going from just below her shoulders to flowing down to mid back in large curls.
`They sure grew up over the summer.' Harry thought grinning, `Wonder what they think about me.'
"How was your summer?" asked Hermione brightly.
"Pretty good. You would have loved the lessons I got, Herm. I'll have to tell you about Snape's though. Nasty as ever but his lessons were practical." Harry said grinning.
"Had to be pretty good for you to say that. That git's humor is about as well defined as his hair is clean." Ron said smirking as both Harry and Herm laughed.
"Shh. Here comes the first years." whispered Hermione watching the hat intently.
As soon as the students were sorted and Dumbledore finished his speech, the food appeared on their plates leaving no room for talking. Digging in to the food they didn't notice the twins grin and start to count down underneath their breath.
When the twins got to one, a loud popping noise came from the head table. Everyone looked forward at what used to be their teachers which were now different animals. Dumbledore into a parrot, Snape into a bat, and McGonagall was turned into an ostrich followed shortly by the other teachers. As everyone finally realized just what they were seeing they turned to the twins and started laughing.
Second later the teachers turned back giving the room piercing stares. Then when they all waited for the punishment to come, Dumbledore broke into laughter.
~*~
After they were done with their food, and were safely tucked into their common room, the Gryffindor students broke into even louder laughter congratulating the twins, who hadn't even been punished. Smiling wildly they yelled out across the common room "For sale! Three Sickle for each box! "Animal" Crackers. They change you into the animal you eat for one minute!"
Harry chuckled as he headed into an empty corner to talk to Ron and Hermione. It seemed weird everybody talking in the Common Room when just yesterday the Common Room had been totally empty. He tuned back into his friends as they talked about their summers.
While giving him a headache from all the mingled voices it did take his mind off things. The thing he desperately wanted to achieve. His eyes dulled slightly at why he wanted to achieve that.
"Have either of you seen Crookshanks? I haven't seen him since we got here." asked Hermione looking around the Common Room. Harry and Ron shook their heads and Hermione shrugged. "Maybe he'll show up tonight."
Getting up two hours later he got up grinning at his friends. "I'm going to bed." He pointed towards the bulletin board. "Quidditch meeting tomorrow." With that he smiled and walked up to his dorm.
He walked over to the window and knelt down in front of it. His hand pushed against the stone directly underneath and it moved up under his hand. He had found this small space last year. And had used it ever since.
It had a letter from everyone who had ever used it and also a picture of them. The letters dated back till the founders, Gryffindor himself had written a note explaining he had made the space for anyone who ever needed it. The pictures from back then were drawn in black and white pencil or chalk. The newest one dated back to 20 years. They all moved though even the drawn ones.
The last one he was curious about. The boy would have been in school around the same time as his parents. His name was Bobby Lestrange. Harry had the feeling he would know go under the name of Robert.
Sighing he grabbed out the potion for a dreamless sleep that he had made while the students were still on vacation. Gulping it down he put the bottle back and slid the opening closed. He then stumbled over to his bed and laid down falling asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow.
~*~
The next morning Harry woke up early and went down to breakfast before wandering the castle. Then he, having nothing to do, went to McGonagall's office at 8:37. The message on the board had told him to come down to her office at 9:00 but hopeful she wouldn't mind him being early. He walked up to her door knocking softly. "Come in." he heard and he poked his head in nervously. "Potter your early." she said in a surprised tone. "Well sit down we'll wait for the others." she said nodding towards a seat and going back to her work.
As soon the whole team was assembled in her office, all of them grinning at her, she looked up and smiled slightly. "As you know we need a new captain and Keeper since Wood left two years ago." A piece of paper appeared floating in front of McGonagall. And she murmured "Perfect timing."
"Our new Keeper will be... Ron Weasley!" said McGonagall as the team let out a loud whoop. Harry slapped Ron on the back as he came out of the side room. The Weasley twins were hooting wildly.
"Now for the captain I would like Bell to go into the next room." She nodded getting up. A few minutes later she came out and shook her head. Johnson was next and she also came out shaking her head and grinning. Harry was next and he slipped in the room to see the Sorting Hat lying on the three legged stool.
"Well put me on." the hat said after a few minutes of Harry looking around. Harry jumped before finally shrugging and pulling the hat on.
"Ah. So you don't want to be captain?" Harry shook his head. "Why not?"
"I have too much to do as it is. I don't want to be captain, maybe next year."
"You still feel guilty. You're afraid that if you do you would remember Cedric." Harry clenched his jaw. "Well alright then. You're not the captain. See you later then Harry."
Harry walked out still thinking about what the hat had said. "No. Not me."
"Spinnet. Your next." She went in and then Ron and still no captain. Then Fred walked in. He stayed in longer then any of them and a few seconds later stuck his head out of the door.
"George can you come here?" he asked then seeing McGonagall begin too protest, he quickly added "Sorting Hat's orders, Professor."
Soon after George walked in a loud shout was heard and the twins came dancing through the doorway. "We're going to be co-captains! We're going to be co-captains! Co-captains! The captains! We are the captains!" they sang happily pulling the other members up in their strange dance.
McGonagall had gotten the hat and put it on her head. She took it off muttering something that sounded suspiciously like "I should have known that hat would flip its lip one day."
The next day Harry was up early as he always was now a days. He grabbed his schedule off the table and bit into an apple while looking it over. He groaned his head hitting the table. Not that class! Not on Monday! Not first!
"That's not very smart Harry. You'll hurt yourself." said Hermione amused. She picked up her own schedule and grinned. "Arithmancy is first! Wonderful I haven't had a chance to talk to Professor Vector yet!" she said pleased.
Harry groaned again followed shortly by Ron. "It should be against wizard law to have this class on a Monday morning." He grumbled as he grabbed a piece of toast.
"Well come on Harry. We better start out for her class." Ron grumbled and turned to Hermione. "See you later Herm. If you need us we'll be in One Hundred and One Ways to Kill Harry Potter."
As they left George turned to Fred. "Do you think You-know-who took that class?" Hermione who had been right next to them choked on her juice.
~*~
Harry sighed already feeling the strain of extra homework and Quidditch practice. The O.W.L.s weren't even coming until spring and four weeks into the year and they were working hard. Then there was Fred and George who were working the team into shambles.
They had become maniacs, talking nonstop about their two favorite topics, Quidditch and Pranks, even more so when Hufflepuff had to move their match up to today. Their captain wasn't going to be here for the next two weekends and there was no possible way for them to do it any later so it was moved up.
So here he was on the Quidditch Stadium on a clear day with the slightest hint of a breeze, though still chilly. The Hufflepuff team finally walked out of their locker rooms and got into position opposite of each other.
He looked at the girl seeker in front of him as Fred and George shook hands with the Hufflepuff captain.
`IT'S HER! The girl! The girl that screamed! It's her! She is right there in front of me!' thought Harry wildly. She was standing slightly behind the group, looking lost. Harry looked at her, then at Fred and George who was glaring at her and the new captain evilly.
The teams mounted their brooms and Ms. Hooch let out a shrill blast with her whistle. Harry kept looking for the Hufflepuff seeker. He couldn't find her anywhere near him. That was odd because he was almost always trailed closely by someone.
But this girl wasn't even near him. He spotted her below him in the thick of things down there. It seemed the Weasley twins were using her as target practice to.
The girl did a barrel roll to avoid one of the Bludgers. She then smiled and landed right in the middle of two Bludgers. Just before they would hit her she spun her broom so she was hanging on upside down. The two Bludgers flew towards the Weasley twins. They just managed to defuse the blows to someone else.
Harry raised his eyebrow. The Weasley twins had stopped using her as their only target but they looked as if they were planning on coping that move sometime in the future. `Joy.' Harry thought before he focused his full attention on finding the snitch.
The Gryffindors were racking up the points though Hufflepuff would have been quite even with them if Ron hadn't been such a good keeper. Already it was getting late and every time Harry was dashing towards the Snitch the girl would rush past him full speed making him stop midair so he didn't crash.
His captains were looking like Christmas had come early. The moves the Hufflepuff's were doing could have knocked any other team to pieces. The twins themselves were memorizing every move they made. Harry had the funny feeling they would never leave the next Quidditch practice.
The Snitch! Harry dove towards it hoping to not catch the other seekers attention. But at the last second she flew past him in a flurry making him jerk his broom up quickly. She had only been an inch away from crazing into his broom!
"And Potter was blocked by that Hufflepuff brat! Bloody Cheater!" Lee Jordan said angrily.
"JORDAN!" yelled McGonagall glaring at him.
"Sorry, professor. Oh WAIT! Hufflepuff has the Quaffle! Chaser Berry throws it! OH! I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MOVE LIKE THAT! RON WEASLEY JUST MADE A TERRIFIC SAVE! TAKE THAT HUFFLEPUFF!"
"JORDAN!" Lee danced out of McGonagall's reach.
There was the Snitch! Harry was about to start to dive when the girl flew straight at him making him swerve and loose the Snitch again.
"Oh and another dirty move by Hufflepuff! The score is 180 Gryffindor and 30 Hufflepuff! There is no way for them to catch up without the snitch. And that is highly unlikely with Potter as Gryffindor's seeker. And with a broom like the Firebolt. Still the best in the market though the new Nimbus 2002 is a much more reliable br..."
"JORDAN! YOU ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO ADVERTISE FOR BROOMS!"
"What are you talking about Professor? I'm being paid for those advertisements."
McGonagall made a strange strangled sound. "Just kidding, Professor."
"Wait! Something's going on. The Hufflepuff seeker is acting strange. Maybe this is her comeuppance for doing that to Potter! (JORDAN) Wait! She's... She's... HEADING STRAIGHT FOR ME!"
Indeed she was barreling passed everyone flying at top speed straight at Lee. Lee scrambled up watching the game and her. "Gryffindor SCORES! AHHHHH!!! HELP!!! THE SEEKERS HAVE GONE NUTS! NOW POTTERS AFTER ME!"
The Hufflepuff seeker was by this time about ten feet from him and Potter was right behind. The seeker stopped suddenly only an inch from Lee Jordan's face. Lee's eyes crossed and jaw dropped as he looked at the broom that was pointed right between his eyes.
AN: HA! How's that for a cliff? Wait till you get to chapter 6. That is a cliff hanger! *giggles evilly* Well that's it. Remember to review, please. And if you don't I guess that's okay. I still have Ms. Prongs to write reviews. *grins at her friend* Lets see if you get first shall we girl?
In answer to Ms. Prongs review: I WANT SNOW!!! And also you better get that chapter 7 out ASAP. Or you know what will happen. *gives her a Lockhart grin showing all her teeth* I didn't win the Wizards Weekly smile award for nothing. *okay so I didn't actually win but hey who cares*