Odd Happenings
Harry flew up high on his broomstick and looked around the field. He was seeker for the Gryffindor Lions. His keen eyes searched the field for the Golden Snitch. He loved being on his broomstick, it gave him a sense of freedom that he never had before coming to Hogwarts. He loved the sport of Quidditch more then anything in the world. It was the first sport he was a true natural at. He couldn't thank Professor McGonagall enough for making him the seeker. He remembered the first time he had a match and how nervous he was. Now the sport was second nature to him. As Harry flew he watched the new people on the team try out for chasers, beaters, and for the keeper. It was a different feeling this year. Oliver Wood was gone and so was half the team. Most of all he missed the Weasley twins, Fred and George. They had graduated last year.
He continued to fly in the crisp air looking for the snitch. A bludger flew by him nearly knocking him off his broom. The bludger was followed closely by one of the new beaters.
"Sorry Harry, I'll get it.. I'll get it." the beater yelled as he zoomed past.
Harry shook his head ," defiantly not the same as the twins. I'll have to watch my back more this year."
As he continued to fly over the pitch he noticed a figure dressed in black by Hagrid's hut. He stopped his broom to try and figure out who it was. He was sure it wasn't Hermione or Ron. They were in the common room and wouldn't visit Hagrid without him.
Suddenly another bludger hit him. He caught himself before he fell off his broom. Quickly and on instinct he made his way to the ground. As he neared it Harry fell off his broom and laid on the ground. Madam Hooch who was watching the practice ran over.
"Oh dear. Harry are you alright." She said with a worried tone.
Harry winced and sat up a bit, "just got hit with a bludger."
"Harry you know better than to stay still. You're a seeker after all. Those balls are gunning for everyone." Madam Hooch replied.
"Something just caught my eye and I lost concentration." Harry stated.
"Well at least it was only practice and not a game. Now off with you. No more practice for you today. Go see Madam Pomfrey and have her check you out.."
"Ok Madam Hooch." Harry said as he got up off the ground. He grabbed his broom and walked slowly and painfully to the castle. The bludger hit him square in the chest and knocked the air out of him. He thought to himself, "that's going to leave a bruise."
Harry made his way up to his door to put his broom away. As he walked the steps to the Gryffindor tower he heard two people talking. He stopped to see if he could make out what they were saying. The voices seemed to come from the seventh year girls dorms.
"So everyone's meeting in the common room tonight?" One of the girls asked.
"Yes, Lil arranged it. Almost all of Cat's friends are going to be there. Something's up. And since Cat helped most of us out and has been a good friend it's the least we can do for her." The other girl replied..
"A meeting in the common room. I'll have to be there." Harry thought to himself.
After putting the broom away he headed to the hospital wing as Madam Hooch instructed. He didn't want to get into any trouble with the Quidditch referee. The next match was only a couple of weeks away. He made his way slowly to the wing. Every so often he passed another bunch of students. When he would pass a couple of fellow Gryffindors he would smile and try to listen in and catch bits of the conversations. Each conversation he caught seemed to be about the meeting he had heard about. This only made him think harder.
"Were all these Gryffindors Blackcat's friends. Was she really so popular that everyone noticed but him?" Harry thought. His mind raced with questions as he entered the hospital wing. He was no stranger to it. He always managed to end up there every school year.
As he walked into the wing Madam Pomfrey the school nurse walked over.
"What is it this time my dear boy?" She asked in a motherly tone.
"Just got hit by a bludger during Quidditch practice." He said as he winced.
"Take a seat in that bed Harry, I'll be with you in a moment." She smiled and said.
Harry took a seat on one of the beds. He watched Madam Pomfrey attend to another injured student. He looked to be from Ravenclaw.
"Wonder what happened to him." Harry asked himself.
Madam Pomfrey finished up and walked over to Harry.
"Bludgers. I swear that sport should be outlawed. Its far to dangerous for children to play."
She seemed to speak to herself as she rubbed some sticky yellow ointment on Harry's chest. It smelled like turpentine mixed with mint. He winced a bit as she continued to rub it in.
"This will help with the bruising. It may hurt a bit," she looked at him with her caring eyes, . "Now off with you. Back to your common room..tut tut."
He got up from the bed and walked out. All the time thinking to himself about the person who went to Hagrid's hut. He decided he would go check it out. Hagrid wouldn't tell Madam Pomfrey he was out of the castle. He was too much of a friend. Harry walked thru the dark corridors of the school. It seemed that everyone was in their common rooms. Since it was getting late. Harry made his way out of the castle in time to see the sun just about setting over the forbidden forest. He walked to Hagrid's hut and knocked.
A rather loud and thunderous voice bellowed, " who's there?"
"Its me Hagrid, Harry. Might I come in?" Replied Harry.
"Sure ya can Harry." Came the reply from inside the cabin.
Harry pushed open the door to the cabin to find Hagrid sitting down by the fire. Fang, Hagrid's boar hound, was sleeping comfortably on Hagrid's bed.
"What can I do yer for Harry?" Hagrid seemed to bellow. His deep voice was friendly.
"Hagrid. Might I ask who was in here about and hour ago? I was flying on my broomstick and I noticed someone enter." Harry asked.
" Oh, well, um Harry, she's a friend. A good friend. You won't be tellin anyone you saw her here, right Harry?" Hagrid said with a bit of nervousness in his voice.
"No Hagrid I won't. I was just wondering."
" Best not be poking your nose into other peoples business Harry. It's not good practice."
Harry was caught a bit off guard. Hagrid had always been friends with him before, but now he was keeping something.
" Hagrid, please tell me who it was. I won't tell. I've never kept secrets from you. You know that."
"Aiy Harry, I know. She just wanted our meetings to be secret. Blackcat likes it that way," Hagrid said. He then realized what he said ": Um, I shouldn't of told ya that."
"Blackcat Hagrid?" Harry said quizzically.
" Sorry Harry can't say no more. Now off with ya before anyone finds ya out here. Off with ya."
"See you around Hagrid."
Harry waved and then left the hut. He raced to the castle and up to the Gryffindor common room. He whispered the password to the fat lady and walked inside. The room was extremely crowded tonight.
"Harry, Harry, over here. I have a seat next to the chess board. I saved you a seat." Ron yelled.
Harry pushed his way thru the crowd. He noticed that not all of the students in the common room were from Gryffindor. There were some Ravenclaw, a Hufflepuff he was sure and then to his surprise there were even some Slytherin students..
"What are they doing in our common room Ron?" Harry asked as he walked over
"I don't know. I came in and they were sitting in here talking." Ron whispered back.
"We will just have to wait and see how this plays out." replied Harry.
"I see you didn't try to save me a seat" Hermione stated seeming rather annoyed.
"I did.. Right there. On that chair." Ron said with annoyance.
"What chair Ron." she quipped.
Ron moved Harry's invisibility cloak and pointed. " see."
"Childish, truly childish." she said as she sat. She too had noticed the odd assortment of people from different houses all gathered in the common room. It made doing her homework difficult and rather annoyed her.
Harry flew up high on his broomstick and looked around the field. He was seeker for the Gryffindor Lions. His keen eyes searched the field for the Golden Snitch. He loved being on his broomstick, it gave him a sense of freedom that he never had before coming to Hogwarts. He loved the sport of Quidditch more then anything in the world. It was the first sport he was a true natural at. He couldn't thank Professor McGonagall enough for making him the seeker. He remembered the first time he had a match and how nervous he was. Now the sport was second nature to him. As Harry flew he watched the new people on the team try out for chasers, beaters, and for the keeper. It was a different feeling this year. Oliver Wood was gone and so was half the team. Most of all he missed the Weasley twins, Fred and George. They had graduated last year.
He continued to fly in the crisp air looking for the snitch. A bludger flew by him nearly knocking him off his broom. The bludger was followed closely by one of the new beaters.
"Sorry Harry, I'll get it.. I'll get it." the beater yelled as he zoomed past.
Harry shook his head ," defiantly not the same as the twins. I'll have to watch my back more this year."
As he continued to fly over the pitch he noticed a figure dressed in black by Hagrid's hut. He stopped his broom to try and figure out who it was. He was sure it wasn't Hermione or Ron. They were in the common room and wouldn't visit Hagrid without him.
Suddenly another bludger hit him. He caught himself before he fell off his broom. Quickly and on instinct he made his way to the ground. As he neared it Harry fell off his broom and laid on the ground. Madam Hooch who was watching the practice ran over.
"Oh dear. Harry are you alright." She said with a worried tone.
Harry winced and sat up a bit, "just got hit with a bludger."
"Harry you know better than to stay still. You're a seeker after all. Those balls are gunning for everyone." Madam Hooch replied.
"Something just caught my eye and I lost concentration." Harry stated.
"Well at least it was only practice and not a game. Now off with you. No more practice for you today. Go see Madam Pomfrey and have her check you out.."
"Ok Madam Hooch." Harry said as he got up off the ground. He grabbed his broom and walked slowly and painfully to the castle. The bludger hit him square in the chest and knocked the air out of him. He thought to himself, "that's going to leave a bruise."
Harry made his way up to his door to put his broom away. As he walked the steps to the Gryffindor tower he heard two people talking. He stopped to see if he could make out what they were saying. The voices seemed to come from the seventh year girls dorms.
"So everyone's meeting in the common room tonight?" One of the girls asked.
"Yes, Lil arranged it. Almost all of Cat's friends are going to be there. Something's up. And since Cat helped most of us out and has been a good friend it's the least we can do for her." The other girl replied..
"A meeting in the common room. I'll have to be there." Harry thought to himself.
After putting the broom away he headed to the hospital wing as Madam Hooch instructed. He didn't want to get into any trouble with the Quidditch referee. The next match was only a couple of weeks away. He made his way slowly to the wing. Every so often he passed another bunch of students. When he would pass a couple of fellow Gryffindors he would smile and try to listen in and catch bits of the conversations. Each conversation he caught seemed to be about the meeting he had heard about. This only made him think harder.
"Were all these Gryffindors Blackcat's friends. Was she really so popular that everyone noticed but him?" Harry thought. His mind raced with questions as he entered the hospital wing. He was no stranger to it. He always managed to end up there every school year.
As he walked into the wing Madam Pomfrey the school nurse walked over.
"What is it this time my dear boy?" She asked in a motherly tone.
"Just got hit by a bludger during Quidditch practice." He said as he winced.
"Take a seat in that bed Harry, I'll be with you in a moment." She smiled and said.
Harry took a seat on one of the beds. He watched Madam Pomfrey attend to another injured student. He looked to be from Ravenclaw.
"Wonder what happened to him." Harry asked himself.
Madam Pomfrey finished up and walked over to Harry.
"Bludgers. I swear that sport should be outlawed. Its far to dangerous for children to play."
She seemed to speak to herself as she rubbed some sticky yellow ointment on Harry's chest. It smelled like turpentine mixed with mint. He winced a bit as she continued to rub it in.
"This will help with the bruising. It may hurt a bit," she looked at him with her caring eyes, . "Now off with you. Back to your common room..tut tut."
He got up from the bed and walked out. All the time thinking to himself about the person who went to Hagrid's hut. He decided he would go check it out. Hagrid wouldn't tell Madam Pomfrey he was out of the castle. He was too much of a friend. Harry walked thru the dark corridors of the school. It seemed that everyone was in their common rooms. Since it was getting late. Harry made his way out of the castle in time to see the sun just about setting over the forbidden forest. He walked to Hagrid's hut and knocked.
A rather loud and thunderous voice bellowed, " who's there?"
"Its me Hagrid, Harry. Might I come in?" Replied Harry.
"Sure ya can Harry." Came the reply from inside the cabin.
Harry pushed open the door to the cabin to find Hagrid sitting down by the fire. Fang, Hagrid's boar hound, was sleeping comfortably on Hagrid's bed.
"What can I do yer for Harry?" Hagrid seemed to bellow. His deep voice was friendly.
"Hagrid. Might I ask who was in here about and hour ago? I was flying on my broomstick and I noticed someone enter." Harry asked.
" Oh, well, um Harry, she's a friend. A good friend. You won't be tellin anyone you saw her here, right Harry?" Hagrid said with a bit of nervousness in his voice.
"No Hagrid I won't. I was just wondering."
" Best not be poking your nose into other peoples business Harry. It's not good practice."
Harry was caught a bit off guard. Hagrid had always been friends with him before, but now he was keeping something.
" Hagrid, please tell me who it was. I won't tell. I've never kept secrets from you. You know that."
"Aiy Harry, I know. She just wanted our meetings to be secret. Blackcat likes it that way," Hagrid said. He then realized what he said ": Um, I shouldn't of told ya that."
"Blackcat Hagrid?" Harry said quizzically.
" Sorry Harry can't say no more. Now off with ya before anyone finds ya out here. Off with ya."
"See you around Hagrid."
Harry waved and then left the hut. He raced to the castle and up to the Gryffindor common room. He whispered the password to the fat lady and walked inside. The room was extremely crowded tonight.
"Harry, Harry, over here. I have a seat next to the chess board. I saved you a seat." Ron yelled.
Harry pushed his way thru the crowd. He noticed that not all of the students in the common room were from Gryffindor. There were some Ravenclaw, a Hufflepuff he was sure and then to his surprise there were even some Slytherin students..
"What are they doing in our common room Ron?" Harry asked as he walked over
"I don't know. I came in and they were sitting in here talking." Ron whispered back.
"We will just have to wait and see how this plays out." replied Harry.
"I see you didn't try to save me a seat" Hermione stated seeming rather annoyed.
"I did.. Right there. On that chair." Ron said with annoyance.
"What chair Ron." she quipped.
Ron moved Harry's invisibility cloak and pointed. " see."
"Childish, truly childish." she said as she sat. She too had noticed the odd assortment of people from different houses all gathered in the common room. It made doing her homework difficult and rather annoyed her.