One in a Million
Chapter Three: Suspicion
A/N: Thank you for the comments. The positive response to this story is incredible. For those of you who said so, I am so sorry I haven't been updating. In regards to princess*n's comments: Sorry about the annoying separators. I have been told before that I don't space my stories enough but I'll try to stop doing it do often. In regards to Lady Caledonia Lupin's comments: I didn't realize about Peter till now. I am going to continue on with the story because as far as I remember though it is likely there is no written statement that he was a Gryffindor
Hermione was a little mad by the time she made it to the dormitory. He seemed very distant, she knew that he was bothered... he had every right to be because someone he used to look up to now became evil. He still had no right to treat her like that. He could have at least said "We we're very lucky..." or something like that.
She really couldn't sleep that night. She was really worried about this new evil. So he was after quidditch players.... she was very close to a couple of them now and she was scared. She knew the teachers would do their best but in the end it usually came down to students not teachers.
She also wondered if Gryffindor's captain, the new friend, who'd been so nice and then acted so coldly would be any help. She'd have to see him in the morning... of course that would mean talking to him. She hoped the shyness that she'd had at first wouldn't come back.....
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He saw her the minute she'd walked into the great hall. He tried to hide so she wouldn't see him. It wasn't that he wanted to avoid her, it was just that... well one thing was Professor Snape had really embarrassed him and there was no telling who could suspect he was with a third year. Another thing was he was worried about Charles Reynolds and didn't want her hurt. He knew the man better than most people... he looked up to Reynolds a lot in his first year as keeper. The only obvious fault he had was his bitterness and jealousy. He was a seeker and thought all the attention should go to him... and when in the first game Oliver's own skill as keeper was mentioned as Gryffindor's new weapon he was so mad and hardly spoke to him for a long time.
He wouldn't be a surprise if it was one of Reynolds mad fits that made him who he was now.... he thought to himself that Reynolds gleefully made him captain of the team when he was signed to a semi- professional team. Oliver wondered how that worked out for him.
Then Hermione saw him and his hiding was blown. "Hi...." she said practically running toward him "I was looking for you...."
He forced a smile and sighed "Hello again.... more mischief in mind today? Get me in some more trouble?"
He couldn't help but laugh when she looked at him puzzled. "A joke...." he said "Joking all right... lighten up... honestly I can hardly tell your four years younger than I am."
He stopped suddenly. He kind of hit the subject on his mind hard. "Well what do you need?" he asked.
"I ... uh... wanted to know if you had any plans about... you know."
"Really?" he asked surprised "You are a troublemaker indeed..."
Then he got sincere "I don't think it;s such a good idea. I don't want something to happen to you Hermione, this could get dangerous."
She smiled very gratefully. She knew he was nice... especially to her. "I've had worse..." she said softly "Last year..... the chamber of secrets...." she shivered at the memory.
"That was you!" he yelled surprised that he hadn't known "Wow you are tough...."
"That's why I have to help you." she said smugly
"All right." He couldn't help but laugh... he was afraid that he really liked her and liked being around her.... who really did care what anyone thought? He'd never had much of a friend. He knew people and hung around them but he'd never had such a friend like she was to him now. No student had probably ever heard anything wrong.
"Can we talk?" she asked "Somewhere private?"
"I have an idea on how to get some information." he added "Let's go to the library."
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Charles Reynolds was scared of what he was doing. He was abusing the arts he had
learned from Lord Voldemort for his own means... threatening school quidditch games... he knew it was immature and if he was found out he'd be killed but he wanted to do it.
He needed one thing. Revenge, revenge on all of them so carefree... playing their little sport hoping to make it big. He tried to make it big but the fame didn't last very long... it was ripped away and he was a big nobody. He'd make all quidditch pay for the hard life he'd gotten... even if it meant his death
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They walked into the library, quickly acknowledging the librarian. "So what's the plan?" Hermione asked smiling.
"Sometimes they keep copies here of old new files for research. Maybe if we looked through the files we could find out where life took Charles to changing."
"Great idea..."
They got out a huge box of files and started going through them. It took an hour but finally Hermione yelled out "Here! This doesn't look so good...."
The headline of the newspaper files said "Seeker Reynolds taken off team." The article was small and just explained about how Charles Reynolds was fired from his team for obvious behavior problems.
"He would have been so angry." Oliver muttered to himself "He had a bad temper sometimes... it scared me a bit."
"Was it enough to go off and join.... him?" she asked quietly
"If he was depressed enough, yes..." They looked at each other very nervously. Basically what he was saying was that this man, a dark wizard was also somewhat insane.
" I think we gotta do something." she said nervously "You may be in deep trouble."
~~~
A week passed and nothing really happened. Hermione and Oliver didn't know what to do anyway. Then the first real sign of danger showed. During a practice one of the Hufflepuff chasers fell of his broomstick in what to the other members on the team said seemed like an incredible jerking motion.
"We must do something." Hermione said urgently "So the teachers are going to lie to the players... we really can't ask them to help... "We really have to do something on our own... before he gets stronger...."
"Oh my goodness..." he said looking at the time "I said I'd be at practice by now. Sorry we can talk later..."
"You mean to say, you're going to practice? After what happened to that Hufflepuff student? You are being crazy."
"Look," he said "The team looks up to me... I gotta go on pretending nothing is wrong."
She watched him go and sighed heavily. Then she rushed after him... so what if she couldn't do any help... she had to be there.
The quidditch field looked very large with only the seven players and Madam Hooch down on the ground.
Hermione watched intently. She saw Oliver looked up into the sky and then notice her. Even from high above she could see him smile. She smiled back happily.
The practice went as usual boring Hermione slightly because her thoughts drifted back to her problems with the evil going on. She tried to figure out a solution but none seemed to fit exactly. She was drifting through all her ideas when an uproar occurred.
She looked down. Madam Hooch signaled all the players to come down. A player had fallen... She gasped, her friend Oliver Wood had either fallen off his broom or.... She didn't even want to think about it. She rushed down to the fields.
"What happen?" she asked Harry urgently. By the time she had made it down to the field he'd all ready been taken away by Madam Hooch.
"I don't get it...." Harry said "He was fine. Nothing hit him at all... he just jerked off and fell... it was weird,"
Hermione nodded all though she could feel her heart pounding. She wondered if he was going to be all right.
"You two are kinda close friends now aren't you?" Harry asked
"Yes..." Hermione said quickly "You could say that."
"Why don't you go down to the hospital wing?" Harry asked "I'm sure it was nothing."
Hermione nodded and swallowed, "I..... am sure." She started to go, once she was farther from the field she started to run. She ran all the way.
Once she got there she asked how he was. She was aloud to go in and see him even though he was unconscious. She looked at him sadly... he seemed to be all right enough to where she knew he'd be all right. "See I told you." she said softly
"I don't listen..." he replied with his eyes still closed. She momentarily lost her self control and she threw her arms around him.
"You're all right!" she yelled "Oh I was so worried... when I saw, you can't imagine what I thought, letting you go to that stupid practice and all."
"I'm all right..." he said "Luckily, I am a pretty good player or I wouldn't have been able to fly and avoid the hoops. It was trying to throw me at them."
She sighed with her incredible relief. "We must... do something now, you all are in big danger. Even if we have to stop him ourselves."
"Yes...." he agreed sitting up "As soon as I get out of here, I'm going after him. I know how he is, and I am one of the few people who can deal with him."
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A/N: I know it was short but I wanted to post because I haven't been updating all right? I will get ch. 4 up in a few days... I just have been so busy ...
Chapter Three: Suspicion
A/N: Thank you for the comments. The positive response to this story is incredible. For those of you who said so, I am so sorry I haven't been updating. In regards to princess*n's comments: Sorry about the annoying separators. I have been told before that I don't space my stories enough but I'll try to stop doing it do often. In regards to Lady Caledonia Lupin's comments: I didn't realize about Peter till now. I am going to continue on with the story because as far as I remember though it is likely there is no written statement that he was a Gryffindor
Hermione was a little mad by the time she made it to the dormitory. He seemed very distant, she knew that he was bothered... he had every right to be because someone he used to look up to now became evil. He still had no right to treat her like that. He could have at least said "We we're very lucky..." or something like that.
She really couldn't sleep that night. She was really worried about this new evil. So he was after quidditch players.... she was very close to a couple of them now and she was scared. She knew the teachers would do their best but in the end it usually came down to students not teachers.
She also wondered if Gryffindor's captain, the new friend, who'd been so nice and then acted so coldly would be any help. She'd have to see him in the morning... of course that would mean talking to him. She hoped the shyness that she'd had at first wouldn't come back.....
~~~
He saw her the minute she'd walked into the great hall. He tried to hide so she wouldn't see him. It wasn't that he wanted to avoid her, it was just that... well one thing was Professor Snape had really embarrassed him and there was no telling who could suspect he was with a third year. Another thing was he was worried about Charles Reynolds and didn't want her hurt. He knew the man better than most people... he looked up to Reynolds a lot in his first year as keeper. The only obvious fault he had was his bitterness and jealousy. He was a seeker and thought all the attention should go to him... and when in the first game Oliver's own skill as keeper was mentioned as Gryffindor's new weapon he was so mad and hardly spoke to him for a long time.
He wouldn't be a surprise if it was one of Reynolds mad fits that made him who he was now.... he thought to himself that Reynolds gleefully made him captain of the team when he was signed to a semi- professional team. Oliver wondered how that worked out for him.
Then Hermione saw him and his hiding was blown. "Hi...." she said practically running toward him "I was looking for you...."
He forced a smile and sighed "Hello again.... more mischief in mind today? Get me in some more trouble?"
He couldn't help but laugh when she looked at him puzzled. "A joke...." he said "Joking all right... lighten up... honestly I can hardly tell your four years younger than I am."
He stopped suddenly. He kind of hit the subject on his mind hard. "Well what do you need?" he asked.
"I ... uh... wanted to know if you had any plans about... you know."
"Really?" he asked surprised "You are a troublemaker indeed..."
Then he got sincere "I don't think it;s such a good idea. I don't want something to happen to you Hermione, this could get dangerous."
She smiled very gratefully. She knew he was nice... especially to her. "I've had worse..." she said softly "Last year..... the chamber of secrets...." she shivered at the memory.
"That was you!" he yelled surprised that he hadn't known "Wow you are tough...."
"That's why I have to help you." she said smugly
"All right." He couldn't help but laugh... he was afraid that he really liked her and liked being around her.... who really did care what anyone thought? He'd never had much of a friend. He knew people and hung around them but he'd never had such a friend like she was to him now. No student had probably ever heard anything wrong.
"Can we talk?" she asked "Somewhere private?"
"I have an idea on how to get some information." he added "Let's go to the library."
~~~
Charles Reynolds was scared of what he was doing. He was abusing the arts he had
learned from Lord Voldemort for his own means... threatening school quidditch games... he knew it was immature and if he was found out he'd be killed but he wanted to do it.
He needed one thing. Revenge, revenge on all of them so carefree... playing their little sport hoping to make it big. He tried to make it big but the fame didn't last very long... it was ripped away and he was a big nobody. He'd make all quidditch pay for the hard life he'd gotten... even if it meant his death
~~~
They walked into the library, quickly acknowledging the librarian. "So what's the plan?" Hermione asked smiling.
"Sometimes they keep copies here of old new files for research. Maybe if we looked through the files we could find out where life took Charles to changing."
"Great idea..."
They got out a huge box of files and started going through them. It took an hour but finally Hermione yelled out "Here! This doesn't look so good...."
The headline of the newspaper files said "Seeker Reynolds taken off team." The article was small and just explained about how Charles Reynolds was fired from his team for obvious behavior problems.
"He would have been so angry." Oliver muttered to himself "He had a bad temper sometimes... it scared me a bit."
"Was it enough to go off and join.... him?" she asked quietly
"If he was depressed enough, yes..." They looked at each other very nervously. Basically what he was saying was that this man, a dark wizard was also somewhat insane.
" I think we gotta do something." she said nervously "You may be in deep trouble."
~~~
A week passed and nothing really happened. Hermione and Oliver didn't know what to do anyway. Then the first real sign of danger showed. During a practice one of the Hufflepuff chasers fell of his broomstick in what to the other members on the team said seemed like an incredible jerking motion.
"We must do something." Hermione said urgently "So the teachers are going to lie to the players... we really can't ask them to help... "We really have to do something on our own... before he gets stronger...."
"Oh my goodness..." he said looking at the time "I said I'd be at practice by now. Sorry we can talk later..."
"You mean to say, you're going to practice? After what happened to that Hufflepuff student? You are being crazy."
"Look," he said "The team looks up to me... I gotta go on pretending nothing is wrong."
She watched him go and sighed heavily. Then she rushed after him... so what if she couldn't do any help... she had to be there.
The quidditch field looked very large with only the seven players and Madam Hooch down on the ground.
Hermione watched intently. She saw Oliver looked up into the sky and then notice her. Even from high above she could see him smile. She smiled back happily.
The practice went as usual boring Hermione slightly because her thoughts drifted back to her problems with the evil going on. She tried to figure out a solution but none seemed to fit exactly. She was drifting through all her ideas when an uproar occurred.
She looked down. Madam Hooch signaled all the players to come down. A player had fallen... She gasped, her friend Oliver Wood had either fallen off his broom or.... She didn't even want to think about it. She rushed down to the fields.
"What happen?" she asked Harry urgently. By the time she had made it down to the field he'd all ready been taken away by Madam Hooch.
"I don't get it...." Harry said "He was fine. Nothing hit him at all... he just jerked off and fell... it was weird,"
Hermione nodded all though she could feel her heart pounding. She wondered if he was going to be all right.
"You two are kinda close friends now aren't you?" Harry asked
"Yes..." Hermione said quickly "You could say that."
"Why don't you go down to the hospital wing?" Harry asked "I'm sure it was nothing."
Hermione nodded and swallowed, "I..... am sure." She started to go, once she was farther from the field she started to run. She ran all the way.
Once she got there she asked how he was. She was aloud to go in and see him even though he was unconscious. She looked at him sadly... he seemed to be all right enough to where she knew he'd be all right. "See I told you." she said softly
"I don't listen..." he replied with his eyes still closed. She momentarily lost her self control and she threw her arms around him.
"You're all right!" she yelled "Oh I was so worried... when I saw, you can't imagine what I thought, letting you go to that stupid practice and all."
"I'm all right..." he said "Luckily, I am a pretty good player or I wouldn't have been able to fly and avoid the hoops. It was trying to throw me at them."
She sighed with her incredible relief. "We must... do something now, you all are in big danger. Even if we have to stop him ourselves."
"Yes...." he agreed sitting up "As soon as I get out of here, I'm going after him. I know how he is, and I am one of the few people who can deal with him."
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A/N: I know it was short but I wanted to post because I haven't been updating all right? I will get ch. 4 up in a few days... I just have been so busy ...