"Yes!" said George, "the game! The cup final! Yes, yes, yes!" Ron grinned
widely, Ginny was yawning, Ingy was excited but Hermione didn't seem too
keen on watching quidditch the next hours. "Let's go and buy stuff!" said
Ron to Harry. Hermione wanted to be with the girls instead. They walked on
the grass, finding Holyhead Harpies and Wimbourne Wasps scarfs, figures,
and cups, brooms, robes. "Maybe we'll see someone we know," said Ron.
"Look, there's Dean! Hi, Dean!" Dean Thomas waved to Harry and Ron. "Yo
ya'll!" he said. "Who're you with?" "Wimbourne Wasps!" said Ron. "I don't
know," said Harry. "I'll go with Harpies," said Dean. "Lots o' women
there!" He winked. "Bye, gotta catch up with Seamus!" Then they saw Cho
Chang from Ravenclaw (who Harry still had a crush on. sigh.) and her friend
Maeve. "Hi," said Cho and Maeve, although Harry didn't know Maeve too well
(he didn't know Cho so well either.). "Hi," said Harry, hoping he didn't
blush. Cho smiled, and now Harry blushed, although he didn't want to. Then
another girl, Laura came and joined the little Ravenclaw gang. Harry
noticed at once she was one of the girls who had giggeled when he asked Cho
to talk, the time it was yule ball last year. "Bye!" said Cho. Laura and
Maeve took her arms, and they disappeared. "Do you STILL like her?" said
Ron is disbelief. Harry looked down on the ground. "Well, yeah, kinda." Ron
laughed. "Okay," he said. "I was just wondering. Harry bought some pumpkin
soda, and Ron bought "One giga popcorn, please." It was almost half as
tall, and twice as broad as him. While they were walking slowly, they
spotted a lots of people they knew from Hogwarts; Lavender Brown, Justin
Finch-Fletchey, Ernie MacMillan. but when the game was about to start, he
saw a familiar face. Too familiar, but still un-familiar. "Harry!" he said.
And Harry realized it. "Sirius!" he said breathlessly, "what are you doing
here?" Sirius walked to him and Ron. "Harry, please don't tell me you
didn't get my letters?" Harry became surprised, "what letters?" he said.
Sirius rolled his eyes. Then his face loosened in a large grin; "I'm
released!" he said happily, "Dumbledore said to the new minister of magic,
Arabella Figg, that I was innocent. She believed him, of course. After
Fudge lost his job..-" "Fudge lost his job?" said Harry, he couldn't
believe this, "yep, it's true!" exclaimed Sirius. "After that 'incident'
with Crouch, Dumbledore gattered around many people from the ministry.
Including your father," he said to Ron, "and told them about it. He had
them all on his side. Noone wanted him as the minister. But then, Arabella
Figg, my old Herbology professor at Hogwarts, Merlin's grade 2, was quite a
good candidate after her job as an Auror, caught many deatheaters.-"
"Arabella Figg?" said Harry. "The cat lady? Mrs Figg?" He couldn't believe
this. The new minister of magic was Arabella Figg???? "Yes," said Sirius.
"In fact, she told me she knew you," he pointed out matter-of-factly, "you
used to stay with her while the Dursleys did other things. She said you
were a nice kid." It was all swirling in Harry's head. Sirius released,
Fudge fired, Mrs Figg the new minister of magic! Then Sirius looked serious
again. "Harry," he said. "Now that I'm released, I thought maybe you'd come
and live with me. After all, I am your godfather." He looked at Harry.
Harry grinned widely. "Sure I want!" he said happily. "That sounds great!"
he gave Ron his thumb up, and Ron grinned back and winked. Sirius looked at
his watch. "Well, I certainly have to go now, Harry. I'll see you later.
Sooner than you think. Bye!" "Bye!" said Harry and Ron. When they got back,
Harry wondered what Sirius had meant with 'sooner than you think.' He hoped
it had something to do with Defence against the dark arts or something.
"Why are you so happy?" asked Hermione suspiciusly when they came back.
"I'll tell you later!" said Harry cheerfully. He was happy. Happy happy
happy happy. He was going to live with Sirius. Everything would be okay.
Arthur had again managed to get the best seats at this game too. Now that Mrs Figg was Minister of magic, Harry believed he got better paid too. Harry sat down between Ron and Hermione. Ginny sat next to Hermione, Ingy next to her. Beside Harry sat Fred and George. And below him sat Arthur, Charlie and Bill. Ron was still clutching on his giga-popcorn. He was eating one popcorn at a time. It looked like he wanted to save it till later or something, but he had to eat something. As the Holyhead Harpies flew in on their Firebolts with their purple robes with a golden claw on the chest, Harry could see that there was only witches there. They were greeted with great applauce, and wistling from the boys. Then the Wimbourne Wasps flew in, in their black and yellow striped robes. The crowd cheered and clapped when they flew on to the field. The referree released the quaffle; the game had begun! He could hear the commentator cry in the crowd; "it looks like Amolah has the quaffle, but Griffiths from the Harpies snaps it! She flies and passes it to Mischo, who throws it to the rings aaannnnnd LOVELY saved by the keeper! That MacMongo is sure a great keeper." Harry watched the game with great interest, the rest did so too. It was an interesting game. It ended with Harpies-240, Wasps 190. The Wasps had much better chasers than the Harpies; it was 90-190 and everyone thought they would win. But then, Abigail Morgan, Gwendolyn Morgan's daughter managed to catch the snitch, and the Wasps seeker didn't even know it was there. So, the Harpies won, they became leage master this year. They received a large silver cup. Harry thought it was very shiny. Harry could see Cho and her admierers cheer. They must've supported Holyhead Harpies, thought Harry. Then something else came through his mind. Cho looked all so happy. Like her boyfriend never died in the Triwizard tournament last year. Maybe she just had recovered fast. Maybe, this year if it was a yule ball, Harry found out that he would ask Cho the day he found out about it, so she wasn't taken. So, at least, there was hope, and it looked like Cho didn't see him as a murder or something. "Great game, hah?" he said to the others. Ron nodded excitedly, "very interesting," said Fred and George, identical as they was. "I think it was good enough, but the world cup was better, though," said Bill. Charlie nodded. Ginny thought it was great that Harpies won. Hermione too. Ingy, however, didn't say anything, but Harry could swear she smiled when Abigail caught the snitch.
"So," said Hermione as they walked to the van, "spit it out." Harry had been so busy with watching the game, he'd forgotten the great, wonderful, fabulous, brilliant, splendid, awesome news Sirius had told him before it started. Now it came all back to him. "Sirius is free!" he exclaimed. Hermione just stared at him. "Free?" she said in disbelief. "Yeah BABY!" said Ron. Then his ears went pink. "Arabella Figg is the new Minister of magic. Fudge was fired, and everyone voted for Mrs Figg. Since she was an old friend of Dumbledore, she believed him. She had after all been his herbology teacher at Hogwarts. She was also and Auror, and had caught many deatheaters. She has Merlin's grade 2. And now, Sirius is released, and he asked me to live with him!" Hermione looked like she was just told she was the new Minister of magic. Then she finally said something. "Oh, Harry, that's GREAT!" she exclaimed and hugged Harry. In fact, she was so happy she hugged Ron too, now when she'd got an excuse to do it. She smiled broadly, "oh, Harry, I'm so happy for you!" Then she had to hug him again. Harry thought that she must really like hugging. Because she hugged him several times that day, she hugged Fred and George too. She even hugged Arthur, Ingy, Ginny, Bill and Charlie. Although Hermione wasn't the one who was going to live with Sirius, she glowed the rest of the day, was smiling all the time. She was so happy she even forgot to be sarcastic towards Ron.
Arthur had again managed to get the best seats at this game too. Now that Mrs Figg was Minister of magic, Harry believed he got better paid too. Harry sat down between Ron and Hermione. Ginny sat next to Hermione, Ingy next to her. Beside Harry sat Fred and George. And below him sat Arthur, Charlie and Bill. Ron was still clutching on his giga-popcorn. He was eating one popcorn at a time. It looked like he wanted to save it till later or something, but he had to eat something. As the Holyhead Harpies flew in on their Firebolts with their purple robes with a golden claw on the chest, Harry could see that there was only witches there. They were greeted with great applauce, and wistling from the boys. Then the Wimbourne Wasps flew in, in their black and yellow striped robes. The crowd cheered and clapped when they flew on to the field. The referree released the quaffle; the game had begun! He could hear the commentator cry in the crowd; "it looks like Amolah has the quaffle, but Griffiths from the Harpies snaps it! She flies and passes it to Mischo, who throws it to the rings aaannnnnd LOVELY saved by the keeper! That MacMongo is sure a great keeper." Harry watched the game with great interest, the rest did so too. It was an interesting game. It ended with Harpies-240, Wasps 190. The Wasps had much better chasers than the Harpies; it was 90-190 and everyone thought they would win. But then, Abigail Morgan, Gwendolyn Morgan's daughter managed to catch the snitch, and the Wasps seeker didn't even know it was there. So, the Harpies won, they became leage master this year. They received a large silver cup. Harry thought it was very shiny. Harry could see Cho and her admierers cheer. They must've supported Holyhead Harpies, thought Harry. Then something else came through his mind. Cho looked all so happy. Like her boyfriend never died in the Triwizard tournament last year. Maybe she just had recovered fast. Maybe, this year if it was a yule ball, Harry found out that he would ask Cho the day he found out about it, so she wasn't taken. So, at least, there was hope, and it looked like Cho didn't see him as a murder or something. "Great game, hah?" he said to the others. Ron nodded excitedly, "very interesting," said Fred and George, identical as they was. "I think it was good enough, but the world cup was better, though," said Bill. Charlie nodded. Ginny thought it was great that Harpies won. Hermione too. Ingy, however, didn't say anything, but Harry could swear she smiled when Abigail caught the snitch.
"So," said Hermione as they walked to the van, "spit it out." Harry had been so busy with watching the game, he'd forgotten the great, wonderful, fabulous, brilliant, splendid, awesome news Sirius had told him before it started. Now it came all back to him. "Sirius is free!" he exclaimed. Hermione just stared at him. "Free?" she said in disbelief. "Yeah BABY!" said Ron. Then his ears went pink. "Arabella Figg is the new Minister of magic. Fudge was fired, and everyone voted for Mrs Figg. Since she was an old friend of Dumbledore, she believed him. She had after all been his herbology teacher at Hogwarts. She was also and Auror, and had caught many deatheaters. She has Merlin's grade 2. And now, Sirius is released, and he asked me to live with him!" Hermione looked like she was just told she was the new Minister of magic. Then she finally said something. "Oh, Harry, that's GREAT!" she exclaimed and hugged Harry. In fact, she was so happy she hugged Ron too, now when she'd got an excuse to do it. She smiled broadly, "oh, Harry, I'm so happy for you!" Then she had to hug him again. Harry thought that she must really like hugging. Because she hugged him several times that day, she hugged Fred and George too. She even hugged Arthur, Ingy, Ginny, Bill and Charlie. Although Hermione wasn't the one who was going to live with Sirius, she glowed the rest of the day, was smiling all the time. She was so happy she even forgot to be sarcastic towards Ron.