CHAPTER 7
The next few days Harry was kept busy practising for the up-coming Quidditch match against Ravenclaw. Being the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team kept Harry even more busy than everyone else. He was constantly reading up tactics in some Quidditch book or another.
The night before the Quidditch match Harry had a strange dream;
Harry was flying about on his Firebolt on the Quidditch pitch chasing after the Snitch with Cho on his side, when all of a sudden the sky grew dark and thunder and lightning started flashing across the sky. Harry swerved to miss a lightning bolt. Harry looked to his side and screamed. Beside him was that white skull like face, with the wide livid scarlet eyes and a nose that was as flat as a snake's with slits for nostrils. Tumbling down onto the ground, Harry landed with a loud thud. Beside him he found an unconscious Cho. He crawled his way over to check if she was ok, but he couldn't get very far. Harry turned around to face Voldemort standing behind him pointing his wand at Harry. White hot pain seared through his body and Harry awoke with a start.
Harry jumped up on his bed and found it was morning. Quickly checking the time, Harry realised he was late and sprang out of bed. Quickly changing into some clothes and grabbing his Firebolt, Harry sprinted down to the Great Hall to see the Hall emptying out onto the castle grounds. Harry bolted out the door and ran to the changing room, to find the Quidditch team already changed and waiting for him.
"Where you been Harry?", Ron asked.
"Overslept, sorry", Harry said going pink on his cheeks. "Right, am I meant to give some speech now?", Harry asked stupidly.
"Well you are the captain, but please keep the speech short, or we'll be late", Fred said grinning.
"Oh, ok! Well everyone just play as well as you did in the practices and lets go out and win that Quidditch Cup", Harry said growing more confident. The rest of the team cheered and walked out onto the Quidditch pitch. It was a beautiful sunny morning, with a few clouds in the sky. Harry looked around the stands and found Hermione standing beside Hagrid. He grinned at them and walked up to Madame Hooch.
"Now I want a nice clean game. Captains shake hands", Madame Hooch called out.
Harry gaped when he saw Cho holding out her hand, "You're captain?", Harry asked stupidly.
"Yeah, Congratulations, I heard you became captain too", Cho said grinning.
"Thanks, Congratulations to you too", Harry replied grinning.
"Everyone mount your brooms", Madame Hooch called out before she blew the whistle.
Fifteen brooms shot into the sky and spread out. Harry could see Cho flying behind him, grinning at him. It seemed like Cho still hadn't changed her tactics on tailing Harry. Harry halted in mid air and watched as Alicia Spinnet scored Gryffindor's first ten points.
"AND SPINNET SCORES, ITS TEN ZERO TO GRYFFINDOR", Lee Jordan shouted out. "Ok Katie Bell in possession, heading towards the goal, great beater work by Fred Weasley, she passes to Angelina Johnson, oh no she's hit by a Bludger. Ravenclaw are in possession, Terry Boot, shoots, scores! TEN, TEN TO RAVENCLAW", Lee Jordan shouted out. "Alicia Spinnet, passes the Quaffle to Angelina Johnson, back to Spinnet, ducks a Bludger -nice work by George Weasley- swerves to miss the Ravenclaw beater, shoots and it goes past Gregory. GFYFFINDOR SCORE, ITS TWENTY TEN TO GRYFFINDOR", Lee Jordan shouted as he jumped up and shouted. Harry done loop the loop, before turning around and looking for the snitch again. Cho was still following him, smiling at him whenever he turned around. Harry watched as Alicia Spinnet scored another ten points for Gryffindor. Harry sped on towards Ron and the Gryffindor goals. He watched as Fred and George were blocking Katie Bell, from the Ravenclaw beaters. A loud eruption from the Gryffindor stands told him that Gryffindor had scored another ten points. Suddenly, Harry saw a glint of gold flickering beside Fred. Sensing Harry's thoughts, Cho raced off towards Fred. Harry grinned and raced off after her. He was gaining on her rapidly, when Harry had to stop in mid air, Cho had blocked his path and let the snitch slip away. Grinning at him and waving, Cho turned around and shot across to the other side of the pitch. It took another few minutes and a few extra points for Harry to see the snitch again. This time he saw it first, but Cho soon caught up and as before swerved right in front of him, causing him to stop in mid air. Cho had certainly gotten better, but Harry wasn't about to give up. This time he was prepared. Harry flew around the pitch, checking to see where Cho was. She had decided to stop tailing him and instead watch him from a distance. Harry's eyes widened as he saw the snitch glimmering in the sunshine, right beside Ron. Urging his Firebolt to go faster, Harry raced towards the snitch. He turned around and saw that Cho was gaining on him. She shot ahead of him and once again tried to block him, but this time Harry was prepared. Quickly pulling his broom up, he flew over Cho and raced towards the snitch. Closer and closer he came until he reached out and grasped the snitch. Feeling the beating of its wings against his fingers, Harry flew down and landed softly on the grass, holding up the snitch. The rest of the team landed beside him and started clapping him on the back.
Harry could faintly hear Lee Jordan, shouting over the cheers from the Gryffindor's, "AND GRYFFINDOR WIN WITH TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY POINTS WHILE RAVENCLAW ONLY GOT SIXTY POINTS".
Cho landed down beside Harry and said, "Well done".
"Oh, you done very well too", Harry said blushing.
"Thanks!", Cho said smiling.
"Come on Harry!", Fred shouted over to him, "There's a party in the Gryffindor common room, and we can't start without our captain".
"Well I have to go", Harry said.
"Well bye Harry", Cho said, before Harry turned around and followed Fred and George to the castle.
After much partying, and enjoying themselves, Harry and Ron decided to go out and take a walk around the castle, to get some peace and quiet.
"I think Fred and George are celebrating more than anything this year", Harry mused.
"Probably because its they're last year", Ron said. Just then Hermione walked up to them looking very worried.
"What is it Hermione?", Ron asked worried.
"Its Professor Ellis", Hermione answered.
"What?", Harry asked astounded, pulling her into an empty classroom. "What is with her?".
"Well I wanted to go and ask her about our assignments she gave us in Defence Against Dark Arts, well Just as I was about to enter her office, I saw her talking to someone in the fire".
"Yeah so?", Ron asked earning a scowl from Hermione.
"She was talking to someone. The people she was talking to were asking her about you a lot Harry. They wanted to know if she would join them", Hermione said straining very hard to remember the conversation.
"What do you mean they were talking about me?", Harry asked.
"They wanted to know if she would bring you to them.."
"And what did she say", Harry butted in.
"She didn't say anything", Hermione said.
"I think we should keep an eye on her", Harry said, "Is that all you heard?"
"Yeah that's all, but Harry don't go and do something stupid alright?", Hermione said getting worried again.
"Like what?", Harry asked.
"Like what you done in third year", Hermione replied.
"I wonder who she was talking to?", Ron asked.
"Who knows", Hermione replied.
The next few days Harry was kept busy practising for the up-coming Quidditch match against Ravenclaw. Being the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team kept Harry even more busy than everyone else. He was constantly reading up tactics in some Quidditch book or another.
The night before the Quidditch match Harry had a strange dream;
Harry was flying about on his Firebolt on the Quidditch pitch chasing after the Snitch with Cho on his side, when all of a sudden the sky grew dark and thunder and lightning started flashing across the sky. Harry swerved to miss a lightning bolt. Harry looked to his side and screamed. Beside him was that white skull like face, with the wide livid scarlet eyes and a nose that was as flat as a snake's with slits for nostrils. Tumbling down onto the ground, Harry landed with a loud thud. Beside him he found an unconscious Cho. He crawled his way over to check if she was ok, but he couldn't get very far. Harry turned around to face Voldemort standing behind him pointing his wand at Harry. White hot pain seared through his body and Harry awoke with a start.
Harry jumped up on his bed and found it was morning. Quickly checking the time, Harry realised he was late and sprang out of bed. Quickly changing into some clothes and grabbing his Firebolt, Harry sprinted down to the Great Hall to see the Hall emptying out onto the castle grounds. Harry bolted out the door and ran to the changing room, to find the Quidditch team already changed and waiting for him.
"Where you been Harry?", Ron asked.
"Overslept, sorry", Harry said going pink on his cheeks. "Right, am I meant to give some speech now?", Harry asked stupidly.
"Well you are the captain, but please keep the speech short, or we'll be late", Fred said grinning.
"Oh, ok! Well everyone just play as well as you did in the practices and lets go out and win that Quidditch Cup", Harry said growing more confident. The rest of the team cheered and walked out onto the Quidditch pitch. It was a beautiful sunny morning, with a few clouds in the sky. Harry looked around the stands and found Hermione standing beside Hagrid. He grinned at them and walked up to Madame Hooch.
"Now I want a nice clean game. Captains shake hands", Madame Hooch called out.
Harry gaped when he saw Cho holding out her hand, "You're captain?", Harry asked stupidly.
"Yeah, Congratulations, I heard you became captain too", Cho said grinning.
"Thanks, Congratulations to you too", Harry replied grinning.
"Everyone mount your brooms", Madame Hooch called out before she blew the whistle.
Fifteen brooms shot into the sky and spread out. Harry could see Cho flying behind him, grinning at him. It seemed like Cho still hadn't changed her tactics on tailing Harry. Harry halted in mid air and watched as Alicia Spinnet scored Gryffindor's first ten points.
"AND SPINNET SCORES, ITS TEN ZERO TO GRYFFINDOR", Lee Jordan shouted out. "Ok Katie Bell in possession, heading towards the goal, great beater work by Fred Weasley, she passes to Angelina Johnson, oh no she's hit by a Bludger. Ravenclaw are in possession, Terry Boot, shoots, scores! TEN, TEN TO RAVENCLAW", Lee Jordan shouted out. "Alicia Spinnet, passes the Quaffle to Angelina Johnson, back to Spinnet, ducks a Bludger -nice work by George Weasley- swerves to miss the Ravenclaw beater, shoots and it goes past Gregory. GFYFFINDOR SCORE, ITS TWENTY TEN TO GRYFFINDOR", Lee Jordan shouted as he jumped up and shouted. Harry done loop the loop, before turning around and looking for the snitch again. Cho was still following him, smiling at him whenever he turned around. Harry watched as Alicia Spinnet scored another ten points for Gryffindor. Harry sped on towards Ron and the Gryffindor goals. He watched as Fred and George were blocking Katie Bell, from the Ravenclaw beaters. A loud eruption from the Gryffindor stands told him that Gryffindor had scored another ten points. Suddenly, Harry saw a glint of gold flickering beside Fred. Sensing Harry's thoughts, Cho raced off towards Fred. Harry grinned and raced off after her. He was gaining on her rapidly, when Harry had to stop in mid air, Cho had blocked his path and let the snitch slip away. Grinning at him and waving, Cho turned around and shot across to the other side of the pitch. It took another few minutes and a few extra points for Harry to see the snitch again. This time he saw it first, but Cho soon caught up and as before swerved right in front of him, causing him to stop in mid air. Cho had certainly gotten better, but Harry wasn't about to give up. This time he was prepared. Harry flew around the pitch, checking to see where Cho was. She had decided to stop tailing him and instead watch him from a distance. Harry's eyes widened as he saw the snitch glimmering in the sunshine, right beside Ron. Urging his Firebolt to go faster, Harry raced towards the snitch. He turned around and saw that Cho was gaining on him. She shot ahead of him and once again tried to block him, but this time Harry was prepared. Quickly pulling his broom up, he flew over Cho and raced towards the snitch. Closer and closer he came until he reached out and grasped the snitch. Feeling the beating of its wings against his fingers, Harry flew down and landed softly on the grass, holding up the snitch. The rest of the team landed beside him and started clapping him on the back.
Harry could faintly hear Lee Jordan, shouting over the cheers from the Gryffindor's, "AND GRYFFINDOR WIN WITH TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY POINTS WHILE RAVENCLAW ONLY GOT SIXTY POINTS".
Cho landed down beside Harry and said, "Well done".
"Oh, you done very well too", Harry said blushing.
"Thanks!", Cho said smiling.
"Come on Harry!", Fred shouted over to him, "There's a party in the Gryffindor common room, and we can't start without our captain".
"Well I have to go", Harry said.
"Well bye Harry", Cho said, before Harry turned around and followed Fred and George to the castle.
After much partying, and enjoying themselves, Harry and Ron decided to go out and take a walk around the castle, to get some peace and quiet.
"I think Fred and George are celebrating more than anything this year", Harry mused.
"Probably because its they're last year", Ron said. Just then Hermione walked up to them looking very worried.
"What is it Hermione?", Ron asked worried.
"Its Professor Ellis", Hermione answered.
"What?", Harry asked astounded, pulling her into an empty classroom. "What is with her?".
"Well I wanted to go and ask her about our assignments she gave us in Defence Against Dark Arts, well Just as I was about to enter her office, I saw her talking to someone in the fire".
"Yeah so?", Ron asked earning a scowl from Hermione.
"She was talking to someone. The people she was talking to were asking her about you a lot Harry. They wanted to know if she would join them", Hermione said straining very hard to remember the conversation.
"What do you mean they were talking about me?", Harry asked.
"They wanted to know if she would bring you to them.."
"And what did she say", Harry butted in.
"She didn't say anything", Hermione said.
"I think we should keep an eye on her", Harry said, "Is that all you heard?"
"Yeah that's all, but Harry don't go and do something stupid alright?", Hermione said getting worried again.
"Like what?", Harry asked.
"Like what you done in third year", Hermione replied.
"I wonder who she was talking to?", Ron asked.
"Who knows", Hermione replied.