Chapter 9
Triumphant Glory
As the end of the year had approached, Harry, Ron and Hermione took all of their years final exams, and made up for the time they missed when Harry was getting in strife. Gryffindor ended up winning the last Quidditch match of the season with a reserve seeker by the name of Alexandra Melody because Harry's arm was still injured. As for Malfoy and his little buddies, he began to try and avoid Harry for the entire time because he was too afraid that he might hang him from the goal posts again. Ron had found this quite hilarious and even so, Harry did as well.
Before the end of the year banquet, Ron, Harry and Hermione were really excited for Gryffindor was coming in first and they knew that they would win the house cup. In the hall as they were all eating, Ron and Hermione looked up to see the Gryffindor and Slytherin banners hanging from the ceiling.
'Hang on a minute! Why is Slytherin up there too!?' Ron cried, Harry just glanced up.
'We must be in a tie! Just like last year!' Harry whispered to them. Hermione frowned.
'But you remember we were winning when we woke up this morning' She stated, 'Why are Slytherin in a tie with us now?'
The Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, Oliver Wood was listening to them.
'I heard that some Slytherin guy saved another kid from Peeves the Poltergeist, so Snape gave them an extra fifty points' He explained.
Harry, Ron and Hermione were disgusted,
'I hate him so much!' Harry ordered, banging the table with his fist.
Everyone had finished eating and the plates were cleared away. Dumbledore rose from his seat to announce the points.
'I have some bad news for you all. Your years Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher, Professor Reuben has been called into the Ministry Of Magic for an important assignment and will not be back,' Some people sighed, Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at each other,
'He ran! He knew Mirror Harry is gone so he bolted!' Harry whispered, the others nodded,
'Now as for the house points, everyone shall see, Gryffindor and Slytherin are both winners this year,' Some people cheered, others sighed, 'But fortunately.........someone has forgotten the one-hundred points that I gave to Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger of Gryffindor, about a month ago!' Their faces lit up, 'They were the smartest of all the students this year!'
The Gryffindor table cheered, 'Also......there is one-hundred points to be taken from Slytherin house, for one of their classmates antics in the Gryffindor Common room about five months ago' Dumbledore eyed Malfoy who was looking at Harry and Ron who were smirking back at him, 'This means that in fourth place, Slytherin with two-hundred and eighty points!' The hall clapped, especially the other house teams rather than the Slytherins,
'In third place is Ravenclaw with three-hundred and fifteen points! Second, Hufflepuff with three-hundred and seventy-five points!' The Gryffindor table got up and roared with excitement, Dumbledore continued over the cheering, 'And Gryffindor is the winner of the House Cup and as well...........'
Everyone went silent, Dumbledore motioned to a girl sitting at the Gryffindor table, and she got up to walk towards the High Table. Dumbledore held up two golden trophies. He hands the girl, a cup with the golden snitch on the top, and she parades it in the air. Gryffindor began to scream and cheer again.
'............they win the Quidditch Cup for the year 2002!'
Harry, Ron and Hermione started jumping up and down. Wizards hats were flying everywhere, and Oliver next to Harry, was doing a little dance and singing to himself,
'WE RULE! YOU SUCK! YES WE DO! UH HUH! WOO HOO!'
Harry laughed at him and he stopped dancing. He was looking at the girl that was with the trophy at the end of the table. Harry spotted her and yelled to Oliver through the excitement.
'Who's that?' He questioned,
'That?.........Well she plays Chaser on our team. I think her name is Meria Gardner' Wood answered,
'That's funny. I haven't seen her before?' He replied,
'It's because she only replaced Angelina Johnson in the last Quidditch match after she left. She came with that new seeker Alexandra Melody' Wood pointed her out, 'I think they're friends'
They both sat down, Oliver still staring at Meria.
'She must be a good Chaser to replace Angelina' Harry stated, Oliver nodded.
'As a matter of fact, I think I might have found something I love more than Quidditch'
'Huh?' Harry mumbled back, but Wood had gotten up.
'Now, if you'll excuse me..........'
He strolled over towards Meria, Harry and Ron shook their heads.
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Later on that day, Harry, Ron and Hermione had packed up their bags and were already halfway home on the Hogwarts Express. Harry and Ron were laughing about the incidents that had happened. Hermione interrupts them.
'Don't you even remember what happened to Filch?' She cried,
'Hermione! You weren't even there when it happened!' Harry told her, Hermione pouted,
'I head people talking about it' She replied,
'You always seem to over hear people's chatter, don't you?' Ron demanded, 'Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if you listen to other girls on the loo!'
Hermione gave Ron a sarcastic smile and turned to the window to watch the countryside go by. Harry began to chuckle to himself.
'Harry, what is it? What's so funny? Have I got something on my nose again?' Ron asked, Harry laughed some more,
'No, It's just........if I took mirror Harry with me home this year, I would've have fun torturing Dudley with fake spells, only double the effect!,' Ron and Hermione laughed, 'He'd be terrified!' Harry smirked back.
Hermione looked at him, puzzled. 'Harry, when you were staring into the mirror, you chanted something. What on earth was that?' 'I have no idea. I guess it was the answer that I got from the mirror' He replied, smiling at her. They went silent for a few short minutes and Ron perked up.
'Hey! Remember when Malfoy was hung from the Quidditch goal posts!?'
They all burst out with laughter,
'Yeah, well he deserved it!' Harry demanded, Ron and Hermione stopped laughing immediately.
'Wait a minute!!' Ron bellowed,
'Mirror Harry............' Hermione began, but Harry pushed away the hair on his forehead to show him his scar which was intact and the right way up.
'Whew! I thought for a moment there that you were a mirror!' Ron told him.
'I wouldn't try to kill you guys! Unless.................you took my Chocolate Frogs!' Harry snapped, snatching the three packets of Chocolate Frogs that were on the seat beside Ron. Hermione watched laughing, as Ron tried desperately to stop Harry from gobbling them up.
As the end of the year had approached, Harry, Ron and Hermione took all of their years final exams, and made up for the time they missed when Harry was getting in strife. Gryffindor ended up winning the last Quidditch match of the season with a reserve seeker by the name of Alexandra Melody because Harry's arm was still injured. As for Malfoy and his little buddies, he began to try and avoid Harry for the entire time because he was too afraid that he might hang him from the goal posts again. Ron had found this quite hilarious and even so, Harry did as well.
Before the end of the year banquet, Ron, Harry and Hermione were really excited for Gryffindor was coming in first and they knew that they would win the house cup. In the hall as they were all eating, Ron and Hermione looked up to see the Gryffindor and Slytherin banners hanging from the ceiling.
'Hang on a minute! Why is Slytherin up there too!?' Ron cried, Harry just glanced up.
'We must be in a tie! Just like last year!' Harry whispered to them. Hermione frowned.
'But you remember we were winning when we woke up this morning' She stated, 'Why are Slytherin in a tie with us now?'
The Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, Oliver Wood was listening to them.
'I heard that some Slytherin guy saved another kid from Peeves the Poltergeist, so Snape gave them an extra fifty points' He explained.
Harry, Ron and Hermione were disgusted,
'I hate him so much!' Harry ordered, banging the table with his fist.
Everyone had finished eating and the plates were cleared away. Dumbledore rose from his seat to announce the points.
'I have some bad news for you all. Your years Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher, Professor Reuben has been called into the Ministry Of Magic for an important assignment and will not be back,' Some people sighed, Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at each other,
'He ran! He knew Mirror Harry is gone so he bolted!' Harry whispered, the others nodded,
'Now as for the house points, everyone shall see, Gryffindor and Slytherin are both winners this year,' Some people cheered, others sighed, 'But fortunately.........someone has forgotten the one-hundred points that I gave to Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger of Gryffindor, about a month ago!' Their faces lit up, 'They were the smartest of all the students this year!'
The Gryffindor table cheered, 'Also......there is one-hundred points to be taken from Slytherin house, for one of their classmates antics in the Gryffindor Common room about five months ago' Dumbledore eyed Malfoy who was looking at Harry and Ron who were smirking back at him, 'This means that in fourth place, Slytherin with two-hundred and eighty points!' The hall clapped, especially the other house teams rather than the Slytherins,
'In third place is Ravenclaw with three-hundred and fifteen points! Second, Hufflepuff with three-hundred and seventy-five points!' The Gryffindor table got up and roared with excitement, Dumbledore continued over the cheering, 'And Gryffindor is the winner of the House Cup and as well...........'
Everyone went silent, Dumbledore motioned to a girl sitting at the Gryffindor table, and she got up to walk towards the High Table. Dumbledore held up two golden trophies. He hands the girl, a cup with the golden snitch on the top, and she parades it in the air. Gryffindor began to scream and cheer again.
'............they win the Quidditch Cup for the year 2002!'
Harry, Ron and Hermione started jumping up and down. Wizards hats were flying everywhere, and Oliver next to Harry, was doing a little dance and singing to himself,
'WE RULE! YOU SUCK! YES WE DO! UH HUH! WOO HOO!'
Harry laughed at him and he stopped dancing. He was looking at the girl that was with the trophy at the end of the table. Harry spotted her and yelled to Oliver through the excitement.
'Who's that?' He questioned,
'That?.........Well she plays Chaser on our team. I think her name is Meria Gardner' Wood answered,
'That's funny. I haven't seen her before?' He replied,
'It's because she only replaced Angelina Johnson in the last Quidditch match after she left. She came with that new seeker Alexandra Melody' Wood pointed her out, 'I think they're friends'
They both sat down, Oliver still staring at Meria.
'She must be a good Chaser to replace Angelina' Harry stated, Oliver nodded.
'As a matter of fact, I think I might have found something I love more than Quidditch'
'Huh?' Harry mumbled back, but Wood had gotten up.
'Now, if you'll excuse me..........'
He strolled over towards Meria, Harry and Ron shook their heads.
~~~~
Later on that day, Harry, Ron and Hermione had packed up their bags and were already halfway home on the Hogwarts Express. Harry and Ron were laughing about the incidents that had happened. Hermione interrupts them.
'Don't you even remember what happened to Filch?' She cried,
'Hermione! You weren't even there when it happened!' Harry told her, Hermione pouted,
'I head people talking about it' She replied,
'You always seem to over hear people's chatter, don't you?' Ron demanded, 'Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if you listen to other girls on the loo!'
Hermione gave Ron a sarcastic smile and turned to the window to watch the countryside go by. Harry began to chuckle to himself.
'Harry, what is it? What's so funny? Have I got something on my nose again?' Ron asked, Harry laughed some more,
'No, It's just........if I took mirror Harry with me home this year, I would've have fun torturing Dudley with fake spells, only double the effect!,' Ron and Hermione laughed, 'He'd be terrified!' Harry smirked back.
Hermione looked at him, puzzled. 'Harry, when you were staring into the mirror, you chanted something. What on earth was that?' 'I have no idea. I guess it was the answer that I got from the mirror' He replied, smiling at her. They went silent for a few short minutes and Ron perked up.
'Hey! Remember when Malfoy was hung from the Quidditch goal posts!?'
They all burst out with laughter,
'Yeah, well he deserved it!' Harry demanded, Ron and Hermione stopped laughing immediately.
'Wait a minute!!' Ron bellowed,
'Mirror Harry............' Hermione began, but Harry pushed away the hair on his forehead to show him his scar which was intact and the right way up.
'Whew! I thought for a moment there that you were a mirror!' Ron told him.
'I wouldn't try to kill you guys! Unless.................you took my Chocolate Frogs!' Harry snapped, snatching the three packets of Chocolate Frogs that were on the seat beside Ron. Hermione watched laughing, as Ron tried desperately to stop Harry from gobbling them up.