Chapter 2. Explanation Needed
Harry had left the celebrations early and went to his room. He didn't know what had happened playing Quidditch today. It all seemed shrouded in confusion and his only clear memory was the sheer panic that he couldn't move. It had scared him and he didn't know why.
The fact that Grifindor had won the game offered little consolation to Harry. He tried desperately to salvage some clear pictures from his jumbled mind. He saw now Draco Malfoy, magic flying form his hands. So Slytherin had cheated. That did not surprise him, but Harry had been alarmed by the magic he saw. Malfoy surely didn't know such powerful spells. Certainly, they'd never learned them at Hogwarts.
Suddenly, without a knock, the door flung open and Ron and Hermionie came running in.
"Harry!" cried Ron. The look on his face could not help but make Harry smile.
"Ron!" he nodded.
"Harry, we've been looking everywhere for you! Everyone wants to know if you're ok." Hermionie paused. "Are you ok?"
Before he could speak, Ron, now seated beside him, turned in wonder.
"You were amazing!"
"Yes" admitted Hermionie "but what happened?"
"How come you're not hurt?"
"Hurt?" Harry looked at them questioningly.
"Harry, you fell about 50 feet!" Ron starred at Harry, then at Hermionie.
"Oh." Harry looked back at them. "Oh, yeah. No, I'm fine."
"Well, you don't sound fine!" Hermionie folded her arms and Harry and Ron exchanged glances.
"No, honestly! I'm fine it's just…"
"Just what?" Ron's voice was unusually suspicious.
"Just…I don't remember a lot. I couldn't move and Malfoy…Malfoy…"
Harry stopped and smiled. "Hagrid around?"
Hermionie sighed.
"No. We can find him though. He disappeared as well. I suppose you'll explain when we get there?"
"Maybe."
"You had better Harry Potter!" Hermionie pulled him up.
Harry laughed. Ron looked worried. "This is the start of something bad" he moaned, which caused Harry to laugh even harder.
"Probably" he agreed, sympathetically.
"Come on then!" Urged Hermionie "let's go and see Hagrid and maybe he can tell us a bit more."
Ron peered out of the window. "You can't go out there Harry! Unless you want to stand In congratulation for hours!"
"No. Right." Harry looked around him helplessly. He seized his invisibility cloak and the three slipped away silently.
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