The next morning, Harry was the second one to wake up. He went into the bathroom to find Snape putting something on his leg. "Morning Severus." Harry said and started washing his face. Snape jumped and quickly covered his leg. "You don't have to cover your leg. Is that where Fluffy bit you?" Harry asked, putting his glasses back on. "Yes, it is." Snape said hesitantly and continued working on his leg. "How did you know?" he asked. "Professor Quirrell told me when we were in the in the room with the mirror. I thought you were the one trying to get the Sorcerer's Stone and I also thought you were the one who was trying to kill me at the quidditch match. I also saw the blood on your leg the night we beat that troll up." Harry explained. "Oh. Well I guess you're more perceptive than I thought, Potter." Snape said. "You can call me Harry, I mean, I'm not your student anymore." Harry said. "Fine. If that's the way you want it Harold." Snape said and they both laughed.
Oliver walked in and rubbed his eyes. "What is all the noise? Are you guys getting along or something?" he asked. Harry laughed and dumped a cup of cup water down Oliver's back. He jumped and splashed Harry with a cup of water as well. The next thing that happened, they were having a water war. Even Snape got in on the fun. They were playing around for almost five minutes before Dumbledore walked in. "I say, what's going on here? Severus? Are you laughing?" he asked. "I'm sorry sir. We'll get this cleaned up." Snape said, chuckling. "Are you all right Severus? I thought that we might have to fight you and Harry off each other with a stick. Now you're playing around like best friends." Dumbledore said. "We've come to an agreement." said Harry and threw another cup of water at Snape. Dumbledore laughed. "Well, don't worry about the water. You three better get dressed. Breakfast is in 15 minutes." Dumbledore turned to go, but was stopped when he was hit on the back of the head with a wave of water. he turned around. They all dropped their cups and pointed at someone other than themselves. Dumbledore shook his head, laughed, and left the room.
They cleaned the mess up anyway, which took about half a second, then they dressed and went down to breakfast. Hermione noticed Harry's hair was wet and asked what happened. "There was a little war in the gentlemen's bathroom." he replied and took his seat next to Oliver, whose hair, Hermione noticed, was also wet. She sat down next to Snape and she noticed his hair was wet too. "Severus. What happened between you, Harry, and Oliver this morning?" Hermione asked Snape. "We were waging war on each other my dear. It was actually quite refreshing." Snape replied. Hermione was quite lost, but she didn't have to think about it any longer, because Dumbledore stood and started to speak, "Well, I'm sure everyone would like to have a break from classes today..." The whole Great Hall was filled with cheers and Dumbledore waved his hands for quiet. "That's what I thought. Now, it's 8:30 now, so at 9:30, I want the whole school to go down to the quidditch field and take your normal seats. Quidditch players, I would like you to stay when you are finished with your breakfast. Thank you." Dumbledore finished and sat down to a roar of applause. All the teachers looked as stunned as the students.
After breakfast, Dumbledore had the quidditch players sit at one table so he cold talk to them. "I'd like you all to meet Mr. Potter." They all said hello and Dumbledore continued, "Now I would like you all to get your brooms and meet me back here. Quickly." They left the Great Hall in search of their brooms while Dumbledore explained what was going on to the teachers. "We will be having a quidditch day. We will be having games all day and like some volunteers from you to play on the teams as well." Three hands instantly went in the air. "Harry and Oliver. Yes, I already planned on you playing. Severus. This is a surprise. You are most welcome to play. Anyone else?" Dumbledore asked. A few more hands went up, and Hermione said she'd play if she could get some help. "All right. Severus, will you help Hermione?" Dumbledore asked. Snape nodded and said, "I'd be glad to." Dumbledore smiled. "Well good. I've also called a few friends to play with us." Dumbledore whistled and in walked Draco, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender The quidditch players entered right behind them and Dumbledore explained what was going on. They were all very excited to play with the famous Harry Potter.
The group went out and into a locker room. It was a lot bigger than Harry remembered it. He figured Dumbledore must have done something so they could all fit. Dumbledore explained that this was not an actual quidditch match, it didn't count for anything, they would be wearing their gear, and they should just have fun and not be brutal. They all agreed and went to get their gear on. They were all to meet back in the locker room before they went out. Harry, Oliver, Draco, Ron, Ginny, Dumbledore, and Snape's old robes were in a closet and the rest of the players found old ones they could wear. When they were all dressed and ready to go out on the field, Dumbledore took his wand and turned everyone's robe black. They went to the door and lined up. "Scared Harry?" Oliver asked. "No. Ready?" Harry asked and slapped his friends hand. They mounted their brooms and the door lifted. They flew out and saw everyone cheering. Harry heard his name being called from someone in the stands. He flew up to find a red-headed Gryffindor first year. "Hi Harry. I'm Percy Weasley's daughter. Can you do the move you did when you swallowed the snitch at your first game?" she asked. "Well, I can't promise you that I'll swallow the snitch again, but I'll try to do that move for you." Harry said and flew off.
Dumbledore called them all out of the air and had Harry and Severus stand up. "These are your team captains. Gentlemen, pick your teams." Dumbledore commanded, nicely though. Harry picked Oliver first and Snape picked Hermione. Harry picked Draco and Snape picked Ginny next. They each picked 4 more and Dumbledore stayed on the ground with the extras to tell them when to go in. Before the game started, he turned Harry and his team's robes blue. Madam Hooch was the referee. Harry quickly assigned positions. Oliver was keeper, Draco was a chaser, and he was made seeker by the rest of the team. The others didn't complain about their positions because that's where they normally played. Harry had a female beater's on his team and he wasn't sure if he had ever seen a female beater on a school team. Harry's team took their positions and waited for Snape's team. He noticed, that Harry had given Ginny the position of seeker. As Snape got into position, he noticed his eyes move toward Harry and he smirked. He had done it on purpose.
Madam Hooch threw the quaffle in the air and the game had begun. Harry noticed Hermione hadn't moved at all, so Harry flew over to ask what position she had. Hermione said she was a chaser. Harry told her if she was nervous, the best thing to do would be to go to the opposite teams hoops and wait for the ball. Hermione followed Harry's advice and she soon scored the first 10 points of the game. After awhile, Hermione wasn't as nervous and she started flying around a bit. She was so into the game, she didn't even notice the bludger that hit her broom. It splintered and Hermione started falling toward the earth. Draco was too involved n the game to notice and Harry was extremely high. Harry shot straight down after Hermione. He was about three feet from her when Snape flew by and caught her. The three of them landed and Dumbledore sent three extras in for them.
They went over to the side of the field and sat Hermione against the wall of the locker rooms. She had wrapped her arms around Snape when he caught her and she still hadn't let go. "Hermione. It's all right. You're on the ground now. You did great." Harry said trying to comfort her. Harry said he'd go get Draco. He called a time out and flew up to tell Draco what happened. His face instantly turned white and he flew down to her. Snape flew back up and sent one of his players back down. He also went over to Ginny and apparently had switched positions with her. Snape went over to Harry and shook his hand. "May the best seeker win." Snape said. Harry was shocked. "You were a seeker?" Harry asked in disbelief. Snape just smiled and got in position.
They played for almost half an hour before Harry saw the snitch. He sped after it and chased it around the field for almost five minutes. Snape noticed the snitch also and was soon beside Harry racing for the snitch. The snitch shot straight down and the two seekers followed. Harry remembered this from his first game and was ready. Snape, unfortunately for him, hadn't seen it because he kept an eye on Quirrell for the rest of the game. Snape figured Harry had fallen and caught the snitch at the same time. Snape pulled up a few feet from the ground and was surprised when Harry didn't. He expected to hear a crunch, but he didn't. He turned around to see Harry standing on his broom. He was an inch from the snitch and he jumped of his broom. Harry raised his arm in the air with the snitch in his fist. They had won.
Snape flew down to shake Harry's hand. "I expected you to hit the ground. That was some trick." Snape said. "That's an old trick. I pulled that off in my first year. Except this time, I didn't swallow it." Harry said and laughed. The he remembered Hermione and ran over to her. Surprisingly, Snape was right behind him. "That was some catch Harry. Just like your first game. At least you didn't catch it in your mouth this time." Draco said and laughed. "Better watch it Draco, I bet Hermione could turn you into a ferret." Harry said and shook Draco's hand. Draco shuddered and Hermione laughed. "That would be something to see, wouldn't it Harry?" Hermione said and stood up. She was still a little dizzy, so Draco walked her up to the castle.
They played two more games before lunch and five afterward. Harry, Draco, and Snape played in all of them. Harry's team won them all. "You really are a spectacular seeker. You know that?" Snape asked as they were changing out of their quidditch robes. "Thanks. You're not so bad yourself. I almost got scared that one time." Harry said and they all laughed at his sarcasm. They talked all the way up to the castle and went inside to the Great Hall for dinner. Ron, Ginny, Lavender, and Draco joined them, but left soon after. Hermione went over to Dumbledore to ask him a question. "Prof- Albus, would it be okay with you if Harry and I went to St. Mungo's over Easter holiday to see Draco's mother." Dumbledore nodded and said they were free to go wherever they pleased during the holidays as long as they were back before the children arrived back at school.
So, for the next few weeks, Harry and Hermione taught and braced themselves for the visit to Draco's mother.
Oliver walked in and rubbed his eyes. "What is all the noise? Are you guys getting along or something?" he asked. Harry laughed and dumped a cup of cup water down Oliver's back. He jumped and splashed Harry with a cup of water as well. The next thing that happened, they were having a water war. Even Snape got in on the fun. They were playing around for almost five minutes before Dumbledore walked in. "I say, what's going on here? Severus? Are you laughing?" he asked. "I'm sorry sir. We'll get this cleaned up." Snape said, chuckling. "Are you all right Severus? I thought that we might have to fight you and Harry off each other with a stick. Now you're playing around like best friends." Dumbledore said. "We've come to an agreement." said Harry and threw another cup of water at Snape. Dumbledore laughed. "Well, don't worry about the water. You three better get dressed. Breakfast is in 15 minutes." Dumbledore turned to go, but was stopped when he was hit on the back of the head with a wave of water. he turned around. They all dropped their cups and pointed at someone other than themselves. Dumbledore shook his head, laughed, and left the room.
They cleaned the mess up anyway, which took about half a second, then they dressed and went down to breakfast. Hermione noticed Harry's hair was wet and asked what happened. "There was a little war in the gentlemen's bathroom." he replied and took his seat next to Oliver, whose hair, Hermione noticed, was also wet. She sat down next to Snape and she noticed his hair was wet too. "Severus. What happened between you, Harry, and Oliver this morning?" Hermione asked Snape. "We were waging war on each other my dear. It was actually quite refreshing." Snape replied. Hermione was quite lost, but she didn't have to think about it any longer, because Dumbledore stood and started to speak, "Well, I'm sure everyone would like to have a break from classes today..." The whole Great Hall was filled with cheers and Dumbledore waved his hands for quiet. "That's what I thought. Now, it's 8:30 now, so at 9:30, I want the whole school to go down to the quidditch field and take your normal seats. Quidditch players, I would like you to stay when you are finished with your breakfast. Thank you." Dumbledore finished and sat down to a roar of applause. All the teachers looked as stunned as the students.
After breakfast, Dumbledore had the quidditch players sit at one table so he cold talk to them. "I'd like you all to meet Mr. Potter." They all said hello and Dumbledore continued, "Now I would like you all to get your brooms and meet me back here. Quickly." They left the Great Hall in search of their brooms while Dumbledore explained what was going on to the teachers. "We will be having a quidditch day. We will be having games all day and like some volunteers from you to play on the teams as well." Three hands instantly went in the air. "Harry and Oliver. Yes, I already planned on you playing. Severus. This is a surprise. You are most welcome to play. Anyone else?" Dumbledore asked. A few more hands went up, and Hermione said she'd play if she could get some help. "All right. Severus, will you help Hermione?" Dumbledore asked. Snape nodded and said, "I'd be glad to." Dumbledore smiled. "Well good. I've also called a few friends to play with us." Dumbledore whistled and in walked Draco, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender The quidditch players entered right behind them and Dumbledore explained what was going on. They were all very excited to play with the famous Harry Potter.
The group went out and into a locker room. It was a lot bigger than Harry remembered it. He figured Dumbledore must have done something so they could all fit. Dumbledore explained that this was not an actual quidditch match, it didn't count for anything, they would be wearing their gear, and they should just have fun and not be brutal. They all agreed and went to get their gear on. They were all to meet back in the locker room before they went out. Harry, Oliver, Draco, Ron, Ginny, Dumbledore, and Snape's old robes were in a closet and the rest of the players found old ones they could wear. When they were all dressed and ready to go out on the field, Dumbledore took his wand and turned everyone's robe black. They went to the door and lined up. "Scared Harry?" Oliver asked. "No. Ready?" Harry asked and slapped his friends hand. They mounted their brooms and the door lifted. They flew out and saw everyone cheering. Harry heard his name being called from someone in the stands. He flew up to find a red-headed Gryffindor first year. "Hi Harry. I'm Percy Weasley's daughter. Can you do the move you did when you swallowed the snitch at your first game?" she asked. "Well, I can't promise you that I'll swallow the snitch again, but I'll try to do that move for you." Harry said and flew off.
Dumbledore called them all out of the air and had Harry and Severus stand up. "These are your team captains. Gentlemen, pick your teams." Dumbledore commanded, nicely though. Harry picked Oliver first and Snape picked Hermione. Harry picked Draco and Snape picked Ginny next. They each picked 4 more and Dumbledore stayed on the ground with the extras to tell them when to go in. Before the game started, he turned Harry and his team's robes blue. Madam Hooch was the referee. Harry quickly assigned positions. Oliver was keeper, Draco was a chaser, and he was made seeker by the rest of the team. The others didn't complain about their positions because that's where they normally played. Harry had a female beater's on his team and he wasn't sure if he had ever seen a female beater on a school team. Harry's team took their positions and waited for Snape's team. He noticed, that Harry had given Ginny the position of seeker. As Snape got into position, he noticed his eyes move toward Harry and he smirked. He had done it on purpose.
Madam Hooch threw the quaffle in the air and the game had begun. Harry noticed Hermione hadn't moved at all, so Harry flew over to ask what position she had. Hermione said she was a chaser. Harry told her if she was nervous, the best thing to do would be to go to the opposite teams hoops and wait for the ball. Hermione followed Harry's advice and she soon scored the first 10 points of the game. After awhile, Hermione wasn't as nervous and she started flying around a bit. She was so into the game, she didn't even notice the bludger that hit her broom. It splintered and Hermione started falling toward the earth. Draco was too involved n the game to notice and Harry was extremely high. Harry shot straight down after Hermione. He was about three feet from her when Snape flew by and caught her. The three of them landed and Dumbledore sent three extras in for them.
They went over to the side of the field and sat Hermione against the wall of the locker rooms. She had wrapped her arms around Snape when he caught her and she still hadn't let go. "Hermione. It's all right. You're on the ground now. You did great." Harry said trying to comfort her. Harry said he'd go get Draco. He called a time out and flew up to tell Draco what happened. His face instantly turned white and he flew down to her. Snape flew back up and sent one of his players back down. He also went over to Ginny and apparently had switched positions with her. Snape went over to Harry and shook his hand. "May the best seeker win." Snape said. Harry was shocked. "You were a seeker?" Harry asked in disbelief. Snape just smiled and got in position.
They played for almost half an hour before Harry saw the snitch. He sped after it and chased it around the field for almost five minutes. Snape noticed the snitch also and was soon beside Harry racing for the snitch. The snitch shot straight down and the two seekers followed. Harry remembered this from his first game and was ready. Snape, unfortunately for him, hadn't seen it because he kept an eye on Quirrell for the rest of the game. Snape figured Harry had fallen and caught the snitch at the same time. Snape pulled up a few feet from the ground and was surprised when Harry didn't. He expected to hear a crunch, but he didn't. He turned around to see Harry standing on his broom. He was an inch from the snitch and he jumped of his broom. Harry raised his arm in the air with the snitch in his fist. They had won.
Snape flew down to shake Harry's hand. "I expected you to hit the ground. That was some trick." Snape said. "That's an old trick. I pulled that off in my first year. Except this time, I didn't swallow it." Harry said and laughed. The he remembered Hermione and ran over to her. Surprisingly, Snape was right behind him. "That was some catch Harry. Just like your first game. At least you didn't catch it in your mouth this time." Draco said and laughed. "Better watch it Draco, I bet Hermione could turn you into a ferret." Harry said and shook Draco's hand. Draco shuddered and Hermione laughed. "That would be something to see, wouldn't it Harry?" Hermione said and stood up. She was still a little dizzy, so Draco walked her up to the castle.
They played two more games before lunch and five afterward. Harry, Draco, and Snape played in all of them. Harry's team won them all. "You really are a spectacular seeker. You know that?" Snape asked as they were changing out of their quidditch robes. "Thanks. You're not so bad yourself. I almost got scared that one time." Harry said and they all laughed at his sarcasm. They talked all the way up to the castle and went inside to the Great Hall for dinner. Ron, Ginny, Lavender, and Draco joined them, but left soon after. Hermione went over to Dumbledore to ask him a question. "Prof- Albus, would it be okay with you if Harry and I went to St. Mungo's over Easter holiday to see Draco's mother." Dumbledore nodded and said they were free to go wherever they pleased during the holidays as long as they were back before the children arrived back at school.
So, for the next few weeks, Harry and Hermione taught and braced themselves for the visit to Draco's mother.