For the next few days, Harry was bombarded with media from the wizard
world. He answered the questions the best he could and signed thousands of
autographs.
He found out that there was going to be an awards assembly at Hogwarts for
him to receive the gifts that the ministers of all the European countries
sent for him.
All through this though, he grew closer to his two friends because of the
constant need for privacy.
He found out that Hermione got a boyfriend and the first thing he and Ron
did was to find him and warn him.
On the day Harry found out that Hermione got a boyfriend, he immediately
went with Ron to the guy, Chris Lancer, a 6th year Ravenclaw.
They found him a crowd of Ravenclaw 6th years and walked right up to the
crowd.
The people there instantly made way for Harry respectfully to where he
wanted to go.
Harry and Ron stepped up to Chris; each clasped a shoulder and steered him
away from people.
Once in an isolated corner, Harry began to talk," Now, Chris, is it? I've
heard that you're now with Ron's and mine friend Hermione. Well, we're
here to tell you one thing, if you ever hurt her, we'll both personally
track you down."
Now, the poor guy, for all that he was popular enough, was seriously
intimidated, after all, Harry was the guy that defeated Voldemort like it
was just a routine thing, and Ron was his best friend.
The poor guys also knew that whoever messed with the two most popular guys
in school would be in serious trouble. Not just with the guys themselves,
but with a ton of girls.
Chris nodded his head quickly and practically ran away from the duo.
Harry looked at Ron and said," You think we scared him too hard?" They
looked at each other and said," Nah!"
So it was, from that day on, they were the horrible duo in Hogwarts, with
Hermione joining in the fun now and then.
Slytherins continued to find themselves the center of most of their
practical jokes. Also, Harry and Ron experienced girl troubles, but not
normal girl troubles.
Instead of having no girls like them, they had way too many! It was
impossible to escape from them.
Harry and Ron were kept in constant shape because of long chases for
freedom across the castle.
It was usually Ron who got caught because Harry would call Nimbus at the
last possible minute to escape and zoom away while Ron had to run it out.
Harry felt sorry for Ron because Nimbus wouldn't carry anyone else except
him.
Finally, it was time for Harry's award ceremony.
There were a lot of media and a huge audience at December 1st. Harry got
dressed in his best dress robes that were almost like silky fluid on his
best shirt and dress pants.
He was wearing a jet-black pair of dress robes that had a golden lining and
golden buttons. Underneath was a brilliant green shirt that had gold
buttons too, with a pair of jet-black dress pants that had a black belt
with a gold buckle with black shoes to finish the outfit.
His hair was freshly spiked that morning and he had combed it to
perfection. His glasses were well polished and his whole look was
extremely handsome.
At the ceremony, the audience section was filled to the brim, even with it
magically expanded.
Harry in all received 35 medals and plaques, one from each country, 35
unique gifts that can only be found in each country.
Finally, also from the British ministry, Harry received 10,000 galleons,
plus 500 galleons a month for the rest of his life, an extremely large
mansion near Godric's Hollow, dubbed Potter Mansion. An one of a kind
license to do magic starting now, and the newest racing broom ever, the
Thunderbolt, it could outstrip a firebolt broom by at least 5x its speed.
Harry thanked everyone and lugged everything into his trunk. Satisfied,
but exhausted and sick of all the people.
It was by now just before the Christmas holidays, Harry wanted to go see Potter Mansion with Sirius so he didn't for once sign up for the to stay list. On the day to leave on the Hogwarts Express, Harry decided to just apparate to Potter Mansion to save time. He and Sirius said goodbye and disapparated with a small pop. Once they got there, the house amazed even Harry; it was indeed a mansion!
It had at least 10 floors and was long too, the front lawn was as big as a quidditch field with a marble path to the front door. Inside, the house was magnificent with expensive things everywhere. The backyard though was what amazed Harry the most; it had a medium sized forest there with a quidditch pitch to the side of the clear ground and a swimming pool. Harry kept looking around the mansion and found 10 Hogwarts sized kitchens and 30 sweeping bathrooms with a tub the size of a pool. There were about 90 bedrooms and 15 living rooms all were furnished perfectly for two bachelors, though everything was very expensive and rare, yet still very homely looking. There were also game rooms with some muggle things like video games of every kind, computers, TVs, and lots of wizard things too. In all, it was a dream house for Harry and Sirius. Harry had the perfect vacation and decided that he'd have to invite his friends over sometime.
Once he was back in school, Harry saw that the whole school was buzzing with rumors about an event that was going to take place at Hogwarts. Harry wondered vaguely about what it was before going to the welcome feast with his friends. Once there, Dumbledore stood up and told everyone to tuck in. The feast was simply fabulous; everything was just as it should be. After the last traces of the meal disappeared from view, Dumbledore once again stood up and this time started to make a speech. He said, "Welcome back one and all, I trust that you've all been fed and watered properly so I will not delay in making my latest announcement. As in some of the rumors that you have heard spread over the school; Hogwarts is indeed hosting another event. This event though is nothing like the Tri- Wizard tournament, this is a quidditch cup as you might call it." At this, a burst of excited voices rang out in the hall and Dumbledore waited for a few moments before reclaiming the attention of the students. He continued, "As I'm sure that you're all really excited, this is the also perfect opportunity to tell you that Hogwarts will be hosting tryouts for the all house star-team that will be representing our school. This means that all 4 houses will contribute their house's best players towards the team. The school will vote upon the captain of the team once the team is secured. This tournament is not only for team matches, but also individual contests will be held. This means that the best of the best that this school has to offer will go head to head against the other schools' in challenges. This tournament will be started on February 25th as when the other schools will be arriving. The first match is on March 1st so we have very little time to prepare. Seeker tryouts will be held this Saturday and keeper tryouts this Sunday. Chaser tryouts will be next Saturday and finally beater tryouts will be next, next Saturday, which I believe is January 30th. The star-team will be announced on January 31st with their reserves. The winners of this tournament will receive a grand trophy for their school with the team's names engraved on it. It has also been decided that the Hogwarts team shall hereby be known as the Hogwarts Phoenixes. This name symbolizes our spirit and power with the phoenixes unique qualities. Good luck everyone." With that, Dumbledore sat down and watched as the prefects led the excited students out of the hall. Harry meanwhile was leading the Gryffindor students towards their tower; he was point blank trying to ignore the whispers about him being the best seeker for the Phoenixes ever. After they were in the tower, Harry decided to go and polish his Thunderbolt outside under the stars. It's been a while since he'd been on the Hogwarts grounds. He took his broom and slowly started out towards the cool, empty grounds. As he walked, he felt the troubles he'd been worrying about lately floating away and leaving him calm. Harry decided to come to the grounds more often, when he discovered a small almost invisible door at the side of a huge oak tree with the thickest trunk ever and thousands of looming branches. Harry was curious and looked at the strange door at the side of the tree, at the same time prodding it cautiously with his hand. Almost instantly, Harry was sucked into the inside of the trunk with a small pop. Inside, the tree was amazing. It was far larger than it looked on the outside, inside it was hollow with a strange light coming from nowhere lighting up a room sized space with nothing in it. Harry was at once captured by the space and felt a stronger sense of calm than anywhere than he'd been before. He decided to make this his getaway spot and instantly summoned up small pieces of furniture from Potter Mansion to make the small room the comfiest he'd ever known.
That Saturday, Harry appeared on the quidditch pitch dressed in his quidditch robes and carrying his Thunderbolt. The day was excellent and Harry found 7 seekers on the pitch, including him. That was the other three houses' seekers and their reserves plus Harry. The audience for the tryout however was very large. The tryout was simple; it was divided into two parts. The first part was that each person would have 4 snitches released into the air simultaneously and after a 5-minute head start the seeker would go and capture them all, timed of course. Then, all seven seekers would be launched into the pitch after a single snitch, there would be strict rules on fouling and the culprit would be out. In the end the catcher would have a lead on the others. The two tests would be balanced out and the best seeker would win. Harry was the last to go up in the single tests. He just sat there with a vague look on his face as he watched the seekers go up one by one. The best time so far when it was his turn was 15 minutes and 47 seconds. He got ready in the 5-minute waiting slot and was surprisingly not the least bit nervous. He kicked off after 5 minutes and shot straight up, eyes searching like a hawk's as he looked all around. After just 10 seconds, Harry spotted a snitch behind a goal post. He immediately dove like a bullet to the post and caught the first snitch, no problem. Then, he went back into the air and circled the pitch until after a minute saw the second snitch near the middle of the field. He shot towards it like lightning and captured it. He went back to the air and continued his quest; his time was now 1 minute, 30 seconds. Harry saw the third snitch near the above the bleachers and shot upwards towards it, his time now 3 minutes. Finally, Harry spotted the final snitch inches above the ground directly beneath him. Without thinking, he dove straight down, the blazing pace he set was crazy, his route totally vertical. Thus, he performed a perfect Wronski Feint in the Hogwarts pitch, exactly the same as Viktor Krum's was at the world cup last year. He was an inch from the ground when he got the snitch and leveled off for a second before shooting up again in triumph. His total time was only 4 minutes and 15 seconds. Far ahead of the others, it seemed that his quidditch skills have grown along with his powers. So it was that he was seeker while Cho Chang, who was second became reserve. The rest of the team consisted of Roger Davies from Ravenclaw as keeper, George and Fred were still beaters and the chasers were Chris, Hermione's boyfriend, from Ravenclaw, Alicia Spinnet and Alex Campbell from Hufflepuff.
Hey, it's me Pottermania22. No I haven't died or anything, but I got exams and I can't promise anything when it comes to uploading new chapters anymore. Sorry, but you'll just have to be patient. I think I'll keep writing more on this fic soon, but for now this is what I'm posting. I'll try to get another chapter of all I've got left that's pre-typed up in a week or two. I know posting takes a short time, but I have to format it and all, so please be patient with me and bear through it.
Until then, Pottermania22
It was by now just before the Christmas holidays, Harry wanted to go see Potter Mansion with Sirius so he didn't for once sign up for the to stay list. On the day to leave on the Hogwarts Express, Harry decided to just apparate to Potter Mansion to save time. He and Sirius said goodbye and disapparated with a small pop. Once they got there, the house amazed even Harry; it was indeed a mansion!
It had at least 10 floors and was long too, the front lawn was as big as a quidditch field with a marble path to the front door. Inside, the house was magnificent with expensive things everywhere. The backyard though was what amazed Harry the most; it had a medium sized forest there with a quidditch pitch to the side of the clear ground and a swimming pool. Harry kept looking around the mansion and found 10 Hogwarts sized kitchens and 30 sweeping bathrooms with a tub the size of a pool. There were about 90 bedrooms and 15 living rooms all were furnished perfectly for two bachelors, though everything was very expensive and rare, yet still very homely looking. There were also game rooms with some muggle things like video games of every kind, computers, TVs, and lots of wizard things too. In all, it was a dream house for Harry and Sirius. Harry had the perfect vacation and decided that he'd have to invite his friends over sometime.
Once he was back in school, Harry saw that the whole school was buzzing with rumors about an event that was going to take place at Hogwarts. Harry wondered vaguely about what it was before going to the welcome feast with his friends. Once there, Dumbledore stood up and told everyone to tuck in. The feast was simply fabulous; everything was just as it should be. After the last traces of the meal disappeared from view, Dumbledore once again stood up and this time started to make a speech. He said, "Welcome back one and all, I trust that you've all been fed and watered properly so I will not delay in making my latest announcement. As in some of the rumors that you have heard spread over the school; Hogwarts is indeed hosting another event. This event though is nothing like the Tri- Wizard tournament, this is a quidditch cup as you might call it." At this, a burst of excited voices rang out in the hall and Dumbledore waited for a few moments before reclaiming the attention of the students. He continued, "As I'm sure that you're all really excited, this is the also perfect opportunity to tell you that Hogwarts will be hosting tryouts for the all house star-team that will be representing our school. This means that all 4 houses will contribute their house's best players towards the team. The school will vote upon the captain of the team once the team is secured. This tournament is not only for team matches, but also individual contests will be held. This means that the best of the best that this school has to offer will go head to head against the other schools' in challenges. This tournament will be started on February 25th as when the other schools will be arriving. The first match is on March 1st so we have very little time to prepare. Seeker tryouts will be held this Saturday and keeper tryouts this Sunday. Chaser tryouts will be next Saturday and finally beater tryouts will be next, next Saturday, which I believe is January 30th. The star-team will be announced on January 31st with their reserves. The winners of this tournament will receive a grand trophy for their school with the team's names engraved on it. It has also been decided that the Hogwarts team shall hereby be known as the Hogwarts Phoenixes. This name symbolizes our spirit and power with the phoenixes unique qualities. Good luck everyone." With that, Dumbledore sat down and watched as the prefects led the excited students out of the hall. Harry meanwhile was leading the Gryffindor students towards their tower; he was point blank trying to ignore the whispers about him being the best seeker for the Phoenixes ever. After they were in the tower, Harry decided to go and polish his Thunderbolt outside under the stars. It's been a while since he'd been on the Hogwarts grounds. He took his broom and slowly started out towards the cool, empty grounds. As he walked, he felt the troubles he'd been worrying about lately floating away and leaving him calm. Harry decided to come to the grounds more often, when he discovered a small almost invisible door at the side of a huge oak tree with the thickest trunk ever and thousands of looming branches. Harry was curious and looked at the strange door at the side of the tree, at the same time prodding it cautiously with his hand. Almost instantly, Harry was sucked into the inside of the trunk with a small pop. Inside, the tree was amazing. It was far larger than it looked on the outside, inside it was hollow with a strange light coming from nowhere lighting up a room sized space with nothing in it. Harry was at once captured by the space and felt a stronger sense of calm than anywhere than he'd been before. He decided to make this his getaway spot and instantly summoned up small pieces of furniture from Potter Mansion to make the small room the comfiest he'd ever known.
That Saturday, Harry appeared on the quidditch pitch dressed in his quidditch robes and carrying his Thunderbolt. The day was excellent and Harry found 7 seekers on the pitch, including him. That was the other three houses' seekers and their reserves plus Harry. The audience for the tryout however was very large. The tryout was simple; it was divided into two parts. The first part was that each person would have 4 snitches released into the air simultaneously and after a 5-minute head start the seeker would go and capture them all, timed of course. Then, all seven seekers would be launched into the pitch after a single snitch, there would be strict rules on fouling and the culprit would be out. In the end the catcher would have a lead on the others. The two tests would be balanced out and the best seeker would win. Harry was the last to go up in the single tests. He just sat there with a vague look on his face as he watched the seekers go up one by one. The best time so far when it was his turn was 15 minutes and 47 seconds. He got ready in the 5-minute waiting slot and was surprisingly not the least bit nervous. He kicked off after 5 minutes and shot straight up, eyes searching like a hawk's as he looked all around. After just 10 seconds, Harry spotted a snitch behind a goal post. He immediately dove like a bullet to the post and caught the first snitch, no problem. Then, he went back into the air and circled the pitch until after a minute saw the second snitch near the middle of the field. He shot towards it like lightning and captured it. He went back to the air and continued his quest; his time was now 1 minute, 30 seconds. Harry saw the third snitch near the above the bleachers and shot upwards towards it, his time now 3 minutes. Finally, Harry spotted the final snitch inches above the ground directly beneath him. Without thinking, he dove straight down, the blazing pace he set was crazy, his route totally vertical. Thus, he performed a perfect Wronski Feint in the Hogwarts pitch, exactly the same as Viktor Krum's was at the world cup last year. He was an inch from the ground when he got the snitch and leveled off for a second before shooting up again in triumph. His total time was only 4 minutes and 15 seconds. Far ahead of the others, it seemed that his quidditch skills have grown along with his powers. So it was that he was seeker while Cho Chang, who was second became reserve. The rest of the team consisted of Roger Davies from Ravenclaw as keeper, George and Fred were still beaters and the chasers were Chris, Hermione's boyfriend, from Ravenclaw, Alicia Spinnet and Alex Campbell from Hufflepuff.
Hey, it's me Pottermania22. No I haven't died or anything, but I got exams and I can't promise anything when it comes to uploading new chapters anymore. Sorry, but you'll just have to be patient. I think I'll keep writing more on this fic soon, but for now this is what I'm posting. I'll try to get another chapter of all I've got left that's pre-typed up in a week or two. I know posting takes a short time, but I have to format it and all, so please be patient with me and bear through it.
Until then, Pottermania22