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A/N: This starts off with a Quidditch match which I hope will not be an insult to the Harry Potter creator herself and the rest of this chapter is being played by ear so anything could happen. Please read, review and ENJOY!
"I swear, if he doesn't turn up for this game within the next two minutes I'm personally going to that common room and yanking both those Potters by their robes down here." Yelled Fred angrily, or possibly George. The flurry of panicking red head twins was too hard to decipher.
"I'm sure they'll be here." Said Oliver Wood having bitten his nails down to his knuckles.
Just then Rose and Harry stormed in and slammed the door on the cheers echoing around the stadium. This startled Fred and George who bashed into eachother and ended up on the floor.
"Sorry guys we were talking to Dumbledore." Said Harry without looking at them. He turned to a bench and began pulling his Quidditch robes on. Rose did the same.
"Welcome to the next match of the season! I'm Lee Jordan your commentator! This match is between Ravenclaw and GRYFFINDOR! Because of the easily excused loss of Gryffindor last game they have to win by at least 60 points to be in with a chance this season. Here they come!"
First out were the Ravenclaw team, all hard faced apart from Cho who always seemed to be smiling.it seemed that way to Harry anyway. Lee announced all of them and their positions and then started on the Gryffindor team.
"Here is the Gryffindor team! Oliver Wood leading as the captain and keeper. It's his last year here. There's Harry Potter our champion seeker followed by some unbeatable beaters Fred and George Weasly! Lastly our all girl squad of superb Chasers; Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell and Rose Potter!"
They all took their positions. This was going to be a tough game for Harry and he knew it, he was thinking about Voldemort non-stop. The thought of getting rid of Voldemort was too much. All the trouble he had caused in the past. Killing his parents, trying to kill him. Putting his friends in danger. He hadn't even spoken to Ron and Hermione about it and because of that he felt guilty because in all his past adventures he had always told them everything. They must feel as though Harry didn't need them because Rose was here.
Rose felt equally bad. She had the quaffle under her arm and when coming into contact with the chasers of the other team she suddenly felt her true Potter personality come out. She elbowed him out the way to a "I wouldn't want to mess with that one!" from Lee Jordan. She zoomed towards the hoops and threw it through one easily.
The Gryffindor team was cheering and Lee almost fell out of the commentator's stand. Harry flew past and patted her on the shoulder, he knew that he couldn't catch the snitch yet.
Ginny and Harry looked over at the Gryffindor stand. Ron and Hermione were cheering along with Ginny, Dean, Seamus, Neville, Parvati, Lavender and all the rest of their friends. The cheering included ground shaking roars from Hagrid.
A powerful game followed, the chasers were scaring all the boys in their match; Rose's new found attitude having seemed to rub off on the other girls.
Fred and George were whacking bludgers like nobody's business and Harry was keeping the opposing seeker busy.
"70-20 to Gryffindor!" Lee yelled with a grin at Harry.
"Finally, my time." Said Harry. He became faster than light itself he flashed around the grounds looking for this glint of gold. The adrenaline rushing through him.
He saw the snitch and raced for it, the other seeker came around the other side of him. Harry performed a perfect 'Wronski Feint' and the other seeker crashed into the ground.
Harry zoomed further into the sky, all his worries falling away from him as he built up in speed and height. He stretched out his hand, and strained to see through the sun.
He caught it! He flew back down to be knocked off his broom midway by the twins and landed with them to cheers from their team. Oliver Wood saying, "Don't mind me, it's just something in my eye."
Angelina and Katie had fully forgiven Rose and they were dancing around the Ravenclaw boys singing, "We won! We won!"
A wave of excitement washed over the Gryffindor stands. Everyone rushed onto the field.
"AN AMAZING WIN TO THE GRYFFINDOR'S!!!! 220-20!!!!" Lee Jordan shouted the final score before rushing down to join them. Professor McGonagall looked particularly pleased with herself also.
"Well done Rose, you're first ever Gryffindor win!" yelled Ginny to Rose and the girls embraced in a hug screaming. Ron and Harry backed away. "Well done Harry!!" Hermione and Ron screamed. Ron patted him on the back with a huge grin and Hermione gave him a hug also.
Harry breathed a sigh. Quidditch was amazing. It had taken away all his fear and he was ready to once again battle Voldemort.
~~~~~*~~~~~ "Wow! That was amazing." Said Ron to Harry as Dean and Seamus finally trudged upstairs. Remaining in the common room was Harry, Ron, Hermione, Rose and Ginny. The party had exhausted everyone and starting from 11 they had all started to file upstairs. It was now 12:01.
"We've got something really important to tell you guys." Said Harry, ignoring Ron's last comment.
"What is it Harry?" said Hermione, switching to serious mode.
"All of you will have read about Voldemort coming to find us?" he asked them. They all nodded.
"Well. Dumbledore feels that fighting will be inevitable and possibly the best thing to do. And that me and Rose together can finally rid the magical and muggle worlds of Voldemort forever."
Everyone's face had fallen. Hermione pulled Crookshanks towards her and Ron looked at his hands. A tear slid silently down Ginny's cheek.
"Don't cry Ginny." Said Rose.
"But you're my best friend. The only best friend I've ever had." She weeped. "What if you die?" she asked, almost too scared to say it loudly.
"I won't. I've survived him once and I can survive him again. He killed my parents, my aunt and uncle, tried to kill my cousin, killed many innocent people and has endangered the people at this school many times. He deserves what he's going to get and there's no way he's going to beat me." She smiled cheekily.
Ginny and Rose linked arms and sat together looking at Ron, Hermione and Harry.
"Well Harry. I had hoped that this year would be different and maybe normal. Last year I almost died and the year before Ginny almost died and the year before that you almost died and the troll almost killed Hermione and.Well you get my point. There's been too many 'almost' what if our luck has finally run out? However. We have mastered him many times before and we've got Sirius and Rose this time. Harry I'm your best friend and I'm with you to the end." It was heart warming. Hermione, Ginny and Rose were all crying silently.
"Thanks Ron. My luck's not going to run out, as long as I have friends like you. Forever?" he held out his hand.
"Forever." Ron answered and shook his hand.
They looked at Hermione. "Well Hermione?" asked Harry.
"I think Ron has said it all. The last thing I want is for something to happen to you, or to Rose for that matter. But the chance to get rid of him forever is something you can hardly miss right? I'll always stand by you. Always." They all cried together and laughed together and the same time in a pile on the floor. Harry was crying himself, for happiness. He had such good friends and some family at last.
And the chance to get revenge.
~~~~~*~~~~~
"Harry, where you goin?" asked Ron groggily at 3 in the morning. "Got to get Hedwig. I forgot all about telling, Sirius." Harry wrapped the invisibility cloak around him.
He made it swiftly to the tower and back again with Hedwig flying quietly behind him. It wound Mrs Norris the cat up terribly. He dropped the cloak into his trunk and settled on his bed with some parchment and a quill. Hedwig landed on his head.
Harry picked up the quill and began to write,
Dear Sirius, It's Harry here and I need to tell you something urgently. Voldemort is after Rose and I. I would have thought you'd heard it from the newspaper but in case you haven't I've sent Ron's copy along, I'm sure he won't mind. Dumbledore thinks we should go for it. He thinks both Potters together may finally be able to conquer Voldemort. Cornelious Fudge and the rest of the Ministry of Magic are already getting together a sort of Swat team as our backup! Voldemort could be here any time soon! We've told Hermione, Ron and Ginny. I know that Dumbledore and Hagrid both know and the Ministry of Magic and somehow the newspapers, so who else knows? I haven't a clue. I URGENTLY NEED A RESPONSE. I'll be awake all night. Harry
He folded it up and wrote 'URGENT' on the back. He swiped Ron's copy of the newspaper from his table and attached that to it. He gave it to Hedwig and told her it's urgent, hoping she'd understand and off she went.
Someone else then jumped on his head; he panicked ready to scream and ripped the thing off. "Oh Twinkle, it's only you!" he blushed in the dark and played with Twinkle for about half an hour until Hedwig flew through the window and dropped the letter on his bed.
"Thanks Hedwig. Have this." He gave Hedwig a bit of Twinkle's banana making Twinkle unhappy but he didn't move his eyes from the letter. He opened it and read in his head,
Harry, Shut the window. Lock the doors. Keep the cloak under your pillow as well as your wand. Keep your friends close and your enemies (Malfoy) closer. I'm on my way. Don't do anything until you hear from me. Sirius
That's a thought that had never crossed his mind, was Malfoy involved? Maybe. Snape could be involved; he hadn't reacted well to Rose coming here. There were so many people that could be holding information. There could be a secret mole. There was nothing he could no except wait. He shut the window, he locked the door. He kept his wand in his hand and his cloak underneath his pillow.
A/N: I think that is the best chapter I've written so far! Certainly the longest. Do you agree with me? Well as you can see we're building up to the all-important encounter with Voldemort but I won't say anymore than that. Now, see down there. It says 'Submit a Review' press that little button marked Go, there you are.
To my reviewers:
RedLady: If the kids defeat Lord V then I have an idea but that's all I'm saying.
Lady Lanya Artemisan: Doing all right since you got off that cliff?
WhetherRose: I have tried to split this into paragraphs and I agree that Dumbledore was acting out of character. That chapter was pretty dodgy, but it's there now. I think this one is 10 x better, what do you think?
A/N: This starts off with a Quidditch match which I hope will not be an insult to the Harry Potter creator herself and the rest of this chapter is being played by ear so anything could happen. Please read, review and ENJOY!
"I swear, if he doesn't turn up for this game within the next two minutes I'm personally going to that common room and yanking both those Potters by their robes down here." Yelled Fred angrily, or possibly George. The flurry of panicking red head twins was too hard to decipher.
"I'm sure they'll be here." Said Oliver Wood having bitten his nails down to his knuckles.
Just then Rose and Harry stormed in and slammed the door on the cheers echoing around the stadium. This startled Fred and George who bashed into eachother and ended up on the floor.
"Sorry guys we were talking to Dumbledore." Said Harry without looking at them. He turned to a bench and began pulling his Quidditch robes on. Rose did the same.
"Welcome to the next match of the season! I'm Lee Jordan your commentator! This match is between Ravenclaw and GRYFFINDOR! Because of the easily excused loss of Gryffindor last game they have to win by at least 60 points to be in with a chance this season. Here they come!"
First out were the Ravenclaw team, all hard faced apart from Cho who always seemed to be smiling.it seemed that way to Harry anyway. Lee announced all of them and their positions and then started on the Gryffindor team.
"Here is the Gryffindor team! Oliver Wood leading as the captain and keeper. It's his last year here. There's Harry Potter our champion seeker followed by some unbeatable beaters Fred and George Weasly! Lastly our all girl squad of superb Chasers; Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell and Rose Potter!"
They all took their positions. This was going to be a tough game for Harry and he knew it, he was thinking about Voldemort non-stop. The thought of getting rid of Voldemort was too much. All the trouble he had caused in the past. Killing his parents, trying to kill him. Putting his friends in danger. He hadn't even spoken to Ron and Hermione about it and because of that he felt guilty because in all his past adventures he had always told them everything. They must feel as though Harry didn't need them because Rose was here.
Rose felt equally bad. She had the quaffle under her arm and when coming into contact with the chasers of the other team she suddenly felt her true Potter personality come out. She elbowed him out the way to a "I wouldn't want to mess with that one!" from Lee Jordan. She zoomed towards the hoops and threw it through one easily.
The Gryffindor team was cheering and Lee almost fell out of the commentator's stand. Harry flew past and patted her on the shoulder, he knew that he couldn't catch the snitch yet.
Ginny and Harry looked over at the Gryffindor stand. Ron and Hermione were cheering along with Ginny, Dean, Seamus, Neville, Parvati, Lavender and all the rest of their friends. The cheering included ground shaking roars from Hagrid.
A powerful game followed, the chasers were scaring all the boys in their match; Rose's new found attitude having seemed to rub off on the other girls.
Fred and George were whacking bludgers like nobody's business and Harry was keeping the opposing seeker busy.
"70-20 to Gryffindor!" Lee yelled with a grin at Harry.
"Finally, my time." Said Harry. He became faster than light itself he flashed around the grounds looking for this glint of gold. The adrenaline rushing through him.
He saw the snitch and raced for it, the other seeker came around the other side of him. Harry performed a perfect 'Wronski Feint' and the other seeker crashed into the ground.
Harry zoomed further into the sky, all his worries falling away from him as he built up in speed and height. He stretched out his hand, and strained to see through the sun.
He caught it! He flew back down to be knocked off his broom midway by the twins and landed with them to cheers from their team. Oliver Wood saying, "Don't mind me, it's just something in my eye."
Angelina and Katie had fully forgiven Rose and they were dancing around the Ravenclaw boys singing, "We won! We won!"
A wave of excitement washed over the Gryffindor stands. Everyone rushed onto the field.
"AN AMAZING WIN TO THE GRYFFINDOR'S!!!! 220-20!!!!" Lee Jordan shouted the final score before rushing down to join them. Professor McGonagall looked particularly pleased with herself also.
"Well done Rose, you're first ever Gryffindor win!" yelled Ginny to Rose and the girls embraced in a hug screaming. Ron and Harry backed away. "Well done Harry!!" Hermione and Ron screamed. Ron patted him on the back with a huge grin and Hermione gave him a hug also.
Harry breathed a sigh. Quidditch was amazing. It had taken away all his fear and he was ready to once again battle Voldemort.
~~~~~*~~~~~ "Wow! That was amazing." Said Ron to Harry as Dean and Seamus finally trudged upstairs. Remaining in the common room was Harry, Ron, Hermione, Rose and Ginny. The party had exhausted everyone and starting from 11 they had all started to file upstairs. It was now 12:01.
"We've got something really important to tell you guys." Said Harry, ignoring Ron's last comment.
"What is it Harry?" said Hermione, switching to serious mode.
"All of you will have read about Voldemort coming to find us?" he asked them. They all nodded.
"Well. Dumbledore feels that fighting will be inevitable and possibly the best thing to do. And that me and Rose together can finally rid the magical and muggle worlds of Voldemort forever."
Everyone's face had fallen. Hermione pulled Crookshanks towards her and Ron looked at his hands. A tear slid silently down Ginny's cheek.
"Don't cry Ginny." Said Rose.
"But you're my best friend. The only best friend I've ever had." She weeped. "What if you die?" she asked, almost too scared to say it loudly.
"I won't. I've survived him once and I can survive him again. He killed my parents, my aunt and uncle, tried to kill my cousin, killed many innocent people and has endangered the people at this school many times. He deserves what he's going to get and there's no way he's going to beat me." She smiled cheekily.
Ginny and Rose linked arms and sat together looking at Ron, Hermione and Harry.
"Well Harry. I had hoped that this year would be different and maybe normal. Last year I almost died and the year before Ginny almost died and the year before that you almost died and the troll almost killed Hermione and.Well you get my point. There's been too many 'almost' what if our luck has finally run out? However. We have mastered him many times before and we've got Sirius and Rose this time. Harry I'm your best friend and I'm with you to the end." It was heart warming. Hermione, Ginny and Rose were all crying silently.
"Thanks Ron. My luck's not going to run out, as long as I have friends like you. Forever?" he held out his hand.
"Forever." Ron answered and shook his hand.
They looked at Hermione. "Well Hermione?" asked Harry.
"I think Ron has said it all. The last thing I want is for something to happen to you, or to Rose for that matter. But the chance to get rid of him forever is something you can hardly miss right? I'll always stand by you. Always." They all cried together and laughed together and the same time in a pile on the floor. Harry was crying himself, for happiness. He had such good friends and some family at last.
And the chance to get revenge.
~~~~~*~~~~~
"Harry, where you goin?" asked Ron groggily at 3 in the morning. "Got to get Hedwig. I forgot all about telling, Sirius." Harry wrapped the invisibility cloak around him.
He made it swiftly to the tower and back again with Hedwig flying quietly behind him. It wound Mrs Norris the cat up terribly. He dropped the cloak into his trunk and settled on his bed with some parchment and a quill. Hedwig landed on his head.
Harry picked up the quill and began to write,
Dear Sirius, It's Harry here and I need to tell you something urgently. Voldemort is after Rose and I. I would have thought you'd heard it from the newspaper but in case you haven't I've sent Ron's copy along, I'm sure he won't mind. Dumbledore thinks we should go for it. He thinks both Potters together may finally be able to conquer Voldemort. Cornelious Fudge and the rest of the Ministry of Magic are already getting together a sort of Swat team as our backup! Voldemort could be here any time soon! We've told Hermione, Ron and Ginny. I know that Dumbledore and Hagrid both know and the Ministry of Magic and somehow the newspapers, so who else knows? I haven't a clue. I URGENTLY NEED A RESPONSE. I'll be awake all night. Harry
He folded it up and wrote 'URGENT' on the back. He swiped Ron's copy of the newspaper from his table and attached that to it. He gave it to Hedwig and told her it's urgent, hoping she'd understand and off she went.
Someone else then jumped on his head; he panicked ready to scream and ripped the thing off. "Oh Twinkle, it's only you!" he blushed in the dark and played with Twinkle for about half an hour until Hedwig flew through the window and dropped the letter on his bed.
"Thanks Hedwig. Have this." He gave Hedwig a bit of Twinkle's banana making Twinkle unhappy but he didn't move his eyes from the letter. He opened it and read in his head,
Harry, Shut the window. Lock the doors. Keep the cloak under your pillow as well as your wand. Keep your friends close and your enemies (Malfoy) closer. I'm on my way. Don't do anything until you hear from me. Sirius
That's a thought that had never crossed his mind, was Malfoy involved? Maybe. Snape could be involved; he hadn't reacted well to Rose coming here. There were so many people that could be holding information. There could be a secret mole. There was nothing he could no except wait. He shut the window, he locked the door. He kept his wand in his hand and his cloak underneath his pillow.
A/N: I think that is the best chapter I've written so far! Certainly the longest. Do you agree with me? Well as you can see we're building up to the all-important encounter with Voldemort but I won't say anymore than that. Now, see down there. It says 'Submit a Review' press that little button marked Go, there you are.
To my reviewers:
RedLady: If the kids defeat Lord V then I have an idea but that's all I'm saying.
Lady Lanya Artemisan: Doing all right since you got off that cliff?
WhetherRose: I have tried to split this into paragraphs and I agree that Dumbledore was acting out of character. That chapter was pretty dodgy, but it's there now. I think this one is 10 x better, what do you think?