Chapter Six

Harry woke up the next morning feeling as though he had been run over by a car or possibly the Knight Bus. His head was pounding. He sat up and got out of bed, only to trip over something large on the floor. The thing growled Harry looked round and saw a large black dog on the floor, which quickly transformed.

"Sirius, this may sound like a stupid question, but why are you lying on my bedroom floor?" Harry asked.

"Checking you're okay."

"Well I'm fine."

"Sure?"

"Positive, go away and annoy Professor Lupin. Or whatever it is you do during the day when you're not annoying me."

"Fine, but if you feel worse just come and find me okay. "

"Fine, whatever I've got to go Sirius, I'll be late for Potions and have yet another detention off of Snape."

Sirius gave Harry a questioning look.

"What have I done this time Sirius?" Harry asked,

"Nothing, see you later." Sirius transformed and left the room. Harry got dressed and sprinted down to the dungeon where he had Potions. Harry slide into his seat next to Ron and Hermione. Snape hadn't noticed Harry was late as he had been talking to Malfoy.

"Are you feeling better Harry?" Hermione asked him. Harry looked blankly back at her. "Sirius said you had a headache, has it gone?"

"What oh yeah it has" said Harry making a mental note to himself to ask Sirius what else he had told Ron and Hermione about himself. Snape walked to the front of the classroom.

"We will be learning how to brew a Polyjuice Potion today." Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at each other, they had brewed a Polyjuice potion in their second year when they had been trying to find out whether Malfoy had anything to do with the attacks that had been going on. " Please go and sit next to the partner you have been assigned with." Harry's heart dropped Snape wouldn't put him with Ron and Hermione. "Parkinson and Granger, Goyle and Longbottom" the list went on like this for a while until "Weasley and Crabbe" Harry guessed what was coming next it would be exactly the same as every other time. " Potter and Malfoy," Harry groaned and picked up his stuff to move over to where Malfoy was sitting. Snape then droned on about how to make the potion, Harry was only half listening to what the teacher was saying, his mind had started to slip back to the previous night's events. It then slipped back to Voldemort's castle; Harry kept replaying the events in his head.

"Potter have you heard of the word concentration, or is no concentration hereditary?" Harry jumped, Snape was standing behind him. "Maybe you should try concentrating unless you want to end up like your parents, useless, your mother I believe managed to get herself pregnant at nineteen." Harry felt a sudden rush of anger. "I personally think you're better off without them, I'd pity you if they were still alive." Harry couldn't stop himself he leapt up and yelled back at Snape.

"If they were so useless how comes they were headboy and girl?" The entire class looked up.

"Potter the only thing your father was good at was catching a little ball that flies around in the air and if you can do it, it can't be hard." Said Snape slightly louder than before. "Maybe if your parents hadn't hung round with riffraff like Black, Lupin and Pettigrew they might have been better off."

"At least they had friends from what I know you had none what so ever"

"Oh what a criminal, a werewolf and a traitor, great friends."

"He is not a criminal and you know it."

"Maybe not for that crime but for others. Remember Potter, your saint like father tried to kill me helped by his little friends."

"My father risked his life trying to save you."

"Only after Black and Lupin tried to kill me. If Black hadn't told me to do it he wouldn't have needed to save me would he."

"Lupin had nothing to do with it."

"Let me guess he told you that and you believed him, face it Potter, Black tried to kill me."

"I wish he had managed." It wasn't Harry who had shouted this out but Ron.

"I'd be quiet Weasley your family's no better than his." Ron went brick red.

"I feel sorry for you having Black as a godfather. I think Black should have gone to Azkaban six years earlier than he did, no Azkaban's far to good for him." Harry was about to lunge at Snape when the bell went, Ron leapt up and grabbed the back of Harry's robes.

"Harry ignore him he's not worth it." Snape smiled at him.

"Maybe you should curb that temper, it may get you in trouble one day." With that Snape left the room leaving Harry, Ron and Hermione alone in there. Harry grabbed his stuff and stormed out of the room followed closely by Ron and Hermione.

"Harry you shouldn't let him get to you like that." Hermione said, Harry ignored her. He turned to the right as they got to they top of the stairs.

"Harry where are you going we've got Charms which in case you've forgotten is this way." Said Ron indicating to his left.

"Tell Flitwick I've got a headache." and he continued to walk in the opposite direction. Harry knocked on a door it was opened by Professor Lupin who was carrying a large pile of books.

"Hi Harry, I take it you want to talk to Snuffles." Harry nodded "He's in there I've got to go, fourth year Ravenclaw class." Lupin left, Harry walked into the office. Sirius was asleep in dog form in the corner. He woke up when Harry entered the room.

"Haven't you got a class to go to?" Sirius asked, Harry nodded. "You look terrible are you okay?"

"That git Snape."

"What's he said?"

"He just started on me, called you a criminal, said Azkaban was too good for you, told me my parents were useless, called you and Professor Lupin riffraff."

"Oh the usual then." Harry didn't say anything. "You didn't believe what he said. He's only picking on you because I had a run in with him yesterday." Sirius said

"No of course I don't believe him. What happened?"

" Don't ask. So why have you come to see me, he's never got to you before."

"I know but." Harry started

"Harry ignore him." Harry flopped down on a chair.

"Can't I drop Potions?"

"It's compulsory."

"Oh, how do you know?"

"I tried to drop it, when I was at Hogwarts."

"Fine well can't I get him fired."

"And how are you planning to do that."

"I hadn't got that far."

"Harry he's trying to get to you."

"Well it's working."

"Harry just don't listen to him, you only have one two hour a lesson a week, you don't have to see him any more than that."

"Fine. Sirius why did you tell Snape to go down the tunnel?" Harry asked

"Because that interfering git managed to get me detention for a term."

"Why?"

"You don't want to know. What lesson are you missing?"

"Charms."

"Well shouldn't you be going?"

"I can just copy off Ron or Hermione."

"I don't think that's the idea, you'll just get in more trouble if you don't go."

"Yeah, but I'll be late."

"Harry" Sirius, said warningly.

"I don't want to go!" Harry said finally.

"Fine stay here but be quiet, read your Charms book or something." Harry spent the rest of the lesson in Lupin's office reading his book while Sirius went back to sleep. Harry guessed he was exhausted from spending the entire night with him. He met Hermione and Ron in the Hall at lunch.

"Where the hell did you go?" Ron asked

"To see Snuffles."

"During a lesson?"

"I needed to ask him something, can I borrow your Charms notes Hermione?"

"Harry you know I hate copying"

"Ron?"

"Sure Harry no problem." Hermione gave the two of them an exasperated look and walked over to the Gryffindor table. Harry took a pumpkin sandwich from the plate in front of him.

"Snape at one o'clock." Ron muttered in Harry's ear. Harry looked up and saw Snape walk up to the teacher's table and sit next to Lupin.

"Why's he sitting next to Lupin, they hate each other don't they?" Hermione asked Harry. Harry shrugged.

"I've decided to ignore him. I mean I can't let him get to me can I" With that Harry started to eat his sandwich.

Harry stood in the changing room in front of the six other Gryffindor Quidditch players. It was now two weeks after the Snape incident. Harry guessed Sirius had said something to Snape, because Snape hadn't said anything to Harry for the last two lessons.

"Okay now I'm not going to do a Wood and give a long speech on how we are going to win, because we know we are so lets go and thrash Hufflepuff." The team cheered and led out onto the pitch. They walked out to roar of noise. Harry couldn't help but keep replaying the last match he had played against Hufflepuff in his head. He had been playing against Cedric.

Harry walked over to shake hands with the team's captain Boris Cork; Boris was the year above Harry and played Keeper. A short girl with ginger corkscrew curls waved at him. She was the seeker for the other team. Her name was Siobhan O' Shea and she was the year below Harry. As the teams pushed off she flew over to where Harry was hovering.

"Good luck Harry, you'll need it." She said before flying off to the other side of the pitch.

Harry was concentrating so hard on finding the Snitch he only just saw the bludger that came hurtling towards him in time. He spun round to avoid it glaring over at the Hufflepuff beater who had hit at him, John Levins.

Harry scanned the pitch for the Snitch listening to Lee Jordan's commentary.

"Colin Creevey passes to Alicia Spinnet, nice catch from Hufflepuff, Rosalind Butterworth passes to Holly Gates, Gates tries to score but a spectacular save from Ron Weasley a good find by the Gryffindor team." Harry then saw it, the Snitch was hovering over by the goalpost near Ron he hadn't seen it. Neither had Siobhan by the look of it she was still hovering around the other goalposts, Harry was about to go after it when.

"Hufflepuff scores."

The Snitch had flown off when the Quaffle had flown towards it. Harry swore at himself. About an hour later the score was Gryffindor 60 Hufflepuff 10. Harry hadn't seen the Snitch again; it had started to rain.

Harry saw it again about two hours after that. The snitch was by the Slytherin stands, he speed towards the stands Siobhan closely on his tail the Snitch speed towards the ground, Harry followed it Siobhan was still on his tail. Harry realised suddenly how close he was to the ground, the snitch was hovering about 10 cm off the ground. Siobhan had also realised that and she pulled out of the dive. Harry carried on until suddenly he pulled up.

"I've got it, I've got the Snitch."

"Gryffindor win the match 210 points to 10!" The noise from the crowd was thunderous.

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