"Mandi, can I ask you something?" Ron asked her walking with her to the
Quidditch field.
"Go for it."
There was a pause.
Mandi starting humming a strange tune while waiting for him to talk. "Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads, fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!"
Ron raised an eyebrow and stared at her. "What the heck was that?"
"Just a weird Muggle song my little brother listens to." She said like it was nothing. "Anyways, what where you gonna ask?"
"Well, I was wondering.how you could stand up to Snape like that."
Mandi stopped and leaned against a wall. She looked up closing her eyes. "Ron, I didn't do that. That wasn't me. And Snape didn't start to cry on his own. It made him cry, cry in fear. Fear of it."
"'It'?" Ron leaned on the railing of the stairs.
"Never mind. Just.forget it. Please. Say no more about that." She looked at him. There was a strange twinkle in her eye that shined brightly for a second.
"AHHH!" The railing snapped on Ron. He grabbed onto the pavement that held the railing up.
"OH MY GOSH, RON!" She yelled and grabbed for his hands.but she wasn't in time. His hands slipped and he started to fall.
"AHHHHHH!" He yelled falling to his death. - well that's what he thought. Just as he was falling, a red object picked him up and threw him onto the pavement. It flew out the window.
"RON!" Mandi's voice came from behind a corner. "Wha.your.safe? OH MY GOSH!" She ran to him and helped him up.
He scowled at her and Mandi started to turn red. "Why did you run away on me like that?"
"I went to seek help. But then half way down the hallway, I thought that I would look more like a Gryffindor if I saved you myself. But, you have already been saved."
"It.I.I can't tell you what happened.it went all dark, the only thing I could see was a red blur and a window. Then the big blur flew out of it, then I saw you running up the stairs."
"Umm.alright there." Mandi said looking side to side.
"No, I think I should be saying that to you, fish head." Ron said smirking.
Mandi laughed. "C'mon, we better get going. Harry and Hermione'll be waiting for us." Mandi said, as she turned to walk.
"Yah." Ron said turning back at the window that the red blur flew out of.
* * *
"Where have you been?!" Hermione said worriedly as Ron and Mandi came and sat beside her. "The game already started! Ravenclaw's beating Gryffindor 100-90."
"Mandi.err.just fell down the stairs and I needed to help her here." Ron said gulping.
Mandi shot him a look. Hermione looked at Mandi. Mandi nodded. "I'm a klutz. I always seem to either fall on my face or trip someone to make them fall on their face." Mandi giggled. "Better me than him I guess."
Ron went as red as his hair as he started watching the Quidditch game. He saw Harry riding his Firebolt, and Cho Chang, who was in Ravenclaw, catching the Quaffle. She threw it to Angelina by accident. Angelina took it and threw it into the circular goal. This wasn't the most interesting game ever. Until Harry made the smoothest move in Quidditch history. He spotted the Snitch and made a huge zoom! as he passed the stands. It zoomed! passed another stand and down it went. Harry followed it and Cho came up behind him. She came right up beside him and mouthed "Sorry Harry." and made a guilty looking face. She elbowed him in the ribs really hard. He screamed in pain. He couldn't take being nice anymore. This was a Quidditch game he had to win. It was the first one of the year. He felt a strange pain in his chest, but he tried to ignore it. He shot back at her with a kick on the back of her broom sending her right into the ground. He never noticed the ground was so clo- BANG. Harry hit the ground.
The crowd "ohh"ed, stood up and froze. The Quidditch Pitch went silent. No one moved an inch.
Harry opened his eyes and felt a large lump on the side of his chest. 'Don't tell me one of my ribs are poking out the wide of my skin.' He thought as he sat up. But it didn't hurt that bad, actually, it didn't hurt at all. He saw a moving object on the inside of his Quidditch robes' pocket. He pulled it out and the Snitch was caught!
The crowd went wild - except the Ravenclaw's and Slytherin's.
Harry saw Cho laying on the rocks that surrounded the pitch. His chest ached again. His mouth went dry and his stomach started doing weird twisty- tourney things. "Cho." He said quietly. He crawled to her and turned her on her back. Her eyes were closed. Blood was dripping from her cuts onto her blue Quidditch robes. Harry whipped some of it with his robes and saw her eyes open. "Nice job.Harry. That.was a really," She couched and yelled in pain, "good well-deserved win.way to.go." She fainted.
"Jeez you cannibal." Mandi said to Harry walking to the Gryffindor Common- Room.
Harry ignored her.
"Your not supposed to treat a lady like that." Mandi went on. "It's not manly of y -"
"I DID IT FOR THE GAME OK?! I NEVER MENT TO HURT HER! JUST BECAUSE I." He stopped.
"You?"
"BECAUSE.BECAUSE I WANTED TO WIN. I DON'T HAVE TO PLAY IT NICE ALL THE TIME. Quidditch is a game where people do get hurt, and people do make sacrifices. And that's what you need to understand!" He walked quickly away and left Ron, Hermione and Mandi standing there alone with their mouths open.
"Harry! Harry, wait for us!" Yelled Ron waving his hands.
He just ignored them and walked away.
"Hey Herm. I gotta ask you something." Mandi said watching Ron run up to Harry.
"Hum?"
"Why such mood swings lately? First you never talked at all, and now you're like.talking again, at times...what's up with that?"
"I.nothing.It's nothing." Hermione said silently.
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Next Chapter coming soon! Please send me Reviews.I would REALLY love to hear what you have to say about my weird version of The Order of the Phoenix! Heh, as you can tell, I have a very wild imagination! So bare with me! :P Anyhow, like I said, next chapters are coming sooner - since it's now summer holidays :D
~MandiGrint~
Oh yah, in the next chapter you will learn something very important. So keep checking back!
"Go for it."
There was a pause.
Mandi starting humming a strange tune while waiting for him to talk. "Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads, fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!"
Ron raised an eyebrow and stared at her. "What the heck was that?"
"Just a weird Muggle song my little brother listens to." She said like it was nothing. "Anyways, what where you gonna ask?"
"Well, I was wondering.how you could stand up to Snape like that."
Mandi stopped and leaned against a wall. She looked up closing her eyes. "Ron, I didn't do that. That wasn't me. And Snape didn't start to cry on his own. It made him cry, cry in fear. Fear of it."
"'It'?" Ron leaned on the railing of the stairs.
"Never mind. Just.forget it. Please. Say no more about that." She looked at him. There was a strange twinkle in her eye that shined brightly for a second.
"AHHH!" The railing snapped on Ron. He grabbed onto the pavement that held the railing up.
"OH MY GOSH, RON!" She yelled and grabbed for his hands.but she wasn't in time. His hands slipped and he started to fall.
"AHHHHHH!" He yelled falling to his death. - well that's what he thought. Just as he was falling, a red object picked him up and threw him onto the pavement. It flew out the window.
"RON!" Mandi's voice came from behind a corner. "Wha.your.safe? OH MY GOSH!" She ran to him and helped him up.
He scowled at her and Mandi started to turn red. "Why did you run away on me like that?"
"I went to seek help. But then half way down the hallway, I thought that I would look more like a Gryffindor if I saved you myself. But, you have already been saved."
"It.I.I can't tell you what happened.it went all dark, the only thing I could see was a red blur and a window. Then the big blur flew out of it, then I saw you running up the stairs."
"Umm.alright there." Mandi said looking side to side.
"No, I think I should be saying that to you, fish head." Ron said smirking.
Mandi laughed. "C'mon, we better get going. Harry and Hermione'll be waiting for us." Mandi said, as she turned to walk.
"Yah." Ron said turning back at the window that the red blur flew out of.
* * *
"Where have you been?!" Hermione said worriedly as Ron and Mandi came and sat beside her. "The game already started! Ravenclaw's beating Gryffindor 100-90."
"Mandi.err.just fell down the stairs and I needed to help her here." Ron said gulping.
Mandi shot him a look. Hermione looked at Mandi. Mandi nodded. "I'm a klutz. I always seem to either fall on my face or trip someone to make them fall on their face." Mandi giggled. "Better me than him I guess."
Ron went as red as his hair as he started watching the Quidditch game. He saw Harry riding his Firebolt, and Cho Chang, who was in Ravenclaw, catching the Quaffle. She threw it to Angelina by accident. Angelina took it and threw it into the circular goal. This wasn't the most interesting game ever. Until Harry made the smoothest move in Quidditch history. He spotted the Snitch and made a huge zoom! as he passed the stands. It zoomed! passed another stand and down it went. Harry followed it and Cho came up behind him. She came right up beside him and mouthed "Sorry Harry." and made a guilty looking face. She elbowed him in the ribs really hard. He screamed in pain. He couldn't take being nice anymore. This was a Quidditch game he had to win. It was the first one of the year. He felt a strange pain in his chest, but he tried to ignore it. He shot back at her with a kick on the back of her broom sending her right into the ground. He never noticed the ground was so clo- BANG. Harry hit the ground.
The crowd "ohh"ed, stood up and froze. The Quidditch Pitch went silent. No one moved an inch.
Harry opened his eyes and felt a large lump on the side of his chest. 'Don't tell me one of my ribs are poking out the wide of my skin.' He thought as he sat up. But it didn't hurt that bad, actually, it didn't hurt at all. He saw a moving object on the inside of his Quidditch robes' pocket. He pulled it out and the Snitch was caught!
The crowd went wild - except the Ravenclaw's and Slytherin's.
Harry saw Cho laying on the rocks that surrounded the pitch. His chest ached again. His mouth went dry and his stomach started doing weird twisty- tourney things. "Cho." He said quietly. He crawled to her and turned her on her back. Her eyes were closed. Blood was dripping from her cuts onto her blue Quidditch robes. Harry whipped some of it with his robes and saw her eyes open. "Nice job.Harry. That.was a really," She couched and yelled in pain, "good well-deserved win.way to.go." She fainted.
"Jeez you cannibal." Mandi said to Harry walking to the Gryffindor Common- Room.
Harry ignored her.
"Your not supposed to treat a lady like that." Mandi went on. "It's not manly of y -"
"I DID IT FOR THE GAME OK?! I NEVER MENT TO HURT HER! JUST BECAUSE I." He stopped.
"You?"
"BECAUSE.BECAUSE I WANTED TO WIN. I DON'T HAVE TO PLAY IT NICE ALL THE TIME. Quidditch is a game where people do get hurt, and people do make sacrifices. And that's what you need to understand!" He walked quickly away and left Ron, Hermione and Mandi standing there alone with their mouths open.
"Harry! Harry, wait for us!" Yelled Ron waving his hands.
He just ignored them and walked away.
"Hey Herm. I gotta ask you something." Mandi said watching Ron run up to Harry.
"Hum?"
"Why such mood swings lately? First you never talked at all, and now you're like.talking again, at times...what's up with that?"
"I.nothing.It's nothing." Hermione said silently.
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Next Chapter coming soon! Please send me Reviews.I would REALLY love to hear what you have to say about my weird version of The Order of the Phoenix! Heh, as you can tell, I have a very wild imagination! So bare with me! :P Anyhow, like I said, next chapters are coming sooner - since it's now summer holidays :D
~MandiGrint~
Oh yah, in the next chapter you will learn something very important. So keep checking back!
