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Who would you guys like to see as Oliver's best man? I was thinking Xander or Harry.

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Things between Ron, Harry, and Hermione only grew worse when Ron discovered blood on his bed sheet. Ron had found Ginger cat hairs that matched Crookshanks, next to the blood. Hermione didn't want believe it was true. Harry didn't tell Hermione or Ron, but he believed Crookshanks had eaten Scabbers. Buffy told Ron that she would keep an eye out in case Scabbers wasn't eaten. She felt that something was not right. A debate was going on in the wizarding world on which broom was better. The Slayer broom that Buffy had given her team last year had come out at the same time as the Firebolt. Though Buffy had made sure that the Slayer broom was cheaper so that the average families could buy it. Today was the day of the Gryffindor's Quidditch match against Ravenclaw. When Harry walked in at breakfast that morning carrying the Firebolt broom, the look on Malfoy's face was priceless. Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and the Slytherin's all tried to get a better look when Harry set the broom down. Percy came over with his Ravenclaw girlfriend Penelope Clearwater. She was admiring the broom.

"Could I hold it?" She asked.

"Now, now, Penny, no sabotage. Penelope and I have a bet got going."

"How much did you bet Percy?" Buffy asked.

"Ten Galleons." After looking at the broom Penelope returned to her table. "Harry-make sure you win. I haven't got ten Galleons." He whispered to them. Buffy laughed.

"Percy you should make bets the way Oliver and I do with a kiss. That way we both win."

Percy seemed to be considering it. The table almost gasped when they saw the seductive smile that came upon his face.

"I'll take that into consideration." He left to join Penelope in a piece of toast.

"Sure you can manage that broom Potter?"

Draco Malfoy came to the table followed by Crabbe and Goyle.

"Yeah reckon so."

"Got plenty of special features hasn't it? Shame it doesn't come with a parachute-in case you get too near a dementor."

"Pity you can't attach an extra arm to yours, Malfoy," said Harry. "Then it could catch the Snitch for you."

Laughter broke out amongst the Gryffindor table, and before Buffy could make her statement, the trio stalked away back to the Slytherin table. Time passed quickly and it was time to head to the stadium. In the locker room they all changed into their Quidditch robes. They could hear the sound of the crowd as they entered the stands.

"You know what we've got to do," said Oliver as they began to leave the locker room. "If we lose this match, we're out of the running. Just-Just fly like you did in practice yesterday, and we'll be okay."

They walked out onto the field to thunderous applause. Looking at the crowd Buffy spotted Giles next to McGonagall, and next to him was Lupin. She noticed Oz was sitting with Willow and the others. The Ravenclaw team was already out on the field in their blues robes.

"Wood, Davies, shake hands," Madam Hooch said briskly, and Wood shook hands with the Ravenclaw captain. "Mount your brooms…on my whistle…three-two-one-"

She blew her whistle and the Gryffindor team shot up hire and faster than the Ravenclaw team.

"Look at the Gryffindor team go! It seems the debate of which broom is better the Slayer or the Firebolt will be answered here today. Speaking of the Firebolt, Harry Potter, the Gryffindor Seeker, is riding the new Firebolt. According to Which Broomstick, the Firebolt's and Slayer broom are going to be the brooms of choice for the national teams at this year's World Championship-"

"Jordan, would you mind telling us what's going on in the match?" McGonagall told him.

"Right you are, Professor-just keeping the people informed. Gryffindor in possession, Katie Bell of Gryffindor heading for the goal…Harry Potter has spotted the Snitch. Gryffindor scores. Katie Bell scores the first points of the game."

Gryffindor cheered, as did Hufflepuff. Ravenclaw and the Slytherin that came booed.

The crowd groaned when Harry missed the Snitch while trying to avoid the Bludger, but they were soon cheering when Buffy made an amazing play with the help of Angelina, Katie, and Fred.

"What a play by the Gryffindor team. They really showed teamwork there. That puts Gryffindor ahead eighty points to zero. The Ravenclaw team is in possession of the ball and

Chaser Hammond is moving toward the goal but Summers is on his tail."

Buffy had pulled up along Hammond and was trying to make him drop the Quaffle when a Bludger hit her on her hard on her left shoulder. The crowd gasped as they saw Buffy hanging from her broom much the same way Harry did his first year.

"Ravenclaw scores their first point of the game. Buffy Summers seems to be having trouble getting up on her broom. Ravenclaw scores again. It looks as though Harry Potter has spotted the Snitch once again. Another ten points for Ravenclaw."

Buffy tried swinging her body back and forth trying to build up enough momentum to get on top of her broom. When she was moving fast enough she let go and her body flew up into the air. Twisting her body she landed with ease. The crowd gasped and Buffy looked around to see Harry being cut off by Cho.

"HARRY, THIS IS NO TIME TO BE A GENTLEMAN!" She heard Wood yell. "KNOCK HER OFF HER BROOM IF YOU HAVE TO!"

Harry was moving toward the Snitch for the third time. Cho Chang was close beside him. She gasped and Harry looked down to see what had her attention. Below them three dementors, tall, black, hooded dementors were looking up at him. Grabbing the wand he made sure to have, he plunged toward them. His wand pointed at them.

"Expecto patronum!"

Harry roared and watched as a huge silver-white shadow came from out of his wand. Not paying attention to where his shot went Harry went after the Snitch. He was so close. Holding his broom tightly with his wand hand, which he was still holding, he reached out and grabbed the Snitch with the other. Madame blew her whistle ending the game.

"Gryffindor Wins!"

Lee Jordan announced loudly and proudly. The Gryffindor crowd cheered enthusiastically. Out of the corner of his eye Harry barely caught sight of the six blurred scarlet figures coming toward him. They began hugging him so tightly that he feared he might fall off his broom.

"That's my boy!"

Wood kept yelling. Angelina and Katie had kissed him; Fred had him in a grip so tight that he thought his head was going to explode. Buffy gave him her biggest smile. Finally the team made it back to the ground but no one was sure how. Once they were on the ground Buffy gave Harry a hug.

"You did it Harry!"

"Yes that was quite some Patronus."

They released the hug and turned to see Professor Lupin followed by many Gryffindor supporters.

"The dementors didn't affect me at all." Harry said excitedly. "I didn't feel a thing."

"That would be because they-er-weren't dementors. Come and see-"

Lupin led Harry, Buffy and crowd to the edge of the field. Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, and Marcus Flint were lying on the ground in a crumpled heap trying to remove their cloaks.

"Yes!"

Ron said gleefully at the fact Harry had taken Malfoy down.

"Good for you, Harry! You finally took the git down a notch."

Xander said with such a huge smile.

"Their lives are going to suck so bad for the next month. Giles is going to insist they spend their detention with him. I can see right now that they are going to be so miserable. It couldn't happen to nicer people." Buffy said also having a grin like Xander's.

"An unworthy trick!"

McGonagall was furiously shouting at the quartet. Giles by her side wearing his most dangerous Ripper look.

"A low an cowardly attempt to sabotage the Gryffindor Seeker! Fifty points from Slytherin. I shall be speaking to Professor Dumbledore about this, make no mistake. Ah, here he comes now."

"Come on Harry," said George with a hint of laughter. "Party! Gryffindor common room now!"

"Right!" Harry said as the team led the way back to the castle.

The Gryffindor's felt as if the world belonged to them as they partied for hours. Xander was doing his rendition of the Snoopy dance making everyone laugh. Oz had come and though he kept mostly to himself was having a blast celebrating his friend's victory. When food supplies began to diminish Fred and George appeared with a whole new supply of sweets and Butterbeer. Buffy had excused herself from the party when she noticed Hermione hadn't joined in the festivities.

"Did you even come to the match?" Buffy asked.

"Of course I did," said Hermione. "And I'm very glad we won, and I think you and Harry did really well, but I need to read this by Monday."

"No, what you need to do is loosen up a bit. I've seen the pace you're trying to keep and if you continue at this pace you're going to make yourself sick."

"I can't loosen up. I have to study and keep my grades up. I've got four hundred and twenty two pages to read." Hermione protested. "Besides, he doesn't want me there."

"Then he is a fool. You both are, for you both are to blame."

With that said Buffy rejoined the party that went until McGonagall broke it up at one telling everyone to go to bed.

Everybody had been in bed for only an hour when Ron let out a howl.

"NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Most of the boys in the room shot up in shock at the yell. The room was silent and Harry swore he heard a door slam.

"What's going on?"

Seamus Finnigan asked. Dean Thomas was just lighting his lamp as Harry pulled his bed curtains open. He saw Ron sitting in his bed a look of pure fear on his face. His bed curtain was shredded.

"Black! Sirius Black! With a knife!"

"What?" Harry asked.

"Here! Just now! Slashed the curtains! Woke me up!"

"You sure you weren't dreaming, Ron?" Dean asked him.

"Look at the curtains! I tell you, he was here!"

They all jumped out of their beds and ran for the stairs towards the common room. Harry was the first to make to the stairs. Several doors opened around them.

"Who shouted?" "What's all the noise?"

Willow's voice was heard from the girls dormitory at the same time Percy's was heard from the boys.

"Are sure you weren't dreaming Ron?"

"I'm telling you, I saw him!"

"What's all the noise?" Percy said again as he entered the common room.

"Professor McGonagall told us to go to bed." Willow told them upon her arrival. She was followed by several of the other girls.

"Excellent, are we carrying on?" said Fred Weasley brightly.

"Everyone back upstairs." Percy said while pinning his Head Boy badge to his pajamas.

"Perce-Sirius Black!" Ron said faintly. "In our dormitory! With a knife! Woke me up!"

The common room was silent.

"Nonsense!" Percy said looking slightly startled. "You had too much to eat, Ron-had a nightmare-"

"I'm telling you-"

"Now, really, enough's enough!"

The door to the tower opened admitting Buffy, Oliver, and McGonagall.

"I'm delighted that Gryffindor won the match, but this is getting ridiculous! Why is everyone out of bed?"

"Ron swears Sirius Black was about to attack him." Willow told the Professor.

"PROFESSOR, I WOKE UP, AND SIRIUS BLACK WAS STANDING OVER ME, HOLDING A KNIFE!"

Professor McGonagall, Buffy, and Oliver stared at him.

"Don't be ridiculous, Weasley, how could he possibly have gotten through the portrait hole?"

"Ask him!" Ron said pointing a shaking finger at the back of Sir Cadogan's picture. "Ask him if he saw-"

McGonagall and Buffy went outside to talk to the portrait, while everyone else listened carefully.

"Sir Cadogan, did you just let a man enter Gryffindor Tower?"

"Certainly, good lady!"

There was an eerie silence as everyone took in what that meant. It stretched on till Buffy broke the silence.

"You-you did? Why?"

"He gave me the passwords. Had the whole week's, my lady! Read 'em off a little piece of

paper!"

Buffy and McGonagall entered back through the portrait hole to the stunned crowd. The Professor was white as chalk.

"Which person," she said her voice shaken, "which abysmally foolish person wrote down this week's passwords and left them lying around?"

Neville's hand rose shakily into the air.

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Here's a summary for the next chapter: Buffy is ill and Madame Pomfrey can't find what's causing it.