Chapter 10 Visions, Halloween and Quidditch
Harry and the group of players chatted many times. The group wanted to know more things about Harry's Universe. They were the only ones besides his parents, Godparents, Dumbledore and Remus who knew the whole truth behind him.
"Were you quiet or a rule breaker like here?" Asked Fred one day when they were at Alicia's Room. It had became the place of their meetings. It was the only place where they got privacy and no one disturbed.
"Dear Fred, I was nearly expelled more times that I can ever imagine." Said Harry with a mischievious smile.
"How many of them included Ron?" Asked George curiously. He and his twin wanted to know everything they could about his little brother.
"All of them. Want to hear one of the worst of all?" Asked the seeker with a misterious tone of voice.
"Of course we do!" Exclaimed the whole group at the same time.
"Get this picture. The date was September, 1st. I had spent half summer at your house. That day your father took the whole group that included both of you, Ron, Ginny, Percy, Hermione and myself. We used the Ford Anglia that your dad had magiced and we arrived just on time.
"Everyone went through the barrier and me and Ron were the last ones. Someone had decided to avoid me of going to the School and when we wanted to go through the barrier, it was closed.
"So we were in King's Cross, the train had left and we were at the Muggle side. Ron didn't have better idea that to take your father's car to go the School. Everything went ok till we were near the entrance. In that moment, the car stopped working and we crashed against the Whomping Willow. Ron's wand snapped in 2 and we had to scape from the tree's wrath.
"We went inside and there the Potion's teacher, who hated us with all his guts I must say, found us and took us to the Dungeons. He left us there and returned with McGonagall and Dumbledore.
"Who of you has ever seen McGonagall completely angry?" Asked Harry to the group.
"I did!" Exclaimed all of them at the same time.
"I did it more times that I would ever have liked.
"Returning to the story, now we were facing a bewildered and not happy Head of House, someone who hated us, and to make things worse, the Headmaster. Like you can imagine, our thought were 'we are completely dead.' But thanks God, Dumbledore decided to give a second chance and told us that he would expell us if we broke another rule.
"If I'm not wrong, by the end of the year we had broken 150 rules, that included an illegal Polijuice Potion, a visit to the Forest, leaving a teacher without memory and a few others.
"But, due to the fact that we had saved a student in the Secret Chamber, we were not expelled and we received a Price for Special Services to the School and 200 points each for Gryffindor who made sure the Cup for us that year." Finished Harry with a smile.
"You did all of that in a year??" Asked Katie while the other were shocked by his story.
"I can say that it was one of our greatest adventures. And one of the most dangerous." Said Harry with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Wow." Said Fred when all of the had recovered themselves of the shock.
"I forgot something. Have you ever received a howler from your mother?" Asked the Prefect to the twins.
"Never." Said the twins with a shake of their heads.
"I still remember the one that Ron received the day after our arrival to the School that year. Let's say that my ears still hurt because of it." Said Harry with a shrug remembering that Howler.
"Thank God we never received one!" Said Fred relieved of the fact that their mother never sent one of her Howlers to them.
"Thank God!" Said George nodding to his twin's words.
"Do you have more crazy adventures like that one?" Asked Katie interested.
"I also have some that could be described as very stupid." Said Harry remembering some of the events that had happened at his Universe.
"Which was the most stupid one?" Asked Paul with curiousity.
"Get this picture. I was in my first year. With Ron we have been friends since the trip to the School. With Hermione the things weren't very good and we hated each other.
"In Halloween's morning, Flitwick decided to teach the Wingardium Leviosa. I was paired with Seamus and Ron with Hermione. Hermione started to tell Ron that he was doing it wrong, and he got enough and asked her to show how it was supposed to be done. Hermione did it and Ron was angry with her. When we left the classroom, Ron said something like she was a bossy and know-it-all. Later we heard that she was crying in the girl's bathroom because of his coment.
"In the middle of the feast, Quirrel, who was the DADA's teacher of that year, entered in the Hall and said that there was a troll at the Dungeons. In that moment the Pandemonium burst and Dumbledore sent everyone to the Common Rooms.
"When we were leaving, I remembered of Hermione and that she didn't know about the troll. With Ron went to the Bathroom where she was with the idea of warning her about it. When we were down, we found the troll and saw that he was entering in a room that had the key put in the outside. We locked the door and thought that the problem was over.
"Can any of you guess why it was a BIG mistake?" Asked Harry to the others.
"No idea." Said all of them except Angelina.
"Let me guess: Hermione was there." Said the Chaser.
"Exactly. That room was the bathroom where she was crying. Me and Ron opened the door again and we went in. Hermione was terrified on the floor and the troll was walking towards her with her cane and the intentions were more than obvious.
"In that moment, I did one of the most stupid thing that I ever did. I went to the troll's back and stick my wand up his nose. The monster caught me with a hand and put me upside down while he tried to hit me with the cane.
"Get this picture in your mind: I was caught by the troll, Hermione was terrified at the floor and she looked like she couldn't move or think something and Ron watched this with his wand in his hand.
"I'll give 50 points to the one who guesses what happened and how the situation finished that night." Said Harry to the others.
Everyone began to give ideas, but all of them were far from what had happened. Harry heard them and with some, he couldn't help but laugh when the others said them.
"Do you give up?" Asked the boy after 30 minutes of their guesses, but failing with them.
"Yes!" Chorused the whole group.
"I mentioned Flitwick's class for a reason. Ron did the Wingardium Leviosa, the cane went up in the sky and hit the troll. The monster blacked out and I could recover my wand that was sticky and smelly.
"A while later, in the room entered McGonagall, Quirrel and the Professor who hated us. In my mind and in Ron's was the same thought 'we are very dead.' To make the things worse, Ron still had his wand in his hand.
"McGonagall started to shout us a few things, but Hermione saved us saying that we had gone to save her because she went to stop the troll. That's how finished that adventure, with the 3 of us alive and we became friends and our differences were forgotten after that." Finished Harry his story with the others looking him ast disbelief.
"YOU DEFEATED A TROLL WITH A WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA??!!" Asked many of them with a shout.
"Not the most intelligent thing, right?" Said Harry with a inocent smile.
"Now I understand why you said that it was one of the most stupid things you did!" Said Alicia laughing.
"We were innocent, crazy and stupid. But we are still alive. And believe me, I saw the death face to face more times that you ever imagine." Said Harry with a shrug.
"How near did you see it?" Asked Mary afraid of his answer.
"In my Second year I was bitten by a Basilisk in my right arm. That near." Said Harry closing his eyes.
"How did you survive? I mean the Basilisk poison is lethal!" Said Katie shocked with his words.
"Tears of a Phoenix." Was the teen's answer.
"It's scary." Said Fred with a shrug.
"Yep, very scary." Said Harry.
Before anyone could say something else, Kimmet appeared and said that Dumbledore needed to talk with Alicia about some duties of the Prefects. Seeing that it was almost dinner, the group decided to leave the meeting in that point and continue it in another time.
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In class, Harry didn't have any kind of problems till his mother decided to teach snakes in her class. To say that Harry was nervous would be like saying that Malfoy loved the Muggle borns.
The class went on very well till Lily said...
"Now, your work will be to take care of a sanke for the next month. They don't have poison, so they are harmless to the humans." Explained the teacher in the first class of October.
"Do we have to do this work alone or it is in group?" Asked Parvati watching the snakes with fear.
"You have to be in groups of 2 or 3 persons each." Said Lily.
"I'll kill her." Mumbed Harry while he grouped with Dean. Seamus went with Neville and Parvati, Padma and Lavender formed the last group.
"How do you think that we should name her?" Asked Dean picking a green and black snake. It wasn't very long, almost 60 centimetres.
"I hope that they give me a nice name. Maybe something like Laura or a nice name not something strange." Hissed the snake.
"I think that Laura would be nice." Said Harry following the snake's wishes. Dean nodded in agreement and went to find some food.
"Do you understand my language?" Asked the snake to Harry surprised.
Harry nodded, but didn't say a word. The last thing that he needed was everyone listening him speaking in Parsel. Laura seemed to understand this situation and didn't hiss anymore.
The class went on, with Harry trying to calm down his nerves. Luckily, the snake didn't speak anynore so he was safe with his secret.
"I'll kill you! Did you forget my abbility?" Asked Harry to his mother when the class was over.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Lily confused.
"Did you forget that I mentioned the detail that I speak Parsel?" Said Harry trying to calm his anger.
"Oh God!" Exclaimed the woman when she understood the situation and her son's problem with the class.
"I take it like you did." Said Harry walking back to the Castle with her mother.
"I forgot it!" Apologized Lily.
"It's ok. I survived today but I was really nervous during the class. I was afraid that swomething would happen and it would be revealed. I had enough problems at my home when it was discovered!" Said the teen with a shrug at the memory of the dueling class of his Second Year.
"Be careful! I can't change the subject so suddenly. If you want, I can excuse you of this work." Proposed Lily trying to fix the situation.
"I'll survive. I have the O.W.L.s this year so I can't allow me to lose a work at any subject." Said Harry with a sigh before he went to sit at the table for lunch.
"What's the matter?" Asked Fred when he saw his face of worry.
"Problems with snakes." Said Harry simply.
"Uh?" Asked the others confused with his words.
"Don't pay me atention." Said Harry dismissing the situation with a wave of his hand. The others nodded and continued with the meal, forgetting the matter easily.
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Albus Dumbledore had the habit of drinking a cup of tea everyday at 5.00 a.m. at the kitchens before he started with the things of the school. The morning of the 16th of October, was surprised when he saw at the kitchens, drinking a cup of coffee, a little alterated and shaking, to his grandson. The teen didn't even notice his entrance so the Headmaster looked him carefully and saw that he had cried.
"What happened?" Asked Dumbledore to Harry taking a cup with tea and sitting next to him.
"My Universe is in a complete chaos." Said Harry simply without looking to the old wizard.
"Excuse me?" Asked Dumbledore confused with his words.
"The duel that I had with Voldemort had more consecuences that I ever thought." Said Harry finishing his drink and filling more in his cup.
"I must say that I'm lost with this, Harry. Care to explain?" Asked Albus trying to figure out his words and its meaning.
"I'll explain it when I finish understanding everything of my vision and right now, I don't do it." Said Harry touching his scar.
"If you tell me what you saw, maybe I can help you with it." Suggested the Headmaster more confused every moment.
"Let's go to your Office. If I'm not wrong, you are not the only one who comes here so early to get a drink." Said Harry taking his cup.
When he finished saying this, the portrait opened and in the kitchens entered Minerva who looked confused with her Godson's presence and the cup of coffee in his hands.
"I told you so." Said Harry with a smile to his grandfather who chuckled in answer.
"May I ask why are you here so early?" Asked Minerva to the teen.
"I'm trying to understand my life and my last vision if I can do it." Said the teen simply leaving the Kitchens.
"What did he mean with it?" Asked Minerva to Albus confused with his words.
"That's what I'm trying to find out." Said the old wizard leaving the kitchens and following Harry to his office.
When he entered, Harry was petting Fawkes. It was obvious that he was looking for some confort in the Phoenix and the Bird seemed willingly to do it. When the teen saw him, he went to sit while Albus did the same.
"First of all, whatever I tell you here, must stay here. I don't want to worry my parents yet." Said Harry with a serious tone of voice. Albus also noticed some plead on it.
"Don't worry. I won't tell them." Assured Dumbledore seriously.
"Remember what I told you about the scar?" Asked Harry drinking coffee.
"Yes. Voldemort gave some of his abbilities with it. Speak Parsel is one if I remember correctly." Said Dumbledore remembering Harry's words about it.
"It also works as a connection to him. When he is near, it hurts. When we met in my first year it hurted as hell. But it also gives me some visions of his actions. This summer I had a lot. Tonight I had one and I found out what happened there after the duel." Explained Harry.
"Are these good or bad news?" Asked Albus sensing something wrong.
"Both. In the duel, my explosioner's charm killed Voldemnort. The bad news of this, is that everyone thinks that he killed me with the Reallus Altever charm. In short, for my Universe I'm dead." Said Harry drinking more coffee.
"If he's dead, how did you have the vision?" Asked the Headmaster with curiousity.
"Don't know. What I know is that some Death Eaters know that I'm here and they plan to finish their Master's work. This means that they want to come here and kill me." Said Harry very seriously.
"That's a bad news." Said Dumbledore understanding the situation and its graveness.
"Not completely. For making the potion, they need a person. The good news about this, is that he's on the good side. So, if they contact him to make the potion, you will know it in my Universe." Explained the teen finishing his drink.
"So both sides will be able to come here." Said Albus after thinking in everything.
"Exactly. One side to kill me and the other to bring me back there." Said Harry simply.
"What's the bad side of this?" Asked Dumbledore sensing that there was much more.
"The problem is that I don't know if I want to go back." Answered Harry with a doubtful look.
Before Dumbledore could answer to this, the door was opened and someone entered. It was Lily and James who looked worried. The seemed to calm down when they saw Harry. Their worry returned when they realized that he ha cried.
"What happened?" Asked Jamed to both of them.
"Minerva told us something strange about trying to understand visions and life." Added Lily worriedly.
"Don't worry, nothing's wrong." Said Harry standing form his chair, but sitting again after he felt some dizzyness and his vision became a little blurry. This didn't pass unnoticed by the adults who were next to him at a moment.
"Are you ok?" Asked Albus giving him a glass of water.
"Yeah, I just got dizzy." Explained Harry simply.
"Did you get some more information?" Asked Albus when the 3 adults were sure that Harry was feeling ok again.
"What are you talking about?" Asked the Potters at the same time to their son and the Headmaster.
"Just that. But according to what they said, it will take them at least 3 months. They think that it will be ready for Valentine's." Said Harry before he tried to stand once more. This time he did it and left the Office.
"What's going on here, Albus?" Asked James and Lily at the same time.
"Nothing to worry about yet." Assured Dumbledore to both teachers. He was going to follow Harry's wish not telling them about it yet. They had a lot of time before their arrival and he was sure that till then, no one should know it if the teen didn't tell it.
Neither James or his wife seemed convinced with this, but decided to drop the matter. They knew that Harry and Albus were very stubborn and weren't going to tall them the problem till they thought that both adults should know it.
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When Harry left the Office, his thoughts returned to a question that had been in his head for a while: did he want to go back to his Universe? The revelation of his dream changed everything. If he returned while everyone thought that he was dead, he would change his tittle of being The-Boy-Who- Lived to the The-Boy-Who-Lived-Destroyed-The-Dark-Lord-Died-And-Returned- From-The-Death.
Harry shrugged just thinking about it. If he didn't have much peace being just the Boy-Who-Lived, with this title, his life would become a new hell and he wasn't sure that he wanted to live it.
He had suffered a lot the last 4 years of School being watched as something weird. Being in the shadows of many things, didn't help a lot. He was sure that Hermione, the Weasleys and a few other one like Minerva and Dumbledore would be with him always, but...
Did he really want to leave his family in this Universe to go back to one that held a lot of secrets always thinking that it was for his own good? Did he want to leave the peace of being just another guy like in this Universe to be a God like everyone thought of him in his Universe?
Harry wasn't sure of this. The only thing that he missed from his home was the friendship of Ron and Hermione. It was the only thing that he couldn't replace if he stayed at this Universe.
No one could take their places at his heart. The adventures, fights, the long nights of talking at the Common Room, the moments when they were alone. Just them and no one else disturbing their friendship. Those were memories that he couldn't replace for nothing or anyone.
"A Galleon for your thoughts." Said someone near him, stopping Harry's train of thinking.
"Hi Professor." Said the teen turning to see his Godmother. Harry had walked to the Hall and sat in the Gryffindor's Table. No one was there at that moment. Especcially due to the fact that it was only 6.00 a.m.
"What's wrong this time? And don't tell me that nothing, because it's obvious that something is going on." Said Minerva sitting next to him.
"I'm considering what to do: staying here or returning to my Universe." Said Harry closing his eyes.
"Little problem you have." Said Minerva watching him intently.
"I don't know what to do." Said the teen before he explained her the whole situation, not talking about the vision of that night, his thoughts and doubts about everything.
"Nice election you have to do: friends or family." Said McGonagall listening his words.
"How do you choose between a place that's your home and where you are a god for everyone and a place that you don't belong to, but you feel more free than any other place?" Asked Harry to no one.
"I'm afraid I don't have an answer to it." Said Minerva with a soft tone of voice.
"Neither do I. That's the problem, I don't have an answer to the biggest question of all." Said Harry fighting the tears that threatened to appear in his eyes.
"Whatever you decide to do, you know that Lily and James will support you." Said Minerva seriously.
"I know. But it doesn't make the problem easier for me." Said Harry without looking to his Head of House.
"What problem?" Asked Lily listening his words and going to the duo.
"The question that has been rounding my head since I came here: if I stay or if I go back to my Universe." Said the teen standing from his seat and going back to his Tower to get his things for the classes.
"Something is bothering him today." Said Lily with a sigh of defeat about the whole matter.
"He doesn't know what to do, Lily. He knows that whatever he chooses, someone will get hurt with his decision. Now he wonders who will be the one hurt: us because he decides to return to his Universe or his friends because he decides to live here forever. He has doubts about it." Said the Head of Gryffindor with a sad tone of voice.
"He's in a hard situation now." Said Lily realizing and understanding her son's problem.
"He'll have to make his decision alone. The only thing that we can do is support it. But I'm sure that he'll be the one that will get more hurt than anyone with the decision." Said Minerva while the first students began to appear at the Great Hall for the breakfast.
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Harry went to classes that day with his mind lost in thoughts. After lunch, he decided that he couldn't stand them anymore that day and went to the Pitch with his broom. Flying was his only way to free his mind at least for a while.
After almost 2 hours of flying, he landed and laid down at the grass. His head was in a whirlwind of feeling, thoughts and memories about the 2 Universes. The question of what was he going to do rounded always.
"I thought that you would be here." Said James going to where his son was laying.
"Shouldn't you be at a class teaching?" Asked Harry not turning to face him.
"Shouldn't you be at a class learning?" Asked the adult with a mocking tone.
"I'm not in mood for jokes now." Said Harry simply.
"Lily told me about your decision." Began James not being sure how he had to talk about it.
"I haven't taken one yet." Said the teen closing his eyes.
"You are afraid of the decision and the consecuences, right?" Said James, half asking, half making a statement.
"I'm scared of the consecuences for me and the others. I know that doesn't matter what I choose, someone will be hurt with it. The worse is that the most hurt with it, will be me." Said Harry while a tear began to roll his cheeks.
"I wish I could give you some advice here, Harry..." Began James but Harry cut him.
"...I'm the only one who can take it and live with my decision, I know it." Said the teen before he kicked off again the grass with his broom and went up to fly another while.
James sat down and watched his son carefully. Like Harry had said, he was the only one who could take the decision about his future and where he would live the rest of his life. He and Lily had spent 14 years without their son and losing him again would be a hard hit. But James knew that no one would suffer more than the own teen.
"Hi, Professor Potter." Said Alicia when she went to the Pitch with her broom 2 hours later.
"Good afternoon, Miss Spinnet. I see that Harry is not the only one who had in mind flying for a while." Said James pointing to her broom.
"He could have told me that he had planned to come here! I could have called a training!" Exclaimed the Head Girl while Harry landed next to them.
"Hey, Alicia." Said the Seeker when he went to them.
"Couldn't you have told me that you were planning to fly? I could have called a training of the team. We play against Slytherin a week after Halloween if you have forgotten, Harry." Said Alicia with a serious tone.
"Hey, I came to free my mind. The last thing I was looking for was a training!" Said Harry defending himself.
"Ok, but we'll have one thanks to your idea. Go and look for the others and tell them to come here as soon as possible." Ordered the Chaser to the Seeker in a serious tone of voice.
"I'll see you in a while." Said Harry to James before he began to run towards the Castle to find his teammates.
"What's wrong with him today?" Asked Alicia to James when Harry was far from them.
"He has to take a decision and doesn't know what to do." Answered James before he returned to the Castle.
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The question of what to do was in Harry's mind always, but he never got an answer. His mood was bad and to everyone, it seemed as if he was in a depressed state. Everyone tried to raise his spirit but they couldn't so they decided to give him time to defeat it.
A few days before Halloween, Harry decided that it was time for another attack of Hawk, the New Marauder. This one was going to be BIG. For doing it, he neede the help of some people and the first one was his Godfather. Actually his Animagus form.
"Sirius, I need your help for a little prank." Said Harry after the end of a class 3 days before Halloween.
"How little is that prank and what are you planning this time, my dear Hawk?" Asked Sirius with an evil grin at the idea of a prank.
"Let's say this. When my prank finishes, the School will need a new teacher because the old one will be at St. Mungo forever." Said the teen with a mischievious smile.
"Prongsie, come here and bring Moony with you!" Said Sirius to the DADA'S teacher through the fireplace.
"I'll take it like you will help me." Said Harry before the old Marauders entered in the dungeons.
"What is it this time, Padfoot?" Asked the werewolf curious about the reason of the call.
"Hawk will attack again!" Said Harry with a very big and evil grin.
"What are you planning?" Asked James and Remus at the same time wanting to hear his idea.
"A question: Does Trelawney know that Sirius is Animagus?" Asked Harry with a smile.
"No." Said Sirius shaking his head while Remus and James did the same.
"Well, then the Grim will pay her a visit during a class when her Classroom will look slighlty different." Said Harry before he explained his idea to the 3 pranksters, who agreed to help him in the prank as much as they could.
"If you excuse me, now I must recruit some more help and it comes from the student body." Said Harry before he went to Gryffindor's Common Room to look for the group of players.
"Hey, Harry." Said Fred when he entered.
"Would you like to eat something?" Asked George giving him a toast.
"You are fools if you think that I will eat something offered by you! I learnt my lesson of you giving food a long time ago!" Said Harry giving the toast back to the twins.
"Oh!" Said Fred dissapointed.
"Try it with Neville! Maybe it will work with him." Suggested the Prefect to the Weasleys.
"Hey, Neville." Exclaimed George going to where the boy was sitting and starting to speak with him.
"I need your help for a little prank." Said Harry sitting next to the Chasers, Lee and Fred.
"What are you planning this time?" Asked the group at the same time interested in his words.
"Who takes Divination in your year?" Asked Harry with an evil grin.
"All of us! It's the easiest subject and you pass it without many problems." Exclaimed Katie with a bored look.
"Does any of you believe in her? I mean is there any student in your class that has her as a Guru?" Asked the Prefect with an interested look and tone of voice.
"No from Gryffindor!" Said Alicia.
"Neither from Ravenclaw. We have the class with them." Explained Katie.
"Ladies and gentlemen, for Halloween there will be a new Divination's teacher if you agree with this." Said Harry before he repeated the idea to them. The students from seventh year looked really intereseted with this and promised Harry that they would convince the Ravenclaws to help with it.
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On Halloween's morning, Harry went to breakfast as usual. He had set the prank the previous day, making a visit to Trelawney's classroom and changing the things there. The prank would be done in the first hour of class. That would be the time for the seventh years of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw to be taught by Sybill.
"How will you do to be there?" Asked Fred to Harry.
"My first class of the day is History. So, if I'm there or not, will not be noticed. Second, I'm the owner of a Invisibility Cloak. No one will see me there." Answered Harry while he joined his Godfather, Remus and James in their way to the North Tower.
"Are you ready?" Asked Remus to Harry while both of them covered themselves with the teen's cloak and the other Marauders did the same with James'.
"Yes. Do you have the cammera?" Asked Harry while the group began to climb the stairs to the classroom.
"Here." Said the werewolf while the 4 pranksters entered.
Remus and the Marauders had to do great efforts to not burst out in laughter. The crystal balls looked like skulls. In the walls there were many omens' drawings and the candles were black. The usual perfume was replaced with a nasty smell.
All of the students had been said that they had to act as if there wasn't anything strange and as if the classroom looked as usual. They had casted a spell in themselves so the smell would not affect them.
"This will be good." Whispered Remus to Harry while Sybill entered in the Classroom.
When Trelawney saw the classroom she looked horrified. She looked to her students and saw that they were acting normally. Well as normal as they could without bursting in laughter, thing that wasn't easy. She took a few deep breaths before she started to teach:
"Today we'll continue with the crystall... what is that smell?" Asked Sybill noticing the smell.
"It's the usual perfume that you put in the room, Professor. We don't notice nothing wrong or out of place." Said Katie while the others nodded to her words.
"As I was saying, we'll continue with the crystall Balls today. I want you to see... Waht happened to my balls?!" Asked the teacher seeing them for first time and seeing the new look.
"What do you mean, Professor? They look as always." Assured Alicia.
"As I said, I want you to watch and desypher the deep things that you can see in the Balls. Call me if you need help." Said Trelawney, calming herself before she lost her mind.
"Now it's Padfoot's time to enter in the show." Said Harry while he wistled softly 3 times to tell Sirius that it was time for his appearence.
"What was that noise?" Asked the Professor listening Harry's wistles.
"My time to appear in front of you, Sybill Trelawney." Said James in a msity voice before Sirius appeared in his Animagus' form.
"T-T-The G-G-Grim." Stuttered Trelawney with her eyes wide as 2 plates.
"I only hope that she doesn't suffer a heart attack today." Whispered Harry to Remus while Sirius continued walking towards the teacher and the students did as if nothing was wrong.
"But I'm not alone." Said James while Harry made appear what looked like a ghost that represented the death.
"WWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" Screamed Trelawney running away from the classroom, leaving the students rolling in the floor because of the laughter.
"Fellow students, I hope that you liked my work here!" Said Harry while Remus took pictures of the room.
"Bravo!!" Shouted Fred while the whole class clapped and wistled in cheers for his work.
"Time to return the room to the usual look!" Said the Prefect while he began to shoot the counter curses to everything and the place recovered the usual look.
"Harry, it will be better if you go to class. James and Sirius you should do the same." Suggested Remus.
"See you later!" Said Harry while the 3 of them left the classroom and went to their respective classes and classrooms.
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"Who's responsible of Sybill's quit?" Asked Albus to the 3 old Marauders and Harry after lunch when the 5 of them, plus Minerva and Lily, were in the Headmaster's Office.
"We don't know what you are talking about, Albus." Said James putting his most serious voice and look.
"Who played the prank on Sybill? She came here screaming something about the Grim and changes in her classroom! She acted like a mad and insane woman." Said Minerva with a serious tone of voice and a stern look to the 4.
"I thought that she was insane before today." Said Harry to his father and his friends after listening his Godmother's words.
"So did I." Said the 3 Marauders at the same time.
"Who did it?" Asked McGonagall with a shout ignoring their comments.
"I didn't." Said the 4 at the same time.
"Gentlemen, there is only a Grim at this School. So if he was there, at least some of you were with him at it." Said Lily with a serious tone of voice, though the 4 pranksters noticed some anger on it too.
"We didn't do it." Said the 4 of them at the same time once more.
"Why do I think that it's a lie?" Asked Minerva with a sarcastic tone of voice.
"It's the truth. We didn't do it!" Defended Harry to himself and the others.
This went on for another hour. Minerva and Lily accusing them and shouting too. Albus watching the scene with a mix of amusement and seriousness. Harry and the others defending themselves from their accusations.
"We will reach anywhere if we continue like this. The harm is done and we'll need a replacement for Sybill. I would thank you if you don't play anymore this kind of pranks. Although Professor Trelawney will be missed, we can't afford losing more teachers." Said Dumbledore to the student and adults in a serious tone of voice.
"We'll try." Said Sirius but Harry elbowed him.
"Of course, Headmaster, we'll do as you say." Said the teen before he left the Office.
"He was the one who had the idea, right?" Asked Albus to the Marauders when Harry had left the Office.
"Who else would have that kind of ideas, Albus?" Said James with sarcasm in his voice.
"You followed him on a prank like this. Are you mad??" Asked shouting Lily to her husband and the other Marauders.
"Yes, we are." Said Sirius with a smile while James and Remus nodded.
"At least it looks like he defeated his depression." Said Albus with a soft smile.
"The question is how long will he stay like this. He seems to fall in depression every month and everytime it's worse than the previous one." Said Minerva with a worried tone of voice.
"This situation will continue till he takes the decision and we know if he stays here or returns to his home." Said Lily with the same tone of voice that the Head of Gryffindor.
"For him, it's his home or just his Universe? I wouldn't be surprised if he feels this place more like his home than his own Universe." Said Sirius with a serious tone of voice.
"The only thing that we can do is wait and see what he decides." Said Albus ending the meeting between the adults.
****
When Harry arrived to the Hall for lunch, everyone turned to see him and began to whisper. Harry suspected that by now all of the students knew about Trelawney's quit and his work on it. He ignored them and went to his House's Table and sat next to his friends.
"What happened with Dumbledore?" Asked Fred when he sat.
"Someone said that you lost the Badge for the prank!" Added Dean joining the chat.
"Lies, nothing happened. I just got a few shouts from McGonagall and my Aunt, a lecture from Dumbledore and also a request to stop with this kind of pranks. The School can't afford losing more teachers." Answered Harry with a smile.
"Cool!" Said George with relief.
"Who has a quill to give me? I'm bored and I'm planning a new and special teddy." Said Harry to the Table.
"Here you have." Said Katie giving it to him while the whole table turned their attention to him and his work.
"Choose an animal." Asked the Prefect to the Chaser.
"A fox." Said Katie after talking with her teammates.
"Here we go." Said Harry before he started his work.
First of all, he transformed the quill in a fox. Then in a cauldron, a black robe and hat, a pumpkin with a face draw on it and a broom. The next transformation was in a little red flame. To end his work, he changed the flame to a golden goblet. Doing this, Harry added his personal touch to the teddy: the Goblet of Fire.
"Now, let's finish it!" Said the teen before he flicked his wand once more and finished it.
In the table, now there was a black fox mounting a broom. She was wearing a black robe and a a blck hat too. It had a pumpkin with a halloween's face draw in it in her left hand and in the right she had a golden Goblet with some flame on it. At the tail of the broom, there was a cauldron full of a red liquid that looked like the flame of the goblet.
"Usual price!" Said Harry to the Table before he collected his things and went to DADA, his next class and putting the teddy on his bag.
The other students of Gryffindor followed his example and went to classes chatting about his new creation and many wanted a copy of it. Katie Bell, the one who donated the quill, got one free for giving it.
Albus and Lily, along the adults, followed the work and got a little worried when they realized the meaning of the Goblet. It seemed that Harry was starting to superate the trauma of the Tri Wizard Tournament and Cedric's Death and it was his way to show it. Now they hoped that it was definitive and the guilt's feeling about it didn't return again.
****
During the days after Halloween there were only a matter that cared to the students besides the classes: the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin that would take place that Saturday.
Alicia made the team train every night after dinner and sometimes even before the breakfast. She reminded Harry of Oliver during the years that they had shared a team on the Seeker's Universe.
"Does she give any kind of prep game talk like Wood used to do always?" Asked Harry to Fred when the team was in the lockers changing their school robes into the the team ones.
"Yeah, but it's the usual one that Oliver said." Answered the Beater.
"The one that says 'men and women, this is the day', and etc, etc, etc?" Asked Harry with a knowingly look towards the Captain.
"The same one." Said Fred before Alicia called silence to begin her speech.
"Men and women, this is the day..." Started the Chaser but Fred continued.
"The most important day." Said the twion before his brother continued.
"The one that we have been expecting." Said George.
"We have to win the match without caring the consecuences." Added Harry while Alicia shot angry looks to the 3 players.
"Thanks for giving the talk in my place, guys." Said Alicia to her teammates with sarcasm in her voice.
"You are welcome." Said the 3 at the same time with a bow towards the Chaser.
"Let's win!" Shouted Alicia before she leaded the Titulars to the Pitch and the Reserves went to the stands.
When the Gryffindor Team entered in the Pitch, ¾ of the stadium, all the stands minus Slytherin's, began to cheer while the 7 players went to the center of the Pitch following their Captain.
"And here comes Gryffindor!" Announced Lee who was as usual at the comentator's cabin. "Their Keeper Mary Potter! The Chasers Alicia Spinnet, who is also their Captain, Katie Bell and Angelina Johnson! Their Beaters the twins Fred and George Weasley! And their newest player, the Seeker Harry Potter!"
"You can't imagine how much I missed this!" Whispered Harry to his sister while the stands booed to the Slytherins and Lee announced their entrance among the boos that were heard in the whole stadium.
"Nervous?" Asked Mary to her brother with a smile.
"Excited is a better word!" Answered the Seeker while Madame Hooch said the words that she usually said to the teams about a fair game and made Alicia and Malfoy to shake hands.
"On my count, mount your brooms!" Shouted Hooch before she adde: "3... 2... 1... 0!"
When her whistle blowed, 14 players hit the grass and went up in the sky ready to play the game.
Instantly Harry took position 20 meters above the level of the game. Today the weather was fine and there wasn't any coud in the sky. He began to fly around listening always to Lee's words while he looked for the Snitch.
"And Spinnet passes the Quaffle to Bell to goes to the dirty snakes' hoops..." Comented Lee but he was stopped by McGonagall's shout.
"JORDAN!!" Shouted the Head of Gryffindor trying to take the microphone out of his hands.
"Sorry, Professor, It won't happen again!" Promised Lee fighting with her for the microphone. When he had it on his hands again ghe continued with his work: "And Bell is near the hoops... passes the Quaffle to Johnson who gives it to Spinnet again... Wait a second! Potter is diving! It seems that he has seen the Snitch!"
Harry, like Lee said, was in that moment in a high speed dive. He had seen the Snitch near where his sister was and sped his broom towards it. Malfoy seeing his movement followed him.
Everyone in the stadium, players of both teams included, had stopped everything to see the movement of both Seekers. The players praying that one of them could catch the little ball and finish the match with their team as the winner.
Harry continued with his dive, avoiding his sister for a few centimeters. Mary had moved of their way in the moment she realized that both Seekers were diving towards her direction.
Harry had to duck out of the way of a Bludger and with the tail of the broom sent it back towards someone without even losing sight of the Snitch. Malfoy who was trying to reach near his place, had to duck out the Bludger too, but the ball hit the broom and he lost the control of it. The broom turned towards the other end of the pitch and Malfoy couldn't control it, so Harry lost his competence and had free way to catch it.
Not very far from the ground, he released his right arm from the broom and caught the Snitch ending the match with his team as winner of it. He raised his arm with the ball on his hand and showed it to everyone.
"Gryffindor wins 150 to 0!" Shouted Madame Hooch blowing her whistle ending the game.
"Potter sets a new record for the School catching the Snitch after..." Said Lee checking his watch, then he exclaimed: "This has to be a joke!"
"What are you talking about, Jordan?" Asked McGonagall confused.
"If this watch is right, this game has lasted only 45 seconds!" Said Lee showing it to Minerva who saw it with a shocked expression.
"WHAT??" Asked many of the students as shocked as Lee and Minerva.
"Mr. Jordan is right. The game lasted only 43 seconds to be precise." Said Albus checking his own watch.
"Thanks for the information, Headmaster. Like Professor Dumbledore said, this game lasted only 43 seconds and is the shortest one in the History of the School!" Exclaimed Lee when he recovered himself from the shock.
The players of Gryffindor, who recovered themselves from the shock, went to hug Harry to was laughing at the expressions of everyone. Before he could say something, he was being hugged by everyone. After a few seconds the whole team landed.
"Hey, couldn't you make it last it a bit longer? I wanted to take part of the game!" Said Mary hitting playfully her borther's arm when the 7 were on the ground.
"I'll try to do it next time for you!" Laughed Harry while he received more complaind like Mary's from the other players.
"It was fast, mate! You caught it in 43 seconds!" Exclaimed Katie while many of the other Gryffindors went to congratulate the team.
"Any complain this time, Alicia?" Asked Fred to the Captain while they received more congratulations from their Housemates.
"Yeah, it could have lasted a few more minutes." Said the Captain to the Seeker with an angry look.
"Hey, My mission is to catch the Snitch! I see it and I catch it. I didn't have any idea that this time I would do it so fast. My previous fast catch was in 5 minutes!" Said Harry in his defense.
"Excuses, excuses, just that you know to say! But what the hell, we won!" Exclaimed the Chaser hugging her teammate.
"Party at the Common Room!" Shouted the twins at the same time.
"That's another thing that I missed from Quidditch!" Whispered Harry to Mary who chuckled with his words.
****
"Your previous faster catch of the Snitch was 5 minutes?" Asked Paul to his brother at the Common Room that night remembering his words at the Pitch earlier that day.
The party in that moment was almost over. The twins, as usual, went to Hogsneade and got Butterbeers and sweets for everyone. A student of Second Year gave a radio so there would music at the party. It was almost 12.30 and only the students below third year were at the party enjoing it. Harry and the titular player of the team were sat in a corner of the Common Room talking and joking while the rest of the House did the same at different parts of it.
"In my first year. We were playing against Hufflepuff that day and it was my second game at the team. If we won that match, we would be first at the House Cup. In that game we had as referre the Head of Slytherin. His House was first always and had won the Cup for 7 years in a row. So Oliver has told me that it was imperative that I caught the Snitch quickly. It hadn't passed 5 minutes before the game was over. I don't even remember if any of the teams scored. It was one of the few games when I ignored or didn't listen Lee's words." Explained Harry while he drank a Butterbeer.
"Is Lee as crazy as here?" Asked Katie curious.
"Yeah. I haven't been in a match where McGonagall didn't try to take the microphone from his hands!" Laughed Harry.
"Which was your worst game? I mean which one was the dirtiest?" Asked Alicia.
"That's easy. The final match between us and Slytherin 2 years ago. It was a war!" Said Harry before he told them about that match and the trick of Slytherin to win the game.
"Nothing's different!" Laughed George when Harry finished his story.
"Yeah, today you finished the match before it got dirty!" Exclaimed Lee joining the match and listening part of Harry's story.
"Hey, what's wrong with my catch? We won the game, didn't we? It's what matters!" Exclaimed Harry a little tired of everyone complaining about how long the match had lasted.
"He's like Wood!" Said Lee to the others.
"My former Captain was like him according to what everyone told me about him." Lied Harry. Lee nodded and left the group not wanting to raise his anger.
"It looks like we found a replacement to your brother Charlie, guys!" Said Katie suddenly to the twins.
"Did you see him play?" Asked Fred to Harry interested.
"I played against him once at your house last year, but it was more a training than anything else." Said Harry remembering the day at the Burrow when he and the Weasleys played a little match at the back yard of the House. Then Harry laughed at a memory.
"What´s the fun?" Asked Katie curious about his laugh.
"When McGonagall took me to see Oliver after my first class of flight, she compaired me with Charlie when introduced us to each other." Said the Seeker before he retold them the chat between the Professor, the Keeper and himself in his first year.
"If McGonagall says something like that, then you worth it! She doesn't praises someone like that for nothing!" Said Katie when he finished his tale.
"I know it! When I played, I cared the opinion of few people. They were Oliver, who taught me to play and love this game as much as I do, my friends and she. I always tried to not dissapoint any of them, because they helped me to be the player that I am." Said Harry with a smile to his friends.
"Thanks for that, Harry." Said someone behind them surprising all the Gryffindors who were at the Common Room.
"Professor McGonagall!" Exclaimed Fred turning to face his Head of House.
"Although I'm as happy as you for the victory on today's game, if all of you aren't in your dorms in 10 minutes, Gryffindor will lose the points gained in the match." Threatened Minerva to the students.
Not wishing to raise her anger and much less, lose points, the members of the House, began to collect their things and bid their goodbyes before all of them went to the bed.
"Great game. Although as many of the students, I would have wished that it lasted a little longer." Said Minerva to her Godson.
"Why does everyone complain about my catching??" Asked Harry exasperated going to his dorm leaving Minerva chuckling at his reaction.
When Harry entered in his dorm, the other boys were already sleeping. Silently, he changed his Quidditch robes into the pj and went to the bed. Less than 5 minutes later he was soundly slept.
Harry and the group of players chatted many times. The group wanted to know more things about Harry's Universe. They were the only ones besides his parents, Godparents, Dumbledore and Remus who knew the whole truth behind him.
"Were you quiet or a rule breaker like here?" Asked Fred one day when they were at Alicia's Room. It had became the place of their meetings. It was the only place where they got privacy and no one disturbed.
"Dear Fred, I was nearly expelled more times that I can ever imagine." Said Harry with a mischievious smile.
"How many of them included Ron?" Asked George curiously. He and his twin wanted to know everything they could about his little brother.
"All of them. Want to hear one of the worst of all?" Asked the seeker with a misterious tone of voice.
"Of course we do!" Exclaimed the whole group at the same time.
"Get this picture. The date was September, 1st. I had spent half summer at your house. That day your father took the whole group that included both of you, Ron, Ginny, Percy, Hermione and myself. We used the Ford Anglia that your dad had magiced and we arrived just on time.
"Everyone went through the barrier and me and Ron were the last ones. Someone had decided to avoid me of going to the School and when we wanted to go through the barrier, it was closed.
"So we were in King's Cross, the train had left and we were at the Muggle side. Ron didn't have better idea that to take your father's car to go the School. Everything went ok till we were near the entrance. In that moment, the car stopped working and we crashed against the Whomping Willow. Ron's wand snapped in 2 and we had to scape from the tree's wrath.
"We went inside and there the Potion's teacher, who hated us with all his guts I must say, found us and took us to the Dungeons. He left us there and returned with McGonagall and Dumbledore.
"Who of you has ever seen McGonagall completely angry?" Asked Harry to the group.
"I did!" Exclaimed all of them at the same time.
"I did it more times that I would ever have liked.
"Returning to the story, now we were facing a bewildered and not happy Head of House, someone who hated us, and to make things worse, the Headmaster. Like you can imagine, our thought were 'we are completely dead.' But thanks God, Dumbledore decided to give a second chance and told us that he would expell us if we broke another rule.
"If I'm not wrong, by the end of the year we had broken 150 rules, that included an illegal Polijuice Potion, a visit to the Forest, leaving a teacher without memory and a few others.
"But, due to the fact that we had saved a student in the Secret Chamber, we were not expelled and we received a Price for Special Services to the School and 200 points each for Gryffindor who made sure the Cup for us that year." Finished Harry with a smile.
"You did all of that in a year??" Asked Katie while the other were shocked by his story.
"I can say that it was one of our greatest adventures. And one of the most dangerous." Said Harry with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Wow." Said Fred when all of the had recovered themselves of the shock.
"I forgot something. Have you ever received a howler from your mother?" Asked the Prefect to the twins.
"Never." Said the twins with a shake of their heads.
"I still remember the one that Ron received the day after our arrival to the School that year. Let's say that my ears still hurt because of it." Said Harry with a shrug remembering that Howler.
"Thank God we never received one!" Said Fred relieved of the fact that their mother never sent one of her Howlers to them.
"Thank God!" Said George nodding to his twin's words.
"Do you have more crazy adventures like that one?" Asked Katie interested.
"I also have some that could be described as very stupid." Said Harry remembering some of the events that had happened at his Universe.
"Which was the most stupid one?" Asked Paul with curiousity.
"Get this picture. I was in my first year. With Ron we have been friends since the trip to the School. With Hermione the things weren't very good and we hated each other.
"In Halloween's morning, Flitwick decided to teach the Wingardium Leviosa. I was paired with Seamus and Ron with Hermione. Hermione started to tell Ron that he was doing it wrong, and he got enough and asked her to show how it was supposed to be done. Hermione did it and Ron was angry with her. When we left the classroom, Ron said something like she was a bossy and know-it-all. Later we heard that she was crying in the girl's bathroom because of his coment.
"In the middle of the feast, Quirrel, who was the DADA's teacher of that year, entered in the Hall and said that there was a troll at the Dungeons. In that moment the Pandemonium burst and Dumbledore sent everyone to the Common Rooms.
"When we were leaving, I remembered of Hermione and that she didn't know about the troll. With Ron went to the Bathroom where she was with the idea of warning her about it. When we were down, we found the troll and saw that he was entering in a room that had the key put in the outside. We locked the door and thought that the problem was over.
"Can any of you guess why it was a BIG mistake?" Asked Harry to the others.
"No idea." Said all of them except Angelina.
"Let me guess: Hermione was there." Said the Chaser.
"Exactly. That room was the bathroom where she was crying. Me and Ron opened the door again and we went in. Hermione was terrified on the floor and the troll was walking towards her with her cane and the intentions were more than obvious.
"In that moment, I did one of the most stupid thing that I ever did. I went to the troll's back and stick my wand up his nose. The monster caught me with a hand and put me upside down while he tried to hit me with the cane.
"Get this picture in your mind: I was caught by the troll, Hermione was terrified at the floor and she looked like she couldn't move or think something and Ron watched this with his wand in his hand.
"I'll give 50 points to the one who guesses what happened and how the situation finished that night." Said Harry to the others.
Everyone began to give ideas, but all of them were far from what had happened. Harry heard them and with some, he couldn't help but laugh when the others said them.
"Do you give up?" Asked the boy after 30 minutes of their guesses, but failing with them.
"Yes!" Chorused the whole group.
"I mentioned Flitwick's class for a reason. Ron did the Wingardium Leviosa, the cane went up in the sky and hit the troll. The monster blacked out and I could recover my wand that was sticky and smelly.
"A while later, in the room entered McGonagall, Quirrel and the Professor who hated us. In my mind and in Ron's was the same thought 'we are very dead.' To make the things worse, Ron still had his wand in his hand.
"McGonagall started to shout us a few things, but Hermione saved us saying that we had gone to save her because she went to stop the troll. That's how finished that adventure, with the 3 of us alive and we became friends and our differences were forgotten after that." Finished Harry his story with the others looking him ast disbelief.
"YOU DEFEATED A TROLL WITH A WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA??!!" Asked many of them with a shout.
"Not the most intelligent thing, right?" Said Harry with a inocent smile.
"Now I understand why you said that it was one of the most stupid things you did!" Said Alicia laughing.
"We were innocent, crazy and stupid. But we are still alive. And believe me, I saw the death face to face more times that you ever imagine." Said Harry with a shrug.
"How near did you see it?" Asked Mary afraid of his answer.
"In my Second year I was bitten by a Basilisk in my right arm. That near." Said Harry closing his eyes.
"How did you survive? I mean the Basilisk poison is lethal!" Said Katie shocked with his words.
"Tears of a Phoenix." Was the teen's answer.
"It's scary." Said Fred with a shrug.
"Yep, very scary." Said Harry.
Before anyone could say something else, Kimmet appeared and said that Dumbledore needed to talk with Alicia about some duties of the Prefects. Seeing that it was almost dinner, the group decided to leave the meeting in that point and continue it in another time.
****
In class, Harry didn't have any kind of problems till his mother decided to teach snakes in her class. To say that Harry was nervous would be like saying that Malfoy loved the Muggle borns.
The class went on very well till Lily said...
"Now, your work will be to take care of a sanke for the next month. They don't have poison, so they are harmless to the humans." Explained the teacher in the first class of October.
"Do we have to do this work alone or it is in group?" Asked Parvati watching the snakes with fear.
"You have to be in groups of 2 or 3 persons each." Said Lily.
"I'll kill her." Mumbed Harry while he grouped with Dean. Seamus went with Neville and Parvati, Padma and Lavender formed the last group.
"How do you think that we should name her?" Asked Dean picking a green and black snake. It wasn't very long, almost 60 centimetres.
"I hope that they give me a nice name. Maybe something like Laura or a nice name not something strange." Hissed the snake.
"I think that Laura would be nice." Said Harry following the snake's wishes. Dean nodded in agreement and went to find some food.
"Do you understand my language?" Asked the snake to Harry surprised.
Harry nodded, but didn't say a word. The last thing that he needed was everyone listening him speaking in Parsel. Laura seemed to understand this situation and didn't hiss anymore.
The class went on, with Harry trying to calm down his nerves. Luckily, the snake didn't speak anynore so he was safe with his secret.
"I'll kill you! Did you forget my abbility?" Asked Harry to his mother when the class was over.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Lily confused.
"Did you forget that I mentioned the detail that I speak Parsel?" Said Harry trying to calm his anger.
"Oh God!" Exclaimed the woman when she understood the situation and her son's problem with the class.
"I take it like you did." Said Harry walking back to the Castle with her mother.
"I forgot it!" Apologized Lily.
"It's ok. I survived today but I was really nervous during the class. I was afraid that swomething would happen and it would be revealed. I had enough problems at my home when it was discovered!" Said the teen with a shrug at the memory of the dueling class of his Second Year.
"Be careful! I can't change the subject so suddenly. If you want, I can excuse you of this work." Proposed Lily trying to fix the situation.
"I'll survive. I have the O.W.L.s this year so I can't allow me to lose a work at any subject." Said Harry with a sigh before he went to sit at the table for lunch.
"What's the matter?" Asked Fred when he saw his face of worry.
"Problems with snakes." Said Harry simply.
"Uh?" Asked the others confused with his words.
"Don't pay me atention." Said Harry dismissing the situation with a wave of his hand. The others nodded and continued with the meal, forgetting the matter easily.
****
Albus Dumbledore had the habit of drinking a cup of tea everyday at 5.00 a.m. at the kitchens before he started with the things of the school. The morning of the 16th of October, was surprised when he saw at the kitchens, drinking a cup of coffee, a little alterated and shaking, to his grandson. The teen didn't even notice his entrance so the Headmaster looked him carefully and saw that he had cried.
"What happened?" Asked Dumbledore to Harry taking a cup with tea and sitting next to him.
"My Universe is in a complete chaos." Said Harry simply without looking to the old wizard.
"Excuse me?" Asked Dumbledore confused with his words.
"The duel that I had with Voldemort had more consecuences that I ever thought." Said Harry finishing his drink and filling more in his cup.
"I must say that I'm lost with this, Harry. Care to explain?" Asked Albus trying to figure out his words and its meaning.
"I'll explain it when I finish understanding everything of my vision and right now, I don't do it." Said Harry touching his scar.
"If you tell me what you saw, maybe I can help you with it." Suggested the Headmaster more confused every moment.
"Let's go to your Office. If I'm not wrong, you are not the only one who comes here so early to get a drink." Said Harry taking his cup.
When he finished saying this, the portrait opened and in the kitchens entered Minerva who looked confused with her Godson's presence and the cup of coffee in his hands.
"I told you so." Said Harry with a smile to his grandfather who chuckled in answer.
"May I ask why are you here so early?" Asked Minerva to the teen.
"I'm trying to understand my life and my last vision if I can do it." Said the teen simply leaving the Kitchens.
"What did he mean with it?" Asked Minerva to Albus confused with his words.
"That's what I'm trying to find out." Said the old wizard leaving the kitchens and following Harry to his office.
When he entered, Harry was petting Fawkes. It was obvious that he was looking for some confort in the Phoenix and the Bird seemed willingly to do it. When the teen saw him, he went to sit while Albus did the same.
"First of all, whatever I tell you here, must stay here. I don't want to worry my parents yet." Said Harry with a serious tone of voice. Albus also noticed some plead on it.
"Don't worry. I won't tell them." Assured Dumbledore seriously.
"Remember what I told you about the scar?" Asked Harry drinking coffee.
"Yes. Voldemort gave some of his abbilities with it. Speak Parsel is one if I remember correctly." Said Dumbledore remembering Harry's words about it.
"It also works as a connection to him. When he is near, it hurts. When we met in my first year it hurted as hell. But it also gives me some visions of his actions. This summer I had a lot. Tonight I had one and I found out what happened there after the duel." Explained Harry.
"Are these good or bad news?" Asked Albus sensing something wrong.
"Both. In the duel, my explosioner's charm killed Voldemnort. The bad news of this, is that everyone thinks that he killed me with the Reallus Altever charm. In short, for my Universe I'm dead." Said Harry drinking more coffee.
"If he's dead, how did you have the vision?" Asked the Headmaster with curiousity.
"Don't know. What I know is that some Death Eaters know that I'm here and they plan to finish their Master's work. This means that they want to come here and kill me." Said Harry very seriously.
"That's a bad news." Said Dumbledore understanding the situation and its graveness.
"Not completely. For making the potion, they need a person. The good news about this, is that he's on the good side. So, if they contact him to make the potion, you will know it in my Universe." Explained the teen finishing his drink.
"So both sides will be able to come here." Said Albus after thinking in everything.
"Exactly. One side to kill me and the other to bring me back there." Said Harry simply.
"What's the bad side of this?" Asked Dumbledore sensing that there was much more.
"The problem is that I don't know if I want to go back." Answered Harry with a doubtful look.
Before Dumbledore could answer to this, the door was opened and someone entered. It was Lily and James who looked worried. The seemed to calm down when they saw Harry. Their worry returned when they realized that he ha cried.
"What happened?" Asked Jamed to both of them.
"Minerva told us something strange about trying to understand visions and life." Added Lily worriedly.
"Don't worry, nothing's wrong." Said Harry standing form his chair, but sitting again after he felt some dizzyness and his vision became a little blurry. This didn't pass unnoticed by the adults who were next to him at a moment.
"Are you ok?" Asked Albus giving him a glass of water.
"Yeah, I just got dizzy." Explained Harry simply.
"Did you get some more information?" Asked Albus when the 3 adults were sure that Harry was feeling ok again.
"What are you talking about?" Asked the Potters at the same time to their son and the Headmaster.
"Just that. But according to what they said, it will take them at least 3 months. They think that it will be ready for Valentine's." Said Harry before he tried to stand once more. This time he did it and left the Office.
"What's going on here, Albus?" Asked James and Lily at the same time.
"Nothing to worry about yet." Assured Dumbledore to both teachers. He was going to follow Harry's wish not telling them about it yet. They had a lot of time before their arrival and he was sure that till then, no one should know it if the teen didn't tell it.
Neither James or his wife seemed convinced with this, but decided to drop the matter. They knew that Harry and Albus were very stubborn and weren't going to tall them the problem till they thought that both adults should know it.
****
When Harry left the Office, his thoughts returned to a question that had been in his head for a while: did he want to go back to his Universe? The revelation of his dream changed everything. If he returned while everyone thought that he was dead, he would change his tittle of being The-Boy-Who- Lived to the The-Boy-Who-Lived-Destroyed-The-Dark-Lord-Died-And-Returned- From-The-Death.
Harry shrugged just thinking about it. If he didn't have much peace being just the Boy-Who-Lived, with this title, his life would become a new hell and he wasn't sure that he wanted to live it.
He had suffered a lot the last 4 years of School being watched as something weird. Being in the shadows of many things, didn't help a lot. He was sure that Hermione, the Weasleys and a few other one like Minerva and Dumbledore would be with him always, but...
Did he really want to leave his family in this Universe to go back to one that held a lot of secrets always thinking that it was for his own good? Did he want to leave the peace of being just another guy like in this Universe to be a God like everyone thought of him in his Universe?
Harry wasn't sure of this. The only thing that he missed from his home was the friendship of Ron and Hermione. It was the only thing that he couldn't replace if he stayed at this Universe.
No one could take their places at his heart. The adventures, fights, the long nights of talking at the Common Room, the moments when they were alone. Just them and no one else disturbing their friendship. Those were memories that he couldn't replace for nothing or anyone.
"A Galleon for your thoughts." Said someone near him, stopping Harry's train of thinking.
"Hi Professor." Said the teen turning to see his Godmother. Harry had walked to the Hall and sat in the Gryffindor's Table. No one was there at that moment. Especcially due to the fact that it was only 6.00 a.m.
"What's wrong this time? And don't tell me that nothing, because it's obvious that something is going on." Said Minerva sitting next to him.
"I'm considering what to do: staying here or returning to my Universe." Said Harry closing his eyes.
"Little problem you have." Said Minerva watching him intently.
"I don't know what to do." Said the teen before he explained her the whole situation, not talking about the vision of that night, his thoughts and doubts about everything.
"Nice election you have to do: friends or family." Said McGonagall listening his words.
"How do you choose between a place that's your home and where you are a god for everyone and a place that you don't belong to, but you feel more free than any other place?" Asked Harry to no one.
"I'm afraid I don't have an answer to it." Said Minerva with a soft tone of voice.
"Neither do I. That's the problem, I don't have an answer to the biggest question of all." Said Harry fighting the tears that threatened to appear in his eyes.
"Whatever you decide to do, you know that Lily and James will support you." Said Minerva seriously.
"I know. But it doesn't make the problem easier for me." Said Harry without looking to his Head of House.
"What problem?" Asked Lily listening his words and going to the duo.
"The question that has been rounding my head since I came here: if I stay or if I go back to my Universe." Said the teen standing from his seat and going back to his Tower to get his things for the classes.
"Something is bothering him today." Said Lily with a sigh of defeat about the whole matter.
"He doesn't know what to do, Lily. He knows that whatever he chooses, someone will get hurt with his decision. Now he wonders who will be the one hurt: us because he decides to return to his Universe or his friends because he decides to live here forever. He has doubts about it." Said the Head of Gryffindor with a sad tone of voice.
"He's in a hard situation now." Said Lily realizing and understanding her son's problem.
"He'll have to make his decision alone. The only thing that we can do is support it. But I'm sure that he'll be the one that will get more hurt than anyone with the decision." Said Minerva while the first students began to appear at the Great Hall for the breakfast.
****
Harry went to classes that day with his mind lost in thoughts. After lunch, he decided that he couldn't stand them anymore that day and went to the Pitch with his broom. Flying was his only way to free his mind at least for a while.
After almost 2 hours of flying, he landed and laid down at the grass. His head was in a whirlwind of feeling, thoughts and memories about the 2 Universes. The question of what was he going to do rounded always.
"I thought that you would be here." Said James going to where his son was laying.
"Shouldn't you be at a class teaching?" Asked Harry not turning to face him.
"Shouldn't you be at a class learning?" Asked the adult with a mocking tone.
"I'm not in mood for jokes now." Said Harry simply.
"Lily told me about your decision." Began James not being sure how he had to talk about it.
"I haven't taken one yet." Said the teen closing his eyes.
"You are afraid of the decision and the consecuences, right?" Said James, half asking, half making a statement.
"I'm scared of the consecuences for me and the others. I know that doesn't matter what I choose, someone will be hurt with it. The worse is that the most hurt with it, will be me." Said Harry while a tear began to roll his cheeks.
"I wish I could give you some advice here, Harry..." Began James but Harry cut him.
"...I'm the only one who can take it and live with my decision, I know it." Said the teen before he kicked off again the grass with his broom and went up to fly another while.
James sat down and watched his son carefully. Like Harry had said, he was the only one who could take the decision about his future and where he would live the rest of his life. He and Lily had spent 14 years without their son and losing him again would be a hard hit. But James knew that no one would suffer more than the own teen.
"Hi, Professor Potter." Said Alicia when she went to the Pitch with her broom 2 hours later.
"Good afternoon, Miss Spinnet. I see that Harry is not the only one who had in mind flying for a while." Said James pointing to her broom.
"He could have told me that he had planned to come here! I could have called a training!" Exclaimed the Head Girl while Harry landed next to them.
"Hey, Alicia." Said the Seeker when he went to them.
"Couldn't you have told me that you were planning to fly? I could have called a training of the team. We play against Slytherin a week after Halloween if you have forgotten, Harry." Said Alicia with a serious tone.
"Hey, I came to free my mind. The last thing I was looking for was a training!" Said Harry defending himself.
"Ok, but we'll have one thanks to your idea. Go and look for the others and tell them to come here as soon as possible." Ordered the Chaser to the Seeker in a serious tone of voice.
"I'll see you in a while." Said Harry to James before he began to run towards the Castle to find his teammates.
"What's wrong with him today?" Asked Alicia to James when Harry was far from them.
"He has to take a decision and doesn't know what to do." Answered James before he returned to the Castle.
****
The question of what to do was in Harry's mind always, but he never got an answer. His mood was bad and to everyone, it seemed as if he was in a depressed state. Everyone tried to raise his spirit but they couldn't so they decided to give him time to defeat it.
A few days before Halloween, Harry decided that it was time for another attack of Hawk, the New Marauder. This one was going to be BIG. For doing it, he neede the help of some people and the first one was his Godfather. Actually his Animagus form.
"Sirius, I need your help for a little prank." Said Harry after the end of a class 3 days before Halloween.
"How little is that prank and what are you planning this time, my dear Hawk?" Asked Sirius with an evil grin at the idea of a prank.
"Let's say this. When my prank finishes, the School will need a new teacher because the old one will be at St. Mungo forever." Said the teen with a mischievious smile.
"Prongsie, come here and bring Moony with you!" Said Sirius to the DADA'S teacher through the fireplace.
"I'll take it like you will help me." Said Harry before the old Marauders entered in the dungeons.
"What is it this time, Padfoot?" Asked the werewolf curious about the reason of the call.
"Hawk will attack again!" Said Harry with a very big and evil grin.
"What are you planning?" Asked James and Remus at the same time wanting to hear his idea.
"A question: Does Trelawney know that Sirius is Animagus?" Asked Harry with a smile.
"No." Said Sirius shaking his head while Remus and James did the same.
"Well, then the Grim will pay her a visit during a class when her Classroom will look slighlty different." Said Harry before he explained his idea to the 3 pranksters, who agreed to help him in the prank as much as they could.
"If you excuse me, now I must recruit some more help and it comes from the student body." Said Harry before he went to Gryffindor's Common Room to look for the group of players.
"Hey, Harry." Said Fred when he entered.
"Would you like to eat something?" Asked George giving him a toast.
"You are fools if you think that I will eat something offered by you! I learnt my lesson of you giving food a long time ago!" Said Harry giving the toast back to the twins.
"Oh!" Said Fred dissapointed.
"Try it with Neville! Maybe it will work with him." Suggested the Prefect to the Weasleys.
"Hey, Neville." Exclaimed George going to where the boy was sitting and starting to speak with him.
"I need your help for a little prank." Said Harry sitting next to the Chasers, Lee and Fred.
"What are you planning this time?" Asked the group at the same time interested in his words.
"Who takes Divination in your year?" Asked Harry with an evil grin.
"All of us! It's the easiest subject and you pass it without many problems." Exclaimed Katie with a bored look.
"Does any of you believe in her? I mean is there any student in your class that has her as a Guru?" Asked the Prefect with an interested look and tone of voice.
"No from Gryffindor!" Said Alicia.
"Neither from Ravenclaw. We have the class with them." Explained Katie.
"Ladies and gentlemen, for Halloween there will be a new Divination's teacher if you agree with this." Said Harry before he repeated the idea to them. The students from seventh year looked really intereseted with this and promised Harry that they would convince the Ravenclaws to help with it.
****
On Halloween's morning, Harry went to breakfast as usual. He had set the prank the previous day, making a visit to Trelawney's classroom and changing the things there. The prank would be done in the first hour of class. That would be the time for the seventh years of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw to be taught by Sybill.
"How will you do to be there?" Asked Fred to Harry.
"My first class of the day is History. So, if I'm there or not, will not be noticed. Second, I'm the owner of a Invisibility Cloak. No one will see me there." Answered Harry while he joined his Godfather, Remus and James in their way to the North Tower.
"Are you ready?" Asked Remus to Harry while both of them covered themselves with the teen's cloak and the other Marauders did the same with James'.
"Yes. Do you have the cammera?" Asked Harry while the group began to climb the stairs to the classroom.
"Here." Said the werewolf while the 4 pranksters entered.
Remus and the Marauders had to do great efforts to not burst out in laughter. The crystal balls looked like skulls. In the walls there were many omens' drawings and the candles were black. The usual perfume was replaced with a nasty smell.
All of the students had been said that they had to act as if there wasn't anything strange and as if the classroom looked as usual. They had casted a spell in themselves so the smell would not affect them.
"This will be good." Whispered Remus to Harry while Sybill entered in the Classroom.
When Trelawney saw the classroom she looked horrified. She looked to her students and saw that they were acting normally. Well as normal as they could without bursting in laughter, thing that wasn't easy. She took a few deep breaths before she started to teach:
"Today we'll continue with the crystall... what is that smell?" Asked Sybill noticing the smell.
"It's the usual perfume that you put in the room, Professor. We don't notice nothing wrong or out of place." Said Katie while the others nodded to her words.
"As I was saying, we'll continue with the crystall Balls today. I want you to see... Waht happened to my balls?!" Asked the teacher seeing them for first time and seeing the new look.
"What do you mean, Professor? They look as always." Assured Alicia.
"As I said, I want you to watch and desypher the deep things that you can see in the Balls. Call me if you need help." Said Trelawney, calming herself before she lost her mind.
"Now it's Padfoot's time to enter in the show." Said Harry while he wistled softly 3 times to tell Sirius that it was time for his appearence.
"What was that noise?" Asked the Professor listening Harry's wistles.
"My time to appear in front of you, Sybill Trelawney." Said James in a msity voice before Sirius appeared in his Animagus' form.
"T-T-The G-G-Grim." Stuttered Trelawney with her eyes wide as 2 plates.
"I only hope that she doesn't suffer a heart attack today." Whispered Harry to Remus while Sirius continued walking towards the teacher and the students did as if nothing was wrong.
"But I'm not alone." Said James while Harry made appear what looked like a ghost that represented the death.
"WWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" Screamed Trelawney running away from the classroom, leaving the students rolling in the floor because of the laughter.
"Fellow students, I hope that you liked my work here!" Said Harry while Remus took pictures of the room.
"Bravo!!" Shouted Fred while the whole class clapped and wistled in cheers for his work.
"Time to return the room to the usual look!" Said the Prefect while he began to shoot the counter curses to everything and the place recovered the usual look.
"Harry, it will be better if you go to class. James and Sirius you should do the same." Suggested Remus.
"See you later!" Said Harry while the 3 of them left the classroom and went to their respective classes and classrooms.
****
"Who's responsible of Sybill's quit?" Asked Albus to the 3 old Marauders and Harry after lunch when the 5 of them, plus Minerva and Lily, were in the Headmaster's Office.
"We don't know what you are talking about, Albus." Said James putting his most serious voice and look.
"Who played the prank on Sybill? She came here screaming something about the Grim and changes in her classroom! She acted like a mad and insane woman." Said Minerva with a serious tone of voice and a stern look to the 4.
"I thought that she was insane before today." Said Harry to his father and his friends after listening his Godmother's words.
"So did I." Said the 3 Marauders at the same time.
"Who did it?" Asked McGonagall with a shout ignoring their comments.
"I didn't." Said the 4 at the same time.
"Gentlemen, there is only a Grim at this School. So if he was there, at least some of you were with him at it." Said Lily with a serious tone of voice, though the 4 pranksters noticed some anger on it too.
"We didn't do it." Said the 4 of them at the same time once more.
"Why do I think that it's a lie?" Asked Minerva with a sarcastic tone of voice.
"It's the truth. We didn't do it!" Defended Harry to himself and the others.
This went on for another hour. Minerva and Lily accusing them and shouting too. Albus watching the scene with a mix of amusement and seriousness. Harry and the others defending themselves from their accusations.
"We will reach anywhere if we continue like this. The harm is done and we'll need a replacement for Sybill. I would thank you if you don't play anymore this kind of pranks. Although Professor Trelawney will be missed, we can't afford losing more teachers." Said Dumbledore to the student and adults in a serious tone of voice.
"We'll try." Said Sirius but Harry elbowed him.
"Of course, Headmaster, we'll do as you say." Said the teen before he left the Office.
"He was the one who had the idea, right?" Asked Albus to the Marauders when Harry had left the Office.
"Who else would have that kind of ideas, Albus?" Said James with sarcasm in his voice.
"You followed him on a prank like this. Are you mad??" Asked shouting Lily to her husband and the other Marauders.
"Yes, we are." Said Sirius with a smile while James and Remus nodded.
"At least it looks like he defeated his depression." Said Albus with a soft smile.
"The question is how long will he stay like this. He seems to fall in depression every month and everytime it's worse than the previous one." Said Minerva with a worried tone of voice.
"This situation will continue till he takes the decision and we know if he stays here or returns to his home." Said Lily with the same tone of voice that the Head of Gryffindor.
"For him, it's his home or just his Universe? I wouldn't be surprised if he feels this place more like his home than his own Universe." Said Sirius with a serious tone of voice.
"The only thing that we can do is wait and see what he decides." Said Albus ending the meeting between the adults.
****
When Harry arrived to the Hall for lunch, everyone turned to see him and began to whisper. Harry suspected that by now all of the students knew about Trelawney's quit and his work on it. He ignored them and went to his House's Table and sat next to his friends.
"What happened with Dumbledore?" Asked Fred when he sat.
"Someone said that you lost the Badge for the prank!" Added Dean joining the chat.
"Lies, nothing happened. I just got a few shouts from McGonagall and my Aunt, a lecture from Dumbledore and also a request to stop with this kind of pranks. The School can't afford losing more teachers." Answered Harry with a smile.
"Cool!" Said George with relief.
"Who has a quill to give me? I'm bored and I'm planning a new and special teddy." Said Harry to the Table.
"Here you have." Said Katie giving it to him while the whole table turned their attention to him and his work.
"Choose an animal." Asked the Prefect to the Chaser.
"A fox." Said Katie after talking with her teammates.
"Here we go." Said Harry before he started his work.
First of all, he transformed the quill in a fox. Then in a cauldron, a black robe and hat, a pumpkin with a face draw on it and a broom. The next transformation was in a little red flame. To end his work, he changed the flame to a golden goblet. Doing this, Harry added his personal touch to the teddy: the Goblet of Fire.
"Now, let's finish it!" Said the teen before he flicked his wand once more and finished it.
In the table, now there was a black fox mounting a broom. She was wearing a black robe and a a blck hat too. It had a pumpkin with a halloween's face draw in it in her left hand and in the right she had a golden Goblet with some flame on it. At the tail of the broom, there was a cauldron full of a red liquid that looked like the flame of the goblet.
"Usual price!" Said Harry to the Table before he collected his things and went to DADA, his next class and putting the teddy on his bag.
The other students of Gryffindor followed his example and went to classes chatting about his new creation and many wanted a copy of it. Katie Bell, the one who donated the quill, got one free for giving it.
Albus and Lily, along the adults, followed the work and got a little worried when they realized the meaning of the Goblet. It seemed that Harry was starting to superate the trauma of the Tri Wizard Tournament and Cedric's Death and it was his way to show it. Now they hoped that it was definitive and the guilt's feeling about it didn't return again.
****
During the days after Halloween there were only a matter that cared to the students besides the classes: the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin that would take place that Saturday.
Alicia made the team train every night after dinner and sometimes even before the breakfast. She reminded Harry of Oliver during the years that they had shared a team on the Seeker's Universe.
"Does she give any kind of prep game talk like Wood used to do always?" Asked Harry to Fred when the team was in the lockers changing their school robes into the the team ones.
"Yeah, but it's the usual one that Oliver said." Answered the Beater.
"The one that says 'men and women, this is the day', and etc, etc, etc?" Asked Harry with a knowingly look towards the Captain.
"The same one." Said Fred before Alicia called silence to begin her speech.
"Men and women, this is the day..." Started the Chaser but Fred continued.
"The most important day." Said the twion before his brother continued.
"The one that we have been expecting." Said George.
"We have to win the match without caring the consecuences." Added Harry while Alicia shot angry looks to the 3 players.
"Thanks for giving the talk in my place, guys." Said Alicia to her teammates with sarcasm in her voice.
"You are welcome." Said the 3 at the same time with a bow towards the Chaser.
"Let's win!" Shouted Alicia before she leaded the Titulars to the Pitch and the Reserves went to the stands.
When the Gryffindor Team entered in the Pitch, ¾ of the stadium, all the stands minus Slytherin's, began to cheer while the 7 players went to the center of the Pitch following their Captain.
"And here comes Gryffindor!" Announced Lee who was as usual at the comentator's cabin. "Their Keeper Mary Potter! The Chasers Alicia Spinnet, who is also their Captain, Katie Bell and Angelina Johnson! Their Beaters the twins Fred and George Weasley! And their newest player, the Seeker Harry Potter!"
"You can't imagine how much I missed this!" Whispered Harry to his sister while the stands booed to the Slytherins and Lee announced their entrance among the boos that were heard in the whole stadium.
"Nervous?" Asked Mary to her brother with a smile.
"Excited is a better word!" Answered the Seeker while Madame Hooch said the words that she usually said to the teams about a fair game and made Alicia and Malfoy to shake hands.
"On my count, mount your brooms!" Shouted Hooch before she adde: "3... 2... 1... 0!"
When her whistle blowed, 14 players hit the grass and went up in the sky ready to play the game.
Instantly Harry took position 20 meters above the level of the game. Today the weather was fine and there wasn't any coud in the sky. He began to fly around listening always to Lee's words while he looked for the Snitch.
"And Spinnet passes the Quaffle to Bell to goes to the dirty snakes' hoops..." Comented Lee but he was stopped by McGonagall's shout.
"JORDAN!!" Shouted the Head of Gryffindor trying to take the microphone out of his hands.
"Sorry, Professor, It won't happen again!" Promised Lee fighting with her for the microphone. When he had it on his hands again ghe continued with his work: "And Bell is near the hoops... passes the Quaffle to Johnson who gives it to Spinnet again... Wait a second! Potter is diving! It seems that he has seen the Snitch!"
Harry, like Lee said, was in that moment in a high speed dive. He had seen the Snitch near where his sister was and sped his broom towards it. Malfoy seeing his movement followed him.
Everyone in the stadium, players of both teams included, had stopped everything to see the movement of both Seekers. The players praying that one of them could catch the little ball and finish the match with their team as the winner.
Harry continued with his dive, avoiding his sister for a few centimeters. Mary had moved of their way in the moment she realized that both Seekers were diving towards her direction.
Harry had to duck out of the way of a Bludger and with the tail of the broom sent it back towards someone without even losing sight of the Snitch. Malfoy who was trying to reach near his place, had to duck out the Bludger too, but the ball hit the broom and he lost the control of it. The broom turned towards the other end of the pitch and Malfoy couldn't control it, so Harry lost his competence and had free way to catch it.
Not very far from the ground, he released his right arm from the broom and caught the Snitch ending the match with his team as winner of it. He raised his arm with the ball on his hand and showed it to everyone.
"Gryffindor wins 150 to 0!" Shouted Madame Hooch blowing her whistle ending the game.
"Potter sets a new record for the School catching the Snitch after..." Said Lee checking his watch, then he exclaimed: "This has to be a joke!"
"What are you talking about, Jordan?" Asked McGonagall confused.
"If this watch is right, this game has lasted only 45 seconds!" Said Lee showing it to Minerva who saw it with a shocked expression.
"WHAT??" Asked many of the students as shocked as Lee and Minerva.
"Mr. Jordan is right. The game lasted only 43 seconds to be precise." Said Albus checking his own watch.
"Thanks for the information, Headmaster. Like Professor Dumbledore said, this game lasted only 43 seconds and is the shortest one in the History of the School!" Exclaimed Lee when he recovered himself from the shock.
The players of Gryffindor, who recovered themselves from the shock, went to hug Harry to was laughing at the expressions of everyone. Before he could say something, he was being hugged by everyone. After a few seconds the whole team landed.
"Hey, couldn't you make it last it a bit longer? I wanted to take part of the game!" Said Mary hitting playfully her borther's arm when the 7 were on the ground.
"I'll try to do it next time for you!" Laughed Harry while he received more complaind like Mary's from the other players.
"It was fast, mate! You caught it in 43 seconds!" Exclaimed Katie while many of the other Gryffindors went to congratulate the team.
"Any complain this time, Alicia?" Asked Fred to the Captain while they received more congratulations from their Housemates.
"Yeah, it could have lasted a few more minutes." Said the Captain to the Seeker with an angry look.
"Hey, My mission is to catch the Snitch! I see it and I catch it. I didn't have any idea that this time I would do it so fast. My previous fast catch was in 5 minutes!" Said Harry in his defense.
"Excuses, excuses, just that you know to say! But what the hell, we won!" Exclaimed the Chaser hugging her teammate.
"Party at the Common Room!" Shouted the twins at the same time.
"That's another thing that I missed from Quidditch!" Whispered Harry to Mary who chuckled with his words.
****
"Your previous faster catch of the Snitch was 5 minutes?" Asked Paul to his brother at the Common Room that night remembering his words at the Pitch earlier that day.
The party in that moment was almost over. The twins, as usual, went to Hogsneade and got Butterbeers and sweets for everyone. A student of Second Year gave a radio so there would music at the party. It was almost 12.30 and only the students below third year were at the party enjoing it. Harry and the titular player of the team were sat in a corner of the Common Room talking and joking while the rest of the House did the same at different parts of it.
"In my first year. We were playing against Hufflepuff that day and it was my second game at the team. If we won that match, we would be first at the House Cup. In that game we had as referre the Head of Slytherin. His House was first always and had won the Cup for 7 years in a row. So Oliver has told me that it was imperative that I caught the Snitch quickly. It hadn't passed 5 minutes before the game was over. I don't even remember if any of the teams scored. It was one of the few games when I ignored or didn't listen Lee's words." Explained Harry while he drank a Butterbeer.
"Is Lee as crazy as here?" Asked Katie curious.
"Yeah. I haven't been in a match where McGonagall didn't try to take the microphone from his hands!" Laughed Harry.
"Which was your worst game? I mean which one was the dirtiest?" Asked Alicia.
"That's easy. The final match between us and Slytherin 2 years ago. It was a war!" Said Harry before he told them about that match and the trick of Slytherin to win the game.
"Nothing's different!" Laughed George when Harry finished his story.
"Yeah, today you finished the match before it got dirty!" Exclaimed Lee joining the match and listening part of Harry's story.
"Hey, what's wrong with my catch? We won the game, didn't we? It's what matters!" Exclaimed Harry a little tired of everyone complaining about how long the match had lasted.
"He's like Wood!" Said Lee to the others.
"My former Captain was like him according to what everyone told me about him." Lied Harry. Lee nodded and left the group not wanting to raise his anger.
"It looks like we found a replacement to your brother Charlie, guys!" Said Katie suddenly to the twins.
"Did you see him play?" Asked Fred to Harry interested.
"I played against him once at your house last year, but it was more a training than anything else." Said Harry remembering the day at the Burrow when he and the Weasleys played a little match at the back yard of the House. Then Harry laughed at a memory.
"What´s the fun?" Asked Katie curious about his laugh.
"When McGonagall took me to see Oliver after my first class of flight, she compaired me with Charlie when introduced us to each other." Said the Seeker before he retold them the chat between the Professor, the Keeper and himself in his first year.
"If McGonagall says something like that, then you worth it! She doesn't praises someone like that for nothing!" Said Katie when he finished his tale.
"I know it! When I played, I cared the opinion of few people. They were Oliver, who taught me to play and love this game as much as I do, my friends and she. I always tried to not dissapoint any of them, because they helped me to be the player that I am." Said Harry with a smile to his friends.
"Thanks for that, Harry." Said someone behind them surprising all the Gryffindors who were at the Common Room.
"Professor McGonagall!" Exclaimed Fred turning to face his Head of House.
"Although I'm as happy as you for the victory on today's game, if all of you aren't in your dorms in 10 minutes, Gryffindor will lose the points gained in the match." Threatened Minerva to the students.
Not wishing to raise her anger and much less, lose points, the members of the House, began to collect their things and bid their goodbyes before all of them went to the bed.
"Great game. Although as many of the students, I would have wished that it lasted a little longer." Said Minerva to her Godson.
"Why does everyone complain about my catching??" Asked Harry exasperated going to his dorm leaving Minerva chuckling at his reaction.
When Harry entered in his dorm, the other boys were already sleeping. Silently, he changed his Quidditch robes into the pj and went to the bed. Less than 5 minutes later he was soundly slept.