The Legacy of the Founders :: By: JoC a.k.a JkReviewer
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Chapter VI – Secrets, troubles, Gemini and the hunter
Weeks had passed since the episode in the common room, and just as Harry had predicted Cho really got a barrage full of snide comments and hints. The Ravenclaw's themselves were partly outraged by the fact that "it" could even happen, and in their common room. Most of the older students, however seemed to find it kind of romantic, seeing Cho as some sort of role model.
The Griffindors found it very funny, and most of them just laughed at it. Some (the ones that knew that Harry had liked Cho since forever) didn't join in the encouraging comments; instead they ignored it like it had never happened.
The Hufflepuff's didn't think too much of it, at least they shoved no sign of it, but Harry was pretty sure he heard two girls talking in angry voices about betraying Cedric's memory.
The Slytherins were parted between annoying Cho, and laughing at Harry for not being the one with her. Harry faked hurt in public, but smiled even wider when they were together. He had numerous times tried to convince Cho that it would be better if he stood forward, but she stubbornly refused. "No Harry…" she yelled good naturedly for the tenth time that afternoon. "You have had enough of such attention, and I for one wont put through more!"
Harry opened his mouth to respond, but Cho was faster. "No! And I wont hear another word about it…" she seized his lips, preventing him from speaking. Not like he wanted to anymore anyway. The past weeks had been the best of his life, and he hoped the feeling would never go away.
That week saw the first coming of quidditch too – Gemini versus Orion. Besides a little something else quidditch was everything to Harry. And to Cho for that matter, so therefore it was a natural discussion topic between them. Cho, being the lifelong quidditch fan she was, knew just about everything about real-life quidditch as Harry called it. She could name every player in the league and what position they played. To Harry she sometimes resembled some sort of encyclopaedia on the matter, but he of course didn't tell her that. Instead they were discussing the upcoming game, in which Harry and the rest of team Gemini would open the season.
Roger Davies, Cho's old teammate from Ravenclaw had been made team captain because of his skills as a tactician. Harry, who knew nothing of Quaffle tactics and the likes, didn't object one bit. He was too stressed out with everything else anyway, and every moment not spent with homework or his friends, were spent with Cho. How Roger managed coaching and 7th year N.E.W.T's was beyond Harry, but he sometimes suspected him of being Wood's secret brother.
The entire team had gone through a tough psychical training program, and Davies even gave out homework on how to tackle various situations. Some of the questions were easy, but most were ridiculously difficult.
"Look as this one…" Harry yelled in frustration. "List five possible counters to the inverted 'Dubowski tackle'!" He sighed loudly, making Cho chuckle slightly at his hopeless look. He frowned, but she just gave him a smile. "Come on Harry, just visualise the situation on the pitch!" she said sounding an awful lot like a teacher. Cho, who knew all the answers from her days on the team, helped Harry out whenever she felt like it.
"It's just – this question is impossible, I don't even know what the 'Dubowski tackle' is…" he muttered, feeling very stupid. Cho started laughing. "Of course you do silly, you've made it at least once before!" She said like it was common knowledge.
Seeing Harry's confused look, made her continue the explanation. "Against Slytherin? 3rd year?" she asked, hoping he would figure it out for himself. He didn't, instead he just stared into her eyes – looking very distant. Cho blushed as Harry snapped out of the trance. "Well, I'm certainly glad you find me more attracting than quidditch Mr. Potter!" she said giving him a smirk.
"Anyway, the 'Dubowski tackle' is what it's called when the Seeker pretends to go after the snitch, but is indeed only disrupting the defence and offence of the other team!" she said, sounding like quoting a book. Harry was only half listening, he was back to just staring at Cho sighing loudly. Cho giggled and kissed him quickly on the lips.
"You'll never get this right will you?" she sighed, shaking her head, not sounding like it was a question at all. She laughed warmly. "You are hopeless…" she claimed, before Harry grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her into a deep kiss. No objections were heard.
"…so anyway, I have to get ready for the game tomorrow – will you come and watch?" a voice from around the corner said. His sudden approach made them break apart, and they quickly straitened up their clothes. Harry wiped his lips free of Cho's lipstick while she laid out some random homework.
"So that's how you do it?" Harry said as loud as he could without yelling. Cho started nodded furiously. Roger Davies and another girl Harry remembered seeing at the Ravenclaw table rounded the corner. They both looked at Harry and Cho with a hint of amusement. "Not discussing our tactics with the enemy are we Harry?" his captain said as the girl tried hard to suppress a giggle. He looked dead serious for a second, before breaking into a smile.
"We will leave you to your studying" he said and left with the girl, a big smile on both their faces. Harry and Cho looked at each other embarrassed. If they were that obvious the whole school would know any minute now.
"So anyway, what's your tactic for tomorrow Harry?" she said like nothing out of the ordinary had happened. She was still blushing scarlet though, and it took a minute or two before Harry regained the ability to speak. "Well…" he said scratching his head. "I'm gonna play like I always do, although Davies has instructed me not to go for the Snitch before he gives the 'Okay' sign!"
Cho sighed loudly and threw her hands up. "Honestly Harry, haven't you been watching the note boards? Each player is awarded individual points for each feign, goal, loop and trick he makes." She shook her head again, crossing her arms over her chest. "But can't I just..." he began, but she already had the counter question ready. And it went on and on.
The discussion about Harry's tactics continued for at least an hour, Cho giving Harry all sorts of advice. It was now time for dinner, and they had walked together to the great hall, along a secret passage Harry had memorized from the marauders map. "Now remember, play fair and feign all you can! Tomorrow's games is going to be easy-peasy so you might as well get some points together before we face of!" she ended superiorly. She forcefully grabbed his shirt at drew him close, kissing him deeply, before exiting the passage with a stupid smile. Harry gave her a thirty seconds lead so it didn't seem like they had followed each other there, before he as well tapped the wall to allow exit.
Ron and Hermione, who wasn't really speaking lately, had saved him a seat. He had told them he was at a tactic meeting with the team, and they had believed him when he said it. He was still dreading the rumours that were bound to spread sooner or later, because he knew how they could affect people. Although, he reminded himself – even when everyone else thought I had cheated two years ago, she didn't. That brought a dreamy smile to his lips, and Ron failed miserably at suppressing a laugh. "Honestly mate, you've got to tell us what's happening!" he said, still smiling at Harry.
"Happening?" Harry said, trying to sound innocent. And even though he wasn't the best of liars, he was still going to draw away the hour of truth as long as he could. Suddenly a swift hand hit the back of his head, and his head landed in the tomato soup they were eating. He turned to his left to see a red fuming Hermione.
"Harry James Potter, you will not lie to your best friends anymore!" she commanded. Everyone at the Griffindor table and a few from other tables turned their attention towards the upcoming fight. Harry felt it coming and for once he calmed down, saving himself from an embarrassing yelling competition. He smiled inwardly; maybe he was getting more mature about such things. Or maybe you just know you are going to lose… a voice in the back of his head said.
"All right I won't!" he hissed. "We will talk about after dinner, ok?"
They both nodded and turned on shiny smiles that made Harry doubt whether or not they had planned all this. Either way, he didn't want to risk Hermione yelling his ears of, so he would have to tell them.
"Cho…" Harry asked nervously. In reality he shouldn't be nervous like he had been in the past when he had tried talking to her, but the matter at hand seemed to get to him anyway. Her usual friends, whom Harry had not yet be introduced to, giggled in their trademark way. Today, as always, it annoyed him to no end. "Can I talk to you for a second?"
"Uhh… Wait for me girls this will only be a minute!" Cho said waving for them to proceed further down the hall. She smiled seducing at Harry as soon as they were out of reach, and they pulled each other into a forbidden kiss! "I missed you…" she whispered, completely out of breath. They both smiled while straitening out their robes – it had sort of become custom whenever they were together to do this. Even when they knew that they were totally alone.
"So, what's on your mind?" she began, politely as if they had just run into each other by accident. Harry made sure his voice was barely above a whisper before continuing. "I can't lie to Ron and Hermione anymore. The feel like I'm abandoning them, but they say it's ok – if I have a reason!" he said, looking around for any eavesdroppers.
She didn't answer immediately, but seemed to go over a lot of thoughts in her mind, biting her lip in concentration. "Well, it's earlier than I had hoped to… you know … announce it, but I guess we can tell our friends!" she said, grabbing a hold of his hand.
For a girl at Cho's size she was surprisingly strong, dragging Harry along with her – giving him no chance to stop. He noticed she was heading right for two of her friends, hand in hand with him. He tried catching her eye to signal how confused he was, but to no avail. "Cho what…" he started but she had already tapped one of the girls on the shoulder making her turn around.
"Harry… This is Maria" Cho said pointing to a girl with long dark brown hair and blue eyes. She gave him a puzzled look but nodded anyway. "…and this is Elisabeth!" she said motioning towards the other girl, who was Maria's completely opposite look-wise. She had very fair hair and brown eyes, and she was at least 4 inches taller than either of her friends. "Eh… Hallo" she said rather shyly. Cho didn't seem to notice.
"Maria, Eli, this is Harry" she continued. The but looked extremely ouzzled but hen she dropped the bomb. "My boyfriend!"
Harry's eyes went skywards in shock that she would tell them now, on the other hand why postpone it. The girls seemed to analyse what they had hear for only a second before Eli's joyful scream broke the nerve wrecking silence. "Ahhhhhhh…. I knew, I knew it!" she yelled, starting to dance a crazy dance around Cho and Harry. Cho just shook her head laughing softly, she was obviously used to this kind of behaviour. "I told you so didn't I – yes I did, yes I did!" she said making faces at Maria who too had the big smile on.
Suddenly they both turned towards Cho and jumped at her giving her lungs squashing hugs. "Congratulations Cho!" they said in unison, completely forgetting about Harry. They kept standing like this for what seemed like forever, before breaking apart.
"You have to tell us everything!" Eli stated, emphasizing the word everything. Cho nodded happily, not looking nearly as surprised as Harry felt. Had she not told him only two weeks ago, that her friends didn't approve of him? Cho noted his expression and leaned in close. "I have been using my expert people skills, these past weeks to convert them to think you're a good guy." She whispered. Harry simply nodded, still kind of confused by the whole girl ecstasy situation.
"Well, I'll be of again then!" Harry said, not sure if they heard him at all. Eli and Maria turned towards him, giggling harder than ever. It was still a mystery to Harry how two seventeen year olds could giggle that loudly. Eli winked at him and Maria made a kissing face – no doubt: They would empty Cho of information before long. "Evil girl interrogation gift" he muttered to himself as he turned around to leave. But a hand caught his arm, spun him around and before he could say a word his lips were locked against Cho's once again. At first he was embarrassed, but then again – they already knew, why not give them the full show.
He grabbed Cho by the waist and pulled her in close, letting both hands go up, entangling in her beautiful hair. His tongue for once took the initiative, and soon they were almost eating each other alive. He took in her sweet scent of wild flowers, the smell intoxicating him further. She let out a soft moan, telling him how she enjoyed it. Most people might have been revolted or embarrassed by watching this, but not Maria and Eli. Instead they cheered and clapped like it was the quidditch final. Cho smiled at him like a star when they parted, silent tears running down her cheek. She had never seemed happier in all the time Harry had "known her"!
Afterwards as Harry walked back to the Griffindor tower, he could not figure out what had possessed him in that moment. In a way it had seemed so right, but as soon as he had said his goodbyes to Cho and her friends he had blushed tomato red with embarrassment. Glad it wasn't in front of Ron and Hermione was his last assuring thought before entering the common room. They were ready for him like a bunch of hardcore criminal investigators. As soon as he sat down, Hermione opened up a fresh block of notes and Ron gave him his most serious stare. Harry almost felt magically glued to the chair when their intensely fixed eyes wouldn't leave his.
"Well…" he began slowly. "I have been seeing this girl…" what all he needed to say to break the whole 'this-is-very-serious' situation. "Is it anyone we know?" Ron started, not waiting for an answer he started making dance moves, (not unlike Eli Harry noted) although he was still sitting down, but Hermione was shaking her head. Ron noticed this too, and he stopped his strange variation of some sort of jive, his face fixed half way between joy and confusion.
"What?" Harry said, noticing how a sad face had crept to Hermiones face. She kept shaking her head, most likely without knowing it. "It's just – I always thought you would make it up with Cho…" her voice trailed of.
Harry sighed. "And I thought you knew everything Hermione!" he said teasingly, winking at her. She didn't seem to catch his drift and neither did Ron. He looked bewildered from Harry to Hermione, until Harry once again broke the silence.
"Cho is the girl!" he whispered not wanting any eavesdroppers here either. "But if you tell anyone else, I'll curse you into oblivion even if you are my friends!"
His friends reactions was actually quite amusing, even under the circumstances. At first Ron's face said: "You're kidding me!", then it went dark and gloomy before ending up in a genuine happy face. "I knew it…" he said firmly. Hermione was still shaking her head, but she was now smiling – letting a big cloud of Harry's mind. She slapped Ron playfully (a littler harder than she meant to, Harry concluded by the look on Ron's face afterwards) "No you didn't, you kept saying he was raising dragons with Hagrid!"
They all laughed at this comment even Ron, and they next many hours were used to tell the entire story. About the summer letters, about the train rendezvous, about the meetings every Friday, about the fall ball invitation – everything except what happened tonight. Harry would like to let his friends believe that they were the first to know, and he let out some of the juicy details as well.
When they were all the way through the most exciting first weeks of term Harry had ever had, he decided that they should now taste a little of their own medicine. "So… What about you two? What are you hiding?" he asked in casual interviewers voice.
They both went completely red. Ron who was almost famous for his extreme blushing's seemed to be getting a run for his money by Hermione tonight and Harry couldn't help but laugh. They fact that he and Cho was now sort of official, made him in a way to good mood, and after a few moments of silence he let them of the hook. "You can tell me when your ready!" he said, both sighing loudly. "But soon!" Harry added. They nodded, trying hard not to look at each other.
Something suddenly dawned on Harry and he made a quick excuse saying he needed some fresh air after all the talking. He quickly went to the boys dorm, grabbed his Firebolt running towards the window. To think that he would almost forget about this he thought, mentally slapping himself. "Accio Orb" he yelled, pointing his wand at his trunk. By accident, Harry had found out that the orb of Afterlife was quite indestructible, so he wasn't taking any chances and the Orb gentle sailed through the air and right into his hand. He jumped out the window and was soon racing around the towers of Hogwarts looking for a quiet place. He decided that the flat roof of the south tower was good enough for him, and he landed perfectly. He put the Orb down in front of him, and sat cross-legged and waited. He had checked the clock just before jumping out, it must be about time now.
He stretched out his arm, touching the Orb gently with his palm. Everything around him went black, and he was once again staring at the beautiful bright star. Soon after the smiling face of his godfather appeared.
"Hi Sirius…" Harry squeaked. He tried smiling but failed enormously. "Hi Harry" Sirius replied with a big smile. He looked ten years younger and well fed, which seemed strange to Harry but he didn't ask.
"So what's the news?" Sirius asked with a wink. He started laughing. "I wish I could be there with you right now Harry…"
Harry just nodded. "Me too Sirius!" Silent tears were rolling down his cheek; he didn't care about wiping them away. Nothing would ruin this, his and Sirius' moment. Harry felt town between the usual strange feeling he had had last time he talked to Sirius. Torn between the joy of seeing his godfather again, and the sadness that was the thought about him not being alive.
"So…" Sirius began with a smirk. "Who is she?" He laughed heartily at Harry's surprised look. "Don't worry about this little mind reader ability, it's not even real." He sighed. "I guess it's more of a fathers ability – so James must have passed it on to me!" he smiled again, this time not so widely.
"W-Well – Her name is Cho!" Harry finally muttered. Sirius simply nodded and smiled proudly. "I'll bring her next time if you'd like?" Harry said without thinking, he knew he had to keep this a secret, but even to Cho? Sirius still smiled fatherly and proud at the same time.
"Sure! I'd like to meet the future Ms. Prongs Jr.!" he said laughing his bark laugh. Harry joined in. Always leave it to Sirius to jump to conclusions.
They talked for 5 more minutes, kind of fast actually, realising that they didn't have much time to spare. Harry found himself retelling the 'Cho story' for the third time that day, but he didn't mind – it was like a good book this story. It got better every time you told it.
"Sirius?" Harry suddenly asked after a brief silence that followed to story about the first kiss. "Can you please tell me about my parents?" He eyed him, expecting either that he got all sad or went mad at him because he would ask him to waste some of their precious time together on something like this.
"Of course Harry!" he said wearing a very unreadable expression. "What do you want to know?" he waited patiently even though time was so limited. Harry seemed to thing about what to ask for ages, but ever since last year when he saw Snape's memory he knew what he wanted to know.
"How did my parents get together? I know they started dating in their seventh year, but can you please tell me how they finally – you know talk normally and stuff - and started going out?" Harry said very quickly as it was a premeditated sentence. Sirius seemed to remember a very funny or interesting incident indeed, his face lighting up dramatically.
"Well, in the start of our seventh year James had finally realised that girls like Lily didn't come around each millennium, so after some careful guidance for two very experiences match-makes!" Sirius broke into a huge grin. "That would be Remus and myself, he started acting very much like a gentleman is supposed to. He didn't hex people randomly anymore and every time he felt like showing up he refrained from it!"
Sirius shook his head, still smiling. "At first it didn't seem to work, and when she turned him down for the Halloween ball…" he cleared his throat, looking a little bid sad but it went away as quick as it got there. "Anyway, at the Halloween ball, some nasty good for nothing Slytherins who had asked Lily to the ball too, thought it would be funny to play a nasty prank on her!" Sirius' started growling slightly at the memory, obviously very controlled by his imagination.
"If it hadn't been for James, your mother would have been completely humiliated… But he took the blow for her!" Sirius suddenly started laughing maniacally. "I'm telling you – the sight of Prongs in nothing but shorts was too funny even for me to pass up! After I had hexed the blasted Slytherins of their feet of course," he added seeing Harry's frown. "After that, Lily really believed that he had dropped his whole 'cool-image' thing and they started dating for real – Hogsmeade and stuff like that."
Sirius really seemed to like these memories; Harry made a mental note to himself to ask for more if that's how he reacted to them.
"Anyway, it only took three days of dating before I walked in on them declaring their undying love for each other. Me and Remus had of course known that they had been in denial since their second year but they just wouldn't listen – too damn stubborn if you ask me!" he said ending the story. Sirius let a silent tear roll from the corner of his eye. His smile was still there but he looked very sad.
"I would give anything to have them back Harry… anything!" he whispered. They just sat there, in silence, letting time pass until Sirius got himself together.
"Anyway – have you pulled any good pranks lately?" he asked Harry casually, as if asking about his homework. Harry knew that Sirius and his father were probably the greatest pranksters to ever set foot on school grounds – although Fred and George too had made a legend for themselves.
Harry shook his head, feeling slightly guilty for some reason.
"Ahh well – I guess you're just waiting for the right moment to do it, right?" Sirius said, knowing fully well that Harry had nothing planned. But he wasn't gonna let him get away that easy. "Maybe that Fall Ball would be a good time to honour the Marauders memory, don't you think?"
He was almost laughing now making Harry look down, blushing heavily. He looked up again after a few seconds to see Sirius with a menacing sparkle in his eye, giving him an encouraging smile. Harry was caught in the moment. "I'll think of something!" he said, while a strange smile he didn't know he had appeared on his face.
They both laughed as Sirius recalled an old joke, which he and James and Remus had pulled on Professor McGonagall's robes at a party once. At the exact time when she was about to give a speech, her robes had turned into a ballerina dress that made her do all sorts of incredible jumps and spins for half an hour. Everyone had laughed so hard that a special stomach tonic had been distributed to avoid sending the entire school to Madam Pomfrey. Sirius was about to start the next funny story when Harry noticed that they had only thirty seconds left.
"Well, remember to bring your future wife next time, ok? Oh and say hallo to Moony for me will you?" Sirius joked. Harry nodded, and Sirius changed into the big black dog giving him a happy bark and a wave of his tail before the Orb went normal again. "I will Sirius…" Harry muttered, wiping his eyes clean.
Harry slept well that night picturing his mom and dad, Sirius and Remus laughing and smiling – enjoying life. He saw his Mom and Dad kissing over a butterbeer in 'The Three Broomsticks' while Sirius was about to hex the waiter with a 'jelly legs' jinx. Remus just sat back besides them shaking his head, laughing and looking very happy.
Harry sighed as the joyful dream repeated all through the night.
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Maybe it was because that everyone had told him that the upcoming game was an easy one, or maybe it was simply because he was tired. Either way, for the first time in his quidditch 'career', he overslept. "HARRY!" someone yelled from besides him, and he rolled of the bed in shock. A rose up to see a panting Ron, with frustration painted all over his face.
"You – Quidditch – five – minutes – GO!" he yelled between heavy breaths. Harry however knew all too well what he meant, and he wasn't even dressed. Harry quickly went to the bathroom, threw some water in his head to wake him up – storming back to grab the clothes Ron had found for him.
"You'll never make it…" Ron whispered repeatedly while tripping, when Harry was caught in his shirt, trying to get his head through the armhole. He finally managed to get it right and stormed down the stairs with his broom in his hand. If he knew he could risk it he would have flown.
He reached the entrance to the locker room with less than twenty seconds to spare, completely out of breath and ready to lay down a get his strength together for the next hour or two. But that wasn't gonna happen he knew. Hr rounded a corner and was about to crash through the door to the Gemini changing room when he saw Cho blocking the way. He tried stopping but lost his balance in the muddy ground, falling as long as he was right in front of her.
"Harry, I know you don't have much time, but I just wanted to tell you that my parents are here, and they want to talk to you and me after the game!" she said as fast as possible while helping Harry to his feet. A cold chill ran down Harry spine. Cho's parents here? From what she had told him, they would kill him on sight for dating their daughter. He was suddenly completely frozen, but Cho managed to 'thaw' him a little with a quick kiss. "Good luck!" she whispered pushing him through the door.
After a long speech by Davies about the importance of showing up on time, Harry and the rest of team Gemini was on the field getting huge cheers from all around. Strange how dividing the teams seemed to unite the 'fans' Harry thought! He was actually kind of nervous about this. Normal quidditch was something he knew but this was different. Madam Hooch appeared on the field as Davies shook hands with Team Orion's captain.
"Mount your brooms…" she yelled, before blowing the whistle hard starting the game. Harry took off and found a good watching position in the middle of the field. "Ok…" me muttered to himself. "Feigns and tricks gives bonus points!" He took in and blew out a huge amount of air, focusing his nerves. The Seeker for Team Orion was Zacharias Smith, one of the former DA! He seemed to watch Harry's every move, and whenever Harry moved anywhere he was right on his tail. Three times during the first five minutes he had blocked Harry for no other reason than to get him to turn around, and it was annoying Harry to no end.
"Fine, if that's the way you want it…" Harry said to himself, smiling evilly. Suddenly he turned towards the Griffindor end, flying as low to the ground as possible, Zacharias right behind him. Harry accelerated further, stretching out his arm to feign that he was about to get the Snitch. His enemy was right behind him now and they were only 30 feet from the edge of the stadium, before Harry suddenly did an incredible half loop upwards, corkscrewing around to face normal, speeding as fast as he could. He hasn't seen the snitch but that wasn't going to prevent him from having a bit of fun with his opponent.
It took Zacharias nearly half a minute before he could return to his normal waiting-behind-Harry position, and by the time he got there Harry was ready for him. He turned the nose of his broom directly downwards, accelerating to over a hundred miles per hour. Harry looked back to see if Zacharias was stupid enough to follow that dive on his old Comet Two-Sixty, and lucky for the success of Harry's bluff he was. The green of the grass came closer every second, and Harry heard the spectators holding their breath, as he made a ninety degrees turn, flying upside down so low to the grass that some of it touched his hair. He pulled up and flew as fast as he could towards the Orion defence, shattering it when they all flew for cover.
The next ten minutes saw Harry feigning, making insane dives, multiple repeated corkscrews and a Zacharias Smith so tired from Harry's numerous tricks, that he didn't even answer them anymore. The score was 90 – 10 in Team Gemini's favour. Davies had controlled the offence and defence like a true expert and the victory was never I danger. Harry locked eyes with Davies, and he nodded briefly giving Harry the 'okay' signal.
He made his way to the edge of the field, determined to try out his new 'Tornado Search' technique, when he saw it. The Snitch was hovering a little over 5 feet from Team Orion's nearest goalpost. Immediately Harry started diving towards it, rapidly gaining speed as he closed in on the Snitch. He somehow felt in earlier training games this year that the Snitch had been upgraded, and now possessed some kind of intelligence of it's own. Whenever it 'saw' the seeker it would act like hexed flying in impossible directions, challenging the broom and the skills of the Seeker, pushing them towards their breaking point.
Zacharias obviously thought it to be another feign because he did nothing to follow him. Harry was just about to close his hand around the Snitch when it 'saw' him and jumped out of the way. It accelerated away from Harry, making him beg his Firebolt for speed. The Snitch dived close to the ground forcing him to follow lead. They were going close to two hundred now, and neither of them seemed to want to slow down. He knew that even the Snitch with its amazing ability to turn and twist, couldn't change direction at this speed. They were flying at exactly equal velocity, speeding so fast across the ground, that the wind blurred Harry's eyes completely.
They were nearing the barrier that surrounded the stadium and he knew it was know or never. In a moment of insanity he took both his hands of the broom and made a thrusting motion his legs, making him fly forward of the broom.
He closed his hands around the golden ball, knowing only a few seconds of happiness before crashing to the ground like never before. He must have rolled at least fifty feet before stopping, but miraculously he was unharmed. He stood up, swaying dramatically, clutching the Snitch in his outstretched hand. The stadium exploded with cheers and applauses, he had won the game once again.
His teammates surrounded him big grins on their faces and even Draco Malfoy looked pleased. Not with Harry of course whom he gave a disgusted look, but even he couldn't deny the happiness of winning. Roger Davies gave him a proud look, and Mariah Bell (whom Harry had learned was Katie Bell's kid sister) gave him a small kiss and the cheek before hugging him. Dean Thomas, whom Harry felt he had neglected a bit over the last weeks, seemed more happy than anyone else put together. "My first quidditch victory…" me muttered to himself, shaking his head in denial.
The happy winners feeling stayed in Harry's mind for only twenty minutes. When he exited the locker rooms, still under praising comments from his teammates, he found Cho waiting for him. She smiled at him, before hugging him tightly, forcing whatever air he had regained after the crash to exit his lungs. "Brilliant game Harry!" she said after pulling away. "SO you were listening after all…" she giggled, but stopped quickly as she saw something behind him. He spun around slowly, the cold feeling on his spine returning.
"Harry…" Cho said without nothing that a polite smile on her lips. "These are my parents…"
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Ok, I have officially decided that I love you guys! Look at all those reviews. *Swims around in reviews while humming a happy tune* Anyway, to show my happiness (and because I for once had the time :) I wrote not 3000 words like I normally do, not 4000 – not even 5000 but 6000 words, just for you!
Don't expect this to be common practice but I thought you earned it, hehe!
I know that the story really isn't going anywhere, but I'm laying foundation for lots of good (I hope) so please bear with me for now!
I almost decided dropping all the fuzzy parts (ya know kissing and stuff) because of a comment by TheLaguna "Just seems weird since you're a guy writing it" – it really made me wonder if writing this is good for my sanity and other things… *Shudders*
Hehe Just kidding! I actually have to read around 5 pure romance fics each time to come up with how I want to write it!
Anyway
Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: If stealing of words is a crime, then put in chains and throw me in jail – actually on second though, never mind!
Anyway, as always: I don't own any thing related to the Potter-universe that you can recognize! It all belongs to da J.K. Rowling woman, man!
Any criticism or comment you might have, about the story, the grammar, my weird sense of humour – I would be happy to hear it!
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Devotion408 – I wont, I wont! Hope you enjoy this chapter…
I LOVE CHO – wow, easy on the Caps lock there! Hehe, I'm really glad you like it and I will try updating sooner, just that damn evil school!
Indigal – Yeah I thought it was kinda fun too! Anyways, I have had some thoughts on how 'it' is gonna be written at some point. They are seventeen after all… Any ideas? Oh, and BTW thanks for reviewing once again! :D
Harry/Cho 4 ever – Of course I will review your story when the first chapter is up! I'm glad you like my writing and I know I have some basic spelling flaws – most of them are actually you guys' fault because I have to write fast! ;) Thanks for the review!
CyberdogZ – Yeah Girls do that I think. They have some sort of evil interrogation power that they use on boys, making them spill every secret they know! Hehe Thanks for reviwing mate… Ohh yeah you're dane too: "Tak for anmeldelsen, håber du følger med videre!" :)
Slate07 – The marauders will play a big part later don't worry – and I'm really sorry for not updating sooner, but this is the best i can do! Maybe I should put it like this: 1 update per every 3-5 school days, and one weekend update! I guess it's the best I can do… :/
Blazinangelwings – Thanks for your comments, it warms my heart! (And my hands, damn blood circulation stops sometimes when I wirte to much!) :)
Hippyman69 – Yeah about that 'score' part, I was wondering about that! Too all: Please give me some 'advice' about how I should write it…! Thanks for reviwing again oh crazy one…
TheLaguna – Seems weird because I'm a guy? That really got to me… *SIGH* Anyways, I'll keep writing it, I hope the "fluff" doesn't get to stupid or repeated at some point! Any ideas would be appreciated…
C.M. Tino – Wow Thanks! Hehe, I'm glad you reviewed my story, and I hope you stick with it!
TigarCat – Happy dancing eh? You're in my chapter than! Hehe Don't worry action will come at some point!
Extra review added after release of Chapter:
Keebler – elmo: Well to answer all your questions and comments, here goes:
1. I don't know about that, but it might happen! Can't tell you at this point though cuz even I don't know it!
2. Well since this is a HP/CC fanfiction I thought it would be weird not to make it so! Besides I have always thought it was the right "connection"!
3. Well he did, but so did 14 other players… If you hate Ron just picture him being the worst of them, I haven't really decided how it should be for him!
4. Ok you really hate Ron huh? The telepathy thing I believe was mentioned as in "like telepathy or something" not like real telepathy. Don't you believe at love at first sight? Besides, they were dating "last year" and I know a little something about denial like that!
5. Ohh don't worry it will come, I just thought I would spare him a month of happiness. He wont exactly be as stupid as pictured in other fanfictions, but there is no such thing as relationship without a fight! Maybe there will be one, maybe there wont…
To tell all of you the truth I only have very basic guide lines, I'm actually writing this "on the fly" which might make it very stupid sometimes! I hope since you have read the precious chapters that you like this sort of writing or….?
Please review – I like questions and ideas, cuz that way you guys might influence the direction of the story!
Oh and please read "July" by Robin4 it's really… beautiful, and it deserves your attention!
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