Harry awoke the next morning, wondering why he felt so rotten. It was then
that he remembered the Quidditch match. Ravenclaw vs. Gryffindor and he
would be playing against Cho. He groaned and rubbed his head, then fumbled
for his glasses. When he put his glasses on, Harry looked up to see the
young James, Sirius, Remus, Peter and Arthur smiling broadly at him.
"Ready to win?" Sirius asked, looking excited.
"Uh, yeah" Harry said, not sounding all too enthusiastic.
"Don't worry Harry; I'm sure that Cho won't be mad at you when we win!" Peter grinned. Harry tried his best to avoid Peter's gaze. After all the time that they'd been in the past and in his present time, he'd mostly been avoiding him.
"Harry? What's up?" James questioned him, looking worried.
"Huh? Oh, n-nothing" Harry quickly shot up out of bed and dashed into the toilet, as soon as he slammed the door, he let out a sigh of relief. He couldn't stand being in the same room as Peter, seeing him made him want to hurt him so badly.
There was a loud yawn and Ron's voice could be heard.
"Where's Harry?" he said, stifling another yawn.
"He's gone into the loo" Arthur said.
"Oh right"
After ten minutes, Harry walked out of the toilet, he'd just finished getting dressed, the thing he worried about most was seeing Cho.
"I'm going down to the Great Hall, see you guys later" and with that, Harry ran off.
Sirius raised an eyebrow.
"What's with him?"
"Oh, nothing" Ron said, avoiding their gazes.
"I think I know" James said, quietly. "What is it Prongs?" Sirius asked. James shook his head.
"Maybe you should ask your older selves, I'm sure that they'll be glad to tell you about a certain Marauders' betrayal" James growled.
"M-Marauders' betrayal?!" Sirius questioned in alarm. Ron was glaring all the while at Peter, but luckily, no one was paying attention to him as they all started guessing who it was.
"Well, it's obviously not you two" Arthur told them.
"How do you know?" Remus asked him.
"Well, James said, they'll be glad to tell you about a certain Marauders' betrayal, I think he means that it isn't you two" Arthur said. Sirius shrugged, but looked around apprehensively.
"Morning everyone!" Lily burst into the room, looking cheerful. Her smile faded when she saw the looks on everyone's faces.
"What's up with you guys?"
"Something Prongs said" Remus told her.
"What did he say?"
Peter quickly explained everything to her, although everyone noticed that Lily avoided his stare.
"Lils, what's up?" Remus asked her.
"What?"
"Why won't you look at Peter?"
"I am looking at Peter!" Lily insisted.
"You're not and I've noticed that neither is James"
"Don't be silly" Lily said, smiling again.
"Hmmm" Sirius eyed her suspiciously.
"Oh, for goodness' sake, I'm going to the Great Hall for breakfast, see you guys down there!" and with that, Lily walked off.
Half an hour later, everyone, (except James, who was still getting ready) made their way down to the Gryffindor common room, only to find Harry sitting down in one of the chairs and staring into the fire.
"Hey Harry, what are you doing here? I thought you were going to have breakfast" Ron said, looking worriedly at his friend.
"I wasn't hungry" Harry replied, Ron noticed that he kept his eyes on the fire.
"Well, you need to eat something otherwise you won't have any energy on the pitch" Ron said, earnestly. Harry looked up at them. Arthur and Sirius were looking worriedly at him, while Remus and Peter had books on them. Remus was already engrossed in Hogwarts: A History, while Peter just looked at the back of the book he was holding. Ron just smiled at him.
Harry sighed.
"Alright, I'll come down to breakfast, but I can't promise you that I'll eat anything"
When Harry made his way to exit the common room, Peter accidentally dropped the book onto his foot.
"OW! Watch what you're doing!" Harry said, looking furious.
"I-I'm sorry" Peter squeaked. He bent down to pick up the book and ended up brushing against Harry's leg. Harry quickly backed away, pulled out his wand and aimed it straight at Peter. As if on automatic, Sirius and Remus strode forward and stood in front of Peter, pulled out their wands and aimed them at Harry, who, needless to say, looked extremely upset.
Something stirred inside Harry's mind when he saw this. Something that Sirius once said.
*Flashback*
I'll never understand why I didn't see you were the spy from the start. You always liked big friends who'd look after you, didn't you? It used to be us . . . me, Remus . . . and James . . ."
*End Flashback*
Harry looked coldly to Peter.
"Still need your friends to look after you? Can't you fight your own battles?"
"W-What?" Peter stammered.
Harry still had his wand raised as if he would hex Peter at any minute, but seeing as Sirius and Remus were still standing in the way, with their wands poised, he couldn't really do anything. That was how everyone else found them when the older James, Sirius, Lupin, Lily and the younger James arrived.
They all froze and Harry didn't bother looking at anyone else, he couldn't seem to stop himself from glaring at Peter. Peter was just twitching in fear.
"What's going on here?" Lupin questioned sharply.
"That's what I'd like to know" James said, narrowing his eyes at Remus and Sirius.
"Sirius, Remus, stand aside" The older James said, looking stern. It was at that moment that Remus and Sirius seemed to realize what they were doing. They dropped their arms to their sides and looked at Harry apologetically. They, then moved out of Peter's way, so that Harry was in clear view of him.
Harry didn't lower his wand though. His face was contorted with rage and he still stared straight at Peter, who, needless to say, looked absolutely horrified.
"Harry, lower your wand" Lupin whispered. Harry seemed to not have taken any notice of Lupin as he still had his wand poised.
He then yelled out "Rictusempra!" Peter went flying back into the wall. Everyone's eyes widened as Harry moved in to use another spell, but he was stopped by Sirius.
"Sirius, let go of me! I'LL MURDER HIM!" Harry shouted.
"Harry, calm-down! You're-not-helping-anyone!" Sirius said, struggling to keep Harry from attacking Peter.
"WHY ARE YOU EVEN PROTECTING HIM?" Harry shouted out loudly. "HE BETRAYED MUM AND DAD AND LANDED YOU IN AZKABAN! WHY ARE YOU PROTECTING HIM?!" Sirius paled at this, then his eyes darted to the older Lily and James, who were looking worried. Peter's eyes widened in horror and shock as soon as this was said. The younger Sirius and Remus' jaws dropped as they turned to glare at Peter. The younger James just took a deep breath, but not taking his eyes off Peter.
"Harry, calm-"
"NO! I WON'T CALM DOWN! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!" Harry yelled out.
"Harry, if you don't calm down, you won't be able to play in today's match" Lupin told him.
"Well GOOD, because I don't wanna play!" Harry cried and with that, he ran up to the boys' dormitories.
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The older James slowly opened the fifth year boys' dormitory and peeked inside. Harry had his head pressed against his knees; it looked like he was crying. James knocked lightly on the door.
"Can I come in?" he asked, looking apprehensive. Harry looked up with a tear stained face and nodded.
James awkwardly walked over to Harry's bed and perched himself on the edge of it.
"I-I'm sorry, I've let you all down, I understand if you hate me"
"What are you talking about?" James asked him, looking confused.
"The Quidditch match and-and attacking Pettigrew, I shouldn't have attacked him, but I-I felt this anger that needed to be released and I took it out on him, but then again, I do have my reasons" Harry added.
James smiled at him and gave him a hug.
"I know it must be difficult with you liking Cho and that she's the Ravenclaw seeker, but you two talked about that, didn't you? Or did you talk about something else?" Harry's head jerked up when this was said and he noticed that his father's eyes were, like Dumbledore's, twinkling.
"Y-Yeah, we did talk about that" Harry said.
"And? What did she say?" James questioned him.
"She-she told me to just play like normal, she said she didn't care if she got hurt and that she wouldn't be mad at me, she asked me to pretend that I don't know her while we play the match" James beamed at him.
"Looks like you've got yourself a really nice girl!"
"I just don't wanna see her get hurt" Harry said, looking miserable.
"I'm sure she won't get hurt" James said reassuringly.
"You don't get it though, I normally end up pretending to see the Snitch, it's called the Wrongsi Feint and normally the other seeker gets badly hurt because they smash into the ground" Harry told him, while sounding upset.
"Well, I know it'll probably be hard for you, but if that's what she wants you to do, then you should respect her wishes and do as she says" Harry slowly nodded, then sat bolt upright.
"Alright then! Let's go!" Harry said and with that, he rushed out of the boys' dormitories. James chuckled as he followed.
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Everyone watched in amazement as Harry bolted down his breakfast.
"Whoa, I've never seen Harry eat so fast? What on earth did you say to him?" Ron asked James. James grinned.
"Let's just say we had a little father-son chat" Ron grinned.
"Isn't this the last match of the season?" Sirius questioned Hermione. Hermione nodded.
"Yeah, we've already beaten Hufflepuff; we just need to beat Ravenclaw and Slytherin"
"I can't wait!" Lily squealed.
"Come on guys, we'd better hurry otherwise all the good seats will be taken" Hermione yelled and with that, Both James', Sirius', Remus' Lily's', Peter and Arthur all ran out to the Quidditch pitch.
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While Harry was getting changed, Cho quickly slipped in to see him.
"Hiya Potter" Harry looked up startled and blushed at seeing Cho.
"Hi Cho"
"Ready to lose Potter?" Cho said, grinning cheekily.
"In your dreams Chang!"
Cho giggled and stared at Harry.
"You may look cute and act sweet, but you're an absolute devil on the Quidditch pitch" Harry blushed bright red.
"Well, I can't wait to see Gryffindor win against Ravenclaw, can you?" Harry questioned, looking casual, but grinning at the same time.
Cho flushed at this.
"In your dreams Potter, Ravenclaw won't lose to hooligans like you!" Harry and Cho stared at each other, then burst out laughing.
"Well, good luck *Potter*, may the best seeker win" Cho said, emphasizing his last name.
"Same to you *Chang*" Harry said with a huge grin on his face.
Cho winked at him, then ran off, while Harry just stood there staring after her.
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"Hello everyone and welcome to the last match of the season. Our last match before Christmas is Ravenclaw versus Gryffindor!" Lee Jordan bellowed.
Cheers erupted from the Gryffindor and the Ravenclaw stands.
Meanwhile, in the changing rooms, Ron and Harry were just getting ready to mount their brooms.
"I'm really nervous" Ron said, looking very pale. Harry glanced nervously at Ron.
"You'll be fine, just remember your training" Harry said, trying to reassure him.
"Ron, you'll do fine, you're a Weasley, remember that! If we can do it, then so can you!" Fred told him. Ron perked up a bit at this.
"Yeah, you're right, I can do this" Ron said, sounding a bit more confident.
Harry breathed a sigh of relief, then mounted his broom.
The Gryffindor and the Ravenclaw Quidditch teams started to take their positions.
"And Gryffindor has a new Keeper, believe it or not, it's another Weasley folks! Ronald Weasley!"
"OI! RON Weasley to you!" Ron shouted.
"Oops sorry Ron, Fred and George told me to call you that"
"Jordan!" McGonagall's voice sounded stern.
"Uh, right, Madam Hooch is about to start the game! Look, there goes the snitch, followed by the bludgers! Madam Hooch throws the Quaffle into the air and the game begins!"
Immediately, as soon as this was done, both Harry and Cho started searching for the Snitch.
Amazingly, while the game was playing, it actually ended up becoming rather dirty. The Ravenclaws were starting to act like the Slytherins as they were trying desperately to score goals.
One of the Ravenclaw beaters aimed a bludger right at Harry, which Harry missed by inches. Cho screamed and looked back to the Ravenclaw beater with a glare. Jordan definitely had something to say about that.
"YOU CHEATING B-"
"JORDAN! Watch your language!" McGonagall yelled.
At one point, Harry's stomach lurched when he saw the Snitch. He dived down and Cho, noticing what Harry was doing quickly cut across him. She somehow managed to block him, like what had happened in third year, Harry swerved to avoid a collision.
"HARRY, THIS IS NO TIME TO BE A GENTLEMAN! KNOCK HER OFF HER BROOM IF YOU HAVE TO!" Angelina roared from scoring a goal. Harry flushed, not really knowing what to do. He looked around and noticed that the Snitch had vanished, Cho was grinning at him.
"Sorry Potter, but I had to do that" Harry grinned back at her.
"Sure you are" Harry quickly shot upwards, then circled around looking for the Snitch again.
He felt his stomach lurch again. He had to trick Cho; otherwise she'd just keep blocking him. Even if he had a Firebolt and she had a Comet two sixty, she still managed to block him every time he got near the Snitch. Harry took a deep breath and dived.
"And look! I think Potter's spotted the Snitch!" Lee Jordan screamed. Cho quickly tailed after him, right at the last minute, Harry pulled up out of his dive, while Cho carried on sailing downwards. She screamed as she hit the ground. Harry took one look at her and noticed that she was unconscious. Harry shut his eyes and looked away, guilt flooded through him. Boos and angry remarks could be heard from the Ravenclaw side. Another glint of gold caught Harry's attention. Harry sped downwards. Dives were his specialty, he put on a burst of speed and caught the Snitch. As he pulled up, he held up his clenched fist to tumultuous applause.
Without thinking, Harry dived down next to Cho and jumped off his broom. He knelt down beside her, while Madam Pomfrey was examining her.
"Is she going to be alright?" Harry asked.
"Of course, she'll be fine Potter, she just needs to get rid of some of those grazes and I'm sure we can wake her up" Madam Pomfrey pulled out her wand and muttered "Enervate" Cho's eyes fluttered open as Harry hugged her.
"I'm so sorry!" he sobbed. Cho smiled as she hugged him back.
"Harry, what did I tell you yesterday, it's alright, I'm taking it that you guys won?" Harry nodded.
"Congratulations" Cho's eyes filled with tears.
"Cedric would've been disappointed in me, but I bet he would've comforted me like you're doing now" Harry quickly stiffened and pulled away from Cho's embrace.
"Harry, what is it?" Cho asked him. Harry shook his head.
"It's nothing" he said quietly "I'd better get going then" and with that, he walked over to where the Gryffindor Quidditch team were celebrating.
"Ready to win?" Sirius asked, looking excited.
"Uh, yeah" Harry said, not sounding all too enthusiastic.
"Don't worry Harry; I'm sure that Cho won't be mad at you when we win!" Peter grinned. Harry tried his best to avoid Peter's gaze. After all the time that they'd been in the past and in his present time, he'd mostly been avoiding him.
"Harry? What's up?" James questioned him, looking worried.
"Huh? Oh, n-nothing" Harry quickly shot up out of bed and dashed into the toilet, as soon as he slammed the door, he let out a sigh of relief. He couldn't stand being in the same room as Peter, seeing him made him want to hurt him so badly.
There was a loud yawn and Ron's voice could be heard.
"Where's Harry?" he said, stifling another yawn.
"He's gone into the loo" Arthur said.
"Oh right"
After ten minutes, Harry walked out of the toilet, he'd just finished getting dressed, the thing he worried about most was seeing Cho.
"I'm going down to the Great Hall, see you guys later" and with that, Harry ran off.
Sirius raised an eyebrow.
"What's with him?"
"Oh, nothing" Ron said, avoiding their gazes.
"I think I know" James said, quietly. "What is it Prongs?" Sirius asked. James shook his head.
"Maybe you should ask your older selves, I'm sure that they'll be glad to tell you about a certain Marauders' betrayal" James growled.
"M-Marauders' betrayal?!" Sirius questioned in alarm. Ron was glaring all the while at Peter, but luckily, no one was paying attention to him as they all started guessing who it was.
"Well, it's obviously not you two" Arthur told them.
"How do you know?" Remus asked him.
"Well, James said, they'll be glad to tell you about a certain Marauders' betrayal, I think he means that it isn't you two" Arthur said. Sirius shrugged, but looked around apprehensively.
"Morning everyone!" Lily burst into the room, looking cheerful. Her smile faded when she saw the looks on everyone's faces.
"What's up with you guys?"
"Something Prongs said" Remus told her.
"What did he say?"
Peter quickly explained everything to her, although everyone noticed that Lily avoided his stare.
"Lils, what's up?" Remus asked her.
"What?"
"Why won't you look at Peter?"
"I am looking at Peter!" Lily insisted.
"You're not and I've noticed that neither is James"
"Don't be silly" Lily said, smiling again.
"Hmmm" Sirius eyed her suspiciously.
"Oh, for goodness' sake, I'm going to the Great Hall for breakfast, see you guys down there!" and with that, Lily walked off.
Half an hour later, everyone, (except James, who was still getting ready) made their way down to the Gryffindor common room, only to find Harry sitting down in one of the chairs and staring into the fire.
"Hey Harry, what are you doing here? I thought you were going to have breakfast" Ron said, looking worriedly at his friend.
"I wasn't hungry" Harry replied, Ron noticed that he kept his eyes on the fire.
"Well, you need to eat something otherwise you won't have any energy on the pitch" Ron said, earnestly. Harry looked up at them. Arthur and Sirius were looking worriedly at him, while Remus and Peter had books on them. Remus was already engrossed in Hogwarts: A History, while Peter just looked at the back of the book he was holding. Ron just smiled at him.
Harry sighed.
"Alright, I'll come down to breakfast, but I can't promise you that I'll eat anything"
When Harry made his way to exit the common room, Peter accidentally dropped the book onto his foot.
"OW! Watch what you're doing!" Harry said, looking furious.
"I-I'm sorry" Peter squeaked. He bent down to pick up the book and ended up brushing against Harry's leg. Harry quickly backed away, pulled out his wand and aimed it straight at Peter. As if on automatic, Sirius and Remus strode forward and stood in front of Peter, pulled out their wands and aimed them at Harry, who, needless to say, looked extremely upset.
Something stirred inside Harry's mind when he saw this. Something that Sirius once said.
*Flashback*
I'll never understand why I didn't see you were the spy from the start. You always liked big friends who'd look after you, didn't you? It used to be us . . . me, Remus . . . and James . . ."
*End Flashback*
Harry looked coldly to Peter.
"Still need your friends to look after you? Can't you fight your own battles?"
"W-What?" Peter stammered.
Harry still had his wand raised as if he would hex Peter at any minute, but seeing as Sirius and Remus were still standing in the way, with their wands poised, he couldn't really do anything. That was how everyone else found them when the older James, Sirius, Lupin, Lily and the younger James arrived.
They all froze and Harry didn't bother looking at anyone else, he couldn't seem to stop himself from glaring at Peter. Peter was just twitching in fear.
"What's going on here?" Lupin questioned sharply.
"That's what I'd like to know" James said, narrowing his eyes at Remus and Sirius.
"Sirius, Remus, stand aside" The older James said, looking stern. It was at that moment that Remus and Sirius seemed to realize what they were doing. They dropped their arms to their sides and looked at Harry apologetically. They, then moved out of Peter's way, so that Harry was in clear view of him.
Harry didn't lower his wand though. His face was contorted with rage and he still stared straight at Peter, who, needless to say, looked absolutely horrified.
"Harry, lower your wand" Lupin whispered. Harry seemed to not have taken any notice of Lupin as he still had his wand poised.
He then yelled out "Rictusempra!" Peter went flying back into the wall. Everyone's eyes widened as Harry moved in to use another spell, but he was stopped by Sirius.
"Sirius, let go of me! I'LL MURDER HIM!" Harry shouted.
"Harry, calm-down! You're-not-helping-anyone!" Sirius said, struggling to keep Harry from attacking Peter.
"WHY ARE YOU EVEN PROTECTING HIM?" Harry shouted out loudly. "HE BETRAYED MUM AND DAD AND LANDED YOU IN AZKABAN! WHY ARE YOU PROTECTING HIM?!" Sirius paled at this, then his eyes darted to the older Lily and James, who were looking worried. Peter's eyes widened in horror and shock as soon as this was said. The younger Sirius and Remus' jaws dropped as they turned to glare at Peter. The younger James just took a deep breath, but not taking his eyes off Peter.
"Harry, calm-"
"NO! I WON'T CALM DOWN! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!" Harry yelled out.
"Harry, if you don't calm down, you won't be able to play in today's match" Lupin told him.
"Well GOOD, because I don't wanna play!" Harry cried and with that, he ran up to the boys' dormitories.
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The older James slowly opened the fifth year boys' dormitory and peeked inside. Harry had his head pressed against his knees; it looked like he was crying. James knocked lightly on the door.
"Can I come in?" he asked, looking apprehensive. Harry looked up with a tear stained face and nodded.
James awkwardly walked over to Harry's bed and perched himself on the edge of it.
"I-I'm sorry, I've let you all down, I understand if you hate me"
"What are you talking about?" James asked him, looking confused.
"The Quidditch match and-and attacking Pettigrew, I shouldn't have attacked him, but I-I felt this anger that needed to be released and I took it out on him, but then again, I do have my reasons" Harry added.
James smiled at him and gave him a hug.
"I know it must be difficult with you liking Cho and that she's the Ravenclaw seeker, but you two talked about that, didn't you? Or did you talk about something else?" Harry's head jerked up when this was said and he noticed that his father's eyes were, like Dumbledore's, twinkling.
"Y-Yeah, we did talk about that" Harry said.
"And? What did she say?" James questioned him.
"She-she told me to just play like normal, she said she didn't care if she got hurt and that she wouldn't be mad at me, she asked me to pretend that I don't know her while we play the match" James beamed at him.
"Looks like you've got yourself a really nice girl!"
"I just don't wanna see her get hurt" Harry said, looking miserable.
"I'm sure she won't get hurt" James said reassuringly.
"You don't get it though, I normally end up pretending to see the Snitch, it's called the Wrongsi Feint and normally the other seeker gets badly hurt because they smash into the ground" Harry told him, while sounding upset.
"Well, I know it'll probably be hard for you, but if that's what she wants you to do, then you should respect her wishes and do as she says" Harry slowly nodded, then sat bolt upright.
"Alright then! Let's go!" Harry said and with that, he rushed out of the boys' dormitories. James chuckled as he followed.
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Everyone watched in amazement as Harry bolted down his breakfast.
"Whoa, I've never seen Harry eat so fast? What on earth did you say to him?" Ron asked James. James grinned.
"Let's just say we had a little father-son chat" Ron grinned.
"Isn't this the last match of the season?" Sirius questioned Hermione. Hermione nodded.
"Yeah, we've already beaten Hufflepuff; we just need to beat Ravenclaw and Slytherin"
"I can't wait!" Lily squealed.
"Come on guys, we'd better hurry otherwise all the good seats will be taken" Hermione yelled and with that, Both James', Sirius', Remus' Lily's', Peter and Arthur all ran out to the Quidditch pitch.
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While Harry was getting changed, Cho quickly slipped in to see him.
"Hiya Potter" Harry looked up startled and blushed at seeing Cho.
"Hi Cho"
"Ready to lose Potter?" Cho said, grinning cheekily.
"In your dreams Chang!"
Cho giggled and stared at Harry.
"You may look cute and act sweet, but you're an absolute devil on the Quidditch pitch" Harry blushed bright red.
"Well, I can't wait to see Gryffindor win against Ravenclaw, can you?" Harry questioned, looking casual, but grinning at the same time.
Cho flushed at this.
"In your dreams Potter, Ravenclaw won't lose to hooligans like you!" Harry and Cho stared at each other, then burst out laughing.
"Well, good luck *Potter*, may the best seeker win" Cho said, emphasizing his last name.
"Same to you *Chang*" Harry said with a huge grin on his face.
Cho winked at him, then ran off, while Harry just stood there staring after her.
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"Hello everyone and welcome to the last match of the season. Our last match before Christmas is Ravenclaw versus Gryffindor!" Lee Jordan bellowed.
Cheers erupted from the Gryffindor and the Ravenclaw stands.
Meanwhile, in the changing rooms, Ron and Harry were just getting ready to mount their brooms.
"I'm really nervous" Ron said, looking very pale. Harry glanced nervously at Ron.
"You'll be fine, just remember your training" Harry said, trying to reassure him.
"Ron, you'll do fine, you're a Weasley, remember that! If we can do it, then so can you!" Fred told him. Ron perked up a bit at this.
"Yeah, you're right, I can do this" Ron said, sounding a bit more confident.
Harry breathed a sigh of relief, then mounted his broom.
The Gryffindor and the Ravenclaw Quidditch teams started to take their positions.
"And Gryffindor has a new Keeper, believe it or not, it's another Weasley folks! Ronald Weasley!"
"OI! RON Weasley to you!" Ron shouted.
"Oops sorry Ron, Fred and George told me to call you that"
"Jordan!" McGonagall's voice sounded stern.
"Uh, right, Madam Hooch is about to start the game! Look, there goes the snitch, followed by the bludgers! Madam Hooch throws the Quaffle into the air and the game begins!"
Immediately, as soon as this was done, both Harry and Cho started searching for the Snitch.
Amazingly, while the game was playing, it actually ended up becoming rather dirty. The Ravenclaws were starting to act like the Slytherins as they were trying desperately to score goals.
One of the Ravenclaw beaters aimed a bludger right at Harry, which Harry missed by inches. Cho screamed and looked back to the Ravenclaw beater with a glare. Jordan definitely had something to say about that.
"YOU CHEATING B-"
"JORDAN! Watch your language!" McGonagall yelled.
At one point, Harry's stomach lurched when he saw the Snitch. He dived down and Cho, noticing what Harry was doing quickly cut across him. She somehow managed to block him, like what had happened in third year, Harry swerved to avoid a collision.
"HARRY, THIS IS NO TIME TO BE A GENTLEMAN! KNOCK HER OFF HER BROOM IF YOU HAVE TO!" Angelina roared from scoring a goal. Harry flushed, not really knowing what to do. He looked around and noticed that the Snitch had vanished, Cho was grinning at him.
"Sorry Potter, but I had to do that" Harry grinned back at her.
"Sure you are" Harry quickly shot upwards, then circled around looking for the Snitch again.
He felt his stomach lurch again. He had to trick Cho; otherwise she'd just keep blocking him. Even if he had a Firebolt and she had a Comet two sixty, she still managed to block him every time he got near the Snitch. Harry took a deep breath and dived.
"And look! I think Potter's spotted the Snitch!" Lee Jordan screamed. Cho quickly tailed after him, right at the last minute, Harry pulled up out of his dive, while Cho carried on sailing downwards. She screamed as she hit the ground. Harry took one look at her and noticed that she was unconscious. Harry shut his eyes and looked away, guilt flooded through him. Boos and angry remarks could be heard from the Ravenclaw side. Another glint of gold caught Harry's attention. Harry sped downwards. Dives were his specialty, he put on a burst of speed and caught the Snitch. As he pulled up, he held up his clenched fist to tumultuous applause.
Without thinking, Harry dived down next to Cho and jumped off his broom. He knelt down beside her, while Madam Pomfrey was examining her.
"Is she going to be alright?" Harry asked.
"Of course, she'll be fine Potter, she just needs to get rid of some of those grazes and I'm sure we can wake her up" Madam Pomfrey pulled out her wand and muttered "Enervate" Cho's eyes fluttered open as Harry hugged her.
"I'm so sorry!" he sobbed. Cho smiled as she hugged him back.
"Harry, what did I tell you yesterday, it's alright, I'm taking it that you guys won?" Harry nodded.
"Congratulations" Cho's eyes filled with tears.
"Cedric would've been disappointed in me, but I bet he would've comforted me like you're doing now" Harry quickly stiffened and pulled away from Cho's embrace.
"Harry, what is it?" Cho asked him. Harry shook his head.
"It's nothing" he said quietly "I'd better get going then" and with that, he walked over to where the Gryffindor Quidditch team were celebrating.
