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Harry was dreaming. He was dreaming about one of the times he as practicing with Stacy. It was one of his first. He was learning how to use telekinesis. Stacy was showing him examples of what to do. All Harry had to do was concentrate on moving the pillow across the room. Stacy did it a couple of times and let Harry try. Harry tried and tried until he eventually got it.
In his dream, Harry looked around the room and at the people. He watched Stacy wave her hand as the pillow went flying. Suddenly Harry put the dream on freeze frame. Stacy used her hands? No wand? How can she use telekinesis if only one person can control an element? Harry suddenly felt as if he was floating. The room changed to the ocean. He was in the water and floating in the waves. He slowly woke up but realized that the movement of the waves didn't stop. He slowly opened his eyes.
"Finally you're awake!" The movement stopped. Harry looked and saw Ashley standing on his bed.
Yawning he said, "What are you doing here? No girls are allowed in the boys dormitories." Ashley jumped down.
"Good morning to you too captain!" she said. "I can't wait till the game!" She started walking around the room.
Harry remembered the game in the morning. "Weren't you the one who was scared yesterday?"
"We gave her a happiness potion this morning to stop her from shaking. That was a mistake," Matt said walking out of the bathroom and to his bed. He laid down and turned to Harry. "Boy, was that a mistake. She won't shut up!"
"I heard that!" Ashley exclaimed as she stood on Matt's bed and started jumping. Harry rolled his eyes and turned back over to sleep.
"I get carsick and this doesn't help!" Matt exclaimed.
"You're a wizard, Shark. How would you know if you're carsick?" Jake asked walking in. Ron was right behind him.
"I live in the muggle world so we drive places," Matt responded. His voice was messed up because of Ashley's bouncing. Harry put the pillow over his head.
"What's up with her?" he heard Ron ask.
"They gave her a potion to make her happy," Harry responded. His voice was muffled.
"Yea," Jake added. "Who knew that giving a cheerfulness potion to a girl would have a bad effect?"
"It wouldn't have had a bad effect if you didn't make it and screw it up!" exclaimed another voice from the doorway.
"Cat, you're not allowed in here," Harry replied.
"Technically, Wolf, I'm not in the room," Caroline replied. "I'm outside the door. I'm just here to tell you something. Stacy said to tell you to talk to Draco." Harry pulled the pillow off and looked up at her.
"Why?" he asked confused.
"You need to tell him to meet Stacy in her classroom after the game," Caroline answered.
Harry nodded his head to say that he'll do it when he remembered his dream. "Did Stacy ever use elemental magic during any of your practices?" he asked. Everyone thought for a moment.
"Yea I think so. But only a few things," Jake answered. "She only made the ground shake a little for me."
"For me all she did was light a small flame," Caroline added. "She had to tell me how to create heat."
"All she did was pour water on the floor and move it around," Matt remembered.
"She made the wind blow," Ashley added staying still.
"Potion wore off?" Harry asked. She nodded. "For me, she used telekinesis. What do you think it means?" Everyone thought for a few seconds until Ashley's eyes lit up.
"She has to be an elemental!" she exclaimed.
"But there's only one person who can control each element," Caroline pointed out.
"She can't control a whole element. Just parts of it," Ashley clarified.
"So she can do small elemental magic?" Jake asked sitting on his bed.
"I'm confused," Ron said.
"We're all elementals because we can control an element but only one person can control an element," Harry responded. Ron nodded.
"So what element could she be?" Matt asked.
"The element of the soul," Ashley said. "She can do a little bit from each element but not all of it. It makes perfect sense."
"What's going on here?" Liz asked coming into the room.
"We figured out the Stacy controls the soul element," Caroline answered. Liz looked at her and thought about it. Suddenly her eyes lit up.
"I read about that. It fits her perfectly!" Liz exclaimed before turning to Harry. "You really need to get up, Wolf. You need to eat before the game. It starts in half an hour! You need to get down also Eagle," she added to Ashley before she and Caroline left the room. Jake, Matt and Ron said good bye and left the room.
"Still nervous about the game?" Harry asked pushing blankets off himself.
"Not as much as yesterday but still scared," Ashley replied. Harry stood and stretched before snapping his fingers to change his clothes. Ashley rolled her eyes.
"You really need to change your clothes the other way," she said.
"I know but if I do it the normal way my clothes don't fit!" Harry said.
"You need to gain weight. You're very skinny, not that it shows a lot, but you are."
"All the time that I have been with you, I haven't gained anything even with all I eat!" Harry exclaimed looking at himself in the mirror. He was skinny. It was all due to his starving during the summer.
"Ok fine," Ashley said. "So, who will win today captain?"
Harry smiled and said; "I don't know Eagle. How about the Gryffindors?" Ashley smiled and thought about it.
"They better," she said.
"We shall see," Harry said wrapping an arm around her shoulders and heading down to the Great Hall. They entered the Great Hall and took seats at the Gryffindor table between Mrs. Weasley and Hermione. Mrs. Weasley immediately started to pile Harry's plate with food as well as Fred and George's. She couldn't reach Ashley.
"You all need to eat," she said. "You can't be hungry for the game. You all need to be careful also." She went on and on throughout the whole breakfast.
"She's really nervous," Ashley commented.
"She treats Harry like one of her sons," Hermione replied.
"That would explain what she's doing." Ashley and Hermione watched as Harry's plate was filled with food. He kept on arguing that it was enough and if he ate it all, he wouldn't be light enough to catch the snitch.
"Hey, Ashley," Hermione said quietly. Ashley turned to her. "Do you fancy Harry?"
Ashley thought for a moment. "What would make you say that?" she asked nervously.
Hermione looked back at Harry before responding. "Just the way you act around him and he acts around you."
"I really don't know," she said also looking at Harry. He was still fighting to keep his thin frame. Others around him were laughing. Sirius was helping Harry by trying to talk Molly out of stuffing Harry. When that didn't work, he transformed into a black dog and hid under the table, eating the food Harry was sneaking him.
"You should think about it," Hermione said smiling. "You look great together. He's a great person."
"Yes he is," Ashley responded. "I like being with him. Did you know that I was very shy before Harry joined us?" Hermione shook her head. "I wouldn't talk to anyone but with Harry, I felt as if I could talk to him about anything. I don't know why."
"You do fancy him," Caroline said from across the table. " I could see it as soon as you both saw each other."
"You'd be great for each other," Liz added.
Ashley looked at her in surprise. "Can everyone at this table hear our conversation?"
"No, not unless you're close," Liz answered smiling. Before they could carry on the conversation, Dumbledore interrupted them.
"In about ten minutes, I ask those of you who wish to watch the Quidditch game please make their way to the stands." Harry and the rest of the Quidditch team rose from their seats. The rest of the team had gone up ahead to get to the locker room while Ashley and Harry made their way to the common room to grab their brooms. On their way down the halls, they bumped into none other than Draco Malfoy. Draco started to walk away until Harry stopped him.
"Hey Draco," he called. Malfoy stopped in his tracks and turned to them. "I just wanted to tell you that Stacy would like to meet with you in her classroom after the game today." His eyes went wide.
"You mean it? She can train me?" Harry nodded. "This is great!" He started to walk away until he turned back to them. "Hey, thanks and good luck on today's game." He held out his hand. Harry shook it.
"Good luck." They headed in their separate directions.
"That was nice," Ashley remarked.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked. They reached the Fat Lady and said the password before entering the common room.
"He wished you good luck," Ashley answered before running up to her dorm to grab her Firebolt while Harry grabbed his.
"Yea," Harry said as they headed out through the portrait and down to the locker rooms. They reached the locker rooms a few minutes later and quickly changed into their Quidditch robes.
"Now those are the only clothes you put on the muggle way," Ashley remarked.
"Only these and sometimes my Hogwarts ones," Harry replied. The group gathered in the middle of the room.
"Come on captain," Fred said. "We're all ready for your big speech."
Harry looked at them confused. "I wasn't going to make a speech," he said.
The others looked at each other before chanting, "Speech, speech, speech, speech," over and over. Harry held up his hands to silence them.
"Ok fine, you'll get your speech," he said as cheers erupted. Harry thought for a moment about what he was going to say. "This team has been together for many years and just recently we've added on an excellent keeper. It's terrible to know that this is the last year for many of us. It's simple to know what we have to do. We have to win the Quidditch cup!" Cheers erupted. "But it's not that simple. We've trained a lot and played a lot. Alicia, Angelina, and Katie, you know exactly what to do. Make the other team confused. They'll never know who has the Quaffle. Fred and George, concentrate on the Bludgers. Ashley, I know you can do it. Just play how we did at home. I'll try to find the snitch as well as help out. Is everyone ready?" Everyone nodded their heads. "Then lets go!" They walked out of the locker room and onto the field.
The stands were more packed than usual. He saw Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Caroline, Liz, Matt, Sirius, Remus and even Jake in the Gryffindor stands waving to them. Harry, Ashley, Fred and George waved back.
"And here comes the Gryffindors!" Lee Jordan was saying. "They have a new captain and keeper. We have the new captain Harry Potter. The new keeper is none other than Ashley Strone. Returning Beaters, Fred and George Weasley and also Chasers Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, and Katie Bell. They're meeting the Slytherins in the center now."
Harry and the team stopped in front of the Slytherins who were already waiting in the center of the field. Harry stood in the middle of his team facing Draco. Madam Hooch came up to them.
"I want a clean game as always," she said. "Captains shake hands." Harry and Draco shook hands lightly. "Take your positions." She went over to the chest of balls and released them all but the Quaffle, which she held in her hand. She walked back over to the group. As soon as she threw the ball high up in the air, the teams took to the air. Katie grabbed the Quaffle first.
"Look at her go!" Lee Jordan said. "She's flying really fast. She's putting her broom to the limit. Talking about brooms, now not only does Potter have a Firebolt, but also the new keeper Ashley Strone." McGonagall silenced him.
Harry soared above the game and watched. He smiled as the chasers practiced Harry's plan during practice. They were close together and quickly passing the ball between them confusing the other chasers and keeper. Katie hid the ball under her robes as the three separated and headed to the goal posts. Alicia looked as if she was going to throw the Quaffle making the keeper concentrate on her instead of Katie who flew behind the Keeper making an easy goal.
"That was incredible!" Lee exclaimed. "10-0 Gryffindor!"
Harry looked over in Ashley's direction and saw her sitting on her broom in front of the goal posts. She was smiling. Looking around she saw Harry looking at her. She winked and turned back to the game. The Slytherins were in possession. They came close together and exchanged a few words before separating. They started passing the Quaffle around but not as fast as the Gryffindors did. Harry flew down close to them. Being the seeker, he was able to watch the fastest of things. He watched as the ball was passed as they approached Ashley. When they hid the Quaffle, Harry knew exactly which one had it. He flew behind the chaser. Ashley was looking between the three trying to see who has it. Once she saw Harry, he pointed down at the chaser who had it. Ashley nodded getting the message and made an amazing save.
"Ha! Potter was on to you from the start. You can't just take a Gryffindor tactic without it failing! That was spectacular teamwork between Potter and Strone. Nothing can escape the eye of a seeker. Gryffindor in possession leading 20-0," Lee commentated.
The rest of the game went on regularly. No goals went to the Slytherins. Harry took his spot high up looking around at his team and for the snitch. He didn't worry about the Bludgers because Fred and George were right on them. They decided to each watch their own and know where it was making it easier for them to protect their team.
"Great tactics," a voice said coming up to him. Harry turned and saw Draco fly up to him.
"Thanks," Harry replied looking down at the game.
"Good luck," Draco said before flying away. Harry watched him go confused. Draco wasn't following him like he always did. He looked around the field confused while he caught Ashley's eye. She wasn't doing anything. The Quaffle was down by Slytherin posts.
'What?' she mouthed sensing his confusion. Harry just shook his head to say, 'nothing' when his eyes went wide. Ashley looked at him confused before he mouthed, 'snitch'. The snitch was right behind Ashley. Harry waited to hear the score, which was 110-0, before heading after it. He flew right down towards Ashley who stood in her place afraid to scare the gold ball away. As soon as Harry got closer, she ducked but the snitch took off. Harry stopped right behind Ashley.
"Almost," she said.
"Yea," Harry said looking around.
"I think you should've completed that dive," Ashley said quickly checking where the Quaffle was before turning back to Harry. "It would've been great for the parents to see. They've never seen one of your crazy dives." Harry shrugged his shoulders before locking his eyes on the new position of the snitch. It was a foot above the ground near Gryffindor stands.
"Wish me luck," He said before flying after it. He dived down. He was ten feet away before the snitch disappeared. Taking Ashley's advice, Harry pulled out of the dive a foot from the ground gaining shouts of amazement with also shouts of people yelling at him not to scare them again. That was mainly from his friends in Gryffindor.
"An excellent dive from Potter!" Lee said. "Gryffindor still in the lead 150-0" Harry rose back up past Ashley and up to his spot above the game. Harry faced away from the Slytherin posts looking for the snitch. He barely heard his name shouted before something hard hit his head.
The impact made Harry almost lose consciousness as it made his vision go fuzzy and he became dizzy. His dizziness made Harry let go of his broom as he started to plummet towards the ground. He knew he was falling as his vision blackened. He was just conscious enough to feel him hit something before completely blacking out.
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When Harry came through, he heard many people sobbing. His arms were propped up as people held his hands. Harry slowly opened his eyes but shut them quickly when he became dizzy.
"I think he's waking up," said a voice next to him. It sounded like Sirius.
"Please be okay," another voice sobbed.
"He will be," said another one. "He just has to be."
Harry slowly opened his eyes. He closed them again as dizziness washed over him. He felt someone kiss his hand. He squeezed back very lightly.
"Poppy, please dim the lights," another voice commanded. Harry recognized it as Dumbledore.
"I can't believe he did this. I honestly didn't know about it," said another voice. Harry groaned disappointed with this unsuccessful attempts to open his eyes. He tried once more and was able to open them more than before.
He heard someone saying, "Please be okay," over and over again. Harry's eyes opened enough to see figures in the room. His eyes took a few seconds to focus before he could see properly. He saw that he was in the hospital wing. He looked around at the faces around him. Ashley and Sirius were both holding his hands. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley as well as Ron, Hermione, Caroline, Liz, Ashley, Jake, Matt, Stacy, Ginny, the Gryffindor team, Dumbledore, Madam Pomfrey, Remus, McGonagall and Draco were all around his bed.
"What happened?" Harry whispered. His head was throbbing. It hurt worse than it did when he was near Voldermort when he had his scar.
"The bats of a Beater are a lot more powerful than we thought," Alicia said. Harry looked confused.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked.
Sirius answered after a small pause. "One of the Slytherin Beaters went behind you. Everyone thought he was chasing a Bludger until the bat came down upon your head."
"You scared us when you fell of your broom," Hermione sobbed.
"It was lucky that Miss Strone was quick enough to catch you before you hit the ground," Dumbledore said. There wasn't a sparkle in his eyes. Harry looked to his right at Ashley who looked down at the floor. Tears were in her eyes as well as running down her cheeks. She and Sirius were still holding his hands.
Harry lightly squeezed the hand that Ashley was holding onto. Fresh tears appeared and fell down her cheek. She still looked at the floor.
"Ashley?" he called quietly. She looked up at him surprised. "I think you have something i your hair. Move closer towards me," he said. Ashley looked at him confused until she slowly moved her head toward Harry. When she was close enough, he kissed her forehead. "Thank you," he said quietly.
She was shocked but smiled and said, "You're welcome." She pulled back realizing that she didn't have anything in her hair.
"Harry," a voice called. Harry looked towards where it came from. It was from Draco. "I'm sorry. I honestly didn't know he was going to do that. I yelled at him before. Honestly I didn't know."
Harry looked at him. He looked straight into his eyes. "I don't know how i know, but I know you didn't know. Don't worry about it," Harry said to him. Draco looked as if a million pounds have been lifted off of his chest before McGonagall led him out of the room and to his class.
"How are you feeling Harry?" Sirius asked. He looked worried.
"My head hurts like crazy," Harry replied closing his eyes.
Madam Pomfrey came over to Harry and made Sirius let go of his hand, which he did angrily. "Harry, please squeeze my hand as hard as you can." Harry tried squeezed her hand very lightly but it was the best he could do. "Ok dear, I'll let you talk to your visitors but if you get dizzy or tired, I want you to go right to sleep. Understood?" Harry nodded. She left his side and Sirius grabbed his hand again.
"What's wrong with my head?" he asked quietly. He barley had any strength.
They looked at each other before Sirius responded. "The bat hit you pretty hard. We were fearing the worst. You might get severe headaches and dizziness. We were afraid that you would forget things or have amnesia but that doesn't seem the case. You are very weak now but Poppy's brewing potions to help you. You will also be most likely tired a lot from now on until you are back to normal. You could be out of here in a few days. Your skull is mostly healed by now."
"Skull?" Harry asked surprised.
"We did say that the bat was harder than we thought," Liz said. Harry looked around at the people in the room. Many had stopped crying but looked at Harry sadly. Ashley was the only one still crying.
"Hey," Harry said quietly to her. She looked up at him. "What's the matter?"
"I'm just scared," she replied.
"Of what?" Harry asked slightly squeezing her hand. She looked down at it.
"Of what happened today," she said.
"I'm fine," Harry insisted.
"No you're not," Ashley pressed. "You're in a bed and I could've kept you out of it."
"You helped me like you couldn't imagine. I was just hit in the head. I don't have injuries from hitting the ground and I have you to thank for that," Harry insisted again.
"But you still have an injury."
"One injury."
"One injury," Ashley repeated. Harry yawned.
"I believe it is time to let Mr. Potter get some sleep," Dumbledore said from the doorway. With looks and good nights to Harry, most left the room. Before leaving, George set Harry's returned broom next to Harry's bed. Sirius kissed his hand and told him to get a good night's sleep before getting up and leaving. Ashley was still in the room. Dumbledore looked back into the room before smiling at the two and leaving them in the room.
"Here's a potion for your dizziness," Madam Pomfrey said setting a goblet next to Ashley on a table next to Harry's bed. "Take it if you get dizzy. Just take a mouthful if you'd like." She left the room.
Harry snuggled into his blankets without letting go of Ashley and closed his eyes. He soon fell asleep. He woke up in the morning to someone singing next to him. It was a girl and she had a beautiful, soprano voice. Still with his eyes closed, Harry listened to the song.
| | |Hush bye bye, Don't you cry | |Go to sleepy little baby | |When you wake you shall have | |All the pretty little horses | | | |Hush bye bye Don't you cry | |Go to sleepy little baby | |When you wake you shall have | |All the pretty little horses | | | |Blacks, and bays, dapples, and grays | |All the pretty little horses | |Blacks, and bays, dapples, and grays | |Coach and six a little horses | | | |Hush bye bye. Don't you cry | |Go to sleepy little baby | |When you wake you have sweet cake | |And all the pretty little horses | | | |A brown, and gray, black, and bay | |And a coach and six, little horses | |A black, and bay, brown, and a gray | |And a coach and six, little horses. | | | |Hush you bye, don't you cry | |Oh, you pretty little baby | |Go to sleepy little baby | |Oh you pretty little baby |
Harry slowly opened his eyes. "Where did you learn that?" he asked when she was done. She looked at him in surprise.
"You were awake?" she asked surprised. Harry nodded. "Sorry if I woke you."
"I don't think you woke me but if you did, I was glad. That was a beautiful song. You are a great singer. Where did you learn to sing that song?"
Ashley blushed. "I could sing like that for as long as I remember. My mother used to sing that to me every night when I was little and I memorized it. I just thought about it a few minutes ago so I started singing it. I didn't think that you were awake and were listening."
"I love that song. It was beautiful. What is it called?" Harry asked.
"It's called The Little Horses. It's repetitive but beautiful. It's one of my mother's favorites."
"It was beautiful," Harry remarked.
"Thank you," Ashley said.
"Did you sleep at all last night?" Harry asked.
"Yea. I fell asleep a few minutes after you but awoke about an hour ago," Ashley said.
"What time is it?" Harry asked looking around for a clock.
"About 10:30 in the morning," Ashley answered looking at her watch. "How's your head?"
"A lot better than yesterday," Harry answered. Once Madam Pomfrey saw he was awake, she gave him a bunch of potions and a check over. Then to his surprise, she released him.
"That was weird. Why did she release me so early?" Harry asked a few minutes later after walking out of the hospital wing. Ashley banished his broom to his dorm.
"Stacy said to release you. She was here when you were sleeping. She checked you over. I don't think she really trusted the nurse. She didn't know how potions would react to us. Sometimes they could react to our powers badly. Stacy was able to get a potion that would help heal you quickly and have no side effects," Ashley answered.
Harry suddenly remembered something. "What were the results of Quidditch game?"
"They called it off. It was over as soon as you fell. You should've seen Dumbledore's face when he saw what happened. He was furious," Ashley answered.
"I bet he was. Where are we going now?" Harry asked.
"Where do you want to go?" Ashley asked him.
"I have no clue. How about just hanging gout down by the lake?" Harry suggested. Ashley agreed so they headed to the lake. On the way, Harry started to hum the tune Ashley sang that morning.
"Look who has a good voice also," she said.
"Who?" Harry asked sarcastically looking around. Ashley hit in playfully on the arm. "Ok fine. But I don't have a good voice. Never did and never will."
"Oh really?" Ashley asked. "Just keep on humming and listen to yourself. You'll see it my way soon." Harry just shrugged as he sat down beneath a tree around the lake. Ashley sat down next to him. He put an arm around he shoulders and pulled her close and kissed her forehead. They stayed like that talking for awhile until Harry fell asleep.
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Harry was dreaming. He was dreaming about one of the times he as practicing with Stacy. It was one of his first. He was learning how to use telekinesis. Stacy was showing him examples of what to do. All Harry had to do was concentrate on moving the pillow across the room. Stacy did it a couple of times and let Harry try. Harry tried and tried until he eventually got it.
In his dream, Harry looked around the room and at the people. He watched Stacy wave her hand as the pillow went flying. Suddenly Harry put the dream on freeze frame. Stacy used her hands? No wand? How can she use telekinesis if only one person can control an element? Harry suddenly felt as if he was floating. The room changed to the ocean. He was in the water and floating in the waves. He slowly woke up but realized that the movement of the waves didn't stop. He slowly opened his eyes.
"Finally you're awake!" The movement stopped. Harry looked and saw Ashley standing on his bed.
Yawning he said, "What are you doing here? No girls are allowed in the boys dormitories." Ashley jumped down.
"Good morning to you too captain!" she said. "I can't wait till the game!" She started walking around the room.
Harry remembered the game in the morning. "Weren't you the one who was scared yesterday?"
"We gave her a happiness potion this morning to stop her from shaking. That was a mistake," Matt said walking out of the bathroom and to his bed. He laid down and turned to Harry. "Boy, was that a mistake. She won't shut up!"
"I heard that!" Ashley exclaimed as she stood on Matt's bed and started jumping. Harry rolled his eyes and turned back over to sleep.
"I get carsick and this doesn't help!" Matt exclaimed.
"You're a wizard, Shark. How would you know if you're carsick?" Jake asked walking in. Ron was right behind him.
"I live in the muggle world so we drive places," Matt responded. His voice was messed up because of Ashley's bouncing. Harry put the pillow over his head.
"What's up with her?" he heard Ron ask.
"They gave her a potion to make her happy," Harry responded. His voice was muffled.
"Yea," Jake added. "Who knew that giving a cheerfulness potion to a girl would have a bad effect?"
"It wouldn't have had a bad effect if you didn't make it and screw it up!" exclaimed another voice from the doorway.
"Cat, you're not allowed in here," Harry replied.
"Technically, Wolf, I'm not in the room," Caroline replied. "I'm outside the door. I'm just here to tell you something. Stacy said to tell you to talk to Draco." Harry pulled the pillow off and looked up at her.
"Why?" he asked confused.
"You need to tell him to meet Stacy in her classroom after the game," Caroline answered.
Harry nodded his head to say that he'll do it when he remembered his dream. "Did Stacy ever use elemental magic during any of your practices?" he asked. Everyone thought for a moment.
"Yea I think so. But only a few things," Jake answered. "She only made the ground shake a little for me."
"For me all she did was light a small flame," Caroline added. "She had to tell me how to create heat."
"All she did was pour water on the floor and move it around," Matt remembered.
"She made the wind blow," Ashley added staying still.
"Potion wore off?" Harry asked. She nodded. "For me, she used telekinesis. What do you think it means?" Everyone thought for a few seconds until Ashley's eyes lit up.
"She has to be an elemental!" she exclaimed.
"But there's only one person who can control each element," Caroline pointed out.
"She can't control a whole element. Just parts of it," Ashley clarified.
"So she can do small elemental magic?" Jake asked sitting on his bed.
"I'm confused," Ron said.
"We're all elementals because we can control an element but only one person can control an element," Harry responded. Ron nodded.
"So what element could she be?" Matt asked.
"The element of the soul," Ashley said. "She can do a little bit from each element but not all of it. It makes perfect sense."
"What's going on here?" Liz asked coming into the room.
"We figured out the Stacy controls the soul element," Caroline answered. Liz looked at her and thought about it. Suddenly her eyes lit up.
"I read about that. It fits her perfectly!" Liz exclaimed before turning to Harry. "You really need to get up, Wolf. You need to eat before the game. It starts in half an hour! You need to get down also Eagle," she added to Ashley before she and Caroline left the room. Jake, Matt and Ron said good bye and left the room.
"Still nervous about the game?" Harry asked pushing blankets off himself.
"Not as much as yesterday but still scared," Ashley replied. Harry stood and stretched before snapping his fingers to change his clothes. Ashley rolled her eyes.
"You really need to change your clothes the other way," she said.
"I know but if I do it the normal way my clothes don't fit!" Harry said.
"You need to gain weight. You're very skinny, not that it shows a lot, but you are."
"All the time that I have been with you, I haven't gained anything even with all I eat!" Harry exclaimed looking at himself in the mirror. He was skinny. It was all due to his starving during the summer.
"Ok fine," Ashley said. "So, who will win today captain?"
Harry smiled and said; "I don't know Eagle. How about the Gryffindors?" Ashley smiled and thought about it.
"They better," she said.
"We shall see," Harry said wrapping an arm around her shoulders and heading down to the Great Hall. They entered the Great Hall and took seats at the Gryffindor table between Mrs. Weasley and Hermione. Mrs. Weasley immediately started to pile Harry's plate with food as well as Fred and George's. She couldn't reach Ashley.
"You all need to eat," she said. "You can't be hungry for the game. You all need to be careful also." She went on and on throughout the whole breakfast.
"She's really nervous," Ashley commented.
"She treats Harry like one of her sons," Hermione replied.
"That would explain what she's doing." Ashley and Hermione watched as Harry's plate was filled with food. He kept on arguing that it was enough and if he ate it all, he wouldn't be light enough to catch the snitch.
"Hey, Ashley," Hermione said quietly. Ashley turned to her. "Do you fancy Harry?"
Ashley thought for a moment. "What would make you say that?" she asked nervously.
Hermione looked back at Harry before responding. "Just the way you act around him and he acts around you."
"I really don't know," she said also looking at Harry. He was still fighting to keep his thin frame. Others around him were laughing. Sirius was helping Harry by trying to talk Molly out of stuffing Harry. When that didn't work, he transformed into a black dog and hid under the table, eating the food Harry was sneaking him.
"You should think about it," Hermione said smiling. "You look great together. He's a great person."
"Yes he is," Ashley responded. "I like being with him. Did you know that I was very shy before Harry joined us?" Hermione shook her head. "I wouldn't talk to anyone but with Harry, I felt as if I could talk to him about anything. I don't know why."
"You do fancy him," Caroline said from across the table. " I could see it as soon as you both saw each other."
"You'd be great for each other," Liz added.
Ashley looked at her in surprise. "Can everyone at this table hear our conversation?"
"No, not unless you're close," Liz answered smiling. Before they could carry on the conversation, Dumbledore interrupted them.
"In about ten minutes, I ask those of you who wish to watch the Quidditch game please make their way to the stands." Harry and the rest of the Quidditch team rose from their seats. The rest of the team had gone up ahead to get to the locker room while Ashley and Harry made their way to the common room to grab their brooms. On their way down the halls, they bumped into none other than Draco Malfoy. Draco started to walk away until Harry stopped him.
"Hey Draco," he called. Malfoy stopped in his tracks and turned to them. "I just wanted to tell you that Stacy would like to meet with you in her classroom after the game today." His eyes went wide.
"You mean it? She can train me?" Harry nodded. "This is great!" He started to walk away until he turned back to them. "Hey, thanks and good luck on today's game." He held out his hand. Harry shook it.
"Good luck." They headed in their separate directions.
"That was nice," Ashley remarked.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked. They reached the Fat Lady and said the password before entering the common room.
"He wished you good luck," Ashley answered before running up to her dorm to grab her Firebolt while Harry grabbed his.
"Yea," Harry said as they headed out through the portrait and down to the locker rooms. They reached the locker rooms a few minutes later and quickly changed into their Quidditch robes.
"Now those are the only clothes you put on the muggle way," Ashley remarked.
"Only these and sometimes my Hogwarts ones," Harry replied. The group gathered in the middle of the room.
"Come on captain," Fred said. "We're all ready for your big speech."
Harry looked at them confused. "I wasn't going to make a speech," he said.
The others looked at each other before chanting, "Speech, speech, speech, speech," over and over. Harry held up his hands to silence them.
"Ok fine, you'll get your speech," he said as cheers erupted. Harry thought for a moment about what he was going to say. "This team has been together for many years and just recently we've added on an excellent keeper. It's terrible to know that this is the last year for many of us. It's simple to know what we have to do. We have to win the Quidditch cup!" Cheers erupted. "But it's not that simple. We've trained a lot and played a lot. Alicia, Angelina, and Katie, you know exactly what to do. Make the other team confused. They'll never know who has the Quaffle. Fred and George, concentrate on the Bludgers. Ashley, I know you can do it. Just play how we did at home. I'll try to find the snitch as well as help out. Is everyone ready?" Everyone nodded their heads. "Then lets go!" They walked out of the locker room and onto the field.
The stands were more packed than usual. He saw Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Caroline, Liz, Matt, Sirius, Remus and even Jake in the Gryffindor stands waving to them. Harry, Ashley, Fred and George waved back.
"And here comes the Gryffindors!" Lee Jordan was saying. "They have a new captain and keeper. We have the new captain Harry Potter. The new keeper is none other than Ashley Strone. Returning Beaters, Fred and George Weasley and also Chasers Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, and Katie Bell. They're meeting the Slytherins in the center now."
Harry and the team stopped in front of the Slytherins who were already waiting in the center of the field. Harry stood in the middle of his team facing Draco. Madam Hooch came up to them.
"I want a clean game as always," she said. "Captains shake hands." Harry and Draco shook hands lightly. "Take your positions." She went over to the chest of balls and released them all but the Quaffle, which she held in her hand. She walked back over to the group. As soon as she threw the ball high up in the air, the teams took to the air. Katie grabbed the Quaffle first.
"Look at her go!" Lee Jordan said. "She's flying really fast. She's putting her broom to the limit. Talking about brooms, now not only does Potter have a Firebolt, but also the new keeper Ashley Strone." McGonagall silenced him.
Harry soared above the game and watched. He smiled as the chasers practiced Harry's plan during practice. They were close together and quickly passing the ball between them confusing the other chasers and keeper. Katie hid the ball under her robes as the three separated and headed to the goal posts. Alicia looked as if she was going to throw the Quaffle making the keeper concentrate on her instead of Katie who flew behind the Keeper making an easy goal.
"That was incredible!" Lee exclaimed. "10-0 Gryffindor!"
Harry looked over in Ashley's direction and saw her sitting on her broom in front of the goal posts. She was smiling. Looking around she saw Harry looking at her. She winked and turned back to the game. The Slytherins were in possession. They came close together and exchanged a few words before separating. They started passing the Quaffle around but not as fast as the Gryffindors did. Harry flew down close to them. Being the seeker, he was able to watch the fastest of things. He watched as the ball was passed as they approached Ashley. When they hid the Quaffle, Harry knew exactly which one had it. He flew behind the chaser. Ashley was looking between the three trying to see who has it. Once she saw Harry, he pointed down at the chaser who had it. Ashley nodded getting the message and made an amazing save.
"Ha! Potter was on to you from the start. You can't just take a Gryffindor tactic without it failing! That was spectacular teamwork between Potter and Strone. Nothing can escape the eye of a seeker. Gryffindor in possession leading 20-0," Lee commentated.
The rest of the game went on regularly. No goals went to the Slytherins. Harry took his spot high up looking around at his team and for the snitch. He didn't worry about the Bludgers because Fred and George were right on them. They decided to each watch their own and know where it was making it easier for them to protect their team.
"Great tactics," a voice said coming up to him. Harry turned and saw Draco fly up to him.
"Thanks," Harry replied looking down at the game.
"Good luck," Draco said before flying away. Harry watched him go confused. Draco wasn't following him like he always did. He looked around the field confused while he caught Ashley's eye. She wasn't doing anything. The Quaffle was down by Slytherin posts.
'What?' she mouthed sensing his confusion. Harry just shook his head to say, 'nothing' when his eyes went wide. Ashley looked at him confused before he mouthed, 'snitch'. The snitch was right behind Ashley. Harry waited to hear the score, which was 110-0, before heading after it. He flew right down towards Ashley who stood in her place afraid to scare the gold ball away. As soon as Harry got closer, she ducked but the snitch took off. Harry stopped right behind Ashley.
"Almost," she said.
"Yea," Harry said looking around.
"I think you should've completed that dive," Ashley said quickly checking where the Quaffle was before turning back to Harry. "It would've been great for the parents to see. They've never seen one of your crazy dives." Harry shrugged his shoulders before locking his eyes on the new position of the snitch. It was a foot above the ground near Gryffindor stands.
"Wish me luck," He said before flying after it. He dived down. He was ten feet away before the snitch disappeared. Taking Ashley's advice, Harry pulled out of the dive a foot from the ground gaining shouts of amazement with also shouts of people yelling at him not to scare them again. That was mainly from his friends in Gryffindor.
"An excellent dive from Potter!" Lee said. "Gryffindor still in the lead 150-0" Harry rose back up past Ashley and up to his spot above the game. Harry faced away from the Slytherin posts looking for the snitch. He barely heard his name shouted before something hard hit his head.
The impact made Harry almost lose consciousness as it made his vision go fuzzy and he became dizzy. His dizziness made Harry let go of his broom as he started to plummet towards the ground. He knew he was falling as his vision blackened. He was just conscious enough to feel him hit something before completely blacking out.
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When Harry came through, he heard many people sobbing. His arms were propped up as people held his hands. Harry slowly opened his eyes but shut them quickly when he became dizzy.
"I think he's waking up," said a voice next to him. It sounded like Sirius.
"Please be okay," another voice sobbed.
"He will be," said another one. "He just has to be."
Harry slowly opened his eyes. He closed them again as dizziness washed over him. He felt someone kiss his hand. He squeezed back very lightly.
"Poppy, please dim the lights," another voice commanded. Harry recognized it as Dumbledore.
"I can't believe he did this. I honestly didn't know about it," said another voice. Harry groaned disappointed with this unsuccessful attempts to open his eyes. He tried once more and was able to open them more than before.
He heard someone saying, "Please be okay," over and over again. Harry's eyes opened enough to see figures in the room. His eyes took a few seconds to focus before he could see properly. He saw that he was in the hospital wing. He looked around at the faces around him. Ashley and Sirius were both holding his hands. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley as well as Ron, Hermione, Caroline, Liz, Ashley, Jake, Matt, Stacy, Ginny, the Gryffindor team, Dumbledore, Madam Pomfrey, Remus, McGonagall and Draco were all around his bed.
"What happened?" Harry whispered. His head was throbbing. It hurt worse than it did when he was near Voldermort when he had his scar.
"The bats of a Beater are a lot more powerful than we thought," Alicia said. Harry looked confused.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked.
Sirius answered after a small pause. "One of the Slytherin Beaters went behind you. Everyone thought he was chasing a Bludger until the bat came down upon your head."
"You scared us when you fell of your broom," Hermione sobbed.
"It was lucky that Miss Strone was quick enough to catch you before you hit the ground," Dumbledore said. There wasn't a sparkle in his eyes. Harry looked to his right at Ashley who looked down at the floor. Tears were in her eyes as well as running down her cheeks. She and Sirius were still holding his hands.
Harry lightly squeezed the hand that Ashley was holding onto. Fresh tears appeared and fell down her cheek. She still looked at the floor.
"Ashley?" he called quietly. She looked up at him surprised. "I think you have something i your hair. Move closer towards me," he said. Ashley looked at him confused until she slowly moved her head toward Harry. When she was close enough, he kissed her forehead. "Thank you," he said quietly.
She was shocked but smiled and said, "You're welcome." She pulled back realizing that she didn't have anything in her hair.
"Harry," a voice called. Harry looked towards where it came from. It was from Draco. "I'm sorry. I honestly didn't know he was going to do that. I yelled at him before. Honestly I didn't know."
Harry looked at him. He looked straight into his eyes. "I don't know how i know, but I know you didn't know. Don't worry about it," Harry said to him. Draco looked as if a million pounds have been lifted off of his chest before McGonagall led him out of the room and to his class.
"How are you feeling Harry?" Sirius asked. He looked worried.
"My head hurts like crazy," Harry replied closing his eyes.
Madam Pomfrey came over to Harry and made Sirius let go of his hand, which he did angrily. "Harry, please squeeze my hand as hard as you can." Harry tried squeezed her hand very lightly but it was the best he could do. "Ok dear, I'll let you talk to your visitors but if you get dizzy or tired, I want you to go right to sleep. Understood?" Harry nodded. She left his side and Sirius grabbed his hand again.
"What's wrong with my head?" he asked quietly. He barley had any strength.
They looked at each other before Sirius responded. "The bat hit you pretty hard. We were fearing the worst. You might get severe headaches and dizziness. We were afraid that you would forget things or have amnesia but that doesn't seem the case. You are very weak now but Poppy's brewing potions to help you. You will also be most likely tired a lot from now on until you are back to normal. You could be out of here in a few days. Your skull is mostly healed by now."
"Skull?" Harry asked surprised.
"We did say that the bat was harder than we thought," Liz said. Harry looked around at the people in the room. Many had stopped crying but looked at Harry sadly. Ashley was the only one still crying.
"Hey," Harry said quietly to her. She looked up at him. "What's the matter?"
"I'm just scared," she replied.
"Of what?" Harry asked slightly squeezing her hand. She looked down at it.
"Of what happened today," she said.
"I'm fine," Harry insisted.
"No you're not," Ashley pressed. "You're in a bed and I could've kept you out of it."
"You helped me like you couldn't imagine. I was just hit in the head. I don't have injuries from hitting the ground and I have you to thank for that," Harry insisted again.
"But you still have an injury."
"One injury."
"One injury," Ashley repeated. Harry yawned.
"I believe it is time to let Mr. Potter get some sleep," Dumbledore said from the doorway. With looks and good nights to Harry, most left the room. Before leaving, George set Harry's returned broom next to Harry's bed. Sirius kissed his hand and told him to get a good night's sleep before getting up and leaving. Ashley was still in the room. Dumbledore looked back into the room before smiling at the two and leaving them in the room.
"Here's a potion for your dizziness," Madam Pomfrey said setting a goblet next to Ashley on a table next to Harry's bed. "Take it if you get dizzy. Just take a mouthful if you'd like." She left the room.
Harry snuggled into his blankets without letting go of Ashley and closed his eyes. He soon fell asleep. He woke up in the morning to someone singing next to him. It was a girl and she had a beautiful, soprano voice. Still with his eyes closed, Harry listened to the song.
| | |Hush bye bye, Don't you cry | |Go to sleepy little baby | |When you wake you shall have | |All the pretty little horses | | | |Hush bye bye Don't you cry | |Go to sleepy little baby | |When you wake you shall have | |All the pretty little horses | | | |Blacks, and bays, dapples, and grays | |All the pretty little horses | |Blacks, and bays, dapples, and grays | |Coach and six a little horses | | | |Hush bye bye. Don't you cry | |Go to sleepy little baby | |When you wake you have sweet cake | |And all the pretty little horses | | | |A brown, and gray, black, and bay | |And a coach and six, little horses | |A black, and bay, brown, and a gray | |And a coach and six, little horses. | | | |Hush you bye, don't you cry | |Oh, you pretty little baby | |Go to sleepy little baby | |Oh you pretty little baby |
Harry slowly opened his eyes. "Where did you learn that?" he asked when she was done. She looked at him in surprise.
"You were awake?" she asked surprised. Harry nodded. "Sorry if I woke you."
"I don't think you woke me but if you did, I was glad. That was a beautiful song. You are a great singer. Where did you learn to sing that song?"
Ashley blushed. "I could sing like that for as long as I remember. My mother used to sing that to me every night when I was little and I memorized it. I just thought about it a few minutes ago so I started singing it. I didn't think that you were awake and were listening."
"I love that song. It was beautiful. What is it called?" Harry asked.
"It's called The Little Horses. It's repetitive but beautiful. It's one of my mother's favorites."
"It was beautiful," Harry remarked.
"Thank you," Ashley said.
"Did you sleep at all last night?" Harry asked.
"Yea. I fell asleep a few minutes after you but awoke about an hour ago," Ashley said.
"What time is it?" Harry asked looking around for a clock.
"About 10:30 in the morning," Ashley answered looking at her watch. "How's your head?"
"A lot better than yesterday," Harry answered. Once Madam Pomfrey saw he was awake, she gave him a bunch of potions and a check over. Then to his surprise, she released him.
"That was weird. Why did she release me so early?" Harry asked a few minutes later after walking out of the hospital wing. Ashley banished his broom to his dorm.
"Stacy said to release you. She was here when you were sleeping. She checked you over. I don't think she really trusted the nurse. She didn't know how potions would react to us. Sometimes they could react to our powers badly. Stacy was able to get a potion that would help heal you quickly and have no side effects," Ashley answered.
Harry suddenly remembered something. "What were the results of Quidditch game?"
"They called it off. It was over as soon as you fell. You should've seen Dumbledore's face when he saw what happened. He was furious," Ashley answered.
"I bet he was. Where are we going now?" Harry asked.
"Where do you want to go?" Ashley asked him.
"I have no clue. How about just hanging gout down by the lake?" Harry suggested. Ashley agreed so they headed to the lake. On the way, Harry started to hum the tune Ashley sang that morning.
"Look who has a good voice also," she said.
"Who?" Harry asked sarcastically looking around. Ashley hit in playfully on the arm. "Ok fine. But I don't have a good voice. Never did and never will."
"Oh really?" Ashley asked. "Just keep on humming and listen to yourself. You'll see it my way soon." Harry just shrugged as he sat down beneath a tree around the lake. Ashley sat down next to him. He put an arm around he shoulders and pulled her close and kissed her forehead. They stayed like that talking for awhile until Harry fell asleep.
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