Chapter 6 Quiditch Tryouts and the First Full Moon at Hogwarts
It was September 26, the day before the full moon; Harry woke up feeling a little ill and tired. He went down to breakfast. Harry ran into Mark and Chloe who also going into the Great Hall.
Harry said, "Sorry, Mark and Chloe."
Mark said, "It was our fault anyways because we're standing in the middle of the pathway. We have something to tell you about Quiditch."
Harry asked, "What?"
Mark said, "Chloe and I are going to be the new beaters. A Slytherin threw a small round thing at us and we blocked it."
Chloe said after taking a bite of her eggs, "Harry, my sister doesn't want me to play because she thinks it's too dangerous, but I really want to play."
Harry said, "Hermione will be happy for you no matter what you choose."
Chloe said, "Thanks see you at three for the tryouts."
Harry went the DADA class room with his friends. They sat down at their desk.
Prof. Lupin said, "Today, we're going to learning about poltergeists. Poltergeists are noisy sprits, and they like to throw things at people and animals. They usually are looking for an object of theirs when they are around. The spell is "Glaciem animam." It only works on poltergeists. On paper, it will cause it to turn into liquid."
Hermione said, "Glaciem animan." The paper melted.
Harry said, "Glaciem animan." The paper dissolved into liquid.
They all went down to the Quiditch pitch after lunch to have the tryouts.
Harry said, "Who is trying out for beater? Please stand over on the left side of the pitch. Chasers please mount your brooms. You got to work together to get the Quaffle passed Ron."
Ginny and Colin were the best chasers; they got 4 out of 5 Quaffles in the hoops.
Harry said, "Ginny Weasely and Mandy Drendon are the new chasers. The reverse chasers are Colin Creevey, Neville Longbottom, and Dennis Creevey. Beaters mount your brooms. Mark and Chloe, you are with Ginny, Colin, and Katie. Dean and Seamus, you are with Dennis, Neville, and Lavender."
Mark yelled, "Chloe look up!"
Chloe hit the bludger and said, "I got it!"
Dean and Seamus missed the bludger.
Harry said, "Chloe Granger and Mark Evans are the new beaters, and the reverse beaters are Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnegan. Now anyone who is trying out for the reverse Keeper, please mount your brooms."
Parvati Patil blocked the most Quaffles out of the other Keepers that were trying out.
Harry said, "Parvati Patil is our reverse Keeper. We only need a reverse seeker."
Lavender Brown and Andrew Krupfike were trying out for the reverse seeker position. Andrew caught the snitch in fifteen minutes.
Harry said, "Andrew Krupfike is our reverse seeker. The tryouts are over. Good job everyone. Hit the showers."
Harry walked to the Great Hall for dinner. He sat next Hermione and Ron.
Harry said, "This year nothing bad is going to happen."
Hermione said, "I can't believe my sister disobeyed me!"
Ron said, "Come on, Hermione. She is a great beater."
Remus came over to the Gryffindor table and said, "Harry, come with me."
Harry followed Remus to his office. Harry sat down on a red couch, and Remus sat at his desk.
Remus said, "How do you feel?"
Harry lied, "I'm fine."
Remus said, "I know it's the full moon, tomorrow. You don't have to lie to me."
Harry said yawning, "Ok, I'm really tired. Right now, I'm helping Mark with Patronous Charm."
Remus said, "Okay, but remember to go to the Hospital Wing in the afternoon tomorrow."
Harry said, "Bye."
He walked up to the Room of Requirement where he met Mark.
Harry said, "Try the Expecto Patronous charm, Mark."
Mark said, "Expecto Patronous!" A silver mist shot out of his wand.
Harry said, "Watch me. Expecto Patronous!" A stag shot of his wand.
Mark said, "Cool, I'll never be able to do it."
Harry asked, "What was your most happy thought?"

Mark said, "When I met you."
Harry said, "I want you to think of nothing other then the day that you met me."
Mark yelled, "Expecto Patronous!" A silver wolf shot out his wand charging towards the door.
Harry said yawning, "Mark you did it."
Mark said, "I did it. I really want to be a werewolf. Can I please come with you to the Shrieking Shack, tomorrow?"
Harry said, "Trust me, you don't. The transformations are very painful. You can become an animagius. Tomorrow, you can just use my invisibility cloak."
Mark asked, "Can I tell you something?"
Harry said, "Yeah, go ahead."
Mark said, "I've been have weird dreams of a shaggy black dog who turned into a man in a dark room."
Harry said, "That dog is my godfather; he's alive. You are a seer; we have to tell Dumbledore."
Mark said as they walked to Dumbledore's office, "Ok."
Harry said, "Lemon drops." The gargoyles did not move. "Mark, help
me."
Mark said, "Peppermints."
The gargoyles moved aside, and Harry and Mark walked up the
stairs. Harry saw Sirius sitting in a chair next to Dumbledore.
Prof. Dumbledore asked, "Harry and Mark, what's wrong?"
Mark said, "I've been having dreams about a shaggy black dog
that turned into a man in a dark room."
Prof. Dumbledore said, "You made a prediction that Sirius Black
is alive, which as you can see him here, is true. Some seers are
natural animagi, but you can only turn into your favorite animal."
Mark closed his eyes and imagined that he was a wolf. After a
few minutes, he turned into a wolf with some brown patches on his fur.
Mark felt like it was a dream came true. He ran around the office for
a couple minutes, and then Mark became a human again.
Prof. Dumbledore said, "Do not abuse the power to turn into a
wolf. Mark if you would excuse yourself and go back to your common
room while Harry, Sirius, and I talk privately."
Mark said as he walked outside, "Ok."
Prof. Dumbledore said, "Sirius, would you please tell us what
happened in the Dept. of Mysteries?"
Sirius said, "Well, when I fell into the veil, I saw your mum
and dad, Harry. They said that I had to turn into my animagius form to
get out. I turned into a dog and then climbed back out of it. Harry,
your mum and dad said to give you these letters and one is from Cedric
Diggory."
Harry opened Cedric's letter, and it read:
Dear Harry,
Please don't blame yourself for my death. It wasn't your fault;
Wormtail was the one who killed me. Please tell Cho, to get over it. I
heard from Sirius that she was crying all the time. I do miss my
family.
From your friend,
Cedric
Harry smiled and opened his mum's letter. It read:
Dear Harry,
I'm dead. I miss you very much, Harry. I hope you better than
your father at school and don't trick the Slytherins. Your father was
mean to them, but to his friends and me, he was caring. Sorry, that
you had to live with my sister, Vernon, and Dudley for the blood
protection from Voldemort. I hope you and Remus are okay. I love you,
my son.
Love,
Mum
He opened his dad's letter. He read:
Dear Harry,
As you know, I'm dead. I know I was git to Snape; I never got a chance to apologize to him. Would please tell Snape that I'm sorry for humiliating him? Potters are the heirs of Gryffindor. We have a cottage in Godric's Hollow and a big house in Bramhall, England. I love you.
Love,
Dad
Dumbledore said, "Harry, you should get some sleep."
Sirius said as he and Harry left, "I'm free because Fudge saw Wormtail with his own eyes. You can live with me in your own house. Mark is also going to be living with us. Meet me at The Three Broomsticks tomorrow."
Harry said, "I don't feel so good, but I'll be there at 12 for lunch."
Sirius said, "If you are sick, you don't have to go."
Harry said yawning, "I'm just really tired, but I'm fine. Good night, Sirius!"
Sirius said, "Night, Harry!"
Harry walked to the Gryffindor common after saying the password ("Sugar quills."). Harry heard Hermione and Chloe arguing about Quiditch.
Hermione yelled, "QUIDITCH IS DANGEROUS! YOU SHOULD READ MORE!"
Chloe yelled, "QUIDITCH IS FUN!"
Hermione yelled, "NO, IT IS DANGEROUS!"
Chloe yelled, "IT IS SAFE!"
Harry yelled, "WOULD YOU TWO STOP FIGHTING? YOU ARE SISTERS. USE YOUR WORDS, FIGHTING NEVER SOLVES ANYTHING!"
Hermione said, "Sorry, Harry. We'll use your words."
Chloe said to Harry, "Sorry."
Harry asked yawning, "What is the problem, Hermione and Chloe?"
Hermione said, "Chloe picked the most dangerous position in Quiditch, the beater. I'm afraid that she gets hurt."
Harry said yawning, "Now, Chloe, tell me the problem."
Chloe said, "Hermione doesn't let me do anything fun; she made me read all the first year books before school starts. I really like Quiditch."
Harry said wearily, "Hermione, you are trying make Chloe a mini you; she is her own person and likes different things. Hermione, relax, let her do her own activities and stop choosing them for her. Chloe, tell her how you feel when she does things that you don't like."
Chloe said, "I don't like when you choose activities for me and make me read school books before school."
Hermione said to Chloe, "Okay, I'll stop. I'm sorry. You were really good at hitting the bludgers with Mark."
Chloe said, "Hermione, I'm sorry. How about we pick an activity that we both like during the Christmas holidays that doesn't involve reading, flying, and dancing?"
Hermione said, "Okay, let's go to bed. Good night Chloe and Harry. "

Chloe said, "Night, sister and Harry."
Harry said, "Night you two."
Harry went to his dorm and fell asleep right away. He slept until eleven o'clock in the morning the next day. Harry felt really tired and sick; he went into the common room and sat on the couch.
Hermione said, "Good morning, Harry."
Harry said, "Good Morning, Hermione, Mandy, Neville, Ginny, and Ron."
Ron said, "Sleep good, Harry?"
Harry said, "Yeah."
Neville asked quietly, "Harry, are you okay?"
Harry said, "I'm just a bit sick." He did feel sick, so he wasn't actually lying.
Hermione said as they walked to carriages to take them to Hogmeade, "What are you doing in Hogmeade?"
Harry said, "Sirius is alive and free. I'm going to have lunch with him."
Hermione said, "I'm going get my sister something special because of what happened yesterday."
Ron said, "Ginny and I are going Honeydukes and Zonkos."
Mandy said, "Neville and I are going to have lunch together."
Harry, Hermione, Mandy, Neville, Ginny, and Ron got to Hogsmeade. They went their own directions. Harry went to the Three Broomsticks to meet Sirius. He sat down at the corner table in the back.
Sirius said, "Hi Harry. Would like anything to eat?"
Harry said tiredly, "Hi Sirius. I would like a hamburger and a Butterbeer."
Sirius order two hamburgers and Butterbeers and sat back down.
Sirius asked, "Why do you look so tired and sick?"
Harry replied faking a cough, "I have a bad cold." He lied.
Sirius said not believing it, "Okay, maybe you should see Madame Pomfrey." Sirius thought back to before he found out that Remus was a werewolf. He used to make dumb excuses like Harry's excuse. Sirius thought, "Harry can't be werewolf. Probably it just was Voldemort giving him trouble sleeping again."
Harry said after taking the last bite of his hamburger, "Okay."
Harry found his friends in Honeydukes.
Ron said, "Hey Harry."
Harry said tiredly, "Hi Hermione, Mandy, Neville, Ginny, and Ron."
Hermione said, "You look really sick. Are you okay?"
Harry said lying, "I don't feel so good. I'm going back to Hogwarts to go to the Hospital Wing."
Harry headed back to Hogwarts; he felt awful. He went to the Hospital Wing; he was relieved that no other students were there.
Madame Pomfrey said, "Hi Harry. It is the full moon, tonight. How do you feel today?"
Harry said, "I feel awful."
Madame Pomfrey handed Harry a vial of a disgusting looking potion and said, "This is the Wolfsbane Potion. Please drink the potion; it will help the pain of your transformation."
Harry drank the Wolfsbane Potion and it tasted horribly; Remus was right about it tasting terrible. Harry asked, "Madame Pomfrey, may I have a glass of water, please?"
Madame Pomfrey handed him a glass of water and said, "Please try to get some rest, Harry."
Harry nodded and drank the water. He fell asleep.
Remus walked into the Hospital Wing and said loudly, "Madame Pomfrey!"
Madame Pomfrey said in a whisper, "Prof. Lupin, would you please keep it down?"
Remus whispered, "Sorry Poppy."
Madame Pomfrey asked in whisper, "Now Remus, what is the problem?"
Remus whispered, "May I have the Wolfsbane Potion? Severus said he gave it to you because he had a meeting."
Madame Pomfrey handed Remus the potion and said in a whisper, "Remus, here you go."
Remus took the potion and said in a quiet voice, "Thank you, Poppy." He left.
Madame Pomfrey woke up Harry a few hours later and said, "Harry, please wake up!"
Harry said groggily, "I'm up."
Madame Pomfrey said, "We have to go to the Shrieking Shack, now."
Harry and Madame Pomfrey walked to Whomping Willow. Madame Pomfrey froze the tree, and Harry crawled inside the hole to go to the Shrieking Shack. He got inside and saw Remus, Mandy in her horse form, Thunder, Buster, and Mark in his wolf form. Harry felt the tremendous pain of becoming a werewolf; he let out a howl in pain. Harry became a grey wolf with some black patches on his fur. He paced around the shack looking for anything to gnaw on; he jumped on Thunder and took a bite of his fur. Thunder growled at Harry and bit Harry. Harry fell asleep.