Harry Potter and the Secrets of the Order
Chapter 5
Gryffindor vs. Slytherin
By: Sirius **Padfoot
July 17, 2003
It's been a week into the school year and Harry's Potion class just keeps getting worse.
"Potter that's not how you make this potion. Zero for the day again Mr. Potter." Snape sneered. Harry hadn't dared to tell Sirius afraid Sirius would go to Azkaban for a murder. Snape's of course.
"S-sorry." Harry muttered as he started to pack away his things.
"You're home work Mr. Potter is to give me a full piece of Parchment on how to make this potion and what it is used for. Got it." Snape said smirking like he'd just won a difficult battle and he himself had killed Voldemort. Or Dumbledore one Harry couldn't tell. Snape walked back to his desk pleased with himself.
After class Harry caught up with Ron who couldn't take Potions cause he'd failed it. Then Hermione came up behind them.
"The guy keeps getting worse every day down in that dungeon is like being back at the bloody Dursleys." Harry said heatedly.
"Harry tell Sirius." Hermione suggested.
"Out of the question. My dad and Sirius the reason Snape hates me. If I get Sirius involved that'll make every thing harder on me. Besides I don't want Sirius going back to Azkaban for actually killing a wizard." Harry said.
"We've got to do some 'en (then) though 'arry (Harry)." Ron said as he shoved a chocolate frog in his mouth.
"Ron there is nothing we can do. Me being Gryffindor Seeker like my dad before me, me looking like my dad, me being close to Sirius. It's just got to him. You don't understand at all." Harry said.
"What don't we understand." Hermione asked.
"That's between Snape and my self. Sorry but I won't tell anyone not even you two." Harry said and watched his feet sadly. He hadn't told them about what he'd seen in the pensive in Snape's office. Partially cause he didn't want Snape's vengeance upon him and the fact that he didn't want any one to know what his father had done to other student while he was there.
"No problem. Hey you get to face old Malfoy tomorrow. Catch the Snitch Harry. I'll be doing my best as Keeper and Jenny she our new Chaser. I know Sirius and Anna will be there. Routing for us to beat the Bloody hell out of the Slytherin's again." Ron said and went into a fit of laughter.
"Charms class oh goodie. Probably get to float a book around the room the whole class period." Hermione said and shocked the two boys out of their Quidditch dreams.
"What?!" they said stunned together.
"Charms is boring at times don't you think." Hermione said as if she was explaining a simple spell to them. But her simple spells were hard.
"OK! What have you done with the real Hermione?" Ron asked looking at her strangely.
"Oh Ron." Hermione said and walked into the class then sat down not paying any attention to Ron and Harry's Quidditch talk.
Down at dinner Harry saw Lupin up at the teachers table looking at him sadly along with Sirius, Anna, McGonagall and Dumbledore. Harry looked at Ron and Hermione and brought their attention to the head table. Ron and Hermione couldn't figure out why the teachers were looking at Harry that way. Well all except Snape of course who was smiling at him for some on reason. They couldn't figure that one out either.
They sat down at the Gryffindor table talking to each other. They were laughing and talking about the look on old Snape's face when Harry catches the snitch tomorrow. Harry was facing the Slytherin table while Ron and Hermione were facing him. Harry kept noticing Malfoy looking at him and then laughing at him. he couldn't understand why though.
"Harry was up? Was wrong with you?" Ron asked.
"Nothing a bit of a weird feeling that they all know something I don't." Harry said as he stared at Malfoy. Then shook his head and went back to the Quidditch talk they were having.
Unannounced to Harry and owl flew in to the Great Hall and was circling the Gryffindor table. Once Harry noticed the Barn Owl it landed in front of him and stuck out it's leg. Harry Took the letter from the Owl and it left at once.
"OK! This is starting to get weird we never get mail this late." Harry said and opened the letter and read it. His fists clinched the piece of Parchment then he looked at Malfoy again he was now laughing so hard he could barley breath and pointing at Harry. He jumped up and grabbed his goblet and threw it at Malfoy.
"Damn bloody Slytherin's the whole lot of you are no good wizard and Witches. No good death eater trash. Just like you're head of house and that no good thing you call a father Malfoy!" Harry yelled and stormed out of the Great Hall. No one was talking now.
"Harry no wait come back here." Anna said and ran around the head table and between the house tables to catch up with Harry but once she reached the Main Hall he was no where in sight. She stepped back into the Great hall and looked at Sirius and Lupin worriedly.
"Come on Moony. We've got to find him!" Sirius said running around the table to join Anna. Lupin quickly followed behind him. they left the Great Hall and McGonagall walked over to Ron and Hermione.
"You two may want to see if you can find him. check any place you think he may be." McGonagall said and ushered the two out of the Great Hall. Snape stormed off madder then a wet hornet.
"I'm afraid sir that our young Harry has mad it more difficult on himself in Severus' potions class." McGonagall said retaking her seat beside Dumbledore.
"Ah yes I agree with you Minerva." Dumbledore said sadly.
"HARRY!! HARRY!!" Sirius yelled as he scanned the grounds of the castle. He couldn't see any thing at all. He walked out towards the Quidditch Pitch and looked around there but didn't find him.
"HARRY, HARRY COME ON HARRY!" Anna yelled as she ran towards the Whomping Willow tree. She made her way into the tunnel under the tree and made a mad dash for the Shreaky Shack. "Harry…Harry are you in here?" Anna asked as she looked around then dark house the only sounds that met her ears were her own footsteps.
"Luminous" she whispered and the end of her wand ignited. "Harry please answer me. Are you here?" Anna pleaded.
"Damn where could he have gone? I wonder if Sirius has found him yet?" She asked her self as she started back to the tunnel to the Hogwarts grounds.
"Harry are you up here?" Lupin asked as he walked into the owelry. He hadn't expected Harry to be there but thought he'd better check. He wasn't there so Lupin resumed his search. He made his way down to the seventh floor toward the Gryffindor common room.
"Professor he's not here. Has Anna or Sirius found him?" Hermione asked as she ran from the Gryffindor Common room toward him.
"I don't know. Sirius is out checking the grounds, Anna is checking the house, I just checked the Owlery and the library, and you two just checked the common room. I can't figure out a place he could be." Lupin said and looked like he had just been beat to the ground and lost his best friends again.
"DADA room Ron go check. Professor uhm…go check the kitchen maybe Dobby has seen Harry, I'll go check the Room of Requirements." Hermione said and ran off in the direction of the room of Requirements. Ron towards the DADA Room and Lupin with out hesitation ran down to the kitchen to find this Dobby creature.
"Hagrid have you seen Harry!" Anna asked as she beat on his door to his hut.
"No Professor. Haven't seen hid ner hair of 'arry (Harry)." Hagrid said opening the door and welcoming her in.
"I can't Hagrid I'm sorry Harry's gone missing. Can't find him any where." Anna said and looked around helplessly then looked at the dark forest. "He wouldn't would he?" Anna said like a worried mother and took off at a run for the Dark Forest.
"Professor no wait. Can't let you go in there by your self now can we." Hagrid said bounding off after her Fang at his heals and his crossbow in his hands.
"HARRY! PLEASE TELL ME YOU DIDN'T COME IN HERE!! HARRY ANSWER ME!!" Anna yelled not caring if she made any of the creatures in the Dark Forest mad at the second all she was worried about was finding Harry. "Damn let him out of my sight for thirty seconds at the most and no one can find him." Anna said frustrated and angry with her self.
"Come now Professor. 'arry's (Harry's) a strong and 'ery (Very) talented wizard. He can handle 'im self. 'at's (That's) for sure." Hagrid said light heartedly but still worried.
"Yeah but I was the closest to him. I shouldn't have let him get out of my sight after his little explosion in the Great Hall." Anna said.
"'splosion (Explosion) what 'splosion (Explosion)?" Hagrid asked since he hadn't been to the Great Hall as of yet.
"Yeah Harry got a letter from the Ministry of magic at dinner that's why Remus' is hear. He told us ahead of time so we could prevent this from happening. But it happened." Anna said sadly.
"What 'appened (Happened)?" Hagrid asked.
"Voldemort sent his bloody Death Eaters to Number Four Privet Drive and had the Dursleys killed so Harry can no longer be safe during the summer months." Anna said.
"Harry hated the Dursleys so what with the 'splostion (Explosion) about?" Hagrid asked a little confused.
"Think about it Hagrid. Every family Harry's ever know has been murdered by either Voldemort or his damn bloody death eaters." Anna said. "The Dursleys though he hates to admit it is the only real family he has. Yes he has Sirius, Remus, myself, Ron, Hermione, the rest of the Weasley's and the Order but they're not his family truly. We're not blood to him." she said sadly then heard some one yell from the castle.
"ANNA WE'VE FOUND HIM. HE'S IN THE CASTLE!" It was Remus Lupin he had ran out looking for her.
"We're on Our Way Remus." Anna yelled back and turned around and started back out the way they had came in.
"Where was he?" Anna asked running into the now deserted Great Hall. Only Harry, Sirius, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, Dumbledore, McGonagall and Anna her self was in the Great Hall now it was late and most of the students were in bed asleep or were in their common room reading.
"He was up in the astronomy tower." Sirius said placing a hand on Harry's shoulder.
"Harry with your little blow up during dinner I think you made your potions lessons a lot harder on your self." Dumbledore said.
"I don't care if that jerk wants to hate me then now he has a reason to. It he hates facing the truth then that's his problem. I don't care any more. He makes my life as miserable as he can here just because of my dad and his friend. Well he can get over it and I'll tell him that my self!" Harry said very angrily as he clenched his fists.
"No Harry. He is a teacher here and you will show him respect. Have I not done that for the time I've been here this year." Sirius said making Harry look at him.
"Yeah well you don't have to live thought what I do now do you Sirius. Don't even go into I know how you feel cause you don't. you were on the other side of things." Harry said angrily.
"And what did that mean Harry?" Sirius asked in sort of an angry tone.
"You were the one torturing him when you were here. and now I'm tortured by him. so you don't know how I feel." Harry said.
"Oh Harry come now calm down. We're not your enemy's here." Anna said sweetly.
"I'm not a frikin child I wish every one would stop treating me as such." Harry said angrily glaring at Anna who was taken back by his reaction.
"That's enough Harry if you don't want to be treated as a child then stop acting like one. You have no right being angry with us or being rude to us either." Sirius said.
"Oh yeah well every one gets that stupid little attitude with me so why can't I just shove it back in your faces." Harry said.
"You're throwing a temper tantrum like a little five year old Harry. Grow up. If you want to be treated like a teenager or an adult stop behaving like a child. We were all worried about you and looking for you and here you are talking to us like we are in the wrong." Sirius said and Harry started for the door. "Oh no you don't come back here." Sirius said grabbing his arm making him stop.
"What now Sirius?" Harry asked in an agitated tone.
"I was talking to you. You don't just turn around a walk away. Besides you owe all these people an apology for you actions." Sirius said.
"You're not my father." Harry said angrily and jerked his arm away from Sirius.
"Yeah but I'm you're godfather and all you have. Now apologize to them Harry." Sirius said now angry and sad at the same time Harry's words stung deep in his heart.
"Why does every one think they can run my life." Harry said and ran out of the Great Hall up to the Gryffindor common room. Then ran up to the dormitory's and laid down.
"Oh I don't know what to do with him. now he won't even listen to me. I know I'm not James I don't pretend to be." Sirius said and plopped down at the Gryffindor table.
"Oh Sirius it's just his emotions speaking. He'll apologized soon. He probably already feels bad about the way he was speaking to you. He knows you're only worried about him." Anna said and put her hands on his shoulders trying to comfort him.
"Anna's write Sirius I'm sure he didn't mean any thing he just said. Well except the Snape part who would blame him for hating Snape we did." Remus said and smiled at the small laugh Sirius gave.
"As Anna and Remus both has said Sirius. I'm sure that Harry is just a little emotional at the moment and will be visiting you some time tonight or tomorrow to apologize or to at least talk." Dumbledore said calmly looking over his half moon spectacles.
"I hope you're right. I don't know if I can take another of his outbursts." Sirius said and smiled at them.
"He's like his father all right. Hot headed and easily provoked." Anna said and laughed a little.
"Don't remind me." Remus said and all three of them just started laughing. Leaving a completely dumbfounded Ron and Hermione looking at them strangely.
"'Don't worry their not going crazy. Just old memories." Hagrid whispered to the two kids.
"You know what they're laughing about?" Ron asked.
"Course I's do. Saw it me self. Poor Lupin." Hagrid said and grinned big once the three stopped laughing and looked at him. Remus was more like begging him not to tell any one. "'on't (Don't) worry Remus. yer (Your) secret's safe wiff (With) me." Hagrid said and smiled.
"Oh thank gosh. These two on the other hand." Remus said and looked at Anna and Sirius.
"Oh come on Remus it was so cute." Anna cooed to him.
"No Anna that was horrible. I know what Snape felt like some of the times." Remus said in a whinny tone.
"Oh all right Remus I won't tell. You're no fun." Anna said sticking her tongue out at Remus.
"I won't tell Remus. You know me." Sirius said.
"Yeah you told Harry didn't you. Both of you did." Remus said.
"You told Harry. Come on Hermione we can get it out of him." Ron said happily and ran out of the Great Hall.
"Just had to open my mouth didn't I?" Remus said.
"Yep! Your fault not ours. Besides you helped us tell Harry." Anna said crossing her arms looking at him sternly.
"Remus you can stay in the castle tonight since it's late. We all need to be getting to bed Quidditch game tomorrow." Dumbledore said and started to leave the Great Hall with Professor McGonagall right there beside him.
"Good night Hagrid. Come on Remus lets get you settled in for the night." Anna said and smiled as she too started to leave the Great Hall.
"Night." Hagrid called after the three as he started out towards his cabin.
The Gryffindor's were coming out onto the Quidditch Pitch in their scarlet robs they were greeted by the cheers of 3/4 of the school. The other quarter of the school was booing and hissing at them. Harry was used to it. Ron and Ginny were getting there. The new players how ever were scared to death.
McGonagall had chose Harry as the new Team captain since the last one had graduated.
"Team captains shake hands." Madam Hooch said. Harry took Malfoy's hand, who just so happened to be the new captain of the Slytherin's team, they looked like they were trying to break each others hands. "Mount your brooms!" Madam Hooch said as she got tired of the evil glares coming from both Malfoy and Harry. The tension between the two had never been so high, even higher then in their third year.
"Scarred baby Potter." Malfoy said arrogantly.
"I've never lost to you Malfoy so spare me the stupidity of that remark again." Harry said in the same arrogant tone as Malfoy, who was now scowling at him.
"On the count of three boys…one…two… three…" Madam Hooch yelled and blew her whistle.
"And they're off." A second year Gryffindor said his name was Derrick Lotts. "And it seems the team captains are off to a rough start already being attacked by bludgers from the Beaters on the others team." Derrick said. Crabb and Goyal were aiming every Bludger at Harry trying to kill him according to Ron and Ginny.
After thirty minutes of playing and Harry having to dodge every bludger he heard Derricks commentary on the match. "Hundred and forty Gryffindor. Sixty Slytherin and Gryffindor with the Quwaffel, Genny Weasley up the middle no Bludgers in sight no beaters really no wait they're aiming all the bludgers at Harry. Isn't that a foul? Gryffindor Scores. Hundred and fifty Gryffindor." Derrick yelled happily.
Harry called for a time out and his team gathered around on the ground near their goal posts. "What is going on. Yes we're winning but at this rate I'm going to end up in the hospital wing. Where are our beaters?" Harry said heatedly.
"Sorry Harry we're trying. They hit us with their clubs if we get too close to them or a bludger." Damion said looking down at his feet.
"Yeah they're being horrible. Mean dirty tricks they're playing." Melanie said angrily. The other beater she is a third year Gryffindor.
"All right if they want to play dirty like that then hit them back. Just keep them bludgers off of me and the chasers. Ron have they even attempted to attack you yet?" Harry said.
"No not yet but all their attacks seem to be at you." Ron said.
"Well let's turn the tables if you see a good shot at their chasers take it but other wise go after Malfoy lets see how well he does when all the bludgers are coming at him for a change shall we." Harry said smiling wickedly.
"Great." Damion said. He is a second year Gryffindor that hates all Slytherin's especially Malfoy.
"Good lets go remember protect our chasers and Ron at all costs. Me too if you can." Harry added with a smile at his team.
"Right!" they said and they all took to the air again.
"Gryffindor is back in the air and the Match is back in action. Hundred and Fifty Gryffindor, Sixty Slytherin." Derrick said happily. And watched a little more of the match. "Looks like the tables have turned for the Slytherin's all the bludgers are now going towards Malfoy, who seems to be having a little trouble avoiding the them." Derrick said almost laughing as he did so.
"Seems the Gryffindor Captain is loving the change of pace." Derrick said noticing Harry laughing at the frantic attempts of Malfoy to stay out of the way of the bludgers.
Harry spotted the snitch a few minutes later now that the bludger assaults were now against Malfoy instead of him. he dived for the snitch and saw Malfoy trying to out run two blubgers to beat him too the snitch. Malfoy grabbed the end of Harry's broom and sped up forward turning Harry's broom upside down and Harry fell off, still about thirty feet up in the air. Harry closed his eye's as tight as he could trying to brace himself to meet the hard ground but he never did. He opened his eyes to see Sirius standing up and pointing his wand at him. then he looked down and noticed that he was floating four feet above the ground. Sirius put Harry down on the ground and smiled at him.
"Thanks!" Harry said but knew Sirius couldn't hear him over all the angry yelling coming form 3/4 of the school. Harry took out his wand and concentrated on this broom. "Acio Firebolt!" he said and his broom flew to him. He placed his wand back into his robes then he got back on and took off again.
"Penalty for Gryffindor. Potter who takes the shot?" Madam Hooch said.
"Genny Weasley!" Harry said back as he glared at Malfoy.
"Weasley let's go take the Penalty shot." Madam Hooch said.
"Penalty shot for the uncalled for maneuver from Malfoy. Nearly killing the other Captain." Derrick said angrily. "Weasley scores hundred and sixty to sixty Gryffindor in the lead." Derrick yelled happily.
A few minutes later Derrick had announced Slytherin's score then Gryffindor's next score. Harry had spotted the snitch again and was off. And before Malfoy could do any thing Damion and Melanie both attacked him with Bludgers keeping him away from Harry.
"Harry Potter has the golden Snitch. Gryffindor wins. Three hundred and twenty to seventy, GRYFFINDOR WINS!!!" Derrick yelled.
"We won Harry, WE WON!!" Ron yelled as he ran up and hugged Harry along with the rest of the Gryffindor team.
"We beat the Slytherin's, We beat the Slytherin's!" the Gryffindor's all cheered.
"Way to go Gryffindor, way to go Gryffindor." Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw both cheered as loud as they could. The Slytherin's team stalked off into their changing room and then stalked up to the castle with the rest of the Slytherin's.
"Way to go Harry! I know James would be very proud of you indeed." Sirius said making his way through the crowd that now surrounded Harry and the Gryffindor team.
"Sirius I'm sorry for last night. I shouldn't have said what I said." Harry said sadly.
"Come now you just beat the Slytherin's let's not dwell on that now. Let's go Celebrate I'd say it's dinnertime by now any way. It's the longest Quidditch match I've ever seen played at Hogwarts. An hour and fifty-seven minutes." Sirius said and smiled making Harry do that same. The Gryffindor's didn't even take the time to change just got their stuff and headed up to the castle to Celebrate.
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Authors Note: Hey hope you like this chapter. Nice and long don't you think. Sorry it took me a while to write but as you can see it's long. Well anyway please leave a review and tell me what you think of this chapter.
By the way all the things in () were what was supposed to be being said. Like 'arry (Harry) after rereading it I found it was kind of hard to determine what some of the people were saying. Especially Hagrid and Ron when he's eating.