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Lost In A World Of Pain: yea I was thinking that too when I wrote it whether to have Snape call Harry just 'Potter' or not, since I had Dumbledore in the room I really was at a loss on what to have him be called, so I just guessed for him to be Mr. Potter, maybe I should have done is just Potter.  Thanks for letting me know about that.  And thanks for the review

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Chapter 12

            The next morning Harry felt a slight pounding in his head.  "Probably from that potion I took last night" mumbled Harry to himself.  He groggily got up and dressed and went down to the common room.  When he got down there he spotted Ginny right away, and went over to greet her.

"Hey Ginny, I have your book from last night, you left it in the common room, if you want I can go get it"

"Hi Harry, It's no big deal you can get it whenever it is convenient" replied Ginny making room for Harry to sit down.

"Are you planning on trying out for Quidditch this year?  I've heard you made a great seeker last year."

"Yea," said Ginny blushing, "I think I might try for a beater position, I mean with Fred and George gone now, and I can pretty much do whichever position, with as many older brothers as I have you learn all positions of Quidditch."

"Cool, I wonder who will be captain this year; I hope we find out soon."

"I think that today they will post who are the captains this year at breakfast"

"Do you want to go down and see?" asked Harry

"Sure" replied Ginny.

            They made their way down to the great hall and found many fellow Gryffindors and other houses crowded a wall with all of the captains posted for each house.  Ginny and Harry wedged themselves into the crowd to get to the posted names, though lost each other in the crowd.   Harry got there first and quickly looked over what it said.

Attention Students:

Here are the captains chosen for the year for each house.  Congratulations to those chosen, and be sure to check with the head of your house to confirm when you can start try-outs for open positions on your team.

Hufflepuff: Justin Finch-Fletchley

Ravenclaw: Cho Chang

Gryffindor: Harry Potter

Slytherin: Draco Malfoy

Harry made his way out of the crowd to find Ginny on the outside also.

"Congratulations Harry!" said Ginny embracing Harry in a hug.

"Er, thanks" said Harry patting Ginny on the back rather mechanically.

"Great job Harry, I knew that you would make Quidditch captain" said a familiar voice, Harry turned and saw Cho Chang congratulating him.

"Same to you, I saw your name up there too, good job" replied Harry feeling rather awkward.

"Well I just wanted to congratulate you, and I guess I will see you in the Quidditch Pitch one of these days."

            Harry and Ginny made their way into the Great Hall to get something to eat before classes started up.  As Ginny grabbed an orange, Draco Malfoy and his cronies; Crabbe and Goyle passed by.

"Well if it isn't Potty and the smallest Weasel-"

"Shut it Malfoy" said Ginny not even letting him finish his sentence.

"My, my, you have quite a temper on you, don't you Weasel."

"Malfoy, unless you want me to hex you into oblivion I suggest you shut it" said  Ginny now stood up with her wand out.

"G-Ginny just let it go it is not worth it" said Harry, in shock over Ginny's courage.

"Yea, listen to Potty, he doesn't want anyone getting hurt now does he" replied Malfoy maliciously.

"Hey what is going on over here" said Ron and he and Hermione walked over.

Malfoy seeing the outnumber stalked off with Crabbe and Goyle behind him.

"What was all that about?" asked Hermione looking at Harry and Ginny.

"Nothing Malfoy is just scared about facing Harry later in Quidditch now that they are both captains" replied Ginny, sitting down and continuing to eat her orange.

"Hey great job mate! This season should be wicked, when will practice start up?" said Ron.

"I am not sure I'll have to talk to McGonagall"

            The four of them ate their breakfast and Ginny left since she had to go to Potions all the way in the dungeons.  Harry Ron and Hermione all had Defense against the Dark Arts so they left the Great Hall together and made their way to class.

            They took their seats just as Professor Bugiardo rose to teach the lesson.  Harry found that he had to use all of his will power just to stay attention during her lecture.  He looked over and saw Ron doodling on some spare parchment but Hermione listening to the lecture and nodding her head in approval at what she was saying.  He sighed and hoped the class would just hurry up and end.

            The class finally ended and everyone packed up their things to leave.  "Be sure to write the symptoms for someone being a vampire with 2 rolls of parchment at the least" cried Professor Bugairdo as everyone left.

"I thought that class was never going to end" said Ron.

"I thought it was interesting, and by myself paying attention I will finish my essay very quickly."

"Why pay attention when we have you, 'Mione to give us all the answers" replied Ron grinning.

Hermione just sighed and they all made their way to the common room, Hermione immediately went to a table to work on schoolwork, so Ron followed but Harry didn't really feel like working on work, so he just took a seat by the fireplace, with Ginny's copy of Quidditch Through the Ages.  He found himself sitting there for a long time reading and he lost track of the time and what was going on around him.

"Hey I though you said you would return that to me, not read it" teased Ginny taking a seat next to him.

"Oh sorry, I was just bored and was reading it" said Harry blushing as he handed it to her.

"I was just kidding, so what's new Harry?" asked Ginny.

"Nothing really, I will have to talk to McGonagall and then let you know when try-outs are for the team"

            Harry knew he still had to tell someone about the prophecy he just didn't know when the right time would come; he really did not want to talk about it at all.  But at the moment he really was not that close with Ron and Hermione, he had been closer with Ginny lately.  But did he want to risk telling her and then having her no longer talk to him.

"Harry? Harry? Are you still there?" asked Ginny.

"Oh yea, sorry Ginny, I was just thinking."

"What were you thinking about?"

"Oh, um, well I am supposed to tell someone this thing" said Harry, then realizing how vague, and stupid that must have sounded.

"Er, well I have to go now Harry, but I will see you later" said Ginny as she left the common room.

Harry sighed as Ginny left, he knew that he would have to tell her, but he also was glad that she left; he really didn't want to tell her.

A/N: well hopefully this chapter was okay, I am trying to make them longer, but one of the consequences with making chapters longer is they sometimes drag on.  This will be my last update until mid April most likely, I am going on tour with my High School band to Washington D.C. and won't have access to a computer at all while gone.