Chapter 26

May came and the only thing the students were thinking about was the Quidditch Cup. The match was going to be between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. Gryffindor was going into the match with a two-hundred point lead.

The day of the match turned out to be perfect Quidditch weather. It wasn't to hot or to cold and the sky was covered in white clouds that insured good visibility without the draw back of direct sunlight.

In the changing room Katie gave her normal pre-game speech. Mainly talking tactics. When Katie got to Harry she told him to just catch the Snitch as fast as possible. Harry agreed since he had a slight headache starting.

Once in the air Harry quickly forgot about his headache. The only thing he thought about was catching the Snitch. Cho Chang had decided to mark him instead of look for the Snitch herself, again.

"What is it about her a marking me?" Harry wondered as he accelerated quickly leaving Cho behind.

As Harry circled the pitch he chanced a look down at the rest of the game. Katie, Skey and Ginny were executing their moves flawlessly. Kirke and Sloper, their aim greatly improved, were sending Bludgers at every member of the Ravenclaw team making it hard for them to execute any of their moves. Ron, so far, hadn't missed a single block. All of these things put together caused Gryffindor to be leading by fifty points.

Thirty minutes into the game and there hadn't been one fowl. Harry thought that this must be some kind of record. Then Harry saw the Snitch. It was closer to Cho and he knew that he had to get her away from it. Harry quickly dived in the opposite direction and, once he was sure that Cho was following him, pulled out of the dive and grabbed the Snitch.

Just as his hand grabbed the small ball a wave of pain erupted from his scar. The pain stopped just long enough for Harry to get on the ground and then came back stronger. Desperately trying to Occlude his mind Harry caught glimpses of a dark room. Before Harry shut his mind out Harry heard a high, cold voice say. "We will execute the plan shortly Wormtail."

The pain stopped but left Harry drained. He could just make out Dumbledore standing over him and strained to here what he was saying. There was a dull ringing in his ears preventing him from hearing what the Headmaster had to say.

"He's ready." Harry gasped.

From the look on Dumbledores' face Harry knew that the Headmaster had understood. Harry tried desperately to stay conscious but found it easier just to close his eyes and get away from everything.

An hour later Harry woke up in the Hospital Wing. He groaned and tried to sit up. When he sat up the headache that over took Harry made him feel like he had just banged his head against a concrete wall a hundred time. Harry let out another groan that brought Madame Pomfrey over.

"I'm glad to see that you've come around, Mr. Potter. I'm sure you have a nasty headache. Drink this." Madame Pomfrey ordered as she pushed a goblet of fowl smelling potion into Harrys' hands.

Harry did as he was told knowing that arguing with Pomfrey only delayed your release. Once he had drank the potion Madame Pomfrey ran a few more test to make sure there was no lasting damage.

Finally after an hours worth of test Madame Pomfrey let Harry leave. He quickly sprinted out of the Hospital Wing before she could change her mind. Harry stopped in front of the Fat Lady wondering why there was no noise coming from the Common Room. He gave that Fat Lady the password and realized at once that someone had put a very strong Silencing Charm on the passageway.

The noise brought Harrys' headache back in full force. Everyone was asking him what had happened and if he was alright. Once everyone seemed satisfied Harry had a chance to look around the Common Room. He noticed right away that they had somehow managed to get more food then they ever had when Fred and George threw the celebration. Once Harry found Ron and Hermione he asked-

"Where did all this food come from? Fred and George were never able to nick this much."

"It seems that Dobby heard that we had won and," Ron paused and finished in a high house elf like voice. "wanted to congratulate Mr. Harry Potter sir." Harry and Ron burst out laughing and even Hermione was having a hard time hiding a smile.

The party went on way into the morning. The Silencing Charm had been so good that the party only ended when most of the students were falling asleep in the Common Room. On their way up to bed everyone was talking about how Fred and George had finally managed to be out done.