Chapter 7: Quidditch Match
"Hey Harry, how are you?" asked Mandy."
"Hey Harry." Stated Fred and George together.
"Hey you guys. I'm okay, just in a tiny bit of pain. Thanks for asking Mandy." Replied Harry. "Don't worry Mandy it is only my leg because a bludger hit it yesterday during Quidditch Practice with Fred and George." Harry added when he saw the look on her face. Fred and George all of a sudden started to look really guilty, as Harry grabbed some food.
"Yo Harry can you still play, even though you injured your leg?" Asked Fred.
"Yeah I can. Why?" Replied Harry.
"Nothing we were just wondering. Thats all." Answered George.
"Should we go down to the Quidditch Pitch then?" asked Harry as he finished his breakfast.
"Yeah lets go." Replied Fred and George at the same time.
Harry, Fred, and George all went down to the Quidditch Pitch together. When they got there they went to the locker rooms.
"I wonder who our captian is this year." Stated Harry. "I also wonder who the Keeper is this year, because I don't see anyone who is new to our team. Do you see anyone new, Fred?"
"No I don't maybe they don't know where to meet since they are new." Replied Fred.
"I doubt that because they could just ask someone on the team to tell them where to meet." Replied George. "Harry are you sure that you can still play even though you hurt your leg?"
"I said that I could still play, didn't I?" Angrly replied Harry. "It just hurts a little thats all. Honestly." Added Harry when he saw the disbelieving look on George's face.
"What is Ron doing here?" Asked Harry when he realized for the first time that Ron was in the locker room.
"What do you mean Harry?" Asked Fred and George.
"Look behind you." Replied Harry. Fred and George turned around and saw Ron putting on his Quidditch pads and robes.
"Oh thats what you mean Harry. I will go and see what is up." Stated George. With that said George went over to where Ron was sitting to see why he was there. In a few moments George came back to where Harry was standing. "Ron is our new Keeper in place of Wood."
"Congradulations Ron on making the team." Replied Harry looking happy for Ron as Ron always hoped on making the team ever since Harry was on it.
"Harry do you know who we are playing today?" Asked Ron.
"No but I think that we are playing Slytherin, but we might not be." Replied Harry.
"Thanks Harry. By the way do you know who the new Captain is, now that Wood is gone?" Replied Ron.
"Why would I know since I didn't even know that there was a Quidditch match today or that you were on the team, since I was in the hospital wing all last week and three days of this week." Irritably replied Harry.
"Harry don't get mad. I just wanted to say that I found out that you were made the new Captain for the Gryfindor team, congratulations on becoming captain Harry." Informed Ron.
"Oh thanks Ron." Replied Harry. "We better get ready everyone its almost time for the game." Shouted Harry to the rest of the team.
They all picked up their brooms, and in Fred and George's case bats also. With everything in their hands they walked on to the Pitch. The crowd applauded when the Quidditch team arrived to the center of the Pitch.
"Potter, Malfoy shake hands so we can get this match started." Stated Madam Hooch. Harry and Draco Malfoy walked to the center of the Pitch and unwillingly shook each others hands. They quickly let go and mounted their brooms to prepare to lift off from the ground. "On my whistle you may lift off from the ground." Stated Madam Hooch. "I want a fair game out of all of you." Madam Hooch added. Right after that she blew her whistle.
Harry lifted off from the ground to the thunderous applause from the crowd. The wind was howling so badly that Harry could not hear Lee's commentary for the game at all. Harry squinted around to try and locate the snitch. Then after a while he located the snitch. He sped up towards the snitch and the Slytherin beaters both took that opportunity to smack both bludgers at Harry. Harry tried with all of his might to out stripe the bludgers by speeding up. Then off to the distance he heard Lee's voice and one of the bludgers hit him.
"That could have knocked Harry off of his broom. That should be a penalty to Gryfindor! Madam Hooch didn't you see those cheaters try and put Harry out of the running so Malfoy would actually be able to catch the snitch for once!" Shouted Lee in to his mega phone. Professor Mcgonagall was yelling at Lee for making that biased comment. "Sorry professor. Slytherin in possession. He shoots and yes Ron saves the Quaffle. Nice save Ron. Ron passes the Quaffle to Katie. Katie zooms up the pitch and shoots. Yes she scores. Good job Katie! The score is Gryfindor 10 Slytherin 0."
The Slytherin beaters looked triumphed by what they did to Harry. Harry was feeling sick because the bludger hit him in the stomach. Harry clutched his broom for support and looked down and saw Lord Voldemort. Harry could feel his scars burning from pain again. He looked back up and tried to locate the snitch again. After awhile of looking all over the pitch, he saw the snitch. Malfoy apparently saw the snitch also because he was really close to it. Harry straightened up and quickly headed towards Malfoy. He quickly caught up to Malfoy and soon they were head and head.
"Gryfindor in possession. And Yes Alicia scores. Gryfindor 50 Slytherin 10..." Stated Lee's voice some where below Harry.
Harry and Malfoy were each trying their hardest to beat each other. Harry was determined to beat Malfoy so badly because of their extreme rivalry towards each other. Out of nowhere Malfoy punched Harry in the face so hard that he almost knocked Harry off of his broom. As Harry was dangling from his firebolt with one hand he tried with all of his might to catch the snitch with the other hand but he didn't.
"Foul for Gryfindor, as the Slytherin seeker punched the Gryfindor seeker in the face and nearly knocked him off of his broom!" Shouted Madam Hooch furiously as she pointed her finger at Malfoy. "Penalty for Gryfindor."
"Alicia will take the penalty shot. She shoots...SHE SCORES. Gryfindor 60 Slytherin 10!" Lee screamed over the thunderous applause by Gryfindor supporters.
Harry saw the snitch right above his broom. He reached his free hand up and clasped it against the snitch. From somewhere near him he heard an incantation.
"Avada Kedavra!" Shouted a high pitched voice as a flash of green light was headed towards Harry.
Harry had no form of defense so he knew that he was going to die. The spell his left leg. The pain in his head and arm was unbeatable. He never experienced such pain. All he wanted to do was die and he knew that if he fell off of his broom he probably would die. After realizing that Harry tried with all of his might to stay on the broom. He heard the shouts of the Gryfindor supporters and the laughter of the Slytherin supporters.
"Harry catches the snitch! Gryfindor wins!" Shouted Lee and Madam Hooch together.
"We need someone to help get Harry down and make sure that he is still alive. Someone else will need to get Dumbledore also because he will want to catch the person who cursed Harry. If he/she is a student here I will assure you that he/she will be expelled."
Harry felt someone trying to put him on their broom so that they could bring him over to Professor Mcgonagall.
"I hope he isn't dead...He still hung on to the snitch after he got attacked, I can't believe how strong he is."
Harry stirred and opened his eyes. Every one of the staff and students that were at the match were crowded around Harry. They all had ghastly white faces and all of the Gryfindor's had blood shot eyes. Through everyone he saw Dumbledore looking extremely mad about what just happened. Harry just realized that the whole Gryfindor Quidditch team and Hermione were kneeling on the ground right beside him. Harry tried to sit up but Hermione put her hand on his shoulder to keep him from getting up.
"Harry! You're okay— I was sooooo worried that you died." Sobbed Hermione.
"Who won?" Asked Harry.
"Who won what?" Asked Hermione.
"The Quidditch game of course. What else would I be asking about." Replied Harry.
"I don't know. I thought that you wouldn't want to talk about that match after what just happened to you." Irritably replied Hermione. "Well I guess you still really want to know what happened. I guess I will tell you—"
"Oh get on with it Hermione." Harry interrupted impatiently towards Hermione.
"Ok ok if you want to know that badly..."
"Hermione what happened in the match that you don't want to tell me?" Asked Harry.
"Fine if you just let me tell you with out you interrupting me all the time I will." Replied Hermione looking at Harry.
"Sorry" muttered Harry.
"So what do you remember from the match?" Asked Hermione.
"I remember when Malfoy was about to catch the snitch and that is all." Replied Harry. He tried to hide the weakness in his voice.
"Ok so after that you caught up with him and he...he punched you in the face. He almost knocked you off your broom so that you were dangling off of it with only your hands on it. You saw the snitch above the broom and you let go with one hand, reached up, and caught the snitch. Then from somewhere we heard Lord Voldemort's voice, and he cursed you once again with the killing curse. You were left dangling off of your broom and everyone thought that you were..." She broke off and Harry saw tears coming out of her eyes. "They thought that you were dead. Professor Mcgonagall was really upset about what happened. She ordered someone to try and get you down to make sure that you weren't dead and someone else to get Dumbledore so that he could see what happened to you and catch the person who did it. Ron got you on to his broom and brought you down to Professor Mcgonagall and I went to get Dumbledore. I told him what happened and he followed me all the way to you. He spotted Lord Voldemort and tried to catch him but Voldemort got away. That is it." Informed Hermione.
"Thanks Hermione." Replied Harry his voice was starting to get weaker. It was so weak that he could hardly talk.
"Anytime Harry!" Replied Hermione. After that Hermione went over to console Ginny because Ginny was crying. Right after Hermione left Ron came over to Harry.
"Harry your awake! We thought that you—"Ron tapered off but Harry hardly noticed because he was thinking about what happened to him. "Well we don't have to worry anymore. Any way great game, we won 110 to 10."
"Wow great game Ron, you only let one goal past you." Replied Harry but his voice was so weak that it sounded like he was whispering even though he wasn't.
"Harry maybe you shouldn't talk because your voice is so weak. Want me to get Dumbledore?" Asked Ron. To weak to speak, Harry nodded. Noticing that Harry nodded, Ron went to get Dumbledore. While Ron was gone Harry looked around. He saw Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle sniggering apparently they thought that it was fumy that Harry got cursed once again by Lord Voldemort. Moments later Harry saw Ron come back, but this time Ron wasn't alone, Dumbledore was right behind him.
Dumbledore walked over to where Harry was lying. Realizing that Dumbledore was there Harry sat up so fast that he surprised everyone around him.
"Hi professor." Stated Harry. He once again tried to hide the weakness in his voice but he couldn't because he was to weak.
"Harry I understand that you have been through a terrible ordeal today. I want you to realize who has done this to you—"
"I know who did this to me. It was Lord Voldemort. He wanted to—he wanted to kill me. But that is nothing new because he has been trying to my whole life and will not stop until he finally does." Replied Harry in a whisper because he was so weak that he couldn't talk any louder.
"Harry you sound so week. I think that in order for you to get stronger quickly you will need to rest you will need to rest your voice. I don't want you to strain your voice too much. I want you to talk then whisper." Ordered Dumbledore.
"Yes professor" Responded Harry in a whisper. "I have two questions though."
"Yes Harry what might your questions be?" Replied Dumbledore.
"Why can't Lord Voldemort kill me and since he can't kill me why does he keep trying to?" Asked Harry. "even when he lost all of his powers once by attempting."
"Harry, Lord Voldemort can't kill you because your mom sacrificed herself to keep you alive. He also can't kill you because your parents were the very opposite of Lord Voldemort were. Meaning that Lily and James, were loving, caring, and they were the nicest couple that you could find. Lord Voldemort's parents on the other hand were mean, snobbish, not caring, and they only care about money not their son. Lord Voldemort turned evil because his parents were the most uncaring people you could find. He wants to kill you because when he went to your house the night he killed your parents, he realized that your parents would do anything to save your life even if it meant risking their lives. He wants to kill you because that it what makes him happy, killing people. He usually kills someone in one try but not you. You have love inside of you and he doesn't do that makes you stronger then he is." Replied Dumbledore. "Anything else that you want to ask me Harry before I help you to the hospital wing. I don't want you to go to the Gryfindor tower tonight." Dumbledore added looking at Harry.
Harry tried to get up. He got up and staggered a bit realizing that his left leg was extremely painful to stand on. He sat back down because of the pain that he was in.
"Grab my hand Harry." Stated Dumbledore realizing that Harry was in too much pain to stand up by himself.
Dumbledore reached out his hand towards Harry to help him up. Harry grabbed Dumbledore's hand and they started to head back to the castle.
"Once we get to the hospital wing I want Madam Pomphrey to give you some pain killer medicine so your leg doesn't keep you up all night. After she gives you the medicine I want you to try to go right to sleep. You need as much sleep as you can get so you can get stronger. Any questions?" Informed Dumbledore.
"I understand Professor." Replied Harry wincing because of the pain in his leg.
"Good. Harry are you okay?" Asked Dumbledore just as Harry winced in pain again.
"I guess. It is just that my leg is so painful I can hardly stand it. It hurts a lot even though I am not putting any weight on it." Harry responded trying not to wince.
"Oh if it hurts that much Harry maybe you shouldn't be walking." Stated Dumbledore.
"If I don't walk how am I going to get to the hospital wing. Besides I am not putting any or my weight on that leg anyway." Responded Harry.
Just then they reached the hospital wing and Harry saw that Ron and Hermione were there waiting for him. Harry also noticed that Madam Pomphrey was right next to him.
"Oh my what happened to you?" Asked Madam Pomphrey.
"Lord Voldemort used the killing curse on him during the Quidditch match today and Malfoy punched him in his face." Responded Dumbledore.
"Where did the killing curse hit him?" Asked Madam Pomphrey.
"On his left leg." Informed Dumbledore.
"If it hit him in the leg why is he standing. He should be lying down with his injured leg elevated." Replied Madam Pomphrey astonished that Dumbledore let Harry walk up to the hospital wing when he was injured.
"Harry, Madam Pomphrey is setting up your bed for you as we speak. You are to sleep on the far bed on the left. Ron and Hermione can you help him get there while I notify Black about what has happened to his godson. I'll be back to check on you tomorrow Harry." Informed Dumbledore as he headed towards the doors.
Ron and Hermione quickly headed towards Harry. Ron grabbed Harry's left side while Hermione grabbed Harry's right side. A few minutes later they reached Harry's bed. Ron and Hermione helped him get down on to the bed and then they let go of him. Madam Pomphrey finished getting his bed ready and was now getting a pillow so that he could elevate his injured leg.
"Now Harry I want you to put this pillow under your injured leg so it doesn't hurt as much as it does now. I also want you to take this pain killing medicine as needed. Right, so now I am going to examine your leg to see how easy it is going to be to heal." Stated Madam Pomphrey. "If it hurts tell me." Added Madam Pomphrey.
"Yes Madam I will tell you when it hurts." Responded Harry as he tried to put the pillow under his leg and finally managed to. "It hurts to lift it if that helps." Harry added when he winced while he was lifting his leg.
Madam Pomphrey started to examine Harry's leg. Harry winced every time she touched his leg meaning that his whole leg is very badly injured.
"Harry your whole leg is extremely injured. It is so injured that it will take month's maybe years to completely heal. It may never heal for all I know. I don't want you to put your weight on that leg so I want you to use these crutches if you have to walk some where. I am also going to put your leg in an unbreakable walking cast." Informed Madam Pomphrey.
"If I am in a walking cast why do I have to use crutches?" Asked Harry.
"You have to use crutches because I only want you to step on your leg if you are playing Quidditch." Responded Madam Pomphrey. "Anything else before I let you rest?"
"No thanks anyway." Replied Harry as Madam Pomphrey left. "Ron could you pass me some of that pain killing medicine my leg is really painful."
"Sure Harry." Replied Ron while he reached for the pills. "Here you go."
"Thank you." Harry took the pills and went straight to sleep.