"Well you know that Dumbledore didn't want you to know. Not until you were old enough to attend Hogwarts"

"That was four years ago. You never said anything after I started going either. I'm just trying to understand. I don't see what harm it could've caused."

"All I can tell you is I was asked to keep my secret and I did, I still do," she smiled at him and said, "I really have to be going. There are many things I need to do and you should be getting inside as well."

She turned away and began gathering all of her things. Harry stood looking at her for another moment, and then turned and headed back towards the castle. Once he reached the common room he went over to where Ron and Ginny were playing chess. Hermione was reading on a chair next to them.

"So what did you ask her?" Hermione asked looking up from her book as he came over to them.

"I asked why she never told me she was a witch."

"And she said..." Ron started.

"She said she wasn't supposed to tell, which I figured, but she didn't tell me after I knew I was a wizard either. When I asked about that she said she was asked to keep her secret and still does. How? We all know so how does she still keep it?"

"Maybe she has another secret," Ginny piped in.

"Well this isn't the time for secrets!" Harry said feeling angry, "I need to know what's going on and if people are keeping secrets from me it makes it much harder!"

"Harry calm down, you don't know what the secret is, it might not be information you need," Hermione said.

"I'm sure Dumbledore has his reasons, if you needed to know he'd definitely tell you, I mean if it meant your safety and all."

"But then why..." Harry started, but Hermione cut him off.

"Shhh! We'll talk about it later!" she said in a whisper.

"But, why..."

"Look over by the stairs."

They all glanced around and saw Su Chang just turning away from them and hurrying upstairs.

"She was listening to everything we said!" Hermione said.

"Well that doesn't mean anything," Harry said.

"We don't know that. If Cho were lying to you than her sister getting into Gryffindor would be the perfect opportunity to use her as a spy. We have to be careful what we say around her." Hermione said

"I think you're being a bit paranoid," Ron said eyeing Hermione.

"Ron, we can't afford not to be! Don't you understand? We need to be for our safety, for Harry's safety!"

"I'm going upstairs," Harry said suddenly wanting to be alone. He said he might be back down later and then started walking up the stairs. He needed time to think about a few things.

The next few days passed with little excitement. In Divination, Harry was now not phased in the least by Professor Trelawny predicting his death. When she looked at him in horror and started to tell him his fate this year he just looked at her.

"You know, every year you tell me I'm going to die and I'm still here. Do you think you might be reading your signs wrong?" He asked

Ron laughed out loud while Professor Trelawny just looked at him.

"I think you should take what I say more seriously my child." But that was it; she walked away and didn't speak to him for the rest of the class.

The potions lesson with the Slytherins was horrid. Snape was just as biased of his house as ever. Harry, Ron and Neville lost a combined 35 points from Gryffindor in that lesson for stupid things.

"This must be so hard for him..." Ron said of Snape's 'acting', "He must be hating every minute."

Finally, at the end of the week, it was time for Defense Against the Dark Arts. Harry couldn't wait to see Lupin again. When he arrived for class with everyone else Lupin had not yet arrived. They waited for a while and chatted about what they might learn from him this year and what they remembered from the last time he had taught them. When the class was halfway over and there was still no sign of him, Harry began to worry.

"I'm going to go look for Remus," Harry said.

"You can't! It could be a trap!" Hermione exclaimed.

"That's exactly why I have to go! What if someone has taken him, what if he's hurt? I need to go now before it's too late!" Harry shot back

"Maybe, I can't believe I'm saying this," Ron began, "we should just go tell Dumbledore, or just the first teacher we can find. If this is a set-up then we shouldn't walk into it, no matter what we gotten through in the past."

Harry looked at Ron, then at Hermione. He knew they were both right but it felt wrong not to look for Lupin right away. He was just about to give in when the door slammed open. Lupin strode in quickly looking very anxious. Harry's heart leapt! Lupin was safe; he saw by the smiles on the other's faces they felt the same.

"I apologize for my tardiness but something very important has come up. There will be no lesson today, you may all go. Harry, I would like for you to stay.

Harry nodded at him and made his way to the front as the rest of the students filed out, clearly glad for the extra free time. Hermione and Ron were waiting for him outside when Lupin called to them:

"This is going to take a little bit, why don't you wait for him in the common room? I promise I will take him there when we are done here"

They waved good-bye and began walking up the corridor. Lupin turned to Harry.

"There is someplace we need to go, please follow me."

Harry wanted to ask Lupin what was wrong, why he was acting strangely. He decided that he would find out soon enough and followed him out of the classroom and started down the hall.

As they walked Harry lost track of where they were. The took so many twists and turns that he knew he would never be able to find his way back alone. They must have been walking for over an hour when they finally stopped outside a small room, Lupin pushed the door open and gestured for Harry to go inside. He glanced up once again at Lupin's very strained face and walked into the room. What he saw there made his heart sink.

Lupin was lying on the floor, his wand was lying several feet away from him. Harry ran over and knelt beside him, he was alive, but unconscious. Then he heard the door slam behind him. He stood up and spun around to see the same black-cloaked figure from the other night, the figure locked the door, and then turned to look at Harry.

Harry grabbed his wand and held it out in front of him; he was trying to think of a spell to use when the cloaked figure raised his own wand. Before he knew what was happening he was thrown against the wall behind him with such force that it knocked all the air out of him. As he hit the floor, gasping for breath, he looked up at the figure who was still just standing in front of the door with his wand.

"You will come with me Harry Potter. If you refuse, I will kill your friend!" The cloaked figure had a very deep voice. It didn't sound human; it was almost a low growl.

Harry just kept staring up at him; he still couldn't see a face under the hood. Until that moment, he wasn't even sure that this thing could speak. He looked again at Lupin's limp form, his head moved a little and he heard him make a small noise, he seemed to be coming to.

"Where are we going?" Harry asked. He needed to get the attention away from Lupin. He was trying to think, he glanced around and saw his wand was a few feet away from him, near Lupin. He couldn't make a grab for it without the cloaked man noticing him.

"You will see when we get there," the man replied. "Come over here, now."

Harry got up very slowly, he was still a little achy and his back was in a lot of pain. He walked over to the cloaked man and stopped just in front of him. He saw him raise his wand at Lupin, and a second later, ropes wrapped around him. Harry's heart sank, he had hoped that Lupin would wake up and helps him, but it didn't matter if he wouldn't be able to move.

"You don't have to do anything to him. I promise I'll come, just leave him here," Harry said.

"I think I like it this way better," the man said. He raised his wand again and Lupin was floating in the air. "Now let's go."

The man unlocked the door and moved aside to let Harry step out. Then he pushed Lupin ahead of him through the door.

"Just walk. I will tell you where to go."

Harry set off down the dark hall with Lupin floating next to him. He had no wand and no one knew where he was. A feeling of dread settled firmly over him, as he couldn't see how to escape.

They walked on into the darkness.

The man lead them outside and down towards the Forbidden Forest. Since they had taken such a long route through the castle, they came out on the complete opposite side and had quite a walk to go before they would get there. For the first few minutes, Harry just looked at the ground. He was feeling much more helpless than he cared for, but his wand was back in that room and judging by the size difference there was nothing he would be able to do to overpower this man. He heard Lupin grunt and looked up at him.

Lupin was staring right at Harry. He kept shifting his eyes down to his side and giving a slight nod in that direction. Harry was searching for what he was trying to point to, and then he saw it. Sticking out of the tip of Lupin's sleeve was, Harry's wand.

Harry's heart leapt! He just had to get his wand without the man seeing.

"Keep your eyes in front of you..." said the man from behind him.

Harry turned his head quickly, the forest was getting closer and he didn't to know what they were going to do once they were in there. He thought of grabbing for the wand but decided against it, so Harry took a deep breath, and fell forward to the ground.

"What are you doing?" the man asked angrily from behind him.

"I tripped on something," Harry answered from the ground, "my leg hurts badly."

"I don't care, get up."

Harry got up shakily, feigning pain, and started limping along at a much slower pace than before. He made it seem as if it were agony to keep putting pressure on his leg, and kept pretending to trip up. Then he went for it, he let it seem as though he were falling and grabbed Lupin's floating form to steady himself. When he pulled back, his wand was up his sleeve instead of Lupin's. He wasted no time; he whipped the wand out, spun around and yelled:

"Petrificus Totalis!"

The spell couldn't have worked any better. The man fell over in the full body bind and was still. Harry ran over to Lupin and began untying him. It took a while as his hands were shaking badly. By the time Lupin was free, the man was regaining his ability to move again, quicker than Harry would've expected too.

"We should take him with us," Lupin said, "bring him to Dumbledore."

Harry was about to ask if he should use the body bind again when the man stood up. Before he could do anything, the man vanished before their eyes.

"Where did he go? I thought you couldn't disapparate on Hogwarts grounds!" Harry exclaimed.

"I don't know. We'd better get inside now, this is not a good place to be right now."

Harry glanced at Lupin and saw he was looking towards the Forbidden Forest. It was very close now; if Harry had waited any longer it might've been too late.

"Whoever or whatever he was taking you to is still close by."

Harry shivered involuntarily. "Let's go, I guess the best thing now is to tell Dumbledore."

They turned and set off towards the castle.

They headed straight for Dumbledore's office once they were inside. When they went in, they saw that Ron and Hermione were there looking very scared.

"Harry! You guys were gone so long!" Ron said, running over to him.

"We thought something had happened to you!" Hermione cried, throwing her arms around Harry's neck. He didn't mind it though and hugged her back. When she pulled away he looked behind them. Dumbledore and Sirius were there; waiting for the explanation they knew was coming.

"Something did happen to me, to us," Harry said nodding towards Lupin.

"Well both of you come sit down and tell us what is was," Sirius said from the other side of the room. "Are you both okay?"

"Yes," said Harry, feeling anything but okay. He was just glad to be here instead of in the forest.

"Remus you look positively horrible," Sirius said looking at him.

"Thank you for your kind observation, old friend," Lupin said with a grin, "but we have bigger problems to discuss than my appearance."

Lupin began by explaining how he had been on his way to teach class, when he had seen the cloaked figure that had chased Harry a few days ago and followed him. He ended up following him all the way down to the room that he took Harry to. When he went in, the man was gone, then he felt something powerful knock him to the floor, and he lost consciousness.

Harry explained his part from when the imposter Lupin lead him down into the room and changed into the cloaked man. He told how he got knocked against the wall and dropped his wand, and how the man threatened to kill Lupin if he didn't go with him.

Lupin cut in with being aware enough that when Harry's wand fell near him, he slid it up his sleeve, as his was too far away to reach without being noticed.

Then he explained the journey out of the castle, Lupin getting him to notice the wand and their escape. After all of this there was one question above all others that was bothering Harry.

"How could he have disapparated? I thought that you couldn't do that on Hogwart's grounds," Harry asked.

"You can't," Dumbledore began, "he didn't disapparate, he disappeared."

"You mean, he just made himself invisible?" Ron asked incredulously.

"That is precisely what I mean."

"That's really hard to do. Even the best witches and wizards have trouble doing that. It's the reason invisibility cloaks were created," Hermione said knowingly.

"You are right, Miss Granger," Dumbledore said smiling, "very few wizards indeed can master that particular feat, which makes our mysterious visitor even more dangerous than we had previously believed."

"What I want to know is how he managed to impersonate Remus," Sirius said.

"Well he probably used Polyjuice Potion, right?" asked Hermione.

"Harry, you said that you followed him down through the corridors and were walking for over an hour. Well if that's the case than it couldn't have been because that potion only lasts for an hour. Plus he would have had to taken the time after drinking it to get to the class, dismiss them and then talk to Harry before going back to the room," Sirius said.

"Then he can change his form some other way? This just gets better and better, doesn't it?" Ron asked.

"I'm sorry..." Lupin said from his chair. He had been silent since telling the story and now he looked up at the rest of them. He looked very upset about something.

"For what?" asked Harry.

"For putting you life in danger. If I had not followed him, put a little thought into it and not tried to handle it myself this wouldn't have happened. I underestimated him and it nearly cost you your life Harry."

"But it didn't," Dumbledore said, "You are both alive and not hurt very badly so don't think too hard on that. It's no use dwelling on something you can't change."

"I promise I won't do that again, I was acting foolishly and..."

"Then it is settled," Dumbledore said with finality. "Now you three get on to your common room; and Sirius and I will go with Remus to find his wand. Goodnight."

They said goodnight and headed back to their common room. When they went in there were very few people up, but since it was Friday night they didn't have to worry about classes the next day.

Harry was feeling very weary. He had been back at school one week and already he had two very close calls. The fact that this man had mastered such powerful magic only served to make him more nervous. He didn't much feel like talking, so he went upstairs to his bed. He lay awake for quite some time before finally drifting off to sleep.

"Harry come on, get up!"

Harry slowly opened his eyes; Fred and George Weasley were looking down at him.

"Quidditch meeting today, we need to discuss Keeper tryouts and choose a new captain," George said.

"Alright, give me a minute, I'll be right out." He swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood up. He was excited about quidditch practice, as it had been over a year since he last played. He got dressed, grabbed his Firebolt and headed downstairs. Hermione and Ron were in the common room waiting for him.

"I have to go guys, quidditch meeting, but I'll come find you right after."

"We know, Fred told us when he and George left, see you later!" Hermione said as he walked out.

When he got there he found the other five members of the team waiting for him, they were all sitting in a circle discussing strategy when he sat down with them.

"Alright," Alicia started, "I guess the things we have to really get taken care of first, are deciding on a new captain, and setting up keeper tryouts."

"Well we should probably have keeper tryouts throughout this week after classes," Harry piped up, "that way we can make a decision on Friday and begin regular practices on Saturday."

"Good idea Harry," said Fred.

"We'll put a sign-up sheet in the common room for Monday through Thursday. Everyone that wants a shot has to get his or her name on there tomorrow. We should also limit how many people can sign on for each day, rather than let it fill up too unevenly. We don't want to get stuck with 50 people one day and 5 the next!"

"I repeat, another good idea Harry. Two in a row today, huh? Must be a record..."

"Oh shush Fred, alright so we have that settled, I will make up the sheets and have them up by noon," said Angelina, "now for captain."

Everyone looked at Harry.

"Don't look at me, I don't know how we're going to decide this one, a vote I guess?"

"Well, actually, we think you should be the new captain," said Katie.

"What? When did you decide that?" Harry asked

"Last year actually, we would've told you at our first practice, but there was none because of...the..." Angelina trailed off not wanting to bring up the Tri-Wizard Tournament.

"Do you think you can handle the pressure?!?" asked George in mock panic.

"Shut up George," said Harry with a laugh. This is something he had secretly hoped. He had been reading everything he could and wanted desperately to try out some new maneuvers with the team. "If you all want me, then I'd be honored to be the new captain!"

"It's settled then!" said Fred, "Shall we get in a bit of practice before we're through?"

They all agreed to go over some of their old strategies. After about an hour they decided to end for the day. They needed to get ready for keeper tryouts and Harry wanted to be prepared for their first full practice next week. He went back inside feeling wonderful, all the troubles of the past week forgotten for the time being.

When the sign-up sheets went up, there was a big rush for everyone to get their name down. Harry kept checking to see whose names he recognized. He noticed Ron on the list, along with Seamus and Dean; he groaned a little when he saw the Creevey brothers on there. One time while he was reading, he was startled when someone behind him said:

"I would sign up, but you don't take first-years, do you?"

Harry turned and saw Su Chang standing there.

"Well it's not that we don't take first-years, it's that they aren't allowed to have their own brooms and the school brooms just won't work for an actual match..." he trailed off. He felt guilty because they both new he started the team as a first year.

As if reading his mind she said, "I guess the rules can be bent when it's someone famous, can't they?"

Harry felt a bit angry. What was she badgering him for, it wasn't his decision to not let first years have their own brooms, and he got his spot on the team because of talent, not fame.

He opened his mouth to say so but she just turned and stormed away.

"She is a bit strange, don't you think?" Ron asked from behind him.

"Yes, I do. She seemed very ready to fight with me over the whole thing when it's not my decision."

"Just let it go, it doesn't matter."

"Sure, she's probably going to tell Cho what a horrible person I am, not letting her on the team because she's a first year. Cho will like me even more than, I'm sure..."

"You worry too much," Ron said with a grin, "C'mon, I'll beat you at a game of chess."

"You mean you'll try!" Harry answered him. They laughed and went to begin a game.

The week was flying by. Each day Harry's classes seemed to go by relatively fast (except potions). Every night he went down to the pitch with the other members of the team for the tryouts. He was really excited about Friday night's because that was the one all his friends were coming to.

When he woke up Friday morning he noticed Ron was not in his bed. He got dressed and went downstairs to the common room; Ron was pacing in front of the fire. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"Huh, what? Oh, nothing." Ron answered.

"Nothing? Are you nervous?"

"No, no! I'm good. Shall we go have breakfast?" Ron said quickly.

"Sure..."

Hermione was already down in the great hall. When they sat down next to her she did a double take at Ron.

"Ron! Are you all right? You look upset about something!" She exclaimed.

"I'm fine," but he just sat in front of his plate, not touching any food.

"You'd better eat something. If don't you'll be tired all day and then you won't be able to perform well at your tryout tonight!" Hermione said.

"I'm not hungry."

Harry looked at his friend, not sure what to say to him.

"Ron, I've seen you play, you're very good. When you come out there tonight you'll be up there with Fred, George and myself. You're used to playing with us, and Angela, Alicia and Katie are wonderful too. Just pretend like we're playing at the burrow, don't think too much about it," Harry said.

Ron looked at him and nodded, but didn't look convinced.

Friday went on and Lupin showed up for Defense Against the Dark Arts on time, after the lesson they headed down to the pitch.

The crowd of students was not very large today; most people had gotten theirs over with earlier in the week. Harry went over to his teammates who were going over the list from last night. There were quite a few good players in their house, however none so far that could compare with Oliver Wood.

He spoke with them for a few moments, then turned to the crowd of students.

"Hello everyone! Thank you all for coming to tryout for the Keeper position. It's one of the most important on the team. Here's how this will work, while your primary goal is to keep the quaffle from getting past you, we also need to see how you react to the bludgers. The first part of the test will consist of our chasers, Angelina, Alicia and Katie, trying to score on you. Then if you do well against them, we will be letting bludgers out as well. Now normally in a game you will have two beaters shielding you from them, but for the purposes of today's test, Fred will be shielding you and George will be against you. Are there any questions?"

All of the students shook their heads.

"Alright then, we will go in alphabetical order. The rest of the team and I will be making our final decision tonight based on all of the people who have come this week. The winner's name will be posted in the common room tomorrow. So, let's get started!"

Harry started calling names off the list and watched one by one as they attempted to block the quaffle. Not many, as was the case every night, did well enough in the first half to get to the second. Such as it was, Fred and George were not needed much. Harry looked over at them once and saw they were talking with Ron, but he had to draw his attention away as it was the next person's turn. Harry groaned a little when he saw the name but looked up and said:

"Creevey, Colin!"

He was actually quite good and, to Harry's astonishment, made it past the first half of the test. When Fred and George got up there with him and the bludgers were set loose, however, the story changed. Colin seemed to tense up and wasn't blocking as well, he was too busy looking for the bludgers than concentrating on the quaffle. When one of them got close to him, even though Fred moved to block it, he threw his hands up over his head and closed his eyes.

"Thank you Colin, that will be all." Harry called to him

When Colin touched the ground he seemed as though he had never been happier to do so. Harry sighed and kept going down the list.

Dennis Creevey did not fare to well either, nor did Seamus Finnigan. Dean Thomas did well enough to make it through both parts, though he faltered in the second part. Everyone was afraid of the bludgers, which was understandable, as long as they didn't lose their head when they needed to concentrate.

"We can't have our keeper looking for the bludgers, they need to look out for the other team making goals! You know, at this rate we're going to have to start asking other houses to let us borrow their keepers for our games!!" George said quietly to Harry

"Well it isn't over yet, how's Ron? He looked so nervous earlier." Harry asked.

"He's ready," was all George would say.

When all the other names had been called, Ron was the only one left. When he heard his name, he kicked off on his broom, looking nervous but determined, and took his place in front of the hoops. The three chasers were zigzagging around throwing shots; Ron did fairly well in blocking them too, enough so that he had a chance with the bludgers as well.

When Fred and George were in the air, the bludgers were released. All of a sudden Ron was blocking everything. Every shot thrown his way, was stopped, nothing made it through. The entire time he had a look on his face of complete concentration, even when bludgers came near him he didn't seem to notice, he just kept up his guard and let nothing through.

When it was over and he landed, all of the students were looking at him in amazement, even Harry. He hadn't expected this, as Ron had looked sick over the thought of the tryouts that morning. He wanted to run over to him and congratulate him on his amazing performance, but he couldn't. He needed to speak with the rest of the team and show the other students that they were in fact going to discuss everyone's tests before making a decision. But by the looks on the rest of the team's faces he could tell, they were just as sure as he that Ron would be the new Keeper.

When all the students had left, the team got together for their discussion.

"Well, we saw a lot of students this week guys, and it looked a bit bleak there for a while," said Alicia

"I agree, however we have to make our decision now," said Katie, "but out of all these choices..."

"Oh come off it!" shouted Fred with a big smile, "We all know who the new keeper's going to be! Ron was better than anyone out there and he's definitely the only one who improved when the bludgers were added!"

"She probably just wants it to feel like we're really discussing it," George said, "Do you really want us to go through all the statistics of the week after that last test?" He looked at Katie with big puppy dog eyes. She tried to keep a straight face but looked away as she started to giggle.

"I agree with Fred and George," Harry chimed in, "Ron was the best we've seen all week. If we're putting it to a vote, then mine goes to him."

"The captain has spoken!" Fred called. He turned and saluted Harry.

"Mine goes for Ron too," said Angelina. "It will be so nice not to have to go through this entire list. I was really afraid that we're were going to be up till tomorrow morning the way things were going."

"Yes Ron was the best, I vote for him too," said Alicia.

"Well does anyone here not want to vote for him?" Harry asked.

Everyone shook their heads, they were all in agreement.

"Then it's settled, I'll announce it tomorrow morning," then as an afterthought, "I'll announce it tonight instead. That way we can begin our practice tomorrow without having to wait for everyone to get out of bed."

"I just love the way he takes charge, don't you?" George said in a high- pitched voice leaning over on Angelina.

"Get off of me," she said shoving him aside good-naturedly. "Well that's it then. We'll have our first full team practice tomorrow."

"Right," Harry replied, "I guess that's it then, let's head back."

They all got up and headed back to the castle. Harry couldn't wait to tell Ron the news, he was filled with excitement all the way back to the common room.

When they walked through the portrait hole, they found what looked like every Gryffindor waiting for them.

"Well, even though we were going to announce the new keeper tomorrow morning," Harry started, "we have decided to do it now so that person can have an early start with us tomorrow at practice."

Everyone looked at each other nervously, some looked hopeful others looked scared. Harry glanced around the room and saw Hermione, Ginny and Ron back in a corner. Ron looked much better than he had that morning, he was even smiling.

"Before I say who it is, I just want to thank all of you for trying out. There are definitely a lot of talented quidditch players here with, unfortunately, only one open space on the team. So everyone, we as a team have decided that the new Gryffindor Keeper is, Ron Weasley!"

Everyone turned and looked at Ron, he had a look of astonishment on his face. There was loud applause and even though many people were disappointed, they clapped for Ron and congratulated him. Hermione and Ginny both gave him big hugs and cheered for him upon hearing his name. Ron loved every minute of it; it wasn't often that he was the center of attention. They spent the rest of the night having a celebration for their new keeper.

"Ron, you were spectacular!" Harry said coming over to him. "I would never have believed you would do so well after the way you've been acting all day!"

"Thanks Harry, I was really nervous, but once I made it past the first part and the bludgers were released, everything just felt natural. I can't explain it really, just how being the seeker comes with such ease for you, it just felt, you know, right..." he trailed off not sure what to say.

"I know what you mean, it's okay. You really deserved it," Harry said.

"Ron!" called Fred as the rest of the team came over, "Good job there, you did really well."

"Yeah, I didn't think you were gonna get through it without losing your lunch!" George added.

"That would never have happened," Hermione started, "He hasn't eaten all day!"

"You're right, I haven't! I'm actually starving now that you mention it! Thanks you guys, I won't let you down!" he said then he went off to find some food. Probably from his rather large stash of sweets.

As the celebration continued people kept coming over to Ron to congratulate him, he just couldn't stop himself from beaming. Fred and George left at one point and came back with heaps of food; Harry, Ron and Hermione knew they had taken one of their trips to the kitchen.

As it got later, people started drifting up the stairs to go to sleep, soon the common room was almost empty. The twins were still there, along with a few other 6th and 7th years, Harry, Ron, Hermione and a very tired Ginny.

"Well, we have practice tomorrow and it wouldn't be good to sleep through it," Harry started, "Shall we head upstairs?"

"Yes, I think that would be best," Ron said. He started to get up when someone came over and stood in front of them. It was Su Chang, they had noticed her glaring at them the whole night, and she had yet to say anything to Ron.

"So," she started, "you've gotten the keeper position, must be nice to have friends in high places."

"What's that supposed to mean?" said Hermione testily.

"It means I think it's just a little convenient that out of all the people who try out, the one who makes the team has two brothers on it and the captain is his best friend." She said angrily.

"That had nothing to do with it!" Harry shouted at her. Several people turned their heads and glanced over. He lowered his voice. "You didn't see any of the tryouts, or how well Ron did. He was the best out of everyone and that's why he's on the team!"

"I didn't have to see them. I could've told you this was going to happen from the start. Well, we'll just see how good he is really. I'm sure the first match will show that your liking of him has blinded you from picking someone who really deserves it!" she spat out.

Then she spun around and stormed through the doorway up the stairs.