The next day, Dumbledore arose from the table, and for once it was not to tell the students about some new dance to make those who were not invited by someone to feel bad.

"Thank you. Tonight, as a celebration for Gryffindor winning the Year of Differences Quidditch Cup, we will have a feast for members of the Quidditch teams ONLY. If you are not on one of the House Quidditch teams this year, then you may not attend. Teachers who competed in the Flags vs. Colors game are also allowed to attend. Everyone please wear your Quidditch robes. Thank you."

That night, everyone was happy. Draco was dancing with Hermione, Harry with Megan, Cristy was single, and Tom was with Lorena. Then, the teachers suddenly rushed over to some newly posted piece of paper.

"Wait--this is the list of the people who made the teams!"

"Oh, I hope I made it!"

"First, the teachers. Next, the students," came Oliver Wood's voice. The students slumped away.

Meanwhile, the teachers were all staring at the list. Many seemed to be speechless. Finally, they left for the students to have a look. Everyone walked forward to see a chart:

with the list of the chosen teachers and students. Some of the students gasped, some were overjoyed, and someone started crying.

Name

Sirius Black

Lorena Corena

Cristy Filman

Hermione Granger

Draco Malfoy

Megan Newgana

Harry Potter

Severus Snape

Frederick Weasley

Genevive Weasley

George Weasley

Ronald Weasley

Oliver Wood

Necessary Positions on Each Team and New Team Member

Chudley Cannons (184) 451-4395

Seeker--1--Harry Potter

Beater--2--Sirius Black, Ronald Weasley

Chaser--1--Draco Malfoy

Grodzick Goblins (264) 476-0375

Beater--1--Genevive Weasley

Seeker--1--Megan Newgana

Tutshill Tornadoes (364) 278-5728

Seeker--1--Lorena Corena

Vratsa Vultures (837) 287-1868

Beater--1--Severus Snape

Wimbourne Wasps (347) 480-2869

Beater--2--Frederick Weasley, George Weasley

Chaser--1--Cristy Filman

Seeker--1--Hermione Granger

Keeper--1--Oliver Wood

Any Questions? Call the number next to your team if you want to quit.

Harry was trampled over by other Quidditch team members, some jumping with glee that they made a team, some screaming with unhappiness. Cristy and Megan were overjoyed, so they both turned around and hugged the closest one to them. For both of them, this just so happened to be Harry. Harry blushed, smiled, then they both turned around and ran away.

Cristy saw Megan looking very happy that she had hugged Harry, so she ran over to her.

"Hey Megan."

"Oh hi Cristy." Megan said, blushing.

"Look, I have a question for you."

"What?"

"Do you like Harry?"

"Well, no duh. Why, do you?"
"No!" Cristy said seriously. "I didn't know you did, sorry."

"It's okay."

"Well, see you later."

"Okay."

Meanwhile, a member of the Tutshill Tornadoes Aivilo Oripahs was talking to Lorena about the upcoming season.

"Hey. You the new girl?"

"Yea, why?"

"I am a member of the team right now, Lorena."

"Oh, hey!"

"Yes, um, want to take a walk? I don't want anyone hearing our plays," Aivilo explained to Lorena, who agreed.

When they were walking, they went into the Forbidden Forest to talk. When they were there, the blue button on Lorena's Quidditch robes was pushed by Aivilo. When it was touched, it blew up. When the smoke cleared, Lorena was gone.

Also at this time, Sirius and Snape were talking--without fighting! As they talked, Snape noticed a little blue button on Sirius' and his own Quidditch robes, as they noticed each other's, both buttons blew up, and when the smoke cleared, both Snape and Sirius were gone.

Now, Megan was talking to Harry. She, too, had on a blue blinker, and as soon as Harry noticed it, it also exploded, leaving no tracing of her. Harry then noticed a bunch of the people on the Quidditch teams at Hogwarts were gone, and noticed that Cristy was still there. He ran over and grabbed her, told her about the problem (the disappearances) and they ran up to the Gryffindor dorms, got dressed into normal robes, and met in the common room to talk.

"Okay, Cristy, we have a problem. It seems that we are all being either traced or we are being watched. After Hufflepuff lost to Slytherin at the end of Round One, I haven't seen Hermione. After the end of Round Two, after Ravenclaw lost, Ron disappeared. And now, after Gryffindor won, Draco Malfoy disappeared. The thing is that I noticed a blue spot on all of their Quidditch robes. I have a feeling that they were being traced, and that these spots were held with magic. Whenever someone noticed the button on their robes, it blew up and the source or the one that saw it was gone. Now, my theory is that these letters I have received have something to do with it," Harry said.

"Can I see the letters?" Cristy asked, and Harry showed her.

"Wait--they are written in two different kinds of writing--blood and this font on Muggle computers called Chiller. There must be two people working together," Cristy added, and Harry nodded.

"Okay. Maybe it's Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew."

"I thought Peter Pettigrew was dead. And Voldemort,"

"Wow. You also say his name?"

"Yes. I don't think his name is scary," Cristy added.

"Well, anyway, Peter Pettigrew is the one who made the potion for Voldemort to return. Remember how Dumbledore said at the beginning of the year that Sirius Black was innocent? Well, that's because Peter killed the Muggles, not Sirius. Peter is an unregistered animagi. He can turn into a rat. No one knew about it besides his friends, which were Sirius, Professor Lupin, and my dad, James. He liked my mom, Lily, but my dad liked her more and all. They knew that Voldemort was after my family, probably because everyone thinks my dad is the Heir of Gryffindor. Well, Dumbledore knew that someone close was betraying my parents, but no one suspected Peter. He thought that it was Sirius, but my dad said that Sirius would have died before he betrayed us. Well, they had caught the wrong one. Peter was the one betraying my parents and informing Voldemort of our whereabouts. When Voldemort showed up, I lived and all. Then, Sirius tracked Peter down, but Peter faked his death to get Sirius thrown in jail. In my third year, Sirius escaped from Azkaban to kill Peter, because he knew that Peter would be more than ready to go back to Voldemort if he found out that he was gaining power again and that Peter would be ready to kill me if he heard that the Dark Side was gaining power. Hermione, Ron, and I saw Peter, who was acting as Ron's rat, Scabbers, and we helped Sirius escape. Then, Dumbledore finally convinced everyone to let him teach this year."

Cristy seemed very shocked at this news.

"Hold on a second. Can I see those letters again?"

"Sure," Harry said as he gave her the letters.

"Nevermind"Oh. What, there's nothing there?"

"Yea, nothing is here.

"Oh," said Harry.

That night, Harry could think of nothing else but how the stolen girls were. What had happened to them? For the first time in his life, he felt that he really liked all of them. But which one should he choose?

The next day, everyone noticed how it seemed some people had disappeared the previous night. They all found this very confusing, but continued on.

That afternoon, however, Harry could not go anywhere without a crowd surrounding him. It seemed that they were all acting on orders--the disappearance of a bunch of Quidditch heroes was scaring everyone and they all wanted to make sure that Harry was okay.

Meanwhile, Harry and Cristy were working hard, trying to solve the mystery. Then, Harry remembered something.

"You know how in the first note in the blood it said that the mysterious killer would finish me off himself?"

"Yeah."

"Well, at the time I saw a little blue blinking thingy, but when I saw it it blew up! I had no clue whatsoever what it was, but now it all makes sense! It is some sort of tracer that cannot be seen without blowing up. If it is spotted, it immediately blows up!"

"Wait--I remember reading something about this. Hold on," said Cristy, and she walked off rather quickly toward the library. Harry just shrugged and went on.

Later, Cristy returned holding a rather old piece of parchment in her trembling hands.

"What is that?" Harry said, a bit loud.

"I think that this is what that blue blinker thingy is," replied Cristy, in a voice that meant, "be quiet!"

"What do you mean?" Harry asked her.

"Just read this."

"Why?"

"Don't you want to know what the blue blinking thingy is that is taking all of your best friends and the girl you like captive? Yes, I know who you like. I have psychic powers and was able to tell the moment that I saw you who you liked."

"Please don't say anything to her!" said Harry desperately.

"Don't worry. I am pretty sure that Megan has psychic powers too," she said then burst out laughing.

"You were lying!"

"Actually, not totally. I do know who you like, but I am not going to say here.

. I thought maybe that there was a blue button here too, watching you. The letters seemed to know what you did with them, how else would Voldemort know about it?"

Anyways, read," said Cristy half jokingly half forcefully as she held out the paper Harry took it and read it aloud so only himself and Cristy could hear.

The Eulb Reknilb

This is a very mysterious solid indeed. When it is properly made, it is filled with a blue liquid, also know as Eulb. When it is put under a certain spell, which only a few wizards and witches today know, then it can act as many things that Muggles find very easy to come across. Some of these include:

1. a type of Muggle artifact called a camcorder

2. A Tracer

3. Another type of Muggle artifact--a combination TV/DVD player (it watches tapes/DVDs? for you--who knew that all this time the Muggles were coming up with stuff like that for us to use? They deserve more credit!)

4. A "boom-box"

5. A potion-holder

The most dangerous thing that we can use is the Tracer. This will tell the person that gave it to the victim where the victim is at all times, even when they are in a location that is not plotted on a map! This spell was discontinued by the Ministry of Magic in 1734, along with the discovery of a new potion that would make it less dangerous, however right now it seems that this potion does not work. If anyone knows the incantation for it, they are very lucky. No books today hold any reference of the spell besides this one. It was outlawed for the publication of the spell because too many evil-doers were discovering it and using it. If anyone is discovered using this spell, however, a lifetime in Azkaban prison awaits them.

If anyone, even someone that is not the victim discovers the Eulb Reknilb on anything, in fact, then the Eulb Reknilb will blow up and transport the victim and/or the discoverer to the location of the properly brewed Eulb. If you discover anyone using this, please alert the nearest Ministry of Magic official so they can fix up the problem for you.

"This is the answer. Voldemort must be using this Eulb Reknilb stuffand he has it on all of our Quidditch robes. He is using it as a camcorder, and is watching our every move. He probably figured that if Dumbledore found out that Quidditch players were disappearing before their games, then he would be found out and would be in serious trouble. He placed these on every member of the Quidditch team's robes, and then when a team did not need the friend of mine anymore he had Peter Apparate there."

"But if he was in the Hogwarts castle, they can't Apparate, I thought."

"You remind me so much of Hermione. Anyway, though, you do have a point. Maybe a different Death Eater is an Animagus, so he/she can turn into a beetle or something. A couple years ago, this gossip maker Rita Skeeter was using her animagus skills and turned into a beetle to watch us all the time and make incorrect reports about Hagrid and all of my friends."

"That's better." Cristy said and smiled.

"Okay, so what do you say we do?"

"I think that we should grab our robes, and try to find the Eulb Reknilb that is on my robe, and then I will be taken there."

"But Harry, what if Voldemort has set up a spot for you to land in? You never know with him. I mean, he may have meant this all as a joke! What if you get there and all of your friends are already dead, or if he is a Seer like Professor Black? I mean," Cristy said but Harry cut her off.

"Look. First of all, Professor Black is not a Seer. Dumbledore hired him to keep a watch on me because of Voldemort's return. Secondly, if I do not go now, then I may miss out on seeing any of my friends, new and old, ever again! And third, the longer I wait, the more life that they are probably losing. I have to go."

Just then, Harry saw a new letter come flying in. He read it to Cristy.

Harry Potter.

Okay. So you know what I have been doing. Well done. I congratulate you on being TOO LATE!

Unless you get here within the next twelve hours, all of your friends will be completely dead, with no hope of returning. As for me, I will be stronger.

Good luck, Potter!

Your Worst Nightmare

"What is this?" Harry said, pointing to a little blue speck on the parchment right next to 'Your Worst Nightmare'. Immediately, Cristy waved goodbye. It seemed that this was the Eulb Reknilb stuff again, and this was just the first time Harry had seen it there. Harry finally landed on the hard ground with a door in front of him. He walked gingerly and slowly to the doors, which he pushed open to see six pitiful figures all strapped to chairs.