Chapter Eight: The Great Big Birdie That Took Away Dennis Creevy
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The cold morning air brushed through Ginny's auburn locks as she kicked off into the quidditch field. She soared into the open sky leaving behind all her cares and woes, feeling free and alive again for the first time since she was in school. Ginny circled the field, enjoying the great view of sunrise on her Cleansweep and waited for her teammates to arrive.
Harry, the Gryffindor quidditch captain, had suggested for them to practice early in the morning so they could go over their new tactics on how to beat the Slytherin Team on their first match after Halloween. Ginny gripped the handle of her broomstick tightly as she remembered Draco Malfoy and their agreement back in the dungeons almost a week ago. Her "horns" were almost gone now, it remained on her head like two little bumps but they weren't visible unless you take her head, flatten her hair, and the stare at her skull for about 32 seconds, and then see for yourself.
Ginny also remembered how a Slytherin did something very out of character.
He smiled at me…
Ginny quickly realized that she was grinning stupidly and hastily stopped herself.
Must be that toxic fume of his hair color…but ah…
Ginny did a back flip and flew higher in the air. She had been trying to avoid him as much as possible lately. She knew that the more she stayed away from him, the least likely he would think of something ghastly for her to do. If fate allows it, Ginny plan to steer clear of Draco Malfoy for the rest of the year. But we all know that's not going to happen. He's her partner for DADA for goodness sakes and they still don't know what their project's going to be on.
I'm dooooooooomed…
Ginny sighed and took a great swallow of air and flew higher into the clear blue sky.
"GIIIIINNNNNNNNNNY!" a voice called below her.
It's Olivia... then the team must be here.
"Hi." Ginny said as her foot touched the ground next her grinning friend. "Where's the re-OOOPHA!"
A large figure in red knocked Ginny to the ground. She winced as the impact hit her from behind. The figure that bashed the wind out of her started to shout in a shrilled cracked voice.
"GINNY ARE YOU OK? I THOUGHT A BIG BIRD TOOK YOU OR SOMETHING! WHERE WERE YOU? ARE YOU HURT? HUH? HUH?"
"Ron! Get off of me! I'm fine, I just flew a bit too high that's all." Ginny grumbled as she pushed her red-faced brother off of her. "Argh! You big, arrogant oaf!"
"Oh…well, I saw a really big bird the other day and I swear, it took off with Colin's little brother in its mouth!" her brother said, waving his arms in the air like a six year old. "It was thiiiiiiiiis big!"
Both Ginny and Olivia gave him a funny/worried look.
"Ron, are you ok?" Olivia said carefully and put a hand on his head to see if he has a fever.
"I'm fine!" Ron exclaimed and shook off Olivia's hand. "Don't believe me then!"
"Um…Ron…"
"Well, I guess it's gone now…"Ron said and looked up at the sky cautiously with his arms raised, preparing to duck and cover at any sight of a big furry ball with huge flapping wings. Ginny and Olivia exchanged concerned looks but didn't bother to say anything. After a minute or two, when no big birdie appeared, Ron sighed and said, "I'm going to go tell the rest of the team that it's ok to come out." and strolled back to the locker rooms.
"Wow…Your brother is…weird…" Olivia said to Ginny after they watched Ron disappear behind the wooden door.
"Yeah, I know, isn't he the greatest?" Ginny said and smiled subconsciously.
"What ever you say Gin, what ever you say." Olivia said and kicked off into the sky.
"Olivia! Remember to hit the bludgers away from your teammate and not just any other direction!" Harry shouted over them on his Firebolt. Ginny zoomed pass him and caught the quaffle that Dean Thomas threw at her. She dodged a whizzing bludger and chucked the scarlet ball into the nearest goal. A loud 'ding' told her that she scored.
"Great job Ginny!" Harry called out over his shoulder. "Nice pass Dean, but don't aim at her head, we don't want a quaffle to knock her out!"
They have been flying for about 30 minutes. Harry had given them their plan out and Ginny was really looking forward to kicking the Slytherin's butts…that is until they decided to show up.
"Awww, Merlin, what the hell are they doing here for?" Ron groaned and flew towards a small crowd of green and silver at the entrance of the field.
"Damn." Harry muttered and followed Ron.
HELL! Not one minute of peace!
Ginny trailed after the rest of her teammates and landed angrily in front of the Slytherin quidditch team.
"Malfoy, this is our practice time, take your team and leave." Harry said coolly, trying to keep his temper down.
"I think not, Potter." The Slytherin captain said and folded his arms together. "We have a special permission from Professor Snape. Look for yourself." With that, he brought out a roll of parchment from a pocket in his Quidditch robes, opened it, and brought it out in front of Harry's face. Ginny could tell that he was restraining from punching the sneering Slytherin.
"This isn't fair!" Ron called out furiously, his ears turning red. "We booked the field on the first day of school!"
"Life isn't fair weasel king." Draco said unperturbedly and pretended to look down on his fingernails. "So…though."
"Why you-" Ron said and was about to pounce on Malfoy when Ginny grabbed his hands and stopped him.
"Ginny! What?" Ron said angrily at sister.
"Yeah! Ginny why'd you stop him?" Dean called out from the back. He then turned towards Harry and said, "Ok, Harry, you take Goyle and I'll take Crabbe." And wiped out his wand, about to charge forward. Hearing this, Crabbe and Goyle brought up their fists…it's the only thing they can do without hurting themselves with excessive thinking.
"STOP!" Ginny hissed and stood out in the middle between the teams.
"Ginny! Why?"
"Hush Ron! And wipe that ugly, disgusting smirk off your face, Malfoy." Ginny said and turned towards Draco Malfoy, whose hair glowed the color of blue cheese.
"Oh, but I can't help but be happy Weasley, it appears to me that you're on my side." Draco said and walked closer to Ginny.
"Ginny what's going on…" Harry said behind her and tugged at her sleeve.
"Don't worry Harry, I can handle it." Ginny said and walked closer to Draco. She tried to keep her appearance cool, but her heart was racing like the speed of light. It always gets like this when they were close.
"Yeah, well sorry to tell you ferret boy, but that note from Professor Snape doesn't count, can't get you the field. Nope, can't at all." Ginny said and smiled, pretending to study the roll of parchment that contained Snape's signature.
"Why's that?" Zabini piped up from the back rather idiotically.
"Shut up." Draco instructed sharply. "Why's that Weasley, who can stop me?" he leaned a bit closer to Ginny causing her face to turn pink, but Ginny's expression remained the same.
"Why only our head of the house of course, pretty boy." Ginny said and grinned widely. She reached down her robes and pulled out a piece of parchment and unsealed it. "It says so right here…and I quote 'I here by allow the Gryffindor quidditch team to have an uninterrupted practice on Saturday of September 29th. The field belongs to them only, no exceptions.' Unquote. So there, we have a note too Slytherins, get off our field."
"That's forged." Draco said coldly, his eyes flashing angrily.
"See for yourself." Ginny said and threw the parchment at Draco. "Let's go practice."
Ginny kicked off into the sky. She waited until she reached a certain height and looked down to the ground smiling.
Ah…you did it again Ginny.
"Ginny! That was bloody brilliant!" Ron said when the rest of the team joined her in the skies, leaving the Slytherin team on the grounds, crowed over the piece of parchment that had a bit of chocolate stain on it.
"Yeah Ginny! What you do to get it?" Harry said grinning happily.
"Nothing really…Oh, well, McGonagall did say that if we don't win, she's going to give us all a week worth of detentions..." Ginny said, smiling, and flew to her position.
"Alright guys, thanks to Ginny here, we have our field back. Now lets do some dri-" Harry said but stopped when he noticed the Slytherins flying towards them. "Malfoy! Haven't we made clear that you're not allowed on the field?" he shouted angrily.
"Shut up Potter, since when do my head of the house listen to yours?" Malfoy called back.
Ginny flew next to Harry and glared angrily at Malfoy who looked equally mad, but he smirked and flew closer towards them.
"However…we will play you for the field Potter…" he said and then flied backwards to his team and whispered something in Zabini's ears.
The rest of the Gryffindor team looked at Harry.
"Let's do it Harry!" Ron said. Some members nodded in agreement. Ginny frowned. She didn't want to play Malfoy, not now…who knows if he might try something…unexpected.
"Right, ok, don't try anything new, we use our old game plan, everyone remember?" Harry said and looked over his team. Everyone nodded. "Right." He then turned towards the Slytherin team, who was all waiting for them patiently and said, "Alright Malfoy, regular quidditch rules! On, on three." He pointed his wand at the casket on the field below them and one red quaffle, two heavy bludgers, and a golden snitch flew out.
"Three!"
Both teams positioned themselves, ready to fly towards the balls.
"Two!"
Ginny's eyes locked with Draco's. Her heart sped up. Draco didn't smirk. He just stared into her hazel eyes.
"ONE!"
Ginny broke their eye contact and raced towards the quaffle. She was almost about to run into William Cook, a chaser from the other team, but pulled a fast dive and grasped the falling quaffle. She heard a bludger whizzing behind her and dived. In the corners of her eyes, she could see the Slytherin chasers speeding behind her. Ginny spotted a flying figure in red and chucked the ball to him. Dean caught the ball and flew towards the goals dodging under the Slytherin keeper and scored.
"Whooooo!" Ginny screamed and threw her fist in the air. She enjoyed the games, the competition, and the feeling of victory. It was when she was in the games did she forget her worries.
"Ginny! Zabini has the quaffle!" Harry shouted towards her.
"I'm on it!" Ginny called and flew higher to find the bright red ball. She marked Zabini and sped to him. She caught the ball easily when he passed it one of his teammates but a bludger rammed hard into her shoulder causing her to lose balance.
"Damn!" Ginny said as the feeling of her right arm drained away. The quaffle slipped from her hands.
NO!
Ginny could see Zabini racing towards the dropping quaffle. She dived, spun around with all her might and heard a thud as the tail of her broom hurled the quaffle towards the Slytherin goal.
Ha! Ginny grinned, and couldn't help but feel proud of herself.
"Gin! That was great! Are you alright?" Olivia called behind her as she knocked a bludger towards Malfoy with her club.
"Yeah! I'm fine! I've had worse!" Ginny replied and flew after Dean. Wonder how Harry's doing…
"GINNY WATCH OUT!" Some one shouted.
"Huh?" Ginny said and whipped around.
She found herself facing Goyle with his bat raised, ready to strike hard on her head.
Oh crud! Get your wand out Ginny! Get your wand out!
But she couldn't move. She covered her head with her hands and waited for the hard blow to hit her. But is never came. She felt a shadow looming over her and a brush of wings…very big wings.
Some one screamed.
Ginny looked up meekly and to her horror, an owl the size of the Great Hall of Hogwarts flew above her, flapping its wings furiously almost causing her to fall off her broom. In its beak was a squirming animal. It was howling in some sort of a weird language.
Ginny squinted up to have a better look when he realized that the owl's prey wasn't an animal, it was Goyle.
Ginny didn't know what to do. She was stunned. But Harry flew by her and started shooting jinxes at it. The spells merely brushed off of the owl's sleek feathers and it took off into the Forbidden Forest with a shrug, Goyle still dangling in its mouth.
The field was deadly silent. After awhile, Ron's voice interrupted the stillness.
"Well, I told you so… That was the big bird that took away Dennis Creevy."
A/N
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