newspaper taxi: yep I'm on holiday, which means I have more time to write so even though this is a short chapter the next one should be up in a day or two.

sweet as lemonz: yes it is a good thing that Adrian caught Harry in his invisibility cloak and made him leave, or else he may just have been scarred for life :P

Chapter 20: Quidditch

A week later most of the school was out watching the Slytherin and Ravenclaw Quidditch game which was taking place in perfect weather conditions. I was sitting next to Severus in the teachers box watching him grow more and more agitated with his houses less then stellar performance and trying not to wince at the barely adequate ability of both keepers. Grandpa was sitting behind us and I had a feeling that he was watching us as intently as the game as if to say that he knew all about last weekend.

The play zoomed close to us and one of the Slytherin beaters hit a bludger in the direction of a Ravenclaw chaser. To everyone's surprise the bludger didn't go after the chaser, but instead came straight at the teachers box, heading right for Grandpa.

Others started going for wands but I knew that there was no chance of anyone getting a spell off before it hits him and my Quidditch reflexes from years ago kick in. Leaping straight up out of my seat I took the bludger in the stomach getting the wind knocked out of me. But before it could zoom off again I tucked my knees up to it and rapped my arms around it so it couldn't go anywhere before hitting the ground shoulder first and rolling down the stairs.

Grandpa pulled out his wand and casts a spell on the bludger to immobilize it before bending down to pick it up and hand it to Severus who is doing his best not to look concerned.

I coughed trying to breath again and taste blood.

"Are you alright, child?" Grandpa asked.

"Just peachy," I managed to reply spitting out blood. "I think I'll head straight to the hospital wing, though."

Grandpa helped me to my feet and murmured to Severus, "Investigate that" before escorting me to the hospital wing.

Madam Pomfrey looked stern upon seeing me though softened immediately when she learns why I sustained my injuries, after all it's not often someone had to save Grandpa's life. It turns out I had multiple shattered ribs, a punctured lung and a dislocated shoulder, thus I had to remain in the hospital wing overnight.

Madam Hootch was beside herself thinking that it's all her fault about the crazed bludger and it took Grandpa quite a while to calm her down. It meant, however, that all the bludgers were going to be checked before games from now on.

Severus came to see me late that night when no students should have been up and about to see him do it.

"How are you feeling?"

"Much better. The crazy medwitch wants me to stay over-night though. What did you find out about the bludger, since no one else seems to be inclined to tell me anything."

"The bludger was bewitched to go after Dumbledore at the most convenient time," he told me. "The only one who could have done it was Draco, but he wont say anything about it."

I frowned. "That's rather advanced Dark Magic for a sixteen year old, are you sure that he'd been able to do it?"

"I could have done the same thing at twelve," he replied standing up slowly. Then he leaned over and placed a kiss on my forehead. "Get some rest, I'll see you in the morning."