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Authors Note – Hello everyone! I bet you are all glad that I am reposting my very first fan fiction, and that it has been edited speech wise. Do you remember how every chapter was written differently, lmao! It was kind of funny, in a horrible way! Well…enjoy!
Beta – Thanks Kristi! It means alot to me that you are back, and that you took time to edit my 1st fic!
So let the magic begin…
Chapter Two - Quidditch Illusions
Soft, hard, and red, damn it! Wait a minute, how can it be both soft and hard? Oh whatever, the point is… It's too red for it's own good, and where did Potter go? Damn bloody Git leaves me all alone in the Gryffindor tower. I mean… I'm a Slytherin… in the Gryffindor tower. It just doesn't make any sense I tell you! Great, just great, I get to stay in this stuffy, hot room. A Gryffindor room at that, and this bed…it's too hard, and these sheets are too soft felted, I need my silk, and what is with this red room? I mean how do you get your beauty sleep in this room? The light will shine right through in the mornings I tell you. I can't possibly stay here! That's it! I'm leaving!
"Abraxas! Where are you?"
"Shit, the little git is back already, but then again, it's about time Potter got back. I guess I can't make an escape right now though. I will have to do it later." I said, to myself in a cranky mood no doubt.
Hey, wait a minute. What is going on here? Why am I being picked up? And why is Potter in his Quidditch uniform? Oh no! It couldn't be the first game of the season already, could it?
"How is my little Abraxas doing? Does Abraxas want to play a little Quidditch with his owner, Harry?"
Oh gods, NO!"I bet he does. Yes, I bet you would love it!"
Yeah, that's easy for Potter to say, and how am I supposed to play this sport? Does he expect Abraxas the little mouse to fly on his miniature broomstick? Yeah, because they are just oh so popular to buy now a days.
…Oh No, spoke to soon. I thought.
No, this is not happening, not to me, and not now!"Come on Abraxas, you can fit in my upper pocket here." I heard Harry say, gently.
NO! Not in there, anywhere but there, not in the pocket, it's small, stuffy, and right near his chest, and not to mention the fact that I could fall out at any time.
"Abraxas, calm down buddy. You will be all right. I won't let anything happen to you!"
I couldn't believe the sound in Har…I mean Potters voice when he had said that he wouldn't allow anything to happen to me.
I guess it sounded truthful enough to believe him, because I settled down right away, That is… Until I realized that I was going to be playing in the first Quidditch game of the season. Along side my enemy on the Quidditch field.
"Abraxas, settle down!"
Settle down? Is he serious? Is the bloody git really serious? How does he expect me to settle down at a time like this? I am in my enemy's upper pocket on the Quidditch field for the first time in two years, during the first game of the season, and in a Slytherins VS. Gryffindors match no doubt. I should be out there on my nimbus 2001, battling it out to take first place for once.
"Oh, Abraxas. I get it, you are nervous. Well be calm, there is no reason to be nervous."
Gulp! No reason to be nervous? What is Potter on? It must be pretty strong stuff for him to think that I wouldn't be nervous, but then again he doesn't know who I really am.
"Gaaa, I'm going to die out there!"Harry hopped on to his new broomstick for the first time in two years and leapt into the air getting ready to seek for the first time this season. Draco on the other hand couldn't stay calm, and squirmed in Harry's small pocket. Harry then realized that he had forgotten to get his wand. Ever since third year when the dementors were after Harry, he had not ever gone out to a Quidditch game without his wand. Harry then decided to ask Hermione if she could get it for him. He then flew down quickly and yelled out to his fellow players that he would be back in a moment's time.
"Hermione!" I heard Harry yell, to get her attention.
"Oh, hey Harry, what is it you wish to speak to me about?"
"Well…"
"Harry James Potter, aren't you suppose to be playing Quidditch? You are letting them all down!" Granger interrupted.
"But Hermione!" Harry squealed.
"Not another word from you, Harry. I want you to get out there an…"
"But Hermione…That's why I needed to see you; I forgot to grab my wand, do you think you could grab it for me?"
"Ok, I'll grab it for you, but hurry along now Harry!" Granger yelled while Harry ran back with me bouncing up and down in his upper pocket.
I'm beginning to feel a little sea sick, although I am not on the seawaters, damn that Potter!
Potter was then about to enter through the doors to the Quidditch pitch when he suddenly slipped on the floor. Although he was slightly unconscious I think he could feel me leave his pocket and scurry down the hall.
Harry was now up high searching for the snitch. The game had been halfway through by now, and all he could think about was flying up as quickly as possible to find the snitch. The field had been slightly foggy that day. The fog was smothering him, but he could still tell when a Slytherin was fallowing him and up to no good on the field. He had never really thought about who had taken Draco's place on the field, him being missing and all.
"Move it Potter"
What? Was that Draco's voice I heard? Harry was slightly freaked out, but was also thrilled at the same time.
"Dra…I mean Malfoy, where are you?"
"Why do you want to know Potter? Did you miss me?"
"No, why would I miss you?"
"I don't know, maybe you fancy me for helping you up earlier or something Potter"
"Ha, in your dreams Malfoy!" Harry gulped loudly while saying that last line. "Where were you anyway Malfoy, you missed a lot of classes!"
"What's it to you Potter? I was gone for a short while, that's all you have to know, besides you should be thankful I was around to give you a helping hand when you fell."
"What do you mean by that Malfoy? Were you the one who helped me get up for this match?"
"If you want to call it that, Potter"
"Well, I guess since you are back… there is no new seeker"
"Well done Potter, want a cookie?" Draco said sarcastically.
"Were you avoiding me?"
"Now why would I do that, Potter? Is there some reason I would have to avoid you?"
"No! Just curious as to know where you were, missing your favourite class and all"
"Oh, Well isn't that sweet, the golden boy was wondering where I was after all!"
"Was not!"
"Were too!"
"I was not!"
"Why don't you just admit it Potter, you fancy me."
"Only if I were a pouf, which I'm not!"
"Now! Now! Potter, there is nothing wrong with the same sex."
"I didn't say there was, I was just saying in simple words that I am not one to be apart in something of that nature."
The snitch, I wonder if Malfoy noticed it too.
"No, I suppose the golden boy wouldn't be." Draco sighed.
The snitch, I am sure Potter saw it too, that's It! I'm going after it. I will win this one for sure.
As both boys chased after the snitch, Blaise and the Other Slytherins had noticed what was going on. Blaise was then furious and had decided that the Slytherins were going to win this one no matter what. Blaise started to play hardball.
"What's the matter Potter? Can't keep up?"
"I can keep up just fine, you stubborn git!"
Draco and Harry were then weaving through the stands while chasing the snitch. Everyone in the game had paused slightly while noticing that Draco was finally back. The Gryffindors and the Slytherins then decided that they had to work even harder, noticing that both leaders were in the game and after the snitch.
Three out of the seven Slytherin team members started to crowed around the hoops, while the Gryffindor chasers made their way to the Slytherin side of the pitch.
Draco and Harry were still slightly bickering while trying to catch the snitch. They were now flying through the crowds of people. Harry had noticed Hermione had now joined the crowed, and was sitting with his wand. She had also been sitting alongside Ginny. They were both cheering for Ron and himself of coarse.
Harry then realized he had to put his attention back on Draco who was still fallowing the snitch.
There it is. I know; I will do the same thing I did in first year. I will stand on my broom and swoop down and get it. Then I'll really blow the cowed away, pulling that stunt again. I bet Draco will be so mad too. This time I must make sure to catch it in my hand and not my mouth though.
Harry then leaned down on his broom forcing it to go it's ultimate speed. Harry was now standing on the broom and balancing himself on it.
Damn it, Potter is going to succeed in getting the snitch again. I know; I'll hit it away from him.
Draco was now near Harry and the snitch. He hit the snitch just in time, as Harry was about to jump off to grab the snitch. Draco was making the battle for the snitch one hell of a hard one. Harry lost his balance while trying to get the snitch and he ended up falling off of his broom, unfortunately with no snitch. Harry then looked up at Draco with a glare as the fogged up sky got thicker and thicker to see through. The audience was awing at the fact of the first game in two years being so competitive.
Harry then jumped back on his broom and quickly flew up towards Draco and the snitch, even though it was harder to see where his main targets were.
They were now flying high through the foggy sky. The snitch had led Draco higher then they he ever flown before, among the midst of the sky. Harry was now having a shaky ride up towards Draco for his glass's started fogging up. The audience was lost, and most of the team members had been lost to the fog as well.
"Wow Potter, I'm surprised you got back up!"
"Shut up Malfoy, I wouldn't let you win the game." Harry said viciously, while panting.
"Touchy, touchy"
"Damn straight!"
"Umm, that's to bad."
The boys being high up in the sky along with the fog made it pretty impossible for anyone to see what was going on, but they had been battling it out still. To catch the snitch was their only goal, or so that's what they both had thought.
"Ha, I've got it this time, Potter!"
"No you don't Malfoy! I have got it!"
Draco and Harry had both grabbed on to the snitch at the same time; Harry's left hand had caught onto one wing of the snitch, while Draco's right hand had caught onto the other. While flying in a circular motion, trying to stay still with the snitch in both their hands, the enemies had both been tangling in each others robs while holding on to the snitch. They were suddenly being pulled into eachother as their Quidditch uniforms had stopped tangling and they had found their mouths falling into one another's. The kiss was sudden, yet tender and vibrant. Neither one of the boys had wanted the kiss to end.
"Umm, Draco!" Harry had slightly moaned.
"Shhh, Potter!"
Draco had then pressed his lips on to Harry's, still never wanting the kiss to end.
"Wait a minute Potter, did you just call me by my first name?"
Harry slightly blushed. "Yeah, I'm sorry. Does it bug you?" Harry asked while slightly breathing hot air from his breath into Draco's right ear.
Draco didn't answer and was just staring at the snitch that had been in both their hands and glancing at their brooms that were now crossed on one another. Their Quidditch uniforms were still entangling them.
"Oh, here you keep it!" Harry said with a smile and let go of the snitch, while slightly moving away from the now blushing Slytherin.
Draco was now holding the snitch, but wasn't very pleased. It had been the first time he had ever gotten the snitch from Harry, but it meant nothing to him if he wasn't the one to have caught it fair and square.
"No," Draco said in a deep voice.
"No? What do you mean, No?"
Draco slightly smirked at Harry. Harry then turned his head away and puffed for a slight breath of air.
"How about another round?" Draco said while letting the snitch fall out of his hand.
Harry then snapped his head back towards Draco and said…"Why not?"
Draco and Harry started to fly around again for the snitch, each smiling at one another and looking into the others eyes, but of coarse they were paying attention to the game as well, and looking out for their reps. Or should I really say: Draco was looking out for his own rep.
There had been a slight amount of Slytherins who had flown past the bridge of the fog and had noticed what Draco and Harry had been up too. The Slytherins thought Draco had pushed the ultimate limit, as well as the Gryffindors had. The Gryffindors on the other hand had not seen anything compared to the Slytherins. The few Slytherins to have caught this public humiliation decided that Draco needed to learn a lesson and so did the Gryffindors. Most of the Gryffindors decided to go after Draco, because he was the Slytherins captain, and if he fell so would they. The few Slytherins, Crabbe, Goyle, and Blaise had decided to go after Draco before Potter, and the Gryffindors. They decided that their revenge was going to be bitter sweet.
Harry had finally seen the snitch and decided to go after it; he was 5cm away from touching it when he heard Draco's cries of pain. He turned around to see the boy, no the man he had fallen in love with in such a short period of time, falling and beaten to a pulp. The ground is where Draco's now beaten body was falling endlessly. The game had been paused by players watching what they… the Gryffindors and three particular Slytherins, had done to The Slytherin Prince and not to mention captain and seeker of the Slytherin Quidditch team.
Everyone started to watch as Harry sped down miraculously swooping towards Draco and finally grasping him, to their surprise. Everyone but the few Slytherins were surprised, especially Harry's two best friends, mostly Ron. Harry was now down to the ground with Draco who was bleeding insensitively.
"No, Don't leave me, please don't leave me" Draco cried out.
"Shhhh, don't worry I will never leave you" Harry said, trying to calm Draco down.
"But," cough, "what about the crowed? They will all know."
"Screw the crowd! Your happiness, your love, your health and freedom are all that matters!"
"No," cough, "Our happiness, our love, our health and our freedom, is all that matters!"
Draco slowly closed his eyes as the boy who lived had kissed him passionately in front of all who had been watching the game. When Harry had kissed him everything was warm, and everything was perfect, like their lives should always be…that is until Draco's mouth had finally died down and the pressure against his and Harry's lips was let go. Draco's heartbeat finally gave in and the sound of his love stopped right then and there, in Harry's last kiss.
"NOOOOO!" Harry cried out.
Hermione had been standing with Harry's wand and had suddenly started to cry as Ron had made his way over to her on the stands, and wrapped his arms around her while watching what had happened.
Harry went blank and was now holding Draco's limp body in his hands.
"CRUCIO!" Harry yelled out without his wand in his hand. He let out a one of the three unforgivable curses by using wandless magic.
Everyone could hear Harry yell out Crucio and knew that he had wanted them to feel as much pain as Draco had felt, and how much he had hurt inside. Clearly everyone new what was going on between them and most couldn't believe it. The place went silent as Harry's yell for Crucio echoed and the place went pitch black with a round white light surrounding the two boys. He could hear the screams from all his victims at the Quidditch pitch, but he sat in the dark with the round light surrounding him and his loved one. Harry cradled Draco's dead body while crying in his pitch-dark salvation as he heard the cries for help, and the screams from his once beloved peers.
"Harry!"
"Mate, hey mate, are you all right?"
"Harry! Come on… please snap out of it Harry!" Granger wept with silent tears.
"Umm, Hermione? Ron? Is that you?" Potter silently asked.
"Yes Harry, it's us! Are you alright?" Weasel boy asked while holding onto me.
Granger was now helping Harry up and asking weather or not he could stand and walk properly. Harry replied with a yes.
"I'm so glad you two survived. So…how long have I been out?" Potter asked in wonder as I pondered what in the world he was mumbling about.
"Harry, what are you rambling about? And well mate, let's put it this way…you missed playing the whole Quidditch game."
"I-I missed the game? Oh, I see." Clearly Potter must have been dreaming.
"Damn it! Well there is always next game, I suppose." Potter said while starting to suddenly reach for his pocket.
"Oh, NO!" Potter shouted. "Where is Abraxas?"
"Oh, do you mean this little guy?" Weasel asked while holding me out.
"Oh my god, thank heavens he is alright." Potter said while cradling me.
"Not so bloody tight, you stupid git!"
"We found him roaming down the hall. When we went to capture him, he ran straight towards you mate. He must take a real liking to you." Weasel said with a smirk on his face. One not as mastered as my own of course.
"Well thank you both for taking care of Abraxas." Potter said, with a smile.
"Oh no you don't! Don't give me any credit for helping with that mouse! Ron was the only one who kept it safe. I had nothing to do with it." Granger said with a sickening girly voice.
It's no wonder I like guys.
Potter and Weasel both stared at eachother with a knowing look that they had finally found another weakness of Hermione's, and they suddenly couldn't help but laugh at it.
"Well I'm off then. I will meet you both at the common room later. I have some business with Professor Snape to attend to." Potter said while turning away from his what seemed to be two beloved friends with me safely in his warm hands.
…Wait. Did Potter say Snape? What in bloody hell is Potter thinking? What would he possibly want to see Severus for?
"Mione, do you think Harry has been acting a little odd lately?"
"Odd? What do you mean by odd?"
"Well…Umm, It's nothing I guess. It was just a thought." Ron stated.
"Ron?"
"Yeah?"
"You are the one acting odd now!" Hermione said while leaning closer towards her boyfriend. He then grabbed Hermione by her sides and pulled her in to a long and deep kiss.
"Hey Hermione?"
"Yes, Ron?"
"Where do you suppose Harry got the name Abraxas from?"
Hermione looked at her boyfriend with wide eyes. "I'm not to sure Ron. It is probably nothing. Harry probably made it up, or looked it up in a name book of some sort."
"Name book? What is that?"
"Well it's, it's not important Ron." Hermione then lifted her boyfriend's lips to hers and kissed him to keep his thoughts away from concerning about his Gryffindor friend.
But I hope that the meaning for Abraxas isn't what I think it is, or Ron will go mad. Maybe I am mistaken, and if I am not, I hope Harry is able to find happiness in what he is searching for.
To Be Continued…