HP Life after Hogwarts
Chapter 32
423 World Cup
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It's going to be a hell of a match...happy reading
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Philippopolis, Bulgaria
July 31, 2006
#423 Quidditch World Cup
Harry ignored the deafening roar of the crowd as Hermione scored goal number eighteen for England. He was focusing on Viktor Krum's lack of sportsmanship, that being trying to knock him off his broom. They were crushing Bulgaria on their own home turf and Krum was chomping at the bit about it.
"Score another one for England!! Hermione's tenth goal of the day!!" Lee Jordan was the commentator for the cup.
"That's 180 to your teams pathetic thirty! Your teams playing half-ass today! This game isn't even turning out to be a challenge!" Harry taunted him as he streaked passed him on his Quester 2006. "Come on Wash-out try and keep up will you! I know that your Firebolt can go faster than that!!"
"Looks like Viktor and Harry are battling it out with no snitch in sight and the referee is turning a blind eye to the whole situation!! Logan score's number 19 for England!!"
"We'll see who has the last laugh when I capture the snitch!! Pendragon!!" Krum rammed his broom into Harry's Quester, but to no avail his opponents broom remained steadily on course. Nothing that he had done even faze Harry, so he decided that playing dirty was in order. "You can't catch the snitch if you can't see it!! Let's see how well you fly with your eyes swollen shut!!" He sneered, as he tried to nail Harry in the face with a roundhouse to his eye.
"Nice Double Eight Loop save by Draco and Ron has possession of the Quaffle for England! The refs are blind today because that was Skinning and a blatant foul on Krum's part!"
Harry caught Krum's fist with his left hand then followed through with his right fist impacting a roundhouse to Krum's jaw. "Two can play it that way Wash-out!!" Harry forcibly let go of Krum's fist the momentum sending his pesky opponent cartwheeling bristle over handle in the opposite direction.
"Oh nice one Harry! The rotter was asking for that one!! Logan performs a perfect reverse pass to Ron and score number 20 for England!!"
"I don't need two hands to fly my Quester you two-bit loser!!" Harry veered around to watch him slam into Volkov one of Bulgaria's Beaters.
Volkov went hurtling into the Bulgarian goal post before plummeting face first to the pitch bellow. Viktor unfortunately was only stunned, but still seated on his broom.
"Aw rotten luck for Bulgaria!! Volkov is being carried off the pitch and Krum remains dazed, but still seated on his broom!! Score number 21 by Hermione for England!"
"Son of a Bitch the bastard stayed up!!" Harry grumbled as he caught sight of his finicky little golden friend just before it zipped back into hiding.
"Oi Harry! Watch it mate!" Casey flawlessly performed a Bludger Backbeat at Viktor, who was zeroing in on his target, that being Harry not the snitch.
The bludger nailed Krum in the shoulder sending him reeling backwards towards Bulgaria's goal and right into Zograf, Bulgaria's keeper.
Zograf went flying into the goal and then crashed straight down towards the pitch.
"Ouch now that had to hurt! A flawlessly performed Bludger Backbeat by Casey to defend his Seeker from Krum's other try to take out Harry has caused Bulgaria to lose their Keeper!! Leaving the goal wide open for Hermione to score number 22 for England!"
"Nice one Case! Thanks for the save!" Harry waved at him.
"Anytime Mate! Bulgaria is playin' dirty today!" Casey snarled.
"Yeah, but none of them are daring to rough up Hermione. Everyone else, yes. Hermione no." Chase veered a bludger away from Hermione, Ron, and Logan, who were performing a perfect Hawkshead Attack Formation.
"They try anything against my angel and I'll personally take it out on their hides." Harry scanned the pitch for the snitch, but it was playing hard to get. "And love every second of it!" He was catching a breather hovering right in front of the royal box.
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"Dada!" Dani squirmed in her Uncle Wills arms. "Dani wants ride!" She reached for her father.
"Not so fast munchkin. Your daddy's busy at the moment, so you little miss are staying put." Wills kept a firm hold around her, so she couldn't leap into her daddy's arms.
Harry turned around as soon as he heard Dani. "Not now baby girl. Daddy's busy." He blew her a kiss. "That and your mama will skin me alive." He caught sight of Viktor barreling towards him and streaked off. "Does the bugger not know when to give it a rest?!"
"Bad Man! Dani no like! Leave Dada be!" Dani focused on Viktor, who had just elbowed her father twice in the ribs, and decided to make him pay by jinxing his tail to the moon and back.
"Again no call is made as Krum gets away with Cobbing for the tenth time today! Oi, would ya look at that! If my eyes aren't playing tricks on me it looks as though our Mr. Krum has come down with a sudden case of hives. Next time play nice Mister Seeker for the Bulgarian team!" Lee's voice boomed around the stadium.
"Now that little slip we'll let slide, because the bum was asking for it!" Henry was following the action with his Omnioculars. "Oh, baby-doll nicely done."
"He's got to learn and how better than having an eleven-month-old teach him fair play." Rory and Dromi each held one of Dani's sisters on their laps.
"Call the bloody foul! Are the referee's paid off?! That was Cobbing!" Jenna jumped to her feet shouting in protest with half the stadium when no foul was called.
"Bad man!" Liam growled from his place on his mama's shoulders.
"There's nothin in the rules sayin a babe can't jinx a player." Sirius had Julie cuddled in his arms.
"Dani loves protecting her Da." Regulus had Candy up on his shoulders.
"The jerk deserves what he got. That's appalling sportsmanship!" Dahlia scowled.
"All he's doing is causing a humiliating defeat for his team." Gene was appalled by Krum's behavior.
"At this rate England will be in the thousands point wise before Harry catches the snitch." Remus was letting Nate look into the Omnioculars.
"Yes! My dragon is doing a smashing job Keeping today!" Ginny burped eleven-week-old Darian James against her shoulder, but was keeping a close eye on the game.
"So's my Ronnie." Luna fed twelve-week-old Tyler his bottle, but she too was keeping an eye on the match.
"All of my boys are doing a smashing job. It's a shame that Molly wanted to stay home." Arthur beamed as he burped Tyler's identical twin brother Ryan on his shoulder.
"She didn't want to see them get banged around by Bulgaria, but so far the only one getting banged up is Harry." Thea commented as Logan scored for England. "That's my man! Orry daddy just scored another goal!" She kissed her son on his cheek.
"I've never seen Harry take so much from Krum." Katie bit down on her lip as Krum went after Harry again.
"He's trying to set a good example for the little ones." Mel winced as Krum made contact again, but Harry shook it off.
"It's all that bloomin Auror training." Fred kept tabs on the game as he fed four-month-old Fiona, his own little sweet-pea, her bottle.
"Yeah, but his patience is wearing thin." George expertly changed his four-month-old daughter Tabitha's diaper as he too kept up with the match.
"I'd have coldcocked him by now." Bill growled.
"He's better than that, besides that's a bad influence on the little ones." Fleur chided him.
"Harry's big on playing fair." Tonks agreed as she changed Matt's diaper.
"Yeah, well, all it's getting him is a trip to the Healer tent. He should lay back into him." Charlie grumbled.
"Thank Mab for the brooms that you designed for them." Kate buried her face against Cedric's shoulder. "I can't watch this anymore."
"I had this kind of situation in mind when I was designing his broom." Cedric fed their four-month-old son Rohan his bottle.
"I'm proud of Harry. He's keeping his cool and hasn't really let loose on Viktor at all." Lily had Izzy cuddled on her lap.
"That's about to change. Krum just sucker punched him in the nose." James winced in sympathetic pain. "This game is off Dad! They aren't calling any fouls!"
"Bad man! He hurt Harry!!" MJ growled from his perch on his father's shoulders.
"I see that James and it will be looked into after the match." Stephen wasn't at all pleased with how the game was being refereed, but then England was pummeling Bulgaria so it wasn't helping them in the least.
"That is just not right!!" Anna bit down on her lip, as Krum slammed Harry against the stadium wall.
"Dada!!" Dani, Ally, and Mia cried in unison. "Bad man!! We no like!!"
Dark clouds were beginning to build in the sky and thunder boomed ominously in the distance. That alone was a sure sign of Harry's and his daughters temper.
"It is beyond clear that grandfather has taught him well." Kane was impressed. "Anyone else would have lost it by now."
"Yes, but after that highly illegal move by Krum he has every right to kick his tail to the moon and back." Lotus growled.
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"No surprise there, once again the refs ignore Krum's clear foul against Harry, but this time Harry isn't gonna take it!"
"I've had enough of you!" Harry kicked Krum's broom so hard that Victor went plowing into two of his own players, Vulchanov his other Beater and Levski one of the Chasers. Then Harry went in search of the elusive snitch.
"Harry finally gives it back to him with a swift kick to Krum's broom. Once again Krum's insane playing causes a major downfall for his team. It looks as if they're down a Beater and a Chaser this time! Harry's a trouper though it looks as though his broken nose isn't gonna slow him down any. Any way you slice it today is a hell of a day for Quidditch!"
Harry felt the storm brewing and willed it to hold off until he caught the blasted bit of gold and ended the frickin game.
He grabbed his bleeding battered and broken nose with his hand and focused on healing it and his split lip, so he could concentrate on his task. His aching ribs would have to wait until after the game. He was certain that Krum had bruised or cracked a few with that last attack.
The snitch whizzed passed his nose then made a beeline for the pitch.
"Finally, Harry's getting down to business and is off after the snitch, but then so has Krum!! The battle for top dog continues!!"
"I'm tiring of playing cat and mouse with you. It's time to end it." Harry shot off in hot pursuit, but then so did Krum.
He had to admit it took focus to remain seated on a broom when ones body was in extremes do to a sudden outbreak of rash and pustules all over ones person. Krum's nose he knew, because it was bleeding profusely had to be broken, one of his eyes was nearly swollen shut, and his lip was split. Those were the only things that Harry could physically see and was sure that he also had to have other injuries as well.
Krum was hell-bent on kicking Harry's arse and vindicating himself by catching the snitch before Harry did.
The score was well into the three hundreds now. Bulgaria had no Keeper, no Beaters, and was down a Chaser.
Ron, Logan, and Hermione were racking up the points. Catching the snitch was moot. England would win just by goals alone.
Krum's bulging blood rimed good eye made him look like a lunatic. "It will be mine!!" Blatching, then Cobbing Harry twice in the ribs, before Blurting brooms with him.
The refs whistle finally blew calling Krum on the fouls taken against Harry, giving England a penalty shot for each violation.
"It's about bloody time! The refs had no choice but to call out the fouls on that blatant try to take Harry out of the game! Looks like one for Blatching, two for Cobbing, and one for Blurting against Bulgaria. England will take four penalty shots!" Lee shouted in triumph.
"Blimey mate he has a mad-on against you today!" Ron pulled up beside Harry.
Hermione set up to take the penalty shots for England.
Ivanova guarded the goal for Bulgaria.
"Chaser Hermione Pendragon is going to take the shots for England and Chaser Ivanova will guard the goal for Bulgaria!"
"He's gone off the bin that's for sure." Logan agreed as Hermione successfully took the first penalty shot for England.
"Score another one for England! It's now 370 to 60!"
"Our Dani did a number on his sorry arse." Chase grinned as Hermione completed penalty shot number two.
"Yes! Score another one for England! It's now 380 to 60!"
"No one hurts her daddy." Casey batted away a stray bludger.
"Score another one for England! It's now 390 to 60! And the final shot is good as well making the score England 400 and Bulgaria 60!"
Bulgaria called for a time-out.
The Ref gave them ten minutes.
"Bulgaria is allowed a ten minute time-out and it looks as though the officials are going to get a stiff talking to about their lack of calling the game."
Hermione flew over to check on Harry. "It's about time that they called out those fouls. You're taking a beating out there." She placed her gloved hands on Harry's chest and focused on healing his ribs that done she scanned his face for other signs of injury. "Where else does it hurt?" She ran her hands up along his arms.
Harry grabbed hold of her hands in his own brought them up to his lips and kissed them. "I'm fine my angel. Especially now that you healed my ribs as for the rest, well, I can handle that myself." He pulled her up closer to him for a kiss.
"Dada!" Dani decided that she could pop over and say hi to her parents and appeared between them. "Mama squishing Dani." She giggled.
"She's been so good. Guess all of this action is making her antsy." Draco joined them after going over to check on Gin and DJ. "My little guy is out-like-a-light."
"So are my little wonders." Ron waved at Luna who blew him a kiss.
"Looks like Wood wants to huddle." Chase glanced down at the pitch grounds.
"I don't know about you, but I could use a spot of water." Casey headed for the pitch grounds.
"We all could use some refreshment." Harry made sure that he had a secure hold on Dani.
"We'll pass Dani off to him." Hermione sighed in frustration.
"We've got it sealed. Just catch the snitch and we'll be home free." Wood was one very happy camper.
"Easier said than done, its being a pain today," Harry rolled his eyes at Wood.
Thunder boomed ominously overhead and the wind started to howl.
"Dada I no like boom." Dani clung to her father in terror. "I scared."
"It's okay angel-face that mean noise won't hurt you. Daddy won't allow it." Harry stroked her head of auburn brown curls and she cuddled closer.
"It's this storm." Hermione glared up at the ominous sky. "She hates them and seeks out Harry for protection."
"Come to Uncle Oliver, sweet-pea. I'll protect you." Wood held out his arms.
"No! Wants Dada!" Dani fiercely shook her head no and burrowed even closer to her father.
"Your Daddy has to finish the match." Stephen plucked Dani out of Harry's arms and bundled her under his cloak. "So I'll keep you safe in his stead."
"Love gate-Gampa." Dani loved Stephen to pieces. "I be good." She cuddled happily in his arms.
"Thanks Gramps." Harry kissed Dani on her forehead before he remounted his broom.
"Be with you in a little bit baby-girl." Hermione did the same.
Then it was back into the air for the restart.
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"Let's end this." Harry easily dodged Krum's attacks as they both went in search of the snitch.
The rain was starting to come down in sheets, making it extremely difficult to see the elusive bit of gold, as it streaked and flew circles in front of them.
"Mine! Mine! It will be mine!" Krum snarled like a madman. "You'll not take this from me too! I'll have it first!" He lunged for the snitch directly in front of them, but it decided to shoot straight into the air, putting them directly in the path of those angry billowing charcoal gray clouds spitting out bolts of lightning at them.
Neither of them cared and took off in hot pursuit after it.
"Son of a bitch that was too frickin close for my comfort…!!" Harry just barely managed to avoid being struck by lightning.
Victor on the other hand hadn't been so lucky and was hurtling bristles over handle back towards the pitch.
"Victor Krum has been struck by lightning and is out of the running for the snitch!" Lee shouted as Krum came into view and it was clear that he had been struck. "Harry's okay and is well on his way to catching it!"
"Well better him than me." Harry zoned out the screaming crowd, the roaring rain, howling winds, and fierce booming around him. He had one goal one target and that was catching the frickin snitch.
It took a good ten minutes of amazing roller coaster flying, fighting against gale force winds, but Harry finally closed his fist around the snitch right in front of the family box.
Where his family all happily shouted and cheered for his victory.
"Outstanding! Harry has finally managed to capture the snitch!! England wins 700 to 100!!"
"This is for England and my girls!" Harry proudly held up the snitch for all to see and everyone in the stadium went wild.
"Harry, Harry, Harry!!" The crowds chanting echoed all around the stadium. They were on cloud nine oblivious to the torrential rain and fierce winds that threatened to rip their umbrellas from their hands.
Harry was instantly surrounded by his teammates and happily kissed by Hermione. "I feel like a party." He grinned at the guys.
"Damn right let's party!" Chase and Casey grinned.
"Hell of a birthday present you got buddy." Logan clapped him on the shoulder.
"Hell of a game!" Ron and Draco grinned.
"Be right back." Harry went over to the family box. "Come here you." He scooped Dani up into his arms. "Anyone else wish a ride?" He looked over at Ally and Mia who shook their heads of ringlets no. The rest of the kids were all to his amazement snoozing away despite the roar of the crowd around them. "Just checking."
"Hell of a game son." James clapped him on the shoulder.
"Well I aim to please. Let's go baby-doll. You can take my victory lap with me." He kissed Dani on the nose.
"I love dada." She squealed happily as they rejoined the others. "Dani love fly."
"All right, but just one lap." Hermione let them have their fun.
"Love momma." Dani blew her kisses.
"She's in her mackintosh and wellies. She'll be fine." Harry conjured a harness to set her in to ease Hermione's fears. "See snug as a bug. Now let's bask in our victory." Harry winked at her.
"Yes, then its getting checked out for you, then home where hopefully it's dry and we can celebrate our win and your birthday with everyone in peace." Hermione smiled as they waved at the fans. "And no arguments."
"Yes angel mine." Harry knew it was pointless to argue so he didn't.
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HP New Marauders
Chapter 1
Bad day at School
(Four years into the future we go...)
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