im keeping my promise! sry for bailing yall out last time i was gone for months! anyway, its been a day so im going to try and upload chapter 6 and 7 today. i cant believe all the views im getting. but none of u guys are doing reviews! anyway, next chapter im going to start responding to the reviews, so if anyone wants a response, please post a review of the story! ill really appreciate it! thx!
Harry sighed.
So much for trying not to gain attention. He tried to ignore all the whispers around him and stared at food.
It was his second day and everyone in the great hall was already talking about him. From the moment he woke up and went downstairs for breakfast, everyone was staring at him.
Isn't that Zeller?
I heard he broke the imperius curse!
Wasn't he the only one in his class who was able too?
"I'm sorry about that" a voice said behind him.
It was Remus.
"Hey Remus" Harry said.
"Hogwarts has quite a large gossip train. If something is seen or heard, in at least 5 hours, almost the whole school knows. Nobody really has privacy here" Remus said, sighing.
"It's alright. I'm quite used to being stared at or talked about. Not that I really like it" Harry grimaced.
Remus stared at him. This guy was the complete opposite of James. If James was in his place, the guy would be a complete suck up for the attention.
James and Sirius came too.
"Harry! Your the school's main gossip right now! And in your second day!" Sirius said in awe.
"I'd rather not be though. Attention's not something I seek" Harry said.
Sirius stared at him, puzzled.
Harry and the Marauders went on with their classes as usual for the next week. The topic of Harry and the imperius curse slowly started to die down, and most people didn't talk about him as much, which was a relief for him.
Although Harry displayed a lot of knowledge in DADA, most people weren't surprised as much. He was finally settling in.
Days later..
"Zeller, Dumbledore wants to see you in his office" A girl said, handing him a roll of parchment.
Dear Mr. Zeller,
Please meet me as fast as possible. It seems that yesterday, some of your possessions and belongings were delivered on my desk. Please come to retrieve them.
I enjoy Chocolate Bombons.
Signed,
Albus Dumbledore.
Harry chuckled. Dumbledore really was a sugar fanatic.
Harry also felt a bit happy and excited. His things were here! He wondered what was delivered.
Harry ran to Dumbledore's office as fast as he could.
"Chocolate Bombons!" he said, and the griffin slowly began to lead the way to a staircase.
"Ah Harry! Some of your things randomly just appeared on my desk! It was quite a shock, but I also managed to put glamour charms on some of them, so they weren't noticed" Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling.
Harry noticed that his trunk and his broom was here. Before, as his trunk had the name Harry J. Potter, it was now changed to Harry S. Zeller. Plus, Hedwig was also here, and she hooted happily as he saw him. He also noticed his Firebolt, which had a name of Thunder-sweep.
"Professor, why didn't you change the name of my broom to something that was popular in this era? Like, a Shooting star or Cleansweep 4?" Harry asked, puzzled at the fact that he never heard of the name Thunder-sweep.
"Ah, well, I was thinking, Firebolt was a name that sounded way to out of this time, so I changed it to something that matches somewhat to other brooms. However, if someone asks, please say that someone made it for you" Dumbledore replied.
Harry nodded.
"Well then Harry, see you!" Dumbledore said, smiling.
Harry waved and ran to the Owlery to drop off Hedwig.
He then went back to his common room, to see the marauders lounging in the armchairs. It was a Saturday after all, and other than Remus, none of them had the will to study.
"Harry! How are you? Where've you be-, is that a broom? You play Quidditch?" Sirius asked, surprised.
"Yeah, I played in my old school. My Aunt and Uncle sent me some of my stuff, as I wasn't able to take it with me" Harry replied.
"You any good at Quidditch?" James asked, slightly more involved in the conversation.
"I guess, yeah" Harry replied, shrugging.
"Great! Wanna go play? I'm the captain for the team, and we still need a seeker and a beater. Maybe we will let you join. You might be decent. I'm gonna go and get some other players so we can have a match" James said, grinning.
James, Sirius and Harry went to the pitch. Peter tagged along after he saw where they were going, much to Harry's displeasure. About 12 other players came too, some belonging on the quidditch team, and others who just enjoyed the sport.
Harry was quite surprised that James was able to gather players so quickly. This all started just because Harry had a broom. He was still happy because for about 2 weeks he hadn't been able to fly.
Sirius and Peter sat down to watch. Lily had also come. Mainly because of Harry, as she had no interest in James. He winked at her, and she throw him a furious glance. Some of Lily's friends had come too. There were also some guys who had nothing to do, so they came for entertainment.
"Bet you won't beat James" Sirius said, grinning.
"Yeah! James is a Quidditch Prodigy, no one has been as good as him yet!" Peter squeaked.
Harry smirked.
"I'll try to be better then. Who knows? Maybe I might be" He replied, as he turned around to go mount his broom.
Sirius chuckled.
"I don't think he would beat Prongs, but he looks pretty confident" Sirius said.
Harry mounted his broom with ease and went up in the air to meet James. James was a chaser, so they had slightly different builds.
"Hey Zeller, what's your broom again? I have never seen one like yours before" James mused.
Harry was about to say Firebolt before he remembered.
"It's called a Thundersweep. The teacher in my old school liked to make brooms, so he made one for me" Harry replied.
"Oh cool" James replied. Then he turned around and looked at all the other players in the air.
"Right. Me and Frank are going to be captains. This game might be fun and something to entertain ourselves with. But this might also be a chance for some of you to join the team. I don't like doing tryouts, as they are quite different from playing in an actual game. So, for people who have a desire to join the team, GIVE THIS YOU BEST!" James said.
"Right. You ready to make the groups Potter?" Frank Longbottom asked, smirking.
"Yup!" James replied.
James wanted to see how good Harry was, so he decided he should probably be on the other team.
"Right. As Frank is a chaser, Warrington and Belby as the other two chasers. Sterning and Borealis as Beaters. Harry Zeller as Seeker" James said.
"Aw come one James! I don't even know how Zeller plays! He is the only one here that I haven't played with before!" Frank complained.
"It's fine Frank. He played in his old school. He's probably a decent player" James replied, choosing his own players. Knowing James, he never gave himself all the good players. He was quite an equal competitor, so he gave about 2 good players to each team.
"Right let's start!" Frank yelled, and Sirius, who was down below, threw the quaffle up. Harry went up in the air and observed in awe. James swiped the quaffle immediately, being pursued by two beaters. James scored the goal with ease. Harry suddenly felt extremely proud. His father was amazing at flying! As he watched, he saw Frank flying towards him..
"You, Zeller. You better be good. Potter beat me the last time we had a game so I really want to get back on him" Frank said, eyeing him.
"Sure" Harry replied nonchalantly. He knew most of them doubted him, so he couldn't wait to show James just how good he was.
The game went on, both teams scoring frequently. Harry circled above like a vulture, scanning every single area.
Suddenly, he saw it a glint of gold. He saw the other seeker, Medalin, saw it too, and he had an advantage as he was closer.
Harry dived, he saw everyone staring at him, gasping. He swerved around and found himself neck to neck against Medalin, both of them shoving each other. It seemed as though the whole game had stopped, as everyone stared at them. Harry could feel James observing him, and a sudden rush of willpower rushed into him.
He had to impress his father.
The snitch zoomed upward, and harry sharply turned and flew up, Medalin in pursuit. Harry was so close to it, and suddenly, the snitch zoomed away.
He cursed. He was so close!
Medalin too was angry.
The game resumed again.
Harry suddenly had an idea, something that would not only impress, but also show of his skills. Medalin was quite a good seeker, and Harry needed to throw him off.
He suddenly zoomed to the ground, and once again, everyone stopped and stared. Medalin realised, and dived too.
Harry was reaching closer and closer to the ground and he saw Medalin getting scared. He heard everyone gasp, and before he could touch the ground, Harry swiftly turned his broom up and flew back.
He did it. The ultimate distraction.
The Wronski Feint.
Medalin crashed into the ground, his broom fine, but Medalin had to still get up and get back. Harry saw him angrily dusting his shirt. Harry focused his attention as much as possible around the pitch, trying to get the snitch before Medalin was in the air. He felt everyone stare at him with awe, and saw James gaping at him once again. Harry saw a glint of gold in the back. He saw Medalin slowly mounting his broom, and Harry dived and went after the snitch with as much speed as possible. He reached out his hand and grabbed it, feeling the small wings flutter angrily in his palm. He dived back to the ground and grinned, hearing everyone coming down as well.
Harry looked around and saw everyone staring at him with awestruck eyes.
Frank clapped him in the back.
"Well, kid, I underestimated you. Your a genius flyer. Bet James feels angry he didn't choose you" Frank said, chuckling.
Sirius ran out on the pitch, staring at Harry with wonder.
"Zeller, you never cease to stop surprising me. I thought you were joking when you said you could try and beat James, but you really did! I can't believe it! Plus, you did the Wronski Feint! I'm pretty sure even some of the top seekers in the world still can't do it!" Sirius said, smiling.
"Thanks Sirius!" Harry replied, smiling back.
Then James walked in too, and he had his eyes twinkling with excitement.
"Even though I might be angry for you beating me, I think I just found myself a seeker" James said, nodding approvingly.
Harry grinned.
"Sure, I'll join!" Harry said. He had managed to impress his father! He was as happy as could be.
yall i feel like this chapter had so many things going on! sorry i was trying to fit in many things, so if you guys think its a bit cluttered, please feel free to review and tell me. other than that, yea. i might post chapter 7 sometime this evening, so please wait. please review, i really want to know what you all think. other than that, thanks for reading! byeeee!