a/n:I hate exams. Join the crusade! I (pinocchio) am on a crusade to wipe out bade breath! It is mentioned in this chapter, look out for it! Very 'lethal-ish' chapter.
disclaimer: we don't own harry potter, if we did, do u seriously think we would be writing fanfiction?
This chapter written by Pinocchio.
Chapter ten.
"Madame Pomfrey, will Kat be able to play quidditch today?" James asked hopefully, Kat was a chaser on the team, and they needed her to play.
"Definitely not Potter, this young lady is in no fit state to be flying around 50 feet high in the sky." She said, James let out a long, drawn out groan,
"But Madame Pomfrey…" he grumbled,
"I said no, Potter." She said firmly, before gliding back to her office.
"James?" said a quiet voice,
"Kat!" he said happily, "You're awake!"
"Come on, help me up, we've got a game today." She said,
"No, Madame Pomfrey said you can't play today, we'll have to call in a reserve, Emma will have to play. Oh wait, she can't, she's still not right from that polyjuice thing. Remus then."
"No. James. I'm going to play." Kat said firmly,
"But how, the matron over there will see and unless we cause a diversion and sne… hey!" James said, "I've got an idea!"
"What?" Kat asked as James walked over to the bed of a young Gryffindor first year.
"Hello. What's your name?" he asked,
"I'm Kevin Clark." He said,
"I'm…" James started,
"I know who you are. You're James Potter, you're head boy, and you're quidditch captain!" Kevin said excitedly, "I've watched every single game, I want to be just like you James."
"Okay, good for you." James said, "Can you do me a favor?"
"Sure James, anything." He said eagerly,
"Can you cause some kind of diversion in two minutes?"
"Yes, I can do that!"
"Great, thanks." James walked back to Katherine, who was putting on her shoes. Suddenly they heard a scream, coming from Kevin's bed, he started convulsing and shaking vigorously.
"Damn, that kid is a good actor." James said,
"Or it's the real thing." Kat offered.
"Guess we'll never know, come on, hurry up." He said, grabbing her arm and pulling her out of the Hospital Wing.
"Okay, this is basically the plan so far." James said,
"Hang on, don't walk so fast my leg hurts." Kat said,
"Sorry. Anyway, Ellie's wrist is sprained and there's the open cut on her forehead, so we're going to have Jones flying with her so he can fend off bludgers. Sirius will take care of everyone else. I've told Ellie to try and get the snitch quickly because with your leg and your other injuries, the faster the better and also we don't want Madame Pomfrey out here. Ok?"
"Yep." Kat said; they reached the changing rooms where the rest of the team was sitting ready for James' pep talk. Katherine ran to get changed, while Ellie strapped her wrist. Remus was sitting on a bench at the side, looking very nervous. He looked up and saw Kat hobbling in and a look of relief spread over his face.
"Katherine, are you ok? Please say you are because I am not a confident flyer." He said,
"I'm fine, there's no way I would miss this game." She told him happily.
"Guys! Here have some tic tacs!" James said, as he handed out some little white things that looked like pills.
"What are tic tacs?" asked Lauren,
"Muggle candy, actually they're mints. For your breath." Ellie said happily,
"Ellie has started a world-wide crusade against bad breath." Kat explained, Ellie could be very crazy when she wanted to be.
"Come on guys, they're calling us out." James told them, they all stood up and grabbed their brooms.
Remus took Ellie's hand, "Don't put too much strain on your arm, and good luck." He told her,
"Thanks!" she said excitedly and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.
"No time for that!" James said, breaking them apart. The team started running out, having much applause from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff.
"Here is your Gryffindor quidditch team!" yelled Bennie Simons, who was the commentator, "There's the quick chaser Kat Ann, bashful beater Sirius Black, our second beater Ryan Jones, chaser Jenna Richards and your keeper Lauren Toms, the brilliant eccentric seeker Ellie Andrews and right behind her is your Gryffindor captain, James Potter!"
The grandstands erupted into even more applause as James ran out, mostly from the girls. He located Lily, who was sitting with Emma and Peter, and gave her a wave and a wink. She blew him a kiss.
Madame Eriwyn made James shake hands with the Slytherin captain Hershel Mass, then they mounted their brooms, Ryan Jones was very close to Ellie. Then Madame Eriwyn blew her whistle and they were off. Ellie hated having Ryan so close to her, he had bad breath which he was breathing all over her, that's how close he was; though she was grateful for the fact that he was beating off all the bludgers that came her way.
"And that's ten points for Slytherin as Gregory Davis scores!" Bennie screamed into the megaphone, "But Kat Ann bites back with ten points for Gryffindor!" the crowd clapped loudly,
"Ellie Andrews is closely guarded by Ryan Jones!" he said, Ryan waved around the stands, Ellie let out a gasp of pain, her strapped arm had been hit by a bludger, while he wasn't looking.
"Jones!" James screamed, "Keep your eye out!"
"Sorry!" Ryan yelled in reply,
"Another ten points for Gryffindor scored by our head boy James Potter!"
The Slytherin chasers threw the quaffle towards their goal, but Lauren blocked it, and threw it to Jenna, who threw it to James, who looked around for Katherine, he couldn't see her, he threw it back to Jenna who scored them another ten points. The score was now 30-10; Gryffindor was winning.
Ellie! Jones! Find Kat!" James shouted, Ellie stopped her search for the snitch, and obeyed James. Ryan looked around at his eye level, but Ellie's currently purple eyes drifted upwards. A body was hurtling towards them; it was Kat.
"Kat!" Ellie screamed; the body didn't seem to be in a conscious state, as it fell past them, Ellie made a grasp, hoping to catch Kat's arm. But seeing as her only good arm was hanging on to her broom, she grabbed Kat's arm with her strapped one. Ryan had disappeared, to look for the body. No one had noticed that Ellie was hanging on to Kat with a broken arm. They were all too busy watching the game.
"Slytherin scores again! It's 50-30 to Slytherin now!" Bennie yelled,
"Kat, please wake up!" Ellie begged; searing pain was shooting up and down her arm, while she clung on to the broom. Kat didn't wake.
"Kat!" Ellie screamed, her arm had been smashed again by a bludger, and she had let go of Kat, who was now falling rapidly to the ground. Everyone else finally noticed, Ellie sped towards Kat, but she was too late. Kat hit the ground hard with a thump.
"No time to stop!" James yelled, "Remus, get up here!"
Remus jumped off the bench, got on his broom and kicked off. Ellie stared at the ground where Kat was laying motionless, then she looked at her blood-soaked arm, it was immensely painful.
"Ellie? You okay?" James yelled,
"Yeah, I'm good." She shouted,
"Then find the snitch, the sooner this is over the better." He yelled, "Jones, swap with Sirius, you're not doing a good job!"
Sirius flew over to Ellie, "It's not your fault." He told her,
"Whatever." She said, and flew away very quickly, Sirius was right behind her.
"Another ten points for Slytherin!" came the echo of Bennie's voice.
Remus caught the quaffle and scored ten points.
"Good work Moony!" James called, Remus nodded. It was then that James noticed the limp, blood-drenched arm that was hanging from Ellie's shoulder.
"Ellie, stop! We'll get the reserve!"
"No! I'm not going down until I find the snitch!" she shouted back,
"You're even more stubborn than Lily!" he yelled to her,
"Thanks!" she sped off, with Sirius right behind, hitting off a bludger.
Jenna chucked the quaffle at the goal hoops, but the Slytherin keeper blocked it.
Ellie's eyes turned lime green; she looked up and saw a golden glint. She turned her broom vertical, almost falling off it, and sped after it. The snitch went higher and higher, so did Ellie and Sirius.
"Ellie wait for it to come back down, you're about to fall off and so am I!" Sirius screamed to her. They heard Bennie's voice screaming,
"Seeker Ellie Andrews and beater Sirius Black have disappeared up into the clouds in hot pursuit of the golden snitch."
"Come on Sirius I'm not giving up, I've almost got it," she told him
"Ellie! Your arm is about to fall off. Give up! Admit defeat! Call it…"
"Shut up Sirius!"
"Ellie, we're still vertical." He yelled,
"So?" she said,
"I'm getting blisters and this altitude is hurting my head." He complained, Ellie came to a horizontal level; she took her good arm off the broom. She was now sitting on a broom, with no hands and a broken arm, 200 feet high in the air. She was creepy in an eerie sort of a way.
"You think I care that we could fall off and die at any moment? My best friend could be dead or be almost dead because of me!" she said calmly, in a normal tone,
"That's not going to happen." Sirius said firmly, "Come on Ellie, get yourself together! You have heaps of people down there counting on you to catch that snitch!"
"It's over there." She carelessly pointed to her right where the snitch was flitting around.
"Well! Go get it!" Sirius said, he seriously did not know why she was just sitting there, not holding on to her broom, at 200 feet high in the air.
Ellie and leisurely floated over to the snitch, she still wasn't holding on to her broom. She put her hand over the snitch, "You know, by this time Slytherin could have enough points to beat us even if we do get the snitch."
"Or not." Sirius said, "Just pick it up Ellie."
She closed her bloody fingers around the snitch, Sirius let out a sigh of relief.
They flew slowly back down through the clouds.
"Ellie Andrews has caught the golden snitch! Gryffindor wins!" Bennie roared,
Ellie gracefully smiled with a dazed look on her face, her hair and eyes went back to their normal colour, and then she dropped the snitch.
She hovered for a minute, before tipping sideways and falling from the broom. She looked like a rag doll, with her robes fluttering as she fell. Remus looked up from where he was on his broom and screamed out to her but she didn't reply. Like Kat, she landed with a thud flat on her face. Madame Pomfrey rushed over to her, and rolled her over so she was lying on her back. Crimson blood dripped from her face. There were pieces of the bone from her arm lying on the ground.
"Miss Andrews' arm is shattered in many places, she is in a similar state to Miss Ann. Neither of the girls will be conscious for at least two days."
"Ellie?" Lily said; she had come rushing over with Emma. James put his arm around her; she pushed him away.
"This is your fault!" she shouted between thick tears, "You did this! You made them play!"
"They refused not to play!" He said softly,
"Don't lie!" Lily said venomously.
Emma was crying softly to Sirius. He hugged her tightly, "They'll be okay, trust me. I promise you they will be fine."
"Miss Evans, Miss Rodgers, would you like to come to the hospital wing with us?" Madame Pomfrey asked as she levitated Ellie's body,
"Okay." Lily sniffed; Emma just nodded. They followed her up to the hospital wing.
"You didn't force them to play did you James?" Sirius asked, as they trudged back to the changing rooms.
"No, Kat wanted to sneak out, and Madame Pomfrey said Ellie would be able to play, she's too stubborn anyway." James said, he was really worried; he did feel like it was his fault, "What did Ellie say when she was up there? Did she faint or something?"
"No. She was really eerie and creepy. It was almost as if she wanted to fall off her broom. She was convinced that Kat was dead and that it was her fault." He said, "What about that Sam guy?"
"He left when Kat was take up to the wing."
Remus was in a complete state of shock, he hadn't said anything, and he was just ghostly white.
a/n: hope you liked it! double whammy there with Ellie and Kat! Don't know when the next update will be! Please review.