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A Dog's Purpose Is Strange Magic Chapter 35
To put it simply Bailey lost count of how many near heart attacks she had during this Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin.
Bailey didn't remove her eyes off Harry the entire game. So intent on her boys whereabouts that she doesn't pay any mind to all the other comings and goings around her. All that matters to Bailey is her boy.
This is why, unlike most in the stands, Bailey immediately noticed when things began to go seriously wrong at some point.
Out of nowhere Harry's Nimbus 2000 began to act strangely. Bailey knows this because of all the times during training with Wood she's seen how a lot of brooms behave and this is not it. Things started slow making sudden bucking, jerking, and lurching movements. Then everything began to pick up speed, the broom becoming far more erratic and aggressive. Harry has completely lost all control over it as he alone struggles to hang onto his seat as the broom is zigzagging through the air and then making violent swishing motions that almost knock him off. Not only that, but the broom was carrying him higher to even more treacherous altitudes all the while rolling similar to an alligators death roll.
If this keeps up Harry really will die.
Bailey can't stand it.
Whining and barking like crazy Bailey breaks free from Hermione's grip on her harness. Bailey bulldozes through the crowd in the stands in order to find the exit. She gets to the stares and books it down all the way to the entrance onto the field. Bailey doesn't stop for anything, not even her own safety. Once on the field Bailey positions herself directly below Harry following him on the ground. At times she stands on her hind legs and jumping in the air in efforts to reach her boy. None worked.
Finally people were taking notice of Harry's circumstances after being alerted by their friends and observing Bailey's odd behavior.
Bailey came close to losing it when Harry accidentally swung off the broom and currently is dangling by one hand from it.
No one knows how long Harry can keep this up. It's heart wrenching to many in the Quidditch Pitch as Bailey frantically try's to help her master to no avail.
Then as quickly as it all began the Nimbus 2000 suddenly stops as if none of it ever happened.
This opening provides Harry enough time to climb back onto the broom getting back into the game making everyone except the Slytherins breath a little easier. Well all except the Slytherins.
Bailey doesn't get a moments peace.
No one dares to go onto the field in order to retrieve her so she's left running back and forth over the field tracking Harry. She's going to be so freaking worn out after this, but to her it's worth it.
Harry actually got back into the game just in the nick of time. He and the Slytherin Seeker were neck and neck chasing after the Snitch. The two were stuck in a very steep dive in pursuit. The Slytherin Seeker pulls out of it just as they're about to hit the ground, but Harry corrects in time. He then attempts a risky move to stand on his broom in order to grab the Snitch. He trips and stumbles onto the earth. Luckily he's not seriously hurt from the impact, but there's a benefit that comes with this.
Harry caught the Snitch!
All right he didn't exactly catch it. He literally almost swallowed it, but a win is a win. The match goes to Gryffindor with a score of one hundred and seventy points to sixty.
Slytherin can object all they want. It's a fair win.
No sooner does he stand that Bailey tackles Harry. He's trapped on his back laughing as Bailey licks his face and neck with her tail wagging in a crazed fashion like a pinwheel.
Afterwards Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Bailey are inside Hagrid's cabin to relax.
It's here that Bailey catches up on what she missed while she'd been so preoccupied with defending her boy. Speaking of which she's been sticking extra close to him since the match's conclusion.
Fang is wisely keeping his distance from her this time around especially after Bailey gave him the stink eye.
"It was Snape. Hermione and I saw him. He was cursing your broomstick, muttering, he wouldn't take his eyes off you," explained Ron.
"Rubbish. Nonsense," huffed Hagrid. "Why would Snape put a curse on Harry's broom?"
Shrugging, Harry said "Who knows? Why was he trying to get past that 3-headed dog on Halloween?"
Snapping his head sharply toward them, almost dropping the teapot, Hagrid demanded "Who told you about Fluffy?"
Fluffy?
It took Bailey a moment to realize that Hagrid is referring to the Cerberus.
Fluffy!
Bailey snorted, shaking her head in indignation and disdain for the name. That name is not appropriate and doesn't suit Cerberus in the slightest.
"Fluffy," repeated Ron in disbelief.
"That thing has a name," said Hermione, making a face.
"Of course he's got a name. He's mine. I bought him off a Greek chappie I met in the pub last year. I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the-," said Hagrid, cutting off at the end before he mentions something he'll regret later.
Eye wide, eagerly, Harry said "Yes?"
"Shouldn't have said that. No more questions. Don't ask any more questions," said Hagrid, gruffly. "That's top secret, that is."
"But, Hagrid, whatever Fluffy's guarding, Snape's trying to steal it," insisted Harry.
"Codswallop," said Hagrid. "Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher.
"So then why did he try to kill Harry," countered Hermione. "Hogwarts teacher or not, I know a spell when I see one. I've read all about them. You've got to keep eye contact and Snape wasn't blinking."
Nodding, Harry said "Exactly."
Sighing, Hagrid said "Now you listen to me, all three of you. You're meddling in things that ought not to be meddled in. It's dangerous. What that dog is guarding is strictly between Professor Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel."
Triumphantly, Harry said "Aha! So there's someone called Nicholas Flamel involved, is there?"
Hagrid splutters, face abruptly turning red in fury at another slip of the tongue.
Bailey slaps a paw over her nose, shaking her head at Hagrid's foolishness.
Authors Note:
September 11th has come and gone once again. I was very young when it happened. Don't know about all of you, but I certainly was really scared. One minute I was at elementary school in class and the next my parents are pulling me out, taking my little sister and I home. That's when we learned the truth. The Twin Towers we'd see all the time whenever we traveled outside the city limits on road trips would no longer be there. We were stunned when we'd seen them destroyed on TV. Those trips were never the same again just like the lives of millions. In honor for the people that fell that day and to those still struggling to survive from the aftermath I suggest a moment of respective silence. I think we all can use that.
Hope you all like this one! I certainly did while writing it for your vast enjoyment! ;D
I've been meaning to get back to this one for a while and only now I've managed to find time and inspiration for it. I'm very satisfied and happy about it.
Big time heads up! Article 13 is on the move again. Our freedom of speech is seriously on the line. Find a legitimate petition that is fighting this decision and sign onto it. Every signature counts to keep what we love alive.
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I have other grand news! I was a patron at New York Comic Con! Ah! I'd been dying to go for years and now I had the opportunity. The Jokers from Impractical Jokers have been here along with Tom Hiddleston and so many others. Over those few days I actually got my picture taken with a couple of other actors/actresses and some really great panels. It really is so exciting there. This is an opportunity of a lifetime so there's no way in hell that I was going to waste a single second of it. No one ever should with something like this. Ever! ;D
For future preferences I highly recommend that you all keep an eye out for when tickets for New York Comic Con are available for purchase again for next year. This is a huge event and you should jump on it whenever you have the chance.