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(BSC 1) C11 A nose dive.

It was early in the morning when Dora was shaking Harry by the arm. "Wake up Mr. Potter, Wake up please" squeaked the elf. "Wake up, it's time for you to go back to your own dormitory" squeaked Dora again. While Harry and Neville were taken back to their own dormitory, the girls were getting ready for the lessons of that day. This was a lesson that Neville had looked forward to, it was his first lesson of herbology. For Harry it made no difference, he just wanted to see and learn magic, just like Bella did. He was more scared of his first flying lesson. Just like the rest of them were scared of that.

Meanwhile, Bella was sitting in the common room waiting for Harry. She had a smile around on her face, because her auntie Mini had arranged that Harry could always be with her, if she needed him. When Harry entered the common room, the smile on the face of Bella was twice as big. Immediately she told Harry that she would only call him when she needed him. She did not want to make Auntie Mini mad at her. Last night she had only tried it, to see if it worked. He wanted no evil professor McGonagall on his bedside he said to her, now that he was thinking about it. Together they were snickering at those thoughts.

After breakfast, the six friends were walking to the greenhouses of Hogwarts. Neville told them that he had a greenhouse of his own at home. That was something he could do for himself according to his grandmother. His grandmother had also instructed him that he had to grow certain plants. According to Neville his grandmother would sell those plants again to others. (What he did not know was that Arabella was the largest buyer of those plants.) Every year we go on holiday from the money we made of those plants, he explained

There were three large greenhouses on the grounds of Hogwarts. The happiness on the face of Neville was obvious. At the first green house there stood a little witch with mud on her hands and clothes. Everything about her said that she was always busy with plants. With her hands she waved everyone into the third greenhouse. "Hello, I'm professor sprout. Here you will learn all about plants and herbs. The majority of the herbs that we grow here, we will also use in our potions lessons and infirmary. The first thing we'll do is push the pus out of the pus plants, milking their juices from the flowers. Professor sprout explained how they had to push the juices from the plants. And everyone went to work. Neville had the greatest fun with the lesson. Neville was also in the top of the class. Daphne and Harry followed right behind Neville. Unfortunately for Hermione, Susan and Bella it was not their best lesson, but they also fulfilled their task at the end of the lesson with the help of their friends after the lesson there was nothing more desperate for Hermione than a bath just like Bella it was for Bella. Neville however seemed to be a natural at herbology.

That day Neville received an owl at lunch. He got a package with an odd orb in it, this orb was filled with white smoke. It was a rememberal, these were very rare according to Hermione. These orbs would tell you that you had forgotten something that was very important for you, when the smoke would turn red. The downside of it was quite often that you never knew what you had forgotten. Such was also the case with Neville, the smoke got red and Neville did not know what he had forgotten. Together, the friends walked to the Quidditch field. Neville was still thinking about what he had forgotten.

Madam Hooch was on the field watching the first year students walking towards her for their first flying lesson. Neville shouted as a small cry of anguish when he saw madam hooch standing beside a few brooms. Hermione looked up at him with a questioning look. "This is what I forgot. I'm afraid to fly," he cried out. "The downside of it all is that I cannot do anything about it. He was now at the lesson so he had to go through with it, afraid or not" he told her.

Hermione listened to him and placed a calming hand on his arm. She could see how scared he was of flying.
"Everyone beside a broom, put a hand over the broom and say up, with a stern voice" she said. One after one they were standing beside a broom and called up at the same time. Harry's broom jumped into his hand. The brooms of, Bella and Daphne also jumped up though it was a little hesitant, just like the one from Susan. The brooms of Hermione, and Neville did not want to come up to their hands. Eventually the brooms came to their hands and they could join the class.

"Okay now that you have done that, you can put a leg over the broom and push up. Float a bit and bend forward to land again. Harry was the first to try, he floated a bit and then leaned forward. Calmly he dropped down and landed gently. Bella was the second who did it well. Neville looked a bit scared to everyone who managed to float a bit. With some brute force Neville pushed off from the ground and began to float. He floated into the air, one, two, four, nine meters higher and higher he went. Neville did not stop but went higher and higher.

"Lean forward Mr. Longbottom" madam Hooch shouted after him. But Neville still went higher and higher. "Come down here, Mr. Longbottom" madam hooch called again. "Come down here, Mr. Longbottom, Neville did not respond and just flew off, but anyone who was on the ground heard him screaming with fear. The fear from Neville sent shivers through everyone around. Neville was flying over the roof of the castle. Bella and Harry did not hesitate a minute and went after him. "Miss Smith and Mr. Potter you will come back, and you will come back this minute" was called after them by madam hooch.

Neville had no control over his broom and was now flying zigzag over the castle. He clung to his broom with all his power. Whether he sat on his broom or hung underneath it; he could not get his broom under control. Bella and Harry were following him closely. Neville literally flew over the fields of Hogwarts and towards Hagrid's cabin. Just before the cabin he went left, missing Hagrid by a hair. Hagrid, who was busy in his pumpkin field, looked up, his eyes went wide and looked straight to Bella and Harry, who came straight at him Harry shot past Hagrid on his right side, and Bella shot past his left side. Bella leaned slightly more, forward to make more speed. And Harry followed her example. Neville flew straight at Madame Hooch. Just in front of her, he shot straight up to the sky. The look of Neville was just one of fear. Hermione shouted at him that he should be calm, but that did not help. Daphne sat on the ground with her hands over her eyes, looking through the slits between her fingers.

Neville flew straight at one of the towers from Hogwarts, just past the window of the office of Professor, McGonagall. Professor McGonagall was startled when she looked out of her office window. Just as she stood at the window she saw how Bella and Harry were also shooting past her window. Both had a look that was totally focused on Neville. She looked and watched how Neville was hanging with only an arm and a leg on his broom. Neville suddenly turned around and went straight to his friends. Bella and Harry could barely avoid him. Neville was now swinging between the towers of Hogwarts. Harry followed him at every movement he made. Bella flew around the towers and was hoping to get to Neville in a faster way. From out of nowhere Neville turned left, and with a thundering blow, he went head first against the biggest tower of Hogwarts. He just went limp and began to slide from his broom. Madam Hooch was now flying right behind Bella, and had a good look at what was happening. Neville was not aware of anything, and managed to slide a little further from his broom. His broom was now falling straight down to the ground, with an unconscious Neville behind him. Harry and Bella did not hesitate and dove also to the ground hoping to stop Neville. Madam Hooch screamed at them to stop. But the friends ignored her screams and accelerated their speed even more. Bella and Harry flew directly into Neville. Just above the ground there was a noise of a blow. The three of them were now rolling on the ground. The blow was very hard and the three friends lost their consciousness.

How Madam Hooch saw it.

Madam hooch saw how Harry and Bella dove straight at Neville. Just above the ground she saw how Bella grabbed his upper body in flight. She also saw how Harry grab his legs in flight. The blow of it was heard in the wide surroundings. The three friends were now rolling across the ground. Madam Hooch stopped near them and looked worrisome to the three small bodies That Were now lying on the ground. The other students were making their way towards the three students who were now laying on Hogwarts grounds. Hermione and Daphne were the ones who were at the forefront of the group. Daphne immediately ran to Harry and Bella, while Hermione was running towards Neville. Madam Hooch levitated the three students and took them to the infirmary.

In the infirmary Poppy Pomfrey sat quietly in her office. "What has happened in Merlin's name," she shouted loudly, when the doors of the infirmary were thrown open.

"Poppy this boy lost control over his broomstick and has had a wild flight. At a certain moment he has flown against the highest tower and nearly slipped off his broom. He had a fall of more than a hundred meters. If it had not been for those two stupid kids, he would have been dead when he hit the ground. They caught him just above the ground in a nosedive" madam hooch said to Poppy Pomfrey.

Poppy looked at the three students who had been placed on an empty bed. She swung her wand across the bodies. "Those two have only slight bruising but he is worse off" Poppy said. "Leave those two there so they can wake up peacefully. Then they can leave the infirmary after a potion for the pain" Poppy explained. "If all goes well, Neville may leave tomorrow, if all goes well that's".

After two hours Bella and Harry came back to consciousness, they were still in their clothes, much to the relief of Harry, the last thing he would want was that they would see his scars. Daphne was sitting between them and was holding the hands of her friends firmly. Hermione was sitting on the edge of Neville's bed. Susan sat on the other side of Bella and between Neville. She also had a worried look for her friends. Bella was the first who asked how Neville was doing. Hermione looked at her with a sad look.

"Neville will be all right, Poppy is keeping him in a dreamless sleep. He has a couple of broken ribs and he bruised both of his legs. If it was not for you two he would probably not have survived. That was what Madam Pomfrey just told me. You saved his life "Hermione told them through her tears. And again it was obvious that there was more between Hermione and Neville than just friendship.

Bella looked satisfied at Harry. "We have done well than Harry" she said with a smile. Harry glanced over at Bella and also smiled. Daphne stood up and hugged Harry and Bella. She was pleased that it would be alright with all of them. It took almost four hours before Neville would wake up. He still had pain all over his body, but was happy that they had saved him. I owe you a life debt now he told them. Harry and Bella were now looking at him quizzically.

Daphne laughed as she saw their faces. "Bella, Hermione and Harry, we really need to talk about the old ways and the old families. There are a lot of things that you must know about this, and about the magic that comes with it. One of them is a life debt. This happens when you save someone's life. There are only two ways you can pay off that life debt. One is to save the life of that person. And the second way is dying. In other words, you owe them that debt your whole life" explained Daphne to her friends.

Professor McGonagall entered the infirmary. She was only now allowed in by madam Pomfrey to be with her little lions. (Little lions that was how she called the students of her house. This was because the house mascot was a lion.) "Auntie Mini" exclaimed Bella.

"Hi Bella is everything well with you". Was her question when she was at their beds. She went to sit with her little lions and watched them for a moment. "You have done something very stupid and very brave. It's not often that two first year can do such a great deed. I am really proud of the both of you, even though it was still stupid to do such a thing". She looked at them stirred, with the smallest smile she could do. It even seemed that she was waiting for something.

Less than ten minutes later, a boy with brown hair walked into the infirmary. They did not know who he was but professor McGonagall seemed to have been waiting for him. "May I introduce you to Oliver Wood. Wood, I've got two of the best chasers here that I have ever seen". The face of the boy seemed to become happier by the minute. Professor McGonagall said goodbye and left the infirmary. Oliver Wood remained behind and began to explain what the sport Quidditch really was. Both Harry and Bella had never heard of Quidditch. That they were now the chasers for Gryffindor was a surprise for them. Especially, when they heard what they had to do. Both Bella and Harry now really wanted to play Quidditch.

At the Gryffindor table, they were welcomed as heroes. Neville, however, had to stay another night. Maybe he could sit with them the next day at dinner. Everywhere in the great hall they were whispering. Everyone had heard of the two first years, who had made a nosedive of about a hundred meters. All of this just to save the life of another first year. On top of all that, there was another rumor that went around. Those two first years were now in the Gryffindor Quidditch team. And they would be the first, first years that could do that. That night Harry and Bella were dreaming about a career as chasers, in a sport that they knew nothing about.

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The next day, however, it was very different. First lesson they had was defense against the dark arts. This was the lesson where Harry and Bella had been looking forward to. They sat at the back of the classroom and looked forward to the teacher. Harry told his friends that he had encountered professor Quirrell in the leaky cauldron. And that he stuttered when he spoke. Everyone looked at the door when the professor walked inside. He walked to the front of the classroom wringing his hands. There he stood with his purple turban on his head. "Go- good- good tomorrow morning class" he stuttered. "Dt th this iss d the defe defense against d- the dark arts." Quirrell turned around to the blackboard, Harry immediately clutched his scar, and cried out in pain.

The pain that shot through his head was unbearable. He did not know what to do but held his hand to his forehead and against his scar. Beside him, Bella looked startled at Harry. "Are you alright Harry" she asked anxious. Harry was now looking with tears in his eyes, tears of pain to professor Quirrell. At that moment, Bella shot a quick glance at Professor Quirrell, who was still standing with his back turned towards them.

"Kill Harry Potter, you can do it now" from out of nowhere came the voice at once in her head. She heard the voice where she normally only dream about. "Kill him Now", "NO" she screamed out loud. Bella looked frightened at Harry and shook her head. She looked around the classroom at everyone who looked at her and Harry and ran out of the classroom.

Harry saw that something is wrong with Bella, but through the pain he could not really see what it was, she suddenly got up and ran away. Without really thinking about it, Harry followed her at full speed. "Bella, Bella, wait for me," he shouted after her. Two corridors, further he could finally catch her by the arm. He grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. "What happened, why were you running away from the lesson". Harry asked Bella a little worried.

"I heard his voice in the classroom, I had to kill you again Harry. And I do not want to Harry. I was awake and I heard him, hold me Harry please hold me "a sobbing Bella looked into the green eyes from Harry.

"Miss Smith, Mr. Potter". A voice called sternly down the hallway when she saw them. "Why are you not in class and why are you here in the hallway". Harry heard the stern voice from Professor McGonagall and looked up at her, a little scared.

"I'm sorry, Professor, but something very strange happened when we were with Professor Quirrell in class."Oooo Mr. Potter please tell me, and be fair," she said, as she looked at Bella. "I got a sudden pain in my scar. And Bella heard that voice again the one who tells her to kill me". As McGonagall looked at the pair she told them that they were to go to the main hall. While the pair walked away Minerva looked after them worried. Again she had seen the pain and fear in the eyes of Bella.

Harry and Bella were sitting together at their house table when their three friends came back from class, where they had walked out of. Bella whispered to them what had happened and that she had heard the voice again. The friends had not forgotten how bad it was that night. And that they now had potions was something they were not looking forward to. It was not their favorite lesson. Fortunately it was not as bad as last time, this time it was hell. They had lost 40 points from their house. And they did not know why. The potions they all had made were removed by Professor Snape even before they could turn them in. They wanted to tell it to professor McGonagall. But thought they could not do that now. It did not sound good to run to professor McGonagall, every time something went wrong with potions. So they all were grumpy when they walked into great hall in order to do their assignments.

At dinner time, Neville walked into the great hall. With a big smile he sat down next to them. "Finally out of the infirmary" he Said happy. "Harry, I got a letter from my grandmother and she wants to officially thank you for saving my life and you too Bella. She wrote me that I as a lord of the house Longbottom, I have to express an official acknowledgments. Perhaps also with a promise on my magic". Bella and Harry looked at him quizzically, again they understood nothing of it all.

Hermione had read some books about it and then exclaimed, "Really Neville on your own magic, is that what your grandmother has written." Again, Harry and Bella did not understand it.

Daphne who had watched it all unfold, stood up, and took Bella and Harry at their hands. "Tonight we do our homework, and tomorrow we are going to explain to you what it means to be a gentleman and a lady from a house. If I'm not mistaken, you are one of the major lords Harry". Harry looked again at Daphne with a look full of questions.

Bella saw that Harry understood just as much as she did herself. So she took his hand and squeezed a little. Harry took the hand gratefully. Something inside told him that it was good when Bella held his hand that way. a feeling that he always wanted to have. Bella did something to him that he never felt before. She saw him as Harry, Not like the boy in the cupboard, or the Boy Who Lived. In turn Bella thought again that she could have no better friend than Harry. With him she felt safe and complete. She did not know why. But that man who was always telling her that she had to kill Harry, seemed to be very afraid for Harry, for some reason And that always gave her strength, a strength that she would not have otherwise.

There was so much that Harry and Bella did not understand. So Bella just smiled at Harry and knew he was the one. She laid her head on Harry's shoulder and sighed with happiness. Without even knowing it, Harry was now playing with her hair. At times like this, all the others were air for them. Something that Daphne did not really like, but she could also see the love they had for each other. in her heart she wanted to be in the arms of Harry, however, that place was now occupied by Bella, and her thoughts went back to the beginning of the year. The sorting hat had told her it would be okay. So with that in mind she held onto it like a life line

It was late at night before they went to bed. Bella was not tired enough so she was left alone sitting on a couch in the common room. There she sat alone in the common room in front of a fireplace. She stared into the fire and heard that voice again. Now there was also the voice of the woman. "Kill Harry" he said.

"Make friends with Harry, he will help you," the woman's voice sounded through it all. This dream was different it was one that was not scary. The woman in her dream was helping her. She told her she had to rely on Harry. Now she also, saw young man again. He had long wavy hair and a friendly face. Sirius was his name. She did not know why but that young man was one man she trusted completely.

He looked at her and was, smiling kindly at her. There was another young man that walked into her dream. Sirius was laughing and took his hand. Then Sirius pulled the young man in a heartfelt hug. James Potter what are you doing here, she heard him say. There was a smile on the face of Bella. She thought it was a beautiful sight to see two friends share their feelings for each other. James Potter was a true friend of Sirius she thought. James turned and looked straight into her eyes. Bella gulped when she saw James looking at her.

"Harry Potter" she called out. Dora acted instantly she appeared next to Harry, she grabbed his hand and led him to Bella. Harry was sleepy but looked around himself. Bella was lying there like a ball on a couch in the common room. Harry sat down next to her and watched as she smiled in her dream. This time she had no night mare. That was something Harry was very happy about. Harry crawled beside Bella on the couch and fell asleep almost immediately.

*#*

Katie Bell and Angelina Johnson were the first students That walked into the common room that morning. Both got a smile on their faces when they looked into the common room. "Katie if there were ever two people made for each other, I can definitely say that it is these two right here. Look at how cute They Are laying here on the couch" Angelina said. Angelina watched how Harry was lying in his oversize pajamas with his head on the armrest of the couch. Harry had his arm around Bella, and Bella was extra close to him. With her back towards him and her head resting on his arm.

Both had a smile on their face. Katie slowly walked up to them and took the arm from Harry and away from the waist of Bella. To her surprise, Bella grabbed the hand of Harry and pulled it back around her waist again. The two ladies just giggled and woke Bella and Harry up softly. Sleepily they opened their eyes and looked at the friendly faces of Katie and Angelina. "Wake up you two, you have your first Quidditch training today.

Bella and Harry instantly shot straight up, and looked around. Both a little embarrassed that they were found in the manner they were lying there. Katie and Angelina, however, assured them that they would not tell anything to anyone. They had done nothing bad they said. Katie told them that everyone had fallen asleep in the common room one time or another.

Bella and Harry ran toward their dorm and dress quickly into their Quidditch robes. Within ten minutes they were running along with Katie and Angelina to the Quidditch pitch. They were followed by two redheaded boys. You could clearly see that they were twins. They also were looking very sleepy. Oliver Wood was already waiting on his team. "You're late," he shouted. "Why is that, if I may ask?" He snapped a little angry.

Katie glared at him but it was Angelina who responded. "Olivier, there are people here who would have love to remain in the spot where they were, but that's something you do not allow. So be glad that we are here, you slave driver" she snapped back. She quickly gave a nod to Bella and Harry. Which were both already red about the thoughts of how they were lying on the couch.

"Okay, Okay it's all good, but be ready in ten minutes" was his quick answer.