Chapter 7 – The First Match
The day after Halloween Harry asked Sera during a practical charms class for her and Hermione to meet him and Daphne in an abandoned class room on the third floor during the history of magic class. Sera agreed and after class she told her what Harry said
"He wants me to skip a lesson for this? I'm not comfortable with that," Hermione declared
"It's only History of Magic Hermione you can skip it easily and Binns wouldn't even noticed, he hasn't noticed that Harry's never there so we'll be fine," Sera stated
"It's not getting caught that I'm worried about it's the whole skipping class part that I'm not okay with," Hermione explained.
"It'll be fine, Binns is just gonna carry on lecturing about that Goblin Rebellion again, you can read about it later," Sera said trying to placate her friend.
Hermione seemed to struggle with it but then said "Fine, we have it last today but if I get in trouble for this I will hit him again."
Sera just chuckled and said "Now I hope we get in trouble."
Hermione just sighed and smiled at her friends antics.
Soon enough History of Magic was due to start and Sera and Hermione entered the abandoned classroom to see Daphne stood there and Harry lying on the teachers desk
"Sup Granger," Harry said rolling off the desk
"Hello Potter," Hermione said coldly.
"Should we just get on with this," Daphne said and Sera and Hermione just nodded "You two saw our secret."
"You mean the fact that you're elementals," Sera said
"Yeah we're elementals and I know Hermione is too," Harry said surprising the Griffindor's
"How could you know that?" Hermione asked
"Cause there was more to that slap than anger," Harry said "It felt like I had been electrocuted."
"Nice Hermione," Sera said grinning "I must admit that it was quite 'shocking'"
everyone groaned at the bad pun and Harry said "Please don't do that again tiny."
"Aww does the whiny git not like it?" Sera said mockingly
"Can we focus please," Daphne said trying to maintain order.
"So why did you want to meet anyway?" Hermione asked
"First of all Sera," Harry said getting her attention "Are you an elemental as well?"
"Yeah," Sera said
"Well that makes things easier," Daphne said "Basically we all agree to keep each others powers a secret and carry on like normal."
"Fair enough," Sera said "I'm guessing you're an ice elemental, way to live up the nickname."
"What nickname?" Daphne asked
"People are starting to call you the Ice Queen on account of how cold you are to other people," Sera explained.
"Well the truth is that I'm a water elemental, not an Ice elemental," Daphne explained
"Oh great are we telling each other are special powers now?" Harry said sarcastically.
"What a great idea Harry," Sera exclaimed knowing it would irk him.
"I was kidding," Harry replied
"well tough Harry," Sera said as she faced the group "I'm a fire elemental."
Daphne just chuckled at her "Well we all know that I'm a water elemental and that Hermione is a lightning elemental so that just leaves you Harry."
"Ugh, fine," Harry said "I'm a chaos elemental."
"Chaos? What does that mean?" Hermione asked
"It means Granger that I control chaos energy," Harry said and quickly explained further when he saw Hermione about to start asking more questions "Chaos is an element that doesn't make sense so don't expect me to explain it cause it can't be explained."
Hermione frowned at this. How could she understand that?
"Shouldn't we get to lesson Sera," Hermione said and Harry sniggered at that "What's funny?"
"That you would consider History of Magic an actual lesson," Harry answered
"Well it is an official lesson and I care about my education unlike you," Hermione fired back.
"Calm down Granger I was just teasing," Harry said "For the record Granger my apology last night was genuine."
"Really?" Hermione asked not fully believing him
"Really Granger. You annoy the hell out of me but what I said nearly got you killed last night and I don't hate you that much," Harry said
"That has got the be the worst apology in history," Sera commentated
"Well that's how I feel. I don't want to be that whiny little bitch that I was yesterday so I'm trying to make amends for it," Harry said.
"So you're just apologizing to serve yourself in your own twisted way," Hermione said
"It's human nature Granger, don't try and paint me as an evil git cause I'm not evil," Harry fired back.
"Well at least you admit that your a git but if you hurt me like that again I will fry you," Hermione warned as she left.
"Damn, where'd that come from? Daphne asked
"Last night made her want to be more brave and it looks like she's willing to follow up on her promise," Sera explained "I'm gonna go as well later Daphne, later git."
She left too laughing merely and Harry just shook his head.
"Well that was enlightening," Daphne commentated
"Suppose so," Harry said "Come on Blaise and Tracey will be waiting for us in the Library."
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The days past by and the troll incident was quickly forgotten about as the first Quidditch match of the year was coming up and it was between Griffindor and Slytherin. As usual Ron Weasley was being a git to Harry and actually started to set rumours that Harry was responsible for letting the troll into the castle cause Hermione was showing him up in class. Some of the more moronic people believed him and Harry just had to laugh at there stupidity which was rather funny but it had the weird affect of other people thinking that they were stupid too and while Harry enjoyed having backup against the idiotic people there was something special about tearing into people on his own that he just preferred. The tension though between Griffindor and Slytherin was getting pretty bad though as a lot more people were openly insulting Harry by calling him a little boy who couldn't play Quidditch and would run crying within the first 10 minutes of the game. This only served to motivate him to train harder with the team and one time he declared to the team that he didn't just want to beat Griffindor but he wanted to beat them up. The Griffindor team however had an unknown seeker that was being kept secret and Harry had to admire how the entire house worked together to keep a secret and it unnerved him a little as he really didn't like facing the unknown. He had a particularly interesting conversation with the Weasley twins at dinner one night when they once again came to the Slytherin table.
"Hey Harry," Fred said
"Fair warning," George said
"We are the beaters for Griffindor," Fred responded
"So we won't go easy on you even if you are an ikkle first year," They concluded
Harry just stared at them and said with conviction "Then I have to warn you myself, If you go easy on me I will ruin your lives."
"Ho ho the kids got fire," George said laughing "It should be a good game then."
All too soon the day of the match had arrived and Harry went to breakfast fully decked out in his Quidditch gear as did the rest of the team. Flint had advised him to were some padding underneath but Harry opted not to as he found it bulky and distracting when he tried in it practise so he just had his emerald Quidditch robe on with some Quidditch gloves that he would put on just before the match. Harry was both nervous and excited about the upcoming match now and was eager to get it going. As he was eating his full English breakfast Daphne got his attention.
"Look Harry," Daphne said pointing. As Harry followed her sight he saw something that shocked him. It was Sera in Griffindor Quidditch robes.
"So she's Griffindor's secret weapon," Harry said smirking and then declared "This is gonna be fun."
Harry was in the Slytherin changing room with his broom resting on his shoulder waiting with the rest of the team for the match to begin. Flint called them all up into a huddle and began his speech.
"Alright boys we all know that this is the biggest match of the year so we have to show up and kick arse. Griffindor have a bloody good team but their seeker is a first year like ours. That means that for the 6 of us we are gonna be fighting tooth and nail for every point so rough their chasers up a bit so we have the advantage. Brandt is a complete unknown so she's up to you Potter, figure her out and work against her but thankfully she won't know jack about you either."
Harry just nodded in agreement. Sera had been his rival in and out of the classroom as well as a fellow elemental so he needed to prove he was better than her. He had to be the best, it was how his mind worked.
"Okay we all know what we have to do," Flint continued "Beat them back and play the long game. We will be on the back foot at the beginning but hopefully we can't hurt them enough that we can slow them down later and take the advantage so Harry you have two plans. Either catch the snitch quickly or stall their seeker enough for us to take the lead. If all else fails just do what you do and catch that snitch."
"You got it Flint," Harry declared feeling the hype.
"That's the spirit," Flint said smiling "Alright then guys Slytherin on three … one two three."
"SLYTHERIN" the team declared as they walked out to the waiting block and lined up alongside the Griffindor's with Harry at the back and Flint at the front.
Snape had made a good choice by making Flint the captain as he seemed very chilled out and almost uncaring about the world most of the time but when Flint is dealing with Quidditch that's when you could see the venomous snake lurking in the tall grass. He became ruthless and brilliant as if understanding Quidditch was instinct to him. While waiting Harry noticed that he was stood next to Sera.
"Sup tiny," Harry remarked.
"Sup git," Sera fired back.
"So when did they make you seeker?" Harry asked genuinely curious about it.
"Me and Ron got caught playing with a snitch by McGonagall who saw me fly so said that I could join the team," Sera answered
"Just like that?" Harry responded
"You'll see why during the game," Sera said smirking
"Hmm I guess I will," Harry replied with his own smirk now more eager than ever for the game to begin.
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A short wait later the doors opened and both teams flew out onto the field to a chorus of cheers though Harry did notice some boos directed the Slytherin's way.
"Welcome to the first Quidditch match of the year featuring GRIFFINDOR," Lee commentated and Griffindor was cheered by the majority of the crowd "and Slytherin." This time only the Slytherin's cheered but it was drowned out by the boos from the rest of the crowd. Harry knew that Slytherin wasn't well liked but this seemed ridiculous. He was only here cause he wanted to play a game.
"Both Griffindor and Slytherin have new seekers both of who are first years so let's see if they can live impress us," Lee commentated and then continued "I guess we'll see if Potter truly deserved to be on the team or will we see if the rumours are true that his fame got him the spot on the team."
Now Harry was pissed off and he really wanted to just fly over to Lee and beat the crap out of him but he really didn't want to be in detention again.
"The captains shake hands, looks like Flint is trying to crush woods hand but I guess he isn't that strong," Lee stated and Harry wishfully dreamt that Flint ripped that cocky lions hand off. The sadistic and cruel part of himself was surfacing and he was looking forward to hurting Griffindor's pride.
"Madame Hooch has the Quaffel," Lee said as Hooch threw the ball in the air "and the game begins."
Harry quickly flew up to get a better vantage point to look for snitch but it wasn't gonna be easy as Sera was right there with him. Harry quickly noticed that the Griffindor chasers were as good as they were claimed to be and were better then there Slytherin counterparts. Harry knew he had to aid his team so flew right towards them and Sera followed right after him.
"What is Potter doing?" Lee asked as Harry flew right threw the three chasers distracting them as Flint rather forcefully shoulder charged one of the chasers knocking the Quaffel out of her arm and almost knocking her off her broom "Flint's got the Quaffel thanks to Potter's cheap move. And he scores making it 10-0 to Slytherin after the cheap tactic of Potter."
The boos emanating from the Griffindor's felt amazing for Harry. He could taste their anger and it truly was a delicious treat for him. The match went on and Griffindor soon pulled into the lead but Harry kept interfering making the Griffidor chasers weary of him which proved detrimental to them as his now permanent distraction along with the fact that the Slytherin's began their beat down of them meant that soon Slytherin took the lead once again and the score was 130-100.
Harry knew that he had to find the snitch now knowing he would either be playing the match for a long time until Slytherin firmly took the lead by more than 150 points or Sera would find it before him and save Griffindor making her a hero and he can't have that now.
All of sudden though his broom started bucking like an untamed horse throwing him around and he was struggling just to hold on until he was literally hanging on for dear life.
"HARRY," Sera yelled as she flew underneath him waiting to catch him in case he fell.
Neither of them saw Hermione sneak off from the stands with surprising haste. For what seemed like an hour Harry held on for dear life as fear began to creep into his soul as well as anger
'I flat out refuse to die like this, I won't die before I can surpass being the boy who lived' Harry thought as his arm muscles began to burn due to holding his body up for so long. Then all of sudden his broom stopped bucking and Harry was able to climb back on with no one noticing Hermione sneak back to the stands or the fact that Snapes robes were on fire.
"You okay Harry?" Sera asked him concerned.
"Fantastic," Harry responded satirically making Sera roll her eyes "Is Snape on fire?"
Sera turned around and sure enough she could see Snape stomping on his robes which were alight until eventually the fire went out but not before he tripped on his robes and fell face first. They both had to laugh at the ridiculous sight before calming themselves.
At that moment the snitch decided to hover between the two of them before zooming off and the two began giving chase to it side by side.
"Both seekers have seen the snitch," Lee commentated as Harry and Sera raced after the snitch side by side.
The snitch soon bolted down, plummeting towards the ground and the game soon turned into one of nerves. Harry and Sera quickly glanced at each other wondering if the other was willing to risk flying face first into the ground but both knew that the other wouldn't give. The two seekers both pulled up tightly, following the snitch with both of them standing on their brooms reaching out for the snitch while trying to knock the others balance off.
"THIS IS CRAZY FROM BOTH SEEKERS," Lee yelled as the entire crowd were in awe at how determined both seekers were. Soon enough Harry and Sera collided with each other and the two tumbled into the ground in a tangled mess. As they climbed off each other Harry started retching.
"Looks like Potters gonna puke," Lee commentated as Harry held his hands out in front of him and threw up the snitch "I don't believe it, Potter caught the snitch in his mouth."
Hooch blew her whistle to end the game "SLYTHERIN WIN."
The green part of the stands erupted in cheers as the red stand held there heads in their hands as Harry was surrounded by his team mates congratulating him and he was raised onto their shoulders.
"That was bloody insane Harry," Flint yelled from underneath him.
"Thanks Flint," Harry remarked as the team headed back to the changing rooms in great spirits.
As the team were getting changed Harry asked a question that had been nagging him for a while now "Hey Flint, do you know why my broom was bucking the way it was?"
Flint's face took on a hard expression as he replied "It must've been jinxed or something."
Harry looked a little shocked as many questions raced through his head. Who jinxed his broom? Why did they do it? Was it meant to be fatal? That last question worried him the most. Harry could handle someone trying to hurt him but for someone to try and kill him was an unusual feeling. Snape then burst through the changing room and looked directly at Harry.
"Potter, I will be taking your broom as it has clearly been tampered with," Snape declared.
"No problem as long as it is returned to me," Harry responded unsurprised at the answer.
The fact that Harry hadn't complained about it actually shocked Snape "What, no attempt at a witty retort?"
Harry just took a deep a sigh and said "I was going to give it to you anyway so that it can be checked for tampering." He really wasn't in the mood to deal with Snape and his insecurity's right now. Snape looked a bit lost but just took the Nimbus 2000 and left in a hurry.
He quickly got changed and began to make his way up to the castle when he saw Daphne, Sera and Hermione waiting for him.
"Are you okay Harry?" Daphne asked looking concerned.
"Yeah I'm alright," Harry replied knowing that she was worried about what happened to him during the match "Snapes taken my broom to have it tested to see what it was."
"What, this is bad Harry," Sera said looking panicked
"Why?" Harry said with a look of confusion.
"Cause he was the one who was jinxing the broom," Sera responded.
"So you say anyway," Daphne replied looking sceptical.
"Oh and I suppose Harry's broom working fine after Snape lost his concentration is just a coincidence," Hermione fired back.
"Hang on a sec," Harry said getting the girls to look at him "did you set Snape on fire?"
Hermione just looked down at the ground and said "I had been reading about the fire spell so it was the first spell on my mind."
Harry just burst out laughing which was a rare sight "You have my thanks Granger but I doubt that it was him."
"I saw him maintain eye contact whilst saying an incantation Potter it was him," Hermione explained as Harry calmed down and said "Okay, but he may have been performing the counter-curse and besides Snape is petty but I doubt that he is willing to assassinate me."
Sera and Hermione looked surprised by this and Daphne just frowned before saying "I still think we should keep an eye on him Harry just in case."
"I agree but I still doubt that he wants to kill me," Harry replied
"What if he didn't want to kill you but to humiliate you?" Daphne suggested.
"Hmm, that would make more sense," Harry states "If I fell and failed to catch the snitch then Snape would have an excuse to have me kicked off the team stating that I'm a terrible player."
"But everyone saw your broom bucking like mad surely they'll believe that it was jinxed?" Hermione said unbelievingly.
"People are either stupid sheep or vicious opportunists Granger. They either believe what everyone tells them cause then it must be true if everyone says so or they will take the chance to pull someone down to elevate themselves," Harry said morbidly.
"Well that may be the most depressing thing I've ever heard," Sera said jokingly.
"Anyway we should probably be off," Daphne said "We have a party waiting for us."
Sera just scowled at that "Enjoy celebrating your lucky win."
"Oh we will trust me," Harry said as he and Daphne descended towards the dungeons as Sera and Hermione climbed up the stairs to Griffindor tower.
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Daphne and Harry made there way into the common room and on the walk there his mind thought about who would jinx his broom and everything seemed to be pointing at Snape. It just fit and the simplest answer was more often than not the right one. As the two entered the common room they saw it filled with people celebrating and drinking which was odd. Usually people in Slytherin just sat in groups and talked quietly to each so seeing everyone so loud and jovial was odd.
"There you are Harry," Flint greeted him happily "Great work out there."
"Thanks Flint," Harry said as he was surrounded by well wishers congratulating him on his catch. The noises were silenced however as Snape arrived with Harry's broom.
"You will be fortunate to know Potter that your broom is fine and shows no traces of being jinxed," Snape said with a scowl.
"So what was wrong with it then?" Harry asked taking his broom back.
"Obviously someone was jinxing it during the game, maybe this will teach to curb your attitude," Snape retorted.
"Nah I'm good, if I did then they've won," Harry fired back with with an annoying smile "Though I'll be keeping an eye out for any more attacks you can trust me on that."
"I'm sincerely hope that isn't a threat Potter?" Snape scowled.
"Only to those who would want to hurt me," Harry said his face morphing into a more menacing smile "Jinxing my broom during the match was clever as everyone at Hogwarts was there so that makes it more difficult to determine who it was. However it was too clever for a younger student so Malfoy is out directly, though I'm sure he could have had an older year do it for him."
"I would be careful with your accusations Potter," Malfoy warned but Harry ignored him.
"Had it worked I would have fallen off my broom and have been taken out of the match meaning Sera would catch the snitch and Griffindor would surely have won the match," Harry stated as all of Slytherin wondered where he was going with his monologue "That would give people like Malfoy the excuse to have me kicked off the team so who would want that I wonder?"
"Higgs isn't on the team because of me so he has motive but I doubt that he would try something so grand and humilating so he's out. Malfoy has reason to see me humiliated but the chances of him pulling this off are zero so it wasn't him," Harry states as he glares at Snape harshly "You, Snape, have harboured a grudge against me since I arrived for some reason to do with my father meaning that you are petty enough to try something like this and you certainly have the skill to pull it off, plus you took my broom to have it inspected so whos to say you didn't just get rid of any evidence before giving it to Dumbledore."
"Are you implying that I tried to kill you Potter?" Snape said surprised at how logical an 11 year old could be.
"No, I don't think you tried to kill me, but I'm sure you would love to see me humiliated and hurt while taking something from me like my spot on the team," Harry explained "Also how come my broom stopped acting up when you were set on fire, was it because you lost your focus and couldn't keep up the jinx?"
"How dare you!" Snape snarled in anger.
"You are my top suspect in this Snape. You are petty enough to try something like this and if I get even the slightest hunch of you trying something ever again I will get you fired," Harry stated with a look of pure malice.
"And how would you do that Potter?" Snape sneered.
"Despite hating my fame I'm not afraid to use it," Harry said "Dumbledore with protect you but how can he do that against all of Wizarding Britain who have heard the tale about how their saviour had been abused by a teacher."
The entire Slytherin house gasped at this. Harry Potter was a hero to the country where as Snape was just a potions teacher with a dubious past.
"Despite what you may believe Potter I didn't jinx your broom though I will be informing the headmaster of your threats against a teacher," Snape stated anger clearly boiling in his veins.
"I couldn't care less about what problems you had with my Dad but you made it my problem by being a petty man and insulting me so don't go crying for attention when it's your fault," Harry stated.
Snape just sneered and left the room quickly leaving the entire Slytherin common room in silence.
"Holy shit," someone commentated.
"It had to be done even if he didn't jinx my broom," Harry stated with a sigh.
"Why Harry? I mean don't get me wrong I agree that he needed to be taken down a peg but that was almost brutal," Blaise commentated.
"Cause it showed him that I'm not against him for the fun of it," Harry began explaining "I just told him that I'm willing to ruin his life for some peace."
"That's pretty hardcore," Zoe Accrington states.
Harry just shook his head and said "Lets forget about that and celebrate after all we did just kick Griffindor's arse."
The common room slowly returned to its cheery atmosphere as the celebrations continued until late into the night.
Snape was sitting in his office with a look of genuine worry. Despite the threat he made he never went to Dumbledore to complain about Harry Potter but instead thought long and hard about what he had just dealt with. An 11 year old boy had actually threatened him and it had worked. His job security was in the hands of a child he had deliberately antagonized and verbally abused. There was a part of him that was telling him to listen to what the boy said and back off from him but there was part of him that hungered for revenge. James Potter had tormented him, stolen the women he loved away from him and got her killed. He needed his vindication so the child of his nemesis seemed like the perfect way to return the abuse he had suffered at the hands of James Potter but it wasn't going to plan. The brat was actually a perfect little Slytherin and was outplaying him like it was nothing. What was worse was that he had begun usurping his own power in Slytherin house already in his first year. It was infuriating to Snape and he now wished that he hadn't intervened and just let Potter fall and die. He was going to have do something about this and fortunately Malfoy seemed to detest the brat as much as he did. He could think of no better instrument of his revenge then by making Potter suffer as he did when attending Hogwarts.
Authors Notes
I'm back guys and there were many reasons so here they are in a nutshell
1 – My computer broke so I had to save up and get a new one
2 – Lost all my notes so I had to re-plan the story
3 – Family issues
4 – stress at work
As for the story itself, I am not looking forward to writing the next Quidditch match as I found this one tough to write but I know I have to for the sake of the story.
I get the sense that people will complain about the end of the chapter so to clarify. Harry is messed up kid but not like most dark Harry stories out there. This is a Harry that is going to take what he wants from life but will also enjoy it so he isn't willing to deal with crap from people cause it's getting in the way of his fun time. If you are familiar with Dungeons and Dragons morality then he is Chaotic Good. He will probably end up doing the right thing regardless of the consequences and despite any future problems his actions may cause.
As for Snape, In case you didn't get it he is one messed up guy who has spent decades nurturing his anger and fuelling his need for revenge so he and Harry will be in almost constant conflict.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Next time – Christmas and mirrors.