So here it is a new chapter, sorry for the delay, live has been pretty hectic, hope you will still like it and keep on reading, any feedback would be greatly apreciated cheers
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Chapter 4
The week following the trials, there was no other word to discribe Harry, but a nervous wreck he couldn't eat and his emotions became a rollercoaster ride, sometimes he would be mad, then be a nervous wreck then depressive and thinking that he would be the laughing stock of all the staff trainers or perhaps as the media still hated him and they would probbably make him into a clown, and feed off of his failure.
As the week ended and since they didn't have a way to know where or when would the notice of the team allignment would be made and as the depression went to nervousness he couldn't even eat in a normal way.
One day after he woke up, he felt something weird, perhaps it could be something bad that would happen or perhaps it was that he hadn't already ate anything since the day before, feeling his stomach complain about that, he decided to make his way to the pub and ask for something to eat and when he went down it was filled to the brim with people and as he almost fell from the stairs he made a lot of noise, everyone in the kitchen looked back at him, but it wasn't with loathing looks as almost always, people looked at him with a kind of wonder on their faces.
"Harry my dear boy come here" Tom the bartender yelled over the crowd, Harry was scared by the reaction he got after his name was called, but he needed food and by talking with Tom he could perhaps know what was going on too.
"What's the matter Tom? it is not like these people hadn't already seen me here" Harry asked as he made his way to the bar truly confused by people attitude towards him, "You haven't seen the last edition of the Prophet haven't you son?" Tom asked a full smile showing his missing teeth
"No I haven't Tom why? Is something bad printed about me? Have I checked into Mungos mental ward?" Harry ased sitting down on one off the free stools impresed that Tom's smile wasn't going out of his mouth, "You better read it Harry" he said offering him the prophet to him
As he started to read the paper his mouth dropped and for each sentence it would drop a little bit more.
Scandalous Selection
By: Rita Skeeter
Today, Ferdinand Ferguson chosen coach for the English quiditch team, (actual trainer of the Puddlemere United), presented his team in a press conference, we as English supporters hoped for a better team, but it seems we couldn't afford it, the team is composed as you may know is by 7 different players, which consist on one keeper, two beaters, three chasers and last a seeker, the keeper position was given to a muggleborn witch her name is Ciel Strauss, as our informants told, and she goes to Edinburgh Wizardry School, and she is home schooled by her father, a muggle loving individual who works on a common pub in muggle London, and is trying to make a carrier on ministry politics, and help for muggle rights, as you may know keeper is a position not usualy played by girls as a certain body mass is needed, as beaters, the Weasley twins were choosen, I already had the "pleasure" of knowing them, they're famed as Hogwarts Pranksters from Hell, they attend Hogwarts as their titles said, and let me tell you, they don't have the best grades nor the best abilities in general, Marcus Flint, who used to play in Slytherin as a chaser commented: "I do believe that the decision on who was going to play was biased, since the Weasley's weren't the best of the Hogwarts players, as they allowed their seeker and chasers to get hurt a lot and they had a bad habit of hitting the bludgers to crowded areas without ensuring the safety of their own team mates.".
Continuing the selection we bring you our chasers, From Hogwarts, Andrea Eekins, a really good witch, from Hufflepuff, I don't really have anything to say about her, her parents are ministry workers, and she is a good stundent, as she managed to acquire some of the best scoring percentages in Hogwarts history even when her team never advanced after the second round in the years she played.
The second chaser, is Adrian Pucey, also from Hogwarts, from Slytherin house he is an overall good chaser, his parents are purebloods, good members of our society, his parents aren't used to take sides on the ministry and have a little chain of wizard to go food, and last as the lead chaser we have a black horse as they like to call them, he is a mostly unknown individual known to have learned magic under an apprenticeship, we don't have much information on him, as his master wizard was a traveling one, but he seemed to do a good job on the trial, and as things were he did all of the drills with almost perfect scores His name is Edward Scheck.
But as for the last member of the team, the seeker we have the most polemic decision, Harry Potter was chosen, even with strong candidates like Cho Chang, Draco Malfoy among others, Mr. Ferguson enforced his election, we later inquired on that but Mr. Ferguson adamantly answered "He is the best, and it was demonstrated on each and every one of the seekers test and training drills, sorry if It bothers the media and perhaps the ministry, but as Mr. Fudge told me I have all the authority over the team I am free to choose whoever I feel would do the best job.
This reporter is thoroughly scared, if Harry Potter can conquer the masses by becoming a sport champion, who will be able to stop his and Mr. Dumbledore's schemes.
On a side note, the national team will be concentrated for more tests, medicals, registry and training, their full expenses are going to be covered by the ministry, and all the participants would be picked up by ministry aurors.
As Harry finished reading the article he was sure that his hearth would get out of his chest as it was hammering too hard, his face white, the surprise evident on his face "I…. got… chosen…." He said barely in a whisper
"Yes you did my boy!" Tom explained a shit eating grin on his face, which was filled with mirth and happiness for the little time he had spent with Harry he was sure that he would be called as Harrys friend "let's celebrate, todays breakfast is on the house, let me bring you my special" after he said that he made his way to the kitchen, while Harry still processed the implications of the article.
As he was still pondering, his loyal owl Hedwig made his way to the counter a letter on her foot, as it landed and broke Harry out of his stupor the letter was short and direct to the point, Auror Nymphadora Tonks would be coming to the leaky cauldron in order to bring him to the concentration facilities of the English Team tomorrow at two in the afternoon.
As Tom came back with a plate filled with eggs bacon and hash browns Harrys stomach remembered that it didn't had any food for a lot of time, and he started to eat with gusto today was the big day, he would mate his team mates, he was kind of happy that the Weasley twins were able to make it to the trials, until he thought of Ron, his best friend came to mind, Ron had an obsession with quiditch, but he was kind of bad, on the third year at Hogwarts he tried to get into the Gryffindor team but he was just too clumsy and nervous to make a good trial, he fell of his broom at the medium of the testing, Ron was a good friend although sometimes his self-awareness, stubbornness and egoism got the better of him and he turned his back on him, now that he was thinking about it perhaps the twins were better friends than Ron even when they didn't have any classes with him, they would always find him and have fun together, they would train together and when the situation needed it they could be the best help anyone would need, as he was having those thoughts he missed someone else sitting at his side.
A slightly tall woman, with a nice figure and a hearth shaped face topped with pink hair was smiling at him, and while he didn't noticed, she had a mischievous glint on her face
HARRY POTTER! She yelled at the top of her lungs, scaring all of the people on the dining room, and making Harry loose his footing and come down tumbling with his chair to the floor, after she saw that, she exploded in laughter and offered a hand on a supposed peace offering, "Auror Tonks at your service" she said mirth showing on her face "um hello, Ms. Tonks, isn't it too early for you to be here?" Harry asked back, accepting her offered hand "Oh yes indeed I am Mr. Potter, but well I needed to come early someone else asked a favor and since he was a beloved headmaster I needed to do it" Harry was surprised what would Dumbledore need of him, as he was going to voice his concern, but Tonks prevented him from doing so, with a finger on his lips, "on your room Harry" and with that she took Harrys hand on hers and got him going to his room, as they reached it Harry couldn't wait and asked what would Dumbledore want off him "We need to bring you to a safe house, Dumbledore founded a group of people willing to fight against You-Know-Who, and so the order of the phoenix was born, and I am part of it that's why I was asked to bring you there since you were chosen, and with You-Know-Who back we need to ensure your safety and you will be with me, as I am an auror and also part of the order so well I'm kind of a double good agent
Harry was speechless, this woman was really something else, she talked about something so important like that, as if it was a simple greeting and she was kind of playing around with that, not bothering to really understand her he processed the information, and he was a little mad that they were trying to handle him as if he was a little child, he agreed with Tonks to be transported to the quarters of the order of the phoenix, Tonks jumped and proceeded to shrink all of Harrys belongings, as Harry made his way to the floo, Tonks made him stop, since the ministry were monitoring because of the campaign against Dumbledore, as it was a possible way to get some of his wrong doings and charge him for them.
As they made the way to take the knight bus in order to reach the Order of the Phoenix quarters Harry noticed that Tonks was a really clumsy person, she would almost fall at least six times, and she would need to side step quite a bit, he was thinking on how was she able to make it to the auror corps when she was a danger on her feet, as they boarded the knight bus Harry noticed also that while she had a clumsy and easy going vibe on her, she was always looking around for people perhaps lurking around, he saw that when they rounded knockturn alley she sidestepped a bit in order to obscure the view of him, from some hags,
As the knight bus arrived to its destination Harry saw a really nasty place, a condo filled with dirt and grime, he looked back at Tonks, and she smiled back at him, offering a piece of paper, Harry took it and it read Grimmauld place number 12, as he said so, a house started to pop out of two pillars of the condo, looking as if it was going to tear them apart, people were completely oblivious to that, as they continued with their lives as nothing happened, Harry was speechless Tonks turned back to him offering a smile "well let's get you inside" as she said that she opened the door, and went inside, Harry only sighed, and ready for whatever would be thrown to him, he stepped inside
