I know, it's been over two months, but I've had a little bit of writer's block on this, and this is a long chapter (well, longish). If you like this fanfiction series, and if you like Kingdom Hearts (which I do not own), go and read my newest story, Magic of the Keyblade.

I, unfortunately, am not J.K. Rowling. I do not own the Harry Potter series.

Chapter Seven: Quidditch Matches

Saturday was the first Quidditch match of the season. Gryffindor against Slytherin. Harry against Draco. At Eleven on Saturday, Neville, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Mandy, Lisa, Abby, and I walked together to the Quidditch pitch.

"This should be a good match," Lisa said.

"It's going to be very interesting," Mandy said. "I can hear thunder." The sky was covered with gray clouds, and the moisture was very thick in the air. Rain was on its way.

Good luck, Harry, I thought. All I received from my brother was a mental shrug. He was nervous because Draco had Nimbus 2001.

We all sat together in the Gryffindor stands in the first row. Hagrid was sitting beside Hermione. A group of Gryffindor first years sat right behind us. One of them was particularly small. He was jabbering away. "Did you know that Harry Potter was a Seeker in his first year? That's so cool! I heard that he fought the Whomping Willow on his broom to do it."

"That's not true," I said. "He and his sister raced with Draco Malfoy."

The small boy turned to face me. "How do you know that?"

"I happened to witness and participate in that race."

"But I thought there… Oh, wait. You're Danielle Potter!" He raised a large camera and took a picture of me with the flash on. It was a very bright flash. A dark spot formed in the middle of my vision. I blinked, trying to get rid of it. "I'm Colin Creevey. I'm in the same house as your brother. Could you sign this photo, please?"

"Colin, calm down. Yes, I know you're in the same house as Harry. And please, no signed photos. Harry and I aren't exactly camera people. We're just regular students who just happen to be famous. Okay?"

"Okay. But just-"

"No."

As the teams walked onto the field, I heard someone call my name. I looked to the right and saw Cedric Diggory beckoning to me. I stood up and walked past my friends, trying not to step on their feet.

"Hey, Dani," Cedric said when I got to him. "Would you like to sit with me?"

"Sure."

I heard Madam Hooch blow her whistle. I turned and saw Harry and Draco fly high into the sky. Harry was squinting, looking for the Snitch. One of the Bludgers shot at Harry, and George hit it to one of the Slytherin Chasers. But the Bludger changed direction and sipped straight for my brother again.

Cedric and I found two seats still in the Gryffindor section as George hit the Bludger to Draco but changed direction yet again and rocketed to Harry.

"What's wrong with that Bludger?" Cedric asked.

"Someone's tampered with it," I said.

"So… uh…" Cedric said. "Er…"

"What is it?" I asked. "Cat got your tongue?"

"Some people in Hufflepuff are saying that you and your friends Petrified Filch's cat. You did-"

"Of course not. I mean, we're twelve. None of us, except Draco, Blaise, and Daphne, are in Slytherin. None of us did it.

I felt a cool drop of water splash on my nose. Another landed on my hand. On the pitch, I saw a thick film of rain form. I could hardly see the other side of the pitch. After just a few seconds of sitting, I could feel my hair already getting wet.

I could hear Lee Jordan commentating. "Slytherin lead, forty points to ten." Only Draco had the Nimbus 2001, but with Fred and George guarding Harry, there was no one to keep the other Bludger away from the other Gryffindor players.

Madam Hooch blew her whistle. The teams dove to the wet grass with large squelches that I could hear from the stands. It was a timeout.

"Who jinxed the Bludger?" Cedric asked.

"It would have to be someone who's a very powerful wizard," I responded.

After a minute, the cool rain increasing in intensity, Madam Hooch blew her whistle again, and the players ascended.

Harry started flying in a roller coaster pattern. He was rolling, twirling, anything to avoid the Bludger. People around us were pointing at my brother and laughing.

"Not a bad bit of flying," Cedric whispered.

Harry stopped after twirling in the air. He was looking at Draco, who was laughing at him.

Harry watch out! I screamed mentally as I saw the Bludger racing to him. He turned his head but couldn't fly out of the way in time. I thought I could hear a crack as the Bludger slammed into Harry's right elbow. I could feel sharp tingling in my own.

Harry slid sideways off his broom. I was ready to catch him with my telekinesis if he fell. Harry barely dodged another of the Bludger's attacks. I could hear Harry's thoughts: Get to Malfoy.

Harry dove for the Snitch and caught it with his left hand. He started careening towards the ground. I shouted out mentally and verbally. I raced to the stairs that would lead me to the pitch. I met Ron, Hermione, and Ginny on the way down, everyone else in the group, sans Blaise and Daphne, behind them.

Harry was lying on the ground, his robes spattered with mud. He had fainted, most likely from the intense pain in his arm.

On the other side of the pitch, I could see Professor Lockhart walking swiftly to Harry.

I reached my twin first and looked at his arm and nearly vomited. It lay at a very strange and impossible angle. I knelt next to him, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny next to me. Lockhart pushed Ron out of the way and took his place.

Harry opened his eyes. "Oh, no," Harry moaned, "not you."

"Doesn't know what he's saying," Lockhart said loudly. I looked around us. It seemed like most of Gryffindor house was around us. "Not to worry, Harry. I'm about to fix your arm."

"No!" Harry and I said in unison.

"I'll keep it like this, thanks…" Harry said. He tried to sit up but winced.

I grabbed Harry's left arm and helped him sit up. "C'mon, let's get you to the hospital wing. Can you stand?"

"I think so."

I saw a camera flash. "Colin," I said, "what did I say to you about the pictures? Remember, Harry and I are normal."

"Okay."

"Really, Danielle," Lockhart said, "Harry doesn't need to go to the hospital wing. I can fix his arm right here, and then the three of us can have a happy afternoon together."

"No, thanks," I said. "Sir, your area of expertise is in Defense and not healing, so I'll just take my brother to the doctor-"

"Healer," Lisa said in a cough.

"Healer of the school." I grabbed Harry's upper arm and gently pulled him up. I walked him swiftly, but carefully, to the hospital wing.

"You did the right thing, Potters, saying no to Lockhart," Madam Pomfrey said to us about fifteen minutes later. "There's no telling what he might have done if he had 'fixed' your arm. For all we know, he would have removed all those bones."

"Imagine that," I said as I laughed nervously.

I'm not even going to ask, Harry thought.

You don't want to know, I replied.

Madam Pomfrey put Harry's arm in a sling and waved her wand, muttering a few words over it. Harry winced once, and then his face relaxed. "Mr. Potter, I want you to leave the sling on for the bones to set properly. Come back in two hours."

"Yes, ma'am."

Three weeks after that was the Ravenclaw vs. Hufflepuff match. It was one I was looking forward to.

Everybody from the little (big) group wished me luck as I walked from the Great Hall. Then I heard someone call my name.

"Dani!" I turned around. Cedric walked up to me from the Great Hall.

"Hi, Cedric," I said. "What are you doing, talking to a rival Seeker on game day?"

"Good luck," he said and held out his hand. I smiled, took the hand, and shook it.

Eleven o' clock rolled around. When I got to the locker rooms, everyone else on the team was changed into the sapphire Quidditch robes of Ravenclaw. Artemis Chang, a seventh year and the team captain, threw me my robes. I pulled them on overtop my clothes to add some extra warmth. According to my internal thermometer, it was around 25 F, which would mean that it would feel ten degrees colder than that while flying.

"Okay, team," Artemis said after I rejoined the team. "This is what we've been training for since the beginning of the school year. Let's do it!"

We gathered together and put our hands together. Artemis put his hand on the top of the rest of ours. "1…2…3! Ravenclaw!

We all picked up our brooms. Randalf Boe carried his over his shoulder. As we walked outside, I felt a cold breeze on my face. I stepped outside. Snow fell from the blanketed sky.

Artemis met Stacy Applebee, a sixth year, in the middle of the field and shook hands with her. All fourteen of us mounted our brooms. Madam Hooch blew her whistle. I kicked off the ground hard.

I flew high above the pitch, searching for the Snitch. I hoped that it would stand out better against the pure white of the snow. I squinted my eyes, trying to keep the snow out.

I heard a high-pitched whistle from my left. When the whistling was all I could hear, I flew up and flipped backwards so that I was diving to the ground.

I heard the whistling behind me again. When I was about five feet from the ground, I leveled myself sharply. I heard a boom behind me and smiled. I looked over my shoulder and saw a crater in the ground where the Bludger had crashed.

I heard a whistling coming from my right. I swerved to avoid it, but I heard again not ten seconds later. That was impossible! The Bludger couldn't have gotten out of the crater that easily! Unless, of course, if Dobby charmed both of the Bludgers. I gained altitude, searching for the Snitch.

I listened for the commentary from Lee Jordan. "And it's tied, 40 to 40! This is going to be a really close match."

I looked around the pitch for Cedric, hoping that he hadn't caught sight of the Snitch. I found him flying near the Ravenclaw goal posts.

I heard whistling again, but this time, I heard it from my left and right behind me. Dobby had charmed both Bludgers.

"Watch it, Potter!" Jason Samuels, one of the Ravenclaw Beaters, shouted. I heard his bat crack the two Bludgers.

"Did Chang send you?" I asked.

"Yeah. Didn't want you to get hurt."

The wind and snow stung my face as Jason and I flew around the pitch. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Cedric flying behind us. I heard two more cracks as Jason hit the Bludgers as hard as he could to Cedric.

I saw a gold sparkly near the ground on the Hufflepuff side of the pitch. I changed course and flew to the ground where the sparkle was.

"Wait up!" Jason shouted. "Potter!"

I saw the Bludger in front of me. I couldn't swerve in time. I heard a loud crack, not from a bat. Intense pain filled my left leg. It was all centered on my knee. I yelped.

Dimly, in the back of my head, I knew that I had to move, or else I'd get hit again. I looked up with bleary eyes. Cedric was chasing after the Snitch. I leaned forward on my Nimbus 2000 slightly to speed up. I couldn't let Cedric get the Snitch. In this instance, my small size had the advantage.

As I got closer, I could blurrily see Cedric reaching out for the Snitch. I leaned forward even more, my left leg hanging limply. Just as Cedric was about to touch the Snitch, I reached forward and snatched it.

I stopped in midair and descended as carefully as I could. Dimly, in the distance, I could hear cheering. I looked down and saw three of the Ravenclaw team standing on the ground beneath me. They were Jeremy Stretten, Greg Paige, and Roger Davies.

"Nice catch!" Greg said.

I looked around for Artemis, Jason, and Randalf Boe. Then I saw them wrestling with the Bludgers.

"You okay?" Jeremy asked. I shook my head. "Come down, and we'll help you to the hospital wing."

"Stand back, boys!" a voice said loudly. "I can fix her knee." It was Lockhart.

"Professor, there's no need for you to fix her knee," Roger said.

"Nonsense! Now, stand back!"

"Professor," Artemis said, "I'm the team captain, and I think I know what's best for my Seeker."

I felt arms pull me off my broom and stand me up on my good leg. Two people stood on either side of me and put my arms around their shoulders.

"You okay?" an extremely familiar voice asked from my left. It was Harry.

Now I know how you felt when that Bludger hit you a few weeks ago, I thought.

"You did rather well," a voice said from my right. It was Draco. "You'll be happy to know that I sat with your Gryffindor friends this game. Wea- Ron wasn't happy."

Together, the three of us hobbled up to the hospital wing. It took us maybe half an hour to get there, twice as long as it normally would have. Harry and Draco sat me on the nearest bed as Madam Pomfrey strode over to us. She took one look at my knee, pulled out her wand, and muttered a few words. I felt a huge pop in my knee. I gasped until the pain finally went away.

"Your knee's fixed," Madam Pomfrey said. "Just make sure you don't get hurt again." She walked into her office, muttering about "dangerous sports."

Harry, Draco, and I walked out together.

"I heard about a party in Ravenclaw tower," Harry said. "I think Lisa has a hand in it."

"I'm not surprised," I said. "Let's go together."

And so the three of us walked around Hogwarts for the next half hour. All of a sudden, Harry stopped. Draco was too busy about how much he wanted to whoop Ravenclaw in Quidditch to notice.

What is it? I asked mentally.

Please tell me you hear that, Harry replied. I shook my head.

Draco rounded the corner and stopped, tense. I walked to his side as quickly as I could, Harry right behind me. I followed Draco's line of sight so that I could figure out why he was so tense. I screamed at what I saw.

It was the Petrified body of Cho Chang.