Chapter 4

A/N: There's a bit of Powerful!Harry in here… it's the subplot within the crack…

Ugh… why 8? Why not a few hours from now? It's too early for this crap.

" So kind of you to join us." Fuck you. "We'd like to continue"

"Knock yourself out."I not even gonna bother defending right now...

"Let us bring to attention the incident on February 17th" Oh fuck no… I can't even deny this one.

"Look okay! It wasn't what it looked like!"

"Lets review."

Harry walked into the great hall tired and crabby. He'd had a pretty terrible bout of nightmares last night and when he finally fell asleep without them he woke up from the pain in his arm. Luckily he'd gotten Severus his larger gold cauldron for Christmas as promised and so he had a few doses of his potion handy but it was still painful. Then an hour later he woke up from pain in his forehead. Voldemort, in fact, was in a particularly pissy mood today. It was still stinging a bit. And when that pain finally ended and he fell back asleep it seemed like as soon as he closed his eyes it was morning and time to get up. And so when he sat down with his usual squad he didn't notice the various exchanged looks. He felt like some buttery muffins today but just as he reached for the basket it was pulled out of his reach.

"Hey, Seamus mate can you pass the muffins?" Harry asked politely. Seamus didn't look up.

"Just get it yourself," he said in a clipped tone. Harry frowned.

"Seamus… it's right beside you." Harry said incredulously.

"Yeah well you've got arms." he parried.

"Dude… what the hell?" Harry asked in confusion.

"I'm not your slave," Seamus said. Harry stared at him in angry shock before he huffed and stood up and reached for the muffins. Just as he grabbed one Seamus grabbed his left sleeve. Suddenly something in Harry kicked into survival mode. He ripped his arm away and pushed his hand at Seamus. The Irish boy when flying into the Ravenclaw table as all the glass and china around Harry shattered in an explosion. Several people screamed and shielded their faces and heads as the glass rained down. Seamus sat up on the Ravenclaw table and stared at Harry not angry but scared. Harry looked around and realized that several students were standing and everyone was staring. Harry looked up at the staff table and saw that Dumbledore was standing. Most of the teachers looked worried. McGonagall was particularly drawn. Harry looked down at his hands in slight horror before he grabbed his bag and fled the great hall.

" You attacked a student. Quite violently in fact… what do you say in your defense." What the fuck do you want me to say… Seamus wouldn't even look me in the eye for the rest of the fucking year… "... moving on then. Two weeks after this initial incident there was a Quidditch match. Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. Several talent scouts were there… you were scouted by England weren't you ?"

"Yeah… probably won't take me now though… I didn't really want it anyway… not sure what I want to do with my life." Definitely don't want to work in this shit show.

"Evidently you aren't above selling your soul to a dark lord." How deaf are these people?

"For fucks sakes, I'm not a death eater!" Whoa… shit… I don't think I was supposed to be able to do that… shit, I hope these aren't too expensive… "Erm... I'll pay for replacements."

"Someone get a new pair of shackles please…" Whoa… that was one shaky order… a think he shit his pants...normally this would upset me but ya know what… I don't really care. "Now… let us review the match."

Harry sighed and rubbed his face a few times to calm his nerves. It was halftime and things were not looking good. Gryffindor was down fifty points and Harry's arm was starting to twinge a bit. Not only that but they had just lost their star beater. He needed to wrap this up and soon.

"Alright! You know what we need to do. Drive hard and keep them on the down. We trick em out alright?" Harry reminded as he and his team exited the Gryffindor change rooms. His replacement beater came over. She was a scrawny little redheaded third year with about as much skill with a bat as the freckle-less skin on her face. But in training, she had been the next best and with most of the team leaving this year Harry wanted to make sure the team was in a stable position. "What's your name?" he asked snappily

"M-mary Thorpkin s-sir," she said nervously. Then she fumbled and dropped the bat.

'Merlin help us' Harry prayed silently. "Alright! Brooms up!" he cried. With that, the team all flew up. Harry had to admit, what little skill Mary possessed with a bat she was a great flier and her small stature made her very maneuverable. 'Might make a good seeker actually.' that thought crossed his mind just as a glint of gold caught his eye. He grinned as he saw the tiny walnut flitter near the Ravenclaw crowd. He drove for it but his luck was not with him today as he realized because Malfoy had seen it just a second before him. He cursed and pushed harder. He and Draco were almost even when Harry extended his arm. Suddenly a bludger slammed into his arm just below the elbow. Harry cried out and almost collided with Draco as the snitch scattered away. Malfoy shouted a string of insults and curses at him but Harry was too busy blinking the pain and stars out of his eyes. Suddenly he saw the snitch hovering not fifty feet away. He shot off like a bullet startling Draco again. Harry stretched out his good arm, not noticing that the way in which he now cradled his right caused the sleeve his ride up passed his left wrist a few inches. Just as he felt the snitch in his hand a bright flash blinded him and he once again tried to blink away the stars before he slammed into the Ravenclaw stands. The whole crowd let out an 'Ooooh…' of sympathetic pain. Harry slowly rolled over onto his back, his head pounding before he lifted the snitch into the air. The Gryffindors gave a defining cheer and everyone applauded, save the Slytherins who shouted foul play. The team came rushing over. Mary was sobbing.

"I'm so sorry sir! I was trying to throw Malfoy off course! Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" The girl cried before she continued to sob loudly.

"Ugh… would you please stop shouting?" Harry said with a groan. Everything about him was in agony right now.

"Out of my way!" Pomphrey cried from the back of the growing crowd. They all parted for the matron and Harry sighed happily as she mended the bones in his arm with a flick of her wand and started handing him potions. Speaking of potions. Harry looked over towards the Slytherin stands and caught the eye of a tall dark man. The professor smirked and twitched a hand. Harry barely contained a huge grin. After all, he deserved a reward for being so good right? Well as it turned out Severus certainly agreed with him. And so for a single night, Harry was in bliss. For he was so naive and ignorant of the hell his life would turn into in just three days. The next morning's paper was the beginning of the end…

" The paper the next morning was almost like a tabloid article. For in the stands, a young photographer had caught a photo revealing the slightest edge of something on your arm." Fuck you, Kevin. You need a new hobby " None were quite sure what it was… but many had their fears. It would take something much more grave and revealing to finally prove without a doubt that you had taken the dark mark." Oh for fuck sakes!

"How many times do I have to say I'm not a death eater?! Jesus fucking Merlin! It's just a-"

"Save your lies!... we will take a short recess." Wash the shit out of your pants and take your head out of your ass while you're gone! "Perhaps we can finally bring this trial to a verdict upon return." Fuck you! Damn it I'm running out of witty comebacks… I need Sev…

Damn it I sound like a lovesick little twat...

A/N: Good golly gee wilikers this took too long... see my profile for a more thorough explanation of my absence and return. (kinda like Voldemort now that I think about it... huh...)

EvilAngelofHeavenandHell: I'm so glad its funny! you have no idea. I mean I laugh as I write it but I thought people might find it dumb!

Slytheringirl05: I am so sorry that this took so long.

anyways I'll see you next week with the final chapter and the climactic ending

-TTC