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Disclaimer: If was J.K. Rowling, I'd have written Draco Malfoy as the main character, and made the books not very suitable for the younger audiences. ;) But sadly, I'm not Rowling, so I don't own her characters. But I do own mine. And the plot. Sort of…
The year progressed quickly, and before she knew it, Hazel was visiting both of her parents during her winter break. She'd almost never visited her father, so it was a pleasant surprise. When she got back, she was excited to start learning again, though she, like her classmates, were impatient with the homework they were assigned.
She and Blaze were still mocked and harassed by Draco Malfoy, but found him hard to think about it with schoolwork and studying.
The hands down best part of Hogwarts was Quidditch. Hazel wasn't that bad at flying herself, but she wouldn't try out, not even if she was allowed. It would mean abandoning the stands where she and Blaze cheered on Slytherin, snickered about the stupid things Malfoy did and said, and talked smack about the opposing team. No, Quidditch was fun for Hazel to watch, rather than to play.
Slytherin kept up their excellent ranking in first place, as they had for the past seven years. But it was a shock when the Gryffindor team tied them for first. And the next match that Gryffindor played would break the tie, though it was against Hufflepuff instead of Slytherin.
Hazel blamed Harry Potter, though she was very sure that Slytherin would eventually win the Quidditch Cup, as they usually did.
Her mood only improved when she heard that Prof. Snape would referee the match. She was sure that Prof. Snape wouldn't let Gryffindor overtake his house, and she couldn't wait to see the Gryffindors go down in flames while Slytherin continued winning.
Everyone came out to watch the match - every student, every teacher, even Prof. Dumbledore came. As the game started, Hazel and Blaze were distracted as Malfoy started mocking Potter's friends, and in the course of only a few minutes, both Potter and his Weasley friend dived at the same time - Potter for the Snitch, Weasley to hit Malfoy.
And the game was over. Potter had caught the Snitch in a matter of minutes, winning the game for Gryffindor and pulling them ahead.
Hazel was quiet, as were the other Slytherins. They left the field first.
The Slytherin attitude toward Harry Potter soon changed, though. Hazel woke up to a morning with Jade on her chest and Blaze talking animatedly with Pansy Parkinson, a snob of a girl that stuck her nose into everyone's business. She startled Jade as she squealed, and when Jade jumped to the floor, Hazel got out of bed. "What's going on?"
Pansy and Blaze quickly told her how Potter and his friends had lost 150 points in one night, pulling Slytherin into the lead for the House Cup. Slytherins, including Hazel and Blaze, told him while laughing, "Thanks, Potter! We owe you one!" Potter and his friends never looked up, and never stopped walking, though their faces gave away how mad they were.
Exams snuck up on everyone, and after nights of studying, Hazel did well enough. They wrote their essays with quills enchanted with Anti-Cheating spells. In the practical parts of their exams, Prof. Flitwick called each student to his office and asked them to make a pineapple tap dance across his desk. Prof. McGonagall had them turn a mouse into a snufflebox, and everyone had trouble remembering how to make a Forgetfulness potion for Prof. Snape.
As the last exam, History of Magic, finished, every student cheered, flooding into the hallway and talking about what they would do with their week off class while the exams were graded.
But leaving the exam room, Hazel and Blaze were so focused on their conversation that they didn't notice Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle in front of them until Malfoy stuck out his foot and tripped Hazel. She lost her footing and fell halfway down one of the staircases. Her hands went out to break her fall, resulting only in a wrist bent the wrong way, legs crumpling as they hit the stairs beneath her, and the air forced from her lungs as she landed on her stomach. Blaze rushed down the stairs to her friend, ignoring the pigs' hysterical laughter. She sat next to her friend and looked back up for Malfoy, who was nowhere to be seen in the crowd rushing to help Hazel.
Hello again, lovelies! Thank you so much for reading! I hope you all like it, and you do, from what I hear! I'm putting up a chapter right after this. It's all typed out and everything, so it'll be there soon after this one!
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Horseygirl7: I know, hahahah. When I was rereading the first book, I nearly died, because J.K. Rowling didn't mean for it to be like that, but I totally perved out on HP at that. And I like being alive, though the cat would probably enjoy eating my remains. And yes, I've read Clockwork Angel – I got it a few days ago and finished it the day after!
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