Chapter 8

Ellie's p.o.v.

"So on Saturday it'll be Gryffindor vs Slytherin." I said to my friend Lucas we were under a tree in the shade at the courtyard. "Who do you think will win?"

"I don't know, both teams look pretty strong."Lucas said reading his book doing his homework while I just read the potions book.

"Yeah, you're right on that. It could be anyone's game."I said packing up my things in my backpack. I glanced at Lucas he took out some sweets that his mom sent him earlier today. "What's that?"

" These are Chocoballs is just chocolate with strawberry mousse and cream inside, my mom got me way too much want one?" He asked offering a box of it.

"Yeah, sure you know I love chocolate."I said happily accepting the treat. "Let's go Lucas or we'll be late for potions." Lucas nodded.

We had Potions next with Snape and Harry was sure that he would say something.

"Here are the instructions," Snape said pointing to the board. "You may begin..."

I turned to my cauldron and ingredients and followed each direction exactly. I was exactly half way through the potion when I noticed that Lucas was almost done with his, but he seemed a bit lost in thought about something.

"What's the matter?" I asked him as I added some mistletoe berries to the cauldron.

"I..." he started. "Well you know I was wondering if you were..."

"Yeah? What is it?" I asked him

"Ms. Potter." Snape muttered from his desk. "Mr. Knight stay quiet."

"What do we have here? Looks like little Lucy was going to say something." Malfoy sneered from his desk.

'Lucy? Really Malfoy?' I thought

"Shut your mouth Malfoy! what I have to say to her is between me and her." Lucas said glaring at him.

"So the greasy git has a backbone."Malfoy said

"Leave him alone!"I said "Or I'll make you Malfoy!"

"Shut it you filthy little-" Malfoy started

"Mr. Malfoy!" Snape interrupted him. "Stay quiet!"

"But Potter and Knight-" Malfoy began.

"I have ears Mr. Malfoy." Snape sneered. "I heard them. Now I suggest that you continue your work and keep your nose out of other people's business."

Everyone stayed silent for a moment and Malfoy looked stunned.

"Did he just...?" Hermione whispered.

"Defend you?" Lucas finished.

"Yeah..." I whispered not believing it. "Weird..."

'What?'I thought completely shocked I mean yeah he would defend Lucas because he's in the same house as Malfoy but why defend me? I think today is getting a little weird.

After class was over I went to pack my things to head to the common room.

" ."I heard snape say I looked up at him. "Meet me on Monday after class."

"Okay."I said 'what did I do? I know I didn't do anything to cause trouble at least not yet...' I thought

The entire walk back to the castle it was Ron complaining about Professor Snape for being a jerk to him and Harry about the potion.

"So what do you think Professor Snape wants to see you about?" I shrug my shoulders.

"Don't know." I simply said

After that Saturday came by fast.

"Introducing...Johnson...Spinnet...Bell...Wood...Weasley...Weasley...and Potter!" Lee Jordan announced at the start of the Quidditch game.

The Gryffindor team was walking out onto the field, each with a broom in hand with maroon and gold uniforms on. On the other side of the field stood the Slytherin in their green and silver uniforms. Lucas walked with me and my other friends.

"I've never been to one of these before." I said as I sat in the stands.

"I heard that they are quite interesting," Hermione said on the other side of me.

"Quidditch is the best sport in the world," Ron said next to Hermione.

"Literally the best sport." Lucas said beside me. " I think you'll like it Ellie."

Then the teams rose on their broomsticks and faced each other. When Madame Hootch came up on her broomstick she blew a whistle and threw the Quaffle up into the air and the game began.

Each member of the two teams flew throughout the stadium and were throwing the Quaffle around. However, I noticed that the two Seekers both kind of stayed in place, both searching for the Golden Snitch, which Lucas had told me about.

"Ten points to Gryffindor!" Lee Jordan announced over the speaker.

Then the Slytherins took the Quaffle and began to move down the field. Within the next few minutes the Slytherins managed to make a goal.

"Ten points to Slytherin..." our Gryffindor announcer mumbled over the speaker.

Suddenly, I saw my brother fly through the air on his new broom and in front of him I could see a small golden speck.

"He found the Snitch!" Ron said practically jumping out of his seat.

"That's cool!" I said

Then, suddenly, Harry's broom began to jerk around. It looked as though he was on one of those mechanical bulls that Muggles liked to get on. He was holding onto his broom for dear life, trying not to fall off.

"What's going on?" I asked the people around me. "Is this normal?"

"Definitely not." Ron said.

"I never seen anything like that." Lucas said

"Look at Snape." Hermione said.

Across the stadium, in the teachers' section of the seating, Snape could clearly be seen mouthing something and staring directly at Harry.

"Uh...what?" I said looking at Hermione.

"He's jinxing Harry!" she said. "I've read all about jinxes! You have to keep eye contact and say the words, which is exactly what he's doing!"

"I'm not sure..." I mumbled. "I don't think that Snape would do that... My gut tells me that he isn't like that." 'A bit mean but not that mean' I thought

"I am!" Ron said on the other side of Hermione.

"Well, I'm going to go stop it!" Hermione said as she exited the bleachers that we were sitting on.

"Where do you get that Snape wouldn't do that to Harry?" Ron asked me after Hermione was moving underneath the seating. "Haven't you seen him around Harry?"

"Yes, but I don't know," I said glancing over at Snape. "I just don't think that it's something he would do."

"Yeah, well, you'll see that we're right after Hermione does something to him." Ron said

A few moments later, Harry still freaking out on his broom, blue flames shot up from underneath Snape's seat. It took the professor a few moments to realize that he was on fire, but when he did, he managed to knock over a few teachers in the process of hitting the fire out. After it was put out, his head shot back up in the direction of where Harry was.

I looked over at my brother again and saw that he got back on his broom.

"See?" Ron said pushing my shoulder.

I still didn't believe him, but I wasn't going to tell him that.

I looked at the scoreboard for a moment and noticed that, in all of the confusion, that the Slytherin team had managed to score another goal. Then I saw that Harry was after the other teams seeker who had apparently found the Snitch and was trying to grab it.

They followed the Snitch side by side for a while, both trying to push each other away.

"Is Harry okay?" Hermione asked as she sat down beside me.

"That was brilliant, Hermione!" Ron said.

"Yeah..." she mumbled going a little pink in the face.

Then I saw that Harry was still competing to get to the Snitch. Suddenly, they both were extraordinarily close to the ground when the other Seeker abandoned the Snitch. Harry reached out towards it when he suddenly fell to the ground and rolled.

"Oh my gosh!" Hermione said standing up, which most of the Gryffindors joined her in doing, including myself.

Harry stood up after a few minutes, but didn't look right.

"He looks like he's going to be sick..." Lee Jordan said from the speakers.

"Harry! You better not puke!" I exclaimed

Then my brother bent over and spit something out of his mouth. It was golden with wings.

"HE'S GOT THE SNITCH!" Lee Jordan yelled. "GRYFFINDOR WINS!"

The Gryffindors cheered while the Slytherins groaned. Except for Lucas unlike his house he was more of a good friend.

"Hey Potter!" I turn my head to the right and saw Malfoy making his way over to me.

"What Malfoy?" I said He gave me a small smile

"Glad your brother didn't fall to his death." I glared at him, I can't believe he would saw that!

"Malfoy shut it." Lucas said

"I wasn't talking to you Lucy." Draco snapped

"Don't talk to him like that!" I said "You bleach blonde jerk!"

I glared at him as I grabbed Lucas's hand running towards my brother and other friends.

"Harry you did good!" Hagrid said after the game.

"Yeah, it's a good thing that you didn't swallow the Snitch," Ron said. "We probably wouldn't have won!"

"Ron!" Hermione said scolding him.

The six of us walked a little while before anyone said anything.

"I think that Snape was trying to jinx Harry," Hermione said to Hagrid.

"Now, why would Professor Snape do that?" Hagrid said.

"He didn't seem like the type." Lucas said

"Because he hates Harry!" Hermione says.

"He does not hate Harry, that's ridiculous! Why would he hate him, he hasn't done anything."Hagrid said

"He saw the wound that the three-headed dog gave him and now he's out to get him!" Ron said.

"A wound?" Lucas asked

"I'll explain later." I whispered to him.

"You all know about Fluffy?" Hagrid asked us all.

"Fluffy?" Harry said.

"That thing has a name?" Hermione said.

"Why does Hogwarts need a three-headed dog?" I asked.

"That's pretty weird to me."Lucas said

"It's none of yer business what it's doin' there and what it's gaurdin!'"Hagrid said

"So it is guarding something!" Hermione said.

Hagrid looked bewildered.

"I-I didn't say that!" He said

"So what's it guarding?" I asked him.

"Whatever it's guarding, Snape is trying to get." Ron said.

"Snape is not trying to steal it! He's one of the people that's protectin' it! And it's none of yer business what it's guarding," he yelled, looking furious with himself. "That information is strictly between Professor Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel."

"Who's Nicolas Flamel?" I asked.

"What...?" he said just realizing what he had said. "I shouldn't have said that..."

"Well, thank you Hagrid!" Hermione said heading back towards the castle with us following closely behind.

When we got into the castle we followed Hermione until we made it into the library.

"What are we doing?" Ron asked.

"We're going to find out who Nicolas Flamel is..." Hermione said as she stacked books into her arms from the shelves.

"We must do research! Lots of research."Lucas said jokingly in an old man voice making me giggle.

Monday after my lessons I walked into Professor Snapes class down in the dungeons. It was getting colder, I hug my body tighter together after feeling the cold chills run around my body, I really don't know how people can live like this.

"Miss Potter glad you could join me." I look up at Professor Snape.

"You wanted to see me sir?" he nodded and walked over to a book case. "These continue on with your first year, you're doing exceptionally well." I smiled

"Thank you Professor Snape." He nodded and went back to grading papers.

"You may go now." I nodded and wrap my cloak closer around my body clutching my books.

"Yes sir." I walk out of the classroom and met up with Lucas who was looking at me curiously

"So what did Snape want?" I open my cloak and show the three books. "More books?" I nodded

We both sat under the tree that we always do our homework.

"So you didn't find anything about that Nicolas flamel?" Lucas asked

"Nope, we looked at every book and nothing. We've even asked the librarian if we could go to the restricted section but she says no." I said

"That's too bad..."Lucas said

I nodded and I noticed him closing his book. "So...are you going home for the holidays?" He asked casually

"Actually I'm not, I told my dad that I wanted to stay here to get to know more about Harry and to see if I find anything about flamel." I said I noticed a sad look on his face. "What's wrong?"

"I just thought you'd like to go home for a bit, that's all." Lucas said " I'm going home to stay with mum for the holidays."

"I hope you have fun, and tell your mom I said hi." I said he nodded. 'Is Lucas okay?' I thought I glanced up and I noticed a shadow far away in the courtyard I didn't know what it was but I had a bad feeling about it so I quickly ran inside the castle and saw Harry and Ron playing wizard chess. I didn't tell them what I saw, maybe because they would say that I'm seeing things, the rest of the day I stayed with them. Still wondering why I saw.

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