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Natalie's POV
I look over and see Jennifer and Collin talking. Well, better then blasting each other I suppose.
"So, did anything happen while we were gone?" I ask. Joey and Zoey exchanged nervous glances. Something did happen. I wait for them to answer. They don't say anything.
"What happened?" I say, quietly and curiously. Zoey bites on her lip, silence.
"Someone broke into the school." Joey says, in a low voice. I widen my eyes. Broke in? How is that possible? Wait, William did break in, to kidnap us. But that was before we went missing. This is after we're talking about.
"Is everyone okay?" I ask nervously.
They nod. "Everyone is fine." Zoey says, speaking up. I'm waiting for the but, it never came.
"Then?" I urge.
"They stole something." I gape at them. Something was stolen? And I'm just hearing about this now?
"What was stolen?" I ask as steadily as I can.
"We don't know." Zoey answers. I can tell she's telling the truth. Now, if I can stop my mind from racing. But how can I? Something was stolen. Someone broke in, and all I know is that someone isn't William for sure. But who could it be?
When I tell Jennifer, Michelle and Tamara, they don't seem all that surprised. I'm guessing someone told them too.
"So what do you think was stolen?" Michelle asks.
"It could be anything. Just like the four threats can be anything. Or anyone." I say.
"What if the mutant pelican was the one who broke in? It could have disguise itself as an owl or something." I look at her. Again with the mutant pelican theory. How long is this gonna last?
"I doubt a pelican broke in to steal something. I mean, what would it possible want? A fish?" I state.
"But the whole disguise thing might be how they broke in." Tamara says. That's true. I'm just not convinced a pelican would break in the school.
"Helda says it happened just after I went missing. So after all of us were gone." Michelle says.
"What I'm wondering is why Dumbledore didn't mention anything about this to us." Jennifer exclaims.
"Well, we've already been through a lot." I state.
"I guess no need to worry us after all that." says Michelle.
"Aren't any of you guys nervous for the upcoming Quidditch tournament?" Helda asks.
"No, what's there to be worried about?" says Tamara.
"Well the last time we had a game, two people ended up in the Hospital Wing." replies Helda.
"Well I don't think it will happen again." says Michelle.
"Looks like it's time for you to get ready." I say. "Good luck!"
"Thanks." says Jennifer.
Michelle and I go up to the stands to watch. The game starts. Gryffindor has the Quaffle and they score. Soon so does Hufflepuff. This keeps going on till the score is tied 40-40. Suddenly I hear an explosion. What happened? Don't tell me Jennifer somehow blew someone up. Then I see what has caused the trouble, a group or about 10 people run in shooting spells in every direction. Who are those people? Are they the followers of William's master?
"What's going on?" I shout to Michelle as the crowd goes into chaos.
"I don't know." she says.
We both pull out our wands and go down to find Tamara and Jennifer.
"Do you know what's going on?" I ask when we see them.
"No, but I don't think they're here to cheer us on." says Jennifer.
"Expelliarmus!" I hear.
"Protego!" says Tamara quickly.
"Everyone to their dorms!" says professors all around.
Everyone comes rushing out an we get pushed to the back. When we are about to leave the doors slam shut.
"You're not going anywhere." says a masked figure. From here I notice that their basically exact replicas of Death Eaters. Black cloaks and these silver masks. Are they actually Death Eaters? They should have been all locked up at Azkaban.
"Give us the elixir and we will spare you. Give it!" yells one of the Death Eater like figures.
"We don't have it!" says Tamara.
"Don't lie to us! We know you do!" says the masked figure.
"We really don't have it!" I yell.
"We warned you. We gave you a chance. ATTACK!" says one of the taller masked figures.
"Impedimenta!"
"Protego!"
"Stupefy!"
"Petrificus Totalus!"
Spells flew everywhere and no one could help. The room must have been a mess. In the corner or my eye I see the professor's desperately trying to get in.
"Crucio!" one of the masked figures yell pointing his wand at me. I quickly dodge it as it was cast from a distance. This made me angry. I became more competitive as my anger built up. All four of us fought the Death Eaters with our backs facing each other.
"Give us the elixir!" Shouted one of the masked figure.
"We told you we don't have it! Even if we did we'll never give it to you!" Jennifer shouted.
Just at that moment, the door flies open. I see Professor Snabe, Professor McGonagall, Brian, Keith, Collin and Joey charging in.
"Who are you people and what are you doing to my students!" Professor McGonagall shouted.
"Don't think this is the end." He points at us and they vanished into the air in a puff of black smoke. I'm so glad this is over. I see Joey walking towards me.
"You okay?" Joey asked with a concerned face.
"Yeah..." I answered.
"What happened?" Professor McGonagall said sternly.
"Uhhh it wasn't our fault Professor McGonagall!" Jennifer said nervously.
"Yeah its not our fault, We were watching a game of Quidditch, when they suddenly appeared out of nowhere." explained Michelle.
"Why do you girls always get into trouble? Tomorrow you are going to clean this place up and from now on, no more explosions!" says Professor Snabe as he glares at Jennifer and leaves. Professor McGonagall follows.
"Why was he only glaring at me?" Jennifer she said, looking a little disappointed and ashamed.
"Why do we have to clean up a mess, that we hadn't even started?"
"Well, we can't do anything about it." I said.
Why does this always happen to us?
"Hey Natalie, are you alright?" Brian came up to me, looking worried.
"Uhh...yeah..." I answered. Why does he keep on talking to me...? Doesn't he hate me like Lewis because I hang out with Michelle? He clearly showed his hate for Slytherins at that scene a couple of months ago.
"You look uncomfortable. Is there anything wrong? If there is, you can tell me. I'll keep it a secret." He said, giving a small smile. I gave him a small smile in return.
"Don't you dislike me?" I ask.
"No, why do you think that?" He answered, sounding surprised. Why does he look so surprised?
"Because I'm best friends with Michelle. Who's in Slytherin. You clearly showed that you dislike Slytherins a lot." I answered firmly.
"Oohh..." Brian said,
"Uhh it doesn't mean I don't like you. I don't see the point in hating people who hangs out with Slytherins. I just find it weird. Unlike Lewis." I nodded in understanding.
"Not all Slytherins are bad though. Helda and Michelle are a good example of it. They may be rich and all, but they're nice and fun to be with." I explained. He look skeptical after I explained. I sighed, then I thought of an idea.
"I'll prove it to you. Just come hang out with us after today's Quidditch game against your team and Hufflepuff." I suggested. Brian hesitates and thinks for a few seconds.
He smiles, "Sounds good."
"ATTENTION, ATTENTION! ALL PLAYERS ON THE GRYFFINDOR AND HUFFLEPUFF QUIDDITCH TEAMS, MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE ARENA AND PREP FOR THE NEW GAME. I REPEAT, MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE QUIDDITCH ARENA FOR THE NEW GAME." Madame Hooch announced over the P.A system.
"Well, you better hurry. Remember to come after the game alright?"
He nods, "Yeah, alright." Tamara walks over.
"Come on, let's get going." She says to Brian, she looks at me and smiles. I smile back, and go over to take my seat next to Michelle. After a while, all of the team players came out from their respective side tunnels. They all lined up in single file, facing each other. Both of the captains from the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff team walked up.
They shook hands and smiled to each other. Then both of the teams walked off to their own side of the arena and took their positions. Madame Hooch signalled the start of the game by throwing up the Quaffle. Then they released the Golden Snitch.
"Let's go, Tamara! Let's go Jennifer!" Michelle cheered as loud as she could. I did the same but much more quieter. "BOOOO! Go down you lazy-eyed jerk!" Michelle said, as Lewis hit the Bludger when it came straight to Tamara.
"HEY! I heard that, Chang!" He snarled at her. "It's because I want you to hear it, you git!" She yelled back in response. I sighed. They're back to their arguing. Since they haven't run into each other since the day we got back, it's been peacefully quiet...and now it's gone. I was about to try to stop the argument (though it's kinda useless...) I spotted the Bludger was hit by a Hufflepuff beater and was headed towards Lewis, whose back was towards it.
Michelle must have spotted it too because her eyes widened in alarm and surprise. "You idiot, duck!" He ducked automatically, and Michelle zapped the Bludger away from him with her wand. "You should keep your guard at all times! Now go away." Michelle scolded. "You're the one who distracted me in the first place!" "Not my fault, you decided to reply to me! You could have ignored me." Michelle retorted.
Seeing that he has no comeback to that, he flew away, muttering to himself. "I swear I'll get her back..." When he flew away, Michelle stuck her tongue out at him.
"Tamara found the snitch!" I exclaimed. Both of us was cheering for her to get it and cheering for Jennifer who was scoring in the Gryffindor goal post successfully. Now the score is 50-30, with Hufflepuff in the lead, thanks to Jennifer's last two shots. Tamara is now flying full force towards the Snitch with the Hufflepuff Seeker right beside her.
You can tell he was trying not to harm her, but still trying to get the Snitch. They were neck and neck, it was almost impossible to tell who would get it first. Then Lewis secretly flew behind the them and with his bat, he hit the Bludger towards the Hufflepuff Seeker.
Lewis striked the Bludger at the poor Seeker. His eyes widened in surprise before he crash landed on the hard arena ground because of the hit from the Bludger. I flinched. That is gonna hurt a lot...I can see that Lewis felt sorry about that. Tamara bit her lower lip and hesitated a bit before continuing to chase for the Snitch.
The Gryffindors at the stands were cheering as loud as they could for Tamara. They were chanting "TA, MA, RA! TA, MA, RA! TA, MA, RA!". She was stretching, reaching towards to the Snitch. But then one of the Hufflepuff beaters hit the other Bludger towards Tamara. But not before apologizing like how Lewis did. The Gryffindor Beaters were at the other side of the arena, defending Brian from the Bludger that keeps on getting hit back by the second Hufflepuff beater.
Right when Tamara was about to reach the Snitch she got hit by the Bludger. Everyone in the stands was nervous. Is she okay? Both Michelle and I were tip-toeing over the heads of the people in front of us to see if she was okay. She landed on the ground pretty hard. Tamara flipped over on her back and opened her hand and there was the Snitch! Everyone, (except for the Slytherins...minus Michelle and Helda of course) especially the Gryffindors cheered for their victory.
The game ends, the captains shake hands again saying, 'good game' to each other. Michelle and I get up from our seats and head towards Jennifer and Tamara. Some of the Gryffindors head over to help Tamara up, patting her on the back lightly. We reach her.
"Great game out there. Are you okay?" I ask, eyeing her nervously. She smiles and nods.
"Yeah, a couple bruises, but I'm good." Brian, Collin and Lewis walk over. Lewis immediately walked over to Michelle and punched her in the arm. "Ow! What the Merlin was that for?" Michelle yelled at him. Here we go again...
"That was for before." Lewis exclaims. "That was your own stinking fault!" Michelle shoots back.
"Does this happen a lot?" Collin mutters, Michelle and Lewis busy yelling at each other.
"A lot would be an understatement." Tamara says. Finally, Brian pulled Lewis away before they could murder each other. I shot him a sympathetic smile.
"Go away, if you know what's good for you!" Michelle yells. "What's good for me, is to see you in Azkaban!" He yelled back angrily. "As if you could Zhou!"
"You wanna bring it on!" yells Lewis
"Bring it!" exclaims Michelle.
Lewis continues the yell but he is already too far away to hear.
After Lewis left (more like being forced away), we stayed for a bit to wait for Brian to come back. Jennifer start to pace around. I ask Tamara what the time is. It has been 20 minutes since they left. Brian comes jogging over. "Sorry about that." he apologizes. "Oh its ok." I said.
"Come on, we don't have much time left before suppertime." Jennifer reminded. Michelle nodded in agreement and greeted Brian awkwardly. "Uhhh hi...what's up dude?"
"Uhh...I'm fine...you?" He answered awkwardly. Ok, this is definitely awkward. Need to break the tension here. "Ok, let's go. Where do you guys want to go? How about our usual hangout place by the Black Lake?" Michelle suggested. Jennifer rejected the idea. "How about the Quidditch courtyard?" Jennifer ask. I thought about it for a moment. I don't think they would like students hanging around the Quidditch Arena, when there was just a tournament going on awhile ago. So I said no to the idea. Since we have no other ideas beside the hangout place at the Black Lake, I agree to that idea.
So then eventually everyone agree to go to the hangout place at the Black Lake. On the way there, it was awkward. Tamara and I tried to break the awkwardness between Jennifer, Michelle and Brian. But we failed miserably. When we arrive at the Black Lake, we settled down by our usual tree. Silence was in the air once again, mixed with awkwardness. It was silent for a few moments until Jennifer suddenly spoke up. "That cloud looks like Stephen..." All of us turned to her. Then Brian asked with curiosity, "Who's Stephen? Your boyfriend?" Then Jennifer suddenly became pale and look disgusted. "Dude, he's 6 years younger than us. Who do you think I'm talking about?"
"Oh...Oops...Sorry..." he said, looking embarrassed. Oh wow, this just became more awkward.
"So...what do we do now?" I ask to try to break the awkwardness. Again.
"So, how come your team's two Beaters were protecting you and not your own Seeker?" Michelle asked suddenly. Yay, they're actually trying to make a real conversation that's not so awkward! "Oh, the Bludger was chasing after me."
"But then, they could have one Beater to protect the Seeker." Michelle countered back.
"Yeah true..." Brian answered. "Wait, why are you asking?" he asked with a confused face.
"Oh nothing...just concerned that they didn't bother to cover Tamara..." Michelle said.
"Does this have something to do with Lewis?" asks Brian.
"...Maybe, maybe not." Michelle answered and giggled a little bit.
"He's not the guy you think he is. He's a really great guy to hang out with." Brian defended him. Uh-oh...this is going to turn out ugly...Michelle's eye twitches. That is not a good sign...
"Yeah right. Are you kidding me, Brian?" Michelle said skeptically. "No, I'm not." He answered. Oh shoot, we have to break this up before it gets worse.
"Ok, how about we just stop talking about him?" Michelle said, trying to change the subject. She is clearly trying to restrain herself from cursing that guy in front of Brian.
"Yeah sure." Brian answered. Tamara and I quietly sigh in relief.
"So..." Jennifer said.
"So..." Michelle said, "Do you get the latest DADA homework?"
"Yeah, you?" Brian replies.
"Same." says Michelle.
"So what do you want to do?" I ask.
Tamara checks her watch, "It's about supper time."
"Race you guys back?" Jennifer challenges. Brian laughs.
"You're on!"
Well today is the day. Ravenclaw against Slytherin. Slytherin is kind of unmerciful to everyone in everything. Well I know Michelle will try to hold back when she plays against my team. But the rest of her team...I'm dead. If my team's Beaters don't do their job properly. I know they will try the hardest, especially since Slytherins are known to...be aggressive to win.
After a long speech about how we're going to win this and all that from our captain, we walk onto the field. We get into our positions and we take off. The Slytherin side gets the Quaffle first. They score sadly. Come on Joey, don't let your guard down. Our side now has the Quaffle. Lisa Johnson, one of the other Chasers passes it to me and I start weaving around, trying as hard as I can to avoid any Bludgers. Keith hits a Bludger at me but luckily my team's Beater hits it back.
"Xiang scores! 10 points to Ravenclaw. The score is now 10-10." says the commentator.
The Quaffle is back to the Slytherin side. I race after it. The Slytherin's attempt to score but this time Joey catches it.
"Nice save by Lu!" says the commentator. At the other side, we could see the fierceness in the Slytherin's eyes. Even Michelle has it...That's not good. I'm dead. But I still need to go on for my team's sake. All of us wants to win this tournament especially our captain as he bored everyone to death before the game.
"We're doing a good job so far, guys. So keep it up." Our team captain said. All of us nodded, and the Ravenclaw students at the stands are cheering us on. I see Jennifer and Tamara and yet again Jennifer has a bunch of banners. They read "Be Careful", "Watch Out", "Go Natalie!", "Go Michelle!". Well I definitely need to be careful. Great now i'm a target. Michelle and Keith are definitely going to be on to me now. This is not good. I would like to keep my record of staying out of the Hospital Wing. Our team gets the Quaffle back, we pass it around back and forth.
Then all of a sudden, I see a Bludger coming straight at me. Then one of the Beaters from my team, blocked it luckily. Note to self, next time do not be the first one to score points. I sighed in relief and looked around to see who hit that. I see Michelle punching Keith in the arm, (not the bat arm) and yelling at him. "Are you crazy! You know she's one of my best friends! Try to hold back, YOU IDIOT!"
"Ow! I'm sorry!" He tried blocking the punches. I smile. At least now I'm probably safe from any Bludgers being hit at me. "I'm sorry! Now can you quit it?" Keith said, still being punched. "You still need to apologize later to Natalie...understand?" Michelle said threateningly. He nodded quickly. Then the captain of Slytherin came and lectured them on keeping their head in the game, and to not give mercy to anyone. Not even to friends that are on the opposite team. Dang it...now I'm dead. I get the Quaffle again and I fly toward the hoops. In the corner of my eye I see Keith hit another Bludger at me. I see the captain there too so I guess he had to. Luckily it's too far away so I score and fly away in time.
"Another goal by Xiang! 20-10." says the commentator.
I'm really dead now, especially since the captain seems to be watching Michelle and Keith's every move to make sure they shoot Bludgers at me. The Slytherin side has the Quaffle again and they score.
"20-20! "
I looked back and see the Bludger flying right at me. Michelle was the one who sent it at me. It hits the end of my broom so I'm a bit disorientated. Then Keith hit it back at me. It hit my broom again, making it rock, and I lost a little bit of my grip. My hands are getting sweaty now as a struggle to hold on.
"Looks like the Slytherin Seeker has seen the Snitch." Oh no...oh well I want this game to be over with...oh shoot the Bludger is going straight at Michelle who is getting ready to hit it. Ahgg..got to run, no I mean fly. When she hit the Bludger, it turns out she wasn't aiming at me, she aimed at our Seeker. Oh dang...poor Zoey. It hit her straight at her hip area and she screamed in pain.
She clutched her hip and Keith was behind her, a couple of feet away. He was ready to hit the Bludger that's heading his way. Oh shoot... "Zoey get out of there!" She quickly flies away before any more damage can be done. But Michelle was driving her into the stadium walls. When Keith was about to send the Bludger at Zoey, the commentator spoke.
"Caleb Hansworth caught the Snitch! Slytherin wins! 170-20!"
Well that's a relief...luckily this isn't my broom, it's splintering at the end now. I better see how Zoey's doing. I fly down.
"Hey, you okay?" I ask.
"I'm okay. Not too bad, Madam Pomfrey can fix it no problem." she says, but still wincing.
"Want me to take you?" Then Michelle flew down next to us. "Oh my Merlin's beard. I'm so so so sorry. I didn't want to hurt you! My captain was watching Keith and I very closely, so I couldn't do anything besides hitting the Bludger towards you guys." She exclaimed. Her expression showed guilt.
"It's okay. I know you had to do it." she says.
"I'll take you to the Hospital Wing. It's the least I can do." Michelle insisted.
"Oh it's okay. Madam Pomfrey wants to take me herself to make sure I don't hurt myself more." replies Zoey.
"Oh, are you sure there's nothing I can do?" asks Michelle.
"No, there isn't. Oh here she comes. See you guys later." says Zoey as Madam Pomfrey leads her out.
Keith then walks in.
"Hey, is Zoey alright?" he asks.
"Yeah, she's fine. Nothing too serious." I say. Then Michelle nudged him in the ribs, not so gently, judging by his face.
"Owww, what was that for?" he yells. Michelle glares at him. She leaned in and whispered in his ear. "Oh come on. You're still going to make me apologize to her? You apologize too! I'm not the only one who hit the Bludger at her." Keith said, looking grumpy. Hmmm...I can see why Lewis said they act like a couple...
"Okay, no one needs to apologize. I'm fine, just need to use another broom." I say, trying to break the argument.
"Oh, then I'll buy you a new one. Expect one by the end of this week, Natalie." Michelle said, smiling.
"No, don't do that! It's not necessary. I'll just get another one from storage." I say.
"Are you sure?" Michelle asks.
"Yup." I say. Michelle sighs. "Fine. I won't get you one..."
Then Tamara and Jennifer come through the doors.
"Hey, are you okay Natalie?" asks Jennifer.
"Yeah, thanks for asking." I say. We really haven't apologized to each other but after all that elixir business, we're back as friends.
"Then I guess my banner worked then. You were more careful." says Jennifer.
"Sure, Jennifer, sure." I say.
"It's time for dinner, let's go." says Tamara. "Hey Michelle, I need to talk to you about something. Come on." Keith said, while grabbing her hand. Michelle's cheeks turned a little pink and nodded. "Sure. Bye guys! See you later." She waved bye and Keith tugged her away. I turned to Tamara and Jennifer.
"That's kind of weird isn't it? Do you think that...you know..." I said. Both of them nodded.
"I think she does like him...But I don't know if he's right for her though." Tamara said.
"I don't think he is." Jennifer said firmly.
"But how can you be so sure though? They must have some history with each other before going to Hogwarts. Remember that time when he asked us to sit with us? They greeted each other as if they know each other personally. They got along great." I said.
"We'll ask Michelle later. Come on, we need to go eat now or we won't get anything. Race you guys there!" Jennifer said and then ran. Tamara and I ran after her to the Great Hall for supper.
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