Chapter Two; The Game
As Harry walked down to the Qudditch pitch he After all, Harry had had a lot to deal with ever since he had turned eleven years old. A part of him really had couldn't get his mind off what he had seen in the pensive. He couldn't understand why his mother had never mentioned the shadowlands when she was still alive. Maybe it was because she had forgotten all about it. been hoping that Voldemort was gone forever, although now after this he was almost sure that he wasn't.
However he decided not to tell Ron and Hermione and the others about it quite yet since he didn't want to ruin his sister's game. He sat down in the stands next to Ron while Ginny sat down on the other side of him. "Hey, it's good to see you mate." Ron began while Harry continued staring into space. Hermione turned her head over to look at him.
"Are you alright Harry?" she asked him anxiously.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." He said when all of a sudden all of the Qudditch players flew out onto the field. Harry, Ron, and Hermione applauded and cheered loudly as they caught a glimpse of Eve wearing her scarlet Gryffindor robes. She pulled her broomstick to a halt and turned her head to smile and wave at them.
"Captains shake hands." Madam Hooch instructed as the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff captain guided their brooms closer to one another before they shook hands. Then Madam Hooch released the Snitch and the bludgers before she finally tossed the quaffle up into the air. Eve quickly grabbed ahold of it and tucking it under her arm soared away as fast as she could.
A great wave of excitement broke throughout the Gryffindor crowd. "Evangeline Snape grabs ahold of the Quaffle and she's headed towards the Hufflepuff hoops. She shoots, she scores! Ten points to Gryffindor!" the commentator exclaimed while the crowd continued to roar and cheer.
"It looks like we're off to a pretty good start." Ron said.
"Yeah, amazing." Harry said.
"Alright that does it." Hermione began. "Something's wrong, I know that it is. And if you don't tell me what it is, you know that Ginny and I are bound to find out sooner or later." She finished.
"It's about Voldemort isn't it?" Ginny questioned him as Harry turned his head back to look at her and silently nodded while Gryffindor scored again.
"That's another ten points to Gryffindor! Just a quick reminder, Gryffindor hasn't lost a match all season." The commentator said.
"I knew it. I knew he was going to find a way to come back." Hermione said.
"Yeah and this time I don't think he's alone." Harry told her while Hufflepuff scored their first set of points. "I just wish there was a way that we could know for sure about everything that is happening." He said.
"Maybe there is. Voldemort had the ability to talk to snakes. That means that he's awfully close to them and that they mean something to him. They're sort of like his trademark. If we had that ability we just might get the chance to be able to know the truth." Hermione told them.
"Harry could. He's a parselmouth." Ginny said when suddenly Harry felt as if an imaginary lightbulb lit up over his head. However just as he had gotten the idea he heard a great cry of loss coming from his side of the crowd.
"Ouch! Evangeline Snape is down for the count!" the commentator exclaimed.
"What?" Harry questioned as he and his father quickly rose to their feet and their jaws dropped down while their eyes widened in horror at the girl who now lay unconscious on the other side of the field.
"Oh my God,.. Evie." Snape said in a horrified whisper as he and Harry ran down the stairs and towards the field while Ginny rose to her feet. Eve slowly started to wake up and lifted her head as she opened her eyes to see her father and brother running towards her. They knelt down on either side of her as she rested her head back down on the ground.
That's when Ginny appeared and knelt down beside Harry. "Are you alright Eve? Can you move anything?" she asked her.
"No." she replied with a groan.
"Alright, Harry, do you think that you can pick her up and carry her?" Ginny asked him.
"I'll try. I should be able to." He told her while Gryffindor and Hufflepuff scored points at exactly the same time. Harry bent down while Eve started shaking her head.
"What about the game?" she asked him.
"Forget about the game right now. You're more important." He told her as he lifted her up inside his arms and started carrying her away. "This was so much easier when you were seven." He told her when all of a sudden he ran into Alyssa as he carried her off the field.
"Is she okay?" she questioned anxiously.
"She should be fine. She just needs to get to the hospital wing. Then Ginny and Madam Pomfrey will be able to check her out." He said as Eve grinned mischievously.
"I wish Jerry was here, then he could have turn." She said slyly as Harry rolled his eyes while Gryffindor scored another ten points and got back into the lead.
"C'mon, if we have enough time we might even have a chance to get your head examined." He told her while he continued carrying her away with Snape, Ginny, and Alyssa walking right behind them.