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Oh and I still don't have a Beta so…sorry for the mistakes.
THE BOY WITH THE PIERCING BLUE EYES
Chapter 19 – Misunderstandings again
Harry gulped down his hot chocolate then licked the cream off of his lips and smiled nervously.
"I'm glad we can finally talk." Rowena put her cup down.
She was so pretty Harry couldn't help staring at her. Wearing a long skirt didn't hide her tanned legs. A rose like medal decorated his white blouse and her long hair fell to her shoulders. Eyes grey like ash shone dully. Whatever Ron said Harry didn't think this woman was a Vela.
"I know" She said sadly. "…that these are painful memories for the both of us and… I don't want Voldemort to feel your sadness… uh…" She smiled. "It's so hard to look at you like one of my students…. It feels like James sitting in front of me. When he was just a little boy he looked like you. You have the same pretty face he had. D-Do you have pictures of them?" She asked gently.
"A few… At the end of my first year I got a photo album from Hagrid… He said the pictures are from their acquaintances." Stared Harry into his cup.
Rowena stood up and went to one of the bookshelves to take two brown, leather books and give them to the boy.
"Here." She sat down next to him.
Harry cautiously opened one of them. His shoulders sagged upon seeing the first pictures. Small portraits each with a student in it. Harry recognized the young Rowena, Lily, James, Remus, Peter and… he looked up. The picture of Sirius was crumpled and torn. It seemed to be glued together recently.
Rowena stood up and slowly walked to the window. With a sigh she said.
"I know what you want to ask… you want to know why the picture of Sirius is in that terrible condition."
Harry glanced at the picture again and saw the young Sirius leaning against the photo frame while sulking. James waved at his friend grinning while Remus and Lily smiled at each other.
"After your parents died and Sirius was sent to prison I felt like the world collapsed upon me. I couldn't imagine how he could do this to his beloved friends. I felt betrayed. It was terrible living with the thought that I loved a monster… that I didn't really know his true self. Professor Dumbledore arranged for me to travel far away from here: far from the ministry and the courts. He feared that they would question me and make me responsible too… and Remus stayed here all alone. We lost everyone we loved. I couldn't look at his smiling photos. Every picture I found ended up torn apart…"
Harry looked at the next page and found several group pictures. Sirius was on the side and it was clear that it was torn once. It was whole again but Sirius went to the other part of the picture where the others stood. The boy smiled involuntarily when he saw James jumping up to Sirius' back.
"Later…" The woman sighed again."… three years ago, when he escaped I was so scared that he wants to hurt you. Though I never believed that he would kill his godson, a child… I hoped they catch him before anything can happen to you…"
The ghost Sirius looked shocked standing next to the woman.
"Didn't… you know that he was innocent?"
"Not until Dumbledore told me. He asked me not to send an owl so he can remain hidden and no one will find him. Of course I waited for him to contact me… through the mirror… or mail. I have never hoped he might come to me personally. But he never looked for me. Even though he was free… wanted but free…"
"Maybe… he didn't know where to search…"
"He could have asked Dumbledore…"
"Maybe he thought you… got married and started a family."
Rowena smiled and closed her eyes not saying a thing for a while. She seemed really sad.
"Months have passed waiting in vain. First the Triwizard Tournament stopped me from coming back than Karkaroff. I couldn't come no matter how much I wanted. Nothing happened… it was like he didn't even miss me."
Pain appeared in Sirius' eyes. He stepped closer and reached for the woman's hand though she couldn't feel anything.
"Severus told me he never spoke about me…"
"P-professor Snape?" Harry was surprised.
"After Voldemort returned the Order got back together. Severus and I made peace after what happened. Not many of the members know what terrible loss he suffered… just Dumbledore… McGonagall…Moody…"
"Moody" Harry grinned.
"He still has doubts about what happened. You know him…"
The boy nodded in agreement.
"I heard…" Rowena turned back with a faint smile on her face."…you've managed to have a glimpse into his memories."
Harry swallowed.
"I wish I haven't. I still feel really bad about that. If I had known from the beginning…"
"Harry…" She sat down next to him and took his hand. "Severus had a very good reason to hide all of this from you. Even the Ministry treated this case with the most secrecy because of the prophecy and you or Neville being the chosen one…"
James wondered what they were talking about and looked at Sirius questioningly but he just shrugged.
"But… I thought La…"
"Don't say his name."
"I'm sorry. So… I thought he was born earlier…"
"You are right. But… at that time a lot of children at your age died. While Voldemort didn't know who the prophecy was about he murdered everyone who he found suspicious…"
The boy paled and stared in front of him in silence.
"Don't blame yourself. Severus knew you'd do that had he told you. But now… you being older… maybe it'll be easier to deal with this…"
"If it all came little by little… it would be easier. But now… everything happens so fast… one after the other…"
Rowena hugged the boy trying to calme him.
"As I've heard so far you've been great at dealing with all of this… What you've been through, what you've survived… it's a miracle considering how young you are… I want you to know that I will help you with anything I can. Don't think you have to do this alone. We'll always be with you to help."
"Professor Snape said the same thing." Harry replied with relief evident in his voice.
"He is not your enemy. Sirius should have realized this too…"
Harry smiled remembering the hateful glares the two men sent to each other.
"Severus told me about what happened in the Black house. They are hopeless…"
Harry thought Rowena was still fond of her memories with his godfather and he could see desire in the grey eyes.
"I wish I could have come back in time. To meet him once more at least… He won't have a chance to know that at my parents' house his little girl is waiting for him…"
Harry dropped the albums.
"W-wh-what?" He stuttered.
Sirius, despite being a ghost, paled considerably. He put his hand on his heart and sank into a chair while staring at Rowena. Lily's eyes sparkled with joy and James patted the shoulder of his terrified friend proudly.
Rowena grinned and lifted an eyebrow.
"I see you bought it, huh?" She chuckled. "Sorry, I couldn't resist it."
Harry finally could breathe again and started to believe that Hermione was right and this woman had some mental issues, but smiled nevertheless.
The three ghosts could calm down too, though Sirius appeared to be quite disappointed.
"Now come. Let's go! I promised to help the school choir. You know I was in it once…"
"Ron! We're done with the Patil girls!" Dean shouted. "Would you tell Harry to come?"
"Sure!" Ron said and ran up to their room.
He went up happily hoping to make some good pictures but when he entered the room the hair stood up on his back.
"Take it out! Let me touch it!" He heard Ginny's playful voice.
"Ginny!" He yelled. "What do you want to touch?"
His sister and friend froze for a moment than started laughing.
"What's so funny? You girl, get out!" He watched his sister leave than snarled at Harry. "What the hell have you two been doing? Listen to me! You know you are probably the only person I wouldn't chase away from my sister. But if you dare corrupt this innocent little girl I swear I beat the crap out of you!"
"But Ron!" Harry grinned. "You know I have Marie! Ginny and I are just friends."
"Of course, friends." Ron still fumed a few hours later.
Harry just shook his head at that. However, this part of the school year kind of seemed like the 'period of awkward confusions'.
The next morning they were walking to the Great Hall to have breakfast and Ron was still angry about what happened.
"Listen. I promise not to break your nose. We're friends. I ask you as a man: what part of you did Ginny want to touch?"
"Come on, I told you so many times!" Harry sighed. "My dragon…"
Then they bumped into a reading Remus. The man seemed to have heard the last few sentences because he looked strangely at his nephew. When he saw a blush appearing on the boy's face he smiled wickedly and walked away without a word.
Harry stood there like a rock and watched his professor's fading form.
"What dragon? Wait a minute!" Ron realized something. "You can't be that sick to think as a dragon to your…"
"Ron! I really have a little dragon! The mini dragon I got during the Triwizard Tournament."
"Wow, really…" His friend remembered the little beast.
"And now Remus thinks badly of me. Just because you couldn't believe me. What will he think of me now? He will think I'm some sick animal!"
Ron just laughed when he imagined what Remus must have thought. Harry was pulling at his hair in frustration. He decided to clear things with the man before the professor thinks the worst of him. After lunch he went to the staff room hoping no one else will be there. He could see that a lot of the teachers wasn't present at lunch and heard they went to Hogsmeade.
He swallowed hard when he reached the door and knocked but no one answered. Trying again made no difference. Though he heard voices coming from the room. But why didn't they let him in? They probably couldn't hear him since that room is so big.
He turned the handle and opened the door a little to see robes on the chairs and hear interesting sound coming from behind said chairs.
"Come on, Severus! Reach a little deeper! Almost…"
"I can almost… reach it…" Snape groaned.
"We'll have it soon…" Remus said in a strange voice.
"Take… you legs…" The Potions teacher huffed. "…away."
"I can't! Why?"
"You are kicking… my pants with it."
"And I swallowed some of your hair. We should have levitated this bookcase away... We'd have more space then… "
"Don't give up! We almost had it…"
Harry felt himself go from yellow to blue. The ghosts of his parents and Sirius were floating next to him giggling and watching how the boy can get out of this. But when they heard the noises they became horrified too.
"What the hell are they doing?" He whispered.
"It'll stay there…" Snape said panting. "I'm not going to reach for it again. Look: my clothes are dirty."
"I told you take off your shirt." Remus said kindly.
"What if you started rummaging down there?" Severus exclaimed. "Just the other time you touched…"
This is when Harry slammed the door shut. He clanged to the frame so not to fall apart then looked around quickly and started running like he was running for his life. Unfortunately he didn't reach safety when Remus poked his disheveled head out to look around. When he saw Harry his face brightened.
"Harry! Is that you? Come help us a little!"
The boy froze then turned around and made his way toward his teacher. He looked at his uncle with detachment and though Lupin couldn't understand this he smiled and patted the boy's back.
"I didn't see anything… really… and what I heard can be forgotten easily. I swear!"
"Harry what are you talking about?" Snape frowned while trying to clean the dust off of his clothes. His hair was long again.
"Are you okay? You are so pale…"
"In fact…" Harry was not trembling." You know what? I didn't hear anything!" And he was about to run from the room.
"Wait a minute!" Remus caught and pushed him into the armchair. "What's wrong with you?"
"You are like a Muggle who saw a ghost." Snape grinned.
"I… I…"
"Harry, would you help us take the snake out from under this cupboard?"
Harry's mind suddenly cleared.
"What snake?" He asked wide eyed.
"Ah… it was our fault it escaped…" Remus touched his nape in embarrassment. "When we came in we found a big box here covered with a big red blanket. We wanted to see what it was and found it to be a terrarium with a huge snake inside."
"And Remus managed to back away in fear instead of covering it again. Because the terrarium was open…" Snape said with a sigh.
"Well, you didn't do anything either. You could have closed it too!"
"Of course! And what if it bit me? You should have closed it while it slept. But you made so much noise it woke up."
"So, since the terrarium was open the snake came out. We were trying to stop it while standing on the chairs. When it got under the cupboard we managed to hit it with an 'Immobilus' but it went all the way in. And we tried in vain to reach it but…"
Remus stopped when Harry started laughing first quietly than louder.
"What are you laughing about?" Severus asked. "You'll find no reason to laugh if I take twenty or so points from Gryffindor."
Harry put his hands in front of his mouth but couldn't fight himself.
"Come on, Severus. We did something stupid… You can't take points from him because of that…"
"I…" Harry tried to breathe. "…sorry… really. But I can't hold it back…. and I'm not… laughing at you… but at myself for…how stupid I was…"
"Why would you be stupid?" Remus asked. Severus smiled too.
"It's better if I didn't tell you. And of course I help you."
They all looked under the cupboard.
"Lumos!" Snape said. "See?"
"But that's Bubblegum!" Harry shouted.
"Bubblegum?"The two men blinked in surprise.
"Yes. Hagrid's snake. Well, not it belongs to Professor Dareling since she borrowed it."
Severus rolled his eyes.
"How can a snake THIS BIG be in the stuff room? How can Hagrid bring this beast into the building? I swear I'll make a complaint at the Ministry once…"
"A large animal like this is dangerous." Remus nodded too. "What if it attacked and bit you in class? It must be deadly…"
"Professor Snape, being the head of Slytherin you can't be afraid of snakes, right?" Harry said grinning.
"Shut your mouth!" The man looked at him but his lips curled up a little. The boy chuckled again.
"Bubblegum can't hurt anyone. It doesn't have fangs."
"How do you know?"
"Professor Dareling told us… and I talked to it…"
"You talked to this snake?"
Harry nodded.
"Sure. You know I'm Parseltongue."
"I think we can use that to our advantage now. We'll do this. I use the spell to let it move again and you Harry tell it to go back to its place."
"Sure, no problem."
"So… on three. One… two… Three!"
He said the spell and the snake begun moving again.
"Hi Bubblegum!" Harry greeted it with a smile.
The two professors immediately jumped up from the ground and went to stand on the chairs while watching in horror as the boy stayed on the ground communicating with the animal.
"Harry! Damn it?" Snape whispered. "Get up from the floor! We don't want it to curl around you!"
"It won't. See?" He pointed at Bubblegum as it slid across the room and into the terrarium. He hissed something and closed the glass.
After the dangerous animal was taken care of the two teachers found it rather embarrassing to stand on the chairs so they jumped down while cleaning the dust from themselves.
"Here we go. Sleep well Bubblegum!" Harry covered it with the red blanket.
"What did you say to it?"
"Well… just that you didn't want to hurt it. And that it was not intentional that you chased it across the room… but it was a little angry that you stepped on its tail."
"I think that was me…" Severus admitted.
"It said it escaped because there is no place in that terrarium to move and needed the place to stretch a little. I think it's cute…"
"Come sit down." Remus offered. "What do you think about some tea?"
Severus took his books, ready to go.
"What are you doing?" Lupin asked.
"You wanted to talk, right?"
"Yes. And? You don't have to leave because if that… right Harry?"
"Yeah, right."
Snape shrugged and plopped down in the armchair. He crossed his legs and opened a green covered book. While Remus made the tea Harry tilted his head to read the title. It was so obviously done that Snape noticed too. With an annoyed sigh he turned the book so the boy could read what he wanted.
"Th-thank you…" He smiled. "'Elves and fairies, dwarves and gnomes, dragons and wizards, or how do non-magical people use magical creatures in literature'? I never though you're interested in Muggle literature."
"It seems to be interesting." Remus added while preparing the cups.
"I've always wondered where the seven-headed dragons came from in Muggle fairy tales…"
The tea was ready and Lupin poured some for everyone. Severus' hair started moving suddenly until it became short again.
"I can't believe this still works." James grinned.
"It can't be easy living with this curse." Remus said compassionately.
"You can get used to it pretty soon."
"There really is no counter spell?" Lupin looked at the giggling James.
Severus just shook his head. He wanted to change the subject so he turned to Harry.
"You haven't said why you came here yet."
"Oh… yes… well… Remus, this morning when we ran into each other on the corridor…"
The man laughed.
"Yes, I remember…"
"It's not what it looks like!"
"What isn't?" Severus leaned closer. He loved seeing Harry embarrassed.
"Oh… um… well… It's about Ron. The thing it… He always has a bad timing… Ginny and I are friends now. We speak in the boys' room while the others are in the common room. And Ron always misunderstands…"
Remus smiled.
"I would go to the girls' room so Ron won't feel awkward but… some spell protects the rooms… the stairs won't lets us go up…"
"You're not lucky." Lupin grinned. "In the Slytherin common room you have to go down the stairs."
"How do you know that?" Snape asked with sincere interest in his voice. "I didn't know you've already been in the Slytherin common room."
"Do you think we could resist?"
"Oh, right." Severus sighed. "How could I forget…"
Harry thought the Marauders visited the others houses while roaming the corridors at night.
"I think…" Remus said. "…in the Huffelpuff common room there is a spiral staircase leading up to the rooms. It works like the one in the Gryffindor room but you can use the handrail to climb up. Sirius told me about the Ravenclaw too but I don't remember…"
"They have something like a teeter." Snape muttered between slips.
The other two looked at him grinning.
"In the first years I started teaching here I had a Muggle born student. She had to be dragged out of the Ravenclaw girl's room almost every morning…" Severus added.
"And here we thought you sneaked into the girls' room too." Remus winked but the other man just rolled his eyes.
"So that's the case." Harry returned to the original topic with a sigh. "Ron thinks I want to hurt his little sister… But he didn't really care about Ginny… until the end of last year. He always chased her away. Now… when he heard she is going out with Michael Corner from Ravenclaw he freaked out. Stupid Ravenclaws…" He muttered to himself.
Remus's eyes shined playfully.
"Your first girlfriend was from Ravenclaw too, right?"
Harry looked up in surprise then cast a questioning look at Snape.
"He didn't hear it from me." Severus protested.
Harry sighed.
"Yes, Cho was from Ravenclaw…"
"Don't you want to talk about her?"
"Stupid girl." Harry frowned. "She thought I was just a little boy and now she's coming after me all the time… Hermione saw him during Quidditch practice. It's so… unpleasant… and she's a Seeker too so we will play against one other… Now that Ron and Hermione are together she must believe me that I don't have feelings for Hermione… she always accused me of that. Marie was totally different… Muggle girls are so much better…" He said sadly.
He glanced at Snape who smiled back at him.
Another Monday morning came and the students were eating the delicious food provided by the houselves of the castle. Loud noises indicated that the owls arrived. Harry was in the middle of eating his toast when the post arrived and he looked up not really expecting anything to get. There was no one who could send him anything. Hermione got the day's Daily Prophet and Ron received a letter which he ignored by resume eating.
They couldn't see that the teacher's also got their mail. Remus got a letter from Tonks which made Rowena chuckle. Professor McGonagall also received the Daily Prophet but the biggest surprise was Severus getting a big envelope. The Potions teacher looked at the brown, thin envelope in surprise. It was obviously addressed to him so he opened it. Some parchments were inside and the professor took them in his hands with care since they seemed to be wrinkled, torn and old like some ancient documents. But when he saw what was on them all blood escaped from his face.
He received two parchments with drawings made by a few years old child. One of them was about a spotted rabbit with bubbles flying out of its mouth. Colorful stripes and stars were visible on the other picture. Snape looked at them turning the parchment to see if there was any writing on the other side but found no massage on them. He became more and more desperate and touched the pictures like they were very dear to him. Remus looked at him.
"Oh, Severus, what is this?" He asked curiously.
The man however stood from his place loudly, earning a few glances, and stormed out of the great hall.
The students didn't know what all of this was about but the sixth years became nervous about the double potions lesson this afternoon. They were right because the professor stormed into the class room, shortly explained what to do and yelled at Neville because his cauldron was dusty. The boy might have become deaf but didn't seem frightened. He glanced at Harry to see if he had any idea what their teacher's problem was but the other student seemed clueless on this matter too.
Nerves were getting to them when they started the preparations and Ron was cutting some roots when the cupboard shook so he managed to cut his finger.
"What was that?" He asked from Hermione.
Snape came out of the room where the ingredients were being held and asked the same thing. As an answer the cupboard moved again and the man clenched his hands.
"Get away from here, Peeves!" He commanded thinking the ghost was in there.
Because the shaking didn't stop Snape stepped to the cupboard and threw open the doors.
"Peeves! I told you to…"
Suddenly a piercing scream filled the room and the professor paled both from the sound and the sight. The students tried to cover their ears and some of them ducked under the tables too.
"What is this?" Draco shouted. "A mandrake?"
"A banshee!"
"Judging by its behavior I'd say it's a boggart!" Hermione shouted back.
The crying continued and it seemed to become more and more desperate and painful. However, Snape just stood there backed up against the wall not moving.
"Professor! Just think of something to make it funny…" Hermione stepped closer but when she saw what shape the boggart took she stopped.
In the cupboard she found a bleeding baby wrapped in a dirty blanket crying and struggling to get help. The girl shivered then fainted.
Several Slytherin students, seeing this, left the room.
"Hermione!" Ron shouted.
"Hermione!" The girls also screamed. A few Gryffindors ran to her to try to wake her and the crying seemed to die down.
As more and more people got in front of the boggart it started to get confused and didn't know what kind of shape to take. Soon it disappeared.
The crying or the noise the Slytherin students made might have alerted the other teachers because McGonagall, Rowena and Madame Pomfrey appeared. The professors began trying to wake the fainted girl up but Dumbledore used a spell to send Hermione to the hospital wing. The other students seemed to be pale too so the headmaster tried to encourage them. Remus arrived a little later after hearing that something must be wrong down there. Entering the room he found Harry still standing in front of the cupboard so he ran to him and shook the boy but could see the emptiness in his eyes. Lupin realized that Harry was trembling so he tried to sooth him by wrapping his arms around the shivering body. Looking over the boy's shoulder he could see Severus sitting at the wall, arms around his knees, shaking. He curled up like a ball, bowed his head and clutched the edge of his robes. The three ghosts standing near couldn't understand this either.
The events that occurred during the Potions lesson got around the school and by the evening everyone was trying to figure out what caused their teacher to react like that and what made the two students so frightened. Whenever they passed the classroom the students shivered, some of them contemplated not going there ever again.
Many of the children were curious too. Wild storied were created about Medusa being there and petrifying everybody or dementors or Voldemort or trolls terrorizing them. Madame Pomfrey could barely keep them from questioning the students in the hospital wing. Eventually, Dumbledore had to make a magical cordon around the entrance.
Inside, Madam Pomfrey tried to calm the students. Parvati and Lavender Brown ate at least five bars of chocolates. Seamus and Dean couldn't even look at the sweet things. Draco wasn't as out of it as his two gorillas but was pretty shaken to know that there was something in there that scared his fearless Head of House. Ron couldn't stop pacing while waiting for Hermione to wake up. Neville was standing near the girl's bed too and looking right he could see that on a bed at the end of the room sat Snape. Judging by his shaking he was crying. Dumbledore was standing next to him with a hand on his young college's shoulder to comfort him then let Professor Dareling calm him. However the words of the woman didn't seem to help either because the man was rocking back and forth at the edge of the bed. Neville hated the man very much, but now… he couldn't help but feel pity.
Remus was shocked to see his college's reaction too. He was sitting on the edge of Harry's bed, stroking his head and watched as Rowena hugged Severus in an attempt to calm him. But he was more concerned because of Harry. The boy was lying on the bed, staring without blinking, motionlessly. Nothing helped. Not kind words, not Rowena's kiss.
Harry felt hollow inside. His limbs began to cool and he started to get cold. The blood seemed to have frozen in his veins. The tossing and screaming Hermione made woke everyone to some extent.
The girl curled up on the bed and started sobbing.
"Hermione!"
"Hermione!" Several people shouted when they saw her awake.
Ron immediately sat down next to her and hugged the crying girl.
"Calm down!" Ron said. "It's over. There is nothing wrong…"
"And I told him to make it funny…!" The girl put her hands in front of her eyes. "How can you make fun of a bloody baby?" She cried hysterically.
"Let her sleep now!" The headmaster said. "She needs to rest!" He moved his hands in front of her eyes and the girl fell back on the bad sleeping.
Remus was listening to what the girl said but watched Snape all the while. He himself taught these kids how to deal with boggarts and wondered why it changed into a bloody infant in front of Severus…
Every year there was something that made the students to whisper about Harry when he went down the corridor. In the first year it was his fame, next year the gossips were about him being the heir of Slytherin. In his third year a lot of students made fun of him because of the dementors. Forth year was about the Triwizard Tournament and in his fifth year he had to deal with the after affects of Rita's writings while this year it was about what happened in Potions.
No matter if he was alone or with his friends they always talked about him. That was basically because he and Hermione had to stay in the hospital wing for a few days. They tried to talk about it but found it very difficult. Hermione was wondering why this was Professor Snape's biggest fear and not something like what Harry saw in the Pensieve. Harry wanted to tell the girl what he saw in their teacher's mind but figured it would just scare her all the more. And he also thought he owned this much to Snape. Those memories were painful enough. The greatest fear of the young man who ran into the burning house was this. Seeing his only child in this condition…
According to the gossips the professor was worn too because his classes were canceled. The Ministry sent a substitute who was not that strict but it was hard to get used to his methods. The students missed the nasty, screaming Snape. Even Neville.
Remus visited the two patients in the hospital wing to bring them sweets and good wishes from the other students. They asked the man if he heard something from Snape but Lupin didn't know anything more than them. The professor was happy to see that they seemed to be back to normal.
Hermione was ready to study through the weekend but Harry couldn't wait to get out of the common room once they were released from the hospital wing.
He sighed thinking that the bad things came like a lightning again. One moment they are laughing about the misunderstandings, the snake and the chats with Ginny and next… it's like mourning.
He glanced out the window and jumped from the table running up the stairs to get his Quidditch robes and broom and left the building. His teammates were already practicing. The new Chasers were practicing with Ginny while Ron was just flying around Beaters doing nothing. Harry frowned.
"What's going on here?" He shouted loudly with a cynical smile.
The others stopped and looked at him. Their faces brightened and little Mark waved enthusiastically.
"Captain!" Veronica shouted. "Fly with us!"
Harry sat on his broom and flew up smiling. He didn't want to deal with questions now.
"Did you planned out this training or everyone is just doing what they want?"
"The latter." They said in union.
"So as not to let Ron get bored, let's fly some. Then I play a Chaser too. Ron will be at the rings. With me there will be four Chasers so there will be two teams. Ginny with Mark and I with Veronica. We'll play against each other. One of the Beaters, Jack, will be with us. And Andrew with Mark and Ginny. No matter who has the Quaffle, Ron you have to protect the goal hoops. Understood? Great! Remember the members of your team and try to work together. Ready? Then let's go!"
The eight of them flew up while the ghost of James watched them.
"He flies beautifully." He said.
"Just like his father did."
"I like watching him play Quidditch. We were cheering him on his first match too. Do you remember, Lily?" He looked at his wife. The woman smiled.
"Of course, I remember… everyone thought he was about to throw up… but he just swallowed the Snitch…"
Sirius stood silently next to his friends. He realized that they were watching Harry since he was little just no one noticed them. When he came it was painful to see his loved ones but good to be with them even though the thought of death made him shiver. Not to mention the pain it caused to Harry. And Remus… and Rowena… He didn't belong to either world.
"Fifty-twenty!" Mark cried enthusiastically.
"Fifty?" Veronica exclaimed. "It was your fourth goal!"
"That's bad enough that Ron let six or seven balls pass him." Jack grumbled.
"I'm trying! But it'd be better if you aimed at the Chasers and not me!"
"The Keepers are targets in the game too, Ron!" Ginny touched her aching hand.
"That's right. Ron, I think we will stop this game and start training you. The Chasers shoot after a few maneuvers and you do your thing while the Beaters send a Bludger once in a while. Just to see how fast you can react in unexpected situations. Concentrate!"
Ron reluctantly agreed…
It's ready. I changed the rating of the story. I hope it won't get deleted.
The next chapter is about a girl… who is she? Guess if you want.
And please review… it certainly makes me work faster.
And thanks for the Alerts and Favorites
Bye
Hermina