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THE BOY WITH THE PIERCING BLUE EYES

Chapter 27 – New Power (part 1)

Warning: Slight swearing!

The first Quidditch match was Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff. Thankfully the autumn came with the perfect weather to hold a lot of tiring trainings. Quarrels often sprung up trying to agree on a schedule. Though it was easy to arrange things with the Hufflepuff and the Ravenclaw houses, it proved to be impossible to deal with the Slytherins and with Malfoy particularly.

Harry tried to find more time to practice, and even though all his team-mates were good, they became nervous about the upcoming match. They made a lot of mistakes due to nerves. Their captain tried to hide how that saddened him too. He encouraged them and promised to win the Cup, but did not let himself get carried away. He would be happy if they didn't rank the last…

On the day of the match thunder woke them up. While Harry looked for his contact lenses Ron opened the curtains.

"It's raining…" He grimaced.

"Damn…" Harry muttered. "That won't help their confidence…"

"Harry! Harry!" Veronica, the Chaser ran into the room.

Seamus quickly pulled the bed sheets in front of him; however Harry didn't bother hiding his underwear from the girl.

"Can't girls knock?!" Finnigan yelled.

"Oh God!" Veronica covered her eyes. "Harry, have you seen it? It's pouring!"

A lightning illuminated the room.

"I've seen…" Harry said.

"What do we do now?"

"What do you mean? We play as always!" Ron said angrily.

"But… we haven't practice in rain before… You've never played in rain either!"

"I have. With my brothers."

"That's not the same."

Harry looked at them then, to prevent further arguments, walked up to them scratching his butt.

"Hey. Stop. Veronica, go back to your room, because Seamus is about to burst into flames in embarrassment. And Ron… I don't know… make your bed."

The girl left.

"That witch…"

"Hey!"

"All right, all right…" Ron raised his hands in defense then looked at Harry's underwear. "What kind of clothes are you wearing?"

"This? It's very comfortable." Harry winked while Ron rolled his eyes.

"There are angels having sex on it…"

"Oh come on, everybody wears things like this. At least there is enough room for it to swing."

Neville chuckled and searched for something in his trunk.

"You're crazy… What's with you this morning?"

"Nothing." Harry sighed.

"He must have thought about Marie last night." Dean grinned.

"I think about her a lot everyday but it's the best in bed." Harry said and the five boys started laughing.

While Harry washed his face in the water the house-elves prepared beside all the beds Seamus was doing something on his own bed. He took one of Dean's posters and wrote something on its back with red. His room-mates were brushing their teeth when he stood up and, still wearing the bed sheet, walked to the door. The others read the lines while Seamus used Magifix charm to stick it on the door.

BOYS' ROOM!

Girls CAN NOT enter WITHOUT KNOCKING!
Why the hell do you have hands if you can't even knock?!
The next one coming in without knocking will get an ass charmed in her face!

After reading it the boys doubled over laughing and Seamus nodded.

They couldn't enjoy the moment because Hermione ran into the room.

"Who dares putting that on the door?! Ron, I hope it wasn't you!"

"Of course not!"

"Then who…"

She stopped talking when she looked at Seamus who was taking of his underwear. For a moment they looked at each other. Hermione's face became redder than Ron's hair. Covering her eyes, she ran out of the room yelling.

Harry tried not to laugh but even Ron couldn't hide a smile.

"Do you think the Boggart turns into a naked guy in front of her?"

"It'd be worst if it turned into a naked Ron…"

"I don't think so…" Ron said. "But the question is, does it belong to the 'stupidest questions of all times' Harry?"

"Where?"

"I started collecting people's stupid remarks. Hermione said the best so far. She asked Lupin is she could turn him into a cup with a 'Ververto' while he was in his werewolf shape."

The boys started laughing.

"You should have seen Lupin…"

"I can imagine…"

Someone knocked. Seamus grunted and opened the door the way he was.

The Weasley-twins and Lamerin were standing there. They were grinning while reading the sign, but when Seamus appeared butt naked, they froze. Fred stared at him then said.

"Gryffindor! The cheering design changed. Everyone take off your clothes! We're cheering naked!"

"Welcome to the Gryffindor rooms!" George invited Lamerin in.

"Hello. Hope we're not intruding." Fred winked.

"What's up? Are you nervous?" Lamerin looked around in the room. "I am. I've never seen a Quidditch match live before… You can't imagine Dad's face when I told him that…"

"You've never ever seen one?" Ron asked. "And never played?"

Lamerin shook his head.

"Well, I doubt you'll see anything today." Harry said. "It's raining heavily…"

"Oh… but it won't be canceled, right?"

"Of course not." Harry started to dress in his Quidditch robes.

"Isn't it dangerous to play in this weather?"

"A little." Dean shrugged. He was preparing to broadcast the match. "A few people get blown away from time to time, but they always turn up eventually…"

In the Great Hall the student were surprised to see the Gryffindors ready. The people cheering had their face painted red, and a lot of them had flags in their hands. Luna brought the lion face she made last year.

"Vera, eat!" Harry said when the girl started playing with her food.

"I can't stomach anything!"

"My stomach shrank too." Will added.

"Listen to me!" Harry raised his voice. "The ones not eating won't be playing either."

The members of the team all began to eat and Harry smiled.

"Lamerin." A shy first year Slytherin girl called out while pulling on the boy's robes.

"Yes?"

"Why… why are you cheering for the Gryffindor? They are… our enemies…"

"The Gryffindor is not your enemy… Olivia, is it?"

"Yeah…"

"Olivia, the Gryffindors are not bad people… at least I don't think all of them are…" He grinned. "Just because a few mean Slytherins said so, it doesn't make it true."

"The Slytherins are not mean!"

"There are a lot of evil ones among them, trust me." Ron said with his mouth full.

"You think the Gryffindors are evil because you've seen them acting unfair, or because others have said so?"

The girl didn't know what to say. Lamerin put his hand on her shoulder and turned her towards the teachers' table.

"Can you see my father? He is talking to Professor Dareling. He likes her because she's a nice person. Even though she was a Ravenclaw. Still, she is friends with a Slytherin, just like Professor Lupin. They get along just find even though they are from different houses. There are nice students in all the houses. You can see how the Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and the Gryffindor are getting along. They hardly knew me but still let me sit with them. The Slytherins tried to drag me away so I can't contact the others as if they had the plague."

"So you're sitting with them because they are nice to you? Even though they hate Potions?"

Lamerin looked at the others.

"You hate Potions?"

The DA members grinned.

"That's not true. I like Potions." Ernie winked. "I got an 'O' on my Owls."

"And even Neville improved!" Justin patted the boy's shoulder.

"I hate Divination more." Hermione added.

"Hermione, you don't have Divination!"

"My point exactly. Why would I waste my time on something stupid?"

A few of them laughed on her expression.

"See, they are quite nice." Lamerin said quietly so only the Slytherin girl could hear. "And the Gryffindor plays against the Hufflepuff but they aren't bickering. Did you see that boy? Justin? He was kind towards the Gryffindor boy. This is why I'm sitting with them… and why I'm going to cheer for them. To the both of them."

"I'd appreciate it if you'd cheer for us." Rose from the Hufflepuff winked. "But don't do it because you hate the Gryffindor."

"Here, you can have a few flags." Colin said. "Though they're useless in the rain."

Lamerin smiled and the girl joined her friends who were too shy to go with her.

"I'm afraid something bad will happen." Lamerin sighed.

"You think students in their house will hurt them because they came here?" Fred leaned closer.

"Three people hold power." George said. "They might be small, but they if have the courage they can stand up against the blond rat."

The stands were filled with people, even though they were drenched right after stepping outside. The teachers used big umbrellas and amongst them sat Dean.

"I'm expecting an impartial broadcast from you, Thomas." Professor McGonagall said.

"You telling me that? When it is your house that is playing?"

McGonagall didn't comment on that just waved her small flag.

"Are you ready?" Harry looked at his team. "The Hufflepuff flies out first. Sit on your brooms."

Harry didn't expect anything from his team, though he was happy about one thing. In this weather Rowena can't use that charm, no matter what it meant.

The Hufflepuff players flew out.

"Welcome everybody! This is the first Quidditch match of the year!" Dean began. "It's Hufflepuff vs. Gryffindor. Let's welcome the yellows' first! The captain, Dick Summers! After him the three Chasers: Alan Chambers, Zacharias Smith, Eleanor Branstone! At least I think they came out in this order… I can't see much in this rain. William Stebbins! Theeeeeen… the two Beaters! Owen Cauldwell and Kevin Withby! They fly around their hoops! Now the red lions! The captain, Harry Potter! Our Keeper from last year, Ron Weasley! Andrew Kirke, Jack Sloper! The three Chasers: Ginny Weasley, last year's Seeker! Fly girl!"

"Thomas!"

"Followed by the newbies: Will Fawnsdale and Veronica Morgenstem!"

Ron took his place in front of the hoops while the others flew to the center of the field where Madame Hooch was already waiting for them.

"I hope I don't need to tell you to fight fair!"

She blew her whistle and threw the Quaffle up.

"Ginny Weasley snatched the Quaffle from Elanore! But… oh! The rain is too heavy and the ball slips from her hand. Chambers goes… but Will catches it! He's flying to the hooks where Summers is waiting! Oh, a Bludger! That was close, Will! Zack's efforts are in vain… Will… Will… Summers moves… He misses! 0-0 still!"

Harry brushed the wet hair out of his eyes. He would give a lot of Galleons to have a baseball cap now. No matter how hard he searched, the Golden Snitch remained unseen. A black shape flew past him so close that were Harry still wearing glasses it would have fallen off with the force.

"Sorry, Harry."

"Andrew! Don't send the Bludger after me! Aim it towards the other team!"

"Ok, ok!"

Harry shook his head. The Snitch, the Snitch, where it the Snitch?

"And Veronica has the Quaffle! A Bludger is after her… CAREFULL, GIRL! Huh, it missed fortunately. She passes Chambers… and Eleanor too… Only Summers can stop her now! But he can't! TEN POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR!"

The crowd shouted and waved their flags. The Gryffindor house cheered loudly.

"Zack has the Quaffle now! Come on Beaters, stop him! All right, Professor… But the Bludger flew past him! Ginny Weasley closes in on him, but it is impossible to take the ball from the boy. And… Oh, that was nasty. A Bludger hit Ginny's broom."

Harry felt relieved when he saw that Ginny was okay and then the boy caught a glimpse of the Snitch near her elbow and raced towards her.

"Harry Potter moved. Is it the Golden Snitch?"

Harry almost reached it and could see it clearly until yellow robes appeared in front of him. The end of the other boy's broom scratched his left arm. Harry hissed and touched it. When he looked up he saw Stebbins looking around for the Snitch has disappeared again.

"Shit!" He hissed.

"Eleanor has the Quaffle! Fly girl! Jack's Bludger missed again. What are these boys doing? Eleanor passes to Zack, Zack passes to Chambers then back to Zack. WHAT A TEAMPLAY! And… RON STOPPED IT! GREAT KEEPER!"

Harry clapped.

"And Ginny gets the Quaffle! The two girls are flying, and Will too a few feet below them. Did anyone tell him that the girls don't play in skirts?" Dean said grinning.

"Thomas! How can you say…"

"And… GOAL! 20-0 TO GRYFFINDOR!"

Harry started to freeze. He was thinking about how to find the Snitch. The flashing lights always distract him and he noticed the Slytherins making small light to disturb him.

"Distasteful, foul move! Shame on you, Slytherins!" Dean shouted.

Madame Hooch flew to the stands and yelled at them. Then the match continued.

"AND WEASLEY FENDS OFF AGAIN! A worthy successor of Oliver Wood! But… oh! That must have hurt!"

Stebbinst was hit by a Bludger and his nose started bleeding. He landed and Madame Hooch attended to his injuries. After that they both took off. Not long after the whistle Harry saw the Snitch a few feet ahead. He did not wait for Dean to point it out. He raced towards it. Stebbins was a little dizzy but saw him move and flew after Harry. He couldn't keep up with Harry but could distract him well. Harry almost hit him a few times when he changed directions. The small ball went to the stands first, flew past the teachers then went to the back of the stands.

"Shit!"

Harry ducked down and flew after it. He could hear Stebbins' screams. The boy was probably not used to maneuvering in places like this. Harry tried to clear his mind of all disturbing thoughts and concentrate only on the Snitch. He's been here before and caught the Snitch, he can do it again. He had to catch it to help the team win. It was so close…

He reached out his hand. Almost there. One last cry from behind could be heard then his fingers closed around the small ball.

His heart beating loudly he flew out to where his team-mates were. When they saw the Snitch in his hand they cheered.

"Harry Potter caught the Snitch! 190-0!THE GRYFFINDOR WINS!

Hello everyone!

I know I'm late. Sorry. And one more thing. I don't watch sports so I don't really know how to comment on a game, but hope it's acceptable. I was thinking about watching the Quidditch parts of the movies but then it would take a week more to update. I'm not in the mood right now.

Oh and there are probably more mistakes now then… ever. I don't know why, but my mind went blank and I had to look up a lot of words (words I know) because they didn't come to mind. Not to mention grammar. So sorry about the mistakes.

Please review. It's not worth it otherwise.

Thanks and bye.

Hermina