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(BSC 2 C12) C42 Gilderoy Lockhart 2.
At breakfast the next day Bella told the others what Dobby had told her the night before. Everyone took the warning seriously, except for Harry who was reluctant to believe it. He said that he just wanted to play Quidditch and that there was nothing that could keep him away from it.
Luckily it would take another three weeks before the game was there, but he would play no matter what.
After some bickering the others agree with Harry's statement to play.
Bella also wanted to play, because it was one of the few things that made Harry truly happy. They however would have to look at what they could do for his protection. That was something Harry agreed upon, if it was only to ease the feelings of Daphne and Bella.
Just a few weeks of lessons to go and then there would be Quidditch.
For three days Harry and Bella had been locked up in the Infirmary. They received their homework from the others and made it like the good students they had to be. Something that was not so hard with the help they received from the others.
The day they got back for their first day of lessons.
Bella looked at the head table and immediately put a hand on Harry's arm.
Daphne who sat on the other side of Harry saw Bella looking at the head table. Just as she herself looked in that direction she grabbed the other arm of Harry.
Harry now looked strangely up at them and with his mouth still full of breakfast. "Whhaf if erff".
Both ladies looked at him and told simultaneously that he had to remain calm, and not to speak with his mouth full of food.
With an astonished gaze Harry looked at the head table himself. All the way on the right side was none other than Gilderoy Lockhart.
Sure, Harry already knew that Lockhart was a Professor at the school. He also knew what lesson he would be teaching that year. And above all, he knew he would be a teacher of no importance. That was something that the others had told them long ago. Especially that incident with the corny pixies went all over the school.
Harry's stomach immediately turned three times and he had a hard time not to puke. The only thing he saw were the gleaming white teeth of that phony. Harry knew he gave defense against the dark arts. Harry also knew that the next lesson he would be having was a lesson defense against the dark arts which he would be getting from him.
Gilderoy Lockhart stood up and walked in his direction. He was just smiling that disgusting smile of his.
Daphne and Bella immediately felt all the muscles in Harry's arms tense up. What had happened at Flourish and Blotts left a very emotional scar on Harry, and it was one of those scars that would not clear up in a couple of weeks.
With smoothness in his strides Gilderoy Lockhart walked towards Harry. At four meters away from Harry he again raised up his hand.
Harry's eyes widened and he immediately wanted to do the first thing that came to mind, and that was to run away and fast.
The arms from Bella and Daphne However stopped him from fleeing the great hall.
Susan was now standing in front of Harry and kept their defense Professor away from reaching Harry.
"Let me through little girl, I just wanted to go to Harry for a bid". Gilderoy Lockhart said while he was looking kindly at Susan.
Susan, however, did not step aside. She stood still and told him to go back.
"Come come little girl, I am a Professor and you're not allowed to simply stop me". He smiled kindly and pushed Susan aside with just a little too much force.
Susan stumbled by the push and fell hard to the ground.
Bella and Daphne let go of Harry's arms when they saw Susan fall.
Harry who immediately pressed his wand under the nose of Gilderoy Lockhart snarled at him. "Professor, I cannot stand you, preferably I like to stay as far away from you as possible. But there's one thing I want to make clear to you, keep your hands away from my friends".
The tip of Harry's wand began to glow a dangerously shade of red.
Lockhart looked at Susan and thought about saying sorry then he changed his mind and looked back at Harry.
Daphne and Bella had already helped Susan back on her feet and were now looking at Harry who stood in front of Lockhart.
You could clearly see how the magic was fluttering in waves around Harry. It was a fearful sight to everyone who saw it and you knew it could only be magic that came from pure rage and all of that was coming from inside Harry.
But Lockhart did not seem to see it and just started to talk kindly to Harry. "Harry, Harry, Harry. I just wanted to tell you that I will accept you're apology for what you have done to me, you know that day at Flourish and Blotts when you blown me into that wall".
Harry looked at him in surprise and did not know whether he should respond to him or just ignore him.
Bella and Daphne who were standing beside Harry just watched with equally wide eyes at Lockhart. Both put a hand on the arm of Harry's wand arm and urged him to calm down. With soothing words Harry was brought back to calmness. Daphne and Bella turned him around and pushed him slowly to the door and away from Lockhart.
Lockhart saw how the ladies pushed the wand from Harry down. He however was still not clear about what was happening. But he saw how Harry was turned around and pushed away from him and out of the great hall.
In his thought, Lockhart thought hard about what was happening. "Hey wait a minute. Harry did not apologize to me". With both hands he grabbed Harry firmly by the shoulders and turned him roughly around to face him.
Harry felt two hands pushing down on his shoulders. He knew who it was and what was going to happen, with fear in his eyes and his wand still in his hand. He was turned around by brute force.
"Harry, I want a".
"Stupefy" echoed the voice of Harry through the great hall.
Gilderoy Lockhart was hit full in the chest. He flew backwards for about five meters to land roughly on the Hufflepuff table.
The whole room was silent. Many a students were holding their fork or spoon halfway in the air between their mouths and the table. They were all watching with bated breath at their defense against the dark arts teacher.
Completely crumpled Gilderoy Lockhart got back to his feet and looked at Harry.
Harry who was breathing heavily just watched as he was getting up. His wand was still clamped in his fist.
Daphne stopped Harry by grabbing his arm and Bella tried to wiggle his wand from his hand.
Lockhart walked back toward them and said. "It's very nice of you that you two want to protect your Professor but that really isn't necessary".
Bella now stared at Lockhart. She could hardly believe it but it was really what he said. "Do you really believe that we are protecting you from Harry? Are you out of your mind? Have you really learned nothing about what happened at Flourish and Blotts?" Her words were full of disbelief and hatred.
With great difficulty Bella was struggling with the arm of Harry. Together with Daphne she tried to get his wand out of his hand.
But Harry had an iron grip on his wand and looked straight in the eyes of Lockhart.
"Professor, you'd better leave its for your own safety." Daphne squeaked at him.
"I'm not going away at all. This is the second time that Harry here attacked me without any reason so I demand an apology" Lockhart cried.
Bella let go of the hand of Harry and pulled her own wand. Now she pointed it between the eyes of Lockhart. "You have attacked Harry at flourish and Blotts. Today you have attacked him for the second time. And just a moment ago you pushed one of our friends to the ground. If I were you I would run away and fast, otherwise I will ask Daphne to let go of Harry".
Lockhart looked at her sincerely and wanted to say something. But from a couple of meters away they were interrupted by none other than Albus Dumbledore.
"Gilderoy am I to understand that Harry here has blown you to the ground with a Stupefy".
Everyone looked around and at Dumbledore except for Harry; he kept his gaze fixed on Gilderoy Lockhart.
"Yes headmaster, Harry here has done exactly what you are saying. However miss. Figg together with Miss Greengrass has kept him from doing anything else. It was not necessary, of course, but they did it for their favorite defense against the dark arts Professor" Gilderoy said with an air of confidence.
Daphne could not contain herself any longer and snapped. "You really are not good in the head are you, we stopped him because he would have made Flobberworm puss out of you. We did not do did to protect you, but we did it to protect Harry from himself. All of It was your own fou".
It was on this moment that Dumbledore interfered again. "Miss. Greengrass, a student should treat a Professor with respect and not make any accusations about his mental abilities. You and Mrs. Figg should not contradict a Professor."
Daphne and Bella were both speechless. They had never thought that Dumbledore would just believe Lockhart with every word he said.
But Dumbledore was not finished. "Miss Greengrass and Miss. Figg, because you both contradict a professor you both will have a 20 points penalty. And Harry you will have five detentions with Professor Lockhart".
The look of Harry immediately became scared and went to Bella and Daphne.
Albus Dumbledore went away and walked towards Ron and Draco. "Mr. Weasley, Mr. Malfoy, thank you for your warning, this good have gone really bad, for the both of you 50 points for the proper judgment of danger."
From the other end of the great hall Minerva came walking towards them. Without asking anything she walked up to Harry. The look in his eyes told her he was scared. The only thing she could think of was to give him a hug and that was what she did.
With her eyes focusing on Bella and Daphne she realized that it was not a good sign. She saw how Bella was looking at Albus who just walked out the door. He was followed by a very jovial Lockhart.
Harry thanked her for the hug and said that he was okay.
Her feeling told her that he was not okay but she chose to say nothing about it. When she heard from Susan what had happened the only thing left for her to do was to walk away angry.
"She is on her way to Albus dumb-turd" Bella said.
The friends first looked at her and then burst out laughing.
During defence against the dark arts class Lockhart tried to come close to Harry for a few times. But each time he was met at wand point from five wands. So he had to retreat to the front of the class.
All of them had made a silent promise to protect harry for as long as it was possible, but they also knew that he had to be alone with him for the rest of the night.
Around seven o'clock, Harry headed towards the classroom of Lockhart.
Daphne waved him off by the portrait of the fat lady and said that it would be okay. She walked back into the common room and sat down next to Bella.
Bella took her hand and looked just as frightened as she was. Slowly the wait began, minute after minute, hour after hour. Bella and Daphne could do nothing but wait nervously for Harry to come back.
When it was nine o'clock Ron came walking into the common room and was closely followed by Draco.
"What's he doing here," Bella asked.
Ron looked at her and smiled broadly. "That does not concern you, you dirty filthy Mudblood."
At the word Mudblood there was a commotion that went throughout the common room.
Hermione immediately walked to Ron. "Who do you think you are?" She asked him hotly. "You are nothing but a stuck up pig".
Draco who was standing behind Ron chuckled a bit.
Hermione glanced at him and wanted to say something.
Draco raised his wand and cursed Hermione without any hesitation.
She felt a tingle, and before she knew it her face was covered with all kinds of sores.
"Look Ron, this is how a mudblood should look. Just plane dirty and ugly just the way they are" Draco said with a sneer.
Hermione burst into tears and wanted to run away.
Bella wanted to lash out at Draco just like Daphne wanted to do. But even before the two women could do anything they were sent out of the common room and on their way to the infirmary to bring Hermione to Poppy Pomfrey.
Fred, George and Neville would take care of Ron and Draco by themselves.
Together, the three ladies walked to the infirmary. Bella asked herself whether she should go and have a look at how Harry was doing. But inwardly she knew that Dumbledore would keep an eye on her and Daphne.
Daphne did not know it but she was asking herself the same question at the same time Bella did.
With Poppy Pomfrey however it was a piece of cake. It only took her a few minutes to get all the sores removed from the face of Hermione.
When Daphne told Poppy it had been Draco and Ron who had done this to Hermione.
The only thing Poppy could then do was sighing. She automatically knew that they would not get any punishment for what they did. Draco and Ron clearly were the favourite of Dumbledore, even though she did not know why that was.
Within thirty minutes they were back in their common room. Harry had not yet returned from his detention but Ron and Draco were nowhere to be seen.
Fred has said to not ask any questions about it, because they wouldn't like the answers.
Something Neville had also asked them. He also told him that he would still have nightmares for at least a few years.
At eleven o'clock Harry walked into the common room, he was tired but he had a small smile on his face.
Bella and Daphne looked surprised when Harry entered the common room while he was smiling.
"Okay why in Merlin's name are you Laughing" Daphne asked before Harry had a chance to sit down.
Harry plopped down on the couch right between Bella and Daphne.
Both girls immediately crawled into his side and waited on what Harry was going to say.
"Well it was actually kind of funny. My punishment was nothing more than writing lines. And above all I didn't have to apologize".
Both ladies gave him an incredulous and inquiring look.
Harry laughed and continued. "When I stood in front of the classroom I wanted to run. But when Lockhart opened the door Grandma Mini stood behind me, I never expected her to be there.
Lockhart wanted to protest but Grandma told him she was there to stay. He did have a choice. She could stay and just overlook what was happening. Or he could duel with her. If he won the duel then she would go away. So Grandma Mini will be with me in every detention I have with him".
Bella looked at him smiling. Daphne, however, asked if they had dueled.
Harry laughed a little when he heard Daphne asked the question. "If you had seen him, I thought he would do it right there in his pants from fear."
The following weeks went pretty quickly. Before they knew it, it was Saturday, the day of the Quidditch match.
At ten o'clock they were all walking towards the Quidditch pitch. Bella did repeat the warning she had got from Dobby. Harry, however, wanted to play no matter what the cost.
Bella was standing with Harry at the edge of the Quidditch pitch.
Like always it was the match of the year, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. And just like always the whole school game to watch the match. There were also a few other people that Bella didn't know. Suddenly she pointed to a blonde woman in the stands. "Harry that is Narcissa is it not, over there in the stand next to Dumbledore".
Harry took a good look and Bella was right. Narcissa Malfoy was sitting in the stand next to Dumbledore and a man with long blond hair.
Bella wondered why they were there.
Daphne suddenly came running towards them. "You will never believe this!" She cried as she stopped in front of them. Behind her were a very upset Angelina Johnson and a very upset Katie Bell.
Bella and Harry looked at each other. They didn't know what to think so they waited for what was to come.
Five minutes later the whole team and their carers Hermione, Susan, Daphne and Neville were standing around them.
The only thing Harry and Bella understood was that everyone was angry about something. Even Daphne had not told them what it was. The only thing they could do was to wait and see.
The team of Slytherin came out of the other locker room. Draco Malfoy was walking in front of them and looked like he had won the lottery.
Bella saw that everyone of team Slytherin had the exact same broom.
Neville was the first who asked how they got it.
It was Marcus Flint, the captain of the team who told them that it had been a gift from Dumbledore and the father of Draco, nothing but the best for the team of Slytherin.
Is only now that Bella and Harry understood why everyone was so angry. Bella, however, began to laugh.
Harry looked at her amused but the rest did not understand it.
Draco and the rest of team Slytherin only became irritated and walked away.
When Bella could finally talk again she said she had practiced all summer with Harry on his training field.
His teammates looked at him in awe. You have your own training field they asked in unison. Harry shook his head and put an arm around Bella's shoulder.
"We have a training field" he said with a smile.
Bella had to blush at his words but she did look up at him with pride in her eyes.
The match how Hermione saw it.
Hermione had taken a seat next to Neville. She heard Madam Hooch blow her whistle and the game began. While she was chewing her fingernails she watched Bella and Harry play. She was looking with eagle eyes how Harry was doing. She would rather watch Bella play with the other chasers. That's what she loved about the game, that was where the most critical moments of the game was played. But now it was Harry.
The warning from Dobby had done its job. Everyone was alert and focused on Harry. Bella made the one score after the other. In a matter of minutes the Gryffindor team was ahead with a hundred points to Zero.
Hermione had grabbed the hand of Neville and slowly began to squeeze it.
Neville grimaced in pain but he kept himself strong.
Then suddenly it happened. One of the Bludgers came right at the back of Harry. With a little scream of pain Harry looked behind him.
Hermione saw the bludger turn around and it again went straight to Harry. This time she saw how he dodged it, but he was only barely able to do it. Now Hermione did not look at Harry. Her gaze was fixed on that particular bludger.
Again he changed direction and went straight at Harry. She gestured to wood that there had to be a timeout.
Would had seen her asking for a timeout and he immediately went to madam Hooch to arrange it. When the time out was performed the whole team stood around Wood. Only Harry did not attend the time out. He was still circling the stadium trying to escape the bludger.
Now the whole team saw how the bludger only went after Harry. But if they could see it then the whole stadium could see it to. And none of the Professors did anything to help Harry.
"Someone has been tampering with that bludger, you can take my word for it" Susan cried out at once. "Someone put a spell on that thing and deliberately cheated" Susan quickly added in a loud voice so that the stand with Albus could hear her.
As one the whole team looked at Draco.
Who was just laughing while he stood on the other side of the field.
Madam Hooch did not know how she should tell it but the game could not be stopped. The team of Gryffindor could forfeit the game but then they would automatically lose.
Oliver hesitated a bit but Bella told him that Harry would not like it if he stopped the match.
Hermione looked up at Harry a let her eyes go over the others of the team. She motioned all of them to come closer. She then told them she might know of a way to win the game and save harry at the same time. She did not know if it would work but it was the best she could come up with in the short time she had.
The entire team listened intently while they all kept an eye on Harry. Every time that he was hit they all took a sucking breath through their teeth. With a small nod of their heads they accepted the plan and went up in the air. It only took one minute for the game to get back in full swing.
While Harry was still doing futile attempts to evade the bludger. He just did not seem to be able to prevent himself from being scraped by it. He could literally feel how the bludger made cuts on his arms and back. Then he suddenly saw it from the corner of his eyes.
Hermione saw that Harry saw the Snitch and gave a white flag which was the sign to Bella to start her plan.
Just before the sign to Bella.
Bella had the Quaffle in her hands when she saw Hermione waving a white flag to the corner of the field. That was her sign to go and help Harry. She quickly threw the Quaffle to Katie and went to fly behind Harry.
He had seen the snitch and was now doing everything to catch that thing.
Bella would try to lure the bludger away from Harry and along with her. She did everything she could think of to keep that bludger away. But whatever she tried, nothing seemed to work and that damn thing just kept on going to Harry.
Fred and George were flying along with the other two chasers. It was there job to score as many points as they could.
Harry flew ahead of Bella who was closely followed by Draco Malfoy.
Bella could see that the Nimbus 2001 broom of Draco was faster than the one from of her or the one from harry. But she could also see that Harry was the better flier of the two.
Bella who kept flying crisscross behind Harry could not separate the bludger from harry.
Just a second before Harry caught the snitch Bella had her last attempt.
The Bludger came straight at Harry and it was going fast.
Bella just flew right behind Harry before the Bludger could hit his back. With both her hands she caught the Bludger and firmly held it at her chest. The blow from the Bludger against her hands was so hard That She felt more than one bone in her hands break. But she had the Bludger and that was what she wanted to do.
Harry caught the snitch and immediately held it up in the air for everyone to see.
Draco who was not really paying any attention to the snitch, but was only focused on Harry, had never seen how close he was to the ground. With a hard blow he landed on the ground breaking his new broom in two.
Harry, who had absolutely no consideration for Draco, was looking around himself to see where Bella was. He found her just a few meters above him where he saw that she was struggling to keep the bludger in her hands.
The bludger tried to get loose and in his struggle pulled Bella from her broom.
Harry let go of the snitch and immediately flew straight to Bella. Just above the ground, he was able to grab her by the arm. He was not fast enough to catch her all the way but he had been fast enough to break her fall.
The second the bludger got loose it went straight at Harry, who tried to get away from it.
Daphne watched him go and saw that he had a good distance between him and the bludger. With no other players on the field she had a clear shot and yelled "Reducto" at the bludger. There was a shower of sparks when the bludger exploded in a fine dust.
She hugged Harry when he was on the ground and together they went to find Bella. They did not really see where she was because everyone was now standing on the field. But they could clearly hear her voice.
"No, go away, not you, anyone but you"
Before Harry was able to get to Bella he heard Lockhart call out a spell. On hearing that voice both Harry and Daphne began to run faster.
Harry pushed Lockhart roughly to the side when he heard him say.
"Yes, that can happen sometimes".
All the bones in both of Bella's hands were gone. Harry didn't say anything he just took Bella in his arms and walked towards the castle.
Lockhart wanted to say something to him but Daphne had her wand pointed straight up under his chin. "Professor I'm hoping for you that all will be okay with Bella. Otherwise, you can only pray that Harry will get to you before I do". In the voice of Daphne you could clearly hear that she would not tolerate any contradiction from him.
It were those words from Daphne that brought a small smile to Bella before she again winced in pain.
Daphne walked behind Harry and saw that he was bleeding from all kinds of wounds. The bludger had really done a number on him. She could see that he was sliced open from many cuts and that he had many abrasions on his body. However, he himself did not seem to feel anything. He just looked at Bella in a loving way, but also with sadness.
It was once again that Daphne felt a little pain in her heart. With everything that was happening you could clearly see how much Harry cared for Bella. And she wanted it so badly, that he had those feelings for her. A feeling she immediately pushed away, now it there for Bella and not for herself.
Bella who had her broken hands around his neck, was just trying to hold on to him.
Daphne could see that she was struggling to hold onto Harry. This because her hands would not cooperate with what she wanted to do. It was again something to blame Albus Dumbledore for; he was the one who hired that excuse that was named Lockhart.
For Harry, however, it made no difference. All he wanted to do was to get Bella as soon as possible to the infirmary. To his left he saw Albus Dumbledore walking with Severus Snape, between the two of them they were caring Draco Malfoy.
Draco was only holding on to one arm and was screaming as if it was completely ripped off.
Harry saw how they were worrying over Draco and how he and Bella were completely ignored.
The way Draco was holding his injured arm and how he was clutching his hand into a fist, told Harry that it wasn't as bad as he made them believe it was.
It was again something then did not help with his feelings Harry was having. The anger inside him was only increased by some words Albus spoke to Draco. He was constantly encouraging him and telling him that it would be okay. Yet Harry remained calm, Bella was now his primary concern, and that went before everything else.
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Arabella who has been sitting in the audience along with Minerva were walking behind the three friends. Minerva made sure that all the doors were opened just before Harry walk through them. She had to do this because Lucius was closing them deliberately.
When they arrived in the infirmary, they saw that Draco was still screaming as if he was dying.
Harry ignored everything and went straight to the back of the infirmary and gently placed Bella down on an empty bed.
Just as Poppy was about to come to Bella he heard Albus say. "Leave them be Poppy, you must first look at Draco after that you can handle the minor things".
A/N: I hope you enjoyed it. See you again in two weeks. Greetings Winmau