CHAPTER 9

Harry Potter

His face scrunched up in distaste as he looked at the broom.

"Everyone on the count of three say up", commanded Madam Hooch

The whole class straightened up as Madam Hooch began to count.

"One"

"Two"

"Three", "Up"

His broom zipped from its resting place and smashed into his hand so painfully that it stung. He looked around only to find his brother, Malfoy, and two or three others had managed to get the Broom on their first attempt.

"Ha, MudBlood Granger, can't get your Broom up", crooned Malfoy While his Cronies Laughed.

"Say that again Malfoy", he spoke in a whisper.

"You don't frighten me much Potter and since you have forgotten your first day in, I think you require a reminder", Malfoy snarled.

He inhaled, it would not do to fight in front of Madam Hooch but he was going to curse this brat into oblivion and he knew he was. Hermione placed a calming hand on his shoulder "Let them be, Harry", she said in a low voice and he shook his head looking away from Malfoy, it sickened him to no end how spoiled this brat was.

Hermione tried for the fifth time and this time the Broom shot up into her hand, she shot a dirty look to Malfoy who sneered at her.

"Good it seems you have understood the basics now everyone, mount your brooms", Madam hooch said

The class slid their Brooms between their legs, and Madam Hooch began inspecting their grips and Posture while correcting those with the wrong Grip, his brother being taught by their father had the correct grip while surprisingly Malfoy who had been boasting about his skill as a seeker had the wrong grip.

He snickered and was followed by Hermione and Greengrass.

Malfoy reddened

"Now everyone push yourself off the ground gently", commanded Madam Hooch "I will not have anyone soaring higher than three feet and anyone caught flying higher than that will be receiving a week of detention"

He gently pushed himself off the ground and found himself floating in the air, Hermione soon joined him.

"Merlin, I want to go down", Hermione said

"Why, it feels great", he asked as he zoomed around the pitch.

"I feel nauseating", Hermione said

"Mr. Longbottom get down here", Shouted Madam Hooch catching everyone's attention and they turned their head to see Neville soar higher and higher into the air.

"I can't I don't know how", Neville shouted panicked as his broom began to shake then with a sickening scream Neville lost his grip and fell from his broom.

"AAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

THUMP

He winced as Neville fell onto the pitch with a painful crunch.

"Mr Longbottom are you alright", Madam Hooch said rushing towards fallen Neville as half the class surrounded Neville

"Here Mr. Longbottom let me help you to Madam Pomfrey", Madam Hooch said and magicked Neville into a conjured stretcher.

"No one flies, if I find anyone breaking this rule then by Merlin you will receive a month of detention"

"Look what Bottom dropped", Malfoy shouted once Madam Hooch had left.

Showing them some kind of a glass ball.

"Give it here Malfoy", said the angry Jim Potter

"I will not", Malfoy said with a laugh and hopped onto his broom and into the air he went.

"That is it", Jim said as both Jim and Malfoy now flew high in the air.

"Wow, how about revenge Hermione", he said amused as Jim tried to get Longbottom's Glass ball from Malfoy who flew higher up in the air.

"What do you mean?", asked Hermione

"A banishing Charm towards Malfoy ought to teach him some things", he said softly so no one could hear them.

"Mmmmm… from this height he might break his neck", Hermione said a little worried.

"Good for us then", he replied

(Up in the air)

Jim

"Give the Remembrall back Malfoy or you will regret ever touching it", he said angrily.

He was burning with anger, first Malfoy assaulted Nev and hexed him now he was stealing Nev's stuff this was unacceptable. Especially the Remembrall which was a heirloom passed to Nev from his father

"Catch it then", Malfoy said and tossed the Remembrall away, he could not allow the Remembrall to get smashed, it meant a lot to Neville, and his jaws clenched.

His eye focused on the Remembrall and he leant forward onto his broom as he accelerated towards the falling ball.

Thirty feet

Twenty feet

Ten feet

He stretched out his hand and his fingers closed around the Remembrall and he pulled his broom up landing softly on the ground.

He smirked towards Malfoy who snarled and shot back to the Ground then he saw Malfoy's eyes widen as Malfoy mid in the air lost his grip and fell.

Crunch

He smiled, it seemed like Malfoy had received some of his due's.

"Mr Potter", shrieked a voice heavily laden with a Scottish accent and his heart sank.

"What were you thinking", Said a very angry Professor McGonagall

"Professor it was not my fault-"

"You are coming with me", she said and turned

He sighed and followed Professor McGonagall.

Harry

He smiled in satisfaction as both his brother and Malfoy were now in deep trouble.

"Are you really a great seeker Malfoy? It seems that you are not too far away from Neville when it comes to the talk of Broom Handling", he said with a smirk.

"You- Potter I will see you later", Malfoy snarled as he was helped onto his feet by Crabbe and Goyle.

"First get yourself checked Malfoy, lest you want to vomit slugs", he replied cooly.

Malfoy's face darkened but he turned and fell onto the ground with a cry of pain as he clutched his leg.

(Later)

"I know Harry that revenge was due but Malfoy could have broken his neck or could have got seriously injured if your spell was a little more powerful", Hermione scolded him.

"You are seriously taking his side, Mione?", he asked

"No, damn it Harry I am worried about you, you could have got into serious trouble there", she replied angrily

He sighed, "I will be more careful next time, Mione"

"Be careful dummy"

"Gah"

"Now is your assignment complete, Professor Quirrell's that is?", Hermione asked.

"Yes", he replied

"Good", she said

"Now let's go and submit our assignment to him", she replied

"Yes, let's go"

Dumbledore

"Any new developments Severus", he asked the potions Professor

"Sadly, No", Severus replied

"Are you even sure that Quirrell is possessed?", asked Severus

"No not anymore and any of my tracking spells hasn't alerted me that anyone has managed to breach Hagrid's creature", he replied lost in thought.

It seemed like a huge mistake now that he thought about it, if Quirrell was possessed by Tom then Children might get hurt and Tom was not above-using Children for his means.

"Ah yes that nasty beast, though considering that the final trap is not yet in place, it would be amusing If Quirrell managed to break all those traps only to find an empty chamber at the end", Severus snorted.

He smiled at the thought.

"Though I am concerned, keep an eye on Quirrell shall you and ah… how is Harry doing", he asked.

"Harry who?", Severus asked

"Harry Potter, My boy"

"Ah that brat, well I must say that the boy is more like Lily than I thought", Severus said

"A praise from you then, send the boy to me, I want to meet him and Miss Granger, being in Slytherin is not easy, especially for two of them", he spoke sadly, shaking his head, it was sad that even to this day such bigotry persisted.

"I shall"

Quirrell

"Time is of the essence Quirinus", said the rasping voice of his master

"Master, it will take some time but I think I can manage to find a way through McGonagall's trap before Halloween", he said in a pleading voice.

His master was not of a forgiving kind and he doubted he would be allowed any lapses after almost failing to get a way across that damnable beast of Groundskeeper.

"See that you do Quirinus, I will be most displeased if you fail, you have come so far", said his master in a tone of finality as he faded back into dormancy.

He took a deep breath and washed his face; both of those damnable kids would be coming.

(Sometime later)

His plan had begun taking up some shape, he had received their projects and he thought their knowledge about the magic theory was good enough to wander into some of those arcane magic.

McGonagall's Trap was really ingenious and full of surprises, she had enchanted the floor to some level of sentient and provided it with intent-based charms, the floor then would transfigure into anything, the spells or techniques which McGonagall had used were quite archaic if not a completely new technique of transfiguration and enchanting, and he had to figure a way to either make the floor dormant to his magic or manage to deactivate it.

Then he would move to the next trap, Already opening the door had been a headache with all the wards being put on it, it was of no surprise and then rewarding the door so no one would get suspicious was tiring.

Harry Potter/ Hermione Granger

They had been told to visit the headmaster's office, he was worried that he had been caught hitting Malfoy with a spell but Hermione was also called which helped alleviate some of his concerns, they Stood outside the Gargoyle and said cockroach clusters as Professor Snape had instructed them.

The Gargoyle shifted and opened into a hallway which led to the headmaster's office. They entered the hallway and as they walked up he could see hundreds of portraits hung in the hallway judging him.

He approached the door of the office to knock only for the headmaster to call them inside first.

"Enter Harry, Hermione", called the headmaster from inside his quarters.

He turned the knob of the door and walked inside followed by Hermione.

As they stepped into the room, their eyes were immediately drawn to the headmaster, who sat regally upon an elegant chair crafted from some kind of gleaming white wood. A matching table stood before him. However, the most striking feature was not the furniture, but the walls—adorned with hundreds of portraits of wizards. The painted figures loomed high above, it felt imposing.

They looked at the headmaster his eyes twinkling.

"Headmaster you called us?", he asked.

"Yes, yes come and sit", the headmaster offered and they sat in the chair offered to them.

"Lemon drops", asked the headmaster his eyes radiating a feeling of warmth. He decided that he liked the headmaster as he accepted two pieces of sweet while Hermione declined.

"Ah, you might be wondering the reason I have called you and worry not you are not in any trouble, I have called you to ask If you are doing alright in the Slytherin house considering that Slytherin house is not as open-minded when it comes to the origin of a wizard or a witch", Headmaster said in a genial tone.

"We are doing alright headmaster, though the house had been unwelcoming we have not suffered any bullying from our housemates regarding our blood status for a few months, the warning relayed by Professor Snape helped. We don't have any friends but I think we would do fine as long as we are together", Hermione said

"I am sorry to hear that, though I suggest you to make friends outside Slytherin's house and remember that my door is open to you If things get violent and harsh for you in Slytherin", the headmaster said in what seemed like a sad tone.

"Though I have news for you Harry, your parents want to take you to Dinner to try to get to know you better therefore you will be allowed to visit Hogsmeade on Saturdays conditional you do not break any rules and come before curfew, Hermione you would also be allowed to visit Hogsmeade if Harry's Parents want to take you to Dinner with them", Headmaster Dumbledore explained.

He felt warmth spread across his chest; it felt nice that his parents wanted to get to know him better. A smile spread across his face.

"Now I have received great praise from all of your teachers, you seem to be doing well but remember to not forget your childhood and spend all the time in books", the Headmaster said and after a bit of Idle chit chat allowed them to leave.

Jim

Being led by angry Professor McGonagall was not on his to-do list and seeing her so furious made him shiver.

After being led to what seemed like the DADA classroom Professor McGonagall entered the class and asked for wood.

Perhaps he was going to get caned?

Instead Wood turned out to be a hulking student who looked at Professor McGonagall Questioningly, Perhaps this was the person who was going to administer him his punishment, he thought.

"What you did Jim was very stupid and risky, you could have been hurt but you didn't and displayed amazing skill on the broom, though do not think of this as a reward because Wood would be working you very hard and make you earn the spot"

"Spot of what, Professor", he squeaked

"Seeker on quidditch team, your father was a great chaser and I hope you inherit his talent", Professor McGonagall spoke.

Wood's face split in a wide grin, "Is he good Professor?"

"As good as Charlie Weasley", replied Professor McGonagall

Wood's face split into a wide smile as if someone had given him a Christmas present earlier.

"You would be assigned to a month of detention with Wood and if you are incompetent with a broom then the detentions would be reassigned", Professor McGonagall said

"Yes", he squeaked this was something that both Neville and Ron would want to know.

(Later)

"By Merlin's Pants, you are what the youngest seeker in a century?", Ron exclaimed.

"If I get selected that is", he replied

"Still mate I have seen you fly there is by no chance that you aren't getting selected", Neville said

"Thanks, I guess"

"And thank you Jim you saved the Remembrall, It means a lot", Neville said

"Hey that is what friends are for Nev, we stand for each other", he said hugging Nev affectionately

Neville's face brightened

"Yeah, mate we stand up for each other", Ron said Patting Neville's Back

"We will pay back Malfoy for what he did to you mate", Ron said

"Yeah, we will hex him into oblivion", he said

"It alri-", Neville started but they cut him off

"No mate Malfoy will get what he deserves"

"Yeah, Fred and George wanted to hex Malfoy and his Gang of bullies to oblivion, they have been a pain in the arse for everyone", Ron said

Neville smiled sadly.

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