Chapter 15 - The Quidditch Final
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AN: Thanks to Turnlach for his BETA work
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Wood was back to working them as hard as possible, they were training at any possible opportunity but still Oliver did not think they were ready. Though they had run out of time… they were sitting in the changing room while Oliver was giving his pre-game speech.
"This is it! We can do it!" he kept saying over and over. He then turned to Harry, "You know you cannot catch the snitch until we reach a sixty point lead right?" Harry nodded his head for the thousandth time this week, "If you catch it on fifty or lower we lose…"
"I KNOW!" Harry said, finally had enough, the rest of the team snickered at this. Harry just glared at them.
"Alright! It's time… let's do this!" Wood yelled.
"Gryffindor!" the team said as one. They then left the changing room and started to walk out onto the pitch. The crowd started to cheer as they walked out of the changing room. Red and gold banners were being waved around. The crowed cheered once more as Hufflepuff entered the field, following Cedric Diggory.
Wood and Diggory met at the centre of the field. Diggory won the toss and chose to defend the south goal, which caused the Gryffindors to cheer… after all their stands were right next to the north goals… and in the past other teams keepers manage to somehow transfigure into animals and such during games. Of course no one knew how it happened…
When Hooch blew her whistle the two teams shot into the air. Lee's voice could be heard roaring over the crowd.
"WELCOME TO THE QUIDDITCH FINALS!!! TODAY IS HUFFLEPUFF VS GRYFFINDOR!!!" he paused until the cheers died down slightly, "OF COURSE FAVOURITES GOING INTO THE MATCH TODAY ARE THE UNDEFEATED GRYFFINDOR LIONS!" yelled Lee, which caused the other Gryffindors to cheer while the Slytherins and some Hufflepuffs booed.
"Lee! Stick to the game." McGonagall hissed at him.
"CERTAINLY PROFESSOR… KATIE BELL HAS THE QUAFFLE, QUICK PASS TO JOHNSON… OHHH! GREAT BLUDGER BY THE HUFFLEPUFF BEATER MARCUS, THE QUAFFLE IS TAKEN UP BY CADWALLDER WHO PASSES IT TO… WAIT IT'S INTERCEPTED BY SPINNET WHO SHOOTS AND SCORES!!! FIRST GOAL TO GRYFFINDOR, 10-0!" The crowd started cheering and red and gold sparks started to fly into the air from the Gryffindor stands.
Harry was clapping, but then had to dodge a bludger that was sent by Samuel. Fred snapped by and hammered the bludger back at him, which narrowly missed.
"…ANOTHER GOAL BY GRYFFINDOR, TWENTY NOTHING, JONES NOW PASSED THE QUAFFLE OUT TO PERKINS, PERKINS DODGES A GREAT BLUDGER BY ONE OF THE WEASLEYS, HE THROWS IT DOWN TO CADWALLDER, WHO QUICKLY PASSES IT OFF TO MITCHAEL WHO SHOOTS… BRILLIANT SAVE BY WOOD!!!"
Harry shot upwards looking for the snitch while still carefully listening to the score. He couldn't let Cedric catch it before they got at least sixty in front.
Harry was now over the Gryffindor goal post when he looked over towards the forest. Sitting there just inside was Sirius in his animagus form. Harry smiled briefly but was brought back to reality by Wood.
"Harry! Get moving!" he yelled out and Harry shot off.
"… BELL WITH THE QUAFFLE, DODGES ONE, TWO BLUDGERS, PASSES IT TO SPIN… WAIT A REVERSE PASS TO JOHNSON, JOHNSON GOES HIGH, SHOOTS! NO WAIT PASSES IT DOWN TO SPINNET WHO SCORES WITH A PERFECT PORSKOFF PLAY WITH A REVERSE PASS THROWN IN! FIFTY NOTHING TO GRYFFINDOR!"
That was when Harry saw the snitch, though it was too soon to catch it, he tried to keep an eye on it, but Cedric must have also seen it, as he shot off after it. Cursing Harry shot off too, quickly catching up with Cedric. Harry rammed into him, trying to knock him off course, though Cedric quickly swerved back on.
That's was when he heard Lee's voice call out, "60 NOTHING, GRYFFINDOR STILL IN THE LEAD." Harry thanked the gods and pushed his broom harder towards the snitch. Harry extended his arm as far as he could manage and with one more lunge he grabbed the snitch and shot upwards though the clouds, coming flying back down moments later and landing softly on the ground.
His team had also landed and was now running over to him. Harry could hear the loud bang and squeaking sound as Lee dropped the announcement box and rushed onto the field.
"HARRY!" Harry turned around when someone yelled his name and found himself grabbed by someone with bushy brown hair, who then proceeded to give him a good snog.
Wolf whistles came from the crowed and Hermione broke the kiss, burying her head into Harry's chest to hide her blushing face.
"PARTY IN GRYFFINDOR TOWER!!!" Fred yelled out.
"EVERONE INVITED!" George added, which caused everyone from the other houses to cheer. The Gryffindor parties were rumoured to be legendary.
As everyone was heading back to the common room, Fred and George, pulled Harry aside,
"Er would we be able to borrow it again?" Fred asked. Harry just smiled.
"I know something better… Dobby!" Harry said, and then with a soft 'pop' Dobby appeared.
"The Great Harry Potter calls Dobby! What can Dobby do for Harry Potter, Sir!" Dobby said in excitement.
"Dobby we need a large supply of butterbeer in Gryffindor Tower… there is going to be a large party there." Harry said.
"Dobby will do it, Sir!" he said nodding his head before popping away. Harry then turned to the twins with a large smile on his face.
"Expect A LOT of butterbeer to be there." Harry said. The twins nodded and rushed off to the tower. Harry was about to go also when his mobile vibrated in his pocket. Quickly checking to see if anyone was there Harry pulled it out.
"Hello." Harry said, the caller ID said that it was Sirius.
"Hey Harry! Great game… I was wondering if you would like to meet up with me." Sirius asked.
"Yeah that would be great. Where are you?" Harry asked, already looking forward to seeing Sirius again.
"Did you see me while you were playing?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, I saw you in the forest a little." Harry said.
"Well, meet me there… don't forget your cloak either." Sirius said.
"Ok see you in a bit." Harry said before hanging up the phone.
Harry then started walking back to the tower. When he was getting closer he could already tell the party was in full swing. He walked around another corner and found Hermione waiting for him.
"Hey you." she said, smiling at him, "What kept you?"
"Er… Maurice… wants to met, you want to come?" Harry said, using Sirius' nickname, since he didn't know if anyone was listening. Hermione just nodded her head, "Well come on, I've got to get my cloak first and probably a couple of butterbeers." Harry said as he wrapped one arm around Hermione's waist and they headed up the tower.
Once they arrived Harry made his way through the crowd, stopping at the large container that was absolutely filled with bottles of butterbeer. Harry shrunk some down and stuck them in his pocket before walking up into his dorm. He pulled out his invisibility cloak and headed back down. He found Hermione waiting at the entrance.
They quickly walked out of the common room, and when no one was looking Harry threw the cloak over both of them. Then together they both silently made their way back out to the Quidditch pitch.
They walked over the pitch and went just into the forest where Harry had seen Sirius before. He then took the cloak off both of them and looked around for Sirius. A large black dog walked out of the shadows and then transformed back into Sirius. He then quickly gave both Harry and Hermione a hug.
"It's great to see you two again!" he said happily.
"It's good to see you too Sirius." Hermione said, as Harry pulled out three shrunken bottles of butterbeer, enlarged them and then handed one to each of them.
"It's good to see you too… I wish I could have come home during Christmas… but it would have been too suspicious." Harry said with a sad sigh.
"Its ok pup, I understand completely!" Sirius said giving him a soft slap on the back.
"Any luck with Peter?" he then asked softly.
Harry just shook his head. "No, but he should show up soon… we caught him at the end of the year and that's not far away." Harry said softly and Sirius just nodded.
They talked for about an hour before Sirius pointed out that they better be heading back. After all Harry had just won the game, and people would be wondering where he was. Both Harry and Hermione agreed and with one last hug they both left under Harry's cloak again.
They walked through the corridors, and when they were about half way back Harry took the cloak off and tucked it in his pocket. Hermione then turned to him, a gleam in her eyes.
"Time to kiss the champion seeker." she said softly before she put her arms around his neck and pressed her lips against his. Harry ran his tongue across her bottom lip and Hermione opened her mouth eagerly allowing him access to her mouth.
Harry let out a soft groan as Hermione hand knotted in his hair and Hermione swelled around his mouth. Harry was doing the same, taking in all she offered. He was softly running his hand up and down her spine which caused her to shiver slightly.
After about five minutes Hermione broke the kiss; both of their eyes were softly glowing in the dim light.
"I love you Harry." she said softly, not looking away from his eyes.
"I love you too Hermione… don't ever think otherwise." he said before giving her another soft kiss, "We better be getting back… or they will think we have been doing more than snogging." Harry said a small twinkle in his eyes.
Hermione blushed at this, but also agreed and they headed into the common room. When they entered, everything seemed to pause until they all erupted in cheers and wolf whistles.
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Well on Friday im going to Brisbane for six weeks… good news is that I got the laptop :D. I will most likely update again on Friday but after that it will probley be once a week for the time that I am away….
R/R!