Slytherin Weasley

Chapter 39

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"Lucky the ground was so soft." 

"I thought he was dead for sure."

"But he didn't even break his glasses." 

I was standing with the sodden Gryffindor team in the hospital wing waiting for harry to wake up. 

"That was the scariest thing I've ever seen in my life." Alicia Spinnet said. 

"Harry falling or the dementors?" I asked in a hushed tone. 

"Both." She whispered. "I really thought we'd lost him."

Harry's eyes snapped open. 

"Harry!" said Fred, who looked extremely white underneath, the mud. "How're you feeling?"  

"What happened?" he said, sitting up so suddenly that we all gasped. 

"You fell off," said Fred. "Must've been — what — fifty feet?" 

"We thought you'd died," said Alicia, who was shaking. 

Hermione made a small, squeaky noise. Her eyes were extremely bloodshot. 

"But the match," said Harry. "What happened? Are we doing a replay?" 

No one said anything. The horrible truth sank in like a stone. 

"We didn't — lose?"

"Diggory got the Snitch," I said. 

"Just after you fell. He didn't realize what had happened.When he looked back and saw you on the ground, he tried to call it off. Wanted a rematch. Butthey won fair and square... even Wood admits it." George continued

"Where is Wood?" said Harry, suddenly realizing he wasn't there. 

 "Still in the showers," said Fred. 

"Hopefully he's trying to drown himself." I said, unthinkingly. I looked up at the sharp intakes of breathe. "Joking! Rival captain remember" 

Harry put his face to his knees, his hands gripping his hair.

Fred reached out grabbed his shoulder and shookit roughly. "C'mon, Harry, you've never missed the Snitch before."

 "There had to be one time you didn't get it," said George. 

"It's not over yet," said Fred. "We lost by a hundred points." 

"Right? So if Hufflepuff loses to Ravenclaw and we beat Ravenclaw and Slytherin..." 

I rolled my eyes. 

 "Hufflepuff'll have to lose by at least two hundred points," said George. "But if they beat Ravenclaw..." 

"No way, Ravenclaw is too good. But if Slytherin loses against Hufflepuff..." 

I scoffed and they all looked at me. "What? The only team we loose to is you and we all know that" 

"It all depends on the points — a margin of a hundred either way —" 

 Harry lay there, not saying a word. 

After ten minutes or so, Madam Pomfrey came over to tell the team to leave him in peace and I went with them. 

"We'll come and see you later," Fred told him.

"Don't beat yourself up Harry, you're still thebest Seeker we've ever had." 

The team trooped out, trailing mud behind them and Madam Pomfrey shut the door behind them,looking disapproving.