Sacrifices, Harry Potter Year 5

26. Seen and Unforseen

Lilly's POV
Harry told Seamus, Dean, Neville, and I about the interview. We all thought it was right to go public. Seamus and Dean departed for the common room. Harry handed me a small box. It was a belated birthday present full of candy. I saw Ron and a copy of me coming into the Great Hall. I was full of mud. We touched hands and I got rid of all the mud and she disappeared. I sat on my seat and almost passed out. I said, "I'll see you guys later, I am super tired, I've been doing three things at once." I was walking in my Muggle clothing with Neville at my side, I almost passed out at we climbed the stairs. Neville said, "Lilly, are you alright?" I nodded saying, "Doing three things at once is tiring sometimes..." He pulled me on his back for a piggyback ride and carried me to the common room and sat me on a couch. I layed down muttering, "I don't want to climb those stairs." He pulled my head into his lap and played with my hair muttering, "Well, you can't sleep here and you know I can't carry you up there..." I nodded and whispered, "Wake me up before you go to bed, I'll have my energy by then." He kissed my forehead and I fell asleep dreaming of reality. Fred and George were talking about the practice they saw, it was really terrible in all honesty. We were going to be slaughtered. Hermione said it was only a game and Harry said, "Hermione, you're good on feelings and stuff, but you just don't understand about Quidditch." She said darkly, "Maybe not, but at least my happiness doesn't depend on Ron's goalkeeping ability." Harry would have rather pitched himself off the Astronomy Tower than admit that to her...
Neville woke me up and I kissed his lips saying, "Happy Valentines Day, sorry I'm so tired." He kissed me once more saying, "It's alright, you've had a hard day. Next Saturday is going to be even harder..." I nodded mumbling, "Ugh, we are going to lose." He kissed my forehead and put something on my head. I felt it and pulled it off. It was a headband that was silver and intricate with floral designs. I kissed him saying, "Thank you, Neville, it's beautiful." I gave him more Herbology books, there were a lot so I figured he would want to read them all.
All in all, it was a rough, muddy, exhausting, complicated, fantastic day. I wouldn't have it any other way...

The match was terrible, but we lost only by ten points, which was good. I was able to get the Snitch under the Hufflepuff Seeker's nose. The celebration was more like a funeral. Harry talked to me and I said, "I love being a Chaser more, once Umbridge is gone, I expect you to take the position back." He nodded, Fred and George won't even take the micky out of Ron, he missed fourteen goals. Angelina won't let him resign because she had faith in him. Umbridge was watching me and she thought I was a better Seeker than Harry, at least she still liked me...

I got my usual edition of The Quibbler, Umbridge saw Harry's interview and she banned The Quibbler, but I had mine secretly delivered to my room. Harry was getting better, more and more people believed him. On the way to Transfiguration the next day, Cho talked to Harry and then Seamus finally said he believed Harry, he even sent a copy to his mom! Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle are peeved at Harry, he called out all of their fathers as Death Eaters, but they can't confront him because that would admit they've read the article. To cap it all off, Luna said that they have to reprint the edition! Harry had another dream about Voldemort, but this time he was Voldemort!
He talked to Hermione and they figured out that Lucius also could have gotten Sturgis and that there is a defensive mechanism blocking the thing that Voldemort wants. As the week progressed, Harry had trouble with potions, he worried about Hagrid, he wanted to talk to Sirius, he couldn't have talked about the dream with Hermione and Ron because they would tell them off, and he had a lot of trouble with Occlumency...
He entered Snape's mind and he was making some progress... they heard a shriek and went to look to she what it was. Umbridge was sacking Trelawney! People gather around and Dumbledore had Professor McGonagall bring Trelawney back inside, Umbridge had the authority to despell the teachers, but she had to right to banish them from the grounds.
Umbridge was just about to bring in a teacher and it was Firenze, the centaur...

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-Lilly :)