Chapter 8

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Previously on The Twice Blessed Child...

"He's got the Snitch! Harry Potter receives 150 points for catching the Snitch!" Lee yells

"Gryffindor wins!" Hooch yells after she blew the whistle

"Yay!" all the Gryffindor's yell

"No!" Draco yells

"Yes!" Hagrid yells

"Whoo-Whoo." Hermione yells

"He did it. He actually did it." I said

Harry raises the Snitch into the air and the crowd, and his team, cheers

"Go go Gryffindor! Go go Gryffindor! Go go Gryffindor! Go go Gryffindor!" the crowd yells



Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dudley, and I are walking along a patch with Hagrid.

"Nonsense. Why would Snape put a curse on Harry's broom?" Hagrid asked

"Who knows. Why was he trying to get past the Cerberus on Halloween?" I asked

"Who told you 'bout Fluffy?" Hagrid asked

"You named a Cerberus Fluffy." I said

"Fluffy?" Ron asked

"That thing has a name?" Hermione asked

"Well, of course he's got a name. He's mine. I bought him off an Irish feller I met down at the pub last year. Then I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the..." Hagrid trailed of

"You got a Greek creature from an Irish man. That's not weird at all." I said

"Guard what Hagrid?" Harry asked

"Shouldn'ta said that. Don't ask any more questions. That's top secret, that is." Hagrid said

"But Hagrid, whatever Fluffy's guarding, Snape's trying to steal it!" Dudley said

"Codswallop. Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher." Hagrid said

"Hogwarts teacher or not, I know a curse when I see one. I've read all about them. You have to keep eye contact. And Snape wasn't blinking." Hermione said

"Exactly." Harry said

"Now, you listen to me, all five of you. You're meddlin' in things that ought not be meddled in. it's dangerous. What that dog is guarding is strictly between Professor Dumbledore and Nicholas Flame." Hagrid said

"Nicholas Flamel?" Harry asked

"I shouldn't have said that. I should not have said that. I should not have said that." Hagrid said

With that he turns and walks away. I look back at the other four.

"So that two points us, and zero points Hagrid." I said

"Nicholas Flamel... Who's Nicholas Flame?" Harry asked

"I don't know." Hermione said

- - - - - Time Skip to Christmas Time - - - - -

Harry was playing wizard chest with Ron. Dudley and I were sitting next to them watching.

"Knight to E-5." Harry said

The piece moves across the board. I could see Ron thinking.

"Queen to E-5." Ron said

The Queen walks over to R-5 and clinks the knight away. Hermione walks up to us, with her suitcase behind her.

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