Book 1. Clary Fairchild Potter, James Daughter✔

7. Quidditch

It was november. We were eating our breakfast. I sat opposite Hermione. Next to me sat Roxy and next to her sat Daisy. I had told Roxy and Daisy what had happened with the troll. They wanted to know every detail. Like how we defeated the troll. I told them also that I didn't really did anything. I said I just froze when I saw Hermione screaming for help. Luckily Ron and Harry did indeed something. I felt guilty I just stood there. I should have done at least something. I told them what Harry and Ron did. They said that it didn't really matter that I froze. Roxy told me that it was normal to freeze in that kind of situation as a first year. They didn't blame me. Still I felt myself guilty for doing nothing.

I asked Daisy and Roxy if they were okay with it if I was also friends with Harry, Ron and Hermione. They both said it was okay. We could still be friends.

Harry had today his first Quiditch match. He was so nervous he didn't even want to eat. He said that he wasn't hungry. Snape passed us. He stands still before Harry. He said goodluck to Harry. Gryffindor had to play against Slytherin. He said that if Harry could beat a troll he could also win the Quiditch match against Slytherin. Then he continued walking towards the front of the Great Hall.

Harry seems to notice something. He said "That explains the blood." Hermione turned to him and asked "Blood?" Harry said "Listen, last night I'm guessing Snape let the troll in, so he could try to and get past that 3 head dog but, he got himself bit. That's why he is limping." Hermione wondered "But why would anyone go near that dog?" Harry said that it could be what Hagrid needed from the vault at Gringotts that was under the trapdoor. Hermione said "So you're saying.." "That's what the dog is guarding. That's what Snape wants." Then he looked at me, Hermione and Ron questioning.

I heard an owl come into the Great Hall. We looked at the owl. It was Hedwig that was Harry's owl. She had a package with her. She let it fall into Harry's hands. He catched it. He said that he never got mail. I said then that we should open it. We opened it together.

In it was a broomstick. Ron said "It is not just a broomstick Harry. It is a Nimbus two thousand. Harry saw Hedwig with Mcgonnagal, she stroked the owl. I wondered if she had given him the broomstick? It looked like it.

After a while Harry went to prepare for the Quiditch match. Hermione, Ron and I went to one of the Quiditch stands. My other friends followed us. They went to sit somewhere else in the same stand.

When the match began we saw Madam Hooch release the Snitch, the Quaffle and the Bludgers. The game had begun. Gryffindor scored first. Everyone cheered exept the Slytherins. Gryffindor got 10 points. They scored again and we were ahead of Slytherin with 20 points. They started to play nasty.

They sandwiched one of the Gryffindors into one of the stands. She fell to the ground The captain from Slytherin used a bat to knock the captain from Gryffindor out. He fell of his broom. It wasn't a fair game anymore. Slytherin scored 2 times. I saw Draco laugh. The Slytherins cheered for their house. It was now 20-20.

I saw that Harry now saw the snitch. He went after it. Suddenly his broom started wipping. I heard Hagrid say "What's going on with Harry's broomstick?" Hermione was watching through her binoculars. She said "It's Snape. He is jinxing the broom." Ron and I both asked "Jinxing the broom? What do we do?" Hermione said "Leave it to me." She walked away. Ron watched her leave.

I looked at the stand where Snape sat. I saw him speaking a spell. Above him I saw also professor Quirell saying a spell. Which one of them was jinxing Harry's broom?

Ron watched through the binoculars and said "Come on Hermione!" After a few moments I shouted "Ron look! There is fire were the professors are. She must have casted a fire spell." Ron looked and saw they were putting out the fire by stamping on it. I saw also that Snape fell into Quirell. He fell because Snape fell into him.

Harry could again mountain his broom. He climbed on it and he continued looking for the Snitch. When he found it he knocked into the seeker of Slytherin who knocked back. Together they dived to the ground when the Snitch went ahead of them. The seeker from Slytherin stopped before he could fall to the ground.

Harry continued and on the last moment he pulled his broom up so he wouldn't fall on the ground. He went straight forward above the ground. He went to stand on his broom, he grabbed the Snitch and then fell of his broom. He rolled a few times over. Then stand up and started looking sick. The Snitch was in his mouth. It popped out and fell in Harry's hands. He had the Snitch. Gryffindor had won the match.

All Gryffindors started cheering. I saw that Draco put his head in his hands. He didn't look happy that they had lost. Hermione on the other side was also clapping. Ron and I did the same. The Gryffindor team came to Harry and also cheered. He showed them the Snitch in his hand. He had a bright smile on his face.

After the match we went to Hagrid we walked together. Hermione and Ron told him that Snape had cursed Harry's broom. Hagrid said "Nonsense. Why would Snape put a curse on Harry's broom?" Harry said "Who knows. Why would he try to get past that 3 headed dog on Halloween?" Hagrid questioned "Who told you about Fluffy?" Ron asked "Fluffy?" Hermione asked then "That thing has a name?"

Hagrid answered "Well of course he's got a name. He is mine. I bought him off an Irish fellor I met in the pub last year. Then I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the.." Harry interuppted "Yes?" Hagrid said "shouldn't have said that. No more questions. Don't ask any more questions. That's top secret that is." Harry said "But Hagrid whatever Fluffy is guarding, Snape is trying to steal it." Hagrid said "Professor Snape is a Hogwarts teacher." Hermione said "Hogwarts teacher or not I know a spell when I see one. I've read all about them. You've got to keep eye contact and Snape wasn't blinking." Harry nodded and said "Exactly." I thought about what happened. Was it really Snape or was it Professor Quirrell? He was also saying a spell just like Snape.

Hagrid stopped walking and said "Now you listen to me all four of you. You're meddling in things that are not meant to be meddlinged in. It's dangerous. What that dog is guarding is strictly between Professor Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel." Harry asked "Nicolas Flamel?" He looked at us. Hagrid said "I shouldn't have said that. I should not have said that. I shouldn't have said that." He walked away from us.

Harry said "Nicolas Flamel. Who is Nicolas Flamel?" We all looked at Hermione questioning. Hermione shook her head and said "I don't know." I said "Maybe we should look into the library so we can find something about him." We all agreed to this.

A few weeks later we still hadn't found anything about Flamel. Hermione and I would go home for the Christmass days. I would finally see my best friend Simon again, my mother and Luke. Hermione and I had packed our things. Daisy and Roxy already left. We said to each other that we would write to each other and that when we came back we would do something more together.

Hermione and I walked into the Great Hall. We walked to Harry and Ron. They were playing Wizards Chess. Hermione thought it was barbaric. Ron just said "It's Wizards Chess." Hermione asked Ron and Harry to keep looking for Flamel. They would stay at Hogwarts together. Hermione said that they should look into the library in the restriction section. We hoped that they would have some information about Flamel when we came back. We both said Happy Christmass to them and Hermione and I walked together out of Hogwarts.

We said goodbye after we took the Hogwarts Express back. My mother was waiting for me. She said that our airplane to Amerika would leave soon.