"My Black Thorned Rose"

Chapter 7: Quidditch

Y/n POV

*The next day*

I woke up bright and early this morning, It was maybe around 6 am? I got up, took a shower, brushed my teeth, brushed my hair and of course my book. I went to the Great Hall for breakfast. As I arrived, Harry, Ron and Hermione was there. I approached towards them and greeted "Morning guys!". They looked at me and said "Morning y/n". I sat down beside Ron and looked at Harry. Harry was just playing with his food and Ron said "Take a bit of toast, mate, go on". Hermione then followed "Ron's right, Harry. You're gonna need your strength today". Harry replied "I'm not hungry". And I asked him "Are you ready for today's match Harry?". He looked at me and said "Not really....". Just as I was about to say something, Prof. Snape went to our table and said "Good luck today Potter. Then again, now that you've proven yourself against a troll, a little game of Quidditch should be easy work for you.... even if it is against Slytherin". He left.

When he left, we saw him, limping. Harry said, "That explains the blood". We turned to him and Hermione asked "Blood?". We came closer and Harry continued "Listen. Last night, I'm guessing Snape let the troll in as a diversion so he could try and get past that 3 headed dog. But, he got himself bitten, that's why he's limping". I got confused and asked Harry "3 headed dog? Blood?". The three of them looked at me surprised and shocked. Hermione told me "Oh... right... you weren't there that day because you got something to do". I gave her a confused face look and she sighed and explained "The day that you left, we were about to go to our Common Room but the staircase changed. So we had to go to the third floor. Ron told us that we should go inside before the staircase will change, then we went inside".

I interrupted her "Wait, wait, wait.... why would you go in if it's forbidden? You should have just waited there until it changes". Hermione rolled her eyes and continued "When we just got inside, suddenly, a flame lights on a tall stone support. At the moment, the caretaker's cat, Mrs. Norris, comes running in and meows. We jumped and ran towards the opposite direction. As we were running, The flames lit as we go. We got to the end of the corridor, to a door. They tried to open it, but it wouldn't open. So I cast Alohomora to open it. When we got in we immediately closed the door and timing, Mr. Filch was there talking to Mrs. Norris. Inside, we saw the 3 headed dog, Fluffy in front of us, growling. We all screamed, went out and ran as fast as we could. Then we arrived at the Gryffindor Common Room".

My reaction at Hermione's "story" was calm but shock at the same time. Harry continued at what he was saying "The day I was at Gringotts, Hagrid took something out of one of the vaults. He said it was Hogwarts' business, very secret". I turned to Harry and said "So basically, you're saying that what's Fluffy guarding, that's what Snape wants". He nodded, I pulled them closer and told them, "I got a bet". They looked at me confused and Ron asked "What bet?". I told them "I bet that, Snape dosen't want that thing. The one that Fluffy is guarding. I can tell he's guarding it so that someone couldn't get it for him/herself". Ron screamed at me and said "That's absurd!, he was already suspicious from the beginning!". Hermione said "I completely agree with Ron. I think he wants to steal it for himself".

I chuckled and told them "If you three won, I'll give you each 10 galleons. If I won, ypu three will give me 5 galleons each". We all shaked our hands and agreed. After our little conversation, an owl screeched, it was Headwig, Harry's owl. It was carrying something long, large parcel and drops it off. We all observed it then Hermione said confused "Bit early for mail, isn't it?". Harry stuttered and said "But I-I never get mail". Ron said excitedly, "Let's open it". Together, we opened Harry's mail. "It's a broomstick!" Harry exclaimed. Then Ron's reaction was priceless and said "That's just not any broomstick, Harry. It's a Nimbus 2000!". Harry and I looked around and saw Prof. Mcgonagall petting Headwig, so maybe it was from her.

Harry went first to change into his costume for Quidditch while we went to the venue first. As we arrived, the Quidditch towers are packed!. Since it's by houses, of course, I need to go to Slytherin. We waited there for minutes until both teams arrived. As they went out, everyone was cheering loudly, then the commentator (Lee Jordan) said something from the tower, "Hello, and welcome to Hogwarts' first Quidditch game of the season! Today's game Slytherin vs. Gryffindor!!" .Then the players take positions in the air in a circle, while Harry weaves in, highest amongst others. Lee continues, "The players take their positions as Madam Hooch steps out onto the field to begin the game". Then Madam Hooch kicks the trunk, and the buldgers zoom out.

"The buldgers are up... followed by the Golden Snitch. Remember, the Snitch is worth 150 points. The seeker who catches the Snitch ends the game". Madam Hooch grabs the Quaffle then Lee shouted "The Quaffle has released! and the game begins!" Gryffindor team takes possession of the ball and a chaser. Angelina zooms past Slytherins towards their goal, and throws the ball, and scores. "Angelina Johnson scores! 10 points for Gryffindor!". I clapped for her 'cause I'm rooting for Gryffindor. Flint dodges people and throws for the Gryffindor hoops. Oliver appears and whacks the ball away with his broom, 'WOW! I'm impressed', I thought to myself. Johnson and Katie passes the Quaffle back and forth as they strategize to score. Johnson takes it, throws, and once again scores! 'WOW, Gryffindor is really amazing!'. Lee shouts "Another 10 points for Gryffindor!". The crowd goes wild.

By the looks of it, the Slytherin team decides to get messy. They dodge, kick, and try to score but once again, Oliver blocks it. Flint grabbed the bat from the beaters and whacks a buldger right at Oliver. It hits Oliver in the stomach and he falls into the ground. The crowd boos while the Slytherins laugh at him. I was upset and he was cheating. Dosen't Madam Hooch see that?!. The Slytherin members head off, one jumps over George or Fred, (I dunno, I can't really tell them apart) and scores, everyone was upset then Slytherin cheers. Then Flint and the other member started to tail Johnson. They boxed her and sent her into the capes covering one of the towers. She falls down in and is out. The crowd boos, Slytherin scores once again.

I saw the Snitch around Harry, he starts to head off and then his broom starts bucking and turning. I looked around, trying to find who's jinxing or putting a spell on Harry's broom. As I looked at the left side, Prof. Snape was jinxing it. 'Huh, maybe they were right. I think Prof. Snape was the bad guy after all'. I saw Hermione leaving the tower, I think she's coming to this side. Harry is knocked around, then falls, dangling by one arm from the broom. As I looked towards the teachers, I saw Snape's cloak on fire. I saw Hermione under the benches and I think she used "Lacarnum Inflamare". Then I looked back at Harry and his broom wasn't moving around crazily anymore. His broom stops bucking, and Harry climbs back on.

The Slytherin Seeker is after the Snitch, then Harry takes off. Harry rams the Slytherin Seeker, then is butted out. He returns, smashing the Seeker again as the Snitch dives. The boys follow, but they approach the ground quickly. The Slytherin Seeker backs out 'What a wuss!', and Harry pulls up his broom as he follows the Snitch, feet above the ground. Harry stands up, and steps forward, trying to grab the Snitch. He goes too far, and topples off the broom with a yelp, tumbling on the ground. He gets up and lurches, The crowd gasps. I really felt bad for Harry.

Harry lurches and the Snitch pops out his mouth, it lands on his hands. Lee screamed "He's got the Snitch! Harry Potter receives 150 points for catching the Snitch!". Madam Hooch blows the whistle and shouted "Gryffindor wins!". Everyone (including me) cheered for Harry, except for the Slytherin team of course, even Draco looks upset. Everyone screamed on top of their lungs and chanted "Go Gryffindor!, Go Gryffindor!, Go Gryffindor!, Go Gryffindor!".