Bab 57: Unusual Talents and Odd Encounters
The next day Harry found himself and the Slytherin team walking towards the quidditch pitch. Draco had tried to bribe his way in with new brooms, Marcus Flint the captain, had accepted the brooms as they were technically gifts but told Draco that he'd still have to try out and prove he was better. Draco couldn't take the brooms back as they were gifts and to do so would make him hated among the Slytherins, but Flint didn't care. Flint just wanted to win, in his eyes Harry was a great seeker and that was all he cared about. He'd only have Draco on the team if he could prove he was better.
On the way there they were stopped by the Gryffindor team and the golden trio, the two captains began arguing over who could use the pitch. Until Flint pulled out a note he had gotten from Professor Snape.
"'I am giving the Slytherin team permission to use the field'" Flint read out "owing to the need to confirm who will play as the teams seeker'"
"But I thought Harry was the seeker" Adrian said
"I am but Draco wants to try and replace me" Harry explained
"Look at those" Ron pointed at the brooms "those are Nimbus 2001s, where did you get those?" And they all were apart from Harry who still had his Nimbus 2000, strangely enough he didn't get a new broom from Draco.
"A gift from Draco's father" Flint answered
"You see Weaselbee" Malfoy sneered "unlike some, my father can afford the best"
"At least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in" Hermione retorted "they got in on pure talent" Malfoy turned red for a second.
"Nobody asked you, you filthy little mud..."
"Careful Malfoy" Harry warned "you finish that word and you won't make it to the try out because you'll be too busy bleeding."
"Don't threaten me Potter"
"Or what?" Harry raised an eyebrow "You going to tell your daddy on me? I'm really scared, but if you don't mind I'd rather hurry up and get on with me embarrassing you"
"You embarrass me?" Malfoy scoffed "Don't make me laugh"
"If I wanted to make you laugh then I would have given you a mirror"
"Enough" Flint interrupted "let's go"
They walked past the Gryffindor team and made their way to the pitch. The next half hour was Harry utterly destroying Malfoy despite Malfoy having the better broom. Around the end Malfoy ended up falling to a wronksi feint and crashing into the ground. He was taken to the hospital, as he had broken his arm and collar bone. Harry informed all of Slytherin house and eventually the news of Malfoy's failed attempts to take Harry's position spread through out the school.
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"Do you ever think there is something strange about your brother" Hermione asked Adrian one day as they and Ron walked down the hallway after Adrian had finished a detention where he had to sign Lockhart's fan mail.
"A lot, why?" Adrian asked
"I don't get how he keeps doing better than me in class"
"Oh Merlin" Ron sighed "you just don't like him because he does better than you in class"
"No, I just think it's weird how he's doing so good in class" Hermione responded "he always does every spell perfectly on the first try, don't you think that's a bit weird? Nobody is that good. Most people need at least two or three tries to do spells but he does them all the first time every time"
"That is a bit strange" Adrian admitted "but I think that new girl is stranger, what's her name?"
"What? Rose?"
"You mean that girl that keeps on holding Harry's arm?" Ron asked
"Yeah, she's frightened of everything" Adrian nodded "have you ever seen her not looking scared of something?"
"What's wrong with that?" Hermione asked
"She keeps clinging on to Harry like he's a teddy bear" Adrian argued "what's wrong with her?"
"Adrian, you shouldn't judge her like that!" Hermione admonished
"It's weird Hermione and so is she" Adrian continued
"He's right" Ron agreed "she's really weird. She's like a five year old, even Ginny stopped being so clingy once she was eight. There's definitely something wrong with her"
"Yeah" Adrian nodded "she...what's that?" The group stopped when they saw something dangling from a wall.
"It's Filches cat!" Hermione realised.
Adrian moved forward to examine the cat, he also examined the wall which had the words 'the chamber of secrets has been opened, enemies of the heir beware' written in blood. A noise brought Adrian out of thoughts and he turned to see many students arriving on the scene and looking at him. Malfoy wasn't there because he was still in the hospital wing but Harry and his friends were there.
"Harry" Rose whispered
"I know Rose" Harry whispered back "I know"
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