It was a cold rainy day of the first Quidditch match of the year. In fact it was more like a hurricane than anything else as the teams made their way onto the pitch. The stands were full as the students did not want to miss this first game for anything. That was because it was Gryffindor and Slytherin and there was a chance of a very violent game to be had. Harry walked between Fred and George onto the pitch his glasses charmed so they would stay on and would stay dry. The team captains shook hands and Madam Hooch blew her whistle and the teams took off into the sky and Harry started to look for the snitch right away.
Discover moreFan fiction forumBook Movie TicketsFan fiction communityApp store optimizationFan merchandise"This should be a great match today." Lee Jordan said, "nice bit of rain to play in. Potter is in great form today, unlike the Slytherin team that looks like a bunch of drowned rats…."
"Mr. Jordan!" McGonagall's voice came over the magical megaphone. "You will get back to the game now!"
"Sorry professor, look at how well the Gryffindors are flying the formation, the skill the fact they look like real Quidditch players not like drowned rats…."
"Mr. Jordan!"
Discover moreWriting workshopsAuthor resourcesExplore Top AudiobooksMoviesFan fiction books"Sorry professor oh my look at Draco Malfoy he has seen something as has Harry they are going into a dive and oh Draco may have it….no wow that was close to the ground my they are brilliant, well Potter is at any rate! Then again Nimbus 2000s do not make the player as they say, it is skill…"
"Mr. Jordan commentate the game please!" McGonagall snapped.
"Sorry professor, oh wow I think I see the snitch!"
Harry turned sharply and saw the snitch at the same time as Draco and they went for it at the same time. Unfortunately at this time a bludger came and smacked Draco right in the head. Harry turned from the snitch and saw Draco was about to faint, forgetting the snitch he caught Draco before he could fall and helped him to the ground. A roar came up from the crowd and madam Hooch's whistle was barely heard. Harry didn't care what anyone thought of him after that, a game was not worth someone dying over. He flew back into the sky searching for the snitch while Draco was cleaned up and declared fit to fly. He got on his broom and took to the sky with a roar of approval from the south stands.
Discover moreBooksWatch Classic CartoonsAnimeCartoonsFiction writing tools"Fell better?" Harry asked him grinning.
"Did until I saw your ugly face Potter." Draco shot at him. "Why did you save me?"
"I need you in the game for the challenge." Harry replied.
"Oh so just for a challenge then?" Draco said shaking water out of his face.
"See you later then." Harry said taking off as he saw the snitch again Draco right behind him.
He went into a steep dive and Draco thinking he saw the snitch went after him. At the very last moment he knew Harry had not seen it and he pulled up sharp before he hit the ground. Harry was right he did want a challenge and he was going to get it. The game meantime had gotten very ugly. Flint had got a bludger to the face and was bleeding badly and both Fred and George had been battered about a bit. But that was nothing compared to Wood. He had been hit with a bludger and was bleeding and a bit dazed, however he was also very, very angry and was not going to let a little thing like a cracked skull keep him from playing.
Discover moreCookiesStory writing softwareRead Graphic NovelsMobile app developmentMobile app marketing"Oliver Wood is an amazing keeper." Severus said impressed at the state of Wood.
"Yes how he can see that way is a mystery to me." Lucius added, "are you sure we were this violent when were in school?"
"Far worse, you remember my tales of how the games after you left the school." Severus replied.
"Yes I am surprised any of you survived." Lucius added not caring if he was getting soaked (this despite the water repelling charms, the rain was falling that hard) he had to see his son play.
Discover moreComicsFan community platformFan fiction writingFiction genre guidesMobile app marketingBack on the Quidditch field the violence was getting to a fever pitch. Both sides had racked up some impressive penalties and the game had to be stopped to tend to the wounded, Wood was forced to come down when Poppy threatened to drag him down via a spell and get patched up. Still there were several black eyes and cuts to deal with and the game just got worse as the score racked up on each side. Fred and George were just as destructive as any of the Slytherins and even Harry did not back down from violence and got a penalty for elbowing Flint nearly knocking him off his broom.
"Wow what a battle, what bloodshed what a game!" Lee said over the battle over his head, "such brutal force…Marcus Flint that was a stinking low down rotten thing!" Lee screamed as Angelica got "accidentally" hit in the shoulder with a bat. "You baboons…."
"Mr. Jordan I am warning you!" McGonagall said.
"A yes Madam Hooch saw that." Lee said much quieter. "Take that you great cheating ba…"
"Mr. Jordan!"
"Sorry professor, ah I think Harry has seen, yes he has seen the snitch!"
It was true, far below him Harry saw the tell tale sign of gold and he went into a dive, Draco saw this at the same time and he was diving for it. The boys were neck and neck and the ground and snitch were getting closer. Each reached out a hand, Harry willed his broom to go that much faster and his hand closed on the snitch. Just as that happened, as he was flying high in celebration, he felt suddenly very cold and could no longer hear the crowd. He looked down and saw a group of Dementors below him. He saw the silvery spells of the Patronus cast but he could only hear screaming then all was black and he was falling to the ground far below.
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Harry woke slowly and before he opened his eyes he knew exactly where he was. He knew the smell and quiet of the hospital wing very well by now. He felt sore and a bit chilled though he knew he was covered in warm blankets. He slowly opened his eyes and reached for the bedside table and grabbed his glasses and put them on. He was tucked into bed under several layers of blankets and he saw Severus talking to Poppy quietly. He turned his head and saw Remus first and saw to his shock the man had clearly been crying. Why would Remus be crying over him? What had happened to him?
"Harry?" Remus said rushing over to Harry, "Harry you gave us quite a fright when you dived into the Dementors, we thought they had kissed you."
"I fell, caught the snitch I think." Harry said, "my broom alright?"
"Typical Potter think only about your broom than your head." Severus said walking over with a potion in hand, there was no way he would show Potter how much his near death had really shook him up, "not that there is much in there."
"No sir there is not, sir" Harry agreed refusing to be rude or show anything but niceness to Snape, "how long was I out?"
"A week Harry." Remus said.
"A week? Ah bloody hell how am I to catch up on my school work?" Harry moaned.
"Spoken like your mother that was!" Remus said ignoring Harry's swearing for now, "you are truly Lily and James child."
"Mostly James." Severus snapped pouring the potion into a goblet and shoving it at Harry, "drink that Potter."
"Thank you sir." Harry said.
He drank down the potion and grimaced but did not say a word about it. He finished the potion and felt strength come back in his limbs. The two professors looked down at him concern on their faces (yes even Severus could not hide his concern for a moment), what Harry did not know was how close he had come to losing his mind. With so many Dementors coming down on him the soul fragment of Voldemort had come loose for lack of a better word. Remus had spent a long time in his mind helping him fight "Voldemort" off. He had shielded Harry's mind and attacked the soul fragment himself and it was a hard and long battle. He finally had managed to trap the fragment, learning every horrible evil and foul thing about Voldemort as he did so. He was weary and he had only a few days before a change besides. Still he would do what he did for Harry or any other child in his care again that would need it. Harry would still have a connection to Voldemort but the Horcrux was now out of him fully.
"Harry what do you know about your scar?" Remus asked Harry.
"Really Remus he just woke up you can tell him later." Poppy said coming up handing Harry some chocolate, "there dear eat that."
"He has to know what Remus did for him." Severus said looking at Remus in a new light with almost a look of respect, one that he quickly hid of course.
"Your scar was cursed Harry, you had a bit of Voldemort in there." Remus said and Harry looked at him his eyes going wide in shock. "When the Dementors attacked they loosed that bit up, when you were brought here I had to enter your mind to see if you were still there. I found the bit and it took some time but I managed to get rid of it."
"No human should have been able to do what he did!" Poppy snapped. "You could have lost your mind!"
"Well I am not really human then am I?" Remus said smiling trying to calm down the upset healer.
"No you are not." Severus said coolly, "at least you are flea free now."
"But how did that get into me?" Harry asked, "I mean how could it?"
"Well this is not normally covered in defense classes but he was trying to create a Horcrux." Remus said.
Remus went over just what a Horcrux was nearly laughing at the shocked look on Severus's face. Of course Severus knew what a Horcrux was and probably in theory knew how to make one. However as Remus carefully explained to Harry many things could go wrong in trying to create a Horcrux and nearly all of those who tried ended up insane or worse. In fact when he was done Harry looked thoughtful but he seemed to accept what Remus told him calmly. Remus gave him some more chocolate and Harry ate it lying back on his bed.
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Later that day Remus found himself in the headmaster's office and the headmaster was not happy. He felt that Remus should not be telling Harry so much that it would harm the boy. He did mean well by Harry but sometimes he was a bit over protective, like now. He had suffered so much in his life and he really did want to take much of that from Harry, he had heard only a few things about Harry's home life, that his relations did not love him but nothing more than that. He had no idea how Harry had been raised more like a house elf than boy. If he had known he would have removed him years ago. No matter he had Remus Lupin to deal with now.
"Remus why did you tell Harry about Horcruxes?" Dumbledore asked.
"Because a soul fragment of Voldemort was in Harry and was loosed by those demons outside that nearly took his soul. I had to go into his mind and fight it off." Remus said, "I learned a lot about Riddle, he made more than one Horcrux."
"Are you sure about that?" Dumbledore asked looking truly shocked, "I had hoped that with that diary destroyed last year we had seen the last of Tom."
"No Albus, as I fought with the fragment I managed to get access to all of Riddle's memories and I do mean all." Remus said, "Most are really terrible, did you know that the Orphanage he was in was decent to the children, really cared for them and was a great place until Tom showed up?"
"Yes Mrs. Cole did warn me about him, if I had listened to her, she really was a kindly woman, liked the gin quite a bit but was a good woman, too bad she is no longer with us." Dumbledore replied, "I heard that Poppy is not happy with you my boy."
"No she yelled at me for doing that by myself, said no man could do what I did. I reminded her I am a werewolf."
"But not a monster, you could not be not after what you did for Harry. Now you do know what the Horcruxes are?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes sir I do." Remus replied, "Headmaster I am sorry I had to tell Harry about those but he had to know what he was up against. I did not mean any disrespect sir."
"I don't want him hurt." Dumbledore said sadly, "I fear I have made mistakes about him."
"I know." Remus said quietly taking out an orb that was filled with a smoky oily looking substance, "this is part of Voldemort, and I did find something out about destroying a Horcrux. It is best to put them here in this orb so that he cannot make any more."
"A very good idea, can you find them all then?" Dumbledore asked.
"I can, once I study Voldemort's memories more, some of them might have been moved so I will go careful with them if you will allow me to sir?" Remus asked.
Remus looked up at Dumbledore and showed him his mind, (all but the part that showed his time-travel of course) and Dumbledore was surprised at how much Remus cared about him. Unknown to him Remus had spent time with Mercury learning about Dumbledore and his life. He had learned he was needed to help the headmaster heal and that he would do. He would gain the headmaster's trust and once he did he would help the man heal, it was the least he could do for the man who allowed him to come to Hogwarts first as a student and now as a professor. He was going to prove he was worthy of the task set to him not just to Fate and God but to Dumbledore himself, even if he would never know Remus had been given this second chance to make things right in history.
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So there you have it, Harry wins against Slytherin and nearly dies in the process. Remus took the Horcrux out however Harry will still have certain talents and a connection to Voldy. Now as I said before the headmaster is not bad here, just misguided at times and so very human. He said himself he made mistakes and is not perfect.