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harry stepped up to ada hooch, the referee, who was stand-g ready to release the balls fro the crate
”captas shake hands,” she said, and harry had his hand crhed by the new slyther capta, urhart ”ount your
oos on the whistle three o one ”
the whistle unded, harry and the others kicked off hard fro the frozen ground, and they were away
harry ared around the periter of the grounds, lookg around for the snitch and keepg one eye on harper, who was g far below hi then a voice that was jarrgly different to the ual ntator39s started up
”well, there they go, and i thk we39re all surprised to see the tea that potter39s put tother this year any thought, given ronald weasley39s patchy perforance as keeper st year, that he ight be off the tea, but of urse, a close pernal friendship with the capta does help ”
these words were greeted with jeers and appe fro the slyther end of the pitch harry craned around on his
oo to look toward the ntator39s podiu a call, skny blond buy with an upturned nose was standg there, talkg to the agical gaphone that had once been lee jordan39s harry regnized zacharias sith, a hufflepuff pyer who he heartily disliked
”oh, and here es slyther39s first attept on goal, it39s urhart streakg down the pitch and —”
harrys stoach turned over
”— weasley saves it, well, he39s bound to t cky tis, i suppose ”
”that39s right, sith, he is,” uttered harry, grng to hi-self, as he dived aongst the chasers with his eyes searchg all around for ht of the esive snitch
with half an hour of the ga gone, gryffdor were leadg sixty pots to zero, ron havg ade truly spectacur saves, by the very tips of his gloves, and gny havg sred four of gryffdor39s six goals this effectively sped zacharias won-derg loudly whether the o weasleys were only there becae harry liked the, and he started on peakes and ote stead
”of urse, ote isn39t really the ual build for a beater,” said zacharias loftily, ”they39ve nerally got a bit ore cle —”
”hit a bdr at hi!” harry called to ote as he zood past, but ote, grng
oadly, chose to ai the next bdr at harper stead, who was jt passg harry the opposite direc-tion harry was pleased to hear the dull thunk that ant the bdr had found its ark
it seed as though gryffdor uld do no wrong aga and aga they sred, and aga and aga, at the other end of the pitch, ron saved goals with apparent ease he was actually silg now, and when the crowd greeted a particurly good save with a
rog chor of the old favorite ”weasley is our kg,” he pre-tended to nduct the fro on high
”thks he39s thg special today, doesn39t he?” said a snide voice, and harry was nearly knocked off his
oo as harper llided with hi hard and deliberately ”your blood-traitor pal” ada hooch39s back was turned, and though gryffdors be-low shouted anr, by the ti she looked around, harper had already sped off his shoulder achg, harry raced after hi, de-tered to ra hi back
”and i thk harper of slyther39s seen the snitch!” said zacharias sith through his gaphone ”yes, he39s certaly seen thg potter hasn39t!”
sith really was an idiot, thought harry, hadn39t he noticed the llide? but next ont, his stoach seed to drop out of the , sky — sith was right and harry was wrong: harper had not sped uard at rando he had spotted what harry had not: the snitch was speedg along high above the, gltg
ightly agast the clear be sky
harry aelerated the d was whistlg his ears that it drowned all und of sith39s ntary or the crowd, but harper was still ahead of hi, and gryffdor was only a hundred pots up if harper got there first gryffdor had lost and now harper was feet fro it, his hand outstretched
”oi, harper!” yelled harry desperation ”how uch did alfoy pay you to e on stead of hi?”
he did not know what ade hi say it, but harper did a dou-ble-take he fubled the snitch, let it slip through his frs, and shot right past it harry ade a great swipe for the ty, ftterg ball and caught it
”yes!” hairy yelled wheelg around, he hurtled back toward the ground, the snitch held high his hand as the crowd realized what had happened, a great shout went up that alost drowned the und of the whistle that signa