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  g fro thg called ”loser39s rgy”
  ”seventy-forty to hufflepuff!” barked profesr cgonagall to na39s gaphone
  ”is it, already?” said na vaguely ”oh, look! the gryffdor keeper39s got hold of one of the beater39s bats”
  harry spun around idair sure enough, en, for reans best known to hiself, had pulled peakes39s bat fro hi and appeared to be deonstratg how to hit a bdr toward an ong cadwalder
  ”will you give hi back his bat and t back to the goal posts!” roared harry, peltg toward en jt as en took a ferocio swipe at the bdr and ishit it
  a bldg, sickeng pa a fsh of light  distant screas  and the sensation of fallg down a long tunnel
  and the next thg harry knew, he was lyg a rearkably war and fortable bed and lookg up at a p that was throg a circle of golden light onto a shadowy ceilg he raised his head awkwardly there on his left was a failiar-lookg, freckly, red-haired pern
  ”nice of you to drop ,” said ron, grng
  harry blked and looked around of urse: he was the hospital g the sky outside was digo streaked with crin the atch t have fished hours ago as had any hope of rnerg alfoy harry39s head felt stranly heavy he raised a hand and felt a stiff turban of bandas
  ”what happened?”
  ”cracked skull,” said ada pofrey, btlg up and phg hi back agast his pillows ”nothg to worry about, i nded it at once, but i39 keepg you overnight you shouldn39t over exert yourself for a few hours”
  ”i don39t want to stay here overnight,” said harry angrily, sittg up and throg back his vers ”i want to fd en and kill hi”
  ”i39 afraid that would e under the headg of 39overexertion,39” said ada pofrey, phg hi firly back onto the bed and raisg her wand a threateng anner ”you will stay here until i dischar you, potter, or i shall call the headaster”
  she btled back to her office, and harry sank back to his pillows, fug
  ”d39you know how uch we lost by?” he asked ron through clenched teeth
  ”well, yeah i do,” said ron apolotically ”fal sre was three hundred and enty to sixty”
  ”
  illiant,” said harry savaly ”really
  illiant! when i t hold of en —”
  ”you don39t want to t hold of hi, he39s the size of a troll,” said
  ron reanably ”pernally, i thk there39s a lot to be said for hexg hi with that toenail thg of the prce39s anyway, the rest of the tea ight39ve dealt with hi before you t out of here, they39re not happy ”
  there was a note of badly suppressed glee rons voice harry uld tell he was nothg short of thrilled that en had ssed up badly harry y there, starg up at the patch of light on the ceilg, his recently nded skull not hurtg, precisely, but feelg slightly tender underneath all the bandagg
  ”i uld hear the atch ntary fro here,” said ron, his voice now shakg with ughter ”i hope na always ntates fro now on  loser39s rgy ”
  but harry was still too angry to see uch huor the situation, and after a while ron39s snorts subsided
  ”gny ca to visit while you were unnscio,” he said, after a long pae, and harry39s iagation zood to overdrive, rapidly nstructg a scene which gny, weepg over his lifeless for, nfessed her feelgs of deep attraction to hi while ron gave the his blessg  ”she reckons you only jt arrived on ti for the atch how e? you left here early enough”
  ”oh  ” said harry, as the scene his d39s eye iploded ”yeah  well, i saw alfoy sneakg off with a uple of girls who didn39t look like they wanted to be with hi, and that39s the send ti he39s ade sure he isn39t down on the idditch pitch with the rest of the school he skipped the st atch too, reber?” harry sighed ”wish i39d followed hi now, the atch was such a fias  ”
  ”don39t be stupid,” said ron sharply ”you uldn39t have issed a idditch atch jt to follow alfoy, you39re the capta!”
  ”i want to know what he39s up to,” said harry ”and don39t tell nn its all y head, not after what i overheard beeen hi and snape —”
  ”i never said it was all your head,” said ron, hoistg hiself up on an elbow turn and frowng at harry, ”but ther