Harry Potter: Another Chance

Chapter 218: Unwanted Guests

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"Dialogue"

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Chapter 218: Unwanted Guests

The match began very evenly. For the first thirty minutes, the score only had five points of difference.

But still, the Gryffindor team didn't seem able to close the gap.

Unlike professional Quidditch, the school version will end after ninety minutes even if the snitch is not caught, so if the Gryffindor chasers cannot turn things around, the game will then rest on the seeker's shoulders.

"Come on Ginny, catch that golden snitch!" Lyra shouted.

"Where is that blasted ball?!" Seamus complained while looking around the sky.

"I saw it fly into the clouds near the beginning of the match. I don't think it has come down yet." Neville said.

"Those clouds are awfully dark… it looks like it's about to rain." Hermione added.

"Yeah… I wouldn't go in there… there are probably lightning and stuff in there." Lavender pointed out.

Lyra looked at her brother. She was about to ask him about it when she saw his eyebrows arched with worry. It was even more noticeable now that he stopped wearing glasses. Harry was good at always maintaining the same impassive face, so the only times she saw him making an expression like that were… when something bad was about to happen.

"Harry? What's going on?"

"Those clouds… I don't think it's a storm," Harry answered her. 'Why does that look so familiar?... it was also a Quidditch game, against Cedric… no, that's impossible. They cannot be here, unless…'

"Is it not a storm? What else could it be?" Asked Lyra.

His eyes focused on those clouds, trying to see through them. He started to detect small sources of magic moving inside the clouds. Hundreds of them.

The drop in temperature became noticeable even from where he was.

"Dementors…" Harry said softly.

Dumbledore was watching the game from the Professors' seats. He also sensed that something was wrong and stood up.

"Albus? What is it?" McGonagall asked.

"We need to get the students out of there. I have a bad feeling…" The Headmaster said.

"A bad feeling?" Snape frowned and also looked up at the cloud, trying to guess what the Headmaster could have seen.

Ginny and Cedric were both very close to the dark clouds, they were both staring at it in complete concentration, trying to spot any signs of the snitch.

All of a sudden… Ginny saw something golden glimmering inside the clouds.

She did not hesitate to go inside while Cedric remained behind. He did not see anything but also didn't believe for a second that Ginny was doing a feint.

He got ready to go inside the clouds too when he felt shivers run through his body. "C-cold…" He started to tremble. "Oh no…" He then thought of his Quidditch rival who had already gone inside.

Ginny lost track of the snitch and found herself surrounded by darkness. 

There were no crackles of lightning but she had a very bad feeling. There was something very wrong with this cloud. "I need to get out of here." Her instincts were now telling her to run.

The temperature dropped extremely suddenly and her body became paralyzed.

A mixture of cold and fear invaded her as the clouds started to move like they were made of cloth.

"No…what is that?." She realized then… there was something inside the clouds. Something alive was moving around her.

It wasn't just one but many. And then she saw them approach.

Disgusting creatures made of shadows, with bony fingers that came out of their dark tunics.

They whizzed loudly but it sounded like whispers to her.

One of them was staring directly into her eyes and started to get closer.

She tried but could not move at all, not even an inch. Her body was not responding to her anymore. 

The horrifying monster got closer and extended its disgusting finger, trying to touch her face.

Ginny started to have visions of that scary day… last year when they were being chased by the gigantic basilisk.

That day...she thought she was going to die more than once. It was the worst thing she had ever experienced.

'But he saved me in the end…' Harry did save her… he faced that monster and won.

After going through all of that and after seeing Harry destroy a being such as that with his own magic… she could not imagine that he would have trouble against something like this.

The images of the basilisk disappeared, and the monsters surrounding her started to become less scary.

The dementor noticed a chance and stopped in its advance. Its urge to devour this human's soul was then replaced by something else...something that this creature thought to have forgotten… its survival instincts.

The dementor and its brothers let out a loud screeching noise. It was a call of warning… a call to retreat.

Ginny felt the cold disappear and be replaced by a gentle warmth.

The darkness was then replaced by an intense light that quickly broke through and engulfed everything in its path.

She could not see anything and could only hear the awful noises coming from those creatures.

But she was not afraid.

Inside this light, she felt safe for some reason.

And part of her knew that the origin of this light was the one she was waiting for. "Harry…" She tried to call but her voice felt broken and could not yell. She was so tired…

"You are safe."

The familiar voice came from beneath her. And now she was able to see again.

The scary creatures were gone, and when she looked down, she saw something that looked like a forest animal, but it was massive, and it appeared to be made of pure white light.

"Is that a stag?" She asked.

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