"You're the hero little bro, you saved us once, you can do it again." Harry said "And if you don't, then Dumbledore can take over for you. So I really don't see what all the fuss is about"
"I don't believe you" Adrian shook his head and stormed off, Ron and Hermione followed him. Harry looked at them as they left.
"And there goes three reasons as to why I despise social activity"
Chapter 8 – Fight and Quidditch
Harry was still fairly popular around school after defeating the troll, the Slytherin's looked at him with pride and he was now the unofficial face of Slytherin house. Plenty of rumours were spread about him, some saying he summoned lightning to destroy the troll and even one that said he befriended the troll and it fell as he was escorting it out of the castle.
The teachers had begun giving him respectful looks, Professor Flitwick was particularly interested in talking to Harry. He asked Harry to show the spells he used when fighting the troll, and after Harry had showed them Flitwick had complimented his perfect technique and offered to teach him more spells.
An offer that Harry quickly accepted, Flitwick was a former duelling champion and it would be foolish to refuse to learn from him. The man bounced with excitement at the idea of teaching Harry who had become his favourite charms student.
Harry also soared through his classes, as usual. Much to the annoyance of one Hermione Granger, who for some reason had begun acting like she was Harry's rival while Harry couldn't care one way or another about if she beats him in class. Ronald Weasley still disliked him but he disliked everything that's Slytherin so Harry didn't really care about the redheaded idiot. Harry's brother had chosen to avoid Harry, Harry didn't really seem to mind as it just made his days more peaceful.
Soon it was the night before the Slytherin versus Gryffindor quidditch match, Harry had just come back from one of his extra lessons with Professor Flitwick, Harry noticed that he still had a few minutes until curfew so he had decided that he had better hurry up and get back to the common room.
On his way there he was greeted by an interesting sight, Malfoy along with Crabbe and Goyle stood smiling evilly at Adrian Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger. Harry noticed three wands on the floor and realised that they were probably belonging to Adrian and his friends. Crabbe and Goyle cracked their knuckles, while Malfoy stood with his arms crossed and his head held up high.
"So Potter" Malfoy drawled "I'm going to make you suffer, for what your brother has done"
"What? What the hell did Harry do?" A confused Adrian asked
"He stole Daphne Greengrass from me, I can't make Potter pay because he is currently the unofficial face of Slytherin" Draco said in a disgusted voice "god, this place has gone to the dogs. Wait till my father hears about this, half-bloods roaming around like kings, disgusting. But back to you, I cannot hurt your brother so I'm going to hurt you"
"Without your wand?" Adrian pointed out that the boys had put away their wands
"Yes, it's much harder to prove and twice as fun" Draco smirked
"Nicely done" Harry clapped and alerted everyone to his presence, Draco and his goons turned around to look at him "I have to admit it's a good plan, if you don't use magic then they can't prove it's you when they examine your wands. Plus it'll be their word against yours, would work if you weren't dealing with the boy-who-lived, my brother could kill you and Dumbledore would somehow justify it."
"Potter" Malfoy snarled "what are you doing here?"
"I'm standing, what does it look like I'm doing?" Harry said sarcastically before turning to his brother "and you three, you got disarmed by Malfoy and his apes of all people?"
"He took us by surprise" Adrian defended himself and his friends
"Of course he took you by surprise" Harry sighed "he's a Slytherin! A pretty pathetic one that most of the house hates but still a Slytherin, he's not going to directly challenge you, is he?"
"Don't ignore me!" Malfoy demanded
"Malfoy" Harry said "shut you mouth, I've beaten you in a magical duel and don't bother challenging me to a battle of wits as you are currently unarmed. Your two boyfriends won't be much help either, so your options are to fight me with your fists or the second option which I highly suggest, you walk away"
"Boyfriends" Ron snickered behind Adrian
"You be quiet Weasel" Harry ordered "the blond idiot is not the only person I can insult and I'd rather deal with one idiot at a time, that's actually a lie as I'd rather not deal with any of you but one is preferable to two"
"You won't do anything!" Ron said in disbelief
"Well you're right, I wouldn't touch you, lord knows what kind of diseases I'd get from you"
"Disease?!" Ron roared "What do you think I am?!"
"Manure with legs"
"How dare you?! You slimy snake"
"Snakes aren't slimy, they're smooth" Harry said automatically "Now, I'm sorry if you're offended but I was not insulting you, I was simply describing you"
"You are insulting him and stop doing that" Hermione interrupted "you might think those jokes make you funny and smart but you're not"
"Still smarter than you" Harry shrugged
"No you're not" Hermione disagreed "I'm the smartest person in the year"
"Just because you can repeat what you've read in a book?" Harry scoffed "That doesn't make you smart, it makes you an idiot with a good memory"
"I'm not an idiot!" Hermione shouted
"Uh huh, sure" Harry said in a voice that showed he didn't really believe her "wait a sec, why am I wasting time with you? Malfoy, do as I said and get lost"
"You can't tell me what to do, you think you're so brilliant Potter?" Malfoy responded "Let's see how you do without magic"
Goyle charged at him, he pulled his right arm back and threw a punch at Harry. Malfoy smiled, he was hoping to see Potter lose a few teeth. Ron had no sympathy for Harry at all, Hermione had a little and would have had more if Harry had not insulted her.
Harry ducked Goyle's punch and responded with his own punch which hit Goyle in the stomach, Harry followed this up with a punch from his left hand which hit Goyle in the face, Harry grabbed Goyle's head and slammed it against the wall on his left.
Harry rushed forwards, Malfoy removed his wand but before he could fire off a spell Harry had ran past him and struck Crabbe in the face, causing him to stagger back a little. Malfoy swung his arm and was about to fire off a spell when Harry caught his arm with his left hand and used his right to grab Malfoy's collar, in a blur Malfoy found himself flying over Harry's head and landing on the floor.
Harry followed with two quick punches to Malfoy's ribs and was cut off from a third when Goyle had gotten up and grabbed Harry, he pulled Harry and slammed him against the wall. He let go with his right hand and struck Harry in the right side of his face, Crabbe had ran up and punched Harry in the same spot.
Harry powered through the pain and continued to fight, he struck Goyle in the knee with a kick, causing the taller boy to drop a little. Harry took the opportunity to punch Goyle in the face, the sound of a broken nose echoed before Goyle had reached the floor.
Crabbe hit Harry in the face once more, in the exact same spot then he grabbed Harry by the neck and pushed him against the wall, Harry responded by poking Crabbe in the eye. He wasn't afraid to fight dirty, and it worked as Crabbe's grip had loosened a little. Harry grabbed Crabbe and moved his head to the side before quickly pulling the boys head forward so his face struck the wall that Harry was pressed against.
This had the effect of causing Crabbe to let go, he moved back and turned around, his hands came up in an attempt to alleviate some of the pain in his face. Harry didn't want to give him a chance to rest, Harry ran at the opposite wall and jumped on it, he pushed off and was in the air for about two seconds before he kicked Crabbe in the face.
As Harry landed on his feet and Crabbe landed on his back, the golden trio were looking with astonishment and amazement while Malfoy had a regretful look on his face. Malfoy was struggling to get up, his ribs still hurt. Adrian was looking at his brother with amazement in his eyes, his brother who was top of his class and had defeated a troll could also fight.
"What is the meaning of this?!" A voice snapped and they turned to see Snape rushing towards them. Malfoy smirked, he could use Snape to get the rest in trouble , but Harry beat him to the punch.
"Professor" Harry spoke quickly "Malfoy was threatening my brother and his friends when I arrived, I told him to stop. Goyle then tried to attack me, I fought him and Crabbe off and struck Malfoy twice before you arrived."
"Tell me exactly what happened" Snape ordered, eyeing the other three Slytherin's
"Yes sir" Harry nodded "Goyle tried to punch me but I ducked and punched him once in the stomach and a second time in the face before I slammed his head against the wall. I then punched Crabbe, Malfoy tried to get a spell off but I took him to the floor and punched him twice in the ribs before he could do anything.
Crabbe and Goyle then pinned me to a wall, they got about a punch each before I started fighting back. I kicked Goyle's leg and punched him in the face when Crabbe punched me again, I poked him in the eye slightly so he'd loosen his grip then I slammed his face against the wall and he let go. I did a run up and jumped off the other wall before kicking him in the face, then you arrived and that's about it"
"That's about it?" Snape repeated slowly
"That's about it?" Snape repeated slowly
"Oh, and I got to insult everyone here before the fight, so silver linings" Harry responded
"You three" Snape said after shaking his head and looking at the golden trio "is what Mr Potter says true?"
"Yes sir" Hermione answered "Draco disarmed us, then they were about to attack us when Harry appeared. Harry did insult us before he was attacked and he fought them off until you arrived"
Snape looked at Goyle who had a bleeding nose and a black eye before he looked at Malfoy who was clutching his side and Crabbe who had a bruise on his face and a bleeding nose. He then looked at Harry who had nothing other than a bruise on his right cheek
"Come with me, you will all accompany me to the hospital wing" Snape commanded and the students followed. The trio were at the back, Draco and his goons were taking the time to glare at everyone while Harry was just yawning as he walked alongside Professor Snape.
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