Chapter 35: This isn't supposed to happen.

The next day, Hogwarts castle, Great Hall.

Today is the match between Slytherin and Gryffindor. All the students are very excited to watch this match for a particular reason. It is the debut match of Harry potter the youngest seeker of Hogwarts. Many people expect great things from the Boy who lived.

The students were eating their breakfast, Ron Hermione and harry were eating together on the Gryffindor table. Liam also entered the Great hall, excited for the match.

Michael said that he was going with Cedric to help him practice. Hufflepuff were only able to win the game because Cedric caught the snitch if it weren't for that they didn't have the chance to win. Whoever wins the match today, be it Slytherin or Grffindor, Hufflepuff team will have a hard time because of this reason Cedric took his team to practice, he didn't want to waste precious time.

As Michael and Cedric were busy Liam decided to sit with Harry, Ron and Hermione.

"Good morning!" Hermione greeted Liam.

"Good morning…" he greeted back, so did Ron and harry.

"Harry must be nervous for the match, it's his first one." Liam said with a smiling face.

Harry looked at him weirdly, "Of course I am nervous, but I think I can handle it."

Liam noticed that the Gryffindor students were looking at him weirdly. It seemed to him that they had some problem with him. He asked Hermione, "Why are the others looking at me like they want to tear me into pieces? What did I do now?"

Hermione took a deep breath, "How should I tell you this… There's a nasty rumor going around the Gryffindor students. They think that we were unjustly rewarded for the troll incident. They think that Harry, Ron and I did the work and you got most of the credit because Snape favors you more. We tried to explain to them that it isn't like that but still they aren't listening, it's almost like they are possessed by a hateful ghost or something."

Ron looked at Hermione and Liam with a bit resentment, he also believed the rumors. Ron and harry weren't present when he defeated the first troll and when Liam defeated the second troll he was unconscious. He thought that the first troll was stupid so he ran into the wall and fell unconscious himself and the second troll was defeated by the professors.

"But it has been two weeks since the troll incident why are they still into that. Anyway I don't care about them, maybe they are just jealous or hateful that Slytherin house is ahead in points than Gryffindor, Today Gryffindor will win against Slytherin and get ahead in points so they shouldn't worry." Liam looked towards Harry and said, "Gryffindor team has the strongest seeker."

Hermione saw the hate in the eyes of the other students. To them this statement was understood very differently, they were thinking that Liam was mocking them. Harry was clearly inexperienced and calling him the strongest, the others thought that Liam was being sarcastic.

"Liam you should go sit elsewhere, it would be better that you keep a bit distance from the Gryffindor students, I think they are not in the right mind. You might get targeted." Hermione said with worry in her eyes.

Liam also noticed the maliciousness in the eyes of the Gryffindor students, it was very odd he clearly felt that something was not right. But he didn't know what was wrong.

"Okay! I will meet you at the stadium." Liam said with a smile and went back to his own house table.

For the next fifteen minutes which Liam spent eating breakfast, the Gryffindor students kept showing hostility towards him.

Snape came walking by the Gryffindor house table, his robe was covering the ground as he walked. He was going to stop near potter but he noticed something odd. The boy next to him, Ron was glaring towards Liam with hostility. There were many other Gryffindor students who were showing hostility towards Liam.

'What kind of trouble did this boy get himself into,' Snape thought, 'Whole Gryffindor house is against him, it's is a matter which I should investigate. It's very odd they weren't hostile towards him yesterday. How did the whole Gryffindor house became hostile to him in the span of a single day, its odd, very odd.'

He didn't stop and kept walking towards the table for professors.

…

The afternoon, all the students and professors were in the stadium waiting for the match to start.

The Gryffindor students and the Slytherin students were yet to be in the air. They were having a strategic meeting and were ready for the match.

Liam entered the stadium alone, he wasn't able to meet up with Michael as he was with Cedric since the morning. Liam thought that he would join Michael and Cedric in the stadium. Just as he entered the stadium he saw, the weasly twins with a small bag table with them.

Fred: "Bet on Gryffindor or Slytherin, the odds are 50:50. Its either you win or you lose."

George: "The betting will close when the match starts. So hurry up."

The twins were shouting, loudly as they were swarmed by many students. Juniors and seniors alike.

"I should also try my luck. I have the 10 galleons which I had to request professor Snape to give me. Even though it's my money he won't give it to me. If he knew that I was going to gamble with all this money he surely wouldn't give me so much money. Ten galleons aren't that much according to what I know ten galleons are likely around 50 pounds.' Liam thought to himself.

He waited for some of the crowd to disappear, then he went towards the twins.

Fred: "Look who is here, the little enchantment genius."

George: "So how much are you going to bet on Slytherin."

"Zero, I will bet ten galleons on Gryffindor." Liam said with a smile.

Fred: "Wise choice, But isn't ten galleon too much for you."

George: "You should save some money. Gambling isn't good you know."

"Look who's talking, don't worry I am sure that the Gryffindor team will win. It's an investment I won't lose, I am looking forward to collect the 20 galleons from you after the match."

Fred: "Confident…"

George: "Very Confident…"

Fred: "A word of advice, keep your distance from the Gryffindor students, for some reason they have started to resent you."

George: "They are surly getting mental over small things. I don't know what happened to them. Things were very fine till yesterday."

Fred: "But since the morning we have heard many bad things about you."

George: "Looks like our time is up, we also have to go and get ready."

Fred: "Adios My friend."

Liam stood on the spot motionless, 'What did I do? Why is every Gryffindor student bearing a grudge against me, even Ron was looking weirdly towards me.'

Liam had a small ticket in his hands, it had his name, and the name of the team he bet on with the amount he bet with.

Liam kept that ticket in his pocket and went on to finding Michael and Cedric. He found them both sitting near the professor's seating area. Cedric had a small book and a pen with him.

"I may be able to help you with that." Liam said just as he reached near them.

"So you finally showed up… we saved a seat for you." Cedric said with a smiling face, "I am happy for your help."

Michael took out another book and a pen from his bag and gave it to Liam.

'Wizards bags so handy, I will be sure to buy one next time I visit Diagon alley.'

"You note the Slytherin team formation and I will note the Gryffindor team's formation." Michael said.

The match was going to be started both the teams were in the air, in their formation.

Madam Hooch came to the center of the ground, where a big trunk was placed.

"I want a clean game." She reminded and opened the trunk with a whistle.

The balls jumped right out of the trunk into the air with force. Two of the players started wrestling for the ball. The snitch was also released, a small golden ball with weak wings was now flying in front of Harry.

Harry started to chase the snitch as fast as he could, but suddenly he stopped as he had lost the sight of the snitch. The other seeker was flying high also looking for the snitch.

Harry was still not flying too high, he was not so confident flying at that height. But suddenly his broom started elevating, he was getting higher in the sky.

Liam was looking at this, he knew that such a thing was going to happen. H looked towards the professor's section to see quirrell chanting the mantra.

"What's going on, is something wrong with Harry's broom." Michael Exclaimed.

"That's clearly unnatural…" Cedric added, "Something's wrong with his broom."

Liam was focusing on the professors section he searched everywhere but he couldn't find Quirrell anywhere, not even Snape was chanting a mantra he was just looking towards Harry with shock.

'What's going on? This isn't supposed to happen.' Liam was worried.

The worst thing happened, Harry couldn't hold on to his broom and started falling. Shouting loudly.

"AHHHHHHH!!!"

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