Chapter 53: Provocation.

Sorry for the three days of delay. I still hadn't finalized how I was going to end this. But now know how I will end this arc. The next chapter will be the end. Thank you for waiting.

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Edward was sitting surrounded by some ravenclaw students like a king. He snapped towards a boy, "Hey you where is Grant?" The boy was startled, "He said that he had something to do so he will come late."

Edward was displeased by this revelation but he ignored it. He started to touch a ring on his fingers. The ring's color was silver and extension to hold a diamond shaped big crystal. Edwards frequently put his finger onto the empty extension.

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[In the morning before the match]

Liam woke up early in the morning, but as he got up from the bed he saw a note was kept on the table.

"There was nothing like that on the table last night."

He quickly grabbed the note and read it.

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What you seek is on his fingers.

-Your humble servant

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"This… What I seek in on his fingers… I seek the ritual object and it's on his fingers. The only thing which we put on our fingers is a ring. So it's the ritual object must be a ring. But who in the world knows this and even if they know this why would they tell me this."

Liam sat down, "There are a lot of things going on now which I have no knowledge of. I thought Voldemort would be the only thing I would have to worry about. How did things get such complicated? Why didn't Harry get cursed with a ritual curse, Are this changes because of me? Anyway I can't just stay passive. I need answers. 'Your humble servant' this is most probably Scrubs. That damned elf, last time I tried to find him I failed. No other elf knows his whereabouts neither any professor knew of any elf with such a name. As soon as I solve this Curse problem I will find that elf."

Liam was very stressful, "If I could just smoke away my problems."

He heard a knock on the door, "That must be Cedric…"

Liam quickly opened the door, "You came at the right time, there's something I need to tell you." Liam explained everything about Scrubs and the note.

Cedric fell into thought, "If that elf knows you and calls you master. Then he is clearly your family elf. When the previous master dies the ownership of the elf is passed on to the descendent of the owner or a blood relative also No elf in the castle would ever call a student master. But still I don't get how he knows that the ring is the ritual object." He looked towards Liam who was equally confused about this matter.

"Don't worry, we'll catch that elf and make him spit out answers. But for now we have to catch another person. Let's focus on that first." He put his hands on Liam's shoulder.

Liam quickly shrugged off his confused mind, 'I shouldn't get distracted yet.'

"We should go and prepare."

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[The stadium]

The waiting room. All the Gryffindor players were waiting for the match to start. Harry was sitting on a bench anxiously with his hands on his head. "Will I be able to do this?"

Fred and George noticed Harry's anxiousness. Fred tapped his foot to get attention of Harry. Harry looked towards Fred as he heard the tap.

Fred: "Don't be so nervous. If you fail the whole plan will fall apart. You don't want that right."

Listening to Fred's words Harry became even more anxious.

George Hit Fred's head, "Are you dumb? Harry is already anxious and you made him even more anxious."

Fred: "Sorry harry" Fred apologized bowing his head a bit.

"There's no need to apologize. I know what I have to do. And I will do it. But I am just worried if it will actually go according to Liam's plan. I don't want the plan to fail because of me." Harry mind was filled with doubts.

"BOYS GET READY." Wood shouted.

Fred: "Harry remember you have to catch the snitch no matter what."

George: "Cedric will go easy on you but don't think he wouldn't play with all his might. He is the captain after all."

"And you two don't get hurt you have to find and destroy the ritual object after the match." Harry said to the twins.

Fred and George said in unison, "Like hell we would."

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[Liam's plan Step 1: Provocation]

Both the team members flew out and took their positions. Professor hooch was standing in the center of the stadium in front of her lied a big trunk. She looked at the two captains who were flying above her ready to receive the quaffle.

Hooch gave a huge sigh, "I want a clean game." It looked like she wanted to say more but she didn't.

She opened the chest with a wave of her wand. The quaffle launched in the air and the players flew towards it. A small golden snitch also flew out.

Cedric being the captain and the seeker immediately was on the lookout for the snitch. But instead of flying around he was just floating on a single spot. But harry on the other hand was flying around madly. Desperately searching for the snitch.

"This idiot" Cedric snapped, "He is wasting his energy."

[Flashback No. 1]

Liam, Cedric, Hermione, harry, Fred and George were sitting in Snape's office. Discussing the plan.

Cedric snapped, "Harry? Why harry? I can do that as well."

Liam took a deep breath, "Well it's not that you can't do it. But if we want the plan to go smoothly it has to be harry. Unlike you harry is popular for things which could make Edward angry. We need to provoke him and lead him. If you were to be given the same job the provocation wouldn't work. Because you have built your reputation through hard work, talent and years of exposure Where as."

He looked towards Harry a little apologetically, "I feel it's rude to say but Harry's reputation is majorly based on rumors which have no valid base. Edwards may not be so impulsive dealing with you. But if it was harry he wouldn't even think about twice. We could make harry look like an overly arrogant kid and he will fall right into our trap. But the main point is that Harry must have a thing to be arrogant about and that would be. Catching the snitch." Liam smiled when he said this.

Cedric wasn't having any of it, "Do you want me to purposefully lose the match. I don't agree to this."

George: "Liam, I don't know what you think about us quiditch players but we still have dignity we wouldn't accept such a win."

Fred: "George is right. Such a win wouldn't feel good. I don't want to win just because they let us win or go easy on us."

Liam laughed a bit, "I never said that Cedric should go easy on harry. I believe in Harry's Quiditch skills (Protagonist's luck/ Lucky halo) he will surely be able to catch the snitch. But if he is unable to do it then we have no choice but to rely on Cedric."

He looked towards harry, "Harry you have to act like an arrogant person will you be able to do it."

Harry wasn't sure if he would be able to do it. Hermione looked at the nervous face of harry and commented, "Just try to imitate Malfoy. And you will be fine."

[Flash back No.1 end]

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Cedric noticed a slight shine just few meters above the ground. 'So there's the little devil' He quickly dived from the air gaining momentum and flew towards the snitch.

Harry who was also not far away from the snitch noticed Cedric who was sedentary for a while make his move. 'He is moving, does he have his eyes on the snitch.' He glanced over the direction Cedric was diving into he saw a golden shine. 'THE SNITCH' without wasting any time he also sped up towards the same spot.

The snitch was quietly levitating on the same spot without a care in the world.

Just as Cedric was flying towards the snitch horizontally rushing in a speed he was barely able to control. While Harry was flying towards the snitch from a slightly higher point. As to not collide with Cedric.

Cedric still hadn't received his new broom, he was slightly slower than Harry. Even if he was the first to move Harry had already caught up to Cedric. The snitch wasn't moving from its spot. Harry lowered his hand while rushing towards the snitch and Cedric pulled his hands in front. The both Cedric and harry reached the snitch at the exact moment but the snitch launched itself upwards in the air. With the speed Cedric was flying at he couldn't quickly fly up. Harry also wasn't able to catch the snitch.

Cedric looked back to see if Harry caught the snitch or not. Harry While trying to catch the snitch wasn't able to maintain his balance and was now hanging onto his broom upside down. His legs and his arms were both holding onto the broom. With his dear life.

Ron shouted as he saw harry hanging onto his broom, "Harry just let go."

Harry wasn't that high up he just didn't know how high he was flying. Harry trusted Hermione and let go of his broom. He fell to the ground with no injury. Cedric flew a bit higher and was still looking for the snitch.

Harry got up from the ground holding his head, 'Ahh! that hurt a bit.' His t-shirt had a small golf ball sized bulge. Harry quickly held it and took it out of his t-shirt. It was the snitch. When the snitch flew upwards it accidently got inside harry's t-shirt and when harry lost its balance and was hanging upside down the snitch couldn't escape from the shirt and was caught.

Harry raised the snitch in his hands. The match had ended with the Gryffindor team's victory.

The crowd started cheering for the Gryffindor team.

"GRYFINDOR! GRYFINDOR! GRYFINDOR! GRYFINDOR!"

In the Ravenclaw side everyone was upset for losing the match. Edward was also very upset, "That potter wins every time just because of his luck. I want to beat him so badly."

Adam was also sitting near Edward he got up and walked towards Edwards with his hands folded.

"Boss…" He said with a weak voice.

Edward was already in a bad mood and this little mouse was annoying to him, "What is it little mouse?"

"Boss I wasn't able to complete writing your notes."

Edward grunted after hearing this, "Little mouse did I hear you clearly… tell me again what you said."

"I… I wasn't able to complete writing your notes." Adam forced out his voice but before Edward could lash out on him he explained himself, "Fred and George took me with them to conduct some experiment for new prank items. That's what they said but they actually took me to Harry potter."

Edwards was interested, "Go on tell me what happened next."

"That potter wanted me to tell him about you. He wants to reign over all the houses in Hogwarts. So he was going to attack you first."

Edward started laughing at this, "He said he would attack me. Him?" He laughed even more.

But Adam's silence made him stop laughing, "Is he serious? That son of a mudblood. Winning the quiditch matches has gone in his head." Edward was calm he started to brew up a plan to handle Harry.

"He said that he wanted to talk with you after the match. Now that the match has ended he would wait…"

"Lead me to him. He is more arrogant than I thought he was." Edward gave a sign to his goons. He started to follow Adam with his goons to meet harry.

As this was the final Quiditch match the award ceremony was to be held after the match. It was more of a formal event for the guests of honor invited to watch the quiditch matches. The guests were people who were funding the whole school as well as the quiditch match. The ending ceremony included a talent representation by the Hogwarts students.

[Back of the stadium]

Harry Fred and George were waiting for Adam to bring in Edward. Harry started to sweat.

Fred: "Harry be cool it all depends on you now you have."

George: "Be ready they may be arriving any moment now."

Harry started taking deep breaths.

'I can do it. I can do it.'

They heard a lot of footsteps heading their way.

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