Delores Umbridge continued with her decrees during all October, but the hidden group made no new movements, as they decided to let her feel some power. They had decided to play a new prank, one that would be remembered for a LONG time.
"And one that will get us expelled if someone ever finds out that we were behind it." 'Ice' said to the others with a sneer.
"I like the risk!" 'Dumber', as they had named to one of the twins, said with a wide smile.
"Amen to that." 'Dumbest', the other twin, said and everyone nodded laughing.
"Operation ACME is on its way!" 'Dragon' said laughing. Then he got serious and said: "We have added an unofficial member: Flitwick."
"How and why?" 'Hawk' asked, as shocked as everyone else.
"He found Steel as she returned to her Common Room and she brought her to me." The leader said before elaborating: "With Badger we have played with the idea of asking a teacher to join us and it was the prefect chance to do so."
"How many names does he know?" 'Eagle' asked seriously.
"Just mine, Steel's and Badger's." Harry assured and everyone nodded, knowing that he wouldn't betray anyone there. Then he asked: "Is there other matters to be discussed."
As no one else had one, the meeting ended and everyone left the room.
… … … …
The prank Operation ACME was planned to happen in Halloween and they had made sure that all the details were ready.
That day, Flitwick got delivered a note through the elves and looked at it curiously:
'Little John,
Sorry in advance for anything that might happen to you tonight. It's nothing personal.
The band of the crazy and merry pranksters.'
Filius read the note 3 times, all the time wondering what they had planned for that night and having the feeling that some people (namely Umbridge and other teachers) wouldn't like it at all. That thought made him smile very wide as he went to the Great Hall for the feast.
"Is everything ok?" Severus asked, noticing the smile. Flitwick waved his hand as saying that there was nothing to worry about and got ready for the dinner.
Once the food was served and everyone was eating, it began!
First of all, all the torches were turned off. Then the music began, this time it was different and many students recognized it too.
Then the next part started: all the pumpkins magically decorated around the hall took life and from them, legs started to grow and walked around as the torches turned on once more.
The biggest of the pumpkins then started to sing:
'Daddy's flown across the ocean
Leaving just a memory
Snapshot in the family album
Daddy what else did you leave for me?
Daddy, what'd'ja leave behind for me?
All in all it was just a brick in the…'
Here, the Pumpkin looked up to the ceiling and everyone did the same. Hanging from there, there were several boxes that had a sign that read: 'ACME Products'. Once all of them had seen it, and all the Muggleborn students realized what it was, was when the Pumpkin sand:
"…wall!"
Once he shouted the words, the boxes opened themselves and bricks started to fall to everyone at the Hall.
"Beep, Beep!" A Muggleborn said sand moving away, just as the roadrunner used to do at the Cartoon. Some other students did it too and the bricks avoided them and landed on the person next to them.
Soon almost everyone was hit by bricks done of Pumpkin, as the singer continued with his job:
'All in all it was all just bricks in the wall!'
Once more, after he said the last word, another series of bricks fell on the ones that didn't catch the trick to avoid them. This time, the bricks were done of carrots.
The Pumpkin continued singing facing to the teachers, this time with lots of students beating their hands against the tables and doing the choirs:
''We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall!'
Again a new wall of bricks, this time of tomatoes, fell on everyone except the students who had learnt how to avoid them, just saying 'Beep, Beep'.
'All in all you're just another brick in the wall!'
This time the bricks were made of lemon that left them all wet. The Pumpkin and the students, continued singing, and this time the young witches and wizards stood facing the staff:
'We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall!'
This time, more students started to realize the trick to be hit by the bricks made of Cabbage, as they joined the other students and the Pumpkins to sing:
'All in all you're just another brick in the wall!"
And the next round of bricks of Broccoli continued falling on the people who never realized how to avoid them.
The whole student body joined to sign the last part of the song now:
'I don't need no arms around me
And I dont need no drugs to calm me.
I have seen the writing on the wall.
Don't think I need anything at all.
No! Don't think I'll need anything at all.
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall!
All in all you were all just bricks in the…' '
Here the Pumpkin took a little sign and showed it to everyone. It only said: 'Eeep'. Right then, he shouted the last word of the song, while a new wall of bricks fell on the staff, clouding them.
'…Wall!'
When the cloud was gone, all the teachers were as dirty as before. Well, all of them except Umbridge who was wearing now some clothes that made her look like a toad.
An overgrown fly that looked too much like a canary, flew to her and said pointing a finger:
"I tawt I taw a puddy toat!" Then he looked at her closely and said: "I did! I did see a puddy toat!"
Then Umbridge, as furious as ever tried to make it fly away with her hand.
"BAD TOAT!" The fly/canary shouted making appear suddenly a plastic mallet and hitting the Professor with it on the head. The High Inquisitor dropped her head unconscious and you could see stars around it.
"If I ever find out who did this, that person can be sure that I'll personally have him or her expelled!" Snape, covered by all the vegetables shouted furious before he stormed out of the Hall, as all the students roared in laughter
"I won't ask!" Minerva told Albus, as all the teachers tried to clean themselves and the Headmaster sent the students back to their dorms.
"Should anyone…?" Sprout asked her colleagues, pointing to Umbridge.
"I'll ask Poppy to take her to the Infirmary." Dumbledore said, before the whole staff left the Hall to change their clothes and have a LONG shower.
… … … …
No one was shocked with the next decree: it banned all the products made by ACME forever and ever from the School!
"Should anyone tell her…?" A Muggleborn asked reading the decree.
"And ruin her idea that the decree is useful? Hell, no!" The Twins said with a sneer that all the House shared.
-8-
Quidditch has always been considered as a dangerous sport at Hogwarts. And if the match was between Gryffindor and Slytherin, the matter turned worse.
Now if you add, Delores Umbridge and her decrees and Harry Potter to the mix, that recipe has destiny of disaster!
A few days before the first match of the season, the group of students had an emergency meeting that was called by one of the Slytherin students inside of it.
"Umbridge wants to have you banned forever from Quidditch. She gave orders to Malfoy to do everything he can to give her a reason to ban you and anyone else." The student said seriously to Harry.
"We have to avoid it." Hermione said seriously.
"No, we won't." Harry said with a devious smile.
"What do you mean?" 'Steel' asked him.
"You'll let her ban you?" 'Ice' asked shocked.
"Yes, but I'll have a little of fun with that." The seeker said with a smile.
… … … …
The WHOLE group had serious doubts about what exactly Harry understood for fun.
The match was special as Harry had decided that if Umbridge wanted to ban him, he was going to give him a LOT of reasons to do so. How did he do it? He played dirtier than the twins and the WHOLE team of Slytherin together.
First, he sped the broom against the Beaters and punched them at every occasion he had. Soon, the twins started to follow him and hit the Bludgers against the other beater. The results were two penalties against Gryffindor and the other players a bit confused after so many punches and Bludgers.
Then, he started to fly around the Chasers when they were about to pass the Quaffle or shoot. The Gryffindor Chasers learnt to fly near him all the time and caught the ball at every occasion. Soon, the score started go up very fast.
It reached a moment, after so many punches and failed passes that Snape demanded that he was expelled from the game. He adduced that he was breaking the rules.
"The rules, Professor, say that the seeker's mission is to catch the Snitch. It says nothing about punching players or making them mess when they are in possession of the Quaffle. So, what I do is legal." Harry explained to Severus with a smile, as Hooch, Dumbledore, Minerva and Delores joined the argument. Then he added: "We are at a goddamn Gryffindor-Slytherin! What the hell do you expect from this match: that we hug and kiss each other?"
"You are not helping, Mr. Potter." McGonagall whispered to her student, while trying to hold a stern look over him.
"Madam Hooch, when did the last time that you saw a Gryffindor-Slytherin match that didn't the players playing dirty and you giving multiple penalties to either team for that?" Harry asked the referee with an ironic smile.
"I never had that pleasure." Hooch said with a sigh.
"If your players can't deal with a bit of roughness, then they should go to play with the dolls! Quidditch is a sport of men, not of babies!" Harry told Snape before he returned to where the other players waited for him.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PLAYING AT?" Angelina shouted to him, as soon as he was next to them.
"Umbridge has intentions of banning me from Quidditch after this match. I just give her reasons to do so." Harry said with a smile before he turned to the twins: "From now on, we pass from being a bit rough to be extremely rough."
"What does it mean?" The team asked worried.
"I'll give you 100 Galleons for each player that you send to the Hospital." Harry said with a devious smile, before adding: "That will mean that you'll be banned too, unfortunately."
"DEAL!" The twins shouted with a wide grin.
"Just one thing: Malfoy is mine." Harry said seriously. Then he told the three Chasers: "Girls, it was a great pleasure to play with you for the last four years."
"We have reserves, right?" Katie asked Angelina, knowing that their teammates were not joking.
"We do. We are lucky that we picked a Reserve team at the tryouts." The Captain said before the whole team returned to the sky and the match started once more.
Once the game was on again, the twins started to do their job. First of all, they sent the Beaters out of the match with two Bludgers to the ribs that knocked them off their brooms and got them unconscious at the grass.
Then they started with the Chasers, but decided to leave only one. He never had the chance to score as he lost the Quaffle each time that he got it and could never get near the posts.
"Are you two planning to leave any player of Slytherin on the game?" Hooch asked the twins after they knocked off the keeper. She continued: "I'm curious of that, you know."
"We are done!" The redheads exclaimed with a wide smile and after Harry mouthed that it was enough with that.
"What about the rest of you? Does anyone have plans to send someone to the Hospital? Madam Pomfrey wants to know that." Hooch asked the rest of the team.
"That would depend if we talk about doing it intentionally or unintentionally." Harry commented with a smile.
"I'll inform the School Nurse to be ready for another player." The referee said with a sigh before the game started once more.
The three girls were having a lot of fun as they scores as much as they wanted without a Keeper on the Slytherin's posts.
The poor Chaser that was still on the pitch seemed to want to be very far away from there. And he even asked the twin to send him to the Hospital.
"I'll pay you if you do that! Just get me out of this match!" The third year begged to the redheads. He was desperate and near the tears! He couldn't stand this humiliation much more!
"We have orders…"
"…To stop here!" The twins said with a smile.
Snape called a time out and demanded that the match was finished as now his House was losing 800 to 60, and the score would be worse by the end of it.
"Sorry, Professor, but you know the rules: the match ends when a seeker catches the Snitch, not before." Angelina said with a sweet smile and a shake of her head.
To cancel a match, it was needed the agreement of the Heads of House, the Captains of the teams and the referee. If one of them said no, the match would continue.
"Miss Johnson, please." Minerva asked the Chaser, although she wanted the game to continue: it wasn't everyday that Severus' House was humiliated so badly and she was curious to know the final result. But she had to keep the appearances and had to do as if she had no problems with the match being cancelled.
"I'll talk to the rest of the team. If they agree, I vote for the cancelation." Angelina said and she went back to the team.
"Sorry, Snape, but the rules are the rules, and we don't want to break them!" Harry shouted to Severus, before the whole team kicked the grass and went back to the sky.
"Sorry, Severus, but there is nothing that I can do." Hooch said with a smile before she blew her whistle and the match was on again.
It wasn't even 15 minutes later, that Gryffindor's score was now over 1000. The poor Chaser quit in the middle of the game and left Malfoy alone!
Snape shouted to the guy who cursed him and shouted very loudly: "If you and Umbridge want Potter banned, it's not my problem! But I won't stay here anymore!"
"Hem hem!" Delores said trying to stop him before he said too much, as now Minerva was VERY much on what he had to say.
"SHUT UP, YOU UGLY TOAD! EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT FUDGE PUT YOU HERE!" The guy shouted furiously.
"This is even better than what I expected!" Harry whispered to the twins with a devious smile.
"Do you have evidence to support your claims, Mr. Moon?" Hooch asked him very seriously, as his accusations were not a joke and had to be checked thoroughly.
"I have a parchment that the whole team received with the orders to make sure that Madam Umbridge got enough reasons to ban Potter and any other player from Gryffindor, Madam. And I have it hidden in a safe location." Moon said as serious as she.
"As a matter of fact, Madam Hooch, I got the same rumor." Harry said to the referee.
"And you decided to send the whole team to the Hospital in retaliation?" Hooch asked to the seeker, arching an eyebrow.
"If she wanted reason to ban me, I had to give her plenty of them. And as it would be my last match here, I wanted to make sure that no one forgot it." The student said with a wide smile. Then he turned serious and asked her: "The question is not what will happen with me. The main matter now, is what will happen with the Slytherin team."
"Nothing will happen to them!" Snape shouted furiously.
"Really?" Harry asked with a sweet smile, before turning to Dumbledore and saying: "Then, if I'm banned, the whole Quidditch Cup has to be banned too."
"What do you mean?" Dumbledore asked seriously.
"It's simple: there are two testimonies that prove a plot against my person led by at least a Professor and the whole team of a House. That, Professor, is against the rules as you surely know. And unless I read the Quidditch rules wrong, 'any member of a team implied in some kind of action to harm any player of other team or to lose a match on purpose, will be banned from the team of that House for the rest of the time that he/she will remain at the school'." The seeker recited, before he turned to Hooch, who nodded. He smiled and continued, pointing to Snape: "So, if the twins and I are banned, the whole team of his house has to be banned too."
"And if that doesn't happen?" Albus asked seriously.
But it wasn't Harry who answered that question: it was Roger Davies, Ravenclaw's Captain.
"Then, Headmaster, you'll have a riot of all the other players." The Chaser said very seriously. He looked to the rest of his team, and all of them nodded. He glanced to Hufflepuff's Captain, who nodded too. He didn't need to check Angelina Johnson to know that she and the rest of the Gryffindor would support their own teammates.
"And my resignation too." Hooch said very seriously.
"I think that this matter should be discussed somewhere else." Dumbledore said, as now everyone was hearing with great attention.
"Sorry, Professor, but I doubt that there is anything to discuss. The options are that you ban the whole team of Slytherin and then make a serious investigation about the claims that have been presented or you'll have no Quidditch Cup as it will be boycotted." Harry said before he continued, this time talking to Snape: "And before you start to say that with that, your House will win the cup, let me remind you that you would play another two matches: Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.
"But as they won't play under these conditions, you might think that you'll win points enough to get the cup. And that is wrong for two things:
"First; if a team doesn't show up to play, the other team will get the victory by the minimum differences, which are the 150 points are given to the seeker that catches the snitch. With both matches, your house would get 300 points."
"But this match is not over yet, Potter. So it can't be counted." Snape said with a sneer that disappeared just as Harry handed the Snitch to Hooch.
"I caught the Snitch and the game is over, sir. That means that even with the 300 points that you'll get from those games, Gryffindor still has 1150 points." Harry said with a smile before turning to the rest of the team and said: "We are the champions of the Cup!"
Everyone looked to Madam Hooch who nodded with a smile. She blew her whistle and finished the game officially.
"WE WON THE CUP!" The twins shouted and started to celebrate with the Chasers.
"Under the current circumstances and as everyone knows that the Slytherin team will not be banned, I officially declare that Gryffindor wins the Quidditch Cup of this year!" Hooch announced to everyone, using Lee's Microphone.
"WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!" The whole Gryffindor House started to sing.
"Congratulations, guys!" Roger said to the Gryffindor team and shaking their hands along the rest of his team. Even if would have wanted to play the season, he wouldn't do it unless Slytherin was banned as the staff was not going to do it, he preferred that Gryffindor won it.
"Thanks, Davies!" Angelina said with a smile as Hooch gave them the cup.
"Do you really think that Umbridge will do nothing?" The Hufflepuff's captain asked them as he and his team went to congratulate them.
"The only way to undo this mess is to ban the Quidditch and declare that this match was not official." Harry explained them seriously.
"And you really think that she won't?" Cho asked with an arched eyebrow.
"I have a little idea for that too." The seeker said before the whole House went to the tower to celebrate.
-9-
Just as Harry predicted, Quidditch was banned through a new decree 'until a proper investigation is done about the claims of dirty playing at the last match'.
The same decree stated that the match would be eliminated from the school records FOREVER and the result of the same would not be accounted,
Minerva went to her Tower to inform the students of the decree the same night of the match. When she arrived, the Fat Lady was gone and there was a note on her place.
'Dear Professor:
We are aware that the match that was played today will be unaccounted and Quidditch will be banned under some lame excuse. But, that won't stop this House of celebrating.
The students of Gryffindor House.
PS: The Fat Lady has orders to not return till Monday's morning, so don't bother trying to get her back. And if you can do it, there is a new Password that we still have to decide and she doesn't know it.'
"Where are your students?" Albus asked Minerva when she went to his Office to talk with the other heads of House. McGonagall silently gave him the note and he read it. The Headmaster chuckled before he passed it to the other teachers.
"Severus, you have a goddamn explanation to give!" Hooch shouted to the Potions' Master.
Before Snape answered, someone knocked the door and Albus invited the person to enter: Ludo Bagman entered with Percy Weasley, Umbridge and another two people.
"Manuel! Alberto!" Hooch exclaimed and hugged them.
"Let me introduce you to Manuel and Alberto Huelva, the coach and Captain of the Argentinean Quidditch team." Ludo said to everyone with a smile before both men shook hands with the Professors and sat down.
"What can we do for you, gentlemen?" Albus asked with a smile, as an Elf brought them tea.
"We are in a tour to play against several National teams of Europe and England is one of them." Manuel started to say:
"We were looking for a place where to train for a few days and Xiomara always spoke greatly of your pitch, Mr. Dumbledore. We thought that we could use it for a few days to get ready for that game."
"We wouldn't mind to have a little game against students of your School in return of this." His brother added with a smile.
"That's a wonderful idea!" Ludo exclaimed immediately.
"The first part can be done, but not the match." Hooch said seriously, before showing them the latest decree.
"What's the meaning of this?" Bagman asked shocked, as he read the decree.
"During today's game between Gryffindor and Slytherin, there were several things that were not too clear, Ludo." Minerva said before she briefed him about what had happened and what was suspected.
"It's under investigation and there is no evidence to support those ridiculous claims!" Umbridge shouted immediately.
"Just like the UFO's?" Filius asked with a smile. Delores turned red but didn't answer.
"What should happen to have the match?" Ludo asked desperately as this would be a great chance for everyone.
"The lift of the decree. With that, we can decide a team to play." Hooch said seriously. Then she asked Minerva: "How do we contact your students?"
"In which of them are you interested?" Minerva asked seriously, even if she and the rest of the staff could figure out the names.
"I would put Potter and the Weasley twins for the main team and Johnson for the reserves if we make 2 lists." The Flight Professor said without hesitation.
"Those students are under investigation!" Umbridge shouted.
"Good, then that leaves also the Slytherin players out of the match too. That will make our job easier." Flitwick said with a smile. Then he told Hooch: "That leaves Ms. Chang as the main seeker as Hufflepuff's seeker hasn't played a match yet."
"Indeed." Hooch said with a nod as she started to write the names.
"My students will be included too!" Snape shouted furious.
"Sorry, Severus, but your students are under investigation along Harry Potter and the Weasley twins. So they cannot play until the investigation is over. And as Madam Umbridge hasn't started yet, and it will take a few days, they can't be counted for the match." Minerva said with a smile.
… … … …
Minerva McGonagall stood outside her House's tower with Hooch and Manuel Huelva. She had sent an Elf with a note for Harry and the twins stating that she needed to talk to them IMMEDIATELY and that if they didn't show up, she would dock 300 points from the House.
The three students left the Common Room as soon as they got the note and met the group. The adults could see that the celebration was still going and Minerva was almost certain that she saw the Fat Lady inside.
"Professor, what can we do for you? The teens asked at the same time.
"Quidditch will not be banned and the investigation about today's game will start next week." The Deputy said seriously before she said: "You'll play a new match on Tuesday."
"Against who?" The three students asked confused.
"Against us." Manuel said before he introduced himself to them and explained them about his team's visit to the school.
"Congratulations, you are part of the main team." Hooch announced them with a smile.
"And enjoy it, because probably you'll be banned forever after it." Minerva said seriously.
"We will!" Harry said with a wide smile and shaking Manuel's hand, before saying: "Get ready to lose!"
"Are you sure of that?" The Coach asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Do you want to bet? Let's say: 50 Galleons?" Harry asked seriously extending his hand.
"You have a deal." Manuel said and shook it.
… … … …
A lot of people went to see the match, including lot of Professional players of England. There were also Ministry Officers, the families of the players, coaches and reporters.
If asked, almost all of them would say that the Argentinean team would beat the School's players rather easily. This thought came from the fact that the first ones were professionals and the latest were students.
The ones that disagreed, did it based on two things: Harry Potter as the Seeker and the twins as the Beaters. Those three could easily teach a lesson to anyone!
The trio of Gryffindors repeated their strategy against Slytherin: don't let the Beaters hit the Bludgers and mess with the Chasers.
Harry flew around all the time with a Bludger on his back and always straight on the direction of a Beater. One of the twins stood behind the Pro player and when he dove to avoid it, the redhead sent it against to either the other Beater or the Chasers.
The seeker also flew among the Chasers and made them to miss the shot. Angelina, Roger and Moon learnt soon to be near him to catch it and go straight to the posts to try to score. This wasn't easy as the Keeper was Alberto Huelva, who proved to be really good on his place and he wasn't as easy to score as the Slytherin's keeper.
After two hours of game and with the score tied in 50, Harry saw the Snitch close to where the Professors and the Ministry Officers were sitting. As the ball was at the lowest seats, it would make it impossible for anyone to pull up the broom in time to avoid a crash, so he chose a different tactic.
He flew low and at full speed and suddenly he pulled his broom in 45 degree ascension and sped the broom to its limits. The other seeker saw the Snitch too and flew in a straight line, not seeing what Harry had realized.
Both of them got close to it, but Harry caught the Ball and continued his ascension, without even being close to crash against the adults. His opponent realized too late that he couldn't pull the broom up in time and, although he tried to avoid it, he crashed against the Officers that tried to clear the space to not be hurt.
"That must have hurt." Harry commented to the twins as the other player went to congratulate him and Hooch ended the game.
"You mean about the guy or Umbridge?" Angelina asked, as Delores got the worst part of the crash and she was unconscious next to the man and the nurse tried to treat them both.
"Do I look as if I care about her?" The seeker asked with a snort as the Argentinean team went to shake their hands and congratulate them. Then Harry smile to Manuel and said: "I told that I trusted on this team. Now you know why."
"With those two as Beaters and you as seeker, who wouldn't?" The Coach asked pointing to the twins and laughing.
"Shall we continue the celebration at the Hall?" Dumbledore asked with a smile as he went to congratulate the winners, along the rest of the Professors and the Officers.
"Lead the way." Manuel said as the teens and his players went on talking.
… … … …
Alberto and the Beaters sat at Gryffindor with Harry and the twins as the rest of their teammates spread around the other tables. Soon the redheads and their counterparts started to discuss about techniques and strategies of Beaters and Harry and the Keeper talked about other Quidditch matter with the rest of the team, listening and joining their chat here and there.
"Can I ask you what 'boludo' is? I heard you saying it a lot of times." Harry said suddenly.
The three foreign players burst out in laughter with that question. When he calmed down, Alberto explained it:
"Did you see when someone makes something very silly or very stupid?" He asked. When everyone nodded, he continued: "Instead of saying that you are a fool or a stupid, we say 'Sos un Boludo'. Translated to English it would be like 'You are a moron'. But for us, it's not an insult."
"Besides, it's a way of saying 'Hey, you.' Instead of that, we say 'Hola, Boludo' or '¿Qué haces, boludo?' Do you understand?" One of the Beaters said with a smile.
"Yes, boludo." Harry said with a nod and everyone burst out in laughter.
"Mr. Potter, tell me that you are not insulting out guests." Minerva said going to her students and hearing the last part of the chat.
"Can't I leave you alone for five minutes that you go teaching insults to innocent students?" Manuel asked his brother, with a mocking serious tone of voice.
"We taught them nothing! He just asked what 'boludo' meant and we explained it to him!" The Keeper said with a smile.
"Are you ok?" Harry asked their seeker.
"I just have my pride hurt, but nothing else. I still can't believe that I didn't realize what would happen." The guy said with a shake of his head.
"Now you'll remember it every time that you play." Harry said with a smile and both shook hands.
"Mr. Potter, I think that this is yours." Manuel said and gave him a bag of Galleons and added: "I always pay my debts."
"We bet 50 Galleons on which team would win. He bet for his and I bet for us." Harry said, before he divided the Galleons and gave seven to each of the other players and he kept eight. He said to all of them: "We won this match together, so I feel that I should share it."
"Thanks, Harry/Potter." The answered, while pocketing their money.
"Ladies, Gentlemen, you played a great match today. We bow to you." Manuel said bowing to the players and the rest of the team did the same.
"Thanks and good luck on the tour." Harry said with a smile and they shook hands once more, before the dinner was over and everyone went back to their Towers.
… … … …
The next day, the Professional players left the school to continue their tour and the banning of the Quidditch cup was back.
"She can do whatever she wants, but no one will forget that we crushed Slytherin last Saturday and that we beat a Professional team yesterday. And I cheer for that." Harry told his teammates and all of them made a little toast for that.