Chapter 34 - Lockhart Sucks

The day of the match arrives, and Louis has never felt more anti-social ever since he heard the words ' Go make some new friends '.

' I made my word, and I'm going to keep it. Just suck it up and support them for the duration of the game. After that I can hide in the forest for the rest of the day. ' The mental encouragement did wonders to help Louis move his legs toward the field.

" I see your wearing your robe today Louie. " Richard states as Louis walks up to Annie and him. " Not by choice, Bandit made me wear it cause I lost a bet with him. " Louis grumbles out as he grabs Richard by the arm and drags him.

" Bandit's definitely gotten smarter compared to when you first got him. " Annie remarks as she follows behind the two with some snacks in hand.

" With a owner like Louie? Not really a surprise, he rubs off on creatures in the most weirdest ways. " Richard says as he jabs his thumb to Louis who was still dragging him.

" Right! Remember, that time he saw that lion in the zoo- " Annie starts excitedly with a grin on her face.

Richard following suit with his own grin " And how he managed to rub off on the lion enough to make it trick the zoo keeper and escaped! "

" That day was the Best! " Both cousins simultaneously reply before breaking out into laughter.

" Haha, very funny. It was not my fault Simon wanted to leave the zoo and explore life outside it. " The boy says and stops dragging Ricahrd as he takes the drinks out of a laughing Annie's hands.

" Simon freed the rest of the animals in the zoo Louie which caused a riot. How much more of a fun time can you get from that? " Richard retorts in between breathes before laughing even more.

Rolling his eyes, Louis decides to leave the his cousins to themselves while he finds them a place to watch the match with the snacks in hand.

Three minutes into the game and Richard and Annie finally arrive, though it was evident from their puffy eyes that they were crying from laughter. ' Evil cousins. ' Louis remarks mentally, ' We heard that. ' They reply.

Watching the players on the quidditch field, Louis catches sight of a whisper of familiar pale blonde hair, " Is that Draco? " He questions unsure.

" Oh he didn't he you? He joined the quidditch team this year. " Annie says as she takes a bite of her popcorn she took back from Louis.

" How come he didn't tell me about it? " The young Princeton asks sadly as he realises he was the only one out of the loop. Richard places a hand on Louis' shoulder in a comforting way.

" He didn't want to give you even more stress on top of your own, so It was for you own good anyways. Who knows what you might've done if you knew about it. "

Still comforting Louis, he passes the gloomy boy his cup of soft drink to slurp on as he contemplates on his life.

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" What's wrong this time? " Annie grumbles out as she nudges Richard who was reading a potions book hunched in on himself. " What? " He asks blurrily looking up from his book.

" Something's going on again. Take a look. " She says as she switches seats with Richard so he can get a better view of the field.

" Oh how peculiar. From the looks of it, it's being controlled by quite a strong magic force. " Richard deducts as he slurps on his smoothie.

" Doesn't this give a sense of deja vu? " Annie states as she rubs her head in thought. " Last year? His broom? " Louis says in an attempt to jog Annie's memory.

" Your right! Oh wow, he's just a magnet for trouble isn't he. " Both boys nod in agreement at the statement.

" Rouge bludger aside, i must say, Draco's taunts are very on point today. " Annie remarks allowing a devilish grin to appear on her face.

" You are most certainly right on that Ann. " Louis says as he let's out a evil cackle into the air.

Richard on the other hand, has taken out a notebook and began gathering as many blackmail materials as he could.

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" Oof! That's gotta hurt. " Louis flinches the moment the bludger made contact with Harry's arm followed by a resounding ' Crack! ' Being heard throughout the field.

Everyone winced at the very painful sound.

When Harry was on the ground and the match was finally over signalling Gryffindor's win, most- if not all the Gryffindor students went down onto the pitch to check on him.

Louis was dragged along unwillingly by Annie.

" Are you okay? " Hermoine asks concerned as she kneels beside Harry for a better look with Ron standing close behind. " N-no, I think my arm's broken. " He says as he moves to sit up to support it more.

" Not to worry Harry, I will fix that arm of yours straight away. " Lockhart confidently states as he too kneels on the other side of Harry.

" Fix things up with the Cornish pixies then. Their still holding a grudge against you for putting them in a cage. " Louis states earning some snickers from both Slytherin and Gryffindor students.

" No. Not you. " Immediate rejection was the Harry's answer while he tries his best to move as far away from the narcissistic man as possible.

" Nice rejection. " Louis says before taking a bite of his popcorn, earning a few giggles here and there while others poorly attempted to hide their laughter.

" Boy he doesn't know what he's saying! " Lockhart worriedly informs Hermoine while ignoring the rest of the students and moves his hands to Harry's broken arm.

" I highly doubt that. " Louis subconsciously retorts as he takes a sip of his soft drink, this time making more students break into laughter.

Ignoring the crowd of laughing students, Lockhart continues " Now this, " Harry grunts at the pain, " Won't hurt a bit. " His hands goes into his robe and pulls out his wand.

" Excuse me. " Louis says as he makes his way through the crowd before Lockhart casts his spell. " And stop right there. " Annie and Richard were on both sides of Louis as he stops in the middle of the students.

" Can't you see, I'm trying to fix Harry's broken arm? " Lockhart says as he gestures to the very relieved boy on the ground, " What spell were you going to use then? " Louis questions as he crosses his arms.

" Brachium emendo! " The man says full of confidence. " Funny. No. " Louis says flatly.

" Can you two bring him to madam Pomfrey before things get even more out of hand? " Richard asks to which Ron and Hermoine nod to and hurriedly bring Harry to the hospital wing.

Lockhart stands up dramatically with his robe flopping behind him. " Why would you do that when I could've healed him perfectly! "

" First of all, you pronounced the spell wrongly which could have made something horrible happen. "

Louis points out making the students nearest to the two break into laughter at the revelation, and some stared wide eyed in slight horror at the thought of Harry Potter having a worse injury.

" Secondly, I don't think you have the right qualifications to heal severely broken bones by yourself. " A look of slight horror passes through Lockhart's face before it quickly leaves.

" That's ridiculous! I have mentioned in my published books that I can cast spells perfectly without the aid of another, and am perfectly capable of healing another wizard with a broken bone! "

It was clear as day that no one was really buying his words excluding the a few groups of students who bought his every word.

" Really? " Louis asks with a raise of his brow, " Yes really. " Lockhart either bravely - or stupidly - challenges the young Princeton.

" Then you won't mind me breaking a few of your bones, and letting you heal them yourself since your SO magnificent? " Draco who had only just arrived, shivered at the venomous words Louis spoke.

Shuffling through the half silent and half laughing crowd, Draco reaches the middle and taps Annie and Richard on their shoulders to get their attention.

" What happened, and why does Louis sound like the devil. " He questions for he swears he can see a devil's tail and horns on Louis.

" Long story short, Lockhart was going to use a spell on Harry's broken arm which could have made it worse but Louis stopped him in time. But Lockhart disagrees with Louis, so Louis is ' challenging ' the guy to see who's right. "

Annie quickly explains as she waves her wand successfully removing the dirt and debris from Draco, making his clothes look brand new.

" Thanks. " He says a he turns his attention to the two in the middle, " No problem. " Annie says.

" We might need to drag Louis to the side so he can clear his head of ahem. " Richard states as he tilts his head towards Lockhart.

" Got it. " Draco says " Go on Annie, it's your turn now. " Richard says as he nudges her toward the two in the middle.

" Thanks for the support, I can really feel it. " She says with spite as she walks up to Louis and places a hand on his shoulder.

" Huh? " The young boy says as he slowly but menacingly turns his head to Annie, Lockhart was sweating buckets from the evil sleeping out of the boy. " Come on Louie, there's a stash of Jello waiting for you in the great hall. "

The bribery of Jello was very effective. Louis immediately turned back to his normal self and dragged Annie by her arm towards the great hall, Completely forgetting Lockhart.

" We should use that more often. " Drcao says at the quickly vanishing back of the two " Indeed. " Richard agrees, bitter at the fact that he didn't think of such a simple way yet effective way sooner.