Chapter 17: The Green Snitch
Harry's mind was buzzing with confusion: Chosen Seeker? But something else caught his attention: Lucius Malfoy, wide eyed, said, “The Chosen Seeker?”
With Harry’s last chance at escape, he grabbed Kreacher by his loin cloth and ran for the exit. As soon as he started to leave, he heard Lucius speaking to Malfoy, saying, “But who's the challenger?”
However, Harry couldn't hear Draco's reply because he had ran out of Malfoy Manor and Apparated to the safe-haven of the Burrow. Letting Kreacher loose, he said, quite fervently, “Thanks, Kreacher!”
Kreacher, getting up, gave Harry a low bow and replied, “Now, Master, if you'll allow Kreacher. He would like to go back to Hogwarts.”
Harry simply replied, “Yeah, sure. Anything you want, Kreacher.”
After the familiar Crack! of Kreacher Apparition, Harry straightened up, turned, and saw Ron striding towards him along with Luna.
“Thank heavens, mate. I was scared that something might have happened to you!” exclaimed Ron.
Harry, shaking his head, looked towards Luna and said, “Hi, Luna. What’re doing here?”
Luna opened her mouth, but Ron answered, “I brought her with me, mate. We were just about to look for you. Luckily, you came back in time. Anyway, she’s gonna stay here from a while since those Ministry blokes arrested Xenophilius. They think he was the one who freed Lucius Malfoy, those idiots. I think that’s rubbish! Mr. Lovegood would never do that. Anyway, it’ll be boring for her to live in that house alone, so I brought her here.”
Harry looked at Luna. She looked incredibly pale, well, paler than normal. Her expression seemed quite sad compared to previous encounters with her.
“Don't you worry, Luna. He'll be back.”
A couple hours later, while Luna was resting in Ginny's room, Harry beckoned Ron to their room. When both of them walked into the presence, Harry said, quite slowly, “At the Malfoy Manor, right before Lucius Malfoy was about to kill me, Draco stopped him. He said I was the ‘Chosen Seeker’ or whatever it was. So, I thought you’d know: what's the Chosen Seeker?”
Ron, frowning, replied, “The person who has to get the Green Snitch. But it’s very dangerous! Who's the Challenger?”
Harry shrugged and said, “But what’s the Green Snitch, mate?”
Ron, raising his eyebrows, said, “Wait... I’m gonna show you?”
