If He Only Knew
Chapter One
"There he is." "Who?" "Harry Potter." The Hogwarts Express was in an uproar. The Boy Who Lived. Katherine Peters sat in her compartment listening intently to the rest of the first years as they drooled over Harry Potter. Katherine, not being the type of person who listens to gossip, got out of her chair, walked out of compartment, and went in search of Harry Potter.
As she was walking down the hallway, she was almost beheaded by a mass of curly brown hair. The only thing that saved her next was the fact that she ducked. She bounced up gracefully smiling at the owner of the hair.
"Oh, sorry! Are you alright?" The owner asked anxiously.
"I'm fine. I thank you, though, almost being beheaded woke me up." Katherine laughed. The girl was put at ease. Katherine noticed that she was already wearing her school robes.
"I'm Hermione Granger." The girl extended her hand.
"Katherine Peters." Katherine and Hermione shook hands.
"You should probably get your robes on." Hermione said.
"Oh, right. Want to join me in my compartment?" Katherine offered. Hermione's face brightened. Katherine had a feeling that Hermione had no friends on this train.
They arrived at Hogwarts, road the boats across the lake, and, after meeting Professor McGonagall, all the first years waited outside the Great Hall. Katherine scanned the tittering children for someone she recognized. Someone tapped her shoulder. She turned around to see Draco Malfoy.
"Hey, Draco. How was your summer?"Katherine asked.
"Fine. My mom says hi and you are welcome to come to the Manor during the holidays." Draco said.
"I'd be happy to come." Katherine lived two houses away from Draco. They were always over at each other's houses. Childhood friends, can't beat that.
Professor McGonagall came back and led them into the Great Hall. She called the first students up and placed the Sorting Hat on their heads. Hermione walked up nervously, sat anxiously with the large hat sliding down her head, and she was put into Gryffindor. The hat had barely touched Draco's head, before it yelled for him to be Slytherin.
Katherine's name was called. She walked confidently up to the stool. The Sorting Hat was placed on her head.
"Ah. You're a difficult one. Very clever, cunning, and brave. Perhaps, even foolhardy."
"Only fools would be brave enough to do dangerous things."Katherine countered.
"But where to put you? Slytherin is probably the best." While the Sorting Hat mused, Katherine looked around and laid eyes upon a dark haired, glasses-wearing boy. She felt an emotion that she could not identify surge through her.
"Oh? What is this?" The Sorting Hat purred, and then shouted. "GRYFFINDOR!"
Katherine took a seat next to Hermione and a red-haired boy with a Prefect badge. Across from her, were red-haired twins who were trying to pour some type of potion into the Prefect's cup.
"Harry Potter!" Professor McGonagall read off the next name. A storm of whispers swept through the Great Hall. Harry Potter looked embarrassed by all the attention. The Sorting Hat was placed on his head and the Hat took a painfully long time to decide.
Finally, in the same voice that it used with Katherine, it shouted. "GRYFFINDOR!" Applause from the Gryffindor table was deafening. Harry Potter sat down next to Katherine. A red-haired boy was put into Gryffindor, the red-haired boys all around her started clapping, he sat down next to Harry Potter. Introductions flew around the table.
The red-haired boys were all brothers, all Weasleys. The Prefect was Percy. The twins were Fred and George. The other one was Ron.
On the morning of Halloween, Katherine had to go talk to Professor McGonagall, so Hermione was left walking by herself to her next class.
At the Halloween feast that night, Katherine searched all around the table for Hermione, but no luck. Harry Potter and the other Weasley sat down next to her.
"Have you seen Hermione?" She asked. Ron shrugged, but his face turned as red as his hair.
"I heard that she's crying in the girls' bathroom." A girl said. Katherine frowned at Ron as if knowing that it was his entire fault.
"I'll go get her." Katherine said as she rose from the table. Katherine found the bathroom were Hermione was crying her eyes out. Katherine hugged her friend.
"He's such a twit." Hermione blubbered.
"Who?" Katherine said rubbing Hermione's back soothingly.
"That Ronald Weasley." Hermione sobbed.
"What did he do?" Katherine tensed with anger. Hermione shook her head and burst out of Katherine's arms and into a stall. Katherine leaned against the door waiting for her friend to calm down.
The air started to smell funny. Then a huge mass walked into the bathroom. Katherine pulled her wand out and stared at the troll coming towards her.
"Hermione. Hermione! Duck!" Katherine hit the deck as the troll swung his club at the stalls. Hermione's ankle was sticking out from a pile of rubble. Katherine grabbed it and pulled her friend behind her. Standing up, Katherine waved her wand trying to think of a spell.
"Lumos!" Katherine shouted hoping she could blind the troll. Hermione was shaking from fright behind her. The spell didn't work. Suddenly, two boys charged into the bathroom.
"Wrong bathroom, boys!" Katherine teased.
"Is this really the time for jokes?" Harry Potter asked.
"Well, if you don't want to hear a joke, help us get rid of this troll!" Katherine commanded to the boys on the other side of the troll. Harry Potter ran up to the troll, stabbed it in the nose with his wand, and was hanging upside down while being held up by the troll. It raised its club ready to whack Harry Potter's brains out of his head.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" Ron shouted as he used the spell to raise the club above the troll's head. The club dropped, hit the troll, it let go of hair, and fell to the ground a foot away from a stunned Ron.
There was a smack as Katherine slapped her forehead saying, "I should have thought of that."
A gasp made all four them turn around. Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell, and Professor Snape were all staring at the four first years.
"Potter! Weasley! Why did you attack a troll?" Professor McGonagall was livid.
"It was me, Professor." Hermione spoke up from behind Katherine's back.
"Miss Granger?" Professor McGonagall asked stunned.
"I read about trolls and I thought I could beat one on my own." Hermione lied expertly, and then decided to tell the truth. "Harry and Ron came to rescue me."
"Well, I'm going to take points away from Gryffindor. But, I believe Potter and Weasley have gained some. Now, go to your dormitories." Professor McGonagall said. Harry, Ron, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell, and Hermione left the bathroom.
"Miss Peters, we did not find out what your role in this was." Professor Snape said looking down at Katherine.
"There is a dangerous troll wondering around the castle, where do you think I would be?" Katherine responded staring him down.
"Foolhardy Gryffindors."
Those "Foolhardy Gryffindors" beat Snape's Slytherins one hundred and seventy to sixty in the first Quidditch match of the season. Harry caught the Snitch by nearly swallowing it and won the game for Gryffindor.
"Are you sure Snape was the one jinxing Harry's broom?" Katherine asked.
"I saw him." Hermione said.
"Well, if Snape is trying to kill Harry, we need to keep an eye out." Katherine decided. She and Hermione were in the Gryffindor common room, when Harry and Ron burst in.
"Hermione, do you remember that dog?" Harry asked breathless. Katherine raised an eyebrow.
"There's a three-headed dog guarding something in the third-floor corridor." Hermione answered Katherine's silent question.
"Yeah and it's called Fluffy." Ron said.
"What?" questioned Katherine.
"We were talking to Hagrid and he told us that the dog is guarding something only Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel know about." Harry said.
"Who's Nicolas Flamel?" Katherine asked as she, Harry, and Ron all looked at the library, also known as Hermione.
"I don't know." Hermione admitted to the flabbergasted faces.
"Well, it looks like the boys will have to spend Christmas in the library." Katherine said as a smile tugged at her lips.
"What?" Ron asked with a strangled look on his face.
"Hermione and I are not staying here for the holidays." Katherine explained.
"Come on, the library's not that bad." Hermione giggled as Ron and Harry pretended that they were dying because of the idea.