A/N Here it is Chapter 2
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Chapter Two – Hogwarts Through Halloween
Harry awoke next morning eagerly anticipating his first day of classes, officially the beginning of his magical education. As he waited for the rest of the boys in his dormitory to wake, he was struck by the realisation that, for the first time in his life, he had friends. He wasn't sure how many, and he wasn't sure if it would last, but he knew that in Gryffindor House, he had friends.
Gradually the boys fell into the school routine, and by about the end of the first month they were not getting lost as often as when they had started. It was not long before Harry received an invitation from Hagrid to go and have tea, so Harry invited Ginny and Ron to join him at Hagrid's hut. They arrived at the edge of the Forest, at his door, and Harry stepped up and knocked on the solid oak door. He heard barking from inside, and the sound of the door being dragged open, and he found himself face to face with the first person he had ever met from the wizarding world.
'Welcome 'Arry, and these mus' be yer friends Ron and Ginny Weasley, I can tell by the hair. How are ye all enjoying classes?' Hagrid asked. 'Oh. It's alright' Harry said. 'I don't think Professor Snape likes me very much.' 'I don't think he likes any of us that much' Ginny added. 'Don' yer worry yerself one bit, 'Arry, Snape has always bin like tha'. I think its 'cause he wants the Defence Against the Dark Arts job, but Dumbledore always gives is ter someone else. Now come on, it's time for a cuppa tea' returned Hagrid. Half an hour later, the three had more than their fill of tea (they had avoided Hagrid's culinary disasters), and traipsed back up to the castle.
The next day, they found themselves in Charms class, and at the beginning, Professor Flitwick paired them off. Harry was paired with Ginny, and Ron, much to his disgust, was paired with Hermione. 'Ok class, today we will be practicing rudimentary levitation. We will be starting with feathers. Remember the nice wrist movement we've been practicing, the swish and flick. And enunciate, Wingardium Leviosa. Ok when you're ready' said Flitwick. Ginny went first, but the feather hardly budged. Over where Ron was sitting, he was in his own personal nightmare. 'It's Levi-o-sa, not Levio-sar' said Hermione. And demonstrated, she was the only when in the class who succeeded in levitating a feather.
After class, Ron was complaining about Hermione, who suddenly barged past, apparently crying. She ran off in the direction of the girl's bathroom. Ginny told the boys she would talk to Hermione, and threatened Ron with the Bat-Bogey Hex they had learnt in Defence Against the Dark Arts, if he didn't apologise to Hermione. Ron decided to apologise at the feast, so Ginny could see and he didn't have to go looking for her.
Later, at the feast, Hermione and Ginny were still nowhere to be seen. 'Where are they?' Harry asked Ron who was shovelling food into his mouth at a rate of knots. After a few minutes, Professor Quirrell came running into the Great Hall, screaming, 'TRRRRROLLLLLLLLLLLLL in the Dungeon! TROLLLLLLLL in the Dungeon!' before fainting in the middle of the aisle. When Dumbledore finally calmed the ensuing panic, he ordered all students back to their common rooms. Realising that Hermione and Ginny didn't know, the pair snuck away from the Gryffindor group and headed towards the girls toilets.
When they arrived, they saw the troll had as well and Ginny and Hermione were screaming. After distracting the troll, under Hermione's guidance, Ron managed to levitate the troll's club out of it's hand, while Harry rushed forward dragging Ginny and Hermione to safety. Ron released his spell knocking out the troll, just as Professors Snape, Quirrell and McGonagall arrived. When asked who was to blame, Hermione responded that it was her fault, removing the blame from the boys. They were told to run along back to the common room, and when they arrived, Ron was thanking Hermione and apologising profusely. 'Damn, now I don't get to try that Bat-Bogey Hex on him' Ginny whispered to Harry, who burst out laughing. 'What are you laughing at?' demanded Ron. 'Nothing' said both Harry and Ginny rather quickly, as Ron looked at them suspiciously, before shrugging and walking off to bed.
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A week later, Gryffindor held Quidditch tryouts. Dumbledore had recently lifted the ban on first years trying out, so both Harry and Ginny walked down to the Quidditch pitch, having borrowed two of the schools old Cleansweep Fours. Harry made Seeker easily, no one else was in his league, save for Ginny who, while being beaten by Harry, was still extremely good. Ginny, however did make Chaser, beating out Alicia Spinnet who was trying out after a year on the reserves. Both their selections resulted in them being the two youngest Quidditch players in a century.
Weeks past and it was time for the first Quidditch game of the year: Gryffindor versus Slytherin. Gryffindor Captain Oliver Wood stood before his team and gave them a rev-up speech to remember, encouraging both Harry and Ginny before their first game. After the Slytherin team had been announced, Harry and Ginny mounted their Nimbus 2000s (special gifts from McGonagall), and proceeded toward the door to the dressing room, and they heard Lee Jordan announcing the team. 'And here come the Gryffindors…the Chasers Angelina Johnson and first gamers Katie Bell and Ginny Weasley. The Gryffindor Beaters are a pair of human bludgers, its Fred and George Weasley! Gryffindor Captain and Keeper Oliver Wood is next, followed by the new Gryffindor Seeker, Harry Potter!' The roar from three quarters of the school was deafening but the Slytherins still managed to make their boos heard.
Over the next hour, Gryffindor managed to rout Slytherin, and the score stood at 720-60. Both seekers sensed that neither team could afford to last much longer. In just another fifteen minutes, Gryffindor piled on another 130 points, when suddenly Harry saw the snitch. He raced after through and around the other players, and caught the snitch just as his broom started to buck and roll. It stopped almost immediately when the crowd erupted with cheers, as Lee Jordan announced the final score, 'Ladies and gentleman we have just seen history here, as Gryffindor have routed Slytherin by 1000-120! Put your hands together for Gryffindor!'
That night, Gryffindor celebrated in style, having snapped Slytherin's unbeaten streak. In the midst of the party, Fred and George picked up the two new star players, Harry who caught the snitch quite easily, and Ginny Weasley who had nailed 350 points in her first game. The pair were paraded around the common room on the shoulders of her brothers as the rest of Gryffindor House cheered.
After hours of everyone eating and drinking, people started excusing themselves up to bed, the first of which being Harry Potter.
When he woke the next morning, the common room had miraculously recovered from the shellacking it had received last night, and Harry was unsurprised to see he was the first person out of bed as he walked down to the great hall to eat his breakfast. Later, his friends came down to breakfast. Ron, Ginny, and since Halloween, Hermione were definitely his friends and once again Harry found himself thanking his lucky stars that he finally had friends, after many years of Dudley Dursley, his cousin, preventing that. Soon the four of them stood up, and moved off for their Herbology class in the greenhouses.
Quickly, the last day before the Christmas holidays came and went, and the Weasley children and Harry were preparing to leave for The Burrow (the Weasley family home), the next day. Before they left however, they had a chat with Hagrid, probing him for answers about the forbidden third floor, and Hagrid, trying to get them to leave, unintentionally gave a clue. 'Tha's no one's but Albus Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel. Dumbledore's looking after summat.' As soon as Hagrid said that he realised that he had made a mistake and demanded that Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione forgot what he had just said, but the four were already concocting ways of finding out what was on the third floor.
Later that day, the quartet boarded the Hogwarts Express and began the journey back to London for their Christmas holidays, Hermione off to France and the other three to the Burrow. Harry was exceptionally excited to be seeing a magical household, but there was still a long trip before that.
A/N The next chapter should be up very soon, and I know that for a while the story was pretty much canon, but it has just started to drift away. Please review!