Misadventures at Hogwarts: Chapter 1
The just barely risen sun lights up the sky as I continue to stare at the trembling red-haired girl in shock, my mouth agape. I can hear Hagrid and Al running after me, calling out my name, which causes Arys to look up at me with wide, panic-filled eyes. I turn away from her, turning toward the sound of my brother and Hagrid and see them barreling toward me. I turn back to Arys and see that she's disappeared from the forest floor and is nowhere in sight.
I look around for her, my confusion with this situation increasing with each passing second, when Al finally catches up to me and grabs my shoulder. "Did you find it?!"
I look back to the spot where Arys had been lying moments before and sigh. "I… No… I didn't find anything…"
Hagrid steps in front of me and Al, looking around for any signs of danger before clearing his throat and hesitantly saying. "I sugges' we head back to the castle… The headmaster will be wonderin' where you've been."
Hagrid leads us out of the forest and up to the castle entrance, constantly checking over his shoulder to make sure we are still behind him and also to make sure that nothing dangerous is following us. Once he's escorted us back, he bids us farewell and leaves us to walk back to our rooms in solitude and silence.
After walking in silence for a bit, Al glances over at me and says, "I can't believe we were out there all night! I hope Hagrid doesn't get in too much trouble for it..."
I shrug my shoulders in response. "I don't think he'll get in trouble."
"What do you think he'll do about the creature eating his chickens?"
I shrug my shoulders once again. "I don't know, Al…"
"Do you think he'll ever catch it?"
I grunt in frustration and shrug again. "I. Don't. Know."
Al looks over at me, concern on his face. "What's wrong with you? Are you sure you didn't see anything out there?"
I grunt again, this time more assertive and aggressive than the last, and respond. "I'm tired Al. We were out all night and came up with nothing. So please, just drop it."
Al's expression changes from concern to hurt in a matter of seconds as he marches through the portrait hole and into the Gryffindor common room. "Fine. Consider it dropped."
I let out an exasperated sigh as Al stomps ahead of me and into his room, firmly shutting the door behind himself, and mentally chastising myself for snapping at him when he was only worried about me. I quietly walk into my room and instantly flop down onto my bed, immediately falling asleep the moment my head hits the pillow, my next couple hours of sleep filled with dreams about werewolves.
I am abruptly woken up by Freddie smacking me in the head with a pillow. I groan angrily, swinging my arm at him as I sit upright. "You couldn't just let me sleep?"
He grins deviously at me as he answers. "Well, I could have, but that wouldn't have made me a very good cousin, would it? Now let's go! It's time for breakfast!"
I roll out of bed and let out a sigh, rubbing my face as I rise from the bed. I grab my robe and walk into the bathroom, quickly performing my morning routine. Once finished, I exit the bathroom and see Freddie tapping his foot on the ground impatiently, his arms crossed. I smirk at him and say, "You could have gone ahead, you know…"
He rolls his eyes and gestures for me to hurry up. "And you could have woken up earlier. Now let's go!"
I grin as we run out of the room and race each other to the Great Hall, laughing in triumph when I beat him to the doors of the Great Hall. As we enter, I shoot a glance over to Lunetta and wink as I yell, "How about today, Lu? Will you go out with me today?"
Lunetta rolls her eyes and shakes her head. "Not going to happen, Potter!"
"There's always tomorrow!" I yell with a shoulder shrug. Freddie stifles his laughter as he scoops food onto his plate.
"So, when are we going to begin Operation Boom?"
I scratch my head with my fork and let out a thoughtful sigh. "Hm… How about tonight?"
Freddie raises an eyebrow and glances at me. "Don't we have detention with Professor Binns tonight?"
I roll my eyes and grin, waving my hand nonchalantly. "Details, details…"
Freddie opens his mouth to respond, however, his attention is stolen by someone else; Arys.
Arys strolls casually into the Great Hall, dark bags under her eyes, and takes a seat at the Gryffindor table, casting a cautious glance at me before staring intently at the empty plate in front of her.
Freddie shakes his head and places a forkful of food in his mouth, swallowing loudly before saying, "So, speaking of detention, how was detention with Hagrid and Al last night?"
I sneak a look over at Arys and see her staring over at me and Freddie. "Detention was relatively uninteresting. Just wandered around the Forbidden Forest for a bit."
Freddie's face changes to one of disappointment as he asks, "So you didn't find anything interesting?"
I shake my head as we both get up from the table. "Not unless you consider loads of different trees and bushes interesting…"
He shakes his head with a scoff. "Well, since I'm not Professor Longbottom, I don't find it interesting."
Arys pushes past us and hastily walks around a corner, causing Freddie to quietly say, "We really need to pull something on her…"
I roll my eyes and groan as we walk into Herbology class. "One prank at a time, mate."
He smirks at me while saying, "Only for amateurs... I'm a professional, raised by a professional."
I roll my eyes again and sigh. "We should just leave her alone and focus on perfecting our first prank of the year."
Freddie gives me a stern look but remains silent as Professor Longbottom begins class. "Okay class, today we will be learning about gillyweed. If you all will please pull out your books and turn to page 487, we will begin."
The greenhouse fills with the sound of rustling book pages, followed by silence once everyone has gotten to the designated page and Professor Longbottom starts lecturing.
The rest of class is pretty boring since it consists of Professor Longbottom teaching out of the book, giving us a demonstration of gillyweeds effects in the last few minutes of the class. After the demonstration, Professor Longbottom dismisses the class, wishing us all a good day as he does.
Freddie and I walk toward the Potions dungeon however, I stop abruptly, slapping myself on the forehead, as I remember that I left my wand in the Herbology greenhouse. I pat Freddie on the shoulder, stifling the urge to laugh when I see his confused expression. "You go ahead, mate. I forgot my wand back in the greenhouse."
He rolls his eyes in amusement before waving to me and walking ahead. I jog back to the greenhouse, happy that we hadn't gotten too far away from it before, and burst in, startling Professor Longbottom. "Oh! James! What are you doing back here?"
I grin sheepishly as I walk over to my spot and grab my wand, holding it up in the air for him to see. "Forgot my wand… Sorry to have startled you, Professor."
Professor Longbottom grins back at me, waving his hand dismissively. "It's quite alright. Just try not to lose your wand, James…"
I nod my understanding then wave to him before leaving the greenhouse and walking toward the Potions dungeon, groaning internally as I think about what my punishment will be for being late today.
The moment I get into the school something grabs my arm and roughly yanks me into a side corridor. I let out a grunt as I am slammed back against the wall, a wand pointed in my face while my assailant's other hand presses inflexibly on my chest, holding me firmly against the wall, my feet dangling as I'm lifted off the ground a bit. My captor grins in triumph as he presses his wand closer to my face and says, "I bet you thought you were going to insult my family without facing any consequences, huh?"
I roll my eyes and smirk at the boy holding me to the wall. "Well, Wright, I figured having to see your ugly mug every day was punishment enough but, evidently, that's not the case…"
Wright scowls, a small growl escaping his throat as he presses his wand to my forehead. "I don't really think you're in much of a position to be making stupid comments…"
I shrug my shoulders as my smirk turns to a grin. "I can't let you have all the fun, now can I? Besides, you clearly have no problem making stupid comments on a daily basis… I figure I'm allowed to make a few every now and then."
He snarls loudly, his displeasure with my comment audibly apparent. "You really are dense, aren't you?"
I glance at him, a bored expression covering my face as I let out an uncovered yawn. "What do you want, Wright? I have places to be, you know…"
"What do I want?!" He scoffs loudly, a bit of a crazed look on his face as he continues, "I want you to leave Lunetta alone, I want you to wish you had never been born, I want you to suffer…"
I roll my eyes and smother the urge to laugh, feeling it's a bit inappropriate for the situation. "Don't you feel that's a bit melodramatic? While I can't stand the sight of your face, and your breath is a bit rank, but I would never wish suffering upon you…"
Wright scowls again, pressing his wand against my forehead harder. "I'm tired of this talking…" His scowl turns into a cruel sneer as he darkly says, "Cruc-"
"Expelliarmus!"
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