It had been exactly a week since the Doctor's arrival at Hogwarts school. He found the castle very fascinating and intriguing. Every day, he had hung out with Harry, Ron and Hermione wherever they went. They would spend break and lunch at either a courtyard or a field, leaning by a massive oak tree, talking.
One Tuesday, the four were leaning on a tree as the Doctor had just discovered ham and cheese sandwich. The other three were talking about some Transfiguration homework which was due in the next day.
"I've only done half of it. How much had Professor McGonagall asked for?" Hermione asked, looking up from a massive book.
"Two feet. Why, how much did you write?" Harry said.
"Three and a half. I've almost run out of parchment." Hermione explained.
"Can you help me with mine? I've only written about four inches." Ron said, going through his bag.
"Ugh!" The Doctor said as he threw the sandwich on the floor. "Disgusting. How would you like this sandwich?"
"It tastes good." Ron replied. "Why don't you like it?"
"It's not for me. Fish fingers and custard is what I'm craving."
The three stared at him with disgusted faces.
They walked to the Transfiguration courtyard and sat at a bench.
"What do you have next?" The Doctor asked.
"Well, I have Arithmancy but-" Hermione got interrupted by a loud, high-pitched, piercing scream from the Entrance Hall.
Everyone in the courtyard stared at the doors. The Doctor got up at ran inside, followed by the trio and everyone else in the courtyard. All he saw inside the Entrance Hall were a few people. Dumbledore came down from the staircase. He stared at the commotion.
"What's happened?" Dumbledore said, walking up to the Doctor.
"There was a scream, but nothing else." The Doctor said, staring at the gargoyle next to the Great Hall doors.
"Who screamed?" Harry asked the fourth year girl who was inside at the time.
"I came out of the Hall and I saw a boy, Neville Longbottom, I think. He was in front of the gargoyle, talking to another boy. I went back in because my friend called me, I'd forgotten my bag in there. When I came out again, he wasn't there. He'd screamed when I was inside and I ran back out here again." The girl said.
"Miss O'Donnell, would you please come to my office? And you, Doctor." Dumbledore said. He walked outside and into his office.
He sat at his desk, looking at the fourteen year old girl and the Doctor.
"Miss O'Donnell, was anyone else in the Entrance Hall when you went back there again?" Dumbledore asked.
"Well, not really." The girl said.
"What do you mean, 'not really'?" The Doctor asked, looking intrigued.
"My friend Laura had ran up to me to give me my bag, and we went out there. I was going to the Ravenclaw common room, but then I noticed the boy was gone. I wasn't gone for long, only for ten seconds. I had still heard him talking when I was getting my bag." She said.
"Chloe, you said there was another boy with him. Where was he when you came back out?" Dumbledore asked.
"I don't know. I think he went outside, because I heard him say something about fresh air."
"Chloe? Did you say he was looking at a gargoyle?" The Doctor asked.
"Yeah. What's that got to do with anything?" Chloe said.
"Professor, I think I may know the problem." The Doctor said, walking out of the office.
They reached the Entrance Hall, which was now empty. He stared at the gargoyle.
"What's wrong, Doctor?" Chloe asked.
"Close your eyes, both of you." The Doctor said. Dumbledore and Chloe closed their eyes, followed by the Doctor for two seconds. They open their eyes again. The gargoyle had moved a few inches forward and its mouth had widened, showing its teeth.
"It moved!" Chloe gasped.
"Yep. It's a Weeping Angel." The Doctor said.
"Wait, I've heard of them before. What do they do?" Chloe asked.
"Whenever you blink or look away, the statues move. Weeping Angels are angels, hence the name, and they start off by covering their faces. When you blink or look away, they move and eventually, when they touch you, you get taken back in time. But these statues are different. They aren't angels, but lions. I've been near one before, but that was long ago. I can't remember how to defeat it. However, we could try to get all of them to stare at each other, so they won't move." The Doctor explained.
"But that'll take forever; there are hundreds of gargoyles in Hogwarts." Chloe said.
"Yes…" The Doctor looked around.
"But we can make the gargoyles which are in the same place stare at each other. These two, for example, look at each other-they don't move. Another couple, they could stare at each other." Chloe said.
"Huh. What house are you in?" The Doctor asked her.
"I got put in Ravenclaw." She said.
"And deservedly so."
Chloe smiled at him and blushed.
