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H TROLL H

It was Halloween and all the Devils were waiting either inside or outside the bathroom despite the feast going on. It had been a unanimous decision to skip the Halloween feast. none of them felt quite like celebrating the day. The other students had been talking about the feast for days but they could only remember what Halloween meant for them. It was for the most of them the day that their lives changed for the worse.

The next two days literally represented the end of the lives they could have had. For Harry the death of her parents on Halloween itself, for Neville his parents attack November 1st morning and for Tyson and Fae their fathers arrest that afternoon. Even the twins had reason not to celebrate, the death of their uncles who were more like fathers to them was a year before the deaths of the potters to the day. The others just felt that they would be better supporting their friends then going to a feast.

While it was one of the biggest feasts in the school, their friends were more important. If one Devil was boycotting the feast, then all of them would in support. They would have there own meeting in hell. Deal with the consequences at a later date.

Which was why, instead of at the Halloween feast, the boys were waiting outside the bathroom for the girls to move their arses. They had been waiting for far longer then they thought was possible. Finally, Oliver had enough of patiently waiting and spoke up through the door. "Are you ladies done in there, we've been waiting like an hour. You have to be done honestly," Oliver said.

"Brave man," Lee mocked, "Insulting some girl's potential bathroom time." The twins snickered in agreement with there friend.

The door however finally opened, "yeah let's go to hell," Harry agreed as they all came out together.

They looked exactly like they had before going in what felt like hours before. "What took you all so long," Fred whined playfully causing Alicia to smack him in the shoulder. Fred pouted but honestly, he was curious, he was expecting makeup or something.

"Girl talk," Angelina returned easily, "you wouldn't understand."

"Why couldn't girl talk have waited for us to get to hell," George challenged. "Why did it need to be in the bathroom?"

"It wouldn't be girl talk if you all were there," Alicia said rolling her eyes. "Stop complaining we weren't that long. Honestly, boys."

"Honestly girls," Oliver challenged, "who don't seem to know what a bathroom for. Why do you all have to go in packs."

"Oh quit whining," Katie returned. "Now your holding us up from getting to the room."

"Women, no making them happy," Fred whined getting smacked from each chaser as the others laughed.

The group started heading towards the room only to freeze as a fowl overwhelming stench filled their noses causing them to gag. "What's that smell," Harry asked choking.

Oliver however had lost all color in his face. He knew exactly what that smelled like but they were in Hogwarts. It shouldn't have been possible. "That's impossible, that smells like a troll," Oliver said horrified as it came around the corner cutting them off. "Oh fuck..."

They all backed up slowly, but the troll caught sight of them they turned to run but the stairs had shifted cutting off their only escape. "Understatement Oliver," Tyson growled as they all grabbed their wands not knowing what else they could do.

Katie couldn't stop the shriek that escaped her as the troll's club hit the wall over their heads sending rubble crashing on top of them. There were a couple classrooms around them, but a door would not stop a troll. Especially an angry one.

Not knowing what to do, Tyson used the first spell he could think of which was a high powered "REDUCTO." The spell caused it to stumble back a few steps but did absolutely no other damage. "oh, that's not good," Tyson muttered the spell only managing to make it more angry. If it wasn't aiming to kill before it was now.

"What the hell do we do," Fred shouted as they dodged another hit which just moved them closer and closer to the ledge which no longer had steps to escape down.

Neville glanced down behind himself it was their only escape. "Jump," Neville said glancing down just as they ducked another strike. "If we catch ourselves right we won't die."

Not seeing another choice, they glanced down still avoiding chunks of rubble. "Fuck it," Fae said being the first to dare jumping. She didn't even have space for a running jump but could see the steps below her so she jumped over the edge. She managed to catch herself on the top of the steps and ran down a bit further. Seeing she had survived the others followed her lead. Jumping down as quickly as possible to avoid the angry, vicious troll. Katie nearly went tumbling but was caught by Fred.

They were hoping that it was a good escape only the troll jumped down causing the floor to shake as he landed. They all swore under there breaths taking off running down the hall. They ran but were caught at a dead end.

They all looked horrified at the troll which sent its club at them only to hit the floor where Harry had just been standing seconds before. Luckily Tyson managed to pull her out of the way. "What now," Harry demanded.

"We need to send it over the edge," Oliver shouted sending a reducto at it. "on three, one two three REDUCTO," he said as everyone did the same sending it backwards before they hit it with another and another causing it to back itself up to the steps which was exactly as they had aimed for. Finally, with one last spell, it went tumbling backwards and went over the edge where the steps were. Unable to catch itself on the steps as it had fallen backwards, it went all the way down causing the floors to shake as it impacted.

Fae looked over the side down at the troll which wasn't moving. "Is it dead," Fae asked.

Tyson took a glance down and saw the troll's chest was still moving. "Knocked out," Tyson said as they all sat down. Their knees were shaking so badly they thought they would fall. They lived, none of them had thought they would survive that.

Slowly they caught their breaths and calmed down when Harry chose to speak. "Would now be a good time to mention I fell wrong," Harry asked breathing deeply. Pain radiating up her leg. She had barely noticed it when it happened but now it hurt. "I think I twisted my knee."

"We jumped from one floor to another, landed on steps or the ledge near the steps," Oliver said, "we are lucky we didn't break our necks."

"No kidding," Tyson agreed. "We will get you to the infirmary once I can walk again. My legs feel like rubber."

Harry couldn't help but laugh, "mine too."

"I'm just happy to still have my legs," Katie admitted.

Before they could get up, the teachers all came running towards them. "Damn," Katie said, "now they show up. Why couldn't they have gotten here like ten minutes ago?"

"Because that would be too easy," Neville mocked

It took a minute for the Professors to reach them but when they did, they looked at the group in absolute horror. They wondered if they really looked bad enough for that reaction. "What happened," McGonagall demanded sounding more shaken then anyone had ever seen her.

"Troll," all of them said together.

The professors very clearly could see that, "why were you not at the feast," McGonagall demanded worriedly. They were noticeably absent from the festivities. "A mandatory feast."

The three first years shared a look. She claimed to be friendly with the Potters and she didn't even realize what Halloween represented to them. "Crappy anniversaries," Fred returned, "Harrys parents, our uncles, tomorrows Nevs parents." This caused many of the professors to cringe especially as they didn't remember the significance of the date. "We decided we didn't much feel like celebrating, the girls were taking their time in the bathroom and we found a troll..."

"Correction, the troll found us, we were just minding out own business," Neville pointed out.

"Point conceded," George agreed. "The troll found us."

They all wondered how the children in front of them could make jokes after just having to fight a fully grown mountain troll. McGonagall felt it would be best to ignore that aspect of the children and get to the important points. "How badly are you injured" she asked.

"Harry broke her knee, probably," Tyson offered.

Any other listing of injuries was interrupted when Snape found a flaw in the story. "There is no bathroom near here, we do not appreciate lying boy," Snape sneered.

Everyone despised that professor and weren't going to give him the satisfaction of getting away with his comments. "We started up a floor," Oliver returned coldly. "We got trapped by the steps, the stairs had shifted and so we jumped from the fourth floor to this one, ran down here and got trapped. The steps weren't there and so we sent them over the ledge with reducto's."

It took the professors a moment to realize what they actually heard. They had to be wrong. They couldn't have heard that they jumped floors. "What do you mean you jumped floors," Flitwick squeaked.

"What we said," Neville stated, they were clearly handling this better than the Professors were. "We were up a floor, the steps shifted and so it was just the edge with the rails, so we jumped."

Now all the Professors were gaping horrified thinking of all the ways that that could go wrong. "You could have been killed," McGonagall said horrified. They had almost lost a good-sized chunk of their lions in a horrific way.

"Well we had no escape and troll club, we did what we had to," Oliver said as if it was the obvious course of action and to them it was. They had an escape and they took it. Didn't quite work how they wanted as the troll followed but they were alive and relatively unharmed. "Katie nearly took a tumble down the steps, it was really just like half a floor since we jumped to the next set of steps. Fred caught Katie before she fell, Harry twisted her knee, but we didn't have a choice. It was being bludgeoned to death or risk breaking our necks. Worked for the best though."

"Probably helped that we are used to practicing how to land after jumping from our brooms," Angelina added, "it's just usually grass underneath us. Not steps and floors."

They were honestly tired of talking about it. Talking it over wasn't going to change what happened. "We will give you a memory later, so you know we are telling the truth, for the moment I think we are just going to sit here," Tyson decided. "Later you can tell us how a troll got in but for the moment I think we are going to just sit till our knees stop shaking, then make our way to the infirmary."

"Speaking of knees, mine hurts like hell," Harry admitted and did not even get a warning for her language.

The teachers realized that they could see some blood on the children as well as dust and rocks. They for the moment had to ignore the fact that they jumped and focused on ensuring they weren't hurt. Trolls were known wizard killers. "How badly are you hurt," McGonagall demanded catching her bearings long enough to do her job.

"Rubble, bruises, cuts," Oliver said looking to his friends to be sure they weren't overly injured.

"My knees twisted but nothing too bad," Harry said.

"I think I pulled something in my shoulder when Fred caught me, might have also twisted my ankle," Katie stated.

"I think I hurt my ankle when I landed," Alicia added. "Not sure I will tell you when I can think straight."

"Might have some bruises and cuts from the rubble, a good-sized chunk hit my back," Tyson said.

Knowing that adrenaline was likely keeping them from answering fully, Dumbledore made a suggestion, "Let's get you all to the infirmary."

They nodded conceding to his point even if they were happy just sitting there for a while. Oliver saw Harry cringe slightly as she stood. "Here," Oliver said lifting harry, while he knew she was light, it worried him just how light she was and how effortlessly he could lift her. She wrapped her arms around his neck so as not to fall. "don't want you hurting your knee worse Rae," he said in explanation.

"Thanks," she said gratefully since she wasn't sure she could walk down there by herself without help. Tyson took his friends lead and scooped up Alicia bridal style. Alicia protested but after a look from the fourth year consented to being carried.

When they got to the infirmary, Pomphrey began looking them over. Feeling that they had to be in shock, McGonagall fetched calming potions. "Here calming potions should help," McGonagall stated.

None of them wanted to take a calming potion. They didn't feel it was necessary. Some had experience having the fowl potion shoved down their throats and hated how muted it made them feel. It was Oliver who spoke up for the group, seeing that they were all uneasy about the idea of taking the potion. "No I think we are good," Oliver admitted. "A bit of a rush never hurt anyone. I don't like these, they make us feel too calm."

She had never had anyone refuse a calming potion especially after such a harrowing event, but they couldn't force them to take the potion if they didn't want to. "As long as you're sure, they will be available if you change your mind," their head of house said uneasy at the idea but all of them looked grateful for not having to take the potion. Tyson gave the memories to Dumbledore as Madam Pomphrey healed the injuries. Snape and Flitwick had stayed behind to deal with the troll.

Once the students were cared for, the staff went up to the headmaster's office to view the memory they were provided for the event. When they were released from the pensieve they were all left in absolute shock unable to believe what they just witnessed. "Oh, merlin they really jumped," McGonagall said horrified, "I am going to need a calming potion after that, they are just children. they could have been killed."

Her words echoed the thoughts in all the teachers minds. "Yes but they were not," Dumbledore said honestly a bit surprised by the students nerve, jumping took a lot of bravery even though they were facing a troll and had no other option. It was still not something he could imagine doing when he was young. "I believe 50 points to Gryffindor for excellent teamwork and staying far calmer than most would have."

Not even Snape argued the points. "Merlin, I don't think I could have brought myself to jump even at their age," McGonagall stated. Even though she had had their word on what happened, seeing it was another thing entirely.

"You will have to keep an eye on them to see how they are dealing with what happened," Dumbledore decided since while they appeared fine, from taking part in two wars, he knew trauma sometimes was hidden. "That is a lot for someone to go through especially at their ages though they seem to be handling it well, I'd keep an eye on them for the next few days just to be sure that they are not traumatized in some way."

HHH

They didn't bother heading to hell, figuring that they would be caught if they tried. The staff was clearly on high alert to the moment so instead, they met in one of the rooms. In this case, the twins, lee and Neville's rooms as the boys couldn't get up to the girls rooms. "Here," Oliver said offering the the firewhiskey as they arrived. Each of the girls took it without hesitation, taking a large mouthful of the firey liquid even harry and Fae despite being only 11 shot it down like pros, "You all okay?"

They were all healed and not all that bothered now that they were looking back on events. "Honestly, that was a bit fun, besides the nearly dyeing," Fae said sheepishly. "It was a rush."

Tyson groaned, of course his sister took after him. He couldn't help but feel the same way about events. "It was even better than quidditch," Fred agreed grinning, "though let's avoid the troll next time. It was a rush, never felt that alive but at the same time we all nearly died."

His words described all of their feelings on the events perfectly. "Somehow I don't think any of us are too bothered by it," Neville admitted, they should have been upset over what happened. They had all nearly die, they could have been killed by the troll or by the jump but they were all relatively fine. Not bothered by it, the worst part was they had enjoyed the pure rush the jump had given them now that it was done.

They all had to laugh at that, "Who wants to bet the professors are worried about us being traumatized," Tyson asked taking a swig of the firewhiskey before passing it around again.

"Fools bet," Lee stated taking a swig before passing it along, "I do not think any of us are stupid enough to take that bet Ty. The professors think students are weak and easily traumatized. They'll be watching us closely to make sure we won't fall apart." The rest shook their heads agreeing with a grin. It really was a fools bet.

"We should be bothered shouldn't we," Angelina asked feeling like maybe something was wrong with them that they found it fun rather than traumatizing. She knew that wasn't how they should have reacted to such an event, but she had enjoyed it, the rush, the fear. "I mean we were nearly killed. We should be bothered by that shouldn't we?"

"But we were not killed, we did what we had to and we survived, the rush was amazing, made us feel alive or at least it did to me," Harry said. "why should we be bothered?"

"Normal people would be," Fae admitted thinking how their old roommates would have reacted to what happened. She knew they'd still be crying over the trauma.

Harry however associated normal with the Dursleys and she never wanted to be normal. "There you have it," Harry returned, "we aren't normal, are we?"

None of them could deny that. They were devils after all. "Touché," Oliver agreed not bothered by the accusation. "We aren't normal so why bother pretending. We aren't traumatized, a bit shaken after it happened but in a good way. A bit of fear never hurt anyone."

"This was not how I expected Halloween to turn out but it sort of felt good," Neville said sheepishly.

"So we are adrenaline junkies who live for a rush, I say we grin and drink to it," Lee said gulping back the whiskey.

"Pass it over, Harry said drinking to that as the others did the same. They may not have been normal but they were happy as they were and would change for no one.