Hi every body I'm sorry for the delay but my poor beta had food poisoning :( it's so sad makes sickness broth
Anyway I'm going away for the weekend so you'll have about a week before the next chapter.
Oh and I forgot to say I don't own anything last chapter so I'll say it now I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER IN THIS CHAPTER THE LAST CHAPTER OR EVEN THE NEXT CHAPTER :P lol
Enjoy chapter 10
All four boys ran into the room the troll had just entered and, of course Ron and Chris being the Gryfindor's they are, started to attack the troll, leaving it clear for Rin and Draco to dodge around it to get to the girls.
"Are you ok? Are you hurt at all? You think you can stand?" Rin helped a nodding Amelia to her feet, Draco doing the same for Hermione.
"Dray, get them outside, I've got to stop the Gryffindorks from killing themselves!"
"I am so not leaving you, Rin!"
"Please Draco…..just trust me, I'll be fine you know that….now go!"
Draco led the girls to the door, worry etched on his face as he watched his prince rush off towards the towering troll who had a Gryffindor boy in each of its massive fists.
Amelia touched Draco's arm gently, trying to offer him some form of comfort.
"Trust him like he asked, Draco." He looked at her, mild shock showing on his pale face, then nodded and left with the two girls to find help.
Alizarin had managed to distract the Troll into dropping Ron but it seemed to have a strong inclination to hold on to the other boy. Finally when it looked like the Troll was going to really hurt Chris, Alizarin raised his wand and pointed it exactly between the monsters beedy eyes, "ANIMA NOTCHES!"
The troll blinked stupidly then took a step towards the Slytherin but staggered, then dropped to the ground with a loud crash, Chris escaping just before it squashed him which Rin couldn't help but feel a little disappointed about.
"Bloody hell! W…what did you do to it?...I s it dead?" Ron prodded the unconscious Troll with his wand.
"It's not dead just sleeping…. It's a tiring life being a troll" Rin smirked and started to head out the door but walked straight into a even worse situation, for standing in the hallway was Draco and the girls, who had obviously tried to get Professor Snape as help but had also, inadvertently, had to bring the Potters, McGonagall and the old Bumble Bee himself.
"Well Fuck!" Rin muttered, Draco sending him an apologetic look.
"ALIZARIN MALFOY! That type of language is not appreciated. Now someone had better tell us what is going on here! Now." Rin looked at the Scottish woman in shock. He had never seen someone look quite so angry before, the courage faded away from him as he looked at her and secretly thought that the troll was a puppy compared to a mad McGonagall.
"P…please Professor McGonagall-they….they were looking for us…..er me and Milly" The poor girl looked almost green as the teacher, who in Alizarin's opinion was doing a very good impression of a Dragon, rounded on her.
"Explain, Miss Granger." There was an obvious threat to her words. Hermione winced and stepped back a half step.
"I …er...we went looking for the t…troll we...we had read all about them miss. We thought it be cool to see one in real life."
McGonagall seemed to visibly deflate and Lilly Potter gasped and pulled Milly close to her protectively.
"You stupid girls! What happened when you found it?" Hermione looked across at the three boys still stood in the bathroom doorway and offered a small smile before continuing her story, slightly braver.
"It backed us into a corner, we….we thought we were going to die." She was shaking slightly, "But then the boys arrived...Chris and Ron ran at it and started distracting it away from us, letting Rin and Draco edge around it to where me and Milly were. They helped us up and checked we were ok then Rin told Draco to get us out and get help when he went to help the others...that's all I know miss."
James turned suspicious eyes on the young green eyed Slytherin. "You knocked the troll out?" There was nastiness to how he said it, almost a cold sneer to his voice.
"No sir." Rin glared right back at him, "Chris knocked the Troll out with its own club using a levitation charm."
Chris and Ron's jaws dropped at the obvious lie, but no one noticed as James grabbed the two boys, hugging them both and congratulating them.
Dumbledore smiled at the scene then turned to ask Alizarin some more in-depth questions, but the Slytherin in question had vanished along with his brother and head of house. Next time then.
"Christopher Potter does not have the mental capacity nor the logic to even think about levitating a club to knock out a troll, now tell me exactly what it was you did and who saw you do it!" Snape's voice rose as he spoke.
"How come it's always me you blame?" Rin asked, trying to avoid the question.
"Well, Your Highness," He said the title very sarcastically, "It normally is you to blame and this time Draco wasn't even there to share the suspicion, now what did you do?"
"I told you, Chris levi…."
"DO NOT LIE TO ME, HARROLD ALIZARIN ORMOND! TELL ME WHAT YOU DID THIS SECOND OR I WILL BE CALLING IN YOUR GRANDFATHER!"
Rin flushed bright red at the use of his full name then paled dramatically when his grandfather was mentioned, his face reminding Draco of a muggle traffic light, it changed colour so fast.
"I…I'm sorry….I…I didn't know what to do…" he took a deep calming breath "I cast 'Anima Notches'." The boy's eyes stayed glued to the floor.
Severus looked thoughtful as he started pacing the floor, "Well… it's not as bad as I expected. It's not Elfin magic and it's not dark arts, in fact, I believe they teach that spell to the fifth year Care of Magical Creatures class…this will be found out so I want you to say Lucius taught it you because the manor was invaded by hobgoblins, and he wanted you to be safe in the grounds if you came across any," Snape smiled slightly, "Now boy wipe those pretty eyes, and in future leave the heroics to the Gryffindors and always think before you act."
Alizarin nodded and let Draco pull him close to comfort him.
"Why the hell did he lie? I mean, why would he say we knocked out the troll and not take the credit for it? I thought all Slytherins were after was glory." Ron shrugged at Chris.
"I dunno, maybe it was a dark spell. I've never heard it before anyway… hey is Milly talking to us you think? She always knows spells we don't. We can ask her."
"Good idea mate, and anyway how can she stay mad at us when we saved her life?" Chris smirked, "I bet she's in the library looking up trolls with that friend of hers. Come on, we'll go ask her now there's still a hour till curfew."
The two boys clambered out of the portrait hole and walked towards the library.
"Sooo... How we gonna ask them with out raising suspicions, I mean….it's really cool everyone treating us like heroes….well you are, but you know what I mean." Ron trailed off looking embarrassed, his face the same shocking scarlet colour as his hair.
"Yeah, I know what you mean mate, I really don't want that slimy snake Slytherin Alizarin to get the credit!... I just really wanna know what he did!...If it's dark we might even get him and his stuck up brother kicked out." An evil grin rested on the Gryffindor's face as they entered the library but it changed to a worried look as they spotted the two Ravenclaws deep in discussion.
"Er, hey, can we sit with you?" Amelia jumped then looked at her brother with a scowl on her face.
"If you must."
"Er, we've just come to say sorry, you know…we really didn't mean the things we said at all."
"It certainly sounded like you meant it, Chris! Is it really that bad that I'm not in Gryffindor? Or that Mione's parents don't know magic?" She looked disapprovingly at the two boys, causing them both the flush.
"N…no, look we're sorry."
Amelia sighed at looked at Hermione who nodded slightly.
"Fine. Your forgiven, just don't do it again…. Now what's the real reason you're here?"
Chris looked at his sister in shock. Really, sometimes she was too smart for her own good.
"Have you ever heard a spell called 'Anime Notch'?"
Milly giggled, "Do you mean Anima Notches?... It's a spell that renders any magical animal unconscious…it's like a magical form of sedation…it's taught in Care of Magical Creatures in fifth or sixth year, your brother told me about it, Ron….hang on is that what Rin used to knock out the troll?"
Again both boys were shocked at her ability to put two and two together.
"I'm so proud! I can't believe my baby boy risked himself to save his sister like that! …It's not many first years that could subdue a fully grown mountain troll. Albus, he should be given a reward!"
Lilly carried on gushing as James and Dumbledore checked over the troll to make sure it was safe for transportation but Dumbledore was looking confused.
"James, Lilly I believe there may be more to this story than we have been told….James would you do a scan for magic on the troll please, and then tell me what you find." Dumbledore stood back for James.
James looked at Dumbledore in confusion, but did as he was asked.
"Well…er …it seems to have a sedation charm on it? But... I thought Chris had knocked it out with its club, not magic?" James furrowed his brow in confusion.
Dumbledore nodded, "Yes, I found the sedation charm as well... 'Anima Notches', if I am not mistaken…I believe it's time to have a serious word with a certain few of our students. We might even be able to prove my theory….James, my boy, will you fetch your son and Ron Weasley. Lilly-Amelia and Miss Granger… take them to my office; I will just rid us of this troll then fetch the two Malfoy boys." Dumbledore nodded at the two Potters.
James and Lilly walked off, both looking a little worried and more than a little confused, leaving behind a smiling headmaster whose eyes twinkled as he banished the troll from the castle.
Thank you all for reading :) please tell me what you think next chappie shall most likely have the flying lesson in I still want to know what you think should happen as I'm not sure if I should have alizarin get on the team, Chris on his team or them both have some sort of race ending up with them both on teams.
Any way REVIEW!!