Troll!

Chapter ten

Another one of these. What do you think?

"Can you believe how quickly this year is going by?" I asked Hermione while we were on our way to Charms class. "It's Halloween already."

"I know. Christmas will be here before we know it, and then classes will be over, and then the summer will arrive. Then we'll have to go back home," she replied.

"Don't tell me that," I groaned. "I don't want to go back to the Dursley's in the summer. It will go so slow and it will drive me crazy."

"It can't be that bad," she insisted.

"Oh, but it is," I told her, pushing the door open to the classroom. "My aunt and uncle are annoying as heck. They don't let Harry and I do anything at all. Dudley is extremely obnoxious and tries to beat the crap out of us every chance he gets. And then he has theses friends who are just as bad, if not worse, than he is. His one friend, Piers, is the worst of them all. He is so weird."

"Don't worry about them now," we took a seat in the front row. "Besides, I think you have more important things to worry about at the moment."

"Like what?" I asked.

"Good morning class," Professor Flitwick appeared. "Today we will be working on the charm for levitation. Does anyone know the spell for that charm?" Hermione and I raised our hands. "Yes, Miss. Potter."

"Wingardium Leviosa," I answered.

"Correct, five points to Gryffindor," he nodded. "Now, levitation is what makes things fly or float as you all know. Does everyone remember that brisk wand movement that we have been practicing? Good, good, everyone have a feather in front of them. I want you to practice that, just swish and flick. And enusiate, Wingardium Leviosa. Off you go."

"Wingardium Leviosa," Ron began smacking his wand on the table. It was most defiantly not the arm movement we have been practicing.

"Ron, stop!" I pushed his hands away. "You're going to poke someone's eye out."

"Besides, you're saying the spell incorrectly," Hermione added. "It's LeviOsa. Not LeviosaA."

"If you're so smart you do it then," Ron motioned.

"Fine, I will," she held her wand over the feather. "Wingardium Leviosa." It had to be one of the coolest things I had ever seen. The feather started to float up above our heads.

"Well, done!" Professor Flitwick exclaimed. "Look everyone, Miss. Granger has done it. Five points to Gryffindor."

"Nice, Hermione," I said. "Ron's a bit ticked off at you though."

"That's his fault, he should have been paying attention," Hermione kept her focus on the levitating object.

Charms soon let out and we were finally done for the day. I was eagerly waiting to get to the Great Hall for dinner. Everything was decked out for Halloween. I could only imagine all of the yummy treats and food that was made.

"She's a nightmare honestly," Ron told us. "No wonder she has no friends."

"Ron, that is not cool," I watched as Hermione quickened her pace, head down, shoving into Ron and heading as far ahead of us as possible. "Now look what you did." I followed after her.

Dear god, she is a fast walker. Hermione just continued to walk and walk and walk all the way back to the bathroom where I could hear he loud sobs. Why did Ron have to be such a loser?

"Hermione?" I called. "Hermione, you know what Ron said wasn't true. You do have friends. I'm your friend."

"My only friend," she cried. "I have no other friends. No one else likes me."

"That's not true," I sat down beside her against the cold, hard wall. "There are a lot of people who like you."

"Who? Other than you?" she asked.

"Well, I know that Harry doesn't hate you," I started. "I'm pretty sure that our dorm mates don't hate you either."

"That's only a few," she said. "All I am is a smart, nerdy girl. That's all I ever will be."

"I doubt that," I told her. "You don't want to go down to the Great Hall and get some grub do you?"

"Not really," she shook her head. "But you can go if you want."

"Nope," I announced. "I'm sticking with you. That's what friends do after all."

"Can we leave yet?" I hollered from my still sitting position on the ground. "It's getting late and I'm still hungry."

"Well, excuse me for having to go to the restroom," Hermione came out of the stall. "We can….." her jaw dropped to the floor. Slowly, she made her way back towards the sinks.

"What's up with you-? Oh my god," I jumped to my feet. "Who let a troll in?"

"I have no idea," the troll caught sight of us and swung its club at our heads. Hermione and I ducked right in the nick of time. "This is such a great Halloween treat."

"You're telling me," we army crawled under the long row of sinks. "We need to get out of here."

"Haylee! Hermione! Are you OK?" Harry's voice entered the room. "Where are you?"

"Under here," I yelled back before letting out a loud scream. We almost got beheaded. "HELP!"

"MOVE!" He instructed.

"This way," I muttered crawling away towards the distracted troll. "Why on earth would they throw things at its head?"

"It's a distraction isn't it?" Hermione asked. "Oh no, Harry!"

"Ron, do something!" Harry shouted at Ron since he was a bit out of commission.

"What?" Ron looked around the bathroom.

"Anything!" The three of us yelled back.

He pulled out his wand. He could do this.

"Just swish and flick," Hermione and I instructed. "You can do it."

"Wingardium Leviosa," he pronounced the spell perfectly. The club that was moments away from bashing Harry's skull in froze directly above the trolls head as it went in for my brother.

"Good job, Ron!" I smiled at him.

The spell wore off quickly and fell onto the troll's head. Staggering a few steps it collapsed to the floor. Unconscious.

"See, we told you you could do it," Hermione smiled at him as well. "Is it dead?"

"I don't think so," Harry answered. "Just knocked out. DO you think it would be possible for me to get a new wand?" He pulled his out from the creature's nose.

"I don't think so," I said. "You're stuck with that one buddy."

"Great," Harry whipped it off with his clock. He might want to go wash that soon too.

"Oh my heavens," the professors rushed into the lavatory. "Explain yourselves! All of you!"

"Well, you see," Harry, Ron and I tried to explain.

"I was my fault, Professor," Hermione spoke. "I heard about the troll and went after that. I thought I would be able to handle it since I have read about them I was wrong. If Harry, Haylee and Ron had not come to find me, I would most likely be dead right now."

"Miss Granger," McGonagall gasped. "You would do something like this? I never would have thought," she looked from us to the troll and back to our group. "I would take many points from you and give out detentions. However, seeing as how you managed to knock out a fully grown Mountain Troll, it seems only fair to award you 15 points. For dumb luck. Now get to bed."

"Yes, Professor," we glided passed them heading off to the common room.

"Hermione," Ron said. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say those things about you earlier. Can you forgive me?"

"I suppose," she replied. "Friends?"

"Friends," they shook on it.

"Yeah, now we're all together again," I beamed. "Either of you would happen to have any candy or sweets from the Great Hall would you? I'm starving!"

"Oh Haylee," Harry chuckled. "What am I going to do with you?"

xXMizz Alec VolturiXx- Thank you, love!