Hey peeps! I want to apologize for my habit of taking a long time to update. I'm NOT going to give up. I'm just working on three fanfics at once including this one. Sorry!
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Hermione finally going to become friends with Harry and Ron!
Hermione hadn't talked to Harry or Ron since Harry got his stupid Nimbus Two Thousand in the mail. Hermione had clearly shown the teachers and the other first years she was the smartest witch if her age. She has earned countless points in all her classes for answering questions right and doing what they were learning correctly first. All her classes, that is, except Potions. Professor Snape really hated Gryffindors. He actually ignored calling on Hermione when she raised her hand, even if it was the only one up. It got to the point where she shouted out the answer without being called on. He had taken points away when she did this for being " an insufferable know-it-all". It just wasn't fair! Although, Hermione was determined to impress him. She wrote at least one extra roll of parchment on all her essays, and always tried her best to have the best potion.
Finally,on Halloween, after weeks of practicing the switch and flick motion in Charms class, they got to actually use Wingardium Leviosa. Professor Flitwick passed out feathers for practicing and partnered them up. Unfortunately, Hermione was put with Ron Weasley. Hermione could see that Ron was just as angry as her about this.
" Wingardium Leviosa!" shouted Ron, who was next to her. He started moving his wand like he was stabbing someone. Hermione knew she had to fix this.
" Stop! Stop! You're trying to levitate the feather, not murder it! You're saying it wrong, too. It's not Wingardium Leviosaaa, it's Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa. The gar is long a d the emphasis is on the O in the word leviosa. Not the ahh," Hermione snapped.
" If you're so clever, you try it!" Ron challenged.
" Fine," she said.
" Bet you a galleon Hermione going to do it right," Seamus whispered to Ron from behind where he was working with Harry.
"You're own," Ron agreed.
" You're really betting? Betting's not allowed at Hogwarts," Hermione informed them.
" Stop stalling and do the spell already!", Seamus said irritably. Hermione rolls up the sleeves of her robe and did the swish and flick movement with her wand.
" Wingardium Leviosa!"
The feather rose off the desk and into the air. Hermione looked smug.
" I want my galleon by dinner," Seamus whispered. Ron looked like he was going to punch him.
" Oh look, class! Miss Granger had done it! Ten points to Gryffindor!", tiny Professor Flitwick applauded. Hermione remembered when she went with Professor Flitwick to Diagon Alley. She remembered how annoyed he was with all her questions. She smiled at the memory.
" Class dismissed!", Professor Flitwick squeaked. Ron left quickly along with Harry, Seamus, and Dean. Hermione was out last. They had Herbology next. Hermione rushed and soon was following the boys.
" It's Levi-O-sa, not Leviosaaa," Ron mocked Hermione in a high girls voice. " It's no wonder no one can stand her and she has no friends.
"She's a nightmare, honestly," he said. The boys all laughed. Hermione's eyes welled up with years. This was so mean- just as Hermione was starting to feel like she was fitting in.
She ran, bumping into Harry on her way passed the group of boys. She ran, into the bathroom. She ran, into a stall, locked the door, sat on a toilet, and cried. Is that what people think of her as? A nightmare? Someone no one wanted to be around. She was bossy and sometimes admittedly, a
know-it-all. So? That was who she was. Ron couldn't help being a feeling less jerk that didn't take anyone else's feelings into consideration. No one said anything mean about him. She wanted these kids to like her. She had been made fun of her whole primary school life and hoped that would change at Hogwarts. No- Ron had said that mean thing in front of almost all the Gryffindors on her year. Except Neville, who was kind of afraid of her, and the two girls Lavender and Parvati, who were clearly two peas in a pod and weren't going to let anyone else in their little friend group. Hermione stayed in the bathroom crying all afternoon. She didn't go to a single class.
" You're going to get a detention," Moaning Myrtle laughed, floating into the stall she was in.
" Go away Myrtle," Hermione sniffed.
" You can't make me," Myrtle said.
" Everyone made fun of me, too. That's why I came in here. And then I died,"
Hermione didn't want to talk to anyone. Especially Myrtle. She was as annoying as Ron. Scratch that. No one-person or ghost- was more annoying than Ron. Jerk. Hermione could here the happy voices of the students as they headed to the feast. Their happiness made Hermione cry even more. Was she the only one at Hogwarts that was alone a d friendless and thought of as a nightmare. After a while longer, Hermione thought she cried all of her tears. The feast wouldn't be over yet. She could still make it. She dried her eyes and opened the small door. She opened it expecting nothing to be there. If there was anything there, it would be Myrtle or another girl. She was not expecting what she saw.
" AAAAAHH!" she screamed in fear. Standing in front of her was a full grown mountain troll. Big, green, and stupid with a club in its hand. Ky saw Hermione and started following her, breaking everything with its club. She hid in the corner under a sink. The club came down on the sink, water spraying everywhere. Hermione had never been so afraid in her life. Panicking, she started throwing the broken pieces of the sink at the troll.
" Looks like you're going to die in the bathroom, too. Oh it'll be fun! We can stay together and talk about death," Myrtle called from the
U-bend. After there were no more sink pieces left to though, Hermione took off one of her shoes and through it at the troll. It hit it on the back of the head and it started coming towards her. Then, Hermione heard a click. Someone had locked the door. She was locked in. The troll advanced on her. Hermione shrunk down more, hoping she could shrink and become tiny. She her out a loud, high terror filled scream. Hermione felt dizzy. Everything was spinning. She felt nauseas. Suddenly, the door was unlocked and Harry and Ron rushed in.
" Both boys turned around, their mouths wide. Ron started throwing broken pieces of the stall doors at the troll.
" Try and confuse it!" Harry shouted. Ron picked of a big piece of wood of the ground and threw it at the troll. It hit its head, bouncing off.
" Take that, pea-brain!" Ron yelled. The troll turned towards Ron, and Harry ran around it to Hermione.
" Run! Run! RUN, HERMIONE, RUN!," Harry shouted at her, yanking her towards the door. But Hermione couldn't move. She was frozen in place. The troll haired all the telling. It let out a huge roar a d headed towards Ron. Hermione then watched as Harry did one of the most insane, bravest thing she had ever seen. He ran into jump, fastening his arms around the troll's neck like Hermione used to do when her dad gave her a piggyback ride. He stuck his wand up its nose. The troll let out a pained moan, thrashing around its club. Harry was soon hanging on for dear life.
" Do something!", Harry shouted.
" Wingardium Leviosa!" Ron yelled. The troll's club rose in the air and came back down on his head. The troll looked dizzy like Hermione had a few minutes before. He started falling.
" Harry! Jump!" Ron screamed. Harry jumped and landed safely on he ground. The troll hit the ground with a thud. Harry grabbed his wand with a disgusted look on his face. Silence rang through the bathroom.
Hermione broke the silence.
" Is it- is it dead?"
Harry shook his head.
" No. Just unconscious," he replied. Hermione looked at the boys with a thankful smile.
" Thanks. If you guys hadn't come for me, I would be with Moaning Myrtle forever,"
" Who's Moaning Myrtle?" Ron asked with a confused look on his face.
" Never mind," Hermione answered.
" Are you all right?" Harry asked. Hermione nodded.
" Thanks to you two,"
" Sorry I said that mean comment about you," Ron apoligized, stuffing his hands in his pockets and looking down at his feet.
" It's ok. Sorry I was so bossy. I'm just a perfectionist," she said. Then, Professor McGonnagall, Professor Flitwick, and Professor Quirrel walked in. When Quirrel saw the troll the ground, he let out a frightened shriek and ran out of the bathroom.
" What happened in here?" Professor McGonnagall demanded.
" I'm expecting an explanation from the three of you,"
" Professor, it's my fault. I wanted to show I was the smartest witch in the first year by taking down the troll. I went looking for it. They came along and saved my life. Harry stuck his wand up its nose and Ron knocked it out with its club. I owe my life to them," Hermione lied. The boys looked at each other in amazement.
" I expect more from you, Miss Granger. Five points will be taken from Gryffindor," Mcgonnagall shook her head. Then she turned to the boys. " As for you two-I've never met any first years take on a full grown troll and live! Five points to Gryffindor- each. Now back to your dormitory,"
The three left the bathroom.
" You lied to a teacher?", Ron said in a shocked voice. Hermione shrugged and smirked.
After that, Hermione became friends with Harry and Ron. They thought she was great for helping them keep up their homework. They both brought up their grades considerably. And Hermione wasn't lonely. They all agreed Hermione put
it best: there are some things you can't do together without becoming friends. One of them being taking on a full grown Mountain troll.
As you noticed in the last chapter, Hermione knows Fluffy's name. Hagrid won't be a big part of this story. Don't get me wrong-Hagrid is the best. He's just not playing a main part in my plot. Please review!