Chapter 2
The Death in Halloween
Disclaimer: Everything in the Harry Potter universe belongs to J.K. Rowling. I got nothing out of this except for enjoyment.
Petunia Dursley sat in her cell, knowing that she would never be able to get out again as she was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Some of her fellow prison inmates frequently harassed her, she occasionally snapped back, but they would shout at her, and often beat her up. She asked the prison warden to do justice for her, but the prison warden stated that since she is a prisoner, justice cannot always be guaranteed for her.
She requested the prison warden to transfer her into a cell without other inmates, but the warden told her that the prison was too crowded, and they could not do anything about it.
Her husband, Vernon, was also in prison, after receiving the same sentence as her, she wondered if he had the same experience as her.
She heard that her son, Dudley, was adopted by Marge a few days after she was in prison, she could only wish that her son would do well.
Marge and Dudley had visited her a few times a year, but Dudley was losing his temper on certain occasions, and he had to be forcefully taken away by the prison staff, then he would shout and cry, as well as saying bad words at the prison staff that Marge had to find ways to get him away from them or calm him down.
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Halloween 1991
Professor Flitwick had announced to the first-year students that they are ready to make objects fly. He placed the students in pairs to practise, Seamus Finnigan's partner is Lavender Brown. Ron, however, was to be working with Hermione, which was not a good thing, since Ron had not been comfortable around her since she was annoying and showing off, being the top student of Hogwarts.
"Now, don't forget the wrist movement that we have been practicing!" he said. "Swish and flick, remember, swish and flick. And saying the magical words properly is very important, too – never forget Wizard Baruffio, who said 's' instead of 'f', and found himself on the floor with a buffalo on his chest."
It was difficult, Lavender and Seamus swished and flicked, but the feather that they were supposed to be sent to the air didn't move at all.
Ron didn't have much luck in sending his feather into the air either.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" Ron said, waving his wand.
"You are saying it wrong," Hermione said. "It's Win-gar-dium Levi-o-sa, make the gar sound nice and long."
"You do it then, if you are so clever," Ron said.
Hermione flicked her wand and said. "Wingardium Leviosa."
Their feather rose off from the table and hovered about four feet above their heads.
"Well done, Miss Granger," Professor Flitwick said.
Ron was in a very bad mood after class.
"What's wrong with you, Ron?" Seamus asked.
"She's trying to show off her skill in front of me," Ron said.
A few moments later, Hermione crept past them and disappeared.
Hermione didn't turn up in the next class and wasn't seen all afternoon, and as the students entered the Great Hall for the Halloween feast, they overheard Parvati and Lavender saying that Hermione was in the girls' bathroom, and want to be left alone.
As the feast started, Professor Quirrell burst into the Great Hall, and went to Dumbledore, and gasped: "Troll – in the dungeons!"
Dumbledore got to his feet.
"Prefects, lead your houses back to their dormitories immediately!" he said.
The students got to their feet, and they made their way back to their Dormitory, led by the Prefects.
However, after Seamus had gotten back to the common room, Percy gasped.
"Someone's missing," he said.
"Is it Hermione Granger?" asked Lavender.
Percy nodded.
"What should we do?" asked Parvati.
"Stay here, I'll go and inform a Professor about this," Percy replied.
Then he walked out of the portrait hole.
A moment later, Professor McGonagall arrived.
"What are you doing here, Mr Weasley?" she asked.
"Professor, you are here just in time, I was going to report something to you," Percy said. "Hermione Granger is missing."
"Oh well," Professor McGonagall said. "I am sorry to tell you this, she had died, and she was found in the girls' bathroom. The troll killed her."
Percy let out a soft gasp.
"There's nothing we can do about her now," Professor McGonagall said. "The only thing we can do is to find out how the troll got into this school, and we will prevent this incident from happening in the future."
"Where is she right now?" asked Percy.
"She's in the Hospital Wing," Professor McGonagall said. "Do you want to come and see her?"
Percy nodded.
As soon as Percy arrived in the Hospital Wing, he saw Hermione lying on a bed, her head was bruised, and there was blood near her mouth.
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Dumbledore, meanwhile, didn't know what to do.
He was sure that once the story of Harry Potter's demise becomes public, everyone would mourn him.
He didn't know if he should cover up Harry's death, but he knew that even if he tries to, it would be impossible to do so. McGonagall was already aware of the fact that Harry Potter had died, and she would let everyone know about this.
The recent event had caused even more problems, a mountain troll killed a first-year student, and he, like McGonagall, wondered how the troll got into the castle.
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28th December 1991
Dumbledore went into the classroom where the Mirror of Erised was stored, then he moved it away.
He knew that the Philosopher's Stone was well hidden, but he decided to use it to protect the Stone further, so he moved the mirror to the place where the Stone was kept, and hid the Stone inside the mirror, that only someone who wants to find it but not uses it would be able to get it.
He hoped that no other casualties would occur in Hogwarts for the remainder of the school year.
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The other staff members in Hogwarts had no idea what would happen to the school, and they began to question how safe Hogwarts was.
"I don't know how safe Hogwarts will be next year," Professor Flitwick said.
"I agree, one student had already died this year in Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said.
A few days after Christmas, Ron asked Professor McGonagall where Harry Potter is.
"His relatives killed him," Professor McGonagall told him. "Don't let anyone else know about this yet."
"He's well known," Ron said. "The public deserves to know that he had died."
"I understand," Professor McGonagall said. "I can't do anything about this now."
"How many more students would be in danger this year?" asked Ron.
"I don't know," Professor McGonagall answered.
As Ron went back into the Gryffindor common room, he didn't know what he should do.
He wondered if he should write a letter to his parents, informing them about this, but in the end, he decided to keep this to himself for the time being.
