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Cameron didn't notice how much time had passed since he had arrived at Hogwarts, until he woke up one morning and looking at his calendar realized it was Halloween. That morning Dan was in a very giddy mood, more then usual. He hopped the whole way down to breakfast. On the way he accidentally hopped into Hermione. Who was still not talking to them, and was still mad at Dan about the whole Cerberus incident.

"Why don't you watch where your going!" she said loudly "What are you so happy about?"

Dan didn't answer her but continued gleefully jogging down the corridor.

"Lets just hope he doesn't run into Mrs. Norris or Filch." Ron said as they ran down the hall to catch up to Dan. At breakfast Dan didn't touch any of his food. But continued grinning happily. When the mail arrived, it wasn't just Merlin who brought something. Merlin dropped a large box in front of Dan; it was just the first of many more to come. 3 more large boxes followed by 5 smaller ones. A small package brought by a Screech Owl, was the last one. Dan was completely hidden behind the boxes.

            "What did you do enter a contest?" Ron asked as everyone at the Gryffindor table stared at the heap of boxes. Dan stood up on his chair so he could see over the pile. He pulled the 5 small boxes off the top.

            "Anyone want some?" he asked calmly passing one of the boxes down the Gryffindor table inside where cookies. Another box he passed to the Hufflepuff table and another to the Ravenclaw table. Dan grinned and held up another small box.

            "You guys want any?" he asked the Slytherin table, everyone over there glared loathingly at him. Dan continued grinning though. Malfoy had a look of pure jealousy, normally he received candies, cakes, and lots of presents, this time all he got was a box of candy.

            "Going once? Twice? Your loss" Dan said.

            "Dan….." Cameron started to say. Dan grinned at him kind of sheepishly.

            "Er its my birthday" he said holding up a birthday card.

            "Your birthday's Halloween?" Harry asked Dan nodded and began opening the smallest package.

            "Wooooowwwwww" Dan breathed pulling out a silver pendent. On the pendent was a clear oval shaped crystal. A note fell out of the box. Dan read it to himself; his face went from a wide grin to a confused frown.

            "What is it?" Harry asked Dan shrugged. He slipped the chain over his head. And began eating a piece of bacon. Cameron did a double take when he glanced over at the pendent. The clear crystal was glowing bright blue. Cameron nudged Ron's elbow.

            "What?"

            "Look at that pendent thing Dan's got" Cameron said quietly. Ron stared at it.

            "What is that thing?" Cameron shrugged.

            "Dan can I read the note?" he asked

            "Sure" Dan said passing the note to Cameron. He didn't appear to notice the glowing crystal. Cameron read the note to himself it read:

            Happy Birthday Dan, Your mom wanted to wait till you where older to give this to you but I think that now that you're at Hogwarts its only fitting that you wear this. Once again Happy Birthday. Dad. Ps. Don't worry your mom didn't make the cookies.

Cameron folded up the note and handed it back to Dan who slipped it into his pocket. They stood up to leave and had reached the doors when Dumbledore approached them

            "Good morning boys" he said he turned to Dan "I see your family sent some birthday greetings" Dan smiled and nodded He took the last box of cookies out of his bag and handed it to Dumbledore.

            "Thank you, Serena has been eyeing those cookies since you've received them, subtly of course," Dumbledore said his smile turned serious when his old eyes reached the Pendent. "Mr. Tomas, would you mind coming with me for a moment. I believe its time you learned something of your families history." Dan looked at Cameron, Harry, and Ron with panicky pleading eyes. Then followed Dumbledore down the corridor.

They all figured he'd be back by the time they had their first lesson of the day. But he wasn't. And they where getting worried, Dan had been looking forward to making objects fly since Charms was his best subject and he had been really excited to learn how to make things fly. Professor Flitwick paired them up. Harry worked with Seamus and Cameron was with Dean. But Ron was stuck working with Hermione. Neither looked happy about this arrangement, and Ron became even madder when Hermione was the first and only one to make the feather levitate. On the way out of Charms Ron was still in a bad mood.

            "It's no wonder no one can stand her," he said to Harry and Cameron as they pushed into the crowded corridor. "She's a nightmare honestly." Someone banged into Harry knocking him into Cameron. He turned to see. It was Hermione. She was in tears.

            "I think she heard you" Harry said. Cameron nodded in agreement. She was a pain but Cameron kind of felt bad for her. But still, she did drive them all batty.

            "So?" Ron said, "She must've noticed she's got no friends."

They didn't see Dan until lunch and Hermione was nowhere to be seen. Dan was sitting by himself drinking a glass of water. The giddiness was gone and his grin was replaced by a serious frown.

            "Hey Dan where have you been?" Ron asked as they sat down next to him.

            "Yea you missed charms, we learned to levitate things." Cameron said helping himself to a piece of bread and butter. Dan frowned

            "I did? Darn it! Was Flitwick mad?"

            "No"

            "Did anybody get anything to fly?"

            "Not any of us, but guess who did" Ron said grumpily

            "Hermione?" Dan guessed They nodded and Dan rolled his eyes. "Figures"

            "Dan what did Dumbledore have to tell you about?" Harry asked. Dan sighed and took a sip of his water.

            "Well lets just say that I learned a little of family history." Dan said "something that I'm apparently supposed to know but my parents neglected to tell me." Dan seemed mad.

            "What?" Ron asked Dan held up the pendent, it was still glowing bright blue.

            "This thing, it belonged to my ancestor." Dan paused and took another sip of water.

            "Who was?" Cameron pushed gently he knew the answer himself but wanted Dan to say it.

            "Merlin" Dan said softly. Harry and Ron stared at Dan silently.

            "Is that what Malfoy was talking about on the train?" Harry asked Dan nodded.

            "I-I-I'm going up to the hospital wing for a minute I don't feel all that great, I'll catch up with you guys later kay?" And with that Dan stood up and walked out of the Great Hall. Neither Dan nor Hermione turned up for the next class or the afternoon. On the way down to the Halloween Feast they overheard Parvati Patil telling Lavender Brown that Hermione was crying in the girls bathroom and wanted to be left alone.

            "Do you guys think Dan's ok? He's been gone all afternoon and he's going to miss the Halloween feast." Cameron said as they entered the Great Hall. Thousands of live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling, while thousands more swooped over the tables. Dan loved to eat and he had been excited about the Halloween feast, according to Dan his dad had told him all about it. For him to miss the Halloween feast something was defiantly wrong.

            "I hope so. The news probably shocked him" Ron said, "Know I'd be shocked if it was me."

            "He'll be his usually giddy self by tomorrow" Harry said, "at least I hope."

Cameron adjusted his sunglasses. He really wanted to take them off but he resisted that urge, he'd just have to suffer with it because he was beginning to get bumps on the top of his head from where Serena was hitting him with that fan of hers. That thing hurt.

Though the thought of if Dan was ok or not was still on his mind, Cameron couldn't help but get into the spirit of things. The feast was great. Cameron was just enjoying a piece of Roast Beef, when Professor Quirrell came running in. He looked absolutely terrified. He slumped against the teacher's table in front of Dumbledore

            "Troll…. In the dungeons…thought you ought to know." Then he sank to the floor in a dead faint, as Serena began fanning him with a giant fan. Cameron flinched remembering the several occasions on which he'd been hit by that thing.

Things where quiet in the Hall for about 2 seconds when everyone began yelling and panicking, even Malfoy was terrified. The screaming was hurting Cameron's ears. It took several purple firecrackers exploding from Dumbledore's wand to bring everyone quiet.

            "Perfects, lead you Houses back to the dormitories immediately!" Percy looked dignified.

            "Follow me! Stick together, First years! No need to fear the troll if you follow my orders! Stay close behind me, now. Make way, first years coming through! Excuse me, I'm a perfect!"

            "How could a troll get in?" Harry asked as they followed Percy up the stairs

            "Don't ask me, they're supposed to be really stupid. Maybe Peeves let it in for a Halloween joke."

            "Trolls may be really stupid but their not smart enough to get into the Dungeons, someone had to let it in. Your right Ron, it had to be Peeves sounds like something he'd do." Cameron said and Ron and Harry nodded in agreement. "Dan doesn't know what he's missing though." Cameron tripped as they made their way through the crowded corridor and nearly took Harry down with him as he regained his balance.

            "You ok?" Ron asked

            "Yea this place is as clustered as Snape's dungeon." Cameron said.

            "I've just thought….. Hermione….. the Dungeon."

            "What about her?"

            "She doesn't know about the troll, isn't the girls bathroom down near there?" Ron bite his lip and Cameron nodded slowly

            "Oh all right," Ron snapped "But Percy better not see us." Ducking down, they slipped into the Hufflepuff group, then slipped down a deserted side of the corridor and hurried off towards the bathroom. They just turned a corner when they heard footsteps.

            "Percy!" Ron hissed, he pulled Harry and Cameron behind a stone griffin. Cameron smelt the air, he could definitely smell troll. But there was a human scent in the air too. It wasn't Percy and it wasn't a troll thought, it was Snape. He crossed the corridor and disappeared from view.

            "What's he doing, why isn't he down in the dungeons with the rest of the teachers?"

            "Search me"

            "Maybe all the teachers are on a search for the troll." Cameron suggested.

            "Maybe" Harry said. Cameron began gagging a little, the troll's stench was closer then earlier. Cameron felt sick.

            "Guys…. Troll…. near by…. that smell its troll" he managed to say. At the end of the passages it emerged. And it was, 12 feet tall dull gray skin, body like a boulder and a baldhead. Cameron had only seen a troll a few times, but he knew they hated werewolves and Cameron knew they where known to take on a full werewolf during a full moon, and use the werewolf as a furry punching bag. Cameron gulped and leaned against the wall.

The troll stopped in front of a doorway and peeked inside, a few seconds of hard decision-making and then it slouched into the room. Harry suggested they lock it in. So they crept quietly towards the door and Harry leapt towards it and locked it.

            "All right! We captured a full-grown mountain troll." Cameron said gleefully as they started to run back up the passage. When suddenly a scream erupted through the hall from the chamber they had just locked the troll in.

            "Hermione!" The three of them shouted. They ran back down the corridor and unlocked the door and stumbled in. Hermione and Serena were shrinking against a wall and the Troll was heading towards them, taking out sinks along the wall as he walked.

            "Confuse it" Harry shouted to Ron and Cameron.

            "Oy Pea brain!" Ron shouted throwing a metal pipe at it. Cameron picked up some porcelain from the broken sinks and chucked it as hard as he could at the troll's head. It didn't notice the objects hitting its head, but he did react to Ron's yelling, giving Harry a chance to run around it.

            "Come on, run, run!" Harry shouted trying to get Hermione to follow him, but it was like she was frozen with fear and couldn't move. Finally Serena yanked on her robes and she moved.

            "Go. Go! Are you out of your mind?" It began advancing on Ron and Cameron. Even though he knew the risk he'd be taking, Cameron prepared to transform, but before he could even concentrate, Harry took a flying leap and landed on the trolls back. The troll howled in pain not because of Harry on his back, but because of Harry's wand up his nose. Riding on the troll's shoulders Harry was holding on as he went on a wild ride. Cameron and Ron knew they had to do something, Hermione was crouching low still scared. Serena was murmuring something, a bubble of silver colored light thrown around her and Hermione. Following Ron's lead Cameron took out his wand. And at the same time both boys shouted:

            "Wingardium Leviosa!" The club flew out of the troll's hand, hovered there for a moment then came crashing down on top of the trolls round head. The troll swayed on its feet then crashed down face first shaking the entire room. At first no one knew what to say, they stared at the heap laying in front of them, Cameron nudged it with his shoe making sure it wasn't going to wake up and attack them again.

            "Is it…… dead?" Hermione asked breaking the silence.

            "I don't think so" Harry said "I think its just been knocked out." He reached down and pulled his wand out of the trolls nose. It was covered with gray glob.        

            "Urgh…. troll boogers" he said wiping it on the trolls trousers. There was slamming noise and loud footsteps and the 4 of them jumped. They hadn't realized how much noise they had been making Seconds later McGonagall, followed by Snape, and Quirrell. Quirrell looked at the troll let out a whimper, sat on a toilet, and clutched his heart. Serena looked at Cameron, he gulped, a nagging sensation that she'd nail him later whipping around in his mind. McGonagall looked ready to blow up Cameron had never seen her this mad.

            "What on Earth were you thinking of?" she started "Your lucky you weren't killed. Why aren't you in your dormitories?"

            "Please, Professor McGonagall… they where looking for me." Hermione said from the shadows.

            "Miss Granger!"

            "I went looking for the troll because…. I…I thought I could deal with it on my own…you know because I've read all about them." Ron and Cameron dropped their wands; Hermione was lying…to a teacher, the head of Gryffindor on top of that. "If they hadn't found me I'd be dead now. Harry stuck his wand up its nose and Ron and Cameron knocked it out with its own club. They didn't have time to come and fetch anyone. It was about to finish me off when they arrived."

"Well…in that case. Miss Granger you foolish girl, how could you think of tackling a mountain troll on your own?" McGonagall said staring at the 4 of them. "Miss Granger 5 points will be taken from Gryffindor for this. I'm very disappointed in you. If your not hurt at all, you'd better get off to Gryffindor towers. Students are finishing the feat in their houses." When Hermione left McGonagall turned on Harry, Cameron, and Ron. "Well. I still say you were lucky, but not many 1st years could have taken on a full-grown mountain troll. You each win Gryffindor 5 points. Professor Dumbledore will be informed of this. You may go." They hurried out of the chamber and didn't speak until they where 2 floors up.

            "We should have gotten more then 15 points," Ron said grumbling.

            "10 you mean, once she's taken off Hermione's"

            "Good of her to get us out of trouble like that" Ron admitted

            "Yea she didn't turn us in." Cameron agreed nodding.

            "Mind you we did save her."

            "She might not have needed saving if we hadn't locked the thing in with her," Harry pointed out. They gave the password to the portrait and entered the common room. It was packed and noisy. Hermione was standing by the door alone waiting for them. All that was said was a simple thanks, before they ran off to get food. Dan came in a few moments later, he still looked slightly pale. But seemed better then earlier. The other 4 told him of the encounter with the Troll and that seemed to perk his spirits up.

            "Wow a troll! What was it like? Are you guys all alright?" he said to Cameron, Ron, Harry, and Hermione. They all nodded "And I missed it." Dan complained.

"How about you? Are you feeling better?" Ron asked Dan nodded a little.

            "I'm fine now. It just wasn't something I expected you know." Hermione put a hand on his arm.

            "At least you know now." Dan nodded

            "I guess so, I kind of wish my parents had told me sooner." Dan said sighing.

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