Reality Check
~* Hey everyone, I've decided to start the next chapter out of boredom. Thanks to all who reviewed and love my story! I'm having a lot of training and assignments to do this term, so I may not be able to get chapters up too speedy, but I'll try! *~
Chapter 11 ~ Troll
Caprice had been sitting with Draco Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle when Professor Quirrell had burst suddenly into the Great Hall with his warning about the Troll. Malfoy had looked rather scared, but tried not to show it, while Crabbe and Goyle remained expressionless, as always. Caprice was not scared of Trolls, she was not scared of anything, well, except for losing loved ones.
Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle quickly hurried after the Slytherin Prefect, not stopping to notice that Caprice had snuck off and joined the Hufflepuffs who were heading a different direction.
Earlier, Caprice had overheard Gryffindor Parvati Patil telling her Gryffindor friend Lavender Brown, that Hermione was in the girls toilets crying, and that she'd been in there all afternoon. Since Hermione had no notice about the Troll, she probably would be faced with it, with no preparation. Caprice didn't have the heart to leave her defenceless.
As the Hufflepuff group passed the second floor corridor, Caprice slipped away, and into the girls toilet. This particular toilet, no one used. It was the home of the ghost Moaning Myrtle, and no one wanted to make her upset.
As she entered the toilet, she noticed three things. One, Hermione was backed into the corner with no escape, two, the troll had her cornered, and three, Ron and Harry were there trying to deter it's attention by throwing rocks at it's head.
The troll turned from Hermione to Harry, and grabbed him by his foot. Hermione ducked underneath some sinks by the wall while the troll swung Harry around trying to hit him with it's large club.
It seemed that Harry had noticed Caprice standing there, because at that moment, he yelled out:
'Caprice! Do something!'
Ron looked slightly hurt that Harry hadn't asked him to help, however, Caprice flicked out her wand and just as the troll's club was about to come down on Harry's head, she shouted a spell.
'Wingardiam Leviosa!' The troll's club levitated in the air, and came down quickly on it's head, knocking the large troll out cold. Harry scampered to get out of the way before the troll crashed to the floor.
There was a small silence between the four students as they each took in what had just happened. The first one to speak was Ron.
'Jenkins, what are you - I mean, why are you - no, how could you betray your house and come after Hermione?' He finally settled with. Caprice shifted her feet and looked down to the floor. Hermione looked gratefully at Caprice, but she broke her gaze when Ron flashed her a warning look which clearly said "She's a Slytherin".
Just then, Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore burst into the toilets. McGonagall took one look at the scene and got quite mad.
'Miss Jenkins, Miss Granger, Mr Potter, Mr Weasley, what is the meaning of this?' She said, looking flushed and out of breath. The Professors had obviously ran to the scene. Hermione and Caprice exchanged glances.
'It was my fault Professor.'
Everyone in the room froze, and looked between Caprice and Hermione, who had both said that at exactly the same time.
'I went looking for the troll, and these three followed me, to get me out of trouble.' Hermione jumped in before Caprice could say anything.
'It was my idea to come looking for her though.' Caprice insisted. Each Professor looked stunned, however Dumbledore looked more happy than stunned.
'Five points from Gryffindor Miss Granger, for your stupidity.' McGonagall began, she then turned to Ron and Harry, 'And five points will be rewarded to each of you, for sheer dumb luck. Professor Snape will deal with you as he sees fit.' She finished looking at Caprice. Caprice looked hopefully at Professor Snape, who scowled.
'Miss Jenkins,' He began, in a dangerously low tone of voice, 'If I ever see you disrespecting Slytherin again, there will be more that ten points taken from you.' Professor Snape turned and walked out. Caprice noticed he was walking with a limp, and motioned to Harry, who also had noticed Snape's limp.
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Hermione, Harry and Ron were sitting in the Gryffindor Common Room. After that incident with the Troll, the three Gryffindors had become strangly closer, and all silently agreed to be friends.
'Did you two see Professor Snape limping?' Harry asked, lowering his voice so as not to attract unwanted ears.
'Yes, I noticed. Do you think something's up?' Hermione said.
'Maybe it has something to do with that third floor corridor?' Ron suggested.
'He probably let that Troll in so he could poke around in the corridor, there might be something really important in there.' Hermione said.
'That's a possibility, I definitely saw him sneak off at dinner while all the other teachers went down to the dungeons.' Harry said thoughtfully.
'I must have missed that.' Ron muttered. Harry stood up.
'I'm just going for a walk, don't wait up.' Harry said, and walked out of the Common Room. He had arranged quickly to meet up with Caprice on the third floor, and check it out.
Harry quickly hurried to the third floor, not wanting to be a second later than the time he had arranged with Caprice. When he got there however, Caprice hadn't arrived yet. This shocked Harry, because she was always early. The time was now five past eight, their set time, and Caprice still hadn't turned up.
Harry began to get worried, but he stayed where he was. Five more minutes passed before Caprice showed up.
'You're late.' Harry said with a grin. Caprice ran up and hugged him.
'Sorry Harry, I got caught up with the Slytherins, you know how it is.' Caprice said with a smirk.
'No, I don't know how it is with the Slytherins,' Harry replied playfully.
'So do you want to check this out or what?' Caprice said, pulling out her wand.
'Wait, don't you want to check the door first?' Harry said stepping in front of Caprice, and turned the knob. Locked.
'What did I tell you? Alohomora.' Caprice pointed her wand at the lock, which clicked, and let them into the corridor.
Inside, there was a really, and I mean really large three headed dog. Thankfully for Caprice and Harry, it was sleeping. Caprice shivered behind Harry at the sight of the large dog.
'How, and why is this thing here?' She whispered.
'I have no idea, but look, a trapdoor!' Harry pointed at it's large paw. Underneath the paw was a wooden trapdoor.
'What do you think is down there?' Caprice asked, looking over Harry's shoulder to get a better look.
'Obviously something of great value, or else Snape wouldn't be trying to get it.' Harry said thoughtfully. He shifted on his feet as the dog seemed to be waking up.
'Get out of here!' Caprice cried, pulling on Harry's robes.
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~* What did everyone think of that chapter? Please review guys I'll start writing the next chapter as soon as possible. *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
~* Hey everyone, I've decided to start the next chapter out of boredom. Thanks to all who reviewed and love my story! I'm having a lot of training and assignments to do this term, so I may not be able to get chapters up too speedy, but I'll try! *~
Chapter 11 ~ Troll
Caprice had been sitting with Draco Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle when Professor Quirrell had burst suddenly into the Great Hall with his warning about the Troll. Malfoy had looked rather scared, but tried not to show it, while Crabbe and Goyle remained expressionless, as always. Caprice was not scared of Trolls, she was not scared of anything, well, except for losing loved ones.
Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle quickly hurried after the Slytherin Prefect, not stopping to notice that Caprice had snuck off and joined the Hufflepuffs who were heading a different direction.
Earlier, Caprice had overheard Gryffindor Parvati Patil telling her Gryffindor friend Lavender Brown, that Hermione was in the girls toilets crying, and that she'd been in there all afternoon. Since Hermione had no notice about the Troll, she probably would be faced with it, with no preparation. Caprice didn't have the heart to leave her defenceless.
As the Hufflepuff group passed the second floor corridor, Caprice slipped away, and into the girls toilet. This particular toilet, no one used. It was the home of the ghost Moaning Myrtle, and no one wanted to make her upset.
As she entered the toilet, she noticed three things. One, Hermione was backed into the corner with no escape, two, the troll had her cornered, and three, Ron and Harry were there trying to deter it's attention by throwing rocks at it's head.
The troll turned from Hermione to Harry, and grabbed him by his foot. Hermione ducked underneath some sinks by the wall while the troll swung Harry around trying to hit him with it's large club.
It seemed that Harry had noticed Caprice standing there, because at that moment, he yelled out:
'Caprice! Do something!'
Ron looked slightly hurt that Harry hadn't asked him to help, however, Caprice flicked out her wand and just as the troll's club was about to come down on Harry's head, she shouted a spell.
'Wingardiam Leviosa!' The troll's club levitated in the air, and came down quickly on it's head, knocking the large troll out cold. Harry scampered to get out of the way before the troll crashed to the floor.
There was a small silence between the four students as they each took in what had just happened. The first one to speak was Ron.
'Jenkins, what are you - I mean, why are you - no, how could you betray your house and come after Hermione?' He finally settled with. Caprice shifted her feet and looked down to the floor. Hermione looked gratefully at Caprice, but she broke her gaze when Ron flashed her a warning look which clearly said "She's a Slytherin".
Just then, Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore burst into the toilets. McGonagall took one look at the scene and got quite mad.
'Miss Jenkins, Miss Granger, Mr Potter, Mr Weasley, what is the meaning of this?' She said, looking flushed and out of breath. The Professors had obviously ran to the scene. Hermione and Caprice exchanged glances.
'It was my fault Professor.'
Everyone in the room froze, and looked between Caprice and Hermione, who had both said that at exactly the same time.
'I went looking for the troll, and these three followed me, to get me out of trouble.' Hermione jumped in before Caprice could say anything.
'It was my idea to come looking for her though.' Caprice insisted. Each Professor looked stunned, however Dumbledore looked more happy than stunned.
'Five points from Gryffindor Miss Granger, for your stupidity.' McGonagall began, she then turned to Ron and Harry, 'And five points will be rewarded to each of you, for sheer dumb luck. Professor Snape will deal with you as he sees fit.' She finished looking at Caprice. Caprice looked hopefully at Professor Snape, who scowled.
'Miss Jenkins,' He began, in a dangerously low tone of voice, 'If I ever see you disrespecting Slytherin again, there will be more that ten points taken from you.' Professor Snape turned and walked out. Caprice noticed he was walking with a limp, and motioned to Harry, who also had noticed Snape's limp.
~***~
Hermione, Harry and Ron were sitting in the Gryffindor Common Room. After that incident with the Troll, the three Gryffindors had become strangly closer, and all silently agreed to be friends.
'Did you two see Professor Snape limping?' Harry asked, lowering his voice so as not to attract unwanted ears.
'Yes, I noticed. Do you think something's up?' Hermione said.
'Maybe it has something to do with that third floor corridor?' Ron suggested.
'He probably let that Troll in so he could poke around in the corridor, there might be something really important in there.' Hermione said.
'That's a possibility, I definitely saw him sneak off at dinner while all the other teachers went down to the dungeons.' Harry said thoughtfully.
'I must have missed that.' Ron muttered. Harry stood up.
'I'm just going for a walk, don't wait up.' Harry said, and walked out of the Common Room. He had arranged quickly to meet up with Caprice on the third floor, and check it out.
Harry quickly hurried to the third floor, not wanting to be a second later than the time he had arranged with Caprice. When he got there however, Caprice hadn't arrived yet. This shocked Harry, because she was always early. The time was now five past eight, their set time, and Caprice still hadn't turned up.
Harry began to get worried, but he stayed where he was. Five more minutes passed before Caprice showed up.
'You're late.' Harry said with a grin. Caprice ran up and hugged him.
'Sorry Harry, I got caught up with the Slytherins, you know how it is.' Caprice said with a smirk.
'No, I don't know how it is with the Slytherins,' Harry replied playfully.
'So do you want to check this out or what?' Caprice said, pulling out her wand.
'Wait, don't you want to check the door first?' Harry said stepping in front of Caprice, and turned the knob. Locked.
'What did I tell you? Alohomora.' Caprice pointed her wand at the lock, which clicked, and let them into the corridor.
Inside, there was a really, and I mean really large three headed dog. Thankfully for Caprice and Harry, it was sleeping. Caprice shivered behind Harry at the sight of the large dog.
'How, and why is this thing here?' She whispered.
'I have no idea, but look, a trapdoor!' Harry pointed at it's large paw. Underneath the paw was a wooden trapdoor.
'What do you think is down there?' Caprice asked, looking over Harry's shoulder to get a better look.
'Obviously something of great value, or else Snape wouldn't be trying to get it.' Harry said thoughtfully. He shifted on his feet as the dog seemed to be waking up.
'Get out of here!' Caprice cried, pulling on Harry's robes.
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~Gryffindor Gal~