Chapter 4

Ok the rest of the chapters are gonna be really long from now on. I gotta fit a lot of stuff into each chapter. And I'm not gonna do the second year. I'll do some parts from fourth year but not a whole lot just so you know.

"TROLL! TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!" Quarrel said, running into the great hall half way through Halloween dinner. Leah looked at Ron and Harry. "Thought you should know." Quarrel then fainted right there. There were screams all through the hall and Leah covered her ears to block them out.

"SILENCE!" Dumbledore called out, making all the students halt their movements and stopped screaming. "Prefects…lead you're houses back to the common rooms. Teachers will follow me to the dungeon." Leah, Harry and Ron all stood up and followed behind Percy.

"Hermione!" Harry said suddenly, grabbing Leah and Ron's arms.

"What about her?" Ron asked.

"She doesn't know about the troll!" Leah said. "Come on Ron…we gotta go find her."

"Alright…but Percy better not catch us." Ron said. The three of them joined up with a group of Hufflepuffs. They split from them as well.

"Hold up!" Leah said, grabbing the back of both boys' robes and pulling them behind a wall.

"What's up?" Ron asked.

"Smell." Leah said. Harry and Ron did what she said and both faces went into looks of disgust. "Exactly. Troll."

"It's going into that room." Ron said. They watched the troll move very slowly into a room across the hall. "Idea!" He ran forward, the others following him. Ron pushed the door closed and locked it. "That was…" suddenly there was a scream from in the room.

"Ron…" Leah said, looking at the door. "That was the girls' bathroom."

"HERMIONE!" Both boys said. The unlocked the door and ran into the bathroom. There was Hermione, hiding under a sink.

"Hermione move!" Leah said. Hermione looked frozen. "God damn it. Guys distract that thing."

"How?" Harry asked.

"I don't know. But do it!" Leah said, running around the troll and grabbing Hermione.

"Hey, Peabrain!" Ron yelled while he and Harry threw pieces of broken wood at it.

"Hermione come on!" Leah said, ignoring the boys and the troll and tugging on Hermione's arm. She managed to pull Hermione a little bit before she heard something.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" Ron yelled. Leah turned and looked just in time to see the troll's club fly out of his hand. Harry jumped off the troll's back just as the club landed on its head.

"AH! HERMIONE COME ON!" Leah said, yanking Hermione out of the way just as the troll fell forward. It just missed hitting them. There was no noise at all for a few minutes.

"Is it…dead?" Hermione asked.

"No…just knocked out." Leah said as Harry walked over and pulled his wand from its nose. "Ew…Harry!"

"It was the only thing I could think to do." Harry said, cleaning off his wand. McGonagall, Snape and Quarrel all ran into the bathroom.

"Oh my goodness. Explain yourselves…all three of you!" McGonagall said.

"Well…uh…you see…uh…" Leah, Harry and Ron all muttered.

"It was my fault Professor." Hermione said. "I went looking for the troll. I read all about them and thought I could handle it." Harry, Ron and Leah looked at each other. "If it hadn't been for these three…I'd probably be dead."

"Well." Professor McGonagall said. "Miss Granger…five points will be taken from Gryffindor. For your serious lack of judgement." Hermione nodded and left, head hung. "As for you three." Harry, Ron and Leah all looked slightly frightened. "Not many first years could take on a full grown mountain troll, and live to tell the tail. Five points…will be rewarded to all of you. For sheer dumb luck."

"Well…at least we got fifteen points." Ron said, after they were out of hearing range from the girls' bathroom.

"You mean ten…once she's taken away Hermione's." Leah said, sighing.

"Was good of her to bail us out though." Harry said. Leah and Ron nodded. When they got to the common room it was to find that the feast was being finished there and Hermione was waiting by the door for them.

"Thanks." All four said before going and grabbing some food. Leah caught Hermione's eye and smiled at her. She smiled back.

"Did you see Snape's leg?" Harry asked.

"What about it?" Leah asked.

"It was bleeding." Harry said. Leah looked curious.

"Come on you two…just eat something." Ron prompted as Harry and Leah just moved their breakfast around their plates.

"Ron's right. You two are going to need you're strength." Hermione said.

"Is it possible that we're just not hungry?" Leah asked.

"Good luck today Potter…Black." Snape said, limping towards them. He smiled in a strained way. "Since you just proved yourselves against a troll…a little game of quidditch should be easy work. Even if it is against Slytherin." Leah glared at him as he limped away.

"That explains the blood." Harry muttered.

"Blood?" Hermione asked.

"Listen." Harry said, leaning in. The others did too. "I'm guessing last night Snape let the troll in as a diversion so that he could get past the dog…but…he got himself bitten. That's why he's limping."

"But why the hell would anyone go near that thing?" Leah asked.

"The day I was in Diagon alley, Hagrid took something from one of the vaults." Harry said, looking at Leah. "Said it was Hogwarts business, very secret."

"So Snape's after whatever that dog is guarding." Leah said. Harry nodded. "Figures…that guy is always getting himself into a deep mess." And mom's not here to save him. Leah thought.

"Nervous you two?" Wood asked Harry and Leah as the whole team was done changing.

"Just a little." Harry said.

"Slightly more then a little." Leah said.

"Felt the same way before my first game." Wood said.

"What happened?" Harry asked.

"I…uh…don't really remember." Wood said. 'Took a bludger to the head, ten minutes in. Woke up in the hospital wing a week later."

"Nice going Wood." Leah said, looking at the scared look on Harry's face. "Don't worry Harry…we got Nimbus 2000s. Not even a bludger could catch up to you." Harry nodded and looked a little better. The only problem was Leah was starting to worry more. She kept remembering all the crazy stuff her mom had told her about all the quidditch games she'd played. With her father as a beater and James as seeker. The three were a great team.

They got out on the field and Leah looked at the Slytherin team. They were huge…and she felt so small compared to them.

"Oh yeah…you tell me to relax. You're the one that's shaking." Harry whispered.

"I'm cold." Leah said, which wasn't really a lie. She normally was cold. Ron used to call her a living dead witch because her hands were always ice cold.

A while later things were going pretty good. They had scored a few times and Wood really was a great keeper. Leah watched as Harry went past her then dodged a bludger.

"You ok?" She called.

"Yeah." Harry said. "Work on scoring."

"You got it." Leah said. They flew in different directions. Things were fine until Leah heard Ron and Hermione screaming at her. She looked at them and saw them pointing up so she looked up to see Harry acting like a goof. She flew up to him. "Hey…what are you doing?"

"I'm not…there's something wrong with my broom." Harry said. Leah moved out of the way before it jerked and hit her. She flew over to the box where Ron and Hermione were.

"Someone's doing that." Leah said. She went back to the game. She was so busy watching Harry, she nearly missed catching the quaffle a few times. There were yells and Leah turned to see Snape stomping on his robes. She nearly burst out laughing if it wasn't for the fact that Harry had just zoomed past her, heading for the ground. She chased after him and landed a few seconds after him. "Harry…hey you ok?" He looked like he was going to throw up, but what came out of his mouth wasn't puke…it was…

"I'VE GOT THE SNITCH!" Harry shouted. This time Leah did laugh. Not even James could pull off a catch like that. The Gryffindors burst into applause.

"Nice going Harry." Leah said, smiling.

"Snape would never do that." Hagrid said as he and the four students walked across the grounds.

"It had to have been him Hagrid." Hermione said.

"Yeah…who else hates Harry that much?" Leah said.

"He was cursing Harry. I read all about them. You have to keep eye contact and Snape wasn't blinking." Hermione said.

"Exactly." Harry and Leah said.

"Look…Snape is a Hogwarts teacher. He's not about to break any rules." Hagrid said.

"Then why did he try to get past that three headed dog on Halloween?" Harry said.

Who told you about Fluffy?" Hagrid asked.

"Fluffy?" Leah and Ron said.

"That thing has a name?" Hermione asked.

"Course he's got a name. He's mine." Hagrid said. Leah zoned out for a while, thinking about what her mother had said about Hagrid. Sabrina didn't know Hagrid very well but she knew about him.

"Yes?" Harry prompted, bringing Leah back to earth.

"That's Hogwarts business. You four already know enough as it is." Hagrid said. "What the dog is guarding is between Professor Dumbledore, and Nicholas Flammel."

"Nicholas Flammel?" Leah asked.

"I shouldn't have said that." Hagrid muttered, walking away.

"Someone else is added into this." Leah said.

"Who's Nicholas Flammel?" Ron asked.

"I don't know." Hermione said.

"That's a first." Leah said quietly so that no one heard her.

"What's that?" Harry asked. It had been a while and they were sitting in Hagrid's hut when Ron noticed something in the fireplace.

"That's uh…that's…." Hagrid said.

"I know what that is." Ron said.

"Me too…but Hagrid…where did you get it?" Leah asked.

"I won it…off a stranger I met in the pub." Hagrid said. "Seemed quite glad to get rid of it matter of fact." He looked at the four of them. "That there is a…"

"Norwegian Ridgeback." Leah said.

"My brother Charlie works with those in Romania." Ron said. Leah nodded.

Later as they were sitting in the common room, Leah staring at the fire thinking about random things.

"What's Hagrid thinking? Having a dragon in his hut." Hermione said. "It'll get too big for it."

"Tell that to him." Leah said. "He's always been fascinated with dangerous creatures. I mean…look at Fluffy." The others nodded.

A few days later they got a note from Hagrid with out two words on it:

It's hatching.

"We are not skipping last period!" Hermione said.

"Come on Hermione…how often do you see a dragon being hatched?" Ron asked.

"Hermione's right." Leah said.

"You're siding with her? But I'm your best friend." Ron said, staring at Leah with Disbelief.

"Please…if a dragon hatching is anything like a child being born…it's gonna take a while." Leah said. So they went to their last period.

When they got to Hagrid's he rushed them inside quickly.

"It's almost out." Hagrid said. Leah bit her lip. She had seen the burns Charlie got from these things and really didn't want to have the same ones. She ducked as the last piece of egg flew off and nearly hit her.

"Bloody hell…this thing is dangerous and it's not even out yet." Leah said.

"Isn't he beautiful?" Hagrid asked none of them in particular. Leah stared at the dragon. It was more or less like a crumpled black umbrella. "Hello Norbert?"

"Norbert?" Harry said. Leah looked at him and he looked like he was stopping himself from laughing.

"Yeah well he's gotta have a name don't he?" Hagrid asked. Everyone shrugged. Hagrid's face suddenly went pale.

"What is it?" Leah asked. She turned to look where Hagrid was looking and saw a face in the crack between the window curtains. It was gone instantly and Leah ran to the door and opened it slightly. She recognised the hair. "Malfoy."

"Oh no." Harry said. They all looked at Hagrid who was busy looking at Norbert again, as if he didn't even see Malfoy there.

A week or so later none of them got into trouble, but Leah and Harry noticed Hagrid hadn't been doing his groundskeeper's duties. Reluctantly, they had all volunteered to help Hagrid take care of Norbert, and Leah was wondering why they had done that.

"It bit me!" Ron said, coming into the common room late and yanking of Leah's invisibility cloak. She had got that from her mother and had had it all year but didn't bring it out until Harry got his.

"Ouch." Leah said, getting up and looking at Ron's hand. "You should get that looked at."

"No way." Ron said. Leah gave him a look before turning and following Hermione up to the common room. "What's her problem?"

"I don't know." Harry said. "I'm not the one that's known her my whole life."

"Yeah but she's acting a little weird lately." Ron said.

"Maybe being around Lavender, Parvatti and Hermione all the time is turning her into a more girly girl." Harry said.

"NO!" Ron said. "I like her the way she is." Harry laughed.

The next morning Ron had no choice but to go to the hospital wing for his hand.

"Oh that is not pretty." Leah said the first time she saw the way it looked…which wasn't until lunch time.

"Worst of all…Malfoy came and said he needed to borrow a book from me when he really just wanted to bug me about being able to tell Madam Pomfrey about what really bit me." Ron said.

"Well…by Saturday night…we won't have to worry." Harry said. Leah was glad they were giving Norbert over to Charlie. Ron sat up quickly. "What is it?"

"The letter from Charlie…it was in the book Malfoy took." Ron said. They all looked at each other. There was no way they could change the plans now.

They agreed that they would just be extra careful and watchful. Leah talked Hermione into staying in the common room in case a teacher came by to check out things. It was hard enough hiding three people under one invisibility cloak, she Leah did a spell that would link the two cloaks together for two hours only so that she and Harry didn't have to be walking so close and carrying a crate with a dragon in it under one cloak.

"He's got his teddy in there as well." Hagrid said after Leah and Harry each took hold of Norbert's box and lifted it. By the sounds of it, it seemed as if the teddy just got its head ripped off.

"Come on Harry…the faster we get up there, the faster we can feel our fingers again." Leah said, covering them with the combined cloaks. They moved as quick as they could without making too much noise and without dropping the crate. They were surprised to make it up to the tower without getting caught or passing any teachers. Harry yanked the cloaks off and they put Norbert down.

"Sore fingers." Harry said, flexing his fingers.

"I know…they should be here soon." Leah said. A few minutes later four guys showed up on broomsticks. "Hey Nick." Harry looked at the brown haired guy Leah had just greeted.

"Hey Leah…this the ridgeback?" Nick asked.

"Yes…take it now…please." Leah said. Nick and the other three laughed. Leah and Harry helped them load up Norbert then said their goodbyes, Leah hugging Nick and Harry just shaking hands. As they walked down the stairs from the tower Leah kept getting the feeling that they had forgotten something.

"Well well." McGonagall said, coming out of no where in front of them with Malfoy behind her. Leah's eyes grew wide…

They had forgotten the cloaks!

"Four students out of bed in the middle of the night!" McGonagall said after they had arrived in her office to find Neville there as well. He had started explaining why he was there but McGonagall cut him off. "Making Mister Malfoy believe you two were sending off a dragon."

"Professor…" Leah started but McGonagall raised a hand and Leah went silent.

"Never in all my times here have there been such a crime." McGonagall said. Leah gave her a look that was ignored. How could McGonagall have been a teacher when Leah and Harry's parents were there with their friends, causing trouble all the time, and McGonagall called this the worst 'crime' she had ever seen.

"Professor please." Harry said.

"Silence Mister Potter." McGonagall said. "As punishment for your actions, fifty points will be taken from Gryffindor."

"Fifty!" Leah exclaimed.

"Each." McGonagall said. "And all four of you will serve detentions."

"Excuse me professor, I don't think I heard you right. I thought you said the four of us." Draco said.

"No, you heard Correctly Mister Malfoy." McGonagall said. "Though your intentions were noble, you too were out of bed after hours." Leah smiled to herself. At least Draco was in trouble as well.

The detention, it turned out, was to be served in the forbidden forest with Hagrid. Draco freaked for a while but stopped.

"What's wrong? Is itty bitty Malfoy afraid of the big dark forest?" Leah taunted in a baby voice.

"You'd like that wouldn't you Black?" Draco said, glancing over to where Harry, Neville, Hagrid and Fang were. He had hung back slightly as they entered the forest and Leah dropped back to bug him obviously.

"Oh yeah." Leah said, rolling her eyes. "I'd love for you to be scared stiff." She moved in front of Draco and started walking backwards.

"Don't you know there are werewolves in here?" Draco asked, trying and failing a bit to act calm and cool.

"Don't you know that you're an idiot to believe that?" Leah asked. "There aren't werewolves in here. Killer spiders…killer snakes…huge bats and shit like that….but no werewolves." She stopped walking, causing Draco to bump into her slightly. Leah leaned forward and whispered into his ear. "Don't worry Drakie…I'll protect you." She smirked at the look on Draco's face. He looked like he was about to say something but was cut off.

"Hey you two…get up here!" Hagrid called to them. Leah spun around and walked over to them with Draco following behind. "Ok…so the unicorn's in here somewhere, hurt badly too. That silvery stuff is unicorn blood." Leah looked then looked away at the puddle. "Right then…we're going to split into teams. Harry and Leah, you're with me. Draco and Malfoy are together."

"Alright…then I get Fang." Draco said.

"Fine…just so you know…he's a bloody coward." Hagrid said. Smiles crossed Leah and Harry's faces as Draco's face fell.

"Opps…looks like I won't be able to protect you." Leah said. Draco glared at her. The two teams separated after Hagrid told them about the sparks. "What really lives in this forest Hagrid?"

"Not werewolves that's for sure." Hagrid said. "Got quite a few assortments of creatures." He was right too, a few minutes later they met a centaur, and a few minutes after that, another one showed up. They spent a lot of time talking about how Mars was unusually bright until Hagrid made some excuse and the three left. "Never try to get a straight answer out of a centaur. Bloody stargazers is what they are."

"We can tell." Leah said. "Hagrid! Sparks! The others must be in trouble."

"Stay here." Hagrid said, running off. Leah and Harry stayed where they are.

"I don't care if Malfoy is hurt but if anything happened to Neville…it's our fault he's here." Harry said.

"Yeah." Leah said, pushing her hair behind her ear. A few minutes later the others showed up. "What did you do you idiot?" Leah was looking at Draco.

"He snuck up behind Neville and grabbed him." Hagrid said. "Neville panicked and sent up the sparks."

"God…what is your problem?" Leah asked, glaring at Draco now.

"I don't have a problem!" Draco said.

"Uh…yeah you do if you're such an asshole all the time." Leah said.

"Alright!" Hagrid interrupted. "We still gotta find that unicorn. Seeing as how Leah and Draco can't seem to be near each other for five minutes without arguing…Harry, you and Neville switch." He whispered something to Harry. Leah guessed it was probably an apology for putting him with Draco but there really was no other choice. Again they separated and Leah and Neville followed behind Hagrid.

"I'm really sorry for getting you into this Neville." Leah said. "Me and Harry both."

"Oh…that's ok." Neville said.

"No it's not…it's our fault you're here." Leah said. "We'd both feel super guilty if anything bad happened to you." Neville just nodded. They heard screaming and running and Draco and Fang appeared out of no where. Fang knocked Neville over and Draco knocked Leah over. "GET OFF ME MALFOY!"

"There's a thing…a…a black thing!" Draco said, losing his tough guy appeal instantly.

"You left Harry alone?" Leah said, pushing Draco off her and standing. "You bloody coward."

"Leah we don't know what it is so don't go running off." Hagrid said.

"But…" Leah said.

"Just stay here." Hagrid said, helping Neville get Fang off of him. "I mean it Leah." He disappeared through some trees, leaving Leah, Neville, Draco and Fang alone in the middle of a dense part of the forest.

"I can't believe he expects me to just wait here." Leah said.

"Why? Do you wanna be the one to save your precious boyfriend?" Draco asked. Leah turned to him with her hands on her hips. Neville looked at both of them.

"What happened to you being a scared little boy?" Leah asked. "And Harry is NOT my boyfriend. I'm eleven…I so do NOT need a boyfriend right now." They waited for what seemed like a long time before Harry and Hagrid returned. Leah hugged Harry before slapping Draco in the arm because he made some comment about her being worried about her boyfriend.

"Voldemort's waiting in the forest, living off the unicorns." Harry explained to Leah, Ron and Hermione back in the common room.

"Say you know who will you." Ron said.

"Oh get over it Ron. It's just a name." Leah said.

"He's waiting." Harry said, having completely ignored what his two friends have said. Leah looked at him. She wasn't sure exactly if Harry was scared or not. It was hard to tell in the light of the fireplace. They all headed to bed where Leah stayed awake for a while before falling asleep.

Leah stretched out in her living room staring at the television that was off. Why was it off? It normally was on with her in the room.

"We're home!" Sirius called, coming into the living room. Leah smiled and jumped off the couch before running and tackling her dad. "Hey…ow."

"Sweetie get off your father." Sabrina said, coming into the room.

"Oh fine." Leah whined, getting up. "Gotta get ready for my date anyways."

"You have a date?" Sirius asked.

"Honey…don't play the father role." Sabrina said, taking hold of Sirius' arm. "Your daughter is allowed to date."

"Not at eleven." Sirius said.

"Hello…how many girls were you dating when you were eleven?" Sabrina asked.

"Uh…never mind." Sirius said. Sabrina and Leah laughed as Leah ran up to her room.

She changed into jeans and a pink tank top before starting to work on her hair. By the time the doorbell rang she was finished and ran downstairs before Sirius got to the door.

"It's ok dad…go keep mum company." Leah said. "I'll be back later." She slipped out the door and into the arms of the guy waiting there.

"That was fast." He said.

"You're just lucky my dad didn't answer the door." Leah said, smiling up at him. She could see his face but at the same time couldn't…little odd there but Leah didn't bother thinking about it as she leaned forward and kissed him.

Leah's eyes opened slowly as she looked around the dorm. That was practically the hundredth dream involving this mystery guy that she's had since arriving at Hogwarts. Who it was…she wasn't sure. Why did she have to get stuck with the mystery guy that she knew but at the same time didn't know. Her life sucked way too much.

"Hey Hermione." Leah said, moving over to Hermione's bed and sitting down.

"What?" Hermione asked, waking up slowly.

"Do you ever have dreams that involve a guy but like…you know who it is but at the same time you don't?" Leah asked.

"Can't say I have." Hermione said. "Why?"

"Because I've had like…a hundred of them since I arrived here." Leah said.

"Is that natural?" Hermione asked.

"No…I normally have nightmares…not dreams about mystery guys." Leah said. Hermione sat up to look at Leah better.

"Have you had dreams that like…you can see things before they happen?" She asked.

"A few times actually." Leah said. "Like…I saw Ron's brother, Charlie, fall down the stairs once and break his arm. And two days later that happened."

"Weird." Hermione said. "So…maybe you're seeing something that's going to happen."

"Impossible." Leah said. "My dad…I haven't seen him since I was five…and then was like five minutes because I couldn't stand being…where I was for that long of time."

"Where was that?" Hermione asked. She wasn't pushing. She was just asking as if she didn't care what the answer was.

"The wizard prison." Leah said. "He's got a life sentence there for committing a crime that he didn't do. He would never do what everyone said he did."

"And you're dad was in this last dream?" Hermione asked. Leah nodded. "Hmm…maybe it was just a dream then."

"Maybe…well…thanks." Leah said. "See you classes tomorrow." Leah went back to her bed and got under the covers. She didn't sleep the rest of the night and just lay there, thinking about Sirius.

Oh here's this chapter. It's a little rushed in some things but there really wasn't much that I could think of having Leah do…especially in the forest. The hating thing is going to happen next chap (obviously).