Chapter 1.
The Unforgettable Meeting
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Filch was patrolling the corridors, something he could be found doing frequently. With him was his second-in-command, Ms. Norris. The cat was an expert at finding students, as her superior senses of smell and hearing could let her know the whereabouts of students neither Filch nor her could see.
Filch was not too bad either. Although nose had been slowly weakening after smelling the putrid stench of dungbombs, his long experience from them lent him the ability to whiff one out from an array of other strong smells.
As Filch and Norris rounded a corner, Filch saw his first troublemaker of the morning. Lavender Brown, attempting to hide behind a suit of armour, was accepting a bag that smelled of dungbombs.
He dived out from the corner, shocking both Lavender and her seller, who turned out to be George Weasley, the red haired troublemaker. As far as he was concerned, those two twins caused him almost as much trouble as his arch-nemesis, Peeves, the ink throwing, gum blowing, and many others. Were one to create a Hogwarts Encyclopedia, including a list of every recorded trick done by Peeves, the list would add an extra 7 or so pages to the book. Filch awaited the arrival of a new headmaster or headmistress, who would expel Peeves from the castle, and maybe even let him whip the students.
Yelling angrily at the troublemakers, Filch led them to his office, after investigating the bag to discover it did indeed contain dungbombs. Ms. Norris was left to patrol the corridors, but encountered an unlikely surprise the first corner she turned around.
There was a ginger cat there, calmly licking himself clean.
Ms. Norris hissed and arched her back, for as far as she was concerned, any other cats would be invading her turf. The other calmly raised its head, and began to purr.