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Chapter 4: Nasty Mrs. Norris!
Harry wasn't very happy about being locked in the dormitory while everyone else was eating and talking and laughing. He tried to get out and away from the hellhole he'd been locked in by scratching at the door. By the time he'd made two-inch deep claw marks in the door, it burst open and was suddenly occupied by four sixteen-year-old girls, all giggling and gossiping. None of them noticed the door.
Ginny scooped Harry up into her arms and plopped him onto her four-poster as Sha, Heather and Casey began to change. Harry liked that. Ginny watched him watching the girls change and playfully scolded him.
"Chester, you dirty kitty, you. What a sick mind you have!"
Harry purred. Ginny scratched him behind the ears and changed, too. Harry liked that even better and watched delightedly.
Ginny swatted him on the head for watching and climbed into bed with him. He liked that even more.
He didn't like it, however, when Ginny wrapped her arms around him so tightly that he was squished. He also didn't like it when Heather began to snore.
As soon as the chance came, he broke free of Ginny's tight grasp and managed to somehow get his kitty paws to open the door. Once free from the room, he scampered down the stairs and into the Common Room, which he found to be deserted.
He took the opportunity to push open the Portrait Hole with his head, much to the surprise and anger of the Fat Lady. From there, he made his way toward the Kitchens, where he supposed he could get something to eat.
That was before he met Mrs. Norris.
Filch's faithful feline was roaming the corridors during the night and prowling the premises. She turned her yellow eyes on all that was out of the normal, nocturnal activity without mercy.
It just so happened that Mrs. Norris was patrolling the part of the castle that Harry needed to go by to get to the kitchens.
Upon seeing her, Harry's first instinct was to run. But then he remembered that he was a cat and decided to stroll right by. So he did stroll by. Mrs. Norris inspected him carefully. Then she walked up to him and started to sniff him in places that he did not enjoy being sniffed in.
He hissed and scampered away. But Mrs. Norris followed.
Harry made a desperate leap for the Kitchens door and managed to grab the pear a few times. Figuring this was good enough for a tickle, the door opened and Harry bounded inside, shutting it after him.