Yes, the next chapter. I finally decided to get out of bed and write it. Ain't I kind?
Disclaimer: Do I really have to keep doing this?
"Did you see Malfoy's face?" asked Malik.
Yugi nodded, "Yes, but I still want to know what happened to your arm."
"I told you nothing happened! Harry and Ron are my alibis!"
"Ugh, boys." grumbled Saren, "Harry, I heard you mumbling last night" she whispered.
"Oh, I was telling Ron that I think whatever the package Hagrid got might be under the trapdoor."
"Do you think you can find out what it is?" asked Ron.
"Are you kiddin' me? I've been trying to find secrets about this school for years. I still don't know anything."
"Well, whatever it is, it's either valuable, or dangerous," mumbled Harry.
"Or both," added Ron.
"Hey, what's that?" asked Ryou.
"Huh?"
As the morning post flew in, a rather large package came in, being carried by six large owls. They were even more surprised when the package was dropped in front of Harry. A letter appeared soon after.
"Open the letter first," said Ryou.
DO NOT OPEN THE PARCEL AT THE TABLE.
It contains you new Nimbus Two Thousand, but I don't want everybody knowing you've got one, or they'll all want one. Oliver Wood will meet you tonight on the Quidditch field at 7 o'clock for your first training session.
Professor McGonagall
"What the hell is it" grumbled Seto.
Yugi turned to the CEO to scold him but, stopped when he saw the bags under his eyes.
"Seto-"
"I couldn't get my laptop to work, I can't contact Mokuba, and my company is probably down the toilet now. Where's the damn coffee!"
"Here you go" whispered Yugi, "Harry got a broomstick from McGonagall."
Seto's eyes widened as he looked at the parcel on the table. "Harry, let's take it upstairs, then you can open it."
Harry nearly jumped out of his seat and ran to the entrance, but it was blocked by Malfoy and his goons. He seized the object from Harry and examined it.
"It's a broomstick, but first years can't have them. You're in for it this time."
"It's not just any broomstick!" snapped Malik.
"Yeah, it's a Nimbus Two Thousand," joined Ron, "What do you have, a Comet Two Sixty? They're flashy, but nowhere near the Nimbus."
"Shut up, you couldn't even afford half the handle."
Before Ron and Malik could talk back, tiny Professor Flitwick appeared at Malfoy's elbow.
"Not arguing are we?"
"Potter's been sent a broomstick." said Malfoy quickly.
"Ah yes, McGonagall told me about the special circumstances. What model is it?"
"A Nimbus Two Thousand sir," stated Seto, "It's thanks to Malfoy he even got it too."
They sniggered at the look of horror on Malfoy's face as they walked away.
"It is true isn't it" said Yugi, "If he hadn't thrown the rememberall, you wouldn't be on the team."
"So I suppose that's your reward for breaking the rules?" Hermione stomped up to them and glared darkly at the broomstick, "Especially after what happened in the third floor corridor?"
"What is she talking about?" warned Yugi "Is that where you got that nasty cut Malik?"
"It wasn't me? Harry, Ron, and Saren are in it too!"
"Snitch!" yelled Saren.
Yugi, despite his size, managed to drag Malik and Saren to the common room, Seto was behind him with Ron and Harry.
"I can't believe you guys did that!"
"You could have been killed!" added Seto.
"Saren, what would Dumbledore have said?" asked Ryou.
"Oh no, do NOT pin this on me!"
"Guys!" yelled Harry.
"Yeah, it was kinda Malfoy's fault, he lured us there!" added Malik.
"Guys! Class! Now!" yelled Harry, "We can sort this out at lunch."
"Fine," pouted Yugi.
Harry had trouble through his classed that day, his mind kept wandering to his new Nimbus. After class he ran to his dorm with Ron on his trail.
"Wait, I want to help unwrap it!"
"Like children during Christmas," muttered Seto.
"They are children though," added Yugi, "Now about the corridor…"
Saren and Malik sighed and in unison said, "Common room."
Harry ran up the stairs and brought back the bulky parcel. Quickly, he and Ron unwrapped the broom.
"Wow" whispered Seto.
Even the rest of the boys, who knew nothing about brooms thought it was beautiful. The handle was made of mahogany, and was shined to perfection. The tail had long neat rows of straight twigs and had Nimbus Two Thousand written in gold near the top.
'It's absolutely gorgeous" muttered Malik.
Harry grinned to himself, tonight he was going to test drive his new 'baby'. "Are you guys gonna come watch?" he asked.
"Sorry, I have homework," said Ron, somewhat regretfully.
"Same here!" chorused Seto, Ryou, Yugi, and Malik.
"What about you Saren?" said Harry.
"I need to finish the essay Snape gave us."
Harry nodded and headed out to the Quidditch field early so he could have a go on his new broom, but he wasn't alone. Epona watched carefully from her own hiding place.
Watch the children he says. I tell him Voldemort's back, who he's after, and why! And he has me babysit the new students. I've been reduced to a sitter, as shameful spot! Epona sighed and watched Harry catch the golf balls Wood threw. Just like his father…in every single way…more than he'll ever know.
ooOOoo
"Alright class!" said Professor Flitwick, "To day we will be levitating objects. Now I want you to pair up with the person right next to you."
Ron groaned loudly and Hermione made a noise that was in between a yelp and a sigh. Harry was (thankfully) stuck with Seamus Finnigan. Saren and Seto were partners, Yugi and Malik, and sadly, Ryou and Neville.
"Remember the nice wrist movement we've been practicing. Swish and flick! And pronounce the words carefully, remember Wizard Barffio!"
"Seto! Seto! It won't work the first time if you keep waving your wand like that!" yelled Saren.
"Seto Kaiba never fails!"
"Professor, we need a new feather!" shouted Harry, "Seamus blew ours up."
The whole class looked and Harry's feather, which was roasted to a nice crisp. Ron growled and prodded his feather.
"At least they got it to do something. WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!" he shouted.
"You're saying it wrong," said Hermione, "its win-gar-dium levi-o-sa. Make the 'gar' nice and long."
"You do it then because you're so clever." Ron snapped back.
"Wingardium leviosa!" Hermione's feather rose steadily on the air, making Ron madder than before.
"Well done Ms. Granger" piped up Professor Flitwick.
"Neville! Not that way!" Ryou ducked as Neville's feather blew up, and it was a lot bigger than what Seamus had done.
"Nice one Neville!" replied Malik.
"Its levi-o-sa, not leviosa," said Ron after class, "She's a nightmare, it's no wonder she doesn't have any friends."
Someone knocked into Harry as they hurried past them. From what they could see it was a bushy brown haired girl with tears running down her face.
"I think you said too much Ron," said Yugi.
Ron looked rather uncomfortable as he watched her run off, "She must have noticed she hasn't got any friends."
"Still, girls are more sensitive then boys, you probably hurt her feelings a lot," added Saren.
Hermione hadn't turned up for their next class. In fact, she was absent the rest of the day, making Ron feel even guiltier. They entered the Great Hall that night in hopes of finding her, but soon she was out of their minds.
Live bats were fluttering around the hall; the normal candles were now covered with pumpkins. Food was already set on the tables as the group settled down to eat.
They were all chatting away happily when they heard Parvati telling Lavender that Hermione was crying in the girls' bathroom all day and wanted to be left alone. Harry sighed and helped himself to a potato when Professor Quirrell came running in to the yelling at the top of his voice.
"Troll-in the dungeon! Troll!" he stopped in the middle of the hall, "Thought you ought to know" and he fell in a dead faint. It took a few seconds for his warning to sink but when it did, the whole hall burst into an uproar. It took all the teachers to silence the hall, with some help from some explosions.
"Prefects, take your house to your common room. Food will be sent up shortly. Teachers, follow me to the dungeons."
Percy jumped out of his seat and yelled at the Gryffindors to follow him. "Stay behind me and don't wander off!"
"How could a troll get in?" muttered Seto.
"Maybe Peeves let it in for a joke?" suggested Ron.
"No" said Saren, "He knows his limits. He can hurt students, but he can't do anything that would kill one."
"Oh no, guys, Hermione doesn't know!" whispered Harry.
"Me, Harry, and Ron will go," said Seto, "You guys cover for us back in the common room."
"Well lets go!" said Harry.
The three of them jumped into the Hufflepuff line and ran with them until they came to the corridor the bathrooms were in. They were almost there when they heard footsteps behind them.
"I don't think they covered well," whispered Harry, dragging the two boys behind a stone griffin. But it wasn't Percy that was behind them, it was Snape.
"What's he—"
"Silence baka! Do you want him to hear us!" whispered Seto.
"I was just saying, why isn't he with the teachers?" snapped Harry.
Soon Snape's footsteps faded out and they glided silently down the corridor.
"He's heading to the third floor" whispered Harry, Ron raised his hand, interrupting Harry.
"Do you guys smell that?"
"Ugh! It smells like a public bathroom!" complained Seto.
Then they heard it, a low grunting and the shuffling of feet. At the end of the passage was a twelve foot tall lumpy thing with long arms, a club, and a small grey head. The boys covered their noses as it passed them, heading into the next room.
"There's a key in the lock" said Harry, "If we lock it, the troll will be stuck."
"Good idea!" gulped Ron.
"I'll do it. Because I can move faster." said Seto.
The children watched as the teen edged quietly to the door. He quickly shut the door and locked the key. "Got it," He yelled happily.
They three started to walk away when they heard a high pitched scream coming from the door.
"Kuso! Don't tell me we just locked the troll in the girls' bathroom," said Seto.
"Fine, we won't tell you then," whimpered Ron.
They wheeled back around and headed for the locked door. Seto quickly pulled out the key and unlocked it. Inside Hermione was up against a wall, and the troll was advancing quickly.
"Distract it!" yelled Harry.
"Here, hit it with the broken plumbing," yelled Seto.
He and Ron began pelting the troll with the nearest blunt objects. The troll stopped advancing on Hermione and started for Ron and Seto instead. The screams had confused it so it decided to back Seto and Ron into a coroner, with no way to escape.
Harry, with nothing better to do, jumped onto the troll and grabbed its fat neck. The troll started moving around, trying to get Harry off. This caused Harry to accidentally shove his wand up its nose.
Howling in rage, the troll managed to grab Harry's leg and hold him upside down. He ducked as the troll swung its club at him.
"Do something!" he shouted.
"Do what!" said Ron.
Ron looked to Hermione who was imitating a wand movement, swish and flick, she mouthed. Ron took out his wand, not truly knowing what he was doing, and shouted at the top of his voice, "WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!"
The club flew out of the troll's hand and hovered above its head—and dropped. Seto ran forward and caught Harry before he could crash into the ground.
"Is it dead?" whispered Hermione.
"I think it's unconscious," whispered Harry, "Ugh, troll boogers!" Indeed Harry's wand was covered in what seemed to be thick gooey slime.
"That was fun" said Seto, "I guess we should go back to the common room."
"I don't think so,"
Behind them was Professor McGonagall and what seemed to be half of the other teachers. Her lips were thin and her face was white.
"What did you think you were doing!" she shrieked.
"Please Professor, they were looking for me. I went looking for the troll because I read about them and thought I could handle it on my own," said Hermione.
"Ms. Granger?"
The boys looked at each other in disbelief. Hermione Granger just told a lie to a teacher, and her head of house to boot!
"If they didn't find me," she continued, "I might be dead right know."
Well, you were absolutely foolish; nobody could take on a fully-grown mountain troll at this age. Five points will me taken from Gryffindor, now go to your dormitory!"
Hermione hung her head in shame and left the bathroom quickly.
"As for you three, five points will be awarded to each of you. Off you go now, I'm sure you're hungry. Oh, and Mister Kaiba, see Professor Flitwick tomorrow, I'm sure he can put a spell on your laptop to make it work."
The three boys smiled as they walked quietly to Gryffindor Tower. Half way there they met Hermione.
"Guys, thanks for saving me back there," she whispered.
"Of course," smiled Harry.
"I'm sorry Hermione, about talking about you and all. I hope we can be friends," said Ron.
Hermione smiled, "Come on! I'm sure we're all starving!"
"Here, here!" said Seto cheerfully.
if you could please tell me how to improve my story, it would be greatly appreciated. thanks!