*Later in the Story*
Hermione and I sat in Transfiguration writing down notes from the board. Harry and Ron had failed to show up on time and then they burst into the room out of breath.
"We made the look on McGonagall's face if we were late" Ron smiled. Little did they know that Professor McGonagall was at her desk in animagus form. The cat leapt off the desk and then changed into McGonagall.
"That was bloody brilliant" Ron exclaimed with his mouth open. "Thank you,maybe next time I should transfigure you 2 into a pocket watch so that at least one of you will be on time" she said. "We got lost" Harry interjected. "Then perhaps a map. I trust you don't need a map to find your seats" she said.
Harry and Ron embarrassedly sat down in the seats behind us.
*Later at Potions*
I sat with Ron behind Harry and Hermione during potions. Snape had not yet showed up so chatter filled the room. "I have a feeling I won't like potions" Ron said. Before I could answer,Snape entered the dungeon with a loud bang.
"There will be no foolish wand waving or silly incantations in this class" he smirked.
"To the select few of can be very useful. I can teach you how to bewitch the mind,ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame,brew glory,and even put a stopper in death". I noticed Harry was writing this down but I wasn't the only one who noticed.
"Then again,maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough. to NOT PAY ATTENTION" he was glaring at Harry. Hermione elbowed him and he noticed Snape's glare.
" ,our new celebrity" Snape mocked. "Tell me,what would I get if I added powdered root of Asphodel to an infusion of Wormwood?" Snape questioned. Harry didn't answer but Hermione's hand shot up. Oh please say it's a powerful sleeping potion,Harry!
"You don't know..Let's try again. Where, ,would you look if I asked you to find a bezoar?" Snape asked again. Goat's stomach,goat's stomach,goat's stomach I kept repeating in my head hoping that Harry would say something. "I don't know,Sir" Harry said.
"What's the difference between Monkswood and Wolfbane?" Snape asked placing his hands firmly on Harry's desk. "I don't know,Sir" Harry said again.
"Pity...clearly fame isn't everything" Snape mocked Harry's intelligence in potions. "Clearly Hermione seems a pity not to ask her" Harry interjected. Harry was in dangerous waters now. "Quite!" Snape said,stopping the whispers and conversations spreading through the classroom.
"Put your hand down,you silly girl" Snape said to Hermione,
"For your information Mr. Potter,Asphodel and Wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it's known as the Draft of the Living Dead. A bezozr is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons. As for Monkswood and Wolfsbane,they are the same plant"
I took his eyes off Harry and looked around the room."Well?Why aren't you all copying this down?" he asked. I took out my quill and started writing. "Gryffindor,note that 5 points will be taken from your house for your classmate's...cheek" Snape said from his desk.
Ron constantly looked at my notes to see if he wrote them right. Snape passed our desks was he was walking around to make sure everyone was writing.
"Ah,Miss Riddle" I turned around to look at Snape. "I hope you inherited your parent's genius minds in potions" he said. "I actually enjoy potions. I've sometimes considered it a hobby" I said. "Really?" he smirked. I nodded,maybe he expected me to be like Harry.
"Then tell me Miss Riddle. Who invented Felix Felicis?" he questioned. I smiled,this was too easy. "Zygmunt Budge. It's known as liquid luck. It makes the drinker lucky for a period of time. It's banned in in organized competitions like Quidditch. It takes 6 months to brew and ingredients are Ashwinder egg,Squill bulb,Murtlap tentacle,Ticture of thyme,Occamy eggshell,and powdered common rue" I was impressed on my answer and so was Snape.
"I'm impressed Miss Riddle. You have apparently inherited your mother's brain in potions and your father's quick wit" Snape complemented.
Snape found another star student in one day.
"Your mother was a friend of mine in Slytherin" Snape and his black cape whipped around and he continued to his desk.
*Later in the Story*
It was P.E and the two rivaling houses of Gryffindor and Slytherin were put together. Students started to command their rooms up once the Madam Hooch let them."Up" and Harry's broom flew into his hand as soon as he said "Up". "Up" Amber said and the broom immediately flew into her hands. She had a broom at home and already knew how to fly. "How did you do that?" Hermione asked. "I've practiced before" I said. Ron tried again but instead of flying into his hand,it jerked up and hit Ron in the nose. Harry and Amber grin. "Shut up,Harry and Amber" he said,rubbing his sore nose.
Once everyone had mounted their brooms,Neville's broom lifted off the ground and Neville yelled. "Mr. Longbottom come down" Madam Hooch said but the broom failed to listen. The broom decided to take him for a ride until his robe got caught on a statue and it jerked him off the broom. Everyone rushed over to where Neville was hanging like a Christmas decoration. His robe gave out and he feel to the ground. "Everyone out of my way" Madam Hooch said,rushing over to Neville. "Oh,broken wrist" she said.
"Now everyone. While I take Mr. Longbottom to the hospital wing, I want you all to stay off your brooms. A single foot off the ground and you'll be off on your backside before you can say Quiddtich". She left with Neville and Draco took the opportunity to pick up Neville's remembrall. "Maybe if he had given this a squeeze,he would have remembered to land on his fat ass" Draco said. "Give it her,Malfoy" Harry said. "No,I'll think I'll leave it for Longbottom to find". He stepped on his broom and flew into the air. Harry was about to follow until Hermione stopped him,but he didn't listen. " .Idiot" she said.
"What's wrong,Potter? Out of your reach" Draco asked once Harry finally faced and Draco flew in the air. Draco threw the ball as far as he could but Harry flew after it and caught it. Everyone cheered as Harry lowered himself to the ground. The group surrounded him and started yelling. Professor McGonagall rushed out and called for Harry and he followed. He was in trouble now,Harry thought.
Later that day,Harry told his friends how he had been made Quiddtich Seeker. Hermione showed him a plaque had belonged to the Gryffindor team previous years before. Harry's father had been a Gryffindor Seeker as well. "I just never knew" Harry said,staring at his father's name.
*Later in the Story*
Hermione and I prepared for the Quiddtich game. It was Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. Ron meet up with us at the field was we watched Harry fly into the stadium. Harry had taken the place as the Gryffindor seeker on the team.
We watched Harry as he looked around for a flash a gold ,the snitch. He spotted to and went after it. The other seeker had the same idea so he followed on his tail.
Harry was about to reach for it until his broom jerked violently causing him to fall off his broom,dangling from it with one arm.
Hermione looked for the source of Harry's misfortune. Our eyes laid on Snape on the other side of the Quiddtich field. He was staring right at Harry with his eyes unblinking and he was mumbling words without stop.
"It's Snape" Hermione said,looking through her binoculars at the potions professor. Hermione slipped away to deal with Snape and I still with Ron to make sure Harry turn into a pancake.
I looked over at the other side of the field to find Snape's robes on fire. Hermione had done her job. Harry's broom stopped its jerking,allowing Harry to climb back on and return to his pursuit of the snitch.
Harry was once again trailing behind the snitch. He reached but his fingers weren't close enough. He moved forward on his broom to get a better chance at grabbing the golden prize but failed. He inched forward even more until he was at end of the broom. He reached his hand out for the snitch. He moved even closer up his broom but it wasn't a wish choice on his account.
He flew off his broom and the snitch mysteriously disappeared. Harry looked like he was about to be sick but instead he coughed up the snitch into his hands.
Gryffindor had won the match!
*Later in Story*
"Happy Birthday Hermione!" Ron,Harry,and Amber cheer. Hermione had just woken up to find Amber gone and decided to go to the common room. She squealed and hugged them all. Harry ordered her a new scarf and Ron bought her some chocolate frogs,and Amber bought her a book called "Hogwarts the Mysterious" ,which was a squeal to "Hogwarts a History". "Thank you so much" she said.
"Well we figured after getting you almost killed,this was a good way to make up for it" Ron joked. "It feels so early" Hermione said. "What time is it?". "Um,5:30" Amber said. "You guys got up 3 hours then you normally do to give me my gifts?" she asked. "Yesss..." Harry said,not sure if she was angry or excited. "That's so sweet!" she said.
"Well I'm glad you think of it that way. Happy 12th Hermione!"
*Later in the Story*
"Ugh. Have you seen our schedules? We have most of our classes with Slytherin! " Amber said,plopping down on the bench for breakfast. "I think pesky Slytherins are the least of our worries now" Harry said.
During charms, Professor Filtwick taught the students how to levitate objects."Ready now everyone. Swish and flick". Amber sat on the other side of Hermione and they all attempted to levitate the feathers. *Bang!*. Seamus blew up a feather.
*Autumn's POV*
How can one kid blow up so much? "Wingardium Leviosa" Hermione said next to me. Her feather daintily fluttered upward but Ron didn't look too happy. "Ah,look here class. Miss Granger's done it" Filtwick complemented.
"Wingardium Leviosa" I said,swishing and flicking my wand. My feather lifted and started dancing with Hermione's. Slowly,everyone else started to make their feathers fly,everyone but Ron ,who was too grumpy to try.
"It's Leviosa not Leviosaa" Ron said,imitating Hermione. "No wonder she doesn't have any friends" he said. Hermione heard the whole thing and purposely ran into Ron and ran off crying. "Good job Ron" I said sarcastically.
*Later at Dinner*
"Where's Hermione?". I glare at Ron but he only shrugs with his mouth stuffed with candy.
"TROLL! IN THE DUNGUN!". I look to find Professor Quirrell run in and faint. "AHHHH!" everyone starts screaming. Dumbledore told us to return to our house immediately and we follow the prefects out. "Wait" Harry hissed to Ron. "Hermione. She doesn't know".
We run to the bathroom and find the huge troll smashing the stall doors. Hermione screams and runs under a sink. Harry,Ron,and I start throwing pieces of broken wood at it to gain its attention."Stupefy!" I yell but the troll isn't harmed by my stunning spell."Hey pea brain over here!" Ron shouted.
Harry decides to cling to the troll's club and he's raised with it as the troll brings it up. Harry lands on the troll's shoulders and his wand gets jammed into the troll's nose. Ron draws his wand. "Swish and flick" Hermione reminds from under the sink. "Wingardium Leviosa" he says and his spell grabs the club before it smashs Harry ,who had dropped from the troll's clutches.
It hits the troll hard on the head and it falls to the ground. "Is it dead?" Hermione asks. "No. Just knocked out" Harry answers. Harry pulls his wand out of the troll's nose with a disgusted expression. "Ugh,troll bogeys" Ron said.
Snape,Quirrell,and McGonagall rush into the bathroom and gasp at the sight of the fallen troll. "Explain yourselves" McGonagall said. Harry was about to answer until Hermione broke in. "It was my fault Professor. I went looking for the troll. I've read about them and I thought I could handle myself. If it hadn't been for Harry,Ron,and Amber, I would probably be dead". I saw Harry look at something and I followed his line of view. On Snape's leg was a bite mark and it was dripping blood. He quickly covered it when he saw Harry and me watching.
McGonagall took house points away from Hermione but awarded us points for sheer dumb luck.
*Later in the Story*
Later after the troll incident, we were walking back from the Great Hall. The stairs shifted suddenly was we were on them. "What's going on?" Ron asked. "The staircases change,remember?" Hermione said. "Let's go through here" Harry said.
"We are not suppose to be here" Hermione said. "This is the 3rd floor. It's forbidden" she reminded. "No dit Sherlock" I said.
'Meow'. "It's Flich's cat!" Harry said in a whisper/yell. We ran down the hall and torches lit as we passed them."Quick in here" Harry yelled. "It's locked" Ron said,trying the bolted door. "Oh,move over!" Hermione said,drawing her wand.
"Alohomora" and the door unlocked. We slipped in and slammed the door behind us.
"Why would someone lock something in here?" Ron. We turned around "They had a good reason to" Harry said.
A huge 3 headed dog was sleeping in front of us. Oh snap! It woke when it heard us. It growled at us and we ran out the door we just came through. It's jaws reached for us but we slammed the door on its muzzle forcing it back into the room.
Back at the common room, Ron said "What are they thinking? Keeping that thing locked up here!". "Honestly,you don't use your eyes do you?" Hermione said. "I wasn't looking at his feet. I was a bit busy worrying about its heads" Ron said.
"It was standing on a trapdoor ,which means it wasn't there by accident" Hermione said. "It's guarding something" I blurted out.
We reached the top of the stairs to our dorms. "Yes,now I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another plan to get us killed,or worse expelled" she stated and slipped into the room. "If you're killed,then what's there to expel?" I said sarcastically. "She needs to sort out her priorities" Ron said.
"Night you two" I said
"Night" they said at the same time.
*Later before Christmas*
I decided to stay at Hogwarts with Harry and Ron this Christmas. Everyone else from Gryffindor ,including Hermione, had left for the holidays.
I was currently reading a book about dragons while Harry and Ron played wizard chess. Ron made a move,causing Harry's player to be smashed to pieces. "That is completely barbaric" Hermione said. "It's wizard chess" Ron explained. "I've seen you've packed" he said,observing Hermione's trunk next to her. "I see you haven't" he said obviously.
"Change of plans. I'm staying here for Christmas. Mum and Dad are in Romania with my brother,Charlie" Ron explained.
"Made you can look for more on Nicholas Flamel" Hermione suggested. Lately,we've been looking for information on a Nicholas Flamel. Hagrid let it slip out when we asked about what he took from the vault.
"Not in the restricted section" she pointed out. "Happy Christmas!" she called over her shoulder as she left. "I think we've been a bad influence on her". "I blame you,Ron" I joked.
*Christmas Morning*
I woke up early Christmas morning and snuck down to the common room. I found Ron there,waiting for Harry. "Happy Christmas,Harry" Ron said once we saw Harry come down the stairs. "Happy Christmas Ron,Amber!" he returned.
I went through my presents. Aunt Kat send me a box the size of a tennis shoe box stuffed with different kinds of candy and a red 's mum sent me a sweater with a large 'A' in the front. Ron gave me a some chocolate frogs and Harry gave me some cauldron cakes.
Ron received a sweater from his mum as well. I bought him a box of assorted sweets that gave you the voices of different animals. Harry gave him a big box of every flavor beans.
Harry got a home made sweater from Mrs. Weasley too. I gave him a book filled with pranking spells and funny hexes. He strangely received a toothbrush and a pair of socks from his Uncle and Aunt.
He came across an unmarked box. "Who's that from" I asked. Harry shrugged and opened it. It looked a cloak. Harry threw it around his shoulders and his whole body besides his head disappeared. "Woah!". "That's an invisibility cloak!". "Who sent it?".
"I don't know. It only came with this note". I looked at the note. "That doesn't tell us much".
Later after the Christmas day feast,Harry decided to go on a solo mission to the restricted section. Ron and I went to bed and Harry filled us in about his adventure.
"I knew it was Snape. That sneaky snake" Ron spat. "It's a good thing you got away". He nodded.
*Later in the Story*
The 4 of us snuck quietly down to Hagrid's. After Hermione returned,we decided to investigate more on the Sorcerer's Stone. We discover about the stone in the library. Nicholas Flamel was the maker of the Sorcerer's Stone. That's what the huge dog was hiding and that's what Snape was after.
We knocked on Hagrid's door. "Sorry guys.I am not in the mood to entertain" Hagrid said. He closed the door but all 4 of us managed to say "We know about the Sorcerer's Stone!" before the door fully closed. Hagrid allowed us in after we blurted out what we had learned.
"We know that Snape wants the stone" Harry blurted out. "You're not still on him are ya?" Hagrid asked. "Listen,whatever you think Snape is going to do,he can't. He's a Hogwarts teacher and he's the one protecting the stone" Hagrid explained.
"Being a teacher doesn't give him excuse" I said. "There are other things,spells,enchantments" Hermione said
"Yeh but it's completely useless. Nuthing gonna get past Fluffy" Hagrid said,peering into a cauldron over the fire.
"Hagrid,what is that?" I asked,trying to look over his large shoulder. Hagrid put on a pair oven mittens and pulled an egg larger than a muggle football out of the cauldron. The egg was obviously too hot to handle even with oven mittens. Hagrid set it on the table and then it started to crack.
The creature had reptilian look to it. It was a milky white and about the size of a large cat. "Is that a dragon?" Hermione said in disbelief. "Hagrid,it's illegal to have a egg".
"But he's so cute. Aren't you,Norbert?" he scratched under Norbert's chin. "He knows his mummy". Norbert sneezed and set the end of Hagrid's beard on fire. Hagrid quickly put it out.
Something made me look to the window. "Oh no,guys look!" I nudged Harry and Ron. It was Malfoy.
He noticed was looking at him and quickly left the window. "Oh dear" Hagrid said.
We raced to Hogwarts but McGonagall found us. "Wandering outside after curfew" she firmly said.
She brought us to her office where we also found Malfoy smirking. "I'm disappointed in all of a punishment,50 points will be taken from Gryffindor". "50!" we interjected. "Each" she finished. Harry and Ron had a disgusted look. She just took points from her own house. "And to make sure it doesn't happen again,the 5 of you will be receiving detention" at this Malfoy's smirk was gone. "I think I misheard you Professor. I thought you said the 5 of us".
"No,you heard me right . Your intentions were appreciated but you too were out of bed passed hours " McGonagall. If we go down,he's coming with us.
At least some good came out of it,and Malfoy gets detention. That should wipe that smug smile off his face.