Chapter 4

"Troll in the dungeon!" shouted Quirrell as he ran down the middle aisle while the students were eating dinner. "There's a troll in the dungeon." Then Quirrell fainted.

"All students report back to your House's common room!" shouted Dumbledore over the noise.

"Ron, Hermione doesn't know about the troll," Harry said quietly. "We need to warn her."

Harry and Ron ran to the girls' bathroom. When they entered they saw the troll attacking Hermione. Harry and Ron diverted the troll's attention by throwing pieces of wood at him. Harry then used Wingardium Leviosa to knock the troll out. Hermione lied for the boys and lost five points. Harry and Ron were given five points each for their heroic deeds.

"Well, you two saved the day boys. Congratulations," said Beth as she approached the boys.

"Thanks," replied Ron with a grin.

"Yeah, they saved my life and I'm grateful for it, but you don't have to be cocky about it," retorted Hermione as she approached the table.

"Harry you have to eat something. You can't play without eating. I learned that from my brother," spoke Beth.

"I'm not hungry," spoke Harry.

"You need to eat Harry. Believe me, I know from experience," spoke Cedric as he approached them "I'll be rooting for you today since you are playing Slytherin. The whole school besides people in Slytherin will be. Everyone hates them. Gryffindor and Slytherin have had a rivalry for like 30 years."

Gryffindor was leading 70 to 50 when Quirrell cast the spell that caused Harry to almost fall off his broom. Hermione thought Snape, who was muttering the counter spell, was casting the spell on Harry, so she set Snape on fire which in turn stopped Quirrell from killing Harry. Harry was then able to get back on it back up into the to his broom and caught the Snitch a few minutes later by accidentally, but he spit it back up.

"How could they assign this much homework over Christmas break," complained Ron the night before Christmas break.

"They don't want you to forget what you have learned so far, retorted Hermione

"Yeah," replied Beth who was in a very intense game of Wizard chess with Cedric.

"So how come you two aren't going home for the holidays?" Harry asked Cedric and Beth.

"Our parents are going on a trip together and want to be alone, said Cedric after he took his turn.

"I'm surprised that Dad took off from work," retorted Beth.

"Dad had vacation time that has piled up over the years," Cedric retorted back.

"Harry, Ron, get up!" shouted Beth up the stairs. "There's tons of presents down here for all four of us!"

"Presents for me?" asked Harry as he peered over the banister. 'Who would give me presents?"

"Well there is one from the Dursleys and Mrs. Weasley and then from me and Hermione and Ron and my brother and an unsigned package," replied Beth.

"Get any good presents?" Cedric as he met up with the others.

"Yeah. I did," replied Beth. "I got a tin of chocolate from Mrs. Weasley, Hogwarts, The History from Hermione, The Out of Line CDS from Harry, a Gryffindor notebook from Ron, clothes, chocolate and a book from Mom and Dad and a gorgeous necklace, bracelet, earrings set from a guy name Cedric. How about you?"

"I did as well," replied Cedric. I also got a tin of chocolate from Mrs. Weasley, a broomstick cleaning set, chocolate, and clothes from Mom and Dad, a book about Quidditch from my girlfriend, and an expensive watch from a girl named Beth."