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Chapter 11 - Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback

Nikki walked into the library. She noticed that Harry, Ron & Hermione were also there and were looking straight at her.

"What? Can't I be in the same room without you three staring at me?" she glared at all three of them while sitting on the table a few feet away.

"Nikki we're really sorry. Can you please forgive us?" Harry was on his knees begging, but Nikki didn't move.

"Can you at least help me do there homework?" Hermione asked.

"Pass me Harry's homework. His is the most difficult to do." she pulled out the chair next to Harry and set to work.

"Thanks Nikki. This really means a lot." Hermione smiled at her.

All of a sudden, Hagrid walked into the library. Hermione, Harry and Ron started to ask Hagrid questions about the philosopher's stone. Nikki got up and told them that she'll finish Harry's homework in their common room. After that, she left them to bombard Hagrid with their million questions.

"Keep it down, will you? Come and see me later, but don't expect me to tell you much. And Harry?" Hagrid turned and looked at Harry.

"Yes Hagrid?" Harry looked confused.

"Try and bring Nikki with you too." Hagrid looked like he was begging.

"I promise she'll be there." Harry smiled and ran after Ron and Hermione.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and a very pessimistic Nikki visited Hagrid's hut later that day. Hagrid told them that he did not know what else was guarding the stone besides the three-headed dog. He did tell them which teachers had cast spells to guard the stone. To their surprise, one of the teachers was Snape. He added that he would never give out any information on how to bypass the dog.

"What's that behind you Hagrid?" Ron tried to walk around Hagrid.

Hagrid moved out of the way to reveal an unusually large egg. "Don't tell anyone, but I won this in a poker game last night."

"Oh my gosh," Hermione and Nikki looked at each other.

"You do know that dragons are illegal, right?" Nikki was getting worried.

"I know that, but I really want to take care of it anyway. Will you guys promise not to tell anyone?" Hagrid had that pleading look in his eyes.

"We promise that we won't tell anyone, but you have to be really careful Hagrid." Harry wasn't sure if this was the best decision to make, but then he saw the desperate look on Hagrid's face.

"It's getting late. We better get going Hagrid. Let us know about the egg, you know if it hatches or something. Bye" Hermione just wanted to think this properly and help Hagrid out.

"Bye Hagrid. Let's go guys." Nikki just wanted to leave.

"I'll let you guys know. Bye." Hagrid was happy.

"Bye." Ron and Harry followed the girls back to the Gryffindor common room.

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A week had gone by and Nikki was still trying to avoid the Golden Trio as much as she could. However, Harry was determined not to let Nikki out of his sight. Wherever she went, he would go with her. If she went to the toilet, Harry would get Hermione to go with Nikki.

Nikki was sitting by the big oak tree in front of the lake, trying to do her homework in peace while she ignored the fact that Ron and Hermione were both sitting rather too close to her.

"Seriously, if you get any closer, one of you will be on my lap. Can't you two give me some space? I promise that I won't runaway," Nikki was beyond desperate.

Before any of them could move, Harry was sprinting in their direction and it looked like he wouldn't be able to stop.

"MOVE OUT OF MY WAY!!!" Harry screamed at the top of his lungs. He skidded to a stop, but at the last minute, he tripped and fell forward.

"What the..." Nikki looked up and saw Harry collapse on top of her.

"Ow," Both, Harry and Nikki called out in unison.

Harry slowly moved his hands to each side of Nikki's waist. Her hands went to his chest and as soon as Harry moved off of Nikki, his eyes locked onto hers. Harry had never noticed how much Nikki's eyes reminded him of dark chocolate. If it were possible, he would stare into her eyes all day.

Nikki was staring right back into Harry's eyes. Wow! I knew he had green eyes, but I never knew they were so bright. I could stare at him all day. What the hell am I saying?! SNAP OUT OF IT!!!

"Um Harry... Not that I don't like you or anything, but can you please get off of me?" Not that she really wanted him to.

"Oh right," He quickly got up and avoided eye contact with Nikki.

"Why were you running like a maniac towards us?" Ron asked while Hermione helped Nikki sit up straight.

"I just got a note from Hagrid. The egg is hatching," Harry panted.

"We better go then," Hermione said as they all stood up.

"Give me all of your bags and I'll put them in the common room. I'll meet you all at the hut in 10 minutes," Nikki started grabbing Hermione's bag.

"I'll come with you," Harry started to grab Ron's bag.

"Harry, I promise that I won't run away and actually meet you at the hut. Please trust me," She pleaded.

"Fine. We'll see you later," Harry still wasn't convinced, but he didn't want to upset Nikki.

A/N: I'm so sorry that it took so long for me to update. I've been extremely busy or down right lazy. Apart from my homework, schoolwork and my social life, my only priority will be finishing off this fanfic. There are a lot of chapters that I need to write for this, so I really hope that you all are going to bear with me the whole way.

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KittyKage: EVE!!! Thank you so much for reviewing every chapter!!! I know they are extremely short, but I just want the 1st year of Hogwarts to be over and done with!!! It gets so much more interesting in her second year!!! By the way, Cedric and Ron don't fancy her!!! The others I'm not so sure about!!! There definitely will be more Fred/Nikki moments in the future!!!

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