Soon it became October and me and Hermione had grown quite close, but Lavender and Pavarti kept trying to talk to me as did the other girls in my year but they only wanted to know me because of my sister unlike Hermione. "I'm sick of them!" I exclaimed to Hermione on our way to charms "they're all like sheep!" she laughed and placed a hand on my shoulder
"just ignore them, I'm sure they'll take the hint sooner or later" she smiled.
"Okay everyone, without wands please! Repeat after me Wingardium leviousa" the professor said and the whole class repeated "okay brilliant now. Let's try with wands now". Everyone tried but was unsuccessful including me but I just had to laugh when I saw Ron trying to make the feather fly
"Ron your meant to swish and flick not act like a farmer cutting up a dead cow!" I laughed, harry snorted and Hermione rolled her eyes at Ron
"stop, stop your going to take some ones eye out" she told him knowingly which of course lead them to argue and Hermione showing off slightly, then of course what would happen but Seamus blow his feather up! I was in hysterics by this time but I was the only one laughing.
I walked with Harry and Ron not completely sure where Hermione was but Ron was having a right rant about her "Honestly she's a nightmare no wonder she hasn't got any friends!" he exclaimed just then Hermione shoved past him in tears walking rapidly a head
"your a jealous git you know that!" I began to go after her then stopped "and for the record I'm her friend" I glared daggers at him and ran after Hermione.
At dinner that night I was trying to coax Hermione into coming to the feast not really bothering to notice I was getting hungry "Hermione please listen to me" I began "Ronald is a boy,a jealous boy who doesn't like it when he is made to look like a fool" I smiled slightly "and you are an amazing witch don't let anyone like Ron make you feel lower than you actually are because, you are the best by far at wizardry than anyone in our year"
"No I'm not, anyway why should you care… I don't have any friends" she sounded sad and her voice was broken from crying
"I'm your friend! in fact, I consider you the best friend I ever had!. Your kind, caring, brave, and your good company!, you are the nicest person I know, please don't listen to him!" I pleaded. I sighed in defeat as Hermione once again didn't come out but, after a moment the bushy haired girl herself finally came out drying her eyes with her hand. I rushed to hug her but Hermione who stood wide eyed pushed me away I gave her a confused and to be quite frankly hurt look before she turned me around to around to see a huge 20 ft troll standing over us.
"Oh god" I breathed Hermione dashed back into the cubicles and I hid under the sinks but I screamed murder as the cubicles where smashed to peices but luckily, I saw Hermione was okay "Georgia move!" shouted harry, I hadn't even notice him and Ron come in. But he shouted to late and the troll smashed the sink that was in front of me making me scream out in fear I tried to get away crawling again under the sinks a head but this stupid troll seemed set to hurt me "help!" I cried out realizing I couldn't get away
"hey pea brain!" shout Ron who through a rock at the thick skulled Troll which distracted him.I took this chance to run to Hermione and Ron I noticed I hat a nasty deep gash on the back of my hand which was sure to leave a scar,I winced as I began to realise just how much it stung but looked up and gasped as harry was currently being shaken violently on the shoulders of the huge troll "Harry be careful!" I shouted as Hermione and ron gave me a look that said 'its a bit late for that!'. The worried look on my face was soon replaced by pure disgust when harry stuck his wand up the trolls nose, he fell off, he stayed on the floor dazed but I ran and pulled him up before he could get flattened by the troll who was on the verge of toppling over "thanks" he said, we stared at eachother for a moment our fingers still interlocked when Hermioned shouted "watch out!" We looked up to see the troll was about to fall above us. Harry pulled me and himself aside just before the troll fell, the teachers rushed in and McGonagall looked like she would faint "what?... what is this explain yourself all of you?" she looked in shock down at the troll only now me and harry notice we were still holding hands,we looked at each other and let go. "It's my fault professor" said Hermione
"Miss Granger?" McGonagall looked stunned like the rest of us
"I heard about the troll and I had read about them so went looking for it, I thought I could handle it, Georgia tried to talk me out of it, she came with me to make sure I was okay, if harry and Ron hadn't found us, it would have been my fault and we probably would be dead" she lied. oh Hermione, you clever but slightly stupid girl.
"Well that is very, very reckless of you miss Granger, Five point will be taken from Gryffindor" she was about to walk out when she notice my blood soaked hand "Good grief miss Statham!" she exclaimed "come along we must take you too the hospital wing quickly! the rest of you to your dormitories" then she led me out of the bathroom and to the nurse.
"You'll be fine harry!" it must have been the fifteenth time in a two minutes I had said that this morning, he was worried about the big game today you see and he was currently playing with the bacon on his plate "Harry please eat" I pleaded "If you don't you'll just feel worse" Hermione nodded in agreement "Georgie is right Harry, your going to need your strength today" she chimed
"I'm not hungry" he muttered to her. Snape came and spoke to harry then walked off with a slightly limp "of course!" breathed Harry "that explains the blood"
"Blood what blood?" asked Hermione
"that night with the troll, when Snape was in the bathroom he had blood on his leg, I think it was him who set the troll loose so he could get passed the dog but, he got bitten that's why he's limping" said Harry
"But why would anyone go near that dog?" I asked in disbelief
"The day I was at Gringotts, Hagrid took something out of the volts he said it was Hogwarts business very secret"
"So you're saying-" I realized where he was going with this then harry cut me off
"That's what the dogs guarding, that's what Snape wants" he finished.
Just then a package fell down in front of harry, "what is it?" asked Hermione
"I don't know, lets open it!" smiled harry. We all helped to open it for what seemed like ages the when the packaging was off we saw it was a nimbus 2000 "wow!" I breathed "its amazing" but all Harry could do was smile broadly.
Soon it was time for the match and everyone was cheering when the teams came out "HELLO AND WELCOME TO HOGWARTS FIRST CAME OF THE SEASON, TODAY'S GAME, SLYTHERIN V GRYFFINDOR!" exclaimed the commentary, Madame Hooch explained she didn't want any accidents in today's came, and the commentary person explain that the first team to catch the snitch wins and finishes the game. Within the first few second Gryffindor were winning and wood had blocked a score and by the first ten minutes it was Gryffindor 20 Slytherin 0. But soon Wood was badly injured and I just had to wince at the sight as Slytherin scored a reached goal. The match took a turn for the worst when they were starting to draw, Gryffindor lost more players.
Harry's broom suddenly started swaying from side to side madly, "what's goin' on with Harry's broomstick?" questioned Hagrid. Hermione muttered something to Ron and me but I wasn't really listening, I was to worried that harry would fall to his death! I barley even noticed the two scamper off until Snape's cloak caught fire and I pieced together the puzzle. I smiled slyly "oh Hermione you sly little girl" I muttered to myself it was obvious Hermione had done that, Luckily harry was soon back on track.
Eventually Gryffindor won when Harry almost swallowed the snitch!, and there was a huge cheer from the crowd.
After the match Susan came up to me and the others "hello do you mind if I steal Georgia for a minute?" she asked us I looked to the others then said
"I'll see you in the common room" the nodded and I walked away with my sister
"I haven't seen you for ages!" she exclaimed " I was so worried when I heard about that troll! how could you have been so reckless and..." she paused and sighed "what matters is your safe" she gave me a hug which I gladly returned "do you want me to walk you to your common room?" she asked. I didnt need to think twice
"definitely"I smiled and we began to talk, you know like we did before Hogwarts, before all the drama