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Author's note: In this chapter we get as to what, or rather who, is haunting Hex from her past. It's not a big hint but it's something. Patience!
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Astro Gobo: I would love to do some Torchwood episodes but it's been years since I've watched the series. If you would like to see Hex in any specific episodes then give me a list and I'll watch them and maybe do some but otherwise there won't be much Torchwood around (sorry).
ultima-owner: absolutely coorect!
"Hi Oliver!" Hex said cheerfully when she, on her turn, entered the quidditch field shortly after Harry had left. Oliver greeted Hex warmly before both got on their brooms, Hex holding the Quaffel under her arm. Hex spent about twenty minutes scoring against Oliver, who couldn't block a single one of her shots, leaving him very impressed with her.
Otherwise school continued as usual. Hex found all the classes rather boring so she would spend most of them working on other, more interesting things. Hex was working on something to help with Lycanthropy because she had actually really liked Remus Lupin in the movies and she really wanted to help him. Thinking of him also secretly made her wonder what her bogart would turn into because she couldn't think of anything at the top of her head that she really feared, although the weeping angels were quite bad. The thought of a weeping angel in the Harry Potter Universe though made her laugh. She would have to be careful though. The image of an Angel, is an Angel. Does that work for bogarts as well?
One day after Charms Hex saw Hermione running to the bathroom, crying. Hex knew what this meant and knew what had happened so she went after her friend and into the girl's bathroom with her. She even came into the stall with Hermione where she listened to her complain about Ron. Hex agreed with everything Hermione said and let the poor girl cry on her shoulder until she felt a little better. "Thanks" Hermione said quietly, once she had sufficiently calmed down. "Anytime" Hex said sincerely, glancing at the stall door every once in a while. Hermione and Hex walked out of the stall to come face to face with the troll. Hermione screamed as Hex pulled out her wand. The troll raised his club. "Expelliarmus!" Hex cast, knowing that she shouldn't be able to cast wordless yet. The club went flying out of the trolls grip before Harry and Ron entered the bathroom.
"A little late to the party, boys" Hex said before raising her wand once more. "Stupefy!" Hex casts, causing the troll to fall over, stunned in front of Ron and Harry. Ron, Harry and Hermione look at Hex with wide eyes. "What?" She asked. "How did you know those spells, how did the last one even work?!" Hermione questioned. "Well, I bought some extra books before school started and read through them all cause I got bored. I really get bored far too often and then I just learn new spells or work on creating my own" Hex explained as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Soon McGonagall, Snape and Quirrell all came rushing in, gasping at the stunned Troll. "Will someone explain what happened here" McGonagall asked. "Sure," Hex started, before any of the others had a chance to speak. "Me and Hermione were in the bathroom and hadn't heard about the Troll. Ron and Harry who had noticed our absence had come to warn us. When we came out of our bathroom stalls, you can imagine how surprised we were to find a Troll standing there. We reacted quickly and with the help of Harry and Ron managed to disarm it and then stun it" Hex explained. It was believable and would hopefully do the trick to persuade the teachers.
"Be that as it may… it was an extremely foolish thing to do, to go look for your friends without alerting a teacher at least. I would have expected more rational behaviour from you boys. 5 points will be taken from Gryffindor for your serious lack of judgement. I hope you all realize how fortunate you are. Not many students could take on a full grown mountain troll and live to tell the tale. 5 points…will be rewarded to each of you. For sheer dumb luck." They all leave the bathroom, Hex making sure to keep an eye on Quirrill as she passed him.
Hex made it a bit late to breakfast the next morning, having tried to catch up on sleep because of the quidditch match. She made it just in time to sit down next to Harry before two owls came in, carrying long packages. Brooms? I thought only Harry got a broom. Wonder who the other one is for… just as Hex was thinking this, the second broom was dropped in front of her. Hex looked around to see McGonagall with both owls. McGonagall smiled at her and Hex smiled back, nodding.
"Scared you two?" Oliver asked Hex and Harry as they paused before entering the quidditch field. Hex shook her head with a grin. She was excited. "A little bit" Harry admitted. Oliver went on to explain his injury during his first game, but Hex just tuned it out. The match went really well. Hex scored all the points with the Quaffel, not even giving the Slytherins a chance to get close enough to the goals. Harry was the one who ended the match though by nearly swallowing the snitch after having some trouble on his broom. Hex had at one point gone over to help Harry back onto the broom once it had calmed down, sinceby that time he was half hanging off of it,. Hex knew that it had been Quirrill cursing the broom and that Snape had been suspected by the others because he had been counter-cursing it which had made him look suspicious. Hex had always liked Snape in the movies and a part of her felt sorry for him for what he had been through. He was on the list of lives she was sure she could save. She already had a charm she could cast to achieve it.
Hex knew that Nagini would be the one who would try to kill Snape so she had created a Charm that would give the illusion that Nagini was killing him while instead she would only be biting into a kind of magic barrier around Snape that felt real. As the magic barrier grew weaker, Snape would be growing weaker and would feel like he was dying. When it would come to the point where Harry would leave with the memories, Hex would rush in, lift the charm and bring Snape back to 'life'. At least that was her plan. It meant that she would somehow have to get to the right place at the right time without being seen , but she would think of something when the time came.
Later that day the four friends were walking down a path together with Hagrid, talking about their theory concerning Snape. Hagrid, like Hex expected, defended Snape. In his attempt to defend Snape though, Hagrid gave away Fluffy's name and the name Nicholas Flamel, though only Hex knew who he was at the time.
Soon it was Christmas and Hex followed Hermione to find the boys playing Wizard's Chess. Hermione mentioned the restricted section in the library where they could do some research on Nicholas Flamel before heading off and leaving Hex with the boys. "So how's it going?" Hex asked the boys. She was good at chess but never liked it much. She didn't mind watching though, which was what she did for the rest of the evening. Hermione was going home for Christmas while Hex would stay in Hogwarts with the boys. She had already been in this Universe for a couple of months, which was much longer than she had been in the Doctor who Universe, and she was wondering when she would have to go again. On top of that, she was wondering how she would explain her absence to the Weasleys. Let's hope the watch at least picks a good time for me to leave.
Hex had bought Christmas presents for people far in advance during her trip to Diagon alley because she knew in advance who she wanted to be friends with at Hogwarts. She had snuck down during the night to lay her presents under the tree in the common room. She even had some help from Flame in sending Hermione's gift, who brought it to the girls house and put it under the tree. When Flame returned from the trip, Hex had a present for her as well. You didn't have to Alexis, Flame said as she used her beak to rip open the package. Inside was a silk maroon scarf that Hex had charmed to be flame-resistant and a golden pin to help keep it together once Hex had tied it loosely around Flame's neck. The Phoenix was overjoyed and soon left to go flying around, leaving Hex to practise some spells with her wand for a new prank she had been working on.
Hex gaveHermione a book on spell theory and a second one on more advanced potions, including the polyjuice potion Hex knew Hermione would make next year. For Ron, Hex had gotten a set of quidditch balls and for Harry broom polish and his own golden snitch with his name engraved on it and that would follow him around like a pet. Early next morning she was woken up by shouting downstairs. She went to find Harry and Ron in a pile of wrapping paper. Harry was just about to open his last gift which Hex knew would be the invisibility cloak.
"Morning Prongs and Tails!" Hex said sleepily as she came down the stairs before Harry opened his last present. Harry and Ron both turned their heads so fast that Hex was afraid they would snap their necks. "Angel!" both Harry and Ron shouted before rushing over to her and giving her a three person hug that nearly made her fall on the floor from the impact. Both boys thanked her for her presents before finally letting her go. Hex was surprised to see that there were presents for her as well under the tree. She hadn't expected to get anything except maybe a sweater from Molly. Hex waited to open the presents though so she could watch Harry open his last one.
"What do you think this is Hex?" Harry asked her. Hex was surprised by Harry's question, but decided to play the lucky guess girl. "Something to make you invisible" Hex teased, although she knew that she was right. Harry rolled his eyes before tearing open the package to reveal the cloak. "Looks like you were wrong this time Angel" Ron commented. "Oh yeah. How about you put it on Prongs?" Hex asked. Harry did as he was asked only to see that he had become a floating head. "Told you so" Hex said, as Ron and Harry first stared at the cloak with wide eyes before both turned to her. "How do you do that! It's kind of creepy but really cool" Ron said, to which Harry nodded. Hex just shrugged. "Luck guess?" She asked more than stated.
Next it was Hex's turn to open her presents. Hex did indeed get a maroon sweater from Molly with 'Hex' written in gold on it. From Harry, Hex had gotten some broom polish as well, on top of some sweets, which Hex thanked Harry for, deciding that she would add them to her stash later. Ron had given Hex some sweets as well, which Hex also would add to her stash, before opening her last present which was a book from Hermione on Wizarding History, which Hex already knew a lot about but was thankful for anyway. The rest of the day was spent playing in the snow and basically having fun till the evening during which Hex had to stay in her dorm because she knew Harry would be going to the restricted area in the library and she didn't want to be questioned by Harry as to why she was sneaking around as well.
However, Hex did wait in the common room for Harry to come back, knowing that he would have found the mirror. It didn't take long for Harry to come rushing back. "Angel?" Harry asked, spotting Hex on the couch with a book she was now reading for the third time that evening. "yeah? You found something Prongs?" Hex asked innocently. "Yeah. Wait there and I'll go get Ron, then I'll show both of you" Harry explained. Hex nodded and he rushed off to his dorm to wake up Ron. Soon the three friends were in the common room where Harry threw the cloak over all three of them and they went out to find the room with the mirror.
Harry expected Ron to see his parents in the mirror, like he had, but Ron only saw himself as a famous Quidditch Captain. "Do you think this mirror shows the future?" Ron asked. "No Ron. It shows what your heart want's most. It's the Mirror of Erised" Hex said, keeping away from the mirror because she already knew what, or rather who she would see if she ever looked. Harry and Ron both nodded at her, having learned not to question where her mysterious knowledge comes from anymore, and they all left for their dorms, Hex knowing very well that Harry would leave again.