Why is it so hard to just keep my mouth shut, thought Wish, recalling the mishap earlier in the day.

Wish had been studying in the library when her grandmother, Hermione, came in and sat at the same table as her. Hermione had seemed rather upset, so Wish had asked what was wrong. This had turned out to be a bad idea, as it had ended up with Wish becoming friends with her grandmother.

Now Wish lay in her bed with the drapes closed as usual, wondering how much this could affect her future. What if Hermione never becomes friends with Ron and Harry? Then again, she thought, perhaps it wouldn't affect her future, perhaps it was more of the alternate timeline version of time travel rather than the version achieved by time turners where everything must happen the same way it originally had or bad things would happen.

Wish considered the various forms of time travel until the multitudes of paradoxes caused her to fall asleep.

The next morning, a fisher went fishing. It was unknown as to why a fisher was fishing in the lake. Perhaps they wished to catch the giant squid, although why they would be attempting such a feat with so puny a fishing rod was beyond the mental grasp of any who might have stumbled upon this fisher. Fortunately, no one else was around.

Wish awoke from her slumber far later than she normally would have. So late, in fact, that she realized she had missed her first class. She hurried to the great hall to see if there was any breakfast left so she could eat something before her next class. She arrived and froze, realizing that there were pumpkins all over the place. It must be Halloween, she thought. She was distracted for the rest of the day, barely paying attention when Ron insulted Hermione and Hermione rushed off crying. Wish was too worried about the troll and whether or not Ron, Harry, and Hermione would become friends.

Finally it was time for the dreaded Halloween feast. Wish sat alone at the Slytherin table as usual. Her housemates continued to mistrust her as she refused to tell them her relation to Draco. She had barely touched her food when the great hall doors burst open and Quirrell dramatically flung himself through them, panting out "TROLL! TROLL IN THE DUNGEONS!" before fainting pathetically.

Wish kept an eye on Harry and Ron as Dumbledore ordered the students back to their houses. She quickly snuck away from her housemates and followed the boys. Unfortunately, Ron noticed her following them after a while.

"What are you doing here, snake?" he asked abrasively.

Wish arched an eyebrow. "Helping you rescue Hermione, of course. She is my friend, or did you really think she had no friends, Ronald?"

Ron was about to retort, but Harry grabbed his arm saying "Come on, we don't have time for this, we have to find Hermione."

The threesome wandered the halls until they smelled a horrible scent and saw the troll lumber into a room. Harry noticed a key in the lock, and mentioned this, suggesting they could lock the troll in, but Wish quickly shot this idea down. "That's the girl's bathroom," she said. "Hermione's in there."

The boys shared a horrified look at the realisation that if Wish hadn't been there they would've locked the troll in with their housemate. Instead, they slowly and silently crept towards the door and into the bathroom. They immediately heard a shriek and rushed in faster. Hermione was frozen in terror, the troll advancing.

Wish started yodelling loudly. The boys looked at her oddly, but her tactics were successful in distracting the troll from attacking Hermione. The boys also started making loud noises. Unfortunately, this just caused the troll to head towards them. The children with the exception of Hermione, who was still frozen in terror, started running around the troll until Harry jumped on it, shoving his wand up the beast's nose.

It screamed horribly in pain, flailing its limbs and club around in agony, until Ron said the first spell that came to mind: "Wingardium Leviosa," and the club rose into the air and descended upon the troll's head, knocking it unconscious. Harry retrieved his wand from the beast's nose and jumped down, wiping the wand on the troll's trousers.

Suddenly the four children heard running footsteps, and Professors McGonagall, Snape, and Quirrell came running into the bathroom. They took in the sight of the children, looking moderately impressed at the same time as disappointed that the children had not followed orders and gone to their common rooms.

When asked what had happened, Hermione told some story about going off to fight the troll on her own and Harry, Ron, and Wish had luckily noticed and come after her. Ron was not very good at hiding his shock, but Hermione got five points taken away and Ron, Harry, and Wish each got five points for their houses for successfully knocking out the troll.

"Come with me, Wish," said Snape, after McGonagall had given out the points. Wish glanced back at the trio, hoping they would still become friends despite her interference, then followed after Snape.