Welcome to update 1 of 2! You'll probably notice that this chapter is rather short and to make up for it, I've given you two chapter for this update! So enjoy!

A loud boom rocked the classroom much to the amusement of the students within. Seamus Finnigan had somehow managed to turn a simple levitation spell into a loud explosion. The now singed Irish boy blinked in surprise. His eyebrows had been burned off and his hair was smoking slightly. Dean Thomas, who had been sitting next to the boy had his hand over his mouth trying to muffle his giggles. Luffy had no such tact and burst out laughing at the look on Seamus' shocked face.

Hermione, who was sitting next to Luffy, shushed him. "He could have been hurt!" Hermione scolded. Luffy cheerfully ignored the scolding and continued to laugh, like the rest of the class. It seemed that Seamus couldn't go more than two hours without something blowing up around him.

Nami rolled his eyes but intervened before Luffy could say something that might hurt the poor girl's feelings. Earlier that morning Nami had stumbled upon Hermione's dorm mates whispering unkind things about the bushy-haired girl. They had stopped at the stern look the redhead shot them but Nami was sure that Parvati and Lavender were not the kind to speak softly when Hermione was around. This thought was proven correct when the girls loudly complained about Hermione at breakfast and Nami had seen Hermione's face. Thankfully, Luffy had stolen Zoro's plate and the scuffle drown out anything else the mean girls had said.

"Seamus is fine, Hermione," Nami said flicking his wand hopefully, he was struggling slightly to get the feather into the air. Even having been raised in a magical household, some of the spells confounded the boy. Like this spell, Nami couldn't fathom how the feather could levitate without an air current. "He blows up all the time."

The redhead carefully flicked his wrist and mouthed the words to the spell without saying them and nodded when he felt he had the motion down.

"You're doing it wrong," Hermione said interrupting Nami's practice. The bushy-haired girl had turned to Nami when he commented. "You need to flick your wrist, just so." Hermione flicked her own wand in a way that was only slightly dissimilar to how Nami had done it.

"This is how I hold my wand," Nami said ignoring Hermione's advice. The wand movement wasn't really Nami's problem, anyway. "I know what I'm doing."

"But the book says-" Hermione began and Nami could see that she was gearing up for a lecture.

"No one asked you, Granger!" Lavender said snidely from a seat down from the crew.

"She's such a know-it-all," Pavarti said, just quiet enough to not be heard by Professor Flitwick but loud enough for Hermione, Nami and Luffy to hear it just fine.

The mean girls giggled and Hermione seemed to shrink down into her seat.

"Hermione does know it all!" Luffy said. "She's almost as smart as Nami!"

Nami smiled but Hermione didn't seem to take the compliment for what it was but Nami wasn't really surprised because Luffy didn't seem to understand why a know-it-all was a bad thing.

Hermione was quiet and withdrawn during the rest of the class. Nami continued to struggle to lift the feather but managed by the end of the class much to Luffy's enjoyment at the redhead's growing frustration.

When Professor Flitwick released the class Nami grabbed Luffy by the back of his robes. "Hey, just a minute," Nami said. "I want to talk to Hermione. Lavender and Parvati were really mean to her today and I want to make sure she is okay."

Luffy blinked in surprise but nodded. "Yeah! Let's check on her!"

"If you're looking for Hermione," Dean Thomas said coming up from behind the two young pirates. "Seamus and I saw her take off the minute class ended."

"She looked upset," Seamus said joining his friend. "I'd give her a bit to cool off."

Nami reluctantly nodded. If Hermione had taken off then there was no telling if she had gone to the common room or anywhere else in the castle.

"Fine, we'll catch her at dinner," Nami said reluctantly.

"Come on Nami! We gotta find Zoro!" Luffy said tugging at the redhead's hand. "We'll find 'mione later, for sure!"

The feast was amazing. Luffy hadn't seen this much food, ever. The Great Hall was decorated beautifully with pumpkins bigger than he was and plates upon plates of food lined the tables and the minute he sat in, Luffy dove in. Zoro and Nami sat on either side of the pint-sized captain each one viciously guarding their plates.

"Gimme that!" Luffy shouted grabbing for the cooked bird that was sitting in front of Nami. The black haired boy grabbed the plate, nearly standing in his seat to grab it.

Across the table, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, and Neville Longbottom watched in horror. No matter how often they saw Luffy eat it was a horrorshow each time.

"Is he going to be like this every day?" Dean asked. His eyes were wide and his plate was empty in front of him.

"I think so," Neville mumbled. Something about the scene made his brain hurt and seemed achingly familiar but the shy boy just couldn't put his finger on it.

"I don't think I can finish," Seamus said pushing his plate away from him. Watching Luffy eat was making him feel sick.

The green-eyed boy lunged across the table and grabbed Seamus' plate and quickly scarfed down everything the Irish boy had put on his plate.

"Oh hey," Luffy mumbled, his cheeks bulging with food. "Mwr 's 'mione?"

"Don't talk with your mouth full!" Nami said slamming his fist down on Luffy's head. The former rubber boy's head almost bounced off the table.

"Oh yeah," Nami said looking around the table. "Has anyone seen her?"

Zoro grunted and shook his head. Nami had explained what had happened but the swordsman hadn't really understood either. He thought Hermione was a know-it-all, too, even if he didn't mean it exactly like Lavender and Parvati did.

"I heard she was in the bathroom, crying," Neville offered reluctantly. "That she's been there since class ended. A few older Slytherin girl were laughing about it earlier."

Luffy stopped, and looked rather serious despite the food in his mouth and nodded. With great effort, he swallowed the food and looked at his crew.

"Troll! Troll in the dungeon!"

The crew and the other Gryffindor kids jerked their heads to the middle of the great hall where Professor Quirrell rushed forward and stopped suddenly. "Thought you ought to know," he said before his eyes rolled back and he crumpled to the floor.

The great hall descended into madness.

"Troll!" Luffy cried jumping into his seat. Nami could see that his eyes were practically sparkling with the need for adventure.

"Get off of there!" Nami shouted pulling Luffy down from the bench. "We have to go!"

"First years, this way!" Percy Weasley called ushering the younger students away. "Ron, Harry, come one!"

"Aww man! I wanna see the troll!" Luffy said making a face at Percy's back.

"Ron! Grab Zabini!" Fred yelled at his younger brother. Percy had told the twins to watch the young Slytherin boy who would likely wander off and get lost if they told him to join his classmates.

"I got him!" Nami shouted back over the cries of the students. Zoro scowled at Nami who grabbed his wrist and tugged him along. He could walk on his own.

"Nami, what about Granger?" Zoro asked catching Nami's attention. "She doesn't know about the troll."

"Shit," Nami swore grabbing Luffy by the shoulder. "Luffy! Hermione is in trouble!"

The group of first years had been steadily shepherded toward the common room. The crew and the small group of Gryffindor boys had stayed together until Luffy stopped and nodded. The black-haired boy punched his right hand into his left fist and looked at his crew. "We gotta go get Hermione," Luffy said seriously. "You guys go back with Percy," Luffy said looking at Dean, Seamus, and Neville. "We're going to get Hermione!"

Avoiding Percy and the other prefects was incredibly easy. The three-person crew slipped away, Nami keeping a good hold on Zoro to keep the young swordsman from wandering off. The magic castle was terrible for Zoro's already poor sense of direction. Hogwarts seemed to delight in getting the boy lost.

Thankfully Nami didn't have that problem.

"How did a troll get in any way?" Nami asked as they ran. "Trolls aren't smart enough to get in themselves."

"Maybe someone let it in," Zoro said. "As a Halloween joke."

"It's not a very good one," Nami said.

"What's a troll look like anyway?" Luffy asked looking around like he was trying to catch a glimpse of it.

"Big and ugly," Nami said simply.

"You'll smell it long before you see it," Zoro added.

As soon as Zoro spoke a terrible smell washed over them. The three slapped their hands over their nose and gagged.

"Aaaah!" A female voice screamed.

"Hermione!"