The troll
Before anybody realized it two whole months had gone in Hogwarts. The triplets had been in two detentions already and had had a handful of letters from Mrs. Weasley telling how disappointed she was to them once again.
In quidditch practice everybody saw that, as Lucy had predicted, Harry was indeed natural with his broom. He could totally beat them in a race even though they had all practiced for years and he was a beginner (though he did have hundred times better broom than all the others). Still Lucy couldn't be happier for Harry. She saw how important flying had become to Harry. And seeing Harry happy was the main goal in her life since she has missed so much of his.
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On Halloween morning the triplets were dying of impatience because the evenings feast (the twins waited the food and Lucy the entertainment that was usually spectacular and also bit the food; she was one of the triplets after all). But before that there were still some boring and very long classes they had to go to. It was very hard to concentrate into the lesson when sweet smell of pumpkin was floating around the castle and into their waiting noses like a siren calling for them to come.
When they were finally released from their last lesson they practically ran into the Great Hall not wanting to wait any longer so they could begin. The Hall was amazingly decorated as always. There were thousands of live bats floating in the air. The tables were decorated with carved pumpkins that held a candle in them. The room was practically glowing.
They sat down and when the food appeared they were ready to dig in when,
''Troll…in the dungeon…thought you ought to know,'' Professor Quirrell yelled as he ran into the hall and fainted after that.
It was a total panic. Everybody wanted to get out at the same time and doing so nobody got out. The panic finally muffed down after Dumbledore had fired several purple firecrackers from his raised wand.
''Prefects lead your houses back to the dormitories immediately!'' Dumbledore calmly said so that everybody heard. Everybody immediately started to follow the prefects into their own dormitories.
The triplets were discussing how and why there was a troll in the castle in the first place. Even they admitted that even though they do a lot of pranks they would never endanger anyone's life intentionally with their jokes and if this was supposed to be good practical joke, somebody had a very dark sense of humor.
When they reached the Gryffindor common room they found out that the food from the hall had been send up so they could somewhat continue the feast. Thought the noise in the room was loud it still wasn't as keen as down at the hall. Everybody was still in a little shock because the whole troll thing.
As Lucy was taking some food into her plate she realized that Harry and Ron weren't there. She put her plate down and went up to their dormitory to see if they went there but was shocked to find it empty.
She ran down and saw them climbing through the portrait hole and talking to that smart first year muggle born witch Hermione who they usually ignored all together.
She took her plate back in her hands and walked closer to them so she could hear where they were.
''Did you see that troll it was huge. And Harry just jumps on to its shoulders. That was brilliant, mate,'' Ron said excitedly.
''I know but I was really scared when it held me from my foot. If you hadn't mastered the Wingardium Leviosa spell when you did I'd be a goner,'' Harry said.
Lucy felt like she had just swallowed a bucket full of ice. Were they actually that stupid that they went after that troll? Lucy quickly composed herself and went to them.
''Did you go after the troll?'' Lucy casually asked even though her insides were turning at the thought that her little brother was putting himself in front of danger.
''Yeah, I mean Hermione wasn't at the feast so we had to warn her so we went to look for her and…'' Ron continued to explain how they had accidently locked the troll into the girl's bathroom where Hermione was so they had to save her and how Ron knocked the troll unconscious with its own club.
Throughout the whole story Lucy's insides were turning and twisting but she didn't let it show on her face.
''Wow, that was one heck of an adventure,'' Lucy admitted and slowly walked away. She put her plate away not feeling like eating anymore and went to the twins' dormitory and nicked the Marauders map and then went to her own dormitory to wait after everybody had gone to sleep so she could go yell at the certain Head master.