This chapter comes from a suggestion in a very old guest review from August 23, 2020. I wasn't taking suggestions at that time, but after recently rereading reviews, I liked the idea. It is that the Slytherins don't go to the dungeons during the troll incident.

Russell Rattle was stunned.

Russell was a fifth year Slytherin and the male prefect for his year. He was of an average size and height for his age and had medium brown hair and green eyes.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Quirrell, had just come running into the Great Hall during the Halloween Feast and screamed that there was a troll loose at Hogwarts. In the dungeons.

After the natural uproar and expressions of fright, their Headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, had used purple firecrackers exploding from the end of his wand to bring silence. When that silence came, Dumbledore had ordered the prefects to lead their houses back to their dormitories.

For Gryffindors, Ravenclaws, and Hufflepuffs, this was perfectly fine.

But for the Slytherins?

Their dormitories were in the dungeons!

Russell realized the problem at once.

Once everyone was outside of the Great Hall and the houses had separated from each other, Russell addressed the Slytherin students.

"I'm not leading us back to our dormitories," said Russell bluntly, "Our dormitories are in the dungeons!"

The full impact of those words hit the Slytherins faster than a strike of lightning.

Draco Malfoy let out a terrified scream of very obvious fright.

On the other hand, the cooler, calmer, and wiser Daphne Greengrass, standing beside her BFF Tracey Davis, calmly asked Russell, "Where are we going then?'

"The sloping lawns, " said Russell in a businesslike voice, "We'll be a bit cramped, but it's a safe place for us to go until the troll situation is under control."

"I know," said Daphne shyly, "That I'm only a first year. But would you be willing to listen to a suggestion from me?'

"A person who won't listen to the suggestions, ideas, and opinions of others is being deliberately ignorant, " said Russell clearly, "Let's hear your suggestion, Daphne."

"I suggest," piped up Daphne in a crystal clear voice, "That we go to the Slytherin section of the Quidditch stadium. The Quidditch stadium is deliberately designed to hold the entire student body and it's arranged by house. We'll all be able to fit comfortably in our seats there."

"Daphne, that's perfect, " agreed Russell, smiling at Daphne, and sounding a third impressed, a third grateful, and a third relieved.

"Thank you for listening to me," Daphne told Russell gratefully.

"No, thank you for getting us all off the hook by coming up with a great suggestion, " said Russell appreciatively, "People underestimate first years. Eleven year olds are perfectly capable of intelligent thought. I wish I could say that our Head of House would be proud of you, but, knowing Snape, he'll just be pissed off at us for not obeying Dumbledore. Snape probably carries a picture of Dumbledore in his pocket at all times and has a tattoo of Dumbledore under his heart."

"The worst thing about Snape and Malfoy is that our entire houses' reputation is ruined by then," rued Daphne.

"I'm proud to have you in our house though, Daphne," beamed Russell, "No wonder the Sorting Hat took longer to sort you than it takes for Pluto to orbit around the sun. You're loyal enough to be a Hufflepuff, Intelligent enough to be a Ravenclaw, and brave enough to be a Gryffindor. Now, let's all head to the Slyterhin section of the Quidditch stadium."

Slytherin house walked out to the Quidditch stadium, and everyone found his or her favorite seat in the Slytherin section.

Thanks to a prefect who realized that Dumbledore had given them bad instructions, a first year with the perfect idea for the situation, and the fact that said prefect was willing to listen to said first year, the Slytherins would ride out the troll situation safely and comfortably.

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