Thanks to the Quidditch training, Harry had some time alone. He wanted to continue investigating the castle, but he was normally surrounded by somebody, making it difficult for him to can rummage around the castle. His only option is to send a summoned monster, but the only time he could be before going to bed. Now, because he is the only first year in the Quidditch team, he can summon the monster while nobody is watching when training.
After 3 weeks of searching, there was information that needed to be shared with Albedo and Demiurge. Harry was planning to excuse himself to search for Crabbe, but before he could do that, a question was raised about his behaviour.
"I had wanted to ask you something", said Pansy to Harry while both were eating breakfast, "I have not seen you receive or send any letter to your family". Pansy was looking at Harry like trying to gain something from him.
She has been around him due to his popularity and nothing else, but she felt uneasy around him. When another student told her that the Suzuki family owns a company in the Muggle world, she thought that her feelings were some kind of predictions about it. It all made sense in her mind, "the way he behaves is not like any other Slytherin, and his willingness to help a mud-blood like Granger".
"Even the mud-bloods have already contacted their families", said Pansy thinking that she had corned Harry. Instead, he chuckled a little and answered, "Are you a Legilimen? I was thinking to ask someone to lend me an owl".
Harry turned to see Pansy in the eyes and smiled at her, and the uneasiness came back to Pansy at that moment. "The acceptance letter said that we can bring either a frog, a cat or an owl. I decided to bring my cat Pandora, so I arrived without an owl".
Pansy, unable to stay with Harry's eyes over her, she turned to see her breakfast. "May I ask you for your assistance in that regard? I already wrote a letter," asked Harry, and it was answered with a nod. Harry smirked and made a quick look around. He saw that the headmaster nodded to Professor Snape, who stood up and left the hall.
Once both finished their breakfast, both of them went back to the Slytherin common room. When Harry arrived at the boy's bedroom, he realized that his letter was read. With a simple trick, Harry was able to tell that someone had opened his letter. He had folded the edge of the sheet to serve as a fastener and to keep it folded. But the sheet was unfolded. Harry only smirked about the situation.
When Harry went back to the common room he had the letter in his hand and a brown cat on his shoulder. The cat was small, with a strange peach black eye, and wearing a green hat.
"Pansy, let me present you my cat, Pandora", said Harry. Pansy was sitting on a couch and looked at the cat. Suppressing her urges to hug and cuddle the cat with all her strength. Pansy only looked at the cat jumping from Harry's shoulder to the armrest of the couch.
"Nya nya nyaa, nya nya nya nyaaaaa. nyanya Nyanyaaa Nyanya. Nyanya nya nya," (It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, lady Pansy. My name is Pandora Actor, please call me Pandora.) said the cat. Pansy could not resist any more and hugged the cat.
Harry excused himself and went to the bathroom, and once he checked he was alone, he used [Messege]. "Hi CZ-sama," said Harry, which was answered with a monotonous voice, "Hi, Harry-Kun. Good work". "Likewise," said Harry and proceeded to say his message, "I'll be sending a message using an owl. Please inform Aledo-sama and don't attack the bird". "Understood, any particular trait of the bird?" asked the maid, which was answered, "It will have paper attached to its leg". "Understood, we will be waiting for your message", said CZ.
After that conversation, Harry came back to the common room and apologized to Pansy for the waiting, but she did not care about it, as she was smiling while petting the cat's chin.
Pansy and Harry walked together to the Owlery. Pansy was still hugging Pandora. When they reached the top of the tower, Pansy suddenly remembered that she was bringing a cat to a place full of birds.
Pandora realized that the girl carrying him reached her destination and had to go with her bird, so she jumped up and sat next to Harry's feet. Pansy tried to catch him when the cat jumped but was unable to do it.
Harry imagined the reason for the eagerness of Pansy to catch him. When she turned to see him, he tried to read her face and thought she may be worried that Pandora may attack the birds. This was because every time her eyes met, she turned her gaze back to the cat.
"Do not worry. Pandora will not attack any owl," said Harry. Pansy nodded and walked and brought her owl. The owl's feathers were peach black, and its eyes were green. Harry took the letter from his robes and gave it to Pansy. She rolled the paper and attached it to the leg of the owl.
"Where to?" asked Pansy while attaching the paper to the owl's paw. "Suzuki Mansion", answered Harry. Pansy completed the knot and let the owl fly.
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Severus Snape knocked at the door, and right away, he heard a voice saying, "enter, Severus". The Potion teacher went inside the headmaster office and went directly to Dumbledore. Professor McGonagall was also in the room.
"I want to ask you to never use me again to spy in my student's mail correspondence", said Professor Snape. "Taking his cards and making an exact copy of them," the black-robed professor frowned.
"It's something that neither I am fond of. But due to the worries about the young Potter, it is necessary to do it at least once", said Dumbledore.
"I understand your position Severus, but it is necessary," said the old witch that was sitting between the two wizards. "Don't you think that is very suspicious that the most famous wizard ended up in the house of wizards that surprisingly were not in touch with any wizard community?"
"I have to remind you that the war, although cruel, was not really that impactful outside our continent. A wizard or a witch coming from Asia or North America unknowingly is not that hard to think about.", answered the potion teacher.
"Now, now. We should be able to ease our worries," said the headmaster. Snape took a piece of paper from his robes and gave it to the headmaster and read.
Dear Mom and Dad,
Ain't enough words for me to be able to apologize enough for not contacting you before. Teacher of Herbology let me know the way that this part of the world communicates with each other, which I am afraid, took me time to realize. Muggle technology is alien to most of my schoolmates, making it small trouble for me to adapt, the idea of sending a message using Owls does not seem practical but is the way they work here.
Miss you so much, family, the maids, all the company, and I never thought I would say this, but I also miss the dinner parties of the company. iT's not that I complaining, because I have made new bonds of friendship, which I really appreciate. Keeping with the idea of the not magical world, I also have to apologize, as I had not found an appropriate time to study the subjects for the regular school. "Talent alone cannot take you far", is what my Potion professor told me, and I believe he is right, which is the reason why I want to keep studying as fast as I can.
Please send me something to study in the meantime so I can be prepared for the future.
PS. This is my friend's owl. Please send the response with it.
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Dear Harry,
We are happy to hear from you and that you have made friends and are surrounded by teachers who share wisdom with you.
To all of us, not only your father and me but everyone in our home, your presence is missed daily. Telling you the truth is your personal maid the one that asks me about you almost every day.
I am going to keep this answer brief. Next time you will receive an answer from us, it will be with our own owl. In this new message, we will send you some books for you to study.
Enjoy school and make us proud.
Harry read the letter and deciphered their orders. Now it was a question of creating a distraction. He needed to do his mission alone. The only problem is that he also needs to be as social as possible, so he can not freely remove himself from the group of "friends".
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It was October 31, and surprisingly people celebrated the day in the wizarding world.
"You don't celebrate Halloween?" asked Goyle when they were walking to their next class.
"No. My family is from different cultures. My father is from Japan, and they do not celebrate Halloween there. And my mom is Mexican, and they have another celebration close these days", explained Harry. Draco wanted to ask a question, but they arrived at their class.
They have Charms class with Professor Flitwick. And on this very day, he announced that the theory had passed and they will be doing their first charm. They will be doing the simple spell to make things levitate.
"Don't forget that nice wrist movement we've been practising!" said the professor, and then continued, "Swish and flick, remember, swish and flick. And say the words properly, we don't want accidents".
In front of each student was a feather which will be the object that the people will be using to practice the levitation spell.
Harry, unlike his fellow students, was bored to death. "Tier 1 spell, after two months only a Tier 1 spell!", thought frustrated.
Harry took the wand and made the spell perfectly. Professor Flitwick clapped at Harry for being able to do it so fast and perfectly. Harry only thanked him and put the feather back down.
Malfoy was having problems with his feather, and Harry just said to him. "Pronounce the spell with the rhythm of the wand movement". Draco followed Harry's instructions and was able to properly cast the charm. Draco was followed by Pansy, who was sitting in the back of them and hearing Harry's advice.
A few moments later, Harry watched Hermione trying to help her fellow Gryffindor. She approached the situation, with her housemate, in a more demonstrative manner. The other student was Ron, and he was visibly angry at her.
At the end of the class, Harry and his group was walking together. And they heard the group of Gryffindors talking. One of them was Ron.
"It's no wonder no one can stand her. She's a nightmare, honestly." Said Ron to the other kids who laughed at the comment. Then from behind Hermione passed them. Her eyes looked red, but it was difficult to know her expression as she covered her face with her hair while looking at the ground.
"I think she heard you", said one of them.
"So? She must've noticed she's got no friends", said Ron. the other kid just shrugged and continued walking.
"An opportunity," thought Harry. He wanted to follow Hermione, but they have class, History of magic, so he decided against it. Maybe he can approach her later on.
After their class, they went to the great hall, where a great feast was happening due to Halloween. When Harry realized that Hermione was not there, he decided to look for her.
When Harry was walking out the hall, Draco approached him. "Where to, Suzuki?" asked the blond kid. Harry only gestured with his arm to the Gryffindor table, and Draco realized the missing girl.
"I see. Mind if I tag along? I have some questions that I would like to ask you", said the Malfoy kid. "Sure thing," said Harry.
When they were on the other side of the doors, Pansy was just arriving. She gestured to her group and went where Harry was. She was still on a mission to discover that feeling she had about Harry.
"Mind if I go with you?" asked Pansy without having a real reason to give them to go with them. But she was counting in her intuition about Harry not declining.
"It will be a pleasure," said Harry. Draco frown at the new companion as he won't be able to ask what he had in mind. Pansy, saw Draco's face and smirked. To her, it was obvious that Draco was helping Harry to cover his facade.
Pansy drew a small idea of what may be happening. Harry wants that mud-blood for him and is using Draco to spread lies about her, to bust her reputation. Telling people that she is a half-blood.
The idea of Harry wanting so desperately to have Granger for him made her angry.
Followed by Pansy and Draco, Harry used [Clairvoyance] and found Hermione in the girl's bathroom on the first floor.
When they arrived at the bathroom, the three stopped. "Pansy, can you make the honours?" asked Harry.
Pansy rolled her eyes and entered the bathroom, and then a loud "GO AWAY!" sounded. Pansy came out, she shrugged and said, "she doesn't want to go out".
"Well, it seems that I will be waiting. If you want you can go back to the feast".
"Why do you have so much interest in her?" said Pansy. In her words, even Draco could feel the poison.
Draco was about to tell her that they were betrothed, but Harry just said, "remember our first conversation about her?"
"Do you think she's really that worthy? " asked Pansy frowning, and not hiding that she dislikes her.
"We are the best of our classes, but we have each other. She, on the other hand, is the best in her house, while alone", said Harry to Pansy.
"She has potential. And we also can benefit", conclude Harry.
Draco looking that Pansy was still frowning, decided to change the subject. "Suzuki, you said that your family celebrated Halloween for different reasons. Care to explain?"
"Well, we do not celebrate Halloween, but we celebrate another thing that is close to these days", said Harry.
After Harry did not continue the explanation, Draco said, "Which is?"
"The day of the dead, or día de los muertos", said Harry. While saying this, Harry remembered that Albedo told him that she chose to be Mexican as her nationality due to this celebration. Nazarick thought that the people of Mexico were already worshipping Momonga-sama, so the annexation of that country should be used as the capital of the world. And by petition of almost all in Nazarick, they decided that November 2nd will be a festivity about Momonga-sama.
After he remembered that, Harry smiled, and Pansy just looked at him.
"Kind of weird to smile so happy for a day to worship death", said Draco chuckling.
"Don't get fooled by the name. Although the idea is that the souls of the dead family will come back for a day to have a good moment with loved ones. In reality, that day is to celebrate the life of those who are already dead. It's like being happy because you were able to meet that person when they were still alive," Harry explained.
"Don't you think that it started to smell very bad?" asked Pansy while pinching her nose.
"We are in front of a bathroom. What did you expect?" Draco said mockingly to Pansy. After that, a low grunting sounded. The sound of shuffling footfalls of gigantic feet started to be louder. The sound came from the end of the hallway.
With each step, the sound and the smell were louder. The floor felt like shaking a little. Then at the end of the hallway was a giant creature.
Bigger than Hagrid or Cocyatus, grey skin, fat, small head with big rounded ears, and with a big club in his hand.
Draco and Pansy were pale as a ghost. They only know the few spells that were taught to them in this school, which were not very impressive. Harry thought for a moment and formulated a plan.
"Pansy go inside and take Hermione," said Harry to Pansy, who was still in shock, "NOW!" screamed Harry, and Pansy obeyed.
"LET GO OF ME NOW, YOU LITTLE…" Hermione was taken out by force, but she stopped forcing with her when she saw the Troll.
"Draco, take both of them and look for a professor", said Harry at Draco. He only nodded and grabbed Hermione's hand and started to run.
Harry took his wand, pointed to the floor where the troll was stepping and said, "glacies area". The floor under the Troll turned into ice, and it started to slip because of the ice.
"Wait, what about you?!" screamed Hermione while freeing herself from Draco's hand.
"I am going to slow it down, so the professor can take care of them. Now Go", screamed Harry.
The troll used the walls to stay standing and then with his club to smash the floor. The ice broke, letting the Troll walk with no problem.
Before Hermione could say something, Draco grabbed her hand again and ran. Harry cast another spell with his wand that did nothing.
Once Harry was sure that he was alone with the troll, he stood straight and started to remove the dust from his uniform.
He didn't seem to care about the Troll danger, even when it was still in front of him. He used [Inventory] and took two scrolls and said [Counter Detection], after that, the scroll burned in blue flames, then took the other scroll and said [Area Time slow] and the scroll burned the same way.
The Troll was still walking towards him, but Harry was not scared. Instead, he used [Messege].
"Shalltear-sama, I request your assistance. I want to give a present to Momonga-sama" said Harry while putting two fingers in his ear.
"I understand. I will be showing right away", said Shalltear. After that, a black hole appeared in front of Harry. He kneeled down in the presence of the true vampire.
"Thank you for coming".
"Yes yes. I only came because you said something about a present to Momonga-sama" said Shalltear nonchelating.
"Yes, a Troll specimen from this world. He is behind you", said Harry. At that moment, the Troll waved its club at Shalltear, but she stopped it with her pinky while yawning.
"Really? This? It is not very strong."
"Momonga-sama is a passionate collector. I guess he will want to have at least one in his collection", said Harry.
"Very well, this will be your present for Momonga-sama's holiday", Shalltear said and then she floated and went in front of the Troll and just slapped it. The Troll felt heavy to the ground, unconscious.
"Shalltear-sama, before you go, please do me another favour", said Harry.
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Hermione, Draco and Pansy were with professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Quirrell. All of them were running to the girl's bathroom on the first floor. When they were running, a big noise sounded, like if something big fell, then another noise, this time of some rock being destroyed.
When they arrived at the scene, they found that there was a hole in the wall, and on the floor was Harry.
Hermione was going to see him, but Pansy beat her at it. "Are you all right?" asked Pansy.
"Yeah, some small bruises", answered Harry. "Small bruises?! Your leg looks broken!" replied Pansy worried.
"Could you explain what happened?" asked McGonagall with a stern voice. Snape, instead of trying to say something stood silent, as he was also curious about the situation.
"I tried to slow the Troll down the best I could so you can arrive. I was doing a good job, but then the Troll suddenly hit the wall and left. I was caught by the falling rocks," said Harry.
"And the troll?" asked McGonagall again, winning some mean looks from Pansy and Hermione.
"He went through the hole," said Harry, and then he continued, "If you want to ask me to which direction, unfortunately, I don't know. I was busy with a rock over my leg, you see".
"No further explanation will be necessary", said the Snape. "10 points to Slytherin for each of you, miss Parkinson and mister Malfoy. For helping a fellow student, even if that student is from another house", said the Slytherin house leader while looking to McGonagall. "And another 20 points for mister Suzuki-Potter for the elaboration of the plan".
