Chapter 25: Halloween
October 31st: Hagrid's garden
Halloween is just around the corner, things got active in this final October morning. At Early in the morning, Hagrid is out and about, harvesting the pumpkins grown outside his hut. He would load them in a cart one by one, which is a chore on their own since they all come in various sizes, even when some of them were generously overgrown thanks to Hagrid's unauthorized use of magic, and they can be a tad heavy, even for a half-giant such as he.
Fortunately help came along, Luffy got up early as planned and came to the groundskeeper's hut to help Hagrid harvest the pumpkins, and he brought the young generation and some of his crew to help along.
Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper and Franky are half asleep when their captain woke them this early in the morning. Disgruntled and annoyed, but woke up nonetheless so help Hagrid with the Pumpkin harvest. Even the children, who share the expression of the 5 men, joined along for they were promised with carving the pumpkins for the Halloween feast this evening, which Dumbledore was kind enough to invite Straw Hats in.
"Alright, kids you pick up the small pumpkins, and you guys help Hagird with the big ones." Said Luffy "Chopper, you can choose to help ether the kids or us."
"Serious Luffy, I'm not a kid anymore" said Chopper as he shifts into his Heavy point so he can go around and help his fellow crewmates.
"I'll go help the kids, Luffy" said Usopp, "Despite not looking like it, I'm not as strong as any of you guys."
"Of course you are, Usopp" said Sanji "Don't beat yourself too much, mate."
"Then again, most of the pumpkins can be too much for a muggle to carry on his own." Said Hagrid rubbing his head. "I overdid it this year, but more's always a good thing, right?"
"They look alright to me" said Luffy, gazing at the pumpkin patch.
"Be honest with us," Usopp nudging his elbow at the Groundskeeper. "You used magic to help them grow, right."
"Well, I erm..." Hagrid stammered, not wanting to admit for he's not allowed to use magic after his expulsion. "Anyway, I'll go get you some tools"
"No need, I got what I need," said Zoro patting the hilt of his Wado ichimonji, he gave out a loud yawn before drawing out his main sword so he can sever the stalks from.
"You sure you wanna do that, Moss-head" said Sanji as he takes a sickle from Hagrid while the groundskeeper passes everyone else their own tool. "We wouldn't want to nick them lovely swords."
Zoro scoffed at Sanji and gives his sword a swing, this caused about 5 pumpkins to be cut from their stalks and be ready to harvest.
"I can handle a whole pumpkin patch," said Zoro "Don't you recall the last harvest we had."
"Oh man that was fun," Luffy as he slowly cuts off a stalk from a big pumpkin, albeit badly. "Especially the harvest festival where we played such fun games.
"Yeah, that was fun, dad," said Belle as she hauled a medium sized pumpkin. "It was also funny with Zoro and Sanji were fighting over who can pick the most crops in a day."
"And I won," said Zoro, swinging Wado Ichimonji again, severing more large pumpkins from their stalks.
"You won?" said Sanji "last time I looked, I won the contest. I picked the most."
"You wish," said Zoro with a smirk "So go on and use that little tool on those little ones with the kids and leave the big ones for us men."
Sanji growled and starts to use his tool and starts beheading many pumpkins at once, way move than Zoro beheaded.
"Are you saying I can't handle a harvest, moss-head?" said Sanji, snarling at the swordsman who only smirked mockingly at the cook.
"You said it, not me." Said Zoro shrugging his shoulders.
"Uh oh," said Usopp and the kids, for they know where this is going.
"Oh, that is it!" Said Sanji as he takes out a cigarette from his case and lights it in his mouth. "I bet I can harvest this entire patch than you."
"Is that so?" said Zoro as he then pulls out his bandana from his arm, wrapping is over his head and then puts Wado Ichimonji in his mouth so that he can draw Kitetsu III and Enma from their sheathes.
It didn't take long for Sanji and Zoro to harvest the entire pumpkin patch, no one cared who harvested the most for they are focusing on hauling the fruit into the carts so they can he drawn into the castle.
The cart doesn't seem to have a horse to haul the cart, that is what the kids thought. But for the adults, they saw that the kids down. Holster at the cart, a black skinny winged horse like creature stands idly by and waits until the pumpkins. A thestral, a creature that's only been seen by those who saw death, and the Straw Hats had their share of witnessing death to see that grim creature. Despite it's appearance, thestrals are peaceful and harmless, the live in the forbidden forest where it's safe for them, and they only come out when they arre needed to draw the many carts to take the upper years to Hogwarts, and tonight on this specially day.
"Alright, that's them done." Said Hagrid after putting the last pumpkin on the cart. The contents are ridiculously large and tall. Many pumpkin piled in a huge stack and by the looks if it, looks heavy for even a thestral to haul.
"Here, we'll carry some so it won't be too heavy for it." Said Luffy as he gives the thestral a pat, which the ebony creature accepts and snorts in appreciation.
"She said "thank you, Mr. Straw Hat, Hagrid always grow too much and it tires me so much that I can't fly back to my herd afterwards." Chopper translates for the thestral. "She also said I'm sorry you're able to see me, you must've seen death for that to happen."
"Aye," said Luffy with a sad frown before taking his share of pumpkins.
"We all have" said Zoro as he, Sanji and Franky take their share.
The thestral rubs it's skeletal head next to Luffy to comfort him, this made Luffy smile slightly to show the creature his appreciation.
"Some on, these aren't gonna carve themselves." Said Luffy as he walks off with many pumpkins in his hands.
"Hey, wait for us!" said Usopp as he follows the captain with a few pumpkins of his own.
Great Hall
Luffy and his crewmates where a help hauling the pumpkins it the castle, even the kids helped when they took a pumpkin each so they can carving them into jack-o lanterns. Chopper and Luffy joins with the children for they are still children at heart when it comes to fun, Luffy's usually terrible art skills is handy for he tends to make his jack-o lanterns quite terrifying, even if they are childishly abstract, Chopper's own jack-o lanterns are also childish, but compare to Luffy's, they're considered to me professional, second to Usopp's. Usopp joins in for it's his calling as an artist to create master pieces from these autumn fruits. Our long-nosed gunner would turn them into realistic skulls, craft two together to make spiders with stalk legs. And even bats with wings made of pumpkin leaves and ears made of cut offs.
Even Zoro had his fun, or rather use it as an excuse to hone his swordsmanship, carving 5-7 at once with just a single swing of Wado Ichimonji, he'd use all three of his swords, but he wouldn't want to ruin everyone's' fun, especially the children and Chopper's. Sanji's carving skills, though with a knife are rival to Zoro's, Sanji is quick when it comes to carving and hollowing out every fruit nearby, collecting the seeds, the pulp and the flesh inside so he can use them to make pumpkin related dishes later, he'll even try and brew his own brand of pumpkin juice for the children to enjoy.
Franky helps Hagrid with the massive pumpkins, the cyborg shipwright is also artistic compare to Ussop. When he carves, he tends to make them look cool as well as scary looking, like shaping the eyes to resemble sunglasses,
Tom noticed and rolled his eyes under his shades. "Oh dad."
The carving took hours to do, just in time for the morning sun to rise over the Scottish Glen and beams through the terraced windows of the Great Hall. The halls great doors suddenly opens, which caught everyone's attention.
"Say Hagrid, is it a bit early for everyone to be up?" said Luffy when he saw the doors opening.
"Aye, breakfast doesn't start for another hour" said Hagrid "We should have plenty of time before everyone gets out of bed. And we wouldn't expect Professor Flitwick for another 20 minutes."
"SO who's up?" said Luffy as he looks ahead to see someone walking though the doors, and it turns out to be Harry. Harry slowly dawdles between the four tables and makes his way towards Hagrid an the crew.
"Mornin'" Harry muttered as he finally sat down and rests his head on the table, he looks completely exhausted.
"Morning Harry, shouldn't you be at practice?" said Luffy
"I was, but we decided to call it short when Fred accidently batted a bludger right into Angelina's face. He had to take her to the hospital wing to her teeth regrown and her face unbruised. So we won't be doing any practice for a while."
"And why are you here?" said Luffy
"I'm up so I might as well wait or breakfast," said Harry "I'm too tired to walk back the the common room and I'll miss breakfast after I refresh myself. That is unless you can get this bloody thing off!"
Harry held out his hand which still bears the silver ring laced with Sea Prism stone grains.
"Sorry, Harry" said Luffy shaking his head. "Your mum will kill me if I take it off" said Luffy, "Plus, I can't touch it myself as it'll affect me too."
"So when can I get it off?" said Harry
"...Well, we saw how well you did in you Quidditch practice, not to mention how well you're school working (except for Potions since Snappy's a dick so screw him) and we decided to take it off IF you win the match. Just to see the result of your Quidditch practice, and to show that McGonagall's choice wasn't in vain."
"And what if I lose?" Said Harry
"Then the ring stays on until the end of the term." Said Luffy "Jjust so you won't cause any trouble."
"Oh, come on," said Harry in protest.
"Ah, ah, ah, don't argue." Said Luffy. "Now since you're here, come here and help us."
Luffy tossed Harry a pumpkin which the boy catches easily, days of Quidditch practice finally paid off.
"Fine, looks like you need a proper pumpkin carver on the job" said Harry with a smirk and comes to join the crew in the fun.
Later: Charms Class
After carving some pumpkins and breakfast, Harry continues with this day with classes appointed in this week's timetable. As mentioned, Quidditch practice was cut short ever since Fred accidently hit Chaser Angelina Johnson in the face with a bludger which resulted her spending the day in the Hospital Wing, regrowing her teeth and healing her bruised up face. Harry comes by to pay Angelina a visit, albeit brief for the poo girl is subconscious about talking in a lisp due to her missing teeth. But she did ask Harry to give Fred a smack on the head for being reckless, which he happily obliged and delivered.
The Weasley twin was guilty for what he did, and was hesitant to come to apologise, it took a smack on the head from Harry to muster up the courage to apologise to Angelina.
With the drama over, we now find Harry at the Charms class with Ron and the other Gryffindors, and joining the lion-crested house is their serpentine rivals. Harry can feel the hateful glaring from Malfoy but ignores him, knowing that he's still sore about the bet he foolishly made with him which determine the prat's humiliation or Harry's...which wouldn't happen for he'll just laugh it off after spending a week in Slytherin Green or seeing Malfoy in Gryffindor Red.
"Alright everyone, please pay attention" Professor Flitwick calls out to start his lesson. "Today we'll be learning one of the wizard's most rudimentary skills, which is Levitation or the ability to make objects fly. Last week I ask you all to practice a wand movement, the swish and flick, now do you all remember that. Let's all practice again.
The students pulls out their wands and recited the wand movement they were told to practice since last week, seeing all that they did it well, Flitwick is convinced that he an begin he next time.
"Very good, now to enunciate the spell: Wingarduim Leviosa" said Flitwick as he incant said spell on his feather, causing it to levitate half a foot from the desk. "See, now you try."
The whole class tries to enunciate the spell while waving their wand in the correct movement, but it was easier said than done for no feather was hovering from their desks. The kept on with this over and over, even Harry is having some trouble with the spell, even Lumos and Alohamora where challenging, but in the end he managed to master those spells and he'll do the same.
As for Ron, as usual his patience is drawing thin and he starts wave his wand recklessly at his feather to the point that Hermione stops him.
"no stop, stop, you're going to take someone's eye out" Hermione scolds her red haired classmate for his foolish wand waving. "Besides, you're saying it wrong. It's "Leviosa" not Leviosar."
Ron scowls at Hermione despite her trying to help him, but he doesn't see it that way and starts retort angrily.
"Well let's if you can do it if you're so clever, go on," Ron crossed his arms and waits to see if Hermione can do it quite easily, hoping that she can't do it either.
Hermione calmly returns to her feather, she waves her wand and enunciates the spell.
"Wingarduim Leviosa" Hermione casts the spell, and to Ron and everyone's surprise, she successfully casted the spell as the feather starts to hover high and high for everone to see, including Professor Flitwick.
"Oh ho, well done, Ms. Granger," said Flitwick with joy to see that one of his students did the spell.
Suddenly, Harry did the same, he followed Hermione's suggested instrucitions and he did the spell successfully.
"And you Mr. Potter, 10 points each for you" said Flitwick.
Hermione turns to Harry who nods at her with a silent thanks, she nods in return as she's glad that her help helped someone. Ron scowled at this, he slamed his wand on the desk and crossed his arms in a huff.
BOOM
Suddenly a loud boom erupted in the classroom, causing everyone to turn their attention to a now soot covered and smouldering Seamus. His attempt to cast the charm caused his feather to combust and blow up in the lad's face. Harry, who was sitting next to Seamus at the time, winced by this and awkwardly turns to Flitwick.
"I think Seamus needs another feather, Professor," said Harry looking at the shocked and smouldered Seamus.
After class
Charms has finished and the Gryffindor boys left together so they can take break before they can start their next class. Seamus is still grimy from the soot covering his face and robes after his unfortunate accident. A trip to the bathroom should help the boy, but his pride remains singed like the feather he tried to levitate. Dean tries to assure his friends, but the one who's got the most wounded pride is Ron. After Hermione's demonstration, which Harry followed to the letter, Ron was humiliated in front of everyone. Of course, there were many who couldn't do it either and it's not like Flitwick expected everyone to master the spell in one go.
But Ron didn't see it that way, and like before he lets his frustration get in the way of reason and patience.
"Grr can you believe her? "It's Levio-sa, not Levio-sar" Ron exclaims with an imitation of Hermione. "She's a nightmare, honestly! It's no wonder she has any friends."
What Ron didn't know is that Hermione was behind her and heard what Ron said, she shoved passed the boys and stormed away. But Harry noticed that Hermione looked hurt and tries to stifle her crying.
"I think she hear you, Ron" said Harry crossing his arms and frowns at.
"So?" Ron scoffed in an uncaring way.
"I expected Malfoy would say such harsh words, but from you?" said Harry shaking his head and frowned. "You should apologise."
"What?" said Ron, snorted in a failed attempt to stifle a laugh. "I think you're still sleep depraved, Harry. Why should I apologise?"
"H-Harry does make a fair point" Neville calls out, hesitantly for is worried that speaking out would result trouble for him. "She was only trying to help, sure she was a bit assertive and a bit bossy, but you can't deny that her suggestion helped."
"Fat lot of help that did me," said Ron
Harry sighed and gave Ron a smack on the head.
"Ow, what was that for?!" said Ron, rubbing his head from the recent smack Harry gave him.
"It worked on Fred, but it seems his skull isn't thick like yours," said Harry as he walked away from the group.
"Where are you going?" said Ron
"I need to change, some of Seamus's feather soot got on me sleeve" said Harry "I'll leave you to think over what did. Later."
Ron frowned in confusion, only to shrug and went on with his business as if nothing bad is going to happen. Oh is he wrong, for later on things got bad when Hermione didn't show up for the next class and wasn't seen all afternoon. Harry is starting to feel concerned for Hermione while Ron didn't, then things got worse when they overheard Parvati telling Lavender that Hermione was crying in the girl's toilets ever since the end of Charm's class and wanted to be left alone. And to make thing much worse, Belle and Sora learned what Ron did to cause their friend to be this upset and they are out for blood.
"ALRIGHT, WHERE IS THAT WEASEL?!
During free time, Belle and Sora busted into the Great Hall where Harry and Ron are spending in and storms across the tables so they can confront the now scared Ron. Belle grabs Ron by the scuff of his neck pinned him down on the stone floor.
"Ow, w-what gives?" said Ron, only for him to flinch at the furious glaring Belle is giving him.
"Oh no," Harry mutters under his breath and palms. "I told you, Ron."
"Indeed, you should've apologised to Hermione while you had the chance" said Belle "Parvati and Lavender told me what you did. She has no friends huh? It's a bloody wonder moron here made you a friend."
"Okay, ouch, but valid point." Said Harry, deciding to stay out of this while his sister is like this.
"Ok ok, I'm sorry," said Ron, trying to apologise to Belle.
"It ain't me you should apologise to, Weasel." Said Belle as she pulled the scared ginger close to her face.
"It's Weasley," corrected, only for Belle to nut him between the legs. "Ooh, ok I'll shut up."
"For once, you're using your brain." Said Belle as she let go, "Maybe you should use it constantly and think about what you did. For if I find out that your apology to Hermione was half-arsed. You're face is that pumpkin."
And to make her point, she approached a nearby Pumpkin and smashes it with her fist. Pulverizing it which made Ron whimper and sweat uncontrollably.
"You get the point?"
"Yeah, yeah, I got the point." Ron whimpered
"What's going on here?"
"Ah shit," Harry muttered when the voice of Snape is heard when the professor made himself known. He kept his head low and tried not to catch the Professor's attention.
"As I suspected, you causing trouble Potter." Said Snape sneering at Harry, who groaned with annoyance.
"No, Professor" said Harry, but with annoyance for he knows that it's all for naught.
"A likely story," Snape said in sarcasm. "20 points from Gryffindor."
"HEY! He's got nothing to do with this!" exclaimed Belle as she confronts the potions teacher. "It was all my doing, not his."
Snape turns to Belle and looks down at her.
"You shouldn't be here, girl" said Snape
"Funny, I should say the same," said Belle crossing her arms. "The nearest crypt is 20 metres away."
Harry and the other students nearby were shocked by what Belle just said, normally everyone wouldn't dare back sass Snape without paying the consequences.
"Watch your tone, girl!" Snape warned darkly with narrowed eyes and a quivering snarl.
"Or what, you'll take points from me?" said Belle with a scoff. "I'm not enrolled in this school, so you can't bully me or punish me unjustly like you did to my brother."
"What I do with Potter is none of your concern."
"Wrong, he's my brother," said Belle staring back a Snape, forcing the potions teacher to back away. "All you do is find ways to unfairly punish him just because of what his dad did to you in the past. So, he bullied you, and you're any better by bullying his son? You're a hypocrite, a pathetic, bitter, miserable man who can't let go of the past and think it's right to abuse his authority to bully those who aren't Slytherin."
"You're out of line, girl!" said Snape
"Takes one to know one." Said Belle
"Potter, I'll rescind your point deduction of you get her out of here" said Snape
"yes, Professor" said Harry as he stands up "Belle, Sora, please come with me."
"Fine, I'm done with him anyway." Said Belle sticking out her tongue. "I'll leave him to recite gloomy poetry, or write on his depressing diary on how he lost a button from his raincoat."
"Just. Go." Said Snape as he had enough of Belle. It's true he can't punish her, and for her to no be afraid of him, it's unbearable for him to stand.
"Come on," said Harry as he escorts his sister and friend out of the Great Hall and leads them out of the Castle. "I got to admit, that was badass."
"You shouldn't let him treat him that way." Said Belle, huffing with annoyance as she looks back at Snape. "taking it out on you just because your dad bullied him. It's not on."
"Tell me about it, be he always find some excuse to punish and antagonize me," said Harry with a deadpan expression. "But I onto him and tried not to take any bait he pulls."
"He needs to get over it, it's been what...19 year or something." Said Belle
"Unfortunately he's one of those people who don't get over something that petty." Said Harry "Whatever James did had nothing to do with me, but seeing as I'm his son, I must take responsibility apparently
"Sins of the Father huh, now that's Ironic." Said Belle with an exasperated sigh. "It's bad enough that the World Government goes after us because of Mum and Dad, but you had to deal with Snappy too.
"Tell me about it," said Sora, remembering how she had to deal with the family drama between her father and the Germa 66. Her grandfather was an arsehole for he once tried to kidnap her and modify her body but Sanji kicked Judges face in and saved her. And then there's the in-laws, members of the Charlotte Family who held a grudge against the Straw Hat for the death of Big Mom, who apparently died by the hands of Law and Kid during the raid of Onigashima 8 years ago. "We all had to deal with the shit our fathers did in the past, I don't blame him for it but it's so annoying that they go after us for it."
"Indeed" said Harry sharing an exasperated sigh. "It ain't easy"
"Well, it's just as Shanks said," said Belle, "that if the path you want seems too easy, then you're on the wrong path."
The three finally reached the front hall and opens the door for the girls.
"I'll be seeing you tonight." Said Belle, "It's a shame you can't come with us to Hogsmede, we're going trick or treating."
"Yeah, well there's the feast later on, so I'll meet you there, provide that you're still full from those sweets you gathered."
"Are you kidding me, I'm the daughter of Monkey D. Luffy," said Belle
"And I'm the Grandaughter of Big Mom." Said Sora with a smirk.
"Anyway, you're joining us with crew tonight, right?" said Belle
"Are we doing it tonight, considering that we're in a new world..." said Harry
"Of course we're doing it," said Belle crossing her arms at Harry. "Dad asked the Old Wizard if you can stay up late tonight, and he gave us the thumbs up."
"Alright, but I don't see the point...no one came to me." Said Harry
"Well things will be different this time," said Belle as she and Sora leaves he Castle.
Evening
All Hallow's Eve has come this evening, the young generation did some trick or treating in Hogsmede, all dressed up as ghouls, ghosts and other nightmarish thing to scare the populace of giving up their treats. It was all fun, unfortunately Harry couldn't come due to him still in school but there is the incoming feast at the Great Hall which the Straw Hats are being invited to attend, their children included.
The trick or treating in Hogsmede and now the feast begins tonight. Many Jaco lanterns hover around the bewitch ceiling now imitates a thunderstorm with flashes of lightning to set up the ambiance. The students and teachers all sat down on their tables, along with the Straw Hats on their own, enjoying the bounty that the feast has to offer. The food delisious as usual, and it follows up with dessert which consists of many variety of treats such as cakes, sweets and other confections to make up for not attending to Trick or Treating at Hogsmede.
But among the feasting masses, there is one who doesn't have the appetite to enjoy the treats, let alone the meal before it. Ron sits there, sulking and playing with his still cleaned cutlery, not even interested in the lollypops of the rock sticks stored in the novelty cauldrons. Harry took notice of that and halted his eating of a very delicious cauldron cake and starts to speak to the brooding ginger."
"I take that your attempt to apologise to Hermione didn't go well," said Harry
"I tried, alright! Exclaimed Ron "I came over to the Girl's bathroom and said my sorry, but all she said back is for me to go away. I swear to merlin, she's stubborn."
"Girls often are," said Seamus sucking of an orange and black swirly rock stick. When they get upset, it takes ages for them to calm down, and that's if they're not holding a grudge later."
"A grudge?" Ron gulped nervously.
"Oh aye," said Seamus "My ma once got upset with my dad once that she turned him into a dormouse for 10 minutes, just because he came late from work in a really bad mood."
"Am...Am I safe?" said Ron
"From Hermione?" said Harry, "Yeah, I doubt she'll do anything to jeopardize her stay here over something like upsetting her, stating that she has no friends despite being friends with Belle and Sora, and having a go at her just because she was only trying to help."
"Ok, ok, I get it, I'm a terrible person." Said Ron with a groan.
"No, you're just an idiot," said Harry patting Ron on the shoulder. "Look, how about we try again after the feast, she's bound to come out eventually. Especially when there's a curfew in the school."
"I suppose," said Ron as he returns to brood in front of his untouched food.
The Halloween feast is going well, too well for Luffy is enjoy so much of the food which the plates are struggling to refill every time the Pirate King grabs a handful and stuffs his face. Even Belle and Sora are also show the lack of table manners as they are also gluttonous due them being the daughter of Luffy and the Granddaughter of Big Mom. There's even merry making with Brook and Mick playing their instruments, music plays out all around the Great Hall, Usopp and Chopper are acting silly, stickin chopsticks up their noses and holding them by their lower lip, causing laughter from the students while the gunner and the doctor act the fool.
Dumbledore found the straw hats' antics amusing, so does Flitwick, Sprout, Kettleburn and McGonagall, although she remained calm and professional as a professor should be, but smiles with controlled amusement as she can while watching the silliness performed by Usopp and Chopper.
Sinistra and Vector, aren't paying any attention with the display for they are having a pleasant and intellectual conversation with Robin, the two professors got acquainted with archaeologist for weeks and became good friends as she is (by their opinion) is considered the "normal" member of the Straw Hats, they never liked Sanji as he's too much of a flirt, Zoro scares them, along with Franky, Brook and Jimbei (at first for but their opinion on the fishman changed when the wound out he's quite a nice guy to know.) Chopper is cute, which they share in common with Robin. Luffy and Nami are debatable to the two witches, but seeing how well Harry turned out they immediately tell they are good people, but Vector learned a valuable lesson to never gamble with Nami. As for Hancock, Vector and Sinistra are starting to question their sexuality by how they found the pirate Empress attractive. They got to know Usopp, which is a good thing for they might end falling for his exaggerated tall tales, but they got along with Kaya, the second doctor of the Straw Hats.
Sybil Tralawny is spaced, which is considered a normal behaviour for the divinations professor. Snape is being his miserable self, scoffing at how foolish and childish the Straw Hats are being, mentally judging them at how irresponsible they are being. He recalled what happened to him yesterday in the three broomsticks, being petrified by Hancock before he could chew off Nami's ear with his rants, only to break free from the Snake Empress's spell thanks to Rosmerta applying the antidote, but not without having some colour in his usual black robes, and reeking to high heaven.
Snape once issued a complaint to Dumbledore about this, but it was out of Dumbledore's hands for they were neither member of staff or students. He tried to report it to the DMLE, but director Bones had quite enough of Straw Hat related incidents to do anything about it, the lawsuit against Lucius was a doozey and Amelia just conveniently reported herself annual leave, spending 2 of her saved up 7 weeks to unwind in the South of France. Plus, Snape was never really liked in the wizarding world, with him rumour being a defected Death Eater or something so the DMLE didn't bother heeding his complaints and did nothing, so that's that.
Thinks continue go pretty well in the Great Hall for the Feast immediately turned into a party, sadly for everyone this party is about to be crashed.
"TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!"
Bursting through the Great Hall doors, Professor Quirrell runs and screams in terror which silenced everyone from the merry making and turned their attention to the quivering DADA professor.
"TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!" Quirrell shouted once more before stopping to catch a breath. "Thought you ought to know."
Sadly, taking a breather isn't enough for the turban wearing professor went up and fainted in the middle of the hall.
End of Chapter