Chapter 8: Troll in the Dungeon

We're currently in our Charms Class, PROFESSOR FLITWICK's class. He is very short, and is standing on a bunch of books. He partnered us by two. Harry and Seamus. Hermione and Ron, they are so happy about it! Note the sarcasm. I partnered by a Gryffindor boy named Dean Thomas.

"Hi! I'm Lucy, Lucy Conner." I geeted as I stick out my hand. He shook while blushing. Why is he blushing?

"Hello! The name's Dean Thomas."

"One of a wizard's most rudimentary skills is levitation the ability to make objects fly. Uh, do you all have your feathers? {Hermione and I raised ours.} Good. Now, uh, don't forget the nice wrist movement we've been practicing, hmm? The swish and flick. Everyone. {All} The swish and flick. Good. And enunciate. Wingardium Leviosa. Off you go then." Prof. Flitwick squeeked.

"Do you wanna try first, Dean?" I kindly asked him. He's just making googly eyes on me.

"Dean, Dean!" I snapped my finger infront of him. He blinked rapidly and looked at me and blush. Why does he keep on blushing?

"Sorry, you can go first." He replied still blushing. I cleared my throat.

"Wingardium Leviosa." I chanted. It worked! I watched it grinning. Everyone stop on what their doing. Prof. Squeeled.

"Look everyone, Ms. Conner done it on her first try! Amazing, Dear. Five points for gryffindor." He complimented.

"Thank you, sir." He nodded. It's Dean's turn. But it didn't work. I'm trying to help him when I heard ron and hermione arguing. Again...

"Stop, stop, stop. You're going to take someone's eye out. Besides, youre saying it wrong. It's Leviosa, not Leviosar." Hermione said in a bossy way.

"You do it then if you're so clever. Go on, go on." Ron challenged. Bad idea. Hermione straightened up and swished her wand.

"Wingardium Leviosa." The feather glows and lifts up. Ron puts his head on his books dejectedly.

"Oh, well done! See here, everyone! Ms. Granger's done it, too. Oh, splendid! Take another five points for Gryffindor!" He awarded.

"Well done, Dearies." Prof. Said reffering to hermione and I. We grinned at each other. BOOOM!!! Seamus' feather exploded. Flitwick gasped.

"I think we're going to need another feather over here, Professor." Harry muttered.

Neville, Harry, Ron, Seamus and I are walking through a courtyard with other students all around.

"It's Leviosa, not Leviosar." Ron mimicked hermione. I glared at him. Git. "Honestly, she's a nightmare. No wonder she hasn't got any friends!" I gasped. He didn't just said that! Hermione bustles past, sniffling.

"I think she heard you." Harry said.

"Obviously!" I turned to Ron fuming with my death glare. Neville, Seamus and Harry cowarded and went behind ron who's shaking from fright. My glare might be really scary..

"Didn't you know she's my bestfriend?" I said in a deadly whisper. He whimpered and shook his head to say no. I smacked his head. He groaned in pain.

"I'm not done with you yet, Weasley." I ran after Hermione. She went to the Girls' Bathroom, and inside a stall. I sighed and knocked on the door softly.

"Hermione, please don't listen to him, you do have a friend, wait, scratch that, bestfriend. Me." I begged her.

"You're just saying that 'cause you wanted to make my feelings better!" She cried. Oh, ron. What have you done?

"That's not true. Please let's talk about this." She opened the door and let me in. She's obviously crying, puffy red eyes and tears streaming down her face. I imediately pulled her into a hug.

"Hermione, sometimes you need to learn to ignore what the people around saying about you. They don't deserve your time. As for Ron, he's just envy because you're very smart. People like that are just insecure." I soothed her. She wiped her tears and hug me again.

"Thank you so much!" She said. I chuckled.

"Come on, let's go the Great Hall and eat. I'm starving!" I exclaimed. She laughed. When we opened the door to see a Giant Mountain TROLL! Our jaw dropped. We back up, into the stall just as the troll raises its club and smashed the top part of the stalls. Hermione and I screamed. Harry and Ron come bursting in.

"Lucy, Hermione, move!" Harry ordered. The troll smashed the remaining stalls.

"AAAH! HELP!" Hermione and I yelled. The boys started to throw wood pieces at the troll.

"OY! Pea-Brain!" Ron shouted. I grabbed Hermione's hand and dragged her under the sinks, but the troll saw us and swing his bat and smashed the sinks, barely missing us by inches. Then Harry did the most stupid and bravest thing, he grabbed his wand and lunged forward and grabbed the troll's bat and is lifted. He landed on the troll's head, and is hurled forward, then back, and his wand goes up the troll's nose. Disgusting!

"Ew." Exclaimed Ron. The troll gets Harry off its head and is holding him by one leg, upside down. It gears up its club and swipes at Harry. He pulls himself up, then down. The troll swipes again.

"Do something!" Shouted Harry. He swiped again.

"What?!" Ron asked frantically.

"Anything! Hurry up!" Hermione waved her hand.

"Swish and Flick!"

"Wingardium Leviosa!" Ron chanted. The club is lifted out of the troll's hand and hovers above its head. The troll looks up, confused, just as the club comes crashing back down. (Ron: Cool.) It hits the troll's head and the troll wavers, then drops Harry, who crawls away, and comes crashing down, hard. Hermione and I approached them carefully.

"Is it....Dead?" I asked.

"I don't think so. Just knocked out." Answered Harry. He pulled out his wand from the troll's nose and I made a gagging face.

"Ew. Troll boogies." He wiped it with his robes.

Suddenly, Professor mconagall, Professor snape and Professor quirrell came rushing in. They all gasped.

"Oh! Oh, my goodness! E-Explain yourselves, both of you!" McGonagall demanded to Harry and Ron.

"Well, what It is..." Ron and Harry started but I cut them off. They save us and Hermione had been crying all day, so I decided to take the risk. Even if I get expelled.

"Please, Professor, they were all looking for me." I said. The Proffesors, Harry, Ron and Hermione gaped.

"Ms. Conner?"

"I went looking for the troll, thought I could handle it by myself, you know 'cause read about them, and Hermione is in the common room that time and when she noticed I wasn't there, she tried to stop me, and that's where harry and ron came. They saved us. They had nothing to do with this. Especially Hermione. It's all my fault." I lied. They were all speachless.

"Be that as it may...it was an extremely foolish thing to do." She said. I hung my head down. "I would have expected more rational behaviour on your part, Ms. Conner. 5 points will be taken from Gryffindor for your serious lack of judgment. As for you three, I just hope you realize how fortunate you are. Not many students could take on a full grown mountain troll and live to tell the tale. 5 points...will be awarded to each of you. For sheer dumb luck. And Ms. Conner, come with me." She said.

I began to panick but quickly covered it up and sighed. The three of them panicked, too like they were going to protest but I quickly shook my head. They gave me sad looks but I gave them a weak smile. I followed the two professors, me behind them.

When we arrived at the Headmaster's Office, all of the Professors are there. I gulped.

They told them what happened earlier. Then Professor Dumbledore looked at me with his blue eyes.

"Tell me the truth, Ms. Conner." He said softly. I looked down on the ground.

"It's the truth, well half of it. Ron had insulted Hermione and she ran to the bathroom, I followed her and comforted her. We didn't know there were a troll on the loose. Then, Harry and ron came and saved us." I looked at him. "Please, it's not their fault. It is nobody's fault."

"Then, why did you lie?" He asked curiously.

"I owe my life on them and hermione is sad enough. So, I took the risk. On my will. They are important to me. For the first time, I had a very good friends, the one who is willing to talk to me, be with me and laugh with me. Someone who's not calling me a Freak. I'll do my best to keep us bonded together." I explained sadly. He's features suddenly softed, so do all the teachers.

"You are a good friend, Ms. Conner. They are very blessed to have you. You won't have a punishment, as I saw your good deed. Oh, I almost forgot, have you eaten, Dear?" He asked kindly.

"No, sir." I replied.

"What do you want to eat?" He asked.

"Any food, of course! Best foods are in here at Hogwarts!" I exclaimed cheerfully. He chuckled, so did some professors, and even snape smiled! He gave me food. I quickly ate it and thanked him.

"Thank you, professors! I'm going to my dorm now, good night and don't let the bed bugs bite." I waved and they all laughed. When I left, I heard someone said

"I always like her! Amazing, cheerful and clever girl!" And,

"She is so much like lily." And murmurs of agreement.

In the common room, I went inside with a big smile. I noticed the trio waiting for me.

"Hi Guys!" I said. The all have worried faces.

"Are you okay? Did they give you a detention? What did they asked?" They asked. I explained what happened.

After that, I went to my dorm and changed. I forgot to feed cheshire (cat) and fed her.

Then, I saw hermione already asleep. I lay down on my bed and closed my eyes.

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