The Boy Who Fought: OC X Hermione

Norbert

Springtime came quickly, and soon it was time for the Hogwarts exams. Hermione and Carson we're most seen in the library preparing for the exams.

"Look at you. Playing with your cards. Pathetic! We've got final exams coming up soon." Hermione said, berating the two boys. Carson popped his head out of the book and listened to the conversation.

"I'm ready! Ask me any question!" Ron said, smirking at Hermione.

"What are the three most crucial ingredients of a forgetfulness potion?" Carson said, without skipping a beat.

"I forgot." Ron said dejectedly, going back to his cards.

"And what, may I ask, do you plan to do if this comes up in the final exam?" Hermione said, looking at Ron and Harry.

"I don't know, copy off you two?" He said, glaring at Hermione.

"Sorry Ron, you're not going near my work." Carson said to Ron, him frowning in disappointment.

"No, you won't! Besides, according to Professor McGonagall, we're to be given special quills bewitched with an anti-cheating spell." Hermione said, knowing everything once again.

Carson pointed to Hermione and said, "She really does know everything. I didn't know about the quills!" Carson said, as he smiled at Hermione.

"That's insulting! It's as if they don't trust us!" Ron said, as he opened another card. He threw it on the table in anger before saying, "Argh! Dumbledore again!"

Suddenly, Neville walked in with his legs stuck together as everyone laughed at him. Carson performed the counter curse as Neville sat down next to him.

"Leg locker curse?" Carson asked, knowing exactly who did it.

"Malfoy." Neville responded.

"You have got to stand up for yourself Neville!" Ron said to the boy.

"How? I could barely stand at all until Carson fixed it!"

Carson wasn't paying attention and opened a chocolate frog card. He got Dumbledore and read the card.

"Guys! I found him! Nicolas Flamel!" Carson said, gaining the trios attention.

Carson read off the card, saying that Nicolas Flamel was the inventor of the Philosophers stone, it makes the user immortal.

"The only stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicholas Flamel, the noted alchemist, who last year celebrated his 665th birthday!" That's what Fluffy's guarding on the 3rd floor. That's what's under the trapdoor...the Philosopher's Stone!" Hermione said, all four of them sharing a scared look.

The four run down to Hagrid's to tell him they knew. When they arrived he opened the door and promptly tried to send them away.

"Hagrid!" Carson said, hoping to tell him.

"Sorry. I'm in no fit to entertain today!" Hagrid said, closing the door. Carson stuck his foot in between the door, keeping it open.

"We know about the stone." Carson said, getting straight to the point.

"Oh." Hagrid says, opening the door for them to come in.

"We think Snape's trying to steal it." Harry said, earning a look from Hagrid.

"Snape? Blimey, Harry, you're not still on about him, are you?" Hagrid said, earning a scoff from Ron and Carson.

"Hagrid, we know he's after the Stone. We just don't know why."

"Snape is one of the teachers protecting the Stone! He's not about to steal it!" Hagrid said, gaining looks of confusion from all four of the kids.

"What?" Carson asked, thinking there was no way SNAPE could be trusted with this.

"You heard. Right. Come on, now, I'm a bit preoccupied today" Hagrid said, pushing the three boys out the door, not noticing Hermione on a large chair.

"One of the teachers?" Harry asked.

"Well of course! There are other things defending the Stone, aren't there? Spells, enchantments." Hermione said, earning a grin from Carson. He was really falling for the bushy haired girl.

"That's right. Waste of bloody time if you ask me. Ain't no one gonna get past Fluffy. Hehe, not a soul knows how. Except for me and Dumbledore. I shouldn't have told you that. I shouldn't have told you that." Hagrid said, as he turned to a cauldron over by the fire that starts to rattle. "Oh!" Hagrid says, hurrying over to something and picking it up. He places the object, that turns out to be an egg on the table.  "

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!" Hagrid says again, making the four crowd around it.

"Hagrid, what exactly is that?" Harry asks as Ron answers for him.

"I know what that is! It's a dragon egg! But how did you get one?" Ron said to the giant.

"I won him off a chappie I met down in a pub. He seemed quite relieved to get rid of it." Hagrid said, fawning over the egg.

The dragon starts to hatch as Hermione asks what kind of dragon it is.

"It's a Norwegian ridgeback 'Mione." Carson said, answering her question.

The egg hatched, and Hagrid picked it up in his arms, fawning over it.

"Isn't he beautiful? Oh. Bless him, look. He knows his mummy. Hehe. Hallo, Norbert" Hagrid said, stroking the baby dragon.

Norbert coughs up some fire and it gets in Hagrid's beard. He quickly puts it out, and the groups attention is turned to the bleached blonde running back up to the castle, after he saw the dragon.

The four run off, only to get caught by Professor McGonagall and get 50 points taken each, along with a detention. But on the bright side, Malfoy had to go as well.