Birthdays and...Cerberuses? Cerberi? Cerberees? Oh, and a Troll, too

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Harry's POV

After finding out that my father was a Seeker, I left the trophy room along with Hermione, Ron, Jake, and Daphne.

Ron: (to Harry) I'm telling you, it's spooky. Those two girls know more about you than you do.

Daphne: Realistically, who doesn't? I mean, Harry is a famous figure in the wizarding world.

Jake: Yeah, but...I don't know if losing your parents is something worth being famous worth.

Ron: Nobody asked you.

Jake rolled his eyes as we continued up the stairs. Suddenly, the stairs started to move, making us stumble as we tried to hold on to something. I looked behind me and saw Daphne stumbling into Jake's arms.

Jake: (smirks) Falling for me already, Greengrass?

I saw Daphne's face turn red as she pushed herself away from Jake.

Daphne: S-Shut it, Spector.

If those two aren't made for each other, I thought, then there's something wrong with the universe.

I noticed the stairs stopping in front of a corridor.

Harry: Let's go this way!

Ron: Before the staircase moves again!

We quickly got off the staircase and made our way down the corrider, which was darker than usual.

Jake: Does anyone else think that we shouldn't be here, or am I just being paranoid?

Daphne: You're not being paranoid. This is the third floor corridor.

Jake: Right. The "painful death" corridor.

We all looked at him with looks that said, "Really?"

Jake: What? I'm just quoting Dumbledore.

Out of nowhere, we heard a meow that stopped us dead in our tracks. We slowly turned around and saw a red-eyed cat looking at us.

 We slowly turned around and saw a red-eyed cat looking at us

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Ron: It's Filch's cat!

Suddenly, a grey blur launched itself at the cat and smacked it multiple times with its paw. We noticed that it was a grey kitten. Filch's cat quickly ran away from us, while the grey kitten faced us and meowed. When it did, I saw it's grey-out left eye and an ugly scar across its face.

Jake: Hey, Houston.

He knelt down and picked up the kitten, which purred in his arms.

Jake: Thanks for saving our ass there, buddy.

The kitten meowed.

Daphne: We should get out of here. It won't be long until Filch shows up.

We all heeded Daphne's warning and ran down the corridor. I approached a nearby door and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge.

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