Fallen Star (Harry Potter Love Story)

Chapter 3: The never ending nap and lactose intolerance

(Soundtrack: Track 3: Paradise by Coldplay)


"Matilda! Wake up! Come on!" Harry said pushing me.
"Five more minutes." I groaned flipping my pillow over my head.
"We go back to Hogwarts today." He said hoping that would get me up.
"Woohoo." I said still trying to sleep.
"We start our third year today." He said hoping THAT would get me up.
  He groaned when I didn't even budge, "Okay then, I'll just let Ron shave Christine like he's been wanting to." He smirked as I sat up an began to karate chop the air.
He began to laugh and I just laughed too and pushed him. I grabbed Christine and we went downstairs. Harry was already in day clothes but I was still in my pajamas. I didn't care though. I would know half the people downstairs.
We walked down the stairs slowly and paused as we heard, "I'm warning you Hermione. Keep that bloody beast away from my Scabber's or I'll turn it into a teacup."
"It's a cat Ronald, what do you expect? It's in it's nature."
"A cat? I that what they told you? It looks more like a pig with hair if you ask me."
"That's rich coming from the owner of that smelly old shoe brush. Your right Crookshanks. Ignore the mean little boy."
"Harry!" Ron smiled looking to Harry.
Hermione then turned around, "Matilda!" She smiled.

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"Egypt. What's it like?" Harry asked looking at the cover of the newspaper.
"It's brilliant. Tons of old stuff like mummies and tombs. Even Scabber's enjoyed himself." Ron chuckled rocking Scabber's back and forth.
  "You know the Egyptians used to worship cats." Hermione pointed out as she looked down at Christine and Crookeshanks smelling each each other.
"Yeah. Along with  Dung beetles." Ron snapped.
"Not rushing that clipping about again are you, Ron?" George asked walking by along with Fred.
"I haven't shown anyone." Ron mumbled.
"No! Not a soul! Unless you count Tom-"
"The day maid-"
"The night maid-"
"The cook-"
"That dude who came to fix the toilet-"
"Oh and that wizard from Belgium!"
"Oh hello Matilda!" They chorused each leaning down to give me a peck on the opposite cheek.
"Hello Fred, George." I greeted turning around.
They always seemed to have a soft spot for me. Everyone did I guess. I'm just a lovable person.
"Blimey! What happened to your eye?" George asked taking my head in his hands to observe my eye. 
"Nothing just an accident." I replied shrugging myself away.
Hermione eyed me a bit as she cradled Crookshanks.
"Hm. Some accident that was. I'd be proud to own a shiner like that." Fred laughed.
"Thanks. It does make me look rather tough don't you think?" I asked them playfully.
"But of course." They chorused.
  "Oh Matilda dearie! How wonderful it is to see you!"
Mrs Weasley said pulling me into a hug.
"Hello Mrs Weasley." I greeted.
"Oh what happened to your face? Never mind that. Take this ointment and rub it on and it should make the bruise go away immediately."
"Thank you."
"Now. Do you have all your stuff?"
"Yes ma'am."
  "Your books?" 
"Yes ma'am."
"Robes?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Wand?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Very good. Now you go get some clothes on and we'll be on our way okay?" She asked patting my head.
"Yes ma'am." I told her and walked up the stairs to be accompanied by Hermione who said, "We need to talk." In a rather sharp tone might I add.
Once we got in my room Hermione sat her cat down and glared at me.
"You said you weren't going to let it happen again!" Hermione complained.
"Well did you think I knew this was gonna happen?" I asked her taking off my cardigan.
She gasped at my arms.
"Just give me that!" She said jerking the bottle of ointment from my hand.
She rubbed the ointment on her hands and brought them up and down my arms and my back.
"Oh the nerves of that woman." She kept muttering darkly.
She finally rubbed my face and the bruise went away.
"Thanks Hermione. You're the best." I yelled hugging her.
"No problem but if this happens again then I'm going to have to tell my parents about this." Hermione stated.
"Okay." I told her and got in my clothes for the day:
( A large light blue knit sweater, dark skinny jeans, brown combat boots, hair in side braid)

I walked out of my bathroom and saw Harry carrying my trunk to the door.
"Harry you do-"
"Shut up and open the door will ya?" He joked and I laughed and complied.

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"I didn't mean to blow her up
I just- lost control." Harry sighed as we searched for a good place to sit.
"Brilliant." Ron chuckled.
"Honestly Ronald it's not funny. Harry was lucky not to be expelled." Hermione sighed.
"I was lucky not to be arrested." Harry corrected as we trudged through the halls.
  "I still think it's brilliant." Ron laughed. 
"Come on. Everywhere else is full." Hermione sighed taking us in one compartment which held a man who looked to be asleep with his coat over his upper body.
"I wonder who that is." Ron said sitting next to Hermione as Harry lead me to sit on the other side of him away from the mysterious man.
Hermione fired back his name.
"You know everything? How is it she knows everything?" He asked exasperated.
"It's on the suit case Ronald." Hermione sighed as if she were talking to a baby.
"Oh." Ron said looking down.
"Do you think he's really asleep?" Harry asked.
"Seems to be." Hermione replied.
  "I've got to tell you something." Harry said reaching over me to close the compartment door.


"Let me get this straight. Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban to come after you?" Ron asked.
"Yeah."
"But they'll catch Black won't they? I mean everyone looking for him." Hermione pointed out.
"Sure except no ones ever escaped Azkaban before.....and he's a murderous lunatic." Ron said slowly as his eyes became wide.
"Thanks Ron." Harry said.
As much as I hate to admit it, I was asleep. In my defense it's been a long day.
I've been asleep but you know that awkward stage your in when your asleep yet can here your surroundings.
Yeah that's what state I was in

No ones pov:

"Why are we stopping?" Hermione asked warily, "We can't be there yet."
  Harry peeked outdid of the apartment to see others doing the same.
"What's going on?" Ron asked.
"Dunno." Harry replied closing the door back.
"Well, should we wake up Matilda?" Hermione asked.
"No. Knowing her, she'll have a near panic attack or something. Besides maybe we've just broken down." Harry replied.
"Ouch, Ron! That was my foot." Hermione scolded Ron who looked out the window looking as if he was staring a spider in the face and it just said 'boo'.
He put his hand on the window and the window began to freeze as did the bottle the mysterious man had sitting in front of him.
"There's something moving out there." He said shaking.
"Something's coming aboard." Ron whimpered.
After a few seconds the whole thing jerked earning a 'Bloody Hell!' From Ron and a rather large snore from Matilda. Making Harry cover his mouth with his hand to stop his laugh despite the situation. Even Hermione chuckled.
All of a sudden a black cloaked figure with a hand made of bone came through the door and began to suck on Matilda's soul since she was the closest to it.
"NOO!" Harry yelled and jumped in front of her making the dementor suck his soul instead.
Matilda remained asleep but it wasn't the good kind, she was unconscious. The sucking the dementor was doing on her soul was a shock to her and was to much, so without even waking up, she fell unconscious and left Hermione and Ron to watch the scene unfold in front of them in horror.


(State of unconsciousness)

The halls of the orphanage were empty as Matilda trotted through hurriedly to the living room.
Once in there she looked around for any trace of any of the girls there. She found Miss Truffle passed out on the couch with a belt in her hand and saw the girls laying around the couch but not with marks. It was as if a simple spell just killed them all.
That's strange. She looked behind the couch an dropped to her knees finding her sister dead.
She cried over the body and looked all around noticing that the girls and furniture had disappeared. She looked down and saw her sister had too.
The wall faded to grey and it looked as if she were in a cubicle all to herself and she sat in the corner of the grey cubicle crying.
All of a sudden a blinding white light came in causing her to shade her eyes but still look at it. For it was a window that had appeared. She had a sudden urge to climb through to the other side.
She got up and wiped her eyes climbing over the seal slowly and was shocked to say that what she saw was nothing drabby but complete sunlight an palm trees along with the clear ocean.
She looked down and saw herself in a bathing suit. She looked back up and saw the island was deserted.
"Coraline? Alex?" She called.
"Harry? Ron? Hermione?" She asked into the ocean but nothing came back. She was alone.
.............all alone...........

She walked down the shore of the beach and looked blankly into the distance. Maybe a boat would come and rescue her. She couldn't stand it there. Even though it was truly beautiful, it was her worst fear come to life.
  "SOMEBODY?! ANYBODY?! HELLO!" She yelled off into the distance. Still no one answered and so she sat on a nearby boulder and just sat.
All of a sudden there was a flash of light and she opened her eyes again to see Miss Truffle standing over her with a belt in one hand and vodka in the other.
Matilda felt the fear in her stomach leave and was just replaced with pain which she could handle.
She saw Miss Truffle drop the belt and begin softly slapping her face.
"Wake up!" She slurred.
"Come on now, wake up!"
  (Coming back to consciousness)

Matilda's pov:

I felt someone slap me. I opened my eyes and there was a bright light and I had to blink multiple times to get my vision back.
"Oh God I hate doing that." Harry sighed leaning back on his heels from his position by my head on his knees.
"Harry?" I asked blinking until I could actually see him.
"Yes. I'm here." Harry said taking my hand and it was then I realized I was taking up the whole seat and that guy was gone.
"You can sleep through a tornado, you can." Ron said wide eyed.
I slowly began to try and sit up and succeeded.
"Ugh! Why do I have a headache?" I asked rubbing my head and flipping my legs back over the seat.
"A dementor came aboard looking for Sirius Black. He attacked you. Here. Have some chocolate. It helps." A man said sitting across from me. I now recognize him as the man asleep on the seat earlier.
"No!" Hermione said moving the chocolate away from me.
"Well why not?" He asked.
"She's deathly lactose intolerant." Hermione reminded I threw my head back and groaned.
"Did you have to share that with everyone?" I asked.
"Oops sorry." She said.
"Well I'll leave you kids to it and go have a word with the conductor." The man chuckled leaving the cart.
"Being lactose intolerant isn't that bad is it? What does it mean?" Ron asked.
"You want the truth?" I asked him and he nodded, "There are many different cases and levels of lactose intolerance and mine just so happens to be the most embarrassing level that even medicine can't help." I stated crossing my arms.
"What happens?" Harry asked worriedly.
"Oh my gosh! It means I fart a lot are you guys happy let's put it on a billboard while we're at it. Here, I'll scream it into the hallways.... GUESS WHAT EVERYBODY I F-" Harry clasped a hand over my mouth and pulled me back into the cart making everyone laugh.
We sat there just giggling amongst ourselves for the longest time about my sudden outburst.

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We all sat at the table and awaited the arrival of our food for we had to listen to the choir sing with frogs.
I looked over to Fred and George who were mouthing the words looking as if they were singing. I snickered and picked at the wood in the table with my chewed fingernails...bad habits, we've all got 'em.
I then dropped my head on the table which apparently made enough noise for our area of the table to hear and cringe as they all began to laugh after they saw it was me.
Harry lifted my head and put his arm underneath it as for more comfort for my head I guess.
  'SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES *croak*' everyone then began to laugh and I looked up quickly and clapped along knowing that food was coming my way.
"Welcome, Welcome to another year at Hogwarts! Now, I would like to say a few words-" Harry quickly placed his arm back on my side of the table because he knew what was about to happen.
*drop*
More talking.....UGH!
"First I am pleased to welcome professor R. J Lupin. Who was kindly consented to fulfill the post of the Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher. Good luck, professor!" Dumbledore announced and the Great Hall was filled with applause. 
"Of course! That's why he gave you the chocolate, Harry!" Hermione said.
"Potter, Watson! Is it true you two fainted? I mean you actually fainted?" Draco asked snickering.
"Shove off Malfoy." Ron groaned.
"How did he find out?" Harry asked under his breath.
"Just forget it."  Hermione pushed Harry to look away but since I was on the other side of the table next to Ron I held my glare at him and licked my two bird fingers and straightened my eyebrows with them on purpose making him sneer and turn around and everyone around laughed quietly as Ron grabbed my hand and forced the fingers back down and folding them neatly onto the table.
  By the time I heard what he was saying I only heard, "the displace will be taken by none other than our own, Rubeus Hagrid!"
Everyone once again clapped especially me who wolf whistled as he stood up and bumped into the table.
  Dumbledore then began to speak of the dementor's and how this is where the ministry is keeping them here for a short period of time to protect us and blah blah blah I want food.
My mouth watered and my stomach grumble loud enough to where Ron even heard, "Bloody Hell." He said looking over at me.
I just smiled back innocently and kept on pretending I was listening.
And at the end of the speech the food appeared and well, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to guess that it is now in my tummy.....
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Everyone was crowded around the door of the common room complaining because the new painting didn't want her singing to be interrupted until after she broke the glass she held in her hand.
"Petuna Major." Seamus repeated as me, Harry, Hermione, and Ron made our way up to the front.
"Here listen. She just won't let me in." Seamus complained.
"Petuna Major." Harry said louder than Seamus.
  "No. No. Wait. Wait. Watch this." She said holding the glass closer to her mouth and then began singing/screaming trying to break it. Everyone groaned and covered their ears except for me. It sounded kind of like that Rock music that Alex listens to. The fat lady looked at the glass before hitting it on the wall quickly and gasping.
"Amazing! Top of my voice." She bragged but to no avail as she stared at the impatient children's expressions.
"Petuna Major." Harry repeated sounding exasperated.
"Yes alright, go in." She said setting the glass by her side and opening the portrait.
"Thank you." Harry sighed and everyone crowded in and mumbled about how horrible she was at singing.
I stopped right in front of her, "I, for one, think you sing beautifully." I told her and smiled.
She smiled widely and did a bow, "It's about time someone noticed my talents. Thank you dear child. Now off you go." She smiled and I felt someone behind me hold my shoulder and walked me in. I looked behind me to see it was Hermione.
  "Come on! Let's go!" She smiled and lead me up to our dormitory.
Once we all got in our pajamas me and Hermione sat on our beds and talked and soon all the girls joined including Ginny and you know what happens when girl get together in big groups.
They talk about the 'B' word. No not that one you nasty little thing, you.
.......boys.....

"Alright now it's your turn Matilda." Said Demelza laying on her stomach on Hermione's bed.
"I actually don't like anyone." I admitted. I don't.
"Rubbish!" They all yelled and hollered and I just laughed.
"Really! I don't like anyone. I mean I'm technically not even 13 yet, so....plus I don't even have time for a boyfriend." I told them.
"Though that may be true, we all know someone who likes you." Hermione smiled and all the girls agreed.
"Name ONE person who likes ME." I dared saying 'ME' with a disgusted face making Hermione glare at me.
Ginny stood up and took her finger drawing a lightening bolt on her forehead and everyone laughed as she plopped back down and I laughed and threw my pillow at her.
"Does not!" I yelled.
"Does too." Hermione replied.
"No he doesn't. Give me one piece of evidence that he likes me." I suggested.
"Well other than the countless times he saved you. He also saved you on the train. That dementor would've sucked out your soul if he hadn't have thrown himself on top of you." Hermione said and I gasped.
"He did what?!" I yelled.
"Oh. Probably shouldn't have said that." She said making everyone but me laugh.
"Why didn't anyone tell me on the train?" I asked.
"Because Harry said not to because he knew that you'd be upset about it. We know how you are about that kind of stuff." Hermione pointed out.
"Yeah. Your too independent." One of the Patil twins said an the other agreed.
"Well I think that he just thinks of me as a friend, he would've done the same had it been you or Ron. Plus I'm just a muggle orphan." I said looking down at my hands in my lap.
"Alright girls! Ten minutes!" McGonagoll said walking in.
"Yes ma'am." We all said as she walked in and sat on a bed across the room.
"What are you girl talking about in here?" She asked smiling.
"We're trying to convince Matilda that Harry likes her." Ginny shrugged as the girls snickered and I threw another pillow at her.
"Oh. I thought it was obvious by now." Professor laughed and the girls let out rather loud yelps of surprise which then turned to laughter from everyone including me.
  This is home....This is my family....This is where I'm meant to be.