Harry and Isabella Potter & the Philosopher's Stone

Chapter 6 - Halloween

A/N: (I'm skipping the part where they've found Fluffy at the forbidden room.)

Days past and now it's Halloween. It has been known throughout the whole school that i'm the new Gryffindor seeker and that Harry and Draco are the new chasers. Last night was horrible but fun. Zabini told Harry and Draco that they'll have a Wizard's duel at the Trophy room. It ends up that Zabini tricked the both of them and told Filch about it. Peeves came and alerted Filch but lucky he told him nothing. That's when we saw this scary three-headed dog. Mione said that it was guarding something but Harry and Ron wouldn't believe it.

Today we had our Charms with the Slytherins. Professor Flitwick told us to do the levitating spell. Harry was partnered with Seamus, Hermione was partnered with Ron (uh oh, not good!) while I got partnered with Draco.

Draco and I took turns in levitating the feather in our desk. We've done it perfectly and then Professor Flitwick gave me and Draco five points for Gryffindor House. Each. I can see the jealous faces of the Slytherins at our back.

I glanced at Ron and Hermione's desk once we were finished. Ron was shaking his wand and I'm afraid he'll be able to take someone's eye out instead of levitating a feather. Hermione scolds Ron and told exactly what I thought. "Stop - stop! You're going to take someone's eye out; besides, it's Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa, make the 'gar' nice and long." Hermione snapped. Ron looked agrivated. "You do it, then, if you're so clever," Ron snarled. Mione smiled, flicked her wand and said, "Wingardium Leviosa!"

Ron and Mione's feather rose off their desk and hovered above their heads. "Oh well done!" I heard Professor Flitwick cry. "Everyone see here! Ms. Granger's done it, too! Another five points will be given to Gryffindor!" I can see Ron's angry face from me and Draco's desk . Suddenly we heard a loud blast. It was Seamus. He set his feather on fire and his face was like hell.

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Our Charms ended and now Hermione, Parvati, Draco and I are walking towards the Great Hall. We saw Harry, Ron and Seamus walking together and all of us clearly heard Ron say, "It's no wonder that only a few people can stand her. I really wonder why your sister became friends with her. She's a nightmare, honestly!" Harry and Seamus laughed. Hermione was pissed off and she came rushing towards Ron and Harry. She bumped the both of them and keeps on walking without turning her back to glance us. "Mione, wait!" I yelled, but it was late. Hermione was nowhere to be seen. I walked in front of Ron and told him, "WHAT THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" I screamed at him. "I just told the truth. Why do you ever talk to that brat anyways?" Ron said, a little bit uncomfortable. "HERMIONE ISN'T A BRAT! AND BESIDES, SHE'S BETTER THAN YOU. YOU'RE A MEANIE." I madly exclaimed. I looked away from Ron and ran to find Hermione. I searched the whole castle, lucky I found Hermione. She's in the girls' bathroom. "Mione?" I called out. "Go away!" Hermione cried. I frowned. "I won't leave here." She didn't replied. "I'll stay here with you until you leave." I tell her, then came the sound of the door opening. Hermione came out from one of the toilets with puffy-red eyes. "Oh Izzy! I don't know what's the problem with him... That Weasley! And your brother..." Mione cried as she ran to me. I hugged her in a sisterly way and whispered, "Shush now, Mione... I promise you, i'll kick Ron and Harry. Remind me, alright?" she smiled. "That's the spirit!" I said to cheer things up.

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"We have to go before the teachers start to look for us," I reminded Hermione. She nodded. We stood up from the fountain (we were sitting at this fountain thingy) and walked to the door when we saw a freaky shadow. We looked at where the shadow came and saw something unimaginable. It's a giant troll.

"EEEEEEEK!" Hermione and I screamed as we tried to run past the troll. The troll groaned as he (or she?) tried to catch us. "HERMIONE - HIDE!" I yelled as I hide to a place where the troll can't find me. "AHHHHHH -- HEEEEELP!" Hermione screamed. I let down the weakness in me and I charged towards the troll. "I got you now, troll!" I said as I pointed my wand towards it. "Petrificus Totalus!" I chanted, but the troll had dodged it. The troll was outraged and he lift me up from the ground. I was now hoisted into the air upside down. "LET ME DOWN!" I cried. "Stupefy! *dodged* Expelliarmus! *dodged again* Immobulus! *dodged again*" I chanted different charms and jinxes that Mad-Eye told me but the troll easily dodged it. "HEEEELP!" I screeched. Suddenly, I heard a voice.

"LET HER DOWN!" the voice exclaimed. It was Draco.

"DRACO HEEEELP!" I cried tremendously.

Then I heard another voice. "Oy, pea-brain!" the voice yelled. It was Ron. The troll looked at Ron and another voice, Harry, exclaimed, "Come on, run, run!" Hermione rushed towards Harry and she yelled at Ron, "Remember, swish and flick!" Ron nodded and pointed his wand at the troll. "Wingardium Leviosa!" Ron chanted and the troll's club (that the troll was almost going to use to hit me) hovered above its head. Ron release the club and it hit straightly into the troll's head, making it knocked out. "Is it - dead?" Hermione asked. I don't think so," said Harry, "I think it's just been knocked out."

A moment later, Professor McGonagall had come bursting into the room, closely followed by Snape, with Quirrell bringing up the rear. Quirrell took one look at the troll, let out a faint whimper, and sat quickly down on a toilet, clutching his heart. Snape bent over the troll. Professor McGonagall was looking at Draco, Ron and Harry. "What on earth were you thinking of?" said Professor McGonagall, with cold fury in her voice. Harry looked at Ron and Draco. "You're lucky you weren't killed. Why aren't you in your dormitory?" I see Snape gave Harry a swift, piercing look. Harry looked at the floor. Then Hermione's voice came out of the shadows. "Please, Professor McGonagall - they were looking for me." "Ms. Granger! Ms. Potter!" Hermione had managed to get to her feet at last. "I went looking for the troll because I - I thought I could deal with it on my own - you know, because I've read all about them."

I heard a small clink and saw Ron's wand on the ground. He looked surprised.

"If they hadn't found me, I'd be dead now. Harry help me get past the troll while Ron knocked it out with its own club. They didn't have time to come and fetch anyone. It was about to finish me off when they arrived." Hermione finished.

"Well what about Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Potter?" asked McGonagall.

"Well, Izzy came to find me before the feast start. We were about to leave when the troll came in and Izzy chanted some spells other first years wouldn't know. Too bad not one of it didn't inflicted the troll.

"Draco came with Harry and Ron and he tried to kill the troll." Hermione said frantically.

McGonagall looked angry but quite impressed. "Well - in that case . . ." said Professor McGonagall, "Miss Granger, you foolish girl, how could you think of tackling a mountain troll on your own?" Hermione hung her head. Harry was speechless. Hermione was the last person to do anything against the rules, and here she was, pretending she had, to get them out of trouble. "Miss Granger, five points will be taken from Gryffindor for this," said Professor McGonagall. "I'm very disappointed in you. If you're not hurt at all, you'd better get off to Gryffindor Tower. Students are finishing the feast in their Houses." Hermione looked at me and I nodded then she left.

Professor McGonagall turned to us. "Well, I still say you were lucky, but not many first years could have taken on a full-grown mountain troll. You each win Gryffindor five points. Professor Dumbledore will be informed of this. You may go." she finished and we left.

Harry, Ron and I didn't speak. Only Draco had the nerve to talk to me after what happened. "So you really chanted spells that first years didn't know?" he asked. I smiled. "Yes, Drake. I did." I replied.

We went back to the Gryffindor tower. "Pig snout," I said. The portrait opened and the Common Room was packed and noisy. Hermione was waiting behind the door. There was an awkward silence until all of them said 'Thanks' then we hurried to get down our plates.

From that moment, Ronald Weasley, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger are now officialy friends.