The Sister

Chapter 15

Suddenly, Professor Quirrell comes flying into the room, screaming. "TROLL! IN THE DUNGEON! T-TROOLLL IN THE DUNGEON!!" He stops and there is utter silence. "Thought you ought to know." He said before falling over in a dead faint. The room is silent, and then everyone freaks, screaming and running. "SILLLLLEEENNNNCEEEEE! Everyone will please, not panic. Now, Prefects will lead their houses back to the dormitories. Teachers will follow me to the dungeons." Dumbledore said. "Hufflepuff, this way!" A girl yelled. "Stay together!" A boy said. "Gryffindors...keep up please. And stay alert!" Percy said. "How could a troll get in?" Harry asked. "Not by itself. Trolls are really stupid. Probably people playing jokes." Ron said. Suddenly Harry pulled me and Ron aside. "What?" I asked. "Hermione! She doesn't know!" Harry said. We take off running down corridors. We start running down a hall when they stop, because there is a grunting noise. Harry pulls me and Ron into a doorway and a large, ugly troll thunks by into a room. "He's going into the Girl's Bathroom!" Harry hissed. We burst in as Hermione screamed. "Hermione, move!" Harry yelled. The troll smashes the remaining stalls. "Help! Help!" Hermione screamed. The boys start throwing wood pieces at the troll. "Hey, pea brain!" Ron yelled and throws wood and hits the troll on the head. Hermione escapes from the stalls to under a sink, but the troll sees her and goes to smash her. It cracks the sink and barely misses Hermione. Harry cringes. "Ahhh! Help!" Hermione said. Harry gets out his wand. He runs forward and grabs the troll's club, and is lifted up. "Whooa! Whoa, whoa!" Harry said as he lands on the troll's head, and is hurled forward, then back, and his wand goes up the troll's nose. "Ew." Ron said next to me. The troll snorts, and whips around. "Whoa, whoa whoa!" Harry yelled as the troll tried to shake him off. 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!" He yelled at us. "What?" Ron asked. "Anything! Hurry!" Harry yelled. Ron grabs his wand. Under the sink, Hermione waves her hand. "Swish and flick!" Hermione yelled at him. "Wingardium Leviosa!" He yelled and 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. "Cool." Ron said. It hits the troll's head and the troll wavers, then drops Harry, who crawls away, and comes crashing down, hard. Hermione approaches carefully. "Is it dead?" She asked. "No. It's knocked out." I said. Harry grabs his wand...which is covered in goo. "Ew. Troll bogies." Harry said as picked up his wand. Suddenly, McGonagall, Snape and Quirrell come rushing in. They all gasp. "Oh! Oh, my goodness! E-Explain yourselves, all of you!" McGonagall said. "Well, what it is..." Harry and Ron stuttered. "It's my fault, Professor McGonagall." Hermione said, stepping forward. "Ms. Granger?" McGonagall said. "I went looking for the troll. I'd read about them and thought I could handle it. But I was wrong. If Phoenix, Harry and Ron hadn't come and found me...I'd probably be dead." Hermione said looking at us thankful. "Be that as it may...it was an extremely foolish thing to do. I would have expected more rational behaviour on your part, Ms. Granger. 5 points will be taken from Gryffindor for your serious lack of judgment. As for you two gentlemen 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." McGonagall said before turning and walking out. "Perhaps you ought to go...M-might wake up...heh." Quirrell said and we quickly walked out. The next morning we were eating in the great hall and Harry wasn't eating much food. "Take a bit of toast, mate, go on." Ron said. "Ron's right, Harry. You're gonna need your strength today." Hermione said. "I'm not hungry." Harry said. Snape walks into the hall and stops in front of us. "Good luck today, Potter. Then again, now that you've proven yourself against a troll, a little game of Quidditch should be easy work for you...even if it is against Slytherin." Snape said and limped away. "That explains the blood." Harry said. "Blood?" Hermione asked. " Listen, last night, I'm guessing Snape let the troll in as a diversion so he could try and get past that 3 headed dog. But, he got himself bitten, that's why he's limping." Harry said. "But why would anyone go near that dog?" Hermione asked. "The day I was at Gringotts, Hagrid took something out of one of the vaults. He said it was Hogwarts' business, very secret." Harry said. "So you're saying..." Hermione trailed off confused. "That's what the dog's guarding. That's what Snape wants." Harry said. An owl screeches. It is Hedwig. She is carrying a very large, long parcel. She drops it off. Blister follows in after her and lands with a second very large, very long parcel. I shared a look with Harry and took the letter of my broom.