RAVENCLAW!

5. Behind the door

"Where have you been?" Anthony looked half furious, half relieved when Harry entered the dorm. Draco had been a little bit worried, too, although he would never admit that. Harry ignored the question.

"Flitwick says they got rid of the troll."

It seemed like Goldstein wasn't listening to him, either.

"How dare you leaving the path when Dumbledore told us clearly to stay together! You're loosing enough points during potions. You're dragging our reputation through mud!"

Harry's face -he'd looked quite cheerful when he'd entered- fell.

"I never did anything in Snape's classes that would justify him to take so many points from me, and you know that! Anyway, I wasn't punished for... taking the longer way."

Especially the last sentence caught Draco's attention. 'Taking the longer way'.
What a ridiculous story. What did happen after all?
But Harry, without paying any attention to the curious and expecting glances from the others, went over to his trunk, grabbed his pajamas and disappeared inside the bathroom.
While the others started discussing Harry's whereabouts during the troll attack in low voices, Draco reached for some parchment, ink and his quill on his nightstand to write a letter to his parents. He knew his father would probably make a big fuzz about a troll being able to get inside Hogwarts but sooner or later he would find out anyway.
And, when he thought about it, a castle where hundreds of pupils lived, should be safe enough to keep out a stupid troll, shouldn't it?
Somebody would've made sure of that, right?
Someone from inside must have let him in! He looked up and opened his mouth to share his theory when he remembered his fathers words.

Don't make friends with people from unworthy families!

He shut his mouth close again. He had to keep his thought to himself for the moment. Maybe he could tell Pansy and Blaise about it but he was sure Goldstein and Corner, being Half Bloods, would not be considered worthy by his father.
He let out a small sigh, dipped his quill into the black liquid and started writing.

Dear mother, Dear father,
I hope you are doing well. I myself am quite fine here. Today there was a mysterious incident. A troll got inside the school during our Halloween feast. Nobody actually saw it but Professor Quirrel stormed into the great hall and fainted in front of the whole student body. It took about an hour until they informed us that the danger was over.
Apart from that nothing important happened so far. I'm doing very well in all of the classes. Most of the stuff is almost boring but there's this one mudblood girl. She's a pretty annoying know-it-all and spends most of the time alone in the library, trying to keep up to the class level. And her hair looks like she got into an explosion, which is not even very unlikely. She's a Gryffindor and there's this one Gryffindor boy, who always manages to blow things up.
Tomorrow there'll be the first Quidditch match! Slytherin is definitely going to beat Gryffindor. Blaise told me that Flint became captain this year. I still don't get why first years aren't allowed to try out for the teams! I could've been Ravenclaw keeper this year but now the post is not going to be free for years. The flying lessons here are kind of boring. All we did so far is flying in circles, four feet above the ground. If we only were purebloods we could be learning the cool stuff by now! Whenever possible I'm spending my free time with Pansy and the others.

I'm really looking forward to seeing you over Christmas.
Love,
Draco.

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When Harry left the bathroom, with brushed teeth and his pajamas on, all four boys looked up at him and he had the strong suspicion, that Terry, Michael and Anthony had just stopped talking about him. He laid down on his covers and drew the curtains close. As he calmed down the events of the day filled his mind and he doze off with a smile on his lips. Today he'd defeated a mountain troll with his friends.