Don't Act Like You Know Me

Year 1 - Nicholas Flamel

Hermione screamed. Before her stood a huge and ugly gray mountain troll. In burst Ron and Harry. "Hermione, move!" Harry yelled. Hermione dashed to the corner of the room. The mountain troll swung it's club through the other stalls. The troll began to stagger towards Hermione.

"Help! Help!" Hermione called. Harry and Ron started to throw debris from the bathroom stalls at the troll. 

"Hey, pea brain!" Ron taunted. Ron threw a large piece of wood and hit the troll on it's head. Hermione took that time to dash underneath a bathroom sink. The troll spotted Hermione and attempts to swing his club at her, but it barely missed her.

"AHHH!" Hermione screamed. Harry whipped out his wand and ran forward. Just as the troll was pulling his club back, Harry jumped on it. He was lifted up over the troll's head and dropped onto it.

"Whoa!" Harry yelled. The troll hurled him forward, then back, and his wand ended sticking up the troll's nose.

"Ew," Ron grimaced. The troll let out a big snort and whipped around.

"Whoa!" Harry exclaimed. The troll shook Harry off of its head and dangled him by one leg, upside down. The troll swiped at Harry again. "Do something!" Harry yelled, flailing.

"What?" Ron asked. The troll swiped at Harry again.

"Anything! Hurry up!" Harry yelled. Ron grabbed his wand. Under the sink, Hermione waves at Ron.

"Swish and flick!" Hermione said.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" Ron chanted as he flicked his wand. The troll's club lifted out of it's hand. The troll looked up as it was confused. The club came crashing down and conked the troll on its head. The troll wavered and staggered as it dropped Harry, who crawled out of the way, and came tumbling to the ground. Hermione came out from under the sink slowly and ogled at the troll.

"Is it... dead?" Hermione asked.

"I don't think so. Just knocked out," Harry grabbed his wand, which was covered in mysterious goo. "Ew. Troll bogies." Suddenly, McGonagall, Snape, and Quirrell came bursting in. Gasps came from the teachers as they saw what was in front of them.

"Oh my goodness! E-Explain yourselves, both of you!" McGonagall said.

"Well..." the boys mumbled.

"It's my fault, Professor McGonagall," Hermione said, the teachers surprised and the boys unexpectant.

"Ms. Granger?" McGonagall gasped.

"I went looking for the troll. I'd read about them and thought I could handle it, but I was wrong. If Harry and Ron hadn't come and found me, I'd probably be dead," Hermione said.

"Be that as it may, it was an extremely foolish thing to do. I would have expected more rational behavior on your part, Ms. Granger. Five 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. Five points will be awarded to each of you. For sheer dumb luck," McGonagall scolded. Snape and McGonagall exited the bathroom.

"Perhaps you ought to go," Professor Quirrell stammered. He pointed to the troll. "M-might wake up... heh." Harry, Ron, and Hermione exited the bathroom and sulked back to their common room. 

"Thank you for saving me," Hermione said out of the silence. 

"It was the least we could do," Harry said. He jabbed Ron in the arm.

"I owed you anyways," Ron mumbled.

"Harry!" Hermione whined. "You told him?"

"Of course I told him. He was saying rude things about you and he needed to know."