Chapter 15: Up and Down

William was looking at the troll, he was not afraid of the enemy giant but afraid of changing history, but the orders and the girl's moans of pain made William's mind waver.

When William realized he was already only a few steps away from the troll and his wand was extended to the front, his expression was dull, it showed no fear or courage as his expression on the worst occasions was neutral.

"Hey you stupid fucker mess with someone your own size" William said looking at the giant gaining the giant's attention slightly, the troll turned with his club in his hand, he was ready to strike the small wizard but the wizard looked at him ready for the attack.

The troll leaned backwards gaining strength to sweep William with his club but at that moment he lost his balance, his body began to slowly rise and the club fell to the ground.

"Wingardium Leviosa" William muttered extending his magic, the understanding of this simple incantation caused William's strength to increase quite a bit.

Once the troll was lifted to the ceiling the incantation was released causing the troll to fall to the ground with great speed, the blow was not strong enough to knock the troll out and it struggled to get up but William used the incantation again to lift it to the ceiling and bring it back down.

Hermione was watching the scene and how William managed to defeat the troll single handedly, she was watching as the Troll went up and down at great speed, the troll had no time to defend itself and could only struggle to withstand the blows.

The Troll had lost consciousness on the fifth blow but William would not stop and had already been struck twelve times by the time the teachers arrived on the scene. William didn't notice the moment when Harry and Ron arrived as he was really concentrating on his battle if you could call it that.

The professors were shocked to see what was happening, William still wouldn't stop and the troll kept going up and down, the ground was covered in blood and the face of the troll's face was already disfigured, the enemy was dead but William didn't seem to want to stop.

"Immobulus!" exclaimed Professor McGonagall stopping both William and the Troll in mid-air "Can you hear me William Rosier?"

William blinked to imply that he was conscious, the professor sighed and released the spell dropping the Troll and freeing William.

"Explain to me what is going on here" said the teacher regaining her composure as she looked at William and the three boys present.

"It's my fault Professor McGonagall" admitted the young girl in front of all the teachers "I came looking for the Mountain Troll on my own, I thought I could take him on by myself but I was wrong, if it wasn't for William I wouldn't have made it out alive. Harry and Ron only came looking for me because they were worried."

"We were able to witness young William's performance in his battle against the troll, if you can call this a battle" Professor McGonagall looked back down at the mangled Mountain Troll on the floor, her expression was not the best and she didn't seem to be upset but somehow surprised "five points off for Gryffindor for his complete lack of judgement, as for young Rosier it will be twenty points for Gryffindor, I don't remember records of a wizard of his age being able to murder a Mountain Troll, not many live to tell the tale"

The teachers left and William did not stay in the place, he was the first to leave and retire to the common room, he had an empty stomach, his magic was practically exhausted and the battle against the Troll had left his adrenaline in the clouds.

Before going to bed his destination was the showers, he stripped off his clothes covered in Troll blood and showered to relax. When he was done in the shower, William went straight to bed, using too much magic isn't good for the body either and the next day he had to attend classes.

The news of the Troll's defeat was not made public and William himself had no interest in letting others know of his abilities, from that day on he started going to classes regularly but at break time he would head to the library to read books.

Now that he had in his possession the magical library named after himself, he could learn spells faster and in a purer way than his peers, Wingardium Leviosa being the example of his way of learning.

The spells William focused on were all first year spells, he wanted to learn as much as possible and experiment as much as possible with his biological ability. Those incantations or Spells selected were Lumos the illumination incantation, Incendio the fire lighting incantation, Diffindo the selecting incantation which allows to break objects partially, the beginning of learning about transformation and several others.

Madam Pince was surprised, most of the first year students just gave the spells a spin and then left to the library or else they went to more advanced spells but William was different, he looked for the information in depth of a single spell even when he could already use it, obviously madam Pince was aware of what happened with the troll and knew of William's method of study, nothing out of the ordinary.