Quidditch

It was morning. Sunlight streamed from the small window. Ashlynn closed her eyes. It was surprising that it was already morning. She was still very tired. But not wanting to be late for breakfast, she got out of bed.

Ashlynn could hear many students murmuring. Something was wrong. She sat down on her usual table in the corner. She started eating some salad when she heard Pansy and Daphne talking.

"Did you hear the rumors?"

"Of course! But is it true?"

"I have no idea. I mean, how can a first year possibly kill a troll!!"

By this time Ashlynn was confused.

"Still… He is the boy-who-lived.Maybe he got some training…?"

"Come on! You saw him in class! He's an idiot!"

Then Ashlynn realized what had happened. The idiot had lied! Ashlynn felt her blood boil. No, she was not jealous. She didn't want that attention. She didn't want anyone to know that she had killed a troll. But it was her brother's actions that made her mad. Where was the Gryffindor thing? Wasn'tthe Gryffindors always obsessed with what is right?! And he always called her evil! Ashlynn rolled her eyes at Harry who had just walked into the great hall, gloating. What a show-off…And it seemed that he had made a new friend. Hermione Granger. And Ashlynn could hear her thanking Harry over and over again for saving her.

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Every professor praised Harry for his "Heroic behavior". Except professor Snape.

In potions, he looked at Harry who had just boasted to his other class members about his encounter with the troll.

"So… Our precious Harry Potter has saved us once more." professor Snape sneered.

Harry glared back.

"Tell me Potter. What spell did you use to slay the troll?"

"... .I… I… It's none of your business." Harry stammered.

"10 points from Gryffindor."

Professor Snape sudden;y turned to Ashlynn.

"How about you …Ashlynn? What spell do you think you would have used if you were the one to slay the troll?"

Ashlynn stared into professor Snape's black eyes. He knew. He knew…

"If I was the hero to save Granger from the troll, I would have used the bludgeoning hex."

Professor Snape smiled slightly.

"Correct. 5 points to Slytherin."

Sanpe faced Harry again.

"That Hex is a very advanced Hex. You must be good at casting spells Potter. Talent.. you might say…. Extraordinary actually… I heard from your professors that you couldn't cast a simple Lumos spell. How did you manage to cast a 5th year spell when you can't cast a first year spell?"

Harry turned red as the Slytherins snickered.

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Quidditch season began.Ashlynn didn't really like quidditch. But it was Slytherin vs Gryffindor. So to avoid any mean comments about betrayal and blah blah, Ashlynn had to go. She heard that Harry was the new seeker. She really wished that he would fall off his broom. And if it did happen, she would be there. To watch.

Ashlynn went to the Quidditch field. It was already very crowded. She was a bit late and the games had started. Players flew in every direction but Ashlynn looked at Harry, wanting to see some trouble. And soon enough, it happened.

Harry swayed. Back and forth, back and forth. He went this way and that. It looked like someone was cursing his broom…. Suddenly a thought hit her. Someone was cursing Harry's broom!

She looked around wanting to know who would want Harry to die more than her to bewitch his broom. She wanted to thank the person. She saw two suspects. Bother not blinking and muttering something. Professor Snape and Professor Quril. So… one was cursing Harry's broom and the other was protecting him. However she noticed someone else as well. The Granger. She was moving towards the teacher's stand. Ashlynn got curious. What did our clever know-it-all want in that stand?

Ashlynn started following Granger. Hermione Granger stood behind the stands and muttered a spell aimed at professor Snape.

Ashlynn was quick to lift her wand. She used an extinguishing spell to turn off the fire on her favorite teacher's cloak. But not quick enough to get unnoticed by the professors. Ashlynn then quickly held her wand at Hermione.

"Now now.. Look what we have here. "

Ashlynn held her wand dangerously at the tip of Hermione's face. Hermione was white. She was stammering. Afraid that the professors had caught her and the dangerous glow in Ashlynn's eyes.

The professors came to them.

"Ms. Potter! Lower your wand now!" Professor Mcgonagal shouted when she saw them.

Ashlynn glared at Granger once more and lowered her wand slowly.

"I'm sorry professor. For my behavior. It's just that I saw Granger here putting a Jinx on professor Snape. I turned the fire that she created but when I saw her trying to get away, I had to … stop her."

The teachers looked shocked. Professor Snape looked at his cloak that was indeed burnt at the corner. He glared at Hermione. Hermione was shaking now.

"Im… I'm…. sorry pr-"

"Follow me to my office Ms. Granger. "

Ashlynn smirked at Hermione as she was dragged to professor Snape's office. It was hilarious. Ashlynn went back to her seat leaving the other teachers still shocked.