20 The troll

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Chapter 20

The troll

It was Halloween night, and the entire school was celebrating at the great hall.

Harry was having dinner with his friends and listening to the many conversations happening all around him.

Two older boys who were sitting in front of Harry said something that called his attention.

"I heard that Lucius Malfoy has lost his mind. He got into a fight with the minister of magic"

"Who told you that?"

"My mom, you know that she works at the ministry."

"So, what happened then. Did he got fired?"

"Naa, Malfoy is still a very influential guy. He probably just got a slap on the wrist."

"Why was he even fighting with the minister?"

"I ask my mom the same thing. She wasn't sure, but there are a lot of rumors around the ministry of Malfoy looking for some excuse to get the Headmaster fired. It makes sense after what happened to his son."

Harry then felt a tap on his shoulder. It was Hannah.

"Harry, are you ok? you haven't eaten anything." She seems worried.

"I'm fine Hannah. I was just thinking about some stuff. Nothing to worry about." Harry tried to reassure her. It was true that today was supposed to be a sad day for him. It was the day he became an orphan. But then again, he was also the reason he was an orphan…so he couldn't really blame anyone on this one.

He wasn't really sad. The only reason he wasn't eating was because this day reminds him of the day he lost a fight against a baby. That was the most humiliating day of his life...and the last one, in some way. But the girls seem to have come to the wrong conclusions.

Susan seems to come to some realization. "Ohh that's right. Today is the day that you…. I'm sorry, Harry."

Harry was getting uncomfortable. He did not like people taking pity on him. 'I am a former dark lord, for Merlin's sake!.'

Professor Quirrel seems to have chosen that moment to push open the hall doors with a loud 'slam'. He then started to run towards the teacher's table and yell.

"TROLL!. There is a troll loose in the dungeons!. TROLL!." And then proceeded to collapse on the floor.

The hall immediately erupted into a panic. Dumbledore wasted no time standing up to calmly address the situation.

"SILENCE!" The voice resounded through the hall, clearly amplified with magic. Once the students started to calm down. He started talking again.

"Prefects!. Escort the students back to their room. Teachers with me."

Everyone started to move.

"Wait. Aren't the Slytherin rooms in the dungeons?" Susan asked.

"Is just a troll Susan. Any seventh-year student should be able to deal with just one troll at least." Harry calmly said while they were walking towards their rooms.

"Maybe. But what if it encounters a first-year or something? " Hannah asked worriedly.

"Hannah, don't be a jinx. There is no way that will happen." Susan said nervously.

—-

The next morning Hogwarts was once again engulfed in chaos. Teachers going back and forth, students missing, and many rumors about someone being attacked again.

'Well this looks familiar' Harry thought while having his breakfast.

"Don't tell me another Slytherin student got attacked." One of the older Hufflepuff said.

"Na. This time it was a Gryffindor student." A seventh-year puff answer.

"What? someone was attacked. What happened? Was it the troll?" Hannah looked very alarmed. She had some friends on Gryffindor.

"Yes. It was the troll alright. I don't know all the details. But it seems the troll managed to attack a first-year girl from Gryfindor before the teachers got him." The seventh-year from before said.

Hannah gasped. "Do you know the name?"

The other student just shaded his head.

Susan takes Hannah's hand to reassure her. "I'm sure the teachers saved her in time, Hannah."

"The headmaster should make an announcement soon, and then we will know exactly what happened," Harry added.

—-

At the end of breakfast, the headmaster came into the great hall to inform the students that classes had been suspended for the day and what happened to the attacked student.

"Once again I come with bad news, '' Dumbledore said with a solemn expression.

"As you know. Yesterday a troll had somehow become loose in the halls of Hogwarts. Unfortunately, he came across a first-year student who was at the time, alone in one of the second-floor bathrooms.

The student in question was Hermione Granger. She is currently alive but severely injured. She has been transported to Saints Mungo and her parents have been notified. If she recovers, we do not know if will come back to Hogwarts. That is all for now. You all have the rest of the day free. Goodbye."