9 8. Ugh......Troll Bogies.
2nd person POV
Since both you and Harry made it to the team, Oliver called you two for practice. Harry and Oliver carried a big trunk while you followed them from behind carrying the beaters' bats and stopped at the courtyard.
"Quidditch is easy enough to understand. Each time has seven players, 3 chasers including Malfoy here", Oliver started explaining gesturing to me,
"I'd prefer you calling me L/n, thanks," you said. Although Malfoy, is your last name, you preferred L/n because you're used to it.
"Okay....then there are 2 beaters, 1 keeper and a seeker. That's you", gesturing Harry. You knew all about quidditch as well as you used to practice with Charlie, the twins and Bill as well, back at the Burrow. They said that you're a natural player in every post.
"There are three kinds of balls. This one's called the Quaffle. Now, the chasers, L/n and the other two, handle the Quaffle and try to put it through one of those three hoops", Oliver Wood said pointing to the hoops in quidditch pitch.
"The keeper, that's me, defends the hoops. With me so far?", You nod.
"I think so. What are those?", Harry replies pointing at the two squirming chained down balls.
"Bludgers", you replied.
"You better take this", Oliver gives one bat to Harry from your hand and he opens let's go of the chained Bludgers. The ball flies into the air and comes back down. Harry readied his bat and beats the ball. The ball soars off through a statue, surprisingly without damaging it.
"Eh, not bad, Potter, you'd make a fair beater... Uh-oh. It's coming back, L/n..."
As the ball neared you, you hit the ball hard to the same direction and it made it's second trip through the statue.
"Not bad at all! You'd also make a fair beater.", Oliver said, quiet impressed and you replied with a smile. The Bludgers comes back and Oliver grabs it, wriggling to get it back in the box and Harry looked amazed.
"Nasty little buggers. But you are the seeker, and the only thing I want you to worry about is this... the Golden Snitch", Oliver told Harry.
"I like this ball." Harry stated.
"Ah, you like it now. Just wait. It's wicked fast and damn near impossible to see."
"What do I do with it?"
"You catch it of course.", You said.
"before the other team's seeker. You catch this, the game is over. You catch this, Potter, and we win", Oliver smiled. Then the golden snitch fluttered it's wings and flew away.
°°°°Time skip to Wingard Levosa°°°°
Your POV
It was charms class with the Slytherins. I got paired with Neville, Harry with Seamus and Ron with Hermione. Me and Neville sat behind Hermione and Ron and Harry with Seamus by a corner.
"One of a wizard's most rudimentary skills is levitation the ability to make objects fly. Uh, do you all have your feathers?", professor Flitwick started and Hermione raises her feather, "Good. Now, uh, don't forget the nice wrist movement we've been practicing, hmm? The swish and flick. Everyone and enunciate. Wingardium Leviosa. Off you go then." Everybody started casting the levitation charm.
"Wingardrium LeviosaR!", Ron waves his wand faster up and down.
"Stop! stop! stop! You're going to take someone's eye out. Besides, you're saying it wrong. It's Levi-O-sa, not LeviosaR", Hermione told him.
"You do it then if you're so clever. Go on, go on", Ron snapped. Behind them I was too deep in thier conversation that I forgot to cast my charm. So when Hermione picked up her wand, I followed her.
"Wingardium Levi-O-sa", Hermione casts her charm and her feathers starts levitating followed by mine.
"Oh well done! See here everyone, Ms. Granger and Ms. Malfoy has done it," Professor Flitwick exclaimed and from across the room I could see Draco shocked at "Ms. Malfoy", still not used to me being a Malfoy. Hermione also looked behind her to face me and she has a big grin on her face.
"Wow Y/n! Could you teach me how to...", Neville said from beside me.
"Of course Neville! I'd be delighted to teach you", I said and he smiled. Then there was an explosion from where Harry sat. Even Professor Flitwick almost fell from his place. So I looked towards the source of the sound and Seamus' feather had burnt and his face all in ashes.
"I think we're going to need another feather over here, Professor", Harry said and the whole class bursts out laughing.
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The charms class was over and now Hermione and I am kind of walking fast to catch up with the boys as we neared them, we heard,
"It's Levioo-O-osa, not LeviosaaaaR. She's a nightmare, honestly. No wonder she hasn't got any friends!", As soon as Ron said that, Hermione cried and rushed past him, sniffling...How dare he? I am her friend...
"Hermione!!", I called behind her but she didn't look back.
"I think she heard you", Harry said. I confronted Ron, stopping his way.
"How could you say something like that!! She was just telling you to cast the spell right so that you wouldn't end up exploding!!!", I could hear Seamus say a low "Hey!!".... but decided not to..
"And a nightmare!!! NIGHTMARE!!! How could she not have friends when she's got me huh!!!", I was so furious at Ron that I practically screamed at him, poor Ron, he looks petrified. I actually wanted to say lots of things but didn't want to embarrass him further after all he's my best friend.
"Don't talk to me unless you apologize to Hermione" and I stormed my way to the direction where Hermione ran. I searched Hermione but couldn't find her anywhere.
"Y/n!", Someone called from behind and I turned to see Parvati Patil, "Y/n, Hermione is in girls bathroom. She wouldn't come out. If you be with her she might stop crying". As soon as I heard that, I ran to the girls bathroom. I could hear Hermione cry from a toilet stall as soon as I got in the bathroom.
"Hermione", I called.
"Go away!!!", Hermione said through her small sobs.
"Hermione, it's me Y/n. Come out please!!"
"Y/n! What are you doing here? Go! Classes are about to start."
"I am not going anywhere unless I make you stop crying. Listen Hermione, Ron really doesn't mean those things he just said. He can be a git sometimes but trust me once he starts getting you, he'll feel useless without you" I consoled and I could hear a small laugh when I said the last part. Then the stall door clicked open and Hermione comes out with puffed eyes and pink nose.
"Oh Hermione!", I dramatically hugged her. She laughed and hugged me back.
"Thanks for being here Y/n", Hermione said.
"Nah!! That's what friends do, right? Be there for each other and since we are alone we could share about ourselves"
"But you have to go back to your class"
"No, I'd rather stay here"
Then we started sharing lots of things like favourite colours, favourite books, animals, sweets etc.... We didn't even realize that it was already time for dinner.
"Oh Hermione, let's go back now. It's already time for dinner. I am really hungry and I bet you are too." I told her.
"I am kind of hungry but I am not ready to face him. You can go I'll stay here for a little while"
"Okay Hermione, I'll leave but I'll be right back with lots of foods for you just promise me you won't cry"
"I won't. I promise" she said. And I got out of the stall just to see a Troll!!
"Hermione don't come out of the stall!!!", I screamed.
"Why?! What's happening?!", Hermione opened the stall door to see the troll as well. Then the troll took a step towards me and I took a step back. Then Harry and Ron came in rushing.
"Y/n, move!!!", Harry yelled and Hermione pulled me back into the stall but it was too late, the troll smashed the stalls.. Glad we bend down. We screamed for help.
"Hey, Pea brain", Ron yelled throwing the troll pieces of woods. Pea brain... Really?
"Whooa! Whoa, whoa!", I looked to see what's happening and saw Harry on the troll and his wand in the trolls nose....ewww... I scrunched my nose... I didn't even realize that Hermione has gone to the other side below the sinks. Then the troll got hold of Harry's leg and started to swing his wooden club to the upside down Harry. I screamed to Ron who stayed dumbstruck.
"Do something!"
"What?!", He asked.
"Anything!", Harry said. Then he took out his wand and pointed at the Troll.
"Swish and Flick", Hermione reminded him under the sink.
"Wingardium Leviosa", the club lift out of the troll's hand and hovered over him before falling on him. He then drops Harry and the troll is dead?...
"Is it dead?"
No just knocked out", I got out of the stall and sat up. Harry took his wand out of the troll's nose.
"Ugh... Troll bogies", and wipe it on his robe.
Then Professor McGonagall canes rushing in with professor Snape and professor Quirrell.
"Oh! Oh, my goodness! E-Explain yourselves, all of you!", She said. We were about to say something when Hermione spoke,
"It's my fault, Professor", we all looked at her confused and surprised. " I went looking for the troll. I'd read about them and thought I could handle it. But I was wrong. If they hadn't come and found me...I'd probably be dead." Oh Hermione....
"Be that as it may be...it was an extremely foolish thing to do. Five points will be taken from Gryffindor for your serious lack of judgment. As for you three I just hope you realize how fortunate you are. Not many students could take on a fully grown mountain troll and live to tell the tale. Five points...will be awarded to each of you. For sheer dumb luck", then Snape and McGonagall leaves. Why is Snape limping?
"Perhaps you ought to go...M-might wake up...heh", Professor Quirrell said and we left.
"Hermione, you shouldn't have lied back in", I said while we're walking back to our common room.
"Mind you, I mean, we did save her life", Ron said. Seriously, look at his audacity!...
"Mind you, she didn't need saving if you hadn't insulted her.", Harry spat.
"I am sorry Hermione, I shouldn't have said those things back then", Ron apologized and I attack him with a hug.
"Good boy Ronald!!!", I said and everyone laughed.
