Chapter 144

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The rest of my first day of school passed without any strange occurrences, which can already be considered a huge achievement when we remember the fact that we are at Hogwarts at the same time as the Golden Trio.

The classes were just the professors reviewing their subjects or talking about something I already knew, and only Professor Snape gave something different, as in addition to a review he also asked us some questions about ingredients and potions, as well as he did in our first Potions class last school year.

With today's classes over, the boys and I headed to the Great Hall for dinner, and I didn't forget to stop by the kitchens to drop off the new recipes I'd jotted down on my vacation for the house elves.

I even wrote down some recipes for dishes from other countries, recipes that I had never tried before, but I'm curious to know what they taste like.

'Sometimes I feel like I'm on a cooking TV show' I thought.

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-Ravenclaw Common Room – At night-

As I was reading in the common room in my usual armchair, with Nyx at my feet warming up in the fireplace, a trio of students walked through the passage, whispering to each other.

"Did you know? I heard from Samantha, that fifth year Hufflepuff girl, that Lockhart got caught in a prank by the twins and ended up covered in green moss," one of the girls in the trio said.

"Really?! I thought he was caught in a fart prank and a prank that turned him blue. I was told it was hilarious" the other girl said laughing softly.

"I thought they were lying when they said he got caught up in some pranks, but it turns out to be true, and apparently there were several pranks," the only boy of the trio muttered in amazement and wonder, obviously not being one of Lockhart's fans.

"I can't believe those red-haired Gryffindor twins did this" the first girl said with disgust when she mentioned the twins.

"Yes, Lockhart is so awesome! I confess it's funny, but why would they do that? Besides, he..." this trio then continued walking to a far corner of the common room, and all this time I was using my Occlumency to keep me from smiling.

'Well, I may have exaggerated and played more than one prank on Lockhart, but I'm pretty sure this fart prank was the work of the twins' I thought, a satisfied and proud look on my face.

'Well, I hope Lockhart enjoys being pranked two days straight' and with that I shrugged, but even my occlumency couldn't stop a smirk from breaking out on my face.

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The days went by, with the teachers passing reviews or asking questions about the second year books we should have read. And on top of that the teachers also corrected the homework they gave us to complete on our vacations.

As the days passed, the day finally and unfortunately arrived for the first Ravenclaw DADA class with Lockhart, and I didn't know whether to feel lucky or unlucky, as we were going to have two classes in a row.

On the bright side this meant that I wouldn't have to put up with Lockhart for more than two days in the same week, but it also meant that in one day I would have to listen to him bragging about his achievements for 2 straight hours.

Maybe I'll decide if this is bad or not after I have my class with him.

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-After the DADA class-

Yes, I've made up my mind, there's no way Lockhart's classes will turn out to be good or have any positives. Even if the Headmaster gains some sanity, where he decides to have us only have one 5-minute class per month with Lockhart, I still won't think this class is good or useful to anyone.

At least I can thank the gods for getting Gryffindor to have their class with him on their first day, as that shameful and stupid class must have made the idiot Lockhart realize that releasing a bunch of wild Cornish Pixies in a closed classroom it wasn't a smart idea.

And thanks to that, we only had to put up with his 54 questions about himself that I made a point of not answering, and also his little moment where he almost brought himself to orgasm with your comments about how awesome he is.

He also read and interpreted a small excerpt from his book "Me, Us and the Giants", where I realized that other people's shame gained a new meaning.

'Is that the price to pay for the gift of sight and hearing?' I thought, looking at nothing in reflection, 'Or is this God's punishment for all the sins I must have committed in all my lives, past and future?'

'I think the only sensible thing to do right now... is to play more pranks on Lockhart' and with that a light shone my way and I gained a new resolution.

Somewhere in the castle, Lockhart felt a strange chill.

...

...

"Hey Terry, don't you think Ethan is acting really weird today?" Anthony whispered to Terry.

"Yeah" Terry said slowly, "But he's usually always weird... But that could also be puberty coming for him" he rubbed his chin in reflection.

"Yeah, maybe it's puberty" Anthony said in understanding.

'I can hear you, you bastards!'

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-Gryffindor common room-

[POV - Third Person]

"I'm still surprised to hear that you are now friends with Night," Granger muttered, her brow furrowed.

"He's not that bad" Harry defended.

"Yeah, he even brought me some candy when he visited the Burrow for the second time," Ron said, a little drool coming out of the corner of his mouth.

Harry and Granger then looked at him blankly.

"Well, as I recall, you were the ones who were suspicious of him last year," Granger accused.

"Well, it's just that in our first interaction he ended up killing a troll in front of us" Harry said, grimacing at the memory.

"And he threatened to put my finger in a place I want to keep untouched," Ron added, shifting uncomfortably in his seat.

"Yeah, he did that too" Harry nodded.

"So why are you friends with him now?"

"Well, he beat Ron at chess" Harry said.

"I still don't know how he did it" Ron muttered with a frown, and Harry looked away, as Ethan had told him the secret to winning at chess.

'Even knowing this, I still don't know how to do it' Harry thought.

"Are you friends with him because of chess?" Granger asked with a strange face, but then she remembered how the three of them had started their friendship and realized that chess is a very normal way to start a friendship when compared to theirs.

"Well... Yes? And he's not that bad when you know him well" Harry said.

"Yeah, and if he was that bad, the twins would probably never be friends with him" Ron added, and Harry beside him nodded. Ron then thought for a moment, "But it probably also has to do with the fact that he's a prankster like the twins," he muttered, and Harry nodded again.

"But he... he's... Urg! I don't know how you guys can be friends with someone so... so..."

"So smart?" Ron finished for her.

"Strange?" and Harry continued.

"Funny?"

"A little cruel?"

"True, he's a little cruel when he wants to"

"No! I don't know how you guys manage to be friends with someone so Night" Granger exclaimed throwing her hands up.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Hermione, are you still upset that he managed to take first place in the overall student rankings last school year?" Ron asked, and Harry beside him palmed his forehead.

Granger then mechanically turned to Ron, a menacing, slightly maddened look on her face.

'Sigh, I have to learn to keep my mouth shut' Ron thought, preparing for his punishment.

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(End AN: Hello my dear readers! I came back after a week break to help with my family's Easter.

As I've said in many chapters, and I've already told you, English is not my first language, and in fact I don't even know how to speak English, my whole story is translated using Google Translate and I make some minor corrections with that I learn from you.

I'm currently having a problem understanding a word. The word in my language is "Disparar" and it means to advance quickly, to shoot, to run, to open fire, and some others with the same sense. But I don't know how I can say it in English, since depending on the situation it totally changes the context of the sentence.

An example would be: If you're driving your car and I've decided you want to go fast with it, what word could you use to replace "fast forward"? In some texts and examples I saw that you could use "shot/shoot", is this correct?

Hope you enjoyed the chapter, and sorry for the long AN, hehe)