Chapter 14 - Troll, What Troll?

I was out on the field with the rest of the Hufflepuff class and the Slytherin class.

Another one of the old goats machinations to make me firmly reject Slytherin.

I winked at Daphne and she blushed a bit but remained stone faced.

I think wizarding children mature a lot faster because I realized that I have not been acting my age with her at all but it seemed like this was nothing out of the ordinary so I didn't put too much thought to it.

Hooch: "Alright students my name is Professor Hooch and today we are going to get you flying on those brooms. First things first put your hand over the broom and say 'UP'"

I just willed it into my hand as no one was paying attention to me except Daphne who quirked her eyebrow at me.

I put my finger over my lips and she nodded a bit.

The class continued into finally Neville was sent into the air and I let it play out as is except I didn't want to join quidditch as it seemed like a waste of time so just as the remember ball fell I summoned it and put into my pocket without anyone noticing.

Classes continued and I was busy with figuring out my new spells.

This routine continued.

I managed to get to Level 9 with my eyes and level 8 without them in the last month but I still have not found a way to dodge physical attacks or to dodge spells without my mana sense.

I did add a rune cluster to the silver ring to empower the mana skin when activated.

I managed to make a thin and unnoticeable layer of mana surround myself at all times but it was very weak and it would even break from the level 1 in the ROR when I focused on defense.

If I used the ring I could endure all the spells up to level 6.

My mana control exercises were not going very well.

I tried to do the leaf sticking and even that was difficult when my mana core was unlocked.

I could control the 10% when my core was locked but it got increasingly difficult as I increased it.

The highest I got with the leaf exercise was 30% of my core.

The higher my control got the better my mana skin was getting.

The shadow clone spell was still a work in progress and I'd say I'm about half way done with it.

Over the months I hung out a lot with Hannah Abbot and Susan Bones.

I could tell they were slightly influenced by Dumbles to be more involved with me then they should but it was only slight so I didn't care too much.

Timeskip to Halloween

Well here comes the day where Quirrelemort will release the troll.

I'm not sure how this will play out as a lot of things have changed from the original but I've prepared for this over the months.

My mana skin made it to level 3 without a boost and level 8 with the boost in the ring.

I finally completed level ten with my eyes and mana sense but I still couldn't do it without my eyes.

After repeating level 1 numerous times without my eyes or mana sense I managed to boost my ears enough to hear the movements of the manikins and the sounds of the spells movement.

Although it isn't observation haki my hearing has improved and I completed the first level using that.

I'm almost done with the shadow clones and as I was researching and trying to create it I even managed to do a bit of umbrakinesis.

All they did was move I couldn't make it physical yet.

And right on que the turbaned dark lord himself rushed in.

Quirrel: "There's Trolls, Trolls in the dungeon thought you'd ought to know" he stuttered and then passed out.

It looks like Hermione is still the one missing as I did a quick check of the cafeteria and tuned out the uproar and all the teachers.

I was waiting and waiting and there it is.

Quirrelemort sent me a mental order to go and save the students and confront the troll.

This must be some kind of test and I could sense Dumbledork and his sparkling eyes boring a hole in my head.

If I didn't know these two were completely at each others throats I would think they were in cahoots.

I was pretty much an exact copy of Tom Riddle from what I got from his memories.

Dumbledore fucked both of us over but I could tell that Tom wasn't always aware of it from his memories and he upped his game since then with me.

With my thoughts coming to an end I ran to confront the troll.

I had made a way to deal with this so that it would bring very little attention to me.

I took out a marble covered in runes from my pocket and before I even rounded the corner where I sensed the troll I sent the marble around the corner and colliding with it.

When I turned the corner there was nothing there and I continued to run as if I didn't know anything.

I brought Hermione out of the restroom and was walking back when all the teachers came.

Immediately my mind was bombarded by the goat, the bat, and the snake but I made sure to look as innocent and naive as possible.

I wouldn't use the alternate personality this time since I wouldn't be lying really.

I projected memories of everything that happened except with the marble.

Flashback

I was working on something with runes that would come in handy in the future.

It was basically flying thunder god.

I couldn't use runes without my rune pen yet but I think I was getting close to a level where I could use it similar to fuinjutsu from Naruto.

I was carving a marble with the runes.

It was overly complicated and I would have to work on it but I eventually got it to work where I could teleport whatever hit the marble after I threw it to a designated location.

I threw another marble with similar marking into the forbidden forest with my telekinesis and everything was ready for the troll.

Back to Present

Grandfather Dark Lord: "Harry m'boy what are you doing here?"

"Ah professor I noticed that Hermione wasn't in the dining hall and went to get her when I heard she was here"

Dark Lords' Pet: "And where is the troll Pottah"

"I didn't see the troll on the way here. I thought it was said to be in the dungeons"

Turban Dark Lord gave me an odd look when I said that and so did the sparkly eyed dementia patient.

Dumbles: "Alright off you two go"

Hermione: "Thank you Harry"

I nodded at her and didn't really take it to heart.

With everything done for the night and the meddling trio none the wiser I went off to get some more food from the kitchen.

I've been having the elves prepare especially nutritious meals to promote growth and nurture my muscles.

I've already grown a bit and it is getting harder to hide my physique.

By the time of my fourth year when the tournament takes place I should be ready to reveal myself and I honestly can't wait.

With the food done I went off to sleep.