I was sitting in the library with Victoria, Ted, and Hermione. Hermione and Victoria were doing their homework while. Ted was doing a bit of reading, and I was banging my head on the table.
Hermione grunted and said, "Jon, stop that or bang your head harder."
Victoria chuckled and asked, "What are you even doing?"
I stopped and looked at her and said, "I am stuck." She squinted, and I said, "I am trying to understand runes, and I have made a lot of progress, but it's like moving at a snails pace. I would be doing a lot better if someone would help me." I looked at Ted, and he said, "I learned it through grueling memorization and playing a lot to the tutor." He looked at me and put his book down and asked, "And why do you need to lean anyway? That thing is far ahead of us, well you."
I grunted and said, "Cause, I have read everything from this year. I even did all my potions practices and charms, I have done almost everything, and I am bored."
Hermione asked, "How did you finish potions?"
I exhaled and said, "Well, these two sitting here are great at that. But Ted gets no credit, he didn't help once."
Victoria looked at Hermione and said, "Jon likes to exaggerate, he knew most of the instructions and ingredients, I just supervised him."
I sighed and said, "I really need help with it."
"You need help?" I looked up and it was Tracey. She was with Daphne and I asked, "Well what a surprise, what are you two doing here?"
Tracey smiled and said, "Well, we came here to do homework and Victoria mentioned that you all meet here to do it so. I thought it would be nice if we could join you guys… that is, if you don't mind?"
I looked at them, and they didn't seem to mind, and I smiled and said, "You guys are welcome to join us."
Ted seemed happy, he doesn't express many emotions other than annoyed, but he did seem happy.
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Today was Halloween, the day when Voldy would try to steal the stone. Well, the day started pretty well, but I knew it would only go downhill from there. After many days of listening to theory and the proper incantation and wand movement, we were today going to practice the charm first hand.
I was sitting with Victoria, and we were waiting for the professor to come. In the meantime, I was talking with Victoria about TV shows, since she was raised around Muggles she knew about them, "Full house… huh?"
She smiled and said, "Yup~ that's what we watch during dinner time, I also like Degrassi and Doogie Howser."
I chuckled and she asked, "What?" I shook my head and said, "Nothing, just kinda weird to hear all these names here."
She nodded and said, "Yeah, I mean, some of them still think we use buggies to get around."
I nodded and said, "I just wonder how'd they react to something like a TV or something like that…"
Prof. Flitwick walked into the class, and he got up on a pedestal and said: "One of the most rudimentary and important skills is levitation or making objects fly, do you have your feathers? Now the incantation of the charms is 'win gar dium levi ohhh sa' and the wand movement is a swish and a flick."
After a brief pause, he said, "Now with me… 'win gar dium levi ohhh sa'"
I cleared my throat and said, "win gar dium levi ohhh sa." The feather started to float. I controlled its movement perfectly. Prof Flitwick looked at my feather in the air and said, "Excellent Mr Beeston, 10 points to Slytherin."
Many Slytherin looked happy, and I was thinking 'You guys hate me, and now you are making smug faces like that? Unbelievable.
This was the thing that I didn't like about them, they didn't like me but would take the points for their house that were made by me. We were in the first position because of me and Victoria.
Victoria and Daphne did it next, they both earned 5 points each. They both looked disgusted when Draco looked at them and smiled. Both of them looked at him and gave a very disgusted look, it really hurt the little guy.
I also noticed Hermione trying to teach Ron and Ron being a general wanker refusing her help and as this was happening Seamus misfired the charm, and it blasted on his face. His face was covered with black dust and his hair was all spiky. People laughed and Prof. helped him with the charm.
After the classes ended, we were walking out of the class, and we heard Ron mocking Hermione.
"It's Leviooosa, not Leviosour, she is a nightmare and a smart ass, no wonder she hangs out with those snakes."
Hermione was walking with us, and she was hurt, she hurled past Ron and the others, and we went after her. All the girls gave Ron a scornful look, and I walked to him and said, "She was just trying to help you." I shook my head and ted, and I walked away.
We found them and Hermione was really crying, it wasn't a good sight, so I asked Victoria to the side and said, "We should really take her somewhere else, to calm her down."
Victoria thought for a second and nodded and said, "I know a place."
I asked, "Where?"
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"I am fine, you guys should go." Hermione tried to persuade us.
And I said, "Why so that gingerbread can be right?"
We arrived at the Black lake, I removed my shoes and my socks. I pulled my pants up and sat near the lake with my legs in the water. Tracey asked, "You sure this is a good idea because he can be down there?"
Hermione was confused, and I said, "It's fine it is near school grounds, the merpeople won't be here and as far as that guy is concerned he would never come this close to the water, so it's fine."
Tracey removed her shoes and said, "Could have just said the last part." She and others sat in the lake, and it looked peaceful. I said, "You know, this is like the first Halloween where I am wearing a dress?"
Hermione and Victoria looked at me and asked, "Where?"
I put my hood on and said, "Imma wizard!" Victoria laughed out of pity and Hermione shook her head and others didn't get it.
After spending some time near the lake, Hermione was okay. It was getting dark, and it was time to get some dinner, so we got up and made our way to the great hall.
Hermione went ahead and sat at the Gryffindor table, and we sat down and started having dinner. After a few minutes, Victoria says, "Look." We turn to see, and it was Ron, he was apologizing to Hermione. At least he apologized.
As we were having dinner and talking about stuff, Quirrell barged through the door of the great hall and shouted, "TROLLS! TROLLS! IN THE DUNGEON! Thought you ought to know." He fainted and fell down on the floor props to Quirrell man he really is a good actor.
As we heard the news everyone panicked and started to scream, and I saw Draco was screaming like a little girl as was everyone, so I guess it is okay.
To control the situation, the headmaster shouted, "SILENCE!" He then said in a very calm tone, "Now if you all just calmed down and the prefects would lead you all to your common rooms."
I immediately got up and said, "But sir, our common room is in the Dungeon…"
As I said that, everyone turned around and looked at me, and realized that hey 'This dude is right'. They then looked at Dumbledore.
Snape got up from his seat and walked to Dumbledore and said something to him, and Dumbledore nodded and Snape walked away quickly from the Great hall.
Dumbledore cleared his throat and said, "Perhaps it would be better if the prefects hunkered down here, since all the students are here, and it would be easy to protect them."
Dumbledore looked at me and nodded, Dumbledore announced "Everyone stays here, the prefects can guard this place easily and the teachers will go around to take a look at the Troll problem."
After the announcement, all the teachers went out, Hagrid picked up Quirrell and put him over his shoulder and took him to the hospital wing. Voldemort must be pissed, right now.
Both Ted and I were sitting having a conversation about potions. Draco walked towards us and said, "What are doing talking to a Mudblood Nott?"
I turned around and said, "Oh, hey look, Bethany is here. Join us, we were talking about potions, come and sit."
He grunted and said, "I don't want to talk to you about potions with you."
I smiled and said, "Oh, come on, I get good grades in class and I know you are very good at potions too, so come on."
He looked at me with scornful eyes and said, "I said I don't want to you, mud blood."
Victoria didn't like him being here one bit, but I looked at her, and she rolled her eyes and looked away, the girls continued on with their thing.
I smiled and said, "Oh, I know you don't mean that, and by now you should understand that word mean nothing to me."
Ted and I laughed, and Draco looks at Ted and asks him, "What are you doing sitting with him? You know how your father is." his voice had a concern.
Ted said in a cold tone, "I don't care what that bastard thinks."
Draco then looks at me and asked, "And how are you sitting next to him?"
I smiled and said, "With my butt, and cause he is my friend."
Ted looked at me and said, "I am your friend."
I looked at him and said, "Oh yeah, you are." Ted looked at Draco and asked, "Want to be friends?"
Draco slammed his hand on the table and said, "I don't want to be friends with the likes of him, I have plenty of friends."
Ted chuckled and said, "Who like Crabbe and Goyle? They are more like your goons than your friends, and Parkinson is like your girlfriend, right?"
He grunted, but then exhaled and said, "She is not my girlfriend… she just likes to follow me around."
Ted teasingly said, "Oh come on now Draco, you are breaking that poor girl's heart now, you know that she likes you.~"
Draco grunts and stomps his leg and says, "I'm leaving!"
I chuckled and said, "Look what you did, Ted, you've upset our friend now."
After that, he went to Crabbe and Goyle and after a few minutes, we got some hot chocolate and marshmallows, and we started to talk. It was after an hour that Dumbledore cleared us to go, but not before giving Slytherin 50 points.
Girls were walking ahead of us and Ted and I were walking together.
Ted chuckled and said, "It seems that Dumbledore is getting old."
I laughed and said, "So it would seem."
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(Quirrell's POV)
"Master, it was that mud blood who foiled your plans"
"Yes, it was him, but did you notice how he remained calm and pointed the glaring mistake that Dumbledore was about to make. He is something different from the other kids. I must get him to join, I can nurture him to become something great." His voice had a weird concern in his voice and he had a proud face.
Quirrell was flabbergasted when he heard his master it was not like his master who hated mud bloods now wanted a mud blood to join his side, but it wasn't that far out there. He accepted Snape to join his ranks before. I gathered courage and asked, "Master, but isn't he a mud blood?"
Voldy snapped and said, "Don't question me, you are only supposed to follow my orders not to question them and if my theory is correct he is of a noble birth, and he can be something great."
Quirrell was shaking and said, "It… shall be… done, master."
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Greetingsss Readersss,
I hope you liked the chapter, I am sorry for not uploading on Saturday but I just didn't wanted to write at that time, but I will be back to uploading again from today. Well anyways, drop a comment if you liked the chapter and throw some stones while you are at it and I will see you in the next chapter. Bye.