Chapter #4A Halloween Surprise by: Mtari47   To say Hermione was saddened was an understatement. She tried to help that idiot Ron with a spell and does she get? He saying no one can stand her.
Why? She tries so hard to be good and to learn, but everyone always thinks she's annoying. It was like this before Hogwarts, and it's still like this. Learning she was a witch and coming to the Wizarding World didn't change people's perception of her. Worse, she only feels more isolated than ever, as she doesn't even have the confort of her parents close and can only communicate with them by letters.
Sitting above the toilet seat, she continued crying, ignoring completely the sound of grunting coming closer. Eventually, she heard the sound of the door of the bathroom closing and a lock sound.
'Wait, did someone lock me in?' Panicking, Hermione got up from the seat and went outside the stall. It was only then that she saw the massive troll.
"AHHHHHH!!!" She screamed, quickly getting to the opposite side of the bathroom to get space from the creature, but there was nowhere else to run.
Grunting, the troll started to advance towards her petrified form. At that time, her mind felt like it was moving entire miles in seconds. Is this it? Is that how she dies? Alone in a bathroom after crying for hours about how alone she feels? What kind of twisted mockery of her life is this?!
At that moment, something like a switch clicked in Hermione's mind. She didn't know if it was the adrenaline caused by her situation, or maybe the fear of being so close to death, but whatever it was, it was instinctional. She had to defend herself, now!
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" She lifted her hand in the direction of the troll and, suddenly, her hand started glowing bright enough to almost blind her. A incredible force exploded from her hand, flying and hitting the troll with enough force to not only throw him away, but to crash in the wall and keep flying and crashing through all of Hogwarts' walls in the way. In the end, it flew so far it crossed all of Hogwarts and kept going even after across the starry night. The entire castle shaked with what happened, confusing all students and staff in it.
Hermione's breathing was ragged. What just happenned was so fast her brain could barely process it. All her mind seemed to focus at was the massive hole at where the entrance of the bathroom once was, along with all the following holes in the following walls. All of a sudden, Harry and Ron's heads peaked at the hole, horrified at what they just saw. Both we about to try to open the bathroom's door, but just as they were getting to the door, it suddenly exploded with the troll flying backwards and crashing in the following walls.
"R-Ron, this is real, right?" Harry asked, shaking.
"Y-Yeah, I think so, Harry..." At that moment, both Harry and Ron saw Hermione at the corner of the room, her body trembling at what happened. "H-Hermione?"
Ron's voice snaped Hermione's attention to the boys. This was it. Seeing them was the confirmation her mind needed to be sure she wasn't dead. The sudden drop in adrenaline was so high she couldn't help herself, but faint.
"Hermione!" Both boys ran towards Hermione when she fell to pick her up. However, when they got close, they suddenly started feeling a weight around them. It was mild, but it felt like they were suddenly moving with wet and heavy clothes.
"W-What's this?" Harry was surprised by what he was feeling. The weight in his body was so sudden he almost tripped.
"W-Wait, this feeling..." Ron's body was getting pale as he looked at Hermione. When he first saw the wall exploding, his mind couldn't understand what was happening, but getting close to Hermione and feeling like his body wanted to bow down... It was no mystery. He knew exactly what was happening. "I cannot believe this. To think she was the one..."
"Believe what, Ron? Hermione is what?" His friend wasn't making sense. After everything that happened in the last few minutes, Harry didn't need any more mysteries.
Ron was not answering. He was paralized, with disbelieve clear in his eyes.
"Ron!" Harry kept trying to get Ron's attention, annoyed he wasn't answering.
The sound of rapid footsteps started close to them. Professors McGonagall, Snape and Quirrell appeared and they were all horrified at what they were seeing. Professor Quirrell looked like he was about to faint himself, while Professor McGonagall's face was getting red and redder with arger at what she was seeing.
"WHAT IN MERLIN'S NAME HAPPENED HERE?!" McGonagall's shout was very loud. She could not believe in the destruction she could see around. "Where is the troll?! What happened to the bathroom's door?! AND WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?! WHY ARE YOU NOT IN YOUR DORMITORIES?!" It was not normal for Minerva to shout like this. She was really mad.
Professor McGonagall's voice seemed to have finally awaken Ron from his blank state, and he looked at her direction in panic.
"W-Wait, Professor McGonagall! H-Hermione..." Ron tried to say, but Minerva wasn't having it.
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY EXCUSE, MR. WEASLEY!" At that, Professor McGonagall started going in Harry, Ron and Hermione's direction. "DO THE BOTH OF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW DAN-" At that, Minerva approached Hermione enough to start feeling the same weight as Harry and Ron felt earlier and she paused in her steps, her anger decreasing.
"Professor McGonagall?" During all of that, Professor Snape was watching the whole thing, waiting to hear Potter and Weasley's punishment for their actions. He would not hide his confusion of Minerva's behavior.
"T-This..." Minerva started looking with attention to the three students. "W-What happened here?"
"We need to carry Hermione to the Hospital Wing, now!" With that, Ron finally picked Hermione, surprising Harry at the speed. "I'll explain on the way."
Harry still wasn't understanding Ron's bahivor, but as someone extremely confused with the last few minutes, he wouldn't say he's against an explanation as well.  | Members who added to this interactive story also contributed to these: |
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