The Other Side Of The Story

"One of a wizard's most rudimentary skills is levitation the ability to make objects fly" professor Flitwick said ,i was sitting in the charms class on my left sat Harry with seamus on his other side

"Uh, do you all have your feathers? " professor Flitwick asked and i saw Hermione raise her feather , she was sitting across the room with Ron on her left seemed as bored as me , but i was determined that nothing was going to blow my mood today

" Good. Now, uh, don't forget the nice wrist movement we've been practicing, hmm? The swish and flick. Everyone." he said as he moved his wand in the air, so we all grabbed are wands and followed his lead with the same movement

"The swish and flick. Good. And enunciate. Wingardium Leviosa. Off you go then" he explained then we all grabbed our wands again and tried to preform the charm , but with no use, at least not for me or Harry

"this is useless" i sighed in frustration and Harry turned to me

"don't give up try again" he encouraged me and i gave it another try " Wingardium Leviosa" the switch and flick , but still no use "oh come on"

as if on Que i saw Hermione's feather rise in the sky and a smile formed on her lips , while Ron grumbled from beside her and put his head on his books dejectedly

" Oh, well done! See here, everyone! Ms. Granger's done it! Oh, splendid!" Professor flitwck cheered , then i saw Seamus swished at his feather " Wingard Levosa. Wingard Levosa." and BOOOM!!! Seamus' feather exploded

"Whooaaa! Ooh" Flitwick gasped

"I think we're going to need another feather over here, Professor" Harry spoke still shocked from the explosion

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"so you couldn't do the levitation spell at the first try , what the big deal?" Cedric said , when i finished class i came out and found him waiting for me with a couple o his friends , so now here we were standing in the courtyard talking about my charms skills

"well it's not just that but me and charms we just don't mix" i held my hands in the air in defeat

"well didn't take you for one who would give up that easily" he spoke raising an eyebrow

"that's not fare ,anyway did i tell you that Fred and George taught me all about Quidditch" i told him smiling , we have been meeting on Sunday ever since then and would play for a couple of hours

"that's great , maybe next year you could join the team" he said cheerfully

"yeah" right then i saw Neville, Harry, Ron and Seamus walk through a courtyard

"It's Leviosa, not Leviosar" I heard Ron say in a mocking tone "Honestly, she's a nightmare. No wonder she hasn't got any friends!" right then Hermione bustled past, sniffling.

"Hey Cedric i have to go see you later okay" with that i walked away , not waiting for a reply

"nice job weasley" i said as i moved passed him and followed Hermione but not before smacking him on the back of the head "and by the way she does have a friend and that's me so you better watch it" i called behind me

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"hey Mione ,don't listen to him, he just an idiot " i told her ,it's been hours and hermione was still crying , after smacking Ron i searched for her for a while until i found her here in the girls bathroom so right now i was trying to comfort her but she still refused to come out of the stall

"you know if you want to maybe i can dye his hair pink or maybe place a spider in his room , i heard he's scared of it" i offered and i heard a laugh come from inside the stall

"i don't know why you're even bothering, he is wrong and everyone knows it, you do have a friend , me" i said and she finally came out of the stall wiping her eyes "why are you being so nice to me?" she asked

"well cause like i said we're friends , so you'll probably be stuck with me for the rest of your life" i said smiling and she pulled me into a hug "thank you" she whispered

"so about the spiders ,what do you say ?" i offered when we pulled a part but she just laughed in return , but suddenly i saw he smile dropped and her eyes widened as she stared at something behind me , i was confused so i turned around to see a large, ugly TROLL standing behind me ,it was Twelve feet tall, its skin was a dull, granite grey, its great lumpy body like a boulder with its small bald head perched on top like a coconut. It had short legs thick as tree trunks with flat, horny feet. The smell coming from it was incredible. It was holding a huge wooden club, which dragged along the floor because its arms were so long and it held a huge stick in it's hand that looked like a bat

i guess i was deep in my thoughts as the next thing i knew i was pulled by Hermione into the stall just as the troll raises its Bat and smashed the top part of the stalls , Hermione screamed while i started looking around the bathroom searching for a way out or any kind of plane

"Alex , Hermione, move!" i heard Harry yell so we did as he said ,right as The troll smashed the remaining stalls

" Help! Help" Hermione called and i saw Ron and Harry throw wood pieces at the it

but it still seemed focused on Hermione and i , or until Ron threw a wood part hitting it on the head and called "Hey, pea brain!"

it turned to him giving Hermione and i some time to get out of the stalls or it's remaining to under the sinks but the troll sees us and goes to smash us , i only had enough time to push Hermione out of the way as it cracks the sink and misses Hermione but hit me hard on the side ,but not hard enough for any serious damage

"Alex , are you okay?" Hermione asks

"fine" i manage to answer but it was partly a lie

i then saw Harry do something that was both very brave and very stupid: he took a great running jump and managed to fasten his arms around the troll’s neck from behind. The troll couldn’t feel Harry hanging there, but even a troll will notice if you stick a long bit of wood up its nose, and Harry’s wand had still been in his hand when he’d jumped – it had gone straight up one of the troll’s nostrils.

"Ew" Ron yelled

Howling with pain, the troll twisted and flailed its club, with Harry clinging on for dear life; any second, the troll was going to rip him off or catch him a terrible blow with the club

"Whooa! Whoa, whoa!" he screamed then landed on the troll's head and is hurled forward, then back

The troll got Harry off its head and was holding him by one leg, upside down. It geared up its club and swiped at Harry. He pulled himself up, then down. The troll swiped again.

"Do something!" Harry yelled and i tried to pull my wand , but a horrible pain shot through my body

"What?" Ron asked looking around

"Anything! Hurry up!" Harry screamed

Hermione had sunk to the floor in fright and was holding my hand as tightly as she could, Ron pulled out his own wand not knowing what he was going to do he heard himself cry the first spell that came into his head:

" Swish and flick!" hermione motioned

"Wingardium Leviosa!" Ron chanted as he flicked his wand ,The club flew suddenly out of the troll’s hand, rose high, high up into the air, turned slowly over – and dropped, with a sickening crack, on to its owner’s head. The troll swayed on the spot and then fell flat on its face, with a thud that made the whole room tremble

"cool" he whispered to himself , i then manage to stand up with Hermione's help and we walk to stand beside Ron and Harry

" Is it...dead?" Hermione asked

"I don't think so. Just knocked out." i answered as Harry grabbed his wand which is covered in goo " Ew. Troll bogies" he said

He wiped it on the troll’s trousers but then A sudden slamming and loud footsteps made the four of us look up. we hadn’t realized what a racket we had been making, but of course, someone downstairs must have heard the crashes and the troll’s roars. A moment later, Professor McGonagall had come bursting into the room, closely followed by Snape, with Quirrell bringing up the rear. Quirrell took one look at the troll, let out a a faint whimper

they all gasped

"Oh! Oh, my goodness! E-Explain yourselves, both of you!" McGonagall asked looking at Ron and Harry

"Well, what it is..." they spoke but were cut off by Hermione "It's my fault, Professor McGonagall" the professors and Ron and Harry, gaped

"Ms. Granger?"

" I went looking for the troll. I'd ..." Hermione went on but was cut off by me "don't lie Hermione , it was my fault professor , when i heard about the troll i got really excited i wanted to see it for my self and since i knew Hermione was really smart i grabbed her with me , even so she keeped trying to stop me , i thought we could handle it. But i was wrong. If Harry and Ron hadn't come and found us...we'd probably be dead"

"i see , i would have expected more thinking especially from ms.Granger , so five points will be taken from Gryffindor each for your serious lack of judgment , As for you two gentlemen I just hope you realize how fortunate you are. Not many students could take on a full grown mountain troll and live to tell the tale. 5 points...will be awarded to each of you. For sheer dumb luck" she spoke and i noticed Harry look at Snape's leg...which had a large cut on it. Snape noticed and covers it up, glaring at Harry ,what the hell happened to him

"now you three off you go" she said con fussing us but Hermione beat me to it "professor i think you have mistaken there are four of us"

"no i haven't , i meant all three of you , as for M. Miller here ,seeing how she held the most responsibility she will be serving detention with professor Snap for as long as he sees enough" she replied

"but professor it's not her..." Hermione spoke but was cut off once again by me "it's okay Mione , i deserve it , maybe it will help me think twice before i do some stupid something "

"and beside Professor Snap isn't that bad company" i joked causing them to laugh ,until professor McGonagall cleared her throat to gain our attention "if you're done joking around Ms. Miller you shall go now "

"sir yes sir" i said and followed behind professor Snap , eve thought that it only increased the pain in my side but i did my best to hide it

"why did you lie?" Professor Snap asked , once we were out of their ear shoot

"i didn't lie" i lied easily

"you're doing it again , you know lying will only get you in more trouble" he said

"what happened to your leg?" i asked him changing the subject and catching him off guard

"i don't know what your talking about" he lied

"you know lying will only get you in more trouble" i mocked his words from earlier and that was all it took to shut him from asking anymore questions

soon enough we reached his classroom and i was really grateful for that as the pain grew with every step i took , so i sat at the first chair i saw , but immediately regretted it as a wave of pain shot through my body and i had to bite my tongue to hold the scream

"what are you doing sitting there?" he asked raising an eyebrow at me

"i don't know what else i'm suppose to do" i asked raising my hand in defense

"well you can start by helping resort these ingredients" he said and so i started doing so

"so where do i put these Dragon horns?" i said turning to him , only to see he was busy mixing a potion

"second shelf next to the snack fangs" he answered ,but his eyes never left the cauldron in front of him

"as you wish" i said and went on with the sorting until i heard him call for me "Mr. Miller, come here"

"you know you can call me Alex" i told him as i moved towards where he was standing near his desk but he ignored me , so i simply rolled my eyes at him

"drink this" he commanded as he handed me a glass with a yellow liquid in it ,which i eyed suspecially

"it's just a Murtlap Essence potion it will stop the pain and help you heal faster" he said rolling his eyes so i took it from him still eyeing the glass "you know if you kill me , people will know it was you"

"just drink it" and i immediately followed his orders and as he said , the pain immediately decreased as it was never there , i handed him the Glass back as i said " thanks"

"don't mention it ,but next time try to stay out of trouble"

"i will try , but no promises " i told him "you should have some for your leg and don't worry i won't mention it to anyone , if you don't mention my side" i help my hands out for him to shake but he just looked at and raised his eyebrow

"come on it's not like i would kill you , well maybe but not really on my birthday" he shock his head at me , but shook my hand anyway

"well that wasn't so hard was it?" i asked him smiling

"whatever i think this would be enough ,you might head back to your dorm if you wish" he spoke

"great , see you around" i spoke and turned to leave but was stopped in my track by him "and Happy birthday" it was parlay a whisper but it was enough to make me smile and go on with my way

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as soon as i reached the girls dorm i was attacked by Hermione's worried questions but i managed to survive so here i was now lying in bed , thinking about the day events

well it was a great way to celebrate my birthday , don't you think?

"well happy birthday Alex" i said then closed my eyes and made a wish

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so anyway The next morning,we were sitting in the great hall eating but i noticed that Harry was only twirling his food on a fork

"Take a bit of toast, mate, go on" Ron encouraged him but with no use

" Ron's right, Harry. You're gonna need your strength today" hermione told him

"I'm not hungry." he defended ,but i knew that he was only nervous but right before i could say anything Snap appeared

"Good luck today, Potter. Then again, now that you've proven yourself against a troll, a little game of Quidditch should be easy work for you...even if it is against Slytherin." he spoke awkwardly and they all seemed shocked , well can't say i wasn't a little shocked my self but maybe after yesterday it really didn't amaze me

" That explains the blood" harry spoke as we saw Snape walk away limping "Blood?" Hermione asked

"Listen, last night, I'm guessing Snape let the troll in as a diversion so he could try and get past that 3 headed dog. But, he got himself bitten, that's why he's limping." Harry explained and i did my best to hold back a laugh he couldn't be more wrong yeah i might not have facts but if Snape was a bad guy why was he nice to me yesterday?

"But why would anyone go near that dog?" Hermione asked

"The day I was at Gringotts, Hagrid took something out of one of the vaults. He said it was Hogwarts' business, very secret" Harry explained

" So you're saying..."

"That's what the dog's guarding. That's what Snape wants" he stated

"well Harry as convincing as that sounds, you still need some proof and i'm telling you Snape might be mean at times and weird but he isn't some greater evil and beside last night i spent hours with him in detention and there was nothing that would prove he was anywhere near the dungeon" right then i saw Cedric come my way so i got up and headed to him but not before saying "Guys, see you later and good luck Harry"

"hey there Ced , sorry about yesterday , i had a lot on my plate"

"no problem you can tell me all about it later , but i came to give you this" he said as he pulled out a small box from his pocket and handed it to me "happy birthday"

i immediately smiled as i took it from him and opened it to reveal a silver locket shaped as a heart "it's beautiful , you really didn't have to"

"i wanted to, anyway i am glad you liked it , but i really need to go see you at the game" he said and Left after we exchanged our goodbyes , but before i could turn around and return to the trio , the twin came running towards me

"Alex!! something happened" they spoke as they came to a stop in front of me panting

"and we need your help" i was really confused and they seemed really worried which didn't help with the situation at all ...