Hogwarts' Latest Rumor Mill
Soon everyone had gotten back to the common room, Harry somehow ended up in the middle of the common room where all the Slytherin's were questioning him.
"Quiet!" Harry yelled "Now listen up, I distracted the troll and led it up the staircases, I destroyed the staircase it was standing on and it fell to its death. The end, finished, thank you"
"Yeah right Potter" Malfoy interrupted, Harry was about to respond but burst into laughter upon seeing Malfoy with a plaster over his nose "what?!"
"Oh Daphne" Harry chuckled "brilliant punch"
"You think this is funny?!" Malfoy demanded
"I think your face is funny" Harry responded "and that was before it was broken, I think it's an improvement actually. I can see less of it"
"What is going on here?" A silky voice caught everyone's attention and they turned to see their head of house enter.
"Sir" Malfoy spoke "Potter is spouting lies about defeating the troll, he says he blasted the staircase it was standing on and it fell to its death"
"They are not lies" Snape responded "me and the headmaster and deputy headmistress have talked with the paintings around the castle and they have confirmed that Mr Potter did indeed defeat the troll by destroying a staircase." A lot of the students gasped and looked at Potter, who merely shrugged.
"That can't be true!" Malfoy exclaimed
"Are you calling me a liar Mr Malfoy?" Snape narrowed his eyes
"No...no sir" Malfoy quickly took a step back
"Good, and Mr Malfoy, what happened to your nose?" Snape asked. Harry coughed, while Tracy placed a hand over her mouth and Daphne looked away, a few of the other Slytherin's snickered and a few were trying not to laugh.
"I...I fell" Malfoy fibbed, no way was he going to say a girl hit him, that'd be embarrassing.
"You seem to be doing a lot of that" Snape said dryly "now, I want to make it clear that there had better not be any fighting or conflict once I leave or you shall all suffer my displeasure" Snape turned and left, his cape billowing as he did.
"So Malfoy, how incompetent do you have to be to fall onto a girl's fist?" Harry asked with a straight face.
"Shut up Potter!" Malfoy demanded before storming
"Temper, temper" Harry looked back at Tracy and Daphne who looked undeniable amused.
The next day, Harry had spent the entire morning being looked at by others and gossiped about. Some were claiming he used dark magic, others were saying he destroyed the troll with lightning, there was even one rumour about him throwing the troll with one arm.
At lunch he sat down at the Slytherin table, he was waiting for Tracy and Daphne who had decided to go to the owlery as they both needed to send off letters.
"Harry" A voice called once he had finished eating, Harry looked up to see his brother, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger standing next to the table.
"Yes, can I help you?" Harry asked politely
"We just wanted to say thank you" Adrian said
"What for?" Harry asked
"What for?!" Ron blurted out "You defeated the troll!"
"Yes I did but why are you thanking me for that?" Harry asked
"We wanted to thank you for saving our lives" Hermione explained
"Oh, well, you're welcome. I guess, but I didn't do it to save you lot"
"What do you mean?" Adrian asked "You didn't do it to save us from the troll?"
"You were leading the troll right to me and the other Slytherin's" Harry reminded them "I did it to stop it from mass killing all of us, not just you three."
"Uh, yeah" Adrian looked at Harry awkwardly "fair point"
"Actually" Harry turned to his brother "you said yesterday that you went to go look for Hermione, first of all I'd like to say well done for your bravery"
"Thank you" Adrian looked proud
"Second of all I'd like to ask why you were looking for her?" Harry spoke slowly, Adrian looked at his brother who was looking at him like he was an idiot.
"Well, uh, Hermione was crying in the bathroom"
"Why?" Harry looked at the girl
"Well" Hermione fidgeted "I was a bit upset after what you and Daphne did with the marriage contract thing and I overheard Ron saying stuff about me and I went there to cry"
"Sorry again Hermione" Ron whispered to the girl
"But it's all okay now" Adrian said
"No it's not, you're an idiot" Harry said calmly
"What?!"
"Why didn't you tell a teacher?" Harry asked "or a prefect, it would've taken you all of a minute to do it and Hermione could have been rescued by some qualified wizards"
"Uh" Adrian thought about it "we didn't think"
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