Chapter 17 - Halloween Surprise (1/2)

It was time for Halloween dinner and Chris and Kristine were in the dining room eating.

”Where Hermione?” Chris asked before taking a huge bite out of a roasted chicken.

”She went to the restroom earlier. She hasn't come out yet,” Kristine said as she was putting more food on her plate.

”Wait a minute here,” Chris said. ”Hermione is at the bathroom? Which one?”

Kristine looked at him with a weird look, but she still answered.

”The first floor bathroom,” Kristine said.

...

Chris was silent for a couple of seconds.

”What's wrong?” Kristine asked. ”Cat's got your tongue?”

'The first floor girl's bathroom is where the troll was in the book. Even without Ron to make her cry, she's still there?!' Chris thought. 'I guess it's her fate to be attacked by that troll,'

As Chris was about to leave the dining hall, Professor Quirrell came in distressed.

”Troll in the dungeon! Thought you ought to know!” Quirrell said as he fainted.

”We have to tell Hermione NOW!” Chris said as he quickly left the hall while everyone was panicking. From outside he heard Dumbledore shouting to calm the students down. Kristine was right behind him. As they were going to the bathroom where Hermione was, they smelled the awful smell.

It smelled like someone defecated right in front of them and they were forced to smell in up close. Soon Chris and Kristine saw the troll walking inside the bathroom where Hermione was. They heard her scream and immediately went inside. Hermione was running away from the troll swinging its club.

”Reducto!” Chris chanted as he took out his wand. The spell hit the troll's club immediately breaking it into pieces. The troll seeing its weapon destroyed was enraged. Even without its club, it was extremely strong and so it started swinging its arm randomly to try to hit Chris.

Chris tried out different spells, but most were pretty useless. The Knockback Jinx only pushed it back a little bit. The Sensory Deprivation Hex was not at all useful as it was really only good against wizards. Hermione and Kristine tried to help out as well, but like Chris, their spells were only good enough to distract the troll for a little bit before turning its attention back onto Chris.

”I didn't want to make this bloody,” Chris mumbled as he was running around dodging the troll's swing. ”Reducto,”

Chris waved his wand and suddenly, the troll's left arm disappeared only leaving dust behind.

”Reducto! Reducto! REDUCTO!” Chris chanted 3 times. The troll's right arm and its two legs then disappeared once again leaving only dust behind. The troll screamed out in pain and fainted. While it was down, there was blood that was starting to spill.

Hermione and Kristine quickly looked away from the troll.

Chris lied down more tired than ever.

'It seems that going into life or death battles and casting a spell 3 times is more tiring than casting the same spells 10 times in the Practice Room,' Chris thought.

Hermione and Kristine approached Chris who was catching his breath,

”Are you alright there Chris?” Kristine asked.

”As fit as a fiddle,” Chris answered with his thumbs up.

”Thank you guys for saving me. If it wasn't for you guys, I might have been crushed by that smelly troll,” Hermione said.

While Hermione was thanking Chris and Kristine, Chris noticed something inside the broken wall.

He stood up and put his hands inside the wall. It was a bit of a struggle, but he was able to take out the book.

”What is it?” Hermione asked.

”Well, it's a small book. A journal perhaps?” Kristine guessed. Chris put it in a pocket as soon as he heard footsteps.