Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Pretty Little Liars. I am so sorry for the long wait, but I had college and I also had a little writer's block. I finally finished this chapter though
Chapter Eight- Halloween
Aria had been at Hogwarts for a little over a month. She had been training with the rest of the ream for a week. Halloween arrived with a chill in the air. She would be playing her first match on the Saturday after Halloween.
Emily, Mona, and Aria went down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Ron and Harry were already there. On the way, Aria suddenly froze. Her eyes were glazed over. Emily and Mona knew that their friend was having a vision. "Aria, what did you see?" Mona asked.
"Someone was trying to steal some type of stone. It won't happen for a while, so I couldn't see who it was. However, I recognized the voice though."
"Who was it?"
Before Aria could answer they walked into the Great Hall. She couldn't say anything until they were alone. Soon breakfast appeared on their plates. Emily, Mona, and Aria all ate at the exactly the same time. They ate for about a half an hour. Then what was left of breakfast disappeared from sight.
Together Emily, Mona, and Aria left for their first class. They had their bags in hand. Since it was Tuesday they had Herbology, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Charms. Defense was a double period. They had a free period after Charms to do homework.
Emily, Mona, and Aria entered the greenhouses a few moments later. Professor Sprout led them into the Greenhouse one. The Gryffindors were learning with Hufflepuffs. Harry was standing next to Ron. Spencer Hastings was standing next to Emily. Today they were learning about Devil's Snare. Finally, the bell rang to tell the class that the lesson was over.
They had Defense with the Ravenclaws. The room still smelled like garlic. Professor Quarrel was stuttering as usual. It made it extremely hard to pay attention. Aria knew exactly why Professor Quarrel was stuttering, but she couldn't tell anyone. Emily and Mona also knew why. Soon the bell rang.
Emily, Mona, and Aria left the classroom and headed to lunch. It took them about ten minutes to get there. They walked to the Gryffindor table. As soon as they sat down the food appeared. Pitchers of pumpkin juice appeared up and down the table. They dug into lunch right away.
While they were eating Harry and Ron appeared. The two boys were huffing and puffing as usual. They had run to lunch. "Why are you two late?" Emily asked.
She meant the question for Ron. However, he was too busy stuffing his mouth full of food. He loved to eat every chance he got. Instead Harry answered the question. "We ran into Peeves on the way."
Aria winced at the memory of her vision she had earlier. She had a quick vision on the way to Herbology. She didn't to be reminded of it. During lunch she slipped into another vision. She was lucky that no one in the hall noticed. This vision was different from the others.
She was walking down a hallway. Emily and Mona were with her. Another girl with brunette hair was walking beside them. Aria knew that the other girl's name was Spencer Hastings. She had been their friend for a while now. The torches were dimly lit. Outside snow was falling gently.
Aria blinked as she came out of her vision. Emily and Mona were looking at her worriedly. "What did you see, Aria?" Mona asked.
"Not sure. It wasn't that clear."
Soon they got up from the table. They headed to Charms. Ron and Harry followed them five minutes later. At the classroom door Professor Flitwick let them in. The Gryffindor first years took their seats. The Gryffindors had class with the Slytherins.
Professor Flitwick stood on a stack off books in order to see over the desk. "Good afternoon class. Remember the nice brisk movement we've been practicing Switch and Flick. Now the incitation is Wingardrium Leviosa."
"Windgarium Leviosa," the class all said together.
"Good now practice trying to hover your feather for the rest of class."
Aria took out her wand, as did Emily and Mona. Soon the others took out their wands. Voices began to ring out through out the room. Hermione Granger, Spencer, Emily, Mona, and Aria all did the spell perfectly. Seamus Finnegan blew up his feather. Ron Weasley kept on pronouncing the spell wrong.
After class he said something about Hermione, which she heard. She pushed passed Ron and Harry crying. What the two boys didn't know was that Aria also heard what they said. She knew what would happen if she became upset with her brother. So, she tried to put aside her feelings.
For the rest of the afternoon Emily, Mona, and Aria did homework. Ron began teaching Harry how to play wizard chess. Spencer Hastings was doing her homework as well as helping Emily with hers. Mona and Aria didn't need any help. Hermione had disappeared from the common room completely. No one had seen her since charms.
Twilight had soon come upon Hogwarts. Emily, Mona, and Aria made their way down to the Great Hall for the Halloween feast. On the way she got pulled into a vision. Emily and Mona quickly noticed and placed their hands on Aria's shoulders. They guided her to the Great hall. After a few minutes she blinked. "Aria, what did you see?" Mona asked.
"It wasn't clear, but what I could see someone is going to steal the stone of some kind."
"Did you see anything else?" Emily asked this time.
"A mirror is somehow involved. The thief will be stopped in a brutal way. Now let's get to the Great Hall." The three friends walked the rest of the way to the Great Hall. They reached the hall in ten minutes. They sat down at the Gryffindor table. Aria heard Harry ask, "Where's Hermione?"
"She locked herself in the bathroom, she's been in there all afternoon, crying," replied Neville Longbottom.
About a half an hour into the feast the oak doors opened again. Professor Quarrel stumbled in. "Troll in the dungeons! Troll in the dungeons! I thought you ought to know." He fainted onto the floor. It happened just like Aria's vision from earlier.
At once the whole hall burst into screams. Professor Dumbledore stood up and yelled, "Silence! Everyone would please not panic. Now, prefects would lead their house back to their dormitories. Teachers will follow me to the dungeons."
Percy got up and began to lead the Gryffindors back to the common room. "First years stay in front please. Everyone please stay alert."
"How could a troll get in?" Harry asked.
"Beats me. Trolls are supposed to be really stupid," Ron replied.
Harry stopped for a moment. "Hermione, she doesn't know about the troll."
Ron stopped too. He sighed before speaking again. "Fine, but Percy better not see us."
They turned back and ran down the corridor. Emily, Mona, and Aria locked back to see the two boys running. They continued on towards the Gryffindor common room. The boys kept running towards the girls' bathroom where Hermione was.
Ron and Harry stopped abruptly when they smelt something. A terrible smell wafted towards them. They saw a big toll slumping past them towards the girls' bathroom. "Let's go!"
They began running again. Someone had already past them a few moments before the troll had appeared. Ron and Harry rushed forward. Finally they reached the bathroom. There was a key in the lock, so Harry turned it. They had locked it in. As soon as they turned around they heard a scream. "Hermione!"
The two boys turned back and head to the bathroom again. Ron reached forward to take the key out of the lock. Harry pushed the door open. They rushed inside quickly. Hermione was cowering in a stall. "Hermione move!" Harry yelled.
The troll's club smashed into each stall. Hermione began to crawl away from the troll. Ron and Harry began picking up pieces of wood. They threw them at the troll to distract it. She crawled over to the sinks. She hid under them. The boys kept throwing the pieces of wood at it.
Harry rushed forward and grabbed onto its club. He was thrown onto the troll's back. The troll grabbed him and held him by his feet, so he was hanging upside down. Ron took out his wand. "Switch and flick," Hermione whispered.
"Wingardrium Leviosa," Ron said.
The spell worked. The troll's club was hovering in midair above the troll. A few seconds later the club dropped and it hit the troll on the head. It dropped Harry. He quickly crawled out of the way. Soon after the troll began to sway. Then it collapsed on the floor. Hermione came out from under the sinks.
"Is it dead?" Hermione asked fearfully.
"No, I think it's just knocked out," Harry replied.
A few minutes later a few teachers rushed in. "Oh my goodness. Explain yourselves both of you!" exclaimed Professor McGonagall.
Before they could respond, Hermione budded in. She was saying that it was her fault. "I've read all about them and I though I could handle it. I guess that I was wrong." She was telling a lie.
"Well, then five points will be taken from Gryffindor."
Hermione, Ron, and Harry headed back to Gryffindor tower. They would finish the Halloween feast in the common room. From then on they became best friends. Emily, Mona, and Aria were chatting by the fire. Spencer Hastings walked over to them. She also became friends with them.
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