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With Quidditch practice three evenings a week on top of homework; and helping Ron and Harry with theirs, I could hardly believe it when I realized that I'd been at Hogwarts two months already. The castle felt more like home than the orphanage ever had and I could tell that Harry felt the same. Our lessons were also becoming more and more interesting now that we had mastered the basics. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pjsRfoczX
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On Halloween morning I joined my friends at the Gryffindor table as usual and I filled my stomach with pumpkin flavored pancakes. Mmmmm. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rF8GJIi21
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"Calm down, Katrina!" Harry said as he put his hand on my shoulder. I was bouncing uncontrollably in my seat again.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KRmKXpFjN
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"I can't help it, Harry! Did you hear Professor Flitwick at the end of last class? He said we were going to finally learn how to make objects fly! How cool is that!" Harry just shook his head and chuckled but I could tell he was excited to. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yEueTTTVB
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Unfortunately, Flitwick paired Ron with Hermione and Harry with Seamus Finnigan and I got stuck with...Malfoy of all people. I groaned out loud when I saw who my partner was and Harry patted my back in support as he left me to go sit with Seamus. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2AxrrxgXI
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I slammed my books onto the desk and sat down with a huff. "Look I know neither of us wants to be partners so let's get one thing straight Malfoy. You don"t talk to me and I won't talk to you unless either of us needs help that the other can give. Sound good?"340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCBfv5nUBk
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"Whatever you say, princess." I looked over at Malfoy to see him give me a sly grin. I tilted my head in confusion as I tried to understand the look in his eyes but he didn't say anything else and I decided to leave it be.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9jl4FPRqf
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From where I sat in the classroom, I could hear Hermione trying to help Ron as he was saying the spell wrong and gesturing too wildly. I slapped a hand to my forehead as I sensed Ron's frustration with my friend. This was not going to end well.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmqxcHHT06
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As the class filed out at the end of the period, I hurried up to Hermione.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vnnmdXCCa
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"Is everything ok with you and Ron?" 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGrGCSRpij
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"No! He is such a pig-headed, freckle-faced ass!" Hermione exclaimed as her face turned red. "All I was trying to do was help him get the spell right and he got all upset! I mean what was I supposed to do? Just let him get it wrong or injure himself or someone else?" My eyes widened in shock. Did I really hear Hermione just curse?340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mw2kKYt1d
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We were walking back to the Great Hall for lunch when we found ourselves walking behind Harry and Ron.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkEEjddJvZ
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"It's no wonder no one can stand her," we heard Ron say to Harry. I clasped my hands to my mouth in shock. "She's a nightmare, honestly!" 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaY5YVuzyz
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"Hermione!" I shouted as she dashed off in front of me; knocking into the red haired idiot along the way. I turned to face my two friends.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYhVgfaUb8
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"Ron! How could you say such a mean thing! It's not nice to talk about people behind their back especially when you are just feeling jealous! I correct you all the time like she just did so don't be a hypocrite. If that's really how you feel than...than I'm not sure how much longer I wanna be your friend." I yelled at Ron. I was surprised that I'd actually said what I'd just said, but right now Hermione was more important so I spent the rest of the lunch period trying to chase her down.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKmeGBdCVy
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I finally found her crying in one of the girls bathrooms near the dungeons. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY187t65FnT
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"Hermione? Hermione please come out! I wanna talk to you!" I said banging on the stall.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEv0v2j55t9
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"Just leave me alone, Katrina! You don't have to pretend to be my friend anymore!" I could hear her sobbing away and it broke my heart.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCmDa8c0Jq
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"Hermione, I'm not pretending. Other than Harry, you the only best friend that I've ever had! Your smart, funny, and I love you just the way you are! So if you're not gonna come out...than I'm coming in!" With that said, I climbed onto the toilet seat in the next stall and pulled myself up so my feet dangled over the divider of Hermione's. I could see her startled expression as she glanced up at me in shock. I could help but giggle as I struggled to clamber down to join her in the stall.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wiotFuhdi
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"You're crazy, you know that right, Katrina?" Hermione gasped; half sobbing, half laughing. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKMCJj9ugo
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"Yup! Just yet another reason why you love me," I laughed back as I gave her a big hug. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PyjMeQKIJ
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We spent the rest of the afternoon in the bathroom exchanging stories. She told me how all the first-years had been avoiding her and calling her names behind her back since classes had started which amazed me. How had I missed that? I guess I'd just been spending too much time with Harry and Ron. I felt bad.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoynBopnE5
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In exchange, I told her about the girls at the orphanage and all the awful pranks they'd pulled on me over the years and the times they'd taken things further and called me names and beat me up because I was different. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjC0wvPQmVq
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We hugged each other again and I smiled at her as I brushed tears off my cheeks. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dyjRpbyfr
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"Hey Hermione, thanks for listening. I haven't told anyone about that and I promise to pay more attention to what people say to you. It's really not nice of them to say those kinds of things about you. If they knew you like I did they wouldn't talk to you like that!"340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPg1jorOGs
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"Same goes for you, Katrina! And if I ever get a chance to visit those 'friends' of yours at the orphanage, they better watch out!" I laughed at the evil grin she was giving me and hugged her again.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkmvQkVCr5
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"Hey I think it's time we got out of here! I'm sure the feast has started and neither of us have eaten in forever!" I lightly shoved her towards the stall door and was about to follow her out when she rushed back in and locked the door.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngaPYBMuzw
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"Katrina! Stand still and keep as quiet as you can!" She whispered frantically. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsmSmnAIZf
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"Hermione what's going on!" I whispered back. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFqTXQciVz
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She couldn't get the words out and just kept shaking her head. I slowly climbed back up into the toilet seat and slowly peered over the top. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDnwb2NO80
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"Merlins pants, Hermione! It's a troll!" I cried out quietly.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg37CrdPnnu
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Slowly walking into the room was a humongous smelly old troll. I felt my blood freeze as half-formed plans raced through my mind.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdt1M8yS9X8
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"Ok Hermione, when I say the word, we are going to dash out and make for the door, got it?" She silently nodded and I squinted through the crack in the side of the door waiting for our chance. 340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CSs6cJnRl
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"Okayyy...GO!" I shouted as I flung the stall door open as the troll reached the far end of the room.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2Mc4JF4YN
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We dashed to the bathroom door and tried to wrench it open only to find it was locked. We screamed as the troll turned to face us and growled.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiLVdsgZU2
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We ran back into a stall as I heard voices from outside.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjqhVynAJl
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"Hermione! Katrina!"340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WtFA8PTJu
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"Harry, Ron?! Heeeeeelp" we screamed again as the troll swung its ginormous bat into the top of the stalls. Wood splintered and cracked as Hermione and I were buried under a pile of rubble. Through a haze of dust I saw Harry and Ron sprint into the room.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9pFnwByLa
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"Katrina, Hermione, MOVE!" I heard Harry shout. I spotted Hermione and dragged her with me to a corner by the sinks as the troll swung again where our bodies had just lain.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRddMEEXPRo
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It turned around and we screamed again as its' bat came swinging down on us again...
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