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I opened my eyes slowly as the morning sun shone through the stained-glass window; blinding me as I looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6BJG8vvWN
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"Where am I?" I muttered.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3EImydFqH
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"Your room." I heard a voice reply from the right of my bed.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrles6Mi9O1
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I quickly sat up and looked over, blinking away the sunspots in my eyes.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNSQ8gd3QN
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"Prof. Snape?" I said in surprise. "What are you doing here? and what do you mean, my room?"351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPLU9HD2jZ
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"Well, after the students went to bed, Dumbledore and the other Professors talked things over and since you couldn't sleep in any of the house dormitories, we figured it''d be easier if you just had your own." 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3tIvfsmX1
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"But that must have been a lot of work! You guys didn't have to do that! I think it's clear that I don't belong here." I said shaking my head and looking down at my bed sheets.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡao85Mmt1m9
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"That is not true, Kat! You deserve to be here more than any of those other twits. Besides, this room was already here, so it wasn't too much work for the house elves to get it ready."351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3T2MgjyxiO
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"Really? Who used to live here then? Was he or she rejected by the hat like me?"I said excited that I might not be the only one this had happened to.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfpjitxeH5
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"It belonged to the sweetest and brightest little girl I've ever known." said Snape. I looked over and saw that his eyes were watery as he gazed down at me.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1s1AOVrN4
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"What happened to her?" I asked as I patted him on the shoulder.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrHx3hrCcS
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"It''s...complicated. and we really should be getting down to the great hall! Hurry up and get changed, I'll wait outside in the outer room and we can walk down together."351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qFr6RMhO8
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I jumped out of bed and rushed to get ready. I couldn't believe I was being allowed to stay! Once I was ready, I opened the door and slowly walked out.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2NQSyUx46
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"How-how do I look?" I said nervously to Snape. He turned around and stared down at me.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oyntAOWJw
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"You look beautiful." He said quietly. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tvLqC70Gb
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"Thanks," I said blushing and looking around the room. It was perfect. There was a set of comfy couches in front of a fire place, a mahogany table and chairs, and a number of other furnishings and decorations. I noticed the Hogwarts seal was plastered everywhere.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZirpZeI9b
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"You can change the colors to represent any house you want should you choose to do so." Snape stated as he saw me look around. "Now, shall we get going?" He showed me how to change the password to get into my quarters and then led me down to breakfast in the great hall.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4yyiGWreo
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"Thanks so much, for everything!" I gushed as we approached the hall.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RXYqfSkLo
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"No problem, anything for you," he whispered. "Here's your schedule, make sure to show up on time!"351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOzjUOIJL9
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I grabbed the slip of paper he handed me and was about to look it over when I noticed Harry, Ron, and Hermione sitting at the Gryffindor table. I ran over to them and sat down. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IcjhMqE0u
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"Hey Harry, Ron, Hermione! Do you guys mind if I join you? I know I'm not in your house but your my only friends so far...How did you sleep! I can't believe it's our first day! I'm so excited! I can't wait for classes to start! Do you think there will be a lot of homework?" I rambled as I piled food onto my plate.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuqt1x6Hue
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Harry chucked and rubbed my back. "Slow down there, Kat. Let's just focus on breakfast for now." 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSP8HdlgNEG
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"As usual, you're right, Harry! mmm" I said as I started to eat some bacon.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNg7h9ljwQ5
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After we finished eating, we compared class schedules. I squealed as I realized I had the same classes as the other three. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz72RRnyKjf
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"Our first class is History of Magic. We should start heading over now so we aren't late!" I told the others as I stood up and grabbed my bag.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aRirjXqTq
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The class was taught by a ghost named Professor Binns. Apparently he hadn't noticed when he had died in his sleep and got up the next morning to teach like normal. I could tell the majority of the class found the subject boring and the Professor's voice certainly didn't help, but I remained alert in my chair and scribbled down notes along with Hermione.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwFYTJNIlh
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Our next class was Transfiguration with Minnie. Hermione and I arrived early but as the class began to fill up, I noticed Harry and Ron still hadn't shown up.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUSB3LvU1H
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"Where are they?" I said worriedly to Hermione.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZ7zGpspe0
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Just then Minnie started to speak so she didn't have time to answer. We were copying notes from the board when the door burst open and the two finally arrived.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMAlku7hC9
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"Phew, made it! Can you imagine the look on old McGonagall's face if we were late?" Ron exclaimed as they entered the room trying to catch their breath.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCe0ym4lUJ
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Hermione and I shook our heads and continued to write. "Poor Harry and Ron," I giggled silently to myself in anticipation of Minnie's reaction as she shifted from her animal form in front of them.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJP7FjHVGx
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"That was bloody brilliant!" Ron gasped in amazement.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dKPAjv257
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"Why thank you for that assessment Mr. Weasley" She said glaring down at them. "Perhaps it would be more useful if I were to transfigure Potter and yourself into a pocket watch? That way one of you might be on time."351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBakqOBqMwN
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"We got lost," I hear Harry mutter in embarrassment.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeOsO84q4q
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"Then perhaps, a map." Minnie said sternly. I couldn't help but chuckle a little louder. Minnie glanced my way, the corner of her lips tugging into a small smile. "I trust you don't need one to find your seats," she said turning back to face Harry and Ron again.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3awgxVLlu
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"No, ma'am" they whispered quietly as they came over to sit in the only empty seats besides Hermione and I.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZZvKLfGDp
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The rest of the lesson went by without a hitch as we continued to copy down notes from the board. Halfway through the lesson we were then given matches that we had to try and turn into needles. I nervously waved my wand and said the incantation. To my surprise, my match immediately turned silver. I grinned widely at Minnie.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqzXrcUoAf
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"5 points to...oh dear...well I guess I'll have to talk to Dumbledore to figure out how points will be awarded to you, Katrina. But I see Ms. Granger has also managed to transfigure her match so 5 points to Gryffindor all the same." 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyeJFy8RZl
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"You two should have seen your faces!" I said bursting into laughter as we headed out the door at the end of class. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1Veu7P0U6
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"Oh, shut it!" said Harry blushing. "We aren't the only ones having trouble finding our way!"351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyymxK8661A
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"Yeah, I bet you won't be laughing when it's your turn!" Ron muttered angrily. I shook my head and continued to giggle as we walked to our next class; Defense Against the Dark Arts.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5b5nJMdSS
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Defense Against the Dark Arts was the class we had all been looking forward to the most but Quirrell's lessons turned out to be a bit of a joke. His classroom smelled strongly of garlic, which everyone said was to ward off a vampire he'd met in Romania who he was afraid would becoming back to get him one of these days. His turban, he told us, had been given to him by an African prince as a thank-you for getting rid of a troublesome zombie, but we weren't sure whether we believed this story.For one thing, when Seamus Finnigan asked eagerly to hear how Quirrell had fought off the zombie, Quirrell went pink and started talking about the weather; for another, we had noticed that a funny smell hung around the turban. The Weasley twins insisted that it was stuffed full of garlic as well, so that Quirrell was protected wherever he went. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7Mg2rKJuC
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As classes continued, Harry and I were relieved to find that we weren't miles behind everyone. Lots of people had come from Muggle families and, like us, hadn't had any idea that they were witches and wizards. There was so much to learn that even people like Ron didn't have much of a head start.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MyMfqkT1P
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"Congrats!" I said applauding Harry and Ron at breakfast on Friday. "You two finally managed to find your way without getting lost." They both glared at me as they shoveled down food but I could tell they weren't actually mad so I wasn't worried. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpyJ3uXW3V
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"What have we got today?" Harry asked Ron as he poured sugar on his porridge. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYgEpcxrd8
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"Double Potions with the Slytherins," said Ron. "Snape's Head of Slytherin House. They say he always favors them - we'll be able to see if it's true." 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsWOyuFphS
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"Wish McGonagall favored us," said Harry. Professor McGonagall was head of Gryffindor House, but it hadn't stopped her from giving them a huge pile of homework the day before. I rolled my eyes and continued to skim my potions book in preparation for our lesson. I liked Minnie, and Snape seemed nice enough from what I had gathered in our few encounters. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLBAepue21
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Just then, the mail arrived and we all looked up. Harry and I watched in surprise as Hedwig and Salazar came swooping down to drop two letters in front of us. We looked at each other, we never got mail! We pushed aside our plates and quickly opened the envelopes. The letters were roughly the same.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBNC246ic8
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Dear Katrina,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rKJf6kqrs
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I know you get Friday afternoons off, so would you like to come and have a cup of tea with me around three?I want to hear all about your first week. Send us an answer back with Salazar. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScj291eYE9
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I pulled out my quill and scribbled a quick reply that I then gave to Salazar to deliver. The four of us then made or way down to the dungeons where Potions classes took place. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkniulrzyCR
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I shivered as we entered the classroom. It was colder down here than any other part of the castle and the pickled animals floating in glass jars all around the walls didn't help matters. I felt Harry's arm wrap around my shoulder as we sat down at one of the desks and I smiled at him appreciatively. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9UQtKiyjX
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Snape, like many other professors had done, started class off by taking roll call. Like Professor Flitwick who taught Charms, he paused when he reached Harry's name. His reaction however, was very different.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6zFwZGavn
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"Ah, Yes," he said softly, "Harry Potter. Our new...celebrity." I could hear Draco Malfoy and his friends Crabbe and Goyle sniggering behind their hands and turned in my seat to glare at them. They closed their mouths and I returned to face forward in triumph. Snape paused a second time when he reached my name, but didn't say anything. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEvs6PhpQa
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"You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making," he began as he looked up at the class. He spoke in barely more than a whisper, but I caught every word. Like Professor McGonagall, Snape had the gift of keeping a class silent without effort. "As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses.... I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death - if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach." 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoMJtGbQQd
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More silence followed this little speech. Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw Harry and Ron exchange raised eyebrows, but Hermione and I both sat on the edges of our seats; eager to start proving we weren't dunderheads. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXOmzM8YFP
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"Potter!" said Snape suddenly. "What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbAaPFi8NS
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Harry glanced at Ron, who looked as stumped as he was; Hermione's hand shot into the air. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUGCSi5Hzr
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"I don't know, sir," said Harry. Snape's lips curled into a sneer. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYL8plM7OE6
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"Tut, tut - fame clearly isn't everything."He ignored Hermione's raised hand. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyYCsrY7Hf
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"Let's try again. Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?"Hermione stretched her hand as high into the air as it would go without her leaving her seat, but I could tell Harry didn't have the faintest idea what a bezoar was. Behind us, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, were shaking with laughter and I glared at them again.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHXQ7DKVgA
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"I don't know, sir." 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiswljTzIb7
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"Thought you wouldn't open a book before coming, eh, Potter?" I knew for a fact that Harry had looked through his books at the Dursleys'. I frowned, it was a little unfair for Snape to expect him to remember everything in One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi! 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyp72o75E7K
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Snape was still ignoring Hermione's quivering hand. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCz8pcrTUvs
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"What is the difference, Potter, between monkshood and wolfsbane?"At this, Hermione stood up, her hand stretching toward the dungeon ceiling.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eK1TNEkBK
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"I don't know," said Harry quietly. "I think Hermione does, though, why don't you try her?" I laughed as Harry caught my eye. Snape, however, was not pleased. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgcgYw5yTM
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"Sit down," he snapped at Hermione. "Katrina, would you please explain the answers."351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPrEiDtRDk
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My head shot up and I looked at him in shock. I hated being put on the spot like that...and how did he even know whether or not I knew the answers? For all anyone knew, I was as clueless as Harry! While Hermione and I had reviewed at breakfast, I still wished he had called on her.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrV4E6e9NX
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"Umm...I think asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the Draught of Living Death...A bezoar is a...a stone taken from the stomach of a goat that will save you from most poisons. As for monkshood andwolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite." I answered, my voice shaking under all the stares I was getting. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLl0sc6YQK2
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"Well? Why aren't you all copying that down?" Snape snarled to the rest of the class, though there was warmth in his eyes as he glanced at me. There was a sudden rummaging for quills and parchment. Over the noise,Snape said, "And a point will be taken from Gryffindor House for your cheek, Potter." 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7OK7IPev5
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We all began to copy the information down but I'd only gotten halfway through when I noticed someone standing in front of me. I looked up to see Snape's form hovering over me. Suddenly he began rattling off a list of questions that he clearly wanted me to answer. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMB8JgMJEp
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"What are the 3 most crucial ingredients in a forgetfulness potion, how long does it take to brew the polyjuice potion, why should Felix Felices not be taken in excess, what is veritiserum used for?" I gulped and stared at him. Did he honestly expect me to know the answers? Those were definitely not mentioned anywhere in our textbook! Before I could register what was happening, I felt my mouth open and form words.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOauN2F6KJW
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"See, Potter. That is what a good student looks like," he said as he smirked at Harry before striding off to praise Malfoy's work. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoMlautGmu
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I gazed at Harry with wide eyes. "I didn't even know I knew any of that information! I swear it wasn't in any of the books I've read." I said pleading with him. "I wasn't trying to make you look bad! Honest."351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2i4ZZT40Y
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"I know, Kat. You would never do something so mean. I just don't get why he was picking on me!" 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KrnG4ov3J
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"It was so unfair! He better not make a habit out of it or I'll have something to say!" I said as we split up into pairs and got ready to make a simple potion to cure boils. I was starting to get angry again as I thought of the way Snape had treated Harry. Harry simply grinned and put a hand on my shoulder. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K8TKCzUXg
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"Calm down, let's just focus on making this potion." 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdSdRAgU0i
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Things didn't improve for the Gryffindors though as the Potions lesson continued. Snape swept around in his long black cloak,watching us weigh dried nettles and crush snake fangs, criticizing almost everyone except Malfoy and I, whom he seemed to favor. Since I was paired with Harry, he simply ignored us and told everyone to look at the perfect way Malfoy had stewed his horned slugs.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvNT8rVu0k
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Suddenly, clouds of acid green smoke and a loud hissing filled the dungeon. Neville had somehow managed to melt Seamus's cauldron into a twisted blob, and their potion was seeping across the stone floor,burning holes in people's shoes. Within seconds, the whole class was standing on their stools while Neville, who had been drenched in the potion when the cauldron collapsed, moaned in pain as angry red boils sprang up all over his arms and legs. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLOwEnKfb3
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"Idiot boy!" snarled Snape, clearing the spilled potion away with one wave of his wand. "I suppose you added the porcupine quills before taking the cauldron off the fire?"Neville whimpered as boils started to pop up all over his nose. I shook my head feeling sorry for him.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNA2ELegAJ
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"I'd be happy to take him up to the hospital wing, Professor." I said as I skipped my way over to where Neville stood. Snape nodded and the two of us headed for the doors. As I was exiting, we heard him yell at Harry and Ron.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrS93JXfqf
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"You, Potter - why didn't you tell him not to add the quills? Thought he'd make you look good if he got it wrong, did you? That's another point you've lost for Gryffindor."This was so unfair that I opened my mouth and turned back to argue, but Neville let out a loud groan and I decided it was best to get him to the hospital wing pronto. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFBC6W3LYA
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"Oh, my! What happened!" the nurse Madam Pomfrey exclaimed as Neville and I entered. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNs5rMZWpUs
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"There was an accident in potions class, ma'am" I said as I helped Neville to one of the beds so he could sit down. "We were making a cure for boils and he made a mistake with the porcupine quills."351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMjDhGbjAy
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"Ahh, I see. Yes, yes, a common mistake, see it all the time. Not to worry, not to worry, easy enough to fix." she said hurrying into her office and reemerging with a bottle of cream. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqQfF8HcNM
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Madam Pomfrey drew the curtains around the bed to give him privacy and I stood with my back to it as Neville rubbed the cream all over his skin. After about ten minutes or so I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfh6JTlya6J
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"All set," he mumbled, blushing. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF89QGnRI14
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"Really, Neville. There's no need to be embarrassed. Didn't you hear Madam Pomfrey? You're not the only one who's messed up on that potion before. It could have happened to anyone." I said reassuringly.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnFn1mjbaP
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"Yeah, but it happened to me," I heard him mutter under his breath. 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvNm3UkhOg
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"C'mon, let's meet up with the others for dinner. You'll feel better once you've had something to eat," I said hugging him and leading the way back down to the great hall.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWphFXUvF6p
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"How was Hagrid's?" I asked Harry as I piled my plate with food.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fAYtNaPRc
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"It was great. But...listen, there's something I need to tell you." I looked up at the sudden change in his tone.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8QHk0N89o
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"What's up?" 351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJ11haTWVq
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"Remember that day we went to Gringotts? Apparently, later that same day someone tried to rob it!"351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5H9BfOtPK6
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"Really?" I said shocked.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ik57rvG3L
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"Yeah! The weird thing is, they weren't caught, and nothing was found missing! I asked Hagrid about it and he got really weird. I think the person was after whatever was in the vault we visited!"351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwILVa09N1
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"Hmm...it definitely seems like it...we need more information." I said thinking this new information over. It did seem a little too strange to be a coincidence. I finished my meal, hugged everyone goodnight, and walked back to my room; my mind focused on the mysterious small package we had watched Hagrid scoop up.
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