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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinxHlWclnU
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"Where am I?" I muttered.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1RsQtnmvI
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"Your room." I heard a voice reply from the right of my bed.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTUtn5HKhh
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I quickly sat up and looked over, blinking away the sunspots in my eyes.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ggAjY6FUV
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"Prof. Snape?" I said in surprise. "What are you doing here? and what do you mean, my room?"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbnWM1JQji
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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." 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkW5lJTuXB1
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwtowrGULI
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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."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrtzeqkCDF
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYdyP4c7tf
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ162DWbkUbh
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"What happened to her?" I asked as I patted him on the shoulder.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmk4QZFQX7
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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."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzV5ZwTYEn
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZJgvfXkva
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"How-how do I look?" I said nervously to Snape. He turned around and stared down at me.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO94ZJIltUm
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"You look beautiful." He said quietly. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecYKEjtyDJ
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfRw7DOrSL
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygDkPfmt6D
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"Thanks so much, for everything!" I gushed as we approached the hall.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwJrrLC8vK
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"No problem, anything for you," he whispered. "Here's your schedule, make sure to show up on time!"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWq29cv84L
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklKlTqY8sY
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGjJ6B2Nbk
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Harry chucked and rubbed my back. "Slow down there, Kat. Let's just focus on breakfast for now." 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4SjawTt4T
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"As usual, you're right, Harry! mmm" I said as I started to eat some bacon.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77aKeR56Vh
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpcs5qtIjI
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqATg2lyb5U
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpc8tgbTfG
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXlJ4P0C3f
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"Where are they?" I said worriedly to Hermione.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCvnJokzCx
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5j5grCniok
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuQBdL3EsL
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAWekg84d8
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"That was bloody brilliant!" Ron gasped in amazement.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcdjcKwCKO
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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."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHG45qLn1F
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"We got lost," I hear Harry mutter in embarrassment.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmHWv4K6Fr
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjwJOBvdO0
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHogU2KMY6
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKLtKXYxI8
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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." 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbcVA3dVGD
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRqvkCYexD
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"Oh, shut it!" said Harry blushing. "We aren't the only ones having trouble finding our way!"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKA0113liA
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskaWg9vbou
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLO2tFa4kZa
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CrHqx3PvW
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjK45XUXuY
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"What have we got today?" Harry asked Ron as he poured sugar on his porridge. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97BI5C15H6
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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." 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0EN28rhYs
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6w2stdu5OR
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciQm7SPyQK
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Dear Katrina,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAc07q9x3Pg
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAAX12fJJC
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cxmrYrM8e
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvROyv040gY
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sr19vrSM5
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVGXIuIBnv
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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." 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xXldcw6Jw
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKrMzlhBZK
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"Potter!" said Snape suddenly. "What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV20fGPWNO
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Harry glanced at Ron, who looked as stumped as he was; Hermione's hand shot into the air. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmREK2W6nY
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"I don't know, sir," said Harry. Snape's lips curled into a sneer. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2pbnheell
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"Tut, tut - fame clearly isn't everything."He ignored Hermione's raised hand. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJlQuZbPMt
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T43n2eIoN
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"I don't know, sir." 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQG9mha6pA
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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! 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NJJCNA3O6
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Snape was still ignoring Hermione's quivering hand. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsAcG314WP
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3keUzpeI0y
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq0Fw9FZPr
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"Sit down," he snapped at Hermione. "Katrina, would you please explain the answers."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJAAvJ9efM
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0wLBrmpBw
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIPIClBJsw
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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." 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyMoYuA8ek
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5laaDPxYD
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGndCpgrta
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysn0U2i5gc
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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."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZATyA249q
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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!" 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1FSTex7Vd
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡer2GMzk44Z
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"Calm down, let's just focus on making this potion." 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGa83Str4Yr
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6p168Fgap
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q4MhzwAzL
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwoORx95Vp
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaIP48fv7V
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63phr83glD
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"Oh, my! What happened!" the nurse Madam Pomfrey exclaimed as Neville and I entered. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54qFGD8Y3B
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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."354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyO6RP6eye
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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. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nJmVN2h24
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkBhOPyn69
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"All set," he mumbled, blushing. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoVeWXTecN
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29cZ8hZhQ3
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"Yeah, but it happened to me," I heard him mutter under his breath. 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxf5T85hMbV
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBvpzYM5wp
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"How was Hagrid's?" I asked Harry as I piled my plate with food.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡei7WfxLP8W
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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.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGqGI5qGtd
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"What's up?" 354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdonfqXWe96
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"Remember that day we went to Gringotts? Apparently, later that same day someone tried to rob it!"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kGWWgNtbO
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"Really?" I said shocked.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSxW3QknsA
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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!"354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmimxhpocMs
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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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