In Harry Potter as Neville Longbottom

Chapter 11: Butterfly Effect

It has been almost 2 months since school started. October was coming to an end and with it came 'Halloween'. In this world, many important events will happen today for no good reason.

I was sitting in Professor Flitwick class and looking at the trio. We were supposed to use a levitation Charm to make the feather placed on our table fly. It was not a big issue for me or for Bushy head and she managed to do it quite easily.

Just one simple charm "Wingardium Leviosa" and her feather started floating magically.

"Well done! See here everyone, anyone can do it if you put your intent behind it." Professor Flitwick started praising Bushy head and I also showed my abilities.

One flick of the wand and my feather started dancing in the air as I wanted.

"Amazing control, Mr Longbottom. Very nice. I have to say this is the first time I am looking at such a talented group of wizards." Professor praised us and while I gave him a head nod, while bushy face glared at me intensely for stealing her thunder.

She was miffed about this and that broke her concentration from the charm and the feather fell on her head. Ron started laughing looking at her face now.

Other Slytherin students were also looking at us angrily as no one from their house even managed to move that feather.

"Boom!" suddenly a loud noise startled everyone and we all saw Seamus who has somehow managed to create an explosion from his feather! Okay, this guy is a seriously underrated character. He can make anything explode.

Note to me: Make him the next friend. Dean and Seamus are good to have around. Dean is natural in martial magic and future duelling champ and Seamus is a natural pyrotechnician able to make bombs from anything.

I shook my head to clear these thoughts and as the class was over, I tried to speak to the professor about future duel classes. I think next year should be a good time to take practical duelling classes with the professor but I need to ask the professor now as he might offer some suggestions or some training before the formal class.

Just as I was going towards him I managed to bump into the bitch face Pansy again. Merlin! is she blind or deliberately hitting me?

"Seriously, again?" I asked her and she went pale looking at me.

"No, No...No...I am sorry...I am sorry...." she stammered and ran away from the class.

"Dumb!" I mumbled to myself and went to talk to the professor.

During the special Halloween dinner time, when all the teachers and students were enjoying the delicious food, I noticed the bushy head sitting with the duo and all three were chatting happily.

'WAIT! HOW IS SHE HERE? This was not part of the canon. Isn't she supposed to be crying and hiding in the toilet?' I was thinking these when Quirrell stormed into the common room and did his dramatic acting.

"Troll.... in the dungeon... Troll in the dungeon!" and he fainted in front of the professor's table.

This guy should get a Razzie for his acting. All students went crazy and they all started to run here and there. Well, except for me. Now the bushy face is here it means I don't need to intervene anyway and no reason to leave the dinner.

"Silence! House prefects will lead the students back to the dormitory and teachers will follow me to the dungeons." Headmaster Dumbledore said and all students finally went towards their dorms. I was just drinking the apple juice when I noticed something.

Girls in Slytherin house were trying to talk to their prefect and one of them said something like "Pansy .... didn't come for dinner...."

I managed to only understand these words but it clicked me. The girl crying and running to toilet is not Bushy face but the Bitch face and she is there instead of Hermione. Fuck!

I managed to get away from the other students and ran towards the toilet on the first floor. Yes, the troll somehow moved from dungeons to the first floor and he went straight to the girl's toilet. Why? How the fuck I know. Hardly anything make sense in this world if you ask me personally. 'Rowling was smoking the same thing as Volde when writing' this is the best answer I have.

I managed to get there and as soon I entered the toilet, I heard a girl sobbing inside.

"Hey, Pansy are you in there?" I knocked on the closed door from where the sound was coming. She went silent. After a few minutes, she opened the door and looked at me with those red puffy eyes.

Ok! She has been crying a lot.

"What are you doing here?" She asked me and when she noticed we were alone, she tried to close the door in fear.

"Stop. A troll is loose here and all professors want us to go back to our dorms. Come with me!" I said and tried to drag her out. 'Bitch! there is a troll. Even if I am sure nothing will happen but why take a risk.'

"Leave me alone! Please...I didn't do anything this time. Please. Leave me alone. I am sorry...Please..." she started crying and begging and I finally realised what was happening. I managed to scare her in an epic proportion. Sometimes, I do forget that these are just 11-year-old kids and behave like an adult.

Shit. She looks like I am going to kill her or something. Somehow I misplaced my anger on her or targeted her thinking about her future things but as of now, she is just an 11-year-old girl and quite scared.

"Okay. Calm down. I am not here to hurt you or anything. Okay. I am sorry for my behaviour. Please stop crying... Okay. There really is a troll here and it might come to this side. We should go." I tried to reason with her and while she tried to stop her tears, I smelled a horrible stench coming towards us.

"Move. Move back!" I pushed her inside the toilet when we saw the troll coming towards us. I immediately put my hands in my pockets and grabbed a bunch of Puffapods. Come my dear plants, time to show your magic.

Just when the troll came a little closer, I used my wand to throw the seeds of puffapods which instantly bloomed on the face of the troll.

"Flipendo" I used my wand to cast a Knockback Jinx that pushed the troll a little back and made all the puffapods explode.

The scary-looking troll went from shouting to sneezing and then gasping for air. He dropped his club and started coughing loudly.

"What was that? What is this?" now a very scared but calm Pansy asked me. Finally looking at the troll in front of us, she believed my words.

"Puffapod. Simple to use and effective against Trolls. This was our first lesson in herbology class I think." I told her calmly. Now I was debating inside whether to kill this troll or faint it. Anyway, I think the troll died from the allergy after a few minutes.

"What is going on here?!" Came a loud voice and with it our Professor McGonagall, the bat and the one with the stupid hat.

"I suppose Mr Longbottom should explain what is he doing here in a girl's toilet, with the girl he accidentally showed a knife, alone?" The bat professor questioned and I was having none of this shit.

"Saving her life and beating a Troll as though it is quite clear, is it not Professor Snape?" I told him directly and this time, for the first time, I think I liked Pansy.

"Yes, Professor. He came for me. I was alone here and If he didn't come on time, I would be facing a troll alone." Pansy the bitch face defended me. Okay. She is not that bitch face anymore.

"Well, did you kill this troll alone Neville?" Professor McGonagall asked me with a surprise.

"Ah! Yes, professor. I think I do deserve some points for this. Don't I? " I asked her calmly. After all, I did kill a troll and saved a student.

"Well, I think 100 points for Gryffindor will do." She said proudly.

"Professor Snape?!" I questioned the bat.

"50 points for Gryffindor," he said slowly in his low voice.

"Very well, even though considering I value the life of Miss Pansy here above 50 points, I think this will do for now. Thank you, professors. Now, I am feeling sleepy and tired and I should take my leave from here."

I managed to get away from the scene and well, it was overall good for me.

I saved the girl, got the troll and I think I need to seriously think about how to treat these small snakes. Not every one of them is a future enemy. Not unless I make them so.