1.15 Big Dumb Beast

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[That Halloween night, the great hall has floating Jack O'Lanterns in place of the candles. Harry notices an empty spot on the bench.]

Harry: Where's Hermione and Juniper?

Neville: Parvati Patil said that she wouldn't come out of the girl's bathroom. She said that she'd been in there all afternoon, crying. Juniper is with her now.

[Harry glances at Ron with a disapproving look on his face; Ron shrugs. Suddenly, Professor Quirrell comes running into the Great Hall in panic.]

Quirell: TROLL! IN THE DUNGEON! T-TROOLLL IN THE DUNGEON! [Dumbledore rises from his seat in concern. Everyone looks at Quirrell and he stops and there is utter silence.] Thought you ought to know.

"TROLL?!" Everybody yells.

"How did a TROLL get into the dungeons"

[Quirrell passes out in fear. The great hall goes silent, and then everyone freaks out, screaming and running.]

"Wow, great defense professor" James says

"We had a better one our third year" Juniper replies with a smirk

Dumbledore: SILLLLLEEENNNNCEEEEE! [Everyone stops and calms down.] Everyone will please not panic! Now, prefects will lead their house back to the dormitories. Teachers will follow me to the dungeons.

"But the Hufflepuff and Slytherin dorms are in the dungeons?" a Hufflepuff girl says

Girl: Hufflepuff, this way!

Boy: Stay together!

[Snape looks aghast, and he walks out through a doorway. A bit later, Percy is leading the Gryffindors down a dark corridor.]

Percy: Gryffindors, keep up, please, and stay alert!

Harry: How could a troll get in?

Ron: Not on its own. Trolls are really stupid. Probably people playing jokes. [Suddenly, Harry stops and pulls Ron aside.] What?

Harry: Hermione and June! They don't know!

[The two separate themselves from the crowd. They run down corridors. They start running down a hall when they stop because there's a grunting noise coming from a large shadow on the wall.]

Ron: I think the troll's left the dungeon!

[Harry pulls Ron into a doorway, they peer out to see a large, ugly troll thunks by into a room.]

Harry: It's going into the girl's bathroom!

[In the girl's bathroom, Hermione and Juniper emerge from a stall, Hermione is wiping her eyes. She stops when she sees something. The troll is standing there. Hermione backs up into the stall and grabs Juniper with her just as the troll raises its club and smashes the top part of the stalls. Hermione screams in terror. Juniper is frozen in shock. Harry and Ron come bursting in.]

Harry: Hermione, move!

[The troll smashes the remaining stalls.]

Hermione: Help! Help! [The boys start throwing wood pieces at the troll.]

Ron: Hey, pea brain! [Ron throws wood and hits the troll on the head. Hermione and Juniper escape from the stalls to under a sink, but the troll sees them and then comes over to smash them. It cracks the sink and barely misses them. Harry cringes.]

Hermione: [screaming] Help!

Juniper: [now smiling madly] Gosh I love this school!

"NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR THAT" Lily stresses holding onto James "Oh I can't watch"

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