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Harry had just finished his tart and the Slytherins were almost to their common room when the troll found them. There was a shriek and someone shouted a stunner even as there was a sickening crunch. As Harry shoved his way toward the disturbance, most of the Slytherins were surging away from it. Harry was stumbling through the last fringe of Slytherins just as the troll was swinging his club toward a frantically casting fifth year's head. At the fifth year boy's feet was a crumpled third year girl.
Even as he shoved through the last of the students, Harry snapped a banishing spell at the troll. The troll flew backwards and into the nearest wall with a crash. Even as the troll staggered to his feet, Harry charmed the troll's club with a quick levitation spell then bashed it down on the troll's head. It was a glancing blow at best.
"Accio unconscious girl!"
The girl slid across the floor until she bumped into Harry's feet. The fifth year hurried after her even as the troll stood up and grabbed his club. Bellowing, the troll charged after the fifth year boy. Harry banished the troll toward another wall. This time Harry did not let up. As soon as the troll slammed into the wall, Harry slashed a cutting curse toward the troll then a bone breaking hex. The cutting curse did not even break the troll's skin. Although the troll grunted like the bone breaker hurt, there was no telltale crunch. As Harry levitated the troll's club again, the troll staggered to his feet again. Harry banished the club into the troll's gut. The troll swayed but kept his feet. His hand clutched at the club's grip.
Shit! Magically resistant species sucked!
Harry poured more power into the next bone breaker he snapped off. The troll bellowed and fell back a step. All right! Ridiculously over powered spells it was!
Harry began to herd the troll away from the Slytherins and back down the side corridor that it had first appeared from. Bone breaker. Banishing charm. Bone breaker.
The troll suddenly lunged toward Harry, his teeth bared and his club swinging.
Harry panicked. Otherwise he never would have used such an upper level spell much less such a unique upper level spell.
Even as he scrambled backwards he shouted, "Sectum sempra!"
Harry pushed nearly every scrap of magical energy he possessed into the spell.
The troll squealed as blood sprayed from a diagonal gash in his chest. He collapsed in a heap.
Harry, rarely one to waste an advantage in a fight, levitated the club and brought it down on the troll's head with a resounding crash. He stood there, panting and staring at an unmoving troll. Harry willed the troll to be unconscious. When the troll did not even twitch, Harry sagged against the nearest wall. No matter how magically mature his power core was at eleven, there was a huge power difference between being eleven and being seventeen. Plus there was still that something that made him more powerful but less magically stable. Whatever it was, it was only just beginning to settle in. A moment longer and Harry realized that he was too tired to stand. Harry sat down and watched the blood puddle slowly expand. Sooner or later someone would find the troll and Harry.
It turned out to be later and Professors Snape and Flitwick. Harry watched them approach through half-lidded eyes.
"Potter" Snape sneered. "Looking for your next interview topic?"
"Hello professors. Is that girl okay?"
"She will be" Flitwick assured Harry briskly as he conjured a huge tarp under the troll. "Are you well Mr. Potter?"
Harry nodded and yawned. "Tired." He stood then slid down the wall again. "Really tired."
"Oh dear." With a swish and flick of his wand, Flitwick had the tarp and its passenger levitating. "Perhaps Professor Snape can help you to the infirmary?"
"No!" Harry yelped. "I'll walk!"
Sadly, he could not even stand convincingly.
"It would be more efficient if I secured the troll in an unused dungeon" Snape said, his voice tight.
"Nonsense! The child is practically a member of your House now! And I've already got the troll levitating." And with that the little professor turned to leave them. "I'll see you at the staff debriefing Professor Snape."
Snape viciously jabbed his wand at the puddle of blood. It disappeared, scoured out of existence by his wordless spell.
Then he turned to slash his wand at Harry.
For all that his wand movement was violent the magic that lifted Harry was surprisingly gentle. Without a single word to Harry, Snape spun on his heel and stalked down the hallway. Harry floated in his wake. Although Snape never looked over his shoulder or appeared to check on Harry's progress or wellbeing, Harry never banged into or sideswiped anything either. Harry immediately felt bad as he remembered letting Sirius bash Professor Snape into things and scrape his head on the tunnel's roof. Maybe he should try to make them play nicely with one another this time around?
Harry snorted. Yeah, like that was likely in any lifetime!
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