Harry potter : Forgotten Lord

He tried escaping the common room during a short pause in their interrogation, to get down to the kitchen so he could get something to eat; Just to be ambushed by more students in the corridors and the hallways, who were just as eager for him to tell his tale of the events of the previous day, resulting in him using the secret passage ways around the castle as much as possible to avoid getting cornered by other students.

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The only highlight of the whole ordeal was that the classes had been cancelled for the day as the staff investigated the events of the previous night.

He tried to get along with his day best he could but it was annoying. He only recounted the events of the previous evening to Daphne and Tracy, since they had already heard rumours which were for the most part grossly incorrect. At least Daphne agreed with him that slaying the troll was necessary, stating it was 5 lives for the price of one.

However another point of their group discussion was how a giant mountain troll got into the grounds in the first place? How did it get passed the wards? When Hogwarts was meant to be the safest place in the whole of Britain, before Daphne stated she would be informing her father of what happened.

The next couple of days followed in a similar pattern just with classes acting as a buffer, as students continued to watch him, as the rumours of the 'bathroom battle' were becoming increasingly inaccurate, to the point where Harry was all but dropped from the tale.

Until Draco once again reminded the student body of Harry's involvement just to shut up Ron's glorified recounting of his own role. Harry himself spent most of his time in his room whenever possible, simply to avoid the stares and questions, with Padma joining him to avoid getting herself swamped with questions from those that couldn't find him.

In the evenings they visited the hospital wing together, to see if Penny was going to be brought out of the magically induced-coma the next day. A couple of times they saw other groups of students visiting, the majority of them from Ravenclaws, with Percy turning up regularly, always glancing at harry with looks containing both envy and hate.

Allowing him to quickly reach the conclusion that Percy desired to play the role of knight in shining armour, and rescue the fair maiden himself. It was rather common knowledge that Percy had a crush on the Ravenclaw prefect.

During one such meeting between the pair, Percy couldn't resist trying to throw his weight around. Percy tried to get him to leave, with a concerned boyfriend act asking for privacy to be alone with his beloved girlfriend.

He naturally replied that Penny wasn't his girlfriend, and added that his brother Ron almost got her killed through his stupidly, as well a number of other insults, which of course resulting in Percy displaying his Weasley temper as well as him immediately getting thrown out of the hospital wing by the enraged Poppy after receiving an intense lecture about casting spells around injured people undergoing magical healing, with instructions not to return unless he himself was dying.

Harry just smirked across the room as Percy was escorted out, 'another point to me, maybe I should tell Penny how Percy tried claiming her as his girlfriend whilst she was busy playing the role of sleeping beauty.

He was sure that would get the girl fired up, and help her heal faster just to jinx the red-head fool. However he was more concern with his own thoughts of Snow White, and knights in shining armour, before dismissing it on being in a magical castle.

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Hospital Wing

Penny opened her eyes slowly, raising her hand trying to block out the blinding light shining down in to her heavy eyes. Her head was pounding away, reminding her of her first hangover she had the day after her cousin's wedding. Every bone seemed too ached as well, bringing back memories of when she had tried to walk up the stairs before falling down and breaking her arm.

Looking around, she finally saw the school healer looking down on her, waving her wand around. It was then she realized she was in the hospital wing at Hogwarts, making her wonder how she ended up here in the first place? Focusing on trying to remember what had happened, just to remember comforting a first year Gryffindor who was crying in a bathroom, to the sudden repulsive smell and the appearance of a troll, and then nothing

Miss Clearwater, you're in the hospital wing, currently undergoing treatment for a head injury you suffered a couple nights ago" the healer explained whilst waving her wand casting several unknown spells.

The next couple of minutes were a blur, as Poppy did a series of tests, checking on her muscle reflexes and memory, only resulting in giving her an even bigger headache than she started with in the first place.

Fortunately enough her head of house came over and the matron had to end her testing, "It's good to see that you're going to have a full recovery, Miss Clearwater. My fifth year charms class has been ever so dull without you," He said joyfully, with a smile.

"Thank you Professor, what happened?" she asked, her curiosity coming through in a typical Ravenclaw manner.

The short professor replied in a story teller tone, "Well let me tell you the tale of how you ended up in Poppy's care," gesturing to the healer by his side, in her own chair.

After hearing the professor's recounting of the night, she was a bit speechless, and shocked. Internally her brain was saying' that's what happens when you try to be a hero. I should have just run, leave the fighting to the lions. After all, it's what their famous for!' However her own internal berating of her own stupidly of trying to stand toe to toe with a mountain troll came to an end when professor Flitwick asked how she ended up in the bathroom.

Recounting what she could recall to the professor, thinking over everything she could remember, her mind piecing together what happened as she slowly recount her story, before seeing the troll, "When I realize it was blocking the door, making an escape near impossible, I decide to try and distract it, to allow the first year to escape, after that I don't remember what happened," she said sadly, a bit disappointed that she couldn't provide more in way of details.

"That's fine dear," Poppy responding in a motherly tone, "It's not uncommon for bit of memory loss given the situation, it should return in time." The nurse said with a sad reassuring smile.

"Now Miss Clearwater, let me reward you with 25 points for your bravery in defending another student, and another 15 for providing morale support in a time of need," the professor said with a proud tone. "Now I think some of your friends want to see you," He finished with a big smile before jumping from his chair, and flicking his wand to open the door allowing a rush of students to pour in.

The matron clearly wanted to say something, but her head of house seemed to stop whatever protest the nurse had with a shake of his head. The next few hours were a blur as the whole of Ravenclaw house had turned up to see her and give their best wishes. Much to her own amusement was when Percy turned up as he was almost instantly driven out of the hospital wing by Poppy.

Watching Percy being driven out, she could see a couple of amused smiles on the faces of Harry and Padma, clearly knowing why the nurse had reacted so strongly to Percy's arrival, giving the impression that it was their doing, before she dismissed.

Eventually the resident healer seemed to grow bored of playing host to so many students and finally declared the need for her rest, and drove everyone out, then went about providing her with another set of potions.

Left to her own thoughts, she ran through everything she had learned. It was bit shocking to learn she had been saved by a couple of first years, and that Harry had killed the troll in the bathroom himself.

She knew she had received the official story, but she would have to wait another couple of days to hear what really happened. Yawning as the potions took their combined effect, which caused her eyes lids to feel increasingly heavy, Penny fell into her dreams, all cantered on a green-eye wizard.

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