Jenna Lily Potter: Sorcerer's Stone

Chapter 9: Missing

Malfoy couldn't believe his eyes when he saw that Harry, Ron, Jenna, and Lilian were still at Hogwarts the next day, looking tired but perfectly cheerful. Indeed, by the next morning Harry, Ron, Jenna, and Lilian thought that meeting the three-headed dog had been an excellent adventure, and they were quite keen to have another one. Though Accalia was very tired. She had bags under her eyes and there was pain in her eyes. In the meantime, Harry filled Ron, Lilian, Accalia, and Jenna in about the package that seemed to have been moved from Gringotts to Hogwarts, and they spent a lot of time wondering what could possibly need such heavy protection.

"It's either really valuable or really dangerous," said Ron.

"Or both," said Lilian.

But as all they knew for sure about the mysterious object was that it was about two inches long, they didn't have much chance of guessing what it was without further clues. Neither Neville nor Hermione showed the slightest interest in what lay underneath the dog and the trapdoor. All Neville cared about was never going near the dog again.

Hermione was now refusing to speak to Harry, Ron, Accalia, Jenna and Lilian but she was such a bossy know-it-all that they saw this as an added bonus. All they really wanted now was a way of getting back at Malfoy, and to their great delight, just such a thing arrived in the mail about a week later.

As the owls flooded into the Great Hall as usual, everyone's attention was caught at once by two long, thin packages carried by twelve large screech owls. Harry and Jenna were just as interested as everyone else to see what was in this large parcel, and was amazed when the owls soared down and dropped it right in front of them, knocking his bacon to the floor. They had hardly fluttered out of the way when another owl dropped a letter on top of the parcel.

Jenna ripped open the letter first, which was lucky, because it said:

DO NOT OPEN THE PARCEL AT THE TABLE.

It contains your new Nimbus Two Thousand, but I don't want everybody knowing you've got a broomstick or they'll all want one. Oliver Wood will meet you tonight on the Quidditch field at seven o'clock for your first training session.

Professor McGonagall

Harry who had read the letter over Jenna's shoulder had difficulty hiding her glee as he handed the note to Ron to read.

" Nimbus Two Thousands!" Ron moaned enviously. "I've never even touched one."

We all left the hall quickly, wanting to unwrap the broomstick in private before their first class, but halfway across the entrance hall they found the way upstairs barred by Crabbe, Nott and Goyle. Malfoy seized the packages from Harry and Jenna and felt it.

"These are broomsticks," he said, throwing it back to Harry and I with a mixture of jealousy and spite on his face. "You'll be in for it this time, Potters, first years aren't allowed them."

Ron couldn't resist it.

"It's not any old broomstick," he said, "it's a Nimbus Two Thousand. What did you say you've got at home, Malfoy, a Comet Two Sixty?" Ron grinned at Harry. "Comets look flashy, but they're not in the same league as the Nimbus."

"What would you know about it, Weasley, you couldn't afford half the handle," Malfoy snapped back. "I suppose you and your brothers have to save up twig by twig."

Before Ron could answer, Professor Flitwick appeared at Malfoy's elbow.

"Not arguing, I hope, boys?" he squeaked.

"The Potter's been sent a broomstick, Professor," said Malfoy quickly.

"Yes, yes, that's right," said Professor Flitwick, beaming at Harry and I.