Memory Hermione let out a very high-pitched scream as the giant creature lifted its club. She barely moved in time as the club came down with a violent crash right where she'd been. Hermione started scrambling on her hands and knees away from the Troll not paying attention to any direction except away from the troll. She had only crawled a few dozen paces when she found her way blocked by a solid wall. A sob escaped her mouth as she turned to face the troll who was advancing slowly toward her, swinging his club with every step. With each swing a sink burst into pieces and spewed water. As another sink burst into pieces, the sound of the door opening again could be heard.
"Confuse it!" A boy's voice sounded from behind the troll when it was only a few feet away from Hermione. A metallic sound followed as a piece of tap struck a nearby wall.
The troll turned to look at the new voice. It blinked its eyes confusingly but then it lifted its club and lumbered toward Harry.
"Oy pea-brain!" Another boy's voice could be heard as a piece of pipe bounced off of its shoulder. The troll once again paused and then turned toward the new voice.
The Grangers could now see a young black-haired boy, the same boy who was now the magical husband of their daughter, dodge around the troll and race to Hermione's side, urging her to run.
The rest of the scene unfolded before the Grangers' eyes. Harry's leap on the troll's back, the troll trying to rip the nuisance off of his back, Ron's levitation spell and the troll falling on the floor.
Richard and Jean weren't looking at the scene anymore when memory Hermione asked "Is it...dead?" but at the young man who had fought the giant troll. Finally Richard stood up and made his way to the wet bar. "I need a drink," He said more to himself than to anyone else.
"What was that THING doing in your castle?" Jean asked. "I mean trolls don't usually come wander the halls or the bathrooms do they?"
"No. Remember we told you about the Professor who was trying to steal the Philosopher's stone last evening, well he was the one who let the troll in," Hermione explained. "He hoped to distract the Professors long enough to steal the stone."
"I remember," Jean said as Richard took a large swallow of the drink he had poured. "Do we want to see this three-headed dog and those traps?"
"We'll show you whatever you want," Hermione replied. "I promised no more hiding what has occurred at Hogwarts, as long as you realize nothing will prevent me from going back."
Jean looked at her husband and then turned and nodded at Hermione. "Show them to us."
Harry deposited another memory in the bowl. This time the view was through a fine mesh fabric and they could see a door ahead that had been left ajar.
"Well, there you are," Memory Harry said quietly, "Snape's already got past Fluffy," Memory Harry turned to Hermione and Ron. "If you want to go back, I won't blame you," he said. "You can take the cloak, I won't need it now."
"Don't be stupid," said memory Ron.
"We're coming," said memory Hermione.
As memory Harry pushed the door the Grangers once again gasped as they saw each of Fluffy's heads sniffing wildly about and growling its knowledge that someone was there.
"That's not a bloody dog," Richard said. "That's a monster."
"Probably some sort of Cerberus actually," Hermione replied.
"Is it blind?" Jean asked. "I mean you're standing right in front of it."
"No. That fabric you're looking through is Harry's invisibility cloak," Hermione explained.
"Invisibility cloak?" Richard asked.
Harry reached into his pocket and pulled out the silvery fine material and quickly covered himself with it. He then uncovered just his head so it seemed to float in midair.
Jean reached out and touched the material. "That...that's amazing," She said.
"Would you like to try it?" Harry asked as he handed it to Hermione's mother.
"Would it work for me?" Jean asked as she swung the cloak over her head. "Well am I invisible?"
"Yes," Richard replied with not much enthusiasm.
"Let's get back to the rest of the first year, shall we?" Hermione asked as she pulled another memory from her mind while her mother returned the cloak.
"As you can see," Harry said when the last memory of that first year's adventures concluded a good half hour later, "without Hermione I'd be dead."
Richard lifted his glass mechanically but nothing was left of his scotch. He rose from his seat and poured himself another drink as he could only think of vines that tried to kill you and the possibility his twelve year old daughter might have drunk poison not to mention a bloody chess set that acted like it was trying to hurt his daughter as well.
Harry and Hermione had decided not to tell her parents that Dumbledore was watching them the whole time. That confession would end up in the hands of Amelia Bones when it was appropriate.
"Would you like to see a baby dragon?" Hermione asked.
"Did it try to eat you or something?" Richard asked as he sat back heavily on the sofa next to his wife. He'd brought the bottle of scotch with him.
"No, but we did end up in detention trying to get rid of it though," Hermione explained. She pulled another memory from her head and quickly a scene developed above the bowl.
The memory showed Harry, Hermione and Ron next to Hagrid. They all were sitting around a table staring at a black egg that was rocking as large cracks developed on the smooth surface. It wasn't long before the egg split in two and a small misshaped body flopped on the table. Its huge wings looked too large for its tiny body. The dragon opened its orange eyes and then sneezed letting a couple of sparks fly out of its snout.
"Isn't he beautiful?" Hagrid murmured. He reached out a hand to stroke the dragon's head. It snapped at his fingers, showing pointed fangs.
"Bless him, look, he knows his mommy!" said Hagrid.
"Well at least dragons don't seem to be dangerous," Richard sighed. He turned to Harry, "Is that the one you fought?"
"Eh..." Harry looked at Hermione before returning his eyes to her father. "No."
"Here's the dragon Harry fought," Hermione replied as she removed the last memory from the Pensive and dropped in another.
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