Rumors

The next notable event to take place was Quidditch where Harry once again had a bad time with no Hermione coming to the rescue as they all watched with bated breath on whether or not he would fall. Thanks to Queirll having slipped a subtle charm on Harry's broom so that he could cast magic directly at his target without anyone being able to pinpoint who did it, though Snape was becoming suspicious.

It was a close game between Slytherin and Gryffindor.

Each game runs for 90 minutes with no break, each score being 5 points with each snitch caught being 15 points, resetting starting positions upon each catch.

Used to be 150 points and game over when it was the bird, the Golden Snidget because aside from being hard to catch, they would die once caught.

Luckily for Harry though, Dumbledore stepped in at the end and secretly helped him win, thinking he needed a confidence boost after the troll incident. Sending his magic out, he helped Snape by wiping away the charm saving Harry just in the nick of time from falling to the ground as he secretly maneuvered the snitch to show itself to the young boy.

Where Harry once again caught it in his mouth right before the clock ran out, just edging out Slytherin's points as the game came to an end, thus winning the game.

During the game, Hermione was concerned for Harry but not like she was in the past since he was mostly a stranger, and with Trenton telling her to trust the Professor's, her mind was put at ease watching things play out.

After the game, they avoided the big crowds and headed off to play with Rocky some more where Trenton took them away from prying eyes and had Rocky grow so he and Hermione could ride him around which Rocky was more than happy to oblige as they traveled farther than any student ever has before.

Everyone caught up in the day's events, talking about the Quidditch match, no one seemed to notice the two going on their cross country adventure on the back of a giant dog.

Hermione at first was skeptical in whether or not this was allowed, but with some coaxing from Trenton saying there was nothing in the rules saying they couldn't, they were soon on their way laughing and playing as they rode Rocky around.

They didn't see much though since Hogwarts was placed in a relatively safe place with few dangers around aside from the dark forest to its east. And then there was Rocky's presence which scared off most of everything else, though they did manage to spot some flying magical beasts who were confident enough up in the air.

Sneaking their way back in, Rocky shrunk down to puppy form. Upon seeing the cute little guy, Trenton holds up Rocky and says,- "Wasn't that fun," who barks happily and licks his nose.

Trenton unable to resist, say's,- "You're just too cute," and gives him a kiss on the side of his face before hugging him and rubbing his face all over Rocky's.

Hermione giggled at his antics which made Trenton who wasn't thinking say she's cute too and gives her a peck on the cheek before also giving her a tight hug copying what he did to Rocky.

Hermione blushes and pushes him away stuttering – "Wha...wha...what do you think you're doing?" She asks while wiping her cheek with her sleeve, – "You can't do that," she says, which makes Trenton nervous thinking he really screwed up.

"Only my parents have ever kissed me... and Rocky," she says grabbing the dog, allowing him to lick her as she giggled hugging him.

Trenton grew gloomy as he watched Rocky get such amazing treatment, wondering if he was really worst than a dog.

Hermione then exclaims she forgot she had something to do and hands Rocky back before running off. Trenton then stares at the happy puppy in his hands who was still happily wagging his tail while looking at him. - "Oh I could never be mad at you, I'm sorry I blamed you." he says before hugging Rocky again who was barking and licking him excitedly at receiving so much wonderful attention today.

Back in the Hufflepuff common room, he found Zacharias standing proud in front of everyone proclaiming he would have done far better than the boy who lived and that he just got lucky at the end which wasn't exactly wrong.

Trenton just ignored it as he found his roommates off to the side playing cards.

Wayne noticing him first, spoke,- "And here he is folks, tell me Trenton, did your girlfriend throw you out?" he jokingly asked, getting a good laugh from everyone.

Trenton- "Oh very funny, but you know Hermione was my friend first before we even came to Hogwarts, plus she's been having a hard time adjusting."

Ernest chuckled,- "You're telling me, I heard you went ape shit crazy on Ron for making fun of her."

Wayne,- "Yeah, I hear you and Hermione have become the number one do not mess with first years."

Trenton who has been mostly hanging out with Hermione alone didn't know any of this,- "Really?"

Justin,- "Let's just say if I didn't know you, and you weren't my roommate, I'd avoid you."

Wayne,- "Yeah man, have you not seen the looks you've been getting?"

Trenton looked around seeing some people giving him some wary looks, even Zacharias looked away when their eyes met which made him smirk,- "Well I see it comes with some perks, that irritating fellow doesn't seem to want to mess with me either, so at least Hermione won't have to worry about him trying to start anything."

Wayne rolled his eyes,- "There he goes talking about his girlfriend again.," getting another round of soft chuckles.

Trenton shot a glance at him,- "You know if you're jealous, you can just ask to hang out with us."

Ernest grinned,- "He's jealous alright, but not in the way you think, little Wayne here wants his own girlfriend, isn't that right little Wayne."

Wayne feeling embarrassed argued back,- "It's not that I want a girlfriend, it's just if I got one now I could shove it in my brothers face who's constantly going on and on about his, so then I can one-up him by having one my first year instead of 2nd, that'd shut him up real good, and don't call me little Wayne, everyone's little compared to you."

Ernest glared back- "What did you say!"

Justin pleaded- "Please don't fight, I thought we were having a good time playing cards."

Ernest grunted back,- "Go on show your cards little Wayne, show me what you got."

Wayne grinned,- "Read it and weep boys, that right there is a royal flush."

Ernest's eyes widened,- "Bullshit, you must have cheated, how the hell did you get a flush."

Wayne squinted his eyes- "And why can't I have a flush?" He asked.

Justin could only sweat on the sides not liking how intense they made everything.

Thankfully Hannah walked over with some of her curious girl friends who were shyly sticking behind her, somewhat nervous of Trenton's rumors which were flying around.

Hannah- "Hey Trenton, what's this I hear about you fighting for your girlfriend's honor? Or about you almost killing a kid?"

Trenton sighed- "Is it really that bad? I hope this doesn't affect Hermione negatively."

Hannah grinned- "I think your girlfriend will be just fine, no one wants to be attacked by her white knight after all."

Trenton's face palmed which got another round of laughter and giggles from the girls who were put at ease seeing his easygoing nature.