Defence Against the Dark Arts With Professor Quirrell and Starting A Collection of Cards

Marvolo Woke Up Bright and Early, and When He Entered The Common Room, He Was Somewhat Surprised To Find Professor McGonagall There. "Morning Professor M." Marvolo Says Cheerfully. "Good Morning Mr. Gaunt. Your Up Early." McGonagall Notes. "Well I Wanted To Finish Some Equations For Charms Class Before I Had Breakfast." Marvolo Informed Her. "A Good Idea, Ten Points To Gryffindor for Showing Academic Initiative." Says Professor McGonagall. "Thank You Professor, But With Respect, I Can't Waste any More Time." Says Marvolo as He Opens his Journal and Begins to Write The Equations He'd been Going Over Mentally The Last Couple of Days. "Using Mathematics and Rigidity Mr. Gaunt?" Asks McGonagall. "For Starters Professor, Fluidity Can Only Go So Far, As Can Rigidity, So Hermione Helped Me Work out the Equations for Effective Spellcasting With Either Stance." Says Marvolo without Taking an Eye from His Books.

McGonagall Says No More Than That and Marvolo Ignores Everything Else, Taking Time To Study and Analyse Every Note He Writes. Gaunt is So Engrossed in it, He Doesn't Notice Hermione Sitting Beside Him Initially. When He Smelt The Smell of Peppermint and Blueberry Though, He Knew Hermione Was Next To Him. She Was Known By This Smell, Shampoo Apparently. "Hermione, Your Unusually Up Late." Marvolo Notes as He Slides A Note Over To Hermione.

Others Trickled In Eventually, Naturally Ron Was on the Last to Wake Up. By The Time Ron Arrived, Marvolo and Hermione Were Practically Snogging. "Bloody Hell! I Must be Dreaming Still!" Says Ron as He Rubs his Eyes. When He's Certain There's No Sleep Left In Them, Hermione and Marvolo Had Stopped Snogging. "Dreaming About What Ron?" Asks Harry as He Comes Up Behind Ron. "I Could've Sworn Hermione and Marvolo Were Snogging Just Now." Says Ron. "What's So Unbelievable About That?" Hermione Asks Affronted. "Well It's just Your A Muggle and Marvolo's A Gaunt." Ron Emphasizes. "You Weren't Dreaming Ron, Me and Mione Were Snogging." Says Marvolo and Ron's Jaw Has Noticeably Dropped and Hermione is Fully Scarlet At His Admitting This. "You Do Realise How Ridiculous That Sounds Marvolo." Fred and George Say. "No Less Ridiculous Than My Aunt Merope Running off With A Muggle and Giving Birth to The Dark Lord I'm Sure." Marvolo Fires Back.

"Wait You and You-Know-Who? You Share The Same Grandfather?" Asks Harry. "Marvolo Gaunt. Old Geezer and My Father Are Still Incarcerated in Azkhaban For Hexing The Riddle Family." Says Marvolo Bitterly. "Why So Angry?" Harry Asks. "My Family is Legally Extinct For A Reason Potter. We Were the Purest Of The Pure, But Only Through Generations of In-Breeding. My Aunt was Treated So Horribly by My Father and Grandfather, That She Was Effectively A Squib Growing Up." Says Marvolo Angrily. "Have You Ever Met Your Father?" Hermione Asks. "Once, A Long Time Ago. Minister For Magic Took Me To Azkhaban and I met Him and My Grandfather. I Still Have Nightmares from That Horrid Day." Says Marvolo with Regret. "I'm Hungry, Let's Go Eat." Says Hermione. "Finally Something She Says I Can Understand." Ron Says. "Coming Marvolo?" Hermione Asks. "Only if You and Me Can Scandalise Slytherin By Snogging in Front of Malfoy." Says Marvolo Sweetly as Hermione Blushes A Bit.

Marvolo, Hermione, Harry and Ron Found Their Seats At The Gryffindor Table, Hagrid Came Over Carrying A Large Package. "Marvolo! The Ministry Sent Over A Package Fer Yeh. Seems Ol' Dora Hasn't Forgotten Yeh!" Says Hagrid as He Hands The Package Over To Marvolo. "Dora?" Hermione Asks. Marvolo Begins Unwrapping It as He Answers. "Nymphodora Tonks, One of The Aurors Who Helped Raise Me. She's Actually Malfoy's Half-Blood Cousin." Marvolo Informs Hermione. He Unwraps The Box To Find What Looks Like Several Hundred Chocolate Frog Boxes Charmed with The Shrinking Charm. Taking A Box, Marvolo Pulls His Wand Out. "Engorgio!" Marvolo Declared As the Chocolate Frog Box Grew To Normal Size.

"Look There's A Note!" Hermione Exclaims. "I'll Read it Later Right Now I Need To See Professor McGonagall." Says Marvolo As He Swipes The Box Ron Had Taken and Carries The Package Over To The Professor's Table. "Excuse me Professor McGonagall? Can I Ask A Favor Of You?" Asks Marvolo. "Ask and We Shall See Mr. Gaunt." Says Professor McGonagall. "I Just Received A Few Years Worth Of Chocolate Frogs, So I Was Hoping You Could Help Me By Holding Onto Them and Limiting Me To One Box A Month?" Marvolo Asks. "A Sensible Idea Mr. Gaunt. Leave Them Here and I Will Do As You Ask." Says McGonagall. "Thank You Professor, But If You Don't Mind, I'd Like To Give This Box To Fred and George? It's Thanks To Them I'm On The Gryffindor Quidditch Team, and I'd Like to Repay Them In Kind." Marvolo Asks. "As You Like You Mr. Gaunt." Says McGonagall.

"Sorry To Interrupt, But Did I Not Just See You Using The Engorgement Charm Mr. Gaunt?" Asks Professor Flitwick. "Yes, Professor, Lady Tonks Sent Some Shrunk Chocolate Frogs to me." Says Marvolo With A Casual Shrug. "We Aren't Slated To Learn That Until Your Third Year. Twenty Points To Gryffindor For Early Mastery of an Advanced Charm." Says Flitwick. "Thank You Professor Flitwick, Now If You Don't Mind I'd Like To Return To My Table, I Have A Bargain To Uphold and House Slytherin To Scandalise." Says Marvolo, Who Leaves Before McGonagall, Flitwick, and Snape Can Stop Him.

Having Returned To His Table, and Convincing Ron To Help Him Scandalise Malfoy, Something That Took VERY Little Convincing. When Malfoy Looked Over At Him, Marvolo and Hermione Were In Full On Make-Out..................

Marvolo Was Writing Up A New Set Of Hexes, Jinxes, and Curses, Something He Was Disturbingly Good At. He Wrote Every Word Of It In A Special Code Only He, Prof's Flitwick, Snape, and Sprout, The Grey Lady, Peeves, and The Bloody Baron Working Together Could Translate Completely. The Code Was A Mixture Of Latin, Ancient Runes, and Arithmancy, Shinto, Tao, and Buddhist and Xylomancy Symbols and Letters. Marvolo Was In The Middle Of Finishing His Counter-Curses When He Felt Something Bounce Off His Head. Looking Down He Saw A Scrunched Up Paper Reading Blood Traitor Marvolo. Knowing Full Well Who Threw This, Marvolo Turned and Glared, Snake-Eyes and All, At The Three Stooges Of Slytherin and Prepared His Newest Hex For Malfoy. "Mouldous Fungi Oculus." Marvolo Mutter's and Malfoy Starts Screaming As His Eyes Transform Into Mouldy Fungi. Professor Quirrell Rushes Over and Tries To Break The Hex.............