HP: Supreme Potion Collector [Original Female Protagonist]

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Five minutes later, Orli sat uneasily in her chair with a cup of warm pumpkin juice, feeling as if she were sitting on pins and needles.

Dumbledore had set up the enormous two-way mirror nearby, while Snape was looking at Orli with undisguised derision.

"Ah. A true Gryffindor through and through," Snape sneered. "Look at you, a presumptuous busybody who thinks too highly of herself. Didn't Potter and his friends already distance themselves from you? Why couldn't you just stay in your dormitory where you belong?"

"Severus, do calm down," Dumbledore said soothingly.

"Look, Harry and his friends have reached the fourth floor. Perhaps we should watch their adventure first, before discussing Orli's situation."

Snape's attention immediately shifted to the two-way mirror. Orli, gathering her courage, also raised her head to look into it.

The mirror showed no one at first, but with a creaking sound, the previously sealed door on the fourth-floor corridor opened slightly.

Fluffy immediately began his deep, threatening barks. Orli quickly realized that Harry and the others were still under the invisibility cloak, making them invisible to view.

"Look, Snape's already gotten past Fluffy," Harry's voice came faintly through. A harp lay by the three-headed dog's feet, though it had stopped playing.

On this side of the mirror, Snape let out a contemptuous snort through his nose. Dumbledore gave Orli a conspiratorial wink.

Soon after, the sound of an out-of-tune flute filled the air. Fluffy swayed from side to side before collapsing onto the floor in deep sleep.

A hand appeared from nowhere as the invisibility cloak was pulled off, revealing Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

"If anything happens to me, go straight to the Owlery and send Hedwig to Dumbledore!" Harry said, handing the flute to Hermione before being the first to jump through the trapdoor. The handmade flute was Hagrid's Christmas gift to him.

Dumbledore waved his wand, and the scene in the mirror suddenly changed. A mass of dark, tangled plant tendrils twisted together, and with a strange, muffled thud, Harry fell down, followed shortly by Ron and Hermione landing nearby.

The plants began slowly creeping up their ankles and calves. They struggled in panic, but the more they fought, the tighter the vines wrapped around them.

"Stop moving!" Hermione shouted. "It's Devil's Snare!"

"You need to relax, or it'll only squeeze tighter!"

But Harry and Ron couldn't manage to relax their bodies. They thrashed desperately as the tendrils started reaching for their necks.

"Do something! Hermione!" Ron could barely speak as the vines nearly covered his mouth.

"I... Devil's Snare... Herbology... it needs fire!" In her desperation, Hermione waved her wand, producing bluebell flames from its tip. The vines immediately began retreating, releasing the two boys.

"Well, it seems Miss Know-it-all Granger isn't entirely useless after all," Snape sneered from this side of the mirror.

"Lucky you pay attention in Herbology, Hermione," Harry said, wiping sweat from his face as he backed against the wall.

They followed a stone passageway downward, reaching a brilliantly lit chamber at the end. Above them was a vaulted ceiling where countless keys fluttered about.

Hermione tried "Alohomora" on the wooden door at the far end, but the lock remained unmoved. Then they spotted the broomsticks.

This challenge seemed tailor-made for Harry. Orli watched intently as Harry caught the correct key mid-flight, and she couldn't help giving a small cheer and wave.

"An excellent Seeker, just like his father," Dumbledore remarked nostalgically.

Orli snuck a glance at Snape, whose expression was decidedly sour. But her attention quickly returned to the mirror as they entered the next room - the impressive life-sized wizard's chess set.

Though Orli knew nothing about chess, she remembered this was where Ron would sacrifice himself and get knocked unconscious.

"Minerva's chess game - she certainly made it challenging," Dumbledore mused to himself.

"Do you think you could solve it, Professor?" Orli asked.

"I wouldn't be confident at all," Dumbledore chuckled. "I've lost to her nearly every game over the past few decades."

Author's Note:

I understand that movie fans might think Devil's Snare only fears light, and that Hermione using light would be the correct approach. However, Devil's Snare actually fears both light and warmth, with fire being particularly effective against it - this is the method Hermione actually used in the original novel.

In the original book, Hermione had previously set fire to Snape's robes, demonstrating her knowledge of fire magic. This was a deliberate foreshadowing by J.K. Rowling herself, making it entirely logical for her to use fire against the Devil's Snare. I recommend reading the chapter "Through the Trapdoor" in the first book - my portrayal of Hermione using fire is completely accurate to canon.

There's also a classic moment in the original where Hermione's Muggle mindset takes over and she starts looking for wood to make a fire, which is particularly memorable.