Double Trouble (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 11- Through the Trapdoor

after the last exam, we all were sitting in the courtyard.

"i wish i knew what this means!" harry and me chorused

our scars were hurting since the day of detention in the forbidden forest and seeing the cloaked figure.

"its a little scary when you guys do that" ron said, all of us laughing

"go to madam pomfrey?" hermione suggested 

"we're not ill" harry stated "its a warning, we think it means danger's coming"

"wait a minute" i said, suddenly jumping up 

"where are you going?" ron asked 

"i've just thought of something" i replied "we've got to go see hagrid now"

"why" hermione panted, the others struggling to keep up

"don't you think its a bit odd, that what hagrid wants more than anything is a dragon and a stranger turns up who just happens to have an egg in his pocket? why didn't i see it before" i rambled

"what are you on about?" harry asked, as we walked up to hagrid, who was sitting in an armchair in front of his house

"hullo" hagrid said, smiling "finished your eams? got time for a drink?" 

"yes please-" ron started 

"no hagrid, we're in a bit of a hurry" i interrupted "i've got to ask you something. you know that night you won norbert? what did the stranger you were playing cards woth look like?" 

"dunno" he replied "he wouldn't take his cloak off" as i shared concerned looks with harry and mione, who realised what i was thinking, ron still clueless.

"what did you talk to him about? did you mention hogwarts?" harry asked

"might have come up. yeah, he asked what i did, and i told him i was gamekeeper here and about the sort of creatures i looked after and i told him. i said what i really wanted was a dragon and then.. he kept on buying me drinks.. then he said he had the dragon egg and we could play cards for it but he had to be sure i could handle it, he didn't want it to go to any old home. so i told him, after fluffy a dragon would be easy" hagrid recalled

"and did he.. seem interested in fluffy?" i asked

"well, yeah. how many three headed dogs do you meet?  so i told him, fluffy's a piece of cake once you know how to calm him down, just play a bit of music and he'll fall right asleep.." hagrid trailed of, looking horrified

"i shouldn't have told you that. forget i ever said that. hey, where are you going?" he continued

we didn't speak until we got to the entrance hall.

"we've got to go to dumbledore" i said

"but we don't know where his office is" ron pointed out

"we'll just have to-" harry started, but was interrupted by a voice that rang across the hall.

"what are you four doing inside?" mcgonagall called out

"we need to see professor dumbledore" hermione said, bravely 

"see professor dumbledore?" mcgonagall repeated "why?"

"it's sort of secret" harry said

"professor dumbledore left ten minutes ago" she replied, her nostrils flaring "he received an urgent owl from the ministry of magic and flew off at once"

"he's gone? now?" i said, frantically

"professor dumbledore is a great wizard, he has many demands on his time-" she started