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YOU ALL NOW RUSH DOWN THE STAIRS TOWARDS HAGRID'S HUT.
your face was etched with a heavy frown that seemed to weigh you down as you all hurried down.
you all run up, there were a few ferrets hanging from a stick. buckbeak was sitting carefully in hagrid's patch of pumpkins
you feel your eyes go teary as you look up at the beautiful creature that was being sentenced to death.
hagrid invites you all inside, also teary-eyed.
you stand beside hagrid as he looks out at buckbeak.
"oh, look at him. loves the smell of the trees when the wind blows through 'em" hagrid smiles bitterly.
"why don't we just set him free?"harry questions.
"ah, they'd know it was me. then dumbledore'd get into trouble. he's comin' down, you know, dumbledore. says he wants to be with me when they.." hagrid's smile drops, "when it happens"
"great man, dumbledore" hagrid swallows thickly, stepping away from the window.
you frown, rubbing your hand on his lower arm, that being the only place you could reach at that moment.
"a great man" hagrid sniffles, throwing some food to an odd looking animal in the corner.
"we'll stay with you too, hagrid" you say kindly.
"you'll do no such thing!"
you tilt your head.
"think i want you seeing something like that? no. you just drink your tea and be off. oh. before you do, ron.."
hagrid steps over to a small bench, grabbing something out of a tin.
you cross your arms, pouting slightly.
hermione had told you all about how ron was very skeptical about crookshanks, gyomei, muichiro, kyojuro and obanai. he suspects they all possibly ganged up on scabbers.
you had huffed, your sweet kitties would never do that, and crookshanks wouldn't either!
speaking of your cats, they were with you nearly the whole time and were now all laying on your bed, savouring the lingering heat.
"scabbers! you're alive!" ron says gleefully, taking him from hagrid's hands.
you step back next to hermione.
hermione eyes ron expectantly.
"keep a closer eye on your pet" hagrid says.
"i think that means you owe someone an apology" hermione says, stepping up.
"right. next time i see crookshanks and the others, i'll let 'em know!"
"i meant us!" hermione says in annoyance.
you flinch slightly as the jar beside you splits into two, it's contents spilling out onto the table and floor.
"blimey. what was that?" hagrid questions.
you peer through the sand, taking out a medium sized rock from beside the broken jar.
you sweat-drop.
harry hisses in pain as something hits the back of his neck, "ow!"
he looks out the window, his eyes going wide.
"hagrid"
hagrid steps forward, "oh, crikey"
you peer out, dumbledore, the minister and that creepy axe guy were walking out to the hut, you gasp softly.
"it's late. it's nearly dark. you shouldn't be here. someone sees you outside the castle this time of night, you'll be in trouble. big trouble. particularly you, harry"
a loud knocking is heard, "with you in a moment!" hagrid calls in a cheery voice.
he grabs a blanket, covering the odd animal in the corner.
"quick. quick!" he ushers you all to the back door.
"hagrid. it'll be fine. it'll be okay" harry reassures.
hagrid nods thankfully, "go on, go on!"
hermione swings the door open, you peek out. dumbledore was pointing some stuff out to the other two, hagrid opens the door for them, inviting them in.
once they were all in, you all rush out towards the pumpkin patch, ducking behind a large thing of stacked pumpkins.
you furrow your eyebrows, watching the exchange between the four.
you whip your head around along with hermione as the sound of a twig snapping is heard behind you.
you blink your green eyes, you could have sworn you had just seen a tuft of black and brown hair.
"what?" harry asks, turning around as well as ron.
"i thought i just saw... never mind"
"let's go!" ron says, cradling scabbers.
you all duck from the window's view as you run, making your way back up the stairs.
you glance longingly at buckbeak as you run off, frowning.
you all run up by the rocks, you feel your eyes go glossy as you watch the four of them step outside, the axe guy readying his weapon.
you flinch, crying out silently as the sound of the axe going through reaches your ears.
you put a hand over your mouth, tears spilling from your cheeks as you turn to embrace the three in a tight hug, them also being very remorseful, hermione burying her face in your shoulder.
the hug was interrupted as ron suddenly dropped scabbers.
you look down at his finger in worry as some blood drips.
"he bit me. scabbers" ron spins around, looking for sabbers who had run off somewhere, he runs off after seeing his tail.
"ron. ron!" hermione shouts.
"ron!" harry calls.
"ron, wait!" you call.
you all run after him, "scabbers, come back!"
he runs over the hill with you all following him.
"wait!" you shout, he continues running.
he runs down, dropping down near the whomping willow, picking scabbers back up.
you watch nervously.
"scabbers, you bit me!" ron whines.
"harry, [name], you do realise what tree this is?"
you nod cautiously, holding your cheeks.
"that's not good. ron, run!"
but ron's eyes go wide, scabbers was squealing aggressively in his hold.
he points behind you all, "harry, hermione, [name], run!!"
you look back, eyes going wide.
"eh?!"
it was a large dog with matted black fur and glowing yellow eyes.
despite the scenario, you couldn't help but think it was rather cute.
it growled loudly, running towards you, harry and hermione.
you and hermione squeal, hugging each other tightly as it pounces right over you three, over to ron and scabbers.
it barked and growled madly, grabbing ron by his leg, sinking his teeth in and dragging him away.
you let out a shout of worry.
"harry!" he cries.
you all run after him, "ron! ron, wait!"
"ron!" you and hermione both shout in worry.
"harry!!" he cries again, "help!" he squeals as he's dragged into a hole in the trunk of the whomping willow.
you and harry jump forwards, barely skimming his fingers with your own before he was dragged fully in.
his screams echo as he's pulled in further, you jump back up, ready to chase after him but you're all knocked back by a swinging branch.
you tumble backwards, coughing and rubbing your chest.
you all get up with you and hermione each gripping one of harry's arms, harry could feel his arm aching at your tight grip.
the tree spins around as a loud cry from ron is heard again.
"come on!" harry urges.
you all run forwards, narrowly missing a branch slamming down right beside you.
"move!"
hermione, you and harry all duck to opposite sides as a branch slams between you. you were next to harry and hermione was on the other side, you all sit up again, running forwards and grabbing onto each other.
your eyes go wide as a branch swings at you all, "duck!" hermione yelps, you and her drop down but harry didn't seem to get the message.
getting struck in the stomach and flying back with a groan, he hits the ground, glasses falling next to him.
"harry!" you let out a worried cry for the boy.
both yours and hermione's eyes go wide again as a branch comes down to sweep you off your feet, you both jump. but one comes for your stomachs, it was unavoidable and got you both stuck onto it.
you screech as you and hermione get swung around crazily, you hug the branch tighter than you've ever hugged anything before.
you scream as you fly over harry, he ducks this time.
you yelp in pain as you both get flung through the leaves of the tree, feeling a fresh cut slice across your cheek.
you could feel your head start to pound again and the few bruises you already had aching.
"harry!" hermione shouts.
she was at the front of the branch, so she grabbed him by the shirt, pulling him along also.
you were lucky your skirt was now just long enough to sit on, otherwise you would have been flashing anyone who could see.
the branch swings you back closer to the ground, hermione drops harry right into the same hole ron had been dragged into.
you swing around again, you furrow your eyebrows, scooting closer to hermione.
"on three we jump"
"what?!"
"one"
"two"
you grab the back of her shirt, pulling you both off the branch and rolling into the hole.
you both land on harry, you scoot back.
"oh, i'm sorry" hermione says.
"don't worry"
you all stand back up.
"where do you suppose this goes?" hermione asks.
"i have a hunch" harry dusts himself off.
you do the same, brushing off your bottom.
"i just hope i'm wrong" he continues.
you both follow after him as he makes his way through the tunnel of sorts.
words ; 1402
date posted ; 26/03/23
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