❝𝘰𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘱
𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱
𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨
𝘰𝘩, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱
𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥❞
- 𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺
"YOU DON'T THINK THAT GRIM THINGS GOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH SIRIUS BLACK, DO YOU?"
you were all now walking down the steps outside out towards hagrid's hut where the care of magical creatures class was taking place.
you roll your eyes at ron's question, heaving your bag over your shoulder more and clutching your book.
"it's all bull" you mutter.
"oh, honestly, ron. if you ask me, divinations a very woolly discipline" hermione agreed.
"now, ancient runes, that's a fascinating subject" hermione says. you roll your eyes again,
"ancient runes? exactly how many classes are you taking this term?" ron sighs out exasperatedly.
"a fair few"
ron suddenly stops, "hang on. that's not possible"
you stop next to hermione, eyebrow raised.
"ancient runes is on the same time as divination" ron says as hermione starts walking again.
you glance at her, you'd never really paid any attention to classes anyone else took or classes that ran at the same time. but for once, ron did make a point. how was it possible she made two classes that run at the same time?
"you'd have to be in two classes at once" ron says.
"don't be silly. how could anyone be in two classes at once? 'broaden your minds. use your inner eye to see the future' " she mocks, giggling slightly.
you send a glance her way, questioning her dismissal but shrugging it off. it was not your business.
you all hurry down to hagrid's hut as more students get down there.
hagrid steps out as everyone made it down there, "that's it. come on, now. come closer. less talking, if you don't mind"
"i got a real treat for you today" he puts his hands on his hips.
"a great lesson" he nods, "so follow me"
he steps down and you all follow him into a snippet of forest, walking for a while until he leads you by a long trail of stacked rocks.
a few of them were fallen over so that's where you all stepped over.
"right, you lot. less chattering. form a group over there" he waves his finger, "and open your books to page 49"
you look down at your book, making a face. it was large and had the face of a spider, it moves as well.
funny how you adored snakes and disliked spiders.
"and exactly how do we do that?" draco steps up onto a piece of wood.
"just stroke the spine, of course. goodness me" hagrid sighs.
you look down, stroking the spine of your book.
the book opens without problem, you breathe out slightly.
a few people back, neville falls to the ground as his book tries to eat him alive.
hermione puts her book on the rock behind her, "i think they're funny"
"oh, yeah. terribly funny"
you roll your eyes as you all turn back to draco.
"really witty. god, this place has gone to the dogs. wait until my father hears that dumbledore's got this oaf teaching classes"
crabbe and goyle laugh along with him while pansy crosses her arms at you all.
harry steps up to malfoy, you step back to let him get passed.
"shut up, malfoy"
the boys 'oo', draco shoves his bag in crabbe's hands.
he walks up to harry, towering over him with a smirk.
you furrow your eyebrows as draco looks just above harry's head in fear.
"dementor! dementor!" he points upwards.
harry whips around in fear, you clutch your wand tightly in your hand as you glance back. there was nothing there, draco was just mocking you both.
they all laugh, putting their hoods on and waving their fingers, making 'oo'ing sounds.
"haha." you laugh sarcastically, "you're absolutely hilarious. is that going to be your only comeback for the rest of the year?"
hermione pulls both of you away, snarling at the boys who continue to laugh at you both, except draco's laugh had dimmed a little.
"just ignore him" she whispers to you both, "i can do that fine. just like getting a rise out of him sometimes"
"you're supposed to stroke it" ron shakes his head at neville, whose uniform was torn to bits, "yeah" he says blankly.
hagrid clears his throat aggressively, you all look up at him.
"dudududaaa" he spreads his arms, everyone steps back in shock.
just behind hagrid was a large type of horse, or bird? it had giant wings and it's feathers were a steel grey and it had a silver beak.
you blink.
"isn't he beautiful?" hagrid tosses him a ferret from around his shoulders.
you purse your lips.
"say hello to buckbeak"
"hagrid.. exactly what is that?" ron says.
"that, ron, is the hippogriff"
you blink,
hippogriff..
"first thing you wanna know 'bout hippogriffs, is that they're very proud creatures. very easily offended. you do not want to insult a hippogriff. it may just be the last thing you ever do"
sounds like uzui
"now, who'd like to come and say hello?" he clasps his hands together.
despite a mild interest in the creature, you step back with the group.
"well done, harry. well done"
harry looks back, just now noticing he had involuntarily volunteered himself.
"come on now"
ron has to push harry forwards to get him to go up to the animal.
"now.. you have to let him make the first move. it's only polite. so.. step up. give him a nice bow. then you wait and see if he bows back. if he does, you can go touch and him. if not.. well, we'll get to that later"
harry steps up nervously, "now make your bow"
he bows down, "nice and low" hagrid urges.
he bows quite low, glancing up at buckbeak.
buckbeak looks to him, clicking his beak and and flapping his wings, he squawks at harry angrily. hagrid steps forward slightly, "back off, harry. back off!"
harry steps back, stepping on a twig and cracking it.
hermione gasps in fear, grabbing ron's sleeve.
"keep still" hagrid says worriedly.
harry glances up at the bird, "keep still" hagrid whispers.
buckbeak squawks a bit before giving a low bow back to harry, you purse your lips.
hagrid chuckles excitedly, "well done. well done. here, you big brute, you" hagrid chucks buckbeak another ferret.
harry breathes out in relief as he stands up straight.
"right. i think you can go and pat him now" hagrid nods, harry looks at him.
draco pushes through the students, chewing on a green apple from his bag, you side-eye him.
"nice and slow, now. nice and slow" hagrid says as harry steps slowly up to buckbeak.
harry brings his hand up, stepping closer.
"not so fast, harry"
buckbeak snaps his beak at him, hermione gasps in fear again, this time grabbing ron's wrist.
ron looks down at it and hermione hastily lets go, they both look away awkwardly, you shake your head.
"slow down, harry. that's it"
"nice and slow" harry gasps in fear, pulling his hand back slightly as buckbeak steps forwards.
"now let him come to you"
"slowly" hagrid repeats as harry steps forwards slowly, buckbeak brings his head down towards his hand.
"that's it.."
harry pats buckbeak's head. "yes!" hagrid claps.
"well done! well done, harry, well done!"
mostly everyone claps along with hagrid.
"i think he may let you ride him now"
harry turns to hagrid, "what?"
"come on" hagrid picks harry up, "hey! hey hey hey!" harry shouts nervously.
"put you over there, just behind the wing joint" hagrid places harry on buckbeak.
"don't pull out any of his feathers. 'cause he won't thank you for that"
hagrid smacks buckbeak on the back, he swings back, harry shouts in fear as he grabbed buckbeak's neck, wrapping his arms around it.
buckbeak starts to run forwards, "hold on tightly!" hagrid shouts.
buckbeak reaches the edge, jumping up and flying right over.
everyone waits around chatting as harry flies around on buckbeak.
after a few minutes, buckbeak flies back down through the trees and down onto the ground.
everyone starts clapping madly for harry.
"well done, harry, and well done, buckbeak!"
"that was wicked, you two!"
hagrid pulls harry down, "well done, well done"
you look back as draco pushes through everyone, stepping right up to buckbeak.
"yes, you're not dangerous at all, are you? you great ugly brute!"
you deadpan, "dumbass.." you mutter.
"malfoy, no.."
buckbeak squawks in offense, raising his front legs and scratching draco across the elbow. he falls back dramatically, you smirk.
"buckbeak!" hagrid shouts at the bird who was still raging, "woha, whoa, whoa.." he waves his arms, telling him to back off, "buckbeak!" he shouts, probably showing dominance or something, throwing buckbeak a ferret for him to calm down and run off somewhere else.
"away, you silly creature.."
everyone surrounds draco who was rolling around dramatically, holding his arm in pain, "oh, it's killed me! it's killed me!"
"wah wah" you roll your eyes.
hagrid kneels down next to him, "calm down. it's-it's just a scratch!"
hermione storms forwards, "hagrid! he has to be taken to the hospital!"
hagrid nods, "i'm the teacher. i'll do it"
hagrid picks draco up as he whines dramatically, "oh, you're gonna regret this"
"class dismissed!"
"you and your bloody chicken!"
date posted ; 23/01/24