“Garrh!” I exclaimed stumbling backward and almost falling back down the stairs, thinking it was one of Hagrid’s awful crossbreeds that had somehow got free. It was now probably very angry at being trod on and wouldn’t mind a tall redhead for an early breakfast.
“Are you ok?” a voice croaked from my left
Oh Merlin, there were two of them! And apparently they could talk! I really wished I had my wand right then.