An Extract from "Hopping with Hippogriffs." by Gilderoy Lockhart
Summary: The 1st of a collection of Lockhart book extracts I've written, this one being about Hippogriffs, and how to tame them.
An Extract from "Hopping with hippogriffs:"
I was sitting on a rock one day thinking of all my hard days work and how worth it, it all was to bring the joy of my knowledge and good looks to all those through my published works (for full list see the front cover) When all of a sudden and for no reason at all, a herd of rather aggressive and angry hippogriffs, came flying over head, snapping there fierce beaks and ruffling there feathers indignantly.
When all of a sudden they came to land right in front of me! Can you imagine the sheer danger and mortal peril my handsome self was in. Of course I had no choice! I stood up and flashed a brilliant smile at the creatures! the light flashing from my brilliant white teeth however must have startled the poor beasts, and they started to buck wildly... I found myself with no choice... I had to bow ...or die!
I stood for a moment...unblinking!!! as not many know...they don't like it when you blink to much and then I bowed low, almost painfully low! never once loosing eye contact with the leader of the was a long awkward silence where if I were a more cowardly man! I would have bolted!but as it were.I am not, gaining much to my ever lasting determination and wit! After what seemed like pure hours of torment, the hippogriffs bowed in return and offered me a ride...how could I refuse...
I mounted the creature, my heart thrumming with excitement as we started to fly over Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Coincidentally the very school in which my brilliant self was trained. Preforming all sorts of wonderfully amusing tricks, such as tumbling and loop-de-loops!As we did so, I took note of a rather disgusting monster in the lake attacking the pure students sitting on the edge of the lake enjoying the spring time air,I ordered the hippogriff down and pulled out my wand before pointing it at the creature and resiting the charm to calm it "planto-magnus-quod-periculosus" much to my dismay the creature was far stronger than any I had ever encountered and the spell failed, sending it into a frenzy, had it not been for the other hippogriffs I fear we may have lost that battle, but thanks to my strong and determined leadership abilities I lead the hippogriffs into a brilliant attack! Winning the day and the hearts of the students of Hogwarts....
An Eye-Witness account:(before the memory charm was used of course)
There I was feeding my Blast-Ended-Screwts when all of a sudden, this mad blond haired man came running out of the forest, caring a hand full of hippogriff feathers. He sat down on a rock, and seemed to be thinking about things when as I had half expected seeing him running out of there with a handful of feathers, a herd of hippogriffs came flying over head and landed right in front of him! I ran forward and ordered him not to blink or make any sudden movements...and then to bow. He did as instructed and after a few minuets Buck-Beak bowed his acceptance...
However the Blond menace (Always Blonds! Malfoy and then this Moron!) mounted poor Beaky and flew off! Of course poor helpless Beaky had no idea what to do , and flew tumbling and looping trying to get the idiot off his back. Eventually Beaky was that desperate that he headed to the lake and got the Giant Squid that was entertaining the students to try and get him off. But he simply hit the poor Squid with a spell! For a moment there I thought Squidy was dead! but he got back up, happy as ever, but seemed rather annoyed at Beaky for letting Rocks for Brains hurt him and it started to attack Beaky!of course Beakys herd attacked back and eventually came down to land! jumped off looking rather green and peaky and so he is now in my hut, calming down after a few minuets of screaming and tears...
An Eye-Witness account : (after the memory charm)
Very much like the first account!