Year/ position: 6th Year Hufflepuff
Category: Drabble
Prompt(s):
[Creature] Antipodean Opaleye.
[Creature] Flesh-Eating Slug.
[Creature] Nogtail.
[Creature] Phoenix.
[Creature] Abraxan.
[Creature] Chizpurfle.
[Creature] Glumbumble.
[Creature] Three-Headed Dog
[Creature] Billywig.
[Creature] Acromantula.
Title: The Boggart, The Wizards, and The Zoo
Wordcount: 494
Beta(s): Aya, Pix, Rose
A/N: Warning, Albus Potter/Scorpius Malfoy pairing, Homosexuality, demons, uuuuuuh, idk if there's anything else I really need to put here, so enjoy the story!
Albus Severus Potter strolled down a road in France holding his boyfriend, Scorpius Malfoy's, hand. They were on a leisurely trip there, courtesy of the Headmistress, as she'd opened a new Zoo for wizards, and she needed test customers for her staff to practice on. Finally, they stopped at a rose bush that looked brighter than the rest, he tapped the innermost rose three times before he got taken by the portkey to a lovely entrance to the Zoo, where three Phoenixes soared majestically around them, excited by their new visitors. Golden bits of their feathers glinted in the sunlight as they flew. With a grandiose gesture, Albus ushered Scorpius into the Zoo.
As they walked they could see a box that, upon closer inspection, contained a colony of flesh eating slugs. The acid that dripped off of them didn't make them seem any less adorable. However, it was rumored that one student had a boggart of them.
Next to that cage were a few innocent creatures, but as they continued on they saw a demon-like dog, a Nogtail. Now this was something that would make a perfect boggart. What was next to it made Albus jump away in shock. He saw a dragon….a freaking DRAGON! It's scales shimmered teal in the sunlight.
"That's an Antipodean Opaleye," Scorpius stated matter-of-factly.
Albus would have never guessed what type of dragon it was, only that it was giant and dangerous, yet stunning. To the left was a tapping, and turning around he saw a small crab-like creature with enormous fangs, a Chizpurfle, which was, simply put, a parasite.
As they continued on, Albus saw Boggarts (Albus' was giant creatures, to a certain extent), Ghosts, Puffskeins, Kneazles, among other things. Continuing out into a pasture of sorts, they saw many types of flying creatures, including a Glumbumble farm that produced treacles. In the pasture, among other magical creatures like Unicorns, Alicorns, and Pegasi, were a few of Madame Maxime's personal breed of horse, Abraxans. These gorgeous, winged creatures were bred specifically to fly her carriages everywhere. For some reason this unnerved Albus, normal horses weren't this big and he felt as if he could be trampled at any moment, He could feel the fear tighten in his chest, and he wondered if this was another Boggart or not. Albus felt a sting on his left shoulder and turned to see a blue flying creature that could only be identified as a Billywig. He could tell because suddenly, he felt fearless. In fact, he'd never felt better. He had also began to hover in the air, an effect of the sting.
He saw a few Acromantulas in a jungle-like part of the Zoo, reminding him of his father's stories.
Finally, they came across the last exhibit, a three-headed puppy. It was as big as a Muggle adult dog, and gleefully bounded up to them, letting them pet him.
It had been a wonderful trip to the Zoo.