Hey, everyone! So I was slightly bored so I wrote this one-shot! I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I do not own the world of Harry Potter but I do own Lyla, Kol, Frances and Anica
Small clusters of third-year students slowly made their way down the hills that were part of the grounds of Hogwarts. The students were treading carefully, trying to not fall down the hill and get covered in mud while on their way to class.
Lyla walked behind the main group of students, alongside her group of friends. She looked up and saw a small trail of smoke leaving Hagrid's hut and smiled slightly to herself. After the war, Hagrid had apparently returned to Hogwarts and was allowed his position as a professor back. He has been teaching Care of Magical Creatures ever since.
"What crazy, totally against the law thing do you think Hagrid is going to do today?" Kol asked with a grin on his face and Lyla looked over to her friend.
Ever since their first encounter on their night at Hogwarts, the two had been instant friends. His cheekiness balanced out her shyness. They had spent many nights sitting up by the fire in the common room, practising their magic together and often had bags under their eyes the next morning.
"Urgh it better not be another Skwert, I can't deal with that again." Frances groaned to their right and everyone in the group groaned simultaneously. That had not been a good day, for anyone.
"Oh, please no" Their friend Anica said. Lyla had met her in their second year at a book club and they bonded over the mutual love of a pairing in a novel they were both reading.
Their small group just consisted of the four of them, two Ravenclaws and two Hufflepuffs. And all but one were muggleborns. They had created this small game between themselves and the aim was to slip in as many references to Muggle culture as possible while in the presence of purebloods. And today's lesson was the perfect occasion, as the professors had decided to do combined classes once a week, to 'encourage inter-house unity' they said. This week was Care of Magical Creatures so every single third year was trudging down the hills, with Hagrid ready to greet them at the bottom.
When everyone was finally surrounding the half-giant, Hagrid began to speak and give a very vague outline of the lesson. Soon half the students were looking away in boredom or muttering among themselves.
Lyla stood there with a small notebook, jotting down any random facts of information that she may need in the future while swatting away Kol's hand, which was continually trying to poke her cheek. She gave him a mock glare but it failed as soon she started smiling at him instead.
Frances looked over at the two, before turning her head towards Anica with a raised eyebrow and a knowing smile before looking away.
Hagrid finished his rambles about a 'completely harmless creature' and the class seemed to perk up at the thought of doing something besides standing idly on patches of mud.
"Aye ya kids ready?" He said and Kol quickly whipped around to face Lyla with a mischievous smile and her eyes widened.
"AYE AYE CAPTAIN!" Kol shouted above the students and in an instant, there were kids laughing and clutching their sides.
One or two students had fallen to the ground from laughing so hard, at the feet of anyone who didn't understand the reference. Most the purebloods were looking around confused but there were the odd muggleborn Slytherins attempting to be calm long enough to explain what was going on.
Hagrid looked around bewildered but tried to continue with his lesson but there was no use, there were still crowds of teenagers roaring with laughter.
Lyla looked over to Kol, who was wearing a smug smile with eyes alight with laughter and she nudged him lightly in the ribs as she chuckled at the sight of students picking themselves out of the mud, all while muttering about yellow sponges.
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