Chapter 2

When the six walked into the Great Hall for breakfast the next morning, the first thing they saw was Draco Malfoy, who seemed to be entertaining a large group of Syltherins with a very funny story. Andy was about to roll his eyes when a particular brown haired girl caught his eye. She was sitting with the Syltherins but was not joining in on the laughter. As she looked up from her toast, Andy swore she was looking straight at him. Her face broke into a smile and giggled as Andy tripped over the bench at the Gryffindor table. He kept looking at her. She was gorgeous. Andy was quickly pulled out of his trance when Harry flicked him.

"Andy, your poring pumpkin juice into your cereal." Harry pointed out looking at the strangle concoction in Andy's bowl.

"Wha, ohhh. Ok that's gross, thanks man." Andy looked back at the girl but she had left.

"Hey Potter! The Dementors are coming, Potter! WOOOO!" Pansy Parkinson shrieked.

"Hey Dog-face! The city pound is coming! WOOO!" Andy shot back, wishing "Bein" (Beautiful in Elvish) as he had dubbed her seeing as he didn't know her real name and he was recently obsessed (or passionate as he liked to call it) with Lord of the Rings, had heard his come back.

"Here are our timetables. Looks like we all have the same classes." Benji stated as he handed out the groups timetables to each, "That way we can't get lost."

"All right, Divination is first. Let's go guys." Hermione said then left the hall.


"Finally, that took forever to get here." Ron panted as he sat in the big puffy chairs.

"Dudes I'm going to get a major buzz sitting in the classroom." Troy told Benji and Andy who laughed and started to dance like hippies.

"I am Captain Chocolate; this is my first mate sprinkles and my lovely common-law wife Rain Mellon." Andy joked. A misty voice floated came from the shadows.

"Sit, my children, sit and welcome to Divination. My name is Professor Trelawney. You may not have seen me before, for that I find the hustle and bustle of the main school clouds my inner eye." She looked around then continued, "Divination is the most difficult of all magical arts. I must warn you at the outset that if you do not have the sight, there is very little I will be able to teach you. Books can only take you so far in this field…I hope you all know what you came for." Andy's hand shot up along with Benji and Troy.

"Yes, my dears."

"I want a Brain." Andy stated.

"And I, a heart." Troy went along.

"Can I have some courage?" Benji laughed.

All the muggleborns got the joke, and laughed a long with the three. The others just laughed at the expression on their teachers face. Professor Trelawney turned to talk to Neville and Pavarati, and then continued to blather on about what they would learn.

"Now, I want you split up into pairs. Collect a teacup from the shelf, come to me and I will fill it. Then sit and drink your tea until only the dregs remain. Swill these around three times with the left hand…" She explained then warned Neville that he was going to break a cup which he eventually did.

"Troy you go with Benji and I'll go with 'Mione." Andy said.

"Hey Andy."

"Howdy! This seems kinda stupid don't you think, I mean all I can see is a weird blob that kinda looks like my moms cooking." Andy squinted into his cup.

"That because we're supposed to switch cups silly, and I'm sure your moms cooking isn't that bad."

"Fine smarty pants, here's my cup, gi'me yours. Oh and my moms cooking is bad, I'll invite you over sometime, I usually eat at Troy's, his mom cooks like a dream, if I wasn't a runner I would probably be about 300 pounds heavier." Andy laughed then looked at Hermione's cup. "Uhhh I suck at this, it looks like a retarded llama. In my text book it says that….would you look at that it says you're going to be an Asparagus farmer. Jeee, I'm soooooo jealous." Andy said sarcasm dripping in his voice. Hermione started laughing. Her classmates were giving her funny looks. She had never burst out laughing in a class. Lavender and Pavarati started to whisper to each other.

"Sorry, it looks like you have a skull, an open triangle and a crown. The skull symbolizes danger, the open triangle represents a solved mystery/secret, and the crown symbolizes family. Looks like you'll discover a secret about your family while facing danger." Hermione explained.

"We don't have any secrets my mom has told me everything. Honestly she has." Andy said to Hermione's disbelieving face, "Even the stuff I really don't wanna know" Andy said with a shudder, they turned to look at Ron, Harry and the Professor who was examining Harry's cup.

"The Falcon…my dear, you have a deadly enemy."

Hermione whispered into Andy's ear a sarcastic comment after everything the Professor said until she screamed.

"My Dear, you have, the…the Grim!"

"What's the Grin?" Seamus asked.

"The Grim you idiot, not the grin." Some kid in the back of the class responded "The Grim is an omen of death; it is apparently a large black dog."

Andy's head shot up to look at Troy and Benji. Both had identical looks on their face.

"Andy are you ok? You look like your going to throw up." Lavender said with concern.

"I think I might. Can I leave?" Andy asked.

"Go ahead Mr. Lupin and Pettigrew take him to the hospital wing please." Trelawney said in a shaky voice. All three quickly ran out of the class room with their bags.


"Holy Shit! No way José. I am not an omen of death, right? RIGHT?"

Andy yelled.

"More like an omen of trouble." Benji laughed but stopped when he saw the look on Andy's face.

"Just cuz you're a black dog doesn't mean you're an omen of death. I mean look at me I'm a Lycan, but am I a monster? Benj is a fox, does that mean he's gunna sneak into farmer McMillan's hen house and eat all the chickens or the sheep. Nooo! Its because your loyal that's why you're a dog, you dumb-ass." Troy finished.

"You're right. Just don't tell anyone about me ok." Andy laughed, "Ahhh farmer McMillan, how I miss ye."

"I'm sure he misses you too, now care to explain why you're all out of class?" the boys turned around to look straight at Troy's dad.

"Andy was feeling sick so….uh yeah." Troy tried to explain.

"Troy, Ben, Oliver…don't glare I can call you whatever I want to Mr. Black. You're at a new school, do you really want to get on the bad side of your teachers by skipping classes, especially you Oliver. Your mother is having a hard enough time with the ministry on her back. Cut her some slack. Now all of you off to your next class the bell is going to ring any moment." Professor Lupin said just as the bell rang "See you in DADA boys"

"Sheesh, your dad can really lay the guilt trip, eh?" Benji asked Troy.

"Come on guys, let's get to Transfiguration." Andy muttered then walked off.


The three met up with the other three just outside the Transfiguration class room where McGonagall was ushering everyone in, but grabbed Andy's shoulder and asked to talk to him.

Andy came back in 2 minutes later with a dark look on his face followed by McGonagall. He sat beside Harry and took his books out.

"Are you ok?" Harry asked

"Yeah, I'm fine, but I hate when people judge you without know who you are. I just got a lecture about how I will be severely punished if I misbehave. I know she was my father's teacher, and I do misbehave, but come on its just not fair." Andy ranted scribbling on a scrap of paper.

"Black, Potter! I thought someone whose life was going to end soon would pay attention in class." McGonagall yelled. Andy gave Harry a questioning look. When McGonagall turned her back Harry quickly explained what she was talking about.

"Now anyone know what an Animagi is?" McGonagall asked the class. Hermione and Troy's hands shot up?

"Mr. Lupin"

"An animagus or animagi, is a witch or wizard who can change into an animal at there own will."

"Correct 10 points to Gryffindor. Now some are born as animagi and others learn how to. I do not suggest that anyone try this as you have to be monitored and registered by the Ministry of Magic." McGonagall explained, "Now I myself am an animagi…" The class took notes until the bell rang signaling lunch.

"Harry don't be so worried, Divination seems very wooly." Hermione comforted.

"Yeah I mean my tea leaves said that I'll learn a dangerous family secret." Andy said.

"A family secret, I highly doubt that I mean your mom tells you everything, very bluntly, even when your friends are around." Benji said with a shudder.

"See 'Mione I told you." Andy exclaimed pointing at Hermione.

"Ok, you were right, now let's go to Care of Magical Creatures." Hermione said then left the boys to catch up.


"Good to see the rains cleared UP!" Troy said as he slipped in the mud.

"Look at little loser Lupin." Malfoy shouted.

"Mr. Malfoy that's enough, now I've got a treat for you all" Hagrid said and lead them to a clearing near the forest, "Open yer books"

"How?" Malfoy said

"Well Captain Snarky you stroke the back. We had these bad boys last year, still have the stupid scars, but we learned didn't we Baxter." Andy started to talk to his book that was making purring noises.

"Exactly, 5 points to Gryffindor. Now let me go get the creatures." Hagrid said then walked away to get whatever he was getting.

"God this place is going to the Dogs, that oaf teaching classes, my father'll have a fit when I tell him…" Malfoy drawled, not noticing that Andy had gone behind him.

"Shut up Malfoy." Harry retaliated.

"Careful Potter, there's a dementor behind you." Malfoy said.

"Well there's a zombie behind you." Troy stated.

"BRAINS! BRAINS!" Andy shouted making Malfoy jump and spin around. Andy walked up to him doing a zombie impersonation.

"BRAINS!" Andy tapped Malfoy's head then turned away "I WANT BRIANS!" making everyone but the Syltherins laugh.

"Alright, all of yeah that's enough." (A/N: I don't wanna do Hagrid's broken language. Sorry) Trotting towards them were a dozen of the most bizarre creatures any of them had ever seen. They had bodies, hind legs and tails of horses, everything else of a giant eagle, including wings.

"These are Hippogriffs." Hagrid roared, "Come on, come closer."

Everyone backed away except Harry, Hermione, Ron, troy and Benji.

"Andy come on." Troy said pulling a reluctant Andy forward.

"OH NO! I do not like things with wings, they attack me, poop on me or try to steal babies. NO WAY!" Andy wrenched his wrist from Troy's grip. Troy gave him a funny look at the baby comment but shrugged his shoulders.


Harry had unfortunately been chosen by Hagrid to go for a little ride on Buckbeak. He had been gone for 10 minutes when Ron spoke up.

"So not a fan of birds I guess." Ron said.

"You guess correctly, somehow I always get hurt when in close proximity to winged creatures. Like at the zoo, a peacock got loose, I was pecked to death, I was 7 at the time, still haunts me today." Andy said dramatically. Just then Harry returned looking windswept.

"Ok whose next." Hagrid asked. Everyone rushed up to the fence then slowly towards the creatures. Andy had some how been teamed up with Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle on Buckbeak.

"This is very easy." Malfoy stated.

"Don't say that, now something bad is going to happen." Andy groaned.

"Shut it Black." Malfoy sneered.

"How in the Hell did I get teamed up with Mr. Ego." Andy asked the gods under his breath while staring at the clouds, "Hey that one looks like a dinosaur wearing boots."

"I knew it must have been, I mean Potter did it, I bet your not dangerous at all are you, you great ugly brute?" Malfoy laughed at Buckbeak. In a flash both Andy and Draco were on the ground, as Hagrid was wrestling Buckbeak back, blood blossoming on both their robes.

"I'm DYING." Malfoy cried. "It's killed me."

"Yer not dying, now someone get the gate I have 'ta bring the boys up to the Hospital wing." Hagrid picked both Andy and Malfoy up and started up to the castle, the students following behind arguing over whose fault it was, eventually going to their respective towers.

"Don't worry I'm sure Andy will be ok." Hermione said to the 4 boys.

"We know. There's a reason his mom calls him lucky." Troy joked.