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Into the Forest We Go.
We were in Care of Magical Creatures and Hagrid was bumbling on about explaining how to find pixies nests nest in the wild. He looked like Santa Claus with his long beard, girth and white/grey hair. I suppose that made us the small elves since, from our perspective, he was a giant.
"Now pixies will get what ever they think looks good and use it fer their nests," he said while holding up a supposed pixie nest. It looked like a large woven egg with random objects woven into it. There was seaweed from the lake, a shoe lace and even someone's broken wand.
"Split in ter pairs, the first groups that finds one gets a prize!"
I immediately looked to my friend Henry and we nodded at each other. Henry was the first friend that I made at Hogwarts. He was a short brown haired boy who's looks and childish manner put people off from becoming friends with him. Him and I remained best friends since the first train ride we shared, when we awkwardly ended up alone in the same compartment.
"So do you wanna accio one or do you think that'd kill all the pixies?" He asked me raising an eyebrow.
"NO ACCIO!" Hagrid bellowed right after the comment left Henry's mouth.
"So much for that," I mumbled looking around at the rest of the class who was giggling at us. Hufflepuffs had Herbology with the Ravenclaws, Rose Weasley among them.
"Well this is rotten luck!" Rose yelled while raising her arms in defeat, "I haven't gotten a partner!"
"What about Mariel?" Hagrid asked kindly, Rose had all the professors in the palm of her hand (especially one's who knew her parents).
"She's ill I think," Rose said absently while twirling a curl, "looks like I can't do todays lesson."
"Don't be silly! You can just join sum one else's group!" Hagrid said waving off her suggestion, "who want's ter group with Rose?"
A dozen people spoke up saying that she could join them. I planned on staying silent, I really did, but for some reason my subconscious had decided to poke out it's annoying head, "you can go with us it you'd like?"
I did not just say that. I thought to myself mortified. For a second I was met with an audience of slacken jaws and wide eyes. Hagrid had dropped the nest in his hand, I never spoke in his class (or any class for that matter). Henry looked at me as if I had given birth to a pair of siamese twin lizards. Rose looked shocked too, but also somewhat pleased.
"Looks like I found my group," she skipped over to us and reached out her hand, "hi I don't think we've ever met, I'm Rose Weasley."
Henry reached out his hand first, which gave me an excellent opportunity to wipe the sweat off my own.
"Henry Mcmillion, pleasure," he said smiling. For someone who only spoke to only about half a dozen people he was awfully preppy to be meeting one of the most gorgeous and intimidating creatures housed in Hogwarts.
"Scorpius, Scorpius Malfoy," I said holding out my hand.
"Nice to meet you Scorpius Scorpius Malfoy," she responded while grinning. Her hand was soft and also dry. It wasn't so dry that it felt scaly but dry enough to feel firm (much like her grip), "so shall we get started? I do hate to lose."
I swallowed even though my throat was bone dry, "sure, lead the way."