1 Chapter 1
"Olympe, it's time to go."
"Coming, 'agrid!
Hagrid sighed as he looked up at the castle, and back at his happy home on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. He had never left the Hogwarts since the year he started at Hogwarts as the gamekeeper, and tears already flew to his eyes at the thought of leaving the place.
Dumbledore had stopped him that morning to wish him luck.
"Have a safe journey, Hagrid. And don't forget to take good care of Olympe- it wouldn't do to lose a Headmistress on vacation."
Hagrid couldn't say anything in reply, but nodded. As he was walking away from the Headmaster, the words "Great man, Dumbledore," could be heard.
The next morning the two set off for what was going to be a long journey, and they weren't even sure if it would be successful. They took a broom each- Professor Dumbledore had been kind enough to provide the largest broom available on the market for both- and were only about 100 miles away when they saw the dim outline of the mountains in front of them.
"Great things, these brooms. You can hardly even feel them- feels like you're floating in thin air," commented Hagrid. This wasn't an understatement, because it even looked like they were floating in thin air- both of their large bodies covered up any visible side of each broom, so it looked like there were two very large birds hovering overhead for anyone who could see them. Luckily, however, an invisibility booster had been installed on each broomstick so that no one could see what they would find an extremely disturbing sight from far below.
The next day they had arrived at the mountains, and now followed their instinct- and the giant explosions- that came from one side of the mountain range.
"Ooh, 'agrid, vat is that?" asked Madam Maxine as they flew over what seemed to be a giant stone archway. They slowed down on their brooms and looped down. They passed through the archway and found themselves in a valley between two of the tallest mountains. It was covered with giant stone houses the size of a few of the smaller mountains.
"I think this is it," said Hagrid. They landed (if somewhat shakily, because they had been riding for hours) and turned off their invisibility boosters. Immediately they heard a giant rumbling sound similar to the explosions they heard earlier, and a man twice the size of Hagrid and Madam Maxine walked up to them, bent down, and asked,
"Who you are and what you want." He didn't seem to be too intelligent, so Hagrid shouted slowly and clearly,
"We – are – looking – for – Fridwulfa."
The giant looked at him for a second and answered slowly, as if Hagrid himself was a little dumb-witted,
"What – you – want – with – Cheftaine – Fridwulfa?"
"Tell – her – Hagrid – is – here."
The giant stopped short.
"You- you're Hagrid?" the giant asked, the slow look disappearing from his face completely.
"Yes," replied Hagrid, looking confused.
With an excited look on his face, the giant ran into the nearest stone hut and returned a moment later with another giant- this one a female and undoubtedly Hagrid's mother. She had the same eyes and hair as Hagrid, and now looked upon him with astonishment.
"Olympe, it's time to go."
"Coming, 'agrid!
Hagrid sighed as he looked up at the castle, and back at his happy home on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. He had never left the Hogwarts since the year he started at Hogwarts as the gamekeeper, and tears already flew to his eyes at the thought of leaving the place.
Dumbledore had stopped him that morning to wish him luck.
"Have a safe journey, Hagrid. And don't forget to take good care of Olympe- it wouldn't do to lose a Headmistress on vacation."
Hagrid couldn't say anything in reply, but nodded. As he was walking away from the Headmaster, the words "Great man, Dumbledore," could be heard.
The next morning the two set off for what was going to be a long journey, and they weren't even sure if it would be successful. They took a broom each- Professor Dumbledore had been kind enough to provide the largest broom available on the market for both- and were only about 100 miles away when they saw the dim outline of the mountains in front of them.
"Great things, these brooms. You can hardly even feel them- feels like you're floating in thin air," commented Hagrid. This wasn't an understatement, because it even looked like they were floating in thin air- both of their large bodies covered up any visible side of each broom, so it looked like there were two very large birds hovering overhead for anyone who could see them. Luckily, however, an invisibility booster had been installed on each broomstick so that no one could see what they would find an extremely disturbing sight from far below.
The next day they had arrived at the mountains, and now followed their instinct- and the giant explosions- that came from one side of the mountain range.
"Ooh, 'agrid, vat is that?" asked Madam Maxine as they flew over what seemed to be a giant stone archway. They slowed down on their brooms and looped down. They passed through the archway and found themselves in a valley between two of the tallest mountains. It was covered with giant stone houses the size of a few of the smaller mountains.
"I think this is it," said Hagrid. They landed (if somewhat shakily, because they had been riding for hours) and turned off their invisibility boosters. Immediately they heard a giant rumbling sound similar to the explosions they heard earlier, and a man twice the size of Hagrid and Madam Maxine walked up to them, bent down, and asked,
"Who you are and what you want." He didn't seem to be too intelligent, so Hagrid shouted slowly and clearly,
"We – are – looking – for – Fridwulfa."
The giant looked at him for a second and answered slowly, as if Hagrid himself was a little dumb-witted,
"What – you – want – with – Cheftaine – Fridwulfa?"
"Tell – her – Hagrid – is – here."
The giant stopped short.
"You- you're Hagrid?" the giant asked, the slow look disappearing from his face completely.
"Yes," replied Hagrid, looking confused.
With an excited look on his face, the giant ran into the nearest stone hut and returned a moment later with another giant- this one a female and undoubtedly Hagrid's mother. She had the same eyes and hair as Hagrid, and now looked upon him with astonishment.
