Sorry for the short chapter but it's a really good one! i promise! enjoy it please :-)
I turned to Draco who was watching the Thestral like it was a dog about to do a funny trick.
"Draco, would you like to ride it?" I asked. He looked at me like that was the last thing anyone would do.
"You're joking? Like ride around on its back?" He asked. I smiled at him.
"Of course not," I started to say and Draco let out a sigh. "I mean like fly around on its back." I told him and he went pale. "Oh it's perfectly harmless I assure you." I told him. He was unsure.
"Do I have to?" Draco asked as the Thestral nudged him.
"No, but it is good fun." I told him. He started to back away from the Thestral.
"I'm going to choose not to." He said firmly. I shrugged and looked at a clock on the wall, it was time for Divination and the Thestral walked into the cage, wailing.
"Odd…" I said, watching the Thestral.
"What's odd?" Draco asked.
"The Thestral, it's freely going into the cage. They don't like to be caged long." I said and went to lock the cage and when I did, the Thestral stopped wailing and the red curtain magically flew across the corner, completely covering the now caged Thestral. I went to the rope and pulled it again but this time, no Thestral. Instead there was a small caged creature with greenish-brown skin. It had small pointed ears and was sitting like a dog would. It had small horns that were sticking out of the top of its head and if I wasn't so close to the creature I might not have spotted them. It had a tail that was thin and long, it had it wrapped around its clawed feet. It had wings that of a dragon and were almost too small for its body. It had one tooth sticking out from its bottom jaw and overlapping its upper lip. The creature was about as big as a small dog. It looked at me with narrow eyes like it knew what I was thinking. I immediately knew what it was.
"A Nargle!" I almost shouted. And Draco jumped in surprise.
"A, a what?" he asked. I was really excited; I have never actually seen a live Nargle before! I knew they existed!
"A Nargle! I suspect they can change their size and form, how else would they get away with taking people's belongings? Haven't you ever lost a sock and couldn't find it no matter where you looked? It was probably a Nargle!" My usually calm airy voice now had a bit more jump to it, like I was about to explode with excitement. I wondered whether to let it out or not, after all, it is a very unpredictable creature.
"So, wait. This… thing, can change its form? Like a shape shifter?" Draco asked. I smiled, now's my one true chance to prove to someone that Nargles DO exist!
"Not exactly, more like…" I paused to think. "It's more like a Boggart." I told Draco and he gulped.
"So you're saying that this… thing, can tell what your fear is too?" Draco asked.
"Oh no… they don't change into your fear. They change into anything really. That's why you never really see their true form." I told Draco. I was excited to I bent over and opened up the cage to let the Nargle out.
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