Yo, I'm back. Here's the next chapter.

Crystal made her way outside of the school building, pondering her next course of action when she walked into something tall with an 'oomf'. That 'thing' turned out to be none other than Cedric Diggory. Crystal looked up apologetically at him.

"Sorry, I didn't see you there" She said with an apologetic smile.

He chuckled warmly "That's fine, what were you thinking about? You don't usually walk into people right in front of you."

"Just wondering what to do to kill time, any suggestions?"

He looked thoughtful for a moment " What about asking Hagrid for some interesting magical creature? Last time I asked for one, I got a Mackled Malaclaw, it bit a friend of mine and he kept falling off his broom for a whole week; it was quite amusing."

Crystal giggled at the thought "Oh! That sounds fun! I'll go ask if Hagrid has some, thanks for the suggestion" she said starting to walk away, she stopped, remembering something "Oh, and stay away from the seat where you normally go, there're quite a few unfortunately placed charms around that area." she added with a wink.

He laughed "Thanks, I'll keep that in mind." he said as they began walking their separate ways.

With a general idea of her intent, Crystal started making her way to Hagrid's hut; she purposefully took the long route , opting to walk through the grassy plains that surrounded the castle building. She never grew tired of the view that the Hogwarts grounds gave her, always finding beauty in the undisturbed nature of it all; she smiled as she walked through the dewy grass, feeling substantially amused by creating patterns with the grass albeit covering her shoes and socks with the small watery residue at the same time. Subsequently, by the time she reached the hut, her socks were soaked leaving her feet less than comfortable. Regardless, she kept walking in them, ignoring the mild discomfort as she stepped up the step and knocked on the door.

This time, the door opened without much hesitation and the smell of eggs and breakfast flowed out from the entrance.

"Mornin' May, what brings yeh here?" He asked pleasantly.

"Morning, Hagrid, I was just wondering if you have anything that I could help you with today; I have quite a few free periods, you see."

"Oh, not today actually" he replied rubbing the back of his head "Charlie told me that they're free fer yeh to come over today, though."

Crystal's eyes brightened "Really? In that case, I'll be off" she said excitedly, already moving over to the forest.

"Be back fer third period, we're searchin' fer Kelpies this time." Hagrid called with a chuckle as she had already travelled midway to the forest by now.

"Will do!"

Crystal made her way happily to the forbidden forest, a grin plastered on her face. Despite its dangerous nature, the forbidden forest was her favourite place to spend time in. One reason was that it was 'forbidden' to go there without consent, but, more importantly, the creatures that she found there never ceased to amuse and entice her, needless to say, she was happy to be there once more. Nevertheless, she walked briskly through the forest, this time, ignoring the bowtruckles who appeared from their hiding places to see the source of the noise that she was making. Despite her excitement, Crystal took a detour from the shortest route, knowing from past experience that a colony of Blood-Sucking Bugbears had taken residence by the road. She eventually, made her way to the clearing with the Dragons, they seemed calmer today, opting, simply, to curl around their eggs, ignoring the few wizards who walked past doing checks on them.

Moving closer, Crystal stared in awe at the dragons as they, in return, looked in amusement at the tiny figure in front of them. So they stayed like that for some time in relative peace, with Crystal standing still in awe, and the dragons, too lazy to move at something quite so insignificant. This relative calm was broken by the sound of a twig snapping; Crystal immediately jerked her head in the direction of the noise to see none other than Charlie Weasley, walking casually in her direction.

"Bloody hell, Crys" he exclaimed with a slight grin "are you an expert or something? They're the calmest they've been since we brought 'em here"

Crystal glanced back towards the dragons; they'd taken to staring lazily at her. "Well, it's only been two days" she replied nonchalantly "Besides, I'm not nearly as big or threatening as any of you guys so of course they're calm."

"Point taken" he replied "What are you doing here anyway? It's not break yet."

Crystal moved to turn towards him completely "Free periods." she replied.

"Ah."

"There really isn't much to do now-" he said as he rubbed his hand on the back of his head apologetically "sorry you had to come all the way here for not much"

"That's fine" she replied with a subdued smile, there was a pause and then her face lit up "If you're not busy, could I ask some questions about working in Romania?"she asked excitedly.

Charlie chuckled, amused by her sudden change of moods "Sure thing." he said, happy to have some form of distraction "What do you want to know?"

She thought for a moment "How's the weather there? Better than here in England, right?"

His smile grew wider "Well, it's definitely warmer over there; you can actually see the sun from time to time."

Crystal laughed and feigned surprise "What!? The sun? I've only heard of a handful of people who have seen such an elusive thing!" she exclaimed, suppressing her giggles.

"Aye, not many people believe me when I say that- but trust me, I've seen it in Romania."

"Well, that sounds pretty good- maybe I can make up for the lifetime of sun deprivation over there" she said with a grin.

"Well that's good" he replied with a similar grin on his face "Next question?"

Crystal's face scrunched up once more in thought then an idea came to her and she gave a lopsided grin. "Can I braid you hair?"

Hehe, I felt like ending it like that. The next chapter might be up eventually ;3