A week later, after dinner, Zuri retreated to the common room for her
last bout with studies. Looking around, she found Hermione studying
furiously. She didn't notice Harry or Ron around, so she went and sat next
to her. Hermione looked up, smiled weakly, and looked back down to her
muggle studies book. Reassured, Zuri pulled out her parchment and potions
book, then began to work. For a while, the two worked in silence. When
Zuri next looked up, her silent study buddy was doing divination. She
rolled her eyes. In her opinion, Divination was only as good as the tea
sludge you looked at. She stared off into space for a bit, before her eyes
settled on a book that was moving on its own. It seemed to be heading for
her charms book. Suddenly it made a lunge. Before it could make it, Zuri
snatched it. It continued to struggle, but eventually calmed down.
Looking up to see if Hermione had noticed, she saw that she was half-asleep
while looking at transfiguration. Slowly, she set it down again.
Immediately, it began to scuttle forth again, intent on her book. Grabbing
it again, she said,
"Oh no you don't sir, If your going to rip up a book, at least make yourself useful and rip up my potions book!"
Holding it again, she stroked it as she would a cat. She had seen Hagrid do this while watching out the green house window. It shuddered and fell open into her lap. Looking down at it, she saw a bright blue shape flit across the page. It swooped again, and then settled in the middle. Zuri gasped at the sight. It was a dragon, the color of a shallow ocean, with a rich green belly. Its eyes were a dark earthy green that matched her own to the exact hue. Preening its wings, it pointed at the label.
Jeweled Dragon, stands three feet tall, tail is usually five feet in length.
"Wow."
Hermione frowned as she looked up.
"Funny, I've never seen that page, and how did you catch it? Its already ruined my copy of Quidditch through the ages!"
Zuri smiled.
"We keep all sorts of animals at home, well, I do anyway. My brothers call it the menagerie."
"You have brothers? How old are they?"
She frowned at the thought of her half siblings. She was…unfond of them.
"They're both 27, my mom had twins by another marriage."
Well, she thought, not marriage exactly…
"Oh, I see."
Zuri paused and stared at the dragon again. It flew away in a whirl of color.
"May I borrow this?"
Hermione smiled, knowing she had found someone almost as dedicated to knowledge as her.
"Sure, I just need it back after lunch tommarrow."
Inwardly, Zuri cringed, that meant that she probly had to see harry again. Before she could say it was ok, she would just find a copy for herself somtime, the dragon reappeared. She snapped the book closed, nodded and got up, heading to her room to read it.
"Thank you."
"Oh no you don't sir, If your going to rip up a book, at least make yourself useful and rip up my potions book!"
Holding it again, she stroked it as she would a cat. She had seen Hagrid do this while watching out the green house window. It shuddered and fell open into her lap. Looking down at it, she saw a bright blue shape flit across the page. It swooped again, and then settled in the middle. Zuri gasped at the sight. It was a dragon, the color of a shallow ocean, with a rich green belly. Its eyes were a dark earthy green that matched her own to the exact hue. Preening its wings, it pointed at the label.
Jeweled Dragon, stands three feet tall, tail is usually five feet in length.
"Wow."
Hermione frowned as she looked up.
"Funny, I've never seen that page, and how did you catch it? Its already ruined my copy of Quidditch through the ages!"
Zuri smiled.
"We keep all sorts of animals at home, well, I do anyway. My brothers call it the menagerie."
"You have brothers? How old are they?"
She frowned at the thought of her half siblings. She was…unfond of them.
"They're both 27, my mom had twins by another marriage."
Well, she thought, not marriage exactly…
"Oh, I see."
Zuri paused and stared at the dragon again. It flew away in a whirl of color.
"May I borrow this?"
Hermione smiled, knowing she had found someone almost as dedicated to knowledge as her.
"Sure, I just need it back after lunch tommarrow."
Inwardly, Zuri cringed, that meant that she probly had to see harry again. Before she could say it was ok, she would just find a copy for herself somtime, the dragon reappeared. She snapped the book closed, nodded and got up, heading to her room to read it.
"Thank you."