Treacherous
We finally began to walk deeper and deeper into the forest with only the shine of the candle in the poorly cleaned glass case to light our pathway. The moon was barely visible through all of the leafless twigs and the trunks of the twigs seemed to be watching us as we passed them every few seconds. The roots of the trees all seemed to purposely stick out of the ground as if they were trying to grab at my legs and trip me over. The large trees towered above even the half giant walking beside me. The fog made it difficult to see the upcoming wildlife, whilstAnimals howled and chattered amongst themselves as we walked through their home. No matter if a million enchantments were placed upon this forest, there would never be a time that I would feel safe in it. I knew we were lost but I didn't say anything just yet, hoping the giant of a man had a plan.
"Let's keep going." Hagrid's deep voice contrasted with the eerily quiet atmosphere suddenly. I had to incline my neck to look up at him before nodding and following like a good little student. Hagrid kept taking glances at me as if he wanted to ask a question but either didn't know how to approach the topic or was just too awkward to say anything, after a few minutes of this continuously I got slightly angry with the constant looks.
"what is it Hagrid?" I snapped ever so politely as he looked away, noticing me notice him. He looked down at me before shaking his head, and breathing in deeply the foggy air and shook off some tension between his back and arms.
"Can you really change into anything?..." He asked after exhaling (looking as if he was smoking), and glancing over to me every so often before I answered.
"Well yes. I guess so." I nervously responded, still keeping an eye out for the thorn bush that Pansy told me to get.
"Well, can you turn into me?" He scoffed and looked away avoiding eye contact. I rolled my eyes at the inevitability of the fact that anyone would ask that.
"Yes." I simply responded, before quickly mirroring him, watching as his facial expression changed from calm to shocked, stumbling backwards and tipping over. In remorse I changed back to my normal self and rushed to him, helping him up with both hands. He was the heaviest thing I could ever carry in my life. I assumed.
"MERLIN'S BEARD!" He exclaimed after he got back up.
"Eva, that's amazing!"
"Thanks I guess, but Its a curse, not a gift." I thought back to what Malfoy's dad had told me, feeling a tear roll down my cheek and falling to the leafy ground.
"Don't let yourself think that, or else you'll end up like a mouse egg." A strange comment from him, so I tilted my head in result of confusion as we continued to walk in the dark woods.
"I um, I had a point to that I'm sure. I just cant remember." I sighed as he quietly chuckled to himself.
"Must be the old age eh? hehehe." He turned to his left as he gasped.
"Evanora! This way,I think I've found something." About to follow after him, I noticed some rustling in the bushes, and it sounds like high pitched squeak like whispers. And as paranoid as I am, I followed it thinking it was whispering to me.
"Eva!" It seemed to whisper, over and over again as I stepped closer and closer towards it, remembering that I had left Hagrid alone.
"Ill catch up with you." No response, as I knew his hearing probably went bad of 'old age' I rolled my eyes and knelt down to the same height of the bush, before feeling a painful kick on my back as I tumbled down a hill.
Twig after stone I hit down the steep and damp hill. It seemed like days before I hit the bottom and was knocked out blank. Just darkness surrounding me as I shut my eyes and tried my best to sit up, but I felt paralyzed and unable to wake up.
"Grab the metamorphmagi." A deep crooked voice whispered as a few pairs of footsteps cracked branches on their way to me, picking me up as I fell deeper into unconsciousness.