Ok, this is where the angst comes to play, or the beginning…
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Another week later, Zuri was sitting by the lake and palying fetch with the squid. It was something she suspected someone else had taught her (Hagrid was on the top of her list.). One day, a few weeks into the school year, she had been…well, extremely mad. She had stomped down to the lake to get a little peace from Anna, who had been bothering her incessantly. Just generally mad at the world, she had thrown a stick as far into the water as she possibly could. It had arced up and up and up, and finally dropped into the water, landing with a splash. Kneeling to pick up anther stick to throw, she couldn't find one. She looked up only to find the previously thrown stick five feet away from her on shore. Shrugging, she had thrown it again, and this time she watched. For two breaths all was still, and then a large tentacle had risen out of the water. It had picked up the stick with the delicacy of a florist picking a flower. Slowly, and then picking up speed, it came towards her. Then it stopped, now ten feet from shore. It reached over, and dropped it right in front of her. Slowly, she picked it up again. She was still unsure whether it was a game to it, or it simply didn't want the stick in its space. The tentacle had flicked back and forth, and she realized it was expectant. She had laughed and thrown it again, starting a strange friendship between herself and the squid, which she affectionately named Legs. Now she stood in an inch of rain and two inches of mud, throwing a half-drowned stick to the squid. Legs really did seem to enjoy it, she rather suspected that he liked the noise. A large roar went up. Zuri stopped mid-throw and cursed.
"Blast."
She began to run, but stopped. It was pointless, the teachers would never let her in this late to a quidditch game. She sighed, that was the second time she had missed a quidditch game.
"Probably couldn't see a bloody thing anyway."
It wasn't anything against the game, she loved to fly, in fact she was planning to try out for the team next year. Unless you were in the game though, it was codswallop in her opinion. She kept missing the games due to hanging out with the squid, or Hagrids various animals. She and Hagrid shared a love for animals, though she was more careful around the more dangerous ones. She sighed, remembering when he had let her meet the hippogriffs. Time took her back for a moment, and she remebered it like she was there…
"Hagrid, what are those?"
He turned, Zuri was looking over the gate at the Hippogriffs, while they pranced around, showing off. He grinned.
"Those 'r Hippogriffs, interestin creatures they are."
"They're beautiful!"
"Hmmmm, you really think so?"
"Well of course, look at that one, she's silver, but when the light hits her right, its like she's every color of the rainbow."
He grinned.
"Ay, why do you think I've named her Rainbow? Would ye like to meet her?"
Zuri gave Hagrid a strange look.
"Could I? I mean, it wont get you in trouble will it?"
Hagrid waved his hand and shook his head.
"Nah, just so long as ye follow my directions, you'll be fine. Allthough, they havent had much contact with people, my class hasn't net them yet."
He seemed to take special pride in saying 'my class' she noticed, though she didn't blame him. Nodding, she clammored over the gate, and did exactly what he told her.
"Now, walk straight to her, and stand up tall, that's right. Look her in the eye, don't blink too much, and bow."
She walked up to it, and looked it in the eye. It was like looking into a blue dimond, she found it hard too blink. Getting up the little courage she had left, she took a deep breath and dipped a small curtsey. The Hippogriff, regarded her for a moment, and then bowed in return. Zuri looked into the eyes again, they had lost their hard edge, and now looked like deep ocean water. Slowly, so she didn't startle her, she began to stroke Rainbow's neck. She looked around and smiled at Hagrid, who was grinning back.
A drop of extra cold water on the back of her neck made her jump about a foot in the air. She screamed and turned, then began to laugh. The squid, getting bored, had reached over and tapped her on the shoulder. Grinning, she decided she had better start playing again, or she was likely to get soaked, not that she wasn't allready. She tried to get the stick that they had been playing with, only to find that it had sunken into a small pit of mud. She kneeled down to find it, as there wernt many stick around. Suddenly, a frigid wind ripped all warmth from her body. Whipping her head to the lake, she found the squid gone, and a circle of dementors around her.
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Another week later, Zuri was sitting by the lake and palying fetch with the squid. It was something she suspected someone else had taught her (Hagrid was on the top of her list.). One day, a few weeks into the school year, she had been…well, extremely mad. She had stomped down to the lake to get a little peace from Anna, who had been bothering her incessantly. Just generally mad at the world, she had thrown a stick as far into the water as she possibly could. It had arced up and up and up, and finally dropped into the water, landing with a splash. Kneeling to pick up anther stick to throw, she couldn't find one. She looked up only to find the previously thrown stick five feet away from her on shore. Shrugging, she had thrown it again, and this time she watched. For two breaths all was still, and then a large tentacle had risen out of the water. It had picked up the stick with the delicacy of a florist picking a flower. Slowly, and then picking up speed, it came towards her. Then it stopped, now ten feet from shore. It reached over, and dropped it right in front of her. Slowly, she picked it up again. She was still unsure whether it was a game to it, or it simply didn't want the stick in its space. The tentacle had flicked back and forth, and she realized it was expectant. She had laughed and thrown it again, starting a strange friendship between herself and the squid, which she affectionately named Legs. Now she stood in an inch of rain and two inches of mud, throwing a half-drowned stick to the squid. Legs really did seem to enjoy it, she rather suspected that he liked the noise. A large roar went up. Zuri stopped mid-throw and cursed.
"Blast."
She began to run, but stopped. It was pointless, the teachers would never let her in this late to a quidditch game. She sighed, that was the second time she had missed a quidditch game.
"Probably couldn't see a bloody thing anyway."
It wasn't anything against the game, she loved to fly, in fact she was planning to try out for the team next year. Unless you were in the game though, it was codswallop in her opinion. She kept missing the games due to hanging out with the squid, or Hagrids various animals. She and Hagrid shared a love for animals, though she was more careful around the more dangerous ones. She sighed, remembering when he had let her meet the hippogriffs. Time took her back for a moment, and she remebered it like she was there…
"Hagrid, what are those?"
He turned, Zuri was looking over the gate at the Hippogriffs, while they pranced around, showing off. He grinned.
"Those 'r Hippogriffs, interestin creatures they are."
"They're beautiful!"
"Hmmmm, you really think so?"
"Well of course, look at that one, she's silver, but when the light hits her right, its like she's every color of the rainbow."
He grinned.
"Ay, why do you think I've named her Rainbow? Would ye like to meet her?"
Zuri gave Hagrid a strange look.
"Could I? I mean, it wont get you in trouble will it?"
Hagrid waved his hand and shook his head.
"Nah, just so long as ye follow my directions, you'll be fine. Allthough, they havent had much contact with people, my class hasn't net them yet."
He seemed to take special pride in saying 'my class' she noticed, though she didn't blame him. Nodding, she clammored over the gate, and did exactly what he told her.
"Now, walk straight to her, and stand up tall, that's right. Look her in the eye, don't blink too much, and bow."
She walked up to it, and looked it in the eye. It was like looking into a blue dimond, she found it hard too blink. Getting up the little courage she had left, she took a deep breath and dipped a small curtsey. The Hippogriff, regarded her for a moment, and then bowed in return. Zuri looked into the eyes again, they had lost their hard edge, and now looked like deep ocean water. Slowly, so she didn't startle her, she began to stroke Rainbow's neck. She looked around and smiled at Hagrid, who was grinning back.
A drop of extra cold water on the back of her neck made her jump about a foot in the air. She screamed and turned, then began to laugh. The squid, getting bored, had reached over and tapped her on the shoulder. Grinning, she decided she had better start playing again, or she was likely to get soaked, not that she wasn't allready. She tried to get the stick that they had been playing with, only to find that it had sunken into a small pit of mud. She kneeled down to find it, as there wernt many stick around. Suddenly, a frigid wind ripped all warmth from her body. Whipping her head to the lake, she found the squid gone, and a circle of dementors around her.